Strategic Growth Architect Gains Global Network and Mexico City Leadership Role

I think what surprised me the most is how on par people's excitement to connect and kind of be very open about what they know or who they know or... their expertise. It's one of the first times I've been in a community where a lot of other people are as forthcoming and also proactive and actually following through on creating connections. My name is Alex Snyder. I live between Playa del Carmen and Mexico City and my business is Leaders Who Build. And essentially, I'm a strategic growth architect who works with entrepreneurs and executives who are in growth mode. And I help them shift from over-functioning and being a bottleneck that gets caught up in the day-to-day trenches of their business to establishing the strategic plan and then operationalizing that with a high-performing team. culture and operational systems to deliver that growth while they get to stay in their strategic leadership role. Yeah, so before SpeakEasy, you know, I'm very fortunate. I have moved around quite a lot, so I have a really wonderful global But Speakeasy has really given me this global network of, you know, vetted and ready to connect individuals who are extremely talented, extremely ambitious and extremely genuine. And then the structure creates these really unique opportunities to connect and everyone is present and on the same page in the same moment. a moment that helped me realize that it was really different. The first one is that there was a particular event that was being held that was really intended to create a connection in the moment. And I've actually been to that event in other communities that I'm in and it's great. It went well, but the combination of how well it was facilitated by the Speakeasy team and a member of Speakeasy and just the clarity and caliber and action-taking of everyone participating just put it at a level ahead and above, even just in the last few weeks, I've made connections where I am now, like communicating on a daily basis with people like we have just become really trusted peers very quickly, because people are coming in Just as they are and you know, I think that's a I think that's who gets chosen I think that's the speakeasy vibe, you know enables that and then I think again, it's the right people in the right room, right? And it's very refreshing to meet other people who are so genuine, so authentic and so appreciative. A really interesting win is that since last summer, I have been starting to have the feeling that I would be maybe shifting my time and splitting my time with more of a city vibe. And then through these, again, very genuine conversations, actually with Eric, one of the co-founders of Speakeasy, because I was so comfortable, just asked him, you know, about why this location, why not that location, what's, you know, this and that. And he said, well, actually, we are opening in Mexico City. We're just working out, you know, the right leadership. And it just so naturally came together, myself to step into the captaincy of this city that I was spending more time in, that I was actually planning to kind of run my own groups and bring people together in a mastermind style. the serendipity of created this opportunity for something that I was still working out how, but kind of knew was very aligned for me to then take on a larger role within honest answer would be it depends on what your objectives are, what your priorities are. Of course, it would be easy to say, of course, it's worth it. You know, you very easily get energized by the people. You will get inspired. It's ambition, know, iron sharpens iron. Beyond that, though, is the network and the conversations and the collaboration. and the stages you get invited to, and the audiences you get introduced to, and then the connections and referrals that you get. But that is founded on the assumption that you are growing your business, that you will show up to your local chapter and contribute, and then also show up to either global events or online events.