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Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made

Jonathan Block

Booking Overview

A leadership podcast where Jonathan Block invites prominent leaders to share the “stumbling blocks” behind their careers—failures, crises, losses, and how they rebuilt. For PR pros, it’s a credible platform for messaging about resilience, management, and leadership lessons through real personal turning points.

Metrics

Episodes: 26

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jonathan@blockleadershipgroup.com

jonathan.f.block@gmail.com

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Host

Jonathan Block - Im your host, Jonathan Block. The description says he has spent the last 20 years studying leadership and asks leaders to revisit the moments that aren’t on highlight reels (e.g., being laid off, c...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Senior leaders and high-recognition public figures/authors (e.g., former White House press secretary, Fast Company leadership editor) with credible leadership experience and/or published expertise.
Required Achievements:  
Bestselling authorship, Executive/government leadership roles, Editorial or thought-leadership publications, Co-authorship of well-known leadership books

Recent Guest Discussions

Shalene Gupta - Middle Managers And AI At Work; Trust And Leadership Support During Change.

Dana Perino - Purple State And Crossing Party Lines; Personal Story And Lessons On Forgiveness And Discipline.

Recent Topics

Leadership, Leadership Development, Resilience, Management, Workplace

Episodes

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Tim Creasey, Chief Innovation Officer, Prosci: How To Lead Change

October 02, 2026

Tim Creasey: Chief Innovation Officer, Prosci: How to Lead ChangeWhy do smart, well-run companies keep leading big changes that fail? Tim Creasey has spent 25 years at Prosci studying change management and shares the answer on this podcast.Tim is Chief Innovation Officer at Prosci, the research firm behind the ADKAR Model, one of the most widely used change management frameworks in the world. We talk about why change is so hard for humans, why employees resist even the changes they asked for,...

Scott Stanzel, Chief Communications Officer, Truist: 9/11 at the White House

September 11, 2026

On 9/11/2001, Scott Stanzel was 28 years old, working his dream job at the White House when Secret Service agents came running down the halls, throwing open doors and shouting at everyone to get out. They had two minutes. For twenty-five years, Scott has said almost nothing publicly about September 11th. "Over the years I've struggled with how to talk about my experiences or even acknowledge that day," he wrote once. This is the first time he has sat for an interview to tell the whole story:T...

Jim Olson, Chief Communications Officer: How to Turn your Setback Story into your Comeback Legacy

July 30, 2026

Most crisis experts have never actually sat in the room when everything fell apart. Jim Olson has. He was head of communications at US Airways when Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson. He was at Starbucks when its flagship store in Jakarta was bombed. And he was at United Airlines the night Dr. David Dao was dragged off a plane and it became one of the first viral crises in business history.Then the crisis came for him. In 2024 Jim was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma that had spread to his lung ...

Frequently asked questions

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How do I get in touch with Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made?

Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made is hosted by Jonathan Block. Its publicly listed emails are jonathan@blockleadershipgroup.com and jonathan.f.block@gmail.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made?

The publicly listed emails for Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made: jonathan@blockleadershipgroup.com and jonathan.f.block@gmail.com.

How many listeners does Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made have?

Podseeker estimates Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made?

Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior leaders and high-recognition public figures/authors (e.g., former White House press secretary, Fast Company leadership editor) with credible leadership experience and/or published expertise. Common among recent guests: Bestselling authorship; Executive/government leadership roles; Editorial or thought-leadership publications. Recent guests include Shalene Gupta and Dana Perino.

How hard is it to get booked on Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made cover?

Recent episodes cover Leadership, Leadership Development, Resilience, Management, and Workplace. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

jonathan@blockleadershipgroup.com

jonathan.f.block@gmail.com

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