The Next Interview Show

Each week, I pull back the curtain on what it really takes to lead at a higher level. Alongside my guests—expert leaders in their own right—I share modern strategies, hard-earned leadership insights, and real coaching scenarios drawn from the work I do with executives and teams across the country. No theory. No fluff. Just practical guidance you can put to work the moment the episode ends.

The Next Interview Show is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 106 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts The Next Interview Show, a business show with 106 episodes published.

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  Episode #106

  How to Get Unstuck and Lead What’s Next | Jennifer Doty

  Sep 22, 202653 minS25

  What if the biggest constraint on your leadership isn’t your team, your organization or the market—but the story you believe about what’s possible? Jennifer Doty, Vice President of Customer Operations at ThreeFlow, executive advisor, keynote speaker and author of Just Lead and Find the Right Now Role, joins Doland White on The Next Interview for a practical conversation about leadership, identity, trust, reinvention and creating what comes next. After nearly two decades at MetLife—including leading approximately 1,400 people across the U.S. and India—Jennifer had to confront a question many successful executives eventually face: Who am I beyond my job title? Her answer became a lesson in Leadership Development, Executive Leadership and Leadership Mindset. Jennifer explains why getting unstuck begins with examining the stories and beliefs running between your ears. She shares how leaders can define what they actually want, identify what is already working and move forward without immediately abandoning their current role. The conversation also explores Leadership Trust and Leadership Communication in virtual organizations. Jennifer explains why intentionally spending time with people remains some of the highest-value work a leader can do—and why influence becomes especially important when you don’t have positional authority. And we tackle AI Leadership. AI can create enormous velocity, but Jennifer argues that technology does not eliminate the human relationship at the center of Business Leadership. Leaders still need to provide context, validate outputs, exercise judgment and build genuine relationships. In this episode, you’ll learn: • How to recognize the beliefs keeping you stuck • Why identity should be bigger than your job title • How to lead through influence instead of control • Why relationships remain essential in an AI-driven workplace • How Plan → Do → Review creates learning and accountability Estimated timestamps: 00:00 — Jennifer Doty’s leadership journey 15:00 — Beliefs, fear and getting unstuck 25:30 — Building trust and relationships 30:00 — Leading without positional authority 38:00 — AI, judgment and human relationships 43:00 — Building additional possibilities 48:00 — Dreaming bigger and creating what’s next Jennifer Doty — VP of Customer Operations, ThreeFlow Website: JenniferDoty.com LinkedIn: Jennifer Sierveld Doty If this conversation helps your Leadership Development, subscribe to The Next Interview, comment with the lesson you’re taking away and share the episode with another leader. Hosted by Doland White, executive coach, author of Lead With Confidence®, and The Empowerment Guy. Doland White Website Lead With Confidence® The Doland White YouTube Channel Doland White on LinkedIn

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  Episode #105

  Make AI Work With a Clear Leadership Mindset | Doland White

  Sep 15, 202622 minS5

  Your teams have AI tools. Can they explain what they’re trying to accomplish together? In this solo episode of The Next Interview, executive coach and author Doland White explores the leadership work that connects AI strategy to everyday decisions, team priorities, and coordinated execution. An instruction to “go implement AI” leaves a lot for your Directors and VPs to interpret. Without a clear business purpose, departments can build separate initiatives that pull the organization in different directions. Doland explains how leaders create common meaning so people understand both the intended outcome and why their own contribution matters. If you’re a Director, VP, Founder, or CEO responsible for AI adoption, this conversation gives you a practical place to begin. It connects executive leadership with the conversations teams need before they can act confidently. You’ll also hear five reflection questions covering strategic intent, leadership sense making, common meaning, connection to work, and coordinated direction. You’ll learn how to: • Clarify what AI should accomplish and what progress would look like. • Translate executive intent into priorities your team can use. • Check understanding instead of assuming agreement means alignment. • Connect departmental initiatives, decisions, and process dependencies. • Make progress visible so people can see how their work contributes. Start with one question at your next team meeting: “What are we trying to accomplish with AI, and what does that change about your priorities?” Listen for different interpretations and use them to decide what needs clarification. Estimated chapters — verify against the final recording: 00:00 Why AI implementation requires leadership 02:15 The Director and VP translation challenge 04:20 Why AI needs a meaningful business purpose 05:35 How disconnected initiatives deepen silos 07:25 Define strategic intent and visible progress 10:05 Leadership sense making 11:40 Create common meaning 13:55 Connect AI to decisions and priorities 16:20 Coordinate direction across departments 18:40 Review your scores and choose one action Subscribe to The Next Interview for practical leadership coaching and conversations that help you empower your team and lead with confidence. Share this episode with a leader implementing AI, and comment: Where does your strategy lose clarity? Hosted by Doland White, executive coach, author of Lead With Confidence®, and The Empowerment Guy. Explore Doland’s work: dolandwhite.com Order Lead With Confidence®: https://a.co/d/0hqSy7LA Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dolandwhite/ Tags leadership development, executive leadership, leadership coaching, business leadership, leadership mindset, The Next Interview, Doland White, AI leadership, AI implementation, AI readiness, strategic alignment, leadership communication, common meaning, AI adoption, team alignment, executive coaching, decision making, coordinated action, Lead With Confidence, organizational culture Hashtags #LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipCoaching #BusinessLeadership #TheNextInterview

