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84: How to Set Up Your Team to Successfully Implement Strategy
This is a Podcast Repost from July 5th, 2019, where I was interviewed on the Strategy and Leadership Podcast with Anthony Taylor. I received a lot of great feedback from LinkedIn on this episode, and thought it would be a timely repost, given we are entering the...
83: How to Go From On Your Back to Back on Top
On today's episode of the Caged Vision Podcast, I interview Tomas Keenan.? Tomas is a scrappy & motivated entrepreneur, as well as the owner of Top Class Installations in Hicksville, NY.? Tomas followed his passion of cars & music to find himself creating a business...
82: Why Never Asking for Permission is the Right Start
On today's episode of the Caged Vision Podcast, I interview Ann Handley. Ann Handley is a writer, digital marketing pioneer, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author who inspires and empowers you to create marketing that your customers will love, igniting real...
81: Losing Complete Faith in My Team Was the Best Thing for My Business
On today's show, I interview 6X Inc. 5000 CEO & President - Todd Palmer. Todd brings a truly inspiring story of what it means to go from hitting rock bottom financially, but not giving up on your vision.?Todd went from $600K in debt to retiring at 51 years old. Listen...
80: How to Overcome a Poverty Mindset and Become the Best You
This week on the Caged Vision Podcast, I interview Victor Antonio - International Speaker, 12-time author, Sales Guru and of course, full of motivation. We go from his roots, growing up poor in the housing projects of Chicago to becoming a internationally known...
79: How to Motivate When Your Best Efforts Got You in the Wrong Place
On this week's episode of the Caged Vision Podcast, we interview Larry Broughton, an Award-Winning CEO & Entrepreneur, Special Forces Veteran, & Best-Selling Author. Larry brings it in this episode, talking about his challenges from childhood through the Armed Forces,...
78: Why Authentic Strategy is the Way of the Future
On this week's episode of the Caged Vision Podcast, we interview Jay Waters. Jay is a professor of strategy at the University of Alabama. Coming from a large marketing/advertising background into the world of teaching strategy, Jay is planting the seed for the up and...
77: How the New Secret to Success Will Unlock Opportunity
On today's episode, we have speaker, author, consultant, & CEO - Michael Brenner. In addition to discussing his new book, Mean People Suck, we talk all things marketing, employee engagement, leadership, culture & more. His first book, The Content Formula, is a must...
76: Going From Dumpster Diving to Feeding the Hungry
On today's episode, we have ex-professional hockey player, entrepreneur, and humanitarian Stephen Clarke. He tells his amazing & inspiring stories from being a poor young child to teenage professional athlete to building businesses and trying to end hunger. We really...
75: Who Says You Need an MBA to Think Strategically?
An overwhelming majority of business owners don't have an MBA. In fact, these business owners have proven that you don't need an MBA to be successful.? The problem is many of these same business owners spend too much time fighting fires and not enough time working on...
74: The Fun is Always On the Other Side of YES
On today?s podcast we have a special guest, Andy Wang. Andy and his brother Chris run a financial advisory practice and have taken a different approach to unlocking the vision for their business. Thoughts on the advice Andy would give his 20 year-old self:? ?Don?t be...
73: Just a Little Bit of Belief Turned My Life Around
On today?s podcast we have a doctor in the house. As a Podiatrist and serial entrepreneur, Tyson Franklin has opened, sold, taken over, and relocated over 20 businesses in his industry.? Here are a couple of my favorite quotes: ?Until you have a little bit of belief...
72: Let Yes Be Yes And No Be No
Let Yes Be Yes And No Be No - Persistence is key to unlocking vision and working towards success - Explain how you got yes to be yes - Be Confident - don't give half or wish-washy answers Don't give a yes "but" answer If you do this: - More thought and research before...
71. Empower Your People
Coaching 1. Empowering People: 2. Your role is to be an: - Influencer - Caretaker - Player 3. Guiding them based on your vision There are 2 types of companies: Hard - Work, Burnout, Cut Throat Soft - Work for Security, Apathy, No Challenge, Entitled
70. Creating The Customer Experience Through Data
Creating the Customer Experience Through Data The 2nd show in a 2-part series on Customer Experience. In this episode, we cover the 'data' aspect the CX and how to form the ideal experience for your customer. 1. 86% of Customers are willing to pay for a good customer...
69: The Fundamentals of Customer Experience
The Fundamentals of Customer Experience Show Notes: Your customers want an experience with your brand that is: - Unique - Memorable - Personalized The problem is your staff have different personalities and approach customer experience differently.
68: What’s Stopping You From Starting?
The imposter shepherds will: 1) Steel your passion 2) Kill your vision What are these imposters: 1st, CERTAINTY is not your shepherd. The quest for certainty is draining. 2nd imposter, INSECURITY. You?ll never be fully alive as a leader following your insecurity....
67: Storytelling Your Vision
Storytelling Your Vision: 1. Your employees want to be relevant to your organization 2. The problem is they're disconnected from your strategy: - It's not contextual/relevant - They don't know how to add value 3. As the CEO, you understand, because you've been an...
66: Is It Your Season To Say No Or To Grow
This week on the Caged Vision podcast, we are talking with Clay Cark, host of the Thrivetime Show podcast, and serial entrepreneur. At the age of 13 Clay decides to ?go for it? with ingenuity and scrappiness he made it through, but his vision was not uncaged until he...
65: Stay Focused On The Vision
"People that accomplish major things focus on the vision and focus on the vision and focus on the vision. They know the destination." ~ Anthony Zolezzi This week's show with the CEO of Twinlab Consolidation Corporation, Anthony Zolezzi, is all about keeping your eye...
64: Why Are You So Afraid?
1. Compose Strategic Questions at their level Make Strategy Contextual Make Them More Engaged and That They Have Something to Add 2. Get Them to a Place of Self Discovery Don't Give the Plan Help Them Think Through the Assumptions 3. Remove Fear and Anxiety Show the...
63: Status Quo – NOT The Risk Free Option
How Status Quo Happens: 1 - Drink Your Own Kool-Aid 2 - What Got You Here Will Get You There 3 - Build Trenches So Deep All You See Are The Sides Why The Status Quo Is So Sticky: 1 - Over Intellectualizing Strategy 2 - Not Engaging People Emotionally 3 - Defend Market...
62: Don’t Trade Self Discovery and Exploration for Aughtness
Don't Trade Self Discovery and Exploration for Aughtness How Aughtness Happens: 1. Schooling 2. Career Advice 3. Keeping Up With The Joneses 4. Regret / Fear Of Missing Out 5. Not Making The Decision To Invest In Yourself What It Takes To Be Okay With Self Discovery &...
61: The Power Of Habit
Using The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg to discuss the Cue, the Routine, and the Reward, but through the lens of the customer journey.