CEO School – Details, episodes & analysis

In this powerful and eye-opening episode, host Suneera Madhani sits down with her podcast manager, Carolina Flores, to discuss an often-overlooked aspect of leadership—executive health and fitness. Suneera opens up about her health journey, revealing how a wake-up call involving high cholesterol and hormone imbalances pushed her to prioritize well-being over the demands of being a CEO. Carolina shares her own transformative story, driven by her son’s autism diagnosis and a significant health scare that led her to undergo gastric sleeve surgery. Together, they explore the fundamental challenges high-achieving women face when balancing demanding careers with personal health, touching on important topics like mental health, body image, and the pressures of being working moms. This honest and relatable conversation aims to inspire women to make sustainable health choices and prioritize self-care amidst their busy lives. Get ready for vulnerability, empowerment, and practical tips you can use to navigate your wellness journey. Disclaimer: This episode discusses sensitive topics related to body image and health challenges. We are not health experts and are speaking from our own experiences. Please take care of yourself as you listen, and if these topics are difficult for you, we encourage you to pause or skip this episode as needed. Your well-being is important.  Connect with Suneera: https://www.instagram.com/suneeramadhani Connect with Carolina: https://www.instagram.com/carolinadiplanflores/ Connect with CEO School: https://www.instagram.com/ceoschool Join The Millionaire’s Founder Club: https://theceoschool.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today’s episode, I’m sharing about the cornerstone of my success: building and nurturing genuine, high-value relationships. Inspired by invaluable advice from my mentor, this episode highlights the natural importance of relationships, especially for women and immigrants, and how these connections can open doors to unparalleled opportunities and foster lasting loyalty. I share personal stories from my 15-year business journey, illustrating the power of meaningful human connections and how the support and care from my network have been instrumental in my success. We’ll also explore practical strategies for investing in relationships without being transactional and the significance of trust, quality, and the long-term impact of nurturing these bonds. Whether professionally or personally, focusing on relationships over quick wins can be transformative. Join me as we explore how to collect relationships, not coins, and discover the profound effect this can have on your business and life. Let’s master the art of genuine connection together! Connect with Suneera: https://www.instagram.com/suneeramadhani Connect with CEO School: https://www.instagram.com/ceoschool Join The Millionaire’s Founder Club: https://theceoschool.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sarah Chambless is an attorney and passionate advocate for female entrepreneurs. She shares her invaluable advice on navigating the male-dominated world of venture capital, the paramount importance of legal protections, and the art of building authentic, non-transactional business relationships. Listeners will dive deep into the unique challenges faced by female founders, get practical tips on securing investment capital, learn the essential legal steps to safeguard their business, and discover why having a robust support network is non-negotiable for success. Plus, Suneera and Sarah's personal stories and experiences will resonate with and empower women at every stage of their entrepreneurial journey. Tune in and transform the way you approach your business growth and stability!  Connect with Sarah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfchambless Connect with CEO School: https://www.instagram.com/ceoschool/ Are you ready to take your leadership skills to the next level? Join my exclusive, 8-week coaching program, and gather the right tools and resources to scale your business effectively and sustainably. Entrepreneurship is hard and the road is overwhelming, lonely, and uncertain. By joining The Accelerator, you go from bearing the pressure of scaling your business to learning from a 9-figure founder and expert. Visit: TheCEOSchool.co/Accelerator today.  Elevate your leadership. Elevate your success. Don't miss out. Join The CEO School Accelerator now. Shop our Merch: https://theceoschool.co/the-shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do you find the confidence to get on your metaphoric stage? Dancing with the Stars’ Cheryl Burke shares how she finds her confidence and courage and why putting herself in service of others has brought her so much success in her career. Cheryl shares about possibly hanging up her dance shoes and donning a CEO hat in her developing mental health and movement app.  