Breakfast Leadership Show

Featured Interview with Justin Q Croxton

Justin Croxton, CEO of Propellant Media (Omni Channel Media Technology Company), is an accomplished Senior Executive, Entrepreneur, and Advisor with over 17 years of success in the marketing and advertising, real estate, and retail industries. Digital marketing, business development, customer acquisition, SEO, SEM, go-to-market strategy, and growth are just a few of his many domains of expertise.
 
As the managing partner of Propellant Media, Justin is in charge of leading his team in developing creative and financially motivated digital marketing initiatives, such as lead generation and geofencing marketing, that can increase engagement, search engine traffic, and, most importantly, revenues for our brands and organizations.
 
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincroxton/https://www.instagram.com/propellantmediahttps://www.facebook.com/propellantmedia/

Interview with David Feldman

David is the Founder and Director of Strategy at 3 Owl, an award-winning creative agency that creates websites that stand out from the noise.
They’ve worked with companies like Mellow Mushroom, Great American Cookie Company, VitaLink, Taco Mac, and Wahoo. Numbers-wise, 3 Owl has 40+ employees and over seven figures in revenue.
At the start of Covid-19, David had to fire 80% of his agency’s staff in one day. Despite the setback, he and the small team that stayed on never missed a deadline and continued to generate millions of dollars in added revenue for their clients. They also managed to grow 3 Owl by 20% each year since.
In 2021, David also wrote a book called “Small By Design: The Entrepreneur’s Guide for Growing Big While Staying Small,” has been named a bestseller by the Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
Social Media Links:
Social Media Links:Website: https://3owl.agency/3Owl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3-owl-media/David's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-feldman-atl/3Owl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3owl.agency/David's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dfeldatl/3 Owl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3owl.agency/Amazon Books: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Design-Entrepreneurs-Growing-Staying-ebook/dp/B09X6FR61S

Interview with Vinnie Potestivo

Vinnie Potestivo is an Emmy Award-winning media brand advisor, personal brand strategist, and content coach. He is a well-trusted connector who creates, develops, produces, distributes, amplifies, and helps to monetize some of the most talked-about brands in modern pop culture. 
As the host of I Have A Podcast, his goal is to inspire your creative potential.
 
https://vpetalent.com/
https://linkedin.com/in/vinniepotestivo
https://instagram.com/vinniepotestivo
 

Interview with Jason Greer

Jason is the author of Bias, Racism, & the Brain and the founder of Greer Consulting, the #1 firm that does diversity training for startups, Fortune 500 companies as well as government agencies.
The truth is that most diversity-training programs fail.On the other hand, if they are done right, they can reduce the turnover rate by as much as 40% and increase your employee satisfaction scores by 30%. The best part? The bottom line is also increased.
You can check out Jason on The St Clair Speaks Show where he talks about the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Social Media Links:
Greer Consulting | https://hiregci.com/Facebook | 14.7k followers | https://www.facebook.com/jasongreer.gciLinkedIn | 10.5k followers | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonjgreer/Twitter | 5.3k followers | https://twitter.com/labordiversityInstagram | 3.2k followers | https://www.instagram.com/jason.greer/?hl=en

Interview with Simon Berg

Simon is the Founder and CEO of Ceros, a no-code platform that empowers brands to create bespoke content that helps them stand out in the crowded digital landscape.
Ceros works with 800+ worldwide brands, including Red Bull, Conde Nast, and Universal. The company has raised $133.5M in funding over five rounds.
At 16, Simon dropped out of high school to become a creative designer. He tried to get into design school but was rejected and ended up working at a magazine agency, Group FMG (now BORN), where he rose from an errand and tea boy to the agency CEO.
As publishing moved into the digital era, Simon became a master of craft across both print and digital, which catalyzed his rise to the agency’s CEO position.
As CEO, Simon led the charge to sell Group FMG for millions of dollars in order to build and grow Ceros.
https://www.ceros.com/
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-berg-4790505/

Interview with Former Chick-fil-A Marketing Executive Steve Robinson

Steve Robinson built the prime marketing engine of Chick-fil-A, Inc as the CMO of the company. Today, Chick-fil-A is one of the largest fast-food restaurant chains in the US with over 2,773 restaurants across the country.
Steve worked at Chick-fil-A from 1981 to 2015. He has written a book titled Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A: How Faith, Cows, and Chicken Built an Iconic Brand, in which he shares behind the scene accounts on the growth of Chick-fil-A.
The company has grown from 184 stores and $100 million annual sales in 1981 to a billion-dollar company that made $4.3 billion in revenue in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.Steve talks about:
1. Lessons he learned about building a brand from his over three decades of experience leading marketing at Chick-fil-A.2. The blue ocean strategy and how it was used to successful brand Chick-fil-A3. How entrepreneurs can build brands that attract customers.4. The Chick-fil-A culture and how it led to the company’s success.To get a feel of Steve, he recently was a guest on the Partnering Leadership podcast, where he shared How Chick-fil-A Became an Iconic Brand - https://open.spotify.com/episode/106DhuOxOqCrBpFEfqkmm4Additional Links:https://www.amazon.com/Covert-Cows-Chick-fil-Chicken-Iconic/dp/1400213169https://srobinsonconsulting.com/about/
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/srobinsonconsulting

Interview with Richard Medcalf

Your future success as a leader depends on your ability to extract yourself from operational minutiae and make time for strategic activity.
If you’re having trouble getting out of the weeds, you don’t need a new productivity trick. You need to begin a deeper leadership journey to address four core factors – Tactics, Influence, Mindset and Environment (T.I.M.E.).
Richard Medcalf, an advisor to some of the world’s most accomplished CEOs, reveals the secrets to becoming a more strategic leader, and offers a complete set of strategies to help you elevate your focus.Bio: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSVnvh1eA9-YC7B_0AxhuCv1w0DacCo0KbR1SPXiuOk/edit?usp=sharing
Social Media Links:
Book website: http://makingtimeforstrategy.com/Xquadrant website: https://xquadrant.com/Richard’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardmedcalf/Richard’s Podcast: https://xquadrant.com/podcast/
Resource for Breakfast Leadership listeners: 
https://BreakfastLeadership.com/Medcalf
 

Interview with Hemant Varshney

Founder & CEO of DigiCom
For over 14 years, Hemant has played a pivotal role in all aspects of digital marketing. Starting out as a media manager, he continued on to become a consultant, Head of Growth, and executive at a hyper-growth agency, managing a team of 30+. Outside of work, Hemant loves to travel and has been to more than 45 countries (and counting).
We'd like to run a free ad account audit for our clients looking to improve their ad performance.
Social Media Links:
DigiCom.iohttps://www.instagram.com/digicom.io/https://www.linkedin.com/in/hvarshney/https://www.instagram.com/hemvarsh/