Executive Commute With Jayson Krause

In part 2 of my interview with Kevin Delaney, Kevin shared his lessons from his past failures and the awakening he received when he was given 24-hours to live and needed an urgent and unlikely liver transplant. 

How does someone transform from being an industrial painter with no experience in the corporate world to becoming the VP of a tech darling like LinkedIn? And more importantly how might your life change after you’ve been given 24 hours to live? In part one of this interview, Kevin Delaney shared his early days growing up in Campbell, California and how the surprising and frequent tragedies in his community helped shape his mindset and his unlikely introduction into the corporate world. This interview is a remarkable and inspiring story that will change the way you see yourself and the remaining days of your life.

Former NASA Inventor of the Year Paul Baffes and Jayson Krause talk about the power of experimenting in business to creatively come up with innovations. He explained the upsides and downsides of AI for both humans and machines. Listen in to learn whether Paul thinks AI is progressing in right direction.

Paul Baffes continues his conversation about a missed opportunity to become an astronaut. He described why he believes this miss might have saved him from perishing with the Challenger. Listen in to learn how Paul self-taught himself business to become a CEO three times, plus valuable life and business lessons. 

Paul Baffes, High-Performance Coach and NASA Inventor of the Year, talked about his childhood and educational experience at Harvard. He explained how his parents’ idea of being the best became an albatross in his early life. Hear how he pivoted in college and later pursued a career at NASA as he had always spent his life dreaming of.

Iggy Domagalski talked about Tundra’s acquisition by Wajax. He explained how Tundra is going to benefit from the acquisition and how they are prepared to handle the changes. Listen in to learn how leadership roles change once a company is acquired.

Iggy Domagalski explained how bad decisions and investments had almost rendered Tundra bankrupt a couple of times. He shared some of the crucial lessons he learned through those near-bankrupt situations. Listen in to learn the importance of being cautious with business opportunities that don’t align with your company’s mission, purpose, and values.

Iggy Domagalski, CEO at Tundra Process Solutions, shared how he developed his love for business from his parents in childhood. He explained how his small businesses as a teenager put him through college and his career journey from Investor’s Group to running a mid-sized industrial company. Listen in to learn business lessons that Iggy adopted from his parents’ small business and is still carrying them through his leadership position today.

Tyler Chisholm and Jayson Krause talk about the leadership strategy Tyler has been utilizing as a CEO for the last 18 months. He discussed the importance of the right feedback within teams and building trust for it to happen. Learn how the future will be positively and negatively affected by the development of technology and entrepreneurship.

Tyler Chisholm described how he overcame his rock bottom moment through resiliency- a quality he learned in childhood. He talked about great leadership and the importance of adopting a positive mindset from other leaders. Listen in to learn how you can achieve great leadership by allowing your team to show up authentically.

Tyler Chisholm and Jayson Krause talked about the evolvement of the digital marketing space over the years and how it has changed the B2B and B2C customer relationships. He explained how he discovered the marketing aspect of business and pivoted to start his digital marketing agency, clearmotive marketing. Listen in to learn the power of following your passion as a career path.

Alana talks about her book, The Adventures of Women in Tech, what it’s about, and who she wrote it for. She goes deeper into the impacts of impostor syndrome, especially for women in tech, and how to overcome it. Listen in to learn how you can practice inclusivity as a leader while eliminating limiting beliefs in your team members.

Alana Karen shares the story behind her rock bottom moment when her people-serving nature went too far leading to a possible job loss. She explains the positive challenge it was to see Google grow from a small organization to a huge tech conglomerate. Listen in to learn Alana’s leadership strategies, which are about conveying management and leadership practices to her team.

Alana Karen, Google’s Search Platforms Director, talks about her very intellectual and independent upbringing. She explains how she transitioned her career interest from history to tech in college and worked her way from the bottom up. Listen in to hear her explain how she is influenced by her teams and handles team feedback as a leader.

