Hot Mess Hotline artwork

Hot Mess Hotline

142 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago -

Remember the start of The Real World? "Find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting REAL." That's the inspiration behind this podcast. Leaders will learn from CEOs and others who've landed in a hot mess, and how they got themselves out.

Management Business Entrepreneurship businessinspiration changemaker changemakerdefinition changemanagement executivecoaching genx hotmesshotline leadership leadershipskills lifecoaching
Homepage Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Episodes

Insider Threat Detection Comes From Strong Outside Relationships with Robert Field

March 15, 2024 12:00 - 31 minutes - 71.7 MB

Insider threat detection comes from new school technology and old school relationships. Robert Field learned of sabotage coming from one of his employees from a trusted relationship outside of the organization. Yes, technically, technology could have detected this. But the reality was that Rob’s focus on relationships saved his company’s bacon. He had people around him that cared about his success. As a leader, do you have strong enough relationships to tell you the hard stuff, the stuff yo...

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There with Ravi Teja Bommireddipalli

February 23, 2024 12:55 - 55 minutes - 127 MB

What got you here won’t get you there if you’re a leader driving growth and transformation. Ravi Bommireddipalli is a CEO who focuses on unlearning as much as he learns. For Robosoft’s next level, he’s being charged with leading the company to where it has never been. Along the way he’s going to become a leader he’s never been. And he’s going to grow more leaders so that not all operational details continue to come through him. This episode covers great ground on how CEOs and CIOs need to p...

Every Step of Growth Has Its Own New Challenges with Asad Ur Rehman

January 26, 2024 12:03 - 29 minutes - 67.3 MB

Every step of growth has its own challenges and hot messes. CEO Asad Ur Rehman learned these lessons the hard way as he’s grown from freelance software developer to CEO of a 300-person global firm. There’s a myth about success that when you achieve a certain salary, revenue, job, client, etc. etc. etc. THEN things will get easier, better. Here’s the good news: as you uplevel, you get more challenges. These challenges get bigger and you have to uplevel your problem solving skills. The only w...

Tell the Story of Your Career When There’s Too Much Variety in Your Resume with Adrian Koehler

January 12, 2024 14:45 - 34 minutes - 80.2 MB

Do you know how to tell the story of your career when there’s too much variety in your resume? Adrian Koehler is an executive coach who has transformed a “hot mess” of career experience into clear confidence for how he delivers compelling value every day and in the present moment. This episode is for you if you’re working to develop the through-line to communicate how your variety of positions can contribute to your next career move and frame conversations so you can tell the story of your ...

Making Decisions Isn’t Hard, Taking Action on the Decision is Hard with Alexei Miller

December 08, 2023 12:00 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

Making decisions isn’t always hard, but taking action on the decisions can be hard. Alexei Miller is a leader who lived that firsthand when his company’s locations were caught in the middle of international conflict. When Russia invaded Ukraine, Data Art’s “people first” philosophy was put to the test.  A decision for their Ukrainian employees felt like a betrayal of their Russian colleagues. And a decision for their Russian colleagues felt like a betrayal of their Ukrainian colleagues. Whi...

The Secret to Creating Alignment During Change with Michael Judd

December 08, 2023 02:11 - 49 minutes - 113 MB

Successful leaders find themselves creating alignment during change. Michael Judd shares one of his initial turnaround gigs where he learned this skill directly and then took it with him for the rest of his career. Learn from his experience and self awareness: Do you know your business’ safety net and risk tolerance? Do you know how to create clarity when there’s confusion? Do you know how to align the expectations of your manager with your peers and your teams? Do you know if you’re an ...

If You Micromanage Then You’re Not Managing with Richard Luna

December 08, 2023 02:11 - 41 minutes - 97.8 MB

Richard Luna came to a hard realization when he said to himself, “If you micromanage, then you’re not managing.” As his business and team were growing, he learned — the hard way, of course! — that he was controlling too much: filtering 1,000+ emails a day; creating specific dispatch schedules; putting out fires; selling services; being the CEO, COO, CSO, and CTO; working 18-hour days, the whole shebang. Anyone who is driven recognizes this workload. For those of us who have broad shoulders,...

