Bold Business Podcast
525 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Voice of Bold Business Radio talks about skills to ask better questions, solve problems and take action. The result is effectively handling: tough situations; changing culture; adding new products or markets; setting goals; reviewing people; evaluating business; setting priorities; building strategy; and more.
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It's Your Business: Want Results? Stop Planning Start Deciding
June 20, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBForget perfect plans and endless strategizing. The secret to achievement is found by taking action, learning from mistakes, and making choices that align with your biggest goals. Ultimately, decision-making is a framework for action. Even imperfect choices create an environment that fosters gathering more information to hone in on what you don't know, what you assumed … or even those actions that turned out to be great. Making decisions is a skill and a craft that requires stamina, en...
How Powerful Questions Lead to Business Success
June 12, 2024 17:00 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MBThis program originally aired on the "Growth Forward Today" show, hosted by Paul D. Casey, executive coach, speaker, author, team-building expert, and communication expert. Paul and Jess discuss her roles as an interim executive, board member, consultant, podcast host of the Bold Business podcast, and Red Direction business owner. They discuss the practical skill of asking powerful questions of your team and yourself, providing actionable insights to achieve breakthroughs, ac...
Commit to Yourself: Defy Norms to Reach Your Goals
June 06, 2024 17:00 - 49 minutes - 69.2 MBStop trying to fit into a box that was never meant for you. This conversation is built on owning your truth and creating a life that resonates with your core values. The secret to unstoppable self-discipline? It might start with the promises you make to others. Your aspirations might require a reality check to prevent them from fading away, and to ensure you don't inadvertently drift further from them. It's simple to follow a plan, build habits, and even achieve, but if you're not trul...
How to Apply Unconventional Thinking in Business
May 30, 2024 17:00 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBYour current mindset may be holding you back. It's time to shift your perspective and seize the opportunities you truly deserve. Envision multiplying your results by adding a zero! Forget about sticking to the usual methods; it's time to uncover the hidden value within your current business. Striving to discover or refine your company's WHY is crucial to clearly communicate your unique offering and recognize the true value being provided. This isn't just a change in thinking; it's a powerf...
Time as a Catalyst: Unleashing Creativity and Innovation
May 16, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBImagine being able to achieve anything you set your mind to, not because you have more hours in the day but because you use the ones you have more effectively. That’s what this It’s Your Business program covers. We all experience moments of stress and unproductivity, but these can be significantly reduced, or even eliminated, when you transform your relationship with time. By understanding what you can truly control and reframing the pressures around productivity, you can revolutionize the...
The Principles of Successful Modern Business
May 09, 2024 17:00 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBForget viral. Forget overnight success. Forget shortcuts. Are you willing to live in a tent to chase your dreams? The startup failure rate is staggering. A fundamental quality for success is the readiness to acknowledge and embrace your weaknesses as you shape your vision, build a team, and engage in the right work. Curiosity and, importantly, clear communication are also vital to this process. Even when it feels like you're repeating yourself, it's crucial to find the mantra for your vi...
Mindfulness and Creativity: Unlock Your Business Potential
May 02, 2024 17:00 - 48 minutes - 45.2 MBTrusting yourself in the present moment may seem simple, but it's easier said than done. The expectations surrounding how we use our time slow us down, making it difficult to tap into our creativity and innovation. While mindfulness in business is a popular concept, we aim to take it further by advocating for a more comprehensive approach. This involves setting yourself up for success by integrating mindfulness into your daily routine and tapping into your inner creativity. To ...
How to Keep Going When You Don't See Results
April 18, 2024 17:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBWith a slight shift in thinking, you can become an even more global citizen. Since technology connects us more than ever, it is easier to think beyond our local community, take ethical action to help and commit to using our advantages to help others. For many, the difference between passion and drive is blurred. Through reflection for self-awareness — rooted in values and integrity — intentional action becomes possible. The impact you want to have, the participation in something bigge...
