The Frustrated CEO

Send us Fan Mail What CEO of a successful and growing company would risk upsetting the apple cart by merging with another firm, slowing sales and firing clients in the middle of a pandemic with 170 employees working virtually across the country? Meet CEO Marc Reifenrath whose courageous leadership guided Spinutech onto the Inc. 5000 list with a highly engaged team and turnover consistently around...

Send us Fan Mail As CEO of New York City Transit, the busiest people-moving system in the world, Carmen Bianco led 50,000 employees with an annual budget above $10 billion dollars. At the helm during Superstorm Sandy, Carmen and his team brought mass transit back up in record time to assist New York in its recovery. And with the help of Loriann Hoffmann, Carmen transformed New York City transit‘s...

Send us Fan Mail Grab a pad and pen and be ready to take notes on this one! Award-winning author and global business thought-leader Ben Pring joins the show to address the hottest issues keeping CEOs awake at night. Hear why you can’t afford to miss The Green Rush , how your business must adapt to embrace AI, the evolution of the CEO role and what you can do to stay current, why you won’t survive...

Send us Fan Mail Katherine Johnson, Founder of The Leadership Presence Lab + True Self Presence Consulting, comes on the show to discuss your presence as a leader.  As a CEO, your presence matters! It creates the filter through which everything you say and do is evaluated. Being grounded in your own authentic alignment allow you to have greater impact, communicate effectively to wider audiences an...

Send us Fan Mail Mark Williams, CEO of Brokers International and author of Lead, Don’t Manage: 12 Lessons in Creating a Leadership Culture Based on Core Values , joins Patrick, Patsy and Leb for an engaging, in-depth interview about the challenges of leading in a pandemic, operating without a playbook, hearing the voice of the customer, improving diversity & inclusion, making mistakes, and a h...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode we will be examining the frustrating challenges of leading your organization with on - point strategic planning in a world of constant change and executing effectively with a remote and digital workforce. Website: Frustrated CEO Social: LinkedIn instagram: @thefrustratedceopodcast tiktok: @thefrustratedceopodcast

Send us Fan Mail Too often, new employees hired with high expectations struggle, fail and “flame out” within the first two years, almost always leading someone to suggest “that was a bad hire!”. But when it comes to fixing the root of new-hire turnover in your organization, hindsight isn’t always 20/20. As the CEO, when can you accept that it WAS a bad hire, and when should you demand a harder loo...

Send us Fan Mail The return on your strategic planning effort is how successful and ongoing your strategy execution process is. If your process is poor or uneven it is costing you valuable results that matter. Website: Frustrated CEO Social: LinkedIn instagram: @thefrustratedceopodcast tiktok: @thefrustratedceopodcast

Send us Fan Mail H.O.T. communication first showed up in the National Football League.  In this episode of the Frustrated CEO, we will explore the benefits and challenges of implementing this easier said than done communication strategy.  Simply stated, H = Honest; the truth and nothing but the truth.  O = Open; open mind, open heart.  Transparent = visible, nothing hidden. Website: Frustrated CEO...

Send us Fan Mail Is it better in times of extreme chaos for your business to hunker down and focus on survival or might there be a better way? Check out this episode of the Frustrated CEO podcast to learn why some organizations suffer and die in periods of chaos while others come out better than ever. Hear what you can do when uncertainty overtakes your team with no end in sight so you emerge vict...

Send us Fan Mail Leading yourself first is important work that supports you to effectively and successfully lead others as you direct the organization. It costs you and your organization for you to be constantly “on-the-go.” There is immeasurable value in increasing your capacity to lead by example with clarity and focus … and it gives you vitality and well-being. In this episode we explore what i...

Send us Fan Mail Tea bag philosophy asserts that, as a leader, you will never know how strong a tea bag is until you put it in hot water. The heat of the water tests the strength of a tea bag and brings out its true flavor. The same is true for us! The strength of our character is tested and released when we find ourselves in "hot water", "pushed to limit", "with our backs...