Most leadership advice breaks down the moment real pressure shows up.

In this episode of The Breakout CEO, Cydni Tetro, 3-time CEO, board member, and former CIO of Swire Coca-Cola, draws from her experience as a 3-time CEO, enterprise executive, and board member to talk through those moments honestly. Not as lessons learned in hindsight, but as decisions made while the outcome was still unclear.

Cydni explains why people-centered leadership becomes harder as companies scale, not easier, and why many CEOs underestimate the operational cost of misalignment until it’s already doing damage. She also breaks down how “blue sky thinking” actually works inside real companies: not as vision work, but as a way to surface options teams stop seeing once constraints harden.

The discussion also addresses a reality many CEOs quietly face; isolation at the top, decision-making without certainty, and the internal weight of responsibility when outcomes rest on a few calls made under imperfect conditions.

If you’re building, scaling, or resetting a company and carrying the weight that comes with it, this one’s for you.

Check out Cydni's work at https://www.swirecocacola.com/.

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