Join Lodestone True North's head coach Mark Whitmore as he unearths some wisdom, truths, and hacks, to help you sharpen the saw as you operate your business. And have fun while we help you take your business from Broken to Smokin'!
Mark talks about the differences between paint by number solutions and building on mastery of principles. He reads an essay on the topic as well.
More from "Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits" by Greg Crabtree
in this episode Mark discusses "Simple numbers, straight talk and big profits" by Greg Crabtree
I pull from the book "Measure What Matters by John Doerr. We talk about the idea of OKR's- Objectives and Key Results.
taking a page from "Necessary endings" by Dr. Henry Cloud
More from Tom Peters and "The excellence dividend" in which he makes the point that culture IS the strategy.
looking at why you should be intentional about your closest relationships. Pulling nuggets from Tom Peters "the excellence dividend"
I talk with Jody Vest of TTX on the ins and outs of interviewing, recruiting, and hiring for culture fit. Jody is very accomplished and humble. He has a great track record when it comes to hiring for culture. We discuss at length how he talks to candidates, and how he moves them through the hiring process successfully.
Episode 061- we cover a very productive and practical recruiting strategy with CEO Brandon Kenney of TTX.
Mark discusses future hire interviewing ideas and questions, specifically from The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
we discuss tips and tricks around performing interviews
We discuss the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with Shawn Ely of Lazear.
In this episode we talk with Chrissy Myers, CEO of AUI about her new book "Reluctantly Resilient" in which she details the difficult pathway she took to where she is now, and the lessons learned along the way.
We discuss Chrissy's new book "Reluctantly Resilient"
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast - Mark and Shane talk about an article from INC, that goes over Elon Musk's “Algorithm” - A 5 step process to improve almost anything. https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/elon-musks-algorithm-a-5-step-process-to-dramatically-improve-nearly-everything-is-both-simple-brilliant.html 0:00 Intro 2:03 Book Reference - Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson 3:01 Lex Fridman podcast episode with Walter Isaacson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGOV5R7M1Js 10:11 Reference to Larry Page from Google 14:03 The Algorithm 14:22 Step 1 - Question every requirement 21:14 Step 2 - Delete any part or process you can 26:14 Step 3 - Simplify and optimize 28:12 Step 4 - Accelerate cycle time 32:07 Step 5 - Automate 35:30 Book Reference - Reluctantly Resilient: One CEO's Journey to Thriving in Leadership and Life by Chrissy Myers 35:55 Book Reference - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara Make sure to check out our other channel Broken To Smokin' - https://www.youtube.com/@BrokenToSmokin **Credits** Music - King of Pain by The Police
Episode 055 - Mark reads an excerpt from the essay "How to do great work" by Paul Graham This excerpt talks about the value of experience. 0:00 Intro 1:00 Reference to interview of Jared Kushner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_MeKSnyAo 3:04 Reading an excerpt of the essay “How to do great work” by Paul Graham - Read the whole essay here: http://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html This except talks about the value of experience 7:07 Focusing on the idea of experience and learning 7:43 The first paragraph is lauding to the 80/20 principle 9:44 Journaling as an exercise 10:39 The AAR template and exercise (see Episode 032 for more on this and a free download of the template: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-032-aar-exercise/ ) 15:46 Take-aways… * More self aware 18:38 TOMKAT Tool **Credits** Music - The Storm by Tedeschi Trucks Band
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and business coach Preston True https://www.gettpafit.com/ continue their convo on the 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni. About Preston: After 25 years of managing and owning entrepreneurial businesses, Preston has lived through some of the brightest days and darkest nights. He's learned owning and operating a business requires a new level of fitness well beyond the day you started it. The stamina required to scale rocky peaks, navigate dark valleys and reach your pinnacle is not achieved without the right people, purpose, playbook and performance. 0:00 Intro 3:49 Book reference - Drive by Daniel Pink 7:40 The 3 Stages of Work Ideation (Wonder and Invention) Activation (Discernment and Galvanizing) Implementation (Enablement and Tenacity) 17:35 Walk thru this practically Can take the assessment at www.workinggenius.com Takes about 10 minutes for about $25 each Assemble into a Team Map 21:51 Talk about pairing this assessment up with Kolbe, StrengthsFinder, or Enneagram? Working genius helps with how I will be productive in work Kolbe how I will engage or approach work StrengthsFinder - Talent Enneagram - Emotionally 40:32 What are you reading lately? 