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Leadership Is No AccidentPhillip Crockford - CEO v-Teamwork and Team Leadership Expert3:00 – Leadership as dispositional learning4:00 – Introducing Minecraft6:30 – Explaining the use of disposition8:00 – Using Minecraft as a simulation13:30 – Learning from Minecraft 18:30 – Thoughts on working from home in the world of Covid22:00 – Working from home, trouble-free or a struggle?23:30 – Learning practice and performance27:00 – What leaders learn from the program30:00 – Learning by doing, building confidence33:30 – Philip’s passion for sharing, connecting and understanding the human being40:00 – Closing advice on how to lead and utilize vertical development LINKSPhillip Crockford on Link...2021-09-0745 minLeadership Is No AccidentLiz Valentine - Entrepreneur and Executive Leader2:40 - Taking a year off at Nike 8:00 - Keeping Swift alive at the height of a recession12:00 - Embracing uncertainty 17:00 - Allowing employees to be multi-dimensional 21:00 - Having employees truly live by a company’s values24:00 - Valentine’s non-negotiables30:00 - The transition to Wunderman Thompson 36:00 - The importance of embracing your life outside of work 39:00 - Leadership lessons from becoming CEO LINKSLiz Valentine on LinkedInSwift Agency CREDITSProduced by Kai Hellberg...2021-08-3145 minLeadership Is No AccidentNir Zavaro - Storyteller and Marketing Thought Leader3:00 – “Not sure if he has a bright future as a student, but the way he writes is unbelievable”7:30 – Zavaro’s focus on storytelling10:30 – Zavaro’s definition of leadership13:20 – “If I could put it on my website, I’d write ‘We Sell Sh*t’”18:00 – The difficult nature of letting employees go 20:30 – Shifting from a mentality of abundance to a mentality of scarcity 25:30 – Running a bar, writing a book28:00 – Fixing restaurants 30:00 – Commentating everything from Formula 1 to Bobsleigh34:00 – Maximizing something as simple as white paper and black ink38:00 – Zavaro’...2021-08-2446 minLeadership Is No AccidentLina Taylor - Former Olympian and Leadership Coach2:00 - Growing up in communist-led Bulgaria4:00 - Getting beer for construction workers (at age 6)6:00 - Bulgaria’s communal feel8:00 - “For me, Volleyball represented hope” 11:00 - “I would rather take humiliation than give up on my dream” 14:30 - Switching from Indoor to Beach Volleyball 18:00 - Learning to not focus on what you don’t have 21:00 - Going to the Olympics in disbelief 24:00 - Maintaining her motivation28:00 - Transitioning to a corporate environment from a sports environment 31:00 - The idea of a “corporate at...2021-02-0542 minLeadership Is No AccidentHimalaya Rao - Managing Director, Black Founders Matter Investment Fund1:30 - About Himalaya Rao and Black Founders Matter4:00 - Working for 7 different funds in just a few years9:30 - Growing up being told “Don’t fail” 12:00 - Finding the tenets of entrepreneurship in the South Bronx15:00 - Why “change,” rather than “systemic change,” isn’t enough20:30 - “No systemic problem has one answer” 23:00 - “If any founder should be allowed access to funding, why not a BIPOC founder?”30:00 - Not guiding greatness, but facilitating it 33:30 - “Don’t wait on your idea” 39:30 - Rao’s closing pieces of...2021-01-2942 minLeadership Is No AccidentNitin Rai - Managing Director, Elevate Capital2:00 - Nitin’s Purpose/Mission5:00 - Living the “Silicon Valley” lifestyle9:00 - Entering the startup space 15:00 - Becoming an angel investor 21:00 - Breaking the “very very rich” stereotype of Angel Investing24:30 - Creating a relationship with the entrepreneur 27:00 - Democratized investments, rather than family investments34:00 - Learning to not become the “bottleneck” 36:00 - Unconscious biases in corporate America 40:00 - Reckoning intentional bias in the workplace43:00 - What Nitin is most proud of LINKSNitin Rai on LinkedI...2021-01-2146 minLeadership Is No AccidentMalcolm Harkins - Chief Security and Trust Officer, Cymatic1:00 - Harkins explains his role 7:30 - “Motivating others to want to struggle for shared aspirations” 10:00 - Why cybersecurity teams should be “first-movers” 13:30 - “If you lead with compliance, you might not get security/privacy”19:00 - The security industry accepts too much failure 21:00 - Reducing risk, reducing cost, reducing friction25:00 - Challenge what’s working and what’s not 27:30 - Fear-mongering in computing 33:00 - Advice to risk managers (and a shameless plug) LINKSMalcolm Harkins on LinkedInMalcom's Books:M...2021-01-1437 minLeadership Is No AccidentRuby Zefo - Chief Privacy Officer, Uber2:00 - “What does privacy look like for Uber?”6:00 - Creating Uber’s “Mask Verification Program”8:00 - “Making privacy exciting”14:00 - From Stanford Law to Privacy Law 19:00 - More Experience=More Responsibility23:00 - Needing to have a purpose 25:30 - Ask people who know you about what you like/don’t28:30 - Moving from Intel to Uber 30:00 - Uber’s progressive rebuilding process 32:00 - Zefo’s seamless transition34:00 - “Get on the bus or get out of the way”37:30 - Joy of contributing rather...2021-01-0740 minLeadership Is No AccidentJoel Levinson - Vice President, BC Pension Corporation4:00 – Everything was great, until... 