Great Leaders Know They Lead Humans Not Robots with Denise Cooper

November 09, 2023 01:45 - 35 minutes - 80.9 MB

Leaders lead humans and people working together, not robots working together. Denise Cooper and I explore this topic in a very frank conversation. We’ve gone off course with leadership when we think that multi-tasking and motivating all employees in the exact same way is going to work in the 21st century.  Humans can’t multi-task; hell we’re not even supposed to have multiple priorities. (“Priority” was created in 1400 and “priorities” was created in the 1900s.) And each individual needs so...

Root Cause Analysis Example with 300 Servers and without Emotion with Benjamin Pulatie

October 13, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 81.3 MB

IT executives have too many root cause analysis examples to count. Benjamin Pulatie is a leader and entrepreneur who’s no different. But because of his mega hot mess he learned how to take control when everyone was in charge but no one was in control; and check his emotions at the door. Listen to this Hot Mess Hotline episode as Ben describes how he methodically evaluated what wasn’t working across 300 servers to find a solution that was costing millions of dollars a day. About Benjamin B...

Solving the Right Problem with Change Management with Juan Betancourt

September 29, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 101 MB

Solving the right problem with change management is a perennial problem for IT leaders. Juan Betancourt is a tech entrepreneur who is willing to keep looking in the mirror, ask the hard questions, and continuously improve until he gets it right. Our conversation focuses on how he led his team through massive business shifts because that’s what it takes to keep up in his industry. Leading a team through change that is forced from external pressures (looking at you ‘rona) is different from le...

Leaders Aren’t Fortune Tellers, But They Are Risk Takers with Pamela Diaz

September 18, 2023 00:57 - 50 minutes - 115 MB

Leadership is about taking risks, not seeing into a crystal ball. Pamela Diaz is a leader that asks her team to trust her enough to take risks with her. And she returns that trust with empathy. Here at The Change Architects, we work with a lot of teams that demand all their questions be answered from their manager before they move forward with plans — which stalls progress and problem solving. And it’s simply impossible. Fortunately there’s another way and Pam knows what’s up. This was a fu...

Resistance to Change Isn't What You Think It Is with Jessica Carroll

September 01, 2023 11:00 - 49 minutes - 91.1 MB

Resistance to change doesn't always show up in your team like you think it does. Jessica Carroll is an executive who has driven multiple digital transformations as a CIO and Chief Customer Experience Officer. The same lessons that apply to "going to the cloud" also apply to digital transformation and how to use AI in 2023. In this episode we discuss how it's easy for the leader to think their teammates are resisting, but they really might just need more information; think about the problem f...

Deliver Results that Match Your Executive Compensation with Scott Couchenour

August 18, 2023 17:22 - 52 minutes - 120 MB

Have you ever felt like you weren't delivering the results as an executive that matched your compensation? Scott Couchenour is our faculty member who can tell you exactly why and how to get you focused on results, actions, and the mindset needed to do the strategic work necessary at your level. It's easy to get sucked into too many meetings, too many decisions, and too many tasks. As a senior leader you need to focus on delivering the value that only you can. Usually that means more time on ...

Action Can't Get in the Way of Empathy with Don Monistere

August 04, 2023 11:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MB

Action and empathy move at different speeds in companies. Don Monistere is a longtime IT leader who has driven a lot of change. He's led the acquisition and merging of several companies and freely admits that plans on paper sometimes sound great and play out in the real world in a terrible way. He cares deeply about his people and he has a strong bias for action. For those of us who have a bias for action (me included) it's easy for us to run over people, push them out of the way, or dismiss...

How to Come Back from Burnout with Jimmy Burroughes

July 21, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 97.2 MB

How do you come back from burnout as a leader? Jimmy Burroughes was an overachiever who tried to prove himself for too long and burned out. In epic fashion. As someone who knows he's here to make a difference in this world, he wanted to do too much, be too much, and was burning the candle at both ends. One day in 2017 it all caught up with him and the life that he had unraveled. Luckily for him and for us, he came back from being lost, feeling hopeless, and being unable to get out bed. He n...

IT Needs to Say No Sometimes with Heather Darring

July 07, 2023 11:05 - 29 minutes - 69.1 MB

How to say "No" in IT is tricky. Heather Darring shares with us what's even trickier: saying Yes too frequently, projects going out of scope, and then reading an IT audit that says, "You suck." Okay, okay it didn't actually say that she and her 1 colleague sucked, but it described missed expectations and she took it personally. Years later she's able to share how that experience turned into an opportunity to reset expectations across the entire business, to grow, to learn, and ultimately exp...

