Manage Smarter 02 — Lou Diamond: How Communication Brings Your Business to the Top

Lou Diamond

Lou Diamond is the CEO of Thrive. Lou is an energetic, humorous, and inspirational business development strategist and performance coach. He has consulted with and mentored leading performers from companies all over the world.

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In this episode, Audrey, Lee and Lou discuss:

  • Lou's core mission
  • The S.A.F.E.
  • How to know when you're making progress
  • The ROI of quality commitment

Key Takeaways:

  • Establishing a strong connecting core is critical to internal communication
  • Every single person on the planet is a potential customer
  • We need to communicate on a multi-​generational level
  • Ask first, ask again and then speak

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Audrey Strong heads all external and internal communications for SalesFuel, including public relations — which she has directed since 2014. Prior to SalesFuel, she founded her own public relations firm and served years as an award-​winning journalist in television news. Audrey earned her degree in broadcast journalism from Ohio University.

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