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Nick sits down with Alan Smith, the founder and CEO of Capital Partners, to strip away the dry spreadsheets of traditional wealth management and focus on the human side of financial freedom.  Alan argues that true wealth isn't just about collecting assets, but about defining your "freedom number"—the exact, personalised amount needed to fund your ideal lifestyle without future financial worry.  By prioritising personal values, family dynamics, and a clear perfect average day framework over basic investment returns, the duo reveals how business owners can reverse-engineer their exit goals, protect their families, and enter future negotiations with unshakeable confidence. KEY TAKEAWAYS True wealth planning should start years before an exit by calculating a highly personalised "freedom number" based on your ideal life, rather than relying on arbitrary round figures. Traditional wealth management prioritises asset gathering and standard returns, but effective planning shifts the focus to what the money is actually for, including family security and lifestyle design. Success should be reverse-engineered by mapping out a sustainable, ideal daily routine—such as a perfect Tuesday—and determining the exact economic resources required to fund it continuously. Knowing your exact financial requirements allows you to enter business exit negotiations with absolute conviction, an established walk-away number, and a minimised risk of leaving millions on the table. BEST MOMENTS "As much as I can help a founder build a more valuable company, I'm not an expert in the wealth side of things. And the best way to look at this is... you've got to have a plan around that."  "If you really distill it all down, what we're all looking for, I believe, is financial freedom. Financial independence. A work-optional lifestyle."  "It's not a day you're sitting on the beach drinking piña coladas all day... it's got to be a day that you'd be happy to repeat for the rest of your life, every day."  "So many of winning the game when you sell to a sophisticated buyer is posturing... and you've got to be able to compete before you can win." VALUABLE RESOURCES Want to grow and scale your business? Check out Nick's Boardroom Program: ⁠https://gamma.app/docs/BOARDROOM-2026-FINAL-h2vknz5qne7vvwm⁠ To get your copy of Nick's book, Exit for Millions, go to ⁠http://bit.ly/4ngC2hO⁠ Nick's LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/realnickbradley Nick Bradley is a world-renowned author, speaker, and business growth expert, who works with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors to build, scale and sell high-value companies. He spent 10+ years working in Private Equity, where he oversaw 100+ acquisitions, 26 exits, and over $5 Billion in combined value created. He has one of the top-ranked business podcasts in the UK (with over 1m downloads in over 130 countries). He now spends his time coaching and consulting business owners in building and scaling high-value business towards life-changing exits. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. ⁠https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

Something has changed at the board level. Recorded in the media room at Infosecurity Europe 2026 in London, Ian Schenkel, VP Sales, EMEA & APAC of Intel 471, describes directors who no longer take security on faith. After a year of headline breaches from Jaguar Land Rover to Marks and Spencer and the Co-op, leadership wants proof rather than promises. What does the board actually want to know? A straight answer to one question: are we okay? Ian Schenkel starts with geopolitics. Nation-state activity, supply chain exposure, and shifting global markets all shape whether a business can keep running. Threat intelligence becomes the early warning system leaders use to decide where to move and which actors have a history of targeting their industry. The next question gets personal. Does this affect us? Have we already been hit? This is where Intel 471 leans on retroactive threat detection. When new indicators of compromise surface, an analyst can build detection queries in seconds against a SIEM, SOAR tool, SentinelOne, Microsoft, or Palo Alto, then report back to the board with a clear answer. How does intelligence reach the board without getting lost in the weeds? It travels as a story the board can act on. Intel 471 pulls its three core areas, cyber threat intelligence, attack surface management, and threat hunting, into a single report that scales from an executive summary to a detailed account of what was found and neutralized. The stories make it real. During merger rumors, an attacker registered a look-alike domain and emailed employees from it. In another case, Intel 471 warned an organization it did not yet work with about a politically motivated actor that was openly discussing it. The value is the early signal, long before perimeter and endpoint defenses ever engage. Sometimes the right move is not technical at all. It might be briefing executives on targeted ransomware or reminding employees to stay alert against the email that has not arrived yet. The throughline, as Ian Schenkel frames it, is prevention over reaction, and a board finally asking the right questions. This is a Brand Spotlight. A Brand Spotlight is a ~15 minute conversation designed to explore the guest, their company, and what makes their approach unique. Learn more: https://www.studioc60.com/creation#spotlight GUEST Ian Schenkel, VP Sales, EMEA & APAC, Intel 471 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianschenkel/ RESOURCES Learn more about Intel 471: https://www.intel471.com Connect with Ian Schenkel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianschenkel/ Infosecurity Europe 2026 event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/infosecurity-europe-2026-infosec-london-cybersecurity-event-coverage Are you interested in telling your story? ▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full ▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight ▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlight ▶︎ Get your own Brand Briefing at an upcoming event: https://www.studioc60.com/buy-brand-briefings KEYWORDS Ian Schenkel, Intel 471, Sean Martin, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, brand spotlight, cyber threat intelligence, threat hunting, attack surface management, board reporting, geopolitical intelligence, early warning system, indicators of compromise, retroactive threat detection, business resilience, Infosecurity Europe 2026 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

EPISODE SNAPSHOT Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping how pilots are trained, assessed, and employed. Boardroom decisions land on your flight deck. We translate them first. No corporate spin. Just the intelligence pilots actually need. SAA just made a move that should put every South African pilot on alert. The airline has applied to have pilots, cabin crew, and key operational staff declared an essential service, and if it lands, your constitutional right to strike goes with it. Because the Labour Relations Act regulates the function and not the company, a ruling in SAA's favour would not stop at SAA. It would reach across the whole industry and bind every airline whose crews do the same job. We break down whether the bid actually has legs, why the legal threshold is narrower than SAA hopes, and what it really signals about the pressure building behind the scenes. In this episode of The Bryan Air Podcast, Bryan Roseveare and Ryan Parrock break down SAA's essential services bid and what it means for pilot strike rights, the launch of Riyadh Air, Qatar and Emirates strategy in a disrupted Middle East, a fake Air Canada captain, and the latest South African Airways aviation news. TIME-STAMPED FLIGHT PLAN 00:00 Intro and this week's headlines 00:38 Why we dug the 2010 Bafana shirts out of the cupboard 02:01 A quick favour before we get into it 02:36 SAA moves to declare pilots and cabin crew essential 05:01 Riyadh Air gets airborne: first 787 flights tracked live 07:03 Renewed conflict and what it means for regional airspace 08:56 Qatar, Oneworld, and the Philadelphia to Doha problem 10:13 Why Emirates is flying half-empty first class on purpose 13:31 The Air Canada captain arrested for flying without a licence 15:22 Fatal Gulfstream G200 crash in the Dominican Republic 16:54 Into the crew room: your comments this week 18:00 A Ryanair pilot of 10 years unloads on O'Leary 19:29 The real story on Ryanair crew pay and conditions 21:00 Is O'Leary a genius or a villain? We debate it 22:17 The hard question: so why not just leave? 23:32 Never resign with only one job lined up 24:26 Moving to the Middle East: an insider's honest advice 26:44 The bikes, the toys, and the money lessons we learned late 30:38 Starlink in the cockpit: connectivity versus sanctuary 33:30 Is in-flight WiFi killing the magic of flying? 36:13 Why the airport feels like anxiety, not adventure 38:16 Bafana Bafana and the World Cup sign off JOIN THE BRYAN AIR COMMUNITY Bryan Air is a career intelligence ecosystem for pilots. Sign up free to receive our weekly newsletter covering the disruption of AI in aviation, career strategy, and the analysis that does not make it into the episodes. Sign Up Free → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ FREE PILOT CAREER ASSESSMENT Where are you in your career? The Flight Plan is our free, AI-powered career intelligence tool. Answer 8 questions about your situation and get a personalised strategic assessment with specific moves tailored to where you are right now. Take the Free Assessment → https://pilotcareerintelligence.netlify.app/ RISK MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING SIMULATOR Practise structured decision-making using live flights. Our AI-powered simulator lets you work through RMM and T-DODAR frameworks on real Flightradar24 data, with AI-generated scenarios and personalised debriefs. Built by Bryan Roseveare for pilots who want to sharpen the skills that matter most when things go wrong. Early bird: $29 one-time. Lifetime access. Try the Simulator → https://bryanair.tools/ LINKS Bryan Air, Career Intelligence for Pilots → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ Free Pilot Career Assessment → https://pilotcareerintelligence.netlify.app/ Risk Management and Decision Making Simulator → https://bryanair.tools/ Bryan Roseveare → https://www.bryanroseveare.com/ Watch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@BryanAirPodcast Support on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/bryanair

Jenn Donahue PhD is an entrepreneur, civil engineer, author, and retired US Navy Captain whose company JL Donahue Engineering works on large scale, high profile geotechnical projects for clients ranging from PG&E and Duke Energy to the Tennessee Valley Authority and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Over her military career, Jenn has built a bridge across the Euphrates River in the midst of the Iraq war, commanded an 800-personnel Battalion in Afghanistan, and constructed combat outposts in the middle of deserts filled with insurgents. Jenn has designed the seismic plans for a bridge over the Panama Canal and built roads by drilling and blasting in Ketchikan. She's the author of The Warrior Framework and the founder of Dare to Rise.

What does it take for a high-achieving executive to step off the traditional path, relocate to Spain, and build a life of true freedom — without sacrificing success? Billy Keels has done exactly that, and he's made it his mission to help other ambitious C-Level leaders do the same.Billy is a national bestselling author, the host of the top 1% globally ranked podcast Going Long, and an executive-level coach who works with driven leaders ready to grow beyond the boardroom. With a background in corporate leadership and real estate investing, Billy brings a rare combination of real-world experience and strategic clarity to every conversation.In this episode, we dig into what it really means to lead at the highest level — not just professionally, but in life. Billy shares how he helps C-Suite executives break through the invisible ceilings they've unknowingly built, why so many high performers are quietly unfulfilled, and the mindset shifts that change everything. Plus, we talk real estate, building wealth with intention, and what life looks like when you design it from the outside in — from sunny Spain.If you're ambitious, driven, and ready for more, this one's for you.Get your copy of Rick Segal's book, The Heart of It here: https://amplifypublishinggroup.com/product/nonfiction/business-and-finance/entrepreneurship/the-heart-of-it/Read Rick Segal's blog: https://impactinvestorsegal.com/blog

