Scaling Up Business Podcast
554 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsScaling Up Business is all about how a few companies make it...and why the rest don’t. Our podcast shows are drawn from the lessons of our coaching clients, coaching partners, and the leading authors that contribute to our Conferences and the Scaling Up best selling book by Verne Harnish, and the Team at Gazelles.
We’ll share practical tools and techniques for building an industry-dominating business. These approaches have been honed over three decades of advising tens of thousands of CEOs and executives and helping them navigate the increasing complexities that come with scaling up a venture.
We want to turn what can feel like an anchor, into the wind at your back — helping you create a business where the team is engaged; the customers are doing your marketing; and everyone is making money.
Each episode of the Scaling Up Business show focuses on one of the four major decision areas every company must get right: People, Strategy, Execution, and Cash. We'll share the tools and methods that have been used by more than 40,000 firms around the globe to scale their companies successfully -- many to $1 billion and beyond.
Running a business is ultimately about freedom. The Scaling Up Business show tells leaders how to get their organizations moving in sync, to create something significant, and still enjoy the ride.
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Tuesday’s Tips — Missing Targets and Deadlines?
May 25, 2021 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.06 MBAre you missing key company targets? Do you find your performance declining in some way? Are you not sure what might be the cause of it? Bill has the perfect resource for you! Bill was working with a manufacturing company and after moving to a new facility, they were having some pretty mysterious productivity problems. Production was falling off, they were behind on their targets and unable to catch up, and more. Not being able to see the problem right away, Bill asked the team to order ...
Getting Real with Angela Pointon — 11outof11
May 23, 2021 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBBill gets to dive deep with another entrepreneur who is in the marketing world. She shares her challenges, biggest mistakes, and some of the amazing things she’s grateful for since starting her business four years ago! How did Angela come up with her company name? Well after working in a very fast-paced agency, she realized that everyone on the team was overwhelmed and stressed out. Whenever there was a new client in the pipeline, the team that had the least amount of work would get them, ...
260: Lisa Song Sutton — Seven-Figure Company with No Investors
May 19, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBToday’s topic expert shares how she scaled her business, created multiple companies, and even pivoted during the pandemic when her primary customers, tourists, ran dry. Lisa Song Sutton is an Entrepreneur, Real Estate Investor, and former Miss Nevada. She started her business career working in a top Las Vegas law firm and has since gone on to create multiple companies of her own. Her first business, Sin City Cupcakes, is an iconic Las Vegas treat that delights tens of thousands of locals a...
Tuesday’s Tips — What Task To Do Next?
May 18, 2021 14:00 - 2 minutes - 2.26 MBAre you feeling nervous or unsure what to work on? Every CEO knows what it’s like to have emergencies, breakdowns, and little fires to put out, but when you’re doing this all day, everyday, it can almost feel daunting trying to figure out which fire or task to focus on. Bill had a client that faced exactly this problem. A great exercise to do is the ‘Net Promoter System’ (NPS) scoring. This exercise gives you a bird’s eye view on everything that’s happening and any disconnects that’s appea...
Getting Real with Sean Gannet — SFG Productions
May 16, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBThis week’s entrepreneur is a Technical Producer, Creative Producer, and Filmmaker. He is the Founder of SFG Productions, and they focus on live events, broadcasts, virtual conferences, and so much more. Let’s dive into Sean’s entrepreneurial story! Sean was forced to become an entrepreneur. This was definitely not on his radar when he was a kid. Sean was slowly freelancing here and there, and eventually, his clients said that they needed him to be a company. As a freelancer, he had a hard...
259: Eric Partaker — 3 Simple Productivity Hacks
May 12, 2021 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBWe sometimes pick up some bad patterns and habits, and no matter how hard we try, we still fall back to old routines. This week’s guest shows you what you can do to break out of this vicious cycle and instead 3X your ability to achieve your goals! Eric Partaker is a Peak Performance Expert that helps CEOs and Entrepreneurs scale themselves and their companies, while also improving their well-being. Eric is a big believer in the power of threes, and shares why it doesn’t have to be a huge a...
Tuesday’s Tips — Feeling Trapped?