Courageous Leadership with Deseri Garcia

June 23, 2023 16:57 - 38 minutes - 88.9 MB

Courageous leadership is a choice. Deseri Garcia is a coach and faculty member here at The Change Architects. Because she's been in the trenches as a leader, she knows what it takes to have hard conversations, lead with clarity and vision, and adapt to those around you while maintaining authenticity. Deseri's experience is now in teambuildng and coaching. Specifically she creates teambuilding experiences that build connection, problem solving skills, and shared results. Listen in to this ep...

Challenge the Status Quo; Business as Usual is Dangerous with Wally Brant

June 11, 2023 17:21 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

"Challenge the status quo!" The executives we work with shout this from rooftops with their teams. "Business as usual" means a slow decline toward irrelevancy. The reality is that a business that isn't growing in some way is in decline and shrinking the value it's bringing to the world. And "growth" doesn't always mean revenue, profit, and headcount. Growth in rate of change; growth in technical capabilities; growth in integration; growth in project management skills. These are all forms of...

Rich Leaders Have Rich Relationships with Jack Gibson

May 12, 2023 21:13 - 45 minutes - 109 MB

A little-discussed asset class known by rich leaders is to have rich relationships. Jack Gibson is a leader who values trust over money; friendship over revenue. Just a few short years ago, he was feeling hot, hot, hot about real estate investing with a business partner. He referred his friends to this person. Everything was great while everyone was making money together. Until it wasn't and they were all losing money. Big time. Jack put on his cape and saved the day. While he's learned si...

Insights into Uncomfortable Race Conversations at Work with Danielle Meadows-Stinnett

April 28, 2023 18:38 - 42 minutes - 98.7 MB

Have you ever wanted insights into uncomfortable race conversations at work but didn't know who to ask? Our guest, Danielle Meadows-Stinnett, is generous enough to share a hot mess she found herself in as the CEO of her marketing company. She describes what it felt like when a client said to her teammate, "Do you even speak English?" For those of us in more privileged positions in our American culture, we need to learn what it's like sitting in the chair across from us as a person of color,...

How Small Tweaks Create Big Change with Nikki Evans

April 14, 2023 19:21 - 24 minutes - 56.6 MB

Big change is created by small tweaks. One of our faculty members, Nikki Evans, reminds us that change happens in small steps. Our brains are wired for overwhelm when we try to prioritize, do, plan, think through too much. Coaching reminds us to use our human superpowers of focus, critical thinking, and taking one step at a time. Nikki shares her coaching perspective, why you might want to work with her, and what to expect. After listening I hope you’ll find her as amazing as I do and see w...

Bring More Critical Thinking to Your Leadership Team with Steve Pearlman

March 31, 2023 18:15 - 24 minutes - 55.2 MB

Critical thinking in leadership teams is not the norm. Too many meetings are focused on who's winning, who has the best idea, who's talking the loudest, etc. Steve Pearlman, a critical thinking expert, makes the analogy to poker. We hold our cards close and jockey to win. But then tell everyone else to show their cards so the team can win. I learned so much about how critical thinking is a bit more complex than I knew and yet there are some key tricks we can all use to be more present, awar...

Old Habits Can't Create New Results with Tedra White

March 17, 2023 19:17 - 36 minutes - 83.8 MB

Change feels hard when we try to use old habits to drive new results. No one knows that better than our very own faculty member, Tedra White. On this episode of the Hot Mess Hotline, we talk through big career transitions; how bad employees create amazing results and how to turn them into great employees that create amazing results; what gets us stuck during transformation; and the power of coaching through all of this. Tedra shares her coaching perspective, why you might want to work with ...

Ep. 55: The critical difference between managing complexity and micromanaging with Bill Murphy

March 03, 2023 21:53 - 44 minutes - 107 MB

There is a critical difference between managing complexity and micromanaging that all leaders need to know about. Our Hot Mess Hotline guest, Bill Murphy, breaks down how to know when you've reached a ceiling of complexity that requires you to step back into the details of the work. This is different from micromanaging, however. And if you're seeing the same mistakes over and over, yet your team is supposed to have a process in place, you need to lead in a new way. Hear about Bill's inflec...

The critical difference between managing complexity and micromanaging with Bill Murphy

March 03, 2023 21:53 - 44 minutes - 107 MB

There is a critical difference between managing complexity and micromanaging that all leaders need to know about. Our Hot Mess Hotline guest, Bill Murphy, breaks down how to know when you've reached a ceiling of complexity that requires you to step back into the details of the work. This is different from micromanaging, however. And if you're seeing the same mistakes over and over, yet your team is supposed to have a process in place, you need to lead in a new way. Hear about Bill's inflec...

