Growth Leaders
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhat does it take to lead growth successfully? How do you drive performance today while transforming your business for the future - and keep people energised along the way? Dr. Alison Eyring talks to some of the world’s best growth leaders about how they drive successful growth long-term.
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Dennis Mortensen: The Serial Entrepreneur's Journey
September 20, 2023 12:41 - 25 minutes - 57.6 MBWhat does it take to be a quintessential serial entrepreneur, and how does it feel to have founded and exited multiple startups over nearly 30 years? In this episode, Dennis Mortensen shares insights from his nearly 30-year entrepreneurial journey, highlighting the importance of clear communication, setting realistic expectations for employees, and the necessity of strong sales skills for founders. We also explore his latest venture, LaunchBrightly, which automates product screenshots to kee...
From Foodie to Founder in Vietnam, Dao Chi Anh's story
September 07, 2023 10:30 - 18 minutes - 42 MBJoin us on the Growth Leaders Podcast as we dive deep into the remarkable journey of Dao Chi Anh, a trailblazing entrepreneur with a passion for food and wellness. From her unconventional career start in sales and marketing to founding multiple successful ventures in Vietnam's food and beverage industry, her story is nothing short of inspiring. Tune in to learn how she balances entrepreneurship with motherhood, the challenges of fundraising while pregnant, and her exciting plans for the futu...
Startups vs Big Tech: Leadership, work styles and growth stages
August 22, 2023 12:17 - 18 minutes - 41.6 MBJoin us on the Growth Leaders Podcast as we embark on a journey with Haji Munshi, Group CEO of Cloud Kinetics. From his adventurous spirit to building a thriving private equity-backed platform, Haji shares invaluable insights. Dive into lessons drawn from big tech - envisioning audacious goals, cultivating trust, and communication prowess, all while uncovering the unlearning required when transitioning from a tech giant to an entrepreneurial venture. Tune in for a masterclass in scaling, cul...
Cultivate People Capabilities for Sustained Business Growth
August 01, 2023 10:30 - 20 minutes - 46.1 MBIn this episode of the Growth Leaders Podcast, host Alison interviews Jose Antonio Benjamin (known as Banjo), a seasoned growth leader. Banjo shares key insights from his career, how he handled a range of challenges, and how it shaped his passion for helping others achieve their aspirations. They discuss Banjo's experiences as a young manager, leading more experienced personnel in a developing country, and later, managing people who were themselves managing others. Tune in to learn how curio...
Season 5 Trailer
July 19, 2023 10:30 - 44 seconds - 1.66 MBJoin host Alison Eyring on the Growth Leaders Podcast as she delves into the secrets of long-term growth with the world's top leaders. From innovative startups like Meta and LinkedIn to established giants like 3M and MasterCard, each episode offers entertaining and highly insightful conversations that uncover the remarkable journeys of these growth leaders. Prepare for another hard-hitting season as Masters of Growth share their successes, failures, and everything in between on the path to s...
Adapt Now for the Future with John Boudreau and Kevin Oakes
July 13, 2023 03:33 - 19 minutes - 18.9 MBJoin us for an insightful discussion on future work insights in Episode 1 of the Growth Leaders Podcast. Renowned guests John Boudreau and Kevin Oakes share their expertise on fostering agility and driving cultural transformation in organizations. Discover the key strategies and approaches needed to thrive in an ever-changing work landscape. Don't miss out on this engaging conversation packed with valuable insights for the future of work! IN THIS EPISODE (00:00) Intro Audio (00:30) Intr...
Developing a Growth Mindset
July 22, 2021 01:43 - 10 minutes - 24.6 MBEunice Goh, CEO, SmartUp.Io shares the importance of having a Growth Mindset and how it has helped her and her team thrive in an environment where is there is no playbook for success.
Developing and Empowering Talent
July 15, 2021 01:00 - 17 minutes - 41 MBJY Pook, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan, Tableau shares the importance of using data to develop talent and why everyone in a company should be given access to all the tools and data available so that their day to day decisions won’t be misguided by ambiguity but guided by data.
Creating And Executing A Winning Growth Plan
July 08, 2021 01:00 - 20 minutes - 47 MBBenjamin Joe, VP of SEA and Emerging Markets, Facebook shares the importance of developing successful growth plans and why companies should have a deprioritise list and only focus on the items that give the most impact to their business.
Setting Vision And Inspiring Action
July 01, 2021 01:00 - 15 minutes - 36.8 MBAndrew Sotiropoulos, Vice President Asia Pacific/Japan, Pure Storage shares the importance of understanding team diversity, and the role of simple and thoughtful communication.
Setting Vision And Inspiring Action
July 01, 2021 01:00 - 15 minutes - 36.8 MBAndrew Sotiropoulos, Vice President Asia Pacific/Japan, Pure Storage shares the importance of understanding team diversity, and the role of simple and thoughtful communication.
