The Oval Table Douglas Bowers and Carl Walsh

In this week’s episode we welcome Networking Expert and Best-Selling Author Susan RoAne to the Oval Table. We discuss the most effective strategies for working a room and establishing lasting business relationships. Amongst the points are how to start a conversation (spoiler alert, it’s not an elevator pitch), adopting the attitude of host rather than guest (even when you are a guest), learn how to use the OAR method to guide the conversation, and who you should be talking to in the first pla...

Brian Moran, CEO of @TheExecutionCompany, discusses how his system of the 12 Week Year can help you accomplish more in those 12 weeks than others do in 12 months. He is dedicated to improving the performance of leaders and entrepreneurs everywhere.Join us at @TheOvalTable as we take a deep dive into effective management technique.

Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAEKiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine says about our guest, “One of best ways to invest in your career is to learn presentation skills from Patricia Fripp.”In 2019 she was named “One of the Top 30 Women in Sales” and “One of the Top 30 Global Gurus.” A recent business publication called her “One of the 5 Smartest Women in Sales”Companies of all sizes hire her to help them drive more business by perfecting their important conversations and presentations.She is vir...

This week, we go to the oil patch. David Alessandri, entrepreneur, and ultimate survivor joins us at The Oval Table. David manufactures and sells a product to oil drillers that serves as a low-cost solution to a common and expensive problem. Over the past 8 years, he has survived a major life threatening health event , foreign trade wars, the pandemic and knock-off competitors. All in a days work in the oil patch.We discuss how he survives while others go under, how he innovates, how coming t...

Joel Block, Hedge Fund Manager and Venture Capitalist at Bullseye Capital joins us again to discuss what's happening in the economy. In less than 50 minutes we cover: Inflation, Supply Chain Issues, Energy Supply and Costs and The Impact On National Security, Lagging US Technologies, The Real Estate Market, The New Workforce and Their Expectations, Leveraging The Knowledge Within The Workforce, Working Remote, Metrics To Measure Business By, How To Stay Afloat In These Challenging Times... an...

Do you really know how you operate? How your team operates? Business legend Jim Cathcart joins Carl Walsh and Douglas Bowers at The Oval Table for a discussion of his seminal work, "The Acorn Principle" and much more. He brings with him 45 years as a trainer, speaker, author of 23 books, and consultant. He has guided companies to prosperity and high performance through the understanding of people and what drives them.#bandwidth #velocity #highperformanceteam #focus #acornprinciple #business #...