In this episode of The Better Leadership Team Show, I talk with Buddy Teaster, President and CEO of Soles4Souls, about turning adversity into opportunity, leading with transparency, and building a mission-driven leadership team that performs.
Buddy shares the story of how Soles4Souls moved through financial crisis, bad press, COVID, personal loss, and major organizational transformation by staying committed to truth, accountability, and purpose. We also explore the TEAM values framework, what for-profit leaders can learn from nonprofits, how social enterprise can create lasting impact, and why leadership requires both business discipline and heart.
This conversation is a powerful reminder that great leadership teams are not built only in moments of success. They are revealed and strengthened in moments of pressure, uncertainty, and adversity.
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