Power & Impact

As we age, we face a choice: do we slow down and stop contributing, or do we take our decades of knowledge and connections and put them towards something meaningful?   Author Cynthia Haller visits Power & Impact to discuss how people can live their lives in a crescendo so that their best is always yet to come.   Cynthia is the daughter of Stephen R. Covey, who you may know from his best-selling cl...

Today on Power & Impact, we're sharing an impactful story of mental illness and recovery.   You might know Chuck Thuss from his exceptional athletic career as a team owner, coach, and All-American hockey player. What you might not know is that despite his polite demeanor and athletic success, Chuck was suffering in silence from severe anxiety and depression.   After what he believed was divine int...

For nearly 45 years, Bob Diamond has been an influential figure in the world of banking. Starting his banking career at Morgan Stanley, Bob went on to hold leadership positions as CS Boston and Barclays PLC, where he rose to the rank of CEO. Currently, Bob is a Founding Partner and CEO of Atlas Merchant Capital, a company that seeks to build long-term value for their investors through differentiat...

Today on Power & Impact, we welcome leadership expert and keynote speaker Stephen Shedletzky, better known by his nickname "Shed."  Shed's prolific career leading teams and building culture stems back to his experiences growing up, and his ability to help people compartmentalize and develop their points of view made him and Jim fast friends. 

Climate change has and will continue to affect many things in our daily lives, including… wine?   Greg Jones is somewhat of an expert on the matter. Greg is a prominent member of the Pacific Northwest's winemaking community, sitting on the boards of multiple industry associations. He is also the CEO of his family business, Abacela Vineyards, located in Oregon's Umpqua Valley.   Greg has spent the...

Ryan Panchadsaram is an engineer and investor focused on solving systemic, societal challenges. At Kleiner Perkins, Ryan serves as technical advisor to John Doerr, where he invests in founders and technologies that aim to change the world. Ryan and John coauthored the seminal book on countering climate change, Speed & Scale, and collaborated on the number one bestseller Measure What Matters. Under...

Geoff Beattie knows the importance of financial planning and growth. Starting his career as a successful lawyer in Toronto, Geoff spent many years in the profession before transitioning to a career in wealth management. Currently a well-respected business leader in Canada and abroad, Geoff is the Chairman of Relay Ventures and CEO of Generation Capital.   In this episode, Geoff shares forward his...

The old leadership model of command and control in the workplace has broken down in the past few years. Luckily, Stephen M.R. Covey has a solution.    Mr. Covey is a world-renowned keynote speaker and author, most known for The Speed of Trust and Smart Trust. When his father, Stephen R. Covey, released his seminal book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen helped develop the strateg...

It's not every day you meet a long-lost relative and find out he's also in the agriculture business!   Kevin McCann reached out to Jim over LinkedIn recently due to their shared family name and similar line of work. Kevin operates the Armagh, Northern Ireland-based family farm P. McCann & Sons, where his family has grown fresh fruit for three generations.    Along with learning about their shared...

As the daughter of Polish and Ukrainian immigrants working to create a better life, Natalia Brzezinski has been immersed in multiculturalism from day one. Natalia is an acclaimed journalist, communications expert, and global citizen who has worked everywhere from the Huffington Post to the US Embassy in Sweden, to her current role at the Stockholm-based Klarna.   In this episode, Natalia and Jim d...

There are few people today impacting the future generations of medical professionals to the degree that Ken Langone has with his leadership and contributions to NYU Health.   Ken grew up in a family of little means and worked his way to being one of the richest investors and philanthropists in the United States.   After Ken's business success, he donated $10 million to NYU's MBA program in 1999. ...

Is the American Dream alive and well? If you asked Ken Langone, he'd certainly say yes.    Ken's grandparents immigrated to the US from Italy, and he grew up in a family that he describes as having "a lot of love, but not a lot of money." Ken spent time in the US Army and dug ditches for the Long Island Expressway before going to Bucknell University to study economics. After graduation, he began a...

Immediately following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, about a dozen businesses cut ties with the nation in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people. The United States and our NATO allies imposed severe sanctions against Russia, as well Russian business leaders, politicians, and Putin himself.   Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and his team, sparked by the volunteered withdrawal from private bus...