Success Beneath the Surface is celebrating 100 episodes. Our top downloaded episodes include Lessons from Navy Seal Kyle Buckett, number 57, who challenges the notion of leadership from the top, and gives life-saving reasons to build leadership capability at all levels, or at least business-saving reasons. James Hyman’s episode number 64 gave fodder for a discussion on leading leaders, because if you have leadership at every level, the old management archetypes of top-down management simply don’t work. Key lessons on building cultures based on trust, transparency, accountability, and urgency can be found in episode number 74 with Clay Spitz, 54, Torey Carter-Conneen, episode 64 with James Hyman, and episode 72 with Ryan Clark. And even when exogenous factors and forces create more uncertainty, the intentional leader, Will Bowie, in episode number 70, grows his business team and community through grit, determination, and purposeful living and somehow still finds time to pay it forward. Check them all out. It strikes me that with all of these CEOs, in the words of Angela Duckworth in her book, Grit, it’s not the intensity but the consistency that builds a sustainable business.
Change is hard—especially in big organizations with deeply ingrained processes. But what if you could lead transformation in a way that not only gets buy-in but also generates real business growth? In this episode of Leader Generation, Alan Wizemann, Chief Digital Officer at Southern Glazer’s, shares how he has built a career helping companies like Target, Lululemon and Dollar Shave Club evolve in the face of digital disruption. Alan walks us through the challenges of leading change, the importance of transparency and why fostering innovation from within can lead to breakthrough success. He also discusses how AI is reshaping sales and marketing—and why it’s not about replacing people, but empowering them.
Long-term care, skilled nursing, and health and human service employers are facing a serious crisis at this current moment. These employers have been faced with significant challenges such as:
A war for talent; Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement levels; The continuous increase in healthcare costs and premiums. On the heels of their recent white paper addressing this crisis, Andy McMillan, Executive Vice President, National Head of Sales & Marketing for Homestead, joins the show this week on The Granite List Live to dive into the crisis and how Homestead’s reference-based pricing approach can serve as a potential solution for employers!
In this unfiltered discussion on All-Volunteer, All Heart with Cynthia Luvlee, CDOand Founding Board Member of Shyne, we explore the harsh economic realities facing vulnerable communities today and how innovative approaches can create meaningful change. From skyrocketing housing costs to devastating program cuts, Cynthia offers unique insights into how these pressures particularly impact trafficking survivors. Drawing from her extensive background in social services, Cynthia reveals why traditional support systems often fall short and how Shyne’s entrepreneurship-focused model empowers survivors as leaders of their own lives rather than victims to be rescued. This episode marks the beginning of a revealing series with Cynthia. We’ll continue to explore topics including grief processing, community building, and systemic change. Join us for this candid conversation about real challenges and transformative solutions in today’s complex economic landscape.
We hope you enjoy these and the rest of this week’s playlist.
