Mads Singers Management Podcast

Digital technologies, infrastructure, systems, and processes are as important as the people involved in digital alteration; it is also as crucial as people management.

Communication and empowerment play a considerable part in this business culture, considering the business dynamics it entails for digital maturity.

Joining me LIVE in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is no other than Karl Kangur, Marketing Director of Smash Digital. Karl shares in this episode how he learned people management by experience and how it turned out to be a learning process for him too.

Karl is currently staying in Vietnam, whose doing Digital Marketing for eleven years now. He started as a person specializing in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and affiliate websites and eventually making it to the Agency World.

Being a visionary leader as he is, he knows that by having a clear road map of what he aims to be, and where he seeks to be, operating business in digital marketing, in general, becomes more manageable.

For Karl, management to him came in as trial and error as he started at a very young age to which he learned management through the ropes. Karl believes that communicating clearly and effectively and empowering people by giving them the authority to make decisions spells out the difference. This became his backbone is people management.

Karl believes that by giving people chances, it surprises each one who gets to witness, knowing them differently.

Key Learning Points:

1. Karl Kangur”s take on Management - 2:00
2. Karl Kangur’s Management Roadblock - 4:36
3. What Karl Kangur considers win - 5:52
4. Karl Kangur’s Interesting Business Outlooks - 14:43
5. Karl Kangur’s Takeaways - 18:17, 23:00, 25:42

Golden Nuggets: 

Karl Kangur being Visionary - 8:07

Connect with Karl Kangur on the following online handle(s): 

1. Smash Digital
2. Karl Kangur
3. Email - [email protected]

I have known Michael Bereslavsky as a Business Flipper who, at the same time runs a Private Equity Firm.  Michael specializes in buying and selling of established websites and made a career out of it. 

He is joining me LIVE in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast to further share his thoughts in navigating his business and what made it successful. 

Michael specializes in M&A of content, affiliate, e-commerce, and SaaS businesses. He was featured in numerous industry publications and conferences and consults entrepreneurs on buying and selling web businesses, marketing, and growth strategy. 

For Michael, he looks at three things in discerning whether or not a business is a good deal. He looks at the numbers, risks, and opportunities. 

The above mentioned preliminary requirements are fostered from the framework Michael follows which involves one of his greatest assets - people.

With Michael’s intent to maximize and expand his business, he acknowledges that he needs to overcome the challenge of recruiting and hiring the right person with the right talent for the neede role. He mitigates this predicament by being upfront and clear to what his vision is and how he thought it to be successful. 

Michael Bereslavsky is the man who makes things happen. 

Key Learning Points:

1. Michael Bereslavsky’s Requisites for Business Acquisition - 12:27, 30:50
2. Michael Bereslavsky’s High-Level view in Getting the Best Out of his Team - 14:52
3. Michael Bereslavsky’s Biggest Management Failure - 1:01:56
4. Overcoming Business Predicaments - 39:52 

Resources Mentioned: 

1. Winning by Jack Welch
2. Principles by Ray Dalio 

Connect with Michael Bereslavsky on the following online handle(s): 

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

For some people, gaining knowledge about “doing” management and investing in management are one and the same. However, to some, there is a clear distinction between knowing and investing right. 

I am joined in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast by no less than Mark Luckenbaugh, an entrepreneur, to share interesting facts about what governs him in navigating his philosophy about investing in management. 

He emphasizes that by profoundly understanding what’s going to be yours and knowing what comes along with that entails embracing responsibility in full scale. 

Mark Luckenbaugh’s goal for the next few years is to concentrate on funding software development and acquisition of companies or equities in the companies to further build businesses. Mark is fully aware that for this to be on the baseline, finding the right talent fit complementing product fit holds essential roles. 

Mark is governed on the philosophy that empowering managers or leads and providing the needed management support or management training fuels them to act accordingly and beyond. 

Key Learning Points: 

1. Mark Luckenbaugh Management Philosophy - 4:36, 6:46
2. What Mark Luckenbaugh considers his biggest failures as an entrepreneur - 16:10, 45:22

Golden Nugget: 

What that Comes Along Responsibility- 34:01

Connect with Mark Luckenbaugh on the following online handle(s): 

1. Linkedin 

I am amazed at how much more there is to learn about management and have always subscribed to the view that as a leader, personal growth is a lifelong journey. As each of us paces our way through it, personal transformation allows organizational transformation, and personal transformation allows management growth. 

