Mads Singers Management Podcast

We are trained by society/peers/culture/human programming to go with norms. The truth is you can and be whatever you please to be at whatever age, whatever circumstances, whatever anything else - be it whether from being a neurologist to being a person who advocates online collaborative strategy.  

This pathway is precisely what Dr. Mark Wade followed through. 

Joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Dr. Mark Wade, founder of Virtual Summit to share to us how he was able to build the company he owns now through online collaborative strategy. 

Dr. Mark Wade is a Postural Neurologist who earned his doctorate and a couple of certifications concerning neuroscience and human functions. He currently runs a posture clinic for over ten years now. 

In the same manner, he also owns Virtual Summit - an online institute, a sAAs company wherein every person involved is location dependent. He focuses on helping other entrepreneurs through collaborative strategies just as how he was able to build his online business by creating software(s) to allow him to create this company to run those summits.

Dr. Mark Wade’s turning point was when he was contemplating that he wanted to help a lot of people and wanted to give online business a try. After clarifying things about the online business, he now heads a company called Virtual Summit, an online institute creating software(s) to allow him to create this company to run those summits.

In running the online business, the transition was a challenge as he was used to having a brick and mortar business to completely location dependent. He finally found the rhythm when he profoundly understood that one of the takeaways which made him successful in the industry was to have people who are engaged and qualified.

Key Learning Points:

1. Dr. Mark Wade’s Virtual Summit Business Journey - 2:17, 3:04, 13:37
2. Dr. Mark Wade’s Insight on Branding Relevance in Virtual Summits - 8:22
3. Lessons that Dr. Mark Wade learned in running Virtual Summits - 14:36, 17:04
4. Dr. Mark Wade’s Management Mistake - 21:00
5. Dr. Mark Wade’s Mission  - 25:47
6. Dr. Mark Wade’s Onboarding Process - 31:13
7. Dr. Mark Wade’s Management Tips - 38:48

Resources Mentioned:
1. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't
Author: Jim Collins

Connect with Dr. Mark Wade on the following online handles:
1. Website
2. Facebook Community
3. Instagram

Joining me in today's episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is no other than, Ludovic Vuillier, Managing Director of Baer's Crest and Founder of The Good Life Manifesto. 

Ludovic Vuillier had an exciting launching pad as he started his career in Sales, not as planned as versus like everyone else. From this starting point, he launched The Good Life Manifesto, wherein it aims to help people discern what will make them generally happy and help them achieve whatever that may be for them. 

Garnering from this philosophy and experience, Ludovic profoundly understood the concept and reality of sales in a way that made him realize that the most difficult "Yes" in Sales was his "First Yes." From then, in the way he dealt with his clients and colleagues, he knew very well that each and everyone else is different, and what may work for one may not necessarily work for them either. Such that, in every dealings, putting circumstance in a context must be considered before moving forward. 

Key Learning Points: 

1. Ludovic Vuillier’s Entrepreneurial Tips on Sales - 2:27
2. Ludovic Vuillier’s Biggest Management Challenge - 3:48, 9:15
3. Ludovic Vuillier’s Personal Weakness - 15:36
4. Ludovic Vuillier’s Value Added Contribution - 19:13
5. Ludovic Vuillier’s Take on A Good Sales Framework - 29:24, 31:57

Connect with Ludovic Vuillier on the following online handle(s): 

1. Facebook 
2. Website: baerscrest.com 
3. Thegoodlifemanifesto.com 

Our culture defines us as people or groups with many mutual beliefs, opinions, traditions, and values that are taught and learned as we grow and evolve. It is a type of structure beyond our family, which gives us something to comfort or depend on knowing what is expected of us and what to expect.

Remove this, and some of our structure is removed too, which by the way, in every way. In the same token, culture also affects leadership in every way imaginable. 

Talking about creating a culture driven relationship is Adam Sinkus, who is joining me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, to share how culture affects everything else that’s moving and measurable. 

Adam Sinkus is a Leadership and Culture Consultant from Florida who subscribes to the view that businesses can maintain the same culture they had when they were still starting up with the right tools and mindset towards people management. For Adam, how a leader makes a cultural impact on the employees is relevant enough such that the intangible measure leads to tangible expected outcomes. 

This foundation, on its relevance, paved the way for Adam to know the approach(es) with the kind of clients he had, and he has. 

Adam is fully aware of cultural continuity, and for this to be possible, effective communication plays a huge role in affecting people and begins to build connections. 

