Perspective and teamwork are two things that can really help you in a crisis. Alex Hunt, CEO of Behaviorally, shares how he navigated a double surprise during 2020 and reminds us how companies face events like this every seven years. This engaging interview walks you through his thinking process for handling this or any crisis.

As a survivor of multiple tragic events (including the only EF-5 rated tornado in the United States), Priscilla McKinney was better prepared than most for the COVID pandemic. Here she shares multiple strategies for getting through tough times as a CEO including practicing asking for help, self-reflection and how to be un-ignorable.

Positive impact. We all want to make it. Did you know that this has to start inside, with you and your way of being? Get ready to transform your life as you dive into the world of Andréa Paige, Founder of The Institute For Aliveness (TIFA). In a training focused on our nervous system and how it affects leadership, you’ll learn accessible techniques to level up before you try to level out. Don’t miss this!

In this powerful interview we hear from Debra Giunta who took a deep look during the pandemic instead of surrendering to a fear-based response. Learn about the silver linings she found with her three ventures and how we can all benefit from a similar type of inquiry and structure.

The pathways to fundraising and mentorship aren’t easy, especially in a pandemic. Our candid chat with founder, Anne Kim reveals the importance of relationships when growing a startup, the human side of management and why less is more.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) is not just the latest buzzword in corporate culture. It’s critical for your business to work and for your people to innovate together. And you can’t get there with a one-off workshop. Marie Roker-Jones takes us through a primer on this critical aspect of human interaction and understanding and shares her company, Essteem’s innovative process for helping companies achieve their goals in this area.

What does well-being mean at your company? For Lindsay Johnson and the FitPros team, supporting their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic has meant supporting their employees in whatever ways necessary. Learn how she led her team to support thousands of families during this tumultuous time and the techniques she uses for coping with change.

Steering a startup generally means being short on one’s own historical data, even without a pandemic. So how does an intrepid founder navigate the unknown? By relying on the tenacity that led her to start a company in the first place. Allison Moss, founder and CEO of type:A Brands talks about sudden channel shifts, risk-taking, financial silver linings and when she pulls back.

When your mind is healthy you can curb anxiety and remove your ego, which leads to the kind of listening that’s required to be the leader in your category. President of FutureProof Retail, Di Di Chan shares her top tips for supporting your stakeholders, which have been critical to her team’s success even before the pandemic hit.

Of low-income households, 46% don't have access to a computer at home and 44% lack access to a quality broadband internet connection. Megan Steckly, CEO of Comp-U-Dopt shares how her organization is solving this digital divide, and how they’ve achieved transformational growth by empowering leaders at every level.

While there is no perfection, leading consciously goes a long way towards making decisions that are beneficial to people, planet and profit. As Andrew Vrbas, CEO and co-founder of Pacha Soap Company shares, it’s the consideration of different perspectives that has helped him to connect dots and innovate. Their hygiene initiatives created positive impact right here in the United States during the pandemic as Pacha worked on both production and policy to ensure people had enough affordable hand sanitizer. 

The most successful social innovation comes from great questions, not someone’s whim. In college, Waterfield Farms’ John Reid posited a compelling question, took a chance on a subject he’d never considered before, and decades later continues to feed people affordable, quality food while improving multiple environmental situations. The silver linings of 2020 helped advance his team’s mission, bringing them closer to a breakthrough solution to the climate crisis.

As we develop our specialties and become excellent in what we do, we also develop bias around what we “know.” Scott Walker, international cocoa expert and the CEO of Verse Chocolate experienced a silver lining this year, releasing his bias around the “right” way to develop a product, which led to a successful launch in the middle of the pandemic.

Plenty of leaders claim to have open door policies, but are you truly using feedback effectively in your business? Nick Gallo, Chief Servant and Co-CEO of ComplianceLine, gives an in-depth training on the ‘Six A Feedback Framework’ and reveals the many layers of complexity that so many of us bring to our professional interactions, which actually hurt us instead of protect us.

Hands up if your job description during COVID-19 suddenly expanded to include assistant teacher and daytime entertainer for your children? As most families found themselves all together at home in the springtime, the big question became, how are we going to make this work? IDEA Lab Kids co-owner and president, Devina Bhojwani talks about what this time has been like as not only a parent, but also as the franchisor of one of the fastest growing educational enrichment companies in North America.

During 2020, some have slowed down while others have sped up and actually improved the way they do things. One such example is Capsule, a Minnesota-based creative shop that builds intellectual property for high profile clients all over the world. Hear from cofounder and managing principal, Aaron Keller on how trust is critical, how the pandemic actually made him feel closer to people and what NASCAR can teach us about working with catastrophe.

Optimism, deflecting uncertainty, and agility - learn about these three attitudes and strategies and how they help WorkLodge CEO Mike Thakur get through the tough times every leader faces. And why who you have around you matters on this journey of entrepreneurship.

You can’t pour from an empty cup. Our premier episode explores this issue with “active self-care” company, Austra’s CEO, Stephanie Morimoto. With an extensive background in both entrepreneurship and non-profit, Stephanie brings perspective on how 2020 shaped e-commerce, what we can do to take care of ourselves as leaders, and what happens when your products attract a sporting superstar who then joins your company as a co-owner.

Our introduction episode where we set the premise and promise of The 100 CEO Project, define leadership and talk about the current moment. With your hosts Andrea Spirov and Laurie Pillow.