Sports to Business With Tanvir: Recent Episodes
Tanvir Bhangoo
Sports to Business Podcast finds Tanvir, Author of The P.R.O. Business Mindset and CEO of TB Momentum interview Pro-Athletes turned business executives on leveraging sports principles to leading and adapting in a digital, changing world.
Guests range from NFL to Olympians and have held positions at companies including JPMorgan, SkipTheDishes, Walmart, Gold's Gym, United Health Group amongst others.
You can also find our other videos and keynotes by the Momentum Team on this podcast.
To learn more or to get in touch, you can follow us on tanvirbhangoo.com
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Shannon "The Cannon" Hudson, founder and CEO of 9Round Franchising, LLC, is a former IKF Light Middleweight Kickboxing Champion of the World. After over 70 bouts in the ring, Shannon could not find a place where the average person could be exposed to the "Top Secret" training of some of the best fighters in the world. That is where his vision for 9Round began. He knew that if he could take the gruelling workouts he did in the ring, and create a non-intimidating, convenient circuit workout format, then the average person could enjoy the benefits of boxing and kickboxing only available to professional athletes. Shannon and his wife, Heather, opened their first 9Round studio in 2008 in Greenville, SC. Since then, the brand has grown to more than 600 locations across 41 states and 18 countries, plus many more in various stages of development – all delivering on the promise of making members stronger in 30 minutes, physically and mentally.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Shannon's story on founding 9Round fitness
- How different teams across functions come together to drive growth
- Shannon's framework to leading at the highest level, and why taking care of yourself must be a priority
- Importance of strong execution, and how Shannon aligns his team to metrics
- How to measure and track progress for a unified vision
- 9Round fitness franchising and its competitive advantage compared to other fitness brands
Carla Rosenberg is Senior Vice President of Charity & Events Management for global sports marketing agency SPORTFIVE and is part of the leadership team. Based in Dallas, Carla runs the Charity and Events Management practice and offers additional event and production capabilities alongside Rooftop2 Productions, the agency’s New York-based experiential marketing and production division. Carla’s team also provides philanthropic expertise to many of SPORTFIVE’S more than 250 athlete clients looking to build or enhance their charitable activities.
Prior to joining SPORTFIVE, Carla founded Matchpoint Agency and served as Chief Visionary Officer, working with athletes, professional sports teams and nonprofit clients to achieve their philanthropic goals. In May 2018, Matchpoint Agency joined Lagardère Plus, the global partnership marketing agency of Lagardère Sports and Entertainment, which was rebranded to SPORTFIVE in May. Carla’s first entrée into the agency setting was as Sports Marketing Director for SCA Promotions. Before that, she spent eight seasons in the professional sports industry.
Carla began her career working for the President of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club and later served as Senior Director of Community Marketing for the Dallas Stars Hockey Club and Executive Director of the Dallas Stars Foundation. These experiences, along with her natural business acumen, introduced her to new people, big ideas and winning strategies that helped inspire the evolution of Matchpoint. While helping athletes manage their Foundations and having her finger on the pulse of the professional sports landscape and philanthropic scene, her ability to maximize revenue opportunities and execute championship-level charity events has earned her notoriety as a game changer in the industry. From professional tennis tournaments to galas, she and her team have planned and executed some of the nation’s highest-profile events.
In 2019, Carla was selected as a recipient of Sports Business Journal’s Game Changers Awards, which honors a select group of women who are having a major impact in transforming the sports business industry. Carla currently serves as President on the board of Dallas Influencers Sport & Entertainment (DISE) and sits on the Board of Directors for PwC SMU Athletic Forum, Nancy Lieberman Charities, and The Sandlot Children’s Charity. She is on The University of Dallas MBA Advisory Board and The Dallas Stars Hockey Hall of Fame Nomination Committee. She volunteered her time as a former Board of Trustee member for ten years with The National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Born and raised in South Africa, Carla holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she played four years of tennis on an NCAA Division-I Athletic Scholarship. She graduated with highest honors, as well as Academic All-American and All-Big Ten accolades. She also achieved her Master of Business Administration in Marketing/Sports & Entertainment Management from the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Carla's love of tennis and her journey through NCAA as a D1 athlete
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How Carla began her business journey in sports marketing while completing her MBA
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Why saying yes to the hard things has the biggest results
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How Carla started her own agency, and why saying "no" to certain projects allowed Matchpoint to scale
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Story behind Matchpoint acquisition, and key takeaways for current business leaders
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How Carla leveraged the pandemic to rethink and come out stronger
Sean McCall is the Managing Vice President at Pariveda Solutions. With 25+ years of experience across various roles within consulting, Sean has deep experience in human performance, small teams, and purpose-driven leadership. An elite athlete as well, Sean draws on his experience as a player, captain, coach, and architect to help organizations create clarity in purpose, the connection amongst team members, forward-looking vision, member autonomy, active retention, and brave spaces to accelerate the development potential of the team. Sean is a well-respected speaker and visionary who can inspire teams to greatness.
Sean played various youth sports before committing to swimming full time in high school and college, representing his teams at the highest levels possible (state, NCAA, respectively). Following a decorated swimming career, Sean went on to play a nearly 30-year Ultimate Frisbee career as a former semipro athlete being selected to three USA National Teams, captaining twice, earning three World Championships and achieving over 30 “caps” for international game appearances.
In this episode, we discuss:
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How Sean stays young, both from a physical and mental standpoint
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How the challenges that Sean faced as a kid shaped his future
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How to not let metrics and data drive wrong behaviours in your organization
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Why failure makes winning that much sweeter
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How Sean deals with failure both as a parent and as a leader
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Why the best advice for leaders is to be authentic and to not be afraid of being vulnerable
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Why the experience in sports is regarded highly by employers
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How Pariveda is redefining the consulting and implementation space
Paul Fioroni, a Mississauga native, is a former pro-hockey player and is currently the CEO of Matador Medical Management LLC. Matador currently works with the best air tech in the market- partnering with IVP, Aerobiotix, UV Angel and Kontrol Technologies who have brought the BioCloud to market. Paul is now working on launching his first 2 IP's with Matador which will revolutionize the personal and real-time air we live in.
We discuss:
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Paul's hockey beginnings that brought him to Texas
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Paul's beginnings in sales, and what made him successful
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How humans and lobsters share the same serotonin levels, and why these matter in business
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How to compete with your teammates, but win together as one team
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How Paul found opportunities during COVID, and insights into his mentality
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Why sometimes a leader needs to give tough love when issues continue to persist
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Paul's journey at Stryker, Spineart, and building his own company
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Why sales are all about networking and relationships
Sam Sebastian is the President & CEO of Pelmorex Corp., the parent company of The Weather Network. Pelmorex is a market leader in operating multi-platform TV, Web and Mobile services in weather-related information categories under the leading brands; The Weather Network, MétéoMédia, eltiempo.es and Clima. The company also operates Canada’s National Alerting Aggregation and Dissemination System, Alert Ready.
Before joining Pelmorex, Sam was the VP & Managing Director of Google Canada, from 2013 - 2017, where he was responsible for Google’s Canadian operations. He joined Google in 2006 in Chicago and held a variety of executive-level roles in the U.S. before moving to Canada. Prior to Google, he was a General Manager and Senior Vice-President at a large online classified business, Classified Ventures (cars.com, apartments.com), and started his career at Arthur Andersen as an accountant and consultant.
Sam is a member of the Business Council of Canada and a Director on several Boards including Tennis Canada and Bridgit, a Kitchener-Waterloo internet start-up in the construction industry.
Sam graduated from The Ohio State University and holds an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. At Ohio State, he played Division I NCAA tennis, where he was a two-time Captain, Big Ten Champion and Academic All American.
We discuss:
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Why Sam gets more done and is more confident when he has more going on (and why that works)
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How Sam led Pelmorex during the Pandemic: two things he told the team when the Panemdic struck
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Why a great strategy and a great team that works together towards the same goals allow you to become a powerhouse
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Why being authentic is the most important trait for leadership today
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Why you need to fail, and how a big failure allowed Sam to grow into his leadership roles
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How leaders can encourage failure, and why it's important
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Why we need to pay it forward, in order to win as an individual and as a collective team
Emily is a Vice President, Product Manager at Franklin Templeton, a global investment firm with ~$1.5 trillion under management. Prior to that she held various marketing roles at BlackRock, worked in investor relations at a small-cap medical technology company, and worked on a major political campaign. Emily has also built a successful freelance career in admissions consulting, where she coaches applicants targeting top-ranked MBA programs.
Additionally, she is the author of the #1 Amazon Bestselling Book, No Drama First-Time Mama: A Practical Guide to Living Your Best Life as A New Mother, and an advocate for maternal mental health. Emily obtained an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California – Berkeley. She was a two-year letter winner in swimming while at Princeton and is a five-time marathoner (New York x3, Boston, and Chicago).
A proud Montana native, Emily now lives in Salt Lake City with her husband and two children.
We discuss:
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Emily's journey to Princeton and athletic career
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How Emily is able to get 8 hours of sleep despite working full time, being a consultant, an author, a mom of two, and never misses a workout
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The story behind Emily's bestselling book, and her message around prioritizing your health and wellbeing as a mom, is something that doesn't get enough focus
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Why being efficient and doing a few things really well results in the biggest gains
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How empathetic leadership is important, and caring about your people
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How we assign our self worth to our work, and how Emily was able to move forward when she decided to leave the swimming team
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Networking with others and why it's even more important when working remotely
Luke Mohamed is the Director, Partnership Sales for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Vandergrift, PA native joined the team in February 2020 and is responsible for generating new corporate partnerships. He also self-appointed himself somewhere on the emergency goalie depth chart.
Prior to the Penguins, Luke spent five years with Major League Soccer’s D.C. United. At D.C. United, he managed a sales team responsible for the Club’s non-ticket revenue streams, including the 2018 opening of their new stadium, Audi Field. During his tenure, the team grew from last in MLS partnership revenue to a Top 5 club.
Luke spent the remainder of his time in the nation’s capital as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown, a member of DC SCORES’ Advisory Council, and reminding locals that the Penguins had won four more Stanley Cups than the Capitals.
