A New Direction
Interviewing Best Selling Authors from around the world for success and leadership in business, life and career.
Episodes
October 22, 2025 • 58 mins
The Opposite of Leadership...Wait for it...It's Drama
I’m really excited for this week’s episode of A New Direction, because I’ll be sitting down with best-selling author Charlie Sheppard, whose work jolts us out of the endless cycle of workplace drama and into — you guessed it — leadership by choice. In his book Save Your Drama for Your Mama: Drama or Leadership is a Choice, Charlie makes it clear that drama isn’t just annoying, i...
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October 15, 2025 • 58 mins
Help Others Find What They Don't Know What Their Needs Are
Join me on A New Direction as I sit down with Bill Shander, author of Stakeholder Whispering: Uncover What People Need Before Doing What They Ask. Bill’s premise is bold and true: most customers, clients, and bosses don’t actually know what they need; they only know what feels familiar enough to ask for. Our job isn’t to take the order—it’s to uncover the real needs with em...
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October 8, 2025 • 61 mins
Lead by 3 - Leadership with Simplicity
A New Direction brings you an in-depth conversation with retired Naval Academy alum Steven Mays, author of The Power of 3: Lessons in Leadership. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the endless “leadership frameworks,” this episode is a breath of clarity. Steven cuts through noise using a foundation rooted in three—three pillars, three practices, three indispensable commitments. It’s concise, p...
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September 24, 2025 • 54 mins
Becoming More Requires You Becoming Different
Join me live on A New Direction as I sit down with best-selling author, business leader, and transformational coach Dianna Kokoszka to talk about her incredible new book Becoming More: You Can’t Get Better Until You Get Different. If you’ve ever felt stuck in your routines or wondered why progress feels just out of reach, this conversation will inspire you to break free from old pattern...
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September 17, 2025 • 61 mins
Leading with Hospitality is Not Going to Be Easy...
But it will be Effective
What does it truly mean to lead with heart? This week on A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso, we welcome Taylor Scott, author of Lead with Hospitality: Be Human. Emotionally Connect. Serve Selflessly. In a world where leadership often gets reduced to strategy, numbers, and bottom lines, Taylor brings us back to the core truth: people want to feel valued, c...
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September 10, 2025 • 58 mins
Can Empathy Drive Productivity and Profit?
Yes!
What if the greatest leadership superpower wasn’t authority or strategy—but empathy? On the this episode of A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso, my guest Dr. Melissa Robinson-Winemiller unpacks her book The Empathic Leader and explains how empathy, when connected to Emotional Intelligence (EQ), is transforming leadership in ways that boost profit, productivity, and innovation.
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September 3, 2025 • 56 mins
7 Strategies to Build a Better Now in Life and Business
In this episode of A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso I have a powerful conversation that could change the way you experience every moment of your life and your business. My guest, Greg Bennick, speaker, humanitarian, and author of the inspiring new book Reclaim the Moment: 7 Strategies to Build a Better Now, joins me to share how to stop letting life and your business slip b...
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August 27, 2025 • 47 mins
How Peer-to-Peer Networks Will Surpass the Best CEO Driven Companies
What if your smartest move as a leader is to stop trying to be the smartest person in the room? Join me on A New Direction with Coach Jay, as I sit down with Rod Collins, author of Nobody Is Smarter than Everybody: Why Self-Managed Teams Make Better Decisions and Deliver Extraordinary Results. We’re diving into the playbook that replaces top-down control with coll...
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August 20, 2025 • 57 mins
26 Jerks in the Work Place...Are You 27?
Your workplace should be a place of growth, teamwork, and purpose—but what happens when one person throws it all off track? In his new book The One-Minute Jerk at Work, Rich Salon—better known as “Rich the HR Guy”—shines a bright light on the subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways toxic behaviors can creep into your office and derail your career. On this episode of A New Direction with Coach Jay Iz...
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August 13, 2025 • 56 mins
Business Start Your Engines with 5 Flags to Enhance your Sales and Strategy
Why do so many companies struggle to grow—even when they have talented sales teams and visionary executives? On the next episode of A New Direction, I, Coach Jay Izso, sit down with Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author Scott Edinger to discuss his latest book, The Growth Leader. Scott’s research uncovers a costly disconnect between the C-Suite and the sa...
