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Mission One: The Executive Edge

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Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 19

The Mission One Podcast offers a genuine insider's look at executive hiring and advancement. Hosts Gerard Miles and Dan Hampton bring deep expertise as recruiters and interviewers to delve into the nuances of landing and succeeding in senior roles. From hiring best practices to authentic leadership stories, the podcast focuses on the details and human elements often missing from talent discussions. If you’re building your leadership team or considering your next move to the C-suite, connect with Gerard Miles or Dan Hampton on LinkedIn, or visit missionone.io/contact-us.

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How to Be an Effective Board Member (Build Breakout Companies)

Thursday, April 30, 2026 • Duration 31:52

In this episode of Mission One: The Executive Edge, Gerard Miles and Dan Hampton welcome back Nick Button-Brown, Chair of the UK Video Games Council, to unpack what it really takes to serve as a board adviser or non-executive director, especially at early-stage startups. Mission One: The Executive Edge is brought to you by Mission One. They ensure founders and senior leaders make the most important hires they’ll ever make across consumer tech, AI, gaming, and entertainment. If you’re building your leadership team or considering your next move to the C-suite, connect with Gerard Miles or Dan Hampton on LinkedIn, or visit missionone.io/contact-us.

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Why Most Executives Never Make It to the Boardroom (And How to Break In) | Nick Button-Brown

Thursday, April 16, 2026 • Duration 24:12

How do you actually land your first board seat? In this episode of Mission One: The Executive Edge, Gerard Miles and Dan Hampton are joined by Nick Button-Brown, Chair of the UK Video Games Council, to detail the path from executive to board director. Mission One: The Executive Edge is brought to you by Mission One. They ensure founders and senior leaders make the most important hires they’ll ever make across consumer tech, AI, gaming, and entertainment. If you’re building your leadership team or considering your next move to the C-suite, connect with Gerard Miles or Dan Hampton on LinkedIn, or visit missionone.io/contact-us.

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The AI Divide in Executive Hiring (Most Leaders Are Behind)

Thursday, April 2, 2026 • Duration 44:29

AI is changing how executives work, hire, and lead, however, not always in the ways people assume. In this episode of Mission One: The Executive Edge, Gerard Miles and Dan Hampton share what they’re hearing from senior leaders about AI, recruiting, and the future of executive work. Mission One: The Executive Edge is brought to you by Mission One. They ensure founders and senior leaders make the most important hires they’ll ever make across consumer tech, AI, gaming, and entertainment. If you’re building your leadership team or considering your next move to the C-suite, connect with Gerard Miles or Dan Hampton on LinkedIn, or visit missionone.io/contact-us.

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Negotiating Your Worth: The Executive Playbook for Compensation

Thursday, March 19, 2026 • Duration 34:28

Compensation negotiations are some of the most important conversations in executive hiring, and many senior leaders approach them without a clear strategy. In this episode of Mission One: The Executive Edge, hosts Gerard Miles and Dan Hampton break down the art of compensation negotiation from both the candidate and hiring manager perspectives. They explore how to research your market value, when to disclose salary expectations, and how to structure a counter-offer without damaging the relationship before you even start the job. From understanding equity and bonus structures to navigating the signals you send during negotiation, this episode offers a practical framework for approaching compensation conversations with clarity and confidence. Whether you’re a senior leader evaluating your next move or a hiring manager structuring executive offers, this conversation reveals the strategies that help both sides reach alignment faster and avoid costly mistakes. Mission One: The Executive Edge is brought to you by Mission One. They ensure founders and senior leaders make the most important hires they’ll ever make across consumer tech, AI, gaming, and entertainment. If you’re building your leadership team or considering your next move to the C-suite, connect with Gerard Miles or Dan Hampton on LinkedIn, or visit missionone.io/contact-us.

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How to Hire Top Product Leaders in Gaming

Thursday, March 5, 2026 • Duration 31:01

A single product leader can transform a mobile game from a struggling launch into a billion-dollar franchise. But identifying and attracting that level of talent is one of the hardest challenges in gaming. In this episode of Mission One: The Executive Edge, hosts Gerard Miles and Dan Hampton break down the realities of hiring elite product leaders in mobile gaming. They explore why product has become the most critical leadership role in modern game studios, how to separate true “needle-movers” from executives who simply rode the wave of a successful title, and why the global talent pool is far more distributed than most hiring teams realize. From mapping global talent hubs to evaluating impact beyond simple growth metrics, this episode offers a practical framework for identifying generational product talent in a highly specialized and fiercely competitive market. Mission One: The Executive Edge is brought to you by Mission One. They ensure founders and senior leaders make the most important hires they’ll ever make across consumer tech, AI, gaming, and entertainment. If you’re building your leadership team or considering your next move to the C-suite, connect with Gerard Miles or Dan Hampton on LinkedIn, or visit missionone.io/contact-us.

