Eric Fleet is the founder of the premium and sustainable clothing brand named Threads 4 Thought. He grew up watching his father in the apparel business and after university he launched the sustainable clothing brand that also benefited from a stroke of luck. Their initial t-shirt designs were politically contreversial and struck a chord with celeberities like Gwen Stefani and Paris Hilton who were wearing them. Over the years, the clothing line and brand has expanded into many retailers like Nordstrom. They've thrived from making stylish clothing comfortable, sustainable, and accessible.
In this interview we discuss:
-How Eric created his own luck getting celeberities to wear their t-shirts
-How he navigated the most difficult business decision
-The importance of having perspective during tough times in your career and more..
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Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader Show. He has recorded more than 475 episodes over the past 7 years. Forbes called The Learning Leader Show, “the most dynamic leadership podcast around.” Inc Magazine said, “it’s one of the 5 podcasts to make you a smarter leader.” Apple named it an “all-time best seller” in 2020 and 2021.
Ryan is the author of Welcome to Management: How To Grow From Top Performer To Excellent Leader. Book Authority named it to its 100 Best Management Audiobooks of all time (#25). Forbes called it, “the best leadership book of 2020.” Ryan’s second book is called The Pursuit of Excellence: The Uncommon Behaviors of The World’s Most Productive Achievers.
When he's not recording podcasts, he focuses on helping leaders to become more effective through his Leadership Circles, his online school (The Learning Leader Academy), and delivering keynote speeches to audiences and organizations around the world.
In this episode we discuss:
-Why it's important to follow your genuine curiousity
-How interviewing 500 leaders made him a better leader and father
-The keys to publishing 500 episodes consistently every week without fail
-Episode recommendations for new managers
-How involuntary hardship can help you develop resilience, and more..
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Matthew Dixon and Ted McKenna published a great sales book that can help sales and marketing teams address customer indecision. Combined with mining over 2 million recorded sales calls and studying human behavior, they provide prescriptive advice that you can complement whatever sales methodology you use today. Matthew Dixon was also author of popular book, The Challenger Sale.
In this episode we discuss:
-The JOLT method and how you can apply it
-The concept of the omission bias
-Common pitfalls of most salespeople
-Death by one thousand papercuts (eroding your trust) and more
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Joe Moglia is the former CEO of TD Ameritrade and he spent nearly two decades at Merrill Lynch in leadership positions. He is also the former head football coach of a Division I school, Coastal Carolina. His coaching career spanned on and off from 1968 through 2018 and he earned a head coaching record of 56-22.
Some of the topics we discuss:
-How having children early in his life impacted his career
-What kind of father his children think of him as
-How he navigated some of the toughest decisions in his career
-How to improve how you show up in high pressure situations
-What he did to stay on track as a CEO and head football coach
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