My good friend Anfernee Chansamooth joined me in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast to impart his management journey and how he has grown so much from being a Maker to now, Manager of his own business. 

Anfernee Chansamooth is a content strategist, copywriter, and speaker. Anf is on a mission to help entrepreneurs launch, grow & optimize their location-independent businesses so that they can enjoy true freedom.  

Anf loves to travel and explore the roads less traveled in life, relationships, business, and sustainable living with his amazing wife, Cindy. Together, they co-host the Founders Connect podcast and Remote Business Summit. 

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Anf upholds what he calls Triangle of Management, which involves three things: 1) People, 2) Understanding Self; and 3) Understanding Effective Communication. 

Key Learning Points: 

1. Anfernee Chansamooth Management Philosophy - 2:46
2. Leadership Transformation Impact - 14:30
3. Management Journey and Growth - 30:45

Golden Nuggets: 

1. Resources Allocation - 24:45
2. From Maker to Mentor - 33:48, 50:44

Resources Mentioned:

Wealth Dynamic Test

Connect with Anfernee Chansamooth on the following online handles:

    1. Founders Connect
   2. Remote Business
   3. Linkedin

Are you thinking of wanting to grow your business? Discerning if you have the cashflow needed? Knowledgeable enough to discern where to invest, or is it even worth investing? What if... Investing is not the key to growth? Or your investment is not returning? 

I get that. If it weren’t on your mind, you wouldn’t be here. While a  systematic plan of action is there on the surface to help you increase your customer platform and boost revenue, which by the way, are both great things to mention - growth alone isn’t sufficient to sustain and run a business if the right conditions aren’t satisfied.

Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for entrepreneurs or growing businesses that are excited about growth to accept willingly – or even create challenges that they’re not furnished to handle. Most of the time - it involves not getting their cashflows right to sustain their businesses. 

Joining us LIVE in this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is no other than Rob Te Braake from ABEL Finance. 

I recently worked with Rob Te Braake and we’re cooking an excellent Financial Course where every entrepreneur or business owner can learn from figuratively and practically! 

Rob helps online businesses with Finance Strategy by assisting entrepreneurs to understand their numbers profoundly most notably from a high-level perspective to know and gain insight on the resources they decide to invest, helps them plan for the future - like what does that do to your overall budget or cashflow and how “financially prepared” your business would be when the odds aren’t in your favor. 

Rob subscribes to the view that understanding every business’ numbers can add so much value. This profound understanding of business cashflow could help an entrepreneur make better decisions and allows room for risk awareness more transparently or accurate at least. From reviewing the past numbers to planning ahead and forecasting - all these entail the efficient manner of handling your business cashflow - knowing and understanding. 

He acknowledges that the change in mindset is a longer process than it should most especially if the business is doing great. For Rob, being actively aware of your finances or business cashflow allows three things: 1) Growth, 2) Profit, and 3) Risk Awareness.   In hindsight, SMART BUSINESS. 

Key Learning Points: 

1. Rob Te Braake gets across on One Important Thing - 3:50
2. Mindset Shift - 5:33, 7:02
3. Business Variation Implications - 25:32, 28:21

Golden Nugget: 

Financial Risk Awareness - 12:04, 16:42, 29:34

Connect with Rob Te Braake on the following Online Handles: 

1. E-mail - [email protected]

We are all subject to our own biases, and this is the reason why effective workflows, policies, processes, and procedures exist for a reason. It allows everyone to look at facts and find equally unique challenges and unique opportunities. 

No less than Vincent D’Eletto, founder of WordsAgent.com joins us in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast to share how having an effective workflow, and standard operational procedure unites everyone involved in the business to generate better results across the board. 

Vincent D’Eletto owns and operates WordAgents.com which is a content creation agency that houses almost one hundred fifty writers and editors. He also maintains portfolios of SEO Affiliate Websites and a restaurant owner at the same time. 

