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Why Business Teams Fail & How to Avoid It : Strong Leadership Skills For Employee Engagement & High Performance — 315 episodes
8 Business Lessons from the Tour de France (Leadership, Strategy, Experience)
The Leadership Habit Most Owners Skip When Developing High-Performance Teams
Strong Leaders Get 100% Team Involvement To Maximize Business Growth
Strong Leadership: How Supporting Risk-Taking Builds High-Performance Teams
Why Every Employee Needs a Written Action Plan (Not Just You)
The Rules of the Game: Building a High-Performance Team That Wins
How to Build a High-Performance Team with One Powerful Goal
Strong Leadership: 6 Habits That Build High-Performance Teams
The 7 Keys to Building a High-Performance Team
Building Success Through Better Processes and Technology
Building High-Performance Teams Through Better Systems
How to Build Repeatable Marketing Systems That Drive Consistent Sales
The Process Problem That's Killing Your Growth
Your Competition Is Standing Still — Here’s How to Blow Past Them
From Revenue to Real Profit: How Smart Leaders Maximize Margins
Why You’re Leaving Money on the Table (And How to Fix It Fast)
Want More Sales? Sell Again to People Who Already Trust You
The Sales Vacuum Method to Attract Ideal Customers
Lead Generation Strategies for Business Growth
Why Your Business Isn’t Growing (You’re Tracking the Wrong 5 Numbers)
The Simple Marketing Plan Every Small Business Needs for Real Growth
Why Your Customers Don’t Trust You (And It’s Killing Your Business Growth)
Stop Competing on Price: The Leadership Strategy That Drives Real Growth
Most Businesses Fail at Vision: The Leadership Strategy That Drives Business Growth
Mastering Your Time: The Leadership Strategy That Drives Business Growth
Your Business Isn’t Failing at Sales — It’s Failing at Delivery
The Numbers That Drive Business Success: A Leader’s Guide to Financial Clarity
Big Goals, Real Action: A Simple Framework for Business Success
If You’re Not Studying Your Competition, You’re Already Losing
Building a Strong Culture Starts With Non-Negotiables
The START–STOP–IMPROVE Method for Team-Led Change
Is Your Value Proposition Real—or Just a Document on the Wall?
Why Lower Prices Won’t Save Your Business—But Customer FEELINGS Might
How Business Owners Grow Faster by Building a Star Network
Why Starting the Year Without Clear Goals Keeps Teams Stuck
How Top Business Owners Start the Year Strong Before the Race Even Begins
Why “New Year, New Goals” Won’t Grow Your Business — Do This Instead
How To Transform Your Year by Choosing One Intentional Word
How To Build a Stronger Team Culture By Celebrating Wins
How Business Owners Improve Team Performance By Using a Simple Fix-or-Replace Lens
How Small Business Owners Step Out of Sales by Teaching Rejection-Ready Selling
From Empty Stands to Sold-Out Shows: How The Savannah Bananas Redefined Customer Loyalty
How To Identify and Communicate Your Value Proposition So Your Ideal Customers Choose You Every Time
Why Most Businesses Fail To Grow — Because Their “Front Wheel” Is Wobbling
How a 5-Year Vision Keeps Your Business From Losing Top Talent and Momentum
Why Business Owners Struggle to Find the Real Bottleneck Holding Back Their Success
Why You Might Be a “Drug Dealer” Without Knowing It—And What That Means for Your Team
From Stuck to Strategic: How Business Owners Make Smarter Decisions With the Right Advisors in their Corners
6 Leadership Lessons Every Business Owner Can Learn From Charlie Kirk’s Legacy
Conflicts That Keep Your Business From Reaching Its Full Potential
How Cracker Barrel’s Rebrand Went From Beloved to Backlash Overnight
From Fishermen to Leaders: What Business Owners Can Learn from the Greatest Leader in History
4 Proven Military-Inspired Strategies To Transform Employees Into a High-Performance Team
Is Your Business Headed for a Costly Resignation & Could Sabbaticals Save You?
How Focusing on One Weekly Metric Can Transform Your Sales Results
If Your Team Is Blaming and Excusing, They Should Just Stay Home
Inside the Hidden Traditions That Make Employees Feel Like Famil
5 Modern Hiring Trends Every Small Business Owner Must Know to Attract Top Talent in 2025
4 Critical Shifts Every Growing Business Must Make to Thrive Beyond Start-Up
Positivity Isn’t Optional - Your Team’s Mood Is Your Brand’s Reputation
The 5 Business Owner Tasks You Must Own to Build a Company That Will Grow and Thrive
How One Legendary Leader Maintained Elite Standards Without Micromanaging
How to Lead Energizing Meetings With Just Six Hats & a Bit of Structure
How Great Leaders Multiply Team Potential (And Why Most Don’t)
4 Simple Leadership Fails That Might Be Sabotaging Your Business Growth
The Real Reason Great Employees Leave—And It’s Not The Paycheck
Why Ignoring Your Business Journey Could Be the Biggest Mistake You’re Making Right Now
How to Sell With Certainty—Even If Sales Make You Uncomfortable
How ‘Winning Too Much’ Is Secretly Costing You Business Growth
How To Build a Rockstar Team Without Relying on “Hiring Better People"
How a Can of SPAM Taught Me to Set Life-Changing Goals
How the “Bike as a Business” Framework Helps You Attract More Customers Without Guesswork
How To Simplify Your Business By Mastering the 4 C’s of Leverage
How a Simple Psychology Hack Can Make Your Customers Love Your Business
The Shocking Truth About Job Titles—And How They’re Hurting Your Business
3 Proven Ways to Differentiate Your Business from Tough Competitors
Sharing Financials With Employees: A Smart Move or a Huge Mistake?
