Tag: Wall Street

Posted in: Podcast Season 3

EP 32: One Vision; One Mission; One City — With Esmond K. Scott, City Manager, North Miami Beach

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm, but rough seas require creative, transformative leadership. Most of us want a leader with passion and energy to make things happen; but we also want to know that when crisis hits, our leader will take decisive action in a calm and professional manner. If “Cool, calm, and collected” was a person, you’d be looking at my next podcast guest and friend, Mr. Esmond K. Scott, City Manager of North Miami Beach, FL.  Esmond is as hilarious as he is shrewd, worldly, super sharp, and charmingly unassuming.

North Miami Beach is the epicenter of Northeast Dade, a hidden gem, and mini paradise within our diverse County.  NMB is a city bursting at the seams to take off and finally gain its own earned identity and personality. Tune in as we discuss Mr. Scott’s vision, challenges, and plans to further elevate his City to the destination of choice in South Florida!

Posted in: Podcast Season 2

EP 17: Leadership Efficiency: Those Who Destroy the Status Quo Win — With Brandon M. Harris, Global Head of Financial Products Marketing at Bloomberg

Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable. Today’s episode features my former Wharton classmate and super witty friend, Brandon Harris.  Brandon has had a rewarding and impressive 13 year career at Bloomberg, now serving as their Global Head of Financial Products Marketing.

Hope without a strategy doesn’t generate leadership. Leadership comes when your hope and your optimism are matched with a concrete vision of the future and a way to get there. Tune is as we discuss why Brandon chose Marketing over Consulting or Investment banking, how he rose in the corporate ranks (Hint: Closed mouths don’t get fed!),  why he hates office “face time” and the notion of 30- and 60- minute meetings, his self-reflection and thought processes when evaluating his professional happiness, and his slight obsession with SETT (superstition, efficiency, travel, and technology), plus more!