Before D.C. United, Luke had partnership roles with the Tampa Bay Sports Commission and IRONMAN Triathlon, and the DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon.
Luke earned an MBA/MS in Sport & Entertainment Management from the University of South Florida in 2015 and his Bachelor’s degree in Sport Management and Accounting from The Robert Morris University in 2010.
In this episode, we discuss:
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The amazing story behind Luke's career in sports management
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What he learned from Wayne Rooney at D.C. United
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How putting in the work and taking on tough roles allowed Luke to land his dream job
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What it's like to be in the same organization as Sidney Crosby
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The amazing work that Luke and the Penguins are doing for the community
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Why we need to strive for greatness, and why that's different than being good enough
Scott is the CEO of Ren's Pets, a former captain and football player for Simon Fraser University, and an experienced marketing and sales executive.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Scott's football days at Simon Fraser University, and how he battled back from a really bad knee injury
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How those principles of hard work have carried through in his career
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How the hard things Scott did prepared him for his executive career
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Scott shares why every leader must understand their "WHY", and how to stay focused as an executive on what truly matters for you personally and your business
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Ren's Pets story - how it grew from a few stores to 40+, and the leadership lessons behind the brand's success
Brian Vahaly is Chief Executive Officer, YouFit Gyms, the nationwide chain of affordable, personalized fitness clubs. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his more than 10 years in the fitness industry as a successful private equity executive and former professional tennis player. Prior to YouFit, Vahaly was CFO for the boutique fitness group [solidcore], where he grew the business from ten studios to eighty in just over two years.
He served as COO for venture capital firms, Venturehouse Group and NextGen Venture Partners, and began his finance career with McLean Capital, a private equity fund.
A lifelong athlete, Vahaly was an internationally ranked professional tennis player, retiring in 2007, with wins over several top ten ranked players such as French Open champions Michael Chang and Juan Carlos Ferrero.
He is currently the only gay player in history to ever come out on the ATP tour and serves on the board of directors for the United States Tennis Association. He earned his BS degree in Finance and Business Management from the University of Virginia, where he was a three-time All-American. Vahaly lives with his husband and two children in the Washington D.C. area.
In this episode, we dive into:
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Brian's love for tennis, and how he managed school and tennis at the same time
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Brian talks about how he handled failure as a player, and how he handles it now as a CEO
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Brian discusses how playing in the Australian Open against Andre Agassi - the pressure - actually prepared him to take on business roles in uncertain and high-pressure environments
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Why sleep is a great remedy to shaking off failures
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How to focus in distracting environments and why Brian turns his phone away from time-to-time
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Brian talks about being the only gay player in the history of the ATP tour, and the work that he is doing today in his business and with the US Tennis Association
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How Brian manages his team, especially in the health and wellness space during the pandemic
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Why it's important to surround yourself with great people - a recipe for success in Tennis and as a CEO
Quinton Porter, Vice President of North America for Pico - Get Personal, has been scaling startup tech companies and sales teams for 10 years since retiring from football. He played quarterback at Boston College where he completed his MBA, played 2 years in the NFL with the Houston Texans and Carolina Panthers, and 5 years in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. As a native of Portland, Maine, he has created a community initiative that maximizes the benefits of athletic training and wellness through a state-of-the-art indoor sports complex and programming in partnerships with the local university.
Pico - Get Personal: Pico's SaaS technology turns brands and sports teams from data renters intro data owners by identifying anonymous Digital audience members, progressively gathering actionable data, and leveraging it to efficiently drive their business objectives.
In this episode, Quinton dives into:
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His transition from football to executive within the tech space
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Why during the toughest moments - it's only up to us to make it happen
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How Quinton's morning practices made him a better business leader
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Why the "keep going and pushing mentality" will win over talent alone
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How Quinton, during moments of pressure and failure was able to remove himself from the results
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All that there is, is right now - how to live
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Why Quinton hires in pairs!
Embrace failure.
I failed a few times over the past few months.
I tried some new things. Some worked out well, and a few not so well.
But it was from these failures that I learned what to change, iterate, and adapt for the next time around.
If we stop taking risks, we'll stop failing. But we'll also stop growing.
Embrace failure - seek it - welcome it. Learn from it.
Keep marching on.
Matt Rogers is a Director of Recruitment for a Wealth Management Firm in NY, and a Career Tour guide at Matt Rogers Consulting. He has over 20 Years of Coaching and Strength Training experience with youth, High School, Master's, NCAA, and Olympic Trial Level Athletes. As a “Career Tour Guide,” Matt works with NCAA and elite-level athletes to help them transition from sports or different careers.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Matt's experience as an athlete in university and his transition to a coach
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How to find your passion and build a career you love
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The recent rule change that allows NCAA students to monetize their name, image, and likeliness
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Strategies for student-athletes to better prepare for the world after sports
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Skillsets that allow you to take on a completely new role with no experience
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How to network the right way to maximize future opportunities
Align your actions to where you want to go - not where you were.
I learned this the hard way.
Oftentimes we keep doing things that used to add value, but now are doing us more harm than good.
Here's a quick story.
What are you training for?
The Fast Pace of your business is relevant to your Speed of Execution.
For a high school hockey player, the pace of the NHL is "fast." And for an NHL Player, the pace of a college hockey game is slow.
Hence - to better manage and gain control of a fast-paced, chaotic business environment - focus on increasing your speed of execution.
Streamline your processes and collaboration - the faster you get, the slower the game (business) becomes.
Femi is a former NFL player, founder of Health Reel, NASA Technology partner, a human performance expert and a certified nutritionist. After graduating from San Diego State University with a BA in Psychology, Femi played 11 amazing years in the NFL, was a member of the Ravens 2000 Super Bowl Championship Team, and was voted NFLPA representative by teammates in Arizona from 2005-2007.
From 2010 to 2014, before founding HealthReel and right out of retirement, Femi co-founded a fitness facility as a personal trainer, nutrition specialist and speed/agility coach. Femi then entered the MBA program at Johns Hopkins with an emphasis in Digital Health. This is where the idea for HealthReel started. He graduated from Hopkins in 2016 and formed HealthReel in late 2017.
HealthReel is a digital Self-Health assessment and education platform. HealthReel views customers holistically and understands the interconnected relationship between mental, emotional and physical health outcomes. The proprietary blend of algorithms generates personalized health information in minutes via any smart device from any location the customer desires. The HealthReel report generates over 20 data points covering mental health, physical fitness, healthy weight recommendations, metabolic performance and nutritional guidance. Last but not least HealthReel supplements reporting with video content. This “user journey” experience is designed to deploy one new video a week covering HealthReel’s four levers of Self-Health as well as addressing misinformation about nutrition, exercise, fad diets and many other hot button topics.
In this episode, we dive into:
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Femi's journey from the NFL to entrepreneurship, and becoming the first NFL player NASA Tech Partner
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Why Femi believes you need to always be building your tool box
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Story behind founding HealthReel during his MBA
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How Femi deals with naysayers
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How Femi's early childhood growing up influenced his NFL and business career
We need to celebrate more - just like this defence did on the weekend.
Projects take too long to wait until you're done before you celebrate.
Failing fast is part of the game, and these failures must be celebrated.
As long as the effort is there, regardless of the results - celebrate the small wins!
Anna Foli is a Senior Director in the Power & Renewable Energy practice at FTI Consulting, a $4.8 billion global management consulting firm, where she leads business transformation initiatives focused on performance improvement and Mergers & Acquisitions. Ms. Foli has held various senior strategic and operational roles in private equity-held and publicly traded international companies, where she’s driven $40 million of revenue and profit growth through comprehensive business plans for countries, local markets, and global product lines. Ms. Foli has completed over $100 million of M&A ventures across all phases of a deal cycle and built enterprise M&A programs.
Ms. Foli was recently the VP of M&A Integration at United Site Services, a $1 billion privately held US market leader in portable sanitation, as part of a private equity turnaround. Previously as VP of Customer Experience with the firm, Ms. Foli transformed the 250-employee customer service, inside sales, and order support teams through a full organizational redesign. Prior to United Site Services, Ms. Foli spent 8 years at Aggreko, a global £2.2 billion public organization in the temporary power generation and temperature control rental space. She served as a strategic advisor to multiple Managing Directors for large business units and global product lines. Ms. Foli began her career as a Continuous Improvement Black Belt leading global operational excellence initiatives.
Ms. Foli holds an M.B.A. and a B.S.B.A from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. She is also part of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and an honorary member of the International Women’s Forum (IWF). Ms. Foli was born in Poland, grew up near Paris, France, speaks three languages, and is an accomplished world traveler. She is a former elite international volleyball athlete, Team Captain of The Ohio State Women’s Volleyball Team, and French National Team where she competed in 16 International Tournaments in 10 countries including the University Olympic Games in Bangkok.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Anna's journey to the French national volleyball team and Ohio State
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How she handled captain duties at Ohio State while obtaining a dual degree, including her MBA
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How focusing on giving back and focusing on others will help you during your toughest moments
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The importance of a strong support system
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Why it's all about getting better every day
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Why feedback needs to be objective and immediate vs. in 6-month chunks
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How can leaders increase accountability by owning up to mistakes
Here's part 2 of Pivoting and Adjusting - an exercise to assess your readiness to pivot.
Something we're working on with many of our clients.
I walk through three questions that you can answer today to prepare to pivot and adjust in chaotic, uncertain environments.
Pat Woodcock is a former NFL and CFL player turned entrepreneur. During his 8-year playing career, he won a Grey Cup Championship, was named Most Outstanding Canadian Player and was named a Division All-Star.
Pat joined Momentum Elite in 2021 as a keynote speaker and coach. Pat is a respected and sought-after speaker and presenter for conferences, organizations, and companies. Some of the companies he has worked with include Football Canada, CBC Hockey Nation, Royal Bank of Canada, Mackenzie Investments, and the Catalyst Conference.
Pat is also a strength, speed, & conditioning coach, personal trainer, and nutrition/supplement coach. He has coached professional athletes in football, basketball, lacrosse, and soccer, won a Grey Cup Championship as the Head Strength Coordinator of the CFL’s Ottawa RedBlacks, and is a multi-year nominee as Ottawa’s Top Personal Trainer.