Oorlog? Chipbubbel? Inflatie, hogere rentes en rooie borden? Joh, paar nachtjes slapen en je baadt weer in het groen. Welkom in de bullmarkt van 2026. We bespreken alle chiplosers die vrijdag in het rood belandden en vandaag weer vleugeltjes kregen op de beurs. Intel doet een megadeal met Google. Marvell mag misschien wel de S&P 500 in. Broadcom plust omdat het wel genoeg afgestraft was en ook de Nederlandse chipbedrijven wisten weer dikke procenten toe te voegen aan hun waarderingen. Verder moeten we écht praten over die meute gnoes uit de Lion King die in Zuid-Korea over de beurs banjeren. De Kospi-index daalde 8.3 procent vannacht. Honderden miljarden dollars aan rijkdom in een avondje weggevaagd. Arend Jan vertelt hoe hij tóch belegt in die malle bende ten oosten van China en natuurlijk filosoferen we nog even over het einde van de geheugentekorten. Overigens is er één index die het nog veel beter deed dan die landelijke indexen vorig jaar. De Euro Stoxx Bank Index knalde zelfs die dikke 75% van Zuid-Korea makkelijk voorbij in 2025. Daarom barst er nu een nieuwe boardroom battle los in Italië. Kemphanen Banco BPM en Intesa Sanpaolo strijden om de oudste bank ter wereld: Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Zou het dan toch kunnen? Europese bankenconsolidatie, binnen de landsgrenzen? We zullen het zien. Verder in deze aflevering: Hoe Deense afvalprikkenboer Zealand Pharma grote broer Novo Nordisk uitdaagde en... verloor omdat patiënten massaal begonnen te braken Handel in voorkennis, want de AFM waarschuwt firma's die zich bezighouden met fusies en overnames dat er criminelen op pad zijn die koersgevoelige informatie proberen te ontfutselen. Genoeg reden voor Arend Jan om nog eventjes herinneringen op te halen over oude schandalen. Te gast: Arend Jan Kamp van Stockwatch.nl en de podcast Het Beurscafé BNR Beurs is een journalistiek onafhankelijke productie, mede mogelijk gemaakt door Saxo. Over de makers: Jelle Maasbach is presentator van BNR Beurs en freelance financieel journalist. Zijn favoriete aandeel om over te praten is Disney, maar daar lijkt hij de enige in te zijn. Sinds de eerste uitzending van BNR Beurs is 'ie er bij. Maxim van Mil is presentator van BNR Beurs en journalist bij BNR, waar hij zich focust op de financiële markten en ontwikkelingen in de tech-wereld. Je krijgt hem het meest enthousiast als hij kan praten over ASML, of oer-Hollandse bedrijven zoals Ahold of ABN Amro. Jorik Simonides is presentator van BNR Beurs, economieredacteur en verslaggever bij BNR. Hij wordt er vooral blij van als het een keer níet over AI gaat. Je hoort hem ook in de BNR-podcast Moerdijk: dorp van de rekening. Milou Brand is presentator van BNR Beurs, freelance podcastmaker en columnist bij het Financieele Dagblad. Jochem Visser is presentator van BNR Beurs, maakt Beursnerd XL en is redacteur bij de podcast Onder Curatoren. Vraag hem naar obscure zaken op financiële markten en hij vertelt je waarom het eigenlijk nóg leuker is dan je al dacht. Over de podcast: Met BNR Beurs ga je altijd voorbereid de nieuwe beursdag in. We praten je in een kleine 25 minuten bij over alle laatste ontwikkelingen op de handelsvloer. We blijven niet alleen bij de AEX of Wall Street, maar vertellen je ook waar nog meer kansen liggen. En we houden het niet bij de cijfers, maar zoeken ook iedere dag voor je naar duiding van scherpe gasten en experts. Of je nu een ervaren belegger bent of net begint met je eerste stappen op de beurs, de podcast biedt waardevolle inzichten voor je beleggingsstrategie. Door de focus op zowel de korte termijn als de lange termijn, helpt BNR Beurs luisteraars om de ruis van de markt te scheiden van de essentie. Van Musk tot Microsoft en van Ahold tot ASML. Wij vertellen je wat beleggers bezighoudt, wie de markten in beweging zet en wat dat betekent voor jouw beleggingsportefeuille.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EPISODE SNAPSHOT   Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping how pilots are trained, assessed, and employed. Boardroom decisions land on your flight deck. We translate them first. No corporate spin. Just the intelligence pilots actually need. This week is a tale of two stories, and if you are a South African pilot sitting in a Gulf hold pool you have to decide which one is true. Story one is the barrel: Iran put drones into Kuwait International days after it reopened, EASA still says do not overfly Iran, Iraq or Lebanon, and BA has pulled most of the Middle East until October. Story two is the window: the UAE has declared its airspace normal, Emirates is back to three quarters of its flying, Qatar rebuilds past 150 destinations from 16 June, and the recruitment roadshows are still running. We get into why your start date keeps slipping, why you should not resign before you have a firm date, and where the work is right now if you are stuck waiting. So which is it, the barrel or the window? In this episode of The Bryan Air Podcast, Bryan Roseveare and Ryan Parrock break down the Gulf hiring delays hitting South African pilots, the Middle East recovery timeline carrier by carrier, and the hidden contract and charter opportunities back home.   TIME-STAMPED FLIGHT PLAN 00:00 Tale of two stories: barrel or window 01:55 The uncertainty pilots are actually living with 04:33 Roadshows still running and what that signals 08:14 Why your Gulf start date keeps slipping 09:33 Do not resign before you have a firm date 11:39 International market update and European Air Cargo collapse 12:26 The hidden contract jobs nobody talks about 17:19 Charter flying: the reality check at this stage of a career 20:35 Aviation news roundup begins 22:42 Middle East flight updates and the Kuwait strike 23:11 Champions League and the Emirates versus Qatar shirt war 24:27 World Cup SuperBrew plans 25:03 Bafana visa chaos at the airport 27:14 China stalls Airbus to clear the runway for COMAC 28:16 Qantas Project Sunrise takes its first test flight 29:04 Pilot shoutouts and fresh hires 30:35 Air Europa launches Madrid to Johannesburg 31:28 Captains Announcement: the wearable AI surveillance threat 37:24 F1 leaderboard and signoff   JOIN THE BRYAN AIR COMMUNITY Bryan Air is a career intelligence ecosystem for pilots. Sign up free to receive our weekly newsletter covering the disruption of AI in aviation, career strategy, and the analysis that does not make it into the episodes. Sign Up Free → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ FREE PILOT CAREER ASSESSMENT Where are you in your career? The Flight Plan is our free, AI-powered career intelligence tool. Answer 8 questions about your situation and get a personalised strategic assessment with specific moves tailored to where you are right now. Take the Free Assessment → https://pilotcareerintelligence.netlify.app/ RISK MANAGEMENT & DECISION MAKING SIMULATOR Practise structured decision-making using live flights. Our AI-powered simulator lets you work through RMM and T-DODAR frameworks on real Flightradar24 data, with AI-generated scenarios and personalised debriefs. Built by Bryan Roseveare for pilots who want to sharpen the skills that matter most when things go wrong. Early bird: $29 one-time. Lifetime access. Try the Simulator → https://bryanair.tools/ LINKS Bryan Air — Career Intelligence for Pilots → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ Free Pilot Career Assessment → https://pilotcareerintelligence.netlify.app/ Risk Management & Decision Making Simulator → https://bryanair.tools/ Bryan Roseveare → https://www.bryanroseveare.com/ Watch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@BryanAirPodcast Support on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/bryanair #AviationPodcast #BryanAir #PilotLife #PilotJobs #MiddleEastAviation

In a complex business environment, governance extends well beyond the boardroom. This episode explores how finance leaders can help connect information, risk, strategy, and oversight to support effective decision-making and organizational resilience. Along the way, we discuss practical insights from COSO's corporate governance framework and considerations for building governance structures that are intentional, connected, and fit for purpose.  For more information, see COSO's Corporate Governance: Guiding Principles for Board Oversight, a publication developed in collaboration with PwC.  Follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app and subscribe to our weekly newsletter to stay in the loop for the latest thought leadership on sustainability standards.  About our guests  Matt DiGuiseppe is a managing director in PwC's Governance Insights Center, which helps stakeholders navigate the evolving governance landscape. Matt has participated in numerous industry groups and was the founding chairperson of the Investor Stewardship Group (ISG), which advanced a set of corporate governance and stewardship principles for the US market.  Carin Robinson is a director in PwC's Governance Insights Center. With over 20 years of corporate governance experience, she advises on governance strategy, board composition and recruitment, board operations, succession planning, director development, and board relations.  About our host  Heather Horn is the PwC National Office Sustainability and Thought Leader, responsible for developing our communications strategy and conveying firm positions on accounting, financial reporting, and sustainability matters. In addition, she is part of PwC's global sustainability leadership team, developing interpretive guidance and consulting with companies as they transition from voluntary to mandatory sustainability reporting. She is also the engaging host of PwC's accounting and reporting weekly podcast and quarterly webcast series. Transcripts available upon request for individuals who may need a disability-related accommodation. Please send requests to us_podcast@pwc.com.Did you enjoy this episode? Text us your thoughts and be sure to include the episode name.

Guest post by Shefaly M. Yogendra, Ph.D. Her book "Uncharted Spaces. Reset the Agenda. Reimagine the Boardroom." is out now. A recent Institute of Directors Ireland snap poll of Irish business leaders found that most directors use AI tools with varying degrees of confidence, and a majority believes AI adoption is critical for competitiveness and relevance. However fully two-thirds are not confident about their understanding of the impact of the Regulation of AI Bill 2026 on their business. Fewer than half of the boards have discussed AI governance in the last year. This suggests a gap in broader AI fluency and hence potentially deficient guardrails and governance mechanisms. While there is huge opportunity, risks need to be managed smartly too. E.g. a 3GEM research report found that while 89% of Irish SME workers actively use AI tools in their daily workflows, only 44% of those organizations have a formal AI policy or strategy. In plain English this is a shadow IT challenge. On steroids. How could Irish SME boards enable strategic success for their businesses, such as by ensuring safe, responsible, compliant AI adoption? Here are some actionable ideas. Relevant skills: A recent EY CHRO 2030 survey found that Generative AI adoption and the transition to a green economy are both accelerating at the same time. This means that skills that did not really crystallise even five years ago are needed urgently. It is crucial to get hiring right and to build strategic, ongoing skills development capacity in the business. This change would start with the board and the executive leadership team, underpinned by a regularly updated, dynamic skills matrix. The skills matrix needs to move away from box-ticking with the static safety of well-known employers and past big titles, and move towards active exploration of experience, capabilities, and evidence of growth and reflection. This will of course change sourcing, interviewing, and appointment of candidates, and then how the board evaluates its own construction continually for relevance. Relevant mindsets: In addition to hiring for demonstrable capabilities and skills, future-relevant boards need mindsets that shape the business for future success. A changed mindset would view compliance and governance not as burdens or checklists but as enablers of growth and client acquisition. Cubic Telecom's well-known governance evolution serves as an illustrative example. Following a capital event where SoftBank became a majority owner, the board reconfigured itself to balance global ambition with local roots and operational agility. SoftBank-appointed directors serve alongside strategic customer observers from Audi and Qualcomm, while the founder and CEO Barry Napier helps bridge the company's Irish product roots with its international ambition. Barespace provides another live example, this time of how high-calibre, enterprise-grade governance could be designed and implemented well, right from the start. Following a €2.9 million seed round in September 2025, the company appointed prominent Irish VC and tech veteran Brian Caulfield as Chair of the board. Its strategic advisers include Rick Kelley and Barry Napier, who bring growth and strategic nous to the boardroom right from the foundational stage. The wisdom of these choices is borne out in the experiences of building new businesses, where specialists, hands-on warriors and famous names all play specific roles in the shaping of the business. Relevant cadence: Future-relevant boards need a different workflow and cadence than the current practice of quarterly, compliance-centric approaches. Rolling strategic reviews would serve the business well especially with shrinking and super-short technology hype cycles. These hype cycles do not need reactive, kneejerk responses but steady and calm leadership to steer the business through a time of rapid change. Wild success, however we define it, is not accidental but deliberate. Culture as the underpinning e...

