Charting the Course: A Visionary's Journey Through Leadership and Life - Adam Eiseman

Adam is the CEO and founder of the Lloyd Group, a prominent managed service provider for small and medium-sized businesses that provide services like asset management, help desk support, project management, cybersecurity, IT governance, and cloud services. Under Adam’s 28 years of leadership, the Lloyd Group has been named on the list of Inc 500 and Inc 5000 fastest-growing companies in America, along with many other accolades and recognitions, including employee satisfaction and corporate culture. Adam has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Adelphi University and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School President’s Program. He also completed the Entrepreneurs Organization MIT Birthing of Giants Program. Adam is a member of YPO (Young President’s Organization) and serves as the Learning Alliance Champion, and was the Chair of the Harvard Business School President’s Program. 

Show Notes:

• (11:00) - The key to growth and transformation is moving from thinking you know everything to admitting you know nothing and starting a lifelong journey of self-discovery and lifelong learning.
• (12:00) - Adam created six "Truth North Objectives" to measure everything against to ensure he did not waste any more of his life and stayed on track what is his "True North."
  • 1 - Have a supportive fun, accepting, relationship with my spouse. 
  • 2 - Instill a sense of responsibility and humility in my children.
  • 3 - Have a transparent and deep relationship with my children.
  • 4 - Have a life of no regrets and fear will not stop me.
  • 5 - Achieve a state of acceptance of myself and others.
  • 6 - Have a balance of unplanned time with value-producing activities.
• (19:42) - What is a painted picture exercise? Why is this important for people to do.
• (23:30) - Why working at McDonalds was one of the most formative jobs he had in his life.
• "Hold your kids with open palms."
• (27:00) - "Your network is your net worth!" 
• (29:35) - Adam and Sarah started their business in 1995 with a simple but profound Noble Purpose. "To create opportunities to learn, earn, and live better!" It all centers around building a team and community. 
• "You need to put a process around your relationships!"
• (37:00) - How did Adam get started in business, accounting, and entrepreneurship?
• (41:00) - Everything I deal with in business is people related. Adam shares how the smartest people in the world with poor people skills get passed up and don't advance in their careers. 
• (46:00) - The most successful people have consistent integrity.
• "One of the things I regret most is conversations I have had when I was still emotional about it.
• "You need great relationships with friends who are not afraid to call you on your crap."
• (1:03:00) - Executive education programs are designed for people who want to enhance the education and lives of their peers.
• (1:05:00) - How to design a world-class educational event program. (Connect people, Get People Committed, Get People Uncomfortable)
• (1:15:00) - What does Adam see as similar or different with EO, Vistage, and YPO? 
• (1:22:00) - We didn't focus on building a company...we focused on building a community! 
• (1:33:00) - How is AI changing the world? "What I am most worried about is if in the past what you learned depreciated every five years it is now every 2-3 years. I am most concerned with people not lifelong learners, not subscribing to MasterClass, and not using Coursera.org. These are the people that will become irrelevant and will not get new jobs."
• (1:36:00) - Adam's three core values are "Be Human, Be Accountable, and Be Better!" 
• "Younger people see opportunity and as you get older you see things as threats and move into protection mode."
• (1:46:00) - "I want to double click on that!" :)
• (1:50:00) - "If the American President asked Adam to give a State of the Union Address to the american people what would he say?"