From Start-Up to Grown-Up #37: Robert Glazer, Founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners — the importance of values and purpose, how to build your team's capacity, and why you should start your ideas even if they aren't ready
Mar 6, 2023
55:44
Robert Glazer is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of global partner marketing agency, Acceleration Partners. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. A serial entrepreneur, Bob has a passion for helping individuals and organizations build their capacity to elevate.
Key highlights:
- His company, Acceleration Partners (02:53)
- How Robert ended up building an email list, writing blogs, writing books, podcasting, and how he fits it all together (06:14)
- Why clarifying values and purpose is important to you and your company (13:53)
- Activities and exercises to help you clarify your core values (18:27)
- What prompted Robert to clarify his company’s culture to take into account the importance of values? (21:38)
- A scenario where he had to make a hard decision in a situation that didn’t align with his values and the company’s values (27:15)
- Why he decided to step down as CEO to become an Executive Chairman and what the transitioning process looked like (29:00)
- His book; Elevate Your Team: Empower Your Team To Reach Their Full Potential and Build A Business That Builds Leaders (36:00)
- What is capacity? (36:20)
- The capacity building road map (37:18)
- Robert’s framework for building team capacity and the different categories of capacity (40:17)
- How Robert has evolved as a leader (47:47)
- His experience with the impostor syndrome and how he deals with it (49:06)
- What Robert wishes he had known earlier on his journey (52:10)
- His advice for other founders as they embark on their journey to grow into leaders (53:37)
Notable Quotes
- “I have started a ton of things that have failed, but I have never been successful in anything I didn’t start.” (10:44)
- ” If you are accountable, you can have flexibility.” (22:06)
Resources Mentioned
- Elevate Your Team: Empower Your Team To Reach Their Full Potential and Build A Business That Builds Leaders: https://bit.ly/40IzbmJ
- Friday Forward: Inspiration & Motivation to End Your Week Stronger Than It Started (Ignite Reads): https://bit.ly/3JUU732
- How to Make Virtual Teams Work: Manage and Empower a Virtual Team That Thrives While Working from Home: http://bit.ly/3zfp5hw
Connect with Robert!
Follow Robert Glazer on:
- Website (Company): https://www.accelerationpartners.com/
- Website (Personal): https://robertglazer.com/
- Podcast: https://robertglazer.com/elevate-podcasts/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glazer/
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