The Leadership Stack Podcast

Sean: I mean, it should be that important, right? For a guy like you who is a business owner and a speaker and an author to choose this topic. How important is EQ for you today? Michael: Thanks for asking, Sean. It's super important. I've been a coach for 11 years and over those 11 years there's been a lot of iterations of the way that I uplift and serve people. But as time has passed and progress...

Sean: Because I want to, I have a question about that, and then I'm going to rewind a little bit and ask you a second question. Both intertwined. How do you find these people that you have a good gut feeling about they're going, to be honest with you? They're coachable. They're the kind of people you want in your team. And how did your employers or the businesses you've worked with? Right. All of...

Sean: To continue off with your answers. So I love what you said about innovation. You mentioned the word innovation. And I wonder, with all the advancements in cybersecurity, again, we both agree that it is a hypercompetitive industry. Everyone must get into it. I want to get into it, to be honest. Right. How do you continue to innovate? Where do you get your ideas and how do you say, Oh, that's...

Accompany Mr. CEO at 22, Sean Si in this segment as he tackles how an entrepreneur like him seizes opportunities, why connections are important for success, can leaders be negative as well, should good leaders be good followers, and what kind of leaders do we need now and in the future. Listen up and enjoy! --- Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/leadershipstack Join our community and ask questions...

Sean: That's amazing. That is. And you've gone through so many acquisitions as well. I mean, my goodness, it must have made you a little bit busy going through all of those flips. Evan: Well, look. If you're going to work for an early-stage company, let's call it for what it is, you know, the private equity or the VCs, the people who put money in are looking to monetize that in some way. And typic...

Sean: So you mentioned optimism being one of them, perhaps your favorite, your favorite one because that's the one you mentioned right off the bat. And I know very few people, very few people, thank God, who are pessimists. They'd like to call themselves realists these days. And how can I? I'm wondering if there is a way I'm not forcing this question. How can we kind of turn the table and flip the...

Sean: Great coaches. What they do is coach, right? That's their job. That's what they do. 24 seven. They're thinking about how I can improve my team. Well, who's fit for this role? Where do we need to draft new talent? Right. Everything they're doing now, when you're in your business, especially when you started the business and you're president, CEO of your own organization, so you probably found...

Accompany Mr. CEO at 22, Sean Si, who will talk about how leaders motivate their team, how you can deal when you hit rock bottom as a leader, what qualities you should look for in a manager and from your young employees, and more! --- Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/leadershipstack Join our community and ask questions here:  from.sean.si/discord Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/leadershipstac...

Sean: I'm honored that you were able to tune in to the podcast before we were able to have this recording. Devin, so what I want to know I mentioned in the introduction from the courtroom, from the basketball court to conference rooms, that that phrase struck me. And how does it feel to be someone who plays on the basketball court? You know you got a lot of action going on. You got a lot of quick...

Sean: Right? Right. So we have this. The huge spectrum of what I am is from snake oil, which is not real. And they're just saying AI because it's hot to companies selling software that has some form of machine learning in there, branding it as AI to companies who are really doing AI like Google and Microsoft and all these companies doing it in the back-end to ChatGPT, which is. It's so obvious tha...

If you are considering doing a hybrid work setup or if you are already running a hybrid work setup, here’s how you can make it work! From a traditional business setting, many companies have now switched to a new practice called hybrid working. However, a hybrid work setup has its challenges as well. Not everyone is responsible and disciplined enough to work from home and still produce their best o...

Sean: So we have human writers and bloggers right now, which as you mentioned earlier there, they're just going to be augmented in the work that they do with ChatGPT. They're not going to be replaced, which in my opinion, a lot of them who are mediocre might be replaced by ChatGPT. But those who are exceptional at their work, they're irreplaceable because they're going to be the ones maybe editing...

