Segments / Notes to episode:

Join us as we speak with the truly inspirational Kevin Roberts, founder of RedRose consulting and former worldwide CEO and Chairman of the incredible Saatchi and Saatchi. See notes below for Kevin’s bio and keynotes from the interview.

Kevin’s bio:

Kevin Roberts is an international business leader, founder, consultant and educator. His company Red Rose Consulting counsels business leaders and employees on creative thinking, marketing, and leadership. 

A CEO for over 30 years, Kevin has an uncompromisingly positive and inspirational leadership style, with an ability to generate ideas and emotional connections that accelerate extraordinary value. Kevin’s latest book 64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World (2016) offers frameworks and solutions for winning in a business world that has become volatile, complex, uncertain, and ambiguous.

See full bio here: https://redrose.consulting/kevin-roberts-bio/

Keynotes from episode 1: a conversation with Kevin Roberts 

1.       Kevin’s Magic Moment #1 – Getting Kicked out of High School at 17 years (2:37)

2.       Kevin’s Magic Moment #2 – Wrote first ever personal purpose at 14 years (3:42)

3.       Kevin’s Spirit / Driving Force – different expressions of a consistent theme (7:13)

4.       Career focused on inspiring. Inspiring people starts with purpose (11:18)

5.       Great leaders and great teams deserve and make each other (13:00)

6.       Progressing Purpose to Performance – the 5 Ps (13:55)

7.       Fire in the belly, ice in the mind. Walk towards the pressure. Pressure’s a privilege (22:10)

8.       What is Flow – when your heart, your brain and body are all in effortless synch (23:15)

9.       To embrace a culture of flow – hire people with flow personalities (25:00)

10.Cut the crap – Blue Ocean practices to create a place where all you do is stuff that matters (26:05)

11. How does purpose play a role day to day in such a crazy world? (28:00)

12. Leaders have got to be caring and demanding (30:38)

13. Aim to blend not balance. Balance implies compromise (31:18)

14. What’s Kevin’s ideal day with 3 purpose-driven heroes (33:20)