Market Impact Insights

Go-To-Market advisor Carol Grant shows how knowing—and living—your values every day is foundational to exceptional leadership. Beginning with a focus on growth, clarity and impact, true leadership is all about balancing speed with intention and recognizing that caring about your people, and their success, is always good for business.

Omneky Founder and CEO Hikari Senju shares his entrepreneurial journey and how AI isn't eating marketing jobs, it's making them matter more. From making research king again, to overcoming decision paralysis, to enabling human courage to take leaps they may never have done on their own ("The Steve Jobs effect'), AI is transforming advertising and marketing in many positive ways. His balancing of vi...

CMO AI Advisor Nicole Leffer says if you're not using AI, you're the first one who's not going to be able to compete. The pace of AI evolution is dizzying, moving 10-20 times faster than the e-commerce revolution. By mastering AI skills you will thrive, with the potential of making you as much as 10 times more productive and valuable your organization. The emphasis for leaders is to not just focus...

The "Ambassador of Joy" Barry Shore shares his breakthrough lessons in navigating multiple million dollar-plus business exits and overcoming a horrific life-threatening illness that made him appreciate even more the power of attitude. Putting the U before the I in his businesses, transforming SAD into SMILE, and embracing that JOY is the journey of YOU is all part of what helps Barry inspire other...

Leadership visionary Chris Kolenda shares key lessons for living a life of significance as he has transitioned from some of the world's most intense military battlefields to helping business leaders maximize their long term impact. It begins with respecting learning from history, then understanding the three kinds of people we run into in life: Sappers, Trappers and Zappers. At the end of the day,...

Douglas Squirrel, aka "Squirrel", shares brilliant insights from successfully helping companies around the world maximize their technology investments. The reality is that every technical problem is actually a people problem. Tech capabilities aren't being limited by the technology itself, but by how your teams communicate. Discover the goldmine of untapped tech potential that is realized by break...

Creator/Host of the It Gets Late Early podcast Maureen Wiley Clough calls out the big "elephant in the room" in tech companies today: ageism is real and it's negative impacts are being felt like never before. Having herself been called a "dinosaur" at age 37 in a prior job, Maureen is helping people with practical advice to navigate age-biased, challenging work environments. Truly successful leade...

Hudson Davis Founder & CEO Blair Huddy shares her amazing story of resilience and triumph in overcoming severe health challenges and an ultimate betrayal that nearly cost her the culmination of a lifetime of work. Her strength in continuing to take risks, trusting her gut, being resilient when you have no other choice and embracing that momentum yields momentum allows her to deliver authentically...

Culture is everything when it comes to inspired, motivated teams. Dakota Founder & CEO Gui Costin is all in on building a foundation of trust, leveraging employee longevity for improved efficiency, daily check-ins for maximum alignment and the curiosity to always ask "why"? Kindness is the ultimate leadership skill that transforms lives and lifts teams to give back to the communities they serve in...

GrowthPath Partners AI & Executive Advisor Liza Adams shares how we need to think bigger and differently about AI as a strategic partner to best unlock the insights that we as humans could never discover by ourselves. Getting the most from AI is all about recognizing it is becoming the new reality before humans form their own opinions, understanding the psychology behind women usage being nearly 2...

Trust is at the heart of building authentic relationships inside of organizations that achieve sustainable growth. For Peter Benei, Intercept Principal Consultant, the most successful remote-first companies aren't built on surveillance - they're built on radical transparency. AI is also flipping traditional leadership models on their head, and making the human factor more critical, not less. The f...

Leadership Coach Doug Nathan shares how conflict, while avoided and feared by many, can actually be a constructive catalyst for long term positive change. The key is knowing how to navigate the process: "It's a gift, not a curse, if you know how to unwrap it." Leaning into conflict with curiosity is vital, and having the patience not to rush into trying resolve the conflict prematurely. Conflict i...

Derrick Mains, CEO and Founder of The Process Fixer says it is time to fundamentally rethink your approach to business operations. Drawing from W. Edwards Deming's revolutionary work, he points out "94% of all problems are system problems" yet most organizations spend their time and resources on events and behaviors that only account for 6% of issues. Leadership presence really matters in focusing...

