Blue Shirt Leadership Podcast

John Way: Get Things Done On The First Try

John Way is the founder of Pipelineapp.io where he specializes in clearing roadblocks for time-crunched leaders who feel stuck and propel them to the next level. 

He has a 20+ years track record of successfully leading digital transformation efforts in Fortune 500 companies and his work has won him both internal and industry acclaim. 

In this episode, John shares several insightful ideas and tips to help you become a better leader and communicate more effectively. John believes that clear communication is the skill that all great leaders need to master and he is helping make this possible with his business. 

Secondly, in business, there are three simple questions that will help you achieve more and stay accountable. Who? What? When? Summarized as Who is doing What by When? Finally, John believes in the importance of setting up people for success. 

To learn more about how he makes this possible with his team and business, please connect with him by visiting https://www.pipelineapp.io/

 

Kristen Corey - You Know More Than You Think You Do

Sometimes failure can serve as a catalyst to an amazing opportunity. This and a lot of hard work and consistency is what helped Kristen start ProAdvisor Marketing.

While her roots are in accounting, today she provides marketing services to those in the accounting industry.

In this episode, Kristen shares her story of enjoying the accounting industry but finding an even bigger passion for marketing. She shares as leaders and business owners, it's important to recognize we know way more than we think and this is an asset we need to use.

Kristen also points out how important showing you care is and the simplicity of doing this. Finally, to dispel confusion about marketing, Kristen explains that marketing = building relationships. It doesn't have to be more complicated than this.

To connect with her, please visit https://proadvisor-marketing.com/

Steve Feld - Finding The Real Problem With Your Business

Business Coach Steve Feld, MBA, is a Certified Business Coach, Author, Professional Speaker, and award-winning Business Management Executive.

Over 300 businesses have sought out his services to work with them on gaining much-needed clarity, implementing solid strategic plans, and achieving positive growth results.

In this episode, Steve shares some really helpful insights on what could be getting in the way of your business success. Some of those include the need for you to focus and stick with your focus, get help earlier in your business, and be passionate about what you do.

Steve is great at helping small businesses retool what isn't working and leverage what is.

You can connect directly with Steve by visiting his website and resources by going to www.bizcoachsteve.com/100k

Catherine Cantey - Don't Just Talk About It, Do Something About

Catherine Cantey is a 20 year veteran in the corporate world and shares her powerful insights with us on this episode. She is a tenacious connector, recovering banker, and leadership coach. Her sales program creates exceeding results for her clients.

Today you'll learn about the power of stakeholder-centered coaching, the importance of being persistent, and celebrating the big and small wins. Catherine has a track record of taking courageous leaps and steps forward in her business and helps her clients to do the same. She challenges you to find ways to stretch yourself and your career.

Ultimately, in her career, she has taken leaps of her own when she realized that it's time to stop talking about "it" and do something.

You can connect with her directly by visiting her LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinecantey/

Interview: Louis Marchman - How Are You Satisfying The Need Of A Future Client

Louis Marchman has had an amazing journey to opening his accounting practice. From some jail time for youth indiscretions to a stint being homeless. It took a very important look in the mirror for Louis to recognize there was so much more for him to give to the world. 

As a result, he serves his clients to help them relieve the anxiousness and fear that can sometimes come with the financial side of running a business. He has been serving his clients for almost 7 years now and won't be slowing down any time soon! 

Louis shared some powerful tips on how to lead well. 

He shares find your faith. Find something bigger than you to believe in. Be physical. Discipline your body so you can discipline your mind. Allow creativity to flourish in your life and business. Finally, don't stop moving forward. Even the little steps count. 

If you'd like to connect with Louis and learn more of his story and see how his business can help relieve you of some of that unneeded stress, connect with him by visiting www.marchmanaccounting.com

Interview: Maurice Goin - Failure Is Your Option

Failure is the option. Don't be the smartest person in the room. These are just two of Maurice Goin's insights that you'll hear in this episode.

Maurice is a 7 year veteran of the US Coast Guard, business owner, and all-around leader. His experiences in the Coast Guard provided him with leadership skills and insights that he is using to empower his team. Maurice and his business partner run a growing cleaning business with 13 employees and they don't look to be slowing down!

In this episode, Maurice shares about his military experiences, a significant failure that turned into a huge catalyst to his current success, and some key leaders who impacted his life. Here are a few SAGE Wisdom nuggets from the episode.

He says that we need to take the risk that we are afraid to take because the other side is worth it. He encourages you to never stop networking because that's what got his business started. Finally, as leaders, we need to push people just past their limits to empower them to be the best version of themselves.

If you'd like to connect with Maurice, please visit https://www.neatnsweetcleaning.com/

Interview: Shashank Shukla - You Can Outsource Almost Anything In Your Business

My guest on Today's show is Shashank Shukla and he is an entrepreneur through and through. He wrote his first business plan when he was 13 years old, ran a FinTech start-up when he was 26, and continues to work in the financial industry.

Currently, he helps businesses improve their performance and increase their profits through a powerful system that he is looking to get patented. He believes in the importance of automation and outsourcing to help you run your business more successfully.

In this episode, Shashank shares 3 powerful insights which include building a team you can trust, finding the right people to invest in your business (and you), and empower yourself to work ON your business by outsourcing as much as you can.

