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Beach Breaks and Battered Women: International Business in Mexico and Belize with Craig Handley


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Battered women and Beach breaks. Who would have thought that those are major problems in international business? Craig Handley, CEO of ListenTrust, a $150M call center company, talks about many cultural and business challenges working in Mexico and Belize. These include motivators for weekend work, commission vs. salary, focus on family and acculturation plus mentoring to grow entrepreneurs. And Craig’s background will amaze you.


Highlights:

{06:11} Craig’s journey 

{14:18} The difference between American culture focuses on money, as opposed to other cultures focused on family. 

{16:36} How to enter a new country, a new market that doesn't match what you already know about the USA market.  

{24:36} If you had the chance to give your past self some current advice, what would you tell yourself?


Craig Handley bio:

Craig Handley is an author of a best-selling book called Hired to Quit. He is a musician who expects to write music for artists all over the world, and he is a bit of a comedian who has done Stand Up on Broadway in NYC.


He also moonlights as CEO of his company, ListenTrust, which was named #1 in Business Products and Service (no. 27 overall) on Inc. Magazine’s 500/1000 list. ListenTrust is a call center doing about $150M in sales, answers hundreds of thousands of call center and lead-generation calls, and employs close to 1000 awesome people.


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