Breakfast Leadership Show

Scott Danner is the CEO of Freedom Street Partners and in his bestselling book Freedom Street, shares lessons learned from nearly two decades of managing assets and creating succession plans to ensure a future that is both prosperous and rewarding. He knows what it takes to effectively balance your goals and make your job, role, or retirement transition count. Let Scott shows Breakfast Leadership listeners how to create a rich life now, live their legacy today, and own the future of their dreams. scottdanner.com Author of Freedom Street Social Media Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottwdanner/ https://www.facebook.com/authorscottdanner https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_zYDRBiJmLuVlwcCi3qzQ

About Mahmoud and Very Good Security Mahmoud Abdelkader is the CEO and co-founder of Very Good Security (VGS). He was previously CTO and co-founder of Balanced Payments (exited to Stripe). Prior to that, Mahmoud designed automated product matching systems at Milo.com (acquired by eBay) and built high-frequency trading systems for Wachovia Securities, now a part of Wells Fargo. With experience ranging from Wall Street to early-stage startups, Mahmoud is passionate about democratizing data security. He started Very Good Security to make best-in-class security and compliance attainable for businesses of all sizes.   Very Good Security (VGS) is on a mission to secure the world’s information. Providing essential security and compliance infrastructure, VGS enables startups and enterprises to focus on their core business instead of compliance and regulatory overhead. VGS customers enjoy a Zero Data™ approach to information security, retaining the value of sensitive data without the cost and liability of securing it themselves. VGS Control accelerates compliances such as SOC 2, PCI, ISO 27001, GDPR, and more. For more information, visit verygoodsecurity.com. Social Media Links: https://www.linkedin.com/company/very-good-security/ https://www.instagram.com/verygoodsecurity/ https://twitter.com/getvgs https://www.facebook.com/getvgs/ https://github.com/verygoodsecurity/

Mike is the CEO of ARX, a company that creates fitness equipment rooted in new technology that is changing the way we work out in a cost-effective and physically efficient way. Over ten years in the making, ARX equipment uses Adaptive Resistance™ technology. A patented motorized resistance and computer software system linked to fitness equipment designed to improve workouts by using scientifically-backed principles rooted in safety and efficiency - ultimately offering the most effective resistance exercise in the world. Social Media Links: https://arxfit.com/

Rod Reasen is the CEO of Springbuk, a health data analytics solution with a vision to prevent disease with data. Before launching Springbuk, Rod founded and scaled a fee-based benefits consulting firm into one of the largest in the Midwest which was acquired by a publicly-traded firm in 2010. In 2009, he launched the nationally recognized Healthiest Employers award program that has recognized over 8,000 employers at the top healthiest workplaces in their region and who represent nearly half of the working population in America. From those learnings, Rod dreamed of a day where employers could make the best-unencumbered decisions using data. That passion drove him to co-found Springbuk, which now represents more than 4,000 employers including hundreds of household brands. His energy is contagious and the world is benefiting from his vision to disrupt healthcare.  Social Media links https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodreasen/ https://twitter.com/springbukhealth

Mario is a world-class coach for entrepreneurs and fitness Youtuber with over 180,000+ subscribers and over 20M+ views. He has also personally helped thousands of people achieve their health, athletic performance and physique goals. Social Media Links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHdt93DFIUVMMCPrKp6VHuQ

