mark leary

As someone who coaches business leaders, I feel directly responsible for the leadership teams I work with. Today, I sit down with Sandra Finch CPA, who is as passionate as I am when it comes to getting businesses out of trouble and helping them make diffiult decisions to help their companies stay alive. We talk about the struggles that businesses are facing right now because of the pandemic, the measures we are implementing to try to keep these businesses alive and how these businesses react to the help we're giving. We also get down to the nitty-gritty of how much of ourselves we give to our clients and if breaking down our walls, letting our guards down and giving them a sneak peek into who we are as a person helps or damages the client-consultant relationship we've forged.

04:11 - The comparison between the pandemic's effect on entrepreneurs and its effects on employees

07:19 - How are you managing the all the ideas flowing through you as a visionary?

13:42 - Helping clients out by finding ways to make them eligible for PPP

21:13 - "I think the worst is over"

27:23 - New financial options for people who are thinking of starting, expanding or closing their business during these difficult times

33:14 - Look at data to keep yourself grounded

40:09 - Flat is the new hockey stick

46:00 - Yale University's "The Science of Well-Being" online course by Dr. Laurie Santos

52:55 - Self-comparison leads people to think they're stuck when they're really not

59:43 - If you spend time working on your weaknesses, you can improve 3-5%, but if you work on your strengths, you can improve 95%

1:05:22 - If your co-workers can't provide you with honest and helpful feedback, you can count on kids to do that

1:06:01 - Sally Hogshead "How To Fascinate" Test

1:12:46 - Determining how much of your true, personal self should you share and show to clients

1:17:19 - Finding your specific role and purpose is a lifelong journey and is always changing

1:21:28 - Struggling with your personas - who you are in the business and who you are outside of it

1:31:04 - Sandra's passionate plea for entrepreneurs

REFERENCED MATERIALS:
Yale University's "The Science of Well-Being" online course by Dr. Laurie Santos
Sally Hogshead "How To Fascinate" Test

GET IN TOUCH:

MARK LEARY:
www.linkedin.com/in/markhleary
www.leary.cc

SANDRA FINCH:
www.linkedin.com/in/sandrafinch/
www.finchcpafirm.com
www.finchstrategies.com

PRODUCTION CREDIT:
Engineering / Post-Production: Jim McCarthy
Art / Design: Immanuel Ahiable

Today, I sit down with Lesa, a fellow EOS Implementer, as we go over what it feels like being on the frontlines during the ongoing COVID pandemic and trying to help businesses survive and stay in control. We ponder over the surprisingly good things that have come out of this crisis and how it has pushed companies to be better versions of their current selves and things we wish companies would keep doing when we slowly go back to normalcy.

1:27 What we learned about ourselves during the COVID crisis

07:19 You cannot over-communicate in a crisis

16:35 - Company core values become battle-tested during a crisis

19:47 - People default to their default when things become tough

24:08 - Having the right people in the right seat makes a big difference

28:57 - As a leader, sometimes you have to be the bad guy for the greater good

34:35 - People can get strapped in the now, they don't see what the future is like

41:21 - Don't just try to be efficient, be human as well.

46:42 - You get more authenticity when you pair good news with a sense of struggle

1:02:14 - The Reverse Accountability Chart as a tool for businesses who are struggling with sustainability

1:09:32 - Our role as coaches in helping teams make hard decisions and move forward

1:13:21 - How do coaches raise their game? How do they raise the bar?

GET IN TOUCH:

MARK LEARY:
www.linkedin.com/in/markhleary
www.leary.cc

LESA SKIPPER:
https://www.wvebizcoach.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesaskipper

Production credit:
Engineering / Post-Production: Jim McCarthy
Art / Design: Immanuel Ahiable

Mark Leary is a passionate coach; marketing and sales leader; a lifelong entrepreneur; and, a recovering musician. Mark has a deep passion for helping people feel in control of their lives, and that takes him down some pretty interesting roads.

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Email | mark@leary.cc

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