Systems for Success
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis podcast is for people who have the courage to learn and to do what it takes to design the life of their dreams. Many people think success is something that just happens to you if you’re lucky or work hard enough. We believe that behind every success is a system in action. Join Lonnie Gienger and his family as they share real life stories and learnings from our journey to create specific processes that produce success in business and in life.
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36. How Success is Achieved in NextGen Leaders with David Bentall
November 29, 2021 12:00 - 51 minutes - 71.7 MBHow do you develop strong relationships that keep the family thriving for generations? David Bentall joins me today to bring some insight into just that with his years of multi-generational family business experience! For more than two decades, David worked in his family’s real estate and construction business, and during his tenure as President and CEO of Dominion Construction, the family business doubled in size with almost $300,000 in sales! As the successor of such a thriving business,...
35. Building Your Family’s Relational Bank Account with Tim & Michelle Seneff
November 22, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 71 MBLearn how to build your family’s relational bank account as Tim and Michelle share how to create healthy boundaries between family members, how to create a cadence of communication in the extended family, and how to deal with failure both in your personal life and in business in a way that helps you and your kids see it as a growth opportunity. This is a rare opportunity to hear the wisdom Tim and Michelle Seneff are gaining as they learn to navigate challenging business and family transit...
34. What 2020 Taught Us | A Family Round Table
February 01, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MB2020 was a crazy year that gave us unique opportunities for profound learnings that can only happen when life is disrupted. We all learned more about ourselves, our relationships, our purposes and our values. Join our family as we gather around the table to share some of our highest impact learnings from challenging circumstances, accomplishments and mistakes. This entry from one of Lachelle’s 2020 reflection may give you some encouragement on your journey: When the world is chaos...
33. Build and Keep Success for 120 Years
January 06, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBThis is a rare opportunity to sample the secrets of multigenerational families from the leader of a successful billion dollar a year 120-year-old family business with 341 family member shareholders. What Are the Traits of a Successful Multigenerational Generation Family? They know the family story. They know who they are. They are clear on their values and live them out. They understand trust is important within the family and reinforce that through words and actions. They are cle...
32. 280 Years of Family Legacy Learnings in One Hour with Mitzi Perdue
July 08, 2020 11:00 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBThis is a golden opportunity to hear the author of, How to Make Your Family Business Last, Mitzi Perdue, distill a combined 280 years of her own family’s culture-building wisdom into one hour. You’ll gain real life lessons and gain practical tools you can use to create and maintain a healthier family culture that could endure for generations. Mitzi combines the experiences of two long-time family businesses: her father Ernest Henderson co-founded the Sheraton Hotel Chain and her late husba...
31. Catch the Current, Make Your Wave! Life Lessons from Seasoned Entrepreneur, Kevin McGovern
June 23, 2020 11:00 - 55 minutes - 77.6 MBThe world has forever changed. It’s time to catch the current and make your own wave. What can you learn from the currency of success patterns from the past that will help you adapt to and succeed in a post-COVID-19 world? Learn how you can accelerate the innovation of a more ideal future—now and beyond the current challenges—by adapting past learnings to current realities. Gain valuable insights from Kevin McGovern who has founded over 25 companies, six of which have become world/catego...
30. Wisdom from America’s Wealthiest Multigenerational Families—An Interview with Pierre DuPont
May 13, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBDeveloping and preserving family wealth and strong values takes great effort. What can you do to make sure your next generations are building on what’s important to your family rather than blowing it? Why is the most common pattern “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations”? Most families within one generation develop tangible and intangible values they are proud of. But all too often that which is valuable to one generation is not effectively transferred to future generations. ...
29. Integrating Work and Family
May 04, 2020 09:00 - 56 minutes - 79.1 MBNever before have so many families struggled with incorporating what happens in business with what happens in the home. The pursuit of work-life integration has become more important now than ever. But what exactly, does that mean, and how do you do it? Business can be an endlessly fascinating subject that encourages the exchange of ideas and eager discussions about the future. Or the constant demands of business creeping into the home can cause undue stress in the family and disintegrate...
28. Keys to Positive Relationships Between Parents and Adult Children
March 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBRelationships are the greatest treasure in life that we could ever have. In this episode, you’ll learn how you can improve your relationship with your parents or adult children. The quality of the relationship you have with your family does matter. Having that best friend type of relationship with your adult children or parents is one that you’ll truly enjoy for the rest of your life. Join us as we discuss how to identify and truly value the differences in each family member, how we can...
