Live from the Next Chapter

The leaders who built the organizations we depend on carry decades of hard-won judgment. Live from the Next Chapter is a business leadership podcast about what leaders have learned, how they navigate transition, and what that experience offers people navigating change right now. Hosted by Dan Loepp, former President and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. New episodes twice a month. Learned Insight, Shared Generously. danloepp.substack.com

Live from the Next Chapter is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 9 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.

Unknown Host hosts Live from the Next Chapter, a business show with 9 episodes published.

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  Dan Hilferty: Going beyond black & white

  Jun 21, 202631 minS0

  <p>Too many leaders get trapped in black-and-white decision-making, but the real skill, lies in mastering the gray.In this episode, Dan Loepp talks with Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Comcast Spectacor and the Governor of the Philadelphia Flyers, Dan Hilferty about his journey across politics, healthcare, and professional sports. Hilferty shares his passion for building community and culture where varied perspectives thrive.Plus, Loepp talks about the importance of the gray in business with Michael Patrick Shiels.We break down how great leaders treat people fairly yet recognize their unique triggers, and why compromise often produces better results...

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  Anne Ferrier: The transition blueprint (finding emotional intelligence)

  May 19, 202631 minS0

  <p>Most leaders spend decades building a career at high speed. The question of what comes after rarely gets serious attention until the transition is already underway.</p><p>In this episode, Dan sits down with Anne Ferrier, an executive coach with more than 30 years of experience working with senior leaders navigating some of the most consequential shifts of their careers. Anne explains how the process of rethinking purpose and identity often begins much earlier than leaders recognize: in her experience, women around 38, men closer to 45. She talks about what it takes to build trust with executives who are used...

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  Kirk Gibson: How to be a hero for life

  May 19, 202634 minS0

  <p>Kirk Gibson won a World Series MVP, hit one of the most famous home runs in baseball history, and managed in the big leagues. </p><p>In this conversation with Dan, he talks about the mentors who shaped him, from Darryl Rogers telling a football star to go play baseball, to a mind coach who sent him to the grocery store checkout line to learn how to listen. Kirk walks through what those relationships taught him about communication, leadership, and showing up. He also talks about life after a Parkinson’s diagnosis, the Kirk Gibson Center for Parkinson’s Well...

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  Sandy Baruah: Leadership, Resilience, and Community Building

  May 19, 202634 minS0

  <p>Sandy Baruah’s path to leading the Detroit Regional Chamber didn’t begin in Michigan. It began on Capitol Hill, then inside two Bush administrations, then at the U.S. Small Business Administration during one of the most consequential economic periods in American history. When he arrived in Detroit in 2010, he had real credibility. It just wasn’t his own yet.</p><p>In this conversation, Dan and Sandy talk through what government service at that scale actually teaches about leadership. They discuss what it took to build influence in a new city after a career defined by the credib...

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  Gretchen Whitmer: The radical truth of leading under pressure

  May 19, 202636 minS0

  <p>What changes about leadership when you’ve governed through a pandemic, survived an assassination plot, and learned that certainty is overrated? Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins Dan Loepp for a conversation about how eight years as Michigan’s governor reshaped how she thinks, decides, and leads.</p><p>She reflects on making decisions that canceled her own daughters’ graduations, working across party lines when it cost her politically, and the discipline of staying focused on the next right thing when criticism comes from every direction. A conversation about what experience teaches that ambition alone cannot.</p><p>Plus, Michael Patrick Shiels...

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