Surfacing Leaders
Come with Marc as he tells the stories of leaders in unlikely places and the human spirit that drives us all.
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From the FBI to Cyber CEO: How M.K. Palmore Builds Trust When There's No Physical Battlefield (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler sits down with M.K. Palmore, founder and CEO of Apogee Global RMS, who advises boards and executive leaders on cybersecurity strategy, operational resilience, and leadership development. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, former Marine Corps officer, and 22-year FBI special agent who later held executive security roles at Google and Palo Alto Networks, MK brings a rare, layered perspective on leading through high-stakes, high-uncert
Find Your Leadership BEAT: Heartnomics with Hanna Bauer (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler sits down with Hanna Bauer, founder of Heartnomics, for a conversation about what it means to lead from a place of true alignment. Diagnosed with a terminal heart disease at age four, Hanna spent five years of her childhood living in a hospital and became the first child to undergo an experimental heart procedure that doctors hadn't yet proven would work. Two decades later, she learned it had gone on to save over 3,000 children
The Leadership Mistake That Burns Out Your Best People with Borja Cuan (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler sits down with Borja Cuan, co-founder of Four15 Digital and a performance marketing leader with nearly three decades of experience. They explore what it takes to build a high-performing organization while keeping people at the center of leadership. Borja shares lessons from his career and the evolution of Four15 Digital, including one of his biggest leadership realizations: putting clients first can come at a cost when it means
The Ordinary Habits That Create Extraordinary Leaders with Chris Avery (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler sits down with performance coach, endurance athlete, and founder of the Run With Christ Blueprint, Chris Avery, for a powerful conversation about resilience, faith, and the leadership that emerges through consistent action. Chris shares his remarkable journey from childhood trauma, addiction, and despair to becoming a man driven by purpose—one mile at a time. What began as a simple commitment to run one mile a day has grown into
From Ground Zero to Guinness World Records: The Leadership Behind Breakthrough Innovation with Hiten Sonpal (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler sits down with Hiten Sonpal, CEO of Rise Robotics, to explore the intersection of innovation, leadership, and the courage to embrace uncertainty. From immigrating to the United States from India to deploying robotics at Ground Zero after 9/11 and leading breakthrough technologies that challenge decades-old industries, Hiten shares the experiences that shaped his leadership philosophy. Together, Marc and Hiten discuss why the bes
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