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Toughest Call with Chaz Thorne

Toughest Call with Chaz Thorne

Hosted by: Chaz Thorne

On Toughest Call, leaders tell entertaining 20-minute stories about their most difficult career challenge. How did they make the 'tough call'? What would they do differently if faced with the same decision...

Episodes

A masterclass on how to lead organizational change

Season #1

Making others see the need for change when they either can't or won't is a significant obstacle for many executives. In this episode of Toughest Call, Luc Mongeau, President and CEO of eSolutions Furniture, talks...
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Pictionary’s strategy for success: scaling fun

Season #1

How can organizational leaders prevent mission drift? In this episode of Toughest Call, Rob Angel, Creator of Pictionary, talks about how staying on mission resulted in him and his partners turning down a lucrative...
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Making the leap to entrepreneurship

Season #1

In this episode of Toughest Call, Izabella Roth, CEO of Infinity Healthcare Ltd., talks about how she boldly stepped into the creation of a new company at the beginning of the COVID pandemic. Izabella shares the many...
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How a non-profit successfully achieves strategic realignment

Season #1

What does it take to bring about an organization's strategic realignment? In this episode of Toughest Call, Scott Skinner, CEO of Clean Foundation, talks about how he and his team strategically repositioned their...
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A strategy for vetting business partnerships

Season #1

How do we assess whether a partner is a good fit beyond a typical, surface-level analysis? In this episode of Toughest Call, Dr. Dianne Tyers talks about her decision to end a business partnership that would have a...
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How to engage employees in strategic planning

Season #1

In this episode of Toughest Call, Mark Bowden, world-renowned body language expert and communications coach, walks us through the process he uses with leaders to guide them to present ideas effectively. We're doing a...
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The north star approach to impactful leadership

Season #1

The “North Star” approach to impactful leadership follows the same path that elite athletes take to perform at a world-class level. In this episode of the Toughest Call podcast, Alan Stein Jr., keynote speaker and...
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An emerging brand’s strategy for achieving rapid growth

Season #1

A challenging decision organizational leaders can face is when to grow, and by how much. In this episode of the Toughest Call podcast, Suzie Yorke, Founder of Love Good Fats, talks about her decision to “go big” in...
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Making a successful career change during the great resignation

Season #1 Episode #10

In this episode of Toughest Call, Rishad Tobaccowala, futurist, and author of “Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data” talks about how he prepared for an exit from an already successful...
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Doing the impossible

Season #1 Episode #9

In this episode, I’m talking with Lori Nikkel about her decision to hasten the pace of a national expansion to meet the growing demand for food during the pandemic.   Lori is the CEO of Second Harvest, a charity...
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Finding harmony between personal and professional ambitions

Season #1 Episode #8

In this episode, we’re talking with Heather Byrne about a tough call she faced deciding to leave an organization she cared deeply for to relocate closer to her extended family. Heather is the Executive Director of...
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Breaking with tradition and forging your own path

Season #1 Episode #7

In this episode, I’m talking with Jonathan Torrens about his decision to take control of his career and work by striking out on his own and leaving behind the suffocating notion of “that’s just the way things are done...
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