My Favorite Mistake, by Mark Graban
Deborah Coviello has spent her career walking into businesses with quality crises and operational pressure, and walking out with stronger leaders behind her. In this conversation with Mark Graban, she …
Jesse Jackson, contact center leader and host of Set Lusting Bruce, joins Mark Graban to share his favorite mistake: going gun-shy as a new leader when veterans push back with …
Dr. Melisa Buie is an operational excellence leader and co-author of Faceplant: FREE Yourself from Failure’s Funk. She has a PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan, taught …
At 24 years old, Joel Steele was buried in what would be roughly $800,000 of debt in today’s dollars – the wreckage of a healthy fast food restaurant chain he …
Irna Hutabarat Athans had an MBA from MIT, connections to VCs, and a front-row seat to the startup world. But technology felt soulless to her, so she walked away — …
Andy Freed has seen Bruce Springsteen perform 95 times. Somewhere along the way, he stopped just enjoying the shows and started studying them — how Springsteen prepares a set list, …
Dr. Julia Garcia — psychologist, author, and host of The Journey with Dr. J — built two businesses that didn’t survive. Episode page with links, video, and more The first …
Mike Chaput bought his first company at 24, went bankrupt at 28, and started over. When he co-founded Endsight, he and his partners worked hard to establish company values — …
Kendall Berg was the most productive person on every team she joined. She was so technically good at her job that she thought she didn’t have to be nice. Then …
Patrick Engasser spent two years ranked near the bottom of a 615-person sales organization — broke, in debt, and grinding through trial and error — before one decision changed everything. …