10x is easier than 2x by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis Mentioned the movie Shadowlands https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson “Do what's meaningful rather than what's expedient” Duck Commander Daily Devotional Mark mentioned The Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner **Credits** Music - Push by Matchbox Twenty Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.comLinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast:YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and business coach Preston True https://www.gettpafit.com/ take a deep dive into the 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni. About Preston: After 25 years of managing and owning entrepreneurial businesses, Preston has lived through some of the brightest days and darkest nights. He's learned owning and operating a business requires a new level of fitness well beyond the day you started it. The stamina required to scale rocky peaks, navigate dark valleys and reach your pinnacle is not achieved without the right people, purpose, playbook and performance. 0:00 Intro 3:01 Shoutout to Mammoth Distilling in Michigan https://mammothdistilling.com 5:44 Documentary called “Neat: The Story of Bourbon” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7109844/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 6:27 Movie references: Lawless https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212450/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Fury https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2713180/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Greatest Game Ever Played https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388980/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Peanut Butter Falcon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4364194/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 10:56 How did you get started with The 6 Types of Working Genius? https://www.workinggenius.com 15:15 Shoutout to David Quick! https://helpingbulls.com (we were trying to come up with Christopher Guest's name) 15:40 Previous episodes with David Quick: Episode 046: https://youtu.be/5k0R15meraU Episode 047: https://youtu.be/twgHQscptn0 17:00 “One of the most important characteristics of a leader is self-awareness” 18:12 Broken into 3 groups: Working Genius, Working Competency, and Working Frustration 21:25 Understanding your role in a project context… Joy plus Fulfillment equals Productivity 23:29 The 6 Types of Working Genius, spells the word “WIDGET” Wonder: Identifies the need for improvement or change Invention: Confirms the importance of that need, and generates an idea or solution Discernment: Assesses the merit and workability of the idea or solution Galvanizing: Generates enthusiasm and action around the idea or solution Enablement: Initiates support and assists in the implementation of the idea or solution Tenacity: Commits to ensuring that the idea or solution gets completed and that desired results are achieved 31:17 Working Genius is really all about productivity… 31:48 Reference to 3 signs of a miserable job by Patrick Lencioni Irrelevance Anonymity Immeasurability 35:53 How do you measure self-awareness in someone? 40:35 How often have you seen someone not receptive to that convo?**Credits** **Credits** Music - Push by Matchbox Twenty Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.comLinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast:YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/43:37 Quote from the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely - “Money as it turns out, is very often the most expensive way to motivate people…”
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) continue their discussion about the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. 0:00 Intro 0:28 Why'd you pick up this book “Predictably Irrational” ? 4:10 Garden of Eden ideas 4:55 Our behavior is irrational, but it's predictable… 12:04 Why would you tell someone to read this book? 13:32 Book Reference - Jordon Peterson 12 Rules of Life 27:04 Expectations… 27:37 “The Matthew Principle” - Jordan Peterson 28:43 Pump The Brakes tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExqKYh4kzxM&t=0s 30:45 Procrastination groups from chapter 7 37:39 Guardrails in your life, like the bucket budget… 42:25 Money quote from chapter 4 45:10 Quote from the book Drive by Daniel Pink ** Credits** Music - Burning Down The House by Talking Heads Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!)LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast:YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) continue their discussion about project management, some personality assessments including Predictive Index and Culture Index, and a few things all of these type of assessments don't show or measure. 0:00 Intro 0:30 What are you looking for in a project manager? 