Today host John Laurito is joined by Hall Of Fame Speaker, Best Selling Author, Coach, and President of Blackman and Associates, Jeff Blackman. They talk about the importance of listening to your people as a leader and how it can help you hit the mark in terms of directing your company to where you want it to go. As a speaker, author, success coach, radio/TV broadcaster, and lawyer, Jeff combines his background to help you become an even more powerful, persuasive, and profitable—individual, team, or company.Since 1982, Jeff has shared his positive and profit-producing messages with numerous; Fortune 500 companies, closely-held businesses, entrepreneurial-driven organizations, solo practitioners, and association audiences throughout the world.Jeff is a Contributing Editor or columnist to many magazines and newspapers. His best-selling books include; the Opportunity $elling sales quotation book and the revised and upgraded 5th edition of Peak Your Profits. The bestselling RESULT$ and Carpe A.M. • Carpe P.M. – Seize Your Destiny books, And Stop Whining! Start Selling! achieved “Bestseller” status on Amazon within one month of its release.In business, quality is measured by results. Jeff guarantees results. Be sure to take a peek at his incredible No-Risk Assurance. As a dynamic and multi-faceted business-growth specialist, Jeff shares his positive and profit-producing messages with corporate, association, and entrepreneurial audiences throughout the world. From the boardroom to the ballroom.Jeff is a happy husband, devoted father, veteran softball player, avid biker—and a loyal or nutty Chicago Cubs fan! He and his family are also crazy Chicago Blackhawks, Bears, and Bulls fans. (They also love the Cubs, yet spend lots of their time, aside from the 2016 World Series Championship, consoling Jeff!) On Sunday nights, the Blackmans can often be spotted together at a local hip, happenin’, or dive restaurant…eating, talking, and laughing!Learn more about Jeff at:Website: https://www.jeffblackman.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-blackman-j-d-csp-cpae-349233/FB: https://tinyurl.com/FacebookBlackmanResultsTwitter: https://twitter.com/BlackmanResultsGet your own sweet sixteen! Email Sheryl at Sheryl@JeffBlackman.com with the subject “Sweet Sixteen John Rocks”Show notes:[1:53] What’s foremost on the minds of leaders he works with?[6:12] What keeps leaders up at night? Keeping their clients or employees?[11:10] How do CEOs find out that there’s a problem?[20:09] The Relationship Power[22:50] His upcoming book, Bullseye: Hitting Your Targets At Home and At Work[25:50] Words of wisdom from Jeff[28:21] OutroGet a copy of Tomorrow's Leader on Amazon https://tinyurl.com/huseae9hText LEADER to 617-393-5383 to receive The Top 10 Things That The Best Leaders Are Doing Right NowFor questions, suggestions, or speaker inquiries, contact me at john@lauritogroup.com