Episode 45: Focus on Your Strengths — Not Your Weaknesses, with Dean Marchese

Dean Marchese is the President and CEO of Empower Media, which is a business growth consulting firm. As a matter of fact, Dean has been President and CEO of many organizations from high-tech companies to Non-Profits. Throughout his career he has successfully started and/or turned around nearly 30 organizations, purchased and grew over 20 separate companies, and helped run a billion dollar public company. Dean has been written about in magazines and interviewed on TV and is an in-demand speaker all over the world.

What you’ll learn about in this episode: Dean’s background Why you need to choose the words you tell yourself very carefully Dean’s job where he was treated terribly that taught him how important it is to treat your employees right Why you need to give your team the luxury of failure Why you need crystal clear communication with your employees Why treating your employees like adults will help your turnover rate What you need to teach Millennials — and what you don’t Figuring out and communicating the parameters of your culture Why you shouldn’t ever have your salespeople collect money Why an employee being great in one role doesn’t automatically mean they will be great in a role you promote them into Why all employees need to understand how they’re making someone else’s life better Why leaders need to focus on their strengths — not their weaknesses Why you need to be laser-focused on your goals What entrepreneurs must focus on to be successful today Ways to contact Dean: Website: empowermediallc.net Email: dean@empowermediallc.net