Authentic Leadership for Everyday People

Today's guest is Judi Fox , the Founder of LinkedIn Business Accelerator , the coaching program to help you network and position yourself to get the most out of LinkedIn and find new opportunities while building a solid support community. We talk about how to build an authentic presence on LinkedIn by tapping into who you are as a leader and using that as a platform to create relatable content, ma...

Francesca Gargaglia is the COO and co-founder of Amity , a tech company that builds ready to use social features that companies can easily incorporate in their websites and app to create their own communities. What’s unique about Amity is that even though the company was started very recently, it already has a very global feel: it has over 250 employees, of 30 nationalities, and it has office...

Wil Reynolds , is the Founder of Seer Interactive , one of the best digital marketing agencies in the country.  Wil started the company as a solo practitioner and grew it to over 200 people. At some point, he realizedided that with the success of the company he had accumulated enough wealth for himself. Yet, he still wanted to grow the company, so he decided that from that point on all the co...

This episode is part two of our look back at the start of the podcast through an anthology of leadership lessons from guests: Erin Barra , Dr. Steve Yacovelli , Rand Fishkin , and Marcel Quiroga . We look at leadership from a broader point of view, tackling topic such as how do you build a music education program that gives access to underrepresented groups, the benefits of adding diversity to an...

In this episode we look back at the start of the podcast and present an anthology of leadership lessons from the first four guests: Raj Kapoor , Katarin Dyer , Rishad Tobaccowala and Dave Edelman. They talk about how they formed their own leadership style, what makes a great leader and how to build and run successful teams. KEY TAKEAWAYS [00:53] - Rewinding the best of episodes focusing on leaders...

Chris Lynch is the Executive Chairman, and CEO at AtScale , the industry leader in data federation and cloud transformation. Sometimes known as the Punk Rock VC , Chris is a VC investor, operator, advisor, and mentor to dozens of entrepreneurs and startups. He has been in the founding team of Arrow Point, Acopia Networks and Vertica. We talk about the influence of punk rock and the Sex Pistols on...

Laura Cesaro is the Founder & CEO of Siriusgame , a gamified platform that helps high school students in Italy learn Latin. She started her venture during the pandemic, working across two continents as she was pursuing her Masters of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. We talked about the impact of her international experience, the inspiration behind Laura's passion project...

Arielle Nissenblatt's is the community team manager at SquadCast , a remote recording software solution. Her obsession with podcasts began when she learned she loved being entertained by audio. An advocate and influencer in the podcast community, she founded EarBuds Podcast Collective in 2017. EarBuds is a weekly podcast recommendation engine that sends a newsletter with a theme and 5 podcast epis...

The first half of Cindy Gallop’s career would have been enough for most people: she was instrumental in building Bartle, Bogle and Hagerty into a global advertising firm, opening and growing both their Asia and US offices. But for the past almost 15 years Cindy has blazed her way into a new uncharted territory. Her company Make Love Not Porn is driving a really important conversation around sex, s...

Our guest today is Jackie Indrisano, General Manager of the Off Cabot comedy club. Jackie spent the bulk of her career in entertainment, booking music and comedy venues. She built not one but two college venues, one at Northeastern and one at Berklee College of Music. We talked about what it means to run a business where your team members are students, so your goal as a manager is to run a success...

Can there be such a thing as being authentic in sales? Our guest, Ronnell Richards is an entrepreneur who spent over two decades in sales. He has been a producer, has built and led sales organizations in tech and telecom, and he runs a very successful sales training business. His upcoming book, Shut The Hell Up And Sell puts forward a vision of selling that is based on building genuine relationshi...

Christina Wallace is a former entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience building companies, and and currently a professor of entrepreneurship and marketing at Harvard Business School. She is writing a book about the Portfolio Life. It’s a concept that acknowledges that we all have multiple interests, and that given how business has evolved, the idea of a linear career no longer applies. In thi...

