# leadership now (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover leadership now. Page: Feed: --- ## [States on the Front Line](https://leadershipnowproject.substack.com/p/states-on-the-front-line) _2026-08-04 · Leadership Now Project · Leadership Now Project_ From the 2026 Summit: How tariffs, funding cuts, AI policy, and immigration are playing out across Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Utah. ## [Andy Beshear on What It Takes to Win Back Red America](https://leadershipnowproject.substack.com/p/andy-beshear-on-what-it-takes-to) _2026-07-30 · Leadership Now Project · Leadership Now Project_ The Kentucky governor makes the case for pro-business, pro-family leadership rooted in the issues voters face every day. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209073201/7059d1143c1b360e0eb67b1f129d1c9c.mp3) ## [100 Days Out: The Election Risks Ahead](https://leadershipnowproject.substack.com/p/100-days-out-the-election-risks-ahead) _2026-07-28 · Leadership Now Project · Leadership Now Project_ Nevada Secretary Cisco Aguilar, election law expert Sarah Gonski, and former Congressman Adam Kinzinger join Bill Kristol on how business leaders can help protect trust in elections. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208883479/6a930ff79151199bea14cd3833892d21.mp3) ## [Harvard Funding Fight Threatens U.S. Competitiveness](https://leadershipnowproject.substack.com/p/harvard-funding-fight-threatens-us) _2026-07-27 · Leadership Now Project · Leadership Now Project_ Leadership Now is asking a federal appeals court to stop the Trump administration from canceling billions of dollars in federal research funding at Harvard. ## [100 Days Out: The Election Risks Business Can't Ignore](https://leadershipnowproject.substack.com/p/100-days-out-the-election-risks-business) _2026-07-21 · Leadership Now Project · Leadership Now Project_ Register now for July 28 briefing featuring Bill Kristol, Francisco Aguilar and Sarah Gonski. ## [Leadership Now Project Responds to President Trump’s 2020 Election Claims](https://leadershipnowproject.substack.com/p/leadership-now-project-responds-to) _2026-07-17 · Leadership Now Project · Leadership Now Project_ Daniella Ballou-Aares, CEO of Leadership Now Project issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s remarks on the 2020 election. ## [Congress needs succession planning before the next vacancy](https://leadershipnowproject.substack.com/p/congress-needs-succession-planning) _2026-07-13 · Leadership Now Project · Leadership Now Project_ Recent events have reignited debate over age and succession in Congress. Leadership Now's age analysis examines the growing generational gap in congressional leadership. ## [Jessica Tarlov: "We Will Always Need Solutions That Satisfy the Majority of Americans"](https://leadershipnowproject.substack.com/p/jessica-tarlov-we-will-always-need) _2026-07-09 · Leadership Now Project · Leadership Now Project_ Why the political center, not the extremes is where most governing actually happens. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206208711/466ca20c618d34b2b2ab5de2fa1200b4.mp3) ## [Tom Florsheim Jr.: Why Business Leaders Can't Afford to Stay Silent](https://leadershipnowproject.substack.com/p/tom-florsheim-jr-why-business-leaders) _2026-07-07 · Leadership Now Project · Leadership Now Project_ "I expected to be one of many voices. For nearly a year, I was the only one speaking publicly." [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205940936/c556bda8d076dfb6414e4adcb047f2a9.mp3) ## [WATCH NOW: Elections, Competitiveness, and America at 250](https://leadershipnowproject.substack.com/p/watch-now-elections-competitiveness) _2026-07-02 · Leadership Now Project · Leadership Now Project_ As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, Leadership Now Project is proud to feature our members recognizing the people and institutions that make our elections work. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204689631/2189ee7e88428d018b4762caa6f50114.mp3) ## [A Friend Gave You $30 (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/UMnf8UdpJG6U) _2026-07-02 · **Sponsored**_ Sign up, deposit $5 within 30 days, and start investing with expert guidance. ## [Ep 5: The Leader's Move Toward the Experience Dividend](https://soundcloud.com/dpontefract/dividend) _2026-05-05 · Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract_ In the final episode of Five Shades of Grey — a five-part limited series within Leadership NOW — Dan Pontefract closes the loop on the argument at the heart of his sixth book, "The Future of Work Is Grey." Why most organizational responses to the demographic shift are searches conducted under the streetlight, not where the keys actually are. Why Age Debt has a mirror image — the Experience… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2314117721-dpontefract-dividend.mp3) ## [Ep 4: The Silent Saboteur of Ageism](https://soundcloud.com/dpontefract/ageism) _2026-05-05 · Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract_ In episode four of Five Shades of Grey — a five-part limited series within Leadership NOW — Dan Pontefract takes on the fourth shade of his sixth book, "The Future of Work Is Grey." Why ageism is the last socially acceptable bias in the modern workplace. Why seventy-eight percent of American workers between 40 and 65 have personally experienced or witnessed it. Why the EEOC's 2026 docket is full… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2314115981-dpontefract-ageism.mp3) ## [Ep 3: The Pressure Points of Longevity](https://soundcloud.com/dpontefract/ep-3-the-pressure-points-of) _2026-05-04 · Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract_ In episode three of Five Shades