Productivity Mastery

How do you start from 0 and build a $4 billion business, overtaking Adidas & Nike to become the World's No. 1 sports brand? We are welcoming on the podcast a living legend, Joe Foster, the founder of Reebok! ▪️Joe and his late brother Jeff were born into the J W Foster & family business in Bolton, England. ▪️The year was 1955 and the brothers saw a business still rooted in the 1930s. ...

What are The 7 Pillars of PERFORMance? Cristobal Alonso, an experienced serial entrepreneur (3x CEO), serial early-stage investor (150+ investments), and global executive (leading teams and projects up to 500 people). Cristobal leads as CEO, “el Patron” of Startup Wise Guys. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and is serving as Spain's INSEAD Alumni Association President and President of INSEAD Global Ent...

Gabriela Styf Sjöman is a Global Executive from the Telecom and ICT industry. Gabriela’s leadership experience comes from executive positions with Global Network Equipment Providers, Multinational Communications Service Providers, IT Consulting, and Application Software Developers. Her background as Swedish-Mexican and from having lived in twelve countries across three continents and worked in eig...

In this episode, Christian Schraft gives valuable insights on: 💡 The topics of Purpose and Discipline and why you need to have both 💡 Why scheduling your time at home is as important as organizing your time at work 💡 Effectiveness vs. Efficiency 💡 Different approaches to working under pressure - employees either thrive or are paralyzed 💡 Leadership identifiers and how to know you're 'CEO mate...

Tune in and buckle up - this will be a ride!  Meet Brian Mayne - the creator of the Goal Mapping, Life Mapping, and Self Mapping personal development systems, and the Seven Magic Keys development program for children. Brian Mayne’s Goal Mapping, a world-leading achievement system, is a unique whole-brain approach to setting goals that powerfully helps people achieve their desires. When Brian’...

In this special bonus episode on Productivity Mastery, Stoyan Yankov, as the co-founder of The Leaders Who Care, welcomes on The Leaders Who Care podcast Robyn Benincasa, a two-time World Champion Adventure racer, Firefighter and Keynote speaker. Tune in and: ✔️ Dig into the meaning and the true components of TEAMWORK, ✔️ Discover what wonders a truly resilient and purpose-driven team can achieve,...

Tatyana Mitkova is the Co-Founder and CEO of ClaimCompass - a company that helps passengers save money when they travel and get compensated when their trip is disrupted. ClaimCompass has raised $1.8M to date and is backed by Silicon Valley's 500 Startups, Social Capital and Hustle Fund. Tatyana herself was recently selected to be among Forbes Europe's 30 under 30 and EY's Class of Entrepreneurial...

Daria Vodopianova co-founded the Thought Leadership Academy with the mission to empower mission-driven leaders and ambitious coaches to step into their true visionary role and build a sustainable business around their knowledge. In their 3-stage academy, Daria takes her clients from unknown as a coach to expert status, and from the expert to a thought leader. In her academy, her members learn to c...

Jay Papasan [Pap-uh-zahn] is a bestselling author that serves as the vice president of learning for Keller Williams Realty International, the world’s largest real estate company. He is also vice president of  KellerINK, and co owner, alongside his wife Wendy, of Papasan Properties Group with Keller Williams Realty in Austin, Texas. In 2003 he co-authored The Millionaire Real Es...

How effective and purposeful are your meetings? Austin Nicholas has been serving as a ‘trust architect' for the likes of Google, Booking.com , & Nestle since 2005. He specializes in providing the tools & training for teams to conduct remote meetings with purpose, based on the book he authored ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Focused Meetings'. Austin enables companies to adapt to the virtual flexib...

In the times of #WFH, why is company culture so critical? David Bizer is the Founder and CEO of Talent Fountain, a boutique consulting firm focused on talent acquisition, talent management, and startup culture. His experience originates at the very epicenter of web technology, starting his career at Netscape working with Marc Andreessen and the team which essentially launched the internet to the m...

Meet Corey Morris, an American-born, Denmark-based ultrarunner, who moonlights as the Chief Marketing Officer of Unity Studios. Since 2015, his love for running has pushed him to explore new physical and mental limits - all in the pursuit of his annual running goals. From the outrageous idea of running 52 half marathons in 52 weeks to a grueling 100K on a 5K loop, his meticulous research, planning...

