The Introvert Entrepreneur

Ep85: Mike Goldman on Secrets to Performance Breakthroughs

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a company of 1,000 or a company of 1: Culture matters.  It’s an energy that sends a message about who you are and what you stand for.  And it’s key to whether your company experiences performance breakdowns or breakthroughs. Our guest today is an expert in defining company culture and taking a strengths-based approach to growth. We talk about ways businesses large and small can shape their culture, as well as how we can shift the way we see “engagement” so that it includes all types of communication styles, introverted and extroverted.

Mike Goldman is a nationally recognized speaker, consultant and author of the book Performance Breakthrough: The 4 Secrets of Passionate Organizations. He has over 25 years consulting and coaching companies from the local entrepreneur to the Fortune 500.

Throughout his career at Accenture and Deloitte Consulting, he helped companies like Verizon, Disney, Polo Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Kmart, Dillard’s, Liz Claiborne and Levi Strauss.

In 2007, Mike founded Performance Breakthrough to help mid-sized companies achieve dramatic business growth. He does this by working with leadership teams to ensure they have the right people, strategies and execution habits for growth.

Connect with Mike

performance-breakthrough.com

passionateorganizations.com

Performance Breakthrough: The 4 Secrets of Passionate Organizations

Facebook: facebook.com/passionateorganization

Twitter: twitter.com/mgoldman10

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mgoldman10

Ep84: Building a Freedom-Based Business Model with John Warrillow

Many people enter into entrepreneurship with the intention of creating more freedom in their lives. Freedom to choose their own schedule, create their own services and products, express themselves as they wish and earn the income they desire.

And yet... we often get stuck in a time-for-money business model that deprives us of the freedom we seek.

In this episode, I speak with John Warrillow, who shares with us a few ways to create a business that enables you to have freedom without sacrificing your bottom line. We primarily explore the subscription-based business model, which he explains as being viable for a wider range of businesses than you might think.

John is the creator of The Value Builder System, a statistically proven methodology for improving a company’s value by up to 71%. He is the author of the bestselling book Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You, which was recognized by both Fortune and Inc Magazine as one of the best business books of 2011.

John’s new book, The Automatic Customer: Creating A Subscription Business In Any Industry was released by Random House in February 2015. John has been recognized by B2B Marketing as one of the top 10 business-to-business marketers in the United States.

Connect with John:

Website: inc.com/author/JohnWarrillow

Facebook: facebook.com/BuiltToSell

Twitter: twitter.com/JohnWarrillow

Ep83: An Introduction to Mind Hacking with Sir John Hargrave

Before I started The Introvert Entrepreneur, I called my coaching business “Intentional Talk.” It was my way of saying “empowering language” which is basically about choosing our words – especially in our self-talk – carefully. So instead of “I should” we say “I want” or instead of “I’m no good at that,” we say “I’m learning to become better.” Our words have power, and nowhere is that more true than the words that originate in our minds.

In this episode, we dive a bit deeper into how to shift the way we think and the words we use to talk about our situation and ourselves.  Our expert is Sir John Hargrave, CEO of Media Shower, the world's premiere content marketing company. His new book "Mind Hacking: How to Change Your Mind for Good in 21 Days," about how to reprogram your mind and change your life, is available from Simon and Schuster's Gallery Books in January 2016 or as a preview ebook at www.mindhacki.ng.

Connect with John:

Website: mindhacki.ng
Website: mediashower.com
Book: amazon.com/Mind-Hacking-Change-Your-Good/dp/1501105655
Facebook: facebook.com/sirjohnhargrave
Twitter: twitter.com/sirjohnhargrave
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnhargrave

Ep82: Playing to Your Introvert Strengths with Casey Lightbody

If you've been a listener or blog reader for a while, you might know that I'm not a fan of all this "step outside your comfort zone" stuff. At least, here's what I'm not a fan of: shaming our comfort zones and acting as if they are hotbeds of laziness and stagnation. So that's why I love this conversation with Casey Lightbody of Cloud Marketing Services and the Empowered Women Revolution. She talks about our comfort zone as a place to operate out of, to let our strengths become even stronger. We also touch on the power of developing your personal brand, letting go of perfectionism, and how she sees herself as moving from being more extroverted to being more introverted.

Casey Lightbody supports women with small voices but big dreams to step up and fulfill their extraordinary potential. She is the founder of the Empowered Women Revolution, an organization whose mission is to help sensitive and quiet women find their voices, rock their businesses, and love their lives.

Connect with Casey:

Empowered Women Revolution: http://www.empoweredwomenrevolution.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empoweredwomenrev

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EW_Revolution

LinkedIn: au.linkedin.com/in/caseylightbody

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK8gwAOIXIyfw-KH2ot-a3g

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/empowered_women/

Ep81: The Power of Perserverance: A Conversation with Pat Willmot of Great Pretenders

It’s not every day I get to talk to the leader of a company that has a growing global presence and is in the midst of lots of organizational change. So when Pat Willmot reached out to me about Great Pretenders, I was immediately interested in her story.

We talk about the evolution of her journey with Great Pretenders, what it was like in those early years when they had big dreams and little experience, and how they've grown into a company that serves customers worldwide. And of course, we spend some time talking about what role introversion has played in Pat's professional life.

Patricia Willmot is currently the president and CEO of Great Pretenders, an award-winning children's costume organization. Great Pretenders was started in 1989 and is an umbrella of Creative Education, an organization that is committed to promoting child education and development through pretend play.

 Website: www.greatpretenders.ca

Facebook: facebook.com/grtpretenders

Twitter: twitter.com/grtpretenders

Instagram: instagram.com/grtpretenders

Pinterest: pinterest.com/grtpreteners