11:25 Predictive Index assessment – https://www.predictiveindex.com/ 14:22 Culture Index – https://www.cultureindex.com - Links to David Quick interview episodes on Culture Index: - Episode 046: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-046-interview-with-david-quick-part-1-of-2/ - Episode 047: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-047-interview-with-david-quick-part-2-of-2/ 16:15 Book Reference – The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 17:07 What these assessments don't show or measure… - Work ethic - Grit - Character - Value system - Chemistry - How someone handles pressure 33:20 Talk about the core values at TTx - People Focused - FILO – First In Last Out - Elite - All about the flag - Eyes wide open 42:39 “Act Your Wage” 46:32 “Restaurateur” – a person who owns and manages a restaurant. Book reference – Setting the Table by Danny Meyer “Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It's that simple, and it's that hard.” ― Danny Meyer 53:41 Shoutout to Brandon Kenney, CEO of TTx ** Credits** Music - Burning Down The House by Talking Heads Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!) LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) discuss the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, and a lot about project management. 0:00 Intro5:19 Reference to Dune by Frank Herbert, audio book George Goodell reader https://hdaudiobooks.com/audiobook-dune/10:52 Reference to 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni and shoutout to Preston True14:27 A little bit of history about Joshua and his role at TTx…16:16 Struggling with Project Management…19:32 “You're managing timelines, expectations, tasks, schedules, communication, risks, creating . But you're leading people.”20:17 Kan Ban and reference to the book – 2 Second Lean by Paul Akers21:44 Talk about the different ways to organize Trello or Kan Ban28:44 Book reference – American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman31:33 What would you recommend as resources for project managers? PMI Institute The 5 major phases of any project: Initiation Planning and discovery Execution Monitoring Closing 38:37 Different types of methodologies Waterfall Agile Scrum 44:19 (Freaking cool smoke ring!)49:59 AAR tool https://youtu.be/YScRIF5Pm-A54:26 “Latch” acronym used during an interview Loyal Available Teachable Coachable Hungry & Humble 56:16 Joshua's 5 desert island movies: Dances with wolves Magnolia Intouchables The beast of the southern wild Captain Fantastic (In the name of the Father, Daniel Day Lewis…) 1:07:52 Reference to Rick Beato https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!)LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: (Make sure you click on Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes!)YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorthSpotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4HOther Podcast Platformshttps://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Jeremy Lile, Executive Director of Heart to Heart Leadership. https://www.htohleadership.org/ Their discussion includes an overview of using the Enneagram in business, CliftonStrengths, and more! 0:00 Intro 0:23 What's your take on DISC? 11:37 Book reference - Excellence Dividend by Tom Peters 17:12 Change strategy formula… 1. D + V + F is greater than R. 2. D = Current levels of dissatisfaction. 3. V = Shared vision of a better future. 4. F = First steps in direction of new vision. 5. R = Resistance to change. Beckhard, Richard, and Reuben T Harris. (1987). Organizational Transitions. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1987. Print. 20:57 Reference to The Flywheel - Jim Collins 22:46 What 3 assessments would you use? * Enneagram * Clifton Strengths * Leadership Circle Profile 29:20 Reference to Alec Broadfoot in episode 044 • Episode 044 Interview with Alec Broad... 35:16 Book reference - Think Again by Adam Grant 35:53 Personal guiding principles, core values, character 38:29 Any hacks on checking on character? 40:55 Reference Ted Talk “Doing Core Values” 41:05 Shoutout to Josh Gordon at Full Spectrum Marketing https://www.fsm.agency/ 42:44 Book reference - Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 42:08 Book reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth Our past episodes on Grit: Part 1: • Episode 027 Book Club: Grit by Angela... Part 2: • Episode 028 Book Club: Grit by Angela... Part 3: • Episode 029- Book Club: Grit by Angel... Part 4: • Episode 030- Book Club: Grit by Angel... 