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On the latest edition of the  "Entrepreneurs at Scale," the podcast we are honored to welcome a truly remarkable guest, John "Gucci" Foley, a former lead pilot of the illustrious Blue Angels and a distinguished high-performance coach.

John's story is one of exceptional skill, unwavering discipline, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. As a lead solo pilot with the Blue Angels, the United States Navy's elite flight demonstration squadron, he exemplified precision, teamwork, and leadership at speeds of over 400 miles per hour.

But John's journey didn't end in the skies. Taking his experiences from the cockpit to the boardroom, he has transitioned into an influential high-performance coach, inspiring and guiding leaders and teams in various sectors to achieve peak performance. His methodologies, rooted in the principles he lived by as a Blue Angel, are transforming the way businesses and individuals approach performance, teamwork, and success.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• How come some people can outperfom others or some teams outperform others?
• The "Glad to be here" debrief and experience. It’s where passion meets presence & purpose and is about connecting the heart and head as key attributes of a high-performance mindset.

1. Safe company:  Respect
2. Check you egos at the door
3. Straight Talking - You have to lay it on the table with open and honest communication. Done with the We not I approach
4. Accountability - An Own It and Fix it Mentality - Own the Outcome!
5. Glad to be hear mindset  - The importance of having an attitude of gratitude 

•  High performance zone podcast. https://johnfoleyinc.com/high-performance-zone/
•   Website :      https://johnfoleyinc.com/john-gucci-foley/    
• Book John is reading : Be Useful : Seven tools for life   by   Arnold Schwarzenegger

BEST MOMENTS

• Ask yourself the question - How do the best get better ? 
• Learn , Grow , Give 
• John coaching me on what were my "I ams " and my purpose 
• John trains his brain to wake up Happy 

 VALUABLE RESOURCES
Entrepreneurs at Scale Podcast - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/scalingup
Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://www.scalingup.co.uk/work-with-a-scale-up-coach
How Scaleable is your business? Discover your Scaleability Score:  https://scaleable.scoreapp.com/

Peter Harrison is MD of FGH Security, one of the fastest growing Security businesses across the UK, and according to Pete
one of the finest security companies in the world! And almost definitely the friendliest!!!!

Recognised by the Sunday Times as a Top 100 Big company to work for and the winner of more accreditations and awards than most of the multinational security companies.

What makes them different?
Fantastic Staff, awesome  Clients and a desire to  put a lot back into the Community at the same time.

All our customers absolutely love us and we love them back. We have 100% client retention and 25% growth year on year.

The FGH team is fantastic, more skills and training than any of our competitors - from front line staff up to the management, we all make sure we remain ahead of all the rest when it comes to knowledge.

What makes this "Entrepreneurs at Scale" podcast extra special is that Neale  has been coaching  Pete and the team at FGH since 2018 and it that time seen the company scale its revenue growth from £4m to over £20m

Pete  joins Neale to discuss the Scale up journey of FH security, how the y had to pivot through the pandemic and how investing in developing a great team has been pivotal in accelerating their flywheel.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The importance of having a clear mission statement - " Keeping People Safe"
• In a industry that was notorious for not looking after its people ... Putting People first has been critical to FGH's growth.        " Treat the team fairly and Treat them well"
• Having a balance life.. Getting up Early and keeping fit and healthy in able to achieve Peak performance 
• The importance of having a coach and an Advisory Board to keep you on Top of your game 

• Peter's  books that he is reading at the moment:

                   - Scaling Up   by Verne Harnish 

                   - Vivid Vision  - Cameron Herold

•   Contact for Peter        https://www.fghsecurity.co.uk/

BEST MOMENTS

• I wouldn't change anything, as everything happens for as reason and you can take learnings from that 
• Stay true to yourself 
• The importance of Loving what you are doing 

VALUABLE RESOURCES
Entrepreneurs at Scale Podcast - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/scalingup
Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://www.scalingup.co.uk/work-with-a-scale-up-coach
How Scaleable is your business? Discover your Scaleability Score:  https://scaleable.scoreapp.com/
Are you ready to achieve a  high-value exit?  https://extraordinaryexit.scoreapp.com/
Scaling Up Tools and Resources : https://scaleups.com/

ABOUT THE HOST
Neale Lewis is a business growth expert and Strategic Exit Coach. He is focused on helping the entrepreneurs that he works with maximise the value of their organisations and when the time is right guiding them to achieve an extraordinary exit

His “Entrepreneurs at Scale” podcast, has more than 10k downloads in over 30 countries.

CONTACT DETAILS

Neale ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nealelewis/
Neale's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scaleup_coaches/
Scaling Up Coaches website : www.scalingup.co.uk
email: neale@scalingup.co.uk

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