Pat was also named to Ottawa’s Top 40 Under 40 Business People as the owner of Elite Performance Academy, one of the premier Health, Fitness, and Human Performance facilities in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Pat also helps Entrepreneurs, Executives, CEOs, and busy Dads all over the world build the Lean & Muscular Physique they’ve always wanted, while they Optimize Health, Energy, & Productivity, to match their high-performing status and help them DOMINATE every aspect of their life. Pat earned his Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University, and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, a National Level 3 Performance Specialist through the Poliquin Group, a Level 1 Certified Precision Nutrition Coach, a Level 1 Certified Hormone Specialist through the Nutritional Coaching Institute, and is Titleist Performance Institute Certified.
We discuss:
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Pat's journey from a small town in Canada to one of the top NCAA Football programs
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The learning curve Pat experienced when he went from NCAA to the NFL
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How Pat transitioned from football to entrepreneurship and started his business
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The keys to pushing through failures, and tips that Pat used during his career
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Advice for everyone working hard and putting in the long hours in the new uncertain future
Here's a concept that we're coaching many of our clients on - Pivoting and Adjusting.
The reality of business today is that disruption, chaos, and uncertainty are here to stay.
These things are inevitable.
Therefore - leaders and businesses must learn how to pivot and adjust as part of their playbooks.
Chris is a master high-performance coach, facilitator, and keynote speaker in taking achievers to the next level.
For more than two decades, Chris has been passionately teaching, training, and coaching the modern skills for success and fulfillment. He brings a profound understanding of what drives human performance and sustainable behaviour change combining insights from the fields of leadership, sport, and modern science.
As Founder and Principal Coach of The Ignition Company and its group of brands, Chris has traveled over 1,000,000 km to facilitate workshops and events in more than 30 countries across The Americas, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Australia.
He has been a highly-regarded advisor and performance coach for some of the world’s top-performing companies including Apple, eBay, Vodafone, Boston Consulting Group, General Electric, EA Games, Microsoft, BBC Worldwide, Rogers, and Goldman Sachs plus has been a contributing expert to CNN, ESPN, Runner’s World and Active.com.
He was named runner-up as Trainer/Speaker of the Year and Mover/Shaker of the Year by the Association of Professional Coaches, Trainers, and Consultants and serves as a Trainer & former Elite Results Coach for the internationally renowned Anthony Robbins Companies, a recognized authority on leadership and peak performance.
In this episode, we discuss:
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The proven principles that separate peak performance athletes from others
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The #1 thing that people need to perform at their best is A Manager or A Leader that cares about them at an individual level
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Why most business teams are spending 85-90% of their team only at 30% effectiveness; too many meetings with no agendas
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Why you should add an agenda first to a meeting invite, before scheduling a meeting
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Growing up in a small town, Chris had to change his perspective about his ability to accomplish a lot more than what he gave himself credit for
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Chris' personal Mantra
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Leading a team, but managing individuals
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Why coaches always go back to basics when a team or player is struggling
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The importance of recovery in business and what we can learn from the best athletes
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When to take the shot as a leader, and when to let the team take the shot
Dan Hannigan-Daley is the CEO of Sports Info Solutions (SIS), a company that provides in-depth, and timely baseball, football, and basketball data, including cutting-edge research and analysis, striving to educate teams and the public about sports analytics.
Dan is an experienced and passionate Product and Business Leader with a focus on sports data, consumption, and sports gaming.
Prior to SIS, Dan spent over 5 years DraftKings as a Director of Sportsbook Product and also as a Product Management Consultant. Dan also worked oversees with BD Sports in London, UK.
Dan is a former 2 sport college athlete. He played Varsity Soccer at Brock University and was an OUA All-Star. He also played Hockey for the Port Colborne Sailors Junior B Hockey Team during University.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Dan's early life playing hockey and soccer and love of sports
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How he handled University Varsity Soccer and Hockey as a two-sport student-athlete
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Dan's career beginnings in sports management and his one way trip to London
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How Dan handled the ups and downs and carved his own path
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Some exciting stuff that he's doing today at Sports Info Solutions as their new CEO
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Here is another concept that we've seen boost client performance: Short Memory - Rebounding (Part 3) Here are the 4 steps to shaking off a bad play and continuing to move forward.
Here is part two on our concept "Short Memory"- Rebounding after 'failure' and how to stay focused.
I explain the two types of failures that exist, and why failing isn't bad, but not moving forward IS.
Marques Ogden is an inspirational keynote speaker and marketing leader.
Growing up in a single-parent home with a father that inspired perseverance and fairness, Marques learned how to define his values and set goals. Ogden attended Howard University from 1998-2002 where he played Division I football.
Ogden then followed his dream and his brother Jonathan’s footsteps, eventually getting drafted into the NFL in 2003. Overall, he played for five years as an offensive lineman with the Titans, Bills, Ravens, and Jaguars.
Following his NFL career Ogden started Kayden Premier Enterprises, a construction company in 2007 which quickly escalated to being a multi-million dollar construction firm. 2013 it all crashed down around him when Ogden got involved with a bad business deal, he ended up losing everything.
Ogden became a speaker to help others succeed where he failed. As a keynote speaker, executive coach, and corporate trainer his passion is to create value for every client. Ogden’s clients consist of AXA Advisors, The Home Depot, JP Morgan, and Chase, to name a few.
In this episode, we dive into:
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Marques' journey from high school to NFL
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The biggest change from university football to NFL
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How Marques built a very successful business after the NFL but then lost it all in a matter of a few months
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How Marques rose back from hitting rock bottom and the key lessons he learned
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Why it's all about being servant leaders and every business needs to be about culture
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I discuss the importance of celebration in business.
This is the 5th and final concept in our stage 1, foundational stage, of our PRO Mindset, required to maximize team performance so that you can deliver results in fast-paced, digital environments.
The celebration is enjoying the journey, breaking it up into digestible chunks, and rewarding each other for the effort.
Rewarding yourselves as a team. It also means celebrating the efforts, not necessarily the results; this is a big one that most leaders undermine.
Here's a concept from our playbook that we've seen improve execution:
Short Memory - Rebounding after 'failure' and how to stay focused.
As teams and individuals, it's about focusing on the learnings.
And focusing on the next play.
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How often do you say "we have no capacity" or "our team doesn't have the resources...?"
Here is Part 2 of the 80/20 video given the positive response last week.
A concept we've seen do wonders for our clients.
Here's how to get more done when we have limited resources, time, people, and capacity.
Seth Anderson is a Director at Telus and a former GM of Junior B team Wainwright Bisons. Currently, he is passionately driving a digital transformation program, actively supporting his team on mental health and wellness and mentoring other leaders on how to achieve their career goals.
He has also gone on a personal journey over the past two years where he has taken his personal health more seriously and taken steps to build new habits. In that process, he has lost +80 pounds, become a much more present father and husband, and found new inspiration to become a better leader for the teams he supports at work.
You can read Seth's story and learn more about his podcast here- https://www.thebizdojo.com/index.php/the-biz-dojo-about-the-podcast/podcast-host-seth-anderson/)
In this episode, we discuss:
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Seth's early life and love of sports
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Creating spaces where people can be open and honest
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Seth's story on rising through the ranks in a corporate environment
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Inspirational story about his time with the Wainwright Bisons as GM
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How sports have had a positive impact from all aspects
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The 80/20 execution rule. Focus on the few key things that directly impact your high-level objectives, and keep your eyes on the prize.
Drew is Co-Founder and CEO at Acorn Biolabs. He has a diverse background including biomedical engineering and molecular biology, healthcare venture investing, and professional athletics. He attended the University of Michigan where he did his bachelor's and also his Masters in Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology, where he also played baseball.
He then completed his PhD with the University of Toronto in Biomedical Engineering while playing professional minor league baseball as a pitcher for both the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies.
Acorn is a Toronto-based healthcare technology company focused on giving everyone access to the future of cell-based medicine with the world’s first non-invasive follicle-based cell collection and cryopreservation service. Acorn's services are offered directly to consumers via at-home and in-clinic collections, with availability across Canada through our network of clinic and pharmacy partners. It also offers cell banking services as a part of employee benefits programs for a growing list of businesses and organizations.
Some of the things we discuss in this episode:
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Drew's early life and baseball career
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The influence his dad as an MLB player had on Drew's baseball career
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How Drew managed to complete his PhD while playing for the Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies
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How Drew hires and manages his team as a CEO
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How he founded Acorn and how it's changing the landscape for future medicine
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What do you ask in your interviews?
Tell me about your accomplishments?
or
How would you solve this problem?
In a world full of change, disruption, and skills commoditization, we as leaders must hire for potential and adaptability, maybe even more so than past success.
How do you remove chaos from a fast-paced business? You look inwards.
Here's a short video from our CEO on how your processes and teams can make a fast-paced environment more balanced.
Lauren Lee is a VP at JPMorgan Asset Management and a former NCAA Field Hockey Player.
A tech innovation, transformations, and operations leader, Lauren is motivated by data-driven decisions that enable businesses to run more efficiently, reliably, and sustainably. Lauren focused on strategy and transformation, including regional and global target operating models, large-scale technology innovation, and industry change.
Prior to JP Morgan Asset Management, Lauren was a VP at Goldman Sachs.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Why Lauren chose field hockey as her favourite sport coming out of high school
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How she made the decision to choose Hofstra University when deciding on her NCAA playing career
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Why Lauren believes digital transformations are all about people
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One trick we can all use when we feel like not giving our best in a certain role
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How Lauren hires her team in a large organization
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And one thing every executive can do to come out of this pandemic stronger
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Fast Pace and Chaos are not the same.
Tanvir walks through competitive rivalry as a driver of chaos, and how leaders can still move fast without sacrificing balance.
Fast-Paced and Chaos are not the same thing.
Chaotic environments are usually fast-paced, but not all fast-paced environments need to be chaotic.
Speed and chaos are a result of, and can be controlled by addressing:
1- The Customer: A highly volatile environment with fickle customers
2- Competitive and Industry environment: A disruptive environment with the threat of new entrants
3- Internal Process: Subpar internal response and gaps in operations from a company standpoint
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Alan Stein Jr. teaches proven strategies to improve organizational performance, create effective leadership, increase team cohesion and collaboration, and develop winning mindsets, rituals, and routines.
