Execs Who Run brings life, leadership, and the miles in between together through unscripted conversations with high-achieving leaders. Hosted by Jason Hunt—elite marathon runner and executive search professional—this podcast dives into the personal stories, insights, and habits that shape today’s leaders.
Whether it’s finding balance, building resilience, or gaining clarity, discover how running connects to their journeys both on and off the pavement. Perfect for leaders, runners, and anyone looking for inspiration one step at a time.
Execs Who Run brings life, leadership, and the miles in between together through unscripted conversations with high-achieving leaders. Hosted by Jason Hunt—elite marathon runner and executive search professional—this podcast dives into the personal stories, insights, and habits that shape today’s leaders.
Whether it’s finding balance, building resilience, or gaining clarity, discover how running connects to their journeys both on and off the pavement. Perfect for leaders, runners, and anyone looking for inspiration one step at a time.
Ned Phillips has sold horse manure door-to-door, run companies across Asia, and now runs Backyard Ultras for fun — the kind where you loop 6.7 kilometres every hour until everyone else quits. The British-born entrepreneur and former CEO turned solopreneur has built and lost multimillion-dollar startups, led with empathy through failure, and found joy in suffering. In this conversation, Jason and Ned explore how endurance sports and business share the same brutal truths: pain is inevitable, ego is fragile, and resilience is a choice.
Highlights
Hear how Ned went from selling fertilizer to running a listed financial company in Asia.
Learn how building and losing a $20M startup reshaped his definition of leadership.
Discover how he found running through a 100km race — as his first ever run.
Explore the philosophy of Backyard Ultra and the fine line between grit and madness.
Understand what “the art of suffering” really means, in running, leadership, and life.
Find out why empathy and curiosity are the most underrated sales and leadership skills.
Connect with Ned:
→ LinkedIn – Ned Phillips
→ Ned’s Website – teachpeoplesales.com
Connect with Execs Who Run:
→ Website – execswhorun.com
→ LinkedIn – Execs Who Run
→ Instagram – @execswhorun
Connect with Jason Hunt:
→ LinkedIn – Jason Hunt
→ Instagram – @jasonzane_
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