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🗓️ 7 April 2025
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The best leaders aren’t just great decision-makers—they build cultures. So what does it actually take to create a thriving, high-performance culture?
Today’s guest, Matt Breitfelder, is one of the most influential leadership architects in modern business. As Partner and Head of Human Capital at Apollo — one of the world’s leading asset management companies — he’s charged with attracting some of the world’s top talent and creating a high performance culture that brings out the best in his teams.
This episode with Matt is the first episode in a series of conversations we’ve been having with global leaders in Human Resources. They are at the forefront of helping define Modern Leadership and what it takes to attract, retain, and build the next generation of leaders. This is a complex challenge as leaders grapple with the turbulent transformations reshaping today’s workforce. From the shift to—and from—hybrid work to the integration of emerging technologies, like AI, these conversations highlight the leadership capabilities that will help teams thrive in the modern workplace.
We had the opportunity to sit down with Matt recently when we were in New York. During our conversation, we explored what separates great leaders from the rest, how strengths-based leadership unlocks potential, why the best organizations build cultures of trust and challenge, and many other gems of leadership and talent wisdom.
You won’t want to miss this incredible conversation with Matt Breitfelder.
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0:00.0 | Human beings are complicated and human beings have a lot of different styles. |
0:03.7 | In my experience, empathy is the key unlock. |
0:07.4 | Welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. |
0:10.8 | I am your host, Dr. Michael Jervais, by trade and training a high-performance psychologist. |
0:15.8 | This is the first episode in a series of conversations we've been having with global leaders |
0:20.2 | and human resources. |
0:22.0 | They are at the forefront of helping define modern leadership and what it takes to attract and |
0:27.0 | retain and build the next generation of leaders. From the shift to and from hybrid work to the |
0:33.8 | integration of emerging technologies like AI, these conversations highlight the leadership |
0:38.5 | capabilities that will help teams thrive in the modern workplace. Today's guest, Matt Breitfelder, |
0:44.9 | is one of the most influential leadership architects in modern business. |
0:48.9 | The carrying an empathy is the doorway in, but the work is helping someone explore the edges of what they're capable of. |
0:56.9 | As a partner and head of human capital at Apollo, he's charged with creating a high-performance |
1:02.3 | culture that brings out the best in his teams. How do you describe the modern leader? |
1:07.1 | The work of a leader is about change. Leaders influence humans to do something that they |
1:11.9 | weren't planning on doing. I'm looking in the mirror every day with gratitude that I got another day, |
1:17.2 | but I'm also striving to be better and better and better. So with that, let's dive right into |
1:22.7 | this incredible conversation with Matt Breitfelder. |
1:32.1 | Okay, we're here in New York City. |
1:33.7 | This is your stopping grounds. |
1:37.5 | And I mean, the city is alive in all the right ways. |
1:39.7 | And so I'm excited to sit down with you. |
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