A successful business owner and veteran basketball performance coach, he spent 15 years working with the highest-performing athletes on the planet (including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Kobe Bryant).
In this episode, we discuss:
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Alan's upbringing and the key ingredients that built his value system over the years
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How he found a niche in performance coaching and worked with superstars such as Kevin Durant and Steph Curry
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Importance of positive self-talk and advice on dealing with self-doubt
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How we as leaders must separate the results from the process and be objective
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How to deal with failure in your journey
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What you can learn about enabling teams from the sport of basketball
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In the world of chaos and ever-changing environments, how can we as leaders of tomorrow take ourselves and our teams to new heights? Focus on the promise lands.
Here's a short story about a coach and a team that turned around their performance because they simply set their eyes on the peak of the mountain. It's all about where you want to go, not where you are today.
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Everyone has become "digital-first," and the playing field is leveled, tech continues to grow exponentially.
Consumer demands continue to rise.
AI continues to commoditize tech and skill-set.
What does the future of digital transformations entail?
It's about constant change and people-first leadership.
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Kyle Blaney is a professional ice hockey player, who most recently played for the Kalamazoo Wings in the ECHL. He is a graduate of Ryerson University where he played 4 seasons in the CIS.
In this episode, we discuss:
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His younger years growing up playing hockey and some street hockey stories
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How Kyle was cut 3 times from 3 different teams, and always found a way to battle every single time and become a leading goal scorer
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Lessons Kyle learned when he found himself in the face of adversity
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Why setting goals and being vocal about them will boost your performance
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The influence Kyle's family and support system have had on his career
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What can leaders do to stop constantly "transforming" the business due to tech and disruption, in a never-ending loop?
Instead go to a "people-centric, adaptability" model?
It all starts with shifting our perspective on our business models. Business models are driven by consumers, and everything else should be supporting the business model, not the other way around.
Jessica Kuepfer is the Director of Communications at Home Hardware and an endurance athlete. She was named top 40 under 40 in public relations and 2018 PR professional of the year. She started her career as a PR coordinator shortly after university, and worked her way up to Director at the prominent national retailer, while also fulfilling the duties of being a New Balance Athlete and Brand Ambassador.
Jessica went to the University of Waterloo, where she was also part of the Varsity Cross Country Team.
In this episode, we discuss:
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How Jessica got started in running, and how she found success despite starting a lot later than most
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How the chaos theory is responsible for her current career
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How staying fit has helped her perform well in corporate
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How she manages her team by leveraging the same principles from adventure racing
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Why we need to reimagine the new way of working, whether remote, at the office, or hybrid
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In this audio, I walk through the evolution of digital transformations, why it all started, and how the pandemic has truly accelerated digital transformations, but with a surprise - it's never been technology that pushes us to transform, it's the unmet needs of consumers.
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Mike Weaver, is the CEO and Co-Founder of CoachThem, a web app that has revolutionized how coaches are teaching the game of hockey.
A native of Brampton ON, growing up literally minutes away from where Tanvir grew up, Mike is also a former NHL player, with a 15-year career that included Montreal Canadians, Florida Panthers, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, LA Kings and Atlanta Thrashers.
In college, Mike acquired a scholarship with the Michigan State Spartans in 1996 and spent four very productive years in the CCHA that included two NCAA West Second All-American Team nods, two CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman, two CCHA First All-Star Team awards & one CCHA All-Tournament Team.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Mike's early life playing hockey and his journey to NCAA scholarship
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Why he chose to play NCAA hockey over junior
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How he became a tech entrepreneur while playing in the NHL
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Making websites on planes!
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How he founded CoachThem and its success
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What he believes is the most important advice for athletes transitioning from sports to business.
Remember to follow Mike on all social platforms and also check out CoachThem at coachthem.com
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Alexandra Orlando is the Director of Marketing at Panam Sports, a 5x Canadian National Champion, and an Olympian. She's also a Commonwealth Games record holder with 6 gold medals at a single event and 3x gold medalist at Pan Am Games.
Orlando won every rhythmic gymnastics event at the Canadian National Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
She won all six rhythmic gymnastics events included as part of the gymnastics program at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[2] She joined Graham Smith (1978, Edmonton), Susie O'Neill (1998, Kuala Lumpur) and Ian Thorpe (2002, Manchester) as the only competitors to win six gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games.[3]
After her sports career, Alex made a successful transition to corporate as a sports analyst at CBC, Senior Manager at Rogers Communications, and then taking on the role of Director at Panam Sports.
Some of the things we discuss in this episode:
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Alex's career growing up and story behind almost becoming the youngest athlete to ever go the Olympics
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Failures, adversity, and drive behind her world success and record-holding performances
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The motivation behind always striving to improve in a single person sport
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Transition to business and how being humble is the best strategy
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Representation gap today across all major industries and what we need to do to make positive strides
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How to thrive in a fast-paced, disruptive culture, by simply aligning your team to the mission
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Javier Glatt is the Co-Founder and CEO at @CadMakers, CFL Grey Cup Champion and All-Star, and a 3 time CIS All-Canadian.
He played college football for UBC and was the Canadian West Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2002, and a 3 time CIS All-Canadian.
He was drafted 15th overall in the 2003 CFL Draft by the BC Lions. He was the starting middle linebacker in 2006, while also helping the Lions win the 94th Grey Cup that year.
Javier has played in a total of 143 CFL games recording 444 tackles, 14 sacks, and 11 Interceptions (including 1 he returned 56 yards for a TD) over his 8-year career.
Javier went on to co-found CadMakers in 2014 - Digital Construction Twin and Digital Fabrication Twin solutions for construction.
Some things we discuss include:
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Javier's drive to battle adversity despite 3 consecutive injuries
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The principles he learned in junior football and how those still apply today
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How he founded CadMakers and recent success
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2 ways of building and executing with a team - system led vs player-led
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Importance of curiosity and networking
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How young leaders can differentiate themselves in a noisy world
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System buy-in means making sure your team is bought into your vision and your mission.
For your team to deliver results in times of hardship, the 1 thing that will increase resilience and adversity will be how bought in are they.
Let’s go back to our football example
1 -From a team standpoint, in college, we had to buy into the following 3 things
2 -Believing in the off-season workout; it was a gruelling of-season and we had to buy in to stick it out and believe that it will be worth it
3 -Buying into the plays and systems our coaching staff ran; was big. Once we bought into the coaching staff’s ability, it didn't matter what play they called, we had full faith. We would execute to the best of our ability and do the best thing for the greater team.
4 -Believing in the football team and family; buying into the understanding that no matter what happens - everyone on that field is your family and we have each other's backs.
Application to business
1 -Your leadership; your team needs to buy into your vision and into your capability as a leader. It doesn't mean you know all the answers.
It simply means you’re open, honest, can show vulnerability, and will find a way to get things done
2- Buy into the company; your team must believe in the company’s leadership, and direction
3- Buy into each other; believe that they are part of a team that has more at stake than just a paycheck
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Cedric Clark is the VP of Operations for Sam's Club, one of the largest retailers in America and a Walmart Company.
He also hosts The DäBU Podcast. He is a former NCAA D1 Basketball Player and played for Washington State University.
He started his career at Walmart and over the years, worked his way up to the role of a Regional VP. He was then appointed to VP of Ops at Sam's Club.
In this episode we dive into:
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Cedric's early life growing up and love of basketball
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How Cedric willed his way to D1 NCAA career by embracing the opportunity to practice with U. of. Arizona's Women's basketball team
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Why the pain of discipline is better than the pain of regret
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How tech and ops teams can work together in retail businesses
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How Cedric's past allowed him to build a strong corporate career
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Why leaders must develop internal talent and focus on strengths over weaknesses
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How Cedric took the concept of mission to milestones from the court to business
Remember to subscribe to Cedric's The DäBU podcast and don't forget to leave your reviews for the episode.
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D'Arcy McConvey is a Director at Greybrook Realty Partners and former NCAA Hockey Academic all-American and Pro player. He also hosts the podcast - Venture and Gains.
He played Hockey for Bowling Green State University where he received Academic All American Honours, and then went on to play pro hockey in ECHL and in Europe. He then did his MBA from the London School of Business and a few years later began his career at Greybrook Realty Partners.
"As a communicator and for something a little more concrete, I have been tagged as an “Adaptor” – A person who is focused on goals and is interested in opportunities to expand their world"
D'Arcy McConvey In this episode, we discuss:
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Convincing yourself that you're going to make it before you make it - willing yourself.
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D'Arcy's hockey career growing up and love of skating
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Drive behind Academic All American honours in NCAA
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How a simple scheduling tactic helped D'Arcy juggle multiple priorities
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How he made the transition from hockey to MBA, and then Greybrook & private equity
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Why the least risky, comfortable path can oftentimes be the riskiest track
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Building a superstar team, not a team of superstars - means building a team that is able to work together and deliver results with maximum output and productivity.
In other words, building a strong, lean, change-loving team aligned to your key goals for the next 2-4 years.
What can we learn about this concept from the world of sports? I discuss that in detail in the podcast
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TJ Galiardi is a former NHL player who played 8 seasons in the NHL. Post NHL, he co-founded Outcast Foods, a sustainable food tech company that makes beautiful food out of ugly produce and is currently in major retailers across Canada. TJ was drafted 55th overall in NHL's 07 drafted by Colorado Avalanche.
He played junior hockey in Calgary and also played collegiate hockey at Dartmouth College.
Some things we dive into on this episode include:
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TJ's early life growing up and playing Hockey
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How to build a good working relationship with your teammates, despite differences
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Why life gets better when you are grateful vs. having a big ego (even at NHL Level)
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How TJ founded Outcast Foods and success
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Why TJ believes networking is so powerful at any stage of your career
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Advantage that student-athletes have when it comes to business
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Adam Zeitsiff is the President and CEO at Intelivideo - a video on demand live-streaming and digital platform, for gyms, health clubs, and fitness businesses.
Adam was the former President and CEO of Gold's Gym, one of the world's top 100 most recognized brands, with more than 650 locations in 29 countries.
Prior to Gold's Gym, Adam was the CIO at Smoothie King, and also held the position of CIO for Gold's Gym and President of Jonas Fitness.
