Are you still managing your team the old way—while others are using breakthrough strategies to build unstoppable momentum?

In a world where AI is reshaping entire industries and the workforce is more dispersed than ever, staying relevant as a leader means more than just adapting—it means radically rethinking how your team operates. This episode is for CEOs and executives who want to build resilient, innovative, high-performing teams—and stop carrying the weight of leadership alone.

In this episode with Keith Ferrazzi, you'll learn how to:

• Build a culture of “teamship” where leadership is shared, not hoarded—so your company thrives even when you’re not in the room.

• Adopt battle-tested collaboration practices that drive innovation, accountability, and psychological safety in remote or hybrid teams.

• Replace outdated “report outs” with “stress tests” that elevate performance, challenge complacency, and deepen peer-to-peer support.

Press play now to discover the 21st-century leadership tools that will help you future-proof your team and free up your time without sacrificing results.

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Keith shares how radical innovators—top CIOs and CHROs—are gathering to reinvent the workforce. If you've ever wondered how small groups can spark massive change, this segment reveals why peer-driven collaboration is the real competitive edge.

This is where Keith lays out the heart of his new book: how CEOs can shift from being solo leaders to architects of high-performing teams. You’ll hear practical strategies for empowering others, boosting team energy by 30%, and achieving more by doing less yourself.

Tired of useless status updates? This part introduces a simple but powerful practice that replaces the traditional report-out with a feedback-rich “stress test.” It’s one of the most actionable takeaways in the episode—and could change how your team collaborates starting tomorrow.

About Our Guest

Keith Ferrazzi is a renowned executive team coach, keynote speaker, influential thought leader and founder of Ferrazzi Greenlight, where he has spent more than 20 years coaching Fortune 500 companies, unicorn startups, and even governments. Keith leads the Greenlight Research Institute, which is focused on team transformation. He is a business coach who challenges the way teams work to achieve breakthrough results through more connection and collaboration across silos, with a revolutionary shift from leadership to teamship. His Radical Innovators Collaborative brings together disruptive thinkers for peer-to-peer interaction and ongoing best practice sharing.

What’s the secret behind remarkable sales growth—especially when it comes from landing just a few large, high-stakes accounts?

If you’re tired of chasing endless leads with little payoff, this episode will show you how to stop playing the numbers game and start playing a smarter one. You’ll discover what truly drives growth in companies that consistently win big deals—and how to build a sales process that scales beyond one superstar rep.

You’ll walk away from this episode with:

• A structured large-account acquisition process that transforms sales from guesswork to predictable growth.

• A clear framework for identifying and engaging the right executive sponsors who can actually say yes.

• Insight into how cross-functional alignment and peer-to-peer trust seal deals—and set your team up for long-term success.

Listen now to learn how to engineer remarkable sales growth by mastering the process behind landing big.

Check out:

• [13:20] Why executive sponsors—not procurement—make or break your big sales strategy.

• [28:45] The one mindset shift that keeps your salespeople from wasting time on the wrong leads.

• [51:10] How a robust process protects your business when your “rockstar” rep walks out the door.

Our Guest:

Tom Searcy is a nationally recognized author, speaker, and leading authority on large account sales. His strategies for driving explosive growth are grounded in years of real-world success. Tom is a two-time winner of the Global Gurus “World's Top 30 Sales Professionals” list—ranked #5 in 2024, #8 in 2025, and #1 overall for his expertise in big sales.

What can a smart business leader learn from a softball field to build a thriving, multi-million-dollar company?

If you’ve ever wondered how to build a resilient company culture, lead with decisiveness, and navigate the messy beauty of running a family business, this episode is for you. Derek Volk, third-generation CEO of Volk Packaging, shares unfiltered stories and hard-earned leadership lessons drawn from the softball diamond and decades in the corrugated box industry. Whether you're in manufacturing, family business, or just looking to lead with more clarity, you'll find yourself nodding along.

By the end of this episode, you’ll walk away with:

• A powerful mindset shift around decision-making that could change how you lead under pressure

• A fresh take on company culture rooted in loyalty, trust, and “no bureaucracy” empowerment

• Real strategies for growing a family-owned business without losing your soul—or your sanity

Hit play now to discover how to lead like a coach, build a team that thinks like owners, and create a business your customers love doing business with.

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• [10:34] – How Derek’s family turned a GE stationery account into a multi-generational manufacturing empire

• [28:47] – The softball coaching philosophy that inspired his bestselling business book, “Go For Third”

• [51:10] – A candid look at succession planning, ESOP dilemmas, and what it really means to build a business worth inheriting

About Derek Volk

Derek Volk is the owner of Volk Packaging Corporation, a third-generation family-owned and operated corrugated box manufacturer in Biddeford, Maine, and Volk Paxit, a contract packaging fulfillment center in Sanford, Maine. He released his second book, Go for Third: Leadership Lessons from the Softball Field to the Workplace in 2024. Derek has been working at Volk Packaging since high school and has been running the company for over 20 years. Derek is a Maine businessman, best-selling author, former radio personality, and nationally recognized public speaker. He is a grateful supporter of veterans’ organizations and created the Volk Packaging Heroes Wall as a way to honor members of the US Armed Forces, past and present. Derek was named the 2015 Spurwink “Humanitarian of the Year.” That same year, Maine Biz named Derek to their NEXT List, recognizing him as one of Maine’s business trailblazers. In 2020, Derek was inducted into the Manufacturer’s Association of Maine’s “Manufacturer’s Hall of Fame.”