Leadership Development Articles and Appearances

Nate Regier, PhD – Pioneering Voice, Leadership Expert

Dr. Nate Regier is a co-founder and CEO of Next Element. He is a pioneering voice on Compassionate Accountability and a globally recognized expert on leadership communication, generative conflict, flourishing teams, and culture transformation. Recognized as a Top 100 keynote speaker, Nate has authored four books, hosts The Compassionate Accountability Podcast, writes a weekly blog, contributes to multiple industry publications, and is a regular guest on podcasts. 

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Sample Interview Questions for Dr. Regier

• What is Compassionate Accountability, and why does it matter for leaders?
• How is your view of compassion different from popular definitions?
• What is a Compassion Mindset?
• What life experiences influenced your passion for this work?
• What are the most common challenges you see with leaders trying to balance relationships with results?
• How has leadership changed in the pandemic?
• What is the key to attracting, retaining, and inspiring great talent?
• What is the role of conflict in high-performing teams?
• How do you approach drama in the workplace?
• How do you help teams have healthy conflict without eroding trust?
• How do you scale Compassionate Accountability within an organization?

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Featured Publications

• Coach Magazine Global – Winter, 2024: Trust or Conflict: Which Comes First?
• Transform Author Spotlight: Nate Regier, Author of Compassionate Accountability: How Leaders Build Connection and Get Results.
• TD Magazine: A publication of The Association for Talent Development: Power Up Learning Outcomes: Switch on a compassion mindset focused on value, capability, and responsibility. ATD members can view article.
• Brainz Magazine: How To Break Free From Workplace Drama With A Compassionate Accountability Narrative
• Brainz Magazine: The Two Most Powerful Energy Management Secrets for Leaders
• Forbes: Compassionate Accountability Is Really Not An Oxymoron.
• Smart Brief: Why Compassionate Accountability Is The Next Leadership Superpower.
• Brainz Magazine: Three Steps for Holding People Accountable with Compassion.
• The Leadership Freak with Dan Rockwell: Three Principles to Upgrade Your Leadership With Compassionate Accountability
• Tony Martignetti: Review of Compassionate Accountability Book
• Brainz Magazine: Revolutionizing Workplaces With Compassionate Accountability – Interview With Nathan Regier
• GoSolo, The Compassionate Accountability journey at Next Element
• Quartz: This is how NASA used to hire its astronauts 20 years ago, and it still works today.
• SmartBrief: Initiate Difficult Conversations With These Four Steps
• National Coach Academy: How to Increase Engagement with Coaching Clients using Compassionate Accountability
• All Business: Three Questions Every Employee Wants Answered Every Day
• Psychology Today: Becoming a Better Leader Through Personality Inclusion
• VirtualLeaderCon: Safe Honesty vs. Real Honesty: And When It Matters Most
• The People Development Magazine: Double Your Trust Quotient By Answering These Two Questions
• SmartBrief: Leadership personality traits: Unlocking your potential
• Commpro: I Have a Dream for Compassion Re-Imagined in 2020
• Forbes: Compassion Is The Antidote For Workplace Division
• Training Industry: How a Compassion Mindset Can Enhance Learning Outcomes
• ATD: Move From Diversity to Inclusion With the Compassion Mindset
• Forbes: Conflict Without Casualties: Finding Value In Disagreement
• FastCompany: 3 ways to stay sane when you have a workaholic boss
• Business News Daily: 4 Dangers of Comparing Your Employees
• SmartBrief: What does your FOMO look like?
• Training Industry: How Conflict Can Be Used for Productivity and Innovation
• Medium: How not to screw up as a first-time millennial manager
• Careers in Government: These Three Questions Will Make Anyone a Better Coach
• ATD: Sharing Responsibility for Learning Outcomes
• Training Industry: How to Customize Learning Based on Personality
• Forbes: One Thing All Leaders Struggle With And Need The Most
• Success: Six Do’s and Don’ts for Handling Conflict
• Millennial Marketing: Embracing Millennials in the Multigenerational Workplace
• Success: This, Not That: A Guide to Drama in the Workplace
• SmartBrief: Drama: Good for Ratings, Bad for Business. (Named one of the top 15 leadership posts of 2016.)
• HR.com: Conflict Resolution: Four Myths Busted
• Journal of Process Communication, 2014: Missing Perceptions In the North American Church
• FastCompany: Four Counterproductive Myths About Conflict
• Inc.: Four Ways to Deal with Difficult Personalities
• Forbes: How to Stop Conflict from Wreaking Havoc on Your Work and Career
• Training Magazine: Effects of Process Communication Model (PCM) Training – Results of a Global Outcomes Study
• Careers in Government:< How to Leverage Conflict for Amazing Results
• Training Magazine: Bridging the Gap: Improving Intergenerational Communication
• ATD: Why Your Toxic Employee Could Be Costing You Millions
• AllBusiness: How to Be a Good Leader: 3 Questions Every Employee Wants Answered Every Day
• FastCompany: These Are Six Communication Styles That Every Single Person Uses
• HR Magazine: 5 Ways Successful Leaders Disclose Sensitive Information
• Chief Learning Officer: Are You Telling It Like It Is, or Covering Something Up?
• Training Magazine: The 6 Habits Every Great Trainer Must Have
• SmartBrief: Leveraging diversity: Transcending labels for breakthrough results
• Inc.: 5 Signs You’re Working with a Drama Queen

