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Fit Happens: The Executive Search Podcast

Jason Baumgarten
Leadership
Big Green Egg
Time
Kara Nortman
Monarch Collective
Western Governors University
Burnout
Capacity
Cadence
Google
Angel City Football Club
People and Leadership
Constraints
Crew

Fit Happens asks the question most leadership conversations avoid: why do talented people fail in the wrong roles — and thrive in the right ones? Hosted by Jason Baumgarten, an executive search specialist with decades of experience placing CEOs and building boards, each episode blends cutting-edge research with candid conversations with the leaders who've lived it. Because fit isn't luck. It's a s... more

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What if the job you have today quietly becomes the job you never agreed to take?

In this solo episode, Jason Baumgarten breaks down one of the most underestimated risks facing leaders right now: not job replacement, but job transformation. Drawing o... more

The investors closest to the best founders have a front-row seat to what great fit really looks like.

In this episode of Fit Happens, I sit down with Laela Sturdy, Managing Partner at CapitalG — Alphabet's growth investment fund — and one of the mos... more

You have roughly 4,000 weeks. Are you spending them on work that actually deserves them?

In this solo episode, Jason Baumgarten — senior partner and executive search specialist — explores one of the most under-examined questions in leadership: the r... more

Dan Gertsacov, CEO of Big Green Egg, has built a career by saying no to money and yes to fit — four times over. In this episode, we dig into his non-linear path from social entrepreneur to Google exec to restaurant industry leader, and how each chapt... more

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Dan Gertsacov
CEO of Big Green Egg
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Episode: From Google to the Grill: Dan Gertsacov on Career Fit and Leading Big Green Egg
Scott Pulsipher
CEO of Western Governors University
Western Governors University
Episode: How Scott Pulsipher Found His Fit as CEO of a 200,000-Student University
Kara Nortman
Managing partner at Monarch Collective, co-founder of Angel City Football Club
Monarch Collective, Angel City Football Club
Episode: Career Fit Beyond VC: Kara Nortman's Path to Women's Sports Leadership

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Jason Baumgarten
Host of Fit Happens: The Executive Search Podcast, an executive search specialist focused on leadership placement and boards.

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From Google to the Grill: Dan Gertsacov on Career Fit and Leading Big Green Egg
Q: Dan, tell me a little bit about entering the CEO job and what surprised you the most.
Dan describes an atypical path into leadership where he first engaged with a company as an active user and later joined as a coach and then a full-time leader, highlighting pacing, stakeholder alignment, and the importance of staying true to the brand and culture while driving growth.

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A leadership-focused show that investigates why talented people fail in the wrong roles and thrive when properly matched. Episodes center on leadership, talent strategy, and organizational design, blending research with candid conversations from CEOs, board members, investors, and senior operators. Notable throughlines include the emphasis on “fit” as a science—covering how to assess, design, and adapt leadership roles to align with culture, governance, and customer (customer or student) focus—along with practical frameworks for onboarding, aligning stakeholders, and building durable organizational systems. The format often features actionable takeaways, real-world case studies, and stories that illuminate how precise leadership matching dr... more

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