how to become a better leader

In this episode of The Venture-Scale SaaS Operator, we had the opportunity to host Tony Jamous, founder and CEO of a billion dollar HR platform Oyster. Oyster provides tools to help with hiring, onboarding, benefits and salary management for both contractors and full-time remote employees all around the world.

Tony talks about his motivation behind starting Oyster and how he led it to unicorn status. He also shares his thoughts on becoming a better leader, creating a supportive work environment, and his life as a CEO of a billion dollar company.

Tune in to learn more about:

~ How to become a better leader.

~ Best way to lead a fast growth billion-dollar startup.

~ How to create a work environment that helps people to be their true selves.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:32) - What Oyster is and what problem does it solve?
• (01:04) - Typical customer profile for Oyster.
• (02:05) - How much is OysterHR worth? Its mission and growth details.
• (04:00) - Flexibility and leadership during hyper growth.
• (05:14) - Advice for first-time founders on maintaining flexibility and leadership.
• (07:34) - Tony's motivation for starting another company after Nexmo exit.
• (09:55) - Motivation behind building a mission-driven company.
• (11:58) - How to be intentional about creating an impactful, high-growth business.
• (13:58) - Criteria for selecting early executives for Oyster.
• (16:08) - Creating psychological safety within the company.
• (19:22) - A typical day for the CEO of a billion-dollar company.
• (21:55) - The role of asynchronous communication and video in managing Oyster.
• (25:52) - Outro

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Maureen Falvey is a Leadership Coach and Consultant who works with high-potential individuals and teams who want to lead with greater purpose, influence and effectiveness.  Her results-based approach to coaching ensures that she and her clients go beyond having ‘nice conversations’ to instead create real and lasting transformation around clearly established goals.
Maureen had a dynamic and fulfilling 25-year career in advertising working at global shops such as McCann, Saatchi & Saatchi, Grey and,most recently, mcgarrybowen, where she was MD, Head of Account Services.

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Episode 35: How to lead ourselves and our teams better ~ discussing big challenges and big opportunities of 2023

SCALE - marketing, sales, services, revenue growth, M&A's

As everyone gears up for a new year, in this episode of The Wize Guys Podcast, Brenton Ward, Jamie Johns, and Ed Chan talked about how to become better in 2023, what's the right mindset to have when it comes to new year's resolution, and how to properly set up your goals for the new year. 

Find out how you can gear up and grab the opportunities ahead!

Timestamps:

0:35 - New Year, New You

1:34 - The importance of consistency

6:06 - Getting the balance right in the P&L activities

9:57 - How critical is decision-making

11:41 - How to conduct performance reviews with staff

14:59 - Tips for analyzing the net promoting scores (NPS)

16:20 - Factors to becoming a better leader

20:02 - Why you should start to trust the process

Quotations:

“So changing things and chasing the next shiny thing is the most disruptive activity that you can do for the team.” - Ed Chan

“It's the decisions that you make right now that determine your success and the direction that you take.” - Jamie Johns

“...there's a saying that you should work harder on yourself than on the other person.” - Ed Chan

“Trust the process.” - Jamie Johns

“...focus on improvement. Improvement, not perfection.” - Jamie Johns

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Episode 15: Learn how to become a BETTER LEADER┃Three Keys to Leadership for your Accounting Practice

In this episode of The Wize Guys, Brenton Ward with Jamie Johns, and Ed Chan discuss the three key areas of leadership that accounting business owners should focus on. 

Because as the leader of your firm, your priorities should be leading yourself, leading the business, and leading others. Find out how you can be a better leader for your team and achieve better results.

Timestamps:

0:36 The overarching areas of leadership
1:08 Why a  firm is a reflection of the owner
2:01 Why you should be good at leading others
2:05 How being friendly and inspirational helps
2:32 How to achieve better results with leadership
3:06 The ideal successful firm setup
4:14 Understanding that ‘bypass policy’
6:16 Simple steps to becoming a better leader
6:57 The importance of solutions and outcomes in decision making

Quotations:

"..it's often said over the years that a firm is a reflection of the owner..” - Jamie Johns

“There any obvious gaps in what you would implement it or the leadership skills that you kind of identified within the business that you had and you've since worked on bridging..” - Brenton Ward

“We're talking about leadership as a whole, and now talking about leadership in three different areas, the whole conversation becoming a better leader can be somewhat overwhelming.” - Brenton Ward

“One said that don't try and change others to try and change yourself first. That's easier said than done a natural and natural state is that it's everybody else's fault, not mine. And you crack this, everybody else's fault, then you can't change things unless you change yourself first. “- Ed Chan

“So if you focus your attention on the solution, you find solutions, but if you look for problems, then you find those as well. And if your excuse, you find those as well.“ - Ed Chan

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The Six Secrets of Change written by Michael Fullan is an excellent for leaders of any kind but especially business leaders. The author explores a plethora or studies and books about leadership styles, focuses, and ideas and then points out where each of these ideas is correct or flawed.

As you may have guess there are 6 major secrets out lined in the book about how a leader aught to lead and the pitfalls to be careful of.  Many of these secrets are actually a balance of powers in various arenas, being a confident and provide direction as the leader but humble and open to feedback, ideas and a supporter of the team/system.

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When Pastor Q starts reading business reviews on a plane, crazy things happen! A recent survey featured in Inc. Magazine from Bloomberg highlights some surprising things related to customer service. Listen to this week's episode to find out why ATTITUDE IS KING!

If you want to become the leader and person you’ve always wanted to be, there are some tricks you can use to achieve that goal. In today’s podcast, I talk with fellow leader Federico Heine and we share the number one secret to becoming a better version of yourself.

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If there's one thing that's constant across life and leadership, it's change. Your relationship to change is directly correlated to how effective & healthy your leadership will be. Even if it doesn't come natural to you, change is usually the base element to any type of personal growth. Just make sure that any changes you make support your ultimate goal & values.

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We've all heard the saying - "healthy things grow." But that's only half of the truth. Unhealthy things grow too; and most "secret sauce" growth strategies don't account for that. Make no mistake, something is ALWAYS growing. It's just a matter of what fruit is being produced.

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Many leaders grow discontent if their organization or personal development is not growing at the pace they want. Why aren't you growing? And why aren't you ok with it? Is that discontentment coming from a willingness to change, or an unhealthy place? These are important questions to ask to avoid falling into the two traps of complacency or self-accomplishment.

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