By Brett Pinegar: Leadership Coach and Strategist
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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.
Cory Pinegar is the CEO of CallForce. In this episode, you will learn a little bit about what it's like to be a young CEO, what motivates him, how he thinks about risk, and what advice he would give budding entrepreneurs. We also what mental models inform his thinking, how he prepares for each day, and what he is doing to make the best of COVID-19.
Joseph Woodbury, Colton Gardner, and Preston Alder are the co-founders of Neighbor. Neighbor is the "Airbnb of storage." In this episode, I interview Joseph and Colton about their experience as relatively new leaders.
During our conversation we covered:
Complete show notes and a transcript of the podcast are available on our show site: http://seekingexcellence.io
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Bassam Salem is the CEO of AltasRTX based in Park City, UT. They deliver an integrated A.I. chatbot and message platform that enables a real-time customer experience that moves seamlessly from A.I. chatbots to real, live humans. I had a chance to meet the team and they are an impressive group of individuals.
Previous he was the Chief Operating Officer at MaritzCX and the Chief Business Officer at inContact.
During our conversation we discussed:
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Stephenie Larsen is the CEO of Encircle, a not-for-profit organization that seeks to deepen and enrich the conversation among communities of faith and LGBTQ teens and young adults. They teach individuals to love themselves and empower families to cultivate an environment where LGBTQ individuals can thrive.
During our conversation we discuss:
Complete show notes and a transcript of the podcast are available on our site: http://seekingexcellence.io
The best ways to connect with Stephenie and Encircle are:
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Brock Blake is the CEO of Lendio. Lendio is a small business loan marketplace, where business owner fills out one application, and gets access to about 75 lenders on our platform, and can comparison show, and choose the loan that is best for them.
I love their mission of fueling the American Dream.
During our conversation we discuss:
Complete show notes and a transcript of the podcast are available at - https://brettpinegar.com/seekingexcellence
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Summer Harris is the CEO of Baby Bling, an infant accessory company based in Utah. Baby Bling was founded in 2005 and has grown from a creative endeavor into a thriving business owned by women. Summer offers a compelling example that leadership excellence doesn’t depend on a business school degree or earning your stripes working for a well-known company. Summer is self-taught. She is hungry to develop and offers a path that more and more people are taking today.
During our conversation, Summer shares insights on:
Complete show notes and a transcript of the podcast are available at - https://brettpinegar.com/seekingexcellence
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David Bywater is the Chief Executive Officer at Vivint Solar, a leading full-service residential solar integrator. Prior to joining Vivint Solar, David served as COO at Vivint Smart Home and was executive vice president at Xerox. Earlier in his career, David was a consultant with Bain & Company and the Monitor Group.
In our discussion David shares his thoughts on:
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Vance is the senior executive for Dell EMC in Utah, a significant base within Dell Technologies, the largest privately-controlled IT company in the world. Under his leadership, Utah operations have grown rapidly with over 1,300 team members now based in the state. Last year, he was selected as one of Utah Business’ CEO of Year honorees. He has been with the Dell EMC since 2007, when EMC acquired Mozy. Prior to Mozy Vance worked at several other high-tech firms, including 10 years at Oracle in Silicon Valley, WordPerfect, Novell and several start-ups.
In our discussion, Vance shares his thoughts on:
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Dr. Trent Kaufman is the Chief Executive Officer of Cicero Group, a strategy and management consulting firm based in Salt Lake City. Trent is respected globally for developing sophisticated systems to enable the use of performance data to maximize individual and team performance. Trent’s first “career” was in public education. He began as a social studies teacher in Washington D.C. before becoming a high school principal in the Bay Area of California. Trent earned a master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and master’s degree and a doctorate from Harvard.
In our discussion, Trent shares his thoughts on:
- The importance of culture on product and their culture guidebook, the Cicero Way
- “Do you treat each other like your clients?”
- Holding people accountable to live the Cicero Way
- The influence of his dad on his leadership approach
- The influence reading books by Steven Covey, Harvey McKay, and others had on him as a boy
- The importance of relentless feedback from his university professors and their willingness to mentor him
- His belief in the capacity of humans, especially kids.
The best ways to connect with Trent are:
LinkedIn - Trent Kaufman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentkaufman
LinkedIn - Cicero Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cicerogroup/
Twitter - Cicero: https://twitter.com/cicero_group
Website: https://www.cicerogroup.com/
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- Twitter - https://twitter.com/brettpinegar
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettpinegar/
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W. Sean Ford serves as LogMeIn’s Chief Marketing Officer. Sean is responsible for leading all aspects of LogMeIn's global marketing organization including product marketing, field marketing, demand generation, communications, brand, and e-commerce. Sean previously was at Avid, where he led worldwide marketing strategy, he has also held executive positions with Zmags, Syncsort, and Oracle.
Sean offers an introspective take on leadership to this episode of SEEKING EXCELLENCE.
In this episode we cover:
- What Sean learned to become a leader from his Grandfather.
- The importance of standing up for what you believe.
- How Sean learned to have candid conversations.
- Why Sean uses mantras and what his five mantras are.
- How working in an addiction recovery center changed his perspective.
- What Sean does to hold himself and other accountable.
You can follow Sean on:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/w-sean-ford-63a1478/
- Twitter - https://twitter.com/wsford
You can follow Brett Pinegar on:
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- Twitter - https://twitter.com/brettpinegar
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettpinegar/
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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.