What's the Difference Between Orientation and Onboarding?

November 06, 2022 17:12 - 18 minutes - 43.7 MB

What's the Difference Between Orientation and Onboarding? And why does it matter? With turnover and retention being very painful and expensive problems (especially right now!), leaders need every tool at their disposal to help the right people stay. Onboarding is an incredibly powerful tool and we have the stats to back it up!! Plus it's not really about the expense, it's about welcoming people into your culture, showing them a good time, giving them the tools and information to be succe...

Ep. 54: What's the Difference Between Orientation and Onboarding?

November 06, 2022 17:12 - 18 minutes - 43.7 MB

What's the Difference Between Orientation and Onboarding? And why does it matter? With turnover and retention being very painful and expensive problems (especially right now!), leaders need every tool at their disposal to help the right people stay. Onboarding is an incredibly powerful tool and we have the stats to back it up!! Plus it's not really about the expense, it's about welcoming people into your culture, showing them a good time, giving them the tools and information to be succe...

Hot Messes Make You a Stronger Leader with Jerry Jones

October 02, 2022 15:11 - 46 minutes - 106 MB

Stronger leaders are made through multiple hot messes. Jerry Jones, former president of Cannon IV, shares his decisionmaking, sleepless nights, and strategy pivots during some tumultuous times. In this Hot Mess Hotline episode, he shares how 50% of their revenue evaporated in 90 days because of a supplier's switch in sales strategy. This episode is powerful for those leaders who feel fatigued by change or have teams who are complaining about too much change. "Why can't things just go back ...

Ep. 53: Hot Messes Make You a Stronger Leader with Jerry Jones

October 02, 2022 15:11 - 46 minutes - 106 MB

Stronger leaders are made through multiple hot messes. Jerry Jones, former president of Cannon IV, shares his decisionmaking, sleepless nights, and strategy pivots during some tumultuous times. In this Hot Mess Hotline episode, he shares how 50% of their revenue evaporated in 90 days because of a supplier's switch in sales strategy. This episode is powerful for those leaders who feel fatigued by change or have teams who are complaining about too much change. "Why can't things just go back ...

Ep. 52 When You Lose Your Job and It's Your Whole Identity with Steve Spiro

September 18, 2022 18:12 - 43 minutes - 100 MB

What do you do when you lose your job and it's your whole identity? Steve Spiro has been there and has some words of advice! Almost every successful leader I know has been fired from a job and/or had a crisis of conscious. They often go hand-in-hand because we over invest our happiness in the role we play at work, the title, the salary, the perks. It's great to find purpose in our jobs. Our work can be the place where we make a difference and impact on the world. And at the end of the day,...

When You Lose Your Job and It's Your Whole Identity with Steve Spiro

September 18, 2022 18:12 - 43 minutes - 100 MB

What do you do when you lose your job and it's your whole identity? Steve Spiro has been there and has some words of advice! Almost every successful leader I know has been fired from a job and/or had a crisis of conscious. They often go hand-in-hand because we over invest our happiness in the role we play at work, the title, the salary, the perks. It's great to find purpose in our jobs. Our work can be the place where we make a difference and impact on the world. And at the end of the day,...

Don't Do What You're Good At with Gary Hobbs

September 02, 2022 13:55 - 40 minutes - 95 MB

You've probably spent your entire life believing that you should do what you're good at. Surely, if you're a natural at something, then it's your life's calling, right? But what if you've been wrong all along? Gary Hobbs, electrical engineer turned entrepreneur, believes it's the challenges you face, doing what you love, and doing what you're GREAT at will drive your success. In this episode of the Hot Mess Hotline, you will hear how important it is to weigh the risks of doing what you're ...

Ep. 51: Don't Do What You're Good At with Gary Hobbs

September 02, 2022 13:55 - 40 minutes - 95 MB

You've probably spent your entire life believing that you should do what you're good at. Surely, if you're a natural at something, then it's your life's calling, right? But what if you've been wrong all along? Gary Hobbs, electrical engineer turned entrepreneur, believes it's the challenges you face, doing what you love, and doing what you're GREAT at will drive your success. In this episode of the Hot Mess Hotline, you will hear how important it is to weigh the risks of doing what you're ...

