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Hosted by James ‘Jim’ Saliba · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 24 episodes
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Building Legendary Leaders is a leadership podcast for executives who want to stop firefighting and start leading strategically. Hosted by executive coach James ‘Jim’ Saliba, the show brings candid conversations with leaders of leaders who have faced high-stakes challenges and learned how to lead with clarity, presence, and purpose. Each episode turns real leadership moments into frameworks and actions that can be applied immediately.The vision is to create a space where senior leaders can reflect openly, share lessons learned, and model the adaptability today's business climate demands. Guests include Directors, VPS, and C-suite executives, HR and L&D leaders, published authors, researchers, and influential voices shaping leadership in high-pressure industries. Their stories give listeners both the insight and the courage to lead at scale.
James ‘Jim’ Saliba hosts Building Legendary Leaders, a business show with 24 episodes published.
What happens when the person who solves every problem becomes the biggest bottleneck? In this episode of Building Legendary Leaders, Jim Saliba sits down with Oscar Rodriguez, Director of Expert Services at AWS, to discu
The skills that helped you become successful can eventually become the very thing holding you back. In this conversation, Chris Hewish, President of Xsolla, joins Jim Saliba to explore the difficult transition from top p
Leadership gets heavier as you move up. The responsibilities grow. The decisions become harder. The margin for error gets smaller. But the real challenge is not carrying the weight. The real challenge is knowing what to
Juan Longoria has led operations at scale that most people can’t even imagine. From managing 7,000 outsourced telecom representatives to leading customer service and business operations across eight business lines inside
AI isn’t replacing leadership. It’s exposing it. In this episode of Building Legendary Leaders, Jim Saliba sits down with Chon Chua to unpack why so many AI initiatives fail long before the technology does. The real brea
AI is making it easier than ever to ship products fast. The problem is, it’s also making it easier to ship bad decisions at scale. In this episode of Building Legendary Leaders, Nathalie Criou joins Jim Saliba for a shar
There’s a point where experience starts working against you. Not because it’s wrong. But because you stopped questioning it. That’s the muscle memory mirage. You keep doing what used to work even when the context has cha
Some companies fail because the market changes. Others fail because leaders avoid the truth. In this conversation, Jim Saliba sits down with turnaround CEO Don Hammond to unpack what really happens when leaders step into
Hiring is rarely treated like a leadership system. Most teams still rely on resumes, gut feel, and unstructured interviews, then wonder why churn stays high and performance never compounds. In this conversation, Jim sits
Some leadership lessons only come from the moments that test your values. In this conversation, Jim Saliba sits down with former KFC International executive, H&R Block president, and leadership coach Kip Knight to unpack
Leadership gets harder when the scope widens. Moving from functional leader to CEO isn’t just a promotion—it’s a complete shift in how you make decisions, evaluate talent, and operate without fast feedback. In this conve
What does philosophy have to do with artificial intelligence? More than you'd think. Robert Matney, Chief Evangelist at Primer.ai, didn't start his career in tech. He started with epistemology and rhetoric—the study of h
Most leaders don’t struggle with effort. They struggle with originality. At some point, copying competitors starts to feel safe. Benchmarks look comforting. Best practices feel responsible. And quietly, innovation dies.
AI isn’t breaking teams. The way leaders are rolling it out is. This conversation goes straight to the part that most AI discussions avoid: the human cost of speed. Fear disguised as silence. Burnout is hiding behind pro
Leadership doesn’t break when strategy fails—it breaks when people stop believing in the direction. This conversation is about what happens before execution: trust, shared vision, coaching, and the discipline required to
Most leaders focus on processes and technology because they're easy to see and measure. But what if the real competitive advantage lies in something completely different? Olga Violett, Vice President of Operations turned
What happens when you walk away from being the expert and step into a role where credibility isn’t guaranteed? This conversation explores what leadership really looks like when titles don’t carry authority, KPIs can eith
Speed isn’t just a metric; it’s a leadership advantage. In this episode, Chris Nelson breaks down how urgency, tighter feedback loops, transparency, and empowered decision-making reshape culture and accelerate execution.
Bridging two brands, two cultures, and two ways of working isn’t for the faint of heart—but it’s where growth truly lives. In this conversation, Lauren McTiernan, Senior Director of Customer Operations & Fulfillment at C
A conversation that cuts through the noise and goes straight to the part most people avoid—self-trust. Not the motivational-poster version, but the kind that forces you to sit still long enough to hear your own voice ins
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Former General Manager of the New York Rangers and NHL On-Air Analyst · Para-Lectic Activities
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Jono Bacon
State Shift
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Chris Nelson
Associate Professor and Chair of the Higher Education Department at the University of Denver · Nelson Media Company
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Oscar Rodriguez
Amazon Web Services
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Robert Matney
Primer.ai
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Lauren McTiernan
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