Episodes

  • Helena Foulkes: The Power of Asking “What Could Go Right?”

    Helena Foulkes: The Power of Asking “What Could Go Right?”
    Mar 18 2024
    Research has repeatedly shown that we are hard-wired to worry. Whether we worry about our own survival, our family and friends, or our future, it can seem like we spend much of our lives fixated on what could go wrong. In this episode, Helena Foulkes discusses how taking courage can be as simple as asking what could go right – a philosophy that has taken her from the helm of CVS Pharmacy and Hudson’s Bay Company to the campaign trail for governorship of Rhode Island.
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    45 mins
  • Behind the CEO Who Wants to “Keep Commerce Human”

    Behind the CEO Who Wants to “Keep Commerce Human”
    Mar 4 2024
    In our increasingly virtual world, it can feel like many of our lives take place remotely. When Josh Silverman took the helm at Etsy in 2017, however, he went against this technological grain, helping to usher in a new, distinctly human-centered purpose at the e-commerce company: “Keep Commerce Human.” In this episode spanning the course of his career, Silverman recounts the difficult choices he has made in keeping people at the center of business – and what following that ethos has meant for his personal and professional life.
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    42 mins
  • Global CEO of Chanel Leena Nair: Building the Courage to Lead

    Global CEO of Chanel Leena Nair: Building the Courage to Lead
    Feb 26 2024
    Despite the decades of progress women have made in the workplace, they remain underrepresented in leadership positions at companies across the globe. Leena Nair, CEO of Chanel, is working to change that. Reflecting on her journey from rural India to London, Leena discusses how she developed the confidence necessary to usher Chanel into the future – one led by (many more) women.
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    41 mins
  • From the Frontlines to the C-Suite: How Penny Pennington Discovered Her Purpose at Edward Jones

    From the Frontlines to the C-Suite: How Penny Pennington Discovered Her Purpose at Edward Jones
    Feb 12 2024
    Few CEOs can claim that they started in entry-level positions at the companies they now lead. Penny Pennington is one of those few, rising from financial advisor to CEO and Managing Partner at Edward Jones. In this episode, Pennington reflects on how Edward Jones’ purpose – “to partner for positive impact” – motivated her personal and professional life and, nowadays, how she has been working to realize that sense of purpose for Edward Jones’ employees, clients, and the communities in which they live.
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    45 mins
  • What it Takes to Lead a Successful Turnaround in Health Care

    What it Takes to Lead a Successful Turnaround in Health Care
    Feb 5 2024
    As a veteran leader in the healthcare sector, José (Joe) E. Almeida, Chairman, President & CEO of Baxter, has made a lot of tough decisions. He led the successful turnaround of the Illinois-based multinational by calling on leadership lessons he gained from his family in Brazil. Almeida says courage is not the absence of fear, but the determination to press on when times are difficult.
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    32 mins
  • Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach on Driving the Future of the Digital Economy

    Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach on Driving the Future of the Digital Economy
    Dec 18 2023
    What’s really in a payment? During his career at Mastercard, Michael Miebach has strived to understand how payment solutions make a difference in people’s lives, even before his appointment as CEO. In this episode, Miebach explains how he thinks through powering the economy in an increasingly digital (if uncertain) world and the leadership required to do so.
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    47 mins
  • How Anne Mulcahy Turned Xerox Around – and What Came After

    How Anne Mulcahy Turned Xerox Around – and What Came After
    Dec 11 2023
    During the 2000s, Anne Mulcahy was faced with the seemingly unsurmountable challenge of saving Xerox, rising to the position of CEO after her predecessor had been unsuccessful. In this retrospective, Mulcahy discusses the leadership lessons she learned, the role she believes CEOs should play in today’s society, and how she’s defining her life post-Xerox. 
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    45 mins
  • Entrepreneur Harsh Shah Debates the Exit Strategy: Is it Selling Out or Building Value?

    Entrepreneur Harsh Shah Debates the Exit Strategy: Is it Selling Out or Building Value?
    Dec 4 2023
    Harsh Shah and his firm’s co-founders faced a once-in-a-lifetime quandary: should they sell the incredibly successful e-commerce venture they worked so hard to build to a big conglomerate? Reflecting on the circumstances surrounding their acquisition offer, Shah outlines the values that guided their ultimate choice. 
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    32 mins