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The Next Generation Leadership podcast is a weekly show that provides advice to working professionals of all levels, including biweekly interviews with relevant and motivating leaders in business and entertainment.

Each podcast highlights & showcases communication, leadership principles, and tells stories that illustrate putting those principles into practice in your business and personal life.

Hosted by Telesystem Executive Bruce Wirt and Channel Partners/Alliance of Channel Women Board member Mayka Rosales Peterson.

This week: TBI Senior Vice President Mike Onystock joins the show to talk about his journey into leadership, lessons learned, and best practices.

:05 - Mike's leadership journey at TBI

:09 - Hard work is equally if not more important than raw talent

:12 - The importance of getting along with others

:17 - Mentors, trusted advisors, and inspirations

:22 - Book recommendations

:26 - Biggest failure and lessons learned

:32 - Social networking dos and don'ts

Next Generation Leadership is presented with limited commercials compliments of Telesystem. For more information about Telesystem visit Telesystem.us.

New episodes of Next Generation Leadership drop every Friday on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio.com, Google Podcasts, and iHeartRadio.

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The Next Generation Leadership podcast is a weekly show that provides advice to working professionals of all levels, including biweekly interviews with relevant and motivating leaders in business and entertainment.

Each podcast highlights & showcases communication, leadership principles, and tells stories that illustrate putting those principles into practice in your business and personal life.

Hosted by Telesystem Executive Bruce Wirt and Channel Partners/Alliance of Channel Women Board member Mayka Rosales Peterson.

This week: EagleTEQ Managing Partner Curt Allen joins the show to talk about how important it is for leaders to develop their team members in order to scale.

:04 - Getting started in telecom via the teleconferencing world.

:07 - Consulting and teaching others based on previous failures that he experienced personally.

:09 - What does EagleTEQ do?

:11 - On mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications sector, and the evolution of the market.

:15 - On the difference between start up companies and mature businesses.

:16 - On his tattoos, and getting most of them well into his 40s.

:20 - On his secret sauce to indirect selling.

:23 - Major lessons learned.

:25 - Empathetic transparency with people you are leading.

:28 - Managing boomers vs zoomers (generational differences in leadership).

:30 - The fatal flaw of a leader micro managing their funnel.

:33 - Individuals are in control of their destiny.

:37 - Diversity and leading by example.

Next Generation Leadership is presented with limited commercials compliments of Telesystem. For more information about Telesystem visit Telesystem.us.

New episodes of Next Generation Leadership drop every Friday on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio.com, Google Podcasts, and iHeartRadio.

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The Next Generation Leadership podcast is a weekly show that provides advice to working professionals of all levels, including biweekly interviews with relevant and motivating leaders in business and entertainment.

Each podcast highlights & showcases communication, leadership principles, and tells stories that illustrate putting those principles into practice in your business and personal life.

Hosted by Telesystem Executive Bruce Wirt and Channel Partners/Alliance of Channel Women Board member Mayka Rosales Peterson.

This week: Mayka and Bruce talk about making bold decisions and communicating effectively.

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The Next Generation Leadership podcast is a weekly show that provides advice to working professionals of all levels, including biweekly interviews with relevant and motivating leaders in business and entertainment. 

Each podcast highlights & showcases communication, leadership principles, and tells stories that illustrate putting those principles into practice in your business and personal life. 

Hosted by Telesystem Executive Bruce Wirt and Channel Partners/Alliance of Channel Women Board member Mayka Rosales Peterson. 

This week: Moving Forward with special guest Janet Schijns, former Verizon, Motorola, and Office Depot executive, and current CEO of the JS Group.

:05 - Janet's career journey; ending up in a completely different field from her major.

:06 - Starting her career at L'Oreal cosmetics.

:10 - Investing in the channel and staying committed to it as an executive at Verizon and Verizon Wireless. Influencing other large companies to be committed to the channel as well.

:15 - Salespeople needing to evolve

:18 - Being a successful Mom and a successful executive at the same time.

:28 - What she looks for when she hires; resume or background?

:35 - Knowing your motivation and understanding what you are willing to sacrifice for success.

:40 - Social selling pitfalls

:42 - Life being like Star Wars

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