The business landscape is rapidly shifting and business transformation is the epicenter of conversations these days. In this episode, Brad Stewart joins to discuss his experience managing companies through turbulent times. He is the CEO of Fair and the former Chairman and CEO at XOJet, the largest on-demand private jet company in North America. He led XOJet’s turnaround, growth, and eventual sale to a strategic acquirer. In concurrence with his role as C.E.O., Brad was a senior advisor at TPG Global, a leading alternative asset manager, where he served on the board of multiple TPG investments. Prior to his tenure at XOJet and TPG, Brad was the Vice President of mid-market private equity at Parthenon Capital and a consultant at McKinsey & Company. His wealth of knowledge and candor highlight what transformational leadership entails and how to lead during the most difficult storms.

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Leadership is a journey, not a destination. Your family, your organization, and your team depend on it. Most people just look at growth as a season or a means to an end, but good leaders don’t stop growing. In this episode, we team up with Alexandra Trakas, who is an American entrepreneur and movement enthusiast based in Arlington, Virginia. Alex is the co-founder and current CEO of BASH Boxing – a boxing-inspired group fitness experience established in 2017, which has grossed over $1.2M in sales and is continuing the process of expansion. She believes in creating a culture of compassion where creativity is celebrated, differences are welcomed, and community is the priority. Consistent growth is key to great leadership, and we reveal the necessary mindset to maintain this pace of growth.

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Big risks can deliver big rewards for your career, whether it’s switching industries or asking for more money. While change is scary, it’s worthwhile to take risks in your career if you have clear goals in mind. In today's episode, we chat with Aaron McDaniel, a globally recognized corporate manager, speaker, and author with a passion for helping organizations innovate and attract, engage & retain top talent. Aaron began his corporate career at AT&T and rose to become one of the youngest to serve as Regional Vice President. Aaron is currently one of the youngest faculty members at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business (where he is also an alumnus) and is the co-founder of 10X Innovation Lab. Aaron is a serial entrepreneur, having founded 3 companies that were acquired, one of which he turned down an offer for on ABC’s Shark Tank. There's no shortage of risk-taking when we think about Aaron, and we go deep on his journey as well the mindset to allow yourself space and freedom to take calculated risks. 

Leading a company is a lot to manage under normal circumstances, but what does it look like during a pandemic? In today's episode, we connect with Sara Leoni, the CEO of GreenFig, and a parent of 5 boys. With more than 20 years of management, marketing, and operations experience building strong online brands for both major corporations and startups. Sara details out how she navigated the turbulent waters during the pandemic while also being an incredible parent. She's a 2X CEO, a former collegiate softball player at UNLV, and a model example of a compassion leader that also finds constructive solutions in unchartered territories.

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Why does compassion matter in a good leader? How do you demonstrate it during the most challenging moments? Our guest today, Sunil Goyal puts things into a broader perspective and shares why and how compassion is vital to success in the workplace. He is an industry veteran who is passionate about Technology. His career of close to three decades speaks volumes of his sharp business acumen and leadership skills. After spending a few years in the corporate world working at Wipro, Sunil quickly started his entrepreneurial journey in 1993 when he co-founded Momentum Technologies. After multiple ventures and acquisitions, Sunil is now the Dy.CEO of the Sopra Steria's India Operations and leads an organization of 6,000 people. Sunil is great humanitarian by heart deeply and is working closely on some Education and Community Health-related projects. His spirit is infectious, so get ready for an uplifting story that will take you all around the world.

Making career pivots is not about jumping out of the frying pan into a fire but rather to create a plan where you make clear actionable steps or pivots to a better future career. Mahak Sharma has successfully transitioned industries and across large tech companies and she joins us to share her story today. She's now a full-stack product, strategy, and operations leader. She works at Google and leads growth partnerships with some of the largest and most established commerce businesses in the world. Prior to Google, she spent 6 years building startups and was most recently Head of SMB Growth @ Twitter, VP Business Development at InMobi where she helped incubate and grow revenue partnerships globally across Asia, Europe, and the US. Mahak holds a Masters in Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and her Bachelors from IIT (India). She is an active angel investor and also advises start-ups on high impact growth operations. Throughout our conversation, Mahak divulges her personal encounters with change and effective remedies to push past the challenges we encounter during our careers. 

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With the ever-changing corporate culture, Blind has empowered employees to speak openly about the workplace and created an “anonymous social network,” as a safe way to reveal malfeasance, wrongdoing, and improper conduct at their companies. Today, we chat with Kyum Kim, a co-founder of Blind. After Blind’s successful launch in South Korea, Kyum now leads the U.S. Operations. Prior to Blind, Kyum Kim was an early member at TMON where he spent his time there as a sales and business operations leader. We dig deep into his upbringing in Korea, his transformational thinking, and his mission to create a transparent and more open work environment globally.

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What does constant positivity and drive for success look like? Someone who is relentless in their pursuit to drive impact and help people thrive. Sumedha Arun is the ultimate example. At the age of 19, she co-founded Forever Fit, a digital fitness platform, in New Delhi. After early success, Sumedha moved to New York and completed her double masters at Columbia University. She then joined Deloitte in their Human Capital As a Service offering as a Product Manager. Sumedha is a treasure trove of knowledge and rising quickly. Get ready to learn about her incredible journey building a company, immigrating to the US, and how she's helping humanity. 

There are several factors that determine our success in life — talent, luck, access to resources, etc. We have no control over some of them and a bit of control over the others. But there’s one factor that we have complete control over and that’s our mindset. On today's show, we chat with one of the most positive forces in this world - Victoria Brown.  Victoria is an Under Armour Athlete, SoulCycle Instructor, and mindset coach in New York City. Like many people, she's suffered multiple wipeouts, but instead of flailing in self-defeat, she celebrated her setbacks, strengthened her growth mindset, and persevered through adversity. Today, we discuss how Victoria developed a growth mindset and how you can take the steps to do so as well. Victoria provides lots of great actionable tips that you can implement immediately.

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What are the success factors in talent, scaling companies, and most importantly, scaling culture? Edward and Jonny cover everything from what motivates (the best) founders, the difficulties of entrepreneurship, and team building and building culture. Jonny Simkin is the Co-founder and CEO of Swiftly, a big data platform that helps public transit agencies improve their operational performance, service reliability, and real-time passenger information. He holds a B.S. in Engineering with an Economics Concentration from Harvey Mudd College. If you're wondering what it takes to scale culture at a company, then this conversation covers just that and the inside tale of entrepreneurship.