Frank Blake was the CEO of Home Depot - the largest home improvement retailer in America and one of the largest companies in the world - where he led the turnaround of the customer experience, the employee experience, and not uncoincidentally, Home Depot’s stock price. Frank joins Adam to share his journey and best lessons and advice. Frank and Adam discuss leadership, management, culture, customer-centricity, career development, takeaways from Jack Welch, George H.W. Bush, and Bernie Marcus, and more.

Jonathan Johnson is the CEO of Overstock, where he oversees a business that generated more than $2.7 billion last year. Jonathan joins Adam to share his journey and best lessons learned along the way. Jonathan and Adam discuss a wide range of topics: leading in times good, bad, and uncertain; reinventing yourself and your business model; building winning teams and cultures; attaining success personally and professionally; and much more.

Deb Liu is the CEO of Ancestry, the largest genealogy company in the world. Deb was previously a senior executive at Facebook, where she founded and oversaw Facebook Marketplace. Deb joins Adam to share her personal and professional journey and best lessons and advice from her experiences leading a multibillion-dollar company, creating and building a product used by more than a billion people a month, and developing the skills, relationships, and mindset required to rise to the top.

One of the greatest swimmers of all time, Gary Hall Jr. is a five-time Olympic gold medalist with ten Olympic medals in total. Gary competed in three Olympic Games - two after being told by doctors that his career was over - and won gold medals in each. Gary joins Adam to share his journey and best lessons learned along the way. Gary and Adam discuss a wide range of topics: reaching peak performance, managing pressure and expectations, overcoming obstacles, motivation, mentorship, mindset, and more.

Jeh Johnson served as Secretary of Homeland Security, where he led almost a quarter of a million employees and managed a budget of nearly $65 billion. The first African-American partner at Paul, Weiss, Secretary Johnson previously served as General Counsel of the Department of Defense and GC of the Air Force. Secretary Johnson joins Adam to share his journey and best lessons on a wide range of topics, including leadership, personal and professional development, decision-making, managing pressure, and more.

The leader of one of America’s largest wireless communications companies, Laurent Therivel is the CEO of UScellular, where he oversees a business that serves more than 5 million customers and generates more than $4 billion annually. Laurent joins Adam to share his journey and best lessons learned along the way. Laurent and Adam discuss leadership and management; personal discovery and development; career development; overcoming failures, setbacks, and challenges; and much more.

Simon Allen is the CEO of McGraw Hill, a multibillion-dollar educational publishing business that serves millions of educators and students across more than 100 countries. Simon joins Adam to share his journey and best lessons and advice. Simon and Adam discuss personal discovery, professional development, leadership, communications, hiring, building winning teams and relationships, navigating times of crisis, international business, and much more.

Lieutenant General Lori Reynolds was the highest-ranking woman in the Marine Corps for almost a decade. One of only three female three-star generals in Marine Corps history, General Reynolds spent more than 35 years serving and breaking barriers in the Marines. General Reynolds joins Adam to share her journey and best lessons and advice. General Reynolds and Adam discuss personal and professional development; leadership; building winning teams and cultures; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and much more.

Michael Einziger is the lead guitarist and songwriter for Incubus, which has sold more than 23 million albums around the world. Mike has also co-written, produced, and collaborated with a wide range of top artists, including Pharrell Williams, Hans Zimmer, and Avicii, and is the co-founder of two technology companies, Mixhalo and Versicolor Technologies. Mike joins Adam to share his journey and best lessons and advice.

The co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite, Julia Hartz built and leads a business that disrupted the world of events. Julia joins Adam to share her journey and best lessons learned along the way. Julia and Adam discuss a wide range of topics: entrepreneurship, leadership, growth and scale, hiring, self-care, gender equity in technology and male-dominated industries, the future of events, and much more.