Strategic Leadership Lessons: From an F-15 Eagle to your Small Business

Leadership is a key factor for success in today’s business world. And Leadership is that kind of soft skill that we learn from practice, from inspiring others and also with our own perspectives and experiences.

As a Leader, you need to develop abilities while having a clear vision. Your team will follow your ideas and thus leaders lead by example.

This is why Leadership is an art; leaders need to inspire, empower and motivate constantly. In our lives we encounter obstacles and challenges and we are the ones that need to be determined in order to make an impact and achieve the change we aspire to happen; and this is what leaders do every single day.

Former Air Force F-15 Pilot Steve Olds is now applying to small business the leadership and endurance skills he learned and developed over the years. In this fast paced and thought provoking conversation we explore what it means to lead from an F-15 Eagle and down to your very own business. To be a leader in the business world today, Steve draws form his own personal experiences to define leadership in a different way, focusing on small and mid-sized businesses and international teams. Join us on this episode on "Strategic Leadership"

About Steve Olds

Steve Olds was a combat decorated F15 Eagle fighter pilot. Since moving into the private sector, he has served at every level of small business operations including creating and funding new ventures, building large international sales teams, product development and strategic consulting.

Steve is now leveraging more than two decades of entrepreneurial experience as a visionary, leader and communicator to execute his current role as Chief Executive Officer of PATRIOT MISSION which is a US based leadership Development Company. Their mission is to Rebuild America through The POWER of Small Business™.

This is why I invite you to listen to my interview with Steve Olds: Click HERE!

To your continued improved Performance!

Luis Vicente 

How to boost your business with public speaking, writing & social media

A critical factor for success as we all know is your ability to master public speaking and to create a strong personal brand. Every skill you can acquire in order to improve and do it better will prove beneficial to you, your career and your company. You will create, sell, manage and lead in different positions and by having a strong personal brand while developing your speaking skills will allow you to position your message in much better ways.

Public speaking is an art in itself, and I am truly honored to invite back Ms. Joan Detz (@joandetz) as my guest for the second time in our show. Joan is an amazing speaker and an expert coach, trainer and author who has already shared with us some tips to boots your career. Now she will share with us five newer tools to improve your public speaking, self-marketing and branding.  

Join us to learn from Speaking Coach Joan Detz new tools that will allow your Public Speaking to have a positive impact in your personal life and in your and profession.

Join us in this fast paced and future oriented social media conversation: Listen HERE

About Joan Detz

Bio: Joan Detz is an international speaker, a world renowned public speaking coach and the author of four successful books on public speaking, including “How to Write & Give a Speech”, which the Washington Post praised as “a how-to classic”. “How to Write & Give a Speech” is now in its 30th anniversary edition and in 2015 was published in Spanish by Alba Editorial of Barcelona, Spain entitled “Cómo Escribir y Pronunciar un Discurso”.

Since 1984, Joan has run her own speaker services where she prepares executives for speeches and media interviews, and consulting with business leaders around the world. Joan has worked from Finland to Montenegro and throughout the United States. She coaches speakers via skype for top corporations around the world.

Joan is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and an All-Star Speaker for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). The National Association of Government Communicators honored Joan with its President’s Award.

Public Speaking, Social Media, Personal Branding, Marketing, Business Success, communication, speaking abilities, Leader, Coaching speaking services, Joan Detz, Luis Vicente Garcia

Ideas on Productivity!

Productivity is a key topic in today’s business world. 

It mixes what you do with how you do it and why you do it. 

Doing it right is not enough. You also need to do it effectively and efficiently and with the help and contribution of a committed and engaged TEAM.

Do you know how do you, your team and your company use your resources more effectively and efficiently? What key resources do you have? The main resources we all have are time, people and funds to invest in our company and our team. How do you develop them? 

In short: we need to use them wisely.

Productivity has been defined as “a measure of the efficiency of a person, machine, factory, system, etc., in converting inputs into useful outputs.” So it is actually the best and most efficient use of the resources we have in order to obtain a better and bigger output. 

And yes it includes all of our products, services, ideas, projects, team and all the resources you have combined with all that you and your company do. And of course they all relate to one of the main themes we cover in this Radio Show: PERFORMANCE.

Listen HERE and join us on this interesting episode as we talk on the very important subject of Productivity.

And keep improving your Performance.

Luis Vicente Garcia

Reassessing your Performance on 2015!

When O had the chance to my live show only three days before the new year, I decided to help everyone do a review of the year as it came to an end. In our FocalPoint Coaching term we call it: Stop and Reassess.

