We love Eyal’s story. To witness a man with so much talent and a lot of wisdom speak about the importance of ‘being vulnerable’, ‘stripping back the ego’ and ‘simply listening to others with respect’ was extremely empowering and very humbling. The episode starts with getting to understanding the type of man Eyal is, and as it progresses we start digging deeper to learn about how he made the leap from his comfortable job in corporate, to start his own company. Below are a few of our favourite Eyal quotes. "Quitting your job doesn’t have to be a complete revolution, it can be an evolution." "Quitting your job to work on a startup is basically like stepping off a cruiseliner and into a rubber dingy (this is what Australian’s call a ‘blow-up toy boat’). Once you’re in it, you need to basically convince your mates to jump out of a cruiseliner and into a dingy with you, to build it up into a boat and hopefully one day a cruise liner too." Stay tuned for the next episode to learn about how Eyal completely transformed his attitude as a boss from ‘a 25-year-old drill sergeant with a big ego’ to ‘a modern leader that elevates others.’ Connect with Eyal here: eyalhalamish.com
Eyal not only quit his high paying corporate consulting job in the mining and energy industry to create his own brilliant start-up in the political sphere with some friends, but a few years into it, he also quit his own leadership style that was driving the business into the ground
If that's not enough, once he rebuilt his start-up from the ground up to be a success story, he stepped down as CEO to work as an Investment Director of Australia's Victorian Government in New York.
He has learnt many things along the way about himself and others, including what makes his and his peer's minds tick, what it means to people when they are fully respected and how we are not always as right as we think we may be.
His learnings and advice are backed heavily by lived experience. A set of major lightning-bolt moments in his life, such as his business nearly going broke, his team walking out on him and his father being in a critical condition have really forced him to be present with himself, his family and his team.
These pivotal moments have helped him peel back the onion on what is really important in life and what isn’t.
It’s very refreshing to hear a story with such candour, of a guy who nearly lost it all, and how trusting his team helped him not only rebuild the company, but himself along the way.
Connect with Eyal: eyalhalamish.com