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We are often asked what is the difference between a coach and a mentor. Yvonne Matzk, Leadership and Channel coach, joins Sam and Vic to share why she has become a coach and why everyone should have a mentor. 

Yvonne shares how the new mentoring network she has  brought to the channel in the UK is really gathering momentum and how you can get involved - maybe with the help of this podcast we can extend the scope outside of the UK?

If you are interested, we also found ourselves in a discussion about a potential podcast mini series - we left it in, but put it after the music at the end in case you are interested to listen - we would love to know what you think?

You can find out about the Channel Community events via their LinkedIn page:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-channel-community-uk

The LinkedIn group is: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9021877

Website: https://www.thechannelcommunity.com/

For a quick overview of our conversation, take a look at our blog: Everyone should have a Mentor - Amplified Group

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In conversations with clients, imposter syndrome has come up frequently.  Because of this Vic wanted to share her experience and her ‘Aha’ moment that enabled her not to overcome imposter syndrome, but to take advantage of it.

We had such an incredible response to Vic's original article that we thought it made sense for Sam and Vic to cover it on a podcast.

We would love to hear your imposter syndrome stories. Please do get in touch: [email protected]

You can find the full article here

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Customer Advocacy is the ultimate teaming between customer and vendor. Polly Lambert, an expert in advocacy in the Tech Industry joins Sam and Vic to share some thought provoking ideas on how to get the best from your Advocacy Program, whatever size company you are. 

Vic apologises in advance for her whooping - but it is a great example of sub consciously doing the right thing, and learning for next time to make it conscious and deliberate!  (This will make sense when you listen!)

Polly’s definition of Customer Advocacy:

“Using the voice of those who have, to earn the trust of those who could.”

Get a quick view of our conversation and key takeaways in the blog: Flipping the Script on Customer Advocacy - Amplified Group

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Dr Hayley Lewis, named one of the most influential thinkers globally in her field of Organisational Psychology joins Sam and Vic to provide our listeners with hints and tips to set our selves up for success this year.

One of the main themes you will hear is ‘being kind to yourself January’ and what that really means.

All of the resources Hayley talks about are available here

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Season 3 kicks off with Geoffrey Moore, Tech Industry Legend (we can say that!)   

As you will hear Vic is even more excited than usual. Not only because let’s face it - this is Geoffrey Moore we have as a guest, but also because through our Tech Industry Leaders Survey, we appear to have identified the Tech Industry’s Biggest challenge:
Competing Priorities - where 75% of Leaders agreed or strongly agreed they had competing priorities and this is also a topic Geoff is very passionate about.

The title comes from a previous talk Geoff made where he says it is only natural that Tech organisations do not want to put all their eggs in one basket, but they need to remember a Chicken only lays one egg at a time.  Hence we dig into this some more and also learn about Geoffrey’s new book, The Infinite Staircase.

We had great fun recording this as our Christmas Special and hope you enjoy listening

Here is a link to the video Vic refers to. 

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Like many others, we first came across Hayley Lewis, on LinkedIn with her super simple sketch notes providing solutions for  many of the human aspects we find challenging in our working lives. Hayley  joins the GetAmplified Team to share her experience and we pick her brains on how to have difficult conversations, which we quickly learn we should think of important conversations! This is the first of many conversations we plan to have with Hayley - we hope you find it as insightful as we did!

Download The sketch note for getting in the right headspace for important conversations here

Hayley’s website https://halopsychology.com/

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Title change!! We ALWAYS recommend this podcast to our clients. We listened to it again recently and realised its former title did not do it justice.  The new title is something Scott Herren, CFO at Cisco, talks about passionately in the podcast and we believe is a better representation of the entire episode.  

If you have listened to this podcast before - it is a great second listen 😃

Scott is the true humble leader, it is never about him, it is all about the team and the power of what the team can achieve together. With his vast experience, his authenticity and his transparent approach,  it is no surprise Scott was approached by Cisco to be their CFO. 

Scott shares how his career journey has unfolded, how he is settling into Cisco and why taking care of Cisco’s 75,000 employees is his number one priority. 

We also get a great insight into AutoDesk’s transformation to the SAAS based company and it’s incredible market cap growth.

Our favourite quote from Scott  ‘To be a leader, people have to want to follow you’

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From flat sheets and fitted sheets to getting told off by Bill Gates, and everything in between. Alistair Wildman SVP&GM of  Customer Experience EMEAR at Cisco shares why he is so passionate about Cisco’s emerging talent and we meet Rhiannon … A Cisco apprentice who oozes talent, who shares how her career has got off to a flying start.

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Sam and Vic are joined again by Chris Collett former Army Major and Mental Health First Aid Trainer to talk about returning to the office. We certainly don’t have all the answers, but we hope this is food for thought!

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Getting the right working balance between Corporate and Field is one of the critical success factors for tech organisations to scale at speed, but why is it so hard to achieve ? Lamia  joins Sam and Vic to share her vast experience, sharing the importance of always being customer centric and how everyone is part of the value chain. If one part breaks, it all breaks.

We also talk through 

• How differences in GEO’s come into play driven by specific market characteristics i.e. market shape and size,
•  Why Corp and field should engage early in discussions 
•  Why the Voice of the field is so important and success starts with trust

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