High Octane Leadership

By Donald ThompsonBusiness Careers Management

High Octane Leadership episodes

November 11, 2020 Creating a Diverse and Collaborative Entrepreneurship Community (Even Through COVID), with Capitol Broadcasting's Adam Klein
Adam Klein is the Director of Strategy at Capitol Broadcasting and the Chief Strategist at American Underground coworking collaborative in Durham NC. Today Adam and DT talk about how to build diversity and community in entrepreneurship, and how COVID-19 has impacted the startups at American Underground.
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The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.
Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can’t Stop Me”.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.
Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO’S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.
42 min
October 28, 2020 The 5 Pillars of Next Generation Leadership, with JLL's Nakira Carter and Kimarie Ankenbrand
Walk West and JLL have collaborated on The 5 Pillars of Next Generation Leadership. Today, Donald Thompson and JLL's Kimarie Ankenbrand and Nakira Carter talk multigenerational, multicultural, and transparent leadership, and so much more.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.
Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can’t Stop Me”.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.
Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO’S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.
38 min
October 21, 2020 Racial Unrest, White Privilege, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A 2020 Compilation Episode
Today we’re going to give you something a little bit different. As we listen to this podcast, themes tend to pop up. DT and his guests talk about leadership, entrepreneurship, investing and handling the stress and chaos of normal life. But 2020 has been anything but normal. In March, COVID-19 put us all on a two week pause, a pause that has now lasted 33 weeks with no end in sight. In May, the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests throughout the United States amplified the systemic racism our country has faced since its inception. This episode is a compilation of some of the conversations that DT has had with his guests about racism, white privilege, diversity, equity, and inclusion. You'll hear from:
Sonya Hopson, CEO of HIRE Strategies (Full Episode with Sonya)
Ashlyn Sanders, CEO of Neurovice (Full Episode with Ashlyn)
Jen Hoverstad, Community Engagement at Kay Yow Foundation (Full Episode with Jen)
Akinwole Garrett, Director of Global Strategic Alliances at Lenovo (Full Episode with Aki)
Gary Salamido, CEO, NC Chamber (Full Episode with Gary)
Anson Dorrance, UNC Women's Soccer Head Coach (Full Episode with Coach)
Kendrall Felder, Global Head of Centralized Services at Cisco (Full Episode with Kendrall)
Tim Humphrey, VP Chief Data Office, IBM (Full Episode with Tim)
Joe Bunn, Bunn DJ Company (Full Episode with Joe)
Cicero Leak, TLS Agency (Full Episode with TLS)

The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.
Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can’t Stop Me”.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.
Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO’S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.
33 min
October 15, 2020 Levitate's Jesse Lipson LIVE
This episode is a replay of a special live edition of the Donald Thompson Podcast. Don had a chance to talk with Levitate’s Jesse Lipson, and we shared it on Facebook Live, twitter, and Youtube. On the show, Jesse shares advice for entrepreneurs based on his experience in running Sharefile – which he bootstrapped and sold to Citrix for almost a hundred million dollars – and his experience running his new company, Levitate.

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The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.
Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can’t Stop Me”.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.
Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO’S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.
58 min
October 14, 2020 Levitate's Jesse Lipson LIVE October 14 at 4PM EST
Today, Wednesday, October 14th 2020 at 4PM Eastern, DT will be doing a special LIVE episode with the one and only Jesse Lipson, who founded ShareFile in 2005, bootstrapped it, built it up to 4 million users, and then in 2011 Citrix bought it for $93M. And then in 2017, Jesse started another company called Real Magic, and he’s building again with its Levitate product. So tune in live to find out what it was like to build a company from scratch and sell it for almost a hundred million.
Facebook Live
Twitter
YouTube
1 min
October 07, 2020 Leadership Through Racial Unrest, with IBM's Tim Humphrey
Tim Humphrey is the VP of the Chief Data Office at IBM. As a high ranking executive at a Fortune 50 company, Tim has a unique perspective on what employers need to provide in a time of social and racial unrest.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.
Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can’t Stop Me”.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.
Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO’S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.
47 min
September 30, 2020 Joe Bunn on Building an Empire, and Being Willing to Lose It All
DJ Joe Bunn was recently featured in the New York Times with the headline, "Some Wedding Vendors Face Fallout After Speaking Up on Social Issues." He never speaks up on politics, but in the case of Black Lives Matter, it wasn't about politics - he felt a pull to do what is right. And he wasn't concerned about the consequences to the empire he has spent 20+ years to build.

The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.
Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can’t Stop Me”.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.
Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO’S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.
42 min
September 23, 2020 Life of Pie: How family inspired Slice Pie Company's Kristen Mullins to chase her dream
Kristen Mullins from Slice Pie Company has been all over the place - on MSN, USA Today, on Startup Stage, Cary Magazine 2020 Movers and Shakers, winning Blue Ribbons at the NC State Fair...just everywhere. On today's show, find out how it all started, and what inspired Kristen to leave her comfortable life of being in Corporate America and take a risk on herself. Also, Kristen has recently been knocked down - with the pandemic and then the downtown Raleigh riots that damaged her popup shops - so how has she stayed positive through all of that?
The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.
Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can’t Stop Me”.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.
Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO’S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.
28 min
September 16, 2020 Brand Loyalty and Hustle: Lessons Learned Working in the NBA, NFL, and MLB, with Jarrett Nobles
See if you can follow this career path. Jarrett Nobles has gone from legendary DeMatha High to FAMU to event planning to Edward Jones to the Houston Astros to Duke MBA to a startup to the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Los Angeles Chargers, and some other stops along the way. He's moved 10 times (10!) since graduating high school. Jarrett is all about the hustle, actively helping his network, and building brand loyalty for his team, his clients, and his connections.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.
Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can’t Stop Me”.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.
Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO’S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.
33 min
September 09, 2020 Losing a Job, Finding Entrepreneurship, with Courtney Canfield
In April 2020, Courtney Canfield saw a layoff coming a mile away. Like many, she lost her job because of COVID-19. But instead of sitting around, Courtney made something out of nothing - and now she's running a successful business while becoming a pet influencer (yes, a pet influencer!). On the show today, Courtney talks to Don about her journey, then starts asking Don questions about how to build a successful marketing agency.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is hosted by Walk West CEO, mentor, investor, and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Donald Thompson.
Music for this episode provided by Jensen Reed from his song, “You Can’t Stop Me”.
The Donald Thompson Podcast is edited and produced by Earfluence. For more on how to engage your community or build your personal brand through podcasting, visit Earfluence.com.

High Octane Leadership is hosted by The Diversity Movement CEO and executive coach Donald Thompson and is a production of Earfluence.
Order UNDERESTIMATED: A CEO’S UNLIKELY PATH TO SUCCESS, by Donald Thompson.
49 min