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Meet Monika Snitke, our COO 🚀 Monika joined Team TransferGo back in 2012 as one of our first employees. Today, as our new Chief Operations Officer, Monika manages teams responsible for customer service, financial operations and business process management. In a new Meet the Team interview over on our blog, Monika discusses why she loves working at TransferGo, what she’s excited about, the lessons she’s learned and much, much more. Link to the full interview below 👇 #MyTransferGo #TeamTransferGo #TransferGrowth #COO #Leadership #MeettheTeam #Operations #People #Management

Thinking about what's next in your career? 🤔 Why not explore joining a board. 💡 Join us this Thursday for a special webinar on how to secure your first board seat. Featuring seasoned board member, entrepreneur, and M&A advisor, Gayle Meyers, this one-hour event covers everything you need to know when taking this critical step including: -> The powerful strategies you can use to connect with CEOs and industry leaders, opening doors to exciting board opportunities. -> How to build a personal playbook to highlight your achievements, strategic insights, and craft a compelling narrative that sets you apart. -> Getting the inside scoop on board member compensation structures and what you can expect financially. AND MORE 🚀 Check out our events listing to register and secure your spot.

Networking is key to success! Connect with other minority business owners, mentors, and industry leaders to expand your opportunities. #Networking #Collaboration #smallbusinessowner #minoritybusinessowner #jointhecircle #blackownedbusiness #minorityownedbusiness #businessowner #womanownedbusiness #breakthrough #grants

I come across many interesting takes when co-hosting the CTO vs Status Quo series. My first guest - Anthony O., co-founder and CTO at Verto, gave me the 3 roadmap rules his organisation always sticks to: 1. “Any new initiative must increase operational efficiency.” 2. “The initiative must serve enterprise customers that we’d like to sign up more of.” 3. “New development projects must clearly impact revenue, which is our North Star metric.” I personally love the result oriented nature of Verto’s approach. What do you think? Here's the full interview with Anthony, if you want to get more details on this topic: https://lnkd.in/dh_zrV4P

We asked Charles Hudson at Precursor Ventures how to be a good board member. His top tips: 1. Remember that your job is to help the person running the company be as successful as possible 2. Focus on adding to the conversation, not filling air time #boardmember #boarddevelopment

Future Branches Welcomes Back GLORY!! They'll be leading a #BranchTransformation Roundtable on December 5th, lead by Scott Andrew! Looking forward to welcoming back the whole Glory team!! #FutureBranches #CashHandling #FinancialServices #TellerAutomation #CashAutomation

"What do you mean you didn't have time to follow the process!" That's how I feel when somebody tells me that they cannot follow their process because they don't have time. And then, I look like this when they question the results when they did not follow the process that THEY own 😫 Look, folks, let's just "slow down to speed up" and follow your process as best you can. Even if it is not a good one because a bad process is better than no process. This is a Public Service Announcement from your friendly (most of the time) #fractionalcoo from Fractional Executive Solutions LLC . #ceo #entrpreneur #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #operationalexcellence #leadershipcoaching

The messy middle is a hard place to know if it’s working… Growing a team and business is messy. Take a deep breath and exhale that out. Truly. I work with a lot of AMAZING entrepreneurs that are optimistic, can-do, hard-working individuals that are great leaders BUT don’t always feel like it. The shift is in reach to: >>> See all the great things that you are doing >>> See a new way of growing the team for this next stage >>> Feel more ease, confidence and momentum in your role Direct message > me to be added to the list to be the first to know on new dates for my signature program to grow your team with more consistent performance, more ease and more time for you to focus on strategy, growth and freedom.

As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations we wanted to showcase some of our alumni who, over the past 20 years, have all played a part in our journey so far. We are very proud of all our Deallus team - past, present and future.   We are delighted to profile Ines H. who was with Deallus for six years being promoted from Associate to Principal (Partner). Ines says of her time: “What made Deallus special was the entrepreneurial and collegiate spirit that permeated everything we did. The camaraderie and teamwork are what made it a special place to work. I learnt to master the balance between achieving good results for our clients, remaining authentic leadership, and enjoying the process. I also became good at tackling any number of challenges, from facilitating complex meetings to writing legal contracts!” My advice for those starting a career at Deallus is to recognise that the company and teams thrive when every individual contributes their unique strengths. So, actively look for differences in others to help you succeed. Also, it is good to fail sometimes. It is the only way to grow.” #entrepreneurial #collegiate #teamwork #camaraderie #results #process #perspective #problemsolving

20 years fly's by! While walking on the beach early this morning, I realised it was just 20 years back that I joined Rockend as CEO and I remembered many of the great people that worked in the organisation and the the thousands of customers that chose to implement our software. Business owner Tony Maple-Brown had the confidence to step back and allow a competent team of leaders build a successful business that became recognised for award winning customer service, effective products, excellent training and a highly engaged workforce. Although Rockend has since been acquired by MRI, I am sure that the culture we built still plays a part in the bigger global firm. During my walk three key learning came to mind worth passing on to any reader who wants to build a successful and sustainable business: - Always focus on customer success as the primary purpose of the business. Without customers the business will not grow and allow you to invest in people, product and processes. Obvious! but sometimes overlooked. - Business owners, CEO's and GM's do not have all the answers. Seek to network with other business leaders to gain new ideas. In my time at Rockend I was a member of The Executive Connection (TEC) and since then I have chaired CEO groups to share and build knowledge. - You need a business model or framework as a guide to help implement new ideas. I had the benefit of working in large organisations before Rockend, so joined with new concepts we could quickly adopt. later we used the Customer Service Institute of Australia (CSIA) framework to build a better business. More recently I have researched a broad range of business practices and believe that many medium and larger organisations could adopt the principles developed in the Australian Business Excellence Framework as a template for their organisation. The framework addresses core practices from leadership to measuring results essential for all organistions. I could add a few more suggestions and will in future posts, but as a start please explore your opportunities to network with other business leaders and do some reading of the ABEF. Enjoy John