Adam began his career as an entrepreneur where he co-founded and helped build the business from the ground-up into a leading national provider of video conferencing and integrated audio-visual solutions – growing from zero to $35M in revenues and 2 to 85 employees over 8 years.
In this episode we walk-through:
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Adam's early career and how entrepreneurship helped him become a well-rounded leader
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Influence his early education and family had on his career
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Why it's ok to fail quickly and how to rebound
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How he handled uncertainty over the last year during the pandemic
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How Adam has been able to connect business and technology to drive business growth
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Foundations to moving fast in a large, franchised business
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If the key objective is to win as many games as possible, and ultimately the championship, then they need to deliver on this result through a few key drivers, such as
-Physical fitness of the team and staying healthy
-A strong coaching staff
-A good culture
-Resources and training needed for the players
-Motivation and Morale
If these were the 5 key drivers of winning a championship, then the entire basket team will be hyper-focused on performing these key actions. Results through Focused Execution
First, identify your goals and objectives:
1- Identify your top-level goals.
2- Once you’ve identified your company-level goals, then it's time to cement your 4-5 key objectives for your team.
Once your goals are finalized, then its time to operationalize your team:
Stage 1: Communicate the vision - the Why
Stage 2: Breakdown the plays
Stage 3: Build a cadence
Stage 4: Repeat
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Mr. Del Leonard Jones is a novelist and former reporter with a career spanning 18 years at USA Today. Mr. Jones wrote more than 300 cover stories at USA Today and received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for beat reporting.
He covered the corporate management money section, worked with thousands of CEOs, and wrote more cover stories than any other USA today reporter in any section! Selected twice as USA Today Enterprise All-Star reporter.
Recently Mr. Jones wrote two novels. The Cremation of Sam McGee and At the Bat: The Strikeout that Shamed America.
The latter ranked #9 on Goodreads list of 112 greatest baseball novels of all time. You can find At the Bat on Amazon - just search "Strikeout" on Amazon.
He also officiates high school and collegiate sports in the Washington D.C. area.
In this episode we discuss:
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Mr. Jones' early life and how he got started in journalism
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History of the game of baseball, and how much power the umpires really had
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Some of his stories during his time interviewing CEOs of Fortune 500s
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Some of the things he did to get in front of the right folks
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Building strong teams and what he saw as key strategies across the business landscape
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The motivation and story behind his novel At the Bat Remember to follow and check out his book on Amazon, and don't forget to subscribe to our podcast on Youtube, Apple, or Spotify!
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As part of Stage 1, the foundation stage, of the FPE Framework, this video discusses our first concept within the Foundation Stage.
This is the most overlooked skill in team performance: Individual Capability
What can we learn about this concept from the world of sports?
First - everyone on the team must have a certain level of physical capability - size, strength, speed, talent, agility - there’s a baseline needed to make the team
Second - there has to be a certain level of critical thinking ability- it's mental gameplays, adjustments, remembering things, picking up changes fast under pressure
Third - this is what some teams get right, and some don’t: Values Everyone must have and align to a certain value system before they can be on the team.
Or if they are on the team, then they must work on aligning to the team’s values Depending on the severity,
Here is a 4 stage plan for you to apply these to your business
Stage 1: Identify baseline
Stage 2: Build capability plan
Stage 3: Operationalize plan
Stage 4: Re-evaluate
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Dr. Nick Bontis is a Professional Keynote Speaker, Award-winning Business Professor, and the President of Canada Soccer. Dr. Bontis was an all-star soccer student-athlete at the University of Western Ontario.He is the world’s leading expert on intellectual capital and its impact on performance and was named as one of the Top 30 Management Gurus world-wide. He helps organizations leverage their most important intangible asset for sustainable competitive advantage. Dr. Bontis has been immersed in the field since 1991 when a cover story in Fortune Magazine, titled “Brainpower”, changed the course of his life. Risking a secure future, he left a promising banking career to pursue a Ph.D. in the field. His groundbreaking doctoral dissertation went on to become the #1 selling thesis in Canada. His accomplishments thus far could fill a volume.Today, Dr. Bontis is:
- Award-winning academic researcher, Chair of Strategic Management at DeGroote School of Business
- Recently appointed president of Soccer Canada!
- Management consultant; Director at the Institute for Intellectual Capital Research
- Professional keynote speaker who has been hand-picked by UN, Microsoft, IBM, Accenture, amongst many others
Dr. Bontis has over a dozen research/teaching awards, and Macleans has identified him as McMaster's most popular business professor for six years in a row. And was also awarded the 3M National Teaching Fellowship.Some Things Dr. Bontis Discusses In This Episode:
- Why you need to build rapport, and how to do it in a digital world
- Why he shook the hand of every single player of the opposing team after a tough loss during his college soccer career
- Why the only way to thrive is to strive to become inimitable
- How he manages his team as President of Canada Soccer and what business execs can learn from his strategy
- What you should do when you're in a role that you don't like
- How student-athletes can navigate the next few years post-Covid
For executives and leaders looking for ways to lead in times of uncertainty, consider organizing and repping a goal-line drill for your team.
Simply, identify 3-4 possible scenarios in the future that may present themselves as a result of uncertainty, and build a counter-attack for each.
Having these mapped out, and being prepared for uncertain situations will help address uncertainty and allow your team to execute faster without missing a beat.
It is made to have a plan
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In one of my recent podcasts where I was chatting with a 3 time Super Bowl Champion, I asked the question – how did you lead in times of uncertainty?
His answer was simple. “Preparation.” It was a concept similar to a drill that football teams do during practice, known as the goal-line drill.
Here are the 4 areas to focus on when building your counterattack to lead in times of uncertainty
1. Strategic Alignment
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Team
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Resource Availability
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Strategy Mobilization
"Learn from those taking the reps"
This is what differentiates good players from great.
If you're on the sidelines - watch the ones on the field.
You can always learn by watching and visualizing if you want it bad enough.
Commit and Execute.
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Practice Deliberately.
The best way to elevate your team's performance?
Figure out the 1 thing that matters, and practice it at every chance you get.
If you're an aspiring leader looking to move to the next level, then start practicing the skills important to your leadership team.
Great players practice while others go home.
Learn by watching those ahead of you - Practice. Reflect. Repeat. Simple.
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Rob Ristagno is the Founder and CEO of Sterling woods group, a consulting firm that reliably increases near-term sales and sustains organic growth over time by using data science to uncover low-risk, high-leverage go-to-market strategies for its clients.
Rob previously served as a senior executive at several private equity-owned businesses, including as COO of America’s Test Kitchen.
He started his career at McKinsey. Rob is also an author, of the book titled Member is Worth a Thousand Visitors. He is also a keynote speaker at conferences around the world.
He has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Forbes, and Digiday
Some of the things we discuss include:
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Rob's journey from corporate to starting Sterling Woods
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Why companies need to focus on the whales
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Why data is so important for go-to-market strategies
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And the best strategy for leveraging content at scale to close business
You can follow Rob on Linkedin and don't forget to check out his website at sterlingwoods.com
Want to climb the corporate ladder faster than others?
Want to rise through the ranks and take on more responsibility?
Then start learning by watching those in front of you. Simply, it means you can grow faster and execute at a higher level if you spend time learning from the successes and failures of those ahead of you.
In football training camp, on rare occasions, you’ll see a rookie player shine, and may even take over a starting spot from a veteran. There may be many factors that go into this, such as athletic ability, talent, and work ethic. but one of the proven factors that sets someone apart is the ability to learn from the reps that someone else is taking on the field.
Why does this work?
1- It helps the player learn new techniques and moves by watching, which he can then practice during his reps vs. spending time learning
2- It forces the player to study the opponent and pick up on their weakness
3- It helps the player visualize different situations and how to counter specific scenarios based on what others did vs. getting caught in them himself
So, if you're looking to become that leader in your organization - start watching your executives.
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Before you can effectively lead teams, you have to first learn how to effectively lead yourself. In fast-paced environments, you need to learn how to rise through the ranks faster than others. Especially if the business you work for has executives that have been there for many years. How do you rise through the ranks in a fast-paced environment so that you can deliver results?
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Bart Steven Oates is a former American football player in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers.
He played center for the Giants from 1985 to 1993 and with the 49ers from 1994 to 1995. He was a member of the Giants teams that won 2 super bowls. He also won his 3rd super bowl with the 49ers. Bart Oates played college football at Brigham Young University (BYU), Before NFL, he had initially played three seasons with the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars in the USFL where he won two USFL championships.
Oates was selected to five Pro Bowls during his career and to the All-NFC team three times. He was extremely durable, starting 125 consecutive games during his Giants career Oates is currently the President of the NFL Alumni Association with primary missions of Caring for Our Own and Caring for Kids.
He attended law school classes during the off-season of football and graduated magna cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall Law School in 1990.
In this episode we chat about:
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Bart's 3 super bowl rings!
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How Bart was able to win 3 super bowls
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the secret
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What pushed him to go to school and get a Law degree
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How to make sense of numerous options and distractions we're presented with today
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His advice on handling failure and winning the marathon of life
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Welcome back to another Video Series:
We will walk through the technology stacks that you need as a landlord or multi-unit brand to effectively stand up a virtual kitchen(virtual brands) or a ghost kitchen so you can start delivering orders and making more money and higher margins.
For the purposes of this video, we will assume that the technology stacks are the same whether you’re a multi-unit brand or landlord.
For you to have a virtual brand or ghost kitchen stood up and effectively delivering orders, you need:
-Delivery integration
-Analytics Dashboard
-White-Label Deliver
- Kitchen Display system
-POS (optional)
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On this week's episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Rob Tedesco, VP of Product at Hathway, and former VP of Digital for Subway.
Prior to Hathway and Subway, Rob was the VP of Product Strategy at Asurity. Rob also founded and grew HandHold (mobile technology for autism and special education) from its seed stage until the acquisition of the company in 2015.
He also has 300+ patents in retail, eCommerce and direct-to-consumer technology, and is an MBA graduate from the Stern School of Business.
At Hathway, Rob is accountable for product management, strategy, and development. Hathway's NomNom experience accelerator ensures that restaurant, c-store and grocery brands can expedite digital transformation and growth efforts without sacrificing flexibility, speed or the personality of their brands.
