Jeremy Pelley - OMFGCO

2:30 - The dream of becoming a professional athlete

5:30 - Leadership and leaders in soccer 

9:00 - Leadership from a team perspective 

11:00 - Understanding responsibility, accountability, and the meaning of resiliency

13:45 - What distinguishes great coaches from average coaches 

16:00 - Different kinds of leaders and coaching styles 

20:00 - Maintaining and understanding accountability from a coaching perspective, and how it translates into sports and business 

25:00- Being a player under contract and what it entails 

29:00- A Frugal Athlete - a financial-literacy company

30:15 - Explaining what the Frugal Athlete provides 

33:30 - Inspiration and purpose to create A Frugal Athlete 

37:30 - Advice on how to become a professional athlete

LINKS

Amobi Okugo on LinkedIn

Amobi's Wikipedia page

Learn more about A Frugal Athlete

CREDITS

Produced by Emma Holmstrom

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

3:00 – The benefit of being naive and taking it slow

7:00 - Being a professional ballet dancer and connecting with Pilates

11:45 - From Pilates instructor to entrepreneur

14:00 - Starting the business 

17:45 - Teaching a contemporary style of Pilates 

20:30 - Standing out in the market by providing clear information, excellent education, and authentic teaching 

25:00 - Having a clear purpose and vision 

28:30 - Experiences and challenges in a growing business 

31:30 - Learning how to prioritize, focus, gain self-awareness and listen to each other 

34:45 - Adapting and thriving during the Covid-19 pandemic 

38:00 - Rising to the occasion

39:45 - Reaching a wider audience and expanding the virtual platform 

LINKS

Leslie Braverman on LinkedIn

Learn more about Pacific Northwest Pilates

CREDITS

Produced by Emma Holmstrom

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

2:30 - The history of Mazamas 

5:30 - How to lead through change while maintaining the soul of the organization

8:45 - The role as Acting Executive Director 

11:15 - How to adapt and create new opportunities in the light of Covid-19

17:30 - Increasing diversity in the outdoors 

21:30 - The complexity of permits and being actively engaged in the topic 

25:00 - Being a member of Outdoor Alliance and having a voice in legislation matters related to the outdoors 

28:00 - Being a female leader in a male-dominated space 

31:30 - Feeling pride in the purpose of the organization 

33:30 - An organization that also provides a community 

37:00 - Advice on how to lead a volunteer organization 

LINKS

Sarah Bradham on LinkedIn

Learn more about the Mazamas

CREDITS

Produced by Emma Holmstrom

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

2:00     How Dave's career led him into coaching.

6:30     Changing the culture from playing football to cricket, a recipe for large scale organizational change.

8:00     The most common issue Dave sees in teams within the construction industry and how he addresses it.

10:00    How Dave coaches the team to create an environment of success, where people do their best work.

14:30    Great teams don't happen by luck

18:30    There are no high performance teams in the business world.

21:20   The 72% effectiveness gap.

23:00    The definition of a great team

25:30    Why leaders struggle with delegation

30:00    The five keys of deep and deliberate delegation

36:00    Dave's new book, 'Coach for Results'

37:00    How Dave finds the time to be top triathlete as well as a top coach

LINKS

Dave Stitt on LinkedIn

Work with Dave 

Books:

• Coach for Results
• Deep and Deliberate Delegation
• 21st Century People Leadership

CREDITS

Produced by Emma Holmstrom

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

2:00 - Entering the athletic industry
5:00 - A strong passion for sports, fitness, health, and wellness
6:30 - Change within the athletic industry and breaking glass ceilings
9:30 - Being authentic
11:30 - A female leader and mother in a male-dominated industry
17:30 - The importance of deep active listening
22:15 - Understanding critical feedback, self-reflection, and self-awareness
27:30 - Learning from the consumer
30:30 - Creating strategic directions and strategic visions in leadership
35:00 - From the athletic industry to venture capital lead companies
38:15 - Strategic planning in private equity
39:00 - Leaving the venture capital world and starting a new chapter

LINKS

Catherine Beldotti Donlan on LinkedIn

CREDITS

Produced by Emma Holmstrom

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

3:00 – Leadership as dispositional learning

4:00 – Introducing Minecraft

6:30 – Explaining the use of disposition

8:00 – Using Minecraft as a simulation

13:30 – Learning from Minecraft  

18:30 – Thoughts on working from home in the world of Covid

22:00 – Working from home, trouble-free or a struggle?

