The Frustrated CEO

Send us Fan Mail A recent Gallup poll survey of 10 million employees in 150 countries suggested at least half of all employees have quietly quit, the insidious act of lowering the bar, doing the bare minimum at work, collecting a paycheck and going home. Or, as millennials and Gen Z describe it, “the smart decision to put strong boundaries in place to protect mental health and personal time”. Join...

Send us Fan Mail What exactly does it mean to be a missional business? Is it the same as a non-profit? How can you attend to the needs of your local communities and better steward the planet’s finite resources without sacrificing profitability? It’s not easy, but the benefits of managing a Triple Bottom Line can be significant in revenue, profitability, hiring, retention, and brand popularity. Joi...

Send us Fan Mail Building a strong business with long-term success requires many different things all working together. And being an effective leader requires the right mindset and skills to help you move that business forward. Both business and the leader need to continuously improve and work together to reach their full potential. Tune in for a special episode with a dear friend of the show as F...

Send us Fan Mail Who better to talk about building winning organizations than life-long NFL Executive Randy Mueller, winner of the 2000 NFL Executive of the Year award with the New Orleans Saints? Join us as we journey from small-town Idaho to one of the winningest college football programs of all time, and then into multiple NFL front offices to learn what it takes to build winning leaders, teams...

Send us Fan Mail Laughter is scientifically proven to activate the release of the mood-boosting hormones dopamine and serotonin while simultaneously reducing the anxiety and stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol. And a 2015 workplace study found happier employees are 12% more productive than unhappy employees. So, if laughter is the best medicine, when’s the last time you and your business had a...

Send us Fan Mail What if we told you there’s a way to conduct every business meeting to bring greater engagement, more creativity, more productivity, tighter teamwork, higher energy, and a better overall culture? Would it be worth an hour of your time to listen to this episode to find out how? Tune in as we put our very own show host, Leb Tannenbaum, on the hot seat to learn how one simple tool ca...

Send us Fan Mail One of the most important tasks of every CEO is prioritization. With so many balls in the air at one time, so many competing priorities, every call you make affects the future as much as the present day. Should your focus be on customers? Product development? Market penetration? What about hiring new talent, profit and loss, and culture? Where does acquiring the latest technology...

Send us Fan Mail Employee average tenure declined again according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest figures, continuing an almost decade-long trend. And as you might imagine, millennials and Gen Z employees are even less likely to remain in their current roles than Boomers and Gen Xers. What’s a CEO to do when the employees you need for the future are the hardest to retain? Tune in to this...

Send us Fan Mail According to a recent poll, 83% of CEOs want their organizations to use more data in the decision-making process. But where do you gather it from and how do you separate it from the sea of noise out there? And what role does your gut still play in making strategic decisions? Join us for our though-provoking discussion with Desh Urs, Founder and CEO of iBridge, a leading global dig...

Send us Fan Mail Stories. We’re drawn to them. Entertained by them. Educated through them. Challenged by them. History is passed down through them. And the only thing more valuable than a great story is a great storyteller. Join us for an inspiring and entertaining conversation with master storyteller Coach AK Ikwuakor on how you can grow everything from sales to customer service to culture to you...

Send us Fan Mail When’s the last time you seriously thought about your exit from your business? Not in fantasy, but in a real, intentional, and planful way that sets your target, plots your course, and puts the power back in your hands to leave on your own terms? You know you need to give this more time and energy, more of the attention it deserves. So grab a pen, a cheap notebook, and your favori...

Send us Fan Mail Strategic Alignment is foundational to executing a business strategy, but what impact, if any, does strategic alignment have on organization-wide trust? Or company culture?   Join Leb, Patsy and Patrick for an in-depth interview with Shift Interactive/Anthologic’s President of Technology, Justyn Miller, on the impact of strategic alignment on organizational trust and culture. Webs...

Send us Fan Mail Innovation. You want it. You need it. How do you get it? It starts by accepting that innovation is an output, the result of creating the right environment within which innovation can take place. Join us for an in-depth discussion with master innovator Komal Doshi to learn how you can build a strategic framework that inspires a culture of innovation. Website: Frustrated CEO Social:...