With over twenty-five years of dancing experience and several championship titles under her belt, twice Emmy-nominated professional dancer Cheryl Burke first discovered her love of dance at the age of 4, taking ballet lessons and performing throughout the San Francisco Bay area of California. At eleven, she discovered what would be her winning talent, ballroom dancing, and decided to hang up her ballet shoes to begin training competitively all over the world in both Ballroom International Standard and Latin styles. At age 20, Cheryl rocketed to stardom as the star of ABC’s surprise hit television show, Dancing with the Stars, becoming champion twice with NFL superstar Emmitt Smith and 98 Degrees singer Drew Lachey. In 2015, Cheryl starred alongside Joe Jonas, Ciara, Nicole Scherzinger, and Marlon Wayans in NBC’s I Can Do That, a variety show that challenged celebrities to live outside their comfort zones. 2016 marked Burke’s return to Dancing with the Stars. Since then, she’s danced alongside infamous Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, NFL Hall of Famers Terrell Owens and Ray Lewis, Telenovela actor William Levy, reality stars Rob Kardashian and Jack Osbourne, and Backstreet Boy, AJ McLean. Most recently, for her twenty-fifth appearance on the long-running program, she partnered with Peloton instructor Cody Rigsby to a third-place finish on Season 30, marking Cheryl’s eighth appearance in the Finals. In 2016, Cheryl created, produced, and starred in Love on the Floor, a live stage show featuring professional dancers and Olympic and World Champion ice skaters coming together to tell a story of love and its many stages. The evocative stage show includes many forms of dance choreographed by Emmy Award-winning choreographers. Cheryl, who created and served as the show’s producer alongside live event giant IMG, was joined on stage by Kristi Yamaguchi, Meryl Davis, Charlie White, and Daisuke Takahashi when the show made its worldwide premiere in June of 2016 in Tokyo, Japan where it grossed over two million dollars in ticket sales in ten sold out shows. In 2017, Cheryl took Love on the Floor back to Japan for the second time, where it again played to sold-out audiences. Cheryl made headlines in 2016 when she was cast as the replacement coach on Lifetime’s long-running reality series Dance Moms. Hired to replace the legal battle embroiled and controversial Abby Lee Miller, Cheryl went toe to toe with difficult dance moms in season seven. She strived to coach the girls toward success by embracing their unique differences to become the best possible dancers that they could be. In 2020, Cheryl teamed with Backstreet Boys superstar and former DWTS partner AJ McLean to host the iHeart Radio-produced podcast Pretty Messed Up. The duo and their 3rd host Rene Elizondo, created a podcast that touched on topics ranging from reality tv to sobriety and mental health. Cheryl currently has her own podcast, Burke in the Game, with the streaming giant and top podcast-producing company, iHeartRadio.  In the spring of 2008, Cheryl opened her first of several dance studios, the highly successful Cheryl Burke Dance. In early 2011 Cheryl’s biography Dancing Lessons: How I Found Passion and Potential on the Dance Floor and in Life was released. The book addresses topics that shaped Cheryl throughout her life, from the childhood abuse and abusive relationships she lived through to harsh criticisms of her weight and body in her early twenties. Not limiting herself to the dance studio, in 2015, Cheryl launched her own clothing line CeeBee, a collection of activewear and workout... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares the top six things she believes we should all quit making room for growth in 2023. You'll hear how quitting people-pleasing requires accepting that people will be disappointed, each of us has shortcomings, and misalignment happens. You'll learn a natural self-defense mechanism that we use to protect ourselves but hurts us in the long run and one healthy way to stop overthinking conversations and actions to free up mental space and grow as a leader. Suneera also explains why leaving the past behind you is necessary to move forward in your business and personal life. Hello there, future leader. The CEO club is a monthly digital membership where female entrepreneurs come together to up-level their businesses and lives. The doors are now open: https://theceoschool.co/ceo-club-2022  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode you will hear from Tiffany Faith Demers, founder and CEO of UpKeep. Tiffany shares on the conception of her pioneering beauty service app and the obstacles she’s had to overcome as a female entrepreneur. She also talks about the stigmas around very popular medical beauty treatments such as botox and the current narrative on beauty. Tiffany spills the tea on her predicted beauty trends of 2023. Tiffany Faith Demers is the founder and CEO of UpKeep - the first digital marketplace in the United States to provide on-demand medspa treatments in your area. The company has experienced rapid growth since launch with 300% revenue growth in the first 6 months after launch - monthly active users are up 24% and 80% of Upkeep users are repeat bookers. Additionally, Upkeep recently raised $2M in Seed Funding. After an impressive career in high-profile positions at companies such as Matrix, WESSCO, and M-Theory Group, Demers could not overcome an experience she had while in London on a work trip tirelessly calling around with no visibility into availability for a facial. Demers knew she wanted to be the one to solve this problem - taking her eye for aesthetics and her leadership roles in her beauty career, she was the right person to lead Upkeep. Upkeep services are currently offered in California and Florida.  