Growing Your Own Leaders | Rich Ashton on Small Business Success

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with small business owner, serial entrepreneur, and author Rich Ashton. Over a 45-year career in business, Rich faced a major challenge that many entrepreneurs know all too well—choosing between hiring outside leadership that doesn’t fit the company culture or promoting internal employees who aren’t fully prepared. Determined to solve this, he created a powerful in-house leadership development program that transformed his companies. The results were so successful that he was eventually able to step away from daily operations and entrust his businesses to a strong, capable leadership team. His book, Growing Your Own: Common Sense Advice for Developing Leaders in Small Business, lays out the principles behind that success and provides a practical roadmap for building leaders from within. Based in Texas, Rich shares a story full of real-world insight, inspiration, and actionable advice for business owners looking to grow sustainably. In this interview, we cover: Developing leaders from within your organization Building a strong and lasting company culture Why traditional hiring often fails small businesses Creating systems that allow you to scale and step away Lessons from decades of entrepreneurship Enjoy this insightful and inspiring conversation. 🔗 Learn more:https://www.growingyourown.net/ For More Famous Interviews: Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgi6GpDDDrc_PgOzaERGbLQ Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/famous-interviews-with-joe-dimino/id1660256991Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7j92QDS13LXgajPt80X2dh The Home of Famous Interviews: http://famousinterviewswithjoedimino.blogspot.com/ Contribute to Famous Interviews via PayPal:                    https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_b Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.