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Keys to success during his time at Subway
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How to hire the right tech teams in a restaurant-digital environment
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Why you can't have the Silicone Valley mentality when it comes to restaurant tech
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The future of convenience stores in a digital-first world
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The startup can be either a direct-to-consumer startup or retail brand, a restaurant brand, or even a tech startup that is servicing these industries. How to Startup a Technology Stack?
When starting out the key focus is to have the minimum technology stack requirements needed to get the maximum output from productivity in an effort to increase your revenues, customer base, or volumes.
What is a Technology Stack In the video we will discuss the three different parts of the technology stack which are:
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In-store/shipping/manufacturing: POS (Brain), inventory management, customer feedback, data consolidation.
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Customer Facing: sales channels (web, app, loyalty/perks), social channels, marketing automation/CRM, ad-spend tracking
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HQ: email suite, back-end data analytics, basic ERP for financials/ accounting management software, messenger
These are the technology Stacks that you need at a bare minimum for every startup. To break this down you can look into your store or manufacturing facility, your customer-facing technologies, and lastly your internal-facing or head office technologies.
Don’t Have time to watch? You can also listen to the podcast on sound cloud to get you through a long drive or even just to get away from the screen. Enjoy!
We recommend that after you have watched this video that you go more in-depth and read: Technology Stack Every Startup Needs to get a better understanding.
Also, check out our blogs and video series. Our expert panel discusses more digital strategies that can help you and your business get a head start.
For more from Tanvir Bhangoo Watch his Sports to Business podcast series to understand how you can apply sports principles to business.
In this series, Tanvir Sits down with former athletes from CFL/NFL football players to Olympians, and share their business transformation stories with you.
Devon Harris is - founder member of the Jamaican bobsled team, a military officer, and an author and a motivational speaker.
He was one of the founding members of the Jamaica national bobsled team, which first competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta (shoutout to Canada!)
As an original member of the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team and captain of the 1992 and 1998 teams; 3-time Olympian, Devon Harris achieved his grand dream. His current dream is to inspire others to achieve theirs. As an international motivational keynote speaker, Devon is tapping the same energy, determination and skills that enabled him to bobsled with the best in the world and is now sparking audiences of all ages to dream big and take their “game” to the next level.
Born on Christmas Day, 1964, Devon Harris was raised in the violent ghetto environment of Olympic Gardens in Kingston, Jamaica. The greatest gift he ever received was the belief that a positive attitude and a never say die philosophy would carry him farther than a sense of injustice and a heart filled with anger.
Devon Harris graduated from the prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England and received a Queen’s Commission in December 1985 and served in the officer corps of the Jamaica Defence Force until December 1992 when he retired as a Captain.
In 2006, Harris founded the Keep On Pushing Foundation which supports the education of kids in disadvantaged communities During the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, Devon was honoured by the World Olympians Association and inducted as an Olympian For Life in recognition of the significant contribution he has made to society in inspiring others never to give up.
In this episode, Devon and I chat about:
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The story behind Devon's Olympic dream back in the 80's
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Why never giving up is different than what we think (Vision vs. Task)
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How to enjoy the journey while not losing track of the destination
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How good things take time - it's a long process that you can't cheat
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No matter how bad things are, you need to take ownership and responsibility to succeed
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Devon's Keep on Pushing Foundation and its story
You can learn more about Devon on his website at Devonharris.com and follow him on all major social media platforms.
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In this video, we explain:
(1) why hiring the wrong tech leader is more costly than we think, and
(2) walkthrough how to hire the right tech leader that focused on business growth
That being said, how do you hire the right tech leader that prioritized business growth?
Here are 4 key principles that must be true:
1- Must have the correct short term AND long term skills needed to thrive as a digital-first brand
2- Must understand business models, which means, how the business can make money through tech
3- Must understand vertical leadership; managing expectations up, cross-functionally, and also be a good people leader
4- Must be execution focused; willing to roll up his or her sleeves and execute gritty projects with the team
Welcome to the More Than Tech, On this week's podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Zack Oates - CEO of Ovation.
Zack is an award-winning entrepreneur, a husband, innovation consultant, author, blogger, and has been named top 100 entrepreneurs by Vspring.
He's been to 48 countries and 6 continents and has written over 350 articles. He's also been featured in WSJ, NYtimes, Mashable, Wired magazine, and other major publications.
At Ovation, they are re-inventing customer feedback through a digital-first, lightweight approach that re-imagines the entire feedback process. In this episode, we discuss:
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How Zack got started in the restaurant in the industry
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How and why he founded Ovation
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Why restaurant customer feedback platforms need to be completely re-imagined.
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How 2 brands selling similar food are usually completely different from each other from a business and ops standpoint
You can learn more about Ovation at ovationup.com, and follow Zack on all major social channels
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"In this week's More than Tech Podcast - Q&A Edition, we answer the following 4 questions:
1- How do you launch a Loyalty Program?
2- How do you know when to upgrade your POS System?
3- How much should you pay for an online ordering platform?
4- What are Ghost Kitchens?
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We always hear about "loyalty," but not many businesses truly understand what it is, and how to succesfully implement these programs to drive maximum benefit. Loyalty programs are a:
1- points based, spend based, or visit based reward program for customers, AND
2- A marketing engine to entice and solicit behaviours from customers Many businesses forgot about point # 2 above - and that is where you actually drive incremental revenues.
In this video, we discuss the 4 fundamental drivers of implementing and deploying a successful loyalty program for your business.
These drivers include:
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Aligning to the business objective
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Loyalty construct
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Implementation and integration
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segmentation and campaigning
Jeff Adamson co-founded SkipTheDishes.com out of a basement in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with nothing but some pocket lint and a dream of building a successful Canadian startup. Skip is now one of the most recognized consumer brands in Canada serving hundreds of thousands of people daily, coast to coast. Now Jeff is the co-founder and Chief Merchant Officer at Neo Financial.
Jeff is also a 5 time National Champion Wrestler and started his career at the University of Saskatchewan. He is also a Pan Am Games Bronze Medalist and was also ranked as the world's top 10 wrestlers.
In this episode - we discuss;
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Some of the gritty stories when Skip was a startup; going restaurant to restaurant putting up Skip the Dishes window decals on the front windows, in minus 45 degrees weather
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Why it's all about going for the "hail mary" vs. playing it safe - What allowed Jeff to push through challenging times
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How his wrestling career helped him as an entrepreneur
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The two things that every leader must do to maximize success You can follow Jeff on Linkedin and also checkout Neo Financial at neofinancial.com
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In this video, I discuss the 5 strategies businesses must execute on their digital transformation journeys to win.
We live in a world that is changing super fast due to new technologies, an increasing competition that is disrupting long-standing industries, and pace of change which is increasing year over year.
These 5 tips will help you stay ahead and focus on how to leverage technology as a revenue driver, and truly become a digital-first business.
On this week’s podcast, I chat with Andrew Kinnear, Co-Founder and President of yellofruit,- a plant based alternative to ice cream, which is now in over 1200 retailers across Canada.
Andrew built the business from the ground up with his wife, when they first realized they need a solution to regular ice cream in 2016.
Prior to yellofruit, Andrew worked as a consultant helping businesses on their digital marketing and tech journeys. He also spent some time in Tim Hortons, and OLG, where he was responsible for all non-paid media and direct-to-consumer marketing technology platforms for the Lottery business unit, including systems and platforms at Ontario's 10,000 Lottery Retailers
On this episode, we discuss:
- How Andrew built a plant based CPG business
- Some of the challenges he faced while getting into 1200 retailers
- The future of D2C industry
- What Andrew believes is key success factor for businesses on a digital journey
- How to shift your strategy on tech as an entrepreneur, to a small business, to multinational
Be sure to checkout yellofruit at your major grocery and independent retailers, and check out their website at yellofruit.com
Here is a short video on why some startups fail, despite having the right tech in place. There is a misconception that having the right technologies will allow any business to grow, scale, and thrive. However, tech is only as good as its linkage to the business, the people, and execution of key initiatives.
In this week's More than Tech podcast Q&A edition, I dive into all things digital teams. Here are the questions I answer:
1- What are some reasons tech teams are not efficient?
2- Biggest mistake teams make in day to day?
3- What can leaders do to make their teams more effective?
4- What do you look for when building an effective team?
Jeremiah Brown is a keynote speaker, silver medalist Olympian, and a best selling author of the book The 4 Year Olympian. Jeremiah started his athletic career as an Offensive Lineman at McMaster University.
He had never played football prior to that! After his football career was over, Brown decided to move to British Columbia to begin his transition to rowing after watching the Canadian men's eights win gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He started a learn-to-row program with the Canadian national program and spent 1,700 hours in training to learn the sport.
In his competitive career he won a silver medal at the 2010 nationals as a singles sculler and he next achieved success when he won a bronze at the 2011 World Rowing Championships. Today, Jeremiah shares his story with audiences across numerous industries including - Twitter, Marsh Insurance, TD Bank, the Ontario Ministry of Education, amongst many others."
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Here is this week's 1 Minute HIIT!
7 reasons why you need to start making fast decisions:
1- Execution is better than waiting
2- Saves you from analysis paralysis
3- If you're wrong, you'll adjust and iterate faster
4- Keeps you focused and moving forward
5- You'll learn something new
6- Your team will be more efficient
7- You'll save everyone time
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I explain how a tough loss can actually bring a team closer together and help them bounce back stronger than before.
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Back in my college days, I used to think leadership was when someone knew all the answers and directed the team on what to do.
A lot of that came from what I had seen on TV growing up, and some of that came from experience seeing leaders execute.
The one thing however that I realized as I embarked on my tech career was that the leaders that are actually successful - are the ones that are able to earn the respect of their teams, and not necessarily those who are liked or make the most popular choices.
This was further solidified as I started to look back at some of my great coaches, and one thing that stood out was their ability to lead a team, being respected, and being there every step of the way.
If you're looking to further uncover this, then this week's episode is for you.
Brian Michael Cooper is a member of the Houston office of Frost Brown Todd LLC specializing in sports, entertainment, and media transactions. He is admitted to practice in Texas, New York, and Colorado. Brian has served as president of two professional sports teams, most recently the XFL Houston Roughnecks, where he received recognition for his work in the Sports Business Journal.
