In this episode, I had a fascinating conversation with Norman about how to transform your mindset and make a global impact. We also covered, why inner work on your mindset as a leader is absolutely critical, why your proposition should focus on helping your customers with their bottom line, how to create a structure to support your team and develop their tactical mental and spiritual capabilities, how to support high performers by addressing underperformance of other team members, how to generate the courage to communicate candidly, the importance of having big goals focused on making a greater global impact, the importance of hiring great people and those who are energy radiators aligned to your values

About Norman

In today's episode, we have the privilege of speaking with an international entrepreneur Norman Crowley who has founded multiple thriving businesses, including CoolPlanet, The Cloud, Inspired Gaming Group, Trinity Commerce, and Crowley Carbon.

Our guest has an incredible track record of scaling businesses from start-ups to million-dollar enterprises through innovative business planning, sales techniques, and marketing. Listed as one of Ireland's top entrepreneurs, and a nominee for the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year, our guest's passion for excellence is contagious.

Beyond business, they also serve on the boards of the i2e2 Research Centre and First Step Georgia, focusing on energy efficiency research and improving the lives of children with special needs, respectively. Get ready for an insightful conversation with a true industry leader known for their integrity, resourcefulness, and motivational leadership. Stay tuned for an episode you won't want to miss!

Contact Norman

Twitter: @Normancrowley1

Website: www.coolplanet.ie 

Website: (cool electric cars): www.studioava.com/

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About the Host, Brendan McGurgan

Brendan is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal belief that anything is possible.

Contact Brendan McGurgan or Simple Scaling:

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In today’s episode I’m delighted to re-introduce my business partner Claire Colvin. Claire and I recap our favourite moments from Season 8 and discuss how to make meaningful connections and win in business, how to tell your story in a way that will inspire and persuade, how to build well-being, strategic and innovation mindsets, how to push beyond your limits and unlock success, how to master your most important metrics, how to unlock the secrets to a purpose driven life, how to be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity, how to create a 1-page marketing plan, and how to grow your people to grow your company. and so much more…

About Claire

Claire has worked as a partner to business leaders and entrepreneurs of high growth businesses helping them to scale through their people. As the former Talent Director on the Board of a rapidly growing global organisation, Claire built the optimum people centred structures and systems to enable the company to significantly scale across six continents.

In 2019, Claire became my business partner and we set out on a journey of discovery to extensively research exemplars of scaling to identify the key attributes that made them successful.

Contact Claire

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-colvin-586a162b/

Simple Scaling Book

Check out our book, an Amazon Best-Seller: Simple Scaling: 10 Proven Principles to 10X Your Business

About the Host, Brendan McGurgan

Brendan is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal belief that anything is possible.

Contact Brendan McGurgan, Simple Scaling and Access Our Resources:

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In this episode, I had a fascinating conversation with Joe Polish about how to make meaningful connections and win in business and life. We talked about a range of topics including making deeper, what it takes to grow a $100m business, how to connect and help people who are hurting, how to turn personal struggles into business success, Joe's personal story of addiction, how to create a balanced personal life to unlock success, why you need to develop your compassion muscle, proven ways to increase dopamine, and how to turn life's struggles into business wins and so much more...

About Joe

Join me as I meet Joe Polish, founder of Genius Network® and one of the most influential connectors in the world. Joe has generated hundreds of millions for his clients, spoken at Stanford University, and hosted top-ranked podcasts such as iLoveMarketing, 10xTalk, and GeniusNetwork. His documentaries have received accolades at prestigious film festivals.

Beyond business, Joe is a dedicated philanthropist, supporting causes like The Make-A-Wish Foundation, Artists For Addicts, and Genius Recovery. He is the largest contributor to Sir Richard Branson's charity, Virgin Unite.

Tune in to learn from Joe's vast network of successful entrepreneurs and discover how he's changing lives and building businesses with his expertise.

Contact Joe

LinkedIn: (77) Joe Polish | LinkedIn

Website: https://joepolish.com/

Sign up to the newsletter: https://signup.connectioninsider.com/subscribe/landing/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoePolish

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joepolish/  

Genius Recovery (changing the global conversation about addiction)  - https://geniusrecovery.org/

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What's in It for Them?: 9 Genius Networking Principles to Get What You Want by Helping Others Get What They Want

Life Gives to The Giver (FREE BOOK): https://www.joesfreebook.com/

About the Host, Brendan McGurgan

Brendan is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal belief that anything is possible. 

Contact Brendan McGurgan or Simple Scaling:

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In this episode, I had a terrific conversation with Mark Leruste where we discussed how to tell your personal story in a way that will inspire and persuade. We covered a range of topics including, where you need to start for all great storytelling, the starting point for all great storytelling, courageous vulnerability is the cornerstone of great storytelling, how to bring more joy and fulfilment into your life, how Patagonia's story can help you unlock your purpose, how to build a story bank for better communication, how to find purpose and meaning at work, the four stories you need to master as a leader, how to find purpose and meaning in your life and so much more…

About Mark

Mark Leruste is a dynamic and inspiring author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker, best known for his bestselling book, "Glow in the Dark: How Sharing Your Personal Story Can Transform Your Business and Change Your Life." With a passion for empowering individuals to embrace their unique qualities and talents, Mark has become a leading voice in personal development and self-discovery.

