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episode 14: Playing The Infinite Game of Business with Anthony Laverde
In today's competitive business landscape, success is not just about delivering exceptional products or services. It also means fostering a sense of connection, boosting employee morale, and enhancing productivity. Hence, you can cultivate loyalty, trust, and ultimately, drive your business towards greater success.
Anthony Laverde is a strategic and results-focused CEO with 20+ years of expertise in acquisition evaluation, operational excellence, business transformation, and executive leadership. He ignites growth in all of his business endeavors while serving as a trusted business partner that achieves ambitious P&L projections, reduces costs, innovates change, and influences executive decision-making through the use of reliable financial analytics.
Join Anthony in this episode and let's explore how going beyond the transactional means and connecting with your employees on a personal level leads to a transformative effect in the workplace and drives business success.
"Make it more personal, less corporate and just ask people if they're okay and what you can do for them on any given day."- Anthony Laverde
Topics Covered:
00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Monumental moments that are instrumental for his success as CEO
03:01 - Failing is an opportunity for growing
05:31 - Hiring for personality first and then culture
07:19 - Leadership without the micromanaging aspect
08:18 - Structuring incentives and rewards
12:20 - The importance of having a support group that serves as your mentor[ plus a simple act with a lasting impact]
17:16 - Of acquisition and due diligence and one important advice when making acquisitions for newbie entrepreneurs
23:24 - Operating for profit versus operating for growth and pushing for transparent profit and loss statements, and the CFO and CEO's role in business success
29:08 - Networking to educate yourself and ways you can do it even as a newbie, and advice to his younger self
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonylaverde/
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