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The Pivotal Leader

The Pivotal Leader podcast, hosted by Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer of Pivot10 Results, features 30-minute interviews with modern and pivotal business leaders who share their experiences and anecdotal success stories to inspire rising leaders to shift their own organizational cultures to higher success.
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Jan 31, 2017

Before becoming a certified hypnotherapist with a PhD in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Elizabeth Bonet was a yoga teacher and founder of Yogafairy Prenatal Yoga. She won the 2014 Top 100 Leading Moms In Business Award, grew an international community of mothers and ran the company for 15 years before selling it to focus on her psychology practice. And before all of that, she worked in tech as a project manager where she launched the first website to do online trading of international securities.

Podcast Topics Include:

  • The number one thing that your business needs to succeed
  • Knowledge is power: How to find out what your customers really want
  • Strategies for overcoming “jerk leaders” or becoming one
  • How to recognize and manage employee anxiety to improve productivity
  • Culture-based employee manuals
  • Attracting talent that fits your culture and leadership style

Show notes:
http://pivot10results.com/episode-14-pivotal-leader-dr-elizabeth-bonet/

 

 

Jan 24, 2017

Cathey Petkash, is a Franchise Specialist who assists people identify and research franchise models that meet their personal and business goals and objectives. She joined FranNet after 18 years in the “corporate world” of Hewlett-Packard.  Her professional consulting career at HP involved building strategic relationships with HP customers by implementing IT solutions to meet their business goals and objectives. Cathey also is a seasoned business owner.  She achieved her “business ownership” dream with the purchase a floral business.  Cathey applied the business principle of “absentee ownership,” executing the business end of the business, while her Floral Designer ran the everyday floral shop activity. She successfully grew the business for over four years, and then profitably sold the business. From control freak and directive to relaxed and collaborative, Cathey’s transition from “Corporate America” resulted in her being a leader who prides herself on listening and thinking more.

Podcast Topics Include:

  • The secret to being a successful business. Hint: Your Employees
  • Knowing how to interact with people and knowing your management style
  • How to avoid the loneliness of being the boss
  • The Passion Factor: why you need to be more passionate about running a business more than being passionate about the “what” of your business
  • Understanding what motivates people
  • The advice Cathey would give to struggling businesses, including HP

Show notes: http://pivot10results.com/episode-13-catheypetkash

 

Jan 17, 2017

Michael Schein always wanted to be a rock star, as in a real, musician rock star. A true creative and artist, who admittingly hates making cold calls, he turned his talents into a business that elevates the statuses of other business people.Michael is CEO of MicroFame Media, a marketing agency that turns consultants into celebrities in their fields when they don't have the time to do it themselves. He has created or facilitated the production of content for companies such as eBay, Linkedin, Avectra, TESLA, Inc., SEER Interactive, The Medici Group, Arise Virtual Solutions, Interiors by Steven G., and Citrix. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with Honors and got his start at Spin the Bottle, Inc., the production company behind VH1 hit show Pop Up Video. He is an Inc columnist, the leader and moderator of New York Technology Council's (NYTECH) Interactive Marketing Panel Series, and the author of Teenage Roadhogs (MacMillan).

Podcast Topics Include:

  • Michael’s journey from blogging to writing for Inc. to turning consultants into celebrities
  • Harnessing and encouraging creativity to fulfill purpose for employees
  • Being a niche thought leader
  • Using content effectively in the “Google Wilderness”
  • Following a process to eliminate fear
  • Understanding the core principles of Hype & Connection in business
  • Knowing what you stand for

Show notes: http://pivot10results.com/episode12/

 

Jan 10, 2017

Greg Marcus, CEO of The Marcus Corporation, is a charismatic leader (and secret agent) that not only earned accounting and law degrees but went to film school before returning to the family business, his grandfather started in 1935. Also known as Agent BB, Greg has led the company to its newest entertainment ventures – Safe House Chicago and Escape House. In this podcast he narrates the company’s journey “From The Sopranos to the Game Of Thrones” and shares his pivotal moments as leader of a publicly traded lodging and entertainment organization that is considered one of Forbes Magazine's Most Trustworthy Companies, Listen in to find out why he believes that “Make sure you stop and look around” is a great metaphor for great leadership.

Podcast Topics Include:

  • Family sayings as core values to live by
  • Scaling a business through diversification
  • The importance of debt control to leverage opportunities
  • Creating first class experiences at coach seating prices
  • Treating employees like family
  • Pivotal strategies for leaders
  • The “high class problem” of making good people great
  • The history of The Marcus Corporation

Show notes: http://pivot10results.com/episode11

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