Productivity Mastery

Introducing a new format: 🚀 PERFORM in Times of Crisis 🚀 We will interview experienced business leaders and include some of the best examples, strategies, and stories in our upcoming book with the same name (and co-author, Cristobal Alonso).    Our first guest Howard Behar is the former president of Starbucks Coffee Company International and the author of "It's Not About The Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks".  He shared a lot with us, including:  💡 A few stories about major crises at Starbuck and how they solved them,  💡 Reacting to a crisis with authenticity, vulnerability, and honesty,  💡 How your values can get you out of a crisis, and much more!   Mr. Howard Behar's career in business spans over 50 years, all in consumer-oriented businesses covering several industries. He retired from Starbucks Coffee after 21 years where he led both the domestic business, as President of North America, and was the founding President of Starbucks International. During his tenure, he participated in the growth of the company from 28 stores to over 15,000 stores spanning five continents. He served on the Starbucks Board of Directors for 12 years before retiring.   Mr. Behar is currently a Trustee for the Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation and is on the advisory board of Anthos Capital. He formerly severed as a board member for Starbucks, GAP, Shurgard, University of Washington Foundation, and IDTech to name a few. Mr. Behar is committed to the development and education of our future leaders and has been a longtime advocate of the #ServantLeadership Model*.    Enjoy listening and learn more about #leadership and #crisismanagement ✅

In episode #126 of Productivity Mastery, we present you Ersin Üstün - an energetic and inspiring individual with whom we talked about Why Evolving Yourself Is Key To Growing Your Startup. Ersin shared a lot with us, including: 💡 Where to find inspiration, 💡 How can we be sure in our mission, 💡 The yellow polo and its consequences, 💡 What is Ersin’s guidance in life, and much more! I met Ersin a couple of weeks ago at PIRATE Summit 🇩🇪 and after 30 minutes of deep conversations on the topic, I had to invite him to share his ideas on the podcast too. Ersin Üstün is COO at BRYCK.COM . He started with professional education in Banking. He studied Business Informatics and worked as Sales Rep for several IBM products. He learned hard core Sales and successfully sold 1.5 Mio IT Project only via phone. Ersin also worked for 12 years as Management Consultant at EY (Ernst & Young), with a focus on strategic IT Transformation Programs. He did projects for companies like Novartis, Volkswagen, Lufthansa & Qiagen. During this time he learned how to make change happen. Since 2019 he is engaged in shaping the Startup Ecosystem in Germany's largest Metropolitan Region (The Ruhr Area). Get your coffee ready and enjoy listening! ☕ #productivity #startup #podcast

In episode #125 of Productivity Mastery, we present to you, Henry Mang! I was fortunate to come across Henry: a UX/UI designer, Yoga Instructor and owner of Hatu Manor. I was with the #Fintech batch of Startup Wise Guys, and we were wandering across the Estonian countryside on a Saturday when we decided to visit Hatu Manor.  We had a fascinating discussion and I knew I had to bring Henry on the pod. And here he is! 🚀 Henry shared a lot with us, including: 💡 What happens when you commit to meditating for 1,000 days in a row, 💡 How can meditation help you be happier and grow your business, 💡 How can you find time for meditation, 💡 What meditation could work for you, and much more! Henry is a certified Kundalini Yoga instructor since 2009 and a Meditative Healer. His passion for the teachings has grown into deep dedication. He practices Meditative Healing, a holistic and complementary healing approach, which leads far beyond the known and expected. He is an initiator and the team leader of the Aquarian Festival and has also served the community for many years as a board member of the National Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association. Henry is a dedicated yogi and a sensitive healer who applies the teachings and yogic lifestyle in his daily life. Enjoy listening and let's explore together the power of meditation! #productivity #meditation #podcast

In episode #124 of Productivity Mastery, we devote ourselves to the very thing that got us all together here - podcasting. It is a powerful tool to consider for your business. That’s why we invited Collin Mitchel - the Host of the top 1% podcast, Sales Transformation. Collin was incredibly insightful and shared a lot of practical ideas, including: 💡Why podcasting could be good for your business, 💡 A useful strategy for starting a podcast, 💡 The one thing that will help you grow your audience, 💡How different platforms work and how to use them wisely, and much more! Collin is an entrepreneur, Go To Market leader, podcaster, and  Dad of 4. Collin grew up poor, was raised by a single Mom, and never went to college. He was a VP of Sales at 24 and started his first company with his wife at 25 which they scaled from 0-5M ARR in 26 months. Today Collin lives in LA with his wife and four children. He invests in early-stage startups, is the CRO at Salescast, and is the Host of the top 1% podcast, Sales Transformation. Enjoy listening and stay #productive! #podcasting #growth #startup