How a 'New Owner Mindset' Can Help You Fix Your Business Fast
Stop “Holding People Accountable”—Here’s What to Do Instead
The Leadership Playbook: How to Prevent Gossip & Negativity in Your Business
The Single Business Strategy That Will Make You More Efficient And Help You Grow Faster
The Business Owner Mindset Shift You Need To Show Leadership Rather Than Acting Like An Employee
6 Leadership Takeaways From Donald Trump, the new U.S. President
6 Hiring Mistakes Every Business Owner Must Avoid in 2025
Are you unintentionally driving your best employees away?
How Most Employees Start Off Confused About Their Roles – And How You Can Fix It
From Average to Exceptional: The 7 Keys to Building a Winning Team
Stop Being a “Parent” to Your Team: The Truth About Inspiring Growth
Think You’re a Great Listener? Here’s Why Your Team Might Disagree
Why Micro-Managing Is Killing Your Team’s Productivity—and What to Do Instead
5 Tips to Take Your Weekly Team Meetings from Good to GREAT
Stop Thinking of Your Org Chart as Just a Diagram—Here’s What You’re Missing
Stop Rewarding the Wrong Behaviors: A Bold Take on Compensation Structures
How Effective is Your Onboarding Process?
How To Avoid Falling Into The Desperation Hiring Trap
Are your team members truly aware of what you consider non-negotiable in your business?
Demonstrating Strong Leadership is the 2nd Key to Building a High-Performance Team
Consequences Of Not Having A Compelling Vision
Is Your Business Team Capable of Running Your Business Without You?
Success in Business Depends upon your Understanding of Business Math
How Would You Rate Your Personal Development Journey?
Are Your Personal Development Blind Spots Holding You Back from Business Success?
The Ideal Training Model for High Performance Teams and Business Success
Getting Work Done in Business - 3 Options that Impact Performance and Employee Engagement
Clearly Defining Your Ideal Customer Can Lead to Business Success
Your Guarantee Matters - How To Provide Leadership and Improve Business Results
What Great Customer Service Looks Like - and How It Can Improve Customer Retention
Leadership and Employee Engagement Lessons from the US Men's Gymnastics Team
Igniting Employee Engagement and Building a High Performance Team Through Your Onboarding Process
Business Leadership Demonstrated Through the "Yes- And..." Game
Dissatisfied Business Customers - Responding With Strong Leadership
Business Tune Up Assessment - Part 3
Business Tune Up Assessment – Part 2
Business Tune Up Assessment – Part 1
Demonstrating Strong Business Leadership - What’s Holding You Back?
104 - Benchmarking your Toughest Competitors
103 –Why Commission Models Don't Work
102 – Creating a Firm Foundation
101 – Qualifying New Prospects
100 - Team Engagement - Level Three
099 - Team Engagement - Level Two
098 - Team Engagement - Level One
097 – Catching People Doing What Is Right
096 The Change Formula
95 - The 12 X 12 X 12 of Networking
The RACI Method
The Road Less Stupid
Getting Clarity On Your Brand
Using Financial Metrics to Drive Business Decisions
Building Your Star Network
The Importance of Position Agreements
Linking Value Proposition to Non-negotiables
The Ideal Team Player Model
How to Achieve Acceleration
Being Better Today Than Yesterday
Big Lesson From Winning Coach
When to Start Rewarding for Performance
The Four Core Types Of Leads
Eight Habits of High Achievers
What Most Successful People Believe
Your WORD for Next Year
Focusing On What’s MOST Important
START STOP or IMPROVE
5 Critical Business Owner Roles
Why Every Owner Needs An Elmer
4 Ways to Influence Others
The 4 F’s of Leadership
3 Secrets to Improving Production
Spam Your Goals
Marketing Plan on a Page
Rock and Roll
Building Your Game Plan
Supporting Risk Taking
Mastering Your Time
Success
Converting Leads Into Customers
The Gap to your Ideal Future
Learning from Cycling Teams
Applying Profit First to Your Business
Aligning Performance With Rewards
Re-Igniting Your Passion
The Power of Positivity
Establishing Vendor Standards
Providing Performance Feedback
Your Value Proposition
A Team Characteristics
Multipliers
Applying the 80/20 Rule
Celebrating Your Customer’s Success
Remembering My Dad
Future Roles
Total Stakeholder Value Approach
4 Critical Financial Documents
4 Elements of Transformation
The Line of Choice