27. Navigating Roles and Relationships Between Parents and Adult Children
March 09, 2020 09:00 - 41 minutes - 58.7 MBNobody said parenting would be easy! Especially, when your kids are growing into adulthood. They are ever-changing, and everything happens very fast. Are you being a good parent to your adult child? Are you still treating your 21-year-old the way you treated him back when he was 14? Many parents struggle to navigate their role in their children’s life as they transition into adulthood. Just like how your child evolves and grows, so should your relationship with them. As parents, you m...
26. How Mothers Shape the World
August 18, 2019 00:41 - 1 hour - 102 MBHow Mothers Shape the World Both our married children recently had their first babies—two beautiful girls! As I’ve watched these new mothers learning to lead our precious granddaughters, it caused me to ponder the power of a mother’s leadership to shape our world. In our society, we don't always think of parents as being equivalent to "leaders." Leaders, we believe, are heads of state, prime ministers, elected officials, CEOs of powerful corporations, media personalities, and others. Tho...
25. The Magic Elixir of Exercise
July 05, 2019 23:32 - 56 minutes - 78.5 MBThe Busy Executive’s Magic Elixir Exercise is one of the greatest systems for increasing your effectiveness as a leader in business and/or family. Exercise is so powerfully beneficial in multiple ways that it can be said to be the mother lode, the fountain of youth—the magic elixir. Physical activity helps you in body and mind. It is clinically proven to reduce depression. It brings clarity of thought and reduces stress, energizing you to function at peak performance. It can even improve...
24. What Will Your Family Look Like Seven Generations From Now?
March 20, 2019 00:22 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBWhat Will Your Family Look Like Seven Generations From Now? I was really on the hot seat. I felt like I was being interrogated! Almost a hundred people were staring at me as I stood under the bright lights. One after another they bombarded me with deeply personal questions like: "What is your deepest fear in regard to this?" and "What is behind that fear?" and "Isn't this really all about you wanting control?" I had to answer too. Was I sweating it out! The scene of my mental torture w...
23. More Rest Equals More Success
March 08, 2019 01:42 - 1 hour - 158 MBTime is precious in our high speed, high-pressure world. We want to achieve more for ourselves, our families, and maybe for our communities. In order to do so, we need time, and we need to look for ways to maximize that scarce modern commodity: time. We often try to beat time by spending less time resting. We eke out one more hour of watching a late night show or using social media. We fuel our tired selves with caffeine. Such a lifestyle, though, hurts us in both the short and l...
22. Eight Keys to Vibrant Health and Energy
February 02, 2019 17:00 - 31 minutes - 44.7 MBWith the start of another new year, many people find themselves making health goals, from fitness to diet, to sleep or earlier mornings. This fascination with health related New Year’s resolutions may be the result of two back to back holidays when most people eat too much, do too little and feel too bad. Or maybe we all have the inherent conviction that the best way to improve our lives is to start by improving our health. And the start of a new year gives us the perfect launching point to ...
21. How We Make New Year Progress | Round Table
January 14, 2019 05:46 - 1 hour - 91.7 MBAn inside look at what inspires us, what we are learning and how we’re planning to support each other's progress in this new year. This round table discussion takes place right after we did our 2019 annual family goal setting retreat. A Powerful Philosophy of Progress Research shows that 80% of people give up on their New Year's resolutions by about the 2nd week of February! The reason? What most people call 'resolutions' are really just desires or fun things they wish would happen. T...
20. Realizing Dreams: Reality Show Round Table
December 04, 2018 22:30 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBRealizing Dreams: Reality Show Round Table Our family is launching an experiment called Fulcrum, a business that we think will make a difference in our city. We thought we'd share a bit about it with you and most importantly give you an inside scoop into the process as we will be on a learning curve and we hope that this will encourage some of you either as individuals, as families or a group of friends to dream great dreams that you think will make a difference in your world, your communi...
19. The Best System to Shape Society (Socialism or Capitalism?)
November 16, 2018 22:00 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBHi Systems for Success Family! Well we just finished the 2018 midterm elections and it seemed there was more focus and more debate generated by these elections than any I remember in many years. And some of the conversations and debates around this have made me want to address something in this episode that I think is really important to the future of this country. I had a conversation with one millennial recently who was really frustrated with some of their friends for thinking they ...
