Motivated to Lead is a podcast designed to help you grow and become a better leader. We interview leaders in business and the non-profit world. Listen each week as we have guests share lessons learned in their career and in life to help you whether you are a new leader or a seasoned leader. Our topics include leadership, career management and how to make great people decisions.
This week, we revisit our interview with Dr. Mark Shrime. Mark is an internationally renowned speaker, surgeon, and author. He serves as the International Chief Medical Officer at Mercy Ships and a Lecturer in Global Health and Social Medicine at the Harvard Medical School.
Mark has written a new book Solving for Why: A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose.
He received his MD from the University of Texas and received his Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University, with a concentration in decision science.
When not working, he is an avid photographer and rock climber and has competed on Seasons 8, 9, and 11 of American Ninja Warrior.
8 Oct 2026
Pamela York, Co-Founder & General Partner, Capita3 (replay)
This week, we revisit our interview with Pamela York. Pam is an investor and serial entrepreneur with extensive success from launch to exit in technology-based companies. She's the co-founder and Managing Partner of Capita3 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital group investing in women-led startups with game-changing health innovations. Over her career, she's been involved in more than 50 new company launches, with a dozen acquisitions or IPOs to date, and serves on numerous boards.
Previously, Pam pioneered three technology platforms that were successfully commercialized and co-founded two VC-backed startups, each with an exit, including one with a highly successful IPO. She also led the University of Iowa's technology commercialization foundation, where she oversaw a portfolio of 1000 technologies concentrated in life sciences and built a startup pipeline from scratch, attracting hundreds of millions in venture capital financing and numerous exits to date.
Pam has 20 years of training in transformative leader growth. She applies awareness-based leader training to develop founders into top CEO's, featured at TEDx in 2018, and also delivered to healthcare leaders and innovators at Mayo Clinic. Pam is a mentor or advisor for Techstars, Revolution, NSF I-CORPSTM, Medical Alley, and others. She has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois and completed private equity financing at Wharton.
24 Sept 2026
Your Character Is Your Culture, Dave Sparkman
This week, we welcome back Dave Sparkman to the podcast to discuss his new book, Your Character Is Your Culture.
Dave is the founder and managing director of SPARK Your Culture, a corporate culture advisory firm focused on helping organizations build healthy, high-performance cultures. Previously, Dave served as SVP of Culture at UnitedHealth Group, where he spent more than nine years leading culture and values initiatives across an organization of more than 300,000 employees.
Before UnitedHealth Group, Dave was a partner at Arthur Andersen, leading the West Region Human Resources function. He also serves as Executive Director and Board Chair of Crossroads Career, a ministry dedicated to helping people navigate career transitions.
In this conversation, Dave shares insights from his new book and explores the powerful connection between character, leadership, and organizational culture—and how the character of leaders can shape the culture and performance of an organization.
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