High Performance CEO

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Sean Stanley as a guest on the show, Sean is the CEO of EcoTwist.  

Sean shares some of his keys to empowering his team and creating an atmosphere of passion.  One of those revolves around how he uses his philanthropic opportunities to unite and align the team behind a purpose. He talks about the importance of aligning people that are like minded with respect to passions.

Sean talks about how his company is not profit first driven.  He is people and values first, and how that has also been a key to their success. 

Sean then shifts into discussing how critical mindset has been for himself and how he has seen other CEO’s fail without the proper mindset.  Sean shares some great resources and tools that can help everyone be more successful in life, regardless of your profession.

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https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/your-mindset-can-makeor-break-you/

Earl Nightingale “The Strangest Secret” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5x-KjBME_E

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Lynn Perenic, she is the CEO of Argent Tape and label and Argent international. started her career as a teacher in the Hazel Park School District in Michigan; where she taught elementary and special education high school for 20 years.  She holds a B.S.Ed. and Master of Arts and Teaching.

In 2010, Lynn bought Argent Tape and Label for a dollar, at the time the company was in dire straights., Argent Tape and Label has won many awards since the acquisition in 2010, listing among them are top 50 Businesses to watch in MI, The All Star Award (2x) for being the best of the best in businesses practicing Open Book Management, Crain’s Cool Places to Work and was a finalist in the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of The Year award.

Lynn is now managing Argent Tap and Label and she just become the majority owner of Argent International and between eh two companies they are doing about $40M a year in revenue.

Lynn shares with us her major keys to success. One of which revolves around implementing an open book management style system, teaching the entire team about financial literacy and helping them think, feel and act like owners.

Lynn shared how implementing this type of operational program has resulted in her entire team constantly looking for ways to drive improvements…all the time.  Everyone from the bottom to the top is heavily involved and passionate about the success of the company and they all take part in the sharing of profit gains made, which is a great motivator.

Lynn also shares how she makes business fun with games they implement to drive improvements.  Another must listen!

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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Rich Deming as a guest on the show, Rich is the CEO of East Energy Renewable Resources.  

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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Nathan Johnson as a guest on the show, Nathan is the CEO of Maison Bloom, a Cannabis beverage company currently in  California and soon to launch nationwide.

In this episode, Nathan and I discuss the importance of having passion in whatever you do as a Founder and CEO.  And perhaps even more importantly, recognizing when you have lost the fervor and passion for a project and getting out before things go south.

Nathan talks about how he views every venture he has been involved with as nothing more than an opportunity to gain “transferrable skills” to bring to the next project.

Join us for this weeks episode of the High Performance CEO Podcast here: https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/leave-something-on-the-table/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Alex Virelles as a guest on the show, Alex is the CEO of Exclusive Premier Realty in the Miami area.

Alex is not only a principal brokerage for his realty company, he is also owns an active real estate investment company.  Alex is also an author and wrote “The Art of Wholesaling Properties”.

Alex shares with us how important it is to have a very short memory in business and also how critical it has been to really focus on peoples strengths.  Traditional management will tell you to focus on helping people improve their weaknesses, however this is not their god given talent and typically they don’t enjoy doing those things.  That leads to unhappiness.

Alex also hits on how powerful it was for him to say the words “I trust you” to your team members and how that is when his business really started taking off.

Join us for this weeks episode of the High Performance CEO Podcast here: https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/the-power-of-saying-i-trust-you/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Justin Brach as a guest on the show, Justin is the CEO of SolarQuote.com and SubContractor.com.  Justin founded SolarQuote and Subcontractor Hub both in 2021 and both companies are very quickly pushing over $100M in revenue.

In this episode, Justin shares with us the importance of getting to monetization as fast as possible in a startup, not resting on your laurels because you have investment to rely on.  Justin shares with us some of his strategic secrets which is mainly revolving around key large strategic partnerships.

