Culture Course Correction with Sophie Theen: Lead to Succeed 108

A toxic workplace culture can result in decreased happiness and satisfaction, and performance at work, particularly with startups. In this episode, guest Sophie Theen shares her tried and true advice on how founders and leaders can improve workplace culture.

Sophie Theen is an award-winning Human Resources and Diversity and Inclusion professional. She has been featured on the “Women in FinTech Power List” since 2017 and is the first HR professional to win the “Standout” spot. Theen is also widely recognized for her innovative influence on how Human Resources works in technology companies and startups. She now works with companies around the world as an advisor.

Listen in and learn more about the importance of workplace culture.

Leadership Investing with Leib Bolel: Lead to Succeed 84

Investing in startups can both be risky and rewarding.

To ensure a strong investment, it’s critical for venture capitalists to be able to distinguish a good investment from a bad one.

How can one tell when something is of high growth potential?

In this episode, Leib Bolel addresses this question as well as why it is important to invest in great leaders first.

Leib is a Partner at Grayhawk Capital, Arizona’s largest Venture Capital firm with a focus on investment in early growth stage software companies. Leib also serves as President of the Arizona Israel Technology Alliance overseeing the facilitation of growth in bilateral trade between the technology communities of Arizona and Israel.

With over a decade of experience in the area of new business development, startups, marketing, funding acquisition and general operations management, Leib has been instrumental in building organizations from the ground up.

Listen in and learn why investing in great leaders is more important than investing in great products.

Simplifying Success with Hillel Fuld: Lead to Succeed 83

Wise investments, in technology and in people, can greatly optimize a company’s success. Entrepreneur and influencer Hillel Fuld discusses this relationship between tech-savviness and people development in this Lead to Succeed Episode.

Named Israel’s top marketer, Hillel is a tech journalist, startup marketer, and technology expert. Hillel works with technology companies and accompanies them from idea to revenue. He also works with many leading tech brands as an influencer, including Google, Oracle, Huawei, and many more.

Hillel was recently named the 7th most influential tech blogger on the Internet, and among the top 100 most influential social media personalities across the globe.

Listen in and learn how technology optimizes success.

Becoming More Productive with Susan Sly: Lead to Succeed 68

Productivity is one of the challenges that entrepreneurs experience in different stages of their entrepreneurial journey. In this episode, I have Susan Sly joining me on the show to talk about productivity.

Susan Sly is an entrepreneur, bestselling author and tech investor. Also, she specializes in teaching productivity to early-stage entrepreneurs. Susan has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox, lifetime and more. She’s a mother of five and resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Susan will share some fantastic nuggets of wisdom on productivity, teach us how to prioritize, and share some of her life stories with us. According to Susan, the best investment you can make is investing on your health. What are you doing for your health?

Are you ready to take your productivity to the next level? Listen to this episode.

The Power of Perseverance with Cory Warfield: Lead to Succeed 39

In this episode, Naphtali interviews Cory Warfield. Cory spent twenty years working on restaurants as a waiter and manager before starting ShedWool.com, an employee shift scheduling platform solving for the pain point on employee shift scheduling in a number of industries. Cory, an emerging LinkedIn Influencer, goes deep into his journey and the challenges that he faced along the way.

Lead to Succeed dives deep into personal leadership journeys, seeking to understand how leaders got to where they are today, and the challenges & successes that they experienced along the way