People Quotient

My guest, Jennifer Conley, CEO of Geelong Manufacturing Council (GMC) shares with us insights on how she has built a company that is empowering Australian manufacturing and supporting small to large scale businesses in building capabilities. Having turned around her own non-profit B2B services organization, she shares insights on empowering companies, scaling manufacturing businesses, and how to s...

Tracey Gamble is Managing Director, responsible for managing and investing in real estate assets at global investment firm Apollo Global Management shares her keys to unlock real estate investing and managing. With decades of real estate investing and operating experience, Tracey shares her insights on how to navigate the real estate sector, keys to scaling the business and investing principles th...

My guest Shamit Grover, Co-Managing Partner of Vesper Company shares investing insights and his approach to partnering with CEOs in this insights packed episode of the People Quotient podcast. As an investor who has worked for MSD Capital and spent nearly two decades investing in CEOs and their companies, he shares his insights on what partnering look like, how should CEOs think about their invest...

Dr. Kendra Vant, a leading expert in AI shares her tips for CEOs in this episode of the People Quotient podcast. Most CEOs are looking for AI tips that they can implement in their businesses. Kendra has been working in AI and machine learning for decades having lead teams that built the backbone of international giants Xero and Seek. She is an AI expert who brings a wealth of knowledge for CEOs to...

My guest, Dr. Ankit Shah has built a practice that is Caring for Olympians. As a team cardiologist for #USASwimming Team and Consultant for #USAOlympic and #Para-Olympic committee, he has been caring for olympians that competed in the 2024 Paris games and advised other elite athletic teams such as Baltimore Ravens (NFL), Baltimore Orioles (MLB), and Washington Capitals (NHL). He also works with we...

Investing In Founder-Led Companies is what my guest, Jorge Gross, Managing Partner at Private Equity firm Trivest, and a Wharton Business School graduate, in the US dives into in our conversation on the People Quotient podcast. He shares how investing (private equity and otherwise) in founder-led companies requires attention to the needs of the founder beyond price and how listening and understand...

Leaders Dont need titles is the core message of my guest, Mark Valena, in this conversation. Mark explains why true leaders dont need titles as they try to influence people and motivate their teams. As an experienced CEO, CFO, and a Board Member, he explains how as leaders we dont need to rely on titles both to influence people and to find other leaders in our companies. He shares his experiences,...

Find out why accelerated Growth Needs Trust Based Relationships. How to build Trust based relationships is the primary message of this episode with my guest Renee Rump. Accelerated growth is what every #CEO wants and Renee shares how a CEO needs to build trust based relationships to achieve that. Developing trust and building relationships is one of Renee's major strengths and she shares exactly h...

Always Be Recruiting is the clear message from my guest, Hanley Holcomb. From Wall Street to investing, operating, and now executive recruitment, Hanley Holcomb, a Partner at Signal Partners shares his advice on why CEOs should always be recruiting and how the recruiting industry is always developing with the market. He shares what it takes for companies to win in today’s talent war. Whether he is...

Finding top talent to scale internationally is a goal for a lot of growth stage companies. My guest, Stuart Chrisp, has been finding top talent to help #newzealand companies scale internationally for decades. As an #entrepreneur and board member himself, he appreciates the complexities of talent #acquisition and finding top talent across #international borders. Check out his advice and insights on...

Building a Values-Driven B2B Events Firm is the focus of this episode with my guest Nancy Splaine, Founder & CEO of CPMG. She shares why building a values-driven B2B firm was her focus when she founded CPMG to initially focus on the construction industry and then eventually expanding to various other segments. She also goes into significant detail on what values-driven mindset looks like and h...

How to combine process with gut to build companies is the focus of this episode where my guest Eric Biro, Founding Partner and CEO of Anderson Biro shares his insights on how he is able to combine his process with gut to help build companies. As an exec recruiter he helps CEOs, Boards, Investors, build high performing teams by not only hiring top talent but also by helping them think through succe...

