Leadership Development

Ep 169. Doug Conant: The Blueprint for Growth as a Leader

Ep 169. Doug Conant: The Blueprint for Growth as a Leader

Doug Conant is an expert on leadership. He held leadership positions in marketing and strategy at Kraft before becoming CEO and President of Campbell Soup Company. He also served as President of Nabisco Foods Company, and Chairman of Avon Products. Over the course of his ten years as CEO at Campbell, employee engagement skyrocketed from being among the worst in the Fortune 500 to being world-class as measured by Gallup. After retiring from Campbell Soup Company, Doug founded ConantLeadership: a mission-driven community of leaders and learners. He’s now put all of the lessons he learned into a new book -- The Blueprint: 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights . Stew and Doug discuss leadership in the context of the current social, political, and economic challenges we all face…[Click for more]

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Ep 138. Andrew Stern: The Best Work of Your Life

Ep 138. Andrew Stern: The Best Work of Your Life

Andrew Stern co-leads the Learning & Development team at Squarespace in New York City. Prior to joining Squarespace Andrew was part of Bloomberg's Talent Development team and worked as a human capital consultant at Deloitte. Stew and Andrew (who was Stew’s student at Wharton) discuss what millennials want from their employers and how Squarespace is responding with cool programs and practices that attract and retain millennial talent…[Click for more]
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