Vincent acknowledges the fact that by having an efficient system, it’s what separates where good fails and great prevails. By this, having effective workflows and procedures requires high-level thinking in looking at things toward the work that people do. Not only it is beneficial for the business from a management standpoint, but also drives people empowerment.

Key Learning: 

1. Vincent D’Eletto on Workflow and Effective Operational Procedures – 1:54, 3:24, 9:50

2. Vincent D’Eletto insight in promoting a Team member – 20:08

3. Mission in People Management – 25:12

Connect with Vincent D’Eletto on the following online handles:
1. Website
2. Linkedin
3. E-mail - [email protected]

It takes a community to innovate. It takes a community to push the limits and accomplish the impossible. Innovation in today’s age and time drives us to do more, but to do it consistently is another key to factor in. This key involves mastery, which necessitates a process that allows a person to do tasks or actions repetitively irrespective of its outcome and results.

Live on today’s episode is no less than Terry Kyle, CEO of WPX Hosting, which fully funds an NGO he owns called Every Dog Matters to help homeless dogs and cats in Bulgaria where he is currently based. 

Just like everyone else, Terry Kyle has a lot of experience to draw from in terms of management. What sets him apart is that his management philosophy always draws from what he loves to do and that is to innovate and create opportunity – consistently by practicing.  Everything is practice is a philosophy that’s been circling his company daily. 

His professional background includes being a teacher, which is why as an owner and entrepreneur, he feels delighted whenever he sees his people grow, blossom, and outgrow themselves in the process. Terry not only stops in seeing them outgrow themselves along the journey, as he is fully aware how innovation pushes a person beyond all cylinders, he gives his confidence in them, to the point that Terry, does not worry whenever there’s a unique circumstance which his business is confronted of as he could rely not just on their expertise, but also in their bodies of work. 

Terry subscribes to the view that when we know what we are up against at and ready to take for it, freedom and momentum happens. All these viewpoints are all evident in the manner he manages his business, his team, and even his recruitment process.   

Key Learning: 

1. Management Consistency – 4:42, 9:58, 12:46

2. Terry Kyle’s Management Philosophy – 13:38, 15:13, 15:35

3. Mission in People Management – 16:28, 17:13, 17:58

4. Succumbing Predicaments – 18:47, 19:35

5. Terry Kyle’s take on Hiring Effectively – 23:00 

6. Identifying Tomorrow’s Leaders – 26:48

7. Set-Up Monday, Review Friday Dynamic – 29:35

8. Personal Development – 33:40

Connect with Terry Kyle on the following Online Handles: 

1. WPX Hosting 

2. Every Dog Matters (An NGO Company fully funded by WPX Hosting) 

3. Personal Website 

4. Linkedin 

Yellow color radiates both positivity and energy. Many people say it is also related to happiness, energy, performance, or optimization. This color is the reason why, in almost every company or social engagements, you won’t be seeing this color missing. Have you ever wondered how this color radiates positivity and energy at the same time keeps one grooving despite adversities be it in business or life simply as it is?

Joining us LIVE in this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is Monique Lindner, a High-Performance Optimization Specialist and Motivational Speaker.

Monique profoundly knows what’s necessary, what needs to be prioritized, and how all those identified can be done in a manner that allows a person to realize his or her full potential. Monique’s favorite color is Yellow, and this is how this color drives her to be the best in everything that she does and advocates.

As a High-Performance Optimization Specialist, she helps entrepreneurs and business owners to slow down and SPEED UP in matters which would allow them to be high performing and being able to optimize what’s currently available in their resources, be it in for business purposes or personal development.

Monique devised a framework throughout years of experience, which is now what she calls, TIME Method. T – Time Management, I – Impactful Leadership, M – Mind Hacking, and E – Energy Efficiency. All these, when factored individually, are related to what she firmly believes that people should work on holistically to help them perform higher: PRIORITY, FOCUS, and CLARITY.

Despite being an expert of what she does in helping people to gain the confidence that is theirs and within, she does not discount the fact that we each have different ways of coping up. She even then helps high achieving business leaders to accomplish the work-life bliss stage.

