04. The Importance of People-Powered Leadership with Bob Azelby

😇 Insightful moments during Liam’s help in bringing Bob’s cross-functional team together. 01:32🤩 Two the Zone Way learnings Bob still carries with him. 02:26🗽 Bob’s accents are from NY, Boston, and Philadelphia. 04:28🤓 Different cultures in the USA: he thought to fit the northern New Jersey style into the Southern California style. 05:09🧦 Getting to a meeting with one sock. 06:05🎯 Bob’s unique approach to leadership: “You need everybody's insights.” 07:47🔬 He left a 6 billion dollar organization for a small biotech company with the newest approach to fighting cancer. 09:58😎 Bob wanted to be the CEO of a publicly-traded company. 12:26🆙 Gearing the company up for launch and then getting acquired.13:38💜 Making decisions with heart and head: Building trust and being vulnerable.14:36🧪 News in medical science: A new agent in the testing process might change issues with chronic pain. 16:31🧫 Innovation and drug testing is a long and expensive process. 18:40🤔 In a large company, you get excellent training but narrow focus, and in small biotech, you get to solve setbacks. 20:40👔 Bob likes a combination of experience and resilience when hiring someone. 22:06🙌 Tools Liam taught Bob: what spending time together with your teammates means. 24:23🌂 Liam loves Seattle.  26:09🙃 Amazing business with a great purpose. 27:01Connect with Bob: www.linkedin.com/in/bob-azelby-628ab51🎯 Connect with Liam: www.thezone.co