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When to Exit Your Business with Michael Vann – Ep. 14

September 27, 2022 by Scott Ritzheimer

"In this super-practical episode, Michael demystifies growing and selling your business and provides real-world advice for real owners and their businesses. Michael Vann is the president of the Vann group, a strategic consulting and transactional advisory firm that works with the owners and leadership teams of privately held small/mid-size businesses. He is also the co-author of “Buying Out the Boss: The Successor’s Guide to Succession Planning. He is also a fellow Scale Architect and hails from the northeast! Want to connect with Michael or learn more about his work? Check out his website https://www.vann-group.com or his brilliant book “Buying Out the Boss: The Successor’s Guide to Succession Planning”."
He started his coaching business and this podcast in order to reach founders and celebrate amazing coaches. If you're a seasoned business coach or consultant who is also an entrepreneur and feel you're a great fit for the show, apply here.

Finding and Funding Your Nonprofit Vision with Cherian Koshy – Ep. 12

September 19, 2022 by Scott Ritzheimer

In this vision-packed episode Cherian offers nonprofit leaders a bigger vision for the future AND the path to get there!
 Cherian is the Chief Development Officer for Endowment Partners, LLC, leading the firm's fundraising solutions division. Unique among investment firms, Cherian's division provides consulting services to the firm's clients including feasibility studies, capital campaign counsel, and strategic planning services to grow annual and endowment revenue.

He’s also a Certified Scale Architect and as you would likely guess from his bio focuses his time and energy on helping nonprofits achieve Predictable Success. To find out more about Cherian, visit http://www.cheriankoshy.com, and https://www.endowmentpartners.com to learn more about his exciting work.

Transformation from the Inside Out with Dr. Rosie Ward – Ep. 11

September 12, 2022 by Scott Ritzheimer

In this thought-provoking episode Dr. Rosie Ward takes us to the unavoidable intersection of our personal and professional lives and gives us the power and path to transform our workplaces for the better.

 Dr. Rosie Ward serves as CEO and co-founder of Salveo Partners, LLC, a consulting and professional development firm focused on equipping organizations to find success while putting people back at the forefront of their business. Rosie and her team focus on leveraging The Fusion (which is the inextricable interconnectedness of organizational and employee wellbeing) to help transform workplaces and support people in integrating their personal and professional lives.

 To find out more about Dr. Rosie Ward, visit https://www.drrosieward.com, and https://www.salveopartners.com to learn more about her work.

The Unexpected Route to the Resources You Need with Benj Miller – Ep. 3

August 24, 2022 by Scott Ritzheimer

In this engaging episode, Benj Miller, Co-Founder & Chief Architect of System & Soul, shares how he went from teenage night club owner to accidental entrepreneur to a coach & consultant that helps entrepreneurs build businesses they love. Along the way he discovered the power of and path to achieving clarity and control for your business.
 Benj is a proven entrepreneur who values character, culture and innovation. He founded his first company 17 years ago as the strategist and visionary behind Syrup Marketing , where he has launched hundreds of brands for clients -- and eight additional operating companies of his own.

One constant runs through all that Benj does: he has a passion for creating amazing organizational culture … culture that pours into people; that develops and sustains them.
Notably, he brings that heart to his family, too -- his wife of 21 years and their four amazing kids!

Benj’s coaching journey started with an implementation during a merger of two of his companies. It was such a success that he began coaching all of his other companies. He then went on to create ninety.io, a software platform, authored The Clarity Field Guide, co-hosts the System & Soul Podcast.

In 2021, Benj founded System & Soul. It’s the only operating framework that combines the systems and soul of a business. System & Soul pulls in some of the same systems and principles that have helped businesses run better for decades but has a deeper focus on the Soul of the company… the identity, culture, and people development. Together, these elements are proven to create breakthrough in companies across industries to accelerate growth.
 Want to learn more about Benj's work at System & Soul? Check out his website at www.systemandsoul.com and for a free daily leadership reminder visit the261.com.

Is Your Organization Innovative? Or Is It Just You? – Part 3

May 24, 2022 by Scott Ritzheimer

The most tempting strategy for most leaders is to do more of what we're already doing and do it better. That same strategy will suffocate even the best innovators if we aren't careful. So how do we protect innovation from process and use process to scale up innovation?

Is Your Organization Innovative? Or Is It Just You? – Part 2

May 17, 2022 by Scott Ritzheimer

Innovation will never be birthed from a process. It must start with people. To create an innovative organization, you must create an ethos of innovation throughout the entire organization.

How to Optimize the Most Valuable Asset You Are Currently Ignoring with Dr. Victor Manzo – Ep. 47

March 27, 2022 by Scott Ritzheimer

In this revealing episode, Dr. Victor Manzo, Founder & CEO of Empower Your Reality, shares how he made more money while working half as long by managing this one important resource.

You’ll learn how to do more of the work you love, less of the work you don’t love and maximize the time value of your money.

The Ultimate Guide to Holding an Incredible Executive Offsite – Day One

April 6, 2021 by Scott Ritzheimer

From day one, this step-by-step agenda will give you and your team an opportunity to reflect on past successes and challenges and cast a vision for the company so powerful and enduring that it will outlast everyone in the room.

Michael Vann

March 17, 2021 by Michael Vann

Michael Vann is the President of the Vann Group, LLC. Michael has over twenty years of strategic consulting and transactional advisory experience. He focuses his efforts on helping owners build and realize their value by creating the framework for continuity and scalability within their organizations. His areas of expertise include strategic facilitation, succession/transition planning, and …

Regrouping Your Whitewater Organization Post COVID-19

July 23, 2020 by Scott Ritzheimer

If your business was in Whitewater in March, the last five months have likely been brutal. Stuck between Fun and Predictable Success, you didn't have the agility or the depth to weather the economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But there is hope! Here are the three phases of what I believe is the best strategy for you to regroup and get your business back into winning form.

8 Practical Ways To Lead Your Team Through Every Crisis – Part 1

June 3, 2020 by Scott Ritzheimer

You and your leadership team have been through a lot. You've almost certainly had some extreme challenges, some small wins, and a lot of hard work. But as you look to the horizon, you're realizing; this is far from over.

Why Your Company Culture Must Change – Part 3

March 31, 2020 by Scott Ritzheimer

It's time for the single most significant cultural change your business will experience, stage 3 of the Predictable Success model. Culture in Whitewater. To be honest, I cringed when I wrote the heading "Culture in Whitewater." Culture in Whitewater can be summed up in one word: awful.