Learn how to build top teams with credibility and alignment in this episode of the #peoplequotient podcast. My guest Samantha Foster, is MD and Global Leader of the Industrials Practice at #ZRG, a leading global recruitment firm with 30 offices across five continents. Samantha, an engineer by training, shares her recipe, insights, and practices to help companies build top teams from C-suite down....

From Concept To Company: Scaling High Performing Remote Teams is the focus of this episode of the #PeopleQuotient podcast where my guest Gautam Mishra, #CEO of Inkl shares how he took an idea from concept to a company. He outlines best practices on scaling high performing remote teams and specific ideas for #managers and #CEOs to employ when building top teams. Chapters: 01:03 Introduction 3:11 Su...

Building companies via parallel entrepreneurship is the focus of this episode of the #PeopleQuotient podcast. My guest, Greg Willsey, Founder and CEO of #VeniceBrands shares how he has been building companies via his brand of parallel entrepreneurship. A graduate of #harvardbusinessschool and #harvardlaw, Greg shares how he has learnt from all his previous training and roles at #McKinsey&Compa...

Scaling teams for explosive growth is the focus of this episode of the #peopelquotient podcast where my guest Pavan Vyas, #CEO, of Flick Electric Co from #NewZealand goes into details of his principles of scaling top teams for explosive growth. He shares his insights on how he interviews talent, engages teams, and builds companies to scale internationally. He is the #CEO who led his company to bui...

In this episode of @PeopleQuotient podcast, learn about the winning formula for talent management as my guest Natasha DesRuisseaux, North America's Lead for Creator Partnerships @Meta. She shares how EQ is the key trait needed when it comes to supporting and serving #celebrities and management of talent. The formula for success is to have the right mindset and principles to serving top talent. She...

#Empowering #Creators to #Transform #Human #Experience is the mission of #SoundBay, one of the largest music retailers in #Australia. CEO, #CameronLeitch, breaks down how he has built a high-peforming team focused on empowering creators to use their music to transform the human experience. He shares his views on how CEOs can think about performance management, how managers should think about their...

How to build a team to serve global fashion and retail icons is the focus of this episode with Grant Morris, CEO & Founder of Elite Associates Europe. Grant has built a team that serves top tier fasion and retail global brands. In this episode he shares his practices and principles on how he not only has built a team to serve such global icons but also to help these major retailers and fashion...

In this episode my guest, Nick Saunders, offers a masterclass where you can find out the secrets of building teams around the world. His journey from a bell boy in Australia to becoming a Country Manager for a leading landscape business is inspiring. He has built landscapes for the #olympics in Sydney and #F1 race course in the middle east. Using empathy to support technical skills, he has mastere...

How to build executive teams is the focus of my conversation with Shana Plott, CEO and Owner of CLCB, a leading executive recruiting firm helping private companies and private equity firms build executive teams. Shana details the practices and principles she uses to help companies hire top executives and scale teams to drive enterprise value for the business. Not only she discuss how to build exec...

My conversation with CEO of Bus Patrol, Karoon Monfared, on how he has built a team that delivers tech for school busses which is protecting millions of kids and hundreds of communities everyday.

My guest, MJ Alvarez is a VC and an entrepreneur who has extensive experience across Latin America and New Zealand. In this episode she shares her secrets of how she finds CEOs to back and why she believes investing in relationships is the key to higher return of capital.

My guest Amit Shah is the COO of Virta Health, one of the fastest growth digital health companies in America. Their mission is to safely and sustainably reverse Type 2 diabetes through digitally driven personalized care. He shares his secrets on how he finds great people to help him and the company achieve their mission.

My guest is Mark Sinatra, a 7 time Inc 5000 CEO of one of the fastest growing PEOs in America. In this episode he shares his insights on how to build and scale high performing organizations and why companies should focus on building their employer brand to acquire top talent.