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When I start working with a founder and their team, one of the first issues we have to address is a big one: How they approach growth. Typically, up until this point, they have grown by selling as much as they can and then scrambling to keep up. But this strategy is about to expire.
In this empowering episode, Vanessa Judelman shares how you can lead effectively in a fast-paced world by becoming a conscious leader. If you’re struggling with team misalignment, or if you feel frustrated by slowing pace despite growth, you won’t want to miss it.
You will discover:
- Why conscious leadership helps you set the right tone for team alignment
- How to use short coaching meetings to bridge pace gaps with your team
- How a RACI chart ensures strategic execution by clarifying team roles
In this powerful episode, Schuyler Williamson shares how you can lead steadily through chaos using proven models. If you’re struggling with overwhelm, or if you feel chaos derails your leadership, you won’t want to miss it.
You will discover:
- Why steady leadership ensures clarity in chaotic growth stages (and how he learned it from a direct hit by an IED)
- How to use combat readiness to lead yourself amidst uncertainty
- What clear vision communication does to align your growing team
In this empowering episode, Dr. Robin Buckley shares how you can apply business strategies to strengthen your marriage. If you’re struggling to balance work and relationships, or if you feel overwhelmed by marital challenges, you won’t want to miss it.
You will discover:
- Why business skills like strategy can enhance your marriage across all stages
- How to create a mission statement to align your relationship goals
- What 180 thinking does to control negative thoughts and improve communication
In this insightful episode, Rhiannon Albert shares how you can align HR strategy to manage growth and reduce overwhelm. If you’re struggling with team misalignment, or if you feel bogged down by HR complexities, you won’t want to miss it.
You will discover:
- Why partnering with HR aligns your team and mitigates risk in chaos
- How to integrate HR into decisions to avoid siloed thinking
- What open-mindedness allows you to dream bigger despite HR challenges
In this clarifying episode, Lee Benson, CEO of Execute to Win, takes aim at two enormous problems founders face (especially when they hire coaches or consultants).
You will discover:
- Why traditional strategic planning never works sustainably (leading to Treadmill)
- Why your operating system, no matter what it's called or how much you love it, will grow your business (and what will)
- A clear definition of success for every CEO
You did it! By everyone else's standards, you've built a thriving, successful business. You've succeeded where 95% who've tried have failed. You've turned your idea into a thriving enterprise. But there's a problem. And whether or not you have words for it, you are feeling it.
In this insightful episode, Matthew Stafford, Owner of Build Grow Scale, shares how he has helped thousands of e-commerce entrepreneurs to the true game of success in e-commerce: the inner game.
You will discover:
- What separates $10M e-comm businesses from those that can only dream of being $10M e-comm businesses?
- Why your comfort may be biggest obstacle for your conversions
- Two simple hacks to your checkout process that will change the game entirely
When you realize you are in Whitewater, you realize only one question matters: How do we get out? Here are three steps you can take to conquer Whitewater and enjoy Predictable Success.
In this relational episode, Bill Barnett, CEO of Smarter Minds Network, shares how he has leverage the power of meaningful relationships to build multiple wildly successful business across industries from film to ed tech. If you're a founder who wants to learn how to get more done with less effort by building powerful relationships, you want want to miss this episode!
You will discover:
- The single biggest quality in building relationships
- Why you need to unlearn everything you know/believe about networking
- The strategic relationships
In this whole human episode, Laura Buckley, Owner of Laura Buckley Coaching and Consulting, Inc., shares how she has taken the lessons she's learned as an Army Officer, A Registered Dietician, and a Leadership Consultant to help her clients build strong cultures they are proud to call their own! If you're frustrated that your culture isn't as strong as it once was, or if you're curious to know how vital your physical health and well-being are to maintaining a strong culture, you won't want to miss this episode.
You will discover:
- Why you can't build a strong culture with words (and what you CAN use instead)
- How to assess the strength of your culture
- When you can no longer build it yourself (AND why it can't be built without you)