46:40 Hungry Humble Smart Venn diagram from Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni https://lodestonetruenorth.com/book/t... 51:30 Book reference - Top Grading by Bradford Smart 52:35 Mark's Recruiting Flywheel tool 55:10 “A” Players bring tremendous return on investment 1:03:38 Your top 5 desert island books * Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright * Kingdom Calling by Amy Sherman * The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann * The Road to Character by David Brooks * Leadership From The Inside Out by Kevin Cashman 1:15:50 Reference - International Justice Mission *Credits* Music - Head Games by Foreigner Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.comLinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast:YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Jeremy Lile, Executive Director of Heart to Heart Leadership. https://www.htohleadership.org/ Their discussion includes an overview of using the Enneagram in business, CliftonStrengths, and more! Jeremy's passion is to help people discover and deploy their purpose. For over 15 years, he has coached dozens of individuals and teams to live out their core values. He believes that the foundational skills that come from the inner life have the most potential to inspire people in the work they do. In addition to leading organizational growth as the Executive Director, Jeremy enjoys facilitating The Enneagram, Leadership from Within, Appreciative Inquiry, and StrengthsFinder for Heart to Heart. Through his experience in pastoral ministry and organizational development, Jeremy has spoken at retreats and events, facilitated numerous small groups, organized community engagement, and lead small teams on missions around the country and world. Jeremy is married to the love of his life Christy and they have four children. When he's not working for Heart to Heart, Jeremy is also the lead pastor and visionary for City Hope Akron, a grassroots church and community development organization committed to serving people in West Akron. Jeremy has a B.A. in Psychology from Taylor University and a Master's of Divinity from Ashland Theological Seminary. He is also certified in Appreciative Inquiry, the MBTI and The Enneagram in the Heart to Heart Way. He serves on the board of the International Institute of Akron, the advisory board of the Institute for Leadership Advancement at the University of Akron's College of Business Administration, the committee for Leadership Akron's “Shift Akron”, and as a host at The Landing open choice food pantry at Akron Christian Reformed Church. Jeremy is a graduate of Leadership Akron's Signature Class 34, a recipient of the Greater Akron Chamber's “30 for the Future” award, a recipient of the University of Akron's EX[L] Center “Community Champion” award, and the 2019 recipient of the NSME Akron/Canton's “Outstanding Community Leader” award. 0:00 Intro 4:12 The Heart To Heart way (Look within, lead beyond)… Awareness Appreciation Authenticity Application 9:52 What are some of the outcomes with Heart to Heart or what does it look like when the needle moves for a leader? 17:11 What sort of assessment is around EQ? 18:40 Enneagram reference 20:46 Enneagram summary 22:08 What is your go to for taking the Enneagram? Rheti assessment, 144 questions… at the enneagram institute website https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/rheti?gclid=CjwKCAjw_aemBhBLEiwAT98FMsycB7x2A1KIZLWJB80nI8zXbKUsaYCdFGMNTuyJAXY6_iZLr_pOnxoCWwUQAvD_BwE 25:12 Where did the enneagram come from? 26:17 Reference to Ginger Lapid-Bogda https://theenneagraminbusiness.com 27:54 What's next steps after taking the enneagram assessment? 29:05 Book reference - What type of a leader are you by Ginger Lapid-Bagda 34:32Summary of the nine enneagram types The Heart (mitigate feelings) 2, 3, 4 The Head (mitigate fear) 5, 6, 7 The Gut (mitigate anger) 8, 9, 1 52:31 “Through the lens of the Enneagram” 56:27 Reference to Lencioni's 5 Dysfunctions of Team 58:52 “Invitational accountability” 59:46 Clifton Strengths assessment https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/home.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=us_strengths_branded_cs_ecom&utm_term=cliftonstrengths&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw_aemBhBLEiwAT98FMl-e7Uzx6OiYpwmUS0n-sG1nRK0aTMlutmcmg66Q8_pz7Nl02p1f2RoC9r4QAvD_BwE 34 core talents or themes Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In Episode 047 of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Mark Whitmore and David Quick have a discussion on Culture Index, Vistage, and hiring. Part 2 of 2. Here is a link for Culture Index to take a survey: https://surveys.cultureindex.com/s/69AC7B0000/26716 0:00 Intro 0:14 Good resources for the hiring process… Book reference - Who by Geoff Smart “Can you find a better first baseman” 3:42 Book references - The Advantage and Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 4:10 “We're all willing to sweep floors” 5:57 Book reference - Legacy: What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life by James Kerr 10:45 What is the day job of the Visionary? Harnessing the power of your herd The path to remarkable leadership in an organization comes down to four things: Setting vision Creating and enforcing values Setting expectations Engaging like a madman or madwoman 12:32 Path to lazy leadership… 16:17 List of the Visionary's Day Job 22:06 I need to fuel this magnet… 27:26 1-800-gotjunk reference Cameron Herrold 29:09 As a business coach if you could just impart an ability to an entrepreneur what are they missing? If you want to be better, there are people out there that can help you… Do you want a different level of success? 