Foster Consistent Action to Achieve Goals
April 04, 2024 17:00 - 56 minutes - 53.3 MBBusiness longevity results from tenacity, small wins that compound, and saying “no” decisively. When you shape your decisions with nonnegotiables providing constraints, there is less to evaluate with regard to removing overwhelm and freeing up time to spend doing the real deep work necessary to build a thriving business. Effective communication is necessary to maximize the compounding effect of your choices. That comes from clearly articulating and sharing more than the vision, includ...
Lasting Businesses Do This ONE Thing Differently
March 28, 2024 17:00 - 51 minutes - 48.2 MBAdapt! Change! Evolve! These are the three things necessary to create a lasting business. The fuel for success is determining your business purpose — that as the company develops and evolves, it continues to be fulfilling even as customers and technologies change. The insight that reflection brings is highly undervalued. Many of us use data to reflect on what happened before and where we are now, and how we look forward is based on numbers. What about you? Your team? Your customers? ...
Why Talent Alone Isn't Enough for Success
March 21, 2024 17:00 - 53 minutes - 50 MBLeading your team requires a variation of the skills you’ve developed to lead yourself. Communication becomes exponentially important — not only to create expectations about how to do the work, but also to celebrate success and meet each person where they are at (i.e., so they understand their goals align with the company’s). Tim Fortescue, Founder at 40 Watt Coaching, talks about knowing what you will do to achieve your goals — and helping your team do the same. Reflection is often underva...
How to Foster Innovation in Times of Quick Change
March 07, 2024 18:00 - 48 minutes - 45 MBIt is important to understand the fundamentals of accounting to be able to make good business decisions. This includes having an outside set of eyes that are honed from the manner in which technology is changing the way CPAs work. Data is necessary to know where you’ve been so you can make the most informed decisions possible. That means collecting data — the right data — and using it to optimize the evaluation of several good ideas. Risk is always a part of good ideas, and the cost o...
Knowing What To Do -VS- Doing It
February 29, 2024 18:00 - 56 minutes - 52.9 MBIt's incredible how often we can hold ourselves back from growth by not doing the critical work. But the truth is, with intention, awareness, and conscious choice, we can cultivate effective decision-making and become true leaders. Knowing ourselves and our team can unlock our full potential and achieve great things. Surrounding yourself with individuals who have your business' best interest in mind — who also complement your thinking processes — not only offers support in making sure...
Create A Workspace That Empowers Business
February 22, 2024 18:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBThe disparity between the desired and actual image may limit business growth, making office changes essential for real revenue change. Elevating your office/work space attracts the clients you want to attract for real business growth. Entrepreneurs and healing arts practitioners must recognize that the story being told is crucial for connecting with their ideal clients. While scary and even intimidating, specialization is the journey necessary to find the unique market space to be of ...
The CEO's Playbook for Building a Disciplined Organization
February 15, 2024 18:00 - 44 minutes - 103 MBEmbrace repetition. It changes more than your own perspective (clarity!) with understanding. Your business goals have a higher chance of completion with higher quality outcomes when everyone is moving in the same direction. Measurement and results directly relate to how well you, and your team, understand the goal. Intentional and inevitably repetitive communication is a reminder of the direction everyone is going — together. Listening, working through obstacles, and recommitting to th...
Challenges of Growth
February 01, 2024 18:00 - 48 minutes - 110 MBRegardless of company size and growth goals, your ability to make conscious choices about investing in the long-term versus getting to market, knowing what is a priority versus what is disguised as one, and your strengths and weaknesses will directly influence your success. Growth is difficult. The more understanding and clarity you have about your situation, the more insights you will have to make the best decision for right now. Every decision will reinforce or update the way you do...