Key Learning Points: 

1. Adam Sinkus’ Insight on Culture and It’s Business Relevance - 1:25, 2:54, 3:19
2. How his Interest on Management Started - 13:26
3. The Biggest Management Challenge Adam Sinkus Faced Himself - 9:49
4. Dealing and Overcoming Personal Relationships in Business Dealings - 16:30
5. The Most Challenging Management Decision for Adam Sinkus - 21:39
6. Adam Sinkus’ Weakness from a Management Standpoint - 23:38
7. Adam Sinkus Take on Onboarding - 26:23
8. Adam Sinkus Take on Delegation - 34:14
9. Adam Sinkus’ Management Tips - 39:24

Resources: 

1. How to Build Aces in Your Organization
(...coming out later this year) 

-focused on Leadership and Culture

Connect with Adam Sinkus on the following online handle(s): 

1. Linkedin
2. Twitter

Competing against household brands these days might be one hell of a ride which stems from the belief that the precursor to success is a capital venture; however, not at all a pre-requisite. 

Sometimes, entrepreneurs can prove out quite a bit with little to no capital by simply investing in learned interests. 

Joining me today's episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Brent Zahradnik, owner of AMZ Path Finder to share with us today how his vision alongside with his team help brands effectively and profitably advertise on Amazon Marketplaces. 

Brent Zahradnik is from Eastern United States and runs his Amazon Advertising for four to five years now. Together with his team, he works with businesses using it as a platform in both American and European Places. 

In every success from setbacks, Brent always acknowledges the fact that he is not an expert on everything such that he values the work his team does. One of the things he enjoys the most about people management is its ability to surprise him in many ways rather than simply compartmentalizing him from the time team members get hired. 

Brent subscribes to the view that by hiring self-motivated individuals, the business value needs not to be reinforced but instead becomes naturally nurtured. 

Key Learning Points: 

1. Brent Zahradnik’s Business Growth and Dynamics - 1:20, 17:02
2. Brent Zahradnik’s Biggest Management Challenge - 4:01
3. Brent Zahradnik’s Take on Succession Planning - 9:30
4. Brent Zahradnik’s Take in Onboarding - 20:52
5. Brent Zahradnik’s Take on Delegation - 24:10
6. Brent Zahradnik’s Mission in People Management - 26:46, 27:40
7. Tips, Tricks Around Management - 32:31, 33:46

Tools Mentioned: 

1. Slack
2. Dynamite Hiring 

Connect with Brent Zahradnik on the following handles:

1. Linkedin
2. AMZ Path Finder
3. E-mail: [email protected]

Effective leaders who sustain effective management accordingly are always on the prospect of hiring good people, and I think each of us carries a list of what kind of people we would like to take part in our organization. Believe it or not, whom we hire is not determined by what we want, but most of the time, it is determined by who we are in most circumstances. 

Joining me in today's episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is no less than, Carrie McKeegan, Co-founder and CEO of Greenback Expat Tax Services, a fast-growing, dynamic remote company that helps Americans who live abroad get compliant with their US expat tax returns. 

Carrie joins us today to share her management philosophy and how it helped her business over the years. 

Carrie runs a business that does taxes for Americans who live overseas, which comprises of 100% remote workers for (10) ten years now. Her team caters to every single country that they do taxes for Americans living in every only state across the world. Carrie started her business when she was living in London and grew then. 

Carrie is fully aware of the fact that she cannot do things by herself, and this has been proven for having been on the line for ten (10) years now. Driven by her management philosophy, Carrie knows that bringing in the best and the brightest people she wants to work with does wonder and so she pairs this with how structured she is as a person, which allows everyone to operate independently with things reported in place. 

Essentially, Carrie envisions having people grow with the business along the way holistically rather than approaching management through micro-managing tasks. As versus being tasks-focused, Carrie likes the notion of looking at the outcome(s) than focusing on the task(s) itself. For her, this allows creativity and ideas to be explored and improved. 

Key Learning Points: 

1. Carrie McKeegan’s Management Philosophy - 2:41
2. Carrie McKeegan’s Biggest Management Challenge in the Organization  - 6:31
3. Carrie McKeegan’s Biggest challenge in People Management - 9:07
4. Carrie McKeegan’s Significant Hiring Decisions - 17:11
5. Carrie McKeegan’s Take on Onboarding - 29:48
6. Carrie McKeegan’s Take on Delegation - 36:28

Tools Mentioned: 

1. Podio

Resources Mentioned: 

1. Traction
Author: Gino Wickman

2. Break Down All The Rules
Author: Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman

Connect with Carrie McKeegan on the following online handle(s): 

1. Website
2. Linkedin
3. E-mail: [email protected]

Building Solutions and finding what works in leadership and doing more of it is one of the many perspectives Andrew Steven carries on in governing both his business and the team he has. 

