We're excited to welcome our next Amazing Leader in our series, Ari Weinzweig, CEO of Zingerman's Deli. After getting his degree in history and realizing he didn’t want to continue in that field, learn how Ari went from working the “back of the house” in restaurants to opening Zingerman’s Deli and 40 years later, 12 businesses. Discover how his anarchist belief system has affected the way he runs his companies and learn more about Ari’s company’s 3 bottom lines of great food, great service, and great finance. Listen as he discusses his metaphor on connection across the organization, why it’s essential to the cultural health of a company and hear his philosophy on trust in the workplace. And finally, learn why Ari thinks vision is so important and when you believe in what we’re doing, things go better.

Our next Amazing Leader in our series, Davin Salvagno, CEO of PurposePoint. Learn what the biggest shift is to being purpose driven and why—one of the best explanations to date! Understand the difference between purpose and why and how this is misunderstood, discover why aligning your personal purpose to your company’s purpose is vital and hear Davin’s insights on the evolution of mission, vision, and values compared to purpose. Find out why gratitude has such value in our lives, especially at this moment in time and learn about The Purpose Summit and why these conversations will change the world. Enjoy the interview!

We're excited to announce that NK Chaudhary, social entrepreneur and founder of Jaipur Rugs, is the next amazing leader in our series! Often referred to as the “Gandhi of the Carpet Industry,” discover how NK started with two looms in a small house and grew into a global brand. Learn why he believes that the deeper you go into your core, the harder it is for your global competitors to copy you. Find out why NK reject the company models driven by greed and fear and why he believes companies driven by love will not only succeed but heal society. Listen as he describes 6 qualities he believes every company should have and which one he believes is the one we need most right now. Find out why NK believes CEOs need to unlearn what they know and discover NK's concept of totality and how it impacts his business. Enjoy the podcast!

Vanessa Hall, CEO of Entente, is the next amazing leader in our series! Affectionately known as The Trust Lady, discover why Vanessa's background in compliance and risk management in financial services made her want to create a more trustworthy business environment. We'll dive into her trust model called ENP: Expectations, Needs and Promises and learn the difference between explicit and implicit promises and how those apply. Listen as Vanessa explains the secret to having strong trust in business relationships and discover what Vanessa believes is the best way to build a culture of trust and what leaders need to do to implement it. Enjoy!

Our next Amazing Leader is Jeffery Crabb, CEO of Diamond C Trailers. Learn about Diamond C's 28 Foundational Behaviors, why it focuses on actional behaviors vs ideas of values and why is makes up his dream for his company culture. Listen as Jeff explains the impact of the pandemic, how it actually accelerated growth for his company and exposed opportunities for improvement for their leadership infrastructure. Find out how he feels about the idea of "cancel culture" and the good piece of advice his mother gave him that applies to his responsibilities as a CEO. And hear Jeff explain why it's important to maintain in-person human connection and why it helps build trust and respect.

We're excited to welcome our next Amazing Leader, Rikard Josefson, CEO Avanza Bank. Learn what the gamechanger was for Rikard's business and how it shifted the way he worked. Discover what inspires him, how helping people reach their full potential is so important and how he accomplishes that. Learn more about Rikard's "brainy day" events and why he believes everyone is equally important in a company. Find out how he believes the pandemic affected the financial industry and why it's important to be transparent in banking. Listen as Rickard explains why he believes cost-cutting is not the way to move a business forward and why he feels investing in people is best the way to run a company. And hear him talk about how uncertainty is one of the biggest challenges facing CEOs today and why being flexible is critical to a company's success.

The next installment of our Amazing Leaders Series features Kristen Hadeed, CEO of Student Made and author of Permission to Screw Up. Kristen talks about her calling of "bringing humanity back into business" and why it's so important to be authentic and embrace who we are. Discover why Kristen thinks the environment and culture of a company is more important to most people than a big paycheck or a glamorous title. Learn why she is pivoting from a cleaning company to a student development company and listen to her advice on aligning multiple generations and why it's important to ask the hard questions. In this episode, you'll learn how Kristen's journey from cleaning houses to earn extra money led to her becoming the CEO of a cleaning company. Find out how the experience of the majority of her employees quitting early on led her to realizing that failure is just a chance to grow.

The next installment of our Amazing Leader Series features Chester Elton, co-founder of The Culture Works, a global training company and author of several bestselling books including Leading with Gratitude. In this episode, you'll learn why Chester thinks it's important to surround yourself with people smarter than you. Discover why gratitude is a key component to leadership and how it leads to extraordinary results. Find out what two things need to accelerate during a crisis or big change and why Chester believes assuming positive intent is an important quality of leadership. Discover why leaders that are more vulnerable and more transparent are the ones winning over their employees and why as a leader, you DON'T always have to have the answers.

The next installment of our Amazing Leaders Series features Rachel Faller, Founder and Creative Director of tonlé, a zero-waste fair fashion company. Discover why Rachel was initially against entering the fashion industry and why she changed her mind. Listen to why she feels like a lot of CEOs are stuck between a rock and a hard place and why it's so important to stay true to your values. Learn why company culture was always Rachel's first priority, why she feels new technology is not the solution and what she feels is the real answer. And hear her piece of advice to CEOs about how important equitable exchange is. Enjoy the interview!

Our next installment of The Amazing Leaders Series features Richard Sheridan, CEO, Chief Storyteller, and co-founder of software of IT consulting firm Menlo Innovations, Inc as well as bestselling author of Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love. Find out why public speaking is one of Richard's favorite parts of his work and what it really means to him. Discover why during this unique time, there is no longer a space for individual heroes and how important a team-based environment and hear Richard explain why and how trust works in a company. Learn four things Richard believes artificial intelligence will never take over from humans and why he believes his biggest job as CEO is to pump fear out of the room. Discover how a moment with his 8-year-old daughter forever changed his view on leadership. And learn why having an intentionally joyful culture is integral to a company and why almost leaving his industry ultimately propelled him to his current success.