So we entered the final week of the year and as always, it was extremely important that we all see where we were and what we achieved during the year, understand what worked and what can be improved. And best of all, to start with more strength and energy the new year.

If we evaluate what we did we can be assured we can continuously improve. By doing this, we can understand everything we did to get us to the particular point in which we are today.

 

Stop and reassess is a very interesting concept that we use in our FocalPoint Coaching practice and it which allows us to review where we all are, something particularly important at the end of a year or after finishing a very important task. 

For all of us, as we ended 2015, it required evaluating what you we did, if we achieved our gals and our plans, and all the actions we implemented. Once we do this, we have a new and more clear focus of where we want to go.

Join us on this interesting program as we discuss how you can evaluate your performance this year. To listen just Click HERE!

If you want to find out how we can help, visit us at www.coachluisgarcia.com and www.luisvicentegarcia.com

To your Increased Performance!

Luis Vicente Garcia

Creating new Business Ideas

We all need to focus on creating ideas and product or service innovation. Creating an idea is one thing, generating a business idea that creates a trend is another one. 

An Idea has been defined as any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental 

understanding, awareness, or activity

Business ideas come from many areas, places and may have many forms. And there are entrepreneurs, managers, business owners who are constantly creating new ideas. The products and services we use today are just that: the result of an idea well executed ad implemented in order to generate the new products and services the market place requires.

Join me take a look into business ideas and business trends. Listen HERE.

And keep 'Performing at Your Best'

Luis Vicente Garcia

Finding your Purpose to LEAD; a conversation with Marc Koehler and Luis Vicente Garcia

As we talk about improving our Performance, Empowering our people and building a strong culture within our companies, there is a single key-element that will allow doing it better. This key ingredient is finding the “Purpose” to what we do.
We all have to run our businesses, train our employees and get them engaged in what they do. This is what LEAD WITH PURPOSE does by ‘Helping People Lead a More Purposeful Life’. Finding your Purpose is an integral part of what we need to be working on. The Lead with Purpose program gives every small business owner the access to a set of affordable and simple to use tools and best practices to help get everyone on the same page, passionate about what they are doing, and focused on what matters most. The end result, generating more and better leaders!

Join us for this episode of ‘Performing at Your Best’ as we discuss how Engaging, Empowering and Encouraging your team members will be one of the best factors for your success.

To listen to my interview with Marc and learn to "Lead with Purpose", Click HERE 

About Marc Koehler:

Marc Koehler is the President of Lead With Purpose, a team that is passionate about helping others lead more purposeful and inspiring lives. 

Marc spent nearly 10 years as a small business turnaround CEO. He recognized that the management tools and leadership approach he learned from his combined 15+ years as a US Navy Submarine Officer and large company manager would need to be adjusted to fit the small businesses he was brought in to help rescue. Marc decided to launch Lead With Purpose when he saw how many leaders were able to use the tools to become better leaders and produce sustainable business results.

Marc lives in San Diego, CA with his wife and three daughters. He has four-year degrees in both Physics and Mechanical Engineering and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He served his country in the US Navy Submarine force from 1988 to 1993.

Marc Koehler and Luis Vicente Garcia

Keep Performing at Your Best!

Luis Vicente Garcia

Creating Magic in Your Company!

MAGIC: What an incredible word!

Creating Magic means creating an illusion of some sort; bringing it into reality requires dedication, effort and Action.

This is what business owners, executives and managers have to do on a daily basis.

Whether you are in manufacturing, finance, HR, IT or any other area in your organization, you need to become a source of inspiration and motivation to your co-workers and team members. 

The company as a whole relies on us to guide it; give purpose and meaning. As we do, we start implementing new ideas and concepts that will allow the company and our team to grow. You need to generate ideas and new thoughts; create new concepts and develop new leaders. Being an entrepreneur allows you to discover your talents, skills and your potential. And it allows you to discover the talents and skills of your Team Members as well.

During the course of the show 'Performing at Your Best: Mindset Evolution' we have touched upon many different elements that combines, create MAGIC in our Companies!

Join me as we Create MAGIC! - Click HERE

To your increased Performance,

Luis Vicente Garcia

Leadership and Management!

Leaders and Managers alike are confronted with similar issues; one of the biggest differences is how they anticipate, react and implement their decisions. 

What you know and how to use it is an integral part of doing a great job. 

Being a manager or a leader is not an easy task: when you have to be both: it is a much harder and more interesting job. This is what business owners and entrepreneurs do day in and day out.

Want to find out what the best practices you can use? Join us on our Episode #17 of the radio show ‘Performing at Your Best: Mindset Evolution’ as we discuss this interesting subject where we relate the importance of Leadership and Management!.