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  Episode #104

  Why Identity Comes Before Leadership Strategy | Cassandra Shea

  Sep 8, 20261h 1mS5

  Your strategy may fail when an outdated identity builds it. Cassandra Shea, founder and Leadership Scaling Consultant at The Possibility Investor, explains why identity must come before strategy—and how that choice accelerates aligned growth. Directors, VPs, founders, and CEOs will connect Leadership Development, Executive Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Business Leadership, and Leadership Mindset to clearer decisions, communication, execution, Workplace Culture, Team Performance, and Accountability in the Workplace. • Future-cast your role before the plan. • Treat imposter syndrome as skill-gap data. • Test in short sprints; share the learning. Why identity first? It shapes what leaders see and choose. How can leaders make change practical? Test one future behavior and measure the signal. How do retrospectives build Leadership Trust? They make learning and commitments visible. 00:00 — Identity first | 13:30 — Imposter syndrome | 30:00 — Lead change | 54:30 — Learn and recalibrate Subscribe, follow, share, and comment with the identity your next season requires. Cassandra Shea — Founder, The Possibility Investor Website: possibilityinvestor.com LinkedIn: Cassandra Shea The Next Interview is hosted by Doland White, executive coach, author of Lead With Confidence®, and known as The Empowerment Guy. Each episode delivers practical insights, powerful stories, and bold conversations designed to help leaders empower their teams, accelerate growth, and lead with confidence. Visit dolandwhite.com/lwc and order your copy of Lead With Confidence® today.

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  Episode #103

  How Leaders Stop Being the Bottleneck | David Schnurman

  Sep 1, 202648 minS4

  What happens when the leader who built the company becomes the person holding it back? David Schnurman, CEO of Lawline and author of 11 Suitcases, joins Doland White to explore the shift from founder dependency to shared leadership. It connects Leadership Development, Executive Leadership, Leadership Coaching, Business Leadership, and Leadership Mindset. This episode is for Directors, VPs, founders, and CEOs building a Workplace Culture of ownership. • Replace founder dependency with trusted leaders and priorities. • Use bounded experiments to strengthen Leadership Trust, Team Performance, and Accountability in the Workplace. • Write the future, then move before certainty arrives. Can a company scale if every decision depends on the founder? No—scale requires distributed leadership. How can leaders reduce fear? Take the smallest credible action that creates learning. 00:00 Fear and leadership | 10:20 The founder bottleneck | 22:10 Barcelona | 31:30 Bounded failure Subscribe, follow, share, and comment with the decision you need to release. David Schnurman — CEO, Lawline | lawline.com | linkedin.com/in/davidschnurman The Next Interview is hosted by Doland White, executive coach, author of Lead With Confidence®, and known as The Empowerment Guy. Each episode delivers practical insights, stories, and conversations designed to help leaders empower teams, accelerate growth, and lead with confidence. Visit: https://www.dolandwhite.com/lwc and order your copy of Lead With Confidence® today. Leadership Development; Executive Leadership; Leadership Coaching; Business Leadership; Leadership Mindset

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  Episode #102

  Build a Team That Can Lead Without You | Mike DeJong

  Aug 25, 20261h 2mS5

  The skills that made you successful can eventually make you the bottleneck. Entrepreneur, business coach, and Grow Smart author Mike DeJong joins Doland White to explore how Leadership Development turns individual capability into Leadership Trust, better Team Performance, and stronger accountability. If you're a Director, VP, Founder, or CEO who still owns too many decisions, this conversation challenges your Leadership Mindset. Executive Leadership isn't about remaining indispensable—it's about developing people capable of leading. • Identify whether you're operating as a Hunter, Architect, or GSD—and what capabilities your team needs around you. • Use clear guardrails to expand autonomy without abandoning Accountability in the Workplace. • Transfer small decisions first and expand authority as competence grows. • Hire people capable of becoming better than you at work you shouldn't continue owning. How do leaders stop being bottlenecks? Build people and systems that can make decisions without constant escalation. How do you improve Workplace Culture? Pair autonomy with clarity, coaching, and accountability. 00:00 Mike's leadership journey 13:30 Becoming the bottleneck 17:30 Three leadership styles 29:30 Building leaders through guardrails Subscribe, follow, share, and comment for more Leadership Coaching and Business Leadership conversations. Mike DeJong — Entrepreneur, Business Coach & Author of Grow Smart: Your Path to Transformation Website: https://mikedejong.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikedejongspeaker/ The Next Interview is hosted by Doland White, executive coach, author of Lead With Confidence®, and known as The Empowerment Guy. Each episode delivers practical insights, powerful stories, and bold conversations designed to help leaders empower their teams, accelerate growth, and lead with confidence. Visit: https://www.dolandwhite.com/lwc and order your copy of Lead With Confidence® today.

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