In today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, I am joined by Andrew Steven, Co-Founder of High Voltage SEO to tackle about how he becomes efficient in managing and transforming his business by creating processes and systems. 

Andrew has been an SEO Consultant with ten years of experience in the digital world. He worked for hands-on in SEO, PPC, Display, Retargeting, CRO, and social media and now specializes in building and implementing search strategy using his knowledge and experience. 

As a self-learner, Andrew managed to embrace the beauty of creating systems and processes which proved to be helpful to him with his SEO Firm. As he is fully aware of the business involved in SEO, he subscribes to the view that the absence of systems and processes would make one’s business an unmanageable mess. 

For Andrew, the rule of synergy applies to his leadership style - he can create more together with the team he built that he can get ever by himself as Andrew acknowledges the fact that he does not know everything that may accompany this business to success. It’s always better for Andrew to invest his time in building new solutions rather than spending time on dwelling and not doing anything from past mistakes. 

Andrew believes that people management is as close to nurturing - ensuring that their needs are met and finding out what those needs are. He has several different programs considering that most of the people who are part of his team do not work in the same place daily.

Key Learning Points: 

1. Andrew Steven’s Management Philosophy - 2:11
2. Process and Systems Building Challenge(s) - 3:51
3. Andrew Steven’s Roadblocks on Management - 8:10, 13:48
4. Andrew Steven’s Take on Employee Retention - 18:06, 22:30
5. Two Types of People in the SEO Industry according to Andrew Steven - 24:46
6. Andrew Steven’s Calculated Challenge(s) & Take on Delegation - 33:00, 43:55, 48:34
7. Andrew Steven’s Tips and Tricks around Management - 55:33

Golden Nugget(s): 

Rule of Synergy - 11:37, 13:35

Andrew Steven’s on Six Business Elements - 49:23

Connect with Andrew Steven’s on the following online handles: 

1. Internetmarketing.gold
2. High Voltage SEO 
3. Linkedin 

4. Email – [email protected] 

In leadership, priorities should be a matter of principle, not preference. 

Leaders understand that activity is not necessarily accomplishment.

I am joined today by no less than Melinda Byerley, Founding Partner of Timesharing CMO, to share her practical and insightful thoughts on how focus and prioritization can do wonders. 

Melinda used to work in the entertainment industry before owning her consultancy. Owning her consultancy for Melinda was both a sort of exercise and apologizing. She was able to see her entire self reflected at her. It’s a manifestation of who Melinda is, although literally, it’s something she could not hold. With this, Melinda acknowledges that it also reflects the mistakes made seen on a larger scale “literally.” 

Melinda’s management philosophy is driven from the fact that she knows her mission profoundly in terms of business and people; from this profound understanding of her mission is the foundation of Melinda’s focus and priorities. Sharpened focus helped Melissa to expand her views, and so is her approach in management. She knows how to invest in products with the highest return. 

One of the investments she is focusing on is on people. Melinda believes that skills can be taught, but not in the case of character and motivation. It's not aggressive for Melinda; it’s about taking pride in work. For if a person takes pride in what he does, it depicts two things: 1) Reliability and 2) Trustworthiness.

Melinda subscribes to the view that the greatest success comes only when the focus is aimed at on what matters.

Key Learning: 

1. Melinda Byerley’s Management Philosophy - 2:00
2. How Working Remotely and Working in an Office Set-Up has Advantages and Disadvantages of its own - 3:42
3. Melinda Byerley’s Amazing Consultancy Journey - 10:44
4. Overcoming Management Predicaments - 25:19

Resources Mentioned:

1. Challenger Sale
Author: Brent Adamson and Matthew Dixon

2. This is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn To See

Author: Seth Godin

Connect with Melinda Byerley on the following online handles:

1. E-mail: [email protected]
2. Timeshare CMO
3. Stayinaliveintech.com
4. Twitter

Many entrepreneurs face the challenge of starting up and creating momentum concerning their goals, whether it be business or purely for passion, just as every sailor knows that a ship can’t be steered once it is not moving forward. 

Resilient entrepreneurs are fully aware that to change direction, forward progress has to be created in the first place. 

Driven by momentum, Christine Gouchault, Entrepreneur, Business Consultant, Speaker, and Author joins me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast to tell us a story about how creating momentum and moving forward became her best friend. 

Christine Gouchault is an entrepreneur from Denmark.  She started her first business in Paris, which was a Recruitment Agency for a couple of years and moved to Denmark in 2008. After moving to Denmark, she first worked as a consultant in Recruitment and HR and later expanded to Management and Sales as to how to build Sales Organizations. 

