A podcast about the good, the bad and the ugly of launching and growing a business. Each week, Alex Gertsburg gets into it with CEOs and founders about the experiences that transformed them as leaders and the business “do-overs” they wish they could have and why. Listen and learn about the many issues unique to the CEO experience—all the disasters and the delights—from the founders who lived it. Alex Gertsburg is the co-managing partner of Gertsburg Licata, a Cleveland-based business law and strategic advisory firm.
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Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Alex welcomes the COO of North Coast Auto Mall, Oleg Kislyansky onto the show to talk about vision, failure, growth, going from a non-data driven organization to a data-driven one, and much more. Buckle up and get ready for one inspiring and entertaining ride!
Notes:
- Crazy ways to say hello and epiphanies of a new father
- Oleg’s curiosity, hyperfocus, how he used that to better his business during COVID
- “Punching above your weight” and moving up within the auto industry
- Impostor syndrome and underestimating yourself vs other people underestimating you
- Oleg’s “secret sauce” for a good business
- The importance of getting employees to follow your vision and how to get them to do that
- The format of Oleg’s sales meetings
- The format of Alex’s meetings
- Oleg’s failures and how he’s learned from them
- Going from a non-data driven organization to a data-driven organization
- Alex’s book recommendations
Links:
- North Coast Auto Mall: https://www.ncautoauction.com/
- Alex’s Insider Fix: https://gertsburglaw.com/blog/category/alexs-insider-fix/ CORONAVIRUS LEGAL SURVIVAL GUIDE: https://mailchi.mp/gertsburglaw.com/survivalguide
- Cover My Six: https://covermysix.com/
- “TRACTION: GET A GRIP ON YOUR BUSINESS” by Gino Wickman: https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-book
- “MEASURE WHAT MATTERS” by John Doerr: https://www.whatmatters.com/the-book/
- “THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK” Series by Tim Ferriss: https://tim.blog/tim-ferriss-books/
- “THE GOAL: A PROCESS OF ONGOING IMPROVEMENT” by Eliyahu M. Goldratt: https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Process-Ongoing-Improvement/dp/0884271951
- “THE 48 LAWS OF POWER” and “THE LAWS OF HUMAN NATURE” by John Greene: https://powerseductionandwar.com/books/
- “THE BLUE ZONES” by Dan Buettner: https://www.thebluezonesstore.com
- "TITAN” by Ron Chernow: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/26804/titan-by-ron-chernow/
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