Too many people treat resilience like a switch: either you have it or you don't. But what if the real way to build it is by showing up for hard things again and again, even in your off-hours? In this episode, fitness and wellness coach Nicole Zapoli draws a direct line from the weight room to the workplace, sharing how the discomfort you push through in a tough workout is the same mental muscle you call on when work gets hard. Nicole is a professional fitness coach, owner of NZ Fitness, and author of Live FIT From the Inside Out, with 25+ years of experience training athletes, busy parents, and working professionals around the world. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why "toughen up" is the least helpful thing you can say to someone struggling with resilience • How consistent physical training builds the mental framework to stay steady under workplace pressure • What leaders can borrow from great coaches: balancing honest feedback with genuine care to build trust that actually motivates performance [00:00:34] Nicole's background: from competitive fitness to resilience coaching [00:01:39] Why "just toughen up" misses the point of real resilience [00:02:08] How tough workouts train the mental muscle of resilience [00:03:37] Acknowledging discomfort vs. letting it stop you [00:05:50] Nicole's SHIFTS Framework and the power of daily habits [00:06:56] The stick-shift story: how steady, patient support changes everything [00:10:30] How leaders can become the calm, guiding voice for their teams [00:12:19] Balancing direct feedback with genuine care in the workplace [00:17:01] Why people respond better when they know you actually care [00:18:55] Closing thoughts: using trust to motivate and build resilience Nicole Zapoli is a professional fitness and wellness coach, owner of NZ Fitness, and author of Live FIT From the Inside Out: The 6 SHIFTS to Living Your Strongest, Healthiest, and Happiest Life. With over 25 years of experience, a Pro card in natural bodybuilding (Figure & Sports Model), and ranking among the top 5% CrossFit Games Open athletes, Nicole is a leading expert in holistic wellness, having trained thousands globally. Brought to You by Paylocity Paylocity is the fastest growing unified platform for HR, Finance, and IT. Paylocity brings your people, processes, and data together in one place so HR leaders can spend less time managing systems and more time doing the work that actually moves their organizations forward. Learn more at paylocity.com Keywords: resilience, workplace resilience, fitness coaching, mental health, HR leadership, daily habits, SHIFTS Framework, leadership development, employee wellbeing, performance culture, growth mindset, Nicole Zapoli, NZ Fitness, HR Mixtape, Paylocity

Andrew Ross Sorkin breaks a scoop: Barry Diller's People Inc. is preparing a bid for MGM Resorts. Meanwhile, Nvidia is jumping into PCs, Blue Origin's rocket explosion has delayed progress at the company, Berkshire Hathaway is buying Taylor Morrison, and CNBC's Dan Murphy reports on new waves of strikes in the Middle East. Director of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Dr. Michael Osterholm issues a warning about the United States' ability to manage an Ebola outbreak. Plus, Boardroom co-founder and CEO Rich Kleiman discusses the Knicks and what the team's success means for media ratings, MSG, and owner James Dolan's reputation.    Dan Murphy - 11:06 Dr. Michael Osterholm - 23:17 Rich Kleiman - 36:49   In this episode: Dan Murphy, @dan_murphy Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Have you ever let a bad commute ruin a crucial meeting? Or sent a hasty, frustrated reply to a message you misunderstood? In this highly relatable episode, Andy Lopata sits down with Vicky O'Farrell, known as the "Queen of Behaviours," to unpack how the minor inconveniences of our day can hijack our brains, alter our moods, and ultimately sabotage our professional relationships. Andy and Vicky dive deep into the psychology of our daily triggers—from the "limbic" fight-or-flight response of getting cut off in traffic, to the toxic nature of instant-reply culture on WhatsApp and social media. Vicky shares a powerful personal story of how her own traffic-induced bad mood infected an entire construction site, highlighting the contagious nature of our emotions. Together, they explore practical tools to reset your emotional temperature and how pausing to consider another person's perspective can save your most valuable connections. About Our Guest:Vicky O'Farrell is an expert in human behavior and communication, widely known as the "Queen of Behaviours." With 25 years of corporate experience, from charming Sales rep to Boardroom boss, Vicky founded Queen of Behaviours in 2013 after her own behaviour had a tiny impact on her corporate trajectory. Splitting her time between delivering high-level corporate workshops in London and helping run her husband's construction business, Vicky has a unique, boots-on-the-ground understanding of how to adapt communication styles, read the room, and manage emotional energy across vastly different workplace cultures. What we discussed in this episode: The Traffic Jam Trigger: Why getting cut off in traffic immediately triggers our "chimp" limbic system, and how the stories we tell ourselves about why the other person did it dictate our mood for the rest of the day. The PAUSE Model: Vicky introduces the concept of PAUSE—starting with "P" for Perspective—and how assuming a positive intent (e.g., they are rushing to the hospital) can instantly lower your dangerous cortisol levels. Code-Switching and Authenticity: How to adapt your communication style and energy when moving between entirely different environments (like a corporate boardroom vs. a construction site) without losing your authentic self. The 0 to 10 Energy Scale: Why striving to be a "10 out of 10" every day is actually a mistake, and why finding your grounded "5" is often the best way to match your audience's emotional needs. The Doorway Reset: Practical tools—like curating a specific Spotify playlist, checking your "mirror," and Box Breathing (4 in, 4 hold, 4 out)—to reset your mood before you walk into a room. Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Paul McGee's Book: S.U.M.O (Shut Up, Move On)  Breathing Technique: Box Breathing (Inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, exhale for 4 seconds). Download the full episode to learn how to master your mood and protect your professional relationships! SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Andy Lopata: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | X/Twitter | YouTube Connect with Vicky O'Farrell: YouTube |LinkedIn |Facebook The Financial Times Guide to Mentoring Box Breathing Relaxation Technique

At the top of the second hour, we’re talking about the best sealant for a metal mobile home roof. Repairing stucco can be maddening, especially if there’s a leak and you need to color match etc. Back to all things roofing and the best material to use when replacing a 22-year-old torch-down one, or bitumen. Dean’s last caller for the day needs advice on repairing the driveway on her 66-year-old house. She’s 97 years old and we really hope she’s not going to DIY those repairs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EPISODE SNAPSHOT   Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots.   We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping how pilots are trained, assessed, and employed. Boardroom decisions land on your flight deck. We translate them first. No corporate spin. Just the intelligence pilots actually need.   South African airlines are about to lose another wave of pilots. With no real career layers left locally between the regionals and the long-haul foreign jobs, our pilots have once again become the industry's cheapest, best-trained export. Meanwhile Starlink at 33,000 feet has rewired long-haul flying, Ryanair has wiped out 1.4 billion in pandemic debt, and passengers are starting to tip airline crew. Are you ready for the next 12 months in a South African right seat?   In this episode of The Bryan Air Podcast, Bryan Roseveare and Ryan Parrock break down the South African pilot exodus, Starlink in the cockpit, UK pilot salaries in 2026, Ryanair becoming debt-free, an easyJet power bank diversion, the Air India Express runway edge takeoff scare in Muscat, automated taxi bots at Schiphol, and the impact of the Middle East conflict on South African tourism.   TIME-STAMPED FLIGHT PLAN   00:00 Cold Open And This Week's Flight Plan   00:43 Starlink First Impressions From An Air France A350   02:09 Why Starlink Makes In-Flight WiFi Feel Brand New   02:54 Every Airline That Has Already Switched To Starlink   05:01 Why O'Leary Refuses To Put Starlink On Ryanair   06:03 The Hidden Cost Of Being Connected At 33,000ft   08:00 Starlink In The Cockpit: A Pilot Distraction Problem   11:27 The Paris Tipping Trap And Hidden Service Charges   13:38 A Charles de Gaulle Nightmare And The Captain Who Saved It   17:56 Passengers Are Now Tipping Airline Crew   21:05 Should Pilots Actually Be Tipped?   22:25 UK Pilot Salaries In 2026: The New Numbers   24:20 Why South African Pilots Are About To Leave Again   28:40 Ryanair Paid Off 1.4 Billion And Is Now Debt Free   29:51 The EasyJet Power Bank That Diverted A Plane To Rome   31:40 Air India Express Tried To Take Off On The Runway Edge   32:14 Middle East Conflict, SA Tourism And Etihad's Joburg Return   34:14 Schiphol's Automated Taxi Bots Are Live   36:59 FIFA World Cup Liveries And A New Bryan Air SuperBru   39:20 Wrap And Sign-Off   JOIN THE BRYAN AIR COMMUNITY   Bryan Air is a career intelligence ecosystem for pilots. Sign up free to receive our weekly newsletter covering the disruption of AI in aviation, career strategy, and the analysis that does not make it into the episodes.   Sign Up Free → https://bryanairpodcast.com/   FREE PILOT CAREER ASSESSMENT   Where are you in your career? The Flight Plan is our free, AI-powered career intelligence tool. Answer 8 questions about your situation and get a personalised strategic assessment with specific moves tailored to where you are right now.   Take the Free Assessment → https://pilotcareerintelligence.netlify.app/   RISK MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING SIMULATOR   Practise structured decision-making using live flights. Our AI-powered simulator lets you work through RMM and T-DODAR frameworks on real Flightradar24 data, with AI-generated scenarios and personalised debriefs. Built by Bryan Roseveare for pilots who want to sharpen the skills that matter most when things go wrong.   Early bird: $29 one-time. Lifetime access.   Try the Simulator → https://bryanair.tools/   LINKS   Bryan Air - Career Intelligence for Pilots → https://bryanairpodcast.com/   Free Pilot Career Assessment → https://pilotcareerintelligence.netlify.app/   Risk Management and Decision Making Simulator → https://bryanair.tools/   Bryan Roseveare → https://www.bryanroseveare.com/   Watch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@BryanAirPodcast   Support on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/bryanair   #AviationPodcast #BryanAir #PilotLife #SouthAfricanAviation #Starlink

Don Kurz, the executive board chair and principal shareholder of leading creative agency Omelet LLC joins Enterprise Radio. His new book, Do the Hustle … Read more The post Life Lessons on Overcoming Failure from Studio 54, the Championship Lacrosse Field, and the Boardroom appeared first on Top Entrepreneurs Podcast | Enterprise Podcast Network.

In this candid and deeply reflective episode, Nick challenges the ultimate corporate badge of honour: constant busyness.  Drawing from a pivotal 2003 encounter with a remarkably calm and hyper-effective CEO, he unpacks the uncomfortable truth that a packed calendar, endless back-to-back meetings, and the need to sign off on every decision are rarely signs of an indispensable leader.  Listen as Nick shares lessons from his own career missteps, offering five essential shifts for executives to transition from merely feeling important to becoming genuinely effective, unlocking both their true leadership potential and their company's valuation. KEY TAKEAWAYS A constantly packed schedule is often a fear response disguised as strategy, serving to reassure your brain that motion equals progress when it may just be hiding slow-moving failure. The most impactful leaders exhibit a special kind of calm, unbothered by minor chaos because they have conquered the fear of failure and are fully present in the moments that matter. High-value leadership stems from deliberate reflection rather than reactive execution, meaning executives must fiercely guard their strategic thinking time the same way they protect company revenue. A business that cannot function autonomously without its founder faces significant price discounts from potential buyers, proving that true scaling requires building and trusting a capable leadership team. BEST MOMENTS "The CEO who can't step back isn't indispensable—they're actually insecure." "Buyers don't pay a premium for a CEO who's always available; they pay a premium for one who's built something that doesn't require it." VALUABLE RESOURCES Want to grow and scale your business? Check out Nick's Boardroom Program: ⁠https://gamma.app/docs/BOARDROOM-2026-FINAL-h2vknz5qne7vvwm⁠ To get your copy of Nick's book, Exit for Millions, go to ⁠http://bit.ly/4ngC2hO⁠ Nick's LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/realnickbradley Nick Bradley is a world-renowned author, speaker, and business growth expert, who works with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors to build, scale and sell high-value companies. He spent 10+ years working in Private Equity, where he oversaw 100+ acquisitions, 26 exits, and over $5 Billion in combined value created. He has one of the top-ranked business podcasts in the UK (with over 1m downloads in over 130 countries). He now spends his time coaching and consulting business owners in building and scaling high-value business towards life-changing exits. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. ⁠https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

Greg Varallo built one of Delaware's most respected corporate defense practices over 36 years at Richards, Layton & Finger before crossing to BLB&G's plaintiff side in 2019. He served as lead trial counsel in Tornetta v. Musk, the largest executive compensation case ever litigated. In December 2025, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed liability but reversed the $55.8 billion rescission. Greg joins Professor J.W. Verret to walk through Tornetta in chapters, unpack what SB 21 means after Rutledge, and preview his forthcoming article on Delaware's path forward.