Christine currently has her own business called Mors Business, wherein she helps female entrepreneurs align their business strategies so that they can succeed with their businesses and have time for their family too. 

In January, Christine started a new company, which is an IT Consultancy in her vision of not just managing but running her business. 

Christine approaches decisions with practicality and has come to master being an objective business partner. She knows her vision and does not waste energy when she realizes it is working against her. 

She profoundly understands that in the absence of momentum, the simplest tasks can seem to be insurmountable problems. With this in mind, Christine ensures that she knows her end goal full well and partner with the right people to help her bring value on the table at the same time equally assisting those who are just starting. 

For Christine, while a good entrepreneur may sustain momentum, a great one increases it by being fully aware and making things happen. 

Key Learnings: 

1. Christine Gouchault Management Philosophy - 8:46
2. Expert Insights to Jump Start Your Business - 11:27, 12:45, 17:15, 19:15
3. Overcoming Management and Business Challenges - 26:50,
4. Christine Gouchault Take on Personal Relationships turned to Business Partnerships - 29:50, 27:44
5. Christine Gouchault’s Tips, and Hints - 35:17, 38:01

Connect with Christine Gouchault on the following online handles: 

1. Christine Gouchault's Webpage 
2. Mors Business 
3. Linkedin 
4. Twitter 

Active Management is a lot, like investing successfully in the stock market. If you hope to make a fortune in a day, you’re not going to be successful. What matters most is what you do day by day over a long period of time.  

Just exactly as how my guest today, Ray Blakney paced his way through in building online businesses. 

In today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, Ray Blakney joins me to share how listening to employees made his goal-driven Management a lot easier. 

Ray Blakney had training for computer engineering but has been building online businesses over the last ten (10) years. He holds around 150 staff members around the globe from over five (5) different continents. 

As his business grew over time, significant changes had to be made to keep things going. Ray runs his virtual company 100% and operates through Slack. 

Driven by goals, he makes sure he invests in the right things to make it happen. For him, it’s always people first layered with management. 

This mindset is the excellent news Ray wishes to impart - that managing people and business is not static. No matter where you are starting from, you can always get better. 

Key Learning: 

1. Ray Blakney’s Management Philosophy - 1:52
2. Ray Blakney’s Management Challenges and Ways of Overcoming -  6:52, 24:43
3. Ray Blakney’s Take on Delegation - 18:30
4. Management Tips from Ray Blakney - 29:30

Golden Nugget: 

Ray Blakney’s Skip-Level Technique - 9:30, 12:00

Resources mentioned: 

1. Slack 

Connect with Ray Blakney on the following online handle(s): 

1. Live Lingua 
2. Linkedin 

Many entrepreneurs or business owners right now take businesses so seriously that people management becomes second or third on their list without fully comprehending the amount of effective people management could generate. 

More than just managing businesses, engaging as qualified, being another form of managing people poses relevant increases in people’s productivity as well as their level of energy, and output. All these are possible when viewed and done in a different light. 

What I just shared is the reason why I am not missing out to be joined in today's episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast by Laura Roeder, Founder of MeetEdgar, to welcome 2020 with her new insights about people and business management. 

Fascinating as she is, Laura has been working full time since she graduated and was supporting herself since then. She has been an entrepreneur for ten years now. 

Laura has had different business models from consulting, online courses, SaaS - pretty much all in online marketing and social media marketing. 

Laura leads MeetEdgar, a Social Media Automation Tool that helps content on social media channels automate to make it easy for everyone who avails. 

Likely as how she leads her team, Laura swears, by making life as easy as possible for people to make their contribution. So whether that includes clearing roadblocks for people, making sure that the people can communicate with others easily, helping them have the information organized, supporting their thought process to be more effective at work - Laura seizes opportunities as such. 

Laura has been guided by the fact that - in general, people are always doing their best, which reflects how she manages her people and business, makes critical decisions, and even in connecting with them. 

Key Learning: 

1. Laura Roeder’s Management Philosophy - 2:12
2. Laura Roeder’s Management Challenges, Strengths, and Weaknesses - 4:23, 11:22, 14:30, 16:10
3. The Most Important Management Skill learned by Laura Roeder - 7:53, 8:18
4. Laura Roeder’s take in Delegation - 18:19
5. Identifying tomorrow’s Leaders - 23:21
6. Managing Managers - 27:38
7. Laura Roeder Business Risk - 29:02
8. Management Tips from Laura Roeder - 32:09

Tools Mentioned: 

1. MeetEdgar 

Connect with Laura Roeder on the following online handles: 

1. MeetEdgar  
2. Laura Roeder 
3. Facebook 
4. Twitter