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Why You Should Throw Yourself In a Role You’re Not Ready For:
1- It will push you to grow much faster
2- It makes for an amazing experience
3- You will learn some amazing lessons
4- It will open up new opportunities
5- You’re never truly ready
6- Find out what you’re truly capable of
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Why being an underdog is your secret weapon:
1- Motivates you to 'fight' - keep pushing forward
2- Gives you perspective - good from the bad
3- Pushes self-discipline - conquer your mind
4- Forces you to build the right foundations
5- When you’re ready - they won't see you coming!
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How to stay calm during a crisis:
1- Take a step back and think Perspective first
2- Map out your issue - objectively
3- Identify potential solutions to solve
4- Communicate to the team: for help and for other viewpoints
5- Treat it as a challenge - big players make big plays when it matters the most!
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How to handle a surprise, curveball question:
1- Pause: take a few seconds to think
2- Reframe the question out loud: helps generate ideas
3- Think in 3’s: putting a structure gives you time to think + sound confident
4- Be clear: speaking confidently shows credibility
5- If you still can’t answer it: it's totally ok to say "let me get back to you shortly"
Let's get after it!
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This week, I had the honour of chatting with Jesse Lumsden - 3x Olympian
Lumsden is a McMaster product and a Hec Crighton Trophy winner, invited to the East-West Shrine Game. Drafted 6th overall in CFL draft in 05, Jesse Lumsden spent some time with NFL's Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins and later played for Hamilton TiCats, Edmonton, and Calgary.
Lumsden currently leads strategic partnerships for Neo Financial, a Fintech Startup.
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How to Become a Digital Leader: 3 key principles
Digital leadership is the new normal. Leaders that are not digital-first will become irrelevant in the near future.
Digital leadership means having the ability to lead in a digital-first environment, including making key decisions, leading tech teams, working with key technologies, while generating business ROI.
Here are three keys to becoming digital-first:
1- Digital Strategy:
1. Technology
2. Problem-solving
3. Digital Business models
2- Digital People Leadership:
1. Vertical Leadership
2. Cross-Functional Management
3. People & Influence
3- Digital Execution:
1. Methodologies
2. Approach
3. Decision-Making
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Buy tech? Build tech? A bit of both?
This is a question that most small/scaling businesses ask themselves, and there is no right or wrong answer.
It all depends on the business goals, key success factors, capabilities, amongst other things.
Here is a short video where I walk through this framework in detail and how businesses can answer this question.
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On this week's episode, I chat with Austin Sadnick, Director of Therapy Management at United Health Group, a Fortune 5 organization.
Austin is also an accomplished commercial strategist, sales leader, speaker, and former NCAA athlete.
Leading a team focused on bringing innovative and novel new products or capabilities to the market while also ensuring continued progress and sales outcomes, he is no stranger to high-performance expectations and elevated pressure situations.
Layered around discipline, mental conditioning, and self-belief his thought concepts are often untamed but consistent. Through personal networks and social media, Austin strives to share his vision with thousands of people and inspire them to explore their own potential.
Known for his energy and passion for mental fortitude, he is the founder of his sole proprietor coaching firm capable mentality.
His visionary perspective has earned him opportunities to work on nationally prominent campaigns, speak on summit stages, and design life-changing products. Austin is based out of Chicago IL.
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5 reasons why you should hire for potential over experience:
1- Past experience does not guarantee future success
2- Humble and hungry always outperforms someone with an ego
3- Ability to build a team with chemistry
4- Someone with no experience will go the extra mile to get it done
5- Give someone a chance
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Building a cool tech product is great, but its success depends on a sound deployment strategy.
This is especially true for business to consumer industries such as retail or restaurants, or any business that has a physical footprint or a big downstream operations component.
This video discusses a framework that you can use to maximize the success of new tech deployments.
This can apply to tech initiatives such as a new POS, loyalty program, a new digital experience app, online digital sales platform, back of house software, and so forth.
Watch the full episode here http://tanvirbhangoo.com/2020/09/22/digital-qb-series-successful-deployment-of-new-tech-solutions-across-all-locations/
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In this episode, I chat with Mike Morreale, the CEO and Commissioner of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), Canada's professional basketball league.
Mike was an all-star football player at McMaster University and went on to have a monstrous 12 year career in the CFL.
This included:
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2 Time Grey Cup Champion – 1996,1999
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CFL Most Outstanding Canadian Player - 2008
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Grey Cup Canadian MVP – 1999
Post CFL, Mike held the role of President at CFL Players Association. Subsequently, he held the position of Director at Airsprint.
In 2018, Mike led the launch of CEBL's first inaugural season and in May 2019 launched the first season across Canada. Inaugural teams are located in Saskatoon, Edmonton, Fraser Valley, Hamilton, Guelph, and Niagara. In 2020 the CEBL welcomed its 7th team the Ottawa BlackJacks. The CEBL provides sports fans, partners, and sponsors with a premium entertainment option while growing the sport of basketball at the highest level in Canada. The CEBL is the Official Men’s Division 1 Professional Partner of Canada Basketball
The 2020 season dubbed the “CEBL Summer Series” saw the CEBL become the first pro league to return to play in Canada during the COVID pandemic and subsequently finish with 26 games and a new Champion the Edmonton Stingers.
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Here is a podcast where I was a guest on Emerson Taymor's podcast "Fail Faster"
I shared how my college football days helped me shape how I think about building teams. I also discussed how I think about partnering, building or buying for big tech projects. I hope you enjoy!
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Good leaders lead at a micro level - here are just 5 rules good leaders follow!
Don't manage, lead.
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Here is a video where I break down how leaders can motivate and align their teams in achieving stretch targets.
The key here is for every leader to understand this from an internal or personal and an organizational or external perspective.
Internal / Personal Alignment:
1- Personal Goals
2- Personal Values
3- Motivation
External / Organizational Alignment:
1- Organizational Values
2- Team Chemistry
3- Leadership Style
These are just a few short examples of how leaders can motivate their teams and align them with big stretch targets.
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In this episode, I chat with Devon McDonald, Partner at OpenView Ventures. An expansion stage venture capital firm investing in high-growth software companies such as Calendly, Datadog, Workfront, and Expensify.
Devon was an NCAA D1 college basketball athlete at Colgate University. After college, she started her career at Michael Page as Manager of Sales and Marketing.
Looking to grow and build her own career path, Devon then went on and carved a role for herself at OpenView in 2009, in a position that was really a guinea pig experiment.
Taking that role head-on, she crushed it, and since then has held various roles and projects in many different areas of the firm, and is now a Partner.
A story that is filled with strength, optimism, humility, and drive.
Devon was also voted 20 women to watch in sales lead management
You can follow Devon on LinkedIn, and on Twitter - at DevMcDee
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Good teammates hold each other accountable!
This also includes not being afraid to have a tough conversation.
On this week's 1 minute HIIT, here are some tips that have helped me have that tough conversation, whether on the football field or in the office.
If you're going down, go down swinging.
On this week's 1 minute HIIT, I go through 7 reasons on how you can stay motivated during a tough stretch!
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Here is a video where I break down how a brand can find ways to make $100k in incremental revenue streams. When setting up this problem, we want to identify the current market segment that we serve, and a new market segment that we can tap into.
For the current market segment, a retail shoe brand can do three things:
1- Sell new products
2- Find new ways and channels of promotion
3- Find digital channels to sell products
Moving to tapping into a new market segment, this is where the brand can identify a target audience that is currently not the customer, but may have a need that the brand can serve. Some of the ways a retail brand can do this includes:
1- Introduce a new product lineup for a new user group
2- Leverage partnerships
3- Vertical integration
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This week, I chat with Alessandro Francella, MD, a sports Medicine Physician at Cleveland Clinic Canada and someone whom I called a teammate at McMaster.
Dr. Francella has a strong interest in sport and exercise medicine, physical activity promotion, emergency medicine, and sideline and event coverage.
At McMaster, Alex graduated with an Honors Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. He played 4 years of varsity football for the Marauders, where he was a 3-time Marauder Scholar, and 2-time Academic All-Canadian. In his final year, he was also nominated for the Russ Jackson Award, given annually to the Canadian university football player who best exemplifies the attributes of football skill, academic achievement and citizenship.
Dr. Francella obtained his Doctor of Medicine from the Saba University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Toronto, where he was Chief Resident in his final year.
Dr. Francella is dedicated to working with his patients to develop individualized treatment plans to help them return to their activity or sport of choice. He believes in exercise as a first-line treatment for a variety of medical conditions - not simply musculoskeletal-related injuries. He is also involved in a variety of educational and research endeavours to ensure he remains up to date and providing the best treatment to his patients. He is contributing editor to the educational website www.sportmedschool.com.
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I have been fortunate enough in my career to have worked with/for great leaders. What differentiates great leaders from others is their promise to work FOR their teams.
As leaders, always ask yourself - are you doing everything you can to help your team members succeed?
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I recently had the opportunity to chat with Zack Oates - CEO of Ovation, a guest feedback platform with a feedback loop that gives businesses operational insights, instant guest recovery, and data to drive revenue.
Zack and I chatted about the future of the restaurant industry, how brands can take advantage of the current landscape, and why it's important to block out the noise and be focused on the journey.
Here is a repost from from the episode which was originally posted on the Ovation website. You can visit their website here at - ovationup.com
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Kristen Holmes is the VP of Performance Science at Whoop, a personalized fitness tracking startup making big waves. And she's also one of the most succesful NCAA coaches in NCAA history, and was a two sport, hockey and basketball athlete and AA national champion.
As Vice President of Performance Science at WHOOP, Kristen drives thought leadership by engaging with industry leading researchers and partners to better understand individual and team biometric and performance data across high stakes verticals. Kristen also works with hundreds of the best tactical, professional, surgical teams, and NCAA Athletes/Teams in the world helping them interpret WHOOP data to optimize training, recovery, and sleep behaviour.
As an athlete, Kristen was a 3x All American, 2 x Big 10 Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa competing in both Field Hockey and Basketball. 7 year member of the U.S. National Field Hockey Team and one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history, having won 12 league titles in 13 seasons and a National Championship at Princeton University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan Executive MBA Candidate (‘20), MIT Sloan Artificial Intelligence Certificate, M.A. Psychology and Sports Performance, B.S., Political Science, University of Iowa.