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How to Manage Executive Offers, Referencing, and Onboarding (Part 4)

Monday, February 23, 2026 • Duration 39:40

The final stage of executive hiring is where most companies lose their best candidates. Not because the role is wrong, but because the offer, references, or onboarding were mishandled. In this episode, Gerard Miles and Dan Hampton break down how to run back-channel references without risk, structure offers that actually excite top-tier talent, and use the notice period as a strategic advantage instead of dead time. Mission One: The Executive Edge is brought to you by Mission One. They ensure founders and senior leaders make the most important hires they’ll ever make across consumer tech, AI, gaming, and entertainment. If you’re building your leadership team or considering your next move to the C-suite, connect with Gerard Miles or Dan Hampton on LinkedIn, or visit missionone.io/contact-us.

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How to Structure a Successful Executive Interview Process (Part 3)

Thursday, February 5, 2026 • Duration 41:43

There’s a notion, today, that good talent is just too hard to find. But what if your hiring process is the problem? In this episode of Mission One: The Executive Edge, hosts Gerard Miles and Dan Hampton dive deep into structuring an interview process that actually works. Together, they unpack how to select the right stakeholders and when to involve them, why timeline matters more than you think and the critical balance between finding the perfect candidate and securing a great one before they slip away. This episode is a masterclass in strategies to prep interviewers, avoid redundancy and the art of selling your opportunity to world-class talent. Mission One: The Executive Edge is brought to you by Mission One. They ensure founders and senior leaders make the most important hires they’ll ever make across consumer tech, AI, gaming, and entertainment. If you’re building your leadership team or considering your next move to the C-suite, connect with Gerard Miles or Dan Hampton on LinkedIn, or visit missionone.io/contact-us.

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How to Find and Outreach the Best Executive Talent (Part 2)

Thursday, January 22, 2026 • Duration 37:27

Great executive searches are won or lost before the first message is sent. In this episode of Mission One: The Executive Edge, hosts Gerard Miles and Dan Hampton continue their hiring miniseries by unpacking how elite hiring teams approach research, target mapping, and outreach - not as a volume exercise, but as a precision craft. They explain why sending fewer, more thoughtful messages consistently outperforms mass outreach, and how deep research into companies, roles, and individual career paths allows recruiters and hiring managers to stand out in a noisy market. From building smarter target lists to crafting outreach that feels human, relevant, and credible, this conversation reframes sourcing as a strategic advantage rather than an administrative task. For leaders frustrated by low response rates or shallow pipelines, this episode offers a clear playbook for finding and engaging the right executives with intention and impact. Mission One: The Executive Edge is brought to you by Mission One. They ensure founders and senior leaders make the most important hires they’ll ever make across consumer tech, AI, gaming, and entertainment. If you’re building your leadership team or considering your next move to the C-suite, connect with Gerard Miles or Dan Hampton on LinkedIn, or visit missionone.io/contact-us.

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The Executive Hiring Playbook: 7 Lessons That Matter in 2026

Thursday, January 8, 2026 • Duration 18:59

Contrary to popular belief, there is no one size fits all blueprint to climbing the C-suite ladder. And, if 2025 taught us anything, it’s that winning the game is about telling a compelling story, understanding what you're actually solving for and learning to spot potential beyond the resume. In this episode of Mission One: The Executive Edge, hosts Gerard and Dan reflect on their most impactful conversations from the year, joined by Alexis Bonte, CEO of Stillfront Group, and Jonathan Knight, Head of Games at the New York Times. Tune in for a breakdown of the executive hiring process from both sides of the table - revealing what separates candidates who get the call from those who don't and what distinguishes leaders who scale organizations from those who get stuck.

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How to Start a Best-in-Class Executive Search (Part 1)

Thursday, December 11, 2025 • Duration 29:59

Every strong hire starts long before outreach, interviews, or offers. In this episode of Mission One: The Executive Edge, hosts Dan Hampton and Gerard Miles open a new mini-series on world-class hiring by showing how to get clear on the specific problem the role must solve, the outcomes you expect in the next 12–24 months, and the kind of leader who can deliver them inside your stage of growth. They unpack how to align stakeholders, how to prevent the “fantasy candidate” list from taking over, and how to build a scorecard that keeps decisions grounded rather than subjective. They also debate the true value of job descriptions, when they support clarity and when they quietly derail strong searches. For any leader looking to start searches with clarity, confidence, and fewer missteps, this conversation offers a grounded guide to getting the first step right.

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