Episodes

Episode 21: Mary Barra, CEO of GM . Mary has had a 40 year career at GM and became the first women CEO in the global automaker industry.  Learn more about her transformational leadership style, how she has battled through several challenges, and...

Episode 20: Jensen Huang , co-founder and CEO of Nvidia. Jensen has led Nvidia to new heights, becoming the 6th most valuable company in the world at $1.1 trillion.  Learn more about his unconventional management practices, the visionary style in action,...

Episode 19: Sam Walton, founder and former CEO of Walmart. Sam's leadership helped grow Walmart into the world's largest corporation by revenue.  Learn more about his ten rules for running a business, the servant leadership style that fueled it, and how...

Episode 18: Frank Slootman, CEO of Snowflake. Frank has successfully led three different tech companies as CEO (Data Domain, ServiceNow, Snowflake).  Learn more about "amping it up", narrowing the focus and increasing the quality, and other key leadership...

Episode 17: Reed Hastings, co-founder and former CEO of Netflix. Reed transformed the media business forever with his streaming service.  Learn more about his famed culture deck framework of freedom and responsiblity , his focus on high talent density and...

Episode 16: Sara Blakely, founder and former CEO of Spanx . Sara was featured on the Forbes magazine cover in 2012 after becoming the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world.  Learn more about her unconventional rise to fame , her feminine...

Episode 15: Lou Gerstner, former CEO of IBM . Lou is largely credited with leading the great turnaround of IBM in the 90s, helping the company go from $29B market cap to $168B.  Learn more about the key decisions he made along the way, his transformative...

Episode 14: Walt Disney, founder and former President of The Walt Disney Company. Walt was a true pioneer of the animation industry, creating an ever lasting legacy with his films and amusement parks. Learn more about his world class visionary leadership style, the setbacks and...

Episode 13: Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb . Brian has led Airbnb out of crisis and challenge during his career, including going from losing 80% of his revenue in 2020 to today generating $4B of free cash flow. Learn more about his design-led...

Episode 12: Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo . Indra led a strategic redirection of Pepsi's strategy, helping the company surpass $100b in revenue.  Learn more about her visionary leadership style, her lasting programs and products, and how she became one of...

Episode 11: , former COO of Sheryl was instrumental in making two of the largest companies in the world profitable by leading the ads businesses for both. Learn more about her transformational leadership style, her lasting legacy through Lean...

Episode 10: , former co-founder and CEO of Andy transformed the company into the world's largest semiconductor company. Learn more about his many thoughts on management, operational excellence, and why he is considered to be one of the best business...

Episode 9: Ray Kroc, former CEO of McDonald's.  Ray took the McDonald brothers business and built it into the largest fast food empire in the world. Learn more about what his autocratic leadership style, other leadership lessons we can learn from him,...

Episode 8: , current CEO of   Since taking the helm in 2014, Nadella has masterfully pivoted the company into the cloud and AI businesses. Learn more about what role his personal life & background has played, his mentors & heroes, and the...

Episode 7: , founder and former CEO of  Jeff built the dominant company of this era, scaling Amazon to become the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing enterprise. Learn more about Amazon's fourteen leadership principles, the core ideas...

Episode 6: , founder of   Henry was a leader in the automobile industry, helping to develop revolutionary business practices like the assembly line.  Learn more about his unique demanding yet empathetic leadership style, how he developed...

Episode 5: , former Executive Chairman and CEO of . John served as CEO for 20 years, leading Cisco to a market cap exceeding half a trillion dollars.  Learn more about transformative leadership style, business playbooks he ran, and how...

Episode 4: , former CEO of Lee Iacocca led Chrysler in one of the best business turnarounds in history, helping to create the Ford Mustang and minivan.  Learn more about his business strategies, the 9 C's of Leadership, and what else made...

Episode 3: , former CEO of . Jack Welch led GE to become the most valuable enterprise on Earth.  Learn more about his business strategies, foundational leadership qualities, and key programs he created at GE. Follow Leaders:  Email us:...

Episode 2: , co-founder and former CEO of . Steve Jobs is arguably the greatest business executive of this generation.  Learn more about what made him a great, unique leader and who he thought of as his mentors & heroes.

Episode 1: , co-founder and former CEO of . Hear about Jim's rise to Costco CEO, his key leadership styles & philosophies, failures, and some of his key mentors & heroes.

Welcome to Leaders, a podcast dedicated to exploring the best leaders this world has ever seen.     In this podcast I am on a mission to examine deeply the past & present leadership styles of the world's greatest CEOs, delving into how they...