CYLS 132: CEO Talks - Dynamic Partnerships and the Formula for Picking Your Inner Circle with Doreen Rainey, Alechia Reese, and Todd Wahnish

Create Your Life Series

English - August 24, 2018 16:00 - 56 minutes - 78.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 116 ratings
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Previous Episode: CYLS 131: How Childhood Poverty and Observation Shaped One of New York City’s Most Influential Advocates of Change with Stanley Fritz

Next Episode: CYLS 133: Evolving into the C-Suite Role: Keys to Managing Over 19,000 Memberships with Mia Hairston

About our Guest:

Doreen Rainey

Doreen Rainey works as the Vice President of Operations at Act Like A Success, a Steve Harvey company. As a personal and business coach and speaker, she shares practical and implementable strategies, tools, and processes to get desired results. To stay up to date on the latest information across a multitude of fields, Doreen frequently interviews and talks with experts, thought leaders, and industry insiders. She then shares her insights with clients and the community.

Alechia Reese

A certified professional international speaker and author of award-winning book Eating Elephants, Alechia Reese has worked with big name companies including Progressive, UPS, BET, and Verizon. Specializing in brand identity, strategic marketing, public relations, and execution, she is the Director of PR and Creative Marketing for Soledad O’Brien’s PowHERful Foundation. Alechia’s commitment to empowering others was rewarded in the form of the Woman of Power Award presented by Bank of America and NABA NYC.

Todd Wahnish

Todd Wahnish is the Founder of cleverera.com.. He is an award winning artist, animator and product designer having created notable works for Marvel Entertainment, Cartoon Network, and artist Jeff Koons. He holds a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art, is married to his beautiful co-founder and loves making things people want through story centered design.

Episode Summary

Whether you’re a CEO, a founder of a successful startup business, or a high-achieving employee, everyone needs to form partnerships and relationships in the business world. But how do you know if a partnership can be fruitful or if the value you contribute is recognized by your client? Kevin invites Doreen Rainey, Alechia Reese, and Todd Wahnish to this episode of CEO Talks to hash out what it takes to be an asset in a partnership while staying true to your goals.

Insight from this episode:

Secrets and techniques for building and maintaining relationships and partnerships. Crucial steps to take when doing work for free without diminishing the value you provide. Doreen shares strategies for landing game-changing partnerships. Strategies for establishing authentic relationships. How to make client testimonials really work for you. How to salvage a relationship if a business venture falls apart. Strategies for deciding who to bring into your inner circle.

Resources Mentioned:

The RADICAL Success Institute

Quotes from the show:

“I always encourage people, ‘What can you do right now from where you are, to show people that you’re bringing something to the table?’” - Doreen Rainey, Episode 132

“Yeah, you know you want the partnership, but people do business with people who they know, trust, and like. In order to get to the liking piece, they’ve got to get to know you and trust you.” - Alechia Reese, Episode 132

“So when you start to launch a business, you have to start thinking about, ‘What is it that I can provide? What is it that I can present that is positioned as a free value or something that shows my value to another business?’ But where, from your perspective, from your footprint, it is a win-win.” - Tom Wahnish, Episode 132

“You want to operate with an MVP. That minimal viable product.” - Kevin Y. Brown, Episode 132

“I’m always telling people that you never know who’s watching and so you always have to bring your A game.” - Doreen Rainey, Episode 132

“There’s always a seat at the table for excellence.” - Alechia Reese quoting her mentor, Episode 132

“I think what’s also interesting about that is the idea behind bringing excellence, the idea behind bringing your A game. It’s not necessarily about showing off. Right? It’s about understanding and proving the benefits to the other person.” - Todd Wahnish, Episode 132

“In a world full of liabilities, you’ve got to figure out how you can be the asset.” - Alechia Reese, Episode 132

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