#23 It’s Always About the People w/ Scott Mordell, CEO of Ypo Global

"If we're going to be better tomorrow we've got to start opening ourselves to different thoughts in the most humble way we can." - Scott Mordell I'm so excited to get my buddy Scott Mordell in front of my listeners.  Scott's an amazing guy. He's a leader of leaders. Starting out in the accounting world going to school for accounting in Michigan. Becoming an accountant at a big firm, and then having the opportunity to go to work for an entrepreneur organization like the Duchess group, being mentored by,  just two great guys a father-son, team, Dick-Duchess, and a son Craig, as well, as so many others. He's become such an amazing leader in the world today.  Plus he's not just a CEO of any normal company, but a CEO of 28,000 CEOs across the globe. How crazy is that? And this guy does an awesome job of guiding this great organization, an organization that has grown from 18,000 members to 28,000 members.  That has caused people to start pounding on the door to get into YPOs chapters all over the world.  So get your learning ears on and and listen to a great friend of mine, a guy I really love and an amazing leader in our world today that not many people get the opportunity to spend time with, Scott Mordell! BIO: Scott Mordell has been a YPO member since 1995 and a former chair of its Chicago Chapter. He has more than 20 years of CEO-level experience in organizational management, strategy development and implementation, global commerce and public policy.  YPO is the premier global leadership organization for more than 28,000 chief executives, who employ more than 22 million people globally and generate $9 Trillion in annual revenues. For more information, visit www.ypo.org.  00:00- Intro 01:35- Podcast summary 03:30- Talking about Scott 06:05- Forum IPO mates with Gary 06:40- Scott's upbringing-grew up in Detroit, high school 08:40- Sports played- football, hockey 11:05- Folks go into public accounting when they don't know what to do? 14:25- About accounting lessons 15:35- Public accounting for 4 years then went to grad school 16:15- About cereal 17:55- Getting great advice- go into business 21:15- Arlington race track experience  21:45- "I thought it was going to be an attorney" 22:35- Traits you saw in your mentor 27:10- Time at Arlington was from CIE to CEO 28:15- Join YPO or get fired 30:15- Gambling regulations, had to close the racetrack 34:40- Dealing with Illinois politics, your organization purpose 35:45- People profits capital 38:05- The importance of ethics 39:55- Success at the racetrack 42:05- Post horse racing- corporate 45:45- How Scott got involved with YPO - Scaling service is more difficult than scaling manufacturing 49:05- How the forum changed Scott's life 53:55- Why it's important to be curious 54:55- Going from 18,000 to 28,000 members 56:35- The 5 keys for successful scaling 01:05:20- No straight lines through life 01:05:50- How did you build the grit needed to manage other CEO's 01:10:15- Next 10-15 years? 01:14:05- Scott for governor? 01:15:30- Advantage to america free enterprise system 01:19:35- Q's take aways Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO:  Visit the DDCEO PODCAST: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ditch-digger-ceo-with-gary-rabine/id1440312967?mt=2  Visit the DDCEO BLOG: http://ditchdiggerceo.com/  Like DDCEO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO  Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO