The High Performance Herd

Danny Schnaars did not simply inherit a business. He inherited a standard, and at AmeriGlobe LLC, he is quietly rewriting what a 30 year manufacturing company looks like when relentless conviction meets radical innovation.

📦 From Plant Floor to Patent Powerhouse
How working the grind shaped a CEO who leads without authority and still wins every room.

⚙️ The Fusion Revolution Challenging 60 Years of Industry Thinking
Why AmeriGlobe LLC is pouring over half its profits into eliminating the sewing needle from bulk bag manufacturing forever.

🌍 Selling to a Market That Does Not Know It Has a Problem
The exact three audience strategy converting a conservative global supply chain into fusion early adopters.

🏭 Where Family Culture and High Performance Share the Same Floor
How generational loyalty, tribal knowledge transfer, and incentive driven accountability coexist inside one of America's most innovative manufacturing families.

Every threat is an opportunity. Danny Schnaars is proving it one patent at a time.

You can get in touch with Danny Schnaars here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-schnaars/
Website: https://www.ameriglobe-fibc.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
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#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.

AI and fleet utilization are reshaping modern trucking. Marc El Khoury, Co Founder and CEO of aifleet, explores how artificial intelligence can help trucking companies unlock more capacity, improve operational efficiency, and build a more intelligent freight network.

This conversation goes beyond AI hype to examine the real operational challenges facing trucking fleets. Marc shares insights into fleet utilization, asset productivity, driver experience, network optimization, and the decisions required to build a more efficient trucking operation.

00:00 AI Meets the Real Problems Inside Trucking Operations
05:12 Turning Fleet Utilization Into Untapped Operating Capacity
10:38 AI Driven Decisions Across Modern Freight Networks
16:24 Improving Truck Productivity Without Adding More Assets
22:17 Building Technology Around Drivers And Fleet Operations
28:41 Scaling Trucking Efficiency Through Better Data And AI
34:06 The Next Competitive Advantage In Fleet Utilization

You can get in touch with Marc El Khoury here on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-el-khoury-a59b111/
Website: https://aifleet.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.

James Freeman stepped into PJ Fitzpatrick at the peak of a global pandemic with zero hesitation and a single audacious conviction: belief, not budget, is what builds extraordinary companies. Today, the nation's number one ranked home improvement CEO has scaled PJ Fitzpatrick from $25 million to over $150 million and is locked on $800 million by 2030.

In this episode, James unpacks the frameworks, values, and leadership philosophy behind one of the most remarkable scaling stories in the home services industry.

🏛️ The Culture Blueprint: How Core Values Became PJ Fitzpatrick's Fiercest Competitive Edge
🎯 The Belief Doctrine: Why Vision and Clarity Outperform Every Business Strategy
📈 The Velocity Framework: Scaling Responsibly from $25M to $150M Without Losing the Soul
🎓 The Talent Dynasty: PJ University, Emerging Leaders and Promoting from Within

You can get in touch with James Freeman here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/freemanjames/
Website: https://www.pjfitz.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.

From solving equations to solving one of healthcare's toughest problems, Jill Pellegrino, CEO of AutoCruitment, reveals how a lifelong love of mathematics became the foundation for leadership, clinical trials innovation and patient recruitment at scale. She unpacks her rise from Acurian to CVS Health to AutoCruitment, sharing hard won lessons on healthcare leadership, growth strategy, team building, executive leadership, management framework and private equity partnerships for a global business audience.

🎯 The mathematician's path to executive leadership
🧭 Building a management framework that scales fast
🤝 Creating accountability inside high performing teams
🚀 Future growth strategy for patient recruitment access

This conversation explores how to build a high performing team, patient recruitment strategies for clinical trials, leadership lessons from private equity, and scaling a healthcare business from founder led to structured growth, for founders and healthcare leaders worldwide.

Connect with Jill Pellegrino for partnership and growth opportunities in patient recruitment and healthcare leadership.

You can get in touch with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-pellegrino-a85a963/
Website: https://www.autocruitment.com/

He started on a forklift. He rose through Fortune 100 logistics. He turned around a failing freight company, rebranded it, sold it into a $900M Maersk deal, and then walked away from $5 million in annual revenue to start from zero again. Not because he had to. Because he saw the thing the entire $270 billion air freight industry was too comfortable to admit: the quote was never the product. The commitment behind it was. Aircon is the AI decision layer that validates routes, margins, and feasibility before a single promise leaves your desk, and it is rewriting what winning in air cargo actually looks like.

