Charles Day
252: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand - "The Senator"

What Is Your Leadership For?

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is the Junior Senator from the State of New York.

Running for public office places you in a spotlight that is white hot. Being clear why you’ve made the choice to run in the first place is table stakes for creating the life you want to live and the legacy you want to leave behind.

252: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand - "The Senator"
Charles Day
251: Tom O'Keefe & Jeff King - "The M&A ...

What Do You Think And Why?

Tom O’Keefe and Jeff King are two of the four partners who have just merged their respective businesses, OKRP and Barkley.

When we are clear about why we think what we think, when we are free of insecurity or hubris or ego, then we can assess an alternative path with an open mind.

Mergers provoke the need to lead through this lens.

251: Tom O'Keefe & Jeff King - "The M&A Leaders"
Charles Day
250: Anselmo Ramos - "The Feelings Leader"

How Vulnerable Is Too Vulnerable?

Anselmo Ramos is the Co-Founder and Creative Chairman of GUT, a global independent creative agency that’s headquartered in Miami, and with six other offices around the world.

How vulnerable is too vulnerable?

The answer, of course, depends on the culture that you have created. If your culture is based on deep and enduring emotional trust, you give people the ability to show up as complex, multifaceted humans, to show up as whole beings.

250: Anselmo Ramos - "The Feelings Leader"
Charles Day
249: Kara Swisher - "The Reporter"

Are You Conscious Of Your Choices?

Kara Swisher is the most effective and successful tech journalist of our lifetimes.

In a world of white men with giant bank accounts and even bigger egos, how did this 5 feet 2 inch, self-described, liberal lesbian mother of four, end up as the most influential and insightful reporter of the technology age?

As you’ll hear, Kara puts it down to curiosity, confidence, and understanding the choices available to her.

249: Kara Swisher - "The Reporter"
Charles Day
248: Avery Baker - "Partnership Leadership"

This week’s guest is Avery Baker. She’s the former President and Chief Brand Officer of Tommy Hilfiger.

Six months after she stepped down from her position at Tommy, we talk about her desire to empower others and why it's an essential skill to demonstrate as a leader. 

We also discuss the new leadership paradigm that we have developed together for creative and innovative businesses. We call it 'Partnership Leadership'. 

248: Avery Baker - "Partnership Leadership"

Team Building

69: "The Pressure Valve Leaders" - Jaime Robinson and Lisa Clunie

69: "The Pressure Valve Leaders" - Jaime Robinson and Lisa Clunie

Jaime Robinson and Lisa Clunie are the founders of the New York agency, Joan.

Joan was started by two women who came together at the very beginning of a moment in history. 

As you’ll hear, they didn’t decide to start a company for the explicit purpose of creating an environment overtly designed for women. 

But they did decide to fuel the company with the unique qualities that the two of them bring as women: empathy; determination; sensitivity; resilience; intelligence and originality.

They brought one other thing that runs through the DNA of Joan. A desire to get the best out of everyone who works there. And you’ll hear how they support each other to do that, in their own ways.

65: "The One-of-Many Leader" - Mohan Ramaswamy

65: "The One-of-Many Leader" - Mohan Ramaswamy

Mohan Ramaswamy is one of the partners of Work & Co.  Mohan and I recorded this conversation at the Cannes Creativity Festival in June. Work and Co is unusual because they have 14 partners - all of whom are involved in all the major decisions of the company. For a business whose reputation and success has grown rapidly, that kind of community leadership is rare.

61: "The Teacher, The Preacher, The Weird Kid and The Absurdist" - John Boiler, Glen Cole, Evin Shutt & Matt Jarvis

61: "The Teacher, The Preacher, The Weird Kid and The Absurdist" - John Boiler, Glen Cole, Evin Shutt & Matt Jarvis

This is my conversation with the four people at the heart of over the last 14 years. The two initial founders: John Boiler and Glenn Cole. And the two people they added soon after to help build the business. Evin Shutt and Matt Jarvis. Rarely do I see partnerships that - both in their intention and in their casting - have been formed on lasting foundations. Ego, insecurity and yes, fear get in the way. But when you get it right, it sounds like this conversation.


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