Connect with Tiffany and UpKeep: IG: https://www.instagram.com/upkeepbeauty Website: https://www.upkeepbeauty.com/ Book Referenced: Crossing The Chasm: https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-3rd-Disruptive-Mainstream/dp/0062292986/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_w=ligX4&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_r=2PR9GN3AEXCR7V829PDX&pd_rd_wg=tx45w&pd_rd_r=4a64e31c-1ffe-4b3e-b143-70a905125aed&pd_rd_i=0062292986&psc=1 Hello there, future leader. The CEO club is a monthly digital membership where female entrepreneurs come together to up-level their businesses and lives. The doors are now open: https://theceoschool.co/ceo-club-2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera Madhani shares her strategies for impactful campaigns and sales. Have a thoughtful, focused goal with a clear deadline. Do things differently than the rest. Reach your customers creatively using strategic avenues. For more strategy and priceless resources, join The Club now. Hello there, future leader. The CEO club is a monthly digital membership where female entrepreneurs come together to up-level their businesses and lives. The doors are now open: https://theceoschool.co/ceo-club-2022  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today’s episode, you will hear from Diana Jarrar, founder, and CEO of Magic Dates. Diana shares her journey as a female immigrant and entrepreneur and what it took to scale her product based-business. They discuss the importance of consumer mapping and leaning into your story authentically. Diana also shares how, after being rejected four times, she landed an appearance on the TV show, “Shark Tank” and made an unforgettable deal with Kevin O’Leary.  Founder and CEO Diana Jarrar is the inspirational woman behind Magic Dates, the nutrient-dense, indulgent date-based snack brand that captivated Shark Tank judges in March 2022. With flavor2s as rich as the culture and history it’s derived from, Magic Dates is her way of reconnecting with her family’s heritage and sharing it with the world. Having grown up in Damascus, Syria, Diana is no stranger to dates, an ancient Middle Eastern fruit. Stemming from her intimate connection with the refugee experience, Diana and Magic Dates are proud partners of the Karam Foundation, a non-profit based in Chicago. With the help of Karam, Magic Dates is committed to supporting those most impacted by the Syrian Civil War, especially the youth. Diana lives in LA and enjoys celebrating her Middle Eastern roots through dinner parties and date tastings with Magic Dates’ newest Date Flight! Connect with Diana: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DianaJSolomon/ Instagram Magic Dates:: https://www.instagram.com/magicdatesbites/ Website: https://magicdatesbites.com/  Hello there, future leader. The CEO club is a monthly digital membership where female entrepreneurs come together to up-level their businesses and lives. The doors are now open: https://theceoschool.co/ceo-club-2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera Madhani discusses why we need to change our money mindset, f*ck imposter syndrome, and start getting out of our own way to experience growth like never before.  Introducing The Club 2.0, where you’ll receive incomparable content, workshops, a directory, and even monthly live coaching events. Join this week and take advantage of our lowest price on Black Friday. Doors are now open: Learn more: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's episode, you'll hear from Dr. Laura Gallaher, founder of Gallaher Edge, where she applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can get their edge, achieve together, and enjoy the journey. You'll hear how Laura became an organizational psychologist and her work with NASA to transform their culture following the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy. Laura shares why fear is a normal experience, why you need to be conscious of your fears to address them, and the one fear we all have. You'll learn why conflict can be a good thing and the importance of inviting a diverse perspective of ideas in our businesses. Connect with Laura: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlauragallaher/ Website: https://gallaheredge.com/ This episode is brought to you by The Club 2.0. Join today and take advantage of our lowest price. Doors are now open. Learn more today at https://theceoschool.co/ceo-club-2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices