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Leadership Is No Accident

Leadership Is No Accident

Andy Robbins, Oyster

We believe in a radically simple idea, that leadership is no accident. These stories take you inside how people lead in our increasingly fast paced and complex world to achieve outcomes others didn't believe were possible.
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Leadership Is No Accident - Kevin Adler - Miracle Messages

Kevin Adler - Miracle Messages

Leadership Is No Accident

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06/11/20 • 34 min

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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.

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Miracle Messages on the web

Learn more about Kevin via LinkedIn

Oyster Leadership Programs on the web

Credits

Music by Isaac Chambers - 'Change'

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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’

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Leadership Is No Accident - Ruby Zefo - Chief Privacy Officer, Uber
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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’

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Leadership Is No Accident - Liz Valentine - Entrepreneur and Executive Leader
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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

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Liz Valentine on LinkedIn

Swift Agency

CREDITS

Produced by Kai Hellberg

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

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Leadership Is No Accident - Phillip Crockford - CEO v-Teamwork and Team Leadership Expert
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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’

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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

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Catherine Beldotti Donlan on LinkedIn

CREDITS

Produced by Emma Holmstrom

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

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Leadership Is No Accident - Sarah Bradham - Acting Executive Director, Mazamas
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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

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Sarah Bradham on LinkedIn

Learn more about the Mazamas

CREDITS

Produced by Emma Holmstrom

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

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Leadership Is No Accident - Amobi Okugo - Professional Soccer Player and Entrepreneur
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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

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Amobi Okugo on LinkedIn

Amobi's Wikipedia page

Learn more about A Frugal Athlete

CREDITS

Produced by Emma Holmstrom

Music by Isaac Chambers – ‘Change’

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Leadership Is No Accident - Nir Zavaro - Storyteller and Marketing Thought Leader
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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’

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Leadership Is No Accident - Daniel Puder - Founder and CEO of My Life My Power Academy
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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

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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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FAQ

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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