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August 6, 2025 • 58 mins
Don't confuse Human Hacking with Manipulation...Like Everything there can be a Dark Side, but Now When It Is Used for Good
What if you could ethically influence others, build instant rapport, and create lasting positive impressions—just by understanding human behavior more deeply? On the next episode of A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso, we welcome Christopher Hadnagy, world-renowned social engineer, cybersecurity expert, and bes...
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July 30, 2025 • 62 mins
Never Give Up on Your Dream...
How Baseball and More can Teach us Lessons That Can Encourage Us to Keep Pursuing our Dreams in both Life and Business.
What if the path to your biggest dreams wasn’t found in swinging for the fences, but in mastering the little things? On the next episode of A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso, we welcome Joel Goldberg, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, television host, and veteran reporter who travels...
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June 26, 2025 • 57 mins
Get Your Aging Career Car Back in Shape to Take On the New Roads
Is your career running out of gas? Maybe it’s time for a tune-up—and this week on A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso, we’re pulling into the garage with author, career expert, and former pastor Chris Fontanella. His latest book, Overhaul Your Career: Seven Tips for Restoring Your Classic Model for New Roads, offers a powerful roadmap to get your professional life hum...
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June 4, 2025 • 57 mins
Leadership Lessons from the Legends: Pat Summitt and John Wooden
This week on A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso, get ready for a masterclass in leadership, personal growth, and lasting impact as we welcome back breakthrough coach and best-selling author Brian Biro. His latest book, Lessons from the Legends, dives deep into the coaching brilliance of two of the greatest leaders in sports history—Pat Summitt and John Wooden. Join u...
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May 28, 2025 • 57 mins
In Business or in Life, How YOU handle Crisis will make the Difference
In this powerful episode of A New Direction with Coach Jay Izso, we sit down with global legal and compliance expert Fabiana Lacerca-Allen to explore the mindset and tools needed to lead through the most challenging moments. As the author of the thought-provoking book Crisis Capable – Building Your Capacity to Survive and Succeed in Every Environment, Fabiana dr...
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May 14, 2025 • 56 mins
Knowing Your Identity Coupled with Strategy Will Leave a Lasting Legacy
A New Direction welcomes Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author Alex Brueckmann for a live, game-changing conversation about his latest book, The Legacy Strategy. In a world desperate for direction and authenticity, Brueckmann delivers a powerful message: true leadership isn’t about chasing the next goal—it’s about defining who you are and what you stand for. ...
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April 30, 2025 • 56 mins
8 Keys to Becoming a Learn It All Leader
In this episode of A New Direction with Coach Jay talks with Damon Lembi — two-time best-selling author and CEO of LearnIt — for a powerful conversation that will reshape the way you think about leadership, growth, and learning. Damon joins us to dive deep into his newest book, The Learn It All Leader: Mindset, Traits, and Tools, a must-read for anyone serious about leading in today’s fast-c...
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April 23, 2025 • 58 mins
The Third Side of the Coin: Unlocking “Bempathy”
Communication is the foundation of every relationship—personal, professional, and everything in between. But what if the way we’ve been taught to communicate is only giving us part of the picture? In this episode of A New Direction, I interview the dynamic Jill Robin Payne, as we dive deep into the revolutionary ideas in her new book, "Bempathy: Simplify Communication by Looking at ...
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April 16, 2025 • 60 mins
Overcome Fear and Live Courageously
What if fear wasn't something to conquer—but something to work with? In this episode of A New Direction we go deep into the science of fear, courage, and personal transformation with Dr. Mary Poffenroth, author of the groundbreaking book "Brave New You: Strategies, Tools, and Neurohacks to Live More Courageously Every Day." Whether you're stuck in a rut, chasing a dream, or just trying to move fo...
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April 9, 2025 • 60 mins
Be an Inspired Leader through the Science of Spiritually Intelligent Leadership
What if your greatest leadership tool isn’t strategy, but spirit? This week on A New Direction, we sit down with Dr. Yosi Amram, a pioneering psychologist, executive coach, and author of the groundbreaking new book Spiritually Intelligent Leadership: How to Inspire by Being Inspired.
Dr. Amram invites us to rethink what it means to lead—not just with i...
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