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065: Haytham Kaddoura, CEO of Smartstream on Company Turnaround

For today’s episode, we want to repurpose one of the best episodes of the last 12 months. My interview with Haytham Kaddoura, CEO of SmartStream Technologies, a global company leader in financial transaction management solutions. In this episode, we discussed how you could drive a successful turnaround by covering some interesting topics like:   Regardless of …

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Leading flexible teams to do the best work of their lives

Over the past two years, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant acceleration of a set of trends impacting how we work. These include the advent of broadband access at home, the proliferation of easy-to-use SAAS tools, and demographic changes in the labor force. Companies dealing with these forced changes tend to …

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048: Leading Flexible Teams with Brian Elliott, SVP of Slack

Over the past two years, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant acceleration of a set of trends impacting how we work. Many organizations dealing with these forced changes simply took the approach to ‘retrofit’ their office-bound existing habits and practices to accommodate remote working. However, some companies have gone further by …

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The warning signs of poor leadership during change

Too many change initiatives fail because of poor leadership. I see this happening too often in organizations when leaders approach change on either the wrong foot or with an inconsistent leadership presence during execution. Based on my experience, I have identified five key warning signs of poor leadership during change and if you spot any …

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041: The Warning Signs of Poor Leadership during Change

Too many change or transformational initiatives fail because leadership lacks commitment. Leaders build a vision for change but don’t show consistent interest and involvement during execution. In this episode, I share: Why big announcements about change are not always a good sign What leaders should do after they kick off the initiative The problem with …

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What makes CEOs of private equity backed companies successful

Although PE-backed company CEOs and other CEOs share the same role, a PE-backed CEO is tasked with unique challenges. Many of them come underprepared for what lies ahead. I have been recently invited to share my thoughts about the subject on the “The Private Equity Podcast”, where I have been interviewed by Alex Rawlings (link …

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