Episode 047: The Balance of Delegation and Retaining Authority and with Gary VonderHaar
Insights Contributor Updated on February 16, 2026

Gary VonderHaar, an Executive Vice President at Mastercard, joins Lisa and sheds light on the art of bringing your authentic self to work, desiring growth, and the balance it takes to allow autonomy while realizing the extent of every decision.
Bio: Gary has been with Mastercard for 18 years, with tenure at Accenture and Anheuser-Busch before that. He also went to Missouri S&T in Rolla, Missouri.
Gary's Something Extra: Balance between giving employees their autonomy and looking at how decisions, small and large, affect the enterprise.
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