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Navigating the Challenges of Visionary Leadership in the Post-Pandemic World

In a changing world, what is critical as you respond to stakeholder pushback on your vision?

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 174 TranscriptFind out by listening again to our Fan-Favorite Episode 174. If you are re-envisioning your company’s future direction to better respond to changing needs and emerging opportunities triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic volatility, this episode will provide insights about what it takes to go from big ideas to big results.

You’ll gain insights on

  • The most critical principle to remember as your leadership team re-envisions the future
  • One of the top reasons for mysterious stakeholder pushback
  • Three immediately actionable ideas to increase stakeholder commitment to a new direction

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The Key to Increasing Negotiation Success in High-Stakes Scenarios

Unconventional negotiation approaches can increase success when it really counts

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 192 Transcript

Find out how by listening again to episode 192. In this Fan-Favorite conversation, Scott and I speak with Fotini Iconomopoulos, an award-winning negotiation consultant, keynote speaker, and MBA instructor. She is regularly featured in the media, and her book, “Say Less, Get More — Unconventional Negotiation Techniques to Get What You Want,” has just “celebrated its first birthday.”

For the last decade, Fotini has been empowering Fortune 500 executives and their teams to achieve their objectives through her expertise in negotiation strategy, communication, and persuasion. She has been recognized for her achievements and philanthropic work with the Network of Executive Women’s national Inclusion award as well as the Greek America Foundation’s Top 40 under 40 award. (learn more about Fotini Iconomopoulos below)

You’ll gain insights on:
  • When & why a CEO or C-Suite executive might decide to redefine their negotiation strategy
  • The key to negotiating in high stakes scenarios where people have opposing positions
  • Three immediately useful ideas for negotiating with different types of stakeholders

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The Secret to Preserving Your Company’s Culture in the Hybrid/Remote Workplace

How can you maintain what makes your company special when your workforce is dispersed?

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 194 Transcript

Find out by listening again to episode 195. This Fan-favorite episode is especially relevant as more companies are changing the structure of their workplaces to include various forms of remote working. Scott and I discuss the keys to preserving what makes your company special as your organization grows and evolves.

You’ll gain insights on:
  • The challenge as well as opportunities of preserving your company’s culture when everyone isn’t in one place
  • Debunking myths about what it takes to maintain your company’s unique culture over time
  • Three immediately useful ideas for transforming while preserving the most important aspects of your company’s culture, even with a remote workforce

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How CEOs Can Strengthen Employee Engagement Through Virtual Events

What C-level leaders with a widely dispersed workforce can do to foster company culture

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 205 TranscriptWhether your workplace is hybrid or fully remote, listen to episode 206. Scott and I speak with Robbie Samuels – an author, speaker, and business growth strategy coach who is also a virtual event design consultant and executive Zoom Producer.

Robbie has been recognized as a “networking expert” by Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Inc, and as an “industry expert in the field of digital event design” by JDC Events. As a virtual event design consultant, he assists organizations with bringing their events strategically online with less stress and greater participant engagement (read Robbie Samuels full bio below).

You’ll gain insights on:
  • How strategically designed virtual events can open new conversations that foster company culture
  • The roles of CEO and C-level leaders in ensuring a successful outcome for virtual events
  • Immediately useful ideas for creating high impact virtual events with less stress and greater participant engagement

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Navigating Employee Stakeholder Activism Inside and Outside the Workplace

 How can CEOs lead civil discourse on sensitive social and political issues?

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 205 TranscriptAs employee stakeholder activism is continuing to rise, and CEOs are under pressure to engage in the conversation, listen to episode 205. Scott and I speak with Amy Showalter, a grassroots and Political Action Committee influence expert. She is also the author of the book, The Underdog Edge: How Everyday People Change the Minds of the Powerful. . . and Live to Tell About It.

Amy is currently a columnist for Bloomberg Government and Lobbyblog.com. Over 500 media outlets have featured her insight. This includes The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Politico, CNN Money.com, Foxnews.com, and CNBC.com. (read more about Amy Showalter below).

You’ll gain insights on:
  • The dynamics driving the growing trends of employee stakeholders’ interest in social issues, and why leaders leaders need to actively navigate these concerns
  • The right way and wrong way for CEOs and other top leaders to encourage social/political conversations among employee stakeholders
  • Immediately useful ideas for encouraging civil discourse among employee stakeholders with competing social and political opinions

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What It Takes To Successfully Do Business In Africa

Our guest shares insights from her new book, Africa: Open for Business

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 204 TranscriptAs more CEOs, C-Suites and Corporate Directors are looking for sustainable opportunities for business growth, be sure to download and listen to episode 204. Scott and I speak with Dr. Deanne De Vries: speaker, author, and Africa Advocate, about why she believes Africa is not only desirable but essential to companies looking for growth opportunities. 

