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The current economic crisis incited by the Covid-19 pandemic has overwhelmed business owners around the world. It has been a complete upheaval to how many people conduct their business, and for others has meant the extermination of their jobs and livelihoods. For this episode of the One Funnel Away: Stories show, I am joined by Lawrence Kim, entrepreneur, and OFA challenge alum.Lawrence has been riding the uncertainty of current times and doing his best to keep his business endeavors afloat. Thanks to the One Funnel Away Challenge, he has managed to pivot his direction and leverage his skills to retain revenue and help others do the same. His entrepreneurial journey is one of determination and confidence. After spending eight years in prison, Lawrence reentered a changed world and a fast-paced workforce intent on making a space for himself. He now spends his days consulting others on the best business practices he’s learned and multiplying sales for the companies he works with. Key Takeaways:The beginning of his OFA journey (1:48)A promise to himself to bet on his own success (4:18)How the OFA Challenge is helping him save jobs during the Covid crisis (7:25)Leveraging his skills as a business consultant (9:31)Why Lawrence plans day by day (14:17)What he has discovered about himself throughout the process (16:30)This is what leaning into his business has created (17:40) Additional Resources:Take the One Funnel Away ChallengeSubscribe for more awesome stories! And remember - you’re always just One Funnel Away!----Step #1:  Get Russell Brunson's Free BooksDot Com Secrets  |  Expert Secrets  |   Traffic Secrets Step #2: Want More 'One Funnel Away' Training?Free 30 Days Summit  |  One Funnel Away Challenge Step #3: By The Way, I'm A HUGE 'Funnel Freak'If You Want A 2 Week Trial To ClickFunnels, Go Here > ILoveClickFunnels.com 

Grant is a Project Manager for Lawrence Companies. Grant joins the Recruit and Retain: Trucking Edition podcast to share the initiatives the company is running to improve communication and trust and to create a culture of driver advocacy. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Grant found his way into his current role through a background in sales and factory operations Why Grant has found himself enjoying learning YouTube and the ways drivers can interact with the platform Why Lawrence Companies believes in integrating their operations and recruiting teams to work together towards strategies and planning What driver communication efforts Lawrence makes to create a culture of driver advocacy and openness Why Lawrence created a “driver lounge” on Facebook that only their drivers can have access to Why Lawrence went to one main phone number and extension for dispatch to avoid having overflow and tied up extensions, reducing missed calls by more than half How Lawrence’s mentor group has been set up to help with onboarding and communication, and why everyone at Lawrence has obtained their CDLs What valuable lessons Grant and his team have learned through the process of getting their CDLs How Grant is the first Project Manager in Lawrence history, and how his role involves finding and implementing process improvements and initiatives How Grant has been able to get drivers onboard with the idea of using video event recorders to prove what happened during incidents Additional resources: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/grant-hall-1874b871/

This week on the PRmoment podcast, in the latest of our life stories series, I'm pleased to welcome executive director of Premier, Lawrence Francis.Lawrence has an interesting personal career story because he has successfully made the journey from being a business development director at Premier to working client side.Premier is one of UK PR’s best kept secrets; it's a big firm. It has a turnover of nearly 20 million pounds and employs 170 people. It specialises in entertainment, art and cultural PR. Here is the flavour of what Lawrence and I discuss[00:01:07] How Lawrence made the transition from a business development role to a client-side PR role.[00:06:09] Why Lawrence was a late starter in PR and how he has managed to catch up.[00:07:11] How Lawrence changed his job role within the business. [00:09:08] Why working in businesses that have a certain scale and across multiple markets makes a new business role more sustainable. [00:11:18] How Premier, originally a film PR firm, has built itself into a £20m PR firm by having multiple, niche specialist teams.[00:14:53] Why Premier hasn't tried to launch a technology or healthcare division.[00:17:31] Lawrence discusses the growth of Premier's brand partnerships scheme.[00:18:10] Lawrence talks about the growth of the personal publicist market in the last few years.[00:18:58] Lawrence discusses to what extent a job in sales prepares you for job in PR – and to what extent is PR a sales job?[00:27:06] Why Premier tends to work for smaller organisations, rather than blue-chip firms.[00:30:22] How his previous career in sales meant Lawrence developed a robustness that has benefited his career in public relations.[00:31:58] Lawrence talks us through how London and the UK lead the world in the entertainment PR market.[00:35:53] Why experiential marketing has become more ambitious in recent years.[00:38:31] Lawrence talks us through an experiential case study of Premier’s work on Friends Fest