Taking Pride In Our Work
Over Delivering
Business Math
Strategic Time Outs
What Sets You Apart from Your Toughest Competition
Poke Yoke
Strategies to Increase Customer Loyalty
Creating Internal Mentors and Coaches
Process Flowcharts and Checklists
Handling Price-Sensitive Customers
Strong Leadership
Your Secret Sauce
Asking For Referrals
Handling Non-Conforming Behavior
Your Delivery Standards
Grading Your Customers
Leaders Modelling Desired Behaviors
Your Sales Process
Making Things Right
Insider Secrets
Finding The Right Marketing Strategies
Knowing Your Toughest Competitors
Expectations For Future Roles
Winning New Customers
Kaizen - Rapid Continuous Improvement
Community Involvement
Ownership and Accountability
Creative Customer Engagement
Creating a GREAT Team Culture
Position Agreements
Sharing Customer’s Wins
Sharing Your Profits
Your Organization Structure
Getting Customer Feedback
Aligning Your Compensation and Rewards
Your Customers’ Biggest Challenges
Setting Individuals Up for Success
Team Performance Standards
Customer Engagement
Onboarding New Employees
Your Purpose
Knowing Your Ideal Customer
Hiring Great Team Members
Your Compelling Vision
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It All Starts with DISCIPLINE
Episode 94 - Your Legacy
Episode 93 - Insane Productivity
Episode 92 - Wildly Important Goal
Episode 91 - Be a Great Shepherd
Episode 90 - Retaining Customers
Episode 89 - 5 Keys to Working Your Genius
Episode 88 - Set the Bar High
Episode 87 - The Challenger Sale
Episode 86 - Priority Determines Capacity
Episode 85 - The Art of Digging Deep
Episode 84 - The Most Powerful Question
Episode 83 - Knowledge vs. Wisdom
Episode 82 - Slow Down!
Episode 81 - Your Bottleneck
Episode 80 - Geometry for Business
Episode 79 - Getting Known
Episode 78 - Surprise
Episode 77 - Ideal Customer
Episode 76 - Indifference
Episode 75 - Focus
Episode 74 - 10X Action
Episode 73 - Bold and New
Episode 72 - Outwitting the Devil
Episode 71 - 5 Gifts of Successful People
Episode 70 - Lifetime Value
Episode 69 - The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Episode 68 - Take a Position
Episode 67 - Hiring the Best
Episode 66 - Customer Service Mindset
Episode 65- Trail Blazer
Episode 64 - No Brown Days
Episode 63 - Your Bottleneck
Episode 62 - Celebrating Success
Episode 61 - Measuring Performance
Episode 60 - Keeping Score
Episode 59 - Sales Process
Episode 58 - Marketing Strategy
Episode 57 - Value Proposition
Episode 56 - Standards
Episode 55 - Your Story
Episode 54 - Discipline
Episode 53 - Duck, Duck, Duck, Goose
Episode 52 - Do What You Say You Will Do
Episode 51 - 80/20 Buying Decisions
Episode 50 - Networking Success
Episode 49 - Upper Limit Challenge
Episode 48 Team Engagement
Episode 47 - Take Time to Think
Episode 46 - Hire Like a Pro
Episode 45 - Communicate for Results
Episode 44 - Your Unique Marketing Message
Episode 43 - Continuous Improvement
Episode 42 - 5 Selling Tips from Steve Jobs
Episode 41 - Your Legacy
Episode 40 - Insane Productivity
Episode 39 - Your Wildly Important Goal
Episode 38 - Be a Great Shepherd
Episode 37 - Retaining Good Customers
Episode 36 - 5 Keys to Working Your Genius
Episode 35 - Setting the Bar High
Episode 34 - The Challenger Sale
Episode 33 - Priority Determines Capacity
Episode 32 - The Art of Digging Deep
Episode 31 - The Most Powerful Question
Episode 30 - Knowledge vs. Wisdom
Episode 29 - Slow Down to Speed Up
Episode 28 - Your Bottleneck
Episode 27 - Geometry for Business
Episode 26 - Getting Known
Episode 25 - Surprise Your Customer
Episode 24 - Knowing Your Ideal Customer
Episode 23 - The Price of Indifference
Episode 22 - FOCUS
Episode 21-10X Actions
Episode 20 - Bold and New
Episode 19 - Outwitting the Devil
Episode 18 - 5 Gifts of Successful People
Episode 17 - Lifetime Value of a Customer
Episode 16 - The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Episode 15 - Take a Position
Episode 14 - Hiring the Best
Episode 13 - Customer Service Mindset
Episode 12 - Trail Blazers
Episode 11 - No Brown Days
Episode 10 - Your Bottleneck
Episode 9 - Celebrating Success
Episode 8 - Measuring Performance
Episode 7 - Keeping Score
Episode 6 - Your Sales Process
Episode 5 - Your Marketing Strategy
Episode 4 - Your Value Proposition
Episode 3 - Your Performance Standards
Episode 2 - Your Story
Episode 1 - Discipline