New book “How Leaders Learn” now available! Host of @HowLeadersLead podcast and How Leaders Lead iPhone app. Country song writer. Co-founder of @YumBrands.

Louisville, KY
Joined June 2016
“It’s OK to not have all the answers. The very best leaders are trying to lead a team of people forward to find the right answers.” Kyle Leahy shares the leadership philosophy that’s helped her do just that at WHOOP, Glossier, Nike and more: youtu.be/Ms8N4JiC91M?si=_eD7…
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Your competitors have bigger budgets and bigger brands. How do you keep up without burning out your team? Joe Preston cracked the code at @newbalance – and his strategies might surprise you: youtube.com/watch?v=EsKozYwv…
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How does a 24-year-old with no construction experience turn a remediated coal mine in rural Nova Scotia into one of the world’s top golfing destinations? Find out with Cabot’s Ben Cowan-Dewar, NEW on How Leaders Lead: youtube.com/watch?v=LZVx2C1K…
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Zynga founder Mark Pincus on the rise and fall of the FarmVille era – and what every leader needs to learn from a season where everybody’s written you off: youtube.com/watch?v=T1E9ZS_Q…
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Demond Martin went from the White House to Harvard Business School to one of the world’s biggest hedge funds. Then he walked away to start WellWithAll, a company that puts 20% of profits toward fighting health inequity. Here’s why: youtube.com/watch?v=OLms76lK…
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Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. Extra innings. Tie game, two runners on. Ben Zobrist steps up to bat – and the rest is history. He was ready for the big moment to win Chicago its first World Series in 108 years. But he wasn’t ready for what came next: youtube.com/watch?v=vHpF2Csg…
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Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. Extra innings. Tie game, two runners on. Ben Zobrist steps up to bat – and the rest is history. He was ready for the big moment to win Chicago its first World Series in 108 years. But he wasn’t ready for what came next: youtube.com/results?search_q…
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🙅Busting a victim mindset. 👊Helping the team own the culture. 👟Creating more congruence between belief and action. Lots of leadership lessons you can learn from Vanderbilt football’s incredible turnaround: youtube.com/watch?v=snxqMvcl…
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Everyone says to “hit the ground running.” Macy’s CEO Tony Spring thinks that’s terrible advice. More on the latest episode of HLL: youtube.com/watch?v=lnzEgt7K…
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“He doesn’t have the normal clock that you and I have, David.” MUNICIPAL CEO Harry Arnett on Mark Wahlberg, building great brands, and why sometimes, you’ve got to bet on yourself – all on this week’s pod: youtube.com/watch?v=W4uQRPGs…
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Before he turned over the responsibility of building the Apple Store to Ron Johnson, Steve Jobs called him. Every night. For a year. Why he did it, and what it means for how you delegate – plus so much more in our latest episode: youtube.com/watch?v=prCyYlfC…
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It’s statistically harder to go pro in the NBA than it is to get a job at @drinkolipop See what cofounder & CEO Ben Goodwin does differently, on our newest episode of HLL: youtube.com/watch?v=ToVFkVj9…
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Why did Rocket CEO Varun Krishna skip a town hall meeting and take his team to play pickleball instead? Because pickleball is awesome? Yes, but also because he knows something about culture that most leaders miss: youtube.com/watch?v=HtvmTPY-…
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Julie Bornstein’s been transforming retail for 25 years – through big tech changes like ecommerce, mobile, and now AI. But her secret to success has nothing to do with technology: youtube.com/watch?v=nYtNjdT_…
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How does ESPN reporter Marty Smith earn the trust of people like Nick Saban and Tiger Woods? It all starts with becoming a better listener. Here’s how: youtube.com/watch?v=ZNOUQwzG…
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You’re so caught up in managing today that you rarely find to think about the future, much less prepare for it. Former AT&T CEO David Dorman says that’s one of the biggest mistakes leaders make. And he’s on the podcast this week to help you avoid it: youtube.com/watch?v=oms1cPKa…
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“If we can’t change our minds, we can’t change anything.” Former US Senator Joe Manchin is on this week’s pod with timely leadership wisdom for finding common ground and making progress even when we disagree. 🇺🇸 youtube.com/watch?v=SMDWxk3H…
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Don’t let your own company be the bottleneck to your growth. Learn how to build for what’s next, on the latest episode of How Leaders Lead with @CalifiaFarms CEO Dave Ritterbush: youtube.com/watch?v=XE0s7hx9…
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Just in time for the World Cup! ⚽Landon Donovan, one of the all-time greatest American soccer players, joins the pod. This is a candid conversation about identity, burnout, team culture, and what it takes to lead free of fear: youtu.be/wrjgi8CZ8I8
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If you want to build something, @ShawnJohnson and @AndrewDEast have some advice for you: Just try stuff. Sometimes the act of doing something teaches you exactly what you need to know. New episode of How Leaders Lead out now: youtube.com/watch?v=VRJfXknU…
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