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Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Lessons - 44 Decisions That Make or Break Leaders | David Siegel - Ex-CEO of Investopedia

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Success Story Media

Business, How To, Careers, Self-improvement, Education, Entrepreneurship

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In this "Lessons" episode, David Siegel, former CEO of Investopedia, shares his insights on what makes leaders truly effective. He explores how transparent decision-making, aligned incentives, and open communication empower teams and strengthen organizations. Drawing on his experiences leading multiple companies and learning from legendary leaders like Jack Welch, he reveals why many decisions are more reversible than assumed and how supporting the success of others defines impactful leadership.

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

How's the business going?

0:01.1

We're busier than ever, but struggling to get the staff we need. Recruiting can be such a distraction. We gave Job Centre Plus a try, and they've really helped us out. Really? Yeah. It was dead easy. We got our own employer advisor, Julie, who helped advertise our jobs, shortlisted candidates for us and letters interview at the Job Centre. We've hired some great people, and Job Centre Plus really took the hassle out of it, And there was no fee.

0:23.0

Brilliant. That's straight on my to-do list. you at the Job Centre. We've hired some great people and Job Centre Plus really took the hassle

0:21.1

out of it and there was no fee. Brilliant. That's straight on my to-do list. Find out more at

0:25.9

business.gov.com.uk slash recruit. Eligibility criteria apply. In this lesson's episode, explore

0:31.7

how effective leadership relies on transparent decision making and aligned incentives. Discover why

0:36.8

most choices are more reversible than assumed.

0:39.0

Understand how leaders enable success by supporting teams through clarity and trust

0:42.8

and uncover how open communication reduces misalignment and strengthens organizations under pressure.

1:00.0

You've been in so many different CEO roles and positions. And this is sort of how you've built out this framework, I guess.

1:03.0

And I want to understand, like when you, when you wrote, decide and conquer, what is that, what is that meant to be? What's, who's this book for,

1:12.9

what's it trying to teach? Is it for another CEO? Is it for somebody who's up and coming in

1:16.7

their career who wants to maybe do due diligence on the company they could be joining? Who's

1:21.6

that? Who's the reader? Great question. The reader is for both leaders and aspiring leaders, is what I would say. If you don't have

1:30.4

an interest in ever being a leader, it's really not a book for you. And what I found is that there's a

1:36.2

number of principles that exist out there because as a leader, you're making like hundreds of

1:42.5

decisions every single day, even deciding not to make a certain decision and to empower someone to make a decision is definitely a decision.

1:51.3

Right.

1:52.1

So you're making hundred decisions a day.

1:54.4

And what I wanted to is I always wanted to kind of write a book.

1:57.9

I teach at Columbia.

1:59.1

So I love kind of teaching and education. And it

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