3 Questions: What do you want to be, do, have… 34:04 What are some common issues for some of the principles or leadership teams of an organization? Vision Values Expectations Engagement 38:31 Simon Sinek Quote…… “So if you would if you would go to the gym like exercise, right? If you go to the gym and workout and you come back and you look in the mirror, you will see nothing. And if you go to the gym the next day and you come back and you look in the mirror, you will see. Nothing right?” 39:24 Do these 4 things fall on just 1 seat? 41:58 Swim suit analogy 45:02 Link to SOAR tool https://youtu.be/7_E0C3-HMmA 45:43 If it's not scheduled it's not going to happen… 52:13 What are some other CEO peer groups? 53:37 What is some of the worst advise you've heard 58:41 One day I want you here… 1:01:03 Link to the SMACK episode https://youtu.be/UgKgysVOME4 1:05:35 “In God we trust; all others must bring data.” - William Edwards Deming 1:07:35 Some reference checking hacks 1:11:14 Shoutout to pinnacle ** Credits** Music - Once in a lifetime by the Talking Heads Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!)LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast:YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In Episode 046 of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Mark Whitmore and David Quick have a discussion on Culture Index, Vistage, and hiring. Part 1 of 2. Here is a link for Culture Index to take a survey: https://surveys.cultureindex.com/s/69AC7B0000/26716 0:00 Intro 1:18 How did you get into coaching? 6:21 Book reference - It's Your Ship by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff 11:38 Talk about your involvement with Vistage https://www.vistage.com 12:36 Shoutout to Jean Lauterbach with Vistage 15:13 Reference to Junto or the Leather Apron - Ben Franklin 15:59 Book Reference - Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell 16:53 Book reference - Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything by Hermann Simon 17:30 Book Reference - Think Again Adam Grant 19:51 Book reference - Culture Code by Dan Coyle 20:55 Introduction to Culture Index https://www.cultureindex.com 24:57 What Culture Index does really well… Adds data and objectivity to the hiring process 28:05 What does Culture Index measure? 7 key work-related traits Autonomy Social ability Patience Conformity Logic Ingenuity Energy units 30:02 Assessment scores, looks like a curved shape 4 Groups: Visionary Technical Research Social Organizational Along with 19 Patterns ranging from things like Daredevil to Traditionalist 31:42 Explain the dots on the graph 34:37 How to take the assessment Start with no-cost demo, takes 10 minutes to take https://surveys.cultureindex.com/s/69AC7B0000/26716 41:11 How does Culture Index compare to some of the other big assessment tools out there? 43:49 What are some keys to seeing this as some neat new tool to something that is valuable? 48:45 What was your journey like with a second in command? 51:06 The architect 55:05 Every assessment profile has value and every profile has tax 56:07 “There are no solutions, only trade-offs” - Thomas Sowell 58:20 Heroic and anti-heroic traits 59:08 It seems that most of the assessments don't take about character 1:03:30 Why do entrepreneurs have a hard time implementing some of these tools? 1:08:41 Good resources for the hiring process… Book reference - Who by Geoff Smart “Can you find a better first baseman” 1:12:08 Book references - The Advantage and Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 1:12:56 “We're all willing to sweep floors” ** Credits** Music - Once in a lifetime by the Talking Heads Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!)LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast:YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Mark and Shane talk about a new tool Mark developed called “Pump the Brakes” - a hack to balance out making decisions with your gut and also with thinking! Download the tool here: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-045-pump-the-brakes/ 0:00 Intro 4:20 A lot of visionaries are driven by ideas and they often have a sensory operating system. 5:50 How to approach this exercise Pressure test the idea Balance emotion with reality Forced objectivity Turn over big rocks and see what's underneath Help prevent ugly girlfriend syndrome Hopium antidote Take a personal retreat and journal all the answers Helps to get your thoughts in order Take a significant chunk of time to do this exercise, maybe half a day out of the office Landing spot for this work could be in your journal 12:21 Step 1 - Park a date in your calendar then go do it 12:29 Step 2 - Take a sheet of paper or your journal and park your idea right in the center. Try to write it out in 10 words or less. 14:09 Reference to the Incompleteness Theorems by Kurt Gödel https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/goedel-incompleteness/ 14:56 Questions to start to answer (not in any order): What are the essential operating principles? (Rabid to written) Can you paint a picture of failure? Can you paint a picture of success? What are your guiding principles? Reference to Ray Dalio's book Principles What are you trying solve? What are some other options? What is the harm in not doing it? What is at stake? What are the essential elements? (Ref to the Far Side cartoon What the?) What are some of the missing resources? What will have to change to do this? List your trusted advisors and their opinions about this idea Legal Financial Asset management Coach Describe the pressing need to do this 36:36 Book reference - American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman 41:19 Movie reference Tall Tale https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111359/ ** Credits** Music - What was I thinking by Dierks Bentley Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!)LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast:YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
