The Unconventional Leadership Podcast · 2026-05-28 · 2h 1m
Season 3, Episode 249 The Father, The Founder, and 50 Years of Unconventional Leadership (feat. Mike Sipple, Sr. & Mike Sipple Jr.) Connect & ask your leadership question here: Mike Sipple, Sr. walked into a Cincinnati recruiting firm in 1975 with no suit and no plan - and spent the next 50 years building one of the region's most trusted executive search firms into a multigenerational legacy. This episode answers the question every leader avoids: what does it actually mean to build something that outlasts you? In this episode: - Mike Sr. answers the call to lead Centennial after founder Jim Morris's unexpected death in 1980 - chosen not for experience, but for character and trust - Why leadership, in his words, has always started with two things: character and trust - and why that hasn't changed in five decades - The "4C Recruiting Process®" framework (Character, Culture, Chemistry, Competence) that was born out of a post-9/11 strategic planning session and still defines how Centennial's client's hire today - How Mike Sr.
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