Hosts

Terry Baylor is the co-host of The Leadership Sovereignty Podcast, which he hosts alongside Ralph E. Owens II. Together they have built a career acceleration platform for professionals who want to grow their influence, navigate workplace politics with integrity, and position themselves for promotion.

Terry is the CEO of Lift Life Technology, a healthcare technology company delivering secure connectivity and cybersecurity to private practices and direct primary care organizations. His career spans strategic IT leadership and large-scale digital transformation, where he has guided teams through Agile adoption, complex modernization, and the kind of organizational change most companies underestimate.

He is a mentor, speaker, and longtime advocate for keeping technology human. He has delivered insights at events including Cisco Live, and he coaches high-performing teams on leading with authenticity and agility. His conviction is straightforward. The most powerful connections still happe…

Ralph E. Owens II is the host and executive producer of The Leadership Sovereignty Podcast, which he co-hosts with Terry Baylor. Together they have built a career acceleration platform for professionals who want to increase their influence, navigate workplace politics with integrity, and position themselves for promotion.

Ralph is a Chief Information Officer in financial services and a two-time Houston CIO of the Year finalist. His career spans financial services and energy generation, where he has secured critical infrastructure, navigated complex regulatory environments, and built high-performing teams that consistently deliver under pressure.

He is also a United States Navy veteran. Much of what he teaches about leading under pressure, and about the difference between authority and influence, started there.

He built this show for a specific reason. Most professionals are never actually taught the things that determine whether they advance. Every episode is designed to close that…