The Switch by Ife Taiwo

Ifeoluwa Taiwo
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The Switch by Ife Taiwo

This is the place where we lay everything bare, where we discuss the thin line between success and failure. We look at people who have failed and then succeeded. No gimmicks, No fine words, No perspire to acquire. We are here to unlearn-learn-relearn.

  1. APR 16

    #033 Alain Hunkins: Understanding and Cracking LEadership

    Alain has coached, trained, consulted and spoken to over 2,000 groups, including 42 of the Fortune 100.  He is the author of the bestselling book Cracking the Leadership Code (Wiley). My work has taken me to 25 countries, and I serve on the Academic Advisory Council of the New Delhi Institute of Management and on the faculty of Duke Corporate Education. You can also find my work featured in Fast Company, BusinessInsider, Chief Executive, Chief Learning Officer and Inc. I live in Northampton, Massachusetts. In this Episode, Alain and I Spoke about how understanding leadership can be a game changer and how it should start with the people. We talked about how everything changes if you understand that leadership is a mindset.

    43 min

  2. APR 8

    #033 Sam Thiara : Discovering the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

    Sam has mentored hundreds and engaged with thousands of students and professionals over the last many years and as a result, was the Co-Founder and Chief Motivating Officer of GradusOne, an organization to help high school/post-secondary and recent graduates in their life and career.

    46 min

  3. APR 3

    #32 Zakiya Akerele: Re-strategizing your Education and Career

    In this episode, i spoke to Zakiya on how to pivot to a career and how you can make the most of your education. She shared her personal experience of coming from a family of educators amidst other things. Dr. Zakiya Akerele is an educator, author, and speaker who found an early passion in academic pursuits hoping to use them to improve herself and the world around her.She sought higher education with full force, obtaining degrees from Florida A&M University (B.A.), Columbia University (Ed.M.), and Fordham University(M.A. and Ph.D.) in International Education, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. n entrepreneur and globetrotter, Zakiya loves travelling while working remotely on her own terms and currently resides near Atlanta, GA, with her husband and two children. For more info visit zakiyaakerele.com

    44 min

  4. MAR 24

    #31 Scott Markovits: Founders, Entrepreneurship, Product Market-Fit

    I chatted with Scott, a founder, and we talked about what it means to be an entrepreneur. we discussed what it means for your product to have a product market-fit as this would determine how far your product will go. we also looked at the intricacies and nuances of the life of an entrepreneur. Scott has helped grow a startup from $0 to $100M ARR.

    46 min

  5. MAR 11

    #030 A chat with Abisola: From Lagos to Canada

    Follow me as I have a chat with an interesting individual who navigated the Nigerian academic rigour that eventually paid off.

    39 min

  6. 07/04/2022

    #029 Carolina Gutierrez: Prioritizing Mental Awareness Amongst Founders

    Carolina is a serial entrepreneur that prioritizes and advocates for mental wellness in business. She speaks on and delivers solutions that contribute to the peace and well-being of entrepreneurs. Being a business owner is not for the faint of heart. Nothing properly prepares you for the ups and downs entrepreneurship brings. 72% of entrepreneurs suffer directly or indirectly from mental health challenges. 💣 They have a 3-4X higher likely hood of suicide than the general population. 💣 62% report feeling depressed at least once per week. So why isn’t this spoken about more? Where are the warnings before embarking on this journey? We actively look for help in all other aspects of our business except to address the emotional and social toll it has on our lives. This needs to change today. Carolina and i speak on the issue of mental wellness amongst entrepreneurs, she spoke about how there is a lot of burnout amongst founders and what we can do to find a balance. How founders can also find the balance between drive and passion and the people they work it. We speak about how men need to speak up and find some help when they notice them slipping. Carolina can be reached here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meetcarolina/

    40 min

  7. 06/28/2022

    #028 Alvin Narsey: Visibility, Cash and Profit

    Alvin is an Entrepreneur and Business Coach. His uniqueness is sharing the skills that business owners need to increase their income, provide value to their clients and customers, and live a life of massive personal freedom.  Trained as a Pharmacist in Melbourne, Australia, I bought my first business as a partnership a few years after I graduated from the University. Now, he has sold his businesses and focuses on travelling the world and helping other Retail  Business Owners In this episode, we speak about the difference between cash and profit and how you should approach both. We also speak about how you should delegate and not be the entrepreneur doing everything all at once. We spoke about balance, how to set KPIs and metrics for your business and how you should document everything. You can catch Alvin at https://www.facebook.com/alvin.narsey.7

    31 min

  8. 06/23/2022

    #027 Mark A Herschberg: Be Intentional About Your Career

    Mark is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,” where he teaches annually.  In this episode, we talk about the existing skills gap after leaving school and starting your career and how graduates have to be intentional about your filling those gaps to help improve their career trajectory. having a plan and also how to network. We talk about how to network internally and externally. How to navigate the tricky office politics scenario and how to do networking right. We also spoke about his book: https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/.

    38 min
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This is the place where we lay everything bare, where we discuss the thin line between success and failure. We look at people who have failed and then succeeded. No gimmicks, No fine words, No perspire to acquire. We are here to unlearn-learn-relearn.

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  • Creator
    Ifeoluwa Taiwo
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Ifeoluwa Taiwo
  • Show Website
    The Switch by Ife Taiwo

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