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The world of entrepreneurship is filled with fear, failure and mountainous challenges. Join the conversation as 'preneurs of all type share their stories, insights and advice for your journey to success.
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This podcast series explores the intersections of business, organizational culture, and talent through conversations with leading thinkers – and doers – around the world. Learn more at: https://www.heidrick.com/ Heidrick & Struggles serves the executive talent and leadership needs of the world's top organizations as a premier provider of leadership consulting, culture shaping and senior-level executive search services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Paula Davis is joined by Sally Susman, the chief corporate affairs officer of Pfizer. Susman, who recently published her book, Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World, shares her insights on what skills are most import…
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In this special feature of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Jason Henderson and Sean McLean sit down to talk about trends in private equity across Canada and the United States: evolving dynamics, human capital, and how leaders can compete in this environment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat…
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In this interview, Heidrick & Struggles’ Uroš Zver speaks to Jennifer Granholm, the former United States Secretary of Energy, about what leadership looks like in the context of the global energy transition—a transformation that's technological, economic, political, and human all at once. Granholm discusses the value of storytelling as a leader as w…
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Neil Slater, CEO of Redevco, a real estate management company, explores his personal leadership journey and the pivotal moments that led him to the CEO role. He reflects on the formative experiences that shaped his approach to leadership, the challenges he faced transitioning from a global head role to CEO, and what he’s had to unlearn to lead effe…
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In this interview, Mitja Schulz, the newly appointed CEO of Debrunner Koenig, a Swiss wholesale company specializing in reinforcements, steel and metals, metal services, and technical products, describes his leadership style and shares the core leadership competencies he believes are essential for steering his organization through today's dynamic b…
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In this interview, as part of our ongoing series examining how leaders across functions are managing and incorporating AI, Heidrick & Struggles’ Julian Ha spoke to Miriam Vogel the president and CEO of EqualAI, which is a nonprofit organization created to promote artificial intelligence governance. Miriam, who has extensive experience working with …
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In this interview, Heidrick & Struggles’ Scott Bae and Alexis Hennessy sit down with Lior Susan, the founder and managing partner of Eclipse Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to partnering with entrepreneurs, transforming industries that are critical to people's lives and national economies, such as manufacturing, supply chain, transportat…
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James Borzi is the executive vice president and chief supply chain officer at Baxter International, a healthcare company; he joined Heidrick & Struggles’ Fabrice Lebecq to discuss how AI is helping leaders of the supply chain function across industries deliver value. Borzi shared how AI was rolled into the function at Baxter, as well as his perspec…
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In the first of our interview series exploring AI and its impacts on leaders across functions, Heidrick & Struggles’ Lindsay Leach and Hugh Marshall were joined by Chris Koehler, the chief marketing officer at Twilio, a customer engagement platform that drives real-time personalized experiences for leading brands. Chris discusses the ways in which …
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After nearly 23 years at Unite Students, the United Kingdom’s largest student accommodation provider, Joe Lister moved from the role of CFO to CEO in January 2024. In this interview, he discusses how his mindset and perspectives regarding leadership have shifted, how he deals with mental health and wellness, and what it’s like managing a wide range…
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Stendert Krommendam is the chief people and sustainability officer at Ecotone, a leading private equity–backed company in Europe for organic, vegetarian, healthy and fair-trade food. Krommendam, who has built a dynamic career at the intersection of people, sustainability, and business, was formerly an HR leader in Unilever and Ahold Delhaize. In th…
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Santiago Argelich Hesse, CEO of Cellnex Poland, Europe's largest digital infrastructure provider, shares his approach to leading diverse teams that are aligned with both local market needs and a unified global vision, as well as how the maturation of the digital infrastructure sector is changing talent needs, specific skills, and mindsets. He also …
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In this special episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Adam Pacifico sits down with Dr. Regis Chasse, who leads leadership development solutions initiatives for Heidrick Consulting. Adam and Regis discuss the five imperatives Heidrick has identified through which leaders can focus their capabilities and, over …
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Ludovic Gaudé, CEO of Qinshift and Avenga, discusses the challenges and opportunities of leading tech companies under private equity ownership compared to other ownership structures, including private ownership or a publicly traded company, as well as balancing value creation with fostering innovation. Having led through mergers, he also shares how…
