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The Create the Future Podcast is hosted by Rick Williams, keynote speaker and author of Create the Future – your essential leadership guidebook for making difficult decisions.
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Ep#11 - The Leadership Decision to Leave a Fortune 50 Career for Greater Impact | Terence Chatmon, President & CEO of Victorious Family | Rick Williams (opens the original)
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What happens when a successful career is no longer the biggest opportunity in front of you? For Terence Chatmon, one of the most difficult decisions of his career was ultimately about purpose, impact, and what he wanted his leadership to accomplish . After building a senior career in corporate America—including leadership experience with Johnson & Johnson, Citibank, and Coca-Cola—Terence made the decision to leave a highly successful corporate path and devote himself to a very different mission:
Ep#26 - How Leaders Make High-Stakes Decisions Before They Have All the Answers | Stephanie Oestreich, Managing Director, Myeloma Investment Fund | Rick Williams (opens the original)
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What would you do if you had the opportunity to fund a potentially transformative cancer treatment—but the science wasn't proven yet? For Stephanie Oestreich, PhD, MPA , this isn't a hypothetical question. As Managing Director of the Myeloma Investment Fund, she helps evaluate early-stage biotech companies developing innovative approaches to multiple myeloma. The challenge is balancing scientific potential, financial risk, due diligence, and—above all—the fund's ultimate mission: helping acceler
Ep#01 - Trusting Your Inner Compass When Everything Is Falling Apart | Aasha LaCount, CEO of Beyond EQ | Rick Williams (opens the original)
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What would you do if your business was generating $60,000 a month—but you knew in your gut that it was no longer the right business to build? Most leaders are taught to recognize opportunity, pursue growth, and keep pushing when things get difficult. But what happens when the harder—and potentially more courageous—decision is to let go of something that is already working? That is the leadership decision Aasha LaCount faced. Aasha is the Founder & CEO of Beyond EQ, where she works with leaders a
Ep#23 - How Leaders Make Better Decisions When the Future Is Uncertain | Tom Doorley, CEO of Sage Partners | Rick Williams (opens the original)
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In this episode of Create the Future with Rick Williams Podcast , Tom Doorley shares powerful lessons from decades of leadership, strategy, entrepreneurship, consulting and corporate governance—including difficult decisions he made in his own career and the strategic decisions he helped major companies navigate. Tom Doorley is the CEO of Sage Partners , a strategy and governance advisory firm, and an experienced entrepreneur, advisor to senior leadership teams, board member and operating manager
Ep#25 - From Burnout to Purpose: How Mary Grothe Made the Decisions That Changed Her Life | Mary Grothe, Founder & CEO of Sunday Salon | Rick Williams (opens the original)
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How do you make difficult decisions as a leader when your career, company, health, family, or future is at stake? In this episode of Create the Future with Rick Williams Podcast , Mary Grothe shares the difficult leadership and life decisions that took her from burnout, relentless business success and a painful company exit to a new life built around faith, family, service, purpose and freedom. Mary Grothe is the Founder & CEO of Sunday Salmon , a nonprofit in Castle Rock, Colorado, and the auth
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