Lead To Succeed

By Callum and Rebecca JenkinsBusiness Management

Lead To Succeed episodes

August 24, 2020 Episode 12 | Finding the ”drum beat in the jungle” & unselling! Frank Kelcz, Founder & Partner at the 2Y3X programme
Frank is the Founder of 2Y3X, an exciting accelerator programme for promising companies to triple their sales revenue over the course of 2 years. Frank discusses his leadership stories, his appetite for risk taking at the various companies he has worked at and his collaborative approach to sales with clients. Most notably, Frank discusses his entrepreneurial flair; whilst noticing an opportunity in an an unserviced market whilst on holiday, led he and his team to create a very successful magazine, with relatively little funding in the US market for new Spanish speaking mothers.

We discuss Frank’s experiences of being a leader and he describes this as the one who brings a creative flair to creating solutions for his clients and working with managers in his organisation to ensure the promises can be and actually do get delivered upon. Find out why Frank also believes in the importance of leaders having experience in cold-calling!
Connect with Frank on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankkelcz/
Do you want to take your leadership and business to the next stage of success?
If your goal is to grow your business and you're feeling stuck or you'd like to become a more impactful leader, book a complimentary consulting session with business growth specialist Rebecca Jenkins to gain a fresh perspective and clear guidance to reach your goals.
RJEN.online
Rebecca has over 25 years of business growth experience, growing a previous business to over £55 million in sales. Rebecca now helps many other businesses to successfully scale.
Click here to book your session.

Thank you for listening and if you enjoyed it please leave a review and subscribe for more leadership insights or email us at [email protected] with any questions.
44 min
August 20, 2020 Episode 11 |Summary: James Segal, Founder of SynergyMode
Our short summary of our recent podcast with James.

Orginal podcast description:
This week we had the pleasure of talking with James Segal, Founder of SynergyMode, a recently created business advocating and facilitating a better world of board-level advice to help businesses succeed.

One of James' core points is that leadership is about your ACTIONS NOT about your TITLE. We go on to discuss the importance of self-confidence and self belief for two main reasons: 1 - to be able to address a large audience (back in the days when we could do public speaking!) and also, perhaps more importantly 2- to get yourself in the right mindset, being able to challenge the status quo and belief in yourself that you can in fact be a leader.

We go on to discuss the importance of really getting to know your employees and understanding what their primary motivating factors are. I (Callum) could relate to this as earlier this year I employed my first intern and we got to know each other well, however with the position being remote, I was a little unsure as to how many personal questions I should ask. So for me, this was a really useful perspective to hear from another great leader.
Do you want to take your leadership and business to the next stage of success?
If your goal is to grow your business and you're feeling stuck or you'd like to become a more impactful leader, book a complimentary consulting session with business growth specialist Rebecca Jenkins to gain a fresh perspective and clear guidance to reach your goals.
RJEN.online
Rebecca has over 25 years of business growth experience, growing a previous business to over £55 million in sales. Rebecca now helps many other businesses to successfully scale.
Click here to book your session.

Thank you for listening and if you enjoyed it please leave a review and subscribe for more leadership insights or email us at [email protected] with any questions.
7 min
August 18, 2020 Episode 10 | Summary: Aritra Chakravarty, Founder and CEO at Project Imagine / Dozens
Our short summary of our recent episode with AC.
Original podcast description: Aritra ‘AC’ Chakravarty is the Founder and CEO of Project Imagine a FinTech startup based in London. AC started his career at a large global bank, moving into numerous roles, with his latest position as the Global Head of Digital FX and Investment Products in Hong Kong. Realising that he had an appetite for risk and resonated more as a leader than a manager, he took the leap to set up his own company, Project Imagine in 2017. Social contracts, salary transparency & prioritising values over performance are at the top of his leadership agenda. Recognising the cultural shift that exists in the younger generations' desire to work for themselves at some point in their career, compared to previous generations. AC values the importance of developing social contracts with his team. Recognising that as individuals younger generations have their own aspirations and this is crucial to consider to retain the best talent.
A strong team culture is present throughout the company and transparency is at the core of this, with total internal transparency over every team member’s salary. Furthermore, AC discusses his value vs performance matrix and providing each team member has the right values at heart, a dip in performance will not result in disciplinary action. We discuss how this fosters a culture of improved risk taking. A fascinating discussion from a leader who has experienced a very successful career in both the corporate and start-up environments!
Connect with Aritra on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aritroc/
Do you want to take your leadership and business to the next stage of success?
If your goal is to grow your business and you're feeling stuck or you'd like to become a more impactful leader, book a complimentary consulting session with business growth specialist Rebecca Jenkins to gain a fresh perspective and clear guidance to reach your goals.
RJEN.online
Rebecca has over 25 years of business growth experience, growing a previous business to over £55 million in sales. Rebecca now helps many other businesses to successfully scale.
Click here to book your session.

