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196: A life of leadership: Ralph de la Vega
Ralph de la Vega is the former Vice Chairman of AT&T Inc. and CEO of AT&T Business Solutions and AT&T International. Ralph had a 42 year career at AT&T and is now living in Florida.
His father was in the food distribution business and he came from a strong and religious tight knit family in Cuba. Once the Castro Regime took over they nationalised all food production and distribution and his fathers business was taken over by the regime, food was rationed and small kids were being indoctrinated in schools to turn on their parents if they held views that were against the revolution.
Ralph's parents decided to leave Cuba for the USA when he was 10 years old and in doing so they had to turn over all of their possessions to the Government. Once they arrived at the airport as a family of four (both parents and his younger sister) they were met by the militia who said to them five words that Ralph will never forget, "only the boy can go."
Ralph's parents made the heart wrenching decision to send Ralph by himself to the USA which is where he stayed alone without his family for four years. When he arrived he spoke no English and had not a dollar to his name. From this incredibly humble start Ralph became the Vice Chairman of a Fortune 10 company, AT&T.
Ralph credits his Grandmother for helping him reach his potential as when she arrived in the USA she told him "don't let anybody put limitations on what you want to achieve." His mantra to young adults is to dream big.
Ralph tells me that his early years of adversity meant that when it came to his oversight of the merger with AT&T Wireless for $41bn, that was easy!
Ralph has learned his leadership skills over four decades with over 200,000 employees and operations in 200 countries. The best leader is one who can take a group of talented individuals and get them to do things that they thought were impossible to do. Inspiring people is always more powerful than coercing and pushing. Followership is important especially in a large organisation.
Ralph hopes that as an immigrant to the USA he can inspire others to achieve their dreams and potential. Ralph is very proud that in his career he worked with Steve Jobs in launching the iPhone, connectedTesla cars for Elon Musk and launched the Kindle with Jeff Bezos worldwide, yet his favourite memory is that 24 of his previous employees that he directly led have gone on to become CEO's of their own companies.
This is an episode packed full of anecdotes and stories from a senior leader who believes in helping talented people fulfil their dreams as he is now the sponsor of the De la Vega Entrepreneurship Award which is in its 4th year.
This episode also includes Ralph's fond memories of working and sharing the stage with Steve Jobs who was a great practitioner for promoting simplicity.
Ralph is the author of "Obstacles Welcome: How to Turn Adversity to Advantage in Business and Life." available from Amazon.
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195: Joyology | Donna Easton
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Donna Easton is a Joyologist. What's a Joyologist I hear you shout? It's somebody who is obsessed with the things that make us feel happy and the things we can do to help ourselves to feel more joy in life. In a world of constant change and chaos we could all do with a little more fun and joy in life, so enjoy this episode. Donna outlines the importance of each of us building a baseline in happ...
194: The Stigma of Authenticity | Sane Nigidi
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Sane Ngidi is a young female black leader in Africa working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This is an episode of two halves, the first focuses on some of the learning Sane has gained in her early corporate life and the second is a story of vulnerability, self reflection and resilience. Sane started corporate life as an industrial psychologist with her initial roles in Durban until sh...
193: An African Tale | Paul Russo CEO of KCB
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Paul Russo is the CEO of Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB). This episode was recorded in Nairobi on the site of KCB's Leadership Centre. KCB is part of the critical financial infrastructure for 33 million people. They are present in 7 East African countries running over 300 branch networks, over 4000 agency outlets with 12,000 staff and a strong legacy as KCB is over 120 years old. Paul is a deeply c...
192: Working Families | Jane Van Zyl
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Jane Van Zyl is the CEO of Working Families, a UK based charity focused on helping working parents and carers. Their mission is to remove the barriers that people with caring responsibilities face in the workplace. They do this in three ways, a free legal advice line to help people with their issues and concerns, working with employers to help create and sustain flexible working and thirdly by ...
191: Behind Face Value | Rob Moore (@RobMooreDisruptors)
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191: Behind Face Value | Rob Moore (@RobMooreDisruptors)
190: CEO & Board Confidence 2024 | Alice Breeden
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190: CEO & Board Confidence 2024 | Alice Breeden
189: Killing Complexity | Adam Howe
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189: Killing Complexity | Adam Howe
188: The Messy Middle | Dominic George
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188: The Messy Middle | Dominic George
187: Shifting our Focus | Dr Graham Curtis
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187: Shifting our Focus | Dr Graham Curtis
186: Tune In | Nuala Walsh
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186: Tune In | Nuala Walsh
144: The Daily Reset | Dr Steven MacGregor
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144: The Daily Reset | Dr Steven MacGregor
185: The Unlock Moment | Gary Crotaz
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185: The Unlock Moment | Gary Crotaz
184: Punks in Suits | Blaire Palmer
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184: Punks in Suits | Blaire Palmer
183: The Power of Rhetoric | Simon Lancaster
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183: The Power of Rhetoric | Simon Lancaster
182: The Intrapreneur | Louis Gump
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182: The Intrapreneur | Louis Gump
181: Love Leadership | Margot Faraci
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181: Love Leadership | Margot Faraci
What does leadership mean to you?
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What does leadership mean to you?
180: How to Avoid a Foreign Fail | Allyson Stewart-Allen
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180: How to Avoid a Foreign Fail | Allyson Stewart-Allen
179: A Leader of Leaders | Errol Gardner - Global Vice Chair EY
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179: A Leader of Leaders | Errol Gardner - Global Vice Chair EY
178: The AI Microwave Meal | Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
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178: The AI Microwave Meal | Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
177: The Xmas Special | L Vaughan Spencer
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177: The Xmas Special | L Vaughan Spencer
176: The Live Show with CEO Tim Creswick
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176: The Live Show with CEO Tim Creswick
175: I'm Dying to Tell You | Dr Mark Goulston
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175: I'm Dying to Tell You | Dr Mark Goulston
174: Mini Skirts to Medicine | Jenifer Rosenberg OBE
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174: Mini Skirts to Medicine | Jenifer Rosenberg OBE
173: Payback: Iain Sinnott
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173: Payback: Iain Sinnott
172: Lead Through Anything - Dustin Seale, Ed Manfre
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172: Lead Through Anything - Dustin Seale, Ed Manfre
170: Actually Doing Business Better | Atif Sheikh and Darren Ashby
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170: Actually Doing Business Better | Atif Sheikh and Darren Ashby
168: Legacy and Leadership | Rupert Jones CBE
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168: Legacy and Leadership | Rupert Jones CBE
167: Lessons from the Courtroom | Selva Ramasamy KC
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167: Lessons from the Courtroom | Selva Ramasamy KC

