How do we bring about positive change in others? In organizations, communities … in ourselves?

These are the questions that Dr. Abdul-Malik Muhammad and his team at Akoben seek to answer.

Dr. Muhammad, our guest on this Outperform podcast episode, is the founder of Akoben, an inspiring organization that provides trainings, consulting and keynotes with the goal of transforming individuals, organizations and communities and positively affecting change.

In addition to his work with Akoben, Dr. Muhammad currently serves as the Vice President of several educational, mental health, and human services operations across multiple states.

It was an honor to have him on Outperform to discuss his formula for affecting positive change, why it’s a synergistic process and how it can be adapted to any person or organization.

Tune in to this Outperform podcast episode with Dr. Abdul-Malik Muhammad to learn:

• His powerful formula for change
• How everyone from CEOs and managers to parents and community activists can apply this formula to affect positive change in others
• What happens when you violate the formula for change
• What the Social Discipline Window is and how it can be applied to both our personal and professional lives
• Where most business leaders go wrong in trying to effect change in their industry or with their team
• What challenge without connection looks like and vice versa
• His key to outperforming in work and in life and helping others do the same
• The mistake he made in his career that he learned the most from

We hope you enjoy this Outperform podcast episode. We’d greatly appreciate you rating and/or reviewing Outperform on iTunes. You can also subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!

At our recent AP Summit, our VP of Client Services, Sarah Johnson, gave a candid TED talk-style presentation titled, How I manage to manage it all (or not!): Real talk from a working parent. The insights she shared incited frequent head nods, laughter, groans and much applause. Even though her talk centered on how she manages to integrate her work life and her parenting life, what she shared resonated with everyone, regardless of whether they were a parent. In this Outperform episode, Sarah generously imparts the strategies and suggestions she gave in her AP Summit presentation, including five concepts she applies to her life that help her manage working full-time – from home – parenthood and her sanity. You’ll also hear some brilliant bonus tips and the reality of what it sounds like when snow days keep your kids inside for 48 hours.

Links from the Episode:

Amazon Subscribe & Save - https://www.amazon.com/Subscribe-Save/b?ie=UTF8&node=5856181011 Amazon GiveBack Box - http://givebackbox.com/ Jim Gaffigan on getting kids to sleep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEbZrY0G9PI (The part where he's talking about kids and sleep starts at 5 min. 30 sec.)

On this Outperform podcast episode, we take a deep-dive into what it’s like to go through AP’s Affiliate Academy. Angela Hughes, AP’s Associate Director of Affiliate Training & Quality and Amelia Glynn, our very first Affiliate Academy graduate, share what it’s like to actually go through the program, how to get the most out of it and why someone with account management in the digital marketing world should consider it.

Tune in to learn:Tune in to learn:

• How Amelia learned about AP’s Affiliate Academy and why she decided to apply, even when she had a successful digital marketing career
• Why the Affiliate Academy was created and who it’s primarily designed for
• What it’s like going through Affiliate Academy
• What surprised both Angela and Amelia going through the first Affiliate Academy cohort (as instructor and student)
• What Angela and Amelia enjoyed the most about going through Affiliate Academy
• What they found to be most challenging about the Affiliate Academy
• How the Affiliate Academy prepared Amelia to become an AP affiliate program manager
• What advice Angela and Amelia would give to a digital marketing manager who might be considering AP’s Affiliate Academy

You can learn more about what Affiliate Academy is and why we created this program at http://www.accelerationpartners.com/join-team/affiliate-academy/.

On this Outperform podcast episode, Bob Glazer (AP Founder and Managing Director) chats with Nicole Sahin, CEO of Boston-based Globalization Partners, about critical considerations for taking your business global.

As you’ll hear from Nicole, there’s a LOT that goes in to expanding your business into a new country. You’ll also learn that, when you have the right partners and expertise in place, going global doesn’t have to be as arduous or costly as many companies find it to be.

Tune in to this episode to hear:

• How Nicole got into the business of helping companies go global
• What a PEO is and how the model works to help clients expand globally
• What GP University is and how it supports Globalization Partners’ global culture
• Countries where remote work cultures are rare or difficult to set up
• Common things companies often overlook when expanding to a new country
• How other countries view independent contractors
• The mistakes Nicole’s made in her business and career that she’s learned the most from

For links related to this episode, visit: http://www.accelerationpartners.com/resources/podcasts/ep. 21-going-global-things-to-consider-when-expanding-internationally-nicole-sahin

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What is the Capacity Experience Paradox? Why is it so critical to the success and growth rate of your business? And why is hiring someone who is “experienced” not always the wisest thing to do? These important questions are what AP founder and Managing Director, Bob Glazer and General Manager, Matt Wool, tackle on this special “Truth, Transparency and ‘Tails” episode of Outperform.