Think you have a focus problem? You don't. But you may have an input problem. Lights. Notifications. Noise. Expectations. Pressure. Boardroom tension. Stadium chaos. Internal chatter you don't admit out loud. And the default solution? "Lock in harder." Mental performance expert, Dr. Lowell Wightman, joins J.R. on the Coming Up Clutch with J.R.™ show to challenge one of the biggest misconceptions in high performance: Distraction isn't always a discipline issue. It's often overstimulation. Dr. Wightman shares practical tools he uses with professional athletes, executives, and high-pressure teams to help them reset, recalibrate, and regain control of their environment (instead of being quietly diminished by it). If you've been feeling slightly "off"…or heavy. …or out of rhythm. Not burned out, just not sharp… This conversation may expose why. In this episode, you'll hear: Why awareness (not talent) is the true starting point of elite performance How your five senses quietly shape your focus, confidence, and execution The biggest misconception athletes and leaders have about motivation Why motivation isn't hype How to reset under pressure instead of getting overstimulated or distracted Why you have more environmental and psychological control than you think KEY QUOTES "If you're not aware of what's coming, it's hard to generate the skill of engaging your body and mind in a connection that's going to be able to deal with what's coming at you." Dr. Lowell Wightman "When you're clear on your desires…you get less and less distracted." - Dr. Lowell Wightman CONNECT WITH DR. WIGHTMAN IG: @360mindsetofficial X: @360mindset LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-lowell-wightman-19339915/  Website: 360mindset.com NEXT STEPS Listen to the full episode: https://jamesreid.com/wightman-cuc Want to bring your best home more consistently? Take the Invisible Four™ Assessment and uncover what's quietly blocking you: https://jamesreid.com/assessment Follow J.R. on Social (@jamesJRreid): Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin | X Visit J.R.'s website: https://jamesreid.com RATE & REVIEW this episode on Apple: https://jamesreid.com/review. We'd love it if you could drop a review or 5-star rating! Simply select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast. SHARE this episode with someone who wants to be challenged, pushed, and positioned to come up clutch more often. SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on any new episodes and Special Guests! Click that purple '+' in the top right corner of your Apple Podcasts app. LISTEN to previous episodes on Apple, Spotify, or whatever podcast platform you prefer!

Origins hosts Nick Chirls (GP, Asylum Ventures) and Beezer Clarkson (LP, Sapphire Partners) react to their conversation with Nicholas Csicsko, a public/private investor at Trinity. They dig into his framing of “cynical optimism” and why it might be the right posture for venture investing, unpack the growing obsolescence risk for SaaS companies from earlier vintages, and cap it off with a live question: if sovereign wealth pulls back from US venture, what breaks first?For a monthly roundup of the latest venture insights, including the newest Origins episodes, subscribe to the OpenLP newsletter – delivered straight to your inbox: https://subscribe.openlp.vcCHAPTERS:00:00 Welcome to Origins00:54 Musicians as Investors01:39 Cynical Optimism Explained02:47 Investor Role Beyond Cheerleading03:11 Steadying Founder Emotions05:59 SaaS Obsolete Before Liquidity07:06 Old SaaS Playbook Breaks08:00 Lovable Growth Reality Check09:01 Creative Destruction Across Portfolios10:17 LP Optimism and Venture Nuance11:26 Ugly Truths About Great InvestorsLearn more about OpenLP: https://openlp.vcLearn more about Asylum Ventures: https://asylum.vcLearn more about Sapphire Partners: https://sapphire.vc

We often think coordination happens in the boardroom, but real alignment is proven on the front line. If strategy doesn't show up in everyday interactions with visitors, it remains theoretical. This episode of Future of Tourism podcast features Visit Seattle's Senior Manager of Destination Experience Rudd Schupp. Tune in as he shares how a concierge mindset, powered by Certified Tourism Ambassador programs and a connected network of frontline staff, brings strategy to life across the city — turning plans into people-powered experiences that visitors can actually feel. 

A Solo Motorcycle Journey Across Morocco, Europe, and the Sahara Desert in Search of Freedom, Simplicity, and a Slower Way of LivingWhat happens when someone who's spent a lifetime chasing schedules, productivity, and control suddenly trades it all for the uncertainty of the open road on a motorcycle? After retiring from finance, Rob Bridges set off alone across Morocco, Europe, and the Sahara Desert on a six-month motorcycle journey—only to discover that the hardest part of the adventure wasn't the riding, but learning how to slow down.Links & ResourcesPhotos, links, and resources for this episodeMore episodes: Adventure Rider Radio and RAWSupport the show: Support ARRFollow Adventure Rider RadioInstagramFacebookAbout the PodcastSince 2014, Adventure Rider Radio has shared adventure motorcycle travel stories, Rider Skills, Deep Trouble episodes, tech and gear features, and conversations with riders from around the world. New episodes of ARR are released every Thursday, with new episodes of RAW released monthly on the 21st. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Heading to Vegas this May? Join Josh at Pulse 2026 and come say hi—your oversized fluorescent daiquiri is on him. No catch.Grab your ticket at gainsightpulse.com and use code UNCHURNED for a special rate.Most CS teams are stuck in a loop. Monitor the health score. Chase the red account. Run the QBR. Hope the renewal sticks. Adnan Rahman saw the loop. And broke it.As the Head of Customer & Partner Success at Paycor, Adnan manages 35,000 customer relationships across different segments with a team of nearly 100 CSMs. That kind of scale forces clarity fast. And what became clear? The problem was never the metrics. It was the conversation.In this episode, Adnan breaks down the value realization framework his team built from scratch that is now deployed across 28 enterprise CSMs and 17 mid-market CSMs, with a goal of 75% active success plans by year end. He gets into the exact discovery questions that replaced fear with candor, why executives are now showing up to meetings they used to skip, and how joint success plans replaced the product demo masquerading as a QBR.Josh is writing a book on building customer relationships. Follow his journey and insights at www.joshschachter.com. ---Timestamps0:00 - Preview & introduction1:17 - Meet Adnan Rahman & Overview of Paycor4:50 - The value realization framework explained7:07 - Do customers arrive knowing their outcomes?8:05 - Bob London's UBR method & the most disruptive questions CSMs ask9:06 - Implementing the framework & outcomes11:56 - How to build your own value framework from scratch16:31 - How Paycor is drawing insights & enhancing efficiency with AI 18:38 - Paycor's agentic future: renewals, expansions, risk20:40 - Paycor's learning & community inititative24:29 - Where Paycor CS is headed by year end---What You'll Learn- How to build a value realization framework- The exact disruptive questions that unlock executive conversations- What a joint success plan looks like vs a traditional QBRHow to connect every CSM touchpoint back to measurable business outcomes- How to ask about renewal without making it awkward- Where AI agents will hit CS teams first- What community looks like when answer engines exist- How to scale personalized outreach without scaling headcount---Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com.---Where to Find the GuestAdnan Rahman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adnan-rahman-irvine/---Where to Find Josh:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jschachter/Unchurned Substack: https://unchurned.substack.com/

Renée Marino is a dynamic International Keynote Speaker, Host, and Connection Expert who helps leaders and entrepreneurs communicate confidently and authentically to create real connection that leads to powerful opportunities.   With over 30 years of experience mastering communication under pressure, Renée brings a rare perspective shaped on some of the world's biggest stages. She is best known for her role as Mary Delgado in Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys film and for her work across Broadway productions including West Side Story, Pretty Woman: The Musical, Jersey Boys, Chaplin, and Wonderland.   Connect with Renee Marino:   Website: www.renemarino.com Instagram: @iamreneemarino LinkedIn: @RenéeMarino   Visit here for more: https://book.glamandgritevent.com/home   Episode Summary:   In this conversation, Renee shares the raw story of how she almost missed her once-in-a-lifetime film opportunity because she was too afraid to speak up — and how that moment became the foundation of her entire philosophy on communication. She also opens up about her journey from Broadway to co-hosting Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi's global events, how she built her business from scratch during COVID by simply showing up as herself on video, and the mindset shift that makes confident communication available to anyone — on any stage, in any room.   If you've ever shrunk when you should have owned it, or wondered why your message isn't landing the way you meant it to, this episode is your reset.   Key Takeaways:   - Speaking up can change everything - Human connection is your edge in an AI world - Most leaders are talking at people, not with them - Nerves are just excitement with a different label - Showing up consistently — as yourself — opens doors - Vulnerability builds trust - Regret is the worst outcome   Episode Chapters:   0:00 Teaser – Why human connection beats AI 0:24 Episode intro & three things you'll learn 0:59 Guest intro: Who is Renee Marino? 2:06 Renee's story: From Italian kitchen table to Broadway 3:53 What it really takes to make it on Broadway 4:50 The Clint Eastwood moment — Jersey Boys on film 6:28 The audition she almost didn't get 7:44 Speaking up in the room and landing the role 9:33 Lessons from lunching with Clint Eastwood every day 11:24 The truth revealed: Clint had requested her all along 13:26 The "if you don't ask, you don't get" philosophy 14:13 Transitioning from Broadway to speaking & coaching 15:02 How Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi came into the picture 16:32 Going viral on video in a COVID Facebook group 18:02 Winning five days at Tony Robbins' Fiji resort by just showing up 19:11 Co-hosting Dean's world summit & joining Tony's team 21:29 3 tips to show up better on camera 21:40 Tip 1 – Treat the camera like a friend 22:38 Tip 2 – Reframe nerves as excitement 23:26 Tip 3 – It's not about you, it's about service 24:20 Bonus tip: It's not about perfection, it's about connection 27:22 What inspires Renee 28:10 Renee's legacy 28:33 What's next: The Glam & Grit women's event 30:40 Where to find Renee & closing words

