Episodes
July 21, 2020
How can adversity help you grow?
Everyone knows the famous expression in English: When the going gets tough, the tough get going. But many people do not like challenges, they like predictability, and when we cannot inject predictability into our lives, we so...
July 14, 2020
What will the Post-Pandemic World look like?
More now than ever we require a future perspective, which can take our discussions beyond current issues such as lockdown policies, social distancing, increasing and decreasing COVID-19 numbers, getting children back to schoo...
July 7, 2020
The Smart Way to Manage Your Money
Paul Van Der Merwe, author and engineer is known for the quote “Money makes the world go around; however, happiness greases the axle. Without this lubricant, life will seize.” But most us only know the expression money makes ...
June 30, 2020
Leading with Intelligent Disobedience
Most people do not question rules because they are designed to protect the status quo and create a level playing field, but sometimes we need to bend them a little if in order to get a desired result. In the right context, th...
June 23, 2020
Gaining visibility online-Integrating SEO into your marketing strategy
A business that is visible is also considered creditable. Visibility today means being present across all digital channels and using the right tools to make sure you stand out among the competition. With the decrease in foot ...
June 16, 2020
Is Tracking and Tracing putting our privacy at risk?
During the Corona crisis, tech has been a blessing in many ways. But the use of tracking and tracing apps in various countries have raised the question whether we are putting our privacy at stake. In this episode of Leadershi...
June 9, 2020
Lead or Manage? What to do in a Crisis
As we start to come out of this crisis and things very slowly get back to normal, those companies that have shown strong leadership are the first ones to bet on. Some industries were impacted more than others, regardless of h...
June 2, 2020
From in-person to on-line: How SMB's are coping
Luka Lucic, a Pratt Institute psychologist who studies the effects of war said “People, during times of prolonged, radical change, end up changing,” The question we will pose in this episode, how have local businesses changed...
May 26, 2020
The rise of AI and data tracking during the Pandemic
As the world reaches COVID-19 exhaustion and we all realize that this crisis has already changed our daily lives, very often we do not recognize what else the crisis has changed including its impact on global opinions surroun...
May 19, 2020
Generational Management in a Changing Workforce
For the first time in history, we are working with six generations in one workforce but whether this multi-generational workforce is collaborative and productive, or challenging and stressful, is up to how we manage. Over the...
May 12, 2020
Local Search, The "Near Me" Experience takes on a Whole New Meaning
Local Search is about ‘near me’ searches that were incredibly popular and based on intent, proximity, location optimization and relevance, the searcher was getting what they wanted in a very local sense. Given the recent rest...
May 5, 2020
Leveraging the Affiliate Marketing Channel
Marketing practices are adapting to the corona crisis in both the B2B and B2C sectors. E-commerce is surging among SMBs, while business models are changing. Demands are shifting in online product orders. High-demand for new p...
April 28, 2020
Supporting virtual sales teams with the right tools and structure
Sales Operations have shifted. You can no longer look you customer in the eye, so what do you do? In this episode we discuss how businesses are transforming their sales operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, what we can lea...
April 21, 2020
Quick Responses can Help You Win in a Crisis
Start ups are generally known for their agility and quick response, while large organizations are rarely so flexible. Large organizations often resist disseminating plans until they are completely sure, and then they are relu...
April 14, 2020
Customer Care and Concern in a Time of Crisis
Keeping calm and thinking both strategically and operationally can be challenging when a crisis occurs, and that’s what we are in. Facing a massive number of customer requests and questions, some of them desperate and some of...
April 7, 2020
Storytelling in a Digitally Connected World
The Importance of Storytelling cannot be underestimated. The world we live in today could not exist without the influence from past generations, the experiences from people across the globe and the experiences from those that...
March 31, 2020
Managing Career and Family in Crisis Time
It is difficult enough to balance career, family, children and still have time for yourself, and then we suddenly find ourselves in a world health crisis and everything changes. We find ourselves “locked down” with family und...
March 24, 2020
The Coronavirus Impact on Small Business And Agencies
Many of us saw the outbreak of SARS or EBOLA, but both of these pandemics were before we had a fully embraced world economy. Today we have a full global and connected economy, one that has spirited our growth but also brings ...
March 17, 2020
Small Mistakes, Big Consequences-Behaviours that can impact your career by Anne Baum
A recent Forbes article published research by the Carnegie Institute of Technology which indicated only 15% of financial success actually comes from knowledge or technical skills. The remaining 85% of success comes from the a...
March 10, 2020
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed
Although statistics vary, most are showing that around 61% of Generation Z entering the workforce now, say they want to be entrepreneurs, and very few want to do it because of money. Being creative, solving a problem and maki...
March 3, 2020
Navigating Through Digital Marketing Options
We all know that marketing is changing fast, we only need to blink and there is something new. The big guys like Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google have redrawn the customer buying journey and redefined how companies and consume...
Feb. 25, 2020
Impactful Leadership with Peter Montoya
There is a lot of thought today that goes into what true leadership is and what its relation is to corporate sustainability. Leadership is much more than authority, it is about developing people and helping others reach their...
Feb. 18, 2020
The 7 Obsessions of High Performing Banks
There is a lot of talk in the financial industry today about transition and technology. How we think about money, spend it and save money is changing and as a result the banking sector is in transformation.
Jan. 28, 2020
How to be successful in the internet retail market
Internet retailing is riding on an upward trend is due to the technologically-savvy population and growing consumerism of the middle class. The rise of omnichannel is sure to continue in 2020, especially in retail therefor re...