Anthony DePalma joins Chris Burkhard to explore what St. Benedict’s Prep can teach us about leadership, resilience, community, and doing the hard things that help us grow. Imagine asking a group of teenagers to hike 55 miles together. One moves too fast. Another struggles to keep up. Everyone has a […]
Taking risks isn’t about being reckless. It’s about having the courage to speak up, learn, and grow. At Placers, we lead through our core values, and one of those values is Risk Takers. Now, at first glance, that might make you picture a bunch of daredevils jumping off cliffs or putting their rent […]
Philippe Bouissou joins Chris Burkhard to explore why companies stop growing, what the market is really telling them, and how better alignment changes everything. One of the hardest things in business is figuring out why growth has stalled. You can have a good team. A good product. Smart people working […]
Bobby Moesta joins Chris Burkhard to rethink how we make career moves and why employees may actually be the ones doing the hiring. For 35 years, I’ve worked at the intersection of people, careers, and hiring. And for most of that time, we’ve talked about hiring from the company’s point […]
I didn’t set out to write a book about the last 25 years. But here we are. Twenty-five years ago, I sat down at a desk with an 88-page business plan, a flip phone and a pretty good idea of what I thought I was building. I was 33. A lot has happened […]
Late-Summer Hiring Surprise: August Job Growth Defies Expectations As summer comes to a close, the job market has delivered a welcome surprise. Economist forecasts called for a modest gain of 53,000 jobs in August, but the economy delivered 162,000. Upward revisions to June and July data further confirm that the market is gaining traction […]
Best-selling author Arnie Malham joins Chris Burkhard to reveal why culture reflects leadership, how to fix a failing huddle, and the secret to scaling from the bottom up. “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” It is a famous leadership line often attributed to Peter Drucker, though it was actually popularized years later by […]
We just sealed our next six-year vision at Placers in a time capsule. Here is why big, scary goals aren’t really about the destination: they are about who you become along the way. In boardroom meetings and corporate slides, you hear the acronym thrown around all the time: BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal). […]
July’s national job creation numbers caught many economists off guard. While predictions pointed toward 115,000 new jobs, the economy added just 57,000. However, beneath the surface level “ping-ponging” of monthly statistics lies a much larger story about workforce demographics, local sector recovery, and changing hiring tactics. In his monthly chat with WDEL’s Peter MacArthur, Placers […]
Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione joins the podcast to talk about legendary collaborations, punk rock culture, and learning from glorious failures. When Sam Calagione founded Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in 1995, it was the smallest commercial brewery in America. Fast forward to today, and it’s a top-20 national craft powerhouse, widely […]
