Speaker, Writer, Consultant On this episode of My Quest for the Best, Thomas Barta talks with Bill Ringle about the difference between doing marketing and leading marketing, and the challenges faced by both CMOs and customer-facing employees alike.

Chris Zane talks to Bill Ringle on My Quest for the Best about company culture, the magic number, and bicycles.

Internationally recognized sales expert Jill Konrath talks to Bill Ringle about sales and shaking off outdated assumptions about what it means to be a salesperson. 

Barbara Henricks and Rusty Shelton talk with Bill Ringle about how traditional media and social media reinforce each other to build an audience for thought leaders and brands.

Barbara Henricks and Rusty Shelton talk with Bill Ringle about how traditional media and social media reinforce each other to build an audience for thought leaders and brands.

Dorriah Rogers talks with Bill Ringle about the principles and benefits described in Decide to Profit.

 

Key points that you’ll learn from this interview:

The impact a mentor had on Rogers' life and career, and how he inspired her to be her own person.

How the Lego company used a single, unified goal to really turn things around.

The importance of not only giving everyone in the company or organization, not just the decision makers, a voice.

How to teach employees to tie their ideas to the overarching goal: making money.

Rogers' 9 steps to a better bottom line.

Dorriah Rogers talks with Bill Ringle about the principles and benefits described in Decide to Profit. Key points that you’ll learn from this interview: The impact a mentor had on Rogers' life and career,

Randy Pennington talks with Bill Ringle about how to make company culture work to increase productivity and morale.

Key points that you’ll learn from this interview:

The importance of company culture in attracting talent.

The risks of not changing fast enough as a team or company.

The 6 choices that need to be made regarding how a culture develops.

The single most significant trait of a company culture.

How structure and process are the building blocks of habits.

The executive team that rolled out training to emphasize its importance to the company.

Vice President of Strategy & Research for Karrikins Group Julie Williamson talks with Bill Ringle about overcoming the obstacles to growth so you can create a company that matters to its employees, customers, and the larger community. Key points that you’ll learn from this interview: The connection between an unclear purpose and growth stagnation. How when it comes […]

Dr. Janice Presser, Behavioral Scientist and CEO of The Gabriel Institute

Dr. Janice Presser talks with Bill Ringle about Teamability® and reveals some essential tips and tricks for team success on My Quest for the Best<

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Interview Insights

Key points that you’ll learn from this interview:

The connection between employee satisfaction and engagement, and meaningful workThe 4 elements of teaming that are essential for team chemistry and successNew methods for testing new hires for collaborative workThe crucial differences in showing that appreciation and respect for the people on your teamThe formula for understanding team characteristics and successful teamwork

Read the Show Notes from this Episode

1:09 [On Presser’s early life experiences“My earliest questions didn’t have answers, I had to spend a lot of time seeking them out myself.”2:00 “Everything is about people interacting with other people. And why is it sometimes that you have this amazing feeling that you’re yourself but you’re like the best you that you ever are when you’re doing it with these people?”3:00 Teaming up with Dr. Jack Gerber.4:15 [On being a female entrepreneur during the women’s movement] “We were on a mission to change the world.”5:15 [On the power of teams] - “Everyone else did all those other things that I didn’t do very well. I was great at coming up with ideas, but you have to have people who will lead the execution, or who make sure the details get followed up on, or the person who handles the emergency as it happens.”5:53 “It was so gratifying, not just because it was my mission in life, but that I also could do it with people who felt that the way in which they were contributing to this thing that was bigger than any of us, that that was meaningful to them, and that’s a very contagious feeling. That feeling that what you’re doing is meaningful and important.”7:36 “Teaming is a science. Great teamwork, that great team chemistry that we want, there’s an operating system for it.”7:55 [On incorporating the formula for teaming] - “Whether you're a startup or a huge multinational, it doesn’t matter,