The Importance Of Being Market-Focused
June 24, 2021 01:00 - 18 minutes - 42.5 MBGrace Ho, President, SWAT Mobility shares the importance of being market-focused and why businesses should use it to guide their strategy and innovation.
Leading Innovation [Episode 1]
June 17, 2021 01:00 - 25 minutes - 58.1 MBKevin McGuigan, Vice President & Managing Director, South East Asia Region & Country Leader of Singapore, 3M shares his experiences and tips on leading innovation in one of the world's most innovative companies.
Leading change in a traditional environment [Episode 9]
July 15, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 72.8 MBArrif Ziaudeen, CEO and Founder of Chope, shares how companies can use technology to grow their value proposition by understanding the needs of their customers, and offering them customisable and scalable solutions.
How outside-in thinking can disrupt your industry [Episode 8]
July 08, 2020 16:00 - 23 minutes - 57.7 MBDr. Carolyn Lam, Co-Founder of eko.ai, shares how outside-in thinking is helping her disrupt her industry and democratise echocardiography.
How to build an entrepreneurial culture in your company [Episode 7]
July 01, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 80.8 MBDennis Mortensen, Founder and CEO of x.ai, shares why society needs to shake the stigma that comes with potential failure in entrepreneurship and how this could lead to more people being willing to take a risk in their careers.
Why you should leverage technology to grow your business [Episode 6]
June 24, 2020 16:00 - 26 minutes - 65 MBGunjan Soni, CEO of ZALORA, shares how technology has evolved with the customer to suit their needs and how businesses can adapt to thrive and succeed in their industry.
Why having a sustainable business model is important for growth [Episode 5]
June 17, 2020 16:00 - 26 minutes - 65 MBHari Krishnan, CEO of PropertyGuru, shares the importance of building a sustainable business model within an ecosystem by helping partners build capabilities that allow them to be ready for disruption.
Leading a risky business pivot [Episode 4]
June 10, 2020 16:00 - 33 minutes - 81.7 MBAnna Gong, Founder & CEO of Perx Technologies, shares the challenges she faced as she pivoted her business from a B2C to a B2B business model in order to meet a need she anticipated in the market.
Reinvent yourself to lead growth [Episode 3]
June 03, 2020 16:00 - 33 minutes - 81.6 MBRajeev Menon, President, Asia Pacific (excluding Greater China) of Marriott International, shares his journey of self-reinvention and how he helped his team scale and build their capabilities as their portfolio doubled in size.
How to leverage technology to hire better [Episode 2]
May 27, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 73.3 MBOlivier Legrand, Managing Director and Vice President, Asia Pacific & China of LinkedIn shares his views on the importance of democratising networks and opportunities, and how LinkedIn is enabling companies to hire the right candidates by changing their mindset and getting them to hire based on skills and not job titles. Olivier also shares how levelling the playing field is helping to create equal opportunity for everyone in the workforce.
Leading inclusive growth starts with you [Episode 1]
May 20, 2020 16:00 - 33 minutes - 82.7 MBLing Hai, Co-President, Asia Pacific of Mastercard, shares the importance of how outside-in thinking and customer aligned innovation is helping Mastercard drive business growth and innovation. Ling Hai also shares with growth expert Dr. Alison Eyring how Mastercard is engaging their ecosystem to understand their pain points and come up with innovative solutions to help them and their commitment to create more inclusive growth around the world.
How to navigate complexity and build capacity for growth [Episode 6]
November 20, 2019 16:00 - 28 minutes - 67.9 MBMaya Hari, Vice President Asia-Pacific at Twitter, shares her insight on achieving rapid growth within leading-edge tech companies in Asia. Maya speaks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about the value of making complexity understandable for people and creating a shared culture.
How to engage a multi-generation workforce [Episode 5]
November 13, 2019 16:00 - 26 minutes - 62.9 MBWilf Blackburn, CEO of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore, shares his insight on transforming the workplace to become future-fit while maintaining the organisation’s legacy. Wilf speaks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about putting customers first, and adapting the employee value proposition to attract and nurture talent across multiple generations.
Going the distance: Leadership insights from an Olympic coach [Episode 4]
November 06, 2019 16:00 - 29 minutes - 70.4 MBTroy Engle, Head of Academies and Clubs at Sport Singapore, shares his learnings about leadership and development based on his experience coaching elite athletes. Troy speaks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about tailoring leadership style to develop individuals and understanding how the whole system impacts performance.
Leading the wave of smarter shopping [Episode 3]
October 30, 2019 16:00 - 29 minutes - 42.2 MBJoel Leong, Co-founder of ShopBack, shares his experience of leveraging partnerships to create a unique business model and rapidly diversifying across APAC markets. Joel speaks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about the importance of empowering local leaders to help the business grow.