Deanne has spent much of the past thirty years living across Africa and working for startups (including her own), global non-profits, international organizations, venture capital firms as well as one of the world’s Top Ten logistics firms. Her articles and ideas have been featured in a variety of venues including: World Economic Forum Africa,  the Economist, the Financial Times, and CNBC Africa. (read more about Dr. Deanne Devries below).

You’ll gain insights on:
  • Why Deanne believes that now is the time for businesses to consider growth in Africa
  • Determining if you have what she calls the “ABCs” (Appetite, Bandwidth, and Capital) for successfully doing business in Africa
  • Immediately useful ideas for implementing the ABCs of growing business in Africa

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Becoming an “Intentional Leader”

 Our guest shares insights from his CEO journey and highlights from his new leadership book

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 202 TranscriptDownload and listen to episode 203. Scott and I speak with returning guest Tim Hebert, CEO of Trilix, a business and technology consulting firm. We discuss insights from his transformational leadership journey and what it means to become an “intentional leader.”

Tim is a visionary entrepreneur, innovator and adventurer. He is also a seasoned speaker and author of a new book The Intentional Leader: How inner authority can unleash strong leadership. (read more about Tim Hebert below).

You’ll gain insights on:
  • Why Tim believes intentional leadership especially matters in what he calls “today’s leadership crisis”
  • The keys to transitioning from what Tim call “Ghost Mode” to being an intentional leader
  • Immediately useful ideas for fostering personal insight and cultivating habits of intentional leadership

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Get a Jump Start on Increasing C-Suite Innovation in 2022

Rapidly evolving trends in the business environment means there’s no time to waste

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 196 Transcript

Which trends are most impacting your business right now: Digitization? Sustainability? M&A?  The ‘Great Reshuffle’? Strategic Partnering? All of the above?  Something else?  The one thing these trends have in common is that they’re happening all at once, faster than ever before. Successfully accelerating business innovation in this environment starts with aligned leadership by the CEO, C-Suite and Board. That’s why Scott and I are ringing in the New Year by re-releasing one of our most popular episodes.

Listen to Fan Favorite Episode 196: “Is Your C-Suite Ready for Business Innovation?” We discuss the reason behind the increasing push for C-suites to lead  for “business innovation” and why C-Suite innovation is essential for meeting the rapidly changing needs of customers, employees, investors, suppliers and other stakeholders in the year ahead. (For your jump start, be sure to download a brief self-assessment “Five Questions To Ask When You Need to Move Even Faster”).

You’ll gain insights on:

  • How business innovation impacts every aspect of your company
  • The paradox of “readiness” for business innovation
  • Three immediately useful ideas for leading beyond the blockages and accelerating business innovation

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Leading The Decision To Bring Your Supply Chain Closer To Home

 What are the top leadership considerations for re-shoring or near-shoring?

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 202 TranscriptDownload and listen to episode 202. Scott and I speak with Lisa Anderson, founder and president of LMA Consulting Group Inc. about leading the decisions to realign your supply chain to elevate the customer experience. Lisa is the author of 3 books, including Future-Proofing Manufacturing & Supply Chain Post COVID-19.

Her firm specializes in manufacturing strategy and end-to-end supply chain transformation that maximizes the customer experience and enables profitable, scalable, dramatic business growth. She has been ranked Number 16 in SAP’s Supply Chain Influencers list, and is recognized as one of the top 1% of consultants worldwide. Lisa is quoted in media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, ABC News and Industry Week, and is regularly invited to speak at conferences and events. (read more about Lisa Anderson below).

You’ll gain insights on:
  • The most important strategic consideration for deciding whether to bring your supply chain closer to home
  • Key consideration for leading employees and partners as you realign your supply chain
  • Immediately useful ideas for your top leadership to find new talent, develop new partners, and manage customer expectations

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Should You Preserve Culture as Your Company Evolves?

How can you maintain what makes your company special in the hybrid and remote workplace?

Read Growth Igniters Radio Episode 194 Transcript

Find out by listening again to episode 195. In this Fan-favorite episode, Scott and I tackle the tough issue of maintaining your company’s culture as your organization evolves over time – without losing what makes you stand out as you keep creating new value for customers, employees, partners, and  other stakeholders.

You’ll gain insights on:
  • The challenge as well as opportunities for preserving your company’s culture when everyone isn’t in one place
  • Debunking myths about what it takes to maintain your company’s unique culture over time
  • Three immediately useful ideas for transforming while preserving the most important aspects of your company’s culture

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