Thank you for listening and if you enjoyed it please leave a review and subscribe for more leadership insights or email us at [email protected] with any questions.
9 min
August 17, 2020 Epidsode 9 | Social contracts, total transparency and values over performance - Aritra Chakravarty, Founder and CEO at Project Imagine / Dozens
Aritra ‘AC’ Chakravarty is the Founder and CEO of Project Imagine a FinTech startup based in London. AC started his career at a large global bank, moving into numerous roles, with his latest position as the Global Head of Digital FX and Investment Products in Hong Kong. Realising that he had an appetite for risk and resonated more as a leader than a manager, he took the leap to set up his own company, Project Imagine in 2017. Social contracts, salary transparency & prioritising values over performance are at the top of his leadership agenda. Recognising the cultural shift that exists in the younger generations' desire to work for themselves at some point in their career, compared to previous generations, AC values the importance of developing social contracts with his team.
In understanding that as individuals, younger generations have their own aspirations and this is crucial to consider to retain the best talent.

A strong team culture is present throughout the company and transparency is at the core of this, with total internal transparency over every team member’s salary. Furthermore, AC discusses his value vs performance matrix and providing each team member has the right values at heart, a dip in performance will not result in disciplinary action. We discuss how this fosters a culture of improved risk-taking.

A fascinating discussion from a leader who has experienced a very successful career in both the corporate and start-up environments!
Connect with Aritra on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aritroc/
Do you want to take your leadership and business to the next stage of success?
If your goal is to grow your business and you're feeling stuck or you'd like to become a more impactful leader, book a complimentary consulting session with business growth specialist Rebecca Jenkins to gain a fresh perspective and clear guidance to reach your goals.
RJEN.online
Rebecca has over 25 years of business growth experience, growing a previous business to over £55 million in sales. Rebecca now helps many other businesses to successfully scale.
Click here to book your session.

Thank you for listening and if you enjoyed it please leave a review and subscribe for more leadership insights or email us at [email protected] with any questions.
39 min
August 11, 2020 Episode 8 | Summary: Tracy Pound, MD at Maximity
Our short summary of our recent episode with Tracy.
Original podcast description: Tracy Pound is the Managing Director of Maximity, a business she founded in 2000 to provide effective, innovative and friendly IT services to other businesses. However, it could have turned out so differently - after Tracy's first experience of working with an ineffectual leader, she questioned whether working in business was even the right route for her. Thankfully her second role was led by a really inspiring leader who encouraged Tracy to flourish and achieve high performance as a manager at a young age. Through experiencing both types of leadership, it shaped Tracy's approach to leadership in how she leads her team and businesses today.
Tracy hosts a free webinar offering technical support, last Resort Support and this can be found at Maximity's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/MaximityLtd/events/?ref=page_internal
Connect with Tracy on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximity/

As always, thank you for listening!
7 min
August 10, 2020 Episode 7 | Lessons learnt from bosses at opposite ends of the spectrum - Tracy Pound, MD at Maximity
Tracy Pound is the Managing Director of Maximity, a business she founded in 2000 to provide effective, innovative and friendly IT services to other businesses. However, it could have turned out so differently - after Tracy's first experience of working with an ineffectual leader, she questioned whether working in business was even the right route for her.

Thankfully her second role was led by a really inspiring leader who encouraged Tracy to flourish and achieve high performance as a manager at a young age. Through experiencing both types of leadership, it shaped Tracy's approach to leadership in how she leads her team and businesses today.

Tracy hosts a free webinar offering technical support, last Resort Support and this can be found at Maximity's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/MaximityLtd/events/?ref=page_internal
Connect with Tracy on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximity/

As always, thank you for listening!

42 min
August 04, 2020 Episode 6 | Summary: Self Directed Teams | Cherie Concannon, Founder at RPO Manufacturing
Our short summary of our recent episode with Cherie.
Original podcast description: Cherie Concannon is the Founder of RPO Manufacturing, which operates in multiple countries helping to build motivated, self-directed teams in the manufacturing sector.

Cherie offers amazing insights into the world of management and leadership, with ‘self-direction’ being one of her key concepts. We discuss that finding the hidden talent and natural leaders within a team is a key part of being an effective leader. During one of Cherie’s projects with a manufacturing company, she discusses how she declined the offer of a bodyguard (!) and by really getting to know the team, discovered what they really wanted from their work. This process of getting to know individuals helps to remove any hidden assumptions and the ‘them and us’ culture that can permeate organisations in this traditional industry.