Welcome back to part 2 of this BADASS episode with retired U.S Army Major and combat veteran, divorced mom of 3, AND 8-figure business owner, my homie Dr. Sonja.  Dr. Sonja is sharing even MORE personal stories, DEEP insights, and mind-blowing tips to help you step up to the plate in your life and not let fear hold you back.  We dive into:  - The 7 warrior woman traits you need to find your POWER and live your life on your own terms!!  - How to decide if you want to stay on the “battlefield” situation that's going on in your life  - The HEALTHY discipline method to get you where you want to be  - The power of the RIGHT self-care routine FOR YOU - How you can be a strong, powerful woman AND be with a man that takes care of you - The beautiful possibilities that come AFTER you have the courage to leave!! This episode is sooooo good guys, so don't miss the conclusion of this amazing interview with Dr. Sonja! And if you're loving Women of Impact, please take a moment to leave us a review or rate the show. Your feedback is incredibly valuable! Follow Dr. Sonja Stribling: Website: https://drsonjabrands.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdrsonja/ Order “From the Battlefield to the Boardroom”: https://a.co/d/c5VdypN Follow Me, Lisa Bilyeu:  Website: https://www.radicalconfidence.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisabilyeu  X: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu  If you want to dive deeper into my content, search through every episode, find specific topics I've covered, and ask me questions. Go to my Dexa page: ⁠https://dexa.ai/lisabilyeu⁠  Themes: Confidence, Relationships, Business, Mental Health, Self-Improvement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to part 2 of this BADASS episode with retired U.S Army Major and combat veteran, divorced mom of 3, AND 8-figure business owner, my homie Dr. Sonja.  Dr. Sonja is sharing even MORE personal stories, DEEP insights, and mind-blowing tips to help you step up to the plate in your life and not let fear hold you back.  We dive into:  - The 7 warrior woman traits you need to find your POWER and live your life on your own terms!!  - How to decide if you want to stay on the “battlefield” situation that's going on in your life  - The HEALTHY discipline method to get you where you want to be  - The power of the RIGHT self-care routine FOR YOU - How you can be a strong, powerful woman AND be with a man that takes care of you - The beautiful possibilities that come AFTER you have the courage to leave!! This episode is sooooo good guys, so don't miss the conclusion of this amazing interview with Dr. Sonja! And if you're loving Women of Impact, please take a moment to leave us a review or rate the show. Your feedback is incredibly valuable! Follow Dr. Sonja Stribling: Website: https://drsonjabrands.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdrsonja/ Order “From the Battlefield to the Boardroom”: https://a.co/d/c5VdypN Follow Me, Lisa Bilyeu:  Website: https://www.radicalconfidence.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisabilyeu  X: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu  If you want to dive deeper into my content, search through every episode, find specific topics I've covered, and ask me questions. Go to my Dexa page: ⁠https://dexa.ai/lisabilyeu⁠  Themes: Confidence, Relationships, Business, Mental Health, Self-Improvement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Graham David Brown is an entrepreneur, world traveler, storyteller, podcast host, author, and founder of Pikkal & Co and Podcast Guesting Pro. He has produced, hosted, and appeared on over 2,000 podcast episodes, helping corporate leaders, founders, authors, coaches, and storytellers find their voice and build authority through long-form conversation. His work spans corporate podcasting, business storytelling, thought leadership, AI, and communication, with clients and campaigns across global markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can today’s executive business leaders learn from elite military operators? In this episode of “The Voice of Leadership,” Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks and guest Retired Air Force Colonel Dr. Carroll Greene unpack the rigorous selection, training, and development standards that define the world’s most elite military units. What  powerful leadership lessons can civilian executives … The post Battlefield to Boardroom—Military Leadership Strategies for Executive Excellence (Episode #520U) first appeared on TRANSLEADERSHIP, INC®.

It's Lisa Bilyeu and get ready for an inspiring and super insightful episode of Women of Impact that is all about how to actually change your life so you're always moving towards living a life with more purpose and confidence and that's actually authentic to YOU!!  Today's guest is sharing her step-by-step roadmap that she's taught to thousands of women to do just that, it's my homie, Dr. Sonja!  Dr. Sonja is a retired U.S Army Major and combat veteran, a mother of 3, and an 8-figure business owner. From the battlefield to the boardroom, this woman is a TOTAL BADASS, and she has overcome SOOOO many challenges in her life – including a long, painful divorce – BUT despite all of that she has endured and she's sharing her stories and lessons to help women like you and me learn from her hardships and be able to get back up every single time you get knocked down!! In this episode we're talking all about:  - How to endure, even when it gets SOOO damn hard, and not let feeling ashamed or guilty stop you back from LIVING YOUR BEST DAMN LIFE!!! - The 4 aspects you should focus on to move towards something that will bring you purpose in life  - How to build your resilience (it's a SKILL SET) - The difference between being strong vs. powerful - The power that comes from harmonizing your life instead of balancing it - What to focus on when you feel like quitting & giving up  - How to make the most out of the lessons and journey of your life - Dealing with the different “battlefields” in your life and how you can look at them differently  - What to do when you are tempted to just settle with the hand you're dealt  - And so much more!!  And that's just in part 1 of this 2 part episode! This episode is FULL of tactical tips and takeaways to elevate your life, so make sure to listen up homie, because it's NEVER too late to be a warrior woman, but you HAVE TO take action to make it happen!!! Follow Dr. Sonja Stribling: Website: https://drsonjabrands.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdrsonja/ Order “From the Battlefield to the Boardroom”: https://a.co/d/c5VdypN Follow Me, Lisa Bilyeu:  Website: https://www.radicalconfidence.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisabilyeu  X: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu  If you want to dive deeper into my content, search through every episode, find specific topics I've covered, and ask me questions. Go to my Dexa page: ⁠https://dexa.ai/lisabilyeu⁠  Themes: Confidence, Relationships, Business, Mental Health, Self-Improvement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Lisa Bilyeu and get ready for an inspiring and super insightful episode of Women of Impact that is all about how to actually change your life so you're always moving towards living a life with more purpose and confidence and that's actually authentic to YOU!!  Today's guest is sharing her step-by-step roadmap that she's taught to thousands of women to do just that, it's my homie, Dr. Sonja!  Dr. Sonja is a retired U.S Army Major and combat veteran, a mother of 3, and an 8-figure business owner. From the battlefield to the boardroom, this woman is a TOTAL BADASS, and she has overcome SOOOO many challenges in her life – including a long, painful divorce – BUT despite all of that she has endured and she's sharing her stories and lessons to help women like you and me learn from her hardships and be able to get back up every single time you get knocked down!! In this episode we're talking all about:  - How to endure, even when it gets SOOO damn hard, and not let feeling ashamed or guilty stop you back from LIVING YOUR BEST DAMN LIFE!!! - The 4 aspects you should focus on to move towards something that will bring you purpose in life  - How to build your resilience (it's a SKILL SET) - The difference between being strong vs. powerful - The power that comes from harmonizing your life instead of balancing it - What to focus on when you feel like quitting & giving up  - How to make the most out of the lessons and journey of your life - Dealing with the different “battlefields” in your life and how you can look at them differently  - What to do when you are tempted to just settle with the hand you're dealt  - And so much more!!  And that's just in part 1 of this 2 part episode! This episode is FULL of tactical tips and takeaways to elevate your life, so make sure to listen up homie, because it's NEVER too late to be a warrior woman, but you HAVE TO take action to make it happen!!! Follow Dr. Sonja Stribling: Website: https://drsonjabrands.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdrsonja/ Order “From the Battlefield to the Boardroom”: https://a.co/d/c5VdypN Follow Me, Lisa Bilyeu:  Website: https://www.radicalconfidence.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisabilyeu  X: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu  If you want to dive deeper into my content, search through every episode, find specific topics I've covered, and ask me questions. Go to my Dexa page: ⁠https://dexa.ai/lisabilyeu⁠  Themes: Confidence, Relationships, Business, Mental Health, Self-Improvement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode's Community Champion Sponsor is Ossur. To learn more about their ‘Responsible for Tomorrow' Sustainability Campaign, and how you can get involved: CLICK HEREEpisode Overview: Healthcare in America is at a crossroads, where the systems built to heal people must now reimagine what it truly means to care for an aging and increasingly complex population. Dr. Patrick McGill, Network President and CEO of Community Health Network in Indiana, is confronting that challenge head-on. A board-certified family medicine physician with over 20 years of clinical and leadership experience, Dr. McGill has spent 15 years rising through the ranks at CHN, from practicing physician to Chief Analytics Officer to Chief Transformation Officer, and now to the top seat. Join us as Dr. McGill, who is still grounded in the exam room one day a week, shares how CHN is leading on value-based care, direct-to-employer partnerships, and AI-powered innovation to build a national-leading healthcare organization for Indiana and beyond. Let's go!Episode Highlights:Dr. McGill champions "failing intelligently," learning from mistakes and redirecting rather than fearing failure altogether.A practicing physician CEO, Dr. McGill says the exam room builds humility and credibility that no boardroom can replicate.Community Health Network sees new cancer patients within two business days, setting a bold access standard across the entire organization.Dr. McGill warns that healthcare is unprepared to support an aging population with increasingly disconnected family units.He calls on the industry to reclaim its narrative, reminding us that healthcare is still, at its core, people caring for people.About our Guest: Jason Smith is CTO of AI & Analytics at Within3, where he leads the team behind the company's most advanced AI capabilities serving life sciences organizations. Jason is a three-time co-founder who built Cryptocybernetics, GrayArea, and rMark Bio from inception to successful exit. He was later brought in as CEO of xSides to lead its sale. Over his career, his companies have raised more than $100 million in venture and strategic capital. In addition to Within3, Jason is a Venture Fellow at MATTER, Advisor to Capita3, and a recognized thought leader in AI and Healthcare with publications and speaking engagements at HIMSS, Reuters, and leading healthcare and pharmaceutical conferences.Links Supporting This Episode: Community Health Network Website: CLICK HEREDr. Patrick McGill LinkedIn page: CLICK HEREMike Biselli LinkedIn page: CLICK HEREMike Biselli Twitter page: CLICK HEREVisit our website: CLICK HERESubscribe to newsletter: CLICK HEREGuest nomination form: CLICK HERE

(0:00) Intro (1:47) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel (2:34) Start of interview  (4:12) Laurie's origin story (6:19) From Management Consulting (Accenture) to Product Innovation (Visa). "What they all had in common was that I got to start with a blank sheet of paper." (8:52) Toward Venture Capital and Board Governance. From Sun Microsystems to Packet Design to investing. (13:07) How she got interested in board governance. Her first board experience with Interactive Investor (cross-listed in US and UK) (14:27) Joining Playground Global in 2019 (16:16) Tesla's Day-Zero Board (20:15) Zoox and Autonomous Ambition (24:11) Boards Across Company Types: VC-backed companies and family businesses. Example of her time as board member at Bose. (27:57) Lessons from Church and Dwight. The roles of M&A and marketing. (30:37) Her co-authored paper on The Artificially Intelligent Boardroom (Stanford GSB)  (35:30) Private Markets and Trillion-Dollar Valuations (40:28) The role of private equity in this environment, and its distinctive board structure. (42:55) Geopolitics and Supply Chains (47:20) Cybersecurity Oversight in the AI Age (50:45) Courage in the Boardroom. “As board members, we have to be courageous enough to ask the right questions at the right time, rather than sit back and hope everything will be okay.” (52:22) Books that have greatly influenced her life: Night Train to Lisbon, by Pascal Mercier (2004) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot (2010) Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind, by Yuval Noah Harari (2011) (54:14) Her mentors: Heidi Roizen  Scott McNealy Peggy Johnson (56:49) Quotes that she thinks of often or lives her life by. "It is easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is one who will smile, when everything goes dead wrong." Ella Wheeler Wilcox (57:32) An unusual habit or an absurd thing that she loves. Dancing, after following research from Kelly McGonigal. Hummingbird feeders. (59:39) The living person she most admires: her husband, Ben Lenail. Laurie Yoler is a venture capital investor at Playground Global, former board member at Tesla and Zoox, and a director or advisor to more than 25 boards. She currently serves on the boards of Church & Dwight and the NACD Northern California Chapter. You can follow Evan on social media at:X: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Happy Mindset Monday!Dr. Mamta Bhatt changed how I think about joy.She was a Harvard-trained scientist living the high-flying life. Private planes. Boardrooms with Rockefellers. The youngest person in the room.Then one day, she couldn't get up from bed. That's how debilitating the fatigue became.She went to live in a monastery. And one morning, she saw a sunrise. Inside her, a voice yearned: "What would it be to be happy?"She was looking at the sunrise. She had a smile on her face.And a voice inside her said: "But you are happy."She said: "I can have joy and I can still have a body that's not well. I didn't know to hold the two together."From that moment, she chose joy.Within 90 days, she healed herself with food as medicine.In this episode:The hidden cost of high achievementThe moment she couldn't get upLiving in a monasteryThe crushing of identity"I am a ball of massive golden light - just energy"The sunrise moment: choosing joyFood is medicine"I had a long list of accomplishments but I abandoned myself in the process"Learning to love yourselfWriting 10 things you're grateful for every dayBreath workPurpose beyond yourself

