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Twice a month Dave Freund, MACNY’s Chief Leadership Officer brings you interviews with leaders from Central New York and across the country. Once a month Dave will be joined by Marisa Norcross MACNY’s Chief Operating Officer to discuss Life, Learning & Leadership.
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Nov 12, 2025
Nov 12, 2025
29 min
Are you suffering from success-induced complacency? Success can be a killer if we aren't careful. Executive VP of Maxwell Leadership and author Chris Robinson joins Dave for this new episode to discuss Chris's latest book, From Drift to Drive—a great book to set up 2026 for amazing sustained success.
To join Dave's Mastermind starting on December 19th, https://macny.my.salesforce-sites.com/Events/?id=a0BQU000008tMUj
You can purchase From Drift to Drive from https://www.amazon.com/s?k=From+DRift+to+drive&crid=2MKWG1DFZX7A1&sprefix=from+drift+to+drive%2Caps%2C142&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
Thanks for listening!

Oct 30, 2025
Oct 30, 2025
39 min
Welcome back to the Navigating Leadership Podcast.
As we restart the Navigating Leadership Podcast, we return to our conversation with Dr. Timothy Elmore, author of A New Kind of Diversity, which explores the differences between generations and how we can capitalize on the strengths each generation brings to organizations.
In our next episode, we will have an interview with Chris Robinson. Executive VP of Maxwell Leadership and author of Drift to Drive.

Dec 11, 2024
Dec 11, 2024
34 min
This week, Dave has a conversation with his son Jeremy on leadership in the healthcare environment. Jeremy is the coordinator for Crouse Hospital's new Leadership Institute.

Nov 20, 2024
Nov 20, 2024
31 min
This week Dave is joined by three Maxwel Leadership Colleagues who also hosted Live2Lead. They discuss why they host Live2Lead and their main takeaways from this year's event.

Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024
27 min
This week, Dave goes back into The Next Page's vault and pulls out the most listened-to podcast from July 2019. In this episode, Marisa and Dave discuss the need for leaders to know what their leadership is like from the followers' perspective.

Oct 24, 2024
Oct 24, 2024
32 min
In this podcast, Marisa joins Dave to discuss his most recent post, Just One More. They look into how we can achieve harmony in our work and home lives.

Oct 9, 2024
Oct 9, 2024
39 min
This week, Dave had a conversation with Maxwell Leadership Executive Program Leader Darryl Sanford. Darryl is known for his ability to facilitate the amazing team assessment tool, The Leadership Game.
If you would like to learn more about the leadership game, you can contact Darryl at www.perspectivementoring.com
You can also reach Dave at dfreund@macny.org

Sep 25, 2024
Sep 25, 2024
47 min
This week, Dave is joined by Derrick Dorsey, Executive Director of the Central New York School Boards Association. They discuss public education's challenges and the rewards of serving on a Board of Education. We also hear Derrick answer Dave's leadership questions about failure, growth and joy.

Sep 11, 2024
Sep 11, 2024
36 min

Aug 28, 2024
Aug 28, 2024
36 min
