In this inspiring interview, Ron Scheese, Andesa Services CEO, a provider of integrated solutions to life insurance and annuity carriers and producers, shares his unique leadership philosophy.

Ron continuously contributes to the body of work around leadership and he is working on an upcoming leadership book.

Some of Ron's insights:

• Finding your purpose and aligning your professional and life purpose
  
  
• Leverage strengths to pursue the purpose using a StrengthsFinder
  
  
• Maximize strength to fulfill your purpose
  
  
• Planning is an emergent process
  
  
• Starting and failing fast
  
  
• Leadership means to outgrow the professional domain into 'people first'.
  
  
• See the whole ecosystem - employees, families, customers, and supplier stakeholders
  
  
• Match leadership style to the situation.
  
  
• Servant leadership is the default mode, but in crisis, sometimes there is a place for command and control to make urgent decisions
  
  
• The benefits of an employee-owned company
  
  

Ron was promoted to CEO 10 years ago after serving for almost 5 years as the company’s CFO.

Prior to Andesa, Ron had a career in corporate finance after a few years as an audit manager for Ernst and Young.

Learn more about Andesa Services at https://andesaservices.com/

Learn about Ron at / ronscheese

Stuart Frankel, Narrative Science CEO, shares the leadership lessons he learned over the last 11 years since he founded the company.

Some of Stuart's insights:

• Prepare to play the long game
  
  
• Embrace the ups and downs
  
  
• Don't treat problems equally
  
  
• Differentiate existential from non-existential decisions
  
  
• Empower the team to move the business forward
  
  
• Executives should prioritize their team of peers over the team that reports to them
  
  
• Keep asking for that context until you find it
  
  
• Have a healthy skepticism in data analysis to eliminate data biases
  
  
• Conflict is sometimes necessary to get the team on the same page
  
  
• Get clarity about the final decision made before leaving the room
  
  
• Identify the wrong assumptions that lead to a bad decision.
  
  

Narrative Science creates software that writes stories from data to drive understanding and results. In its artificial intelligence, power technology automatically turns data into easy-to-understand reports, transforms statistics into stories, and converts numbers into knowledge.

Prior to Narrative Science, Stuart was the president of the performance division of DoubleClick and was a member of DoubleClick’s senior management team, where the company was sold to Google. He started his career as a lawyer and a CPA.

Learn about Narrative Science at https://narrativescience.com/

Learn about Stuart Frankel at / stuart-frankel-aa63b6

Reid Carr, the CEO of Red Door Interactive, shares the leadership philosophy that has helped him shape and grow the company over the last 19 years.

Among Reid's insights:

• How to balance long-term sustainability with short-term needs
  
  
• How to operate within a world of chaos
  
  
• How to create a 100% jerk-free workplace
  
  
• How to hire talent that balances confidence with humility
  
  

Red Door Interactive is a fiercely independent full-service marketing and advertising agency. It helps brands effectively, efficiently, and emotionally deliver their stories to the audiences through full-funnel marketing programs.

Red Door Interactive balances brand building with a performance marketing strategy,y with execution, and technology with the talent to help their clients win.

Reid co-founded Red Door Interactive 19 years ago. Next month is the 19th anniversary in downtown San Diego, California. Since then, Red Door Interactive has grown into one of the largest independent agencies in the country, representing some well-known brands such as ASICS, Nissan, Intuit, Bosch, and many more.

Reid won multiple awards, such as the Most Admired CEO 40 Under 40. And the agency won the Best Places to Work 14 years in a row.

Learn more about Red Door Interactive: https://www.reddoor.biz/

Learn more about Reid Carr: / reidcarr

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