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The Next LevelShift Happens with Jeff Edwards: Part 2Jeff Edwards is a strategic sales leader in the tech industry who loves to inspire people, teams, and organizations to step into the fullest version of themselves. In his role as Director of Partner Sales at Cisco, Jeff drives growth and value creation for Cisco's Tier One Service Provider business in the Americas, managing a $2B business in global tech sales.
He is a disruptive leader who challenges the status quo to solve hard problems and propel groundbreaking success. This led Jeff to start Shift Happens, an internal podcast at Cisco for people who want to lead...
2025-11-2545 minThe Next LevelShift Happens with Jeff Edwards: Part 1Jeff Edwards is a strategic sales leader in the tech industry who loves to inspire people, teams and organizations to step into the fullest version of themselves. In his role as Director of Partner Sales at Cisco, Jeff drives growth and value creation for Cisco's Tier One Service Provider business in the Americas, managing a $2B business in global tech sales. He is a disruptive leader who challenges the status quo to solve hard problems and propel groundbreaking success.
This led Jeff to start Shift Happens, an internal podcast at Cisco for people who want to lead...
2025-11-211h 03
The Next LevelThe Preparedness Advantage: Leading in the Face of Societal ChallengesIn this episode of The Next Level, Jonathan Sanchez and Jonathan Sams discuss:
Current events in the United States in recent weeks
Applying the lens of leadership to moments of crisis and how to be prepared to react
The four areas of preparedness – mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual
How to apply these learnings as a leader in your community, family, and/or organization
Jonathan Sams is a Navy veteran, attorney, gentleman farmer, husband, and father of four. Throughout his life, Jonathan has been diagnosed with and beat cancer four times. His outlook on life and how he appr...
2025-09-221h 07
The Next LevelAt Ease: The Guide to a Smooth & Successful Military Transition with Emily King Grandinetta, MCCEmily King Grandinetta is Master Certified Coach, behavioral scientist, organizational consultant, and author. She has over 20 years of experience coaching and consulting with commercial, government, and non-profit organizations. Emily currently leads Grandinetta Group, providing individual and team coaching to public and private sector organizations. She has a master’s degree in organizational development from Johns Hopkins University and a Graduate Certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University.
Emily led military transition coaching programs as president of King Street Associates. Her private practice also provided individual and team coaching to clients including Booz Allen Hamilton, Fannie Mae, AARP, So...
2024-10-2842 min
The Next LevelFeli From GermanyFeli From Germany is a Munich native who now lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. She moved to Cincinnati for an exchange semester during her undergraduate studies in 2016 and, after traveling back and forth between Germany and the United States for a few years, became a permanent Ohio resident in 2019. Feli is a YouTuber, podcaster, and content creator who shares about cultural differences between Germany and the United States, things she likes and dislikes about living in America, and other experiences she has had as an expat living in the US. Since starting her YouTube channel 6 years ago, Feli has produced...
2024-09-051h 16
The Next LevelPart 2: Lessons in Leadership with Mark GreeneMark Greene is passionate about building networks and guiding high performers in their new careers. A former Navy SEAL, his experiences offer invaluable insights into the human spirit’s resilience and the power of support and community in navigating life’s transitions. Despite facing a career-ending injury in football and dropping out of college, Mark’s resilience led him to become a Navy SEAL. He completed BUD/S in 1997 and served on SEAL Team FIVE from 1997 to 2002. After graduating from Officer Candidate School in 2004, Mark served as a Sniper Instructor at the Naval Special Warfare Sniper School, Assistant Officer in Cha...
2024-07-0933 min
The Next LevelPart 1: Lessons in Leadership with Mark GreeneMark Greene is passionate about building networks and guiding high performers in their new careers. A former Navy SEAL, his experiences offer invaluable insights into the human spirit’s resilience and the power of support and community in navigating life’s transitions. Despite facing a career-ending injury in football and dropping out of college, Mark’s resilience led him to become a Navy SEAL. He completed BUD/S in 1997 and served on SEAL Team FIVE from 1997 to 2002. After graduating from Officer Candidate School in 2004, Mark served as a Sniper Instructor at the Naval Special Warfare Sniper School, Assistant Officer in Cha...
