HiPERleadership

What do you get when massive competitors like The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Nestle USA, and General Mills walk into a board room? A 6.4 trillion reduction of calories in major household food products. Tune in to hear the phenomenal story of how Lisa Gable, author of Turnaround: How to Change Course When Things Are Going South, along with a diverse group of food corporations, joined forces to identify a common denominator that would promote more health conscious food items. This led to the ultimate shattering of the organization’s original pledge of a 1.5 trillion caloric reduction, forever shifting the way that the country’s nutritional charts are made up in the marketplace.

It's time to think differently about navigating your board of directors relationship. Our latest guest shares his unique perspective from both sides of the CEO/board relationship. As CEO of Make-A-Wish®, Richard Davis leads the organization and partners with the board to make big dreams come true and shape the vision for the organization’s future. As the previous Chairman and CEO for US Bank, and current board member for companies such as Mastercard, Dow Chemical, and Mayo Clinic Foundation, among others, Richard also knows what it takes to represent his shareholder’s best interest. In this episode Richard shares strategies to help mitigate board politics, approaches to leverage the board as a resource, not just an oversight committee, and how to stock your kitchen cabinet - individuals who provide oversight and hold you accountable as well as bring their own expertise to the table when there is not a formal board.

What would happen if you didn’t write an organizational chart? Tom Andriola joins the HiPERleadership podcast to share his strategies for overcoming the limitations of traditional org charts and uncovering existing talent within your organization. Most organizations tend to have buried talent. Too often, in the search to fill roles, we overlook our best candidates to achieve the goal. As the current Vice Chancellor, Information, Technology and Data; Chief Data Officer of UC Irvine and UCI Health, Tom has a track record of recruiting talent internally by finding people and bringing them into projects that they are passionate about. Whether they’re buried under management structures or put on initiatives that don't align with their strengths, Tom points to the ways leaders can craft a compelling vision that will draw out great talent.

Alignment is what differentiates great from good and success from failure. But, how do you get there quickly and avoid information overload as a new-in-seat leader? Nani Coloretti, Senior Vice President for Business and Financial Strategy at The Urban Institute and former Deputy Director of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, shares her playbook for triangulating data, following the money, and improving employee engagement so that you can accelerate success in your next big change effort.

Game-changing organizational transformation requires vision, cultural metamorphosis, and creativity executed by talent dedicated to a shared mission. Hear how Dr. Michael M. Crow left the Ivy League to restructure Arizona State University into one of the top public research institutions, and how his model and team – committed to access, excellence, and societal impact – are changing the way we think about the design of public and private enterprises.

Crafting a culture where corporate intrapreneurs thrive requires intentionality. Doing so in an international investment enterprise with $1.5 trillion under management takes a game-changer. Stephen Dover, the Chief Market Strategist and head of the Franklin Templeton Investment Institute, joins the HiPERleadership podcast to discuss the culture he built to enable a global team for success while dismantling the traditional corporate hierarchy.

Just eight months into her role as Appointments Secretary for the State of California, Cathryn Rivera-Hernandez found herself in the situation room with Governor Gavin Newsom. With her cabinet experience during 9/11, Cathryn was asked to support those on the frontlines of COVID-19, while also being faced with staffing an administration during an unprecedented global health crisis. As the California Appointments Secretary, Cathryn and her team are responsible for recruiting the roughly 4,000 Governor appointed positions throughout the state. Hiring in government has its challenges; however, as the realities of COVID-19 settled in, Cathryn and her team had to quickly pivot their approach. In this episode of HiPERleadership, Secretary Cathryn Rivera-Hernandez shares how she rolled up her sleeves and creatively sourced new talent at a time when changing careers was exponentially more stressful. Cathryn also shares valuable recruiting tips to find talent that align with your company's mission and can exhibit grace under pressure.

Trying to solve complex social issues like affordable housing and homelessness would be too daunting of a mission for most people. However, for Secretary Lourdes Castro Ramírez, she sees it as an opportunity to effect real change and engage the community, while giving back. In this episode of HiPERleadership, Secretary Castro Ramírez shares with us what it takes to be a servant leader, how she helped address a housing crisis in San Antonio, Texas by involving the individuals most affected, and how she is working to do the same in solving the homeless and housing crises impacting California. The Secretary provides us with actionable insights on how to earn trust, hire great people, and make change happen within a complex government system.

