044: Peter Gasca, Business Strategist

"You can't pull together a team without putting a priority on understanding what everyone's background and culture is." – Peter Gasca In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Peter Gasca in person in the studio, where they bantered about being an entrepreneur, adapting to cultures, the differences between Gen X and Gen Y and so much more. Peter Gasca is an experienced business executive and entrepreneur, with a background in multiple business disciplines across several industries. He is a management consultant, coach, speaker, business writer, startup advisor/mentor, co-author of One Million Frogs and a regular contributor to Entrepreneur.com and Inc.com Peter also works with Coastal Carolina University as the Director of the Community and Business Engagement (CoBE) Institute, a student-led management consulting organization with a focus of pairing high achieving students in real world business projects. He also serves as an Assistant Professor. Podcast Topics Include: Working in Russia as an American Establishing credibility when you don't know company AND country cultures The importance of knowing how talk, listen, empathize and pivot Leveraging your personal strengths Acceptance vs Agreement (and other improv philosophies) Social media story filtering and information disparity Income inequality "Niche is the new big" in business and the marketing behind niche businesses How to be a successful start-up Why traction is more important than ideas Differentiating yourself and your business Trends in employee retention and how to let go of star performers Why Millennials ("The Choice Generation") jump jobs References to Justin Irizarry (OrthoNow), Charlie Fusco, (Brains, Boobs & Balls), Paul Singh (500 Startups) Full Show Notes at: http://pivot10results.com/podcast44_petergasca