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @dudleyhouse4632
    @dudleyhouse4632 Годину тому

    A big thank you to the awesome foster carers or adapting parents

  • @francisbyron-falconer
    @francisbyron-falconer Місяць тому

    STUART YOU ARE MY ALL TIME ENGLAND HERO. YOU ARE A TRUE WORKING CLASS HERO❤

  • @sleeveho7577
    @sleeveho7577 Місяць тому

    And nothing said wasn't anything anyone needed to hear. But hey, he met a professional victim haha.

  • @deusintus2440
    @deusintus2440 Місяць тому

    There is NO CLIMATE CRISIS it's all BS.

  • @TAKUMEI
    @TAKUMEI Місяць тому

    The sky is blue

  • @michaelmorgan6674
    @michaelmorgan6674 Місяць тому

    Cool beans

  • @Jobson85
    @Jobson85 Місяць тому

    So Tate brainwashed him during the interview

  • @listrahtes
    @listrahtes Місяць тому

    Maybe just maybe it has to do dith Tate being a career criminal who manipulated woman by loverboy method and force into prostitution. He marketed this himself with an old hp. That is an "amazing lesson"

  • @samobviously1770
    @samobviously1770 Місяць тому

    Saying a whole bunch of nothing

  • @TerrenceSmith-km3fb
    @TerrenceSmith-km3fb Місяць тому

    Really good conversation and plan to be seen , not just being a doer but a part of the process

  • @jasondyer811
    @jasondyer811 2 місяці тому

    Pearce what a legend ! Proper respect to the two German players . They were an amazing team .

  • @spooksterVids
    @spooksterVids 2 місяці тому

    The Concorde was the nicest looking plane to have ever existed

  • @James-st9uu
    @James-st9uu 2 місяці тому

    Probably thought dont want to antagonise the psycho

  • @Toffeeabi81
    @Toffeeabi81 3 місяці тому

    I thought he say brain clough.

  • @kevinn5976
    @kevinn5976 3 місяці тому

    Peirce is a honest and humble man.

  • @lloydmatthews9439
    @lloydmatthews9439 3 місяці тому

    We need a British Football Team…

  • @janaecarelyn2433
    @janaecarelyn2433 3 місяці тому

    Promo_SM ✋

  • @chris-8696
    @chris-8696 3 місяці тому

    Beating England probably wasn't a big deal to them 😂

  • @dTNT24
    @dTNT24 3 місяці тому

    German people are so nice. English as well btw. I'm Spanish, I live in London and I've been workeing for many years with many Germans and English. Long gone are the days were europeans hated each other, luckily.

