2. Growing a Business, Leadership, Mental Models and Building Knowledge - Mike Lander

Get the latest podcast email updates here: bit.ly/FHpod Follow: Ford Hastings - www.fordhastings.com FH LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/company/ford-hastings/ Joe Thomsett LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/joethomsett/ Joe Thomsett Twitter - @joethomsett Will Hastings LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/will-hastings-7814abb1/ ----- Mike Lander ( www.linkedin.com/in/mikelander/ ) is a successful entrepreneur with a proven track record of buying, growing and selling businesses with a particular sector focus on Digital Marketing Agencies, Consulting, Architecture/Interior Design and Education. From Mike: “Whenever I tell my story to people, there are two common themes they talk about: “you’ve been very successful at buying/building/selling businesses, what’s the secret sauce” “you’ve had an interesting and very eclectic career, how does that tie in with your focus, focus, focus advice?” The reality is, there is no “secret sauce”. Each journey was unique with a few common approaches. The question about focus is an important one that has taken many years of personal learning to get right. I like to think of it as “focused sprinting”. Some people do one thing exceptionally well all their lives. For me, variety is the spice of life, I have to focus on specific things for short periods and then repeat. I hope you find one or two insights that help you with your entrepreneurial journey and that the learning never stops”. In this Episode, we cover: *Engineering and making things *Visual and experimentation learning *The current state and future of education *The impact of AI and machine learning on society *The grounding consulting gives in understanding businesses *What Business Transformation is and how to go about it *Overcoming business failure *Building knowledge and decision-making tools *The role of leadership in business *Advice given to the younger generation *And much more! Listening to Mike and his journey will give you practical tips on building businesses, business transformation, leadership, decision-making tools and more. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! ----- This episode is brought to you by Ford Hastings - fordhastings.com - , a board level search firm for startups, scale-ups and SME's. Ford Hastings have for over 20 years sourced C-Suite professionals and Non-Executive Directors on behalf of SME's, VC Funds and PE houses. As a listener of this episode, you can get up to £2,000 off a board search by quoting 'Podcast-Lander' when enquiring.