Tony Winyard

Mike Robbins is an author, speaker, and coach delivering keynotes and seminars to groups of all kinds throughout the world. His clients include Google, Wells Fargo, eBay, Gap, Adobe, Schwab, Microsoft, Genentech, Airbnb, and the San Francisco Giants. He's written five books which have been translated into 15 different languages. His latest book, "We're All in This Together: Creating a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust, and Belonging", was recently released. Host of a podcast called "We're All In This Together",   Before starting his business in 2001, he played baseball at Stanford University and then with the Kansas City Royals organization. Injuries to his pitching arm ended his playing career at the age of 23   Stories in this episode: Hughes Marino - small real estate company. Mike offered to do a web-x session for the whole company during the pandemic. They were very grateful and not what they expected Whenever things are tough can we...

Deborah McPhilemy helps people to handle their emotions which is our main source of communication. Every decision we make and action we take is based on how we feel and in this episode we explore this vitally important subject. Having a good understanding of emotional intelligence gives far greater empathy which is one of the best ways of creating greater connection with others and also eliminating the isms such as sexism, racism, narcism, egoism. Understanding and tuning into your emotions gives you the ability to understand, regulate and validate your emotions and gives you the freedom to express yourself authentically.  Some of the topics discussed in this episode:   As a lot of her clients are children and parents. A story about Bianca who had special needs and the transformation that occurred within her How a lady named Helena Holrick (who was a guest on episode 21) far exceeded her expectations and moved her business forward Uncovering hidden beliefs Th...

Phil Strazzulla is an entrepreneur focused on helping advance the People/HR/Recruiting function through knowledge sharing and community building He started two companies, and was a VC prior, with a short break in between to get his MBA. He's a "self taught" sales person.  In his first company he was selling a B2B SaaS product and landed Dropbox, Nissan, Monster.com as some of his first customers.  In his current company he selling market leads via the website selectsoftwarereviews.com  with a lot of success.   Some extracts from this episode:   "Where you work is important for your business” Saw a gap in the market for some useful software for those in HR SEO has helped bis business grow enormously Had a successful 2 minute weekly whiteboard video before starting this business Problem statement - Finding HR teams find and buy the right software One client got a million dollar contract from one of his products "Exceeding expectations is the bes...

Nate Peo is a Residential Construction Professional and serves as VP of Purchasing and Construction for a successful California-based real estate company. Nate is also a self-described “super connector,” and is passionate about bringing people together in mutually successful ways. Nate gives some great tips on networking. On how to make the most of it and how to avoid the mistakes many people make when networking with others. We also discuss how networking has changed as more of it has moved onto the online space using Zoom and similar platforms. His career includes work as purchasing agent/manager and project engineer—all within one of the country’s most competitive markets. Nate holds an M.B.A. in Business Administration from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Construction Management from the University of Nebraska.  He has an inspirational podcast, All-In, where he presents authentic experiences from his own life along with thought-provoking, yet practical advice. Links: h...

Devin Miller loves startups. He founded his first startup while earning Law & MBA degrees. Since then, he has founded several more startups and enjoyed every minute of it. He runs a patent and trademark law firm to help other startups and small businesses. In this episode we discuss:   Terrible response times from many law firms Devin's podcast: "The Inventive Journey" Intellectual property, patent protection, trademark Misunderstandings the public often have about what he does When restoring his VW bus how he was on the receiving end of a great experience Links: Business Website:  milleripl.com The Inventive Journey Podcast:  inventivejourney.com Free Strategy Session for listeners: https://calendly.com/millerip/free-strategy-session   Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/ Full sho...

Do you find marketing difficult, complicated, overwhelming? Chantal Cornelius is on a mission to simplify it and helps her clients by breaking it down to the ABCs of marketing. Many businesses are set up by people who are great at what they do but they struggle to find new clients and earn what they are worth. What they lack is how to effectively market and promote their businesses. In this episode we discuss some of these issues and others including: How businesses can attract enough good quality clients without struggling and wasting time and money. Coaches, consultants and speakers shouldn't have to struggle to grow a successful business. The reason why there is so much confusion about what marketing to do. It can be frustrating when you keep doing marketing but don't get the results that you want. How to spend less time and money trying out different marketing in order to attract the clients that you want. Seeing the difference in people when they realise that they ...

Hilary Jane Grosskopf is a leadership strategist, award-winning author, yoga teacher, and founder of Awake Leadership Solutions. She has written two books for leaders, Awake Leadership: a system for leading with clarity and creativity and Awake Ethics: a system for aligning your actions with your core intentions.    Topics discussed in this episode:   As an analyst where Hilary learned to / has exceeded expectations), she learned that exceeding expectations at work is about going beyond the basics. She couldn’t just crunch and present the numbers, she had to learn how to present information clearly, ensure accuracy, design timelines, and think ahead on behalf of her audience.    As a leader Hilary found that exceeding expectations was actually more about exceeding expectations of her team members (rather than just the boss or upper management) in order to succeed and progress. This is often overlooked or misunderstood by many leaders who believe ...