Fidelis Leadership Podcast

Hosted by Mike Ettore

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155

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Aug 2026

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The Fidelis Leadership Podcast is for those aspiring to leadership excellence. Weekly episodes convey lessons from leadership experts, and the Trust-Based Leadership™ model.

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August 25, 2026Episode 15542 min

Season 10 - Episode 155: Nick Jonsson

Nick Jonsson is an award-winning global keynote speaker, bestselling author, transformational master coach and facilitator, Counsellor & Psychotherapist. He is widely recognized as the world's leading voice on Executive Loneliness. Nick works globally across individual, group, team, and organizational settings. He offers private executive and life coaching, private counselling and psychotherapy, as well as group, team, and organizational coaching. In addition, he designs and delivers leadership facilitation, process facilitation, and training programs for leadership teams and organizations worldwide, supporting psychological safety, culture, wellbeing, and sustainable performance. His work is shaped by more than two decades of senior leadership experience in global organizations, as well as his own lived experience of burnout, addiction, and recovery. Nick has a particular heart for leaders, professionals, and their families who carry significant responsibility while quietly struggling with burnout, anxiety, depression, addiction, compulsive behaviors, relationship strain, or a loss of purpose.

August 18, 2026Episode 15455 min

Season 10 - Episode 154: Fay Newiadomski

Fay Newiadomski, a former University Dean with over 40 years of experience, is an international, award-winning change management strategist and is the founder and CEO of ICTN in 1993. Fay has set up universities and schools, and she consults for and trains leading multinational companies. She has delivered many thousands of experiential workshops to the public and private sectors, and has published over 500 articles on business culture and leadership behavior. Fay has designed and developed her own Leadership Program called the "Four Journeys of a Leader"© and is currently writing a book with the same title to accompany the program. Her purpose is to awaken true leadership in leaders and she shares many insights on this topic during our conversation.

August 11, 2026Episode 15357 min

Season 10 - Episode 153: Natalie Johnson and Rebecca Johnson

Our guests today are Natalie Johnson and Rebecca Johnson, two dynamic change-makers who are rewriting the rules of modern workplace culture. As the founders of Vidl Work, a company that helps companies transform their culture, they use a proven, proprietary process to take an organizations' daily interactions from mediocre or toxic to thriving. They are also the co-authors of the book Leading the Culture Journey. Together, they also host the Energy, Connection & Courage at Work podcast series. In this episode, they share sage insights on how to develop exceptional workplace cultures!

August 4, 2026Episode 1521 hr 2 min

Season 10 - Episode 152: David Kochanek

David Kochanek is a branding and thought leadership strategist and the founder of BoardVoice.com and ThoughtLeadership.com. He helps senior executives and board candidates clarify their value, strengthen their positioning, and increase their visibility. David and his team have supported more than 6,200 executives in developing personal brands that attract new opportunities, build credibility, and elevate professional influence. At ThoughtLeadership.com, they turn expertise into authority, visibility, and trust through thought leadership strategy, executive branding, content, LinkedIn positioning, PR, and training.

July 28, 2026Episode 15149 min

Season 10 - Episode 151: Bruce Vojak

Dr. Bruce Vojak has held senior leadership roles in both the private sector and in academia, and is currently the Managing Director and Founder of Breakthrough Innovation Advisors, a consultancy that periodically advises Procter & Gamble and regularly presents to, leads workshops for, and advises various other companies on innovation. He sits on the boards of several large companies and is also the author of two books titled Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations in Mature Firms and most recently No-Excuses Innovation: Strategies for Small- and Medium-Sized Mature Enterprises In this episode, we will discuss his latest book and why it is so important for small and medium-sized businesses to innovate.

July 14, 2026Episode 1501 hr 14 min

Season 10 - Episode 150: Anne McGhee-Stinson

Anne McGhee-Stinson is a seasoned Executive Leadership Coach and Consultant with over 30 years of experience helping leaders and organizations move beyond surface-level strategy to address the deeper system dynamics that drive, or quietly erode, sustained performance. As Co-Owner and Managing Partner of InteraWorks, she works with leaders across global corporations, government agencies, and complex organizations to strengthen alignment, build trust, and create cultures where performance and purpose stay in sync. Her career has taken her from Washington D.C. consulting rooms to boardrooms across Europe, Japan, and beyond, giving her a rare cross-cultural lens on leadership and human potential.

July 7, 2026Episode 1491 hr 0 min

Season 10 - Episode 149: Alex Vohr

Alex Vohr is a retired United States Marine Corps veteran, serving 25 years, to include multiple combat campaigns and other operations such as humanitarian relief. Since retiring from the Marine Corps, Alex has served in executive leadership roles in a variety of companies and industries. In addition to his primary logistics specialty, Alex is a defense acquisition professional, a military planner, and educator. He served as the Director for the School of Advanced Warfighting, a graduate level curriculum focused on planning and decision making in war. Alex holds three advanced degrees, his most recent in strategic studies from the Marine Corps War College. He has authored articles on Leadership, Disaster Relief, and Decision Making in the Marine Corps Gazette and in Military Review. Alex resides in Florida with his wife Susan and they have three children.

June 30, 2026Episode 14857 min

Season 10 - Episode 148: Kurt Mosely & Neill Marshall

Neill Marshall and Kurt Mosley are nationally recognized experts in healthcare leadership and executive search, with more than 60 years of combined experience guiding organizations to recruit and support top executives. Together, they co-authored The First 90 Days: From Résumé to Results, a framework that offers leaders practical tools to earn trust, build momentum, and make an impact from day one. In this episode, they will share some insights on leadership by leveraging their experience interviewing over 10,000 healthcare executives.

June 23, 2026Episode 1471 hr 15 min

Season 10 - Episode 147: Tarin Forbes

Dr. Tarin Forbes, a board certified family and integrative medicine physician with advanced training in anti-aging, metabolic, and regenerative medicine. With a passion for personalized care, Dr. Forbes focuses on helping patients achieve long-term health and vitality by treating the whole person—not just symptoms. A former collegiate athlete and national champion at Ohio State, she went on to earn her medical degree from Midwestern University and completed her residency in family medicine in St. Petersburg, Florida. She has since expanded her expertise through multiple fellowships and board certifications, with special interests in cognitive health, cardiovascular fitness, hormone optimization, and integrative cancer support. Dr. Forbes brings both professional expertise and personal experience to her work, inspiring patients to live healthier, more vibrant lives.

April 14, 2026Episode 14641 min

Season 10 - Episode 146: Alex Fredericks

Alexander "Alex" Fredericks is Co-Founder of ToneWell, a voice-driven wellness platform that converts a 30-second audio clip into a practical Performance Readiness Scan and personalized Wellness Report. He leads growth, brand, and partnerships at ToneWell—translating advanced AI and frequency-based science into a simple, repeatable check-in leaders can use to make better decisions, manage energy, and recover smarter. Alex is also the Founder of AECC Group, his consulting firm focused on building brands, systems, and go-to-market strategy for high-performance ventures.