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The Story of the Leatherman Tool with founder Tim Leatherman | Strategy and Leadership Podcast

Tim Leatherman's first product spec was five words on a scrap of paper: add pliers to pocket knife. It took eight years in a garage and a $12,000 order from Cabela's to t

Ware Malcomb Chairman Lawrence Armstrong: How a $3M Firm Became a $240M Company

Lawrence Armstrong joined Ware Malcomb in 1984 as a designer, when the firm was one office and about 30 people in Irvine, California. In 1992 he and his business partner

Michael Dell Put a Glass Wall Between Himself and His COO. Here's Why It Worked

Nate Bennett has spent twenty years studying the COO role. His book Riding Shotgun: The Role of the COO, co-written with Stephen Miles, is now in its third edition from S

How to Scale a Service Business to 2,500 People | Jim Weiss | Strategy & Leadership Podcast

Jim Weiss built Real Chemistry from one person to 2,500 employees by refusing to do marketing work that didn't move a number the client's CEO cared about. Media impressio

AI Everywhere, Strategy Nowhere (with Former Accenture Leader John Rudd)

Eighty percent of your people using Copilot does not make you an AI company. In a lot of mid-market organizations it means AI is everywhere and strategy is nowhere. John

Former Walmart VP Keith Wyche: The 4 R's That Decide Whether Change Stick

Keith Wyche has spent his career inside companies in the middle of a transformation. He was at AT&T before the 1984 breakup, at IBM during its shift to services, at Pitne

KEH Camera's CEO on Why He "Reports" to His Own Board

Glenn Kaufman runs KEH Camera, North America's largest pre-owned camera and video equipment reseller, founded D Cubed Group, and previously chaired the Finance Committee

He Led 4,500 Engineers Through the Dell-EMC Merger. Now He Runs the Company Behind the Jet Card

Alan Walsh is President of Sentient Jet, the company that invented the private jet card. Before that, he spent 20+ years at Dell and EMC, including leading the 4,500-pers

Why Franchisees Quit the Idea, Not the Brand: Ex-Tropical Smoothie CEO Mike Rotondo

Most franchise CEOs chase the wrong number. Mike Rotondo — who's led Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Edible Arrangements, and Altitude Trampoline Parks, and now runs pet care fra

The Apple Store Architect on Hiring Baristas, Killing Commissions, and Inventing the Genius Bar

Ron Johnson built the Apple Store from scratch. He was also CEO of JCPenney and led the design-for-all era at Target. In this episode of the Strategy and Leadership Podca

How Tracy Nolan Led 24,000 People Through the Largest Telecom Merger in US History

What does it take to lead 24,000 people through the largest telecom merger in US history — during COVID — and come out the other side with a stronger team? In this episo

High Performance Under Pressure - Dr Justin Anderson

Dr. Justin Anderson CEO of Premier Sport Psychology and Premier Performance Advising Justin’s work has supported Hall of Famers, All-Pros, world and national champions, a

From Google to Salesforce: A Transformation Leader on Why People Resist Change | Travis Hahler

What if resistance to change isn't stubbornness or rebellion, but biology? Travis Hahler has spent nearly two decades sitting between great strategies and the people who

Canada's $3 Trillion Blind Spot: Kendra MacDonald on the Ocean Economy

The global ocean economy is doubling in size to three trillion US dollars. Canada, a country with the longest coastline in the world and the fourth largest ocean territor

Never in Doubt: A Strategy Playbook From Former WWE President George Barrios

Note: This episode contains some strong language. When a recruiter called George Barrios about a CFO job, George was treasurer of The New York Times Company. His verbatim

How a 15 Person Floor Heating Company Became the North American Leader | John Rose

Three computers, no fridge, and 15 employees. That was Nuheat when John Rose walked in. Sixteen years later it was the North American leader in its industry, and John say

A Navy Captain on Trust, Self-Doubt, and Leading Under Pressure | Jenn Donahue

What does it actually take to lead when the stakes are life and death, and what happens when those same pressures show up in a boardroom? According to Jenn Donahue, the a

Selling Zico to Coca-Cola and Buying It Back | Mark Rampolla

What happens when you build a global brand, sell it for $200 million, and realize it's not what you want? According to Mark Rampolla, the real lesson isn't about the exit

Fighting for Flawless: A Fighter Pilot and F1 Insider on Building High-Performance Teams

What separates teams that chase perfection from those that settle for good enough? According to Jason Richardson, it comes down to three things: the culture you build fro

Your Team Is Watching You Panic: A 36-Year CEO on Leading Through Chaos

What separates the leaders who scale from the ones who stall? According to Jim Remley, it comes down to three things: the expectations you set, the people you develop, an