To your increased Performance,

Luis Vicente Garcia

Entrepreneurship in a Changing Environment!

Entrepreneurship is crucial for the future growth and development of any country or society. But, how do you embark on an entrepreneurial initiative when and where not all conditions allow you to do it? 

It requires preparation, planning, dedication, determination, vision, creativity and many more innovative ideas. How do you do that? Looking for the opportunities you have and creating many more. 

As you become an entrepreneur, you need to identify your market, create your products and services, train your team, and be very flexible. As a professional we all learn the value of hard work. And in doing so, many of us have switched careers to finance, marketing and other areas or decided to become entrepreneurs. 

Join me as I interview Felipe Lemmo, CEO of TuSeguro.com who for the past six years has worked on creating a new web based insurance platform that will serve the Latin American market.

Click to Listen to our Show

Felipe Lemmo is an experienced professional with a strong background in Marketing and a sound experience as General Manager, managing businesses in different countries of Latin America. 

He was in charge of the successful introduction of Gatorade in Latin America and currently is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tuseguro.com a multi-latin initiative that today is present in Venezuela and Colombia.

And keep improving your Performance!

Luis Vicente Garcia

Let’s talk about SALES!

SALES is everything: for us, our products, for our company or for anything we do. 

We need to always be selling and we do it consciously and unconsciously. Do you know your ABC's? There is a saying which indicates that we need to ‘Always be Closing’, and it refers to closing the sale. This is why you always need to be learning your ABC's.

We need to know who our target is; who our audience is; and then have a plan and a strategy for our marketing program and our sales processes. As we do this, we need to understand our customers, what the market needs and the value our products and services provide. This is a key element of business success!

And we need constant training on sales, whether we are experienced salesperson or we are just starting. 

As we learn and improve our marketing, we will be creating new campaigns, work on our brands, do continuous sales training, implement a better marketing plan, learn and develop the sales strategies that work and a develop a customer loyalty program based on all our growth.

Join us in this new episode of ‘Performing at Your Best’ as we talk on the importance is having a sales strategy and program for our business. Click on the following link to listen: A Conversation on SALES: Click HERE!

To your increased performance!

Luis Vicente Garcia

  

A Year of Performing at Your Best!

As we come to the end of the year, I have to thank so many people that have made my radio show a Success! 

When we started to think about it, Winston and Jeff from the Voice America Radio Network helped me create many incredible parts, such as the banners, the links, setting up the page, coming up with the Bio and creating the show’s name and page. And it has been an amazing year. You can hear all of the shows on the Voice America Business Channel at Performing at Your Best: Mindset Evolution with Luis Vicente Garcia

Our first show was on June 2^nd so as we close the year we have already done 32 shows. And the audio and technical people at VoiceAmerica have been incredible. Many thanks to all.

I have done several shows on my own and I have had the most amazing guests. I interviewed my dear friends Margaret Maclay and Joan Detz; I interviewed incredible authors as Bob Burg and business colleagues as Ramon Palmero, Abel Calvo, Margarita Pasos, Tosin Ogunussi, Marc Kohler, and Dr. Andreas Boettcher. All are great friends, and they have shared with us and the incredible listeners that week after week join us from several parts in the world, amazing tips, new business ideas and they always give us this new perspective that we need to have in order to succeed in this fast changing world.

It has an incredible year of new and wonderful experiences. And as my final post of the year in this blog I wanted to share my top-5 shows as reviewed by our listeners:

1. How to Boost Your Career and Building Your Business Through Public Speaking, with Joan Detz and Luis Vicente Garcia

2. Creating Magic in your Company

3. Conversations on Franchising with Abel Calvo and Luis Vicente Garcia

4. Grow by Empowering your Staff and Your TEAMs, with Tosin Ogunusi and Luis Vicente Garcia

5. Communication and Motivation - key factors for Business Success, with Margaret Maclay and Luis Vicente Garcia

All of the shows and interviews were incredible. Thank you so much to my incredible guests; and most of all thank you to the VoiceAmerica TEAM who have been so wonderful through out the year and to the listeners who are the ones that make this happen.

To all, my best wishes for a wonderful 2016 filled with joy, happiness, new opportunities and many learning experiences.

And have a wonderful and a very successful year!

Luis Vicente Garcia

Let's talk about GOALS

There is a famous quote that says:

"Success equals GOALS; everything else is commentary.”

 

Goals have been the subject of study for many years and they have been used since ancient times. Today everyone must have a goal, from students, to managers, to sports coaches, to business owners. 

This is why understanding what GOALS are, how to use and implement them is critical to the Success of any organization. From non-for-profit hospitals, to universities, small and medium business and large corporations the use of GOALS to understand where we are going is critical.

