All Podcast Episodes
#163 – Engaging Employees in Hybrid, Fast Moving Organizations
How do you engage over 4,000 employees?
Tim Brackney is President and COO of RGP is a global consulting firm. RGP feels it pioneered the gig economy for professional services. How? RGP gives employees the benefits and security of being an employee, but pays people when they are chargeable. This gives employees the power to say “no.” What does that mean? LEARN MORE…
#162 – Start The Dream Machine to Engage and Retain Top Performers
What’s the difference between a goal and a dream? How do you help your employees pursue their dreams without violating HR laws? Talking about dreams can be fun. (but) …most people fail. So, what do you do?
#161 – How to Make Better Decisions All The Time
Have you ever regretted a decision? If you answered, “no,” then you are either joking or lying. Everybody makes bad decisions, at least once in a while. This is your opportunity to… LEARN MORE
#160 – What? Less Than 5% Employee Turnover! Learn How
Marc Reifenrath believes people are his competitive advantage. He is so focused on engaging his employees that Spinutech started with 10 years of zero turnover, and still has four of the first five team members on staff. How does Marc do it? And how is he still doing “it?” LEARN MORE
#159 – What if We Could Restore Reason to the World? Here’s One Way.
This is a podcast for leaders with discernment, wisdom, and courage. Today’s episode challenges leaders to lead intentionally, and help our troops better discern the facts. This podcast’s guest is Dr. Travis Corcoran (“Cor-crin”). He challenges us to consider how currently our intellectual freedom is threatened by…
#158 – The Humble Reason Alvarez Technology Group Can Beat Any Competitor
It’s culture. But this begs the question, “How?” Luis Alvarez, CEO of Alvarez Technology Group in Salinas, California is totally committed to the culture of his company. Part of this is…
#157 – How to Hit Your “3-Pointers” in Life and Business
Alan Stein worked for years as a successful basketball performance coach training superstars like Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and Kobe Bryant. He has also been a speaker and trainer to major companies like Pepsi and American Express. However, now Alan is bringing what he’s learned…
#156 – The Habit Mechanic Explains How Your Brain ACTUALLY works
Dr. Jon Finn of Tougher Minds in the U.K. took a different approach. He invested over 25,000 hours researching, creating hypothesis, testing, and refining the best ways to develop habits…. David’s interested in how to strengthen one strongest habit into a superpower, and the best way to overcome your worst habit with a new, more powerful habit that sticks with you for a lifetime. How about you?
#155 - Let’s Talk About Your Honesty Problem and Time Management
The primary problem of leaders is NOT limited time, lack of skilled people, or another issue. The main problem is all leaders are lying to themselves… READ MORE
#154 – The Power of a 5-Star Rating System for Employees and Job Candidates
What are “5-Star Employees,” how do you identify them, and really, are these really amazing top performers, or can 3-star and 4-star people be just as good? Join David in today’s conversation with Danielle Mulvey, a powerful force in the entrepreneurial world…
#153 – How to Talk with People Who Might Fund Your Business
How do you ask someone for money (for your business)? In this podcast, you will learn how.
#152 – Simple Habits to Create Time in Your Day and Focus on What’s Most Important
James Davis is the CEO of Tech Commandos, a company singled out by Goldman Sachs as a visionary business in the IT sector. In this podcast David questions James on how he maintains his focus on what’s truly most important each day as he splits time between Tech Commandos and his commercial real estate investments.
#151 – Strategy Sprints to Double Sales in 90 Days
Simon Severino wrote a book, Strategy Sprints, based on success he and his coaching team are having increasing sales of small-midsize businesses. He joins us today to talk about how any of us can double our sales in 90 days.
Are you skeptical? Yes, I am too. However,…
#150 - The Ukraine War is an Opportunity for Leaders
Michelle Moore spent 15 years living in Russia and speaks fluent Russian... The focus of this podcast is, “What should leaders around the globe do about the Ukraine War?”
The answer varies…
#149 – From Tech Geek to Leader, When Does That Make Sense?
Scott Drake got promoted to leadership under the “Peter Principle.” He was a superstar, so promote him! No training and limited support. Just be a leader and meet the metrics. Have you been there, done that? …
#148 – Play Games to Better Connect In-person, Remote, and Hybrid Teams
David don’t do games, but Scott Novis, founder of Bravous, connects people through play. Enjoy this thought-provoking conversation finding innovative ways to engage your in-person, hybrid, and remote team members. Have you noticed that…
#147 – Be a Podcast Guest to Grow Your Business
This show is different. As many of you know, David has interviewed over 200 people on his 197 podcasts, including today’s show. However, never like today’s guest, Tom Schwab.
#146 - How to Quit. When to Quit. Should You Quit (something)?
Big Red built a team at Molnlycke Health Care that grew the revenue over 7 times and the EBITDA over 20 times creating over $1BN growth in enterprise value. He and his team took the US business from #5 to #1 with an employee satisfaction index of over 95%.
What’s one thing Jim did that most people do not?
#145 – Metronomics and the 3HAG Way
…when you have a company grow 3,000% using a system, it’s worth hearing how they did it…
#144 – An Honest Approach to Online Marketing
Paul Rakovich is the founder of Clicks and Clients, and has become the go-to expert for anybody looking to scale their company with Facebook Ads. What strikes David, this podcast’s host, about Paul is…