Ep 49 - Joe Haslam, Scale-Up Expert and Professor at IE Business School: Learn from “Scale-Ups” To Accelerate Your Career, Impact and Happiness

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com SHOW NOTES: Forget start-ups and large corporations -- the more interesting place to work, learn, and grow is at “Scale-Ups,” says Joe Haslam, professor at IE Business School. We discuss why founders get ousted, power as the ability to cast a spell – and other insights from scale-ups that can help you accelerate your career – and impact. Joe is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and Executive Director of the OMP at IE Business School, a top executive education program that guides small and medium-sized business through their massive growth phase. “Already started 6, going to start 6 more”Start-ups, corporations and that “teenager in the middle” that no one talks aboutWhy scale-ups interest Joe – and are terrific places to workWhen it comes to scaling, 2 things Joe says that we know *doesn’t* workJoe’s “Scale-up checklist”Why we should work on hard problemsAre start-ups and scale-ups devoid of politics? Joe and Michael disagree.Why most founders get oustedJoe’s advice: Have a “minder”, focus on your strengths, be indispensableIf you put balls in the back of the net, don’t try to be a goal keeper!Is narcissism a problem with founders and serial entrepreneurs?“Power” in the scale-up world as the ability to cast a spellTechnology vs humans –the question we should be askingJoe on soft skills and the need to stand up for yourselfGetting rich and making an impactReaching Joe BIO AND LINKS:Joe Haslam is Professor at IE Business School (Madrid, Spain) and Executive Director of the OMP Owners and Managers Scaleup Program at IE – a best-in-class program for small and medium sized companies that want to scale successfully, and sustainably. Joe founded and scaled multiple startups (including Marrakech and Hot Hotels); invests in, mentors and serves on the board of numerous others, and lectures on scaling. At IE he teaches the popular and highly rated courses “Trillion Dollar Opportunities,” “Scale Up your Startup” and “Scale Up Yourself.” Joe was born in Ireland, holds an MBA from IE Business School, and has lived in Madrid with his family for more than 15 years.Joe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joehasJoe on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joehas/Joe’s email: jhaslam [at] faculty.ie.eduThe OMP Program at IE Business School: https://www.ie.edu/lifelong-learning/programs/owners-scaleup-program/Joe speaks in depth with Prof Daniel Corsten about Scaling-Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1jjZXBxOUJoe on Startups vs Scaleups: https://www.ie.edu/insights/infographics/startups-vs-scaleups/The case for Founding CEOs: https://a16z.com/2010/04/28/why-we-prefer-founding-ceos/The hot professor from Cork: https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/the-hot-professor-top-eu-business-lecturer-from-cork-aims-for-tech-start-up-success/34369940.htmlMichael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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