2024-07-0945 min
The Next LevelPart 1: Fostering Community Through Farm-To-Table Dining with Todd HudsonTodd Hudson is the Executive Chef and Owner of the Wildflower Café, a farm-to-table restaurant in Mason, Ohio. With over 15 years of kitchen experience, Todd can prepare some of the best food you've ever had, regardless of how exotic your tastes, and he does it all with fresh local products. His roots lie in southern cooking he learned from his grandmother. Todd and his Café have received many accolades, including Top 40 Chefs Under 40, a feature in "Best Chefs America" A Chefs Guide to Top Chefs, a feature in the "Chefs Collaborative 20th Anniversary" Cookbook, "Best Burger" Cincinnati Magazine 2010, "Certified Hu...
2024-04-1045 min
The Next LevelPart 2: Fostering Community Through Farm-To-Table Dining with Todd HudsonTodd Hudson is the Executive Chef and Owner of the Wildflower Café, a farm-to-table restaurant in Mason, Ohio. With over 15 years of kitchen experience, Todd can prepare some of the best food you've ever had, regardless of how exotic your tastes, and he does it all with fresh local products. His roots lie in southern cooking he learned from his grandmother. Todd and his Café have received many accolades, including Top 40 Chefs Under 40, a feature in "Best Chefs America" A Chefs Guide to Top Chefs, a feature in the "Chefs Collaborative 20th Anniversary" Cookbook, "Best Burger" Cincinnati Magazine 2010, "Certified Hu...
2024-04-101h 00The Next LevelKen Bloom: Hacker Herren LegendKen Bloom is the founder of Hacker Herren, a group of over 500 men that come together annually to attend Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. Over the decades, Ken and the group have built a community and a brotherhood that embodies “Gemütlichkeit”—the communal joy experienced at the iconic German festival. Ken and Jon explain how the group came to be and share stories and memories from over the years. As the Hacker Herren saying goes... “You think you know...but you have no idea!” Prost!
In this episode of The Next Level, we discuss:
Ken’s first tri...
2023-09-071h 12The Next LevelJonathan Sams: Cancer Survivor and ThriverJonathan Sams is a Navy veteran, attorney, gentleman farmer, husband, and father of four. Throughout his life, Jonathan has been diagnosed with cancer three times—at age 14, at age 39, and most recently at age 55 in May 2022. His outlook on life and how he approaches his battle with cancer is admirable and encouraging.
In this episode of The Next Level, we discuss:
Jonathan’s first battle with cancer as a young teenager, his second battle at age 39, and how they differed
His mentality when approaching the battle against the disease
How Jonathan approached receiving his third cancer diagno...
2023-08-301h 292022-07-0854 min2022-06-301h 16
The Jack Carr ChannelJon Sanchez: Leadership Expert, SEAL TEAM Platoon Commander, AthleteToday’s guest is a veteran, athlete, executive, and a highly respected leadership expert. Jon Sanchez is the founder and CEO of Team Performance Institute, a premier business leadership and coaching firm.
Prior to founding the company, Jon graduated from the United States Naval Academy and went on to operate as a platoon commander for SEAL Team Three. Jon finished No. 1 in his BUD/S class and received the Honor Man recognition. He is a Military Olympics athlete, winning gold medals in the Naval Pentathlon. In this episode you will also find out Jon’s role...
2022-06-151h 352021-03-0322 min2021-02-2229 min2021-02-0842 minThe Next LevelJon Sanchez, Dr. Norma Fiedotin and Lacey Sladky - What is Executive CoachingInterested in learning more about Executive Coaching? In this podcast, Jon Sanchez, CEO of Team Performance Institute interviews two of our Executive Coaches - Dr. Norma Fiedotin and Lacey Sladky.
2020-11-0935 min2020-08-1847 minThe Next LevelAnthony Muñoz: How to Achieve ExcellenceAnthony Muñoz is a former NFL player who played as an offensive tackle for 13 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. Before his professional career, Anthony played college football for the USC Trojans. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998 and is widely considered to be one of the greatest offensive linemen of all time. In 2002, Anthony started the Anthony Muñoz Foundation, which aims to impact the lives of Greater Cincinnati area youth mentally, physically and spiritually through its seven Impact Programs.
In this episode of The Next Level, we discuss:
Li...
2020-06-1558 min2020-05-2033 min2020-04-2141 min2020-04-2039 min2020-04-2031 min2020-04-2031 minThe Next LevelCongressman Brad Wenstrup: Leading Through ChaosListen to an interview with Congressman Brad Wenstrup and Jon Sanchez, CEO of Team Performance Institute discuss leading through the COVID-19 crisis.
2020-04-1534 min