Phillip Baltazar is the Founder and Private Banker of Reiden Group, a firm that offers short-term financing for real estate investors and wholesalers. He is also the Executive Advisor at Culture Index, a strategic advisory firm working exclusively with visionary entrepreneurs, business leaders, and management to scale and transform organizations using applied analytics.
Phillip is a business advisor, serial entrepreneur, and Culture Index licensee. With a passion for empowering people and impacting lives, he possesses expertise in the mortgage lending industry, specifically driving growth and developing affinity partnerships across direct-to-consumer mortgage platforms.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- Phillip Baltazar’s journey from wrestler to ballet dancer
- How Phillip got into the mortgage space
- Overcoming the 2008-2009 recession in the mortgage business
- Culture Index and what it does
- Factors to consider in hiring and retaining top talent
- How to become a better leader
In this episode…
Any company’s success is heavily reliant on its team. As a business leader, how can you orchestrate the growth of your business with the employees you have?
Statistics show that 55% of the workforce will change jobs this year, and only 35% are actively engaged in their roles. This happens because employers place people in the wrong positions. Business leaders need to hire the right people for the job, understand each person has unique talents, and know how to incentivize, motivate, and coach them to be top-notch employees. Having launched and managed three successful companies, Phillip Baltazar learned many lessons on how to create a flourishing business, and he uses his insights to help other CEOs and owners scale across a spectrum of industries.
In this episode, host John Corcoran of Rise25 sits down with Phillip Baltazar, Founder and Private Banker of Reiden Group, to discuss his journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Phillip explains how he got into the mortgage space, Culture Index and what it does, considerations for hiring and retaining the right talent, and how to become a better leader.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- John Corcoran on LinkedIn
- Rise25
- Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)
- EO San Francisco
- EO Accelerator
- Culture Index
- Reiden Group
- Phillip Baltazar on LinkedIn
- Phillip Baltazar’s Email: pbaltazar@cultureindex.com
- LendingTree
- Doug Lebda on LinkedIn
- Costco Wholesale
Sponsor for this episode…
EO San Francisco
This episode is brought to you by EO San Francisco.
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