Such a huge honor to have Gary C Laney on the Entrepreneur Strategies Podcast!
2X #1 Bestselling Author | Keynote Speaker | Leadership Advisor | Sales Strategy Consultant | Serial Entrepreneur | Co-Founder Trustegrity | Former Hi-Tech Exec | Owner Influence Heroes | CEO SBL Mastermind | Kellogg MBA
Thanks to Michael Metzger, Host of "Entrepreneurs Strategy Podcast" for featuring me on his show. During my interview with Michael, we discussed a wide range of topics including, My 35 years of executive management, start-up, and business growth experience with 20 startup companies, How to develop a powerful sphere of influence, The mindset of an entrepreneur, How to succeed in business, Leadership and influencing tips for creating the right kind of strategic following. Great experience. Thanks Mike! Click on the video to watch the full interview. Highlights ✅ A review of my entrepreneurial journey working in the family business, taking positions with startups and getting experience in sales and marketing. ✅ Preparing for entrepreneurship is a process that you can learn by creating competencies, gaining experience in starting, managing, and completing many projects, and working for startups where you can how to wear multiple responsibility hats. ✅ A deeper dive into the essentials of leadership and business networking, referencing my book, The Power of Strategic Influence. ✅ Listen to your internal guide. You have more capacity to give than you are giving. ✅ Make it an objective to acquire special competencies that will differentiate you and focus on creating a legacy to leave behind. ✅ Leadership is not about what you say or what your title is, it's about what you do and how to learn the habit of helping others succeed! ✅ Failures are part of the influence and leadership development process. ✅ My mission has always been to provide value to whatever industry I have worked in. Value means helping others succeed and making a contribution to the company you work for. ✅ You don't become influential by declaring it. You become a known leader because people see what you are doing, because they like you, relate to you, and believe in you. ✅ Collaborative teams get more buy-in. The best business plans are built collaboratively from the bottom up with team members creating their own plans and then integrating with management to build a plan everyone can take ownership of. ✅ Great leaders provide direction, guidance, empower and facilitate others to be successful at their jobs. ✅ If others believe you are inspiring people and solving problems, then they will follow you.