Readback: A Marine Aviator's Manual for Navigating Life's Hardest Lessons

Ryan A. Cherry, Colonel, USMC (Ret.), is an executive coach, speaker, and retired Marine aviator and senior military leader with over twenty-five years of service around the globe. From leading helicopter squadrons in the Indo-Pacific to advising top Department of Defense leaders on crisis response and autonomous aviation strategy, he has dedicated his career to leading under pressure.  Cherry is widely recognized for building and mentoring high-performing teams, driving innovation, and leading complex operations in some of the most demanding environments. For more information, please visit RyanACherry.comEmail: [email protected]

If your most brilliant minds are also your most challenging, you are in the right conversation. Our guest today is Susan Inouye, co-creator of Sawubona Leadership and the author of the #1 bestseller Leadership's Perfect Storm on millennials and transformational change. She works at the intersection of profit, purpose, and presence, helping executives transform themselves into better leaders, thus transforming their managers and rising millennial and Gen Z talent into connected, accountable, high-performing teams. Get ready to explore gifts, blind spots, and cultures of belonging that actually move the numbers in real time. Susan Inouye is an executive leadership coach, co-creator of Sawubona Leadership, and author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Leadership's Perfect Storm. For nearly two decades, she has helped executives, senior partners, and managers in financial and professional services, and technology firms transform into leaders who motivate their people not from positional authority but from connection and deep trust, thus developing managers and high-potential millennials and Gen Zs into engaged, accountable, high-performing teams. Drawing on her work with over 600 organizations in 40 industries, she blends clear business metrics with human-centered transformation that improves engagement, retention, and profit. Her approach was shaped in South Central Los Angeles, where she experienced the power of Gift-Centered mentoring with inner-city millennial youth and translated it into corporate cultures of belonging. Through practical somatic practices, gift-centered coaching, and cross- generational mentoring, Susan helps intellectually brilliant, relationally challenged leaders see the whole person, including themselves. The results are leaders who develop a leadership presence that empowers their people to navigate disruption, AI, and constant change with presence, courage, and grace. Recent article for Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global written by Susan: https://community.thriveglobal.com/how-financial-leaders-must-lead-in-the-age-of-ai/ For more information: [email protected], website: https://www.susaninouye.com For more information about Dr. Relly Nadler go to https://drrellynadler.com  

Jeremie Kubicek is a dynamic communicator, seasoned entrepreneur, and influential content creator whose work has shaped leaders and organizations across the globe. He is the author of Making Your Leadership Come Alive—a national best-seller and The Peace Index, as well as the co-author of The 100X Leader, 5 Voices, 5 Gears, The Communication Code, and the newly released Voice-Driven Leader (November 2025). As the Co-Founder of GiANT, Jeremie leads a global enterprise dedicated to certifying coaches and consultants who serve organizations and their people. Over the course of his career, he has founded more than 25 companies while living and working in Oklahoma City, Moscow, Atlanta, and London. His passion is equipping leaders to multiply healthy influence and build cultures of trust and effectiveness around the world. For more information: [email protected]  website: flyingthrulife.com https://www.giantworldwide.com Information on Dr. Relly Nadler: htttps://drrellynadler.com  

Robert DeLaurentis, widely known as the "Peace Pilot," is an aviation circumnavigator, author, speaker, philanthropist, and Navy Gulf War veteran. He has flown over all seven continents, both poles, and across 53 countries, carrying experiments for NASA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, while championing the global peace movement in a plane called the Citizen of the World for the World. A successful entrepreneur and real estate investor, Robert grew his business and retired at 37 by applying spiritual principles he now teaches worldwide. His books include Peace Pilot: To the Ends of the Earth and Beyond, Zen Pilot, and Flying Thru Life. along with three children's books. His documentary Peace Pilot captures his polar circumnavigation, a journey filled with life-threatening adversity, powerful breakthroughs, and the unifying message of "One Planet, One People, One Plane." For more information, [email protected], website: flyingthrulife.com For more information about Relly Nadler go to https://drrellynadler.com

Tania de Jong AM has garnered an international reputation as an award-winning social entrepreneur, acclaimed soprano, inspirational speaker and storyteller, creative alchemist, philanthropist and spiritual journey woman. She is a passionate leader for social change and one of Australia's most successful female entrepreneurs and innovators, having developed 6 businesses and 4 charities. When she was just 14 years old her best friend told her not to bother having singing lessons. So, it's not surprising that her mission is to change the world, one voice at a time. Her TED Talk 'How singing together changes the brain' has sparked international interest. Tania is a global authority on creativity, innovation, leadership and collaboration. With a grandmother who invented the foldable umbrella, innovation is in her blood. As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, she has learnt about resilience and re-invention and developed a passion for mental health and social inclusion. Tania is an agent for change — an inspirational and moving storyteller and presenter. Her keynotes, combined with the power of song, are transformational. She is known for her ability to unleash creative energy, expand mindsets, build 'can-do' teams and develop cultures of innovation, diversity and inclusion. She has spoken and performed in over 40 countries. For 10 years Tania produced the ground-breaking Creative Innovation Asia Pacific forum. Creative Innovation Global received international awards including Corporate Event of the Year (Eventex Awards) and was ranked among the top 20 event organizers in the world. For more information: [email protected]://www.taniadejong.com/ For more information about Dr. Relly Nadler go to https://drrellynadler.com