May 11, 2021 14:00 - 2 minutes - 2.28 MBOh no! Do you hate your job or feel like you’re trapped in your business? Don’t worry. It happens to all of us from time to time but there is a way to proactively tackle this dilemma Bill walks his clients through an eye-opening exercise called: FACE: Functional Accountability Chart Exercise. It forces the CEO to look at all the jobs an organization has and it’s critical importance. It turned out that the CEO actually didn’t ant most of the jobs that were listed in FACE despite his name be...
Getting Real with Tatiana Soldatova — Syllable Design
May 09, 2021 14:00 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBThis week’s entrepreneur talks about breaking out of the status quo and creating a company that goes against the grain from the other companies like it within the industry. Tatiana Soldatova has a passion for bringing great minds together on complex projects to push boundaries and innovate. She is the co-founder of Syllable Inc., an award-winning retail, corporate, and multi-unit residential design firm based in Toronto, Canada. When Tatiana was in design school, she knew she wanted to h...
258: Karen Tiber Leland — Make Time For Marketing
May 05, 2021 14:00 - 48 minutes - 67.4 MBMarketing can be a big monster to tackle all at once. Everyone knows its importance, yet it seems no one really has enough time for it. Today’s guest shares how to get ahead of marketing so that you can lead it, direct it, and be intentional with it. Karen Tiber Leland is the Founder of Sterling Marketing Group, a branding and marketing strategy and implementation firm helping CEOs, executives, and Entrepreneurs develop strong personal, business, and thought leadership brands. One of the...
Tuesday’s Tips — No Time to Work ON the Business!
May 04, 2021 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MBHow many entrepreneurs, CEOs, and leaders feel stressed out that they can’t seem to work on the business? If you’re one of them, don’t worry, you’re not alone. With everything a leader has to manage, it can be hard to even find time to think! It doesn’t matter what size you are. Bill hears this same problem across all industries, company sizes, and revenues. If you just can’t find the time to work on the business, Bill knows how to help! One of Bill’s clients always seemed to be putting ...
Getting Real with Brittany Phelps — Prana Preneurs
May 02, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 31.3 MBToday’s entrepreneur shares her love for movement, the outdoors, yoga, and the importance of living and leading a joyous life through connection with your body and mind. Brittany Phelps is the Founder of Prana Preneurs, a mentorship program for entrepreneurs passionate about creating conscious businesses. She works with her clients to help them feel good about the business they’re building and the wealth they’re receiving from it. Brittany fell in love with yoga and when the owner of her...
257: Guy Perelmuter — Reshaping The World Through Technology
April 28, 2021 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBNew technologies are coming up everyday and it’s difficult to keep up. However, this actually has been true in our society for thousands of years. Our guest shares a couple of interesting history lessons about how our technology has developed over the years and why it makes sense that we’ve finally arrived -here-. Guy Perelmuter is the Founder of GRIDS Capital, a deep tech venture capital firm focusing on artificial intelligence, robotics, life sciences, and technological infrastructu...
Tuesday’s Tips — Managing the Whispers and Side Conversations
April 27, 2021 14:00 - 2 minutes - 2.53 MBDo you have a lot of back-channel conversations? They’re basically watercooler chats that don’t seem to make sense for the bigger vision of the company. They are usually people within the company who are pulling vital team members aside to converse about an upcoming project, etc. because they don’t feel comfortable talking to the boss or leadership team about it. One of Bill’s CEOs has their team whispering in the shadows trying to figure out what was “the next thing” to get done. They wer...
Getting Real with Kait LeDonne — Brandwise Media
April 25, 2021 14:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBThis week’s entrepreneur shares her story from corporate America to going her own way in the personal branding space. She shares some of her biggest mistakes, challenges, and more! Kait LeDonne is the Founder of Brandwise Media, a personal branding agency based in New York, which builds executive and author personal brands using content marketing strategies through social media. Kait is also the author of The Attraction Magnet and is regularly featured in national and international publica...
256: Scaling Up Insights — Coach Panel with Ami Kassar, Cheryl Biron, and Dominic Monkhouse
April 21, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 76 MBIn this new episode of Scaling Up Insights, we have panelists, Ami Kassar, CEO of MultiFunding, and the author of The Growth Dilemma; Cheryl Biron, a Business Growth Coach in both Scaling Up and 3HAG methodologies; and Dominic Monkhouse, a Business Growth Architect. In December of 2020 alone, women accounted for 100% of the jobs lost. Women in the workforce are suffering and it doesn’t look like they’ll be returning to the job market anytime soon. Schools are too unpredictable and the peop...
