#86: Bill Acquavella, Acquavella Galleries Head & Art Dealer—Reputation is Everything
How Leaders Lead with David Novak
David Novak Leadership
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, you've heard me talk about your personal development plan on my podcast. Well, we've |
| 0:07.0 | received such positive feedback about the plan that we've decided to actually make it an |
| 0:12.1 | official resource out of it. We've created a weekly leadership plan you can have delivered to |
| 0:17.0 | your inbox each week. The weekly leadership plan is a simple way you can develop yourself as a leader and put |
| 0:23.7 | the practical skills we talk about on the podcast into practice. |
| 0:28.1 | So each week, you'll get tips that will help you stay focused on the right things as a leader. |
| 0:32.8 | To get the weekly leadership plan, just go to howleaderslead.com slash plan and sign up. |
| 0:39.4 | That's howleaderslead.com slash plan. |
| 0:46.6 | Welcome to how leaders lead, where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of |
| 0:50.8 | the very best leaders in the world. I break down the key learning so that by |
| 0:54.5 | the end of the episode, you'll have something simple you can apply as you develop into a better |
| 0:59.5 | leader. That's what this podcast is all about. Today's guest is Bill Aquavella, one of the most |
| 1:05.7 | renowned art dealers in the world and head of Aqua Bella galleries. In the art business, reputation is everything. |
| 1:14.2 | Bill has sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art |
| 1:17.5 | and his customers, people like Mick Jaggers, |
| 1:20.3 | Steve Wynn, and Henry Ford II, |
| 1:22.8 | they have absolute trust in what they're buying from. |
| 1:26.6 | They're confident spending money with Bill like they do because of the confidence they have |
| 1:30.8 | in him. |
| 1:31.8 | So the question for all of us is, how do we build up our reputations as leaders where people |
| 1:37.4 | will trust us in the big moments? |
| 1:40.1 | Well, this is an episode chock full of stories from some of Bill's biggest deals. |
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