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SAP's Mark Niemiec - The Decision That Cost the Quarter, but Saved the Business

What happens when leaders face intense pressure to compromise short-term gains for long-term survival? In this episode of Lead The Team, host Ben Fanning sits down with Mark Niemiec, Global Chief Revenue Officer for SAP Customer Experience. Mark shares the story of a massive enterprise deal where h…

Neil Young Called Me: The Remarkable Story of Chris Pierce

Chris Pierce was playing a corporate gig in a dark corner where nobody was listening when his phone rang. The caller represented Neil Young, and Neil wanted Chris to open his tour. But Chris’s fight for music started decades earlier. At 15, he suddenly lost his hearing. Surgery restored about 50% i…

The Leadership Mistake Your Team Never Forgets | Booz Allen CPO Aimee George Leary

What you say as a leader may take them seconds to forget...OR stay with someone on your team for decades. Aimee George Leary is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she leads the people strategy for more than 35,000 employees. In this episode of Lead The T…

Andrew Sa | Who Gets to Belong in Americana Music?

Andrew Sa grew up obsessed with Patsy Cline. Today, he’s challenging one of country music’s oldest assumptions: who gets to belong. The Chicago country artist’s debut album, American Rough, blends the sounds of classic country with deeply personal songs about love, masculinity, identity, and belong…

The Leadership Lesson I Learned the Hard Way | David Lehman, President & COO of Birdeye

What happens when the leadership playbook that made you successful suddenly stops working? Dave Lehman, President and COO of Birdeye, has spent more than two decades building and scaling teams at Salesforce, Yext, Campaign Monitor, and Birdeye. But one of his most important leadership lessons came …

What’s Real—and What’s Hype—in AI? | Wintrust CIO Mike Ryan

Mike Ryan, EVP and CIO of Wintrust Financial Corporation, has helped transform the bank’s technology strategy and software stack. Now, he’s tackling one of the biggest questions facing every technology leader: How do you separate real AI value from the hype? In this episode of CEO Tech Live, Mike j…

Jonah Kagen | “Love Scares Me More Than Death”

Jonah Kagen has racked up over half a billion streams, scored a Billboard #1 hit with "God Needs the Devil," and sold out headline shows across the globe. But as he shares on Americana Curious, the commercial accolades didn't bring validation—they forced him to isolate, face his inner demons, and d…

Apple’s One Change Threatened Everything He Built | Movable Ink Founder Vivek Sharma

One decision by Apple threatened everything he'd spent 15 years building. Vivek Sharma, Founder and Executive Chair of Movable Ink, built a marketing technology company valued at more than $1 billion, serving major brands including American Express, JetBlue, and Citi. Then a seemingly minor announc…

Why Giants Fall | Siemens President, Ujjwal Kumar

What happens when the world's most successful companies start believing they're too successful to fail? Ujjwal Kumar, President of Siemens Automation Americas, has seen the warning signs firsthand at two of the world's most powerful industrial companies: General Motors and GE. Early in his career a…

How a $360M Crisis Built a Stronger Team | Marty Schafer, President Pinnacle Life Group

What do great leaders do when everything they've built is suddenly at risk? During the 2009 financial crisis, Marty Schafer watched a $360 million life insurance premium business evaporate overnight. Hundreds of families depended on what happened next. But Marty and his fellow executives refused to…