581: President of the Sy Syms Foundation on Legacy, Leadership, and Family Enterprise
Marcy Syms, former CEO of Syms Corporation and president of the Sy Syms Foundation, reflects on leadership, governance, and the responsibilities of stewarding a family-founded, publicly traded busines...
27 Aug 202555min
580: The Hidden Belief Blocking High Performers: "I'm Not Good Enough"
Why do even the most successful executives and management consultants secretly struggle with the belief that they're not good enough? In this conversation with Josh Davis, PhD (psychology & neurosci...
25 Aug 202554min
579: Former Accenture Partner Brad Englert on Career Growth Through Relationships
Brad Englert, former Accenture partner, IT strategist, CIO, and author, shares how building genuine relationships has been the cornerstone of his career success. From his early days in technology cons...
20 Aug 202552min
578: Stanford's Robert E. Siegel on Navigating the Toughest Leadership Trade-Offs
Robert E. Siegel, Stanford Graduate School of Business professor, venture capitalist, and former executive, shares the leadership lessons he learned working with Intel's legendary CEO, Andy Grove, and...
18 Aug 202551min
577: Former Submarine Commander L. David Marquet on How Leaders Make Better Decisions
L. David Marquet, former nuclear submarine commander and author of Leadership Is Language, shares a precise, operational approach to leadership, one that replaces command-and-control with a language d...
13 Aug 202555min
576: Bain Senior Partner Sarah Elk on Doing Agile Right (Strategy Skills classics)
Sarah Elk, Senior Partner at Bain & Company and global leader of its operating model work, brings a clear, pragmatic lens to why so many large-scale change efforts fail to stick. Drawing on decades of...
11 Aug 20251h 1min
575: Ex McKinsey Expert on War Games, John Horn: How to Read Your Competitors (Strategy Skills classics)
John Horn, professor of economics at Washington University's Olin Business School and former McKinsey strategist, shares a disciplined framework for understanding competitive behavior by applying game...
6 Aug 20251h
574: McKinsey Senior Partner, Kate Smaje: Winning in the Age of Digital and AI (Strategy Skills classics)
For this episode, let's revisit one of Strategy Skills classics, where we interviewed Kate Smaje, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company and Global Leader of McKinsey Digital. In this episode, Kate of...
4 Aug 202548min
