Organize Chaos

In this episode, me and my brother Jonathan,  the CMO here at Trainual, had a conversation with Claude about infusing empathy into the workplace. This episode is a little bit different from the episodes we typically have here on the show. It’s a live recording from our Training With Empathy event we hosted in partnership with Gary Vaynerchuk’s Empathy Wines last month. We’re also splitting this episode into two parts so this particular episode is Part 1. I hope you enjoy and stay tuned for Part 2 dropping next week!

Claude Silver is the first-ever Chief Heart Officer. After nearly 20 years at numerous advertising agencies building brands for Fortune 50 companies, Claude found her home and true calling at VaynerX.

Her success in guiding client relationships, global brand strategies, operations, and management is driven by an abiding passion for creating spaces in which people can thrive.

How do you build the best human empire of all time? With heart.

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In this episode, I chat with John Lee Dumas all about the process of building an audience. JLD is the host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, an award-winning podcast where he interviews entrepreneurs who are truly on fire. I was fortunate enough to be on his podcast, episode number 1921 so check that out.

He's done over 2,500 episodes at this point. A million-plus listens a month, seven figures of annual revenue, so you've definitely heard of him and he's just now getting started. So he tunes in from Puerto Rico in about a 15-minute quick episode, but he just delivers nugget after nugget of wisdom about how he built his podcasts initially grew the audience, continued to get big guests and then just runs it like a machine where he doesn't have to think too much about it. So you can learn a lot from how he produces his podcast and how it applies to your business. Give it a listen.

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In this episode, I chat with Scott Gerber all about the process of building community. What I really liked about this episode is that Scott is locked up in his apartment in New York City with four kids and his family and he is teaching us about how to build virtual communities. He's done this for 10 years and built communities for companies and for himself and he knows how to do it in a very genuine way. That's why he is called the Superconnector, so whether you're starting a community for the first time or trying to re-engage an existing community that you started a long time ago or even just participate as a more active member in communities, I think you'll find this really interesting. Take a listen.

Scott is CEO of The Community Company, an organization that builds and manages community-driven programs for media companies and global brands. He is the founder of YEC, an invitation-only organization for the world’s most successful young entrepreneurs. He is also the founder of Forbes Councils, a collective of invitation-only organizations for world-class executives.

Scott is the co-author of Superconnector and author of Never Get a “Real” Job. He is a sought-after speaker, regularly published thought leader, and a contributor to Adweek. He has been featured numerous times on television and podcasts, and his work has been honored by NASDAQ and the White House.

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In this episode, I chat about the Process of Building a Brand Remotely with Erin Blaskie. Erin gives tactical advice for things that you can be doing now with few resources to build your brand at your company. She's got great hacks for how to repurpose content across different channels and tells you exactly where to focus to build your company brand. Then we got into a conversation about personal brands and how you can leverage the time you might have instead of commuting to get yourself out there in the world.

Erin leads the marketing team at Fellow.app - a productivity tool for managers to help facilitate better one-on-one meetings and team meetings. In the fifteen years since starting her first online business, Erin has helped so many businesses come online, establish their web presence and create community. She’s an expert in leveraging the power of the Internet to create culture and inspire change. Erin has worked with companies such as Disney, Post, Kraft, Travelocity, Microsoft Canada, Ford Canada, PepsiCo., 3M, and more.

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In this episode, I chat with Adrian Salamunovic about the process of getting free PR for your business. What I loved about this episode is that Adrian packs so much value that you can actually stop listening and start acting to get your business free PR rather than using paid media, which a lot of companies rely on. So if you haven't gotten much media, or you haven't gotten much coverage, or you're just not sure where to start and you're too daunted by the prospect of reaching out to those top tier publications, Adrian will break it down for you and make it feel easy.

