K Street Coaching®

Author: Gideon Culman

  • Being and Building Bridges — Interview

    “It’s not like there’s a Latino voice, or Latino voices and Jewish voices. You have in front of you people who are the combination of the Jewish with the Latino and the Latin American. So it’s not like we put on a hat, ‘and now we’re speaking Latino,’ and then we put on another hat,…

  • Countering Genocide Denial — Interview

    “This goes for every genocide that’s happened: There really is no grey area. And we have to stand up for what is right and not feel uncomfortable to do so; don’t feel uncomfortable to perhaps even offend someone. You have to stand up for what is right and you’re not doing anything wrong. It shouldn’t make…

  • Reclaiming Your People’s Story — Interview

    Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman is the Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States of America. In this interview we talk about, how throughout living memory, the Kurdish story has been told by people other than the Kurds. We discuss the many ways this has been changing since 2003. Listen to this interview now: http://traffic.libsyn.com/wheregeniusgrows/Bayan_Abdul_Rahman._Where_Genius_Grows.mp3…

  • Having a Passion for Breaking Things — Interview

    “We’re now in a situation where we need diversity and we need people who like to break things on the good guys’ side . . . to understand the mindset of the people who are doing these things to us.” — Michael Echols Michael Echols is the CEO of the International Association of Certified ISAOs…

  • Using Your Privilege to Advocate for Others — Interview

    Mohamed Abubakr is the president of the African Middle Eastern Leadership Project. As modern life chips away at the distances between countries, Mohamed sees grassroots activists from Africa and the Middle East as the people best equipped to inform U.S. engagement within their countries. His work with the African Middle Eastern Leadership Project is to connect…

  • Creating a New Global Wine Route — Interview

    Peter Weltman is an activist sommelier with a vision for borderless wine. In pursuit of this vision, Peter challenges us to venture outside of traditional wine regions, discover less known viticultural gems, and spend our money on wines whose production makes the world a better place. Listen to the interview now: http://traffic.libsyn.com/wheregeniusgrows/Where_Genius_Grows._Peter_Weltman_Interview.mp3 Sign up to…

  • Taking Pride in Public Speaking — Interview

    Allison Shapira is the president and founder of Global Public Speaking. Most people are deathly afraid of speaking in public. In this episode, we discuss what gets in our way of public speaking and how we can remove these obstacles. The result is a clarity about who we are and a confidence in what we…

  • Building a Better World for Our Children — Interview

    John K. Glenn is the director of policy at the US Global Leadership Coalition. In this interview we discuss how the aims of US foreign policy have evolved from the Marshall Plan in the late 1940s, through the end of communism in the 1990s and the response to 9/11 throughout the 2000s, and the advent…

  • The Vision of a Thousand Coaches — Interview

    Christopher McAuliffe is the founder of Accomplishment Coaching. In this interview we discuss Christopher’s journey into coaching, his vision to train over a thousand coaches, and his quest to design a coach training program of unparalleled quality. As the world around us transforms and the only reliable constant is a breathtaking pace of change, what…

  • Breaking Your Tech Habit — Interview

    As we become increasingly enmeshed in the technology all around us — our phones, our tablets, human contact, dating, our hours of leisure — how do we break free? And while we drop the ball on facing this question, what kind of behavior are we modeling for our kids? Tech<br>eak founder Ali Maresh discusses what we…