Ep. 198: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Joel Peterson (@JoelPetersonGSB).

My guest today is Joel Peterson. Joel is the founder and chairman of Peterson Partners, a private equity, venture, and search investment firm, and the former CEO of Trammell Crow. He is also the former Chairman of JetBlue AIrways and is currently in his 31st year teaching at Stanford GSB. Finally, Joel has published two books, The Ten Laws of Trust and Entrepreneurial Leadership.

This in-person episode goes far and wide into building and maintaining trust, designing a fulfilling life, skills growing CEOs need, leadership transitions, lavish communication, and building value focused organizations as CEO.

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Links:

Joel on LinkedIn

Peterson Partners

Topics:

(00:00:00) - Intro

(00:04:02) - Joel’s favorite classes to teach at Stanford

(00:05:36) - Engineering a remarkable life

(00:10:21) - Joel’s Values-driven leadership and companies class

(00:13:03) - Hindsight on running Trammell Crow

(00:20:32) - Launching Peterson Partners

(00:23:14) - Characteristics of high-performing CEOs 

(00:33:48) - Measuring trust of an organization with their CEO

(00:38:22) - Joel’s time at JetBlue

(00:39:48) - CEO audits

(00:41:01) - Navigating tough situations

(00:46:02) - Adaptability in Founders

(00:49:16) - Insights on Recruiting Talent 

(01:00:00) - Getting over betrayal