Claude is the first Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia, a digital agency with expertise in social media that works with a wide range of clients including Shell, Toyota, and Unilever.

Emotional optimist, coach, manager, and mentor, Claude works with and mentors 800 Humans and is in touch with the heartbeat of every single one person in the company. Her role is to infuse the Agency with Empathy. The CHO was created to scale Gary Vaynerchuk, and to make sure that VaynerMedia's employees have a place they can find a home.

During our discussion we talked about:-

-What inspired Claude to join Gary Vaynerchuk in scaling VaynerMedia

-How to win the hearts and minds of more than 800 employees

-Process vs autonomy at work: The great debate

-The role of empathy and trust in leadership

-More!

For more on Claude:

David is a leading identify and branding expert who has received over 325 international awards, ranked #3 worldwide for branding by Klout, and is the recipient of the Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship medallion,

He has been featured in ADWEEK, Forbes, INC, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Communication Arts, How magazine and numerous blogs and podcasts.

During our talk we discussed matters such as:-

-Branding 101 - What is and what is not branding

-Epic failures (Kodak, Blockbuster etc)

-How to win and rise above the noise

-How can one achieve brand clarity?

-To niche or not to niche - that is the question

-The importance of personal branding

-Going big or taking an incremental approach to marketing

-Attention vs trust: How to convert attention into revenue

-More!

For more on David:

- https://www.risingabovethenoise.com/about/

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnmetca...

Anna is a Community Curator, LinkedIn Educator and Storyteller and is driven to help individuals and businesses to build better and more authentic connections in a digital world. 

She co-founded the #LinkedInLocal movement, an initiative to connect offline in real life that spread to 90+ countries in 22 months, and has since been validated by LinkedIn.  Anna also empowers entrepreneurs and brands looking to create and scale their own communities. She has a unique background in social media and recruitment and is an accomplished LinkedIn Trainer and Speaker. 

During our discussion we talked about:-

- The story behind the successful #LinkedInLocal movement

- LinkedIn 101: How to win or lose on LinkedIn

- Leveraging LinkedIn so as to reach the gatekeepers in your industry 

- How to build a community that benefits everyone

- Skills required for / acquired when hosting events

- Building rapport and trust online

-Many more!

For more on Anna:

- https://annamcafee.com.au

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/annamcafee/

Dawn Metcalfe - Hard Talk Your Way to Success

Dawn is a leading workplace culture advisor, author and speaker. She is the founder of PDSi, which helps individuals and teams drive organisational and behavioral change.

Dawn’s first book was Managing the Matrix; The HardTalk Handbook is her second. Dawn speaks regularly at events and in the media on any topic where people and business intersect. 

During our talk we discussed matters such as:-

-How to handle difficult conversations

-The neuroscience behind facing or avoiding conflict

-Culture dynamics how do these work in favour or against organisational changes

-How to get what you want by improving your emotional intelligence

-The role of leadership in the post-covid era

-Aligning values in times of compelling intergenerational dynamics in the workplace

-Change management: Obstacles and how to get it right

-More!

For more on Dawn:

- https://www.dawnmetcalfe.com/

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnmetca...

Cory is a 20-year restaurant-industry veteran turned entrepreneur and one of LinkedIn’s most popular and influential voices with a following that exceeds 180,000 and growing. Cory is the founder and chief visionary officer of Shedwool, a smart shift scheduling platform with enterprise communication, rules-based scheduling, compliance with emerging labor laws around scheduling shift workers, labor optimization & more.

During our discussion we talked out:-

-Cory's journey from worker to entrepreneur

-Cory’s remarkable LinkedIn story and his way to a million followers

-The story behind the success of ShedWool, Cory’s brainchild

-Leveraging LinkedIn so as to reach the gatekeepers in your industry and do business together

-How to juggle between entrepreneurship, prospecting and consistent community building

-How to build a community that benefits everyone

-More!

Stathis is a former Olympic contender who turned into a full time insurance agent and certified financial advisor. Stathis mission is to keep families and businesses together when the best happens and the worst happens.

During our discussion (in Greek) we touched matters such as:-

-Stathis remarkable journey as an Olympic contender

-Critical business lessons from an Olympian

-The key components to long-lasting success as a professional

-How to earn trust and build a solid reputation

-How to deal with rejection without losing enthusiasm

-How to make friends and win over clients in difficult industries

-Myths and truths concerning the insurance business

-Adding value as a columnist in a prestigious business magazine

-More!

Scott is a marketing and lead generation expert who lives in Australia. Widely regarded as an industry leader in both marketing strategy and copywriting, he has been featured in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, and his unique approach has significantly impacted the bottom line of hundreds of companies worldwide. 

During our talk we covered matters such as:-

• How a consistent brand message can convert into revenue

Rana is a world renowned sales coach and consultant who has worked in a variety of sales roles, from recruitment, employment services, real estate, training services, to selling software and now runs her own successful selling academy and consulting business. In 2020 Rana featured in Yahoo Finance as one of The Top 10 Sales Coaches thriving in 2020.

During our discussion we talked about the paradigm shift from pushy to consultative sales, core skills involved in effective sales today, the fundamental ingredients of building report and trust, the importance of building personal branding, how to handle rejection, whether introverts or extroverts make for better salespersons and much more.

Spyros is a chartered accountant, a film academic, a management columnist in established business magazines as well as an author of children’s books.

He is also a full time husband and loving father of two sons, a co-producer of the Sangre Negra series that aired on Amazon Prime and someone who gets to hang out with the likes of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

In our discussion we talked about a variety of topics that include work-life balance, Hollywood, the joys of serving the public service, why effective single tasking is better than multi-asking as well as the secret to getting closer to manifesting your dreams. 

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Kristin is a world-renowned Career Consultant, a Best-Selling 4x Author and the creator of the highly successful YouMap® profile program. Her most popular books are Amazon #1 international bestseller, YouMap and Your Team Loves Mondays...Right?, an Editor’s Featured Pick by getAbstract. 

Our discussion revolved around critical HR and related themes and topics including on finding the road to career success, ascertaining as to when is the right time for a change in career, the impact of the imposter syndrome during a career shift, achieving great career clarity as well as how to execute a winning job search.

We also delved in the area of employees' motivation and engagement, job design and even talked about common mistakes managers make causing their firms to have a high employee turnover ratio.