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Go First With Jaime Taets

Jaime Taets, Owner, President & Founder

Hosted by CEO, leadership expert, keynote speaker and author Jaime Taets, Go First explores what happens when successful people stop waiting for certainty and start moving before they feel ready.Through honest conversations with CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, athletes and high-performing leaders — along with Jaime"s solo insights — the show goes behind the highlight reel to explore the decisions, fears, failures and transformations that shape successful people.Episodes explore leadership

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All Episodes

42:43

The Currency of Kindness: Kim Snow on Leading...

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2026/10/06

What happens when you leave a successful corporate career to lead a nonprofit you know as a parent, but not as a leader? Kim Snow knows this journey intimately. She spent years at Cargill leading strategy, marketing, and client services. Then she stepped into the role of Executive Director at Franklin Center, a school and adult program for individuals with neurodiversity. She was not an educator. She did not have a background in behavioral health. But she had curiosity, business experience, a...

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13:17

Your Body Knows Before Your Brain Does: Jaime Taets...

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2026/09/29

You know that feeling when something just clicks? When your body tells you yes before your brain can explain why? Jaime Taets calls it the fizzies, and she believes it is the most honest data you will ever have about whether you are on the right path. In this solo episode, Jaime explains what the fizzies are and why she started paying attention to them over a decade ago. It is that tingly sensation, the hair standing up on your arms, the moment when you feel fully alive and present. It shows ...

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34:47

Your Title Is Not Your Identity: Chris Heim on...

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2026/09/22

What happens when you've achieved everything you set out to accomplish, but you wake up one day and realize you've lost yourself in the process? Chris Heim, a three-time CEO and founder of Heim Leadership, joins Jaime to talk about reclaiming your identity when the title no longer defines you. Chris openly shares his journey from accidental CEO to someone who now understands that leadership isn't just about business outcomes. It's about creating an environment where motivated people can thriv...

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12:43

Stop Seeking External Validation to Feel Worthy: A...

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2026/09/15

Why do so many leaders feel empty despite achieving everything they set out to accomplish? The answer might surprise you. It's not about insecurity or weakness. It's about validation, and it's addictive. In this solo episode, Jaime Taets pulls back the curtain on a theme she's seen emerging in leaders everywhere: the relentless need for external approval. She shares why validation isn't about being insecure, how early career success trains us to seek it, and why the addiction cycle keeps lead...

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46:28

Redefining Success After the Title Is Gone: Dr. Linda...

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2026/09/08

What happens when the mountain you finally climbed disappears beneath your feet? Dr. Linda Schubring faced that exact moment and learned that losing a job doesn't mean losing your purpose. Dr. Linda Schubring joins Jaime Taets for an honest conversation about leadership, identity, resilience, and what it really takes to heal. Linda shares her journey from aspiring college president to reaching a leadership role at 29, losing that position, rebuilding her identity, becoming a mother and busine...

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1:11

Remember to Follow the New Podcast – View from the Top

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2026/01/21

View from the Top is now streaming on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Please do me a huge favor – follow and listen to the first episode out now. I can’t wait to share these new conversations with you. Coming from people who inspire me, and I know will inspire you too.Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube

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1:23

To new beginnings!

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2026/01/15

For almost eight years, I have had the privilege of hosting conversations with leaders who achieve incredible things. And earlier this year, I paused. Not because the work was finished, but because I wanted to be intentional about what came next. Today, I’m excited to relaunch the podcast under a new name: View From the Top. This show is for leaders who’ve reached the summit and realized that success doesn’t end there. It evolves. The climb mattered. The stumbles mattered. And often, the most

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34:07

Succeed More Than You Fail

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2025/02/19

Erin Newkirk is the Chief Brand and Marketing Officer at Caribou Coffee. Her career journey has been anything but typical and in this episode Erin shares her perspective on leading from the Head, Heart, Gut and Voice to truly create impact as a leader.

