Welcome to Season 3 of Leading by Example!

The leaders who make the biggest impact today don't just play the game — they reinvent it. On season 3 of Leading by Example: Executives Making an Impact, Emmy-award winning host & author Jessica Chen goes inside the minds of the most innovative leaders across healthcare, hospitality, entertainment…

The Ultimate Leadership Playbook: CEOs Share Their Top Tips for Leading by Example

What separates leaders who fold under pressure from the ones who turn a setback into the best story they'll ever tell? This episode pulls together the most unforgettable moments from an entire season of conversations with nine remarkable leaders, distilled into a four-part playbook: leading yourse…

Unshakeable Leadership: Building the American Dream with Ben Walter, CEO of J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions

What does it really mean to understand your own influence as a leader? In this episode, host and Emmy Award-winning journalist Jessica Chen sits down with Ben Walter, CEO of JP Morgan Workplace Solutions and former head of Chase for Business — the arm of Chase Bank serving over seven million small…

Mission-Driven: Meredith Seacrest Leach, CEO of the Ryan Seacrest Foundation

In the fast-paced world of corporate communications, Meredith Seacrest Leach found it difficult to stop, slow down, and reconnect with her 'why.' Now, as the CEO and Executive Director of the Ryan Seacrest Foundation, her mission is front and center: connect children's hospitals with resources for …

Leading with Humanity: Jessica Jensen, Chief Marketing Officer, LinkedIn

The future of work isn't about competing with AI — it's about doubling down on the skills technology can't replace. As CMO of LinkedIn, Jessica Jensen sits at the forefront of workplace research that explains what's really going on with the decline of entry level jobs, the rise of Gen Z entrepreneu…

The Science of Leadership: Raj Seshadri, Chief Commercial Payments Officer, Mastercard

When Raj Seshadri moved from science to the C-suite, she realized the two weren’t really that different. Leadership requires problem solving — and the scientific method she practiced as a physicist now shapes how she drives innovation as Chief Commercial Payments Officer at Mastercard. Raj shares p…

Unapologetically Ambitious: Shellye Archambeau, Former CEO, MetricStream

Since she was a teenager, Shellye Archambeau knew she wanted to be a CEO. And with unapologetic ambition—she got there—becoming the leader of MetricStream, a software company focusing on government risk and compliance.  But her path to power wasn't easy — there was loss, uncertainty and even a glo…

Going With Your Gut: Vanessa Dew, Co-founder of Health-ade Kombucha

Health-Ade Kombucha went from a stall at the Farmer's Market to a multi-million dollar company over the course of just five years — which pushed co-founder Vanessa Dew to re-examine her leadership style in order to adapt. In this episode, Vanessa is revealing what she learned, and why vulnerability…

Adaptability Is Your Edge: Joel Kocher, CEO of Humann

After helping scale Dell from $100 million to a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse alongside Michael Dell, Joel Kocher thought he had leadership figured out — until success forced him to relearn humility. Now the founder and CEO of Humann, Kocher reveals why adaptability is make-or-break in leadership…

A Gap Year With Purpose: Ania Smith, CEO of Taskrabbit

For Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith, a professional gap year was exactly what she needed to rediscover purpose-driven leadership. She was feeling stuck in the Silicon Valley grind, losing sight of her "why." So she and her family packed up all their things and moved to Argentina — somewhere they'd never …