GNY at Winter Fair 2026 | Feat. Mark O’Donnell – Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Building Success
Welcome back to Good News York! We’re celebrating our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY at the Syracuse Winter Fair 2026 – exactly where we launched this show one year ago! And we couldn’t think of a better guest to mark this milestone than Mark O’Donnell, host of the Operations Excellence Podcast and one of our very first clients.
Mark is a leadership development expert, executive coach, and entrepreneur who has spent his career helping individuals and organizations become the best versions of themselves. In this incredibly insightful conversation, we dive deep into what it takes to build a successful business, the importance of continuous improvement, and why failure is actually a critical part of the growth process.
Chapters:
0:00 – Welcome & One Year Anniversary Celebration
2:30 – Mark’s Podcast Journey & Continuous Improvement
5:05 – How We Started Working Together
7:17 – Leadership as a Journey & Learning from Failure
9:29 – Executive Presence Workshop Announcement
12:53 – Finding Your Passion & Life Purpose
17:38 – Modern Sales: Relationships Over Transactions
21:07 – The Power of Networking & Building Connections
24:50 – Emotional Intelligence & Empathy in Leadership
27:24 – Workshop Registration & Wrap-Up
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🌐 Mark O’Donnell: www.operationsxcellence.com
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