Today’s guest is a serial entrepreneur and inspirational speaker with a passion for helping others build their capacity.

He is CEO of a global partner marketing agency, Acceleration Partners, and the co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. He has been recognized as a global leader in the affiliate marketing industry, receiving numerous industry and company culture awards, including: Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards (2 years in a row), Ad Age’s Best Place to Work, Fortune’s Best Small & Medium Workplaces (3 years in a row), and Boston Globe’s Top Workplaces (2 years in a row).

He is the author of the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, “Elevate,” the international bestselling book, “Performance Partnerships,” and just released “Friday Forward: Inspiration and Motivation to Help End Your Week Stronger Than It Started.”

He is a sought-after speaker by companies and organizations around the world and is the host of The Elevate podcast.

Please join me in welcoming Robert Glazer.

In this episode we discuss:

• his thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is the combination of having a vision, rallying people towards that vision and having the whole be greater than the sum of the parts.“
• how his “repressed” childhood skills are what have made him a successful entrepreneur today.
• his initial dream of wanting to be a lawyer and how that evolved over time and two internships.
• his start as an online entrepreneur as a strategy consultant focusing on high growth business.
• his strategy to invest in people to help his business grow sustainably and still be a great place to work.
• his deep dive into building a business to sell vs. founder based businesses.
• his strategy for hiring to take things off his plate.
• his style for nurturing the different levels of his network and his three tips for networking.

Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com – episode 212