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From the Corner Office, a weekly podcast hosted by Business Observer Managing Editor Mark Gordon, offers insights from regional leaders from Tampa Bay to Naples. Top executives, entrepreneurs and decision-makers share their leadership approaches, helping listeners be better at business. Discover strategies, lessons learned and tips for avoiding pitfalls.

Latest Episode

Kelly and his father, Roland Caldwell, founded Caldwell Trust Co. in 1993, and Kelly became CEO in 2007. Today the company manages more than $2 billion in assets, has more …  More →

Past Episodes

July 30, 2026
Legal Eagle — Jennie Compton with Shumaker

Jennie was named the first-ever firmwide managing partner for Shumaker last year. A Sarasota native and well-known civic leader in town, Jennie leads the strategy and direction for Shumaker, a …

July 23, 2026
The CEO who listens

Fintech CEO Tad Phelps, even at the helm of a 400-employee financial technology company, is something of a man of the people. He holds CEO sessions open only to non-management …

July 16, 2026
Pitch Prowess with the Queen, Forbes Riley

Forbes Riley, author of Pitch Secrets A to Z: How to Increase Your Influence, Impact, and Income, lays out the keys to making a great pitch: It’s not about the …

July 9, 2026
Achieving career success with Junior Achievement CEO Cheryl Kunkle

Cheryl Kunkle was named CEO of youth financial literacy nonprofit Junior Achievement in Fort Myers in January. Prior to this role, she held leadership positions for health care and medical …

July 2, 2026
Capitalizing on the promise of AI in banking with Kevin Gillen

Kevin Gillen has been in the banking industry for some 40 years, and a Tampa Bay and Sarasota executive for Synovus Bank since 2020. On this episode of From the …

June 25, 2026
Listen up and listen good with Rebecca Shafir

Rebecca is an ADHD and executive function coach, and founder of Mindful Communication. Based in Sarasota, Rebecca is a speech language pathologist and author of the book, “The Zen of …

June 18, 2026
Powering up with a smile with FPL's Dev Iglesias

Dev Iglesias has been with FPL for nearly a decade, working her way up from a marketing and communications role. Well-known in the Sarasota-Bradenton community for being one of the …

June 11, 2026
Being a top-flight board member with Naomi Kent

Naomi Kent has been working helping senior executives and leaders find the right company boards to sit on, and then be engaged and productive board members while there. She’s worked …

June 4, 2026
Humor, humility and honesty with bank executive and podcast host Owen LaFave

Owen LaFave has been with The Bank of Tampa for 13 years and in the banking industry for more than 20 years. He also hosts The Bank of Tampa’s The …

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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. Mark has been a business journalist and editor for more than 20 years, and one of his passions is writing about leadership. That led to Mark to start writing a leadership column in 2021 in the Business Observer, called Leadership Matters. It also led to the creation of the From the Corner Office podcast in June 2023.

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Read Corley

Read attended elementary, middle and high school in Manatee County. After graduating from Florida State University and navigating the pandemic, Read joined up with his father to create the podcast I 501(c) You - The Podcast for Nonprofit Board Members. As the podcast has grown, Read has created a path producing podcasts for others, including the Business Observer.

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