GREAT Leadership

with Jacob Morgan

A weekly show where Jacob has in-depth conversations with the world’s top business leaders, best-selling authors, and thinkers.
LATEST PODCAST EPISODES

The Future Of Work Is Talent: Organizations Will Win Or Lose Based On Their People

Today’s guest is Dan Shapero, VP of Talent Solutions, Careers, and Learning at LinkedIn. Our discussion is all about talent, but this is definitely not a topic for just HR people. We talk about the top talent trends that Dan and his team are paying attention to, job hopping, how Linkedin thinks about perks and benefits, how the employment landscape is changing and what this means for how we have to think about navigating our own careers and much more.

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Maynard Webb Shares Business & Leadership Lessons He Learned From Yahoo, eBay, And IBM

Today’s guest, Maynard Webb, is a repeat guest from back in 2015. Maynard is the author of Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business. He is also the former COO of eBay, former CEO & Chairman at LiveOps, and a board member for Salesforce, Visa, and Everwise. Join us as we talk about Maynard’s experience working at companies like IBM and eBay, his advice to people who want to quit their jobs, how to drive corporate culture, how to get people excited about the work they do and more.

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Seth Godin On Marketing Yourself: What Promises Are You Making And Can You Live Up To Them?

Today we have a returning guest, bestselling author, speaker and founder of altMBA, Seth Godin. Join us as we talk about his newest book, This is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See. We also talk about what Seth has been up to over the past year, why he has 233 Grateful Dead albums, his experience working with science fiction write Isaac Asimov, and why authenticity is the wrong approach for organizations.

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Digital Upskilling: How PwC Is Ensuring No Employees Get Left Behind In The Digital Revolution

My guest today is Mike Fenlon, Chief People Officer at PwC US. Our conversation today revolves around PwC’s innovative Digital Accelerator Program that allows the organization to keep employees from feeling left behind in the fast paced digital revolution we’re living in. You will hear how it was created, how it works, how they keep managers from falling back into old habits, and how the program impacts not just employees, but the business community as a whole.

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A Look Inside Hyland Software: How This Ohio Based Tech Company Is Attracting And Retaining The Best Talent

My guest today is Bill Priemer, President & CEO at Hyland Software. Today you will hear Bill talk about how Hyland Software, a company headquartered in Ohio, is attracting and retaining the best tech talent and competing with the likes of the Bay Area. You will also hear how the company is using employee data to improve their operations, Bill’s take on the future of jobs as AI and automation increase, and the most valuable business lesson he has ever learned.

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Sweetgreen’s CEO On Creating A Meaningful Company Culture And Positively Impacting The Surrounding Community

On today’s episode I interview Jonathan Neman, Co-Founder & CEO of Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen has a very strong company culture that focuses on passion and purpose. Jonathan and his co-founders, Nathaniel Ru and Nicolas Jammet have done an amazing job, not just fostering a meaningful employee experience for their people, but also in creating a great experience for their customers that goes above and beyond. They are on a mission – not just a job. There is a greater purpose – both as a company and community perspective.

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Beth Comstock On How To Be A Changemaker, Lead With Imagination And Overcome Challenging Roadblocks

Today’s guest is Beth Comstock, former CMO and Vice Chair at GE and author of the brand new book, Imagine it Forward, which came out on September 18. Today you will hear the 5 areas you should embrace to grow and succeed, the hardest business decision Beth has had to make and how she worked through it, what it was like working with Jack Welch, how to deal with rejection, how to become a change maker in your organization and much more.

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