In episode #123 of Productivity Mastery, we present to you Ellie Gosheva - an energetic and inspiring individual with whom we talked about Measuring the Unmeasurable: Leadership Due Diligence. Ellie shared a lot with us, including:   💡 What is Leadership Diligence and why is it so important,  💡 What makes a great leader,  💡 How not to allow your mind to be lazy,  💡 How to perform in times of crisis and much more!   Elitsa Gosheva is a Managing Partner of Dynamis Group, a high-value Talent Consultancy, supporting some of the most caring leaders in their professional trajectories and helping them make a positive impact in their communities. Her work in Dynamis focuses on developing and delivering a range of bespoke solutions, including Executive Search, Leadership Due Diligence and Onboarding, in order to help organisations address strategic leadership decisions globally.   Ellie has always had a natural affinity to understand the global and intercultural dynamics through a local lens. By the age of 26, she had already lived, worked and studied in 4 countries, and had developed a natural curiosity to understand what motivates people both within the context of the corporate world and the larger social structures. After spending time focusing on politics in Washington, D.C. Ellie made the transition to the world of Corporate Consultancy where eventually she saw an opportunity to help establish a company that is built on the concept of care for its teams and partners alike.   Enjoy listening and stay #productive!   #leadership #podcast #business

In episode #122 of Productivity Mastery, we welcomed Hedi Mardisoo - an energetic and inspiring individual with whom we talked about Attracting and managing an effective (startup) team. Hedi shared a lot with us, including: 💡 How to make people want to stay and grow with you, 💡 Views on the Estonian economy, 💡 Team culture and values when your team grows, 💡 Advice for founders who want to build amazing startup companies, and much more! Hedi Mardisoo is the co-founder and CEO of Cachet, a financial services ecosystem on a mission to create a better platform economy. Cachet has been listed two years in a row among the top 100 Insurtech in the world. Hedi is passionate about designing services that help people to be smarter about and benefit more from their data. In 2020, Sifted listed her among Europe’s “Women to Watch in Fintech”. Enjoy listening and stay #productive! #leadership #startupfounder #productivity

In episode #121 of Productivity Mastery, we welcomed Hanan Cohen - the Head of International Sales at NielsenIQ Activate. He shared with us his philosophy about professionalism and how he mastered B2B sales. Hanan shared a lot with us, including: 💡 A recipe for professionalism, 💡 Being professional in everything you do, 💡 How to change your perspective on sales, 💡 3 rules without which you’ll never make a sale, and much more! Hanan is a seasoned business executive, building trust and generating value with people and companies to eventually resolve real-life business and operational problems (compelling events) with effective enterprise technology solutions. Hanan and his team achieve results through critical thinking, avoiding the “follow the stream” approach and instead examining, embracing and resolving challenges through different perspectives, understanding the context, creativity, innovation and putting the prospect, customer and our company in the first place. Constant “hunger”, high energy, drive for excellence, planning and preparation before execution and focusing on doing the right things (effectiveness) and then doing these things right (efficiency), are KEY elements. Hanan is a true believer in the “Trust and Value” foundation and maintains a healthy balance between strategy and day-to-day need for financial, delivery and customer satisfaction results. Hanan’s first professional decade was all about software engineering, R&D and delivery and the over the last 2 decades, Hanan has been leading regional and global enterprise SaaS/PaaS/IaaS, complex sales(buying)-cycle, sales and account management, through well-orchestrated processes and a focused “understanding of the required achievement” and “the WHY?” approach. Enjoy listening and stay#productive! 🤗 #leadership #podcast #business

