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company culture
Episode 56: Creating Traction, John Fulwider, CEO gear80
“You can’t differentiate yourself in the marketplace on smarts. You need to differentiate yourself on team health.” – John Fulwider On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed John Fulwider, CEO, gear80. John helps entrepreneurial leadership teams get everything they want from their businesses. He implements a complete, proven system with a set...Read More
Episode 55: Thought Leadership As A Marketing Strategy (with Ali Schwanke, CEO, SimpleStrat)
“You have to think about it [talent acquisition] almost in terms of like an NFL draft or major league baseball. You’re all going after the same talent. What’s going to make you look better?” – Ali Schwanke On this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Ali Schwanke, CEO and founder of Simple Strat,...Read More
Sift Before You Shift
By Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer Every November, I make time to look at our business and ask the challenging question: “What’s not working and needs to be improved?” Then, I get to work on the following year’s business plan, as I was groomed to do in my corporate days. This year the process was more...Read More
The Magical Power Of “Believe” In Business
By Karen Stone Mickool On the side of a New York City building that stretches a full block in both directions, the lights come up as dusk falls to illuminate one word…. The building, of course is the iconic Macy’s Department Store and the word—outlined in lights and tinsel—BELIEVE This might be the single most...Read More
Episode 7: The Pivotal Leader – Aleksandra Scepanovic
Subscribe to the podcast on: iTunes | Stitcher What sets Aleksandra Scepanovic apart from many leaders is her philosophy on how to attract top talent. In this podcast she shared with me, “We decided it was very important to actually hire a human as opposed to a salesman … the best salespeople are people who...Read More
You Don’t Need An MBA To Be Awesome In Business
By Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer Imagine a flea market setting where the following conversation transpires: Buyer: How much for the toaster? Vendor: Five dollars Buyer: I’ll give you three. Vendor: It’s five. Buyer: Four. Vendor: Five. Buyer: [mumbles under his breath and walks away disgusted] Ten minutes later the buyer comes back. Buyer: I’ll take that...Read More
Keeping the Happy in the Holidays and in Your Business
By Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer Contributor: Karen Stone Mickool, Culture Curation Specialist Secret Santas, potluck luncheons, party planning, cookie exchanges, school concerts, class parties…chances are you and your employees are involved in at least a few of the above. Not to mention, cyber shopping, meal planning, travel arrangements and more—all done from the “privacy”...Read More
Episode 5: The Pivotal Leader – Robby Hill
Subscribe to the podcast on: iTunes | Stitcher Robby Hill, Founder & CEO of information technology consulting firm HillSouth, started designing websites in the 7th grade and by the time he was legally old enough to sign contracts in South Carolina (age 17), he signed a lease for his first office space because he was...Read More
Having A Strategy For 2017 Is Like Dancing Without Falling … You Can Do It!
By Gina Trimarco, Chief Results Officer ‘Tis the season when many of us feel the end-of-year stress in business, as we race to just get to the holidays to take some time off before jumping in again in January to kick off a fresh and better year all over again. Yes, I know that was...Read More
Episode 4: The Pivotal Leader – Andy Milovich
Subscribe to the podcast on: iTunes | Stitcher “When you’re not enjoying the success that you were used to you start to question that a little bit,” said Andy Milovich (Milo), President and General Manager of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. This is a sentiment that many leaders feel at some point in their careers and...Read More