In this program we learn some ideas on goals and how to set them, realizing that goals have to be S.M.A.R.T and positive. Remember that ‘Goals in writing are dream with deadlines’

Join us as we discover the interesting world of possibilities and opportunities that will come from your GOALS! To listen to our show Click HERE to Learn about GOALS!

And keep Performing at Your Best!

Luis Vicente Garcia

A conversation with Joan Detz on Public Speaking

'Performing at Your Best: Mindset Evolution' Program #8: 
An amazing interview with Ms. Joan Detz. 


Public Speaking has become one of the best skills every professional needs to acquire in order to succeed in any art, business or venture. 

Leaders from all sorts of life and professions are now relying on improving their public speaking abilities in order to communicate better while influencing and impacting others in a better way. Public speaking is an art in itself, as we all need to improve and learn effective ways to communicate orally with any audience.  

On July 21, 2015 I had the pleasure of interviewing renowned coach, author, and international speaker Joan Detz. 

Joan is the author of four successful books on public speaking, including “How to Write & Give a Speech”, which the Washington Post praised as “a how-to classic”, and which is now in its 30th anniversary edition.  The book was translated into Spanish and published in Spain under the title 'Cómo Escribir y Pronunciar un Discurso'. Since 1984, Joan has run her own speaker services coaching leaders worldwide.

Public Speaking has a direct impact in your business success. As you learn how to communicate better, develop your very own speaking abilities. Many books have been written about public speaking and in this episode you will learn tips, insights, ideas and incredible suggestions directly from Speaking Coach Joan Detz. 

Join us to learn how Public Speaking will have a very positive impact in your personal and professional life: Listen HERE

And continue your road to Perform at Your Best!

Luis Vicente Garcia

Creating a strategic planning process to long-term success!

Performing at Your Best: Mindset Evolution Show #7

Strategy is an integral part of how companies operate, create new products and services and prepare for their future. Having a sound strategy, aligned with your Vision and Mission is key to your success. 

Any company, big or small, that wants to grow strong needs to plan and to prepare in advance; and in the process, having a long term strategy can make the difference.

In this show I interviewed Ramon Palmero, strategy consultant with whom I talked on the methodology he uses to bring universal concepts to your strategic planning process.  He showed us the importance of understanding where you are headed to - the Vision and Mission - with what winning looks like for you, how you can describe success, and what values and operating principles need to guide your company and decisions.

Our guest Ramon Palmero, President and Founder of STEFERI (www.STEFERI.com), is a highly accomplished leader with 25 years broad-scoped in depth experience in the fields of Finance, Marketing and New Business Development (M&A), covering the Americas, at top-notch multinational organizations, as well as mid-sized entrepreneurial businesses.   

Join us to learn the importance of implementing your strategy into your companies and Listen to our show HERE.

And keep Performing at Your Best!

Luis Vicente Garcia

Perform at Your Best through Empowering you TEAM

We all know we cannot do things alone or at least is more difficult. This is why Team Work has been transformed into an art by itself. 

Leaders who get their teams to work together and effectively, oriented and focused to the same Vision and Goals will achieve more.

In this episode of Performing at Your Best we started talking about the importance of TEAMS, and how to improve and motivate them.

A very old African Proverb says:

"If you want to Go Fast, Go Alone;

If you want to go FAR, Go Together"

Some key words for you to remember: Goals, Teamwork, TEAMS, Empowerment, Vision and Performance. If you want to know how to get your team to work together and to Empower them: Listen HERE  

And keep Performing at Your Best.

Luis Vicente Garcia

A Conversation on Franchising_with Abel Calvo

Performing at Your Best: Mindset Evolution, Program #4

Franchising has been since the 50’s and 60’s one of the fastest ways of growing any business in any industry. Worldwide brands use franchising as their growing formula.

In this radio show we start by understanding the basics of franchising, what it is and how it works, to understanding what is required to be a successful franchisor and franchisee.

Our guest is Abel Calvo, Executive President of PROFRANQUICIAS, the Venezuelan Franchise Chamber and we talked about franchising in general, the role of a Franchise Chamber, the current situation of the Franchising development in Venezuelan and other Latin American countries.

There are very interesting topics in Franchising, such as which are the developing stages in franchising that go from the early beginnings when foreign companies enter a local market, to the development of local companies which use franchising as their expansion business format until the final stage when local franchises enter the international arena.

Join us as we discuss franchising and the role of the Chamber on promoting its members, activities and the educational programs it has. 

A Conversation on Franchising with Abel Calvo

And continue increasing your Performance!

Luis Vicente