Unicorn Leaders

Nov 01 2023 3
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The Unicorn Leaders podcast takes a deep dive into the world of building a billion-dollar company (a unicorn) in every episode. Join us while we explore the leadership and environments that create unicorn startups straight from those with first-hand experience (startup founders, VPs of talent, and more). The podcast is hosted by Fahd Alhattab, the CEO of Unicorn Labs and a millennial workplace expert who specializes in providing transformative leadership and team dynamics training for high-growth startups. Fahd has been researching what creates high-performing teams over the last five years. Join him as he asks his guests the hard questions to uncover what it means to be a leader in our fast-paced, information-based world.

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Ep. 20 EmpowerED - A Bottom Up Approach to Employee Development with Eva Manole

Nov 01 2023 56 mins  
In episode 20, Eva shares her use of a product led mindset for developing new strategies of learning and development at Fullscript with about 800 employees. She dives into how the traditional models of learning and development are not always agile or adaptive especially with the rise of AI, remote and hybrid work environments. Eva dives into a new strategy she used to build communi

Ep. 19 - Leading with Purpose: Unveiling the Secrets of Impactful Leadership with Andre Fernandez

Oct 18 2023 84 mins  
In episode 19, Andre dives into how he found his way into creating a socially impactful business while sharing valuable lessons and principles that he embraced on his journey to success as a leader. From letting go of micro details to building high performing teams and influencing decision making processes, discover some actionable insights that will transform your leadership appro

Ep. 18 - What got you here won’t get you there with Jonah Midanik

Oct 04 2023 67 mins  
In episode 18, Jonah Midanik shares his journey and experience in a growth mindset of recognizing that ‘what got you here won’t get you there. He has been lucky enough to have seen the startup journey from a variety of perspectives: as a successful bootstrapped founder/CEO, having helped launch new corporate divisions at BigCo, and as the founder/CEO of Limelight, a Venture bac

Ep. 17 Breaking the Glass Ceiling/Inspiring Women Leaders in Tech Startups with Jeanette Dorazio

Apr 05 2023 73 mins  
Jeanette Dorazio, CEO of Leadpages, a no-code website and landing page builder. She has had various executive-level positions at leading organizations, including Oracle, 8thBridge, Verifone, and Solera. Jeanette’s passion comes from breaking down barriers and championing the inclusion and success of women in STEM fields as female leaders in tech.In episode 17, Jeanette lays out h

Ep. 16 - Creating Talent Strategies with Krista Skalde

Mar 22 2023 69 mins  
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Ep. 15 - The Work of a Startup CEO with Kyle Racki

Mar 08 2023 64 mins  
Kyle Racki, the co-founder and CEO of Proposify, Kyle helps thousands of businesses remove the bottleneck of proposals and get more visibility into the close. In true serial entrepreneur form, Kyle also co-host his own podcast, The Racki and Symes Podcast, where he discusses ideas and strategies to push through growth.Kyle got his start in marketing and design, and ran a digital ag

Ep. 14 - Leading Effective Teams in a Remote Environment with Natalie Furness

Feb 22 2023 69 mins  
Natalie Furness, CEO of RevOps Automated and Revenue Operations Consultant shares her journey and learnings along the way onto remote work and falling into the world of operations.She speaks of finding your people through value alignment for both the work you do and the work environment you prefer. Though she’s the biggest remote work proponent, she acknowledges that its’ not f

Ep. 13 - The Value of Vision for Employee Engagement and Success with Chris Williams

Feb 08 2023 56 mins  
Chris Williams, former VP of HR at Microsoft has over 40 years of experience building and leading teams.Through his journey, starting from installing car stereos and while being pulled into firing employees because of his people skills, to eventually transitioning to a computer science and going on to start a consulting business before selling it to Fox Pro before eventually starti

Ep. 12 - Finding Purpose In Your Work That Drives You with Florent Schmahl

Jan 25 2023 56 mins  
Florent Schmahl, Chief of Staff of highly purposeful agtech company, Growcer, shares his journey and learnings along the way as he shifted his work from being focused on developing hard skills to now pursuing purposeful work.Over the years he’s has time to gather his insights on finding the work that drives you and how important it is in today’s labour market pressures.Despite

Ep. 11 - The importance of creating a people-first company with Shawna Stewart

Nov 30 2022 60 mins  
Today we have Shawna Stewart on the podcast, VP of People and Operations at Railz Financial. Shawna is truly a people-focused leader, she has extensive background in psychology and organizational behaviour and experience involving performance management, full scope operational effectiveness, succession planning, employee engagement and talent development. I’m so excited for you t