Marty Parker is founder and CEO of Waterstone Human Capital, a leading cultural talent management firm that offers retained executive search specializing in recruiting for fit, culture change and transformation services, leadership development, succession planning, cultural and engagement measurement, and advisory consulting for entrepreneurial-minded, high growth organizations across North America.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Mike Cordoba
- Steve Parker
- Donald Babick
- Clients
- YPO members
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I was fortunate that capital initially wasn’t a big one. Because it’s really an asset like people are the asset when we started in the executive search business. But I think the biggest challenge was your own reservations or fears that you might fail. And I realised point in time that because I wasn’t an entrepreneur until I was in my early thirties that I should do something and I would have to exercise that Demon if I wanted say even if I failed, I tried. And certainly, I failed at a lot of things. I think that was the biggest thing the fear of failure but it also became the biggest motivator at some point…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Art of War Book by Sun Tzu
- The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done Book by Peter F Drucker
Also mentioned:
Favourite Quote:
“The last of the human freedoms: to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances” Viktor E Frankl
Recommended Online Resources:
- Tony Robbins – the world’s top life and business strategist.
- Dr. Greg Wells Podcast – engages leading experts and exceptional performers who amplify sleep, nutrition, movement, and mindset to unlock ultimate potential
- SmartLess with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett is a podcast that connects and unites people from all walks of life to learn about shared experiences through thoughtful dialogue and organic hilarity. A nice surprise in each episode of SmartLess, one of the hosts reveals his mystery guest to the other two. What ensues is a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the SmartLess mind
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Have great mentors and advisers. You can’t have enough people… Most people whether you know them or you don’t know them want to help, it’s not about advisory fees or money. People want to give back what they’ve learned and so many more people than not are good in giving and helpful… And I think…’ you are the company you keep’… And having the best team members, the best people that you can on your team and just the best clients. If you don’t like working for a particular group of people you really have a choice.”…[Listen for More]
More About Marty Parker:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Work until your rivals become idols.” Drake
Other Quotes From the Chat with Marty Parker:
- “My whole life has been built around learning best practices and listening to some. And so, role models have been a big part of my life ”
- “You are the company you keep” Marty’s dad
- “Your greatest strengths can be your greatest weaknesses… And what are you going to do about that? You are not going to take your greatest weakness and make it a strength that’s for sure. But I think understanding our own self earlier would have helped us probably be more authentic and aligned more to our purpose… Getting that purpose right takes a while. I am not sure you can get it from day one. But when organisations are aligned to something bigger than what they are it makes assessing fit easier. And it also there are interpretations and applications of it that in your wildest dream as an entrepreneur you couldn’t create yourself and so it’s inspiring, I think ”
- “Learning and listening to people”
- “Passion is an interesting word; it displays itself in the vociferous people like me may be with tonalities or energy and with others with commitment and focus”
- “I think the thing that drives people the most is happiness and love. I think love for other people and what you do. And happiness. It’s easy to talk about happiness … Happiness comes out of meaning and it comes out of how you drive meaning in life and where you get love whether it’s love the nature of love for people or family. I think those are the things that really do matter the most”
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