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by Ryan Maxwell
We bring you in-depth interviews with exceptional leaders who drive toward a different bottom line — leaders from health care, philanthropy, non-profits, education and rescue services who are doing exceptional work for the good of the world. Exploring their origin stories, their leadership journey and the lessons they learned on their path -- sometimes the hard way -- we bring you close to understand how exceptional leaders tick.Exceptionally Good on Substack:https://substack.com/@exceptionallygoodMore from Exceptionally Good:📧 ryan@exceptionallygood.orgWork with Ryan:https://www.exceptionallygood.org/services
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35. Daneen Keaton - On Leading Liberated
Our guest is Daneen Keaton, Founder & Executive Director of Lead Liberated, whose bold vision is working to reshape how educational leaders reckon with equity, power, and anti-racist practice. Daneen’s work as an educator, school leader, as a leadership coach and facilitator in anti-racist development has deep roots in both practice and systems-level transformation. In her career she has served as an founding educator and school leader in San Francisco and Oakland, a New Leaders co...
- 2 weeks ago1h 1m
34. Morgan Blum Schneider — Director of the JFCS Holocaust Center on Memory, Courage, and Confronting Hate
This week on Exceptionally Good, we're joined by Morgan Blum Schneider, Director of the JFCS Holocaust Center in San Francisco — a leader who has spent more than two decades turning the hardest chapters of history into some of the most practical tools we have for building an empathetic, morally courageous society. Morgan has helped grow the Jewish Family and Children Services Holocaust Center since 2005 into one of the leading voices in Holocaust and genocide education in California, regularl...
- May 4, 20261h 20m
33. Ron Berger, a leader in the Rebel Alliance: Why Not Give People Important Work to Do Now?
This episode, I have the immense pleasure and privilege of talking with a mentor and a friend — Ron Berger. Ron is a powerful voice and leader in education as an author of best-selling books such as A Culture of Quality and Leaders of Their Own Learning, has served Chief Academic Officer for Expeditionary Learning, as a keynote speaker in places as far-flung as Japan, the Bronx, Timor Leste, West Virginia, Spain, mountaineering huts in the Rocky Mountains, England and Alabama. He leads ...
- Apr 27, 20261h 12m
32. Ryan Maxwell: The Host Becomes the Guest - The Table Is Turned (and So Is the Mic!) - Feat. Felicia Lee
This week, we're turning the tables — or in this case, the microphone. I'm Ryan Maxwell, and today, I'm the guest. Guest hosted by Felicia Lee, founder of Campana Leadership Group, who leads executive coaching. Years ago, Felicia coached me to see myself more clearly — so there is no one better suited to hold this microphone. This one is personal. And a little uncomfortable. And honestly? That's probably why it might be worth listening to. We explore stories that shaped my path. A brother sch...
- Apr 20, 20261h 3m
31. Dr. Susan Enfield - Knowing Students by Name, Strength, and Need
This week, we're sitting down with a leader who has spent her career doing something rare — keeping students at the center, even when the systems around her made that hard. Dr. Susan Enfield is the Executive Director of the University of Washington's Center for Educational Leadership. Her path there winds through some of the most meaningful work in public education — from serving as interim superintendent in Seattle, to a decade leading Highline Public Schools, where she launched the Highline...
- Apr 10, 202657 min
30. Tracking What Matters: Jess & Advice on Partnership, the Wild, and True Collaboration
Today we have the delight to connect with a pair of leaders who are exceptional in their craft AND in how they are good partners for each other. Jess and Advice are not my typical guests. They don't lead non-profits or NGOs, they don't have backgrounds as educators — but they have remarkable gifts to share. Leadership comes in many forms. Advice Ngwenya is a tracker among one of the most elite group of trackers in South Africa and the world. Advice can spot the track of a leopard in the sand ...
- Mar 30, 20261h 9m
29. Dr. Zach Shirley — Brotherhood Built Me: HBCUs, Identity, Evolution, and the Work of Belonging
This episode I'm delighted to talk with Dr. Zach Shirley — a nationally recognized leader in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Dr. Zach currently serves as Vice President of DEIB at Cambium Learning, where he shapes strategy, drives organizational change, and equips teams to build more inclusive cultures. But to understand how he got there, you have to go back to a kid in high school — nerdy, scrawny, overlooked — who thought he had nothing to offer the world. What changed everythi...
- Mar 23, 20261h 2m
28. Alejandra Naranjo — Earning the Trust to Match Generosity with Impact
Today’s guest is someone who embodies a rare and powerful combination: sharp strategic thinking paired with a deep, human understanding of what it means to give, to trust, and to build something that matters. Alejandra Naranjo is currently the Assistant Vice President for Development, Principal Gifts and Campaign Initiatives at New York University, where she leads transformational philanthropic partnerships at the highest level. Her work sits at the intersection where trust fosters the path f...
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We bring you in-depth interviews with exceptional leaders who drive toward a different bottom line — leaders from health care, philanthropy, non-profits, education and rescue services who are doing exceptional work for the good of the world. Exploring their origin stories, their leadership journey and the lessons they learned on their path -- sometimes the hard way -- we bring you close to understand how exceptional leaders tick.Exceptionally Good on Substack:https://substack.com/@exceptionallygoodMore from Exceptionally Good:📧 ryan@exceptionallygood.orgWork with Ryan:https://www.exceptionallygood.org/services
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