Tech Scenes Beverly Hills with Peter Brack

“Leadership isn’t about having fewer fears — it’s about learning how to lead with them.” - Peter Brack In this episode of Tech Scenes Beverly Hills, Jeff Martin sits down with Peter Brack, a trusted executive coach to some of the world’s most accomplished founders and CEOs. Peter works with high-performing leaders backed by firms like Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, and Y Combinator, helping them build enduring companies while navigating the internal and external complexity that comes with growth. His career spans the full arc of company-building — from launching CNN and Turner Broadcasting in Asia at Time Warner, to serving as President of Time Inc. Asia Pacific, to co-founding and leading two companies through IPOs on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Now, as a credentialed executive coach (ICF), Coaching Fellow at the Institute of Coaching, and co-founder of an early-stage venture firm and startup studio, Peter brings rare perspective into what truly shapes great leadership over time. The conversation explores fear, confidence, and decision-making at the highest levels, the methodologies behind effective coaching, and how founders and CEOs can scale themselves alongside their organizations. They also dive into team dynamics, organizational growth, and why the inner work of leadership becomes more—not less—important as companies grow. Chapters 00:00 Leadership at the Highest Levels 04:12 The Role of Fear in Leadership 09:03 Confidence vs Certainty 14:27 Founder and CEO Dynamics 20:41 Coaching Methodologies That Work 27:18 Scaling the Leader as the Company Scales 33:56 Team Dynamics and Organizational Growth 41:02 Decision-Making in Complexity 48:15 Preparing for the Next Chapter Watch now to hear how elite founders and CEOs think about leadership beneath the surface — and what it really takes to build companies that endure. Collective Genius Articles: https://www.collective-genius.com/insights/why-great-leaders-create-space-between-fear-and-decision-making-mq8m1evs https://www.collective-genius.com/insights/why-great-ceos-treat-leadership-as-a-craft-mq8mf3ka https://www.collective-genius.com/insights/why-founders-struggle-to-become-ceos-mq8mj597 https://www.collective-genius.com/blog/tech-scenes-beverly-hills-with-peter-brack 📘 Learn more about the book Peak Teams – Mastering the Habit of Unstoppable Venture-Backed Companies 👉 https://a.co/d/hp5Jtnu 🌐 Visit Collective Genius™ to build your growth team with the Peak OS™ 👉 https://www.collective-genius.com/ ⏱️ Got 5 minutes? Take the Peak Teams Assessment to see where your team can level up 👉 https://www.collective-genius.com/peak-teams-assessment #TechScenes #Leadership #ExecutiveCoaching #CEOLife #Founders #TeamDynamics #BusinessStrategy #PersonalGrowth #PeakTeams