Nobody wants to fail, but failing can just be the thing you need to really grow in your career and in your life. As the cliché goes, experience is the best teacher, and failure is arguably the best experience you can have. Lisa Lutoff-Perlo learned this powerful lesson in her trailblazing journey as a female leader in a male-dominated industry. In this episo ... Show More
Oct 16
Michael Dell Put a Glass Wall Between Himself and His COO. Here's Why It Worked
Nate Bennett has spent twenty years studying the COO role. His book Riding Shotgun: The Role of the COO, co-written with Stephen Miles, is now in its third edition from Stanford Business Books. In this conversation: why the right question is what makes a great CEO and COO pair, n ... Show More
26m 31s
Oct 7
How to Scale a Service Business to 2,500 People | Jim Weiss | Strategy & Leadership Podcast
Jim Weiss built Real Chemistry from one person to 2,500 employees by refusing to do marketing work that didn't move a number the client's CEO cared about. Media impressions were never the measure. Patients on therapy, revenue and stock price were. Jim is the founder and chairman ... Show More
25m 52s
Jan 2025
Cruise Industry Insider: Making Waves with Lisa Lutoff-Perlo
In the latest episode of the Brainfluence podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, then Vice Chairman of External Affairs at Royal Caribbean Group and former CEO of Celebrity Cruises. Since then, Lutoff-Perlo became Chairwoman of the Board of the Hornbl ... Show More
27m 45s
May 2023
#571: Learning To Love The F-Word… Failure
The 3 questions I ask myself every time failure comes knocking at my door It’s no secret that failure can be one of your greatest teachers in business. In fact, some of the world’s most brilliant entrepreneurs, people like Sara Blakely of Spanx, attribute their incredible success ... Show More
19m 50s
Sep 2025
914: The 5 Business Mistakes I Learned the Hard Way (So You Don’t Have To)
When I think about those first few years as an entrepreneur, I see a woman who was so full of fire and determination, but honestly had no idea what she was walking into. And I love her for that! Now, after years of growth, evolution, and yes, plenty of beautiful failures, I can s ... Show More
29m 48s
Aug 2022
Her Company Sold for $375 Million: Here's What She Learned About Leadership, Failure, Vulnerability, & Success
Alexa von Tobel is the founder and managing partner at Inspired Capital and former founder and CEO of Learn vest. In today's episode, we will discuss Alexa's journey to create Learn Vest and Inspired Capital. Her mistakes and failures along her way and how she deals with them whe ... Show More
40m 50s