Full transcript and show notes at 100CEOProject.com This concludes Season 1 of the 100 CEO Project Podcast To become a guest next season: https://www.100ceoproject.com/become-a-100-ceo Follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook. Hosted by: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov Writing and research: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov Edited by: Laurie Pillow Produced by: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov

Full transcript available at 100CEOProject.com Hosted by: Andrea Spirov, Laurie Pillow Writing and research: Andrea Spirov, Laurie Pillow Edited by: Laurie Pillow Produced by: Andrea Spirov, Laurie Pillow

Show notes and transcript available at 100CEOProject.com To become a guest: https://www.100ceoproject.com/become-a-100-ceo Follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook. Hosted by: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov Writing and research: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov Edited by: Laurie Pillow Produced by: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov Recorded on 01.20.21

Full show notes available at 100CEOProject.com To become a guest: https://www.100ceoproject.com/become-a-100-ceo Hosted by: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov Writing and research: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov Edited by: Laurie Pillow Produced by: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov

Full show notes available at 100CEOProject.com To become a guest: https://www.100ceoproject.com/become-a-100-ceo Hosted by: Andrea Spirov Writing and research: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov Edited by: Laurie Pillow Produced by: Andrea Spirov, Laurie Pillow

Full transcript available at 100CEOProject.com

What does well-being mean at your company? For Lindsay Johnson and the FitPros team, supporting their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic has meant supporting their employees in whatever ways necessary. Learn how she led her team to support thousands of families during this tumultuous time and the techniques she uses for coping with change. FitPros: https://www.fitpros.com/ Recorded on 12.08.20 TRANSCRIPT and shownotes available at 100CEOProject.com

Steering a startup generally means being short on one’s own historical data, even without a pandemic. So how does an intrepid founder navigate the unknown? By relying on the tenacity that led her to start a company in the first place. Allison Moss, founder and CEO of type:A Brands talks about sudden channel shifts, risk-taking, financial silver linings and when she pulls back. type:A Brands: https://typeadeodorant.com/ Recorded on 12.04.20 Full transcript and shownotes at https://www.100ceoproject.com/ Hosted by: Andrea Spirov, Laurie Pillow Writing and research: Andrea Spirov, Laurie Pillow Edited by: Laurie Pillow Produced by: Andrea Spirov, Laurie Pillow

When your mind is healthy you can curb anxiety and remove your ego, which leads to the kind of listening that’s required to be the leader in your category. President of FutureProof Retail, Di Di Chan shares her top tips for supporting your stakeholders, which have been critical to her team’s success even before the pandemic hit. FutureProof Retail https://www.futureproofretail.com/ For full transcript, visit 100CEOProject.com To become a guest: https://www.100ceoproject.com/become-a-100-ceo Follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook. Hosted by: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov Writing and research: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov Edited by: Laurie Pillow Produced by: Laurie Pillow, Andrea Spirov

Of low-income households, 46% don't have access to a computer at home and 44% lack access to a quality broadband internet connection. Megan Steckly, CEO of Comp-U-Dopt shares how her organization is solving this digital divide, and how they’ve achieved transformational growth by empowering leaders at every level. Comp-U-Dopt: https://www.compudopt.org/ Full transcript and show notes at 100CEOProject.com

While there is no perfection, leading consciously goes a long way towards making decisions that are beneficial to people, planet and profit. As Andrew Vrbas, CEO and co-founder of Pacha Soap Company shares, it’s the consideration of different perspectives that has helped him to connect dots and innovate. Their hygiene initiatives created positive impact right here in the United States during the pandemic as Pacha worked on both production and policy to ensure people had enough affordable hand sanitizer. Pacha Soap Company: https://pachasoap.com/ Recorded on 11.20.20 Full transcript available on our website: https://www.100ceoproject.com/100-ceo-project-podcast-episodes/8-every-business-is-an-impact-business-with-andrew-vrbas-pacha-soap-co

The most successful social innovation comes from great questions, not someone’s whim. In college, Waterfield Farms’ John Reid posited a compelling question, took a chance on a subject he’d never considered before, and decades later continues to feed people affordable, quality food while improving multiple environmental situations. The silver linings of 2020 helped advance his team’s mission, bringing them closer to a breakthrough solution to the climate crisis. Waterfield Farms: https://waterfieldfarms.com/ John’s LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngrahamreid/ Recorded on 11.19.20 Full transcript available on our website: https://www.100ceoproject.com/100-ceo-project-podcast-episodes/7-growing-grass-to-save-the-planet-with-john-reid-waterfield-farms