Just also shared with us his view and approach on leadership, the importance of always getting your peoples back.  Not having them work FOR you, but rather WITH you.  He shared with us that while being humble is of course important, as many CEO’s will say, it is even that much more important when times are going well.  Check your ego and stay humble through the best of times.

Speaking of checking your ego, Justin shared that being very open to the idea that your company, at some point, WILL outgrow your skillset, and being able to put your ego aside and know when it is the best choice to bring in another person that is better positioned to take your company to the next level.

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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Sean Rudner as a guest on the show, Sean is the CEO of StockPKG. 

Sean has had a vast career ranging in project management, VP of Sales and Operations in the plastics industry, real estate investment…all preparing him for starting his company, Stock PKG in 2008. StockPKG is a full service distributor and converter of films for packaging.

In this episode, Sean shares with us how it is the “little things” that have led to building the great culture that he has.  He hits on the importance of spending quality time with each of his employees.

Sean discusses how important it is to create a very robust onboarding and training program for your new employees, and how you only have 1 chance at a first impression.  Just one.

Sean is killing it in his space and has a ton of upward mobility, this is an episode you will want to listen to!

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https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/is-your-on-boarding-you-a-retention-or-turnover-tool/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Vladimir Gelndelman as a guest on the show, Vladimir is the CEO of Company Folders Inc.  

Vladimir was raised in the former Soviet Union. Came over to the states and Detroit in 1990.  Has had an expansive career ranging from computer and marketing solutions to commercial marketing material printing, he started companyfolders.com in 2003 and since then his team has been delivering high quality printed folders and essential marketing materials to clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small family-based businesses.

In this episode Vladimir shares with us how he went from losing over 75% of his companies volume almost overnight in 2012, how he not only was able to survive it, but did not have to lay off 1 single employee.

Vladimir dives into the secrets of creating his team in his hiring process. He shares the mistakes that he used to make in hiring and how it cost his company years of progress.  

Vladimir then  talks about his new process on hiring and firing and goes through details on what he does and how you can duplicate in your business.

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https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/get-the-right-team-and-accomplish-anything/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Mike Weich, and he is the CEO of Valor Infrastructure Partners. 

Mike lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida with his family.  Mike is a West Point Grad, MBA from Duke University. Was an Officer in the Army, made it to the rank of Captain.

After that he started a very impressive executive career as an assistant VP at Bank of America, transitioned to renewable energy resources industry and then a VP of M&A business development in that field until founding Valor Infrastructure Partners, which develops renewable generation in the US.

In this episode, Mike shares with us the importance of developing a proper relationship with your people, but being careful to have that healthy boundary. 

Mike then takes us into his leadership style, which is becoming a master at “situational leadership”.  Being able to adjust your leadership style dependent on the needs of the individual you are coaching.

The last major topic Mike expands on is the criticality of not falling subject to “similarity bias”, which is hiring “YES’ people and people that are like them.  Ensuring that you have a breadth of leadership skillsets and surround yourself with people that will challenge you and the status quo.  

“Hire people that are looking around the corners you are not looking around”.

Some awesome info in this episode, you definitely don’t want to miss it!

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https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/hire-people-that-are-looking-around-the-corners-you-are-not/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Jeff Greene as a guest on the show, Jeff is the CEO of Greene’s Reserve.  Jeff has built dozens of companies over the last 40 years from financial services to energy to cannabis. 

The latest product based company was his first tangible product where manufacturing and distribution were the challenges. Now, two years later with a $12m contract in hand, he has had many peaks and valleys but making it to positive cashflow will be the next big milestone.

Jeff and I discuss how his product WILL disrupt the tobacco industry as a viable healthy alternative to carcinogenic pouches.

We talk about how important is to give equity to those who are going to be running your business for you.  We also discuss the importance of due diligence on evaluating the relationship between investors and your long term goals.  Investors smell desperation and will lend money but may not have your best interests in mind.

Lastly Jeff and I discuss corporate meetings and how they can literally take over your life if you let them.

A lot of great topics in here, be sure to tune in to this episode here:

https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/share-equity-to-grow-faster/