Lead the Team (Top 2% of Podcasts)

E15: Chief Financial Officer at The Mental Health Center of Denver , Angela Oakley, oversees the organization’s accounting, finance, contracting/payer strategies and accounts receivable functions. The Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD) stands out as the leader in offering innovative, holistic programs for mental health and overall well-being in Colorado. Since coming to the MHCD in 2016, Angela...

E12: Dell Technologies, Chief Technology Officer , State & Local Government, Ann Dunkin. Prior to joining Dell, she was the Chief Information Officer for the County of Santa Clara . Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara is the 15th largest county in the US. Prior to joining Santa Clara County, Ann served in the Obama Administration as the Chief Information Officer of the United S...

E13: Former President and Chief Operating Officer of The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company , Ronald Wilson, has over 40 years in the soft drink industry. Under his leadership the company grew from the 12th to 4th largest bottler in the U.S. and was one of the largest minority-owned companies .  He entered the soft drink industry in 1969 as a route salesman for Pepsi-Cola and worked his...

E11 - President & General Manager at Melnor Inc, Victor Guzman, is an operations leader known for strategic thought leadership, with a positive track record for functional transformations. He has functional expertise in distribution, digital order-to-cash, warehouse operations, transportation. His company, Melnor, was founded in 1946 and specializes in designing and marketing high-quality, hos...

E10: Advance Auto Parts , Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Natalie Rothman. Advance Auto Parts is a $9.6B, Fortune 500 company with 70,000 employees.  It’s an American automotive aftermarket parts provider. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina where it serves both professional installer and do-it-yourself (DIY) customers. Prior to joining Advance Auto Parts...

E9: CEO of Janus Logistics Technologies , Brian Simons, says his company was born from a real world need to enhance Service Parts Logistics (SPL). Janus is a venture-backed technology and logistics company that is radically transforming the warehousing, forward stocking, forecasting/planning, and distribution/delivery for service supply chains globally.  His company, provides solutions for gl...

E8: Seth Goldman is Co-founder of Honest Tea and Chair of the board of Beyond Meat . He is also Founder of Eat the Change®, a platform to inform and empower consumers to make dietary choices aligned with their concerns around climate and health. The first business launched under the Eat the Change® umbrella is PLNT Burger, a plant-based quick serve restaurant that offers delicious burgers, sandwic...

E7: CFO , Paige Oldham, breaks down how to use mindfulness as a strategic tool in the C-Suite. She is CFO at Health Solutions, a regional non-profit that provides primary care and behavioral health services in Southern Colorado. She is also an expert in mindfulness. In seven years of working for this non-profit, she grew revenues 133% from $18 million to $42 million and headcount 60% and expanded...

E6 Chief Operating Officer of Canada Post , Charles Brewer, leads all operational aspects of Canada Post’s business, including plants, delivery, engineering, network and real estate. He is responsible for ensuring Canada Post maintains a highly efficient network and a safe operation that provides reliable, market-leading service to our customers and Canadians. He is tasked with taking Canada Post’...

E5 Beyond Meat , Chief Growth Officer, Chuck Muth on the secret ingredient for building positive relationships. Beyond Meat is a rapidly growing, disruptive company that makes plant-based meats substitutes. Under his leadership, the company grew net revenues rapidly by expanding distribution into approximately 111,000 retail, restaurant and food service outlets in more than 83 countries worldwide....

E4 Former Honeywell chairman and CEO, David Cote is a legendary business executive and now executive chairman of Vertiv Holdings. During his time at Honeywell, shares rose 282%, more than double the S&P 500's growth in that period. And its market capitalization soared from $20 billion to nearly $100 billion. The organization had over 130,000 employees, of which, I was one. He is also the autho...

E2 Dr. Paul Fanning on Life Long Learning, Growing Where You're Planted, and Frog Gigging My Dad, Dr. Paul Fanning, has been in education for 46 years from 1969 to 2015. He was school superintendent for 27 of those years. The school superintendent is essentially the CEO of the school system. Over these years he saw to the education of over 125,000 students in Alabama, Georgia, and Kentucky. He led...

E3 Former Dollar General Chief People Officer, Bob Ravener, on How to Find Great Mentors and Effectively Communicate Your Ideas to the CEO Bob Ravener is a highly accomplished and widely recognized business leader, author and speaker. He has served in executive roles with several organizations including the Fortune 200 companies of PepsiCo, The Home Depot, Starbucks , and most recently Dollar Gene...

E1 How this Show Helps You Get To or Stay In the C-Suite. In Ben's inaugural episode, you'll discover: -Where the idea of The CEO Sessions came from. -What this show is about and what to expect. -Why it boosts your effectiveness as a leader. -How its saves you time and frustration. -The primary sources of inspiration for the show. Special shout outs to: https://tim.blog/podcast/ https://chrisbroga...