ML320: Steve Cadigan (Author & Leadership Expert)

by | Oct 6, 2024 | Author, CEO, Leadership | 0 comments

Steve Cadigan is a top talent strategist and leadership expert with 30+ years of experience. He famously led LinkedIn’s early hyper-growth phase as its first CHRO, building its world-class company culture from scratch, and scaling the organization from 400 to 4,000 employees.    

As one of the most provocative global thought leaders on the future of work, Steve is hired not only by top companies but by entire countries to help them navigate the talent landscape. His clientele spans all the way from Google, X, Slack, BBC, and Intel, to the City of Lisbon, which hired him to develop the startup incubator Unicorn Factory.    

His award-winning book: WORKQUAKE is considered a game changer for leaders and organizations on the future of work in a post-COVID world. He has also written for Forbes and Inc., will soon be writing for Business Insider, and frequently appears on Bloomberg and CNBC to talk about the evolving nature of work, talent management, the Big Resignation, and successful leadership.  

A sought-after keynote speaker, Steve has delivered commencement addresses at Stanford and University of San Francisco. He is regularly asked for advice by legacy institutions like Harvard, as well as top VCs and management firms including Accenture, Deloitte, and McKinsey.   

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ML318: Catherine Allen & Ed Offterdinger (Leaders at AO People Partners)

by | Aug 5, 2024 | Author, CEO, Coach, Leadership | 0 comments

Catherine Allen and Ed Offterdinger are the Co-Founders of AO People Partners, a conscious leadership and people development firm that helps create successful, world-benefiting businesses. They have a combined 50+ years of experience working collaboratively with elite business and nonprofit leaders to successfully scale their business and mission objectives.

Ed helped launch Baker Tilly, now one of the top ten consulting and CPA firms in the US. As AO’s CEO, Catherine writes and speaks regularly on altruistic leadership development.

They co-authored the well-received book Conscious, Capable, and Ready to Contribute: How Employee Development Can Become the Highest Form of Social Contribution.

Ed and Catherine are also active supporters of Conscious Capitalism Inc., a nonprofit organization building a movement of business leaders to improve capitalism into a practice of harmony, prosperity, and compassion. They exemplify their message of giving: Ed has helped raise $12M+ for leukemia and lymphoma research, and Catherine gives her time to organizations like Girl Scouts and Girls, Inc., where she supports activities that guide the next generation of young female leaders.

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ML316: Aslak De Silva (CEO of Selfly Store)

by | Jun 19, 2024 | CEO, Leadership | 0 comments

Aslak De Silva has nearly 20 years of experience as a practitioner and instructor of Han Moo Do martial arts, competing in about 100 full-contact fights and winning the World Championship gold medal in Michigan, USA, in 2000. Martial arts has taught him the importance of leaders being life-long learners and coaching others.

Aslak is the CEO of Selfly Store, where they use the latest developments in loT, machine learning, and AI to offer smart vending machines that make grab-and-go food shopping as easy as using your home fridge.

He was recognized by Chief’s Digest as one of the “10 Best CEOs to Watch in 2023” and has been leading teams and companies for 15+ years.

Before becoming CEO at Selfly Store, he was the CEO of Nordic Business Forum, one of the world’s biggest business and leadership conferences, with 7K+ attendees annually from 50+ countries and featuring world-class speakers like Barack Obama, George Clooney, and Steve Wozniak.

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ML315: Luke Van Der Veer (Founder of WRC)

by | May 21, 2024 | CEO, Entrepreneur, Leadership | 0 comments

Business coach and SEO expert, Luke Van Der Veer is the Founder of Website Rental Coaching (WRC), a digital agency that trains people to earn through the rank-and-rent website business model and find a better work-life balance.

WRC financially empowers clients by teaching them skills in SEO, lead generation, and client sourcing to build high-ranking websites that can be rented to businesses. With WRC’s program, clients have earned passive incomes to match or even replace their 9-5 salaries.

Luke’s journey as a digital landlord started with his own search for financial independence as an unfulfilled corporate 9-5er. In 10 years, he has built 100+ rank-and-rent websites that generate thousands of high-quality organic business leads each month across 73 niches.

Besides his 7-figure website rental portfolio, Luke has also acquired local businesses and scaled them for a big exit later. In 2023, he notably purchased Mr. Ding-A-Ling for $1.7M, raising the ice cream company’s valuation to $2.2M in just a few months.

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ML312: Watchen Nyanue (CEO of I CHOOSE THE LADDER)

by | Jan 29, 2024 | CEO, Leadership | 0 comments

Watchen Nyanue is the Founder and CEO of I Choose the Ladder, an employee development and retention agency that helps Fortune 500 execs develop and retain their high-performing Black women talent.

She and her team have worked with top companies like Nike, McDonald’s, Best Buy, and Walgreens, empowering countless women to conquer imposter syndrome, master work-life balance, and unlock their career potential. 

As a result, the companies have created positive high performance work cultures, achieved reduced employee turnover, lower executive recruitment costs, and benefited from happy and motivated staff.

Watchen was born in Liberia and immigrated to the U.S. in 1991 to escape the war in her country. She has spent the last 15+ years overcoming everyday workplace biases against Black women and immigrants to reach the pinnacle of corporate America. 

Before founding I Choose the Ladder, Watchen was a senior marketing and business development executive at renowned companies like Comedy Central, Hearst Digital, Yahoo!, Johnson Publishing Company, and the 2021 WNBA champions, Chicago Sky.

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ML311: Adam Jason (Leader @ Legacy Group)

by | Jan 7, 2024 | CEO, Entrepreneur, Leadership | 0 comments

Adam Jason is a partner at the alternative investment firm, Legacy Group, and a board member at the Green Coffee Company, Colombia’s largest coffee producer. He is an attorney specialized in corporate finance, governance, securities regulation and international business transactions. He has advised Fortune 500 companies and investment banks, including JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citibank and Goldman Sachs, through initial public offerings (IPOs) and offerings of debt and equity securities exceeding an aggregate of $10 billion. Adam is based in Medellin, Colombia.

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