Send us Fan Mail Being CEO has rarely been more challenging. With unstable markets, hybrid work, employee resignations, and global instability, all eyes are squarely on you for answers. Before you give them, join our engaging discussion with Kammy Horne, Senior Vice President Development with VIA Metropolitan Transit, for an important reminder: leadership has always been about listening first. Web...

Send us Fan Mail As many as 90% of companies with a strategic plan admit to falling short of fully executing it, and upward of 40% admit to never even starting. We’ve even heard CEOs ask why they should even bother having a strategic plan if the odds of executing are so stacked against you. But before you give up, pull up a chair and grab a pad and pen, because we’re here with tips for better stra...

Send us Fan Mail Great leadership creates sports dynasties and business empires, while poor leadership undermines talented athletes and business professionals, alike. Because leadership is leadership, whether on the basketball court, in the board room or on the front lines of your business.   Join us for this unique and spirited look at leadership, professional development, living with purpose, an...

Send us Fan Mail Just when you thought you knew how to build a high-performance culture, everything changed. Between, the pandemic, The Great Resignation, Gen Z demanding work-with-purpose, hybrid and remote work, and the global economy on edge, it’s time to rethink the link between culture and performance.  Join us for a timely conversation with Dan Denison, world-renowned thought-leader and crea...

Send us Fan Mail Self-care and mindfulness are critical leadership skills – yes, leadership skills – for every CEO because, as the saying goes, you can’t pour from an empty cup. Tune in to this necessary and timely conversation with Walkyria Whitlock to find out exactly what self-care looks like, how to improve your overall mindfulness, and why succeeding at both will improve your business. Websit...

Send us Fan Mail Some believe any PR is good PR, but most CEOs dread seeing themselves or their company in the crosshairs of an angry public, government, or media mob. Join us for this lively conversation with Joel Zlotnik, Strategic Communications Manager for Orange County Transportation Authority for communication tips and strategies every CEO needs to hear. Website: Frustrated CEO Social: Linke...

Send us Fan Mail People matter. So does your business. Align your HR compliance, policies and people strategy with your business strategy at each stage of your business’s growth to ensure your business is sustainable and you have the right team in place to support that growth. Website: Frustrated CEO Social: LinkedIn instagram: @thefrustratedceopodcast tiktok: @thefrustratedceopodcast

Send us Fan Mail Engaging and energetic CEO Stepfone Montgomery joins The Frustrated CEO podcast to share wisdom and insights gleaned first from his decades-long career in transportation, then through the launch of his startup technology company, BZConnects. Join us for an entertaining conversation with a man who marries New York Swagger with California Cool. Website: Frustrated CEO Social: Linked...

Send us Fan Mail In our recent LinkedIn survey, 60% of CEO respondents said the most pressing issue keeping them awake at night is fixing dysfunctional culture. Episode 16 is the final episode in our 3-part series on fixing dysfunctional culture covering 2 more major functions within your business impacting  - and impacted by - your culture, including how you can influence and leverage them to int...

Send us Fan Mail In our recent LinkedIn survey, 60% of CEO respondents said the most pressing issue keeping them awake at night is fixing dysfunctional culture. Check out part 2 of our 3-part series on fixing dysfunctional culture where Patsy, Leb and Patrick cover 2 major functions of your business impacting your culture and how you can leverage them to intentionally create a high-performance cul...

Send us Fan Mail In our recent LinkedIn survey, 60% of CEO respondents said the most pressing issue keeping them awake at night is fixing dysfunctional culture. Since our goal is to help you sleep at night by solving those issues, Episode 14 kicks off a multi-episode series on just that: Fixing Dysfunctional Culture. Website: Frustrated CEO Social: LinkedIn instagram: @thefrustratedceopodcast tikt...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when 4 individual contributors are given the all-or-none-of-you option of purchasing an accounting firm with decades of history in a primarily male-dominated industry?  Check out this episode of The Frustrated CEO to hear how, 10 years later, Teri Johnson and Doug Lacher have completely changed the culture at Fellner & Kuhn while learning to lead, losing 2 partner...