So Many Questions Podcast: How Your Leadership Style Lands on Your Team with Guest Steven Lerche, President of Goldstar Jewellery
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In this episode of So Many Questions, host Rebecca Goodman-Stephens, CEO of Moses Singer, speaks with Steven Lerche, president of Goldstar Jewellery about staying optimistic while leading a large, multigenerational business through pressure and change.
Steven shares how his instinct toward optimism shapes the way he leads, and why he relies on methodical people around him to balance out his big-picture thinking. He and Rebecca, who admits her own version can tip into being toxically positive, discuss the friction that comes with handing off tasks without fully explaining the reasoning behind them, and why a colleague who pushes back is often trying to help an idea succeed rather than block it.
The conversation turns to leading through pressure, including commodity swings and a 56% tariff that forced Goldstar to open a new factory within 90 days. Steven also talks about where AI genuinely helps his business, and the fear he considers the biggest of his life.
In this episode
01:14 – The Scale of the Business Steven Leads
05:24 – Employee Tenure and Company Culture
08:07 – Optimism as a Leadership Style
10:01 – Objections as a Sign of Investment
11:08 – Delegating Without Full Context
14:28 – Responding to the Tariff Crisis
17:39 – A Therapy Concept for Business Crises
19:28 – Rethinking the Interview Process
22:45 – Balancing Fatherhood and Business
25:30 – The Fear of the Second Generation
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