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The Whole Marketer Ep120 - Impact with guest Scott Morrison

Published on: 23rd April, 2024

Episode #120. This episode is a leadership topic on Impact and the methodology of an impactful leader. 

Creating impact is an important skill for marketers as so much of our role is about creating a positive effect and influence i.e. impact, both internally with stakeholders and externally with our markets, customers and consumers.  

Abby is joined by Scott Morrison, Founder, Speaker, Author and NED. Scott is an experienced client-side and agency-side marketer at businesses including Diesel, Levi’s, Activision, W&K and Saatchi & Saatchi. As founder of The Boom, Scott works with ambitious leaders who want to create impact with pace with his Unblock, Unlock and Unleash approach to create movement and “business unusual”. 

In this episode, Scott shares his definition of impactful leadership, positive disruption, boom and bust mindset, leadership fundamentals and barriers that prevent impactful leadership. Plus his career highs and lows (including an experience with Nelson Mandela) and advice for marketers of tomorrow. 

Host: Abigail (Abby) Dixon FCIM/ICF | LinkedIn

Guest: Scott Morrison FRSA | LinkedIn 


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The Whole Marketer podcast is here to support and empower the people behind brands and businesses with the latest technical tools, soft and leadership skills and personal understanding for a fulfilling marketing career and life as a whole. For more info go to www.thewholemarketer.com


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