Getting promoted over your friends is one of the hardest transitions on church staff. On Friday they were your peers. On Monday they report to you. In the final episode of our Likable Leader series, Jonathan Malm and Jason Young talk through Chapter 11, Forged in the Fire, and what happens to your leadership when things get hard: conflict, disappointment, transitions, and chaos.Anyone can be likable when the church is healthy and everyone agrees with you. The real test comes when a friend doesn't

When Wiz brought in new go-to-market leadership and decided to go big, Lauren Lynch's commercial org went from about 40 people to more than 80 in a couple of months. She explains why hiring at that speed made her process tighter, not looser, and walks through the steps she used at Wiz and took with her to Drata to keep the bar where it was. If you are about to scale a cyber sales team, this is the episode to hear first. In this episode The numbers behind the Wiz commercial build: 35 to 65 AEs...

Aus organischen Reststoffen werden Proteine, Fette und Dünger - und REPLOID will daraus ein internationales Kreislaufgeschäft bauen. CEO und Gründer Philip Pauer erklärt, warum sich der Fokus von Landwirten hin zur Lebensmittelindustrie verschiebt: Dort fallen große Reststoffmengen an, Entscheidungen fallen schneller und Aufträge werden teils mit 40 bis 50 % angezahlt. Im ersten Halbjahr stieg der Umsatz nur leicht auf 10,6 Mio. Euro, das EBIT sank auf 3,9 Mio. Euro und der Periodenüberschuss auf

What if the key to building a tech enterprise that lasts isn't inventing breakthrough technology, but solving the right problem first?In this episode of Big Hitters with Larry Weidel, host Larry Weidel sits down with Dejan Nenov, CTO and CISO at Taichin AI and veteran entrepreneur who has helped build operating companies returning over $3.5 billion in value across chips, cybersecurity, energy, and healthcare. Dejan shares his journey from coming to the U.S. from Eastern Europe as a teenager to

Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. This week, we dive into viral interview etiquette, ultra-fast AI tools for work triage, workplace beekeeping, the science of first impressions, and answer your burning workplace surgery questions.🚀 Special Announcement: Cornerstone Launch Before we jump into the news, Al and Leanne share an exciting update about the launch of Cornerstone! Be sure to register your interest

In this episode of Life in Digital, host Jenny Dunford is joined by Josephine Phipps, CEO of Illuminate Digital, to explore what it really takes to drive ecommerce growth in an increasingly challenging market. Josephine shares her career journey and insights from leading an agency working with brands across creative, media and performance marketing.The conversation dives into the growing pressure for brands to produce more creative in response to AI-driven platforms like Meta's Andromeda, and

What happens when a data platform is legally defensible, operationally embedded and publicly distrusted at the same time? More than 44,000 people have filed Article 21 objections under UK GDPR against NHS England's Palantir-powered Federated Data Platform, live in 142 trusts, weeks before a February 2027 contract break clause comes into reach. The position here: objection handling is a throughput problem, not a policy document.You come away able to pressure-test your own platform. Check the

In this episode of the Think Factory Podcast, Alexis Crowell, General Manager of Americas and Global CMO at Axelera AI, discusses her unconventional career journey across finance, engineering, technology, marketing, and executive leadership. Alexis shares how taking on unfamiliar challenges, including leading a team of software engineers without an engineering background, taught her the value of curiosity, learning, and being comfortable saying, “I don’t know, but I’ll figure it out.” She also

Send us Fan Mail Why do leaders start checking everyone's work under pressure? I'm Sahar Andrade, MB.BCh, Neuroleadership Coach and Forbes Coaches Council member. My read is that checking can become a way of closing an open question when a leader is carrying too much. No study shows that overloaded leaders check their teams more. The research gives pieces of the picture: a 2009 review in Nature Reviews Neuroscience reports that even mild uncontrollable stress can wea...

