Focus on Growth: Sage Insights

Focus on Growth - Sage Insights is a concise, power-packed podcast by Sage Partners. Tailored for leaders and aspiring leaders of companies ranging from burgeoning startups to the established, each episode offers actionable insights and advice to help you accelerate growth. Each episode is 15-20 minutes - designed to fit into the busy schedules of C-suite leaders and decision-makers. At the core of this series is the exploration of growth strategies and their impact on creating value for all stakeholders. Sage Partners brings their extensive experience and expertise to these conversations.

Focus on Growth: Sage Insights is a business podcast hosted by Sage Partners, with 43 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Sage Partners hosts Focus on Growth: Sage Insights, a business show with 43 episodes published.

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  MedTech: Navigating the Fog of Change™ with Glenn Snyder and Bernie Haffey

  Jul 14, 202629 min

  MedTech: Navigating the Fog of Change™ Few industries are experiencing more rapid and consequential change than healthcare. Advances in AI, robotics, diagnostics, personalized medicine, regulation, and reimbursement are reshaping the MedTech landscape at unprecedented speed. In this episode of Navigating the Fog of Change™, we explore how MedTech leaders can thrive in this environment rather than simply react to it. My guests are Glenn Snyder, founder and former leader of Deloitte Consulting’s MedTech practice and a board member of LarmorBio, and Bernie Haffey, who led NCO Surgical, IntraLase, and Summit through successful exits exceeding $1 billion and now serves on the boards of Medevise and On Target Laboratories. Together, they are partners at HSMG Advisors. Our conversation focuses on two critical leadership challenges: • How AI is becoming a powerful accelerator of MedTech innovation. • How boards can create greater value by providing insight—not just oversight as companies navigate continuous change. • The lessons extend well beyond healthcare. They offer a roadmap for every leader seeking to navigate today’s Fog of Change. Navigating The Fog of Change™ is presented by Sage Partners. This podcast is hosted by Tom Doorley and edited and produced by Rei Haycraft.To learn more about Sage Partners, visit: https://www.sagepartners.net/

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  Insight, Not Just Oversight with John Donovan | Navigating The Fog of Change™

  Jun 30, 202629 min

  Your Board Should Be an Asset In today’s environment of massive, fast, and continuous change, boards can no longer be satisfied operating in its traditional role. Oversight remains essential—but it is no longer enough.In this episode, I sit down with former AT&T CEO John Donovan, who now serves on the boards of Palo Alto Networks, Lockheed Martin, and U.S. Steel. Drawing on his unique perspective as both a CEO and board director, John explains how the best boards are shifting from compliance and monitoring to helping management see around corners.We discuss why today’s directors must provide Insight—not just Oversight by bringing informed perspectives on strategy, technology, cyber risk, AI, geopolitics, and the forces reshaping every industry. John shares practical advice on how boards can challenge management constructively, ask better questions, and become true strategic partners while maintaining their governance responsibilities.Your board is navigating today’s Fog of Change™. This conversation offers a powerful blueprint for becoming more informed, more engaged, and more valuable.Because in the fog, great boards don’t just oversee—they provide insight.Navigating The Fog of Change™ is presented by Sage Partners. This podcast is hosted by Tom Doorley and edited and produced by Rei Haycraft.To learn more about Sage Partners, visit: https://www.sagepartners.net/

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  Seeing Through the Fog: Our Progress Navigating The Fog of Change™ with Pete Hart

  Jun 2, 202629 minS0

  <p>Over the past year, we have explored the reality that leaders face today:• Change is massive, rapid, and permanent.• Traditional strategic planning models no longer work.• Leaders need a Change Agenda to provide direction when certainty is impossible.But understanding the challenge is only the beginning.To lead successful change, leaders must:• Make the Case for "Why"—and "Why Now"• Assess whether the organization is truly ready for changeThese are heavy lifts. Without urgency and readiness, even the best strategies fail.To explore these critical leadership challenges, I am joined by Alex “Pete” Hart, former CEO and later Chair of Mastercard In...

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  Your Change Readiness Fitness Test with John Hansen | Navigating The Fog of Change™

  May 18, 202615 minS0

  <p>To face off against the powerful forces of change pummeling us all, ask yourself this question: Do you have your enterprise ready for change? Really?If so, don’t waste your time on this podcast. But if not, and in our experience, most of you are not, then:You need this. Really!Sage Partner John Hansen and I describe the process you’ll need to ensure your enterprise can handle the stress of change.Navigating The Fog of Change™ is presented by Sage Partners. This podcast is hosted by Tom Doorley and edited and produced by Rei Haycraft.To learn...

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  Episode #33

  Realizing Value From Volatility with Barry Winer | Navigating The Fog of Change™

  Apr 28, 202622 minS0

  <p>Most leaders hesitate in uncertainty. The winners act.</p><p>For the third year, Barry Winer, Deloitte’s Head of M&A Research, joins me to explore how disruption in M&A is creating real opportunity—for those prepared to move.</p><p>Drawing on Deloitte Consulting’s deep experience and Sage Partners’ perspective, we cut through the fog to show how leaders can identify, evaluate, and execute deals in uncertain times.</p><p>The takeaway: Done wisely, M&A—across both large and small transactions—remains one of the most powerful engines of value-creating growth.</p><p>In the Fog of C...

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