50th episode special: Flipping the tables on Stuart McLeod (with Jess Marcello & George Connor)

Accounting Leaders Podcast

This episode marks the Accounting Leaders Podcast’s 50th release. To celebrate, we flipped the tables on our show host and Karbon CEO, Stuart McLeod. No question was off limits. In this episode, Karbon’s Content Marketing Specialist, Jess Marcello, and Marketing Development Manager, George Connor, had a lively conversation with Stuart about the hardest part of running a growing firm, how to find meaning and purpose in work, Karbon’s culture, Stuart’s favorite Karbon employee, and everything in between.

In this episode, you'll find:

• A special note from the Karbon team (00:01)
• Welcome Jess and George (01:05)
• Karbon offices (03:00)
• Stuart’s childhood in Australia (4:30)
• Stuart’s pets and Karbon’s (secret) pet page (07:00)
• The hardest part about running Karbon (09:10)
• Challenges of keeping a growing team aligned (11:00)
• How to keep everyone in the company happy (13:00)
• How to find meaning and purpose in work (14:30)
• What is Karbon’s culture? (19:00)
• Karbon’s three objectives (21:00)
• Stuart’s dreams when he was growing up (24:30)
• Why Stuart was a terrible employee (28:00)
• The dream size of Karbon (29:30)
• Stuart’s fears (31:20)
• Freewill or destiny? (32:40)
• Hydrofoil surfing (35:00)
• Getting bored (36:00)
• Who is Stuart’s favorite employee? (37:10)
• Magic sword vs. magic shield (39:00

As promised at the beginning of this episode, you can read Stuart's letter to all employees regarding Karbon's recent company restructure, and find the list of talented ex-Karbon employees who are now available for work here.