076: Amanda Holmes – Taking Over As CEO At Age 27: The Ultimate Sales Machine

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

Ryan Hawk

Careers, Business, Management

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2015

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Episode 076: Amanda Holmes – Taking Over As CEO At Age 27: The Ultimate Sales Machine

Amanda Holmes is someone who has a contagious energy about her. This conversation (which was also aired live on Periscope) was entertaining and educational. Amanda is an incredibly interesting person. During our time together, Amanda talked about the legacy her father began, along with Tony Robbins in the beginning, and how she continues to nurture businesses using intuition and a proven equation for growth.

Said best by gaimtv.com Amanda Holmes went from ashram to CEO at 27 years old, and her journey is both inspiring and challenging. She stepped in as CEO of Chet Holmes International after the death of her father, self-help guru Chet Holmes.

Amanda Holmes’ singing career spanned over seven years and four records. When her father, Chet Holmes, NY Times Best Selling author, was diagnosed with Leukemia, it all came to an abrupt end. After studying alternative medicines in Asia, she took over the responsibility of her father’s business. Today, she is the CEO dedicated to not only carrying on her father’s legacy, but most of all, making a difference for business owners around the world.

Episode 076: Amanda Holmes – Taking Over As CEO At Age 27: The Ultimate Sales Machine

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“Build Rapport… Establish The Need… Create The Desire… Close The Deal... Follow up… Add Value.” –Amanda Holmes

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Some Questions I Ask:

What are the common characteristics of high achievers?
How do you handle the common sales stereotypes like used car sales person, etc...?
What is your mindset for taking over for your Dad who was a legendary sales professional and coach?
The responsibility had to be immense… Who did you reach out to for help?
What is your decision making process for running a business?
Initially when you took over, you faced law suits and people wanting money, how did you handle it?
What are the 12 ways to double sales?
What specific changes have you implemented that’s helped the business grow?
Define a great learning leader
What books had the most influence on your life?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The importance on focus and defining what success is to you
Fighting the professional selling stereotype and how she does it
The tragic story of her dad, Chet Holmes, passing away at a young age
How living in Asia for 6 months had an effect on her life
Why slimming down parts of the business were the correct moves in order to focus
Initially getting burned by people as well as getting wrongful termination lawsuits… How to deal with that
The 7 steps to a sale
Why continuous learning is the key to success

“I immediately fell in love with our clients.” – Amanda Holmes, after taking over as CEO of Chet Holmes International

Continue Learning:

Go To Their Website: com
Read her Dad Chet’s book: The Ultimate Sales Machine
Follow Amanda on Twitter: @amandaholmes
Read: Autobiography Of A Yogi

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From Gaimtv.com

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0:00.0	And then it got to a point where I was just like, you know, forget this. This isn't what it's about.
0:06.4	It's about serving my clients.
0:08.8	And I'm done with all of this, you know, BS, people trying to take advantage, I'm not going to be taking
0:15.9	advantage of anymore, which was hard because, you know, I'm a lover.
0:20.2	I'm quite the hippie. I mean I was living in an ashram teaching meditation in Asia.
0:26.8	That's what I was doing prior to teaching marketing and sales. So to then come in and get
0:32.2	you know blindsided and and hit from every direction it really
0:36.5	taught me to take responsibility. Our leaders born or are they made. Our host Ryan Hawk believes that leaders can be made through determined, focused work on learning the art and science behind the makeup of other successful leaders.
0:51.0	Now it's time to inhale knowledge and exhale success. You're listening
0:55.2	to the Learning Leader Show I am Ryan Hawk and I'm extremely
1:15.6	thrilled about tonight's featured leader. It's the great Amanda Holmes.
1:20.7	Amanda is the CEO of Chet Holmes International.
1:24.6	She took over the company after her father tragically passed away and she was only 24 years old
1:30.4	at this time.
1:31.6	She was immediately responsible for a hundred employees and
1:34.4	thousands of customers and a multi-million dollar business. Just a massive
1:40.1	task at hand. I think you're going to love Amanda's energy and what she brings
1:46.0	this episode. She also periscope this, meaning she had live fans of hers
1:51.3	listening to us as we had this conversation and there's another
1:55.0	interesting part that I think you guys would like. Some of the things we got into
1:58.4	the process for her to go from a professional musician, she was professionally
2:02.2	trained as a musician at USC, to her father
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