of Grey — a five-part limited series within Leadership NOW — Dan Pontefract walks through the third shade of his sixth book, "The Future of Work Is Grey." Why the modern concept of retirement is barely a hundred years old, and was actuarially broken from day one. Why seven percent of recent American retirees have already come back to work — and forty-one percent of… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2314114736-dpontefract-ep-3-the-pressure-points-of.mp3) ## [Ep 2: The Experience Conundrum](https://soundcloud.com/dpontefract/theexperienceconundrum) _2026-04-30 · Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract_ The most experienced person in your organization is leaving. Maybe they're retiring. Maybe they're quitting. Maybe they've been quietly pushed toward the door because their salary line looked tempting in a budget meeting. Doesn't matter. They're going. And they didn't write any of it down. How long does your organization take to recover? Six months? A year? Or does it never quite recover, the way… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2311719548-dpontefract-theexperienceconundrum.mp3) ## [Ep 1: The Demographic Bill Comes Due](https://soundcloud.com/dpontefract/demographicbillcomesdue) _2026-04-29 · Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract_ The bell has rung for the last time. Every system inside your organization — pension plans, hiring funnels, succession charts, talent pipelines — was designed for a workforce shaped like a bell. Wide base of young workers. Solid middle. Smaller top of retirees. That shape is gone. Permanently. What we have now is a bulb: narrow base, swollen top, and a working middle being squeezed from both ends.… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2311144835-dpontefract-demographicbillcomesdue.mp3) ## [Change Fluency with Author Jay Kiew](https://soundcloud.com/dpontefract/change-fluency-with-author-jay-kiew) _2026-01-12 · Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract_ If change is constant, why do so many workplaces still treat it like an occasional project—complete with a timeline, a comms plan, and a hope that people “buy in”? Jay Kiew argues that this is exactly why leaders keep running into fatigue, cynicism, and whiplash. In his book "Change Fluency: 9 Principles to Navigate Uncertainty and Drive Innovation," Jay’s thesis is straightforward: change can’t… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2245849703-dpontefract-change-fluency-with-author-jay-kiew.mp3) ## [When Learning Finally Becomes The Work with Lori Niles-Hofmann](https://soundcloud.com/dpontefract/when-learning-finally-becomes-the-work-with-lori-niles-hofmann) _2025-12-20 · Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract_ Corporate learning used to measure success by the size of its course catalogue and the number of completions. That world is fading. Employees now have access to commercial-grade learning inside tools like ChatGPT and Gemini, and leaders expect proof that learning actually shifts performance, culture and results. Lori Niles-Hofmann thinks this is the reckoning the profession has needed for years.… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2233076993-dpontefract-when-learning-finally-becomes-the-work-with-lori-niles-hofmann.mp3) ## [Leadership In The Longevity Era with Leanne Clark-Shirley (American Society on Aging)](https://soundcloud.com/dpontefract/leadership-in-the-longevity-era-with-leanne-clark-shirley-american-society-on-aging) _2025-12-11 · Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract_ There is a demographic shift hiding in plain sight. In a few short years, the United States will have more people over 60 than children under 18. For Leanne Clark-Shirley, that statistic is not a curiosity for actuaries. It is “the mega trend of our moment” and a direct test of how leaders think about work, culture and contribution. Leanne is the President and CEO of the American Society on Aging,… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2228248625-dpontefract-leadership-in-the-longevity-era-with-leanne-clark-shirley-american-society-on-aging.mp3) ## [Ron Tite: Purpose Is A Growth Strategy](https://soundcloud.com/dpontefract/ron-tite-purpose-is-a-growth-strategy) _2025-12-06 · Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract_ Purpose has become the corporate word of the decade, yet in many organizations it behaves more like a slogan than a strategy. In this Leadership NOW conversation, I sit down with Ron Tite, author of "The Purpose of Purpose," to explore what changes when leaders treat purpose as a true engine of growth rather than a glossy story for the website. We dig into the tension between what organizations… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2225172506-dpontefract-ron-tite-purpose-is-a-growth-strategy.mp3) ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vydMNDbh9x8l) _2025-12-06 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [Dr. Megan Gerhardt On Gentelligence And Leading Across Generations](https://soundcloud.com/dpontefract/dr-megan-gerhardt-on-gentelligence-and-leading-across-generations) _2025-11-25 · Leadership NOW with Dan Pontefract_ Dr. Megan Gerhardt joins Leadership NOW to unpack Gentelligence, her research-driven approach to leading an intergenerational workforce. We talk about why the narrative around generations has been so negative and how chronocentrism quietly convinces each age group that its way is the only right way to work. Megan explains how Gentelligence reframes age differences as a form of intelligence rather… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2218552040-dpontefract-dr-megan-gerhardt-on-gentelligence-and-leading-across-generations.mp3)