Wharton Executive Education Podcast

In this episode of the Wharton Alumni Executive Education podcast, Alex Gramatzki (Host) will be interviewing Brian Garish. Brian is the President of Mars Veterinary Health International, the world’s largest provider of veterinary care. The interview will cover the "people strategy" as a business strategy.  How inclusive leadership impacts people, society, and leads to best business results.

Kevin Schimelfenig has build his net worth to a point where he had to establish the McGeever Family Office where he is also the Managing Partner. His role is to make sure the family grows the money faster than the family can spend it.  In this episode Alex Gramatzki will be asking Kevin about how he grew his wealth and what lessons he has learned along the way. The show notes are below:

0:46 - What is a Family Office?

6:08 – Instilling values and teaching your children to be successful

8:50 – Kevins path to success as 1 of 10 kids

15:01 – The youngest of 10 siblings

20:31 – What is it like to be dyslexic?

23:35 – 4 Types of Intelligence

27:05 – How do you make investment decisions?

35:45 – How do you measure success?

In this episode the Tamas Hevizi shares insights on what he learned about digital value creation and what it was like working at companies like Deloitte, Ernst & Young, SAP, and now Automation Anywhere. 

In this episode Jan Havel, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of ACTUM Digital talks about what it is like working with clients that have hundreds of years of history and what he has learned from working with those clients. Jan was also recently featured in Forbes and he has a doctorate from the Prague University of Economics and Business. See the show note below:

1:06 – What does ACTUM Digital do?

3:33 – Serving clients with 50 to 250 years of operating history

8:20 – How to pass on values of the founders

12:40 – Why can values survive in a company but not in a democracy?

23:20 – Hiring expensive people does not mean they are good fit for the company

29:40 – Finding the right people to take your company to the next level

33:45 – The two best questions to ask to determine if someone will be a good leader

In this episode Jan Havel, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of ACTUM Digital talks about what it is like working with clients that have hundreds of years of history and what he has learned from working with those clients. Jan was also recently featured in Forbes and he has a doctorate from the Prague University of Economics and Business. See the show note below:

1:06 – What does ACTUM Digital do?

3:33 – Serving clients with 50 to 250 years of operating history

8:20 – How to pass on values of the founders

12:40 – Why can values survive in a company but not in a democracy?

23:20 – Hiring expensive people does not mean they are good fit for the company

29:40 – Finding the right people to take your company to the next level

33:45 – The two best questions to ask to determine if someone will be a good leader

In this episode, Alexander Gramatzki talks to CEO, Andrew Davies about how he built and incentivized his team at SPOL (a higher education software company) so it was ready to be sold. Andrew dives into lessons he learned along the way, important skills he to master, and obstacles he has overcome. 

On this episode of the Wharton Alumni Executive Education Podcast, host Peter Bartek sits down with Pan Partners' President and Founder Peyman Nejad to discuss the future of tall buildings in the United States. 

On the first episode of the Wharton Alumni Executive Education Podcast, host Peter Bartek sits down with Muny LLC's President and Founder Tip Powers to discuss a way for people to save tons of money but utilizing the tax benefits of Puerto Rico. 

Coming this May, join Co-President GMP/AFP of the Wharton Alumni Executive Education Club, Peter Bartek, as he hosts the all-new Wharton Alumni Executive Education Podcast. On the show, he'll talk to top business executives from all over the world in a wide variety of industries about business news, tips and trends. You don't want to miss it!