Accelerate Your Business Growth

How do you activate your Purpose with a powerful Mission? How do you align your daily Habits to hit your flow state every day? We'll discuss all this and more with Craig Filek, creator of Purpose Mapping, the #1 methodology for high-achievers ready to clarify your Purpose, align with your flow state, and make a meaningful contribution every day. With over 20 years experience facilitating deep inner work, Craig developed Purpose Mapping to bring his own life into alignment after walking away from a 7-figure business, and what he thought would be his ideal life. Now he guides high-achievers around the world to realize their full potential by clarifying their purpose, aligning with their flow state by playing to their strengths, and making a meaningful contribution every day, one tiny step at a time. Executives, entrepreneurs, investors and professionals around the world seek Craig’s guidance when making life-changing decisions. You can begin Purpose Mapping. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Process is critical to sales success. Michal Vojta joins me to share some process ideas. Michal is a B2B sales professional with experience in corporations and startups. He co-founded SALESDOCk as he saw too many startups and young companies with great products fail because of lack of sales expertise and execution. Michal got his theoretical background in economics and innovation management while studying in Prague and the Netherlands. Today he strives to implement it by building startup’s sales strategy, infrastructure and teams. He strongly believes in a methodological, structured approach towards sales setup and a people-centric approach towards team building. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Monetizing your expertise requires luck, discipline, courage, and insight. If you want to sell your thinking and be indispensible to your clients, there are some important markers along that path. David Baker joins me to talk about this timely subject. David C. Baker is an author, speaker, and advisor to entrepreneurial creatives worldwide. He has written 5 books, advised 900+ firms, and keynoted conferences in 30+ countries. His work has been discussed in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fast Company, Forbes, USA Today, BusinessWeek, and Inc. Magazine. He lives in Nashville, TN. His most recent book is at http://www.expertise.is Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Lee Caraher joins us to share how leading this non-homogenous workplace requires new strengths, vulnerabilities and skills so that you can thrive not just survive. Lee Caraher is the CEO of Double Forte PR & Digital Marketing; an acclaimed communication strategist, she’s known for her practical solutions to big problems. Her company works with some of the top consumer and technology brands in the country. Lee’s the author of Millennials & Management based on her experience with failing and then succeeding at retaining Millennials. Her second book, The Boomerang Principle was published in April 2017. Lee has a reputation for building cohesive, high producing teams who have fun together at the same time. She is a straight talker who doesn't hold too many punches, although she does her best to be pleasant about it. Her big laugh and sense of humor have gotten her out of a lot of trouble. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Have you been enjoying a hobby that you think might make a good business? Don’t know where to start, or even if you should? Tune in to this episode to hear Sue Monhait share her ideas. Sue Monhait, also known as the Gift Biz Gal, has been  consulting with retail and online businesses for over 25 years. Additionally, she has started two multi 6-figure companies of her own. Today, The Ribbon Print Company is the major sponsor of her Gift Biz Unwrapped Podcast. Sue has been identified as an industry trendsetter and now focuses on the “gifting, baking, crafting and making” spaces. She’s a leader in helping entrepreneurs set up their business to become a profitable and sustainable entity. Pulling from her vast experience, Sue now guides people who have a hobby or creative passion that they want to turn into a business. As an extension, she works with existing business owners who have gotten stuck or are looking for that one thing that’s needed for them to gain traction and move ahead. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Three-time entrepreneur Jon Lee, CEO of ProsperWorks, the customer relationship management platform recommended and backed by Google, talks about how he identified sales as the single most important determinant of success, and how you can increase yours. Jon Lee knows a thing or two about running businesses. Jon started in investment banking at Merrill Lynch, moved to run a large operations team at Yahoo, and founded Bazaar Advertising Solutions and DNA Games, acquired by Epic Media Group and Zynga, respectively. He then started ProsperWorks to give companies tools they’ll actually use to help them grow.  Jon holds a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from UC Berkeley. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Most entrepreneurs are so busy doing the day to day things that they haven’t even considered what they will do with the company when it’s time to make their exit. But the truth is, your customers and employees need you to take the time to get it right. D. Scot Hunsaker, born in St. Louis in 1963, learned early on the value of not only working hard, but working smart. His father was a very successful entrepreneur who worked seven days a week, twelve hours a day. He attended Indiana University and credits that experience with teaching him how to manage a process and get to the finish line. After getting his degree in business he returned to the St. Louis area and worked for Mark Twain Bank for five years. He would eventually go back to work into one of his dad’s businesses, and brought much of what he had gleaned in banking to his new role. He would buy that business, grow it significantly, and then transfer ownership to his employees. His current venture, Ardent, is built to help other business owners like himself figure out how to do what he did- seamlessly transfer ownership of their companies someday to their employees.  Scot is also the author of Heroic Ownership: Build Your Team. Plan Your Exit. Create Your Legacy. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Aaron Levy of Raise The Bar joins me to share his thoughts on how to engage and retain millennials. After watching his friends become dissatisfied with their jobs, Aaron became curious and wanted to know why. What he found was a perceived lack of purpose in their work, connection to their team, company or boss and opportunity for growth. He founded Raise The Bar to change this – to transform the manager role – by empowering each manager with the tools, skills, and training to be leaders of people. Aaron believes it’s not enough for a manager to know what it takes to be a leader, rather it’s about them moving from knowledge to action and adopting the habits of a leader. It takes commitment, intentionality, and practice. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Success in business is something we strive for. Roy Austin joins us to talk about ideas that can help us achieve the success we seek. In 2007 Roy founded Rockwell Business Solutions, LLC (RBS) which provides coaching and training services for businesses that have a sincere desire to move their business to the next level. RBS has also been involved with business development, mergers & acquisitions, investor relations, and negotiations with partners, customers, vendors, and banks. Roy is the author of The Alligator Business Solution, available on Amazon.com. Roy and his wife Sharron live at Sun City Hilton Head in Bluffton, SC. Between them they have 4 children and 7 grandchildren.  And, he is an avid tennis player. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Conflict. Most of us avoid it like crazy. But what if harnessing conflict was our best chance to build championship teams that produce greatness?  CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke are here to help us understand how we can embrace conflict for greater success. CrisMarie and Susan are coaches, business consultants, speakers, and co-authors of The Beauty of Conflict: Harnessing Your Team’s Competitive Advantage. They and their organization, Thrive! Coaching and Consulting specialize in helping professional women, leaders, teams and entire companies learn how to transform conflict into creativity and innovation.   Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Rick Snyder joins us to discuss how to ignite the collective wisdom of a business team into their company culture for more effective communication, execution, and results.  He shows us how to apply intuitive skills into every corner of a business, such as product development, anticipating the market, new hires, personnel decisions, investment pitching, negotiation, forecasting, and growth strategy. Rick Snyder is an American-born, Paris-based CEO of Three Hats, a leading business consulting firm. He is an international business coach, writer, speaker, and consultant who has launched three businesses. He is an expert in mentoring, training, and teaching others how to utilize the process of bringing intuition into an effective business plan and company culture. Having lived the past few years in France, Snyder brings a global perspective to his teachings. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