Key Learning:

1. Monique Lindner’s TIME Method – 2:30

1.1 Time Management – 4:04

1.2 Impactful Leadership – 5:46

1.3 Mind Hacking – 6:57

1.4 Energy Efficiency – 8:15

2. Stories from People Monique Lindner work with – 9:34, 13:46

3. Monique Lindner’s Self Improvement – 16:40, 17:32, 19:55

4. Resources – 22:17

Resources Mentioned: 

Book: The Laws of Human Nature 

Author: Robert Greene 

Connect with Monique Lindner on the following online handles: 

1. Website

2. Facebook
3. Linkedin

While a lot of us may have different ways of looking between being a leader and a manager, between leadership and management, it all boils down to a person translating authenticity in all forms. Although this may sound relatively easy, it would take for a person to overcome oneself for leadership to be brought in this manner.  

Joining us in today’s episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast is no other than, Chris Jankulovski, founder of Remotestaff who has employed over 8000 home-based professionals since Remotestaff started to service majority of his clients.

Chris Jankulovski once aspired to be a Digital Nomad who just wanted to learn everything about Internet Marketing who, until now, loves the idea of traveling and earning at the same time anywhere around the globe until he was hit by his crossroads.   

It was with this experience that he managed to succumb to each predicament he was confronted of graciously through being able find his purpose in not just being able to help himself with his vision but also helping others by leading from the core. He firmly believes in leading with authenticity.

As such, Chris Jankulovski focuses on people, which for him, is fundamental irrespective of the industry a person is part of and looks at the situation to adapt his way of management. In this regard, Chris keeps an eye on ensuring that when he leads from the core, his leadership becomes more authentic, and focuses on what can be done for it to become a collective success.

For Chris, in the absence of self-awareness, successful leadership is just an idea of rolling like a ball.  

Key Learning Points from with Chris Jankulovski: 

1. Chris Jankulovski's Management Philosophy - 5:46, 8:48
2. Mission in managing People - 14:30, 15:26
3. Overcoming Business Management Challenges -  18:04, 20:27
4. Chris Jankulovski’s Manner of Identifying Tomorrow’s Leader - 21:09, 21:45
5. Chris Jankulovski’s Unique Take on Delegation - 23:08
6. Management Tips from Chris Jankulovski - 25:44, 26:52, 27:41

Golden Nuggets: 

1. Power of Perspective - 15:11
2. How is Leadership different from Management - 11:19, 12:09
3. Collective Success - 27:41

Resources Mentioned: 

1. Just Keep Going

Author: Chris Jankulovski

Connect with Chris Jankulovski on the following online handles: 

1. Website
2. Facebook 
3. Linkedin

Nothing in life can be achieved through a quick fix. Nobody gets it that easy which is why the long and difficult process is the only way through. A person cannot just be consistent accidentally. It’s a thoughtful choice you make every day. 

Focusing on the actual work that needs to be done may seem cliché, but it works true and has shown proven results. 

Kris Reid from Ardor SEO subscribes to this view. 

In this episode of Mads Singers Management Podcast, Kris Reid from Ardor SEO joins us as he tells us more about how his management philosophy helped him to be successful now. 

Kris Reid started as a Software Engineer and once worked in Finance until the global crisis. This event led him through to being in the SEO Industry of this digital age. 

For Kris, having a purposeful - targeted vision and turning that vision into action can make that person holding the vision unstoppable. 

Kris ensures that the people he works with also understands profoundly the vision that he has. This philosophy paves the way for guaranteed results and delivery. 

For Kris, meaningful focus and consistency do not only rest on the services Ardor SEO provides but also in the manner he chooses the right people and the way he deals with the people he is working with by establishing the connection to each of them.

***Catch Kris Reid and Mads Singers on this Podcast episode!**

Key Learning: 

1. Kris Reid’s Management Philosophy – 2:28

2. Mission in People Management – 3:43, 7:34

3. Outgrowing Business Challenges – 5:55, 18:14

4. Kris Reid’s Approach on Delegation – 9:52

5. Kris Reid’s Unique Management Style – 13:14, 

6. Tips, Tricks, Suggestions – 19:11

Resources Mentioned:

1. The E-myth
Author: Michael Gerber

2. Profit First
Author: Mike Michalowicz

3. Clockwork
Author: Mike Michalowicz

Connect with Kris Reid on the following online handle(s):
Website