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The Edge of Leadership

The Edge of Leadership

By: Michael Molinaro and Gregg Thompson
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The Edge of Leadership podcast series tests and expands the boundaries of traditional organizational learning practices. Michael and Gregg seek to bring fresh thinking to the critical endeavor of leader development. They bring to air both new and established voices working with leaders at all levels, and organizations of all sizes. Their conversations with fanatical outliers, unapologetic contrarians and passionate zealots will challenge you to rethink your most-closely held beliefs about leadership and its place in today’s organizations.

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Episodes
  • Who You Are is How You Lead
    Feb 23 2026

    Courage, justice, wisdom, humanity, transcendence…are such virtues just nice-to-have elements of a leader’s development or the indispensable building blocks of a successful career? Michael and Gregg are joined by Dr. Toby Newstead, a scholar at the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, Management, to explore some thorny questions: Do you need to be a good person to be a good leader? How does a leader develop character?

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    43 mins
  • Are You an Authentic Leader or an Authentic Jerk?
    Jan 20 2026

    In this not-to-be- missed episode Dr. Hannes Leroy, professor of leadership development at the Rotterdam School of Management, joins Michael and Gregg to discuss his somewhat radical thoughts on authenticity and leadership. As this spirited conversation evolves, Dr. Hannes challenges us with the question: “Is much of our popular leadership development just happy-making?’

    Read the MIT Sloan Management Review article



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    36 mins
  • A Culture of Confession and Pastoral Power?
    Dec 18 2025

    Is sharing one’s deep personal beliefs, values and feelings a prerequisite to developing as a leader or just the facilitator/coach’s desire for “pastoral power”? Have we created a pervasive culture of confession? To what end? Are we grooming leaders or compliant subjects? Dr. Nicole Ferry of the Copenhagen Business School joins Michael and Gregg in a conversation that tackles these thorny questions.

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    25 mins
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