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The Power of Respect in Building Team Success

“Only 15% of the population is self-aware and that means 85% don’t know what they don’t know.” Listen as Sherry Winn, two-time Olympian and National Basketball Coach of the Year talks with Charlie Leichtweis about how she used her experience to take her coaching success from courtside to the corporate world. Today she is a highly successful author, speaker, and top business coach helping leaders learn the skills that build successful teams and achieve peak performance.

The Power of Respect and Personal Awareness in Leadership

In this episode, Charlie Leichtweis speaks with Tina Greenbaum, a highly successful Peak Performance Specialist with over 38 years of experience advising top leaders. She starts with one question: Do you honestly believe the skills and knowledge that got you where you are today will be enough to get you where you want to go? Listen as Tina explains why she believes “awareness is everything” and only when we are personally aware can we take the steps that can lead to elite-level success.

The Power of Respect in Business Development and in Building a Supply Chain

“Without respect, there is no collaboration” These are the wise words of Sara Wilkes, Sr. Director of Global Sales Development for E2open, a B2B provider of cloud-based on-demand software for supply chains. The modern supply chain requires data, technology, and collaboration and Sarah has managed to leverage all three to achieve success. Listen as Sarah talks with Charlie Leichtweis about how respect influenced her career and helped her understand the power of respect in business development and in building a modern supply chain.

The Power of Respect and Helping People Reach Their Full Potential

In this episode, Charlie Leichtweis talks with Ashley D Joyce about the Power of Respect in guiding a family foundation to address social problems by helping people achieve their fullest potential.

Ashley Duchoissois Joyce is the President of the Duchossois Family Foundation, an organization with the stated vision of helping to give people the opportunity to reach their fullest potential. She has a Master’s degree in social work, serves on the board of a Family Services organization, and has spent many years working and learning firsthand the importance of respect when working to help people. Listen as she shares her valuable insights about how respect plays a key role in the success of family businesses, non-profit organizations, and reaching out to others.

The Power of Respect and Gender Diversity

Diversity and inclusion are key elements of the discussion on bias in business and in our culture. Our guest on this episode of The Power of Respect Podcast, Stephanie Leichtweis, shares her experience of making it to the top senior executive positions and the key learnings along the way that helped her overcome the challenges of bias that women face both in the business environment as well as in life. Listen as she talks with Charlie about how respect played a key role in her career success and influenced the development of her personal style of respectful leadership.

The Power of Respect in Leadership

Walter Davis has had a storied career in banking and finance including serving as chair of the bi-partisan Economic Inclusion Task Force for Vice President Pence and US Senator Tim Scott. Respect was at the forefront as he advocated for economic policy initiatives designed to create opportunities for underserved people. Listen as he shares stories about how respect drove his success.

The Power of Respecting Your Team While Holding Them Accountable

“Don’t beat yourself before you step on the field.” Wise words from Phil Wellington, Georgetown Hall of Fame athlete and current VP and General Manager at Siemens Healthineers. Listen as he shares powerful stories of successful leadership – both from his time on the field and in the executive suite. Learn how respect, integrity, and humility play critical roles in achieving success as Charlie Leichtweis hosts another episode of The Power of Respect Podcast.

Navigating a Family Business from the Ground Up

Jamie Shyer, co-CEO and COO of Zyloware Eyewear, is one of the third generation of family members in the company founded by his grandfather in 1923. Few family businesses survive past the third generation but Zyloware is a great example of how some companies beat the odds.

Host Charlie Leichtweis talks with Jamie about how respect is a critical element of the company culture and how the respect his father ultimately showed the ideas of the younger generation that propelled the continued growth and success of Zyloware.

The Power of Respect in Successful Mergers and Acquisitions

Charlie talks with Tom Goldblatt, award-winning deal maker and founding partner of Ravina Capital. Tom specializes in getting deals done by developing creative solutions for transactions. Listen as he shares the real-world lessons he learned, many the hard way, about how respect can influence the success of a challenging business transaction.

The Role of Respect in Developing a Family Business Succession Plan

Host Charlie Leichtweis talks with Torsten Pieper, President of the International Family Enterprise Research Academy, a business professor, and one of the world’s foremost experts in family-owned businesses about the unique challenges these companies face in developing a succession plan. Relationships and respect for both family members and non-family associates play a major role in determining the successful transition of power and ultimately the future successful legacy of these important companies.

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