Arete Coach Podcast 1037 Conor Neill "Powerful Stories Stimulate Action"
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🗓️ 19 July 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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This is episode 1037 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Conor Neill.
In this episode, Conor Neill talks about his journey as an entrepreneur, EO Chapter President, Sr. Lecturer at IESE Business School, and President of Vistage Spain. Above all things, Conor is a master storyteller who is gifted in telling a story in such a way that it stimulates action in others. In this episode, Conor shares several of his business and life stories that call attention to specific aspects or truths of life and business. Conor got his start in the consulting field working for Accenture in London. Thereafter he was CEO of five companies, including TaxiJet in Spain. Conor's passions extend online where he has a Youtube channel with over 257,000 subscribers where he publishes a weekly video on a business or life topic. One of Conor's videos, 'how to start a speech' has over 14 million views.
The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io.
This interview was conducted on May, 10, 2021 via Zoom Video.
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| 0:00.0 | This interview was conducted on May 10, 2021 via Zoom video, with additional portions |
| 0:06.4 | previously recorded on May 3, 2021. |
| 0:11.0 | You are listening to Severin Sortsen, executive coaching curator of the RT Coach podcast, |
| 0:16.4 | where we explore excellence in the art and science of executive coaching. |
| 0:20.8 | I'm speaking today with guest coach and entrepreneur Conner Neal. |
| 0:26.0 | Conner is an executive coach and president of Visted Spain and a senior lecturer on leadership |
| 0:32.4 | at IEC Business School, one of the top business schools in the world. |
| 0:37.4 | And he comes to us today from Barcelona, Spain. |
| 0:40.4 | In his early career years, he worked at the London office of Accenture for 10 years. |
| 0:45.5 | Conner is an entrepreneur, having run several businesses such as his experience as a CEO |
| 0:51.7 | of TaxiJet for four years, where he learned much about lifting off businesses and the |
| 0:57.8 | quick deceleration down when the mood of capital markets changes. |
| 1:02.6 | Conner has a pedigree of growing businesses, networking and building relationships. |
| 1:07.7 | Conner was president of the Spain chapter of Entrepreneurs Organization, known as EO, |
| 1:13.4 | where he achieved rock to star status there as he led one of the top 10% EO chapters worldwide. |
| 1:21.1 | One thing I personally gravitate to on Conner's background is that he has his feet placed |
| 1:25.4 | squarely with one foot in academia and the other in business. |
| 1:30.5 | For the past 15 years, he has been a senior lecturer at the IEC Business School in Barcelona, |
| 1:36.0 | Spain, a city I much admire with this beautiful architecture, history and people. |
| 1:42.0 | As an entrepreneur, he has founded five companies. |
| 1:45.6 | He is a visiting professor at the University of College Dublin and the University of Montevideo |
| 1:51.7 | and permanent faculty on the Entrepreneurs Organization Global Leadership Academy. |
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