About our Guest: Lawrence E. Adjah is an entrepreneur and community builder dedicated to creating content, community and conversation that unites, heals and transforms lives. He’s the Founder and Chair of Family Dinner Foundation, an international, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to connect the world as a family at, and beyond, the dinner table.   Episode Summary Lawrence discusses building friendships and relationships as an adult, the challenges of running a global volunteer organization and the importance of a network vs. people who actually care about you.   Insight from this episode:   Lawrence’s background as a Nigerian American growing up in New Jersey and its influence, plus his Olympic dreams and change of focus for his personal goals The unintentional creation of Our Family Dinner in 2008 based on a responsibility to friend feeling depressed and lost in an unknown city Taking the idea of extended family and bringing it to the dinner table and creating a viral movement around it Overcoming the challenges he faced building a global non-profit through taking ownership, building a sustainable/scalable business model, & understanding that friendship and relationships are everything Next steps for Lawrence and his foundation: continuing to serve around the world and helping to build relationships & friendships   You’ll learn: Why Lawrence founded the Family Dinner Foundation How to  a worldwide team through understanding the mission and the fundamentals How to scale up a global volunteer organization The fundamentals of Networks vs. Relationships and the importance of genuine friendships in business How Lawrence has accomplished growing the brand globally and empowering a volunteer global staff to further the reach of his brand The keys to empowering people to partner with you financially The two different type of dinners that exist for the organization Tips to train volunteers remotely   Quotes from our guest:  “ If anything, I said just by osmosis how much can I grow and How much can I learn” - Lawrence Adjah episode #88 “Our mission is to connect the world as a family over the dinner table” - Lawrence Adjah episode #88 “Our tradition is everybody eats at the family dinner table”  - Lawrence Adjah episode #88 “Something magical happens over a meal” - Lawrence Adjah Episode #88 “Family means everybody” - Lawrence Adjah Episode #88     Resources Mentioned: https://www.ourfamilydinner.org/ Google Hangouts Zoom   Favorite Books:     The Last Lecture  by Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow   Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community by Martin Luther King, Jr Favorite Quotes:   “But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.” Moses from Deuteronomy 4:29 The Bible “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” Paul from 2 Timothy 1:7 The Bible   3 keys to Create Your Best Life: Have faith Be courageous Use your greatest asset to meet your greatest need   Stay Connected:   Create Your Life Series: https://www.facebook.com/cylseries/ https://www.instagram.com/cylseries/   Kevin: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001   Guest Name: http://lawrenceadjah.com/ Instagram: @adjah_l Twitter: @ajah_l Facebook: @lawrence.adjah Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on  itunes, google play, stitcher and www.createyourlifeseries.com/podcast

Episode 24....Griffey we in here. We've got a lot to tackle this week so let's get to it. This week we talk: - Shenanigans around 45 - Kaepernick & boycotting the NFL - Black Businesses pros & cons - Skilzl discusses his why he doesn't deal "soul food" - Why Lawrence disappointed the Hive this week - Insecure - Women & cars.....kinda - Black people are racist as fuck Song picks of the week: Lito: Song: Nesby Phips "The Game" -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvsck356UXk Album: Nesby Phips "Black Man 4 Sale" - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/black-man-4-sale/id1263747494 Jay Skillz: Song: Jarren Benton "Tears" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VeZPHFxlxQ Album: Illa J "Home" - https://jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com/album/home WFTO "Songs Of The Week" Playlist (Tidal) - tidal.com/playlist/8278ffa8-8b…32-a7e6-c59cc16b1c6e WFTO "Albums Of The Week" Playlist (Tidal) - tidal.com/playlist/b7663529-15…53-8c9f-7c302f992252 Make sure you like the FB Page www.facebook.com/WellFigureThisOut/ Shoot any questions to wftopodcast@gmail.com

Friend of the show Lawrence O Brien from Wotan Games returns to the podcast! We talk Uk Games Expo 2016, We finally talk about UK leaving the European Union, the affect its had on Lawrences industry, Why Lawrence delayed his new kickstarter 'War of the 9 realms', advice/debate on kickstarters in general, and much more random fun times! Great guest, I laugh a lot in this episode. Lawrence's new Game War of the 9 realms is being kickstarted end of this month! go to www.wotangames.com for more info and sign up and follow them on twitter @Wotangames!