Growing Your Own with Rich Ashton

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Growing Your Own with Rich Ashton

You don’t need an MBA to build killer managers... You need a roadmap. After 40 years of growing a thriving HVAC & plumbing company, Rich Ashton cracked the code on turning technicians and salespeople into confident, accountable leaders.This show is for small business owners who are tired of: • Promoting the wrong people• Babysitting managers• Putting out leadership fires• Hoping “they’ll figure it out”The clarity of this podcast delivers real-world leadership psychology without the corporate jargon—just practical tools, real stories, and immediate results. If you want to grow your own managers instead of hiring headaches… You’re in the right place.

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    Breaking Invisible Ceilings: How to Overcome Hidden Barriers to Leadership

    What if the biggest thing holding you back in your career or leadership isn’t external at all?In this episode, Lisa Urbanski talks with leadership expert Rich Ashton, author of Growing Your Own, about the hidden beliefs, internal patterns, and “invisible ceilings” that can quietly limit confidence, growth, and leadership potential.In this conversation, you’ll learn: ✨ What invisible ceilings are and why they’re so hard to recognize✨ How the environment shapes confidence, leadership, and self-belief✨ What it looks like to break through a leadership ceiling in real life✨ Why leadership growth happens in small, practical steps✨ How organizations can better support emerging leadersConnect with Rich Ashton: 🌐 Website: https://www.growingyourown.net/📘 Book: Growing Your OwnBarnes & NoblesAmazon💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-ashton-397a2b10/

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    Can’t Step Away From Your Business? Build Leaders Using the “Grow Your Own” Method

    If your business only works when you’re there, you don’t have a “work ethic” problem; you have a dependency problem. And it’s fixable. Host Stacey Chillemi talks with Rich Ashton about building leaders from within so your company can run smoothly, even when you’re not in the building.In this episode, you’ll learn: 🎧 Why hiring “corporate” managers often fails in small businesses🎧 How to spot leadership potential (even without a title)🎧 The communication loop that prevents dropped balls🎧 How to delegate decisions, not just tasks🎧 A simple training approach that works in the real world 🎧 The culture shift that reduces turnover and grows leadersConnect with Rich Ashton: 🌐 Website: https://www.growingyourown.net/📘 Book: Growing Your OwnBarnes & NoblesAmazon💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-ashton-397a2b10/

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

You don’t need an MBA to build killer managers... You need a roadmap. After 40 years of growing a thriving HVAC & plumbing company, Rich Ashton cracked the code on turning technicians and salespeople into confident, accountable leaders.This show is for small business owners who are tired of: • Promoting the wrong people• Babysitting managers• Putting out leadership fires• Hoping “they’ll figure it out”The clarity of this podcast delivers real-world leadership psychology without the corporate jargon—just practical tools, real stories, and immediate results. If you want to grow your own managers instead of hiring headaches… You’re in the right place.

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Stacey Chillemi

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