You Can't Always Work Harder
January 25, 2024 18:00 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBWhile discipline is crucial, the unwavering consistency propels you towards your goals. Prioritizing the right work becomes a cornerstone — building, learning, growing, and managing energy converges in how your plan becomes a reality with the time, energy, and money you have to invest. How you align expectations with the reality of your situation is key. Growth doesn’t have to be complex — and yet, at times, it will be difficult. Your ability to comprehend the way work is done within ...
ENCORE: Habits of Successful Business Leaders
January 18, 2024 18:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBAt the core of our ability to lead ourselves effectively is a set of values that drives our decision-making. By understanding and embracing these values, we can make intentional choices that align with our personal and professional goals. This includes having the courage to say no when necessary and saying yes to opportunities that align with our values and aspirations. Even when faced with tasks we may find difficult or unpleasant, we can push through and stay focused on our objective...
ENCORE: Improve Your Decision-Making Skills
January 11, 2024 18:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBTime is a precious resource, and how we spend it reflects our priorities to the rest of the company. The decisions we make based on the data we collect and analyze significantly impact the performance and credibility of our organizations. By intentionally setting aside time for reflection, assessment, and evaluation, we gain greater clarity on what truly matters for our organization's success. Aligning our priorities with strategic initiatives requires a strong sense of discipline, re...
ENCORE: Priorities, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
January 04, 2024 18:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBThe Economist Intelligence Unit has conducted a survey on the importance of prioritizing and funding the appropriate initiatives and projects for businesses to remain competitive. The survey results have indicated that 86% of respondents believe that prioritizing and funding the right initiatives and projects is essential for companies to stay competitive. This information is crucial for business owners to understand and implement in your organization. It raises some critical q...
ENCORE: Business Culture is the Future of Work
December 28, 2023 18:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBA workplace's culture is shaped by how work is done and how it connects different functions and individuals. When things don't go as planned, diving deeper and identifying what causes the undesirable outcomes is essential. The information you uncover can then be used to bring about positive change, which involves recognizing and unlearning certain assumptions. One can start by observing what is happening and making necessary decisions to shift the workplace culture. Each role in the c...
ENCORE: Choose Things That Matter
December 14, 2023 18:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBDiscover the power of intentional sabbaticals in designing your company's next level of growth. Release yourself from stress and break free from what has been holding you back. Innovation requires stepping outside of our comfort zones and embracing new perspectives. Letting go allows us to see possibilities and opportunities we may have never imagined. During a conversation with Jess Dewell, Tobin Lehman, President at New North shared his sabbatical experience. He discussed the steps ...
ENCORE: Achieve More Now
December 07, 2023 18:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBDeveloping mental flexibility is crucial for cultivating resilience in both personal and professional realms. One of the ways to build mental flexibility is by being fully present in the moment and avoiding distractions that may hinder our ability to adapt to change. Taking a pause when faced with a challenging situation can also help us gain perspective and make better decisions. Following through with our commitments, even when faced with obstacles, can help us develop the resilienc...
Key Metrics to Increase Profitability
November 30, 2023 18:00 - 46 minutes - 105 MBTo achieve business growth, it is important to have a sharp focus on your industry, maintain good financial health, and adopt a growth mindset. Foundational decisions based on company values and work ethics play a crucial role in ensuring the longevity of your business. Mental fog and decision fatigue are silent and dangerous to a business focused on growth. As a vision holder, two things are paramount to success: personal vitality and strategic clarity. Without those, becoming complac...
Uncharted: An Energized State of Mind
November 16, 2023 20:07 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBThe energy you bring determines your success. And then putting intentional effort into the 4 Cs, your self-care, and the ability to communicate creates your generative mindset to risk taking the next step. Consistency sounds easy, and it is - at first. What makes it hard is the lack of certain results within a certain time, comparing yourself to others, and even surrounding yourself with the wrong people. Do yourself a favor and be thoughtful about the market and product you will offe...
