In this enlightening episode, we're thrilled to bring you an engaging conversation with Steven Hoffman, a globally recognized authority in the startup space. Also known as 'Captain Hoff', Steven is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators, an acclaimed author, and an esteemed innovation consultant.

Steven brings his wealth of experience in the startup sector to this episode, shedding light on the pivotal role of people in determining the success of any startup. He elaborates on why an idea, no matter how groundbreaking, is not enough to guarantee success. Instead, it’s the people who execute the idea – the team – that ultimately defines the trajectory of a startup.

Hoffman provides insights into his unique philosophies and tried-and-tested strategies for assembling the right team, fostering a positive and productive culture, and successfully navigating the challenging landscape of startup entrepreneurship. This episode is packed with invaluable advice and takeaways that will benefit both seasoned entrepreneurs and those just starting on their journey.

Website: https://www.foundersspace.com/

Dr. Mark Goulston is a business psychiatrist, former FBI hostage negotiation trainer, and Marshall Goldsmith MG100 Executive Coach. He is the author or co-author of nine books translated into 42 languages, including "Just Listen," which became the top book on listening in the world. He hosts the "My Wakeup Call" podcast, is a co-founder of 90 Second Mentor on LinkedIn, is a Founding Member of the Newsweek Executive Forum, is the inventor of Surgical Empathy, which he used to prevent suicide in all his patients and is the Executive Producer of, “What I Wish My Parents Knew.”

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In this episode, Skot Waldron interviews Todd Cherches, the CEO and co-founder of BigBlueGumball, a New York City-based leadership development and consulting firm. The discussion revolves around unlocking visual thinking through "Visual Leadership," which is Todd's unique approach to leadership development. Visual Leadership is a methodology that leverages the power of visual thinking to help leaders think, communicate, and collaborate more effectively.

Todd shares his personal journey of how he became interested in Visual Leadership and the benefits of incorporating visual thinking into leadership development. He also provides practical tips and techniques for listeners who want to improve their visual thinking skills. Through the course of the episode, listeners will gain a better understanding of how Visual Leadership can be applied in their personal and professional lives, as well as the role it plays in promoting effective leadership practices. Overall, this episode is a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning about the intersection of leadership development and visual thinking.

Guest: Todd Cherches  Title: Co-Founder & CEO Company: BigBlueGumball Website: http://www.bigbluegumball.com/

Andrew believes that people want to do good work, achieve, grow, and be part of something bigger than themselves. For over 25 years, He has been a driving force in building winning cultures whose foundations are built upon a systems-based approach to creating a barrier-free work environment. In doing so, He has mastered ways translate individual, team, and organizational talent and potential into tangible business results.

As Managing Partner of SHIFT Consulting, he has helped countless companies across diverse industries flourish through a focus on strategy, flawless execution, change management, organizational design and development, executive leadership development, performance management, and revamping and revitalizing organizational systems and processes.

Andrew has documented and shared his expertise in his best selling book, THRIVE: The Leader’s Guide to building a high performance culture 

Title: Managing Partner  Company: SHIFT Website: https://www.shiftthework.com/latch 

Jason Sperling is an executive creative marketing lead with a proven ability to lead multiple teams and agencies, and create smart, strategic, breakthrough work. Continually earning the trust and appreciation from global brands, which have included Facebook, Honda, Apple, TikTok, Amazon, Disney Pixar, FOX, UNICEF and the LGBT Center Los Angeles.

Accolades include: Grand Effie for ad effectiveness, Cannes Gold Lions in Film, Social Good, Design, Cyber and Health categories, multiple One Show Gold Pencils, and an Emmy nom.

Apple ‘Mac vs PC’ campaign declared “Best of the Century” by AdWeek.

2020 Tedx Speaker @ Carnegie Mellon University.

Top 30 US Creative Directors, Adweek Top 40 over 40 Digital Creatives, Campaign US

Author of Creative Directions: Mastering the Move from Talent to Leader (publisher: Harper Collins Leadership).

Author of Look At Me When I’m Talking to You: Building Brand Attraction in an Age of Brand Aversion (on Instagram at @lookatmebook).

Board member at UCLA School of Sociology and Depressed Cake Shop. Distinguished Alumni Award winner, Academy of Art University.

Guest: Jason Sperling Title: Global Executive Creative Director Company: Facebook Reality Labs Website: https://about.facebook.com/

Tonille Miller is a Global Transformation and People Experience Leader | Helping Leaders Create the Conditions for Their People and Organizations to Thrive.

