THE LEARNING LEADER SHOW
Welcome to The Learning Leader Show. My mission is to have deep conversations with the world’s most thoughtful leaders and share their useful life stories and leadership wisdom. I speak with CEOs, Special Forces Operators, Entrepreneurs, Best-Selling Authors, Professional Athletes, and more. Our conversations are open dialogs where my guests share their most valuable experiences and learnings for the benefit of The Learning Leader Show audience. You will find links to each episode and the corresponding show notes at the bottom of this page.
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Episode List & Show Notes
All episodes are listed below, newest first. Each episode link has show notes with major topics discussed and links to books & other resources mentioned in the episode.
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LATEST EPISODE
Episode #635: Rich Gotham (President of The Boston Celtics) – How To Build a Championship Organization
Rich Gotham is the President of the Boston Celtics. He is responsible for all aspects of the Celtics’ business operations. In addition, he works closely with Celtics ownership, basketball operations staff, and the NBA on basketball-related matters, as well [...]
Episode #414: Erin Meyer – How To Build A High Performance Culture (No Rules Rules)
Erin Meyer is a professor at INSEAD, one of the leading international business schools. Erin conducted an in-depth study with Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix, investigating the underlying principles necessary for building a corporate culture that is inventive, fast, and flexible. The results of that research were published in their [...]
Episode #413: Brook Cupps – Living Your Values: Tough, Passionate, Unified, & Thankful
Brook Cupps does his best to bring a relentless mentality to growth and improvement to others. He strives to help people live intentionally and to define success on their own terms, not what society tells them success is. He brings a reflective and individualized perspective to that preparation. Brook does that as [...]
Episode #412: Kevin Sharer (Former CEO of Amgen) – What Operational Excellence Looks Like
Kevin Sharer led Amgen for 20 years, first as President and then as CEO for 12 years. Under Sharer’s leadership, the company achieved annual revenue of $16 billion with operations in 55 countries. During this time of tremendous growth, Amgen was recognized as among the world’s most innovative as well as largest [...]
Episode #411: Ryan Petersen (CEO of Flexport) – How To Build A High Velocity Team
Ryan Petersen is the CEO and Founder of Flexport. Prior to starting Flexport to fix the user experience in global trade, Ryan was co-founder and CEO of ImportGenius.com, a data-as-a-service business for global shipping. Flexport hit a $3.2 Billion valuation after $1 billion investment led by SoftBank. FORBES recently called WELCOME TO [...]
Episode #410: Dustyn Kim – How To Stand Out & Speak Up (Chief Revenue Officer of Artsy)
Dustyn Kim is the Chief Revenue Officer at Artsy. Artsy is used by art lovers and collectors to discover, learn about, and buy art. Prior to working at Artsy, Dustyn was a senior executive at LexisNexis. While at LexisNexis, she was my boss. She is a rare combination of highly respected, extremely [...]
Episode #409: Adam Bryant – How To Conduct A World Class Interview
Adam Bryant is managing director of Merryck & Co., a senior leadership development and executive mentoring firm. Prior to joining Merryck, Adam worked for 30 years as a journalist, including 18 years as a reporter, editor and columnist at The New York Times. He interviewed more than 500 CEOs for “Corner Office,” a series on leadership that [...]
Episode #408: Jeff Immelt – How To Follow A Legend & Lead Through A Crisis (Former CEO of GE)
Jeff Immelt was the 9th Chairman of GE and served as CEO for 16 years. He has been named one of the “World’s Best CEOs” three times by Barron’s. During his tenure as CEO, GE was named “America’s Most Admired Company” by Fortune magazine and one of “The World’s Most Respected Companies” [...]
Episode #407: Ryan Serhant – How To Have Big Magnetic Energy (Million Dollar Listing)
Ryan Serhant is a real estate broker, CEO, and founder of SERHANT., a vertically-integrated mega brokerage comprising an in-house film studio, education arm, marketing division, and technology platform. He’s also a bestselling author, producer, and star of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing New York and Sell It Like Serhant. He led the #1 [...]
Episode #406: John Chambers – Former CEO of Cisco: How To Grow From $70 Million To $40 Billion
John Chambers served as Cisco’s CEO from 1995-2015 and Executive Chairman from 2015-2017. Cisco went from $70 million to $40 billion in annual revenue during his time. John is the founder and CEO of JC2 Ventures. He focuses on helping disruptive startups from around the world build and scale. He invests in companies [...]
Episode #405: Ryan Deiss – How To Create Awareness, Tell Better Stories, & Build Your Brand
Ryan Deiss is a best selling author, founder of multiple companies collectively employing hundreds around the globe. He is the founder and CEO of DigitalMarketer.com and Founder and Managing Partner of RivalBrands.com and plattr.com. Ryan is the creator of the “Customer Value Optimization” methodology and have introduced and popularized many of the [...]
Episode #404: Wendy Kopp – How To Create A Vision, Execute A Plan, & Engage Others
Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations that are developing collective leadership to ensure all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential. Wendy founded Teach For America in 1989 to marshal the energy of her generation against educational inequity in the United [...]
Episode #403: Rich Diviney – The Hidden Drivers Of Optimal Performance (The Attributes)
Rich Diviney draws upon 20+ years of experience as a Navy SEAL Officer where he completed more than 13 overseas deployments – 11 of which were to Iraq and Afghanistan. Through his career, he has achieved multiple leadership positions – to include the Commanding Officer of a Navy SEAL Command. Since retirement [...]
RECENT EPISODES
- Episode #655: Morgan Housel – The Simple Formula For Happiness, Betting on Others, Gaining Independence & Purpose, Family Vacation Secrets, The Art of Spending Money, & The Death Bed Lesson Every Leader Needs to Hear
- Episode #654: Jake Tapper – The Most Important Leadership Skill, Handling Criticism, Chasing Your Curiosity, Understanding Tradeoffs, Responding to Rejection, and Being So Good They Can’t Ignore You
- Episode #653: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy – Becoming a CEO, Transforming a Company, Earning the Promotion, Knowing Your Non-Negotiables, & Hiring Excellent Leaders
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