23:30 – Learning practice and performance

27:00 – What leaders learn from the program

30:00 – Learning by doing, building confidence

33:30 – Philip’s passion for sharing, connecting and understanding the human being

40:00 – Closing advice on how to lead and utilize vertical development

LINKS

Phillip Crockford on LinkedIn

Working with v-Teamwork

CREDITS

Produced by Kai Hellberg & Emma Holmstrom

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

2:40 -  Taking a year off at Nike 

8:00 - Keeping Swift alive at the height of a recession

12:00 - Embracing uncertainty 

17:00 - Allowing employees to be multi-dimensional 

21:00 - Having employees truly live by a company’s values

24:00 - Valentine’s non-negotiables

30:00 - The transition to Wunderman Thompson 

36:00 - The importance of embracing your life outside of work 

39:00 - Leadership lessons from becoming CEO 

LINKS

Liz Valentine on LinkedIn

Swift Agency 

CREDITS

Produced by Kai Hellberg

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

3:00 – “Not sure if he has a bright future as a student, but the way he writes is unbelievable”

7:30 – Zavaro’s focus on storytelling

10:30 – Zavaro’s definition of leadership

13:20 – “If I could put it on my website, I’d write ‘We Sell Sh*t’”

18:00 – The difficult nature of letting employees go  

20:30 – Shifting from a mentality of abundance to a mentality of scarcity  

25:30 – Running a bar, writing a book

28:00 – Fixing restaurants  

30:00 – Commentating everything from Formula 1 to Bobsleigh

34:00 – Maximizing something as simple as white paper and black ink

38:00 – Zavaro’s title as “Chief of Happiness”  

LINKS

Nir Zavaro on LinkedIn

How to work with Nir as your personal storytelling and marketing coach

Connecting with Streetwise in Tel Aviv (in Hebrew)

Streetwise on LinkedIn

CREDITS

Produced by Kai Hellberg

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

2:00 - Growing up in communist-led Bulgaria

4:00 - Getting beer for construction workers (at age 6)

6:00 - Bulgaria’s communal feel

8:00 - “For me, Volleyball represented hope” 

11:00 - “I would rather take humiliation than give up on my dream” 

14:30 - Switching from Indoor to Beach Volleyball 

18:00 - Learning to not focus on what you don’t have 

21:00 - Going to the Olympics in disbelief 

24:00 - Maintaining her motivation

28:00 - Transitioning to a corporate environment from a sports environment 

31:00 - The idea of a “corporate athlete” 

35:00 - Coaches who help you see your blind spots 

LINKS

Lina Taylor on LinkedIn

Lina's website

'Go for Gold' Olympic Experience

CREDITS

Produced by Kai Hellberg

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

1:30 - About Himalaya Rao and Black Founders Matter

4:00 - Working for 7 different funds in just a few years

9:30 - Growing up being told “Don’t fail” 

12:00 - Finding the tenets of entrepreneurship in the South Bronx

15:00 - Why “change,” rather than “systemic change,” isn’t enough

20:30 - “No systemic problem has one answer” 

23:00 - “If any founder should be allowed access to funding, why not a BIPOC founder?”

30:00 - Not guiding greatness, but facilitating it 

33:30 - “Don’t wait on your idea” 

39:30 - Rao’s closing pieces of advice

LINKS

Himalaya Rao on LinkedIn

Black Founders Matter Investment Fund

Contact Himalaya @ himalaya@blackfoundersmatter.org

CREDITS

Produced by Kai Hellberg

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’