The High Performance Herd

Every great brand begins with a leader who believes it can be done, and Daniil Kurilov, CEO at Noblewood USA, proves that belief and a clear plan can build a luxury legacy.

On High Performance Heard, David Quick explores how Beluga Vodka grew from a small team into a rising luxury name.

🎯 Belief Before Results
Why a clear vision and visible wins turn doubt into momentum.
🏔️ The Igloo Bar Gambit
An Alpine pop up that put luxury brand building on a global stage.
🍸 Cocktail Placement Wins the Room
The on premise sales strategy behind a caviar martini.
🌍 Three Cultures, One Leader
Leadership across cultures, from P&G to the CEO chair.

You can get in touch with here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniilkurilov/ 
Website: https://noblewoodspirits.com/

I hope you enjoyed this episode of The High-Performance Herd!
– David and The High-Performance Herd Podcast team :)

Connect with me: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-quick-leadership-coaching/

Listen to The High-Performance Herd on these podcast platforms: 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jjo3iCYhMkK7OSnPc19SE
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-high-performance-herd/id1874589807
Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/712017ad-55b4-427e-8c88-4942bfb5f1ad

#HighPerformanceHerd #DavidQuick #LeadershipCoaching #CEOCoaching #ExecutiveLeadership #ScalingBusiness #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamPerformance #CEOBurnout #BusinessGrowth #LeadershipStrategy #FounderJourney #TeamAlignment #ExecutiveCoaching #BusinessLeadership
The High-Performance Herd is a podcast for CEOs and founders who refuse to sacrifice everything for success. Hosted by David Quick, an executive coach who's been in the CEO seat three times and coached over 1,500 leaders, each episode features candid peer conversations with business leaders navigating the messy reality of scaling teams, building high-performing cultures, and leading without burning out.
David brings a bull's perspective to leadership—focused on multiplying impact without multiplying hours, building teams that perform without constant direction, and thriving rather than just surviving. Whether you're a bottleneck CEO where everything runs through you, managing a disconnected leadership team, or working 60-70 hour weeks wondering if there's a better way, this podcast delivers practical insights from leaders who've found their path from overextended operator to empowered leader.

Leaders who refuse to get comfortable build teams that keep growing. Sean Farrell, CEO of Quality Data Systems, shows you how to do it.

This episode covers leadership lessons from sports, family business succession, talent development, emotional intelligence and radical candor.

Learn how to build a high performing team, scale a family business, implement processes for sustainable growth and shape a faith based company culture. Discover how to lead a family business transition, develop talent in business and apply a sports mindset to business growth.

📌 0:00 Leading from the front builds trust
📌 28:07 An allergy to complacency drives lasting growth
📌 33:58 Family succession succeeds when relationships come first
📌 52:35 Documented processes make sustainable scaling possible
📌 01:00:28 A faith based culture attracts people and clients

You can connect with Sean Farrell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-o-farrell/
Website: https://www.qualitydatasystems.com/

As banks and credit unions automate branches, the leaders who pair strong processes with strong character will shape what comes next.

I hope you enjoyed this episode of The High-Performance Herd!
– David and The High-Performance Herd Podcast team :)

Connect with me: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-quick-leadership-coaching/

Listen to The High-Performance Herd on these podcast platforms: 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jjo3iCYhMkK7OSnPc19SE
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-high-performance-herd/id1874589807
Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/712017ad-55b4-427e-8c88-4942bfb5f1ad

#HighPerformanceHerd #DavidQuick #LeadershipCoaching #CEOCoaching #ExecutiveLeadership #ScalingBusiness #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamPerformance #CEOBurnout #BusinessGrowth #LeadershipStrategy #FounderJourney #TeamAlignment #ExecutiveCoaching #BusinessLeadership
The High-Performance Herd is a podcast for CEOs and founders who refuse to sacrifice everything for success. Hosted by David Quick, an executive coach who's been in the CEO seat three times and coached over 1,500 leaders, each episode features candid peer conversations with business leaders navigating the messy reality of scaling teams, building high-performing cultures, and leading without burning out.
David brings a bull's perspective to leadership—focused on multiplying impact without multiplying hours, building teams that perform without constant direction, and thriving rather than just surviving. Whether you're a bottleneck CEO where everything runs through you, managing a disconnected leadership team, or working 60-70 hour weeks wondering if there's a better way, this podcast delivers practical insights from leaders who've found their path from overextended operator to empowered leader.

