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2023 Listener Favorite: Elevating Your Organization Starts with Elevating Your Team with Robert Glazer

Jan 4, 2024

Robert Glazer, founder and chairman of Acceleration Partners, discusses the growth and culture of his company. He explores the importance of balancing flexibility and autonomy, fostering a culture of learning and improvement, and supporting employees in reskilling. An engaging and insightful conversation for leaders and those managing virtual teams.

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Quick takeaways

Building a culture of flexibility and autonomy combined with clear goals and accountability contributes to organizational growth.

Nurturing spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical aspects of individuals leads to growth, success, and a culture of learning and development.

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Acceleration Partners and their Unique Culture

Acceleration Partners is a global partner and affiliate marketing firm focused on building a different culture within the agency world. With a self-funded growth rate of 30% over a decade, they prioritize building a culture of flexibility and autonomy combined with clear goals and accountability. The company's virtual work setup, even before COVID, garnered numerous awards and showcased the importance of a flexible yet goal-oriented approach.

Introduction

2min

Building a Different Culture: Acceleration Partners' Growth and Success

2min

Finding the Balance and Outcome-Oriented Approach

2min

Elevating Your Team: A Framework for Growth

5min

Reskilling and Continuous Learning

17min

Title: 2023 Listener Favorite: Elevating Your Organization Starts with Elevating Your Team with Robert Glazer

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.

As we approach the end of the year, I’m pausing to look back and celebrate all of the wonderful guests that I had the honor of speaking to on the show. And based on your feedback, many of these guests resonated with you as well so we’re giving you another chance to hear them in this series of 2023 listener-favorite episodes!

This week, we’re bringing back an episode with Robert Glazer.

Robert is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards two years in a row.

He is the author of the inspirational newsletter Friday Forward. He’s also the #1 Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestselling author of five books: Elevate, Friday Forward, How To Thrive In The Virtual Workplace, Moving To Outcomes, and Performance Partnerships. He is a sought-after speaker by companies and organizations around the world and is the host of The Elevate Podcast.

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… leaders who want to foster a culture of growth and anybody who is managing a virtual team.

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… the growth of an organization is proportionate to the growth of the individuals on the team. Just as much as leaders focus on business growth, they should focus on the growth of their employees who are on the ground doing the work. Robert breaks this down into four key elements: spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical.

WHAT I LOVE MOST… the way that Robert manages employees against agreed-upon KPIs instead of sporadically checking in on small steps along the way. This gives his remote team autonomy and flexibility to achieve their goals and, ultimately, reinforces a culture of trust.

Running Time: 28:10

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Robert’s Book: Elevate