What This Podcast Is About
As companies grow, the leadership demands placed on executives and managers change.
What worked at one stage doesn’t always work at the next. Decisions carry more weight. Teams expand. Culture stretches. Leaders are required to think differently about how people are developed, supported, and led.
Leading Through Growth creates space for experienced executives to share:
How growth has shaped their leadership approach
Decisions that became more complex as the organization scaled
Lessons learned from developing leaders and teams over time
Perspectives other executives can learn from
The goal is insight—not exposure.
EPISODES
Steve Cadigan was LinkedIn’s first-ever CHRO — and he scaled the company from 400 to 4,000 employees in 3.5 years through an IPO. In this episode, he breaks down what...
-Pinky Cole built Slutty Vegan from an Instagram food delivery service in her apartment into a $100M brand with 14 locations — then filed for bankruptcy. What actually happened? In...
What is workplace culture, really — and why does it matter so much when a company is growing fast? In this episode, Tony sits down with Amber Fields, Chief Culture...
What does it actually take to get promoted to SVP in a fast-growing company? Nicole Fallowfield didn’t follow the traditional HR path — and that’s exactly why she got the...
If you’ve ever scrolled past a TikTok telling you to never trust HR, this episode is for you. Angie Woods has spent 30 years in human resources — and she’s...
In this episode of Leading Through Growth, Tony Sanders sits down with Scott Whitaker, Director of Human Resources at Ryan Fire Protection, to explore what it really takes to scale...
Most leaders don’t avoid empathy because they don’t care. They avoid it because they were never taught how to handle it. In this episode of Leading Through Growth, Tony sits...
In this episode, Tony sits down with Michelle Baker, Chief People Officer at Forum Credit Union and co-host of the Career Dreams podcast, to explore what it really means to...
What got you here won’t get you there. In this conversation, Kevin Gearheart, President of Rehab Medical, reflects on what leadership must become as an organization grows—especially when the instincts...