From a personal need for trailer rentals to a nationwide logistics powerhouse, John Brooks, CEO of Warehouse on Wheels, built an empire on trust, extreme ownership and emotional intelligence, proving that empowered leadership scales faster than control ever could.

This conversation unpacks leadership lessons from private equity, the realities of scaling a founder led business, and how employee engagement strategies and a high performance culture turn accountability into explosive growth. John shares how trust before transaction, empowering employees without permission, and developing talent over hiring reshaped Warehouse on Wheels from two locations into a nationwide operation.

🔑 From Private Equity Pressure To Purposeful Leadership
🔑 Trust Before Transaction The Empowerment Blueprint
🔑 Scaling Warehouse On Wheels Into An Industry Giant
🔑 Extreme Ownership As The Backbone Of Culture

John Brooks is the leader every founder, operator and emerging CEO needs to hear from right now.
You can get in touch with here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jnbrooksiv/
Website: https://warehouseonwheels.com
The herd you build today becomes the empire you lead tomorrow.

Melissa Niebes turned Federal Package, now FP Labs, from a hidden industry secret into a thriving skincare and personal care manufacturing powerhouse, proving that bold leadership can rewrite any company’s future story.

In this episode of High Performance Herd, explore how this CEO rebuilt culture, walked away from risky customer concentration and scaled innovation inside contract manufacturing, personal care branding and beauty industry growth.

🎯 The Turnaround Blueprint Breaking Free From Comfortable Complacency
🎯 Customer Concentration Crisis Walking Away From Easy Revenue
🎯 Rebuilding Culture Leading Teams Through Layoffs And Loss
🎯 The Innovation Era Scaling FP Labs For Global Growth

This episode is essential for beauty brand founders, personal care executives, manufacturing leaders and CEOs navigating turnaround strategy, organizational change and business growth worldwide.

You can get in touch with here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaniebes/
Website: https://fplabs.com/

From furniture warehouses to power plant floors, one leader kept asking the same dangerous question: what if we stopped assigning blame and started fixing forward? Nathan Sanders, CEO of Industrial Air Flow Dynamics, built his career on that curiosity, and it took him from sales operations to running a private equity backed industrial powerhouse. This is a masterclass in leadership development, business transformation and executive coaching wisdom for founders, operators and CEOs scaling teams globally.

🔍 The Loneliest Chair: Why First Time CEOs Struggle Alone
⚙️ Culture Process Growth: The Framework Behind Every Turnaround
🚧 Finding The Blocker: Who Secretly Resists Your Best Ideas
🤝 Empowerment Vs Expectation: The Balance Every Great Leader Needs

Nathan breaks down organizational culture change, team empowerment, operational excellence and customer centric leadership with zero corporate fluff, just real talk for supply chain executives, private equity operators and rising business leaders worldwide.

Perfect for entrepreneurs, COOs and management consultants seeking authentic CEO insights.

You can get in touch with him here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanders-nathan/
Website: https://www.iafdinc.com

High performing teams beat bigger budgets, and Reza Mirza of Icelandic Glacial proves it. He grew a five million dollar water brand from a Culver City storefront into a top three import through leadership, company culture and fearless debate. Learn how to build a high performing team and how to scale a company without burning cash.

🔹 Giants Fall Slowly: How to compete against bigger brands
🔹 Sparkle In The Eye: How to hire A players
🔹 Disagree And Commit: Building a culture of trust and transparency
🔹 The Cheapest CEO: Financial stewardship for scaling a business

Founders, CEOs and rising leaders scaling a business: this conversation is your unfair advantage.

You can get in touch with here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reza-mirza-430107/
Website: https://icelandicglacial.com

I hope you enjoyed this episode of The High-Performance Herd!
– David and The High-Performance Herd Podcast team :)

Connect with me: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-quick-leadership-coaching/

Listen to The High-Performance Herd on these podcast platforms: 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jjo3iCYhMkK7OSnPc19SE
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-high-performance-herd/id1874589807
Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/712017ad-55b4-427e-8c88-4942bfb5f1ad

#HighPerformanceHerd #DavidQuick #LeadershipCoaching #CEOCoaching #ExecutiveLeadership #ScalingBusiness #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamPerformance #CEOBurnout #BusinessGrowth #LeadershipStrategy #FounderJourney #TeamAlignment #ExecutiveCoaching #BusinessLeadership
The High-Performance Herd is a podcast for CEOs and founders who refuse to sacrifice everything for success. Hosted by David Quick, an executive coach who's been in the CEO seat three times and coached over 1,500 leaders, each episode features candid peer conversations with business leaders navigating the messy reality of scaling teams, building high-performing cultures, and leading without burning out.
David brings a bull's perspective to leadership—focused on multiplying impact without multiplying hours, building teams that perform without constant direction, and thriving rather than just surviving. Whether you're a bottleneck CEO where everything runs through you, managing a disconnected leadership team, or working 60-70 hour weeks wondering if there's a better way, this podcast delivers practical insights from leaders who've found their path from overextended operator to empowered leader.