This week on Shrinks Rap: what happens when a theater guy walks into the boardroom and accidentally teaches Fortune 100 executives how to have feelings?Dr. James H. Bramson sits down with Dr. Mark Rittenberg — executive coach, leadership whisperer, former actor, Fulbright Scholar, South African bridge-builder, and possibly the only man alive who can quote Shakespeare while fixing your corporate culture.From Harvard to Soweto to Silicon Valley, Mark has spent decades teaching leaders how to communicate like actual humans instead of PowerPoint templates with pulse rates. We talk about his journey from the theater to the boardroom, the profound influence of Angeles Arrien, and why empathy may be the most radical leadership skill left in modern civilization.Somewhere between authentic leadership, multicultural transformation, executive coaching, and stories that sound too cinematic to be real, we also explore: • Why the best leaders know how to listen — and actually know their employees• How acting and presentation skills can rescue broken organizations• The origin story behind his Executive Coaching program at University of California, BerkeleyCredits:River is High, Ticketless TravelerCarl Reisman, guitar, singer, and songwriterJenny Goodwine, vocalsJames Singleton, bassJohnny Vidocovich, drumsDave Easley, steel guitarProduced by Morgan Orion Reismanfor more information, carlreisman@gmail.comCopyright 2025WCMI networking group A networking group for mindfulness-focused clinicians dedicated to learning together & collaborating for more information click here

EPISODE SNAPSHOT Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping how pilots are trained, assessed, and employed. Boardroom decisions land on your flight deck. We translate them first. No corporate spin. Just the intelligence pilots actually need. Cape Town went off the air on Monday. Gusts over 50 knots, crews diverting to PE, East London, and even back to Joburg, and a Turkish long-haul thrown into the mix. Ryan unpacks his shift into the charter market while the Middle East ripples through the industry, and we get into why FlySafair's on-time performance is not luck, it is strategy you can study. Then we go global: Trump's 200-aircraft China deal, Singapore Airlines printing $2.4 billion in revenue, $49.5 million awarded in the Ethiopian 302 case, and Google preparing to launch AI data centres into orbit by 2027. The hiring floodgates are about to open. Are you ready when they do? In this episode of The Bryan Air Podcast, Bryan Roseveare and Ryan Parrock analyse Cape Town weather diversions, FlySafair's on-time performance strategy, China's 200-aircraft Boeing order, Ethiopian 302 compensation, Singapore Airlines record results, French Bee pilot strikes, and Google's plan for AI data centres in orbit. TIME-STAMPED FLIGHT PLAN 00:00 Cleared for Approach 00:13 Welcome Back to the Studio 00:43 Ryan's Charter Market Pivot 02:13 Cockpit Casual Backs the Spirit Pilots 03:39 Cape Town Shuts Down: Wild Weather Hits 05:53 What Pilots Actually Pay for Tickets 07:45 The FlySafair OTP Strategy Decoded 09:14 Hiring Floodgates About to Open 11:19 Trump, China, and 200 Boeings 12:12 $49.5M Awarded in Ethiopian 302 Case 12:39 Singapore Airlines Hits $2.4B Revenue 13:29 Why Japan Is on the Travel Radar 15:16 Google Sends AI Data Centres to Orbit 17:38 French Bee Pilots Plan to Strike 18:54 Verstappen, the Nürburgring, and Springboks 20:31 Paris Bound: Air France Review Incoming 20:55 Outro and Subscribe JOIN THE BRYAN AIR COMMUNITY Bryan Air is a career intelligence ecosystem for pilots. Sign up free to receive our weekly newsletter covering the disruption of AI in aviation, career strategy, and the analysis that does not make it into the episodes. Sign Up Free → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ FREE PILOT CAREER ASSESSMENT Where are you in your career? The Flight Plan is our free, AI-powered career intelligence tool. Answer 8 questions about your situation and get a personalised strategic assessment with specific moves tailored to where you are right now. Take the Free Assessment → https://pilotcareerintelligence.netlify.app/ RISK MANAGEMENT & DECISION MAKING SIMULATOR Practise structured decision-making using live flights. Our AI-powered simulator lets you work through RMM and T-DODAR frameworks on real Flightradar24 data, with AI-generated scenarios and personalised debriefs. Built by Bryan Roseveare for pilots who want to sharpen the skills that matter most when things go wrong. Early bird: $29 one-time. Lifetime access. Try the Simulator → https://bryanair.tools/ LINKS Bryan Air — Career Intelligence for Pilots → https://bryanairpodcast.com/ Free Pilot Career Assessment → https://pilotcareerintelligence.netlify.app/ Risk Management & Decision Making Simulator → https://bryanair.tools/ Bryan Roseveare → https://www.bryanroseveare.com/ Watch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@BryanAirPodcast Support on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/bryanair #AviationPodcast #BryanAir #PilotLife #CapeTownWeather #FlySafair

Nick invites you to revisit one of his most spellbinding conversations as he welcomes the legendary Jay Abraham, the American business executive, conference speaker, and author. Jay is best known for his work in developing strategies for direct response marketing in the 1970s. In 2000, Forbes listed him as one of the top five executive coaches in the US. He is the founder and CEO of the Abraham Group, and widely considered to be one of the greatest marketing minds in history. As well as his incredible story and insights, Jay discusses the details of his latest innovation, Exponential Growth, a programme designed to compound different things together in order to create certainty around the result you hope to obtain. KEY TAKEAWAYS ●      Universal principles are just that. If they're truly universal then they only require modification in small ways, and infrequently. Tying our understanding to these core principles gives us strength. ●      It is entirely possible to be "successfully stuck" by accepting a growth rate or profit level that may seem suitable for your industry, when in fact your efforts should produce a lot more when compared to the business world as a whole. ●      Leadership is not singular. Everyone in the business is a leader or a follower in a very dynamic way. We are students or teachers all at once, even those in a higher place in the hierarchy. ●      Business, scale and growth are a matter of geometry, but the great minds are the ones who realise that there is geometry on top of geometry. There are always levels that can be explored and exploited beneath the surface. BEST MOMENTS 'I became the one-eyed man in the land of the blind' 'You have the ability as an entrepreneur to work on the geometry of your business' 'You're constantly growing not just yourself but all your people' 'It gives you a better context of understanding the psyche and the workings of your target audience's mind' VALUABLE RESOURCES Want to grow and scale your business? Check out Nick's Boardroom Program: ⁠https://gamma.app/docs/BOARDROOM-2026-FINAL-h2vknz5qne7vvwm⁠ To get your copy of Nick's book, Exit for Millions, go to ⁠http://bit.ly/4ngC2hO⁠ Nick's LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/realnickbradley Nick Bradley is a world-renowned author, speaker, and business growth expert, who works with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors to build, scale and sell high-value companies. He spent 10+ years working in Private Equity, where he oversaw 100+ acquisitions, 26 exits, and over $5 Billion in combined value created. He has one of the top-ranked business podcasts in the UK (with over 1m downloads in over 130 countries). He now spends his time coaching and consulting business owners in building and scaling high-value business towards life-changing exits. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. ⁠https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

What if every executive recruiter on the planet became a Bitcoiner? That's not a thought experiment, it's Scott Ellam's actual plan.Scott is back on the show six months after taking XCE public. He breaks down how XCE is solving the three biggest problems facing private recruitment companies — cash leakage, scaling headcount, and the near-impossible exit — by structuring the entire business around a Bitcoin treasury.

Eighteen months in solitary confinement will either break you — or rebuild you from the inside out. For Christian Torres, founder of Stark Analytics, it did the latter. A former NYPD officer who served time in federal prison, Christian emerged with an obsession for systems, probability, and decision-making under pressure that most executives will never experience. That hard-earned perspective became the foundation of the Stark Decision Intelligence Framework — a methodology that helps executive teams simulate and stress-test high-stakes decisions before committing capital. Today, Christian turns what he learned in the most isolating environment imaginable into a powerful tool for leaders navigating uncertainty — making risk visible, clarifying tradeoffs, and helping teams move faster with confidence, even when perfect information isn't available.   Episode Highlights: 01:43 From NYPD to Prison 05:24 Solitary Lessons Rewired 08:14 START Framework Explained 12:30 Scars Into Strength 15:36 AI Answers Wrong Questions 20:08 Building an AI Board 23:31 Accountability In Action 24:57 How to Connect with Christian Torres Show Links:  StarkAdvisoryBoard.com

President Trump is in Beijing (May 12–15, 2026) for a high‑stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, his first China visit since 2017 and the first by any U.S. president in nearly a decade. President Trump didn’t travel to Beijing alone. He brought a who’s‑who of American business, underscoring that this trip is as much about economic power as diplomacy. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Broeske & Musson' on all platforms: --- The ‘Broeske & Musson Podcast’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- ‘Broeske & Musson' Weekdays 9-11 AM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Facebook | Podcast| X | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leadership often stalls at the level of internal formation, not external strategy. In this episode of the AVAIL podcast, Mark and Julie Appleyard, founders of Anothen Global, explore how unresolved inner dynamics shape decision-making, identity, and long-term impact. Drawing from Julie's The Boardroom of the Inner Man and their global work with leaders, they offer a clear framework for understanding the internal “voices” that compete for control and how to bring them into alignment under Christ. This conversation equips leaders to move beyond surface solutions and address what is actually driving their leadership.

