Luminate: Navigating the Unknown Through Creative Leadership
From navigating everyday team operations to carrying maximum impact in the boardroom, visionary leaders have used their experiences to create success. Listen to Luminate: Navigating the Unknown Through Creative Leadership as the Schmidt Associates’ team speaks with executives and leadership experts to uncover their achievements, watershed moments, and the turning points that have shaped their careers. Along the way, you’ll hear about their influences, discover what it takes to build strength and stability at the top, and learn lessons anyone in business can appreciate.
Luminate: Navigating the Unknown Through Creative Leadership
The Art of Airborne Leadership with Mario Rodriguez
Embark on an intimate exploration of leadership and perseverance with Mario Rodriguez, the visionary leader at the Indianapolis Airport Authority. His tale, a tapestry woven from his parents' daring escape from Cuba and their indomitable spirit to triumph in a foreign land, is nothing short of cinematic. As we chat with Mario, you'll experience the vibrant streets of Miami, where his family's dreams were recast amidst the city's cultural mosaic. His mother's reinvention as an attorney and his father's entrepreneurial rebirth sketch a portrait of resilience that sets the stage for Mario's rise in aviation leadership.
Our conversation with Mario then takes flight into the complex skies of airport management, where community voices harmonize with the mechanics of commerce and crises that test the mettle of the most seasoned leaders. Discover how airports become hubs of sustainable innovation and human connection, thanks to Mario's forward-thinking initiatives. Join us for this episode, a masterclass in the art of leading with both head and heart.