Ramin Mousavi, President and CEO of CathWorks, did not build just a medical technology company. He built a cardiovascular innovation movement so unstoppable that Medtronic acquired it for $585 million, powered by radical trust, relentless teamwork, and a leadership culture that accepted nothing below extraordinary.

This is the leadership playbook the medical device world was not ready for.

🔬 The Anatomy of Trust: Why Every High Performance MedTech Team Lives or Dies by One Non Negotiable

📈 Delusional Optimism: The Startup Mindset Behind a $585M Cardiovascular Innovation Exit

🤝 The Partnership Playbook: How Strategic Alliances With Healthcare Giants Rewrote the Scaling Rulebook

🧭 The Emotional Exit: What No Founder Is Ever Told About Scaling, Selling, and Building Again

For healthcare entrepreneurs, medical technology leaders, and startup founders building something the world is not ready for, this conversation will challenge every assumption you hold about leadership and growth.

You can get in touch with Ramin Mousavi here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raminmousavi/
Website: https://cath.works/

I hope you enjoyed this episode of The High-Performance Herd!
– David and The High-Performance Herd Podcast team :)

Connect with me: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-quick-leadership-coaching/

Listen to The High-Performance Herd on these podcast platforms: 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jjo3iCYhMkK7OSnPc19SE
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-high-performance-herd/id1874589807
Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/712017ad-55b4-427e-8c88-4942bfb5f1ad

#HighPerformanceHerd #DavidQuick #LeadershipCoaching #CEOCoaching #ExecutiveLeadership #ScalingBusiness #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamPerformance #CEOBurnout #BusinessGrowth #LeadershipStrategy #FounderJourney #TeamAlignment #ExecutiveCoaching #BusinessLeadership
The High-Performance Herd is a podcast for CEOs and founders who refuse to sacrifice everything for success. Hosted by David Quick, an executive coach who's been in the CEO seat three times and coached over 1,500 leaders, each episode features candid peer conversations with business leaders navigating the messy reality of scaling teams, building high-performing cultures, and leading without burning out.
David brings a bull's perspective to leadership—focused on multiplying impact without multiplying hours, building teams that perform without constant direction, and thriving rather than just surviving. Whether you're a bottleneck CEO where everything runs through you, managing a disconnected leadership team, or working 60-70 hour weeks wondering if there's a better way, this podcast delivers practical insights from leaders who've found their path from overextended operator to empowered leader.

From football fields to boardrooms, Brandon Ansley, CEO of Carter and Clark, turned a culture in crisis into a company doubling revenue and tripling EBITDA in a construction market down 7%. This is not a comeback story. This is a masterclass in what happens when the right leader walks into a room full of A players who were one resignation letter away from walking out.

📐 The Citadel Blueprint: Forging Authentic Leaders Under Extreme Pressure
⚡ The Founder Trap: When Centralized Control Silences Your Best People
🏛 The Culture Reset: Building Trust, Vision and Shared Fate From Scratch
🧭 The Growth Engine: Patience, Perspective and the Two Phase Scale Up

From instilling unshakeable confidence in the next generation to leading through AI transformation in field services, this conversation redefines what high performance leadership looks like in the real world.

