Host Warren Wandling takes you behind the scenes to get to know a variety of leaders and the keys to their success. Discover strategies, tips and resources from leaders and entrepreneurs who have overcome obstacles to build resilience and achieve success. In this episode, Warren introduces you to James Sinclair. 

Episode 74 –  Powering the Alumni Communities with James Sinclair

James Sinclair is the Chief Executive & Co-Founder of EnterpriseAlumni, the market-leading Alumni and Retiree Engagement Platform. Their software powers the corporate alumni networks of both  medium-sized businesses and the world’s largest companies, including Google, LinkedIn, Citi, and Coca-Cola, leveraging a vast untapped pool of people for talent, sales, marketing, and community. EnterpriseAlumni helps companies looking to access a contingent labor pool, drive referrals, boomerang hires, accelerate business development, drive sales or just create a positive evangelist community. James has a background in large enterprise innovation, having worked for
companies including IBM, SAP & EDS. With a love of business acceleration, James also has a great deal of experience and expertise in creating, developing, and bringing brands to market and revitalizing those that need a little refresh. Outside of his day job, he contributes to the media on the future of work, large enterprise innovation, and entrepreneurship, and his
upcoming book, The Alumni Advantage: How Innovative Companies Leverage Their Former Employees, will be published in July 2021.

In this episode with James Sinclair: 

  • Discover What is the greatest obstacle James’s clients encounter
  • Find out a key strategy that contributed to James’s success building his business
  • Why is it important in how you leave an organization must be as positive as how you joined
  • Learn the secret to investing in employees who leave the organization
  • Understand what leaders need to know about alumni programs that drive a 6x ROI on recruiting
  • Learn what authors influenced James’s in his business
  1. What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-smart Executive 
  2. The Medici Effect, With a New Preface and Discussion Guide: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation
  3. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

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