Episode 25: Herb Kelleher, co-founder and former CEO of @Southwest. Herb led Southwest to 47 straight years of profit, becoming one of the best airlines nationally. Learn more about his servant leadership style, how he built a person first culture, and other key leadership lessons. Follow Leaders: Podcast YouTube LinkedIn…
Episode 24: Melanie Perkins, co-founder and CEO of @canva. Melanie has become one of the youngest female CEOs of a tech start-up valued at $1B. Canva has become a necessary design tool for millions worldwide. Learn more about her transformational and visionary leadership styles, how she overcame 100+ funding rejections,…
Episode 23: Howard Schultz, former CEO of @starbucks. Schultz led Starbucks from humble beginnings of 11 stores into today where it has 35,711 stores worldwide & becoming the world's largest coffeehouse chain. Learn more about his visionary leadership style, how he overcame several challenges, and the great mentors & heroes…
Episode 22:Elon Musk, CEO of @tesla. Founder and CEO of @SpaceX and CTO of @twitter along with a co-founder of many other ventures such as @OpenAI & @neuralink. Elon has become the wealthiest person in the world while leading multiple companies to commercial success. Learn more about his transformational leadership…
Episode 21: Mary Barra, CEO of @GeneralMotors. Mary has had a 40 year career at GM and became the first women CEO in the global automaker industry. Learn more about her transformational leadership style, how she has battled through several challenges, and what vision she has for the future. Follow…
Episode 20: Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of @NVIDIA. Jensen has led Nvidia to new heights, becoming the 6th most valuable company in the world at $1.1 trillion. Learn more about his unconventional management practices, the visionary style in action, and how he been a pioneer into the AI boom.…
Episode 19: Sam Walton, founder and former CEO of Walmart. Sam's leadership helped grow Walmart into the world's largest corporation by revenue. Learn more about his ten rules for running a business, the servant leadership style that fueled it, and how he helped inspire the next generation of the retail…
Episode 18: Frank Slootman, CEO of @SnowflakeInc. Frank has successfully led three different tech companies as CEO (Data Domain, ServiceNow, Snowflake). Learn more about "amping it up", narrowing the focus and increasing the quality, and other key leadership principles he has mastered. Follow Leaders: Podcast YouTube LinkedIn Twitter Email us:…
Episode 17: Reed Hastings, co-founder and former CEO of Netflix. Reed transformed the media business forever with his streaming service. Learn more about his famed culture deck framework of freedom and responsiblity , his focus on high talent density and radical candor, and other unconventional aspects that have made Netflix…
Episode 16: Sara Blakely, founder and former CEO of Spanx. Sara was featured on the Forbes magazine cover in 2012 after becoming the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world. Learn more about her unconventional rise to fame , her feminine leadership style, and how she helped shape the clothing…
Episode 15: Lou Gerstner, former CEO of @IBM Lou is largely credited with leading the great turnaround of IBM in the 90s, helping the company go from $29B market cap to $168B. Learn more about the key decisions he made along the way, his transformative leadership style, and what was…
Episode 14: Walt Disney, founder and former President of @disneyanimation. Walt was a true pioneer of the animation industry, creating an ever lasting legacy with his films and amusement parks. Learn more about his world class visionary leadership style, the setbacks and failures that were also part of his career…
Episode 12: Indra Nooyi, former CEO of @Pepsi. Indra led a strategic redirection of Pepsi's strategy, helping the company surpass $100b in revenue. Learn more about her visionary leadership style, her lasting programs and products, and how she became one of the most successful female business executives of this era.…
Episode 11: Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Facebook(@meta ). Sheryl was instrumental in making two of the largest companies in the world profitable by leading the ads businesses for both. Learn more about her transformational leadership style, her lasting legacy through Lean In, and how she became one of the…
Episode 10: Andy Grove, former co-founder and CEO of Intel. Andy transformed the company into the world's largest semiconductor company. Learn more about his many thoughts on management, operational excellence, and why he is considered to be one of the best business leaders of the 20th century. Follow Leaders: Podcast…
Episode 9: Ray Kroc, former CEO of @McDonalds . Ray took the McDonald brothers business and built it into the largest fast food empire in the world. Learn more about what his autocratic leadership style, other leadership lessons we can learn from him, and his key business principles. Follow Leaders:…
Episode 8: Satya Nadella, current CEO of @Microsoft Since taking the helm in 2014, Nadella has masterfully pivoted the company into the cloud and AI businesses. Learn more about what role his personal life & background has played, his mentors & heroes, and the empathetic & innovative leadership style he…
Episode 7: Jeff Bezos, founder and former CEO of @amazon . Jeff built the dominant company of this era, scaling Amazon to become the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing enterprise. Learn more about Amazon's fourteen leadership principles, the core ideas that Amazon relentlessly executed, and his relentless leadership style.…
Episode 6: Henry Ford, founder of @ford Motor Company Henry was a leader in the automobile industry, helping to develop revolutionary business practices like the assembly line. Learn more about his unique demanding yet empathetic leadership style, how he developed control, and how he turned a singular vision into a…
Episode 5: John Chambers, former Executive Chairman and CEO of @CiscoSystems . John served as CEO for 20 years, leading Cisco to a market cap exceeding half a trillion dollars. Learn more about transformative leadership style, business playbooks he ran, and how acquisitions fueled growth. Follow Leaders: Podcast-https://pod.link/1679867798/episode/51729cd12c67fb31eeff9d218d6f4ae0 YouTube LinkedIn…
Episode 4: Lee Iacocca, former CEO of @Chrysler . Iacocca led Chrysler in one of the best business turnarounds in history, helping to create the Ford Mustang and minivan. Learn more about his business strategies, the 9 C's of Leadership, and what else made him a transformational leader. Follow Leaders…
Episode 3: Jack Welch, CEO of @generalelectric8128. Jack Welch led GE to become the most valuable enterprise on Earth. Learn more about his business strategies, foundational leadership qualities, and key programs he created at GE. Follow Leaders Email us: theleaderspod@gmail.com
Episode 2: Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of @Apple Steve Jobs is arguably the greatest business executive of this generation. Learn more about what made him a great, unique leader and who he thought of as his mentors & heroes.
Episode 1: Jim Sinegal, co-founder and former CEO of Costco. Hear about Jim's rise to Costco CEO, his key leadership styles & philosophies, failures, and some of his key mentors & heroes.
