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Andy Robbins, Oyster
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Kevin Adler - Miracle Messages
Leadership Is No Accident
06/11/20 • 34 min
Discussion Topics
1:45 Miracle Messages vision for the future - ending relational poverty on our streets.
3:30 What motivated Kevin to get started? An experiment that changed his life.
9:00 The first reunion that started a movement.
10:15 How he built the organization they have now, which is a world away from how they started.
12:30 The journey to achieving over 300 reunions. A breakthrough learning from a very big mistake.
22:00 Bet the farm moments. If these turned out badly there would be no financial runway available to recover. How can we learn without experiencing so much risk?
23:30 What keeps Kevin going through the necessary setbacks?
27:00. What advice would you give yourself, when you were starting out, knowing what you know now? It is not for the faint of heart.
Links
Miracle Messages on the web
Learn more about Kevin via LinkedIn
Oyster Leadership Programs on the web
Credits
Music by Isaac Chambers - 'Change'

Liz Dolan - Co-Host of the Satellite Sisters podcast and marketing extraordinaire
Leadership Is No Accident
12/17/20 • 51 min
3:00 – Becoming a marketer with no marketing background
9:00 – Accepting a job offer from Phil Knight himself
16:00 – What made Nike such a great fit
21:00 – How “Satellite Sisters” got started
26:00 – When the company CEO won’t let you quit
31:00 – “Make your own luck”
37:00 – Dolan’s experience with unconscious gender bias
47:00 – Creating a powerful voice for women
LINKS
Liz Dolan on LinkedIn
Listen to the Satellite Sisters
CREDITS
Produced by Kai Hellberg
Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

Ruby Zefo - Chief Privacy Officer, Uber
Leadership Is No Accident
01/07/21 • 40 min
2:00 - “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 Responsibility
23:00 - Needing to have a purpose
25:30 - Ask people who know you about what you like/don’t
28:30 - Moving from Intel to Uber
30:00 - Uber’s progressive rebuilding process
32:00 - Zefo’s seamless transition
34:00 - “Get on the bus or get out of the way”
37:30 - Joy of contributing rather than receiving
LINKS
Ruby Zefo on LinkedIn
CREDITS
Produced by Kai Hellberg
Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

Liz Valentine - Entrepreneur and Executive Leader
Leadership Is No Accident
08/31/21 • 45 min
2:40 - Taking a year off at Nike
8:00 - Keeping Swift alive at the height of a recession
12:00 - Embracing uncertainty
17:00 - Allowing employees to be multi-dimensional
21:00 - Having employees truly live by a company’s values
24:00 - Valentine’s non-negotiables
30:00 - The transition to Wunderman Thompson
36:00 - The importance of embracing your life outside of work
39:00 - Leadership lessons from becoming CEO
LINKS
Liz Valentine on LinkedIn
CREDITS
Produced by Kai Hellberg
Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

Phillip Crockford - CEO v-Teamwork and Team Leadership Expert
Leadership Is No Accident
09/07/21 • 45 min
3:00 – Leadership as dispositional learning
4:00 – Introducing Minecraft
6:30 – Explaining the use of disposition
8:00 – Using Minecraft as a simulation
13:30 – Learning from Minecraft
18:30 – Thoughts on working from home in the world of Covid
22:00 – Working from home, trouble-free or a struggle?
23:30 – Learning practice and performance
27:00 – What leaders learn from the program
30:00 – Learning by doing, building confidence
33:30 – Philip’s passion for sharing, connecting and understanding the human being
40:00 – Closing advice on how to lead and utilize vertical development
LINKS
Phillip Crockford on LinkedIn
Working with v-Teamwork
CREDITS
Produced by Kai Hellberg & Emma Holmstrom
Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

Catherine Beldotti Donlan - Executive Leader and Champion for Women's Sports
Leadership Is No Accident
09/14/21 • 44 min
2:00 - Entering the athletic industry
5:00 - A strong passion for sports, fitness, health, and wellness
6:30 - Change within the athletic industry and breaking glass ceilings
9:30 - Being authentic
11:30 - A female leader and mother in a male-dominated industry
17:30 - The importance of deep active listening
22:15 - Understanding critical feedback, self-reflection, and self-awareness
27:30 - Learning from the consumer
30:30 - Creating strategic directions and strategic visions in leadership
35:00 - From the athletic industry to venture capital lead companies
38:15 - Strategic planning in private equity
39:00 - Leaving the venture capital world and starting a new chapter
LINKS
Catherine Beldotti Donlan on LinkedIn
CREDITS
Produced by Emma Holmstrom
Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

