Bob johnston podcast

Today’s podcast is a roundtable discussion focused on the topic of compassionate leadership, which is top of mind for nearly every executive, whether you’re running a large or small business or for-profit or not-for-profit organization. Leading the roundtable is Donato Tramuto, author of a new book entitled, The Double Bottom Line – How Compassionate Leaders Captivate Hearts and Deliver Results. The book is at the top of its category on Amazon.

My second guest of the new season is Ken Goldman, who currently serves as President of Hillspire, which is Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s family office. Eric, of course, being the former executive chairman of Google and its parent company, Alphabet. Ken is widely known in Silicon Valley and the broader business world, as well, having served as CFO of Yahoo, Instinet, Siebel, and currently sits on a number of corporate, startup and non-profit boards.

Mark Hawkins is an award-winning executive who for four decades has led finance organizations at global software and technology companies including Salesforce, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard. Mark was the President and CFO of Salesforce until 2021 and is currently a board member at Toast, Plaid, DataRobot, Secureworks, and sits on the NYSE Listed Company Advisory Board.