On FUEL Podcast, hear stories from our guest leaders of success and overcoming challenges, and how they found the internal strength to face the obstacles in their path.
Welcome to the FUEL Podcast. I’m your host, Leila Ansart.
I’m passionate about opening up conversations that help to spotlight the human behind the leadership role. So often we see titles and forget that a massively successful CEO achieved their success while managing all the same emotions, fears and triumphs that we all do in our journeys.
This podcast centers on the stories behind the triumphs —how did they find the internal strength to overcome when faced with the obstacles in their path? What was their ‘fuel’?
FUEL podcast offers a sneak peak into these insights from industry leaders.
Perhaps you’ll find an alternate ‘fuel’ that helps you thrive despite the challenges in front of you.
HOW TO LISTEN:
Stream FUEL Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music or watch the live video interviews by selecting any episode below.
EPISODES
Season 2 Episode 13: Transforming How Underserved Communities Access Jobs in Tech— with William A. Adams, Technical Advisor to CTO at Microsoft
In our conversation today, Dr. De Mars and I discuss being a minority in tech; the little known benefits of working with family members; and this idea of being financially successful in your business while doing good in the world.
Season 2 Episode 12: Changing the Perception of Success: You CAN do good for the world and make money at it. — with Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, President at 7 Generation Games
In our conversation today, Dr. De Mars and I discuss being a minority in tech; the little known benefits of working with family members; and this idea of being financially successful in your business while doing good in the world.
Season 2 Episode 11: Staying True to Your Core Values in Business — with Scott Levine, Founder at AEGIS Law
Scott shares the story about realizing his legal business model needed to change beyond the traditional one and how his personal evolution spurred on a decision that would translate into the 10x growth of AEGIS Law. A strikingly unique story in an industry, not known for innovation.
Season 2 Episode 10: When a Seizure Gets Your Attention —Dr. Bonnie Wilson, President & Founder of Xceeding the Mark Executive Coaching and Consulting
Dr. Bonnie shared how a seizure got her attention and how every professional can learn to align their daily choices with their own values. Listen in to our conversation.
Season 2 Episode 9: Leading a Startup During the Pandemic — with Tanya Vucetic,
CEO of Blockforms
Listen in as Tanya Vucetic, CEO of Blockforms, shares her startup journey, and how her company began from zero traction to now gaining national traction in the midst of global pandemic..
Episode 8: Being a Champion for Diversity and Inclusion — with Amy Huang, Director of Onsite Technical Support at Marsh McLennan
In this episode, Amy shares how someone can be supportive and lean into creating an inclusive environment at work, specifically around the LGBTQ community.
Episode 7: Recovering from Burnout — with Jen Leech, President, COO & Co-Founder at Truss
In this episode, Jen gives us a behind the scenes look at how burnout showed up for her a few years ago, and what she's discovered that allows her to be strategic about managing it since then.
Episode 6: Rewarding Failures —with Jennifer Chang, CEO of Playform
In this episode, Jennifer shares her view of failure, and why she finds fear of regret so much more powerful than being afraid to fail, also how and why she rewards herself for failures.
Episode 5: Celebrating Every Small Win —with James Brinkley II, Intellectual Property Attorney and Founder & CEO of IPGen
In today's episode, I'll be talking with James Brinkley II, an intellectual property attorney out of Washington, DC in the United States and the Founder and CEO of IPGen.
We discuss making the patent process easily accessible for all, how he chooses to focus on small wins, and his startup journey so far.
Episode 4: Finding Courage by Changing Perspective — with Scott Shute, LinkedIn's Head of Mindfulness and Compassion Programs and Author of The Full Body Yes
In this episode of FUELPodcast, I have Scott Shute joining us. He is the Head of Mindfulness and Compassion Programs at LinkedIn and also the author of the new book The Full Body Yes. Listen as he shares a big struggle he faced in his career path and how he turned the situation around.
Episode 3: The Importance of Community — with Melanie Aronson, Founder and CEO of Panion
In this episode, we hear from Melanie Aronson who is the founder and CEO of Panion, an all-in-one community management platform that builds privacy, empathy and meaningful connection into online and offline communities.
Listen in as Melanie shares how her drive to reduce loneliness and increase a sense of belonging for all has driven her on her journey thus far.
Episode 2: When ‘Fuel’ Finds You — with Dr. Tony Cortés, Director of Aviation Safety at EagleView Technologies
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Tony Cortés, the Director of Aviation Safety at EagleView Technologies. He shares his personal drive that's pushed him through the many challenges in his life and career, and specifically a few points that he makes about fuel or a motivating force that finds you versus the other way around.
Episode 1: Letting Your Work Be the ‘Story’ —with Dr. Amy Grubb,Digital Transformation Advisor to the CIO at the FBI
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Amy Grubb, the Digital Transformation Advisor to the CIO at the FBI. You’ll hear from Amy how much of what would be deemed successes in her career were either serendipity or part of a derailment that she had to overcome.