Off the Rak
Walt Rakowich's passion to help shape a generation of leaders who lead with honesty, humility and heart inspired him to launch Off the Rak: Conversations on Transformative Leadership. Featuring rich and raw conversations with notable leaders across different industries, Off the Rak inspires curious leaders to embrace challenges, seize opportunities and become positive influences in their world.
Off the Rak
Latest Episodes
Rak Rewind: Collaborating on a Community Vision with Kourtny Garrett
Kourtny Garrett, CEO of the Downtown Denver Partnership, has a strong reputation for making communities better. We touch on inspiring topics such as the importance of leadership within the workplace and communities, the mantras that motivate he...
Transforming and Leading Giants (and Your Career) with Gail McGovern
Gail McGovern’s career spans leading a $26 billion business unit at AT&T, presiding over Fidelity Personal Investments, and teaching at Harvard Business School, before answering what she might call the most important call of her career. She...
Rak Rewind: What it Means to Have an Uncompromising Approach to Life with Steve White
“The five or six people that you spend the most time with, that’s who you’ll become. And our time is so limited.”Steve White, President and Special Counsel to the CEO of Comcast Cable, joins Off the Rak to discuss what it means to...
Channeling a Death Investigator’s Mindset for Purpose with Barbara Butcher
Two decades-plus in the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner means hard-won insights many leaders can learn from: how to stay committed to the truth, find purpose, and build systems that last. In this candid chat, international forens...
Rak Rewind: How to Measure Success in Business Through Love with Joel Manby
Can you lead with your heart first in corporate America? Or do the pressures of the c-suite leave little room for love and humanity? We’ve invited Joel Manby to Off the Rak to share what he’s learned from more than 25 years of experience as a C...