Tuesday’s Tips — Can’t Seem to Move the Needle?
April 20, 2021 14:00 - 2 minutes - 2.87 MBDo you feel stuck in your business? You’re doing everything and doing nothing at the same time? And the little progress you do seem to make, ends up with more arguments and confusion in the end? Bill took over a company several years ago and the old leadership team was still there. No matter what Bill did, there would always be conflict within the leadership team. They couldn’t seem to get on the same page. Because Bill was a partner in this business, there was no way he could simply “ju...
Getting Real with Ryan Kugler — Plan B Distribution
April 18, 2021 14:00 - 41 minutes - 38.6 MBToday’s entrepreneur got his start in the entertainment industry and has experienced more than one lucky break in his career. He shares some of the best advice, and biggest mistakes, he’s made in his career in this week’s episode! Ryan Kugler is an entrepreneur and strategist with over 25 years of experience in building profitable businesses from conception within both Fortune-500 organizations as well as newly launched startups. He operates on a few key principles: “Be nice to everyone, a...
255: Jennifer Turliuk — Cultivating Innovation Within Our Children
April 14, 2021 14:00 - 44 minutes - 41.5 MBWe all understand the importance of working on ourselves and continuing our education, but how do we instill some of these principles into our children, too? Today’s guest has some answers. Jennifer Turliuk is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and career coach. She is the founder and CEO of Maker Kids, the first and largest makerspace for kids in the world. Jennifer offers career coaching services on topics including career exploration, the job search process, resumes, cover letters, inter...
Tuesday’s Tips — My Business Doesn’t Look Right!
April 13, 2021 14:00 - 4 minutes - 4.19 MBDoes it ever feel like your business doesn’t look like you think it should? It just doesn’t feel right? Do you think your team is mismatched? Does your gut just keep telling you something is off? If things don’t “feel” good in your business, that could be because there is a mismatch in your company values. You might have created an accidental culture within your company and it’s going off the rails. One of Bill’s clients had a profound mismatch on what the CEO’s version of the company lo...
Getting Real with Taryn Gavagan Bozzo — AV Images
April 11, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBToday’s entrepreneur talks about the career shift she had to undergo to take on her family business, something she never thought she’d take over. She always saw the charismatic side of her father, but never realized the in-depth, and rewarding, “behind the scenes” work that he did for the audio-visual industry. Taryn joined AV Images as CEO in 2018, the audio-visual production company her father founded in1985. Taryn spent most of her career in local government administration with the City...
254: Bo Brabo — Execute with Precision
April 07, 2021 14:00 - 49 minutes - 46 MBBuilding and maintaining teams in an operational setting is a critical pillar for many entrepreneurs, but if you make a mistake in this arena, it can cause harm. Today’s guest shares how you avoid these mistakes and execute with precision. Robert “Bo” Brabo is a retired U.S. Army Chief of HR Operations with the White House Communications Agency and was the Presidential Communications Officer for both Presidents Bush and Obama. Bo has served in several executive positions including most rec...
Tuesday’s Tips — Too Distracted? Too Unfocused?
April 06, 2021 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.36 MBAre you prone to getting distracted by the latest and greatest? Do you feel like you’ve just got too many projects on your plate, and you’re not sure which one has the priority? Two of Bill’s clients would always come to him with the latest book or idea that they learned and wanted to implement. They had a substantial business but they were continually being sidetracked, even within the business meetings they’d have with Bill. It was difficult to get them to focus! If you struggle with t...
Getting Real with Mike Gunderson — Gunderson Direct
April 04, 2021 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBHave you played small in your business? Are you still playing small and hesitating on some core moves that you know will move the needle in your business a lot further? Today’s entrepreneur has some solutions for you! Mike Gunderson is the Founder of Gunderson Direct, Inc., a direct marketing agency that helps businesses drive new leads and close more sales through traditional offline channels, especially direct mail. He is also the Founder and CEO of Respond Fast, a voice technology compa...
253: Dan McGaw — Leverage Your Marketing Data
March 31, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBFeel like you’ve thrown money at marketing and have no idea what the ROI was on it? How many times have you felt like you were spinning your wheels and like your marketing dollars weren’t going as far as they could? Today’s guest knows how to spend your marketing dollars wisely to get the results you’re looking for. Dan McGaw is an award-winning entrepreneur and speaker. He is also the Founder and CEO of McGaw.Io, an analytics and marketing technology consultancy firm. In 2015, Dan was sel...
