Reflections on a Year of Building, Branding, and Balancing [TN001]

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(00:00) Reflections on 2023

(07:30) Managing Sales Teams and Culture Diversity

(12:00) Business and Work-Life Balance Lessons

(24:33) Struggling With Focus and Prioritisation

(34:07) Building Influence in Your Industry

(41:22) Building Personal and Corporate Brands

(48:50) Personal Branding and Small Business Exploration

(56:47) Podcast Recommendations and Book Impact

(01:06:27) Effective Communication and Managing Relationships

Guest Recommendations - Let me know if linking these will help.

Podcast Recommendations

Gary Lee Audio Experience

Diary of a CEO

High Performance Podcast

Lateral by Tom Scott

Economics of everyday things

Acquired

All In

Book Recommendations

Built to Sell

Smyth

Traction

The Richer way

Unreasonable hospitality

Indistractable

The trillions dollar coach

The 60 minute father

(00:00) Reflections on 2023

Tom and Alex reflect on 2023's biggest learnings, including swift decision-making, team dynamics, and growth in entrepreneurship.

(07:30) Managing Sales Teams and Culture Diversity

Managing sales teams, balancing expansion and service, navigating different cultures, and maintaining cohesive leadership in multiple businesses.

(12:00) Business and Work-Life Balance Lessons

Lessons learned in 2023: building independent business functions, hiring key roles, balancing family and entrepreneurship, and trusting and supporting team growth.

(24:33) Struggling With Focus and Prioritisation

Balance between EBIT and profit, scaling with multiple ventures, partnership and delegation, systemising business, and shifting towards focused decisions.

(34:07) Building Influence in Your Industry

Empowering employees to make decisions without jeopardising the business through coaching and rewiring ingrained behaviors.

(41:22) Building Personal and Corporate Brands

Balancing personal and corporate branding, building influence, and authenticity in personal branding for young entrepreneurship.

(48:50) Personal Branding and Small Business Exploration

Clear writing enhances personal branding, content creation, and opportunities for young entrepreneurs and businesses.

(56:47) Podcast Recommendations and Book Impact

Long-form business podcasts, books on growth and personal development, and the value of focus and presence in work and family life.

(01:06:27) Effective Communication and Managing Relationships

Act thoughtfully, don't react impulsively. Use a 'bell jar' to create space. Building a life and business with family. Grateful for community and effective communication. Book recommendation from Stephen May. Connect with the network.