Trust starts by trusting yourself. Mary explains why it is important for leaders to embrace their journey to see how they got where they’re and build the confidence to move forward. The way you can trust yourself is by taking small risks and embracing feedback mechanisms as you become stronger. Mary explained how you can identify your fears and how you hit them head-on. Mary shared how she and her business partners fostered an entrepreneurial spirit by deciding what their values and risk levels were to be innovative. We all love routine, but trying new things and associating with different people will help you build diversity. She believes it is by relating with innovative people and reading that you explore how to be innovative and identify if it’s what you want or not. She defined purposeful leadership as the ability to help and support others to become leaders. She shared her hopes for the future as being able to lead her life with joy. COVID-19 is shaking the world, and it is in this situation that people

Mary explained her rock bottom moment as losing the oil and gas company she helped build from the bottom up. Going bankrupt became one of her biggest and hardest business and life lesson. She recalled the pain of losing her identity, laying off people, and losing what she had created. Mary described how she turned around and looked for positives in the negative to move forward. She used her skills in raising money and traveling to put programs together and started giving back. Mary dove into the topic of what she would have done differently given the chance to be a CEO of her company again. She advised young CEOs to learn and understand their company’s financial management and managers to avoid going bankrupt while leading fast-paced companies. The challenge of coming from a privileged society is being able to understand that philanthropy is about meeting people where they are and not where you want. Mary learned to groom volunteers to handle life where they were taking philanthropy and when they came back to

Mary explained her experience meeting Dalai Lama, who demonstrates the values of compassion, love, understanding, and respect. Mary describes her busy childhood in her adopted home, which she shared with her 45 siblings (yes, 45!) as filled with love, diversity, and philanthropy.  Mary recalled the lessons she learned from her adoptive parents, which were the power of diversity and love. Her perspective on the context of philanthropy was broadened- which is the ability to show kindness, listening skills, understanding, and learning from people who don’t look like her or act like her. These qualities helped Mary relate to others both in school and as an adult.  Mary credited her entrepreneurial spirit to genes from her biological parents and having grown up in a small town. She built many small businesses, which also allowed her to support other people. Mary dove into the topic of stereotypes that happened outside of her home- she found it challenging that most people didn’t have the same diverse view as her.

In this third and final part of my interview with Steve Mesler, we continue our discussion and explore Steve’s hopes and concerns for the future. This episode also features my favorite segment, “The Lightning Round of Rapid Questions,” so tune in for some very interesting quick answers!  Links Steve Mesler Official : https://www.stevemesler.org Classroom Champions: https://www.classroomchampions.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/classroomchampions/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClassroomChampions Level 52 Leadership Development & Training: https://level52.ca Jayson Krause LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-krause/ Production & Music by Alec Harrison: http://alecharrison.com/ Change Maker by John Berardi: https://www.amazon.com/Change-Maker-Passion-Powerful-Successful/dp/1948836556 Rate & Review If you found this podcast valuable, please rate, share, and comment. I'd love to hear your feedback!

In this second part of the three-part episode, Steve and I talked about the critical lessons he learned from failure, his battle with depression, as well as the lessons he used from sport that have shaped his life and translated into his leadership. Today, we are taking a deep dive into the failure, pains, and what his rock bottom was. We are also exploring the current challenges that keep him up at night. This half an hour is inspiring, insightful and full of wisdom. You will definitely learn a thing or two from the inspirational journey of Steve Mesler. Links Steve Mesler Official : https://www.stevemesler.org Classroom Champions: https://www.classroomchampions.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/classroomchampions/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClassroomChampions Level 52 Leadership Development & Training: https://level52.ca Jayson Krause LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-krause/ Production & Music by Alec Harrison: http://alecharrison.com/ Rate & Review If you found this

Steve Mesler shared the critical lessons he learned from failure, his battle with depression, and the lessons he used from sport that translated to his leadership today as CEO of Classroom Champions and board member of the US Olympic and Paralympics. Steve’s journey is inspiring, his experience insightful, and words full of wisdom. You will definitely learn a thing or two from the exciting life story and experiences of Steve Mesler. Links Steve Mesler Official : https://www.stevemesler.org Classroom Champions: https://www.classroomchampions.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/classroomchampions/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClassroomChampions Level 52 Leadership Development & Training: https://level52.ca Jayson Krause LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-krause/ Production & Music by Alec Harrison: http://alecharrison.com/ Rate & Review If you found this podcast valuable, please rate, share, and comment. I'd love to hear your feedback!