(0:00) Intro (1:34) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel (2:21) Start of interview  (3:20) Marie's origin story (5:19) Career Path in Law and Governance. Her time at HP and Agilent Technologies. (7:50) Transition to eBay  (9:57) Shareholder Activism and eBay's Story *CNBC clip with Ryan Cohen (14:42) Governance Roles and Board Memberships (16:50) Her teaching positions on the role of the General Counsel  (18:57) Chair and Director Succession (23:37) On separating Chair and CEO roles (25:44) Governance in Private Companies (30:40) The Impact of AI on Governance. She thinks of it in three buckets: 1) Customer/revenue opportunity; 2) from an enterprise wide standpoint; and 3) AI risks (34:36) Questions board members should ask management regarding AI opportunities and challenges (38:09) Energy Sector and AI *Marie serves on the board of Portland General Electric (43:10) Geopolitical Challenges in Business *reference to Meta-Manus China breakup (45:24) Building Trust in the Boardroom (48:30) Books that have greatly influenced her life: The Book of Alchemy, by Suleika Jaouad (2025) Phoenix in a Jade Bowl, by Bonnie Bongwan Cho Oh (her mother) (2013) Atomic Habits, by James Clear (2018) (50:32) Her mentors (52:38) Quotes that she thinks of often or lives her life by. (54:00) An unusual habit or an absurd thing that she loves. (56:00) The living person she most admires: Lisa Su. Marie Oh Huber has over 30 years of experience of strategic business, legal, regulatory and public policy experience in large global public technology companies, including eBay, Agilent Technologies, and HP. She currently serves on the board of Portland General Electric You can follow Evan on social media at:X: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Joint Dynamics Podcast, host Andrew Cox | Joint Dynamics sits down with performance psychologist and behavioural strategist Henry Chamberlain to explore what it means to "make the invisible visible."With 25 years of experience - from combat officer to Head of Global Assessment at Standard Chartered - Henry specialises in the internal dynamics that shape how leaders act under pressure. He argues that most leadership hurdles aren't about capability, but rather the unseen patterns and assumptions that drive our decisions.Key discussion points:The House of Self: Henry introduces his new book and framework, designed to help high-performers act with intention rather than unconscious habit.Beyond Capability: Why understanding "what sits beneath" is the key to navigating high-stakes transitions and organisational complexity.Precision Coaching: How psychometric data and psychological insight can reveal a leader more clearly than they see themselves.This is a masterclass for anyone looking to bridge the gap between internal drivers and external excellence.Show sponsor is Muvitality Medicinal Mushrooms for modern day health and wellness | Mu …Go to muvitality.com and use the code JD10 to receive a 10% discount on your purchase of Mu Functional mushrooms such as Lions Mane, Cordyceps, Chaga, Reishi, and Turkey tail functional mushroomsEnjoyHere are some useful links for this podcastWebsite https://hccglobal.net/Linked In Henry Chamberlain, Transformational CoachRelevant episodesEpisode 135 - Faster, Fitter, Happier with Sports and Exercise Psychologist Tony Westbury - https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/episode-135-faster-fitter-happier-with-sports-exercise/id1527374894?i=1000726876203Episode 128 - Building Winning Cultures: From the Rugby Pitch to the Boardroom with Dr. Andrew Hall PhD https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/episode-128-building-winning-cultures-from-the-rugby/id1527374894?i=1000712069324JOINT DYNAMICS links:Joint Dynamics Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JointDynamicsHongKong/Joint Dynamics Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/jointdynamics/Joint Dynamics Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRQZplKxZMSvtc6LxM5WckwJoint Dynamics Website - www.jointdynamics.com.hk Host - Andrew Cox - https://www.jointdynamics.com.hk/the-team/trainers/andrew-cox

Three stories on the table this week, and none of them small.Saks Global plans to exit Chapter 11 on June 22nd carrying $1.2 billion in debt, with a reorganization plan targeting $9 billion in GMV by fiscal 2030. That's nearly double where they sit today. Rick Watson and Jessica Lesesky walk through the vendor mess (720 brands stopped shipping at the worst of it), the repair work underway, and why exiting bankruptcy this leveraged sets up another round of trouble down the road.The Watson Weekly Weekend edition is sponsored by Avalara - the agentic AI platform automating global tax and compliance for leading eCommerce brands. For more details: https://avalaratax.watsonweekly.comOver at Victoria's Secret, Australian investor Brett Blundy's BBRC Worldwide has built a roughly 13% stake and is pushing to remove two directors: chair Donna James and Miriam Naficy. The complaint is acquisitions like Adore Me. CEO Hillary Super is running a "path to potential" plan built around body positivity and a return to the Angels heritage. Fiscal 2025 sales are up 5%. The question is whether that's enough to keep the activist quiet.Then earnings. Alphabet did $109B in Q1, with Google Cloud growing 63% YoY to a $20B run rate and a $462B backlog. Amazon hit $181B, AWS grew 28% to $37.5B, and the chip business crossed a $20B run rate of its own. Shopify cleared $100B in quarterly GMV for the first time, with operating income up 88% on the back of all the layoffs and restructuring.The thread underneath all of it: AI compute is getting more expensive, not less. The pricing power is sitting with the infrastructure layer. Amazon, Nvidia, and the LLM owners are collecting the rent. The businesses adopting AI are paying it.

EPISODE SNAPSHOT Welcome to The Bryan Air Podcast. Career intelligence for pilots. We break down executive moves, economic forces, and the technology reshaping how pilots are trained, assessed, and employed. Boardroom decisions land on your flight deck. We translate them first. No corporate spin. Just the intelligence pilots actually need. This week, three stories stacked on top of each other and they tell two completely different versions of where this industry is heading. IATA put hard numbers on the Gulf War, with Middle Eastern traffic down 58.6 percent year-on-year and global growth slowing to 2.1 percent in March. India's three biggest airlines wrote to their own government saying they are days from grounding aircraft as fuel rises from 40 percent to 60 percent of operating costs. Spirit folded. The UAE flipped its airspace switch back on and Emirates restored 96 percent of its network. Which story are you actually flying in? In this episode of The Bryan Air Podcast, Bryan Roseveare and Ryan Parrock break down the IATA fuel shock report, India's airlines on the brink, the UAE airspace reopening, Spirit Airlines folding, the BA taxi pilot job paying 100,000 dollars a year, the United 767 truck strike at Newark, and Japan Airlines testing humanoid robots on the ramp. TIME-STAMPED FLIGHT PLAN 00:00 ATC Cold Open 00:13 Headlines: Three Stories Stacked on Top of Each Other 00:55 Quick Favour Before We Roll 01:49 IATA Report: The Fuel Shock in Hard Numbers 04:28 Charter Pricing and Why Surcharges Are Now Standard 06:41 Why Europe Could Be Cheaper Than Cape Town This December 09:13 India: Three Major Airlines Days From Grounding 10:56 Spirit Airlines Folds and What It Means for Crew 12:47 UAE Airspace Reopens After Three Months Closed 16:33 Five Months Profit Share at Emirates? The Buzz 18:47 The 100,000 Dollar BA Taxi Pilot Gig at Chicago O'Hare 20:43 UK Government Lets Airlines Drop Slots Over Fuel Shortages 21:19 The United 767 That Smacked a Truck at Newark 22:54 Japan Airlines Tests Humanoid Robots on the Ramp 25:31 F1 Miami, UFC, and the Weekend Ahead 28:28 The Final Take: Which Story Are You Flying In? 30:08 Sign Off JOIN THE BRYAN AIR COMMUNITY Bryan Air is a career intelligence ecosystem for pilots. Sign up free to receive our weekly newsletter covering the disruption of AI in aviation, career strategy, and the analysis that does not make it into the episodes. Sign Up Free → https://bryanairpodcast.com/   FREE PILOT CAREER ASSESSMENT Where are you in your career? The Flight Plan is our free, AI-powered career intelligence tool. Answer 8 questions about your situation and get a personalised strategic assessment with specific moves tailored to where you are right now. Take the Free Assessment → https://pilotcareerintelligence.netlify.app/   RISK MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING SIMULATOR Practise structured decision-making using live flights. Our AI-powered simulator lets you work through RMM and T-DODAR frameworks on real Flightradar24 data, with AI-generated scenarios and personalised debriefs. Built by Bryan Roseveare for pilots who want to sharpen the skills that matter most when things go wrong. Early bird: 29 dollars one-time. Lifetime access. Try the Simulator → https://bryanair.tools/   LINKS Bryan Air, Career Intelligence for Pilots → https://bryanairpodcast.com/   Free Pilot Career Assessment → https://pilotcareerintelligence.netlify.app/   Risk Management and Decision Making Simulator → https://bryanair.tools/   Bryan Roseveare → https://www.bryanroseveare.com/   Watch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@BryanAirPodcast   Support on Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/bryanair   #AviationPodcast #BryanAir #PilotLife #IATA #FuelShock 

Frank M. Placenti is a senior M&A and corporate governance lawyer who chaired the ABA Business Law Section's Corporate Governance Committee during the turbulent pandemic period. The centerpiece of this episode is a story Frank tells about a late-night call from an audit committee dealing with a rogue CEO who had engaged in insider trading and then concealed the resulting SEC investigation from both the company's auditors and its audit committee. Frank designed and managed the audit committee investigation, helped the company hire SEC enforcement counsel to walk the company through resolution with the SEC, recruited new qualified directors to reshape the company's governance and compliance programs, and got the company to the other side intact and without any shareholder litigation. Along the way he lays out lessons every investigative counsel should internalize: Audit committee counsel needs to understand the needs and concerns of the company's independent auditors and regulators and then design the investigation to produce a result that will satisfy both constituencies. Required listening for any lawyer who might one day get that midnight call.

(0:00) Intro (1:24) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel (2:11) Start of interview *reference to the BRI from LCDA (3:54) Eddie's origin story (6:27) Eddie's investment focus  (7:44) The rise of AI and its impact on him (9:06) Eddie's roles in investment over the past 35 years (as GP and LP). (8:32) His current endeavors: 1) Board member in mutual funds (Calvert Funds); 2) Independent director and Chair elect of Global X Venture Fund; 3) Chief Strategy Officer at Leadview Capital; and 4) Advisor at Bullpen.ai (19:38) Dealing with AI hallucinations (e.g. Sullivan & Cromwell example) (23:13) Convergence of AI, ESG, and Governance: "It's dramatic" (25:00) "Stocks will be tokenized, markets will be much more liquid." "Wall street is trying to put liquid claims on illiquid investments" *WSJ Nasdaq's Plan for 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading (31:20) Geopolitical Challenges in Investing and for Boards. *Example of Meta-Manus breakup. "We live in a selectively connected world." (34:00) Politicization and social issues in corporations. Board Adaptation to Rapid Changes (38:19) AI and Audit Committee Responsibilities (40:30) Bridging the AI Knowledge Gap "Boards are under prepared." *References to Stanford GSB cases: Netflix Approach to Governance and the Artificially Intelligent Boardroom (46:10) Changing Dynamics in Board Practices. "It's a matter of time before companies like SAP or Microsoft move into corporate auditing, or Amazon starts offering mutual funds. The incumbents just don't see it coming." (47:10) Power Laws and Growth in Private Markets. (50:31) Books that have greatly influenced his life: The Power Broker, by Robert Caro (1974) The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell (2000) U2 by U2, by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. with Neil McCormick (2006) (52:56) His mentors. (53:56) Quotes that he thinks of often or lives her life by: "Prioritize by impact" "Recognize the good in everyone" (55:10) An unusual habit or an absurd thing that he loves: obsession with curating music playlists. (55:06) The living person he most admires: Bono and Bad Bunny. Eddie Ramos is the Chief Strategy Officer for Leadview Capital. He is also currently on the board of Morgan Stanley's Calvert Mutual Funds and Global X Venture Fund, serving as the Chairman of the Audit Committee for both. You can follow Evan on social media at:X: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

Seven months off the podcast. Three of them completely offline. $2.2M in revenue while she wasn't there. Natalie is back and this is the most honest breakdown she's given of what the gap actually taught her. In this episode, she breaks down exactly what happened, why this maternity leave performed when her last one didn't, and the foundational sales engine, team culture, and AI systems that ran the business in her absence. You'll learn what she's pruning from the business going forward, the new direction she's taking the show, and the one question every founder should sit with this week. If you've ever worried that your business runs on you, that if you stepped away, it would all stop, this episode is the operating system you need to start unwinding from being the bottleneck. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - The package that made me ugly cry 02:30 - $2.2M offline in three months — no calls, no coaching, no emails 04:20 - Romy's birth + the no-childcare decision 06:10 - The real reason I didn't bring back the podcast in 3 months 08:00 - Where the $2.2M actually came from (sales engine, team, AI) 12:15 - What I'm pruning from the business going forward 14:00 - Going all in on The Boardroom mastermind + a new direction for the show 16:45 - The 30-day question every founder should sit with this week 18:30 - Pre-order The Freedom-Based Business Book — what's inside the bonuses RESOURCES + LINKS Pre-Order The Freedom-Based Business Method: https://www.bossbabe.com/buythebook-podcast Apply For The Boardroom Mastermind Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter & Get Insights From Natalie Every Single Week On All Things Strategy, Motherhood, Business Growth + More. Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Send Us A Screenshot & We'll Send You Natalie's 7-Figure Operating System Completely FREE (value $1,997).

