Building Connections with Yehiel Kalish: Lead to Succeed 74
What sets apart the great leaders from all the others? Connections!
And nobody does connections better than Yehiel Kalish.
Yehiel Kalish is a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives and currently serves as the CEO of Hatzalah, the largest volunteer ambulance service in the United States.
In this episode, Yehiel went deep on building connections.
I am super excited to share his wisdom and insights with you.
Key Talking Points of the Episode:
[02:40] Primary difference between running a for-profit business and running a nonprofit from a leadership point
[07:21] Kalish’s leadership style
[12:38] Kalish secret sauce to building connections as a leader
[18:03] How to determine who to make a connection with
[21:48] What approach does Kalish use to make people eager to connect with him?
[23:32] How to do present to a consumer where it’s in their best interest to engage with a company
[26:27] How Kalish stays motivated to put his best self forward and demonstrate leadership when he is not at the top
[31:42] Rapid fire questions
Standout Quotes from the Episode:
“The reason that you’re acquiring a friend for yourself is to raise both of you up.”
“If you aren’t authentic, they will feel used, then you will not succeed in your fundraising endeavor.”
“When you can demonstrate that a relationship with you would add value to the person you want to be setting up the meeting with. That’s going to make them more eager to participate.”
“If I needed to get in front of an individual, whoever it was, was preventing that from happening, I would find out where they were going to be, or what their daily schedule is, and show up.”
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