What you will explore:
📦 The $5M Surrender: Why strategically killing an entire revenue base was the most courageous bet Aircon ever made
🧠 Speed Is a Lie: How faster quoting without commitment quality is just expensive noise wearing a new disguise
🗣 When Smart People Still Speak Different Languages: The internal alignment crisis that nearly broke a company mid transformation
🌍 The Decision Layer Nobody Built Until Now: How Aircon is shifting air freight from reactive execution to proactive commitment intelligence

You can get in touch with Chris Condon here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-condon-air-freight-ai/
Website: https://aircon.ai

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.

David Clifton walked into CIP Retail two years ago expecting to close a 50 year old retail design and manufacturing business for good. What he built from the wreckage is one of the most compelling CEO turnaround stories in American small business history.

Today CIP Retail is profitable, process driven and built for scale.
🎬 The CEO Seat Nobody Warned Him About
🔥 The Fridge Analogy That Turned a Company Around
📐 When a Numbers Man Had to Lead Creatives
🚀 The Scale Plan: What CIP Retail Is Building

If you are a grocery retailer, store developer or brand owner ready to transform your retail space, David Clifton and CIP Retail are who you call.

You can get in touch with David Clifton here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drclifton/
Website: https://www.cipretail.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.

From sorting nuts and bolts on a factory floor at age four to commanding a 100 million dollar retail empire, Brett Nelson, CEO of The Peggs Company, proves that legacy is built, not inherited. This episode of High Performance Heard unpacks raw, unfiltered leadership lessons on family business succession, CEO transition, and scaling a third generation manufacturing company into retail's most trusted partner.
What you will explore 
🎯 The hidden cost of inheriting a starved business
🤝 Why father son succession planning breaks teams
⚡ Building an executive leadership team that owns decisions
🚀 Turning tariff chaos into a strategic reset year
Brett gets candid about buying out his father, surviving steel tariff disruptions, firing the wrong executive hire, and why retail's number one partner is more than a slogan, it is a growth engine philosophy reshaping company culture from the ground up. Global founders, family business owners, and supply chain leaders will find bold, business succession wisdom here.

You can get in touch with Brett Nelson here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettnelsonpeggs/
Website: https://thepeggscompany.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.

In this episode, Ryan Getz shares his leadership journey, the lessons learned from scaling a growing organization, and the principles behind building high-performing teams. He discusses how purpose, values, trust, and self-awareness shape strong leadership and sustainable company culture.

Ryan explains the importance of developing future leaders, empowering employees, and creating an environment where people can thrive. Together, Ryan and David Quick explore the realities of long-term success, talent development, organizational growth, and the challenges leaders face as companies evolve.

The conversation highlights the role of integrity, listening, and accountability in building resilient teams, while offering practical insights on leadership development, team performance, and creating a values-driven organization that can scale successfully.

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 town of 4,500 people in Ontario to the CEO chair of Mackage, one of luxury fashion's most electrifying transformation stories, Tanya Golesic proves that relentless work ethic and radical brand authenticity are the only credentials that truly matter when building a billion dollar global empire.
Tanya Golesic, CEO of Mackage, carried the precision of Ralph Lauren, the global sophistication of LVMH and Marc Jacobs, and the brand instincts of Jimmy Choo into one defining mission: evolve a beloved Canadian outerwear label into a global luxury lifestyle powerhouse.
This conversation is a masterclass in leadership courage, brand storytelling, and the raw grit behind scaling a fashion house from the inside out.
🎯 The Origin Blueprint: From Steaming Samples to the World Stage
🏆 The Luxury Code: How Mackage Outgrew the Puffer Jacket Forever
🌍 The Culture War: Leading Across Borders Without Losing Your Brand Soul
🚀 The Billion Dollar Bench: Building the Leadership Team That Actually Scales

You can get in touch with Tanya Golesic here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyagolesic/
Website: https://www.mackage.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.

 From learning what leadership truly means by watching his father succeed, to building a software empire across an entire continent, Justin Newell, CEO of Inform North America, is proof that extraordinary authority is not given. It is engineered, role by role, decision by decision, and market by market.
📍 The Trench Blueprint for Tech Leadership
How mastering every organizational role builds unshakeable software industry authority
📍 From Brand Invisibility to Market Authority
The referenceable customer strategy that transformed Inform North America
📍 Culture Wins. Always Wins.
Why organizational culture and trust are your most powerful talent retention weapons
📍 The Next Generation Leadership Contract
Decoding the younger workforce and building a scalable leadership team

You can get in touch with Justin Newell here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinjnewell/
Website: https://www.inform-software.com/en/

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.