About this episode

Kevin Rice discusses the gap between professional success and personal fulfillment, emphasizing the importance of connection at home.

Kevin Rice is the former co-founder and president of Hathaway, a digital consultancy acquired by Bounteous in 2021. He is now an angel investor at Theorem One Capital and host of the CEOs and ABCs podcast. Kevin focuses on a gap most leaders don't want to look at. The difference between who you are at work and who you are at home. At work, the metrics are clear. You perform, you grow, you win. At home, none of that works. The scoreboard is different, and most leaders realize that too late. He describes how years of operating in "CEO mode" made him effective in business but distant in the one place it mattered most. The same habits that drove results at work were quietly breaking connections at home. Kevin explains why the real currency at home is not revenue or growth, but connection, and why one hour of full presence beats a full day of being half there. He also shares what it looked like to lead a company while raising young kids on his own and the moment he could no longer ignore the gap. For leaders who are winning professionally but feel something slipping personally, this episode puts language to the cost and makes it clear what it takes to close that gap. Find episode 511…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jan Rutherford, Jim Vaselopulos

Guest: Kevin Rice

Topics covered

• work-life balance
• leadership
• personal growth
• connection
• parenting
• professional success

Keywords

• leadership
• work-life balance
• connection
• CEO mode
• personal growth
• parenting
• professional success

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hathaway, Bounteous, Theorem One Capital, CEOs and ABCs, The Leadership Podcast, YouTube

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