Alicia Rius is an ICF PCC-certified leadership coach, former co-founder and COO, and author of Lead With Clarity: How New Managers Turn Confusion into Confident Leadership. She lived the doer-to-leader leap firsthand, scaling distributed teams across Europe and the US in fast-moving startup environments.  Today, through Hive Leadership & Team Coaching, she helps engineering organizations strengthen their leadership pipeline by equipping first-time managers with the clarity, structure, and confidence to lead well. She is the creator of the 4Ps Leadership Framework™ and writes about the invisible shift from doer to leader. For more information: [email protected] For more information about Dr. Relly Nadler go to https://drrellynadler.com

Have you ever wanted to be known as the "best boss ever"? Now you can learn exactly how to do that. Ashley Herd (250K on Tiktok), a former Chief People Officer and General Counsel with experience supporting leaders across organizations including McKinsey and Yum! Brands has trained over 250,000 managers throughout her career. Now, she's unveiled a practical, real-world guide called The Manager Method: A Practical Framework to Lead, Support, and Get Results (February 10, 2026 // Hay House) that helps managers lead with confidence using a proven 3-step framework—Pause, Consider, Act—to navigate challenges, build strong teams, and avoid burnout. The Manager Method helps readers to lead effectively, build trust, and grow their careers without sacrificing their well-being. Most managers are promoted because they excel at their jobs—but the moment they step into a new leadership role, they're expected to know how to motivate teams, navigate tough conversations, and drive results with little to no guidance. The Manager Method fills this gap, and provides managers at any level with practical, real-world strategies to help them lead with clarity, confidence, and impact—without burning out. This book simplifies leadership into an actionable process that helps managers make better decisions, set expectations, and build high-performing teams. Unlike theory-heavy leadership books, The Manager Method is designed for busy professionals who need answers now and delivers the step-by-step techniques to make that happen now. Ashley Herd is a former Chief People Officer and General Counsel, leadership speaker, and podcast host who has trained over 250,000 managers through LinkedIn Learning and live corporate trainings. Ashley has spent her career helping professionals navigate leadership challenges with clarity and confidence. Ashley built Manager Method after leading HR and Legal teams at McKinsey, Yum! Brands and Modern Luxury. She's a top LinkedIn Learning instructor and co-host of the HR Besties podcast, where she is a Top 10 Business Podcast Host. As the CEO of Manager Method, Ashley works with organizations of all sizes to equip their managers with practical, proven tools that drive clarity, accountability and stronger teams - because better managers build better workplaces. For more information: https://www.managermethod.com/about-ashley For more information about Dr. Relly Nadler go to https://drrellynadler.com  

In today's show, Drs. Relly Nadler and Cathy Greenberg will share some of the cutting-edge tools they have been using with their coaching and training clients during these turbulent times. They have helped thousands of leaders to perform in the top 10% over the last 3 decades, utilizing emotional intelligence, positive psychology, neuroscience, and peak performance technologies. For more information about Dr. Relly Nadler and to download one of our free eBooks, go to https://drrellynadler.com

Tony Martignetti is a trusted advisor, coach, experience creator, author, podcast host, and speaker. He brings together over 25 years of business and management experience, formal training, and extreme curiosity to elevate leaders and equip them with the tools to navigate through change and unlock their true potential. He loves guiding people to find clarity in their lives so they are energized, fully present, and unstoppable. When leaders unlock their potential and lead from a place of inspired purpose, they impact and inspire everyone around them. Before becoming the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Inspired Purpose Coaching, he was a finance and strategy executive with experience working with some of the world's leading life sciences companies.  Tony is the host of The Virtual Campfire podcast and the author of Climbing the Right Mountain: Navigating the Journey to An Inspired Life. For more information about Dr. Relly Nadler go to https://drrellynadler.com

As a beekeeper, Philip Atkinson lives in Alsace, France and loves spending summers tending to and observing the precious bees and spending the winter learning, reading and writing about them.  Throughout the whole year, Phillip supports leadership teams and leaders to grow and develop. He is the founder of Hive-Logic.com Coaching & Communications. The company runs like a collaborative beehive, supporting senior leaders and teams at multinational organizations to perform at their best through coaching, training and facilitation. He is the author of Bee Wise: 12 Leadership Lessons from a Busy Bee Hive. All proceeds from the book go directly to the charity, BeesForDevelopment.org For more information: [email protected]://hive-logic.com/ For more information about Dr. Relly Nadler go to https://drrellynadler.com