In episode #120 of Productivity Mastery, we dive into the deep waters of How we can #PERFORM in Uncertain times. And luckily we’re in good hands, as Yael Rozencwajg is our guest today. She’s a very inspiring woman, with a vast background in entrepreneurship and technology. Keep in mind that she founded her first startup only at the age of 20! Yael shared a lot with us, including: 💡How her first starup failed & how to know when to stop, 💡 Not everybody can be a leader, but everybody can take ownership, 💡 Mental toughness in uncertain times for leaders, 💡 Building a strong team that can put up through a crisis, and much more! Yael Rozencwajg is the Founder and CEO of The Road to Sustainability, and Nevelab Technologies, a purpose-driven platform for large enterprises. She is 20+ years serial entrepreneur in tech, working with corps, startup advisor. And last but not least, she is running a podcast. 🚀 I'm looking forward to hearing more about her passions, the businesses she runs, and most importantly, HOW SHE PERFORMS IN UNCERTAIN TIMES. 😎🤗 Enjoy listening and stay #productive! #leadership #podcast #creativity

In episode #119 of Productivity Mastery, we cut the fluff and talk about a really important topic - Using Failure as a Tool for Growth. And the best person to discuss it with us is the incredible Nina Mueller, a Global Program Director at Butchershop Europe, who invented a whole method for preventing failure. Nina shared a lot of practical advice and tools with us, including: 💡Using failure as a tool and not a hurdle, 💡 The Big Failure Method, 💡 The opposite of Success is Lack of clarity, 💡 The three Ps of a company - Play, Plan, Produce, and much more! Nina Mueller is the Global Program Director of Butchershop® Global, a growth and transformation company with offices in the US, Europe, and Mexico. Butchershop connects consulting, creativity, and technology to help brands break into emerging markets or break out to lead them. Services include five core offerings: Strategy and Consulting, Brand and Content, Digital and Product, Performance and Media, and Venture and Incubation. Throughout her 10+ year career, Nina has worked with some of the world’s most successful brands, ranging from early and late-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Nina and the Butchershop team have turned an unwavering emphasis on clarity into the Beat Failure™ methodology, helping leaders steer through the challenges of inflection points ᠆ whether they be at a moment of growth, scale, evolution, transformation or launch. Nina was born and raised between Germany and Silicon Valley, and kicked off her career in Product Marketing at Cewe HQ in Oldenburg. After spending 7 years in San Francisco working at creative branding agencies, Nina returned to Germany in 2020 with her husband Felix. They recently welcomed their first child, a son named Leander. Enjoy listening and stay #productive! #leadership #podcast #creativity

In episode #118 of Productivity Mastery, we present to you Heather Mills - an amazing lady with extremely inspiring stories. Despite having a challenging childhood, Heather didn't let it discourage her. Instead, it triggered her on her journey. Heather shared a lot with us, including: 💡 How your business becomes your life, 💡 A few things to do before starting a business, 💡 The all-in or all-out attitude, 💡 How to make a great difference in the world, and much more! Heather Mills is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, activist and world-record-holding athlete. Her main mission in life has and continues to be, the creation and supply of healthier, sustainable, plant-based alternative food, nutrition, and cosmetics. This is coupled with tireless charity campaigning that embodies her vehement passion to support those negatively impacted by war and other forms of oppression or physical debilitation in 'overcoming adversity'. Heather has manifested these goals through the creation of market-leading plant-based businesses and numerous charities across the globe. Having suffered the amputation of her left leg in 1993, Heather adopted veganism to aid her recovery, which subsequently gave birth to the VBites Food business. VBites is now one of the world's largest manufacturers of meat-free, fish-free, and dairy-free plant-based alternatives, currently servicing 24 countries. Expanding on her plant-based mission, Heather has also created a vegan algal oil business, V-Omega3, vegan makeup business, B@One, as well as investing in numerous plant-based start-ups as part of her 'VBites Ventures' portfolio. Heather is most proud of her work in the charitable sector, which includes the founding and patronage of 'Adopt A Minefield' which cleared 21 million square metres of landmines in war-torn areas around the world. Heather is also the originator and patron of many amputee clinics around the world and has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in the face of atrocities such as the Twin Tower attacks and the Gujarat earthquake in India. Heather has also found time to pursue her sporting passion of ski racing and at the age of 47 became the only disabled skier ever to achieve x3 world records in downhill, skeleton, and ski-jumping disciplines. Heather also holds x4 gold medals for downhill and slalom skiing at the skiing world championships. Enjoy listening and stay #productive!  #productivity #podcast #HeatherMills