This time, the topic is #MentalToughness. Meet the great line-up of this episode's panelists: Luis Villa Del Campo is an expert in designing human experiences, creating innovative services, and helping to transform the organization's culture and processes. During the last 10 years, Luis has worked in Strategy & Design in Fjord and Accenture. Over the years, he has set up service offerings, met...

In this very special episode from The Leaders Who Care podcast, Stoyan Yankov, Co-Founder of The Leaders Who Care and Productivity Coach, interviews David Allen - Productivity Guru and Creator of the "GTD" methodology. One of the world’s most influential thinkers on productivity, David’s 35 years experience as a management consultant and executive coach have earned him worldwide recognition. His b...

This time, the topic is Robust Communication! I am excited for moderating another panel with a great line-up, including: Daniel Ackermann, the CEO of Degordian - an independent digital production & marketing agency based in Zagreb Daniel co-founded back in 2009. Today, it’s one of the largest digital marketing agencies in the region. Daniel considers employee satisfaction to be the cornerstone...

This time, the topic is #OptimalEnergy Meet our great line-up: Chris Robins - Chief Customer Officer (and CEO) of Tele2 in Estonia. Chris is a passionate leader of values-based challenger organizations, with a particular focus on customer-centricity, communication and psychology. Chris has lived and worked in 7 countries across North America and Europe, and have covered 13 countries in the scope o...

Lydia Hurlbut is CEO and co-founder of Hurlbut Visuals, a company dedicated to providing exceptional, personalized education and mentoring to filmmakers around the world. She has been in a business partnership with her husband Shane Hurlbut, ASC, since 2009, creating content for their online publication, Hurlbut Academy . In 2014, Lydia created Shane’s Inner Circle, a membership community committe...

Listen to another exciting #PERFORM Panel Discussion powered by ThePerformBook.com This time, the topic is #FocusAndExecution. I am excited about moderating another panel with a great line-up, including: Hovhannes Avoyan, the founder & CEO of PicsArt, the world’s largest creative platform and social editing app with 150 million monthly active creators. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital,...

#PERFORM Panel Discussion powered by ThePerformBook.com This time, topic #3 is Roles & Responsibilities! The panel: Cristobal Alonso, an experienced serial entrepreneur (3x CEO), serial early-stage investor (150+ investments), and global executive (leading teams and projects up to 500 people). Cristobal leads as CEO, “el Patron” of Startup Wise Guys. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and is serving...

Meet Patrick Collins - Founder of Prospect Labs, a LinkedIn lead Generation software and the Head of Growth at Startup Wise Guys, Europes largest B2B accelerator. Tune in to hear us talk about the business growth and best practices to accelerate a startup!

#PERFORM Panel Discussion #2 powered by ThePerformBook.com ! This time the topic is #EffectivePlanning. My co-author Cristobal Alonso and I invited 2 successful founders from #NewEurope that were also featured in the book to explore it together in-depth. ➡ How often and how to set company goals and what methods are better than others? ➡ How to master your own self-management as a founder, while ha...

Learn more and get a copy of the book at: https://www.theperformbook.com/ #𝟭 𝗣𝗨𝗥𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘 & 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗦: ➡ Why is it important for a startup (and any other team) to build a strong culture? ➡ When should founders start to have conversations about it? ➡ What tools and practices work and do not work so well? Participants: Cristobal Alonso, an experienced serial entrepreneur (3x CEO), serial early-stage inv...

Meet Alina Trigubenko - the founder of awarenow and a coach who specializes in working with individual coaches and large-scale organizations such as schools, agencies, and governments. Over the years, Alina has helped hundreds of coaches and organizations to scale and build long-lasting communities. She has worked with schools, agencies, governments, and independent coaches. Alina is also a certif...

Meet Anders Thomsen - CEO & CTO of NoMoreHours which he co-founded almost 5 years ago with his longtime friends Lasse and Rune. Besides being a self-taught programmer, Anders has a background in management consulting (McKinsey & Co) and Private Equity (CataCap). Anders also holds a degree in Finance from Aarhus University. Tune in and hear us talk about Anders' journey, takeaways and advic...

Meet my podcast guest - Viktoriya Blazheva . Viktoriya wears many hats: she is FVP in a leading bank, responsible for its communications strategy, events management, corporate culture, brand management, online communications, sustainability and CSR strategy, sponsorship, and donations, executive, internal and external communications. She has also assumed additional responsibilities as the leader o...