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Mantra for the show… to help (you) find your best, most true, authentic (business) voice. Get what you want, find what you need, improve your results…
My experience of 30 + years of Broadcast Ad Sales and Executive Management, combined with over 3 years of voice narration experience and executive coaching,
has enabled me to work with leaders in multiple industries. The whole point of the show is to bring authentic people on who have walked the walk.
The intention is that we can help others to more quickly finds their true, authentic voice,
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There is an energy we deliver that keeps people entertained and coming back.
This is never a lecture, we know we are here to earn the trust and loyalty that a top flight podcast should deliver.
Whether we are dealing with business, high-performance leaders, or unique individuals… we seek to help people tell their own story.
We have covered business, entertainment, sports, recovery, and anything (everything) where people have overcome hurdles, barriers… and succeeded because they are authentic. Everyone has groundbreaking moments in their life- whether personal or professional.
Helping someone to gain the confidence and ability to speak clearly, without distractions, may likely help that person fully convey their thoughts and improve their results.
If you've ever worked in New York, you may know the feeling. The city is fun, and you may even have your own ”big, badass office”, but those long commutes are expensive. They drain you of precious time and key family moments- that you're missing.
John Duffin interviews Derek Fredrickson, a fractional CEO and longtime COO who has lived in Paris for 10 years. Derek shares how he left a Wall Street career during the 2008 financial crisis to join his entrepreneur wife’s coaching business, where they aligned on complementary “front stage/backstage” roles and grew to multiple seven figures.
Derek explains how their family planned a move abroad, first considering Switzerland, then choosing Paris, and how they prepared by shifting the business online in 2015, using Skype/Zoom and asynchronous tools, while maintaining critical non-negotiables: no nights or weekends. Derek describes using nightly gratitude at dinner to help his kids adapt. He also outlines his COO approach: shifting founders from operator to owner, focusing on systems and accountability, implementing processes in phases (do it for you, together, then by yourself), delegating outcomes, not tasks, and using a “North Star” why and delegation audit to guide change.
To learn more about Derek Fredrickson, check out the links below.
https://thecoosolution.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekfredrickson/
https://www.facebook.com/derekfhttps://
www.youtube.com/@TheCOOSolution
00:00 Remote Work Prep
00:50 Podcast Welcome
02:36 Why France
03:37 Wall Street Exit
06:12 Train Aha Moment
08:14 A Family Affair- Joining Wife's Business
09:33 Risk And Safety Net
14:30 Life After Leap
16:28 Plan To Move Abroad
18:49 Settling In Paris
21:39 Business Goes Online
23:18 Family Gratitude Ritual
25:10 Fractional COO Insider
26:53 Bob Is The Bottleneck
27:23 Operator To Owner Shift
29:51 North Star Why Question
32:24 Careful COO Integration
33:32 Three Stage Process Rollout
36:35 Make It Up Make It Real
37:37 Delegate Outcomes Not Tasks
40:44 Accountability Culture Metrics
42:45 Hiring His Own COO
45:42 Delegation Audit Steps
48:03 Gratitude Family Wrap Up
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