HeyJaredFrom The Top with Chad Hesters
From The Top with Chad Hesters is the podcast for mid-cap, family-owned, privately held, and larger organizations facing big decisions about leadership, succession, and hiring the right people. I’m Chad Hesters, executive search partner, leadership advisor, and former U.S.
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Inside the Rise of a $60B Space Force Organization with Alan Brechbill (opens the original)
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What if the most advanced technology in the world still runs on relationships? In this episode of From the Top with Chad Hesters, host Chad Hesters sits down with Captain Alan Brechbill, a 28-year Navy intelligence veteran who helped architect the U.S. Space Force from a blank sheet of paper, to explore how you build consequential organizations in high-stakes environments, why influence matters more than authority when leading across organizational boundaries, and the critical role face-to-face
Why AI Metrics Are Misleading Leaders Every Day with Elaine Barsoom (opens the original)
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What if the strategy that looks perfect on paper actually fails in execution? In this episode, Chad Hesters sits down with Elaine Barsoom, Founder of waveco.ia and an architect of organizational transformation who's guided teams from American Express to Nike through digital disruption and AI adoption, to explore why execution is the real differentiator, how to build repeatable frameworks without stifling agility, and the critical leadership decisions that determine success or failure when implem
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