
Do Something Different: A Leadership Podcast
Do Something Different is a podcast for high-achievers who want to grow their impact. Each week, former Apple executive Rusty Gaillard helps you build the skillset and mindset to break free from the conventional corporate leadership model and create meaningful, lasting impact for your company, your team, and your career. Come away empowered and inspired to put these simple, practical leadership tools to use: share your honest opinion, give candid feedback, delegate effectively while maintaining high standards, and take back control of your schedule.
Podcasting since 2024 • 27 episodes
Do Something Different: A Leadership Podcast
Latest Episodes
Leadership for Nice Guys. Or Don't Be Like Justin Baldoni.
Is it possible to be too nice as a leader? We examine this question using the tension between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively as a real-world lens into leadership challenges. Explore how excessive niceness can become a barrier to...
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Episode 26
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15:48

Gen X Grit Meets Gen Z Curiosity: Leading Across Generations
In this episode of Do Something Different, Rusty Gaillard sits down with Erin Mantz, VP of Marketing at Zeno Group and founder of Gen X Girls Grow Up. They dive into the importance of your first boss, how generational traits s...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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22:34

SEVERANCE Teaches You Leadership Lessons?
Ever feel like your corporate experience is just a little too similar to dystopian fiction?From emotional avoidance to culture as control, Severance hits uncomfortably close to the reality of corporate life—and offers a blueprin...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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14:33

3 Ways to Make Better Decisions
Leaders often find themselves with competing decision-making frameworks: impact vs. optics, managing risk vs. capturing potential, what you want vs. what you should do. This is a recipe for bad decisions.There's also a fundamental proble...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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15:10

Manage Your Team like a CEO
There's a big gap between how most managers lead their teams and how the best CEOs drive organizational success. A good CEO builds a team that makes strategic decisions, executes independently, and continuously improves. Many mid-level leaders ...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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19:47