As the host of The Unconventionalists® podcast, Mark seeks to eradicate career misery by building purpose-driven work cultures that empower people to bring their whole selves to work. Mark's goal is to create a world where most feel seen, heard, supported, and appreciated at work.

Mark's viral video CV led him to serve as Country Manager of the Movember Foundation, raising €2.8 million for men's health. He has since collaborated with innovative organizations and event organizers such as Google, TEDx, and L'Oreal. Having lived and worked in over ten countries, Mark's experience and insights have been featured in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian.

Contact Mark

w: https://www.glowinthedarkbook.com/

w: https://www.markleruste.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markleruste/

The Unconventionalists® podcast: Available on all major podcasting platforms. 

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 About the Host, Brendan McGurgan

Brendan is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal belief that anything is possible. 

Contact Brendan McGurgan or Simple Scaling:

https://linktr.ee/simplescaling

In this episode, I had a terrific conversation with Jean Gomes about how to build wellbeing, strategic and innovation mindsets for the future. We covered a range of topics including, how to improve your connection to the world for greater wellbeing, what you need to know about mindset, how to embrace uncertainty and innovation and scale as an entrepreneur, why your negative emotions will make you stronger, how to understand fear and cope with it better, how to manage the fear of failure and succeed, how fully embracing vulnerability will make you stronger and so much more…

About Jean 

Welcome to today's episode of the podcast, where we have the pleasure of interviewing a true expert in the field of leadership, Jean Gomes. With over 30 years of consulting and advisory experience, Jean has worked with some of the world's most successful corporations, including Google, Nike, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft. As the CEO of the consulting company, Outside, Jean partners with companies to help leaders solve their greatest challenges using the new science of mindset. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of "Leading in a Non-Linear World", which explores how our mindset can be our greatest asset in facing the challenges of an uncertain and rapidly changing world. In addition, Jean co-authored the New York Times bestseller, "The Way We're Working Isn't Working" with Tony Schwartz. With his vast experience and deep knowledge of the complexities of modern leadership, Jean is the perfect guest to share his insights on leadership in today's fast-paced and unpredictable world. So, let's get started!

Contact Jean

E: [email protected]

W: www.weareoutside.com

Podcast: The Evolving Leader (available on all major podcasting platforms)

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrJeanGomes  

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Leading in a Non-Linear World: Building Wellbeing, Strategic and Innovation Mindsets for the Future

About the Host, Brendan McGurgan

Brendan is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal belief that anything is possible. 

Contact Brendan McGurgan or Simple Scaling:

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In this episode, I had a terrific conversation with Robert Glazer, where we discussed how to elevate and push beyond your limits to unlock success. We covered a range of topics, including how to create a progression plan for your high performers, mastering mental capacity and physical fitness for success, why vulnerability can be a powerful emotion in business, how to develop and build spiritual capacity, and become limitless, and so much more…

About Robert

Welcome to today's podcast, where we have the pleasure of interviewing a true thought leader in the business world, Robert Glazer. Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency, as well as the co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. With a passion for helping individuals and organizations build their capacity to elevate, Bob has led Acceleration Partners to become a recognized global leader in the affiliate and partner marketing industry, receiving numerous industry and company culture awards. He shares his insights through his popular Friday Forward newsletter and his Elevate Podcast, where he interviews CEOs, authors, and thinkers on personal growth and helping others live their best lives. Bob is also a bestselling author of four books, including "Elevate: Push Beyond Your Limits and Unlock Success in Yourself and Others." A regular columnist for Forbes, Inc., and Entrepreneur, Bob's writing reaches over five million people around the globe each year, covering topics such as performance marketing, entrepreneurship, company culture, hiring, and leadership. With his vast experience and deep knowledge of the business world, Bob is the perfect guest to provide insights and guidance on elevating yourself and your organization. So, let's get started!

Contact Robert

w: www.robertglazer.com

w: https://robertglazer.com/eyt/ - access the book Elevate Podcast:

https://robertglazer.com/elevate-podcasts/ - available on all major podcasting platforms.

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Elevate: Push Beyond Your Limits and Unlock Success in Yourself and Others

About the Host, Brendan McGurgan

Brendan is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal belief that anything is possible.

Contact Brendan McGurgan or Simple Scaling: https://linktr.ee/simplescaling

In today’s conversation with Lee Benson, we talk about how to master your most important metrics for soaring business success, why success in business needs you to focus on the most important numbers, the most important metrics HR, finance and marketing, how key metrics galvanise your team in a successful business, why you need to connect culture to financial results and the proven method for setting team goals that actually work and so much more… 

About Lee

When you run a business, you need to keep score. But what are you keeping score of? That is the most important question.

