The Working CEO: Real Advice for Busy Business Leaders

Want to know how to get things done? Get out of your own way! That's a good tip from today's guest, Kim Curtis, President and CEO of Wealth Legacy Institute.Beyond helping her clients leave a financial legacy, she believes in leaving the legacy of leadership. Her advice: Step back and let your team shine. We'll chat with Kim about her groundbreaking financial planning model, her views and leadership and perhaps her favorite guilty pleasure! That's up next on the Working CEO Podcast …stay tuned! https://www.highwirenetworks.com/the-working-ceo-episode-14-holistic-approach-to-leadership/

High Wire CEO Mark Porter continues his podcast called, “Working CEO: Real Advice for Busy Business Leaders,” which shares advice with entrepreneurial leaders about starting, running and building their businesses.https://www.highwirenetworks.com/the-working-ceo-episode-13-travels-with-dave-dyson/ 

Sometimes life and business seem to come full circle. That's the case for our next guest, Dave Gilbert.Dave started his career a preacher and two decades later is Chief Evangelist for the Cloud Communications Alliance.In between then and now, Dave – an avid surfer -- rode the VoIP wave as “The Big Cheese” at his own cloud communications company, which later sold to Vonage.On this episode of Working CEO, we'll catch up with Dave, tech investor, consultant, publisher and Cloud Evangelist. Stay tuned!

After more than 20 years spent building multimillion-dollar partner programs for some of the largest tech brands, Theresa Caragol tapped her partnering powers to build a business of her own.As CEO of Achieve Unite, Theresa connects people and perfects partnerships to create opportunity. Her team helps businesses succeed through channel consulting, but they also help executives and entrepreneurs succeed through leadership coaching.We'll chat with Theresa about how she's harnessing the power of partnership and leadership for her company and her clients. That's up next on the Working CEO Podcast …stay tuned! 

Today's guest on The Working CEO is a self-described “Telecom Bum” turned investor. He is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded several companies in the telecom and communications industry and built them from the ground up. He currently works as an executive at a technology distributor. And his LinkedIn says he's naturally curious and brings positive energy into every interaction. Welcome!

Today's guest is about as no B.S. as you can get, according to those in the know. Curt Allen is a tech veteran who has been there, done that – with roles ranging from president and owner of a distributor to channel chief for major carriers. He's taken that hard-won experience and offers it up “as a service” in his role as founding partner at EagleTEQ Advisors.We'll chat with Curt about his new gig, raising capital, M&A and hanging out on his boat with his dog Cooper. That's up next on the Working CEO Podcast …stay tuned!

82% of CEOs believe lack of talent is the biggest threat to their organization, according to the 2020 LinkedIn Learning Workplace Report.Blame the talent wars or the great resignation, but today's guests say there's a bigger underlying problem – the hiring process is broken.What's wrong and how do we fix it? High Wire's own Jake Christiansen, Jake Parks and Christian Hackenberg have some answers. That's up next on the Working CEO Podcast …stay tuned!

Most entrepreneurs start their businesses because they love something–cooking, building houses, making money! But they don't love the HR overhead that comes with it. Our next guest started his business to take on the HR headache for other business owners. He's either an angel or a glutton for punishment – maybe both! Meet Darrin Fedder, founder and CEO of CEO HR, on this episode of The Working CEO.

With more than 25 years of executive leadership, today's guest has done it all -- from sales to CEO at companies private and public, taking them from startup to scale.Stephen LaMarche is a visionary innovator with a proven history of building profitable, high-growth, high-performance organizations…and leading many of them through M&A.He balances an entrepreneurial spirit with strategic execution, making him a go-to angel investor or board member.We're fortunate that he's on the board at High Wire Networks, and we're excited to welcome him here on the Working CEO Podcast.

Food is the great bridge, spanning divides between cultures and people.And for Kate Sullivan, a four-time Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, it was the perfect entrée (pun intended) to connect with some of today's most innovative, creative, and just plain exciting personalities over a meal at their favorite joint. She launched the popular multi-season “To Dine For” streaming series and podcast, and joins us today on The Working CEO…

How can a social enterprise have a lasting impact on the people it serves? For today's guest, Galen Welsch, this question led him to co-found Jibu in 2012.Jibu works with developing nations to provide safe drinking water and other necessities through an innovative local franchise model.Galen's achievements as Jibu's CEO have been recognized by the BBC, Fast Company, Forbes, and now, the Working CEO podcast…stay tuned! 

Going to the dark side is how journalists describe a career switch from truth seeker to spindoctor. Our guest today has made that journey from Editor in Chief for a leading tech magazine to Marketer in Chief for her own tech marketing firm.Stay tuned to meet Khali Henderson, Senior Partner at BuzzTheory, who will share advice for leaders transitioning from corporate executive to entrepreneur. 

When it comes to being a Working CEO, today's guest Chris Wiser has “been there, done that” … building and selling a 7-figure managed IT services provider.Now he's helping other IT entrepreneurs to do the same with his sales coaching firm aptly named, The 7-figure MSP.Stay tuned to this episode of the Working CEO to hear the fast-growth secrets Chris shares with clients and his own strategies for success as a serial entrepreneur. 

We promised you straight talk and we're not pulling any punches with our premiere episode of the Working CEO. We're talking about the “End of Jobs” and how that impacts the top job … the Working CEO.Joining us today is Jeff Wald, serial entrepreneur and the author of the Amazon Best Selling book, “The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations.”

In this episode, we'll meet The Working CEO Mark Porter about his journey from beat cop to tech entrepreneur and now CEO of a publicly traded global enterprise. And, more importantly, we'll chat about why he wants to share what he's learned with other entrepreneurs and working CEOs.