The Three-Legged Stool That The Orangutan Sits On

Ryan Weiss is a global executive with decades of experience spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He has successfully founded three companies and worked as a global executive leading hundreds of people, managing a $500 million product portfolio, and developing a passion for organizational change. As an author, speaker, founder, CEO, and consultant, he serves on multiple boards of educational, profit, and non-profit institutions.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

The first business Ryan created at age 15 and how it’s thriving nowHow many places Ryan and his family moved for his jobThe personal moment that helped Ryan decide to return to entrepreneurshipThe wild story of orangutan Fu ManchuWhat the three legs of the stool are in terms of successHow hiring good people isn’t enough if the culture is poorThe business Ryan started for himselfRyan’s book ‘From Orangutan to Rocket Scientist’ and where the rocket fits inThe importance of morale

In this episode…

Ryan Weiss started a lawn care business at fifteen that he passed down to his younger brothers - that business has expanded and is still thriving today. Meanwhile, Ryan worked for a multinational that moved him and his family seven times in seventeen years, including to Asia and back twice. It was after a proposed move to Germany that Ryan decided it was time to start his own business again and dove back into entrepreneurship. 

Ryan details the personal impetus that prompted his decision and also tells the story that inspired this episode’s title. The story involves an orangutan named Fu Manchu that acted like an epiphany for Ryan, revealing three vital things any person or company needs to be successful in any venture.  

In this episode of What CEOs Talk About, host Martin Hunter and Ryan Weiss discuss the qualities that define good leadership in terms of creating a mindset of success within employees. Ryan shares personal stories that taught him how key it is to foster good morale, what entrepreneurial tools to develop, how to foster unity of purpose amongst diverse staff, and the truth about showing up as yourself to your team.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

URGEOContact email: [email protected]Martin Hunter on LinkedInRyan Weiss on LinkedInEffective Performance Strategies‘From Orangutan to Rocket Scientist’ by Ryan Weiss‘Ingredients for Success: 10 Best Practices for Business and Life’”by Joseph James Slawek

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