In Making Your Own Luck, former Indiana University athletic director Fred Glass recounts how even a self-described "knucklehead" learned to be prepared to recognize and seize opportunities and thus make his own luck through life. ​With great humor and insightful reflection, Glass details how he helped keep the Colts in Indianapolis—he spearheaded a massive convention center expansion and the building of Lucas Oil Stadium and even helped to attract the Super Bowl to his hometown. Any of these accomplishments individually would be more than enough to call Glass's career a resounding success, but they were only the beginning. In the latest stage of his journey, Glass led the rebuilding of the athletic program of his beloved alma mater, Indiana University. ​ Featuring a foreword from IU alumnus and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, Making Your Own Luck is a must-read not only for Indiana sports fans, but for anyone that recognizes the importance of preparation, opportunity and action in creating your own success. https://www.fred-glass.com/ About Fred: ​Fred Glass is a prominent Indianapolis attorney and civic leader who served as Indiana University’s athletic director for nearly twelve years and is now a partner in the law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister.  He and his wife Barbara have four children, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, and five grandchildren.             Fred served as IU’s athletic director and a vice-president from January, 2009, through its Bicentennial Year ending in June, 2020.  During this time, he led a cultural and physical rebuild of the athletic department including record-setting academic, athletic, fundraising, fiscal management, and facility successes, as well as a nationally-recognized commitment to rules compliance and the holistic development of the students under his charge.               Before his appointment at IU, Fred was a partner for 15 years at Baker & Daniels (now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath) practicing general corporate law and also served as the chair of the firm’s management committee.  He also served as president of the Marion County Capital Improvement Board where he led successful negotiations to keep the Colts in Indianapolis, regularly host NCAA Final Fours, develop Lucas Oil Stadium, and dramatically expand the Indiana Convention Center.  Fred also led the effort for Indianapolis to host the Super Bowl, laying the groundwork for its successful 2012 bid.               Fred previously served as chief of staff to Indiana Governor Evan Bayh and was a law clerk for Judge S. Hugh Dillin for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.  He graduated from Indiana University in 1981 and its McKinney School of Law in 1984, cum laude.  Fred serves and has served on a variety of civic, legal, educational, political, and sports-related boards and projects, including as chair of the Indiana Clinton/Gore Presidential campaign and as the first alumnus to chair the Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Board of Trustees

Ed Brenegar is a keynote speaker and leadership consultant focused on teaching people to become people of leadership within their workplace and social circles. Using his proprietary Circle of Impact model, Ed provides the tools for people to innovate, and problem solve by addressing and exploring people’s ideas, relationships, and structures. Ed also has more than 30 years of experience working with senior executives, entrepreneurs, and a bunch of organizational clients. Ed is also the author of ‘Circle of Impact: Taking Personal Initiative To Ignite Change’ - a text that explores how individuals can become people of impact within their everyday lives. Social Media Links: https://edbrenegar.com/

Aleksander is the founder of BusinessMentor.com, where he helps freelancers and entrepreneurs grow their revenue, get more clients, and increase their profit margins. Since 2014, Aleksander has personally helped over 700 people, where 221 of them have hit 6-figure revenues and 9 students surpassed the 7-figure mark. Social Media Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleksvitkin/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AleksanderVitkinPage/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aleksanderv?lang=en

What could your organisation achieve if its technical specialists were given the same intensity of skills development as people managers? * Organisations spend so much money hiring techincal experts and individual contributors - then they ignore them once they're hired. * As a result, senior individual contributors lack the business skills they need to drive innovation and change at a senior level. They have great ideas but can't quite get the company to get behind their innovation As a result: * The money invested in technical teams doesn't quite pay off. * Technical experts end up overworked, resentful and demotivated - and quit. * The business loses any number of opportunities to create value. What steps can businesses and CEOs take to help experts achieve their full potential? What effort is required, and what benefits should they expect? How bad a problem is this?   Alistair Gordon is the co-author with Dominic Johnson of Master Expert: how to use Expertship to achieve peak performance, seniority and influence in a technical role (Expertship Press USD$39). He is CEO of Expertunity, an expert coach, speaker and author, and a long-time veteran of the media and organisational-development worlds. Download the first chapter from the book for free at https://expertship.com, as well as numerous resources for experts, their managers and HR teams. Social Media Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-gordon-5a69349/ twitter.com/beamasterexpert facebook.com/expertship expertship.com

Daniel Major is CEO of GoviEX Uranium - a mineral resources company focused on the exploration and development of various Uranium deposits located throughout Africa. With over 30 years of experience in the mining industry, Daniel has established an impressive portfolio and was recently the Chief Executive of the Basic Element Mining and Resource Division in Russia. Numbers-wise, GoviEx has one of the largest NI 43-101 uranium resources compared to its peers, and across its assets holds 36.2 million pounds of contained uranium (U3O8)! Currently, at its biggest mine called Madaouela, Uranium is estimated at US$18.30 per pound and is expected to produce an annual average of US$525 million earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) over its lifespan. Social Media Links: https://goviex.com/