Influence Matters: Lessons from a hyper-growth leader [Episode 2]
October 23, 2019 16:00 - 28 minutes - 65.9 MBDan Neary, Vice President Asia-Pacific at Facebook, shares what he has learnt at the helm of some of Asia’s fastest-growing businesses. Dan talks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about the value of influence over control when scaling your team to support hyper-growth.
Why you need focus to drive disruption [Episode 1]
October 16, 2019 16:00 - 27 minutes - 64.2 MBRosaline Chow Koo, Founder and Group CEO of CXA Group, shares how she has focused on customer needs and involved her entire ecosystem to disrupt the healthcare industry in Asia and achieve growth. Rosaline talks to growth expert, Dr. Alison Eyring, about applying outside-in thinking and having courage to be a disruptor.
Growth Leaders Season 2 - Coming 17 October 2019
October 11, 2019 08:01 - 31 seconds - 1.18 MBWelcome to Series 2 of Growth Leaders! We have a bumper-packed season featuring some of the most talented growth leaders in Asia and global business today. Make sure to subscribe so that you don’t miss an episode.
How to run a start-up in a 100+ year old company [Episode 8]
May 30, 2019 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBwww.organisationsolutions.com @DrAlisonEyring Pacing For Growth: Why Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Alison Eyring LinkedIn www.shell.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/markgainsborough/ In this episode, Mark Gainsborough talks to Dr. Alison Eyring about leading Shell New Energies, a brand new business within the energy major that is focused on cleaner energy solutions and reducing carbon footprint. It covers areas like electric vehicles charging, wind, solar and biofuels....
Hyper-growth: pushing to the max [Episode 7]
April 21, 2019 16:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBwww.organisationsolutions.com @DrAlisonEyring Pacing For Growth: Why Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Alison Eyring LinkedIn https://www.aligntech.com/ Julie Tay LinkedIn Julie Tay, Managing Director and Senior Vice President for Asia-Pacific of Align Technology (best known for Invisalign clear dental aligners) on how maximum capacity is relative to what you are driving, growth beyond numbers and why we need more Asian leaders in top jobs. In this episode, Julie talks to D...
Why do we still have so many incompetent male leaders? [Episode 6]
March 29, 2019 04:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBwww.organisationsolutions.com @DrAlisonEyring Pacing For Growth: Why Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Alison Eyring LinkedIn https://drtomas.com/ Why do so many incompetent men become leaders? (and how to fix it)
Scaling Products & People [Episode 5]
March 11, 2019 16:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBwww.organisationsolutions.com @DrAlisonEyring Pacing For Growth: Why Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Alison Eyring LinkedIn www.google.com Joachim LinkedIn Joachim Ackermann, Managing Director Global Product Partnerships at Google speaks to Dr. Alison Eyring about how you scale an idea for mega growth. Joachim talks about how he manages a growth portfolio, so he can seed lots of different ideas and then scale the ones that can grow fast. He shares about the importance of...
How to keep a Growth Mindset [Episode 4]
January 30, 2019 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBwww.organisationsolutions.com @DrAlisonEyring Pacing For Growth: Why Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Alison Eyring LinkedIn www.airbnb.com Jules Persaud Linked In In this episode, Julian Persaud of AirBnB talks to Dr. Alison Eyring about how he retains a growth mindset. A self-professed 46 year old millennial, Julian is Head of Global Operations at AirBnB Experiences. He talks about how he retains a hunger to grow and surrounds himself with life-long learners. Julian...
The disciplined pursuit of less [Episode 3]
October 02, 2018 16:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBKey Links: Organisation Solutions Pacing For Growth: Why Intelligent Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Dr. Alison Eyring’s LinkedIn Twitter: @DrAlisonEyring Vikram Rupani’s LinkedIn ---------- When opportunities abound it’s easy to get caught up in the execution of pursuing them and not build the capabilities you will need for the future. So how do you focus your energy on what really matters? Vikram Rupani, Co-founder and President of RedMart, talks about how he and his part...
Never compromise on people [Episode 2]
October 01, 2018 16:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBKey Links: Organisation Solutions Pacing For Growth: Why Intelligent Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Dr. Alison Eyring’s LinkedIn Twitter: @DrAlisonEyring Vladimir Makatsaria’s LinkedIn How do you build an organisation with growth leaders at every level? Over the past decade, the healthcare industry has seen unprecedented growth in Asia. Johnson & Johnson President, Vladimir Makatsaria talks about why people are at the heart of growth. How having the right leaders in his tea...
There is no playbook for the future [Episode 1]
September 30, 2018 16:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBKey Links: Organisation Solutions Pacing For Growth: Why Intelligent Restraint Drives Long-Term Success Dr. Alison Eyring’s LinkedIn Twitter: @DrAlisonEyring Parry Singh’s LinkedIn ---------- Parry Singh, Chief Commercial & Digital Officer at MediaCorp, shares insights he has developed during his career in the technology and media industries on continually navigating our new disruptive normality to be successful in the future. He talks about how in this age of disruption, it is ...