Bob Glazer is the Founder and CEO of global performance marketing agency, Acceleration Partners. He is also the Co-Founder and Chairman of BrandCycle.
A serial entrepreneur, Bob has a passion for helping individuals and organizations build their capacity to outperform. Under his leadership, Acceleration Partners has become a recognized global leader in the affiliate marketing industry, receiving numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards (2 years in a row), Ad Age’s Best Place to Work, Entrepreneur’s Top Company Culture (2 years in a row), Inc. Magazine’s Best Place to Work, Great Place to Work & Fortune’s Best Small & Medium Workplaces (3 years in a row) and Boston Globe’s Top Workplaces (2 years in a row). Bob was also named to Glassdoor’s list of Top CEO of Small and Medium Companies in the US, ranking #2.
A regular columnist for Forbes, Inc. and Entrepreneur, Bob’s writing reaches over five million people around the globe each year who resonate with his topics, which range from performance marketing and entrepreneurship to company culture, capacity building, hiring and leadership.
Worldwide, he is also a sought-after speaker by companies and organizations, especially on subjects related to business growth, culture, mindful transitions, building capacity and performance. Bob also shares his ideas and insights via Friday Forward, a popular weekly inspirational newsletter that reaches individuals and business leaders across 50+ countries.
Bob is a past recipient of the Boston Business Journal “40 under 40” award and is an advisor/board member to several high-growth companies. He’s the author of the international bestselling book, Performance Partnerships: The Checkered Past, Shifting Present, and Exciting Future of Affiliate Marketing and is currently working on his second book, Elevate (due to publish Q3 2019).
A strong believer in giving back, Bob serves on the Board of Directors for BUILD Boston, is a global leader in Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and founder of The Fifth Night charitable event. Outside of work, Bob can likely be found skiing, cycling, reading, traveling, spending quality time with his family or overseeing some sort of home renovation project.
Learn more about Bob at https://www.robertglazer.com. Learn more about the Discover and Developing Core Values course here.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- The origins of Friday Forward
- About the Discover and Developing Core Values Course and why every employee needs to have their core values clearly defined
- The unique company culture aspects at Acceleration Partners
- Top workplace trends in 2021