Podcast & Other Media Appearances

• The PMO Leader Podcast with Ilinca Nicolescu: The Compassionate Accountability Framework and Book Writing Journey
• Forward Thinking Podcast, by FCCS. Compassionate Accountability with Nate Regier.
• Jessica Breitenfeld: How Compassionate Are You? 
• Changing Work Podcast with Scott Shute: How Compassion and Accountability Can Coexist
• Readers of the Pack Podcast with Linda Maul: Seeing People Through with The Process Communication Model
• The Assistant Principal Podcast with Frederick Buskey: Let’s Do This Together
• Needs Improvement Podcast with Nicholas Whitaker: Compassion and Accountability: Two Sides of The Same Coin
• Readers of the Pack with Linda Maul: Compassionate Accountability for Executive Coaches
• ProGuide Podcast with Andrew Mason: Going Deep with Compassionate Accountability
• Work For Humans Podcast with Dart Lindsley: Conflict Without Casualties: How to Lead With Compassion, Build Connection, and Get Results
• Leadership and Loyalty Podcast with Dov Baron: Part 1: Compassion and Accountability: A Perfect Marriage. Watch the Video.
• Leadership and Loyalty Podcast with Dov Baron: Part 2: Value, Capability, and Responsibility in Leadership and Life. Watch the Video.
• OnCoaching with Zoltan Csigas: Handling Drama, Conflict, and Challenging Conversations Through Compassion.
• Know Good People Podcast with Vera Winfree: What is Compassionate Accountability?
• Blanchard Leader Chat: With Chad Gordon: Compassionate Accountability with Nate Regier
• How To Be Awesome At Your Job: With Pete Mockaitis: How To Get Results Without Damaging Relationships
• The Compassionate Leadership Interview: With Chris Whitehead: Compassionate Accountability
• Leveraging Thought Leadership: With Peter Winick: Compassionate Accountability in Action
• Agile In Action Podcast: With Bill Raymond: A Personal Journey To Discover The Three Switches Of The Compassion Mindset
• The Assitant Principal Podcast: With Frederick Busky: Three Counterintuitive Ideas That Will Transform your Leadership and Your Culture
• Soul of Business Podcast: With Blaine Bartlett: We Have An Accountability Problem!
• Out Of The Comfort Zone: With Wanda Wallace: Compassion AND Accountability Come Together for Maximum Performance
• Moving Forward Leadership: With Scott McCarthy: Transforming Team Dynamics and Achieving Success
• Remarkable Leadership Podcast: With Kevin Eikenberry: Compassionate Accountability in Action
• Indiana Association of State Principals Podcast: Compassionate Accountability in Education
• Changing Work Podcast: With Scott Shute: How Is Compassionate Accountability Different From Other Models?
• Marlene Chism: Linkedin Live: A Conversation About Compassionate Accountability
• EQ Solutions 2.0 Podcast: With Dawn-Marie Solais: Compassionate Accountability
• Grow Strong Leaders Podcast: With Meredith Bell: Use Compassionate Accountability to Build Connection and Get Results
• Leadership Without Losing Your Soul Podcast: With David Dye: Compassionate Accountability
• The Neighboring Movement Podcast: With Adam Barlow-Thompson: Compassionate Accountability Transforms Culture
• Inspire Podcast: With Bart Egnal: How To Practice Compassionate Accountability in Leadership and in Life
• Leadership 480 Podcast: How To Hold People Accountable With Compassion
• Happer At Work Podcast: With Aoife O’Brien: Building a Culture of Compassionate Accountability
• Compassion And Courage: Conversations in Healthcare: With Marcus Engle
• Global Leaders Talk: With Yasmina Khelifi
• Seeing People Through: With Aofie OBrien
• How To Work Through Conflicts in Sales with Compassion: Sales Enablement Podcast with Andy Paul
• Managing Conflict With Compassion: A Conversation with Tony Martignetti
• Compassionate Conflict: Out of The Comfort Zone with Wanda Wallace
• Learn to See People Through: Grow Strong Leaders and Teams podcast with Meredith Bell
• Personality, spirituality, and communication: A conversation with Stephen Boster
• The Soul of Business with Blaine Bartlett: How to Sustainably Bring Compassion To The Workplace – Video Podcast
• The Asad Badruddin Podcast: Adapting Communication and Engaging in Healthy Conflict
• Indiana Association of School Principles Leader Cast: How School Principles can Turn on The Three Switches of The Compassion Mindset
