Leadership Redefined: How to Excel as a CEO in Today's Changing World with Trey Taylor

The Secret Thoughts of CEO's Podcast

Trey Taylor is the Managing Director of Threadneedle, the Taylor Family Office, Chief Executive Officer of Taylor Insurance Services, Managing Director of trinity | blue consulting, and Founding Partner of Ascend Partners.

He is also an investor, the Author of A CEO Only Does Three Things, a frequently featured keynote speaker, a private pilot, a WSET-Certified sommelier, and the Co-Founder of Tyche Wines.

Georgia Trend Magazine named Trey as one of their 40 under 40 in 2013, and TinyHR awarded him with the Happiest Company Award, the Cheers for Peers MVP and Cheers for Peers MVP Giver Awards, and the Employee Recognition Award in 2014.

Trey holds BAs in History from Mercer University and Emory University, a JD in Corporate Transactions, Tax, and Complex Negotiations from Tulane University Law School, and he is a Corporate Finance Graduate of the Venture Capital University Certificate Program from The University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

What You’ll Learn

● How much time is required to work on the Three Things?

● What it means to cultivate a workplace culture.

● The power of transparency.

● Why can’t we let things go?

● What is lacking in today’s CEOs?

Timestamps

· [06:49] A bit about Trey.

· [14:05] Doing the Three Things.

· [16:48] Thinking about culture.

· [21:08] The importance of transparency.

· [25:37] Making up stories about why we can’t let things go.

· [28:00] The persona of a CEO.

· [31:22] What’s lacking in today’s CEOs?

Memorable Quotes

· “Culture is that which you cultivate.” – Trey Taylor [16:50]

· “75% of people are in the wrong position.” – Trey Taylor [20:15]

· “The general population is very good at creating stories of why we can’t let things go.” – Chris Yonker [25:04]

Social Media

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Websites

Taylor Insurance Services.

trey-taylor.com

Trinity | Blue.

Threadneedle.

aceoonlydoesthreethings.com.

plantyourflag.live.

Book mention: Ownership Thinking, by Brad Hams.