Adrian is the co-author of the FREE PR Book and the former co-founder of CanvasPop, which he bootstrapped to 8-figure sales. Now he’s a public speaker, startup advisor, investor, and PR expert who’s passionate about helping entrepreneurs reach mainstream success using the power of earned media. His companies have been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Today Show, The Doctors, Good Morning America, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, CNN, MSNBC, TechCrunch, Mashable, Fast Company, Forbes, The Verge, and WIRED. He is a global mentor for San Francisco-based 500 Startups and is the #1 rated advisor on Clarity.fm.

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In this episode, I sit down with Alex Judd, business coach and host of the EntreLeadership Podcast. We talk all about the process of becoming a better leader. Right now we're going through a pretty crazy time where a lot of businesses are having to pivot and re-prioritize what they're doing and then communicate that to their teams. Alex walks us through, start-to-finish, how you tackle the habits, the mindset, the action plans, the priorities, and how to deal with getting out of this in a better place. So take a listen and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Alex joined Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership team in 2016 as a Business Coach and works with business owners every day to make Ramsey principles come to life in their organization. In addition, as the host of the nationally recognized EntreLeadership podcast, he is responsible for interviewing many of today’s biggest names in business and leadership. Alex is a passionate communicator who is driven by the belief that EVERYBODY wins when a leader DECIDES to get better.

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In this episode, side hustle master, Chris Guillebeau, and I talk about the process of building a side hustle, what that’s looked like for Chris throughout the years, and how anyone is capable of starting a side hustle for themselves. We touch on what side hustles look like in the current economic climate and we also talk about Chris’s new book, The Money Tree, that was published on April 7th.

Chris is the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup, Side Hustle, The Happiness of Pursuit, and other books. During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, he visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday.

His daily podcast, Side Hustle School, is downloaded more than two million times a month. He is also the founder of the World Domination Summit, an event for cultural creatives that attracts thousands of attendees to Portland, Oregon every summer.

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In this episode, we get into a great conversation about how, in this economic climate, you have to lead through adversity. So we talked about how, as businesses are contracting or scaling down, what principles can you pull out of the book, Scaling Up from Verne Harnish, who you saw last season and put into work in this type of economic climate.

Bill is an international business growth coach with over 30 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience. Bill has spent the last 15 years coaching and training others in leadership and performance and previously led 4 companies of his own and been a partner or executive in 2 others. Bill discovered the Rockefeller Habits and Scaling Up 20 years ago, and has used them in his own companies. Bill has coached and trained thousands in over 25 cities and 11 countries. He also hosts the renowned Scaling Up podcast.

Bill is the father of two grown kids, a recovering triathlete, sailor, pilot, surfer, skier, diver, and all other things fun and active. He’s a passionate and playful speaker whose clients all share a hunger to grow successfully with an openness to new approaches and thinking.

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This is a special episode featuring our host and Trainual CEO, Chris Ronzio, and Trainual CMO, Jonathan Ronzio. Chris and Jonathan have an impromptu discussion on how Trainual and the rest of the world are dealing with Coronavirus. Chris was getting a ton of questions on LinkedIn, from employees, and in his entrepreneur groups, so we thought it would be a good idea to have a candid discussion about what we’re doing, how we’re handling it, what we’re thinking about, and how we’re preparing to weather the storm. As we’ve been forced to transition to remote work just like a lot of you, we hope this episode provides some advice to help you get through it.

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René Boer is the best-selling co-author, along with Gino Wickman, of How to Be a Great Boss. He has more than 30 years of experience in the restaurant industry leading teams at well-known brands such as Pizza Hut, Arby’s and Jamba Juice. As a franchisee, corporate executive and entrepreneur he’s experienced first-hand the tremendous impact that great bosses have by developing people and building successful businesses. Since 2008, as a Certified EOS Implementer, he’s helped entrepreneurs and leadership teams at more than 60 privately-owned companies gain the traction necessary to achieve their shared vision.

In this episode, we talk about operations in the restaurant industry, the differences between leadership and management, quarterly check-ins with your employees, creating accountability, and more! 

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