Tuesday’s Tips — Can’t Seem to Delegate?
March 30, 2021 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.58 MBDo you have a decent size team, but you still seem to be overworked and taking on a bigger load than necessary? Are you having trouble just letting go of the responsibilities? Don’t worry, this is a common problem entrepreneurs and CEOs have. We want to make sure things look right, and are running smoothly, and the truth is no one can truly do the work ‘just like you’. For example, Bill worked with a CEO who had a team of 75 people and she was exhausted. People got used to asking her for...
Getting Real with Shelby Scarbrough — Practical Protocol
March 28, 2021 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBShelby Scarbrough has led an interesting career throughout her life and shares some of her lucky breaks, biggest regrets, her struggle with perfectionism, and more in this week’s episode! Shelby began her career in the White House as a member of President Ronald Reagan’s advance team, where she helped coordinate such landmark events as the Reagan-Gorbachev Moscow summit and economic summits in Germany, Italy, and Japan. In 1990, Shelby founded Practical Protocol, LLC, a company that plans ...
252: Mike Maddock — Is An Entrepreneur Forum Right For You?
March 24, 2021 14:00 - 42 minutes - 39.7 MBWe have a returning guest for you today! Today’s guest talks about entrepreneurial forums and how beneficial they can be for your growth as a business owner, but only if you get plugged into the right community. Mike Maddock is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, executive coach, and writer. He calls himself an Idea Monkey because he loves to solve problems with disruptive ideas. His company, Maddock Douglas, INC, has become an internationally recognized innovation consultancy firm and has h...
Tuesday’s Tips — Made a Wrong Hire
March 23, 2021 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MBDo you have some of the wrong people still lingering around in your business that you can’t seem to let go of? You know in your gut that they’re not the right fit, but you still have a hard time pulling the trigger? There’s nothing wrong with believing in your people, but the truth is that they’re not going to change magically. Bill worked with a CEO who kept believing in one of his employees. He kept believing that he’d ‘work out’, but years went by and it was still the same result. Val...
Getting Real with Noam Birnbaum — Ignition
March 21, 2021 14:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBNoam Bimbaum is part of the EO San Francisco East Bay Group. The EO organization was critical in his success when it came to getting over the $1M in revenue mark, but it wasn’t easy and he shares his open entrepreneurial struggles on this week’s episode! Noam is the Founder & CEO of Ignition, inc, an IT Managed Serviced and Security Provider. He started in the IT industry almost three decades ago at the age of 19 and began consulting when he was 23. His company specializes in deploying and...
251: Warren Rustand — Tried and True Leadership Principles
March 17, 2021 14:00 - 49 minutes - 46.1 MBToday’s guest is a legendary person in his own right and he’s out with a special new book about leadership. He lays down an actionable blueprint in this week’s episode on how to become the person you always wanted to be. Warren Rustand is a visionary that has led many successful private, public, and not-for-profit entities. He has a passion for family, entrepreneurship, and community. Warren is the author of The Leader Within Us. He is also the Global Chair of WPO and the CoFounder and CEO...
Tuesday’s Tips — Are Your Numbers Down?
March 16, 2021 14:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBDo you feel like your business has become stagnant, or worse, your sales have dropped? What about other areas of the business? Are you just not happy with the growth (or lack of) that you’re seeing? Bill was working with a company where everything was cruising along nicely, until all of a sudden, their orders had slowed down, and they weren’t sure why. Bill likes to use the “Four Q Conversations” methold to really dive deep and detect what could possibly be going wrong. It’s set up spe...
Getting Real with Jack Rhiel — Sonoma Car Care
March 14, 2021 15:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBJack chats with Bill to talk about his entrepreneurial journey and how he had a business in ’92 that was not recession-proof. Jack shares some of the challenges he’s learned along the way, especially when it came to finding his replacement so he could get out of the business, and so much more on this week’s episode! Jack Rhiel is a Sales and Marketing Mentor who works with his retail store management and other automotive business owners and professionals to maximize sales and create more o...
