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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

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