Growth Mindset: Technology, Skills, and Talent
November 02, 2023 17:00 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBWhat’s your organization’s mantra? Can you see the understanding of this driving focus in the way your company makes decisions, its presentation in the marketplace, and the way the team does work? Both software and hardware technologies (including robotics and drones) are opportunities for your organization to remain competitive while achieving your biggest goals. Technology always has and will continue to impact how we work. This can be exciting! It does require a desire to change wh...
Foster an Outside Perspective to Enhance Decision-Making
October 19, 2023 17:00 - 46 minutes - 43.9 MBFormalized or not, we all seek points of view (maybe even validation) to check ourselves. Being on the right track, getting results, and making the best decisions are weighty responsibilities. By default, it is commonly thought that confidence comes from knowledge. In actuality, confidence comes from being tuned in. How do you make the right decision at the right time? Have an outside set of eyes. This could be coaches and consultants asking the hard questions that enable you to devel...
ENCORE: Steps to Building a High-Performance Business
October 05, 2023 17:00 - 42 minutes - 41.1 MBThe high performance begins with you. Putting a priority on getting to know yourself and reflecting (on failures and successes) allows you to choose what learning you consciously want to take forward. The intersection of what makes you unique, the impact you want to make, and what drives you are the critical elements to the customized definition of what high performance is for your business. Once defined, this powerful tool allows you to navigate failure, what is out of your control, and ...
Build a Thriving Business that Makes a Positive Impact
September 21, 2023 17:00 - 48 minutes - 45.3 MBYour business plan is a tool to know what not to do. This dynamic tool allows you to include core information about how you do your work, your company's impact, and what opportunities are the right ones to pursue. Finding winfinity (win-win-win) is possible by shifting the lens you look through. Whether internal growth and development of people and processes or aggressively tackling initiatives to grow market share, knowing yourself is foundational. When you have a strong level of self-aw...
Harnessing The Power Of Modern Sales and Marketing
September 07, 2023 17:00 - 55 minutes - 128 MBAll you need are the right words that reach the right people at the right time. Easy, right? Yes, when you can provide the time for discovery and development when creating marketing messages and stories. Your customers are savvy, and to claim a spot in their crowded brain space requires diligence to maintain objectivity. It is time to acknowledge you may be working in a silo, telling your existing and potential customers — instead of showing them — how your product helps save time and...
ENCORE: Embrace Change And Move Forward
August 24, 2023 17:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBRecognizing the warning signs of decision fatigue, decreased work quality, and heightened stress can make all the difference in securing the success of your business. Staying focused and committed to achieving your goals takes discipline and determination. The crucial lesson to be learned is to trust your instincts as part of the decision-making process, remain open to new opportunities, and embrace the challenges of change. In this inspiring conversation, Jess Dewell speaks with Kiley ...
How To Make Informed Decisions with Imperfect Information
August 10, 2023 17:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBBe OK with making mistakes. Decision-making inherently has a risk element, and knowing how you make decisions with imperfect information is a reminder that you are human — and also helps with a better understanding of the cascading results of making a choice. Whether it’s time-sensitive, a risk of looming stagnation, or more information is necessary — consider what you know: the decision will create something. Hopefully, forward movement. Use decision-making to move forward, not to pla...
How to Seize an Opportunity With Confidence
July 27, 2023 17:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBDuring her appearance on the Smashing The Plateau podcast with David Shriner-Cahn, Jess Dewell shared insights on how businesses can ignite their engines and achieve their goals. She also discussed her methods for helping clients succeed and the key traits required to flourish as a consultant. Additionally, Jess highlighted the importance of weekly retreats for working on one's business and offered advice on overcoming communication obstacles and managing an overloaded schedule. Tune in t...
Trust Your Purpose Through Times of Change
July 13, 2023 17:00 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBWhat you are drawn to is a clue to how you can add value to the world around you. Regardless of scale, each purposeful action and intention creates an opportunity for you or another to keep moving an idea forward. Wherever your curiosity takes you and the problems you choose to work on, be intentional. It takes commitment to keep chipping away at an idea that results in an intuitive, easy, and top-of-mind-to-use product that improves our lives. The idea, the research, reshaping the idea...
