5P Podcast - Heroes Media Group

Ep: 015 – Brian Tomlinson – Logistics and Support with 5 Paragraph

Brian is a born and bred North Carolinian and an ardent patriot. He has spent a lifetime working on large scale projects with big organizations but his passion lies with helping medium sized businesses grow to compete among the highest ranks. While operating as the project manager at Sands Expo Center, Brian lead the team who pulled all of the wiring for the facility. If you’ve ever had a wifi signal while walking through S.H.O.T. Show, it’s because Brian and his team made it happen.

Tomlinson has ran his own companies, primarily in concrete contracting and inspection on large scale projects. He had the required keen eye and an unparalleled understanding of concrete pour strategy; among other things.

Brian works …

Ep: 014 – Nathan Hirsch Freeeup

Team: 5P / HMG || Freeeup.com Event type: Podcast Interview

Coordinator: Michael J. Penney Task organization: Host – Guest

Nathan Hirsch – Freeeup.com

Situation – Fit freelancers with businesses in need.

Problem: Create a space for connecting Freelancers and businesses.

Friendlys: Trusted by 5000+ businesses

Mission:FreeeUp recruits, interviews, and vets thousands of freelancers every month then gives you access to the top 1% of applicants.

Execution

Commander’s Intent: Change the hiring experience

Scheme of Maneuver:

Vet freelancers
Skill attitude **** communication
- 15 pages communication

40 % US 40% Phillipean 20% Global

Coordinating instructions: Hiring a freelancers

Create a Freeeup.com account
Request a freelancer
Get intros to 1-3 options
Hire or pass; give Freeeup feedback on why

Customer pays freelancer >>> Freeeup takes 15%

Desired endstate: People …

Ep: 013 – Technology won’t solve all of your problems

Team:5 Paragraph Community Event type: Solo talk

Coordinator:Michael J. Penney Task organization: Podcast

Situation

Many people look to technology to solve their toughest problems. This includes organizing their vision and maintaining transparency.

Use 5 Paragraph Business Plan to organize problems and crush them.

Mission: Work in hard copy for one day. Focus your planning and organization efforts toward hard copy planning. Write out your plan with pen and paper. Illustrate it on the dry-erase board. Hard copy puts things “in stone”.

Execution

5 Paragraph’s intention is to increase team productivity by limiting the technology needed to get organized and commit action.

Assemble your team. Put the 5 Paragraphs on the board. Ask for your team’s intelligence input.

Create a vision using 5 …

012 – Delegation with 5P

Team:5 Paragraph Event type: 5P Podcast

Coordinator:Michael J. Penney Task organization: Solo talk

Situation

Delegation can be extraordinarily difficult for some leaders. It requires trusting people.

5 Paragraph Business Plan makes things easier for leaders with delegation issues

Mission:Build an executive vision for your team to work with so leaders at every level know when they are running out of the boundaries set by executive leadership.

Execution

5 Paragraph is intent on helping you delegate effectively

Build an executive vision

Outline the mission of the organization
Discuss the problems facing the organization
Share the capabilities and limitations of your team and supporting elements
Outline the seasonal effects on the organization and your team
Layout the

011 – Plan for Action

Team:5P Event type: 5P Podcast

Coordinator: Michael J. Penney Task organization: Solo talk

Situation

Traditional business plans are written then put on the shelf.

Teachers, mentors, colleagues can help you write a business plan, but who’s going to read it?

Mission:Write a business plan that outlines your executive vision.

5 Paragraph is simple and quick. It’s intended to be briefed to a team of people in order to cause action.

Execution

It’s 5P’s intent to get you writing with a bias for action, not to simply to pitch.

Who reads business plans? How do they read them? Why do they read them?

Investors will tell you how they typically read a plan. They …