In 2002, Ron Alvesteffer became President of Service Express overnight. During his tenure as President, Ron has taken the company from a local service provider maintaining server rooms, with $10MM in revenue, to an international player with $200MM in revenue. According to Ron, the keys to a performance driven culture are trust, communication, and curiosity. In this episode, Alvesteffer shares how he and his team apply these principles to the business and how they’ve had consistent double-digit growth as a result. Ron opens up about how he uses data to align company and employee goals, as well as how he gains air cover from the company’s founder and investors.

In 2016, JDA Software, today known as Blue Yonder, was valued at $2.8 billion. In April 2021, Panasonic announced it will acquire Blue Yonder at an $8.5 billion valuation. When Blue Yonder CEO Girish Rishi was hired as an outsider to lead the company, he knew he had an uphill battle to establish trust within the organization. In this episode, Girish shares the keys to leading a company on a transformation journey, which can be applied to any organization big or small. The number one strategy: alignment. This episode goes beyond the theory of alignment and dives deep into practical steps leaders can take early on across direct reports and stakeholders to get on the same page.

Define a clear mission. Identify your key stakeholders. Assemble the right team. Own the culture. Execute. Those are the keys to success that Joelle Marquis took to help her Florida community recover from the devastating damage caused by Hurricane Irma in September 2017. In this episode you’ll hear how Joelle, a Senior Partner at Arsenal Capital Partners, sprung into action to help her community physically and emotionally recover from the hurricane and how the lessons learned can be applied in your next big endeavor.

Andrew Patterson, President and Founder of Patterson Custom Homes, is setting the new standard in custom homebuilding. Hear how Andrew uses data to make faster decisions and gain translatable strategies to align your business, clients, contractors, and key stakeholders.

Joey Gibbons is on a mission to make people happy. As CEO of Gibbons Whistler, happiness has been core to his hospitality company persisting through the pandemic. Hear Joey’s algorithm for happiness and how it can be a game-changer in any industry.

Facing a global pandemic, Deputy COO of Public Safety for Fulton County (Atlanta, GA), Alton Adams shares with us the three pillars he used to successfully keep inmates safe while maintaining their constitutional right to due process.

How do you sell a startup for over $100MM to a publicly traded company? How do you retain your most entrepreneurial and creative minds if you are a F1000 Executive? And, how do you give “freedom to fail”, while keeping innovative leaders accountable? Get the answers to these questions and more in this week's episode of HiPERleadership with guest Stan Rowe, former Chief Scientific Officer for Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) and current CEO of NXT Biomedical.

Global Chairman of the Board for Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), Tassos Economou, joins us on the season two premiere of HiPERleadership. In this episode, Tassos shares how child-like curiosity, peeling back layers, and synthesis help him solve tough problems.

New York Times bestselling author Chip Conley is the hospitality maverick who helped Airbnb's founders turn their fast-growing tech start-up into a global hospitality brand. In this episode of HiPERleadership, Chip shares his techniques for overcoming misperceptions by leveraging diverse minds, creating psychological safety, and empowering his employees to make decisions. As a result, Chip successfully led Joie de Vivre Hotels, the second-largest boutique hotel chain in the United States, through 9/11, SARS, and the 2000’s recession.

California is home to some of the largest and most complex transportation projects in America. In this episode, Brian Kelly, CEO of California’s High-Speed Rail Authority, shares how he builds incredible teams to get difficult projects like the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and California’s High-Speed Rail back on track.

Cathilea Robinett, the President (now CEO) of e.Republic and Center for Digital Government, has her finger on the pulse of government leaders. She built the platform that informs their thinking when it comes to digital government. Cathilea’s sense of urgency fuels her ability to build an incredible business with what many consider to be one of the toughest markets: State and local governments. In this episode of HiPERleadership, you’ll hear how Cathilea uses this HiPER (High-impact Performer) trait to drive productivity and engage her team to achieve ground-breaking success.

Legendary sports agent, Leigh Steinberg, who inspired Tom Cruise's character in Jerry Maguire (1996) is our guest this week. In this episode, you’ll learn about Leigh’s contribution to making the NFL one of the highest grossing sports leagues in the world, how he’s created a repeated playbook for success, and how Leigh rebounded from deep personal setbacks. To learn more about taking your organization from the new normal to the new exceptional visit www.hipersolutions.com.