Connect with Shashank on LinkedIn by visiting https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashank-shukla-18719313/

Interview: Sergey Kiklevich - Don't Fail To Be Yourself

My guest on today's show is Sergey Kiklevich. He left his home country of Belarus when he was 19 years old to come to the United States. All he has with him was $50 in his pocket and no family. 

His coaching business is called Gambit Solutions because sometimes you have to take some big risks for things to work out as you desire. In this episode, he shares several key insights on managing your emotions, responsibility, and acknowledging other people. 

Formerly a registered representative and a financial professional. Currently, the founder of and the head coach at Gambit Solutions Inc., focused on executive coaching and business consulting. 

You can connect with Sergey by visiting http://askgambit.com/

Interview: Randall Espinoza Episode - How A $500,000 Trip To The Maldives Changed Randall's Life

Randall Espinoza is a giver. He loves to serve his clients and friends. He started as an entrepreneur at the age of 15 and hasn’t looked back. His primary focus now is to help people get their financial struggles under control and to partner with other business owners to create an exponential impact on the world.

In this episode, he shares the power of helping people solve problems. He says, “if you solve other people’s problems, the money will come.”

He also shares the importance of auditing your social circle to make sure you surround yourself with the best people.

Finally, Randall shares some significant insight on the power of vision and not allowing yours to be diluted.

You can connect with him directly by visiting his Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/randalleofficial/

Interview: Mike Cook - Guiding Principles To Successful Leadership

Today's episode is with a special guest. Mike Cook is a business mentor of mine and has been a great encouragement and support to me and Gillette Solutions for a couple of years now.

I was selfishly holding on to his wisdom until now. On this episode, you'll get to learn about Mike's powerful insights on leadership, communication, and his guiding principles for business. These principles have helped him and 100s of business owners C-Level leaders successfully navigate challenges and opportunities.

 

Interview Eric Reed: Unlocking The Value You Have To Offer Others

When we understand the value we have to offer other people this makes it possible to offer so much more to others. In this episode, Eric Reed dives into the importance of knowing your north star, having pride in what you do, and the importance of "shrinking your universe". 

Eric is the owner of the Reed5 group where they help businesses rethink strategies, provide actionable & meaningful solutions to clarify, simplify and achieve your vision. You can connect with Eric by visiting his website https://reed5group.com/.

You can also find him on LinkedIn and hosting the Take5 Podcast. 

Pygmalion Effect - The Power Of Expectations

It's an interesting thing how myths can impact our lives in powerful waves. On this episode, I talk about the Pygmalion effect and how this Greek myth serves as a reminder of the power of expectations. 

Research in various institutions has proven that the Pygmalion effect is real. They've tested and duplicated the effect many times. What's more important is that you and I can test and duplicate the power of setting high expectations. 

I share with you several stories of how this has played out in my life and the lives of my clients and even Jesus' disciples. 

 

Top Episodes: How To Harness Your Strengths Part 1 of 3

Learning how to harness your strengths is a challenge most of us struggle with. With all the resources available to us we can get lost in the sea of options and never really move forward. 

In this 3 part series, I focus on a simple three-phase process to build a foundation for your strengths, begin to grow them, and then lastly empower others to do the same. 

In this episode, I help you give your strengths a firm foundation by showing you the EXACT 4-step process you can follow. The foundation starts with these three items:

• Know Your Strengths
• Show Your Strengths
• Grow Your Strengths

Once you work through these areas, you'll find your strengths are immediately being challenged, growing, and more ready for you to use. 

 

Music On This Episode:

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Interview: Ben Luts - The Power Of Taking The First Step

Welcome to another episode of the SAGE Mindset Podcast. Today’s episode features Ben Luts or Cypress Overland. He and his wife run an amazing business that allows you to get away from the busyness of life and business to enjoy time on the road doing off road adventures, camping, and even some luxury wining and dining! 

Is this episode, Ben shares his story of travels around the world and across the US to eventually (kind of by serdepity) purchase and begin running Cypress Overland. Ben says sometimes you need to take that ONE step to reveal what the next five steps are. 

Ben and his wife are a living example of this advice and the impact they are making on their customers shows the empowering affect of decisions like this and having an amazing wife to make a business run smoothly! 

You can learn more about Cypress Overland by visiting https://cypressoverland.com or checking them out on Instagram and Facebook.

SAGE Leadership Series Part 3 - What Does Prayer Have To Do With Leadership?

In part three of this series, I look at the powerful practice of prayer in leadership and how you can use it to be more reflective, get powerful insights, unlock vision in your leadership, and release stress. 

These are only a few of the benefits of being a praying leader. In this episode, I also challenge you to start doing two things.

• Write down the ideas, stressors, wants, and struggles that you have as a leader then release then through prayer. When you do this consistently, my promise to you is that you will have a freer, less stressed, and more powerful leadership experience than you have now.
• The second challenge is to wake up early and as your first real action of the day - pray. Don't listen to an audiobook, check your email, or look at social media. Get up and quietly reflect/pray. This is not meditation but praying in gratitude and in request for the things that you really want. 

Prayer is a strange topic in the world of business but we all know whether you believe in God or not, there is tremendous power in prayer. I choose to believe God is answering. 

If you want to learn more about this practice or share how prayer has impacted your leadership, please email me kyle@gillettesolutions.com.