Marie Holive sits down with Andrew Kandel, former CEO of New York Interconnect, to explore one of the most important transitions in a leader’s career: moving from functional leadership to enterprise leadership.
Drawing on Andrew’s experience across Google, Waze, NBCUniversal, the Olympics, NASCAR, IMG, the NBA, and now New York Interconnect, the conversation looks at what changes when a leader moves from owning a function to carrying responsibility for the whole enterprise. Marie and Andrew discuss how CEOs create clarity, build trust, scale excellence, and learn to lead through others.
They also explore the value of trusted advisors — not as a substitute for leadership, but as a mirror and thought partner that can help leaders sharpen their perspective, challenge their assumptions, and make better decisions in moments of complexity.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Podcast episode starts
(02:02) The CEO transition: first feelings
(04:19) Learning the business and assessing talent
(05:18) Strategy and vision for the business
(05:59) Being OK not knowing all the answers
(07:50) Building trust with your team
(09:10) Functional expertise and letting go
(11:13) Importance of humility
(13:07) Trusted mirror and advisory support
(16:52) Finding the right advisor
(21:30) Practical tips for the first 90s in a new leadership role
(24:24) Building a support team around you
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