Today she is focused on investigating and interrogating the science behind the physiological, psychological, and organizational factors that interact to either promote or degrade performance.
You can follow Kristen and her work on Instagram and LinkedIn, and visit Whoop.com to learn about the groundbreaking tech!
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5 creative ways to finding a tech job?
Don't go through the motions. Don't let others tell you there is only 1 way to success! Creativity and hard work go a long way.
On this week's 1 Minute HIIT - I break down 5 creative ways of finding a tech job, with the highest return on investment, and without wasting time sending resumes all day long!
In this week's Digital QB Series, here is a chat that I have with the voice inside my head.
It's a small snippet of where I walk through how I'm feeling and display my negative thoughts about a problem at work.
It's a conversation that my negative self has with my positive self on how I just need to separate my emotions from the facts and actions.
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Here is a keynote I did earlier this year at an industry event where I discuss how to actually grow revenues consistently as a retail or restaurant business.
I discuss the three pillars of growing digital sales - tech foundation, people, and execution.
One of the key discussion points I bring up is how everything most brands know about digital needs to be turned up-side down. Instead of throwing money and tech teams to become digital first, brands must first understand their digital business model, value proposition, and then clearly craft a strategy to build a robust digital foundation.
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In this episode, I chat with Kelly MacPherson on how saying yes to taking on responsibility and new roles allowed her to build a prominent career as a CIO.
Kelly MacPherson is a visionary and business savvy executive with an extensive background in strategy, development, execution, and operations across IT, shared services, and advisory roles.
As the CIO for one of the world’s largest multinational restaurant chains - RBI, Kelly led an enterprise-wide transformation that earned her respect based on her success in expediting adoption of leading edge emerging technologies and harvesting M&A synergies to successfully integrate 3 distinct corporate brands, while maintaining the highest standards of customer service.
Kelly is currently the president of KAM advisory, a tech transformations firm, and also serving as the interim CTO for Union Square Hospitality Group.
Kelly is recognized for bold and decisive leadership with impeccable integrity, personal ownership, and accountability.
A career spanning 20 years in private, public, and equity-backed organizations, Ms .MacPherson has a track record of recruitment, and rapid advancement into senior leadership roles based on her ability to accelerate change, consistently raise the bar, and set high standards to achieve, what most considered impossible.
In prior roles, Kelly was consistently successful in driving change and transformative growth for high-profile global brands including Abercrombie and Fitch and Hard Rock Café International The result: international expansion; multimillion growth drivers, and cost savings through technology modernization.
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We need to feel good about ourselves BEFORE we find success. Not the other way around.
Feeling good and having "swagger" is almost like a pre-requisite to finding success. We often trick ourselves that once we achieve a result, we'll be happy, but thats a recipe for disaster.
In this week's episode, I breakdown a framework that I used to cut 80 lbs in 6 months.
The fascinating thing is that I used a framework that I learned in business school and applied it to build a wholistic plan for my weight cut!
It includes strategy plan, execution, and performance management
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In this week's episode, I had the privilege of chatting with James Yurichuck, a Brampton, Ontario native, and founder and CEO of Wuxly Movement, 100% Canadian made outwerwear, which is biodegradable, animal friendly, and vegan approved parkas and jackets.
As a founder and CEO, James bootstrapped Wuxly while playing football in 2015 and has now grown it into a multi-million dollar business in a matter of years. He has recently led a huge initiative in leading manufacturing and production of PPE - reusable medical gowns to aid in the fight against COVID-19, from their Toronto manufacturing facility.
As a football player, James was drafted 4th overall by the BC Lions in 2009 as a linebacker, and had a very successful career with the BC Lions and the Toronto Argonauts. He played for 8 seasons with over 140 games, winning a Grey Cup in 2011, and also won the Jake Goodaur Trophy in 2014.
In the 14+ years that I have known James he is a very humble, hardworking, and one of the most helpful and honest human beings I have seen. And that is something that his team values the most from his leadership.You can check out his company at Wuxly.com, and follow them on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn @wuxlymovement
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Top 5 reasons to play offense when everyone else is playing defense:
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You stick to your plans
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Make your own opportunities
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Stand out from the crowd (get noticed)
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Build positive momentum for future
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Opens new doors that never existed
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Here are the 4 reasons why projects fail. This post also discusses how to save your project from a nose dive.
Projects fail due to 4 key reasons:
1- Success Criteria is not defined: There is no goal in mind or the goal is not specific enough
2- Wrong team: Your project squad either has the wrong people, or is made up of the wrong roles not aligned to the key objective
3- Poor Risk Anticipation: You did not look ahead and plan for a mitigation strategy for potential risks
4- Poor Management: There is a lack of execution methodologies to guard rail your project
How to save your project from a nose dive:
1- Identify your key issues and root cause. You must dig deep and find the real reason why your project is failing. Is it because of the wrong people, lack of oversight, too many expectations, external factors? Then identify 20% of the solution that will solve 80% of your issue
2- Address your root cause and leverage your project sponsor for assistance, Once you identify the solution, then its time to align with your key leadership team member to re-strategize and execute on your solution. This could mean having some tough conversations with key team members, adding additional oversight, or re-aligning expectations with your leadership team.
3- Lastly, You need to start with a new set of goals and objectives. You must re-align your new timeline, expectations, and success criteria based on your recovery plans, and ensure key stakeholders are aware of the change and measures taken to help save the project. This may also mean cutting your losses for any key tasks or deliverables vs. trying to save or doing it all.
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Bob Gibson is currently the Chief Revenue Officer at Jolt, an operations execution software available on smartphones and tablets that helps restaurants and other desk-less businesses achieve team accountability, digital food safety compliance, and boost employee performance.
As the CRO, Bob is focused on increasing brand awareness, enterprise sales, and optimizing a growth strategy to scale business to global operations.
Prior to Jolt, he spent the majority of his career at Oracle. During his time at Oracle (MICROS) Bob led numerous strategic initiatives including rebuilding the sales and operations teams to focus on mid-market and large tier customers, and was one of the prominent.
Bob has also been coaching Junior football for nearly 18 years, and will be back at Glen Ellyn Football in Utah for another season!
As an executive and coach, one thing that Bob believes to be the x-factor is preparation, and that is something that I have seen him portray during meetings, key strategy sessions, or webinars.
You can follow him on LinkedIn or visit his company website at jolt.com.
I have personally learned a lot from Bob and know that you can take something back with you from this episode to your day-to-day.
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In this video, I break down what a digital transformation really is, and how you can find success on your journey.
Digital Transformation is a fundamental shift in a company’s traditional, long standing business mode to a digital first models, by leveraging technology, culture, talent, and execution.
How does this look in action?
Simply, a business model is the way a business makes money. For B2C companies, traditional business models include selling goods in a brick and mortar location. For a B2C company undergoing digital transformation, this business model may now mean selling goods though e-commerce channels and online delivery service providers.
For this shift to become possible, a business needs to the following:
Technology: Build technological capabilities to shift revenue from in-store to online/mobile channels. This can be done by either (1) building the technology in house or, (2) finding vendors who can sell/licence this technology. Decision depends on company’s objectives, size, long-term outlook, and technology functionality.
Cultural shift: Align company culture to new way of operating. This includes re-defining the vision, mission, and company values. Re-aligned culture is more agile, OK with change, and welcomes uncertainty in the world of digital disruption. Key here is that cultural change needs to be organic, led from within vs. top-down
Talent: Build the required talent pipeline and internal capabilities aligned to new digital business model in order to to operate at the highest level. This usually requires hiring digital natives, and internally investing in digitally savvy leaders, while building a long-term hiring and talent development plan to better equip the business for the future.
Execution: Without execution, digital transformation strategy is useless. Execution includes having the right structure, methodologies, and performance management systems to bring to life the plan on paper. Successful companies include a mix of company wide, cross functional leaders, middle management, and key team members, all running point as a collective unit.
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David is a seasoned, highly successful and accomplished ops and tech leader, with extensive experience spanning across multiple retail industries, and known for key turnarounds and digital transformations.
He worked his way up as a management trainee at Enterprise rent a car to becoming a district manager in record time. He was most recently the Head of Ops, taking Hagen Dazs franchisee locations from 1 to 11 in a year with over $5M in rev in year 1.Spent 6 years at restaurant Brands International in multiple ops and tech roles.
He is a six sigma green belt, highly skilled in process improvement and PM, and is a master in using data to solve complex problems Known as a servant leader, David inspires individuals to maximize their personal performance while making sure the team stays on the broader mission. A big believer in optimism and embracing tough challenges with energy and enthusiasm.
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Sometimes we get caught up trying to either boil the ocean, or learn new skills that generate buzz, but most of the time it’s the basics that allow us to get ahead. Today I have Courtney on the show - drafted 8th overall in CFL, and played over 122 games.
Some topics we discuss:
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The power of analytics and measuring your input vs output as it relates to becoming an all start football player
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Why Speed kills on the field and in the board room
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Why successful CEOs make lateral moves and focus on the soft skills
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Building small habits that allow you to win, as they become second nature
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And much more…
Do you wonder why some people can always deliver big results consistently, and while others struggle? In this episode I dive into why preparation is a big key to this success. preparation is one of the most under-rated, yet most effective ways to get you 80% of the way to the finish line. In order to up your preparation game, you need to understand how to prepare better.
I personally divide preparation into two categories: tangible and instinctive preparation and discuss in detail what these mean in this episode
In this video, I walk through how I leverage a principle i learned during my football career to help me handle high pressure situations; from playing in front of 40,000 fans to launching a new product across 4000+ locations.
First, if you under pressure, it's a good thing. It means someone believes in you, is counting on you, and trusts you to get the job done.
Every role with higher responsibility will demand results in high pressure situations.
One way that I handle high-pressure situations, especially in technology oriented environments is by following a methodology I learned during my college football days.
It includes the following:
1- Be Fundamentally Strong
2- Let the Play Unfold
A quick roundup from a recent panel earlier this year. Some of the questions I answer include how consumer demands are shifting in the retail space, how digital ordering is a staple, and why people and operations are key to your tech success.