You can get in touch with Brandon Ansley here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-ansley/
Website:

I hope you enjoyed this episode of The High-Performance Herd!
– David and The High-Performance Herd Podcast team :)

Connect with me: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-quick-leadership-coaching/

Listen to The High-Performance Herd on these podcast platforms: 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jjo3iCYhMkK7OSnPc19SE
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-high-performance-herd/id1874589807
Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/712017ad-55b4-427e-8c88-4942bfb5f1ad

#HighPerformanceHerd #DavidQuick #LeadershipCoaching #CEOCoaching #ExecutiveLeadership #ScalingBusiness #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamPerformance #CEOBurnout #BusinessGrowth #LeadershipStrategy #FounderJourney #TeamAlignment #ExecutiveCoaching #BusinessLeadership
The High-Performance Herd is a podcast for CEOs and founders who refuse to sacrifice everything for success. Hosted by David Quick, an executive coach who's been in the CEO seat three times and coached over 1,500 leaders, each episode features candid peer conversations with business leaders navigating the messy reality of scaling teams, building high-performing cultures, and leading without burning out.
David brings a bull's perspective to leadership—focused on multiplying impact without multiplying hours, building teams that perform without constant direction, and thriving rather than just surviving. Whether you're a bottleneck CEO where everything runs through you, managing a disconnected leadership team, or working 60-70 hour weeks wondering if there's a better way, this podcast delivers practical insights from leaders who've found their path from overextended operator to empowered leader.

Ray Titus, CEO of United Franchise Group, has spent decades proving that franchise growth starts with people, culture and relentless execution. His philosophy is simple but demanding: build great teams, develop franchise owners, protect the culture and never confuse support with enabling.

In this episode, Ray reveals the leadership principles behind a global franchise organisation, from hiring for cultural fit and developing talent internally to managing generational change and balancing sales with operations.

You will hear why work ethic can separate thriving franchise owners from struggling ones, why franchisee success is the real measure of franchise success, and why strong cultures require accountability rather than comfort.

00:03 Culture Beats Talent When Building Winning Franchise Teams
05:19 Hiring Producers Who Actually Strengthen The Franchise Culture
15:50 Success Changes Risk, But Leaders Must Keep Thinking
17:23 Franchisee Success Becomes The Real Measure Of Growth
21:21 Work Ethic Separates Thriving Franchise Owners From Struggling
37:02 Sales And Operations Win Only When They Respect
48:14 Generational Leadership Requires Open Dialogue And Healthy Debate

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raytitus/

Website: https://unitedfranchisegroup.com/

The next generation will lead differently. The real advantage belongs to businesses ready to evolve without abandoning the principles that built them.

He walked into Shanghai at 26 with zero playbook, zero brand recognition, zero safety net and turned a failing startup into the foundation of one of the most compelling CEO careers in global business today. David Hewitt, CEO of Hyperion Solutions, has led across five countries, multiple industries, every ownership structure imaginable and built high performance cultures from the ground up. This is not leadership theory. This is field tested, battle hardened wisdom from a man who chose the hardest path every single time and won.

00:00 Why does choosing the most brutal assignment accelerate leadership faster than any formal training ever could?
12:38 When should a leader act without complete information and when does waiting become a dangerous liability?
25:53 Is your team's resistance to change actually the most valuable strategic data you are sitting on?
51:59 What does a genuinely differentiated private equity growth strategy look like inside a competitive industrial market?

If your business needs a partner who delivers tailored solutions across the full elevator system lifecycle, this is the team built differently from every competitor in the space.

You can get in touch with David Hewitt here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidehewitt/
Website: https://www.hyperion-solutions.com/

I hope you enjoyed this episode of The High-Performance Herd!
– David and The High-Performance Herd Podcast team :)

Connect with me: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-quick-leadership-coaching/

Listen to The High-Performance Herd on these podcast platforms: 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jjo3iCYhMkK7OSnPc19SE
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-high-performance-herd/id1874589807
Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/712017ad-55b4-427e-8c88-4942bfb5f1ad

#HighPerformanceHerd #DavidQuick #LeadershipCoaching #CEOCoaching #ExecutiveLeadership #ScalingBusiness #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamPerformance #CEOBurnout #BusinessGrowth #LeadershipStrategy #FounderJourney #TeamAlignment #ExecutiveCoaching #BusinessLeadership
The High-Performance Herd is a podcast for CEOs and founders who refuse to sacrifice everything for success. Hosted by David Quick, an executive coach who's been in the CEO seat three times and coached over 1,500 leaders, each episode features candid peer conversations with business leaders navigating the messy reality of scaling teams, building high-performing cultures, and leading without burning out.
David brings a bull's perspective to leadership—focused on multiplying impact without multiplying hours, building teams that perform without constant direction, and thriving rather than just surviving. Whether you're a bottleneck CEO where everything runs through you, managing a disconnected leadership team, or working 60-70 hour weeks wondering if there's a better way, this podcast delivers practical insights from leaders who've found their path from overextended operator to empowered leader.