Talent, Effort and Skills: A Formula for Growth and Success
June 29, 2023 17:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBTo meet and accept yourself is fundamental for showing up as you are, especially in a world where so many expectations exist outside of ourselves. That passion and drive are there, and the more you listen, the more you can define what success is for you — AND embrace the twists and turns of the journey from having a clear set of principles to live by. Cumulative learning — from seeking knowledge and dedication to building skills — is more transferable than you realize. From college footba...
How to Perform Under Pressure Aligned with Your Goals
June 15, 2023 17:00 - 29 minutes - 30.1 MBGrowth is uncomfortable. Whether pushed (life change) or pulled (following your dream) toward the career and contribution you want, commitment is foundational. The beginning will be tactical: Creating a revenue stream Building a business pipeline Attracting the right people to work with you Time management, workflow to produce deliverables, and integrating work product time into the larger life scope are all elements underpinning your company values. How your company works will be det...
Embrace Endings and Create Powerful Beginnings
June 01, 2023 17:00 - 27 minutes - 26.9 MBEndings are often overlooked. We can push project dates and modify results expectations much easier than calling for a full-stop to review. It is easy to jump right into tactics to get results, yet we typically desire an overarching goal: more of something or a change to the way something is. Whether a product launch, your business’ story, or breaking into a new market, the less clarity there is, the less likely you are to know when you’ve reached the desired outcome. It's important to rev...
How to Foster a Culture of Innovation in a Startup
May 18, 2023 17:00 - 20 minutes - 20.4 MBTo disrupt an industry, your company must tap into clear communication, be vigilant about minimizing groupthink, and create a sustainable work environment for high-performance teams. However, pressure can be amplified when you feel alone, and that comes from a lack of options. Empowered teams that feel their shared impact -and yet will take risks to reach the collective company goals means - that do-overs and pivots are part of the process and that together you get up and try again. In t...
Steps to Building a High-Performance Business
May 04, 2023 17:00 - 32 minutes - 31.4 MBThe high performance begins with you. Putting a priority on getting to know yourself and reflecting (on failures and successes) allows you to choose what learning you consciously want to take forward. The intersection of what makes you unique, the impact you want to make, and what drives you are the critical elements to the customized definition of what high performance is for your business. Once defined, this powerful tool allows you to navigate failure, what is out of your control, and e...
Intentional Communication Drives Business Success
April 20, 2023 17:00 - 42 minutes - 98.3 MBEvery business has inefficiencies and deficiencies, and having this reality clearly in mind is necessary to determine how to grow your business from the inside. Investing energy and resources into who you already have on your team is a time commitment. Of course, once you hire the right people, the imperative becomes understanding how their goals change over time, what they seek, and where they can grow to support the changes in your business. Choosing deliberately to ask more questions...
Unlock the Power of Strategic Questions
April 06, 2023 17:00 - 33 minutes - 31.9 MBStrategically looking forward shows what opportunities, goals, and problems make the most sense to focus on. Results from the time and energy spent working to deliver your product directly relate to your commitment to choosing the following best action to move the business forward. Prioritizing high-value activities that were thoughtfully selected through a lens of curiosity create a firm boundary — one in which you know how many initiatives you can realistically work on at any given time....
Make Decisions with Imperfect Information
March 23, 2023 17:00 - 32 minutes - 31.1 MBYou make all decisions with imperfect information, leading to several scenarios: walking right into a blind spot, missing a key point of view, or maybe even downplaying the risk. The clarity of and commitment to your initiatives determines success. Make sure you have a peer group — from a mastermind to a board of directors — whom you can talk with in general and are confident in consulting when an expert may be helpful to navigate part of your growth path. In this program, you will hear...
