Hosting my own podcast wasn't even on my radar until I received a call from Randy Cantrell. Keep in mind that I didn't know Randy from Adam, and he didn't know me either. He had read the Power of Peers, liked the book, and is a huge fan of peer groups for business leaders. I had a lot going on at the time, so it actually took me awhile to engage in any kind of real dialogue with him. I'm so happy I finally did.After a few conversations and an impressive video he put together for me, explaining ...
Last time, I offered a framework, or a reinforcing loop if you will, that illustrated how peer groups for entrepreneurs work so well. This week, I'd like to share the five conditions, that are necessary for a group to drive the reinforcing loop I introduced in that post.Turns out, you can't just throw a bunch of people in a room, cross your fingers, and trust that group members will spontaneously engage in the process of learning, sharing, applying and achieving. Because of this, we need to loo...
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Lewis Schiff is the author of Business Brilliant: Surprising Lessons From the Greatest Self-Made Business Icons, the executive director of The Business Owners Council, and co-founder (with Norm Bro…
Tonia Ries explains the "media echo chamber" and how companies need to change the way they communicate in order to authentically get their message out to the...
I apologize for my absence. Being solo isn't about being alone, it's about being your best self with others. I look forward to doing so with this group and on this platform more frequently in 2017. Thanks!
Leading a start-up or early-stage company can be a lonely pursuit. And society, which is obsessed with self-help to achieve whatever business or personal goal we have in life, has led us to believe that self-help means by-yourself-help. It doesn't. As I talk with people leading incubator and accelerator programs across the world, more and more of them are organizing mastermind group or peer groups for entrepreneurs. Why? We do better when we do it together. The reinforcing loop depicted above i...
In the wake of the most divisive presidential election in modern U.S. history, host Leo Bottary and producer Randy Cantrell will launch a weekly podcast titled The Year of the Peer, with Leo Bottary. The free podcast (available on audio and video) wi...
I was recently invited to contribute a video for a webinar that was led by Vistage (UK) titled: Accountability – The glue that ties commitment to results. When it comes to creating a culture…
Congratulations on your birthday, Leo Bottary, from all of us at #ShapingtheOdds and Team Norway! It was amazing to have you here in San Francisco earlier this week! :D
I was recently invited to contribute a video for a webinar that was led by Vistage (UK) titled: Accountability – The glue that ties commitment to results. When it comes to creating a culture of accountability, either for a peer advisory/mastermind group or for a team inside any organization, the five factors outlined in The Power of Peers: How the Company You Keep Drives Leadership, Growth & Success provide a fitting framework. Here’s the video I submitted, which served as my sma...
Meet Jonathan the Husky, the mascot for the University of Connecticut. He’s an enduring and evolving symbol, named in honor of the last colonel and the first governor of the “Constitution State.” There’s a costumed version and an actual canine. I’ll leave it to you to guess which one is standing with me in this photo taken at last night’s game – an exhibition between the 2016-2017 edition of the UCONN women’s basketball team and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). My inte...
So great to have #ShapingtheOdds contributor and supporter Leo Bottary in San Francisco today talking all things #ShapingtheOdds and introducing him to some great people including the Norwegian Consul General, Hilde Janne Skorpen (photo). Leo drove more than 12 hours in total to make today happen. Thanks Leo!
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