Sean: Yeah. What do you think about that? I mean Google, on the other hand, is saying hey, we don't encourage AI-produced content and we're going to crack down on it someday. And then there are these big banks in the US right now that are using ChatGPT to produce at least the base layer of their content. When I say base layer, it means the outline, it means the initial draft before they have a hum...

How do you manage missed deadlines? How do you make sure that your team would hit deadlines 99% of the time? Watch this! It is not uncommon for people in a team to miss deadlines. And if deadlines have to be adjusted, here is a system you can do. Join Mr. CEO at 22, Sean Si, as he shares this system that can help you and your team serve your clients as best as you can within deadlines! Tune in onl...

Jeff:   Well, it gives you, first off, I think in this fund. So let's say you want to invest in sports betting and gaming. One of the things that we're going to do better than other funds like this is we're going to give you we're trying to get you exposure to what's a really fast-growing marketplace, especially in the US. You know, in November, we have California potentially going to be legalized...

It's not easy to get clients, and all other businesses desire a long term, fruitful partnership with them when they get one. Watch this to know how! In business, winning a client or a customer and making them sign contracts with you is never an easy task. And a churning client can be damaging to your business, so all entrepreneurs aspire to have a profitable, long-term relationship with them. Join...

Jeff: And so it's a really complex process for a reason and there's a whole bunch of rules and guidelines, unlike kind of any other world. I mean, compliance in the financial service space is really complex, but it's just like any other business. There are hurdles and there's a learning curve, and it's all really fun and exciting too. You know, it's kind of a massive, you know, someone I heard som...

Have you ever thought of moving to a managerial position? Here are the things that you have to keep in mind to prepare yourself for that role. Watch this! You don’t expect someone who is in a managerial position to do grassroots work. In fact, they are in charge of leading people who will be doing the work and executing on the ground level. A lot of people yearn to move up to a managerial role, bu...

Sean: So when you said you had partners and a lot of entrepreneurs today have partners, what made you say that? It's it complicated thing and it's better to go alone. Jeff : Well, in this case here. So what happened was, is I because they were going to bring business right But they had a majority, like I only had a third. They were going to bring business they kind of could control when they broug...

The younger employees nowadays have the reputation of job hopping. Can job hopping hurt your career? What’s so bad about it? Watch this! The new wave of professionals tends to hop from one job to another frequently to get more experience at a faster rate or for a higher salary. While various job experiences may look good on your resume, they can also be a red flag for employers. Catch Mr. CEO at 2...

Sean: If you are given just one question to ask them about their brand, what would it be? Leonard: That's a good question. One question that I'll ask about the brand is. Maybe I'd like to make it a compound question. What I'll probably ask is where you see your brand in the next five years and what perception and emotions you want to establish in the marketplace. That's probably the question that...

Leonard: So don't get me wrong, during the first year, especially the first six months, I really didn't know what I was doing. In fact, I didn't even know how which specific services they, even the price of the services. But your question, which I think is very relevant, definitely the financial aspects are a part of that, that's for sure. But the way I did it was sort of a time top-line five-year...

The term “Quiet Quitting” has become a trend recently. What exactly is quiet quitting and how can an organization deal with it? Watch this! Are you, in some ways, a quiet quitter, or do you go above and beyond to produce the best work you possibly can? For you to answer this question, you must first understand the concept behind the term. Join Mr. CEO at 22, Sean Si, as he delved down into what qu...

Leonard: That's a really very good question. I think primarily Sean, in terms of a leadership principle. It's having the right vision and learning how to do foresight for where you want to bring your team. As a manager myself during this time, usually will do a lot of the corporate disciplines back then. When you like, you'll have the setup like your five-year plan, and even before you do that, yo...

Patrick: We are based in London and we do have an office, but we have engineers in Portugal and Ireland, and not all members of the team come into the office regularly there have been a number of learnings arising from that remote experience, and also some things that have come out of our values. We are of course a learning company and so we want the team to be learning all the time and to be deve...