#222: Louise Brady, Co-Founder of Piedmont Capital Partners – Go above and beyond for others

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Is one of your 2025 goals to strengthen your team or shift your culture? If so, you’ll love hearing from Louise Brady, the co-founder and managing partner at the successful VC firm Piedmont Capital Partners. She shows how powerful it is when leaders prioritize the people around them. When you go above and beyond for your team, it comes back to you—and not just in a fluffy, feel-good way. As you’ll hear today, that kind of generosity can drive serious results for your culture, your bottom line, and your own growth. You’ll also learn: What you can do to attract the attention of a VC firm One sneaky strategy to give tough feedback to someone with a bad attitude The surprising role that positivity plays in your team culture Exciting developments in the ongoing effort to cure cancer and Alzheimer’s Take your learning further. Get proven leadership advice from these (free!) resources: The How Leaders Lead App: A vast library of 90-second leadership lessons to stay sharp on the go Daily Insight Emails: One small (but powerful!) leadership principle to focus on each day Whichever you choose, you can be sure you’ll get the trusted leadership advice you need to advance your career, develop your team, and grow your business.

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0:00.0	Because I think it's all about relationships.
0:02.4	I think in life, if you give more than you take, it'll come back to you in spades.
0:07.5	That pays dividends because, of course, when people treat you that way, you're more apt to work hard for them.
0:26.4	If one of your goals this year is to strengthen your team or shift your culture, you're in the right place.
0:27.9	Welcome to HowL Leaders Lead.
0:36.1	I'm David Novak, and every week I have conversations with the very best leaders in the world to help you become the very best leader that you can be.
0:38.8	My guest today is Louise Brady, the co-founder of managing partner at Piedmont Capital Partners. They're a venture capital firm out of North Carolina,
0:44.5	and let me tell you, you're going to love getting a sneak peek into the incredible technologies
0:49.8	they're investing in. You're also going to love hearing how Louise leads. I mean, she is an absolute
0:56.0	master at building strong teams and strong relationships. In her words, it's all about people.
1:03.1	When you put them first, when you cheer for them, when you go above and beyond for them, it all comes
1:08.0	back to you. And not in just fluffy, feel-good ways. As you're about to see,
1:14.6	that kind of generosity can drive serious results for your culture, your bottom line, and your
1:20.0	own personal growth. So here's my conversation with my good friend, and soon to be yours,
1:26.2	Louise Brady.
1:36.4	You know, I'm looking at your office there, and it looks like it's spick and span.
1:39.3	I mean, it looks like everything is so together there.
1:40.6	Is it always like that?
1:45.0	Sadly, it probably is always like this or usually is like this because I'm on the road a lot and I'm working from all over the place, sometimes from home, sometimes from the office,
1:50.4	but a lot of times from a plane or anywhere. With Zoom, you can pretty much be anywhere.
1:55.6	That's true. And speaking of, you know, traveling a lot, one place we both travel to is Philadelphia because we're both on the Comcast board.
2:03.2	And so we go down and work out. And I see you in the mornings working out and I'm doing my thing, which is pretty simple.
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