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For this interview, Heidrick & Struggles’ Sherree Kendall sat down with Emma Delaney, executive vice president at BP, to discuss balancing growth and sustainability. Delaney, who has exposure and experience in both the upstream and the downstream verticals, shares how that has influenced her approach to leadership, emphasizing the importance of the…
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In this next episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Sean McLean speaks to Theresa Roessel, the CFO of Canada Diagnostic Centres, about her 30-year career journey in finance. Theresa has led large global teams through strategic, collaborative leadership and proactive approaches to complex business issues. She h…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Jarrad Roeder and Jennifer Streitwieser speak to Clint Grimes, the chief procurement officer at Capital One. Grimes shares his perspective on how the role of procurement is evolving and the implications that evolution has for the skills and capabilities neede…
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Samuel Skott is the former CEO at HiQ, a tech consulting firm. Having been a leader at publicly traded, privately held, and private equity–backed companies, he shares some of the unique challenges and opportunities he’s encountered while transitioning between these ownership models, as well as how he adapted his leadership approach between them. He…
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In this interview, Anuradha Chugh discusses leading purpose-driven brands and balancing profit, people, and planet. She also explores how businesses can create cultures of empowerment, foster continuous learning, and align governance with societal impact, offering practical tips to help organizations’ leaders be a force for good and to have a posit…
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In this episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Adam Howe sits down with Shawn Bushouse. Throughout his career, Shawn has spent time on multiples sides of large and small businesses, from start-ups shipping their first order to global enterprises with market value nearing $300 billion. He has led teams of varyi…
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In this interview, former CEO Caroline Farberger shares how her mindsets and behaviors changed as a leader after she transitioned and how she realized that her previous way of leading was not inclusive—and what had to change for it to become truly inclusive. She also argues that leaders make better business decisions if they can master the skills o…
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Matt Carter, CEO of Intrado, the Stonepeak-backed provider of 9-1-1 critical infrastructure and technology solutions, and a board member at both JLL and NRG Energy, sits down with Heidrick & Struggles’ Jessica Gentile and Francesca “Chessy” Michel, to discuss his approach to building high-performance teams, the particular leadership skills or capab…
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In this special feature, three of our Heidrick & Struggles colleagues—Kathryn Bardi, Christina Cary, and Sean McLean—sit down to talk about neurodiversity: what it is and what it means for leaders, particularly CHROs and chief people officers, looking to make their organizations more inclusive. The three offer their advice to a leader or manager wh…
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A recent study from Bitget Research found that countries in the Middle East saw a 166% increase year-on-year in daily crypto traders in 2024 alone, with the UAE clearly emerging as one of the fastest-growing markets for cryptocurrency adoption worldwide. Ben Grolimund, the general manager of the UAE at Rain, the first fully regulated virtual assets…
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Ujjwal Kumar, group president of Teradyne Robotics, sits down with Heidrick & Struggles’ Jerry Gorss to discuss the changing status quo of the industrial robotics sector and manufacturing generally. Kumar shares his outlook on how the next 12 months will impact the industry, particularly its leadership needs. He also shares what he believes are the…
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José Perdomo Lorenzo, chief strategy officer of Deutsche Telekom Group, sits down with Heidrick & Struggles’ Lukasz Kiniewicz to discuss Lorenzo’s primary strategic goals for Deutsche Telekom Group over the next five years, particularly in the context of fiber optic network expansion. Lorenzo also shares how he thinks about balancing AI with data p…
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Avik Dey, the CEO of Capital Power, sits down with Heidrick & Struggles’ Sean McLean to discuss Dey’s journey leading the company in its growth and expansion plans across Canada and the United States as well as accelerating its current strategic drive to net zero. Dey, who has seen the energy industry from multiple viewpoints, including in board, e…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Charlie Moore speaks to Kabir Nath, the CEO of Compass Pathways. Compass Pathways is a company dedicated to studying investigational psilocybin treatment in treatment-resistant depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anorexia. Kabir Nath, whose career…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Lee Hanson speaks to Cynthia Lo Bessette, the head of Fidelity Digital Asset Management, about her journey from starting as a young lawyer to leading digital asset investments and solutions at Fidelity. Lo Bessette shares the skills and capabilities that help…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Carlos Gómez-Arnau speaks to Inaki Berenguer, managing partner at LifeX Ventures, a global fund investing at the intersection of AI and science, and the co-founder and former CEO of CoverWallet, an insurance tech start-up. Berenguer discusses the leadership c…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Christina Cary speaks to Mita Mallick, the head of inclusion, equity, and impact at Carta, a California-based software company that provides ownership and equity management. In this conversation, Mallick, who has also had a long career as a multicultural mark…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Dr. Laryssa Topolnytsky speaks to Dr. Ardeshir Mehran, a psychologist, behavioral researcher, business leader, leadership coach, and founder of the Human Work Studio, about mental health and well-being at the leadership level. In the conversation, Dr. Mehran …