7:00 – Deciding to leave a great position at Intel12:00 – Prioritizing family after leaving14:00 – Getting a callback for a new job in 24 hours 17:30 – Same Stuff, Different Job20:00 – Trying to maintain that desire to achieve 21:30 – Finding the work/life balance sweet spot 24:00 – Recalibrating priorities 29:00 – Figuring out “do I have the right balance?” 32:00 – Focusing on more than just “achievement” LINKSJoel Levinson on LinkedIn CREDITSProduced by Kai HellbergMusic by Isaac Chambers – ‘Chan2020-12-2538 minLeadership Is No AccidentLiz Dolan - Co-Host of the Satellite Sisters podcast and marketing extraordinaire3:00 – Becoming a marketer with no marketing background9:00 – Accepting a job offer from Phil Knight himself16:00 – What made Nike such a great fit21:00 – How “Satellite Sisters” got started26:00 – When the company CEO won’t let you quit 31:00 – “Make your own luck” 37:00 – Dolan’s experience with unconscious gender bias47:00 – Creating a powerful voice for women LINKSLiz Dolan on LinkedInListen to the Satellite Sisters CREDITSProduced by Kai HellbergMusic by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’
2020-12-1751 minLeadership Is No AccidentDavid Rae - Curator TEDxPortland and President & Co-Founder of 503 Creative1:00 – Rae’s definition of leadership 5:00 –”Collecting memories, not things.”8:00 – What makes Portland so special11:30 – Feedback is a drug12:30 – The creation of the “Ideas Booth”17:00 – Rae’s list of quintessential TED talks18:30 – How to polish an unpolished speaker21:30 – ”Work ethic is not a talent. It’s a choice.”24:00 – Helping TEDx adapt to COVID28:30 – “How far out are you looking?”32:00 – Being ok with letting go34:00 – Advice for aspiring leaders impacted by COVID LINKSDavid Rae on LinkedInSupport TEDxPortland...2020-12-1141 minLeadership Is No AccidentBobby Evans - Former GM, San Francisco Giants2:30 “A Team reflects characteristics of its leader” 4:00 Maintaining the motivation to improve 6:00 Corporate management vs. Sports Management8:00 Evans’ first experiences working for the Giants 13:00 Giving performance feedback to players17:00 Evans’ love for the game of Baseball23:00 “If you’re doing a good job, your career will take care of itself” 24:00 Evans’ career aspirations after the Giants26:30 Advice for athletes looking for their next career 30:30 “Don’t be too quick to take ‘no’ for an answer” LINKSBobby Evans on LinkedIn...2020-08-1534 minLeadership Is No AccidentMary Beth Martin - Vice President, Women's and Children's Services, Doernbecher Children's Hospital1:30 Changes in the healthcare industry6:00 The silver lining of COVID 9:00 Emerging work-from-home opportunities11:00 Mary Beth’s background in leadership 13:00 How Mary Beth adopted her daughters14:00 Challenges as a leader19:30 Embracing the personal coach dynamic 23:00 “Be in the moment at work, be in the moment at home” 24:30 Mary Beth’s April Fools story 29:30 Take more risks, make less excuses LINKSMary Beth Martin on LinkedInSupport Doernbecher Children's Hospital CREDITSProduced b...2020-08-0633 minLeadership Is No AccidentDaniel Puder - Founder and CEO of My Life My Power Academy1:30 A Man on a Mission 4:15 “Success is what happens TO you. Significance is what happens THROUGH you”9:00 Our purpose evolves12:30 Focusing on only one or two things at once 16:00 “Our communities know we’re there to stay” 20:00 Working with investors22:30 Puder’s takeaways from his sports career 26:00 Advice for retiring athletes31:00 What Daniel is most proud of LINKSDaniel Puder's My Life My Power AcademyPuder's podcast "Significance Breeds Success" Puder's Personal Website CREDI...2020-07-2835 minLeadership Is No AccidentBarbara Duffy - President of Lane Powell1:30 - The changing legal industry5:30 - Lane Powell Adapting to industry changes8:00 - Shifting corporate culture at the firm10:00 - Execution first, then big ideas11:30 - Duffy’s team-building mentality13:00 - “Our success in the world is defined by the value we create”17:00 - Being Lane Powell’s first female president20:00 - How COVID could shift future working environments 23:00 - Social justice bringing new perspectives to the office 25:00 - “Look to the places where everybody else is not” LinksLane Powel...2020-07-2231 min