18. How to Examine and Take Control Your Life
October 30, 2018 10:00 - 40 minutes - 94.6 MBHow to Examine and Take Control Your Life Most people begin their lives reacting to whatever life does to them. This may be okay for an infant. But as adults, it’s important to develop the skills required to examine our lives, cultivate our personal values and make decisions that reflect those values. Many people find themselves reverting back to this reactive state in adult life because they aren’t intentional about making decisions and evaluating the outcomes of those decisions. ...
17. Make Money More
September 25, 2018 22:00 - 39 minutes - 92.5 MBI’m going to do a little rant today on a subject that impacts every single one of you every single day. The success of individuals, families, companies, and nations rises and falls on this subject. This subject is often not talked about much in the home…sometimes as hush hush or as embarrassingly glossed over in homes and schools as the birds and the bees. Yet our understanding of this subject has a significant influence on the height of our happiness, the breadth of our impact on the ...
16. How Personality Clashes Can Build Relationships | Round Table
September 10, 2018 03:58 - 57 minutes - 132 MBTurning personality conflicts into complements that create healthy relationships and positive outcomes is a powerful process that is within the reach of every person in every family and team. It starts with this basic belief system. The people who are in our family are there for a purpose. They are there to complete or balance us in some way. The people we work with in business are there to make your work and life more effective. Because of this, it is worth investing time to understand ...
15. The One Force that Influences Everything
August 29, 2018 06:15 - 31 minutes - 73.1 MBWhat if you could have the one ring that rules them all? What if you could leverage the one force that influences everything in this world? Those of us who are leaders in the business world, have an incredible opportunity to make the world a better place…much more so than we typically think about or believe. Virtually everything we can see that is man-made was made by someone who had a vision to start a business, and that business provided income so that people would have jobs, and those...
14. Building a Passionate, Fulfilling Marriage
August 14, 2018 06:30 - 1 hour - 138 MBFinding and keeping a passionate, lasting and fulfilling marriage relationship does not have to be an elusive dream. It can be your reality if you are willing to make finding and unconditionally loving your spouse the number one most important project. Listen as our daughter, Chelann, interviews Shelley and I about our marriage. She asks us key questions her generation of entrepreneurs wants to know about how to find and keep a passionate and fulfilling marriage relationship. We hope th...
13. Business Leaders that Transform Society
July 31, 2018 05:49 - 55 minutes - 127 MBBusiness leaders build a better world on three levels. The first level is simply building a good business that provides value to people. Second, they go beyond basic business expectations to do things in and through their business that provide extra benefit for people and communities. On the third level, business leaders intentionally use their businesses as a platform to make a transformational impact on society, to literally rebuild the world. If you are in business, you are already on ...
12. Keys to Healthy Accountability
July 10, 2018 08:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MBKeys to Healthy Accountability Is it possible to hold people accountable in a way that is healthy for relationships? Why has accountability received such a bad rap? Why is it such an unpopular subject? Many people have had bad experiences with unhealthy accountability that feels more like control, judgement, manipulation and even punishment. It is not your job to punish a spouse, friend or employee for not doing what they are supposed to do. It is not your job to force him or her to...
11. How to Build a Better World | Reveal
June 26, 2018 10:30 - 52 minutes - 121 MBWhat if what you are doing in business right now is actually the most powerful platform you could possibly have to make this world a better place? Think about that! In what other world could you find a better opportunity to impact every element of society? Let me explain. I’ve spent the past thirty years straddling two very different worlds: the world of building businesses and the world of building churches. I have been involved in starting businesses that serve many people well. I have...
10. How to Control Money so it Doesn't Control You | Round Table Discussion
June 12, 2018 02:13 - 1 hour - 163 MBMoney is not important enough to let it control our life! So why not learn how to control our money so we gain more control of our life? But money is like water. It's a valuable resource necessary for life that can easily slip through our fingers. The key is to not let it slip through our fingers without our permission. In this round table discussion, we share some of the things we have done to build money management paradigms and processes into the fabric of our individual and family f...
9. Pathways to Multi-Generational Legacy | Presentation
May 23, 2018 09:30 - 49 minutes - 114 MBWhat would it be worth to you and your family if you had a process that you knew could help you leave a harmonious world changing legacy for many generations? Your family legacy includes all that your family holds dear and wants to preserve in future generations. In this episode, you’ll hear the content from a presentation that I have been doing recently at conferences for wealthy families. I share a strategy and case study illustrations from my own family as I’ve spend the last 16 years ...