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ David Hui and Grace Gu speak to Peter Attfield, the former chief talent and learning officer at Jardine Matheson. Attfield shares how the Jardine Group has met the challenges of the last few years, how the company, the group, and the subsidiaries are preparin…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Federico Guerreschi speaks to José Pedro Almeida, a top health AI and chief AI strategist and advisory board member at Intelligence Ventures, an emerging venture capital firm dedicated to cultivating innovation at the intersection of artificial intelligence a…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Will Krents speaks to Dr. Bob Maughon, the executive vice president, sustainability, technology & innovation and chief technology and sustainability officer at SABIC, the global Saudi Arabia–based chemical manufacturing company, to talk about how Maughon has …
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Ina Sood speaks to Maggie FitzPatrick, the founder of FitzPatrick & Co and former global chief communications officer and head of public affairs at Johnson & Johnson. FitzPatrick discusses how she has seen the chief communications officer role evolve, particu…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Martin Holm speaks to Thomas Holm Pedersen, the CEO of NMD Pharma, a clinical-stage biotech company with novel treatments for neuromuscular disease. Pedersen shares how he founded the biotech company and became CEO, sharing the capabilities he needed to learn…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Victoria Reese speaks to Dr. Larry Richard, the leading expert on the psychology of lawyer behavior and the founder of LawyerBrain, a management consulting firm that exclusively serves the legal profession. Richard, who over his career has analyzed over 25,00…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Scott Bae speaks to Angella Alexander, CHRO at ATS Corporation, a leading industrial automation solutions provider listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and member of the board of CCL Industries, a global specialty packaging pioneer and the largest label comp…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Sean McLean speaks to Jana Mosley, the president of ENMAX Power and a board member of the Western Energy Institute. Mosley, who has seen the electrical industry from multiple viewpoints, shares what she believes Canada’s leaders are doing well and where she b…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Josh Clarke speaks to Caitlin Donovan, global head of Uber Health. Donovan shares what attracted her to an operational role and the healthcare ecosystem, what kept her engaged in the sector, and how she believes a strong operational focus has benefited her as…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Roberto Hall speaks to Angela Hurtado, JPMorgan Chase & Co’s managing director and senior country officer for Colombia and independent director at Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, the Colombian stock exchange. Hurtado, also the chairperson of Women in Connection…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Shaloo Kulkarni speaks to Nabil Almessabi, the CHRO at TAQA, a high-growth, international clean energy publicly listed company headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Almessabi shares his thoughts on the disruption in the energy sector and what he believes are the most i…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Josh Clarke speaks to Kaushik Bhaumik, EY Americas health technology leader. Bhaumik, who earned your PhD in electrical engineering and then became a consultant at McKinsey before moving into healthcare, shares what attracted him to the support of healthcare …
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Peter Behncke speaks to Guido Kerkhoff, the CEO of Klöckner SE, a German producer-independent steel and metal distributor. The conversation revolves around AI: how it has changed the ways of working in the industrial sector, how it is being used and who is r…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Adam Howe speaks to Sophia Velastegui, chief product officer at Aptiv and member of the AI Advisory Committee for National Science Foundation NSF. Velastegui discusses the leadership capabilities most important to her success and the challenges of digital tra…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Martin Xiang speaks to Eileen Burnett-Kant, the CHRO at CLP Group, an investor-owned power company in Asia Pacific. Burnett-Kant discusses the transformation CLP’s HR function has been undergoing, sharing what their needs have been and what approaches she ado…
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In this next episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Frédéric Groussolles speaks to Sebastien Rozanes, group chief data officer of Carrefour, a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation. Rozanes discusses the role of chief data officer and how he is managing the growing role of AI at his organizat…
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In this episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Laryssa Topolnytsky speaks to Maura O’Neill, a faculty member at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and the first chief innovation officer at the US Agency for International Development. O’Neill, who does research on new ventures, innovation, and executive…
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In this episode of The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Laila Coffey speaks to Caroline Firstbrook, an award-winning people leader and former COO at Clifford Chance, an international law firm. Firstbrook shares a bit about her leadership journey, focusing on the skills and capabilities she needed to develop or add to h…
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