Breakfast Leadership Show

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/

Featured Interview with Ira Wolfe

A “Millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer body,” Ira is recognized as one of Thinkers 360 Top 5 Global Thought Leaders on Future of Work and HR and Top 10 for Leadership.
 
He is a 6X author with the just released "Create Great Workplace in a Remote World" and top-rated "Recruiting in the Age of Googlization," now in its 2nd edition. He is the co-host of Geeks, Geezers and Googlization podcast, ranked in the top 1% of podcasts and was recently inducted into the HRSouthwest Speaker Hall of Fame.
Personal Website: https://irawolfe.comCompany Website: https://adaptabilitytoolkit.comPodcast: https://geeksgeezersgooglization.comCommunity: https://googlizationnation.comNewsletter: https://nevernormaltimes.comMost Recent Book: https://amzn.to/3fUayRVTop-Rated Book: https://amzn.to/2SmxObK
Social Media Links:
https://linkedin.com/in/irawolfehttps://youtube.com/irawolfehttps://instagram.com/googlizationnation

Featured Interview with Simon Alexander Ong

I believe that the greatest investment you can make is in yourself. Because the more you grow, the more you feel alive. And the world needs more people like this! I transform lives and help people like you achieve crazy BIG goals.
You see…coaching is powerful and impactful.
Magic happens in the realm of deep conversations where just the tiniest shifts in perspective can yield life-changing insights and greater clarity of vision.
Ever since I picked up a 1980s edition copy of Napoleon Hill’s classic Think & Grow Rich as a curious teenager, I’ve always enjoyed learning and exploring about human potential and the habits that drive personal happiness.
I’ve had the pleasure of writing for and being featured in a number of well-known publications, speaking at a variety of events on a number of different personal development topics, and contributing to the lives of others as a mentor and volunteer.
What ‘wows’ me the most however, are the stories I hear from those that I have coached and worked together with. They inspire and show others what is truly possible. It is why I love what I do and believe that the best investment we can make is in our personal growth.
If the desire to be extraordinary and achieve some crazy BIG goals sounds like you, then when you’re ready, drop me a message, and let’s have a powerful conversation!
Book: Energize https://amzn.to/3rzxKrp
Social media:
https://twitter.com/SimonAlexanderO
https://www.instagram.com/simonalexandero/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonalexanderong/
 

Featured Interview with Ichak Adizes

Ichak Adizes was born in North Macedonia. As a Jewish child during World War II, he hid in Albania as a Muslim for protection. The story was documented in a film entitled I Want To Remember, He Wants To Forget.
In 1948, Adizes moved with his family to Israel, where he served in the Israel Defense Forces. After completing his undergraduate education, he moved to the United States in 1963, where he obtained a doctorate degree in business from Columbia University.
Social Media:
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ichakadizes/
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/adizes
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/drichakadizes-channel
Consulting firm:  https://www.adizes.com/
 

Featured Interview with Lia Garvin

Lia is the author of UNSTUCK: Reframe Your Thinking to Free Yourself From the Patterns and People that Hold You Back, leaning into nearly 10 years of experience working in some of the largest and most influential companies in tech including Microsoft, Apple and Google to explore the power of reframing to overcome common challenges found in the modern workplace. She is a TEDx and SXSW speaker and has been a featured guest on WGN Chicago and WJLA Washington DC news. She was recognized by the National Diversity Council as a 2021 DEI Champion.
As an operations leader, speaker and coach, Lia is on a mission to humanize the workplace, one conversation at a time. Through her writing, leadership coaching and savvy program management skills, she brings an authentic and irreverent sense of humor to teams to help them examine the challenges holding them back and focus on what matters. She has built robust diversity & inclusion programs, launched the world’s first holographic computer, driven programs and initiatives around team inclusion and organizational effectiveness, and coaches people on how to drive impactful work and thrive working in tech.
Lia has a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA in sociology, a Masters of Arts in media studies from the New College of California and is a Co-Active and ICF certified professional coach.
Learn more about Lia at: www.liagarvin.com
Grab a copy of UNSTUCK: https://www.amazon.com/dp/194817488X
Check out Lia's TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlJ3Z-ulrQk
Social Media Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liagarvin/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Sx-ppBe8gx1Jad2ubshwQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reframewithlia