Sean Fahey has been an entrepreneur his whole life. He spent the last 13 years building Vidcruiter, an HR tech company that uses software and video to significantly improve the recruiting process for organizations. Sean shared his experience as an entrepreneur, the advantages and disadvantages of starting early and had plenty of helpful advice and suggestions for people who want to start their own...

Dr. Wayne Markman is is the co-founder and CEO of SYMBYX Biome, an Australian medical technology company developing light (photobiomodulation) therapies and devices for previously intractable, chronic diseases. One of their first applications, the treatment of Parkinson's disease, has proved to be revolutionary both in its approach and results. Wayne's story is unusual, because he droppe...

Today's guest is Jim Young . My guest is my friend Jim Young, also known as The Centered Coach. Jim had a long career in tech, rising in his company until he was the president. And then, he experienced a serious burnout, that led him to a serious recalibration of his life and priorities. Now he is an executive coach, speaker and facilitator who specializes in Burnout and DEI work. His book, Expans...

Tonya Montella is a coach helps women manage their career. Often, when people look for help in managing their career, it’s when they feel the need to make a change. The reality though is that to have a successful career, you need to manage it proactively at every step. Tonya had great advice covering every aspect of career management, from making sure that you thrive and are recognized at your cur...

Today's guest is Zenica Chatman. Zenica was working in corporate America as a communication manager when she was the victim of a bullying episode at work. She took her own experience overcoming her situation and now she is a coach who works with women of color who have been bullied in the workplace. In our conversation, we first focused on the problem of bullying in the workplace in general. We ha...

Governing, running a city, a state or a country is an increasing complex job, and we need specialists who are passionate about that job if we want our society to thrive. Kim Driscoll comes very close to that ideal: she is smart, pragmatic, and she is truly following a calling. She was part of a team that turned around the city of Chelsea in Massachusetts after it entered receivership, and then wen...

Today's guest is Erin sharoni who right now is the Chief Product Officer at Foxotech. Erin had a fascinating journey to her current position. She left a 6 year career on Wall Street to become a sports reporter for NBC, CBS, Showtime, but after 5 years she decided to leave that field too and followed her passion for science and wellness. She decided to go back to school for science and she is in th...

Ever since Eric Ries published The Lean Startup in 2011, conventional startup wisdom has been to adopt the MVP (minimum viable product) approach in building a new company. Our guest today, Jon Darbyshire, founder and CEO of SmartSuite, decided to take a different approach, and build the whole product before launching. In this episode, he explains why he chose that path, and how founders can figure...

Today's guest is Matt Sawyer. Matt and I worked together a long time ago, and he taught me a lot about how to develop successful partnership with people who have a different work style or strengths. I still consider him a great mentor and friend. After a long and successful career as a marketing leader, Matt now divides his time between consulting and teaching at NYU and Columbia University. He is...

This s the second and final part of the conversation with Susan Cattaneo about the writing of her latest album All Is Quiet. Susan is one of Boston's best Americana singer-songwriters. You can also listen to the first part of this conversation in episode 41. KEY TAKEAWAYS [03:10] - Let’s talk about the song Borrowed Blue , and discuss the mother-daughter bond. [04:50] - Listening to a snippet of B...

Our guest today is Cody Hall, CEO and founder of Octiva. Cody is a marines veteran who after spending time in larger organizations decided to start a company that solves a big healthcare issue: the transition care of patients post hospital dismissal. In our conversation, Cody talked about how the different experiences he had, from the military to working in companies like Apple led him to the insi...

This is the second annual 4th of July Holiday Special - Best of Business Jargon that Drives You Crazy. It compiles all the answers to the question: "What is the business cliche, jargon or expression that drives you crazy?" that were given in the past 12 months. Key Takeaways [01:07] –It’s my second annual “best of the business jargon that drives you crazy show”. [02:00] – Vikrant Shurya, episode 1...

This is a special episode, produced in partnership with Enspira HR. Human capital and HR experts Kurt Landon and Jenna Cohen discuss the actions and steps corporate leaders need to take in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. How should leaders consider whether to take a public stance on either side of the topic? What is the best way to communicate the stance? Wh...