John Hawkins works with companies to develop high performance leadership teams that deliver extraordinary results. He helps companies attract, develop and retain incredible people increasing execution, effectiveness, and excellence! John, is known for his uncanny ability to stir up lasting change in a group, and for his casual yet powerful questions.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- John’s Mom
- Andrew Carnegie
- Larry Ellison
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I didn’t know how to describe myself, I really didn’t know what my title was, I didn’t understand was I a consultant or a coach. Was I a business intelligence guy who talked about leadership? Was I leadership guy who had a business intelligence background? Was I working for small companies or big companies? And one of my biggest struggles when I started was who am I. I knew that I had to pay bills, I knew I was going to do this entrepreneurial thing and I started being an entrepreneur before it was even a buzzword”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change) Book by Clayton M. Christensen
- The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win Book by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
- The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential Book by John C. Maxwell
- Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact Book by Phil M Jones
Favourite Quote:
“Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none” Tecumseh
Recommended Online Resources:
- SpyFu – Competitor Keyword Research Tools for AdWords PPC & SEO. Search for any competitor Download their keywords It s that simple Learn competitors PPC SEO tricks and avoid their mistakes
- BlitzMetrics creates Facebook dashboards and micro-targeted ad campaigns for brands.
- For Entrepreneurs offers advice on the key issues founders and their teams face in getting started, getting funded, and building a successful company
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“focus focus focus. To many entrepreneurs spend too much time working in the business instead of on the business. They spend too much time doing all this nonsense that doesn’t really add value to the customer or to their business… I am really a big fan of doing one thing, ordinary thing and do it extraordinarily well… If every entrepreneur out there can learn to focus focus focus, tightly, intently, very purposely, very intentionally, and do one ordinary thing extraordinarily well they will be highly highly successful ”…[Listen for More]
More About John Hawkins:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. And, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” Martin Luther King Jr
Other Quotes From the Chat with John Hawkins:
- “I see too many people that are more concerned about the followers and the number of zeros that they have the followers and the our about the number of zeros they have in their bank account ”
- “study study study, research research research. Too many people want to deliver what they think the market needs. Really what we need to deliver is what the market actually wants”
- “it’s not just about the content it’s about the context”
- “Can I be the best version of me? Can I be the guy that is happy to look at that guy in the mirror? Can I walk through my life and be in the presence of Kings and/or janitors and treat them equally? Can I have a business that supports me my family and my employees? Can I do it in a way that is honest and ethical? Can I be a person full of honour, courage and commitment and can I do that on a daily basis. Can the people who know me when I’m not in the public eye can they say the same things about me that people who see me on the stage? Am I the same person? Do my character my reputation matchup?”
- “You can have all of the motivation in the world and all the inspiration in the world, if you don’t have the discipline to go with it you are not going to see a lot of change”
- “I am always looking to learn”
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