Harvey Kanter's guest appearances

Harvey Kanter

The Leader's Panel

How I Hire

Overdose & Chill: Live

Kara Goldin

Henry Cloud

Jesse Itzler

Joel Peterson

Brad Stulberg

Jason Fried

Patrick Lencioni

Liz Wiseman

Amy Morin

Chris McChesney

Emily Esfahani Smith

Jia Jiang

Rorke Denver

Kevin Rutherford

Frans Johansson

OwlTail

LEAD

Harvey Kanter is the CEO of Destination XL Group, a specialty retailer of men's big and tall apparel. He’s brought his unique and thoughtful approach to CEO, President, and Executive Vice President roles at companies like Blue Nile, Michaels, and Eddie Bauer. His book, Choosing to Lead: Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable, details experiences that have shaped his leadership style and forged his resilience. Harvey will share how he builds outstanding teams, as well as what he looks for in an authentic leader.Highlights from the conversation include:Why good leaders are comfortable being uncomfortable (3:02) How Harvey helped shape the hiring strategy at Eddie Bauer (7:42)The “hire for attitude, train for skill” mindset (9:07)Hiring “failures” (14:59)How COVID has transformed the workplace (17:06)The importance of communication in leadership (21:33)How Harvey interviews and evaluates candidates... (25:32)...and red flags he looks for (29:25)Harvey’s thoughts on the future of retail and e-commerce (31:09)Visit HowIHire.com for transcripts and more on this episode.Follow Roy Notowitz and Noto Group Executive Search on LinkedIn for updates and featured career opportunities.Subscribe to How I Hire:AppleSpotifyAmazonGoogle

Harvey Kanter is the CEO of Destination XL Group, a specialty retailer of men's big and tall apparel. He’s brought his unique and thoughtful approach to CEO, President, and Executive Vice President roles at companies like Blue Nile, Michaels, and Eddie Bauer. His book, Choosing to Lead: Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable, details experiences that have shaped his leadership style and forged his resilience. Harvey will share how he builds outstanding teams, as well as what he looks for in an authentic leader.Highlights from the conversation include:<ul><li>Why good leaders are comfortable being uncomfortable (3:02) </li><li>How Harvey helped shape the hiring strategy at Eddie Bauer (7:42)</li><li>The “hire for attitude, train for skill” mindset (9:07)</li><li>Hiring “failures” (14:59)</li><li>How COVID has transformed the workplace (17:06)</li><li>The importance of communication in leadership (21:33)</li><li>How Harvey interviews and evaluates candidates... (25:32)</li><li>...and red flags he looks for (29:25)</li><li>Harvey’s thoughts on the future of retail and e-commerce (31:09)</li></ul>Visit <a href="https://howihire.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HowIHire.com</a> for transcripts and more on this episode.Follow Roy Notowitz and Noto Group Executive Search on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/notogroup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> for updates and featured career opportunities.Subscribe to How I Hire:<ul><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-hire/id1477653356" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple</a></li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7HQxrWSu1iLcFxRiDTIxX4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a></li><li><a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ea434992-ddda-4a89-80b0-03196c39c883/How-I-Hire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a></li><li><a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9lR2F4MFNDWA?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAYQrrcFahcKEwiYqI-5scftAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google</a></li></ul>

Harvey Kanter, President and CEO of DXLG and Author of ‘Choosing to Lead’

In this episode hosts LoriAnn Lowery-Biggers and Dr. Henry Cloud welcome Harvey Kanter to The Leader's Panel. Harvey is an author, and career business leader. He is currently the CEO of Destination XL, a leading retailer in the big and tall clothing sector, specializing in designer clothes. He's also the author of Choosing To Lead, and shares some of his key insights with us, like the importance of speed when making decisions, and how to get comfortable being in uncomfortable situations. 

In this episode hosts LoriAnn Lowery-Biggers and Dr. Henry Cloud welcome Harvey Kanter to The Leader's Panel. Harvey is an author, and career business leader. He is currently the CEO of Destination XL, a leading retailer in the big and tall clothing sector, specializing in designer clothes. He's also the author of Choosing To Lead, and shares some of his key insights with us, like the importance of speed when making decisions, and how to get comfortable being in uncomfortable situations.

Harvey Kanter - Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable