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A leadership journey that elevates others - especially the underdogs
What does honing a strong leadership mindset do for you? Promise Phelon is one of Silicon’s Valley 0.2%. She is one of only FIVE African American female entrepreneurs who have bought, grown, and sold companies for multiple millions of dollars. Now she is an investor and mentor with a great tale to tell.
Why you should listen: leadership principles that the most accomplished business leaders use
How to choose a mentor: go for the spark of experience with a specific leadership skill set
Leadership practices: Promise’s three part journaling practice shared by extraordinary entrepreneurs worldwide: morning pages, afternoon audio notes, and a monthly 6 hour Think Time session
The top skill you need to succeed in business: building anti-fragile relationships
We explore leadership mindset and how to keep growing
The culture of mentorship in Silicon Valley as hand-up leadership framework
Silicon Valley’s addiction to disruption and the opportunity this brings for ‘underdogs’
Why hustling for self awareness is just as important for hustling for leadership skill development
What’s changing in leadership qualities: from the messiah to the pilgrimage
What she learned accompanying Tony Robbins and 50 top global ‘Lions’ around the world for a year
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SHOWNOTES:
Resources:
Get a copy of Promise’s new book, The Way of the Growth Warrior: 7 non-negotiable skills to scale your business in uncertain times
About Promise Phelon:
Leadership principles with Promise Phelon
Serial Entrepreneur
2018–current
Founder, The Growth Warrior. We get behind gritty underdogs and non traditional entrepreneurs to help them disrupt the status quo. Endorsed by luminary Seth Godin, our combination of capital investment and coaching is a system that works. And we’re already posting some 10-12x returns.
2013–2018
CEO, TapInfluence. Transformed the power of influence into a SaaS offering which catapulted 300% revenue growth, attracted $14M in a Series B round and an exit (aquired by IZEA). Chief Revenue Officer JazzHR Turned talent tracking into a tech-forward business to help close a $15M Series C round.
2009–2013
Founder, UpMo. Architected a winning SaaS business model in enterprise talent management for big tech with a $5M investment round and a successful exit.
2002–2009
Founder, The Phelon Group Pioneered. “Voice of the Customer” in tech to become the Silicon Valley standard for establishing brand credibility.
Education
MBA Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
Leadership
It’s about grit, passion and the relentless pursuit of excellence. Not accepting the status quo. Being the voice of the underdog with the $100M investment track-record and the know-how to help others transform. Exponential – not incremental growth – is why Forbes, Inc., WSJ and other prominent media regularly issue invitations to contribute content and to keynote at events. Board positions at three startups, multiple patents in HR and career decision workflows plus a new book, "The Way of the Growth Warrior," are a few other proof-points that illustrate how this warrior can fight for you – and win.
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About your podcast host, Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.
Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.
Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.