Accomplished CMO Natalie Cunningham shows how inspired marketing leadership is all about embracing change and flexibility with her mantra "everything you do is in pencil." True marketing impact goes beyond climbing a corporate job ladder to enhance your title, and the "stretch" of covering more ground while keeping your feet firmly planted in exceptional execution. Re-thinking how to engage with c...

Dan Albaum shares with Nikolett Bacso-Albaum of Market Impact the story behind his inspiration for starting the Market Impact Insights podcast in 2018, some of his favorite episodes with exceptional leaders around the world, upcoming compelling podcast topics plus more details on an exciting new leadership development experience being offered to companies based on his book The Impact Makers.

Cybersecurity Tribe Owner and Co-Founder Dorene Rettas sees the current cybersecurity landscape as more complex than ever, where InfoSec has evolved from the "Department of NO" to the "Department of KNOW." With bad actors leveraging AI faster than defenders, getting board buy-in for proactive security measures means stop talking about tech. Instead, focus on the financial impact and brand damage t...

Leadership Coach Dr. Meisha Rouser, PCC shares her incredible journey from IT to coaching exceptional leaders, learning the valuable lesson that following your passion is not just a cliche, it is truly game-changing. She knows servant leadership is not about checking boxes, it is a philosophy of putting people first, even in the midst of making very tough decisions. By embracing multigenerational...

Keap CEO and Co-Founder Clate Mask shares his challenging journey to building sustainable growth, including three years of struggle where "29 days out of every month were brutal." Great companies mean hiring great people and his counterintuitive approach completely flips the script on traditional "hire for skills first" models. Embrace humility and drop the pursuit of being a "superhero" leader, i...

Next Level Growth Founder & CEO Michael Erath has gone from the depths of losing literally everything to the heights of building a high-impact coaching business built on a foundation of emotional intelligence that is literally changing lives. Hear his inspiring journey following a business partner's betrayal to systemic success through his "Five Obsessions" framework, never forgetting that uncheck...

The Connective Good Founder & Executive Recruiter Erica Seidel shares timely advice about navigating the current dynamic marketplace as both a marketing executive candidate and as an organization seeking to hire exceptional marketing leaders. She has seen first hand how CMOs don't fail for lack of talent or effort, they fail for lack of clear role design and expectation setting. Relationships stil...

Chief Communications Officer Becca Chambers shares her unique and compelling journey from surviving a rogue wave in the North Pacific to becoming a visionary communications leader who embraces her neurodiversity: "The less I tried to act like everybody else, the better I did in my job". The best corporate communications teams never forget "we're not here to just tell people stuff. We're here to ma...

Sendoso Co-CEO & Co-Founder Kris Rudeegraap shares how his experience as a sales professional was a true "superpower" in successfully founding and growing his company. His servant leader mindset of "working for my employees, not the other way around" creates a healthy, vibrant culture that fuels sustainable growth. He's never lost an appreciation for the value of relationships in knowing that your...

Daxtra Technologies VP Growth Marketing Jane Serra shares how in one of the hardest years of her nearly 20 year career she continues creating breakthrough B2B results by embracing the flexibility of remote working teams, proactively nurturing partner marketing opportunities for expanded reach and being open to the additional freedom that AI technology brings in getting work done.

Bridge2Wellbeing Leadership Coach Julie Foxcroft MSc shows how not accepting a toxic status quo, creating boundaries, practicing self-care, finding allies and taking definitive action is all part of a healthy, sustainable culture that drives top performance. And most importantly, have fun along the way as an exceptional leader who makes people feel both safe and valued. It is not about "being the...

Simbe Robotics SVP Market Caitlin Allen shares her incredible leadership journey from the non-profit world to the cutting edge of robotics technology, all fueled by a laser focus on mission, a "measure 10x/cut once" mentality, ecosystem perspective, true humility and making others feel like they are her top priority. The human factor is alive and well even in today's hypercompetitive, rapidly chan...