  • @fitzerelli1
    @fitzerelli1 3 місяці тому

    Imagine africans or south americans trying to do this?😂

  • @theleadersenigma
    @theleadersenigma 3 місяці тому

    Episode 200 is on the way..............Former England, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest.....who is the guest?

  • @paulmerson2023
    @paulmerson2023 3 місяці тому

    Alcoholic ?

  • @MusclesNOTtattoos
    @MusclesNOTtattoos 3 місяці тому

    They were obnoxious on the pitch though.

  • @stewartclarke2474
    @stewartclarke2474 3 місяці тому

    The title is 'that penalty' , but there were two significant ones in his career.

  • @jamessenneck2375
    @jamessenneck2375 3 місяці тому

    no they was just shitting themselves because they nearly got caught

  • @Ezmee3363
    @Ezmee3363 3 місяці тому

    I am in dubai rn its so nice!

  • @youknownada2326
    @youknownada2326 3 місяці тому

    They where quiet because they where shitting themselves that the joint they shared the night before would show up on their piss test.

  • @shanet5604
    @shanet5604 3 місяці тому

    Stories that don’t go anywhere…

  • @user-ju5ru3yg7n
    @user-ju5ru3yg7n 3 місяці тому

    True words. Germans dont do jingoism but are fiercely proud. Its called professionalism.

  • @gc2696
    @gc2696 3 місяці тому

    And the word was ....DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS CHANNEL.

  • @RazeefRazeff
    @RazeefRazeff 3 місяці тому

    That is not humility but common sense & understanding .. any players would do the same ..they are professional football players ..pre & post interview most managers or players on the winning side would never belittle their opponents ..

  • @MAP1977
    @MAP1977 3 місяці тому

    Selam Lale,Gazi ilkokulunun bahçesinde beraber çok maç yapmıştık.Futbolu da çok iyi oynardın;)

  • @tankdesherman9092
    @tankdesherman9092 3 місяці тому

    Never happen now, no humility with these prima donna's.

  • @carlrichards9333
    @carlrichards9333 3 місяці тому

    Hmmmm Weird

  • @chris379202
    @chris379202 3 місяці тому

    Unless the German players didn't like each other and don't speak English 😂

  • @gavanthornton4484
    @gavanthornton4484 3 місяці тому

    To me, the Germans partly did not over celebrate the semi final victory in Itallia 90, as they had lost the last 2 World Cup Finals, so they still had a lot of unfinished business, hence a lack of overcelebration.

  • @isitwasit8756
    @isitwasit8756 3 місяці тому

    That would not have happened if it was other way around...

  • @TonyField
    @TonyField 3 місяці тому

    Where's the full video?

  • @TheBennylava007
    @TheBennylava007 3 місяці тому

    It was a semi not a final, they weren’t done yet

  • @RD-wg2nt
    @RD-wg2nt 3 місяці тому

    Because in their eyes, they hadn’t won anything… yet. England win a game of football, and the hype machine goes into orbit… That’s the difference.

  • @elliotthyde5623
    @elliotthyde5623 3 місяці тому

    That’s pretty good. Really good actually. Knew he was gonna miss that penalty it was the half the field run up.

  • @SuperDan3232
    @SuperDan3232 3 місяці тому

    2 hours though 😩😩

  • @vinnyford5834
    @vinnyford5834 3 місяці тому

    What a load of shit, he didn’t take anything from it at all. We all saw him go absolutely crazy after scoring a pen 6 years later

    • @stuartalanrook
      @stuartalanrook 2 місяці тому

      In 1996 that wasn’t his reaction to winning the game though, just to scoring the penalty. There were still several penalties left and England could easily have lost at that point. Not remotely the same thing.

  • @bobbypukes605
    @bobbypukes605 3 місяці тому

    Maybe they were bricking the drugs test?

  • @guillermoorihuel665
    @guillermoorihuel665 3 місяці тому

    Qahtani, I wish you keep shining and lightning the path for many people. The level of skill and craft in your story telling is incredible, best of wishes for you master

  • @alba..8479
    @alba..8479 3 місяці тому

    They knew our world war win Trumps there world cup win 😂😂😂

  • @neilfraser8605
    @neilfraser8605 3 місяці тому

    Says massive things about once our so-called emery 😮

  • @davidthomas6473
    @davidthomas6473 3 місяці тому

    Interesting

  • @user-kt8fp1qv6u
    @user-kt8fp1qv6u 3 місяці тому

    Class act...

  • @ppetal1
    @ppetal1 3 місяці тому

    What the FUCK?