16 - The CEO Advantage No One Tracks: Understanding Your People Better Than Your Competitors Do
In this episode of The Breakout CEO Podcast, host Jeff Holman sits down with leadership coach and former competitive chess player John Whitt to explore the powerful parallels between chess strategy and modern business leadership. John shares how his early experience competing in the U.S. Chess Championships shaped his approach to clarity, planning, and decision-making, skills he later applied throughout a successful corporate career and now teaches to scaling CEOs.
The conversation dives deep into why clarity is the “queen of business,” how to build and lead A-player teams, and why hiring…
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