From $600k in Debt to Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Business (6 Times!) with Todd Palmer

Todd Palmer is a highly sought-after speaker, executive coach and longtime CEO committed to supporting entrepreneurs because he believes that an entrepreneur alone, is an entrepreneur at risk. As the CEO/Entrepreneur of Diversified Industrial Staffing for over 25 years, Palmer knows the struggles business leaders face in creating work/life integration. With the mindset shifts and business techniques shared in his new book From Suck to Success: A Guide to Extraordinary Entrepreneurship, he transformed this company into one of the fastest growing companies in America, landing it on the INC 5000 list an impressive six times. He brings a unique blend of authenticity, transparency, and vulnerability to help leaders and organizations achieve their highest goals, helping CEOs and entrepreneurs create a life by design with his proven framework for helping business owners achieve success. Todd Palmer is an opinion columnist for CEOWORLD magazine.

[00:01 – 07:56] Opening Segment

• Extraordinary Advisors with extraordinary advisor, Todd Palmer
• Todd talks about his experience the Imposter Syndrome
• The Problem Couldn’t Be Solved Alone!

[07:57 – 14:57] From $600k in Debt to Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Business (6 Times!)

• Micromanagement mistakes that led to Todd’s ‘Hire for DNA not for resume’ model
• How to Be a Better Leader by Running at an Optimal Level
• Intention versus Expectation

[14:58  – 25:10] Strategies to Keep Your Business Growing

• Why You Should Focus on Margin over Revenue
• How to Shift Your Model to be Margin over Revenue
• Be flexible and sustainable
• Strategies to Get the Best Employees

[25:11 – 30:11] Closing Segment

• Quick break for our sponsors
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• What is the best investment you’ve ever made other than your education?
  • Committing to become a lifelong learner and on himself
• Todd’s worst investment
  • Thinking that experience trumps talent
• What is the most important lesson you’ve learned in business and investing?
  • “Success is freedom and flexibility.”

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Tweetable Quotes:

“A lot of entrepreneurs build themselves jobs but do not know how to build themselves a business.” – Todd Palmer

“People don’t leave a company.  They leave a boss. First thing you want to be is to be an employer of choice.” – Todd Palmer

“You still need people.” – Todd Palmer