Pull the Chute - Grow your People, Grow your Company Podcast
The goal of this podcast is to interview business owners and/or C-level executives to get an understanding of how they built their culture, what worked, what failed, and what tips can they give new and upcoming business owners. Our goal over the next ten years is to help as many small to medium-sized businesses get to the next level by growing their people, which will grow their company. Through coaching and transformational leadership, Pull the Chute can guide company leaders to invest time to get to know their people and understand their roles, goals, and challenges to provide learning & growth opportunities - ultimately helping their people be the best they can be.
Pull the Chute - Grow your People, Grow your Company Podcast
Beyond The Title: Sometimes The Best Leaders Are The Ones Still Learning Featuring Mike Krupit
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Great leaders aren’t born knowing everything—they grow through mistakes, reflection, and experience.
In this episode of Beyond the Title, Mike Krupit shared how his journey from tech startups to leadership coaching taught him that managing systems is easy… but leading people takes empathy, patience, and continuous learning.
The strongest leaders create environments where people feel safe to grow, fail, and improve.
If you’re leading a team right now, remember this:
You don’t need to be perfect. You need to be coachable.
Guest Bio:
Mike Krupit is the founder and CEO of Trajectify, where he helps growth-stage technology, manufacturing, and professional services companies bridge the gap between early success and scalable leadership. With more than 30 years of experience as a CTO, COO, and CEO, Mike has led organizations through rapid growth, IPOs, M&As, and even bankruptcies—giving him rare, real-world insight into what actually works when the stakes are high. Known for his practical, candid approach, he helps founders and CEOs build courage, align their organizations, and unlock momentum from the inside out.
mike@trajectify.com or https://www.trajectify.com/.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkrupit/.
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