250: Dan Morris — The 4 Rs to A Maximized Sales Process
March 10, 2021 15:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBLet’s talk about sales! If you don’t have sales in your business, you’re pretty much a dead fish in the water. Today’s guest expert has all the insider tips on how to make your business soar! Dan Morris is an Investor, Advisor, and B2B Growth Expert. He is hyper focused on helping businesses grow via strategy, mentorship, and leveraging the tools and connections in their market. Dan ran a successful marketing agency and grew it to a 60+ people organization with multi-million dollars i...
Tuesday’s Tips — Improve Team Performance
March 09, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.36 MBAre you frustrated with your team’s performance? Do you feel like they just keep letting you down? Are you having days where you just feel like you just have the wrong team and you just want to start all over? Bill was coaching a CEO and the biggest complaint was that his team was passive, late, and just not ‘in the game’. After witnessing how the CEO interacted with his team, Bill could recognize the core problem right away. The problem was the CEO! He was showing up late, and setting t...
Getting Real with Elliot Kallen — Prosperity Financial Group
March 07, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBBill chats with Elliot Kallen to uncover some of the early challenges he’s had in his life and how he used one of his core principles of making a positive impact on people’s finances to start his company and charity. Elliot Kallen is a leader who brings over 30 years of robust entrepreneurial business ownership experience to his elite Financial Planning & Advising firm, Prosperity Financial Group. Throughout his career, he has built internal organizations, been a CEO for two other companie...
249: Scaling Up Insights — Coach Panel with Judy Guido, Daniel Marcos, and Doug Walner
March 03, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBIn this new episode of Scaling Up Insights, we have returning panelists, Judy Guido and Daniel Marcos, and a new panelist, Doug Walner, the CEO of Align Today and he has over 25 years of technology business management. Client case study: Alltite ends up pivoting and they were able to double the size of their firm almost overnight. People think when you pivot, it has to be a big idea, but Alltite is the perfect example of just stepping one step to the left and reaping the benefits of a slig...
Tuesday’s Tips — Trouble Making Decisions?
March 02, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.2 MBDo you have trouble with making clear decisions? How about trying to commit to something for the long haul? It’s a hard thing to do when there’s so many options to pick from. Bill worked with a CEO who just loved to pile more and more things onto his plate; without finishing the critical pieces first. He also had fears when it came to committing to something, like job score cards and the strategy. However, when he turned inward and noticed how his behavior was killing his team’s productivi...
Getting Real with Corey Veverka — Total Validation Services
February 28, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBBill interviews Corey Veverka to learn more about his entrepreneurial journey and how he started his company, Total Validation Services. Corey grew up without a lot of money, but through sports and his competitive edge, he worked himself into an elite-level competitive rower and used his mechanical engineering degree to create a patent on a rowing shell accessory. He worked in consulting as an engineer and 20 years later, he decided to dip his toes into entrepreneurial life. Corey’s bigg...
248: Nigel Bennett — Make a Difference
February 24, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBToday’s guest has devoted his life to environmental and social responsibility projects and boldly advocates for “risking it all for what really matters,” Here’s how you can think about your business and how it interacts with a purpose-driven mission a little bit differently on this week’s show! Nigel Bennett is also the Co-Founder of Aqua-Guard Spill Response Inc., where he and his company recently received the RuleBreaker Award for game-changing innovation in oil spill response technology...
Tuesday’s Tips — Dashboards and KPIs
February 23, 2021 15:00 - 2 minutes - 2.48 MBAre you having trouble getting your team’s performance up? Do you feel like you’re working -on- things, but you can’t see the real tangible results? Bill worked with a client a few years ago, but something that really stood out was the way they utilized whiteboards across executive leadership as well with their own middle management teams. Every area had a whiteboard and everyday each team would huddle up around the whiteboard and a staff member would take ownership for what was on the b...
Getting Real with Mike Birdsall — Datebox Club
February 21, 2021 15:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this Getting Real series, Bill sits down with Mike Birdsall to learn more about his entrepreneurial journey. Mike is the co-founder of DateBox Club, a monthly date night subscription box. Prior to DateBox Club, Mike launched Birdsall Interactive, a web design firm, and FanConneX, an in-venue sports fan experience. Mike has been an entrepreneur all of his life, but how did he get from his start to here? Let’s find out. Mike and his wife started his most recent business in business 2015...
247: David Horsager — What Makes a Trusted Leader?