8. How to Develop Great Relationships | Round Table Discussion
May 07, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 152 MBRelationships are the carrier of all success in life and in business. So why not plan and implement specific systems that will develop the relationships that are important to you? Why not be as intentional about the practices that develop healthy relationship as we are about the practices that develop healthy bodies or healthy businesses? Why do we focus on relational systems? Because relationships are the primary mechanism to carry your family and business legacy to multiple generations...
7. How to Accomplish Big Goals | Round Table Discussion
April 23, 2018 03:21 - 1 hour - 146 MBOur latest learnings about how to accomplish big dreams and goals by setting a plan of action, and following it. In this family round table discussion, you’ll learn what we’ve discovered about how reaching goals takes a systematic approach to planning & action. QUESTIONS DISCUSSED --Think of some big dream or goal you’ve had that felt so massive that you didn’t know if it was possible, but you ended up finding a way to accomplish it? What was the dream or goal? Why did it seem overwhelmi...
6. Mission Made Simple! Developing a Powerful Personal Mission
April 07, 2018 22:33 - 42 minutes - 97.3 MBYour personal mission statement is about the contribution you want your life to make in this world. Values define who you want to be. Mission declares what you want to accomplish with your life. If you have listened to the last episode on values and taken action on it...you’ve taken some time to think about and hopefully write down your personal values… In that episode I recommended that you take some time to think about how you want to be remembered by the most important people in your ...
5. Mastering Your Life Mission
March 26, 2018 02:03 - 1 hour - 149 MBClarity on your personal life mission is one of the most powerful things we can do to insure a life of real meaning and significance. Once you have defined your personal values you need to determine how your LIFE MISSION will represent those values. Your personal mission statement defines the impact you want your life to have on this world — the overall purpose for your life. It describes who you want to be and what you want to do in your life. There are a lot of people who go to work da...
4. The Secret to Sustainable Success in Life
March 12, 2018 03:35 - 50 minutes - 115 MBIdentifying and living by your core values has more to do with creating sustainable success in life than what most people realize. Here’s why: True and lasting success is based on who we are way more than on the goals we set or even the goals we accomplish. Sustainable success in all areas of business and life is based on who we are. Character is the creator of who we are. Therefore character is the creator of all true and sustainable success. The foundation of character is knowing ...
3. How to Stay On Course Despite Obstacles to Your Dreams
February 25, 2018 02:18 - 39 minutes - 90.5 MBStories about a backpacking adventure and what it takes to stay course toward accomplishing our dreams despite the inevitable and unknown obstacles and challenges that get in the way. The key in backpacking? Following a map! The key in life? Following a strategic plan. What’s that? Simply put, it’s a map to turn your dreams for your life into reality. It’s a way to turn your dreams for your business into reality, your dreams for your family into reality, your dreams for your health int...
2: Expand Your Vision and Achieve Your Wildest Goals | Round Table Discussion
February 12, 2018 04:50 - 55 minutes - 127 MBAn inside look at a powerful system for success that our family has been following now for about 15 years. It has helped us expand our vision and achieve dreams that are bigger than we ever thought we could. It’s a system for success that I’m pretty sure you won’t hear much about in many other places. But this has been a critical process for us individually and as a family. Like many good things in my life, I learned about this process from a mentor who had focused on success in this s...
1: The Primary System for Success In Any Area of Your Life
February 04, 2018 17:00 - 59 minutes - 136 MBCreate Your Game Plan for Success In this episode we’re talking about developing the game plans to create success in different areas of life. Most people would just rather play the game…or watch the game. That’s a lot more fun than creating the game plans. But winning the game starts with a good game plan and then playing to the plan. Creating the right plans and the right plays…or as we like to call it, systems…are key to accomplishing your dreams and goals. Can you imagine any spor...
0: Introduction-The Secret to Living the Life of Your Dreams!
February 04, 2018 15:00 - 1 hour - 158 MBHow to Turn Your Grandest Visions for Your Life into Realities Why is it that some people just seem to get everything they want in life? Great relationships, plenty of money, great health and time to enjoy it all? And why is that other people who seem to work equally as hard or seem to be equally deserving constantly struggle with a life that is always far short of their ideals? This podcast grows out of a deep conviction the grand design for life is that everyone should have an equal...