Humor In The C-Suite

Amer Kaissi is an-award winning Professor of Healthcare Administration at Trinity University in Texas. He teaches Leadership and Public Speaking. He is also an executive coach and author. His first book “Intangibles: The Unexpected Traits of High-Performing Healthcare Leaders” won the 2019 Healthcare book of the year award. His most recent book is “Humbitious: the power of low-ego, high-drive lead...

Mark Gasparotto is leadership development professional, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and decorated combat-veteran — is a man for all seasons, combining theory with practice, art with science, and experimentation with reflection.  Mark is the President of Gasparotto Group, a boutique consultancy that provides clients with customized, pragmatic, and evidence-based leadership solutions. Mark combin...

Svetlana Ratnikova brings a wealth of national and international experience to the companies she is a part of — from entrepreneurial, corporate, recruiting and marketing. With a record of starting and transforming organizations she is skilled at designing winning strategies, identifying new opportunities and mobilizing teams to achieve results. She is a values-driven and passionate about being on...

Josh Linkner is a Creative Troublemaker. He has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million. He’s an internationally recognized expert on innovation and is the author of four books on the subject including the New York Times Bestsellers, Disciplined Dreaming and The Road to Reinvention. Josh is passionate about starting and building compani...

Allen Grinberg began his career in commercial real estate with a focus on helping corporations save money. Over his 26 years, he has worked with a range of companies from rapidly growing start-ups to some of the country’s most respected brands. Now, Allen serves as Principal in our Downtown Toronto office. As a result of his exceptionally broad experience, Allen advised and managed many major corp...

Martin Perelmuter is an unapologetic idealist. He is passionate about people and ideas and, after nearly 30 years in the speaking industry, believes more than ever that a great speech can provide the impetus for action and be a catalyst for change. Prior to co-founding Speakers Spotlight, Martin was a corporate lawyer at a prestigious international law firm. While he realized early on in his caree...

Danny Goldberg knows what it takes to transform high turnover and low performance into connection, innovation, retention, and results.   Acclaimed speaker and award-winning entrepreneur Danny Goldberg built an eight-figure business in a few short years, all before the age of 30. Along the way, his desire to learn what makes great organizations great led him to spend nearly 10 years decoding exactl...

Paola Girotti, the visionary behind Sugarmoon, embarked on a transformative journey to revolutionize the hair removal and beauty industry. Founding Sugarmoon in 2002 with a clear mission, Paola aimed to offer clients a fresh approach and natural solutions, driven by her own experiences as a teenager with sensitive skin and excessive hair growth.  Over nearly two decades, Paola has witnessed a nota...

Todd Hirsch is an internationally renowned speaker and author, focusing on adaptability in the ever-changing global economic environment. An economist by training, he now focuses his research and writing on the subject of adaptability. Currently, he is the Director of the Energy Transition Centre, an incubator of tech start-ups focused on navigating our path toward net-zero carbon. Prior to this,...

With over three decades of building businesses, Oskhar Pineda shares the fundamentals to his long-lasting success for leaders to build their own organizations. His chief belief is that EMPLOYEE CENTRIC FOUNDATIOAL LEADERSHIP is the key to longevity, resilience, viability and success. He teaches leaders the fundamental principles to break the vicious circle of dysfunction between leadership and emp...

Did you know that 88% of employees who use humor at work are more likely to get a promotion? If that sounds too high, it's because I just made it up. Hi, this is Kate Davis. I'm a comic and a keynote speaker. And this is my podcast, Humor in the C-Suite, where I get to chat with the most prominent business leaders on how they use humor to create an extraordinary work culture. I'm go...