Introducing: The Network

This week we introduced The Network - a growing bench of aligned coaches who bring deep, targeted expertise when the role, challenge, or client calls for it. Our first partner coach is Nino Granatiero. He joins our coaching network as a leadership coach for CEOs and business owners ready to scale, evolve, or stabilize their companies.

With decades of real-world leadership at the highest levels, Nino brings:

 - Former CEO with 35+ years of global experience

 - Expertise in business transformation & integration

 - Deep operational and strategic insight

 - Trusted advisor to leadership teams and boards

 - A unique lens from both Fortune 500 and PE-backed organizations

With our newfound love of video, we introduce The Network, Nino, and our history together.

Watch the videos, then click here to explore his full background!

#whosyoursoundingboard

Founder and principal Jose Samayoa introducing The Network and its first partner coach, Nino Granatiero.

The Network is a game changer for what it is that we're trying to accomplish.

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I think in order to answer that question, we have to rewind a little bit and establish why it is that we created this firm.

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So I am a believer that right now professionals at all levels, and you know, in a previous video, I spoke to executive coaching and why I'm not the biggest fan of the term.

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I think sometimes executive coaching can default to the most senior levels of the organization.

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But I think professionals at all levels right now need more support.

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I think that days are busy.

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I think that the demands of the business have never been greater.

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And having an outlet, a sounding board, especially somebody from an outside voice and outside perspective.

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I think can be very powerful right now. So, everything that we're doing at Eels right now is based on Real world. So real-world support for real-world professionals Everything that we do, everything that I do, is based off of my experiences: military, corporate, small business. My experiences drive the feedback, the advice, the guidance that I give to anyone that I'm working with. But the fact of the matter is that there will be times when I don't have an answer, and it may be because I just don't have that experience.

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So that's where The Network comes in, where we are forming strategic relationships with professionals that we know, professionals that we trust, professionals who have the experiences to give the caliber of feedback that Eels would give.

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And I'm incredibly excited that when it comes to The Network, the first partner coach that we've established a relationship with is a former colleague of mine from a decade-plus ago in Nino Granatiero.

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With Nino, you are getting over 35 years of business experience.

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You're getting someone who has held senior roles in private equity, with publicly traded companies, Fortune 100 manufacturing.

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He's been with Distribution.

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He is somebody who really is the epitome of what we're doing here when it comes to experiences and providing guidance.

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P&L leadership from $20 million to I think about a billion and a half.

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When we think about the business units that he's led and worked with, Distribution, OEM, Direct-to-end-user, Online Sales, the list goes on and on.

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He is somebody that if you are a chief executive, if you're in the C-suite, if you're an entrepreneur, if you're a business owner, and you reflect on what it is that we're asking here, who is your sounding board?

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Who are you going to when potentially, you maybe want to run an idea off somebody.

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You want to maybe get some advice.

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You maybe just want to discuss a problem, right?

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Who are you doing that today in confidence, with privacy, in an environment where, frankly, you know it's going nowhere, where there's no judgment, with somebody who has walked in those shoes and doesn't just listen, but also can give really sound feedback and advice as to what may or may not work based on the things that he's done and where he's been in his career.

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I am incredibly excited to align with Nino.

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I think that anybody who works with him is going to get just a plethora of feedback, of advice, and really anything in between that comes with having those kinds of roles.

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And I'm thrilled to have him on board.

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So Nino's entire background and achievements can be found on the Eels platform.

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And if you're interested in working with him, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Founder and Principal Jose Samayoa sharing how he knows NIno and the impact he had on his professional journey,

Nino and I go back over 10 years.

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We were both with the same organization.

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He was a senior level vice president, and I was a guppy.

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I was in an account management role, really, just getting my career started.

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But I'll be honest, I think about my memories with Nino and when we crossed paths, and we recently reconnected when we talked about getting together.

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And he really doesn't even realize the impact that our interactions had on me.

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And I think what's amazing, life's work is-- I think about those interactions, and it's what it is I'm trying to accomplish with this firm.

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And here's what I mean by that.

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Nino and I would typically run into each other at the airport.

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TF Green Airport, one of the best in the country.

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You are in and out.

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Five minutes tops, right?

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We'd be traveling to the organization was based in Illinois.

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We would usually be on the same flights there.

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And just being around him, witnessing and just observing his executive presence as we were together.

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I've got one vivid memory.

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And I won't get too detailed into this, because I think that we can actually-- we can have our own content and those interactions, because again, they were that impactful on me.

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But I remember we were both traveling together to an annual show that our organization had in Florida.

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And he gave me a peek of his calendar.

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He had his pad out, and he gave me a peek of his calendar.

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And I believe the conference was maybe five days long, and he was triple booked for five days.

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Literally, every time block was triple booked.

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And for me, that was such a big moment because I had no idea that that was the lifestyle of a senior vice president at the show.

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I don't know what I thought, but being that booked, I never would have imagined.

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But what it did for me is it helped me understand, okay, at that level, this is how I need to communicate.

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Because quite honestly, before you showed me that calendar, I thought, hey, I'm going down to the show with Nino.

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Maybe I can get a few minutes.

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Maybe I can get some development time.

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Maybe I can get some of his ear.

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No, I couldn't.

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He didn't have time.

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And it's not that he didn't want to connect with me or he didn't want to talk to me.

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It was just, no, he had a full schedule.

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So when I think about those minutes and the minutes I had with him and the access that he gave me and how much I learned in that short time period, I think about Eels.

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I think about me, I think about The Network, the experiences, the things that we've done.

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And as we align with customers, clients, not that they don't have their own experiences, but certainly we are able to bring a certain flavor, a certain set of lenses and experiences that we are confident will contribute to that person's own journey with whatever it is that they're working on.

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And my hope is that whether it's through visual, written content or when we're on the line together that we are sharing information and that we're having dialogue that is impactful.

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The way Nino was impactful to me in that in one way, shape or form, any interaction that you have with us, you leave knowing just a little bit more and that we've made a little bit of an impact in your own journey and in your own professional life.

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So Nino's entire background and achievements can be found on the Eels platform.

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And if you're interested in working with them, please don't hesitate to reach out.