The Leadership Stack Podcast

Sean: Why would some companies not attract talent? Was usually the problem and what's usually the solution? Tony: Well, the first thing I always say to people who are leaders and I've always felt it myself, is that if you're the smartest person in the room, you've got a problem because you shouldn't be the smartest person in the room. You might be the most well-rounded person in the room. If it's...

Sean: What are some leadership principles that you learned there that you still practice today and you teach it from time to time with some people that you mentor? Tony: Well, interestingly in the book a lot of it is quite nuanced. There's a lot of overlap between some of the observations. There are 101 of them, but there are some overriding themes, and those are things that I kind of keep coming...

Sean: Stefan What would you say? And I'm hearing you speak, you sound very chill, you know, very relaxed, but very calculated as well. What would you say is your leadership style like? How do you lead your people? Stefan: Yeah, leadership style. I like to split it between 10% visionary and 90% servant-like serving leader. So the leader needs to determine where the ship is going and also explain wh...

Sean: Who are the people that are going to be answering your survey, and why would they answer your surveys? Stefan: Yeah, the people that are answering our surveys are mostly the customers or the employees or the audience in general of our customers. So our customers create the assessments and send them to several respondents. The difference with the normal survey is that the normal survey at the...

Sean: Simon, I wonder with businesses that you've worked with and these are above 35K what are the most common things that they usually struggle with? Do you usually struggle really with the CEO not having that much time and being too involved in the trees themselves? Or are there other things that you find are common outside of that? Simon: The main thing is they say, I'm in a time crunch. I'm al...

Sean: I Have a couple of questions regarding that one because some clients are not that easy or smooth to work with, right? And I imagine that you mentioned earlier you have a team of coaches, so it's not like you're installing a C-level executive in that person's company. You are coaching them through the process and it's really up to them if they are going to be accepting and working on your adv...

Catch Mr. CEO at 22, Sean Si, as he uncovered more valuable leadership insights during the fireside chat at Rio Magdalena. Tune in to discover the value of having to bond with your team outside of work as a business owner. Learn as he also shares some guides to managing failures, balancing his priorities as a leader and a family man, and the significance of creating core values to foster a friendl...

Sean: You seem to me like you're a very competitive person in a way, and I wonder why you like this so much that 21 years later it's still the same thing that you're doing only now you're running a business rather than being the one man person, one man team? Simon: Every high performer is competitive and every competitive person wants high performance. That is the nature of entrepreneurs. They wan...

Sean: How does company culture play into this? Alicia Have you seen company cultures do a 180-degree turn because you've accomplished taking them through this entire process? 00:00:13 Alicia: What I'll say is this I don't know if I've seen that type of a transformation, Sean, But what I do notice is a greater degree of transparency that may not have existed before and sometimes. It's not that peop...

Sean: Yeah, I 100% agree. And I do believe, you know, nine out of ten businesses fail that statistic. I always say that that's the statistic. Not because you're unlucky or the world economy shifted. It's usually because of behavior and mindset. If you are so egoistic or you're so high up there with hubris that you think, you know, whatever I'm doing works, and then probably going to be the nine ou...

Join esteemed business leader, Mr. Sean Si, a.k.a. Mr. CEO at 22 for an exhilarating fireside chat amidst the serene beauty of Rio Magdalena, nestled within a lush jungle camping site. During this captivating session, we will explore the following thought-provoking questions: - What are the pivotal skills that leaders must cultivate to thrive in today's dynamic business landscape? - Have you encou...

Sean: Yeah. And now I'm wondering, did someone tell you, hey, Alicia, why not chemical engineering? Because honestly, like, who? Who does that? Chemical engineering. Right. I studied I.T. I almost got kicked out because I failed 28 units. But chemical engineering, my goodness. I mean, that's on a different plane, a different level. Like, how were you told by friends and family who loved you? Hey,...

Sean: Got it. That's very good. Very good stuff. And Gustavo, what allowed you to get to where you are? All these answers, all these examples, and stories that you have? Were you always a disciple of remote work? How long have you been working remotely to realize these things? Gustavo: No, as I mentioned earlier, wasn't always. And that's something that I stress in my book because there are people...

Sean: So one of the questions you mentioned is culture as well. Is there a necessary culture? Because you said that there are companies who have people in the office. Culture is not that great. They're distant from each other, even though. They are just a few feet away. Is there a necessary culture that has to be established first, or is there a kind of culture that would make for a very good work...

Sean: Amazing. Thank you so much, Gustavo. And if there's any advice that you could give struggling business owners struggling to maybe ask their people to get back to a face-to-face office setup, what is your advice to them? Gustavo: My advice is don't make strategic decisions without involving your people. I mean, Apple, and Google, tried to impose something and it became a mess and then they ha...

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Sean: That's amazing. So what I'm hearing, number one, you were open to anything. Not a lot of people are like that. People are always thinking about, oh, what about my family? If I stop working, how can I feed them? How can I support my parents? So all of these things are clouding and fogging what they want to explore in life. And as you mentioned, people usually know in their heart, as with all...

Join Mr. CEO at 22, Sean Si, for yet another exciting chat with Ninong Ry as they sat down and talked about Ninong Ry’s journey to becoming one of the most influential content creators here in the Philippines. Discover how Ninong Ry acquired his sense of diligence and his thoughts on accepting a lucrative offer as a kitchen chef. Learn about his decision to start hiring, his definition of success,...

Sean: So now I'm going to inject a little fun into that. Whereas there are so many thought leaders such as Elon Musk, for example, who will say, work hard and outwork your competition and outwork the rest of the world, because that's when you're going to be able to realize your vision for the company, for yourself, when you're going to beat them black and blue and get way ahead of the game. I know...

Sean: I'm getting a lot of stuff that I already want to unpack from that. Let's rewind a little bit and go back to Morgan Stanley. You mentioned that you were in the tech world, you did programming, which is very interesting that you started that way because I'm a tech guy. What were some life lessons or leadership lessons that you use now that you got out of working with Morgan Stanley? Yewande:...

Welcome to the Leadership Stack podcast! In today's episode, we'll be joined by the one and only Ninong Ry, a chef, influencer, and content creator, who will share his thoughts on why being jobless can be an advantage. Joined by Sean Si, aka Mr. CEO at 22, tune in as he sits down with Ninong Ry to discuss his journey from being a chef to being a content creator, and the challenges he faced along t...

Sean: Now that you opened this topic where we are moving towards a more emotional world today, what do you think drives this being this more emotional population? I mean, we are, you know, especially here in the Philippines where like 90% of the population are Facebook users. Sean: And if there's a voting contest in the Philippines, can you be sure that everyone's voting? So what do you think driv...

Sean: How do you adjust now that you know that? Okay, how she understands things and how I understand things and how she and I communicate are very, very different. She is an empath. She understands how you feel before you even say anything. Right? Just by reading your body language as you tell me straight to my face and I can't even feel anything. Right. So how do you adjust or how do you improve...

Sean: Now, I'm wondering, Michael, with, um, let's, let's shift a little bit too business and hiring. So everyone says that EQ is so important, it's more important than IQ. There are a lot of articles that write about that, right? When you hire someone you want to hire for a higher EQ than a high IQ. Why is it more important than IQ? Sean: Why do you think that they say that? And should we if they...

Join our host, Sean Si, as he sits down with Joel Pedro, the Chief Adventure Officer of Overland Kings, for an inspiring discussion on how to lead and manage people effectively. Listen up as Joel Pedro discusses the origins of OKCampout, as well as his thoughts on the growth of overlanding in the Philippines. From hiring the right people to fostering trust and open communication, Joel Pedro also s...