The Working CEO: Real Advice for Busy Business Leaders

Susanna Song and Mark Porter
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No business school B.S. No sugar coating. Just straight talk about how to get work done.

  1. 01/25/2023

    Episode 14 – A Wealth of Opportunity: A Holistic Approach to Leadership, Humility and Humanity in Financial Planning

    Want to know how to get things done? Get out of your own way! That’s a good tip from today’s guest, Kim Curtis, President and CEO of Wealth Legacy Institute.Beyond helping her clients leave a financial legacy, she believes in leaving the legacy of leadership. Her advice: Step back and let your team shine. We’ll chat with Kim about her groundbreaking financial planning model, her views and leadership and perhaps her favorite guilty pleasure! That’s up next on the Working CEO Podcast …stay...

    43 min

  2. 12/20/2022

    Episode 13 – Travels with Dave Dyson: The Journey from Salesman to Strategist, Advisor to Influencer

    High Wire CEO Mark Porter continues his podcast called, “Working CEO: Real Advice for Busy Business Leaders,” which shares advice with entrepreneurial leaders about starting, running and building their businesses.https://www.highwirenetworks.com/the-working-ceo-episode-13-travels-with-dave-dyson/

    56 min

  3. 09/23/2022

    Episode 12 – Preacher Turned Tech CEO Turned Cloud Evangelist

    Sometimes life and business seem to come full circle. That’s the case for our next guest, Dave Gilbert.Dave started his career a preacher and two decades later is Chief Evangelist for the Cloud Communications Alliance.In between then and now, Dave – an avid surfer -- rode the VoIP wave as “The Big Cheese” at his own cloud communications company, which later sold to Vonage.On this episode of Working CEO, we’ll catch up with Dave, tech investor, consultant, publisher and Cloud Evangelist. Stay ...

    41 min

  4. 09/08/2022

    Episode 11 – Channel Consultant + Coach on the Power of Partnership + Leadership

    After more than 20 years spent building multimillion-dollar partner programs for some of the largest tech brands, Theresa Caragol tapped her partnering powers to build a business of her own.As CEO of Achieve Unite, Theresa connects people and perfects partnerships to create opportunity. Her team helps businesses succeed through channel consulting, but they also help executives and entrepreneurs succeed through leadership coaching.We’ll chat with Theresa about how she’s harnessing the power of...

    33 min

  5. 08/25/2022

    Episode 10 – Meet Michael Sterl: ‘Telecom Bum’ Turned Tech Investor

    Today’s guest on The Working CEO is a self-described “Telecom Bum” turned investor. He is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded several companies in the telecom and communications industry and built them from the ground up. He currently works as an executive at a technology distributor. And his LinkedIn says he’s naturally curious and brings positive energy into every interaction. Welcome!

    34 min

  6. 08/19/2022

    Episode 9 – Straight Talk from Chief-Turned-Advisor Curt Allen

    Today’s guest is about as no B.S. as you can get, according to those in the know. Curt Allen is a tech veteran who has been there, done that – with roles ranging from president and owner of a distributor to channel chief for major carriers. He’s taken that hard-won experience and offers it up “as a service” in his role as founding partner at EagleTEQ Advisors.We’ll chat with Curt about his new gig, raising capital, M&A and hanging out on his boat with his dog Cooper. That’s up n...

    32 min

  7. 06/28/2022

    Episode 8 – Why the Hiring Process is Broken & How to Fix It

    82% of CEOs believe lack of talent is the biggest threat to their organization, according to the 2020 LinkedIn Learning Workplace Report.Blame the talent wars or the great resignation, but today’s guests say there’s a bigger underlying problem – the hiring process is broken.What’s wrong and how do we fix it? High Wire’s own Jake Christiansen, Jake Parks and Christian Hackenberg have some answers. That’s up next on the Working CEO Podcast …stay tuned!

    31 min

  8. 06/15/2022

    Episode 7 – One CEO's Curse is Another's Cash Cow - Outsourcing HR with CEOHR's Darrin Fedder

    Most entrepreneurs start their businesses because they love something–cooking, building houses, making money! But they don’t love the HR overhead that comes with it. Our next guest started his business to take on the HR headache for other business owners. He’s either an angel or a glutton for punishment – maybe both! Meet Darrin Fedder, founder and CEO of CEO HR, on this episode of The Working CEO.

    31 min
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