Business Mindset: Learning From Your Experience
March 09, 2023 18:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBMore than just influencing outcomes, how you make decisions impacts your next step, your relationships, and also tests your values. Leaning into your personality and strengths, recognizing your weaknesses as a leader, inform how, when, and what you do when showing up for your company and employees. In this show, you will learn to recognize if you are taking enough risks. This will include three vital steps to handling mistakes, what it is like to know you are ready to give up everything to...
ENCORE: Overlooked Aspects of Communication
February 16, 2023 18:00 - 47 minutes - 87.1 MBEffective communication requires intention. Intention requires time and effort, both of which are in short supply in our demanding world. The first thing we must do to address this particular problem is to recognize that there are areas we've overlooked in our communication. Christopher Wallace, President and Co-founder of Innerview, Michael O'Brien, Chief Shift Officer, and Margaret Watts Romney, Speaker Coach, share how to address overlooked aspects of organizational communication. ...
Conversation on Corporate Health
February 09, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBInitially published by Debra Eckerling, host of The DEB Show. Find out more about this podcast at https://bit.ly/3BehalO. On this episode of The DEB Show, hot Debra Eckerling wraps up a month of #GoalChatLive "health" topics with a conversation on Corporate Health. Jess Dewell, Managing Partner, Red Direction, and Lance Robbins, Director of Talent Acquisition, XWP, share their thoughts on The Great Resignation, what makes a business healthy – and unhealthy, and much more. Whether you...
ENCORE: Inside A Business Pivot
February 02, 2023 18:00 - 33 minutes - 61.6 MBWith a wide range of meanings, a pivot can secretly be shiny-object syndrome, necessary because of industry change or nuances in how you do business. The clarity needed to know what the pivot is and if it is the right time comes from reflection and understanding exactly how that pivot will improve business. Pivoting requires you to know who you are and what you do as a company. In this interview, Brandi Bernoskie, CEO of Alchemy+Aim and North Star Sites, shares the power of a pivot. —...
ENCORE: Assess Real Opportunity
January 26, 2023 18:00 - 59 minutes - 112 MBWe dig into the question: how often does your organization assess its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to understand the current business climate? Daily integration of your organization's SWOT knowledge brings necessary information into day-by-day, impactful decision-making. You will hear how to use the information to assess the current state of business and make impactful daily decisions. It's these decisions that create more opportunities over time. Jess Dewell shines...
Push Your Business Beyond Its Plateau
January 19, 2023 18:00 - 11 minutes - 21.8 MBInitially published by Mitchell Levy, host of Thought Leader Life. Find out more about this podcast at https://bit.ly/3Y1yPHl Push your business to the next level beyond its plateau with flexibility and purposeful action. This episode features thought leader and expert Jess Dewell, growth entrepreneur, founder and managing partner of Red Direction, strategy consultant and speaker and host of BOLD Business Podcast. —--------- If you want to continue to look for inspiration to creativel...
ENCORE: Rapid Change and Adaptability
January 12, 2023 18:00 - 54 minutes - 101 MBThe capacity for rapid change comes down to our adaptability. In this broadcast, you will learn more about the three questions that companies are asking right now, the importance of time management and elements of agile leadership that prepare your company for rapid change. Jess Dewell interviews Kathy Atkins, CEO of The Lattitude Group; Tom Libelt, CEO & Podcast Host of Smart Brand Marketing; and Paul Casey, founder of Growing Forward Services. —--------- If you want to continue to ...
ENCORE Good Leadership Is Ongoing Work
January 05, 2023 18:00 - 52 minutes - 96 MBGood leadership is a tricky subject. There is no single way to lead well. To be a good leader, you must be consistent. It's not hard work; it is ongoing work. Jess Dewell discusses elements of good leadership with guest appearances from Terry "Starbucker" St. Marie, angel investor, Amy Charity, author and speaker, and Jeffry Caudle, technology start-up founder, to talk about the elements of good leadership. —--------- If you want to continue to look for inspiration to creatively or i...