• Bethel College Convocation: Compassionate Accountability – Finding Creation Amidst Differences
• Next Level Method Podcast: Utilizing Compassion to Unleash Your Potential.
• Love in Action Podcast with Marcel Schwantez: A New Way to Think About Conflict.
• Connect Mobilize Deliver with Greg Harrod: How To Have Career Success with Compassion.  Watch highlight video.
• Growing Strong Leaders and Teams with Meredith Bell. Replace Drama With Compassionate Accountability.
• It’s My Turn Life Coaching with Rikki Schwartz: What is The Compassion Mindset?
• Global Leaders Talk with Yasmina Khelifi. What is the Process Communication Model?
• Reclaim Your Life with Rikki Schwartz on Transformation Talk Radio: It’s All About Personality: Discover key roles that six personality types play in communication and conflict. 
• Chatting About Change with Jim Maddox: Personality Inclusion in the Workplace
• American Diversity Report: Personality Diversity and Compassionate Accountability
• People At Work Podcast: How You Communicate Tells Us Who You Are
• EQ Solutions You2.0: Personality Diversity and Compassion
• Resilience Unraveled: Compassion in the workplace helps build resilience
• Engage for Success: Agile Leaders Adapt to Meet People Where They Are At
• Leaders of Transformation: Leveraging Personality Diversity for a More Compassionate Workplace
• Conversations for Consciousness: How Do You Blend Compassion With Accountability?
• Let’s Grow Leaders: Is Compassion The Same As Empathy?
• The Transformative Leader Podcast: Creating Compassionate Workplaces
• Becoming a True Agile Leader Podcast: How To Become A More Agile Leader
• The Unignorable Podcast: Scaling Compassion with Nate’s New Book, Seeing People Through
• Gifters Podcast: Compassion Fatigue Is A Myth
• Purpose & Principles Podcast: Personality Inclusion At Work
• FastLeader: Unleashing The Potential In Each Person
• The Experimental Leader Podcast: Operationalizing The Compassion Mindset in a Culture
• Crafting Solutions to Conflict: The Process Communication Model ® and Nate’s new book, Seeing People Through
• Let’s Grow Leaders: Seeing People Through Interview with Dr. Nate Regier
• Leadership and Loyalty: Dr. Nate Regier: Seeing People Through
• Pod: Using Conflict For Good
• The Justin Brady Show: Nate Regier Explains How to Influence Your Boss
• If You Ask Betty: Compassion, Self-Care, and COVID-19 with Nate Regier, Ph.D.
• The Compassionate Leadership Interview: Dr. Nate Regier, Conflict without Casualties
• Leadership Happy Hour: The Compassion Mindset with Dr. Nate
• Thought Leadership Leverage: Leveraging Thought Leadership With Peter Winick – Episode 71
• Communication Guys: Avoiding Drama in the Workplace
• Communication Guys: The Compassion Mindset
• Mike Robbins: Conflict Without Casualties
• Culture Matters: Conflict in Different Cultures with Nate Regier
• Justin K Brady: How To Use Conflict As Creative Energy
• PodBean: Nate Regier, A Sherpa of Conflict
• The Priority Paradigm: Transforming How the World Approaches Conflict
• Lorman: Managing Millennials: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
• Monday Morning Radio: Don’t Fear Conflict, Harvest It
• Successful Nonprofits Podcast: Conflict Can Be Good For Your Organization
• ManTalks: Overcoming Conflict Without Casualties
• Sal: Angry Customer to High Paying Client – Mastering Positive Conflict
• EntreLeadership: The Benefits of Conflict
• Masks Off: What’s The Point of Conflict If It’s Not Productive?
• The Entrepreneur Way: When Your Greatest Passion Meets The World’s Greatest Need
• LEADx: Stop Workplace Drama: Reveal Your Motives
• Kevin Eikenberry: Leading With Compassionate Accountability with Dr. Nate Regier
• Geeks & Beats: Donald Trump’s Personality Revealed
• Jason Dykstra: How to Have Conflict Without Casualties
• FastLeader: Nate Regier: I made two huge mistakes
• Counter Mentors: How Do You Conflict?
• Dov Baron The Dragonist: Is your leadership style Persecutor, Victim, or Rescuer?
• How to Be Awesome at Your Job: Transforming Conflict Into Breakthroughs
• LeaderSHOP Volume 2: Conflict Without Casualties: Finding Value in Disagreement
• CNN: What’s Wrong with Too Many White Men in One Place?
• The New York Times: Had a Job Interview but No Callback? Here’s What to Do Next Time
• HR Magazine: Why Workplace Conflict Can Be Healthy