Ep. 50: Powerful Leaders Define Success for Themselves First with Karen Mangia

August 19, 2022 16:57 - 46 minutes - 108 MB

There's a balance in leadership success between being nimble and controlling the right kind of controllables. Karen Mangia is that leader who has found personal and professional success because she decided to prioritize — and control — what that looks like on a daily basis for her. You'll hear in this interview how Karen was letting other people's definitions of contribution, meaning, and boundaries drive her. And it wrecked her body, mind, and spirit. Lucky for us she found her way out an...

Powerful Leaders Define Success for Themselves First with Karen Mangia

August 19, 2022 16:57 - 46 minutes - 108 MB

There's a balance in leadership success between being nimble and controlling the right kind of controllables. Karen Mangia is that leader who has found personal and professional success because she decided to prioritize — and control — what that looks like on a daily basis for her. You'll hear in this interview how Karen was letting other people's definitions of contribution, meaning, and boundaries drive her. And it wrecked her body, mind, and spirit. Lucky for us she found her way out an...

How to Build a High Performing Team with Sean Murray and Doug Beal

August 05, 2022 17:20 - 59 minutes - 141 MB

High-performing teams are built when individuals go through challenges together. Sean Murray and Doug Beal bring us the real-life story of a gold metal Olympic team from the 80s who could barely work together in the beginning. In today's episode you'll learn that you actually don't need the smartest, most talented, highly skilled players for your business team to be high performing. During much of the 2010s (and still today), there was a fixation on hiring "the best talent." We think if we...

Ep. 49: How to Build a High Performing Team with Sean Murray and Doug Beal

August 05, 2022 17:20 - 59 minutes - 141 MB

High-performing teams are built when individuals go through challenges together. Sean Murray and Doug Beal bring us the real-life story of a gold metal Olympic team from the 80s who could barely work together in the beginning. In today's episode you'll learn that you actually don't need the smartest, most talented, highly skilled players for your business team to be high performing. During much of the 2010s (and still today), there was a fixation on hiring "the best talent." We think if we...

Ep. 48: Rules to Live By for Good Leaders and Bad Leaders with Chris Clews

April 27, 2022 20:41 - 43 minutes - 99.7 MB

Chris Clews, speaker and author, bring us rules to live by for good and bad leaders straight from the 80s! Again! He has such a valuable perspective to share (and we have laugh so much when we're together), I just had to have him back. This time we're talking about Road House and other 80s favorites. Plus if you're thinking about pivoting your career or there's a creative idea you keep thinking and dreaming about, Chris has some great advice on how to take action on it. Here's just a sni...

Rules to Live By for Good Leaders and Bad Leaders with Chris Clews

April 27, 2022 20:41 - 43 minutes - 99.7 MB

Chris Clews, speaker and author, bring us rules to live by for good and bad leaders straight from the 80s! Again! He has such a valuable perspective to share (and we have laugh so much when we're together), I just had to have him back. This time we're talking about Road House and other 80s favorites. Plus if you're thinking about pivoting your career or there's a creative idea you keep thinking and dreaming about, Chris has some great advice on how to take action on it. Here's just a sni...

Your Team's Long Term Growth Plan with Tony Newcome

April 15, 2022 11:11 - 55 minutes - 128 MB

Tony Newcome, CTO at ActiveCampaign, creates long-term growth plans with his team and has everyone working in the details, including himself. It's been instrumental to ActiveCampaign's success and certainly his track record as an award-winning technology leader. In this episode listen for Tony's leadership perspective and how he keeps cultures going in hyper growth mode while also staying focused. He believes the best in people and it shows through in everything he does and every conversation...

Ep. 47: Your Team's Long Term Growth Plan with Tony Newcome

April 15, 2022 11:11 - 55 minutes - 128 MB

Tony Newcome, CTO at ActiveCampaign, creates long-term growth plans with his team and has everyone working in the details, including himself. It's been instrumental to ActiveCampaign's success and certainly his track record as an award-winning technology leader. In this episode listen for Tony's leadership perspective and how he keeps cultures going in hyper growth mode while also staying focused. He believes the best in people and it shows through in everything he does and every conversation...

Ep. 46: Project Management Problems Always Have People Solutions with Charlie Garcia

April 01, 2022 07:18 - 1 hour - 145 MB

Charlie Garcia, president of C Garcia and Associates, has learned that every project management problem really needs a people-focused solution. He grew up in the construction industry and learned early on to take responsibility for what's broken AND what's going right. In this episode, you'll hear Charlie describe a problem completely caused by other people but making him look bad. Like losing millions of dollars bad. He lost a lot of sleep fixing this hot mess, but didn't waste a second try...