February 17, 2021 15:00 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBAre you working on the right things as a leader? When leaders struggle with influence, direction, and having everyone work together as a team, the key component that might be missing is trust. Today’s guest has more on how you can build this vital skill. David Horsager, MA, CSP, CPAE, is the CEO of TrustEdge Leadership Institute, national bestselling author of The Trust Edge, inventor of the Enterprise Trust Index, and director of one of the nation’s foremost trust studies: The Trust Outlo...
Tuesday’s Tips — Develop a Meeting Cadence
February 16, 2021 15:00 - 4 minutes - 4.91 MBWhere do we find the time for all the meetings we have to do within the company? Daily meetings, quarterly meetings, off-site meetings, annual meetings, etc. It just feels like our agendas get filled up quickly with meetings and meetings, and we have very little time for real work. Bill was working with a company that had over 1,000 people working there and there was a common complaint leadership had: We don’t have time for all of these meetings. This is actually true for smaller companies...
246: Scaling Up Insights — Coach Panel with Karie Kaufmann, Judy Guido, and Wade Wyant
February 10, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBWe have three coach panelists on the show to discuss how to create value for customers, stand out from the crowd and be unique, and some of their favorite books this year. Our guest panelists also share some really clever pivoting examples. A bit about our expert coaches: Karie Kaufmann has successfully coached over 1,000 businesses and high-performance executives to achieve greater levels of growth. Judy Guido is a returning panel guest and has overseen at least 100 successful mergers and...
Tuesday’s Tips — Job Scorecard
February 09, 2021 15:00 - 1 minute - 1.94 MBAre you struggling with getting around to your one-on-ones with your team? Do you find that they’re not particularly effective or a good use of your time? Or the simple fact that you don’t want to tag on another meeting to your already swamped day? Bill was working with a SaaS company and they were having a lot of confusion in their one-on-ones. The solution? They refined their process down to a one-page job scorecard to help things run smoothly. Another client of Bill’s got their one-on...
245: Erik Qualman — How to Focus in an Unfocused World
February 03, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes - 36.2 MBDo you have trouble focusing? Don’t worry, this is a common problem many people have! When we’re being thrown so many things on the news, on social media, in our businesses, it’s hard to keep present on the important things. Here are some solutions to help manage these pain points and keep you focused! Erik Qualman is a five-time #1 Bestselling Author and Keynote Speaker and has been voted the 2nd Most Likeable Author in the World behind Harry Potter’s J.K. Rowling. Erik is out with a new ...
Tuesday’s Tips — One-Page Personal Plan
February 02, 2021 15:00 - 2 minutes - 2.4 MBAre you having trouble with team performance? Do you feel like your team is just disinterested? As leaders, we always want to get the most out of our people, but how can we do this without running a dictatorship? If you want people to be passionate about their work and strive for new heights, the first question you have to ask yourself is, “What’s in it for them?” Talk to your people about their hopes, dreams, and desires. Each person would have a different answer, and as a leader, it’s ...
244: Brett Putter — Own Your Culture (Virtually Too)!
January 27, 2021 15:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBToday we’re talking about culture! How do you maintain culture when you’re working from home? Today’s guest knows how to navigate this delicate space and has some answers for you! It’s not as difficult as you think it might be! Brett Putter is an expert in company culture development who is consulted by companies and leaders worldwide to help design, develop, and build high-performing cultures. He is the CEO of CultureGene, a culture leadership software and services platform. Brett is also...
Tuesday’s Tips — Quarterly Theme
January 26, 2021 15:00 - 2 minutes - 2.96 MBDo you feel like your team is running in opposite directions? This might be because they just have too many priorities on their plates. This is actually a common problem! Bill was working with a company that made some recent acquisitions and they had a lot to do for the quarter. In the beginning, it was hard to focus on 3–5 top company goals for those 90 days when they had over 50 things they had to tackle. If you can’t narrow your list down to a couple of things, try having a laser focu...
243: John Warrillow — The Art of Selling Your Business
January 20, 2021 15:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBWhen it comes to scaling up, some Founders have dreams of selling their business but aren’t sure how to go about it. Are you confused and not sure where you should even begin? Well, today’s guest has sold four companies and knows a little bit about the art of selling your business for a high value! John Warrillow kicked off a revolution in 2011 when he released his bestselling book, Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You, a process that helps business owners reframe...