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SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders working to be their best

Brett Pinegar: Leadership Coach and Strategist

SEEKING EXCELLENCE offers a fresh take on business leadership featuring in-depth interviews with leaders who are striving to become their best – to live and lead with excellence. Guests get vulnerable about their journey, the experiences they have had, and how they have changed and developed as a leader. We also learn from world-class experts who share compelling insights from their research on the practices of people and teams that are performing at their peak.

business management & marketing

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12: Cory Pinegar, CEO of CallForce, on Motivations,...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2020/05/19

Cory Pinegar is the CEO of CallForce. In this episode, you will learn a little bit about what it's like to be a young CEO, what motivates him, how he thinks about risk, and what advice he would give budding entrepreneurs. We also what mental models inform his thinking, how he prepares for each day, and what he is doing to make the best of COVID-19.

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11: Founders of Neighbor, Joseph Woodbury and Colton...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/06/05

Joseph Woodbury, Colton Gardner, and Preston Alder are the co-founders of Neighbor. Neighbor is the "Airbnb of storage." In this episode, I interview Joseph and Colton about their experience as relatively new leaders. During our conversation we covered: The challenge that led to the founding of Neighbor and the intentional role fostering community plays. (2:29) What motivated people who weren't thinking about being entrepreneurs to take the risk of building startup. (6:25) The role these play

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10: Bassam Salem, CEO of AtlasRTX, on Heroes Swimming...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/05/16

Bassam Salem is the CEO of AltasRTX based in Park City, UT. They deliver an integrated A.I. chatbot and message platform that enables a real-time customer experience that moves seamlessly from A.I. chatbots to real, live humans. I had a chance to meet the team and they are an impressive group of individuals. Previous he was the Chief Operating Officer at MaritzCX and the Chief Business Officer at inContact. During our conversation we discussed: His first professional leadership experience and the

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46:22

9: Stephenie Larsen, CEO of Encircle, on Being Brave,...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/05/09

Stephenie Larsen is the CEO of Encircle, a not-for-profit organization that seeks to deepen and enrich the conversation among communities of faith and LGBTQ teens and young adults. They teach individuals to love themselves and empower families to cultivate an environment where LGBTQ individuals can thrive. During our conversation we discuss: Why Stephenie started Encircle and how her vision for what it could be has grown. How her belief in her purpose helped be brave, the strong motivation she has

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45:36

8: Brock Blake, CEO of Lendio, on Pivots, How His...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/05/02

Brock Blake is the CEO of Lendio. Lendio is a small business loan marketplace, where business owner fills out one application, and gets access to about 75 lenders on our platform, and can comparison show, and choose the loan that is best for them. I love their mission of fueling the American Dream. During our conversation we discuss: How the business pivoted and evolved the business to the place it is today. How team members share customer stories to inspire each other. What they did when they

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45:26

7: Summer Harris, CEO of Baby Bling, on Overcoming...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/04/25

Summer Harris is the CEO of Baby Bling, an infant accessory company based in Utah. Baby Bling was founded in 2005 and has grown from a creative endeavor into a thriving business owned by women. Summer offers a compelling example that leadership excellence doesn’t depend on a business school degree or earning your stripes working for a well-known company. Summer is self-taught. She is hungry to develop and offers a path that more and more people are taking today. During our conversation, Summer

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6: David Bywater, CEO of Vivint Solar, on Bending...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/04/18

David Bywater is the Chief Executive Officer at Vivint Solar, a leading full-service residential solar integrator. Prior to joining Vivint Solar, David served as COO at Vivint Smart Home and was executive vice president at Xerox. Earlier in his career, David was a consultant with Bain & Company and the Monitor Group. In our discussion David shares his thoughts on: How to make failure a positive; The importance of a plan and momentum; Helping ordinary people do extraordinary things; Incentivizing

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5: Vance Checketts, VP/GM Dell EMC, on Diversity,...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/04/11

Vance is the senior executive for Dell EMC in Utah, a significant base within Dell Technologies, the largest privately-controlled IT company in the world. Under his leadership, Utah operations have grown rapidly with over 1,300 team members now based in the state. Last year, he was selected as one of Utah Business’ CEO of Year honorees. He has been with the Dell EMC since 2007, when EMC acquired Mozy. Prior to Mozy Vance worked at several other high-tech firms, including 10 years at Oracle in

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4: Trent Kaufman, CEO of the Cicero Group, on...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/04/04

Dr. Trent Kaufman is the Chief Executive Officer of Cicero Group, a strategy and management consulting firm based in Salt Lake City. Trent is respected globally for developing sophisticated systems to enable the use of performance data to maximize individual and team performance. Trent’s first “career” was in public education. He began as a social studies teacher in Washington D.C. before becoming a high school principal in the Bay Area of California. Trent earned a master’s degree from the

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Sean Ford, CMO at LogMeIn, on Mantras, Vulnerability,...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/03/29

W. Sean Ford serves as LogMeIn’s Chief Marketing Officer. Sean is responsible for leading all aspects of LogMeIn's global marketing organization including product marketing, field marketing, demand generation, communications, brand, and e-commerce. Sean previously was at Avid, where he led worldwide marketing strategy, he has also held executive positions with Zmags, Syncsort, and Oracle. Sean offers an introspective take on leadership to this episode of SEEKING EXCELLENCE. In this episode we cover:

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58:54

Rob Price, CEO of School of Rock, on Mentors,...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/03/28

Rob Price is the CEO of School of Rock. He has extensive experience building brands in the consumer, franchise and retail sectors. Prior to School of Rock, Rob served as President of Edible Arrangements, which integrates an online business and 1,300 franchised stores worldwide. Before that, he was SVP, Chief Marketing Officer at CVS Health. In this episode Rob and I discuss: - Do you have a job or a calling? - The power of a good mentor - Receiving and using tough feedback. "Digging for greater

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Matt Holland, UVU President, on Lincoln, Confident...

SEEKING EXCELLENCE: Conversations with leaders... ·

2018/03/27

Matthew Holland is the president of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Under Matt's leadership, UVU has grown rapidly and is now the largest university in the state of Utah. Not only is Matt a leader of a large educational institution, he studied the leadership styles of several political figures as part of his graduate studies and wrote the book, Bonds of Affection: Civic Charity and the Making of America―Winthrop, Jefferson, and Lincoln. Matt brings great insights on leadership to our first

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