Optimism isn’t about ignoring problems or pretending everything will work out. It’s about acknowledging challenges while believing that your actions can still make a difference. Psychologist and researcher Michelle Gielan says leaders can cultivate that mindset in themselves and their teams and argues that, when they do, it creates a powerful performance advantage. Drawing on an 11-year dataset of more than 25,000 business professionals, she shares research linking optimism to higher productivity,

In this episode of Financial Modeler’s Corner, host Paul Barnhurst sits down with Danielle Stein Fairhurst to discuss how AI is changing financial modeling, why modelers need to keep learning, and how dynamic arrays are shaping the future of Excel. Danielle also shares her thoughts on model design, AFM exam preparation, and why strategic thinking still matters in an AI-driven world.Danielle Stein Fairhurst is the Principal Financial Modeling Specialist at Plum Solutions, a Microsoft Excel MVP,

Sometimes the scoreboard says you’re losing long before the game is actually over.Sunday, our 12U Orioles fell behind the Cardinals 10–4 heading into the fourth inning.The boys looked discouraged.So I asked them:“Who thinks we can win this game?”Nobody raised a hand.Nobody said yes.So I told them:“We need five quick runs, then some quick outs, and it’s possible. I need you to believe.”Then I started calling them out by name.Gyson.Rhys.Miller.One kid got his first hit of the season.Others walked, got

Como saber quem devo ajudar?Ajudar alguém é uma atitude nobre. Mas será que devemos ajudar todas as pessoas que precisam? Existem situações em que ajudar fortalece, e outras em que a nossa ajuda pode alimentar dependência, irresponsabilidade ou até nos colocar em situações que não deveríamos assumir.Neste episódio do Conectando com a Inteligência, Cleiton Pinheiro fala sobre como desenvolver discernimento para entender quem devemos ajudar, quando devemos ajudar e até onde devemos ir. Porque ter um

In this episode of the Exceptional Sales Leader Podcast, I am joined by Mark Mills OBE, a distinguished entrepreneur from the UK, who has founded and sold five successful businesses. Mark shares his path from a young entrepreneur selling broken biscuits to a business mogul owning Cardpoint, a prominent independent cash machine company. Both lighthearted and informative, the episode dives into the challenges and triumphs Mark faced, offering an abundance of wisdom for aspiring entrepreneurs. He

A trip through Sri Lanka makes it hard to look at tea and cinnamon as ordinary groceries. You see the farms, meet the people, and start following the journey those products take beyond the island. Grace Sharkey and I talk about what I noticed during my visit, including the Port of Colombo and Sri Lanka’s place in Indian Ocean trade. We also discuss the work behind artisanal tea and the hospitality that made this trip feel so personal. This is the Sri Lanka conversation from our July Freight ...

How great would it be, having systems that sail smoothly no matter who is sick, who changes positions, who quits, who [insert out-of-the-blue incident here]? Tiff and Dana talk about what exactly to implement in your practice so that communication flows. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment Leave us a review Tiffanie (00:01) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. We are so excited to be here with you today. I say it every single time. and I have Miss

What does service, sacrifice, and patriotism look like inside a modern American family? In this episode of the Clear Impact Podcast brought to you by MITER Brands University, host Sherri Connor sits down with Aaron and LuAnn Shadle to share a deeply personal conversation about military service, Gold Star families, leadership, resilience, and the values that shape strong communities. Aaron Shadle, a CNC machinist at MI’s Gratz Operations and former Navy

A conversation about sponsorship effectiveness, creativity and the price of chasing vibes. Richard is joined by Mike Grumbridge and Peter Wilson of Sid Lee Sport to talk about Mike's recent Marketing Week piece: "Stop confusing vibes with sponsorship effectiveness" which took the Levi's Stadium ambush at this summer's FIFA World Cup as a starting point in to an argument about the value of official and unofficial sponsorship. From there the conversation widens: why sponsorship still can't prov...

A “slowdown” in healthcare spending sounds like relief until you ask one uncomfortable question: what if the numbers look better because people are quietly priced out of care? We sit down with award-winning healthcare journalist and author Ken Terry to unpack why CMS spending projections can hide a worsening healthcare affordability crisis, especially as disposable income drops and families rank housing and groceries ahead of doctor visits they still need. We dig into the growing gap between...