The methodology taught by Mark H. Fowler can be used to overcome some of today’s most difficult business problems, including improving hiring and training, promoting employee engagement, reducing workplace harassment and bullying, uniting a group around a common purpose, and anything else that requires interaction for superior success. Mark Fowler joins us to explain this impactful idea. Mark H. Fowler is the president of Stowe Management Corporation and Co-CEO of Revolutionary Conversations, LLC. He is a business growth and corporate re-engineering expert, author and writer, business educator, public speaker and change leader. He specializes in transitioning companies from challenge to achievement by focusing both on enhancing revenues and profits and instituting cultural and interactive processes that substantially increase collaboration and engagement. A leader in the "business engagement" field for decades, he has developed systems and communication protocols stressing the importance of team empowerment and personal development. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

There are actually 7 stages of transformation. Each step provides the individual with a choice. Willard Barth joins us to explain this important topic. Willard has been involved in the field of human behavior, personal and professional development for close to 30 years. The biggest lesson Willard learned from his time developing numerous businesses in various industries (retail sales, entertainment, software development, marketing, real estate, event management, consulting and coaching) was that for a business to be successful, they had to follow a repetitive cycle which he labels “The Anatomy Of Transformation”. Along with his accomplishments in the field of personal development, Willard has used these skills to his benefit in many other areas of his life. He is the founder of 3 successful companies including an entertainment company, a marketing company, as well as Willard Barth Enterprises. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

The amount of "noise" in the marketplace is increasing by the day and it is essential that you communicate with your customers in a way that quickly grabs, and keeps, their attention. Maury Rogow, the CEO of Rip Media group, will share his expertise, giving you the knowledge to make your story be heard and make your business thrive. Maury Rogow is the CEO at Rip Media Group, an Executive Producer, Author, Speaker, and an expert in the field of Content Marketing. He founded Rip Media Group, which focuses on the art of visual storytelling for business leaders. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Determined to find out why, Steve McKee embarked on a five-year research journey examining more than 700 corporations, many which had at one time been among the country’s fastest growing companies. He joins us to share what you discovered, and what we can do to overcome the stall. Steve McKee is the president of McKee Wallwork + Company, Advertising Age’s 2015 Southwest U.S. Small Agency of the Year.  He is the author of When Growth Stalls: How it Happens, Why You're Stuck and What To Do About It, an award-winning business book now published in four languages, and Power Branding: Leveraging the Success of the World's Best Brands, just published in China. A marketing strategist for nearly thirty years, Steve has held executive positions at notable international agencies including NW Ayer, Della Femina, and a division of McCann-Erickson Worldwide. He currently writes a column for SmartBrief on Leadership. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.