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33:10

Authenticity as a Leadership SuperPower

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2025/02/06

Tami Enfield, a Brand Strategist and the founder of Brand Yourself, a consultancy launched in 2011. Not only does she LOVE marketing strategy, it’s also her passion. She loves consulting about as much as she loves reading about it. After launching Brand Yourself, she’s been told (and tries to embody) that she has a mix … Continue reading Authenticity as a Leadership SuperPower →

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34:30

Measure Your Success in Years

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2025/01/16

Shay Eskew is a world renown endurance athlete, a dad of 5 kids, and a believer that success is on the other side of the uncomfortable things. His story of overcoming trauma at the age of 8 that significantly changed the trajectory of his life has led him to lead a life that constantly challenges … Continue reading Measure Your Success in Years →

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37:39

Live At Your Edges

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2024/12/19

Jill Kalogerson is a lawyer, a construction executive, a founder and owner and a community advocate, in addition to being a mom of 6! Through all of these roles, she has learned a lot about herself and how to live more at her edges so she is constantly challenging herself to grow. Her message is … Continue reading Live At Your Edges →

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32:25

If You Are in It, You Can’t Always See a Better Way

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2024/12/03

Klaus Lemke, Managing Principal at Midion, shares his journey to helping organizations and leaders get unstuck by asking different questions and showing them a better way. So many of us use the same thinking to solve our problems instead of challenging ourselves to think differently and have fearless experimentation. Here is a link to Klaus … Continue reading If You Are in It, You Can’t Always See a Better Way →

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36:58

The Power of Your Internal Voice

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2024/11/12

Megan Lindahl Goodrich is a trauma survivor who writes about her experiences in the book, Beyond Terminal: Processing Childhood Trauma to Reclaim Self. In this episode she shares her journey to healing and how it’s helped her step deeper into her leadership and purpose. Trauma does not have to be the thing that defines you, … Continue reading The Power of Your Internal Voice →

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38:18

Are You Having the Tough Conversations?

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2024/10/23

Gene Hammett is an executive coach who has lived many lives, including the collapse of his business and the rebuilding of his live. He was drawn to coaching when he realized that he was not a great leader, and through his own development decided that his purpose is to help other leaders on their journeys. … Continue reading Are You Having the Tough Conversations? →

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34:55

Leadership is a Service Job

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2024/10/02

Leah Berend is a force in the private equity and investment world. She joins us to share her perspective on how business has to change, leaders have to lead in a different way and be present in their leadership to produce the results of the future. This podcast will inspire you and give you hope … Continue reading Leadership is a Service Job →

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36:21

Just Own It…Own It All

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2024/09/18

The more we work on ourselves, the more successful we will be in all aspects of our lives. Dawn Dahlby is a successful entrepreneur, speaker and Author of Live WELLthy, and she attributes her success to decades of personal development work. She works on herself so she can be better for those around you. Her … Continue reading Just Own It…Own It All →

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38:38

Model the Way Forward

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2024/09/04

As leaders, our job is to not always have the answer, but to model the way forward in how we get to the answer. When we get hung up on being the smartest in the room or feeling like we don’t have it all together, we show up in a way that isn’t authentic and … Continue reading Model the Way Forward →

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35:38

Never Settle, Dig Deeper

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2024/07/11

Kelly Veit is the CEO of Veit & Company. She joins us to share her non-traditional career path that has allowed her to use her superpowers to become the leader the organization needs at this phase of their growth. Kelly’s deep commitment to her own growth has helped her ensure she has the skills necessary … Continue reading Never Settle, Dig Deeper →

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32:08

Leaders are Dealers of Hope

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2024/06/26

Kelly Aronson joins the podcast for a second time to share more wisdom and how she is re-inventing herself to keep her passion and energy as a leader. As our career progresses, it can be easy to get caught on auto-pilot, focusing on issues and what next problem you need to solve. But you can’t … Continue reading Leaders are Dealers of Hope →

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36:38

Finding Your Internal Source of Motivation

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2024/06/12

David Strohsack has led a successful corporate career, rising through the ranks to now leading a newly acquired company through significant change and transformation. Through it all he has leaned on his internal motivation to be better and do better to help him become a truly conscious leader. Listen in to hear more about his … Continue reading Finding Your Internal Source of Motivation →

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