Sarah Bradham - Acting Executive Director, Mazamas
Leadership Is No Accident
09/28/21 • 42 min
2:30 - The history of Mazamas
5:30 - How to lead through change while maintaining the soul of the organization
8:45 - The role as Acting Executive Director
11:15 - How to adapt and create new opportunities in the light of Covid-19
17:30 - Increasing diversity in the outdoors
21:30 - The complexity of permits and being actively engaged in the topic
25:00 - Being a member of Outdoor Alliance and having a voice in legislation matters related to the outdoors
28:00 - Being a female leader in a male-dominated space
31:30 - Feeling pride in the purpose of the organization
33:30 - An organization that also provides a community
37:00 - Advice on how to lead a volunteer organization
LINKS
Sarah Bradham on LinkedIn
Learn more about the Mazamas
CREDITS
Produced by Emma Holmstrom
Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

Amobi Okugo - Professional Soccer Player and Entrepreneur
Leadership Is No Accident
10/12/21 • 41 min
2:30 - The dream of becoming a professional athlete
5:30 - Leadership and leaders in soccer
9:00 - Leadership from a team perspective
11:00 - Understanding responsibility, accountability, and the meaning of resiliency
13:45 - What distinguishes great coaches from average coaches
16:00 - Different kinds of leaders and coaching styles
20:00 - Maintaining and understanding accountability from a coaching perspective, and how it translates into sports and business
25:00- Being a player under contract and what it entails
29:00- A Frugal Athlete - a financial-literacy company
30:15 - Explaining what the Frugal Athlete provides
33:30 - Inspiration and purpose to create A Frugal Athlete
37:30 - Advice on how to become a professional athlete
LINKS
Amobi Okugo on LinkedIn
Amobi's Wikipedia page
Learn more about A Frugal Athlete
CREDITS
Produced by Emma Holmstrom
Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

Nir Zavaro - Storyteller and Marketing Thought Leader
Leadership Is No Accident
08/24/21 • 46 min
3:00 – “Not sure if he has a bright future as a student, but the way he writes is unbelievable”
7:30 – Zavaro’s focus on storytelling
10:30 – Zavaro’s definition of leadership
13:20 – “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 book
28:00 – Fixing restaurants
30:00 – Commentating everything from Formula 1 to Bobsleigh
34:00 – Maximizing something as simple as white paper and black ink
38:00 – Zavaro’s title as “Chief of Happiness”
LINKS
Nir Zavaro on LinkedIn
How to work with Nir as your personal storytelling and marketing coach
Connecting with Streetwise in Tel Aviv (in Hebrew)
Streetwise on LinkedIn
CREDITS
Produced by Kai Hellberg
Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

Daniel Puder - Founder and CEO of My Life My Power Academy
Leadership Is No Accident
07/28/20 • 35 min
1:30 A Man on a Mission
4:15 “Success is what happens TO you. Significance is what happens THROUGH you”
9:00 Our purpose evolves
12:30 Focusing on only one or two things at once
16:00 “Our communities know we’re there to stay”
20:00 Working with investors
22:30 Puder’s takeaways from his sports career
26:00 Advice for retiring athletes
31:00 What Daniel is most proud of
LINKS
Daniel Puder's My Life My Power Academy
Puder's podcast "Significance Breeds Success"
Puder's Personal Website
CREDITS
Produced by Kai Hellberg
Music by Isaac Chambers - 'Change'
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How many episodes does Leadership Is No Accident have?
Leadership Is No Accident currently has 26 episodes available.
What topics does Leadership Is No Accident cover?
The podcast is about Career Advice, Culture, Management, Leadership, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Podcasts and Business.
What is the most popular episode on Leadership Is No Accident?
The episode title 'Bobby Evans - Former GM, San Francisco Giants' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Leadership Is No Accident?
The average episode length on Leadership Is No Accident is 40 minutes.
How often are episodes of Leadership Is No Accident released?
Episodes of Leadership Is No Accident are typically released every 7 days, 2 hours.
When was the first episode of Leadership Is No Accident?
The first episode of Leadership Is No Accident was released on May 30, 2020.
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