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Executive Spotlight

by Executive Spotlight

The Executive Spotlight podcast interviews leaders in business about their careers and keys to success.

Episodes

#5: Susan Ambo on Providing Long-term Value and Discovering New Revenue Sources

42m · Published 19 Oct 09:00

PODCAST INFO:

RSS: https://feeds.transistor.fm/executive-spotlight
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/executive-spotlight/id1589052383
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4dLdgnu8Zj8IGQN2zHEVmb

REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE:

https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Social-Sectors-Business
https://www.beatsbydre.com/

CONNECT:
https://www.aso.org/

https://twitter.com/nickolascrim
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickolasc/

OUTLINE:

Here are the timestamps for the episode.

(0:47) Travel

(3:50) Susan’s background

(5:50) Digging in a having a long term impact in your career

(7:45) Getting the financial house in order

(11:53) Revising the business model

(13:08) Growth opportunities

(14:24) Symphony Hall Live

(18:32) Behind The Curtains television series

(21:10) Knowledge of the entire organization

(25:13) Taking on new responsibilities

(27:52) Understanding your patron

(30:54) Refuge Coffee

(34:13) Advice to young ambitious people

(35:44) Book recommendation

(37:33) Consensus building

(38:44) Did you make the impact you wanted to make?

(39:07) Purchase of $100 or less

#4: Andy Zahn on Learning From Great Entrepreneurs and The Power of Authenticity

31m · Published 08 Oct 09:00

REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE:

https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Shrugged-Ayn-Rand
https://www.amazon.com/Fountainhead-Ayn-Rand
https://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho
https://dailystoic.com/

CONNECT:

[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-zahn-b6ba043/

https://twitter.com/nickolascrim
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickolasc/

OUTLINE:

Here are the timestamps for the episode.

(0:42) Andy’s background and career overview

(10:35) Midwest

(12:39) Early hobbies and jobs

(17:43) Working with some great entrepreneurs

(20:53) Approach to career moves

(23:54) Process for prioritizing and reprioritizing tasks

(25:47) Effective cold outreach

(28:54) Power of authenticity

(30:53) Fundamental skills

(32:53) Lessons from sports

(38:21) Reading recommendations

(40:24) Stoic philosophy

#3 Scott Rosenberg on Building Fundamental Skills and Defining the Impact You Want to Make

53m · Published 07 Oct 09:00

REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE:

https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference

CONNECT:

[email protected]

https://twitter.com/nickolascrim
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickolasc/

OUTLINE:

Here are the timestamps for the episode.

(0:43) Scott’s background

(7:30) Lesson’s learned from his dad

(11:18) Taking calculated risks

(12:49) Building fundamental skills

(15:08) Process for staying organized and meeting deadlines

(17:36) Business skills needed today

(20:18) Hearing v. Listening

(23:16) Effective cold outreach

(26:21) Defining the mark you want to make

(30:29) Leadership training

(34:25) Career moves

(39:05) Student of the game

(43:17) Roundtable forums

(46:02) Taking losses

(49:00) Purchase of $100 or less

#2: Steve Chapman on Working in Government and Managing Risk

1h 1m · Published 24 Sep 12:00

CONNECT:

[email protected]
https://twitter.com/nickolascrim
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickolasc/

OUTLINE:

Here are the timestamps for the episode.

(1:13) Steve’s background

(5:15) Pursuing a career in finance

(6:25) First job in investment banking

(8:48) Learning to not take attacks personally in business
(11:20) Early career success improving manufacturing process

(17:00) Motivation for working in government

(18:57) Thoughts on risk

(24:03) His approach to career moves
(29:33) Thoughts on vendor partnerships
(34:56) Advice to young ambitious people
(37:57) Community Investment Agreements
(42:57) Lessons he likes to share during speaking engagements and thoughts on leadership
(49:39) Book recommendation
(52:48) 4 Hour Work Week
(55:10) Communication

(58:22) Family reading

(59:06) Purchase of $100 or less

#1: Jeff Gatt on His 20 Year Finance Career, Exploring Career Opportunities, and Your Company Is Not A Family

1h 28m · Published 16 Sep 12:00

REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE:

https://www.amazon.com/How-Will-Measure-Your-Life...
https://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich...
https://www.disruptthebay.org/
https://www.blinkist.com/

CONNECT:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-gatt-1706b328/
https://twitter.com/nickolascrim
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickolasc/

OUTLINE:

Here are the timestamps for the episode.

(2:06) Jeff’s background

(3:26) Benefits of working in public accounting focused on small to mid-size companies in US

(6:50) Why he pursued a career in finance

(10:14) Fundamentals skills needed to be successful in finance

(16:19) Need for business acumen in addition to a great business idea and vision

(16:47) Example of startup building barcodes on mobile funds

(21:03) Need to focus on product and distribution

(23:10) Reminder innovation is happening outside the US

(24:43) Definition of public accounting

(27:37) His approach to exploring and making career moves

(30:56) His reflection process

(32:57) How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen

(33:47) AI in finance

(39:11) What grabs his attention when vendors reach out

(41:16) Importance of partnership

(43:30) Examples of recent B2B purchases that required partnership

(51:30) His advice for young ambitious people wanting to make their mark on the world

(1:03:25) Lessons learned from playing and coaching football

(1:10:49) Your company is not a family
(1:13:46) Disrupt the Bay and his personal family cancer story

(1:17:20) Book recommendation

(1:22:01) Purchase of $100 or less that improved his life

Executive Spotlight has 5 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 4:35:38. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 25th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 4th, 2023 09:03.