Developing emotional intelligence and supreme self-awareness are another two of the core themes of Cherie’s ‘self-directed’ teams approach and by removing the layers of management that can exist between shop floor operatives and upper levels of management, communication is greatly improved and this helps empowers teams to make their own decisions.
Connect with Cherie on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherieconcannon/
Check out RPO Manufacturing at https://www.rpo-manufacturing.com
Do you want to take your leadership and business to the next stage of success?
If your goal is to grow your business and you're feeling stuck or you'd like to become a more impactful leader, book a complimentary consulting session with business growth specialist Rebecca Jenkins to gain a fresh perspective and clear guidance to reach your goals.
RJEN.online
Rebecca has over 25 years of business growth experience, growing a previous business to over £55 million in sales. Rebecca now helps many other businesses to successfully scale.
Click here to book your session.

Thank you for listening and if you enjoyed it please leave a review and subscribe for more leadership insights or email us at [email protected] with any questions.

8 min
August 03, 2020 Episode 5 | Natural leaders for self directed teams - Cherie Concannon, Founder at RPO Manufacturing
Cherie Concannon is the Founder of RPO Manufacturing, which operates in multiple countries helping to build motivated, self-directed teams in the manufacturing sector.

Cherie offers amazing insights into the world of management and leadership, with ‘self-direction’ being one of her key concepts. We discuss that finding the hidden talent and natural leaders within a team is a key part of being an effective leader. During one of Cherie’s projects with a manufacturing company, she discusses how she declined the offer of a bodyguard (!) and by really getting to know the team, discovered what they really wanted from their work. This process of getting to know individuals helps to remove any hidden assumptions and the ‘them and us’ culture that can permeate organisations in this traditional industry.

Developing emotional intelligence and supreme self-awareness are another two of the core themes of Cherie’s ‘self-directed’ teams approach and by removing the layers of management that can exist between shop floor operatives and upper levels of management, communication is greatly improved and this helps empowers teams to make their own decisions.
Connect with Cherie on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherieconcannon/
Check out RPO Manufacturing at https://www.rpo-manufacturing.com
Do you want to take your leadership and business to the next stage of success?
If your goal is to grow your business and you're feeling stuck or you'd like to become a more impactful leader, book a complimentary consulting session with business growth specialist Rebecca Jenkins to gain a fresh perspective and clear guidance to reach your goals.
RJEN.online
Rebecca has over 25 years of business growth experience, growing a previous business to over £55 million in sales. Rebecca now helps many other businesses to successfully scale.
Click here to book your session.

Thank you for listening and if you enjoyed it please leave a review and subscribe for more leadership insights or email us at [email protected] with any questions.

41 min
July 28, 2020 Episode 4 | Summary: René Voorhorst, Senior Head of Key Account Management, Nordics & Benelux region at National Instruments
Our short summary of our recent episode with René.
Original podcast description: René Voorhorst, Senior Head of Key Account Management - Nordics & Benelux of National Instruments offers a fresh perspective one of the fundamental qualities of a great leader, putting the self-development of others, over yourself. Rene strongly believes that everyone can be a leader and that it is never too late to move into this role. Leaders have a genuine interest in the development of others and have the ability to influence their team. We discuss that leaders of the future should have strong communication skills, involving active listening and ensure that they as the leader understand their team, before getting the team to understand what is required and the importance of leading by example.
René kindly welcomes you to connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/renevoorhorst/
Also check out René's blog here http://www.voorhorst.se/about-me.html

As always, thank you for listening!

9 min
July 27, 2020 Episode 3 | Team development is more important than yours | René Voorhorst, Senior Head of Key Account Management, Nordics & Benelux region at National Instruments
René Voorhorst, Senior Head of Key Account Management - Nordics & Benelux of National Instruments offers a fresh perspective one of the fundamental qualities of a great leader, putting the self-development of others, over yourself. Rene strongly believes that everyone can be a leader and that it is never too late to move into this role. Leaders have a genuine interest in the development of others and have the ability to influence their team. We discuss that leaders of the future should have strong communication skills, involving active listening and ensure that they as the leader understand their team, before getting the team to understand what is required and the importance of leading by example.
René kindly welcomes you to connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/renevoorhorst/
Also check out René's blog here http://www.voorhorst.se/about-me.html
Do you want to take your leadership and business to the next stage of success?
If your goal is to grow your business and you're feeling stuck or you'd like to become a more impactful leader, book a complimentary consulting session with business growth specialist Rebecca Jenkins to gain a fresh perspective and clear guidance to reach your goals.
RJEN.online
Rebecca has over 25 years of business growth experience, growing a previous business to over £55 million in sales. Rebecca now helps many other businesses to successfully scale. Book a strategy call to take your business to the next stage of growth.
Click here to book your session.

Thank you for listening and if you enjoyed it please leave a review and subscribe for more leadership insights or email us at [email protected] with any questions.

As always, thank you for listening!

38 min

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