After spending over 15 years as an executive, management consultant, and I/O psychologist, advising and partnering with leaders to drive the optimal performance of their people and organizations, she has seen the things that trip leaders and organizations up in doing this work.

She also discovered what works and built playbooks to bridge the gap between what leaders are trying to accomplish and what their people need to do the best work of their lives and drive the organization forward.

This flywheel effect, when harnessed, is extremely powerful…and it’s easier than you think.

Guest: Tonille Miller Title: Founder Company: EXT - Experience and Transformation Website: https://https://www.experienceandtransformation.com/

Matt Doherty played and coached basketball at the University of North Carolina. He started on the 1982 National Championship team with NBA greats Michael Jordan and James Worthy. The program was led by legendary coach Dean Smith. After one year as the head coach at Notre Dame, Matt took over the UNC program and led them to the 2001 regular season ACC Championship while being named AP National Coach of the Year.

Since his time at UNC, Coach Doherty worked as the head coach at FAU and SMU in addition to working at ESPN, the Indiana Pacers and the Atlantic 10 Conference. He currently runs the Doherty Coaching Practice which includes executive coaching, seminars, and corporate talks. He continues to work in the media with weekly radio shows in Charlotte on WFNZ (sports talk) and WBT (news and current events), and the ACC Network where he is a color analyst for basketball games. Matt is married to Kelly and has two children, Tucker and Hattie. They reside in Mooresville, NC.

Guest: Matt Doherty Title: Chairman, Leadership Author and Public Speaker Company: Vistage Website: https://www.vistage.com/

Music degree in college, 1st job was a Gatorland (alligator farm in Orlando), 6 years as a middle school teacher, 21 years at Hard Rock International as Head of Training & Development. Now, a keynote speaker, best-selling author, podcaster, and entrepreneur. Delivers 35-40 engagements/year around company culture, leadership, customer service, and building rock-star teams. Best-selling author of "Culture That Rocks" (2014) and "Leadership That Rocks" (2021). Co-host of Top 200 business podcast, "Thoughts That Rock".

Guest: Jim Knight  Title: Founder & CEO Company: Knight Speaker LLC Website: https://www.knightspeaker.com/

Jennifer Chapman, an Indy native and Ball State graduate, has had a unique road to get here to where she is today. Life challenged her first at 11 with the unexpected loss of her mom and again at 34 while excelling in Corp Sales. After doing consistent work with a life coach to overcome the mental and emotional challenges internally, Jennifer shifted in 2020 and found the passion and need to coach others through life’s challenges.

She created Just Commit Coaching and offers a 1:1 coaching program for career professionals who are just surviving go from feeling depleted to physically, mentally, and emotionally thriving by embracing their inner warrior.

Guest: Jennifer Lynn Chapman Title: Founder & Certified Life Coach Company: Just Commit Coaching Email: [email protected]

As a Silicon Valley veteran with 15 years of experience as the Executive Business Partner for Jeff Bezos (Founder and CEO of Amazon), Marissa Mayer (former CEO of Yahoo!) and Chief of Staff to Eric Schmidt (CEO/Executive Chairman of Google), Ann applies lessons of innovation, ambition, growth at scale, and forward-thinking leadership to expand businesses and individual careers.

As a Leadership Strategist, she helps entrepreneurs do this in the following ways:

✔️One-on-One Strategy Consulting

✔️Keynote Speeches & Workshops

✔️Mastermind Group Training (coming soon!)

✔️Corporate and Entrepreneur Leadership Retreats

✔️Weekly Newsletters with Articles and Videos

✔️Weekly podcast, Bet on Yourself Her new book, Bet On Yourself, published by HarperCollins Leadership, offers guidance and stories from my experiences in Silicon Valley.

These lessons help readers:

✔️Define your abilities and speak up to be recognized for your work and capabilities.

✔️Create a career of your own, independent of the people and company you work for.

✔️Understand what it takes to build the confidence you need to be successful in your career.

Her book shares the skills she developed working for Jeff Bezos, Marissa Mayer and Eric Schmidt to reverse engineer moonshot goals into strategic, actionable steps across your entire organization. She helps companies grow, scale, and innovate to increase revenue, attract the right investors, hire competitive talent, and align internal growth strategies. She also shows how she reinvented her role at Google three times during her twelve years at Google and how any employee can also create opportunities for professional growth and advancement regardless of their current title or seniority. Available for purchase everywhere books are sold.

Learn more about where to grab your copy here: betonyourselfbook.com

Guest: Ann Hiatt Title: Leadership Strategist and Author

Book: Bet On Yourself Website: https://annhiatt.co/