Have we biohacked our way to loneliness? We've over-optimized every aspect of our lives—Oura rings, trackers, endless connections on social media. We're fitter, more quantified, more tracked than ever. Yet we're the loneliest society that has ever existed. Suicide rates have never been higher. Somewhere along the way, we lost touch with each other and maybe even ourselves. Chris Schembra makes the case that true fulfillment doesn't lie in adding more optimization. It lies in adding friction back. In this conversation, we break down why convenience is the enemy of connection, what earned intimacy actually requires, and how the serenity prayer—tattooed on Chris's arm from early sobriety—reveals the wisdom we're desperately seeking. What You'll Learn: Why "biohacking" and optimization have backfired on human connection The difference between weak ties (what social platforms designed for) and deep relationships (what we actually need) What "earned intimacy" means and why it requires inconvenience and repeatability The League of Gentlemen: how a village of 100 friends grew from three people having breakfast together Why we're outsourcing our emotions to chatbots instead of sitting in our own thoughts The serenity prayer as a practical life design tool—not spiritual advice The discernment crisis: why judgment and taste are the most valuable skills of tomorrow How to reclaim your life from algorithms and convenience Rather watch on YouTube? https://youtu.be/8xxiRxRR24E Resources & Links: Chris Schembra on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chrisschembra Reach out: chris@chrisschembra.com 7:47 Gratitude Experience: https://747club.org EP79of CC: A new twist on gratitude: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0V49SVlsXGMmcH8Af2aGnO?si=3f708350572a4b01 EP101: BDSM and the Boardroom: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cBTAzKRV27qa3wSOwpsQV?si=be9222f7e2104674 EP157: Ketamine psychedelic therapy: Chris Schembra's story: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0V49SVlsXGMmcH8Af2aGnO?si=3f708350572a4b01 Key Timestamps: 00:00 — Intro: Have we biohacked our way to loneliness? 00:41 — Mother Teresa on the poverty of the soul 02:23 — Allison pushes back on the framing 03:40 — The distinction between "too easy" and "too optimized" 04:09 — Why tech companies call us "users" 05:56 — The convenience trap: clicking vs. calling 06:51 — Outsourcing emotions to chatbots and streaming services 54:26 — Building true intimacy vs. collecting weak ties 55:27 — The Strength of Weak Ties study and social media's backfire 56:25 — The breakfast story: how a village of 100 friends was born 58:26 — Walking through seasons of life together 59:13 — The League of Gentlemen and being held when you show up messy 01:01:14 — The serenity prayer tattoo and the three pillars 01:03:40 — Wisdom to know the difference: the discernment crisis 01:04:40 — The beauty of inconvenient choices and earned connection Be sure to rate, review, and follow this podcast on your player and also, connect with me IRL for more goodness and life-changing stuff.Schedule a FREE podcast clarity call with me - Your future audience is out there. Talk to them!Sign up for the free weekly emailAllisonHare.comFollow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube.DOWNLOAD the free podcast equipment guide- No guesswork, no google rabbit holes, start recording todayReb3l Dance Fitness - Try it at home! Free month with this link.Feedback and Contact:: allison@allisonhare.com

Nick challenges the "founder's hiring trap"—the tendency to hire for today's problems rather than tomorrow's growth. He argues that waiting until you can afford a new hire is a limiting belief that keeps businesses stuck on a plateau. By breaking down the three distinct stages of leadership talent—The Builder, The Operator, and The Institutional Leader—Nick provides a strategic roadmap for sequencing talent to unlock revenue, reduce key-person dependency, and ultimately build a company that provides the founder with true financial independence. KEY TAKEAWAYS Great CEOs don't hire for the business they have today; they hire for the complexity and revenue targets they expect to hit in 12 to 24 months. Businesses evolve from needing "Builders" (scrappy generalists) to "Operators" (system builders) and finally "Institutional Leaders" (strategic executives who run divisions independently). Scaling is often killed by either hiring an operator who will be outgrown in months or hiring a high-level corporate executive who lacks the hustle required for a scaling environment. You can afford elite talent by restructuring compensation toward performance-based upside, using fractional roles, or mapping the hire to a specific revenue unlock. BEST MOMENTS "The best founders, the best CEOs, they don't hire for the business that they have today; they hire for the business that they're going to have tomorrow." "It is absolutely a limiting belief to think that you can't afford the right talent; you just have to be more creative and more resourceful in how you bring them in." "Every stage-ahead hire reduces the fragility of the business... it becomes more resilient, more consistent, and easier to run without heroics, drama, or chaos." "The real cost isn't the salary; it's the 18 months or so that you lose hiring the wrong person at the wrong stage." VALUABLE RESOURCES Want to grow and scale your business? Check out Nick's Boardroom Program: https://gamma.app/docs/BOARDROOM-2026-FINAL-h2vknz5qne7vvwm To get your copy of Nick's book, Exit for Millions, go to http://bit.ly/4ngC2hO Nick's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/realnickbradley Nick Bradley is a world-renowned author, speaker, and business growth expert, who works with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors to build, scale and sell high-value companies. He spent 10+ years working in Private Equity, where he oversaw 100+ acquisitions, 26 exits, and over $5 Billion in combined value created. He has one of the top-ranked business podcasts in the UK (with over 1m downloads in over 130 countries). He now spends his time coaching and consulting business owners in building and scaling high-value business towards life-changing exits. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. ⁠https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

Five grand slam titles. More than a decade as the world's highest-paid female athlete. But the fiercest competition Maria Sharapova describes may be the one she's navigating now. She joins Rapid Response to talk about her second act as an investor, entrepreneur, and podcaster — and what the court never prepared her for. She gets candid about the deals she's walked away from, the candy brand she built and ultimately shuttered, and what it really takes to sit across the negotiating table from Nike.Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Larry and coach Marc sit down to talk about one of the most common and least-talked-about crises facing business owner dads — burnout. Not the dramatic kind. The quiet, grinding, everyday kind where you're doing 14-hour days, drinking to decompress, wearing exhaustion like a badge of honor, and slowly losing the very people you're killing yourself to provide for. Featuring recorded clips from John — a real Boardroom member who came in on the brink of burnout — this episode is one of the most emotionally honest conversations we've had on this show. John's story will hit close to home for a lot of men. Working obsessively, drinking daily to escape, knowing something was wrong but believing the only answer was more action. His wife was losing her patience. He was losing himself. And then he stopped lone-wolfing it. Larry shares his own raw moment — telling his wife that if he's not providing, he doesn't know what value he brings to the family — and what his kids said when he and his wife actually asked them what they wanted most. Marc breaks down the BRAVE Man system, the tracker, and why busyness is not the same as results. And the episode closes with John getting so emotional he can't speak — and the silence that says everything.   Timeline Summary [0:00] Introduction to the Dad Edge mission and the movement to raise leaders of families and communities [1:02] The burnout that business owner dads don't talk about — grinding for your family while quietly losing them [2:44] Leaders usually starve — because they pour everything into everyone else but themselves [4:15] Introducing Marc Hildebrand — and what today's episode is really about [5:52] How Marc met John — on the brink of burnout, drinking daily, running 14-16 hour days [7:35] The shift Marc saw by weeks four and five — doing less, but achieving more [9:11] The GPS analogy — what life feels like without a system versus with one [10:37] Why we resist new tools even when they could save us — and the old-timer cops who threw out the Garmin [12:12] Wearing burnout as a badge of honor — and the people who love you who see it from a mile away [13:29] Your kids ask "Dad, are you okay?" and you think nobody noticed [14:45] John's first clip: what life looked like before he applied — work first, drinking to escape, lone-wolfing it [17:36] The heart behind the burnout — doing it all for your family, but missing what they actually need [19:20] What Marc saw in John — a man believing there was only one way to succeed [20:10] Larry's vulnerable moment: "If I'm not providing, what value do I bring this family?" [22:10] His kids' answer when asked what they wanted most — more time, not more money [22:29] The 13 Hours scene — a Navy SEAL on his 12th deployment finally hearing "the kids don't need more money, they need you" [24:37] Why being willing to have the vulnerable conversation is the game changer [25:10] John's second clip: getting a map, small goals, and what changed in his marriage [27:25] Breaking down the BRAVE Man system — Bond, Raise, Amplify, Vitality, Enjoy, Movement, Action, Network [28:04] Why joy is a tactical requirement — if you have no joy to give, you have nothing to give [28:50] Why motivation is a lie — and why action creates motivation, not the other way around [29:13] John's transformation from 15 points a week to 40-50 — and what the tracker actually measures [31:57] Busyness does not equal results — the most dangerous trap for burned-out business owners [32:18] John's final clip — the emotional moment that stopped everyone cold [35:28] What that moment meant — a man who saved his marriage and came back to himself [37:52] What it means to have a battle to fight, a beauty to love, and an adventure to be had — together [39:05] The call to every business owner who sees a piece of John in himself   Five Key Takeaways Burnout doesn't always look dramatic. It looks like 14-hour days, drinking to unwind, and quietly drifting away from the people you're working so hard to provide for. The people who love you most can see your burnout from a mile away — even when you think you're hiding it. Your kids see it. Your wife feels it. Your family doesn't want more money. They want more of you. When Larry asked his boys, the answer was time — every single time. The answer to burnout is not more action. It's better action, in the right areas, with a system that tells you what actually moves the needle. You are not a liability because you need help. John thought he had nothing to give when he walked in — and became one of the most valuable men in the room.   Links & Resources Dad Edge Alliance & Business Boardroom: https://thedadedge.com/mastermind The Men's Forge: https://themensforge.com Episode Link & Resources (Episode 1468): https://thedadedge.com/1468   Closing If there's one message from this episode that stands out, it's this: the answer to burnout is never more action — it's a better system, a map, and men around you who won't let you disappear. John came in wearing his exhaustion like a badge, drinking every day to survive it, and believing the only way through was to grind harder. Six weeks later, he was lighter. His marriage was coming back. And when Larry asked him what it felt like to make his way back — he couldn't speak. That silence said everything. If there's a piece of John in you right now, this is your move. Go out and live legendary.