Show Notes

• How Bob came up with the Capacity Experience Paradox
• Why this paradox is so important for a growth company
• The job of a great manager
• How the hiring process can help solve/resolve this paradox
• The hard choices that need to be made with the Capacity Experience Paradox
• The hiring pitfall that many growth companies fall in to
• What companies can and should do instead
• What AP has done that’s helped their success rate with employees and as a company
• When you should bring in an “experienced” hire from outside the organization and when you shouldn’t
• How to have the Capacity Experience Paradox conversation within your company

For more about Acceleration Partners, our company and culture, check out our website at www.accelerationpartners.com.

Naveen Jain is the founder of many impressive companies, including Moon Express and Viome.

He's a visionary entrepreneur who sees beyond the current business and technological landscape to create companies that make a true impact.

Naveen generously accepted our invite to join us on our Outperform podcast to discuss how performance is linked to health and share his insights about how we have the ability to take make things like chronic illness truly a matter of choice.

Tune in to this fascinating episode and learn about:

• Naveen’s journey to entrepreneurship
• The drivers behind his ability to outperform in his entrepreneurial career
• What inspired Naveen to start Moon Express and Viome
• Why entrepreneurs are set to be the next super powers
• Why and how our healthcare system is falling apart
• What all chronic illnesses have in common
• What microbiome is and how it affects our ability to perform at a high level
• What Naveen learned from testing his own microbiome
• Why our gut is really the puppet master of our lives
• The mistake Naveen made along his entrepreneurial journey that he learned the most from

If you value health and/or being able to perform at a high level, then this episode is a must-listen!

Check out all our Outperform podcast episodes at http://www.accelerationpartners.com/resource-center/our-podcasts/. 

Ask many thriving, fast-growing companies the secret to their success, and many will respond with, “EOS.”

What’s EOS®, you ask? It stands for the Entrepreneurial Operating System.

On this Outperform podcast episode, Bob Glazer, founder and Managing Director of Acceleration Partners, walks us through what the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) is and how we apply it at AP to outperform in our industry.

You’ll also learn:

• Why it’s a model Bob wanted to implement at AP
• How Bob introduced EOS to key stakeholders within AP
• The six components to the EOS Model™
• Bob’s favorite tools from the EOS Toolbox™
• Why EOS is such a valuable system for businesses of all shapes and sizes
• How AP uses it to gain traction and achieve our vision. 

Learn more about Acceleration Partners, our award-winning culture and how we outperform in business.

On this Outperform podcast episode we chat with Mike Filbey, co-founder of ButcherBox, about how they’ve grown the company to over $30 million in just over two years marrying pay-for-performance with influencer marketing.

Tune in to this episode to hear Mike generously share:

• ButcherBox’s marketing structure and why they decided to set it up this way
• The types of partners ButcherBox collaborates with for their marketing campaigns
• How ButcherBox tracks and measures the success of their performance marketing campaigns
• How ButcherBox finds and recruits their performance partners and ensures that they are brand-aligned
• Challenges that they’ve faced finding performance-based partnerships
• Advice on how establish and grow your business with performance partners.

Links from the Episode + Promo Code! https://www.butcherbox.com/

https://www.butcherbox.com/roam/ https://www.butcherbox.com/about-the-box/

Use code PERFORMANCE30 to get $30 off your first box!

In this Outperform podcast episode, AP founder Robert Glazer talks with David Baker about his fascinating background and some key insights from his newest book, The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth.

From growing up with a tribe of Mayan Indians in a remote village in Guatemala to becoming an author of five books, high performance motorcycle racer and TEDx speaker, David's vast and varied background is one of the things that makes him a sought-after business and marketing consultant.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why it’s so important to specialize or be an expert in business today
• How to make better decisions as a business when demand exceeds supply
• Some of the mistakes David’s made in his career that he’s learned the most from
• About the most common mistakes David see’s professional service firms making
• Examples of companies that are nailing the concept of identifying their expertise
• What parallels David sees between advising entrepreneurs and high performance motorcycle racing

Enjoy the episode!

To learn more about Acceleration Partners, check us out at www.accelerationpartners.com. 

On this Outperform podcast episode, AP founder, Robert Glazer talks with Dan Golden about an important challenge facing marketing agencies: balancing your core service competency with the demands of your clients.

As President and Chief Search Artist at Be Found Online (BFO), Dan and his co-founder, Steve Krull, have built BFO into one of the fastest growing full-service digital marketing agencies in the Midwest, optimizing paid and organic media across search, display, social, and mobile platforms for their clients. BFO has also been voted one of the best places to work in Chicago.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Dan’s journey from touring with a band to starting BFO
• How Dan and his team decide who their agency will serve and how
• BFO’s approach to handling client requests that are out of their wheelhouse
• When your agency should say “yes” to everything and when to start saying “no"
• About a time when a client asked BFO to do something and he had to say “no” to the request
• What Dan thinks about the “Agency of Record” (AOR) model
• What “grey labelling” is
• A few of Dan’s white labelling war stories

Links from the Episode www.befoundonline.com  Twitter: @thegoldendan   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dangolden/