Once you’ve identified your company’s most critical metric, that most important number, you can align everyone to it, and everyone will be on the same page. This will then guide future decision making and bring about accountability.

Joining me on today’s show is Lee Benson, the founder and CEO of Execute to Win, or ETW. As part of our discussion today, Lee will be sharing his MIND Methodology. MIND is an acronym which stands for Most Important Number and Drivers. It’s a simple, sustainable system that improves business results through better alignment, decision making, and accountability. And you’re about to learn all about it!

Lee is also the author of ‘Your Most Important Number, Increase Collaboration, Achieve your Strategy, and Execute to Win.’

If you have ambitions to scale your business, then this episode is for you!

Contact Lee

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-benson-5b6101/

Web: https://themindmethodology.com/ 

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Your Most Important Number: Increase Collaboration, Achieve your Strategy, and Execute to Win

About the Host, Brendan McGurgan

Brendan is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal belief that anything is possible. 

Contact Brendan McGurgan or Simple Scaling:

https://linktr.ee/simplescaling

In this episode, I had a terrific conversation with Kevin McCarthy about unlocking the secrets to a purpose-driven life and business. We covered a range of topics including, how to understand what your life and business purpose is, the warning signs that you are straying from your life purpose, the one thing you need to know to lead your business to success, why purpose matters more than money in business and how purpose leads to greater success, how to attract the best talent to your business, why the role of CEO is dead: How to make the shift to people centric leadership and so much more…

About Kevin

Kevin W. McCarthy is the creator of the website: ONPURPOSE.me. He’s a man on a mission to eradicate meaningless from the planet one person at a time. In other words, he wants to help you know your purpose in life. 

Kevin says, “If you’re truly disheartened, then you’re suffering from the absence of purpose and meaning. Knowing your purpose sets your life on a profoundly positive path. There’s no benefit remaining mired in a life without meaning when you can know your 2-word purpose in minutes.

Kevin has written three books but for the purpose of today, we will focus on Kevin’s first book, The On-Purpose Person, Making Your Life Make Sense which is a timeless classic. This “Modern Parable” was originally published in 1992 and updated in 2009. In this short, easy-reading story, you’ll experience a life-changing journey of personal Discovery, Transformation, and Reward. 

Contact Kevin

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwmccarthy/

Website: https://onpurpose.me/

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The On-Purpose Business Person: Doing More of What You Do Best More Profitably

The On-Purpose Person: Making Your Life Make Sense

Chief Leadership Officer: Increasing Wealth so Everyone Profits

About the Host, Brendan McGurgan

Brendan is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal belief that anything is possible. 

Contact Brendan McGurgan or Simple Scaling:

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In this episode, I had a terrific conversation with Kim Scott about how to be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity. We covered a range of topics including, why we struggle to challenge and give honest feedback, how to break free as a boss from ruinous empathy and avoid obnoxious aggression in your business, how to recognise that your culture is becoming obnoxiously aggressive and losing its humanity, why radical candor is the building block of successful businesses, how to master the art of balance, why rockstars and superstars need equal growth opportunities in business and so much more…

About Kim

Kim Scott is the author of Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to Build a Kick-ass Culture of Inclusivity and Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and is co-founder of the company Radical Candor. Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies. She was a member of the faculty at Apple University and before that led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google. Prior to that Kim managed a pediatric clinic in Kosovo and started a diamond-cutting factory in Moscow. She lives with her family in Silicon Valley.

Contact Kim

www.radicalcandor.com

www.justworktogether.com

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Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to Build a Kick-Ass Culture of Inclusivity

About the Host, Brendan McGurgan

Brendan is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal belief that anything is possible. 

Contact Brendan McGurgan or Simple Scaling:

https://linktr.ee/simplescaling

In today’s conversation with Allan Dib we talk about how to create a 1-page marketing plan to get new customers and make more money, the ultimate definition of marketing that you need to know, how to get more from less in marketing and business, why you need to be hyper-focused on your target audience to be successful marketing, how to cut through a noisy marketplace and be heard, prospects vs Leads and why you need to know the difference, how to do sales the new way, how to upsell to make customers more profitable, the 7 Step Framework to create powerful marketing messages and so much more…

About Allan

Allan Dibb is a serial entrepreneur, rebellious marketer, technology expert and #1 bestselling author of the 1- Page Marketing Plan.

He calls himself the managing dictator of Successwise which coaches owners/entrepreneurs on how to build their in-house marketing capabilities and has started, grown and successfully exited multiple businesses in various industries. One of his previous businesses was in the hyper-competitive telecommunications industry, where he faced heated competition from multibillion-dollar, multinational competitors. In four years, Allan grew this business from a startup to being named by Business Review Weekly (BRW) as one of Australia’s fastest-growing companies—earning a spot on the coveted BRW Fast 100 list.

Contact Allan

Website:  https://successwise.com/

Sign up for the Successwise email: https://successwise.com/blog/ 

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The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd

About the Host, Brendan McGurgan

Brendan is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal belief that anything is possible. 

Contact Brendan McGurgan or Simple Scaling:

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