My Great Aunt EDNA: The Golden Girl of Leadership

by Mac McNeil

My Great Aunt EDNA is a leadership platform that stands for Excellence, Doing Things the Right Way, No Shortcuts, & Accountability. Mac McNeil discusses metaphorical and anecdotal stories from his own leadership and life journey with organizations such as JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Synchrony, and The Community Reinvestment Fund, USA, as well as the inclusion of wisdom nugget contributions from several other top lea ... 

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  • Season 2

  • My Great Aunt EDNA Leadership Podcast - Grace Yung Foster - Born an Adoptee Outsider, Living as a Leader

    My Great Aunt EDNA Leadership Podcast - Grace Yung Foster - Born an Adoptee Outsider, Living as a Leader

    S02 E03
    Feb 21, 2025
    39:33

    Is there a line in heaven for those who choose to be born an orphan? I am assuming that line would not exist, even if there were a desk for this category (I am picturing the Division of Motor Vehicles in my mind). As Grace Yung Foster told me during our leadership discussion pertaining to her lived experience of being an adoptee, then abandoned after adoption, resulting in the rest of her childhood being in foster care, being born an orphan means that you are literally born an outsider belonging nowhere. But Grace has overcome the beginning of her existence to become a leader in working with adoptees, foster children, and organizations to better maximize the full human potential. #mygreatauntedna #auntedna #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #leadership #excellence #dointthingstherightway #noshortcuts #accountability #author #books #books #podcast #macmcneil #youtube #youtubevideo #My_Great_Aunt_EDNA #MacMcNeil #leadership help #leadership_helping_others_to_succeed_quotes

  • My Great Aunt EDNA Leadership Podcast - TRINA HILL - NAVIGATING TECH & EXECS

    My Great Aunt EDNA Leadership Podcast - TRINA HILL - NAVIGATING TECH & EXECS

    S02 E02
    Jan 25, 2025
    27:25

    Rarely do you ever hear of a black female leading technology as a senior level executive for a major organization. Even more rare is learning that other C-suite executives seek her out to improve their overall performance, career plans, and general psychological well-being. Trina L. Hill, MBA, PMP, CBCP, CSM, ACC is rare, and she's a force on the move. I was blessed to have her state that she is a fan of the My Great Aunt EDNA leadership platform, and even more blessed to have her as a guest on the show to discuss her leadership philosophies she shares with other executives. After years of leading very complex technology strategies at large-scale, Trina is now sharing her talents and lessons. You'll want to get in on this movement.

  • My Great Aunt EDNA Podcast - Ret. Col Merryl Tengesdal - SHATTER THE SKY - Season 2 Ep 1

    My Great Aunt EDNA Podcast - Ret. Col Merryl Tengesdal - SHATTER THE SKY - Season 2 Ep 1

    S02 E01
    Oct 6, 2024
    26:42

    From humble beginnings in the Bronx, NY as the child of a single black woman, to becoming the only Black woman to ever fly the U-2 Spy Plane for the United States Air Force at 70,000 feet, Ret. Colonel Merryl Tengesdal has never had a problem of directly owning the spirit of the woman she was intended to be! As an inductee into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame, Merryl has applied her love for science, math, and the Spirit of Excellence adopted by My Great Aunt EDNA to soar to heights only known to a few. Click below to watch or listen to the Season 2 kickoff of the acclaimed My Great Aunt EDNA Leadership Podcast by Mac McNeil with special guest, Ret. Col Merryl Tengesdal!

  • My Great Aunt EDNA - Newsletter Audio Shorts - DREAM A LITTLE DREAM FOR ME

    Bonus

    My Great Aunt EDNA - Newsletter Audio Shorts - DREAM A LITTLE DREAM FOR ME

    S02
    Feb 9, 2025
    03:26
    Bonus

    Several studies have shown that creativity is much more prevalent in dreams than in actual life. Why, you ask? It is because the portion of the brain that manages logic and reason is largely restrained during the first 3 hours of sleep. This restraint of logic permits the free association connectivity of memories and ideas in a way that can produce novel combinations. The key to this being a benefit for your personal, leadership, or business life is the point at which you wake up in your sleep progression. I now automatically wake up after 3 hours, which allows me to vividly remember the novel combinations that were in my dreams. Typically, after the first 3 hours of sleep, it is harder for one to remember the vivid details of dreams if one sleeps a full 6 - 8 hours consecutively.

  • My Great Aunt EDNA Newsletter Audio Shorts - One Monkey, Two Monkeys, Three Monkeys, Four

    Bonus

    My Great Aunt EDNA Newsletter Audio Shorts - One Monkey, Two Monkeys, Three Monkeys, Four

    S02
    Dec 27, 2024
    03:08
    Bonus

    One monkey, two monkeys, three monkeys, four On my back I can feel I have monkeys galore But when I look back only one monkey's found This troublesome monkey's been moving around In leadership, we often feel that we have several "monkeys on our backs," causing us stress related to trying to figure out how to get them off. However, when you actually reach for them, there are usually far fewer "monkeys" than what was first assumed.