Bryan Jordan - Chairman, President and CEO, First Horizon Corporation

The Everybody Leads podcast welcomes Bryan Jordan, chairman, president, and CEO of First Horizon Corporation, a financial services company with $81.5 billion in assets as of June 2023. Bryan currently serves on the board at AutoZone, Inc., Memphis Tomorrow, and Operation Hope. He is also a member of the Bank Policy Institute, the Tennessee Business Leadership Council, and the Tennessee Population Health Consortium Advisory Council.

Our host, Tim Lupinacci, asks Bryan to discuss the valuable wisdom he has acquired from various resources and experiences along his leadership journey. Bryan also discusses the importance of learning from mistakes, trusting and empowering team members to build “A” players, prioritizing and focusing, and leading with resilience. His personal experiences provide several ideas for improving everyone’s leadership skills. Bryan outlines:

• His leadership trajectory
• How he used positive and negative experiences to invest in developing leadership skills
• The importance of knowing how to navigate change
• How mistakes can turn into lessons learned
• Daily practices to remain energized and focused
• The importance of trust, empowerment, and accountability to building up “A” players in an organization
• How to handle prioritization as a leader
• His inspirations
• Leading with resiliency
• Advice for leaders without a fancy title

Charity:

• This episode is in support of Bryan Jordan’s designated charity, Youth Villages. We have made a donation to this charity as a thank you to Bryan for joining Everybody Leads. To learn more about this charity, please visit youthvillages.org.

Additional Resources:

• The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization, by Peter Zeihan
• The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, by Thomas L. Friedman
• Flawless Consulting, by Peter Block

Contact Bryan Jordan:

• First Horizon: https://www.firsthorizon.com/First-Horizon-Corporation/About-Us-Rev/Our-Leadership/Bryan-Jordan

Thank you for listening, and please join us again to hear from more exceptional leaders.

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• https://www.bakerdonelson.com

Producer: Jason Plank
Intern: Claudia Bonney Amamoo