Hosted by Jeff Weaver

Jeff Weaver is the Principal Consultant at A Pebble in Your Shoe Consulting. For more than 25 years, Jeff has been in Learning & Development at every level, in companies ranging from small family businesses to Fortune 50 giants. He has developed over 1000 hours of original programming covering all manner of leadership topics. He's built on-boarding, new hire, and developmental path training. He's been a public speaker for more than 30 years. He has competed nationally at the collegiate level and won over 150 awards in speech and debate; including the 2001 National Impromptu Speaking Champion. Jeff has presented at conferences for Training Magazine and the Association for Talent Development on topics including podcasting, simulation design, new hire onboarding, and more. He's been featured in Spark Magazine. He's the host of two podcasts; Talent Stacked and The Pebble Cast. Jeff is a native Floridian, cigar aficionado, occasional golfer, and lover of jazz music. He is the proud owner of a Lego minifig that looks exactly like him. His favorite kind of cake is "cup."

A Pebble In Your Shoe Consulting

Jeff Weaver is a Consultant, Coach, and Speaker.  Learn more at www.APebbleinYourShoe.com

Latest Episodes

The Red Scrubs Hides the Blood of My Victims
Talent StackedNovember 19, 2025
4
01:03:2245.8 MB

The Red Scrubs Hides the Blood of My Victims

Jazmin Webster is Talent Stacked. She’s a trainer, biologist, phlebotomist, poet, and more! In this episode, Jeff sits down with Jazmin to talk about her journey from beauty supply manager to medical manufacturing trainer. Along the way, they talk about X Files, why red scrubs are best for blood dra...

45 Seconds of Finger Guns
Talent StackedOctober 05, 2025
3
01:20:2058.89 MB

45 Seconds of Finger Guns

Keir Kirkegaard is TalentStacked. Keir does business development for Ovation Communications. But he's also and actor, singer, educator, and cookie sous chef. In this episode, Jeff and Keir talk about Ovation's approach to teaching public speaking and executive presence by leaning on the skill of act...

The Scientific Term for Being Labeled Gifted with Undiagnosed ADD
Talent StackedFebruary 26, 202401:04:3646.87 MB

The Scientific Term for Being Labeled Gifted with Undiagnosed ADD

Deborah McKenzie is Talent Stacked. She's a counselor, coach, academic advisor, and so much more. Deb and I have known each other for almost 15 years. We worked together in career and student services for a small college, and in that time pioneered a lot of work that in hindsight was all about T...

All By Myself
Talent StackedFebruary 26, 202400:10:348.78 MB

All By Myself

In this inaugural episode, I'm sitting down solo to tell you my story. What's a talent stack? And who am I to talk about them? You'll get the answers to both on this first episode of Talent Stacked. Just don't expect me to tell you who the world's best banjo player is...