Project Management Problems Always Have People Solutions with Charlie Garcia

April 01, 2022 07:18 - 1 hour - 145 MB

Charlie Garcia, president of C Garcia and Associates, has learned that every project management problem really needs a people-focused solution. He grew up in the construction industry and learned early on to take responsibility for what's broken AND what's going right. In this episode, you'll hear Charlie describe a problem completely caused by other people but making him look bad. Like losing millions of dollars bad. He lost a lot of sleep fixing this hot mess, but didn't waste a second try...

Ep. 45: Leaders Don't Judge with Joe Topinka

March 18, 2022 12:21 - 47 minutes - 110 MB

Joe Topinka, founder of CIO Mentor, shares his experiences learning that leaders don't judge and how to really lead by example through a tough moment in his career. A new CEO came in and he was removed from the executive leadership team. An average leader will let their ego take over. An exceptional leader will take another route. Listen in this episode for Joe's top lessons, his source of inspiration, and our top insights you can put into practice immediately. Your ego overreacts and lie...

Leaders Don't Judge with Joe Topinka

March 18, 2022 12:21 - 47 minutes - 110 MB

Joe Topinka, founder of CIO Mentor, shares his experiences learning that leaders don't judge and how to really lead by example through a tough moment in his career. A new CEO came in and he was removed from the executive leadership team. An average leader will let their ego take over. An exceptional leader will take another route. Listen in this episode for Joe's top lessons, his source of inspiration, and our top insights you can put into practice immediately. Your ego overreacts and lie...

How to Lead Through a Crisis with Whynde Kuehn

February 19, 2022 10:16 - 44 minutes - 101 MB

Whynde Kuehne, founder and managing director of S2E Transformation Inc., teaches us how to lead through a crisis from her firsthand experience. She was having a normal, fabulous day when she receives a call from the big boss saying her boss was out immediately and she's now in charge of a 100-person team. Gulp. In a matter of days she came up with a way forward for the entire team. Listen in for these key insights and so much more from our powerful conversation. Why a "bridge" is a powerf...

Ep. 44: How to Lead Through a Crisis with Whynde Kuehn

February 19, 2022 10:16 - 44 minutes - 101 MB

Whynde Kuehne, founder and managing director of S2E Transformation Inc., teaches us how to lead through a crisis from her firsthand experience. She was having a normal, fabulous day when she receives a call from the big boss saying her boss was out immediately and she's now in charge of a 100-person team. Gulp. In a matter of days she came up with a way forward for the entire team. Listen in for these key insights and so much more from our powerful conversation. Why a "bridge" is a powerf...

Leadership Lessons from the 80s with Chris Clews

November 28, 2021 20:10 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

​Chris Clews, speaker and author, brings us the top leadership lessons from the 80s in this Hot Mess Hotline episode. Combining his marketing leadership experience and love of Gen X culture, he's written a books series, "What 80s Pop Culture Teaches Us About Today’s Workplace." He travels the country sharing what we can all learn from our childhood favorites: movies that play on Saturday afternoon reruns and music originally released on vinyl. Chris originally got inspiration for this work...

Ep. 43: Leadership Lessons from the 80s with Chris Clews

November 28, 2021 20:10 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

​Chris Clews, speaker and author, brings us the top leadership lessons from the 80s in this Hot Mess Hotline episode. Combining his marketing leadership experience and love of Gen X culture, he's written a books series, "What 80s Pop Culture Teaches Us About Today’s Workplace." He travels the country sharing what we can all learn from our childhood favorites: movies that play on Saturday afternoon reruns and music originally released on vinyl. Chris originally got inspiration for this work...

Ep. 42: The Ultimate Humble Leadership Style with David Fischer

November 14, 2021 19:10 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

​David Fischer, chief revenue officer at Gregory & Appel Insurance, has always sought out challenges. As a marine, he learned the ultimate humble leadership style: leaders eat last. He continuously strives to grow himself, the companies he works for, and the people he leads. That hard work is rewarded with increasingly complex challenges to face, however. He's a wizard when it comes to creating sales systems and structures to catapult a company's success. This problem he shares with us on ...

Twitter Mentions

@mikesipplejr 2 Episodes
@incs2e 2 Episodes
@talentmagneti 2 Episodes