As we develop our specialties and become excellent in what we do, we also develop bias around what we “know.” Scott Walker, international cocoa expert and the CEO of Verse Chocolate experienced a silver lining this year, releasing his bias around the “right” way to develop a product, which led to a successful launch in the middle of the pandemic. Verse Chocolate https://versechocolate.com/ Recorded on 11.18.20 Full transcript available on our website: https://www.100ceoproject.com/100-ceo-project-podcast-episodes/6-releasing-bias-and-creating-trust-with-scott-walker-verse-chocolate

Plenty of leaders claim to have open door policies, but are you truly using feedback effectively in your business? Nick Gallo, Chief Servant and Co-CEO of ComplianceLine, gives an in-depth training on the ‘Six A Feedback Framework’ and reveals the many layers of complexity that so many of us bring to our professional interactions, which actually hurt us instead of protect us. ComplianceLine: http://complianceline.com/ Ethics Experts Podcast: https://compliancepodcastnetwork.net/category/the-ethics-experts/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngallo/ Recorded on 10.29.20 Full transcript available on our website: https://www.100ceoproject.com/100-ceo-project-podcast-episodes/5-how-effective-feedback-can-transform-your-entire-company-with-nick-gallo-complianceline

Hands up if your job description during COVID-19 suddenly expanded to include assistant teacher and daytime entertainer for your children? As most families found themselves all together at home in the springtime, the big question became, how are we going to make this work? IDEA Lab Kids co-owner and president, Devina Bhojwani talks about what this time has been like as not only a parent, but also as the franchisor of one of the fastest growing educational enrichment companies in North America. IDEA Lab Kids: https://www.idealabkids.com/ Recorded on 11.5.2020 Full transcript available on our website: https://www.100ceoproject.com/100-ceo-project-podcast-episodes/4-to-parent-is-to-pivot-with-devina-bhojwani-idea-lab-kids

During 2020, some have slowed down while others have sped up and actually improved the way they do things. One such example is Capsule, a Minnesota-based creative shop that builds intellectual property for high profile clients all over the world. Hear from cofounder and managing principal, Aaron Keller on how trust is critical, how the pandemic actually made him feel closer to people and what NASCAR can teach us about working with catastrophe. Capsule: http://capsule.us/ Recorded on 10.27.2020 Full transcript available on our website: https://www.100ceoproject.com/100-ceo-project-podcast-episodes/3-speeding-up-to-get-through-and-improve-with-aaron-keller-capsule

Optimism, deflecting uncertainty, and agility - learn about these three attitudes and strategies and how they help WorkLodge CEO Mike Thakur get through the tough times every leader faces. And why who you have around you matters on this journey of entrepreneurship. WorkLodge: https://www.worklodge.com/ The Gabriel Project: https://mikethakur.com/Gabriel/ The Mike Thakur Show: https://mikethakur.com/show/ Recorded on 10.28.2020 Full transcript available on our website: https://www.100ceoproject.com/100-ceo-project-podcast-episodes/2-three-tools-for-getting-through-times-like-these-with-mike-thakur-worklodge

You can’t pour from an empty cup. Our premier episode explores this issue with “active self-care” company, Austra’s CEO, Stephanie Morimoto. With an extensive background in both entrepreneurship and non-profit, Stephanie brings perspective on how 2020 shaped e-commerce, what we can do to take care of ourselves as leaders, and what happens when your products attract a sporting superstar who then joins your company as a co-owner. Asutra: https://asutra.com/ Stephanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-morimoto/ Recorded on 10.27.2020 Full transcript available on our website: https://www.100ceoproject.com/100-ceo-project-podcast-episodes/stephanie-morimoto-asutra-10-2020

The year 2020 has disrupted business, rattled our definition of normal and called for change. CEOs’ responses to these ups and downs have created a new narrative around leadership. This podcast is about successes that moved the needle, powerful insights and stories that touch the heart. We’re interviewing 100 CEOs from a variety of industries and different sized companies. Each has a distinct take on the year - from those who have overcome near-game-ending challenges to those who brought their humanity to the job and changed the role of corporate leadership forever. These are not puff pieces. Our promise is to bring you only conversations that defy the canned response. The leaders who have agreed to share their stories have trusted us with their deepest thoughts on how 2020 shaped their companies and defined how they will bring those organizations into the future. To become a guest: https://www.100ceoproject.com/become-a-100-ceo