Leaders

Episode 27: Thomas J Watson Sr., former Chairman and CEO of International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation. Deemed as the "world's greatest salesman", Watson led IBM as President for 42 years, building it into an international computing enterprise. Learn more about how his people first leadership style, how he formed their corporate culture, and ways he left a legacy within IBM.

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Episode 26: Lisa Su, current CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Lisa has led AMD to an impressive decade long turnaround, becoming a leader in the semiconductor market today. Learn more about how her technical acumen helps her succeed, her core leadership principles, and what she has learned from challenges and mistakes in her career.

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Episode 25: Herb Kelleher, co-founder and former CEO of Southwest Airlines. Herb led Southwest to 47 straight years of profit, becoming one of the best airlines nationally. Learn more about his servant leadership style, how he built a person first culture, and other key leadership lessons.

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Episode 24: Melanie Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Canva. Melanie has become one of the youngest female CEOs of a tech start-up valued > $1B & becoming a necessary design tool for millions worldwide. Learn more about her transformational and visionary leadership styles, how she overcame 100+ funding rejections, and other key reflections on the business in her 10 year journey.

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Episode 23: Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks. Schultz led Starbucks from humble beginnings of 11 stores into today where it has 35,711 stores worldwide & becoming the world's largest coffeehouse chain. Learn more about his visionary leadership style, how he overcame several challenges, and the great mentors & heroes he has had in his career.

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Episode 22: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, founder and CEO of SpaceX, and CTO of X along with a co-founder of many other ventures such as OpenAI & Neuralink. Elon has become the wealthiest person in the world while leading multiple companies to commercial success. Learn more about his transformational leadership style, his first principles led thinking, and many other unique leadership qualities.

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Episode 21: Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors. Mary has had a 40 year career at GM and became the first women CEO in the global automaker industry. Learn more about her transformational leadership style, how she has battled through several challenges, and what vision she has for the future.

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Episode 20: Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia. Jensen has led Nvidia to new heights, becoming the 6th most valuable company in the world at $1.1 trillion. Learn more about his unconventional management practices, the visionary style in action, and how he been a pioneer into the AI boom.

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Episode 19: Sam Walton, founder and former CEO of Walmart. Sam's leadership helped grow Walmart into the world's largest corporation by revenue. Learn more about his ten rules for running a business, the servant leadership style that fueled it, and how he helped inspire the next generation of the retail industry.

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Episode 18: Frank Slootman, CEO of Snowflake. Frank has successfully led three different tech companies as CEO (Data Domain, ServiceNow, Snowflake). Learn more about "amping it up", narrowing the focus and increasing the quality, and other key leadership principles he has mastered.

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