Hunter Ambrose Leadership Podcast
Welcome to The Hunter Ambrose Podcast, hosted by Nicole Barbano, Founder of Hunter Ambrose.
This show is for executives, emerging leaders, and ambitious professionals ready to work smarter, earn better, and live well. Nicole brings two decades of experience in executive search, strategy, and coaching—cutting through the noise with sharp conversations and real-world insights.
If you want to make bold moves, live with clarity, and build a life that thrives, this is where you start.
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Hunter Ambrose Leadership Podcast
Dr. Xavier Clark: The Pragmatism of Leadership
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In this episode, Nicole Barbano, CEO at Hunter Ambrose International, sits down with Dr. Xavier Clark to talk about leadership, communication, workplace culture, and what it will take to build healthier organizations in a post-COVID world.
Dr. Clark brings a rare perspective shaped by federal leadership, organizational strategy, accessibility, and higher education. This conversation explores why so many workplaces confuse talent problems with culture problems, why communication must become a hard skill, and how leaders can create stronger, more honest relationships with their teams.
This conversation explores:
• Why organizations often avoid the hard conversations that actually improve culture
• How communication failures quietly damage teams, trust, and retention
• What leaders miss when they see resumes instead of people
• Why burnout, urgency, and weak boundaries are still shaping workplace behavior
• How portfolio careers, outside interests, and human-centered leadership can make professionals stronger at work
• The questions leaders should ask themselves to become better in 2026
If you are hiring, leading, or rethinking how work should function, this episode offers a thoughtful and timely perspective.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/drxavierclark/
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