6 leadership traps and how to avoid them

CEO James Daunt has now rescued two iconic bookstore chains: Barnes & Noble and Waterstones. He joins host Jeff Berman to discuss the turnarounds, plus how bookstores are preparing for an onslaught of AI-written content, his BookTok strategy, and why local control is the key to m ...  Show more

Few leaders have a better real-time read on how AI is actually reshaping the workforce than Hayden Brown. As CEO of Upwork, the platform where 18 million freelancers meet the businesses that need them, she sees what the monthly jobs report can't: which skills are surging, which j ...  Show more

Today, we’ll hear about: •       The best way to transition leadership in family business •       Vic Keller’s tactics to his entrepreneurial success •       A caller with an enormous amount of risky business debt •       The questions you need to ask yourself when deciding betwe ...  Show more

Today, we hear from: A business leader who is in the middle of a family business nightmare from inheritance A business owner who wants Dave to talk him out of financing a vehicle for the tax break An inventor who is wondering if he should work with a venture capitalist A jour ...  Show more

Listen carefully … the kind of repeated apologizing I’m speaking about in this episode of the podcast is a “real issue” … leaders need to stop pressure at their level not enhance it. This podcast episode is the Q&A segment at the Lockton G ...

Today we’ll hear about: •       How to avoid convoluted family succession plans •       The best way to increase profit when your business has plateaued •       A business owner who doesn’t have a lease with her landlord (and it’s putting her business in danger) •       The three ...  Show more