CEO Stories with Jonathan Herps
Honest conversations with the CEOs of growing private businesses: how they built it, what broke along the way, and what they'd do differently.
I'm Jonathan Herps. I've spent 26 years as a CEO and 11 years coaching CEOs, and I've interviewed 133+ of them on this show. Every episode is a CEO telling the real story: the moment what got them here stopped working, the thing they held onto too long, the role they hired too late, and how they built a business that doesn't need them in every decision.
Alongside the interviews you'll find The CEO Playbook, short teaching episodes where I share the tools I use with the CEOs I coach.
If you're a founder or CEO growing a private business and want to learn from people who've been there, this show is for you.
Website: www.scaleupos.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@jonathanherps
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanherps
Email: jonathan@scaleupos.com
CEO Stories with Jonathan Herps
Latest Episodes
How Zaki Ameer Scaled DDP Property to Australia’s Top 0.4% : EP 130
In this episode of Stories of Scale, host Jonathan Herps sits down with Zaki Ameer, Founder of DDP Property, to unpack the real story behind his 15-year journey building one of Australia’s most successful buyer’s agencies.Zaki reveals t...
CEO Playbook EP 29: 6 Triggers to Escape the “Ones and Threes” Trap as a CEO
Are you still doing everything yourself — sales, delivery, and strategy — and can’t take a holiday without things falling apart? You’re not alone. Most founders hit the same growth ceilings — the “ones and threes” — where your leadership, syste...
CEO Playbook EP 28: Build a Culture That Attracts A-Players and Keeps Them
In this episode of the Scale Up OS Podcast, Jonathan Herps dives deep into why building and keeping A-players is the ultimate growth advantage for CEOs. Discover how leading founders are creating workplaces that attract talent, boost per...
CEO Playbook EP 27: How CEOs Use KPIs, A-Players, and B.A.M.s to Scale Smarter
Perfection slows growth. Momentum scales it.In this episode of the Scale Up OS Podcast, Jonathan Herps breaks down how growth-stage founders can take control of their business using leading vs. lagging KPIs, “B...
CEO Playbook EP 26: AI, Dashboards, and the North Star - How CEOs Can Lead Smarter with the Right Tools
In this episode of the Scale Up OS Podcast, Jonathan Herps explores how CEOs can harness AI, dashboards, and the power of a North Star metric to lead with more clarity and alignment. From using multiple AI tools for research and decisi...
