Podcast Episodes

He Led Troops in Combat — Now He Leads Billion-Dollar Companies (Lance Olmsted, President of Copperleaf, an IFS company)

Episode 401

Leadership Under Fire

He Led Troops in Combat — Now He Leads Billion-Dollar Companies

I first met Lance Olmsted, now President of IFS Copperleaf, expecting a story about discipline and precision.

What I…

Published on 2 months ago

AI Playbook Turns $2M into $134M - CEO, Invisible's Matt Fitzpatrick

Episode 400

Leaders Miss This

Matthew Fitzpatrick, CEO of Invisible Technologies—the #2 fastest-growing AI company in America—leads with a principle many overlook:

AI may power the future, but people give it purpo…

Published on 2 months ago

Hidden Cost of Leading a $5B Global Company - COO Genpact Americas Jakub Vanek

Episode 399

Sacrifice No One Sees

Jakub Vanek, Chief Operating Officer at Genpact Americas, has moved six times across four countries while scaling teams of thousands inside a $5B global organization.

He admits th…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

From Setback to $200M Success (COO Playbook) - Andelyn Biosciences', Cyrill Kellerhals

Episode 398

Under Pressure, Leaders Rise

When I spoke with Cyrill Kellerhals, COO of Andelyn Biosciences, I was struck by how calm and grounded he was while describing some of the toughest leadership moments of …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

How a Submarine Officer’s Biggest Mistake Taught Him Calm CEO Leadership - AeroPost's Camilo Rueda

Episode 397

Most leaders say they want transparency.

But when the pressure’s on, many unintentionally create cultures where people hide mistakes.

Camilo Rueda — CEO of Aeropost and former U.S. Navy Submarine Offic…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

I Turned a Garage Door Company Into a Tech Powerhouse (14M+ Users) - CEO Jeff Meredith, Chamberlain Group

Episode 396

Real leadership begins the moment your team starts to doubt you.

Jeff Meredith, CEO of Chamberlain Group, has lived that moment. He took a 70-year-old garage door company and transformed it into a glo…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

I Used One Number to Transform My Entire Company (Amy Martin, TruWest CMO)

Episode 395

Erase silos. Unite the company. Rebuild trust—fast.

When I first heard Amy Martin, CMO at TruWest Holdings, talk about her “One Number” strategy the TURNAROUND stopped me in my tracks.

She didn’t know …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

I Turned a Struggling Startup Into the Backbone of AI (400k+ Engineers)- CEO Revelo, Lucas Mendes

Episode 394

Everyone tells their teams to “use AI.”

But as Lucas Mendes (CEO of Revelo) told me, that almost never works.

Employees don’t resist because they’re lazy.

They resist because new tools feel intimidating…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

I Scaled Dropbox to $1 Billion (President Amplitude, Thomas Hansen)

Episode 394

Thomas Neergaard Hansen — President of Amplitude and former Microsoft and Dropbox executive — proved to me that even the most hard-earned leadership skills aren’t always enough.

He’s led billion-dolla…

Published on 4 months ago

How is Legoland Building Elite Teams? (Fmr. President Legoland Florida, Franceen Gonzalez)

Episode 393

Running a theme park isn’t just rides and fun.

It’s about leading elite teams that deliver with precision, creativity, and resilience—day in and day out.

In this episode of Lead the Team, I sit down wi…

Published on 4 months ago