The Leadership Lyceum: A CEO's Virtual Mentor podcast series provides situational advice to a wide audience of leaders and boards of directors through conversations with those that have been there. The podcast brings unprecedented, one-on-one access to top, current and retired, CEOs and Directors of Boards and provides beneficial information and valuable insight on situational and topical issues that confront CEOs and Boards from those that have faced them before - often in dramatic…
Lyceum's Cybersecurity Series Part 1: "What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You" Welcome to Episode 30, Season 9 of A CEO's Virtual Mentor ® In this opening installment of Lyceum's new Cybersecurity Series , A CEO's Virtual Mentor ® convenes five board members and cybersecurity experts from the Lyceum Circle of Leaders ® to confront one of the most elusive challenges in modern governance – understanding…
"The Weight of Command: The Ehime Maru Tragedy and the Case for Transparency" with Admiral Thomas B Fargo Welcome to Episode 29, Season 9 of A CEO's Virtual Mentor ® In this compelling episode of Leadership Lyceum: A CEO's Virtual Mentor ® , we are joined by a distinguished leader whose career has been defined by service, responsibility, and command at the highest levels of the United States Navy.…
Welcome to Episode 28, Season 9 of A CEO's Virtual Mentor ® In this compelling episode of Leadership Lyceum: A CEO's Virtual Mentor , we are joined by Dan Bane, the retired CEO of Trader Joe's, to explore the remarkable journey of leading one of the most iconic brands in modern retail through a period of unprecedented growth. From 2001 to 2023, Trader Joe's expanded from 150 to 547 stores,…
Welcome to Episode 27, Season 7 of A CEO's Virtual Mentor ® Are you a new board member serving on a regulated company board, but from a non regulatory background? This episode is directed especially to newer board members and executives in utility companies regulated at the state and even federal levels. My guest in this episode is Dr. Mark Jamison. Dr. Jamison is Director and Gerald Gunter…
Welcome to Episode 26, Season 7, of the Leadership Lyceum: A CEO's Virtual Mentor ® . This episode coupled with the prior Episode 25 on Overcoming Homophily forms two episodes themed to span both Black History Month and Women's History Month. I'm joined in this program by four of five women who on May 1 st , 2019, published together a collective autobiographical book titled The Energy Within Us .…
Welcome to Episode 25, Season 6, of the Leadership Lyceum: A CEO's Virtual Mentor® . This is part one of two episodes aimed as a celebration of Black History Month. In August 2020, USA Today reported that 11% of the directors across the 50 largest companies in the S&P 100 are black. On the other hand, gender diversity on boards has shown better improvement over the last seven years. BoardEx just…
Inspiring award-winning performances from your talent: Crossover applications to business leadership from the theatrical development process with Charles Newell, Artistic Director of Court Theatre in Chicago A CEO's Virtual Mentor Episode 24 Welcome to Episode 24, Season 5, of the Leadership Lyceum: A CEO's Virtual Mentor® . I'm joined in the program today by Charles Newell, the Marilyn F. Vitale…
"Service First, Safety Always" The Anatomy of a Private Equity Investment: from M&A roll-up, to IPO, and beyond with Advanced Disposal Services' Chairman and CEO Richard Burke A CEO's Virtual Mentor Episode 23 Welcome to episode 23 and the beginning of Season 4 of A CEO's Virtual Mentor . I'd like to express our special thanks to the clients of Lyceum Leadership Consulting that have enabled us to…
A Remarkable Corporate Turnaround: The "Take-Private" of Talen Energy with CEO Ralph Alexander and CFO Alex Hernandez A CEO's Virtual Mentor ® Episode 22 Welcome to Episode 22 and May 2019, which marks Lyceum's three-year anniversary of publishing A CEO's Virtual Mentor ® . Today I'm joined by Talen Energy's CEO, Ralph Alexander, and CFO, Alex Hernandez. We'll be discussing the remarkable…
The Earth Day Episode - A CEO's Virtual Mentor Episode 21 Climate Change as the Foremost Challenge of Our Generation with Dr. Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and CEO of PSEG Happy Earth Day Weekend. Monday, April 22nd is Earth Day. In celebration and recognition, we welcome you to our special Earth Day 2019 episode. I am joined by Dr. Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of…