***FOR DETAILED SHOW NOTES, SEE OUR BLOG POST: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-044-interview-with-alec-broadfoot/ In Episode 044 of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast:Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Alec Broadfoot, CEO of VisionSpark https://visionsparksearch.com/ They discuss Alec's new book, “Revealed! Insider Secrets To Hiring Your #2 Leader” https://visionsparksearch.com/alecs-book/ finding second in command folks, interviews, business operating systems and a whole lot more! In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Alec Broadfoot, CEO of VisionSpark https://visionsparksearch.com/ They discuss Alec's new book, “Revealed! Insider Secrets To Hiring Your #2 Leader” https://visionsparksearch.com/alecs-b... , finding second in command folks, interviews, business operating systems and a whole lot more! 0:00 Intro 1:22 Shoutout to Sal Filardi 1:31 Book reference: Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton 2:01 What is Second In Command? - “Someone who is going to run the business for the Visionary” 3:48 Where/when do you see an organization needing to hire Second in Command or C suite? 6:52 Does it work to bump up the office manager into Second in Command? Good question to ask: Can this person take my business to the next level? 8:29 Background information on VisionSpark https://visionsparksearch.com/ 12:59 How do you pitch hiring folks for companies? 13:45 What's the difference with a recruiter and a search firm? 16:31 Tips for using a recruiter 17:29 Using assessments in the hiring process: success rate more than triples 17:43 Reference to University of Michigan study: The interview as a tool to predict someone's future success is about 14% accurate. But when you use a high quality assessment the percentage goes up to 52% 18:03 Some examples of high quality assessments 18:34 What about DISC? https://www.discprofile.com/what-is-d... 18:45 What the assessment does: it measures an individual's core behavior. 20:16 What's the most quirky or cool/different assessment? What's one that you wouldn't recommend? 22:33 Talk about the difference between, cognitive, affective, and conative 29:34 What assessments would you recommend to a company new to using them? Fairly easy to get their hands around? 34:05 Interviewing hacks 36:24 “We have seen visionaries where their strength that makes them a great entrepreneur also is the kryptonite for them when hiring individuals.” 37:16 Quick and easy interview format: 40:35 Hiring process: 43:09 VisionSpark Interview Day Form LINK https://lodestonetruenorth.com/wp-con... 47:57 Book reference - Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 49:01 During and interview make sure you're listening, and don't do all the talking. It's a discovery process 51:35 Book reference - Topgrading by Brad Smart 52:36 The AAR Tool • Episode 032 - The... 58:36 The average time of a mis-hire 278 hours 1:00:02 Alec's new book “Revealed: Insider Secrets to Hiring Your #2” 1:07:36 How do you help people figure out their unique ability? 1:10:57 What talents are good for a visionary? 1:13:59 How do you start with a visionary? 1:17:13 What is the suite of rolls for a Second in Command? 1:22:04 What does the Second in Command own? 1:27:22 What characteristics do you see in a great #2 Leader? 1:30:20 What resources would you recommend for developing a future #2 Leader? 1:35:50 Sensitivity testing… 1:37:45 Why are visionaries not good at hiring in general, but especially when hiring people for their leadership team? 1:45:00 Book references 1:49:46 Talking about core values 1:52:51 Pinnacle tool: Who wants to keep your job? 2:03:11 Book reference - The road less stupid by Keith J. Cunningham 2:09:55 What is so compelling about working with entrepreneurs? *Credits* Music - Love is a long road by Tom Petty All Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Kolbe Certified Consultant Kimberly Dyer. How We Work https://www.kolbe.com/ https://www.kolbe.com/kolbe-wisdom/#ConativeMind 0:00 Intro 5:42 Book reference — Traction by Gino Wickman 7:28 What does it look like to get certified in Kolbe? 10:19 What are these assessments measuring and why are they valuable? Differences between 3 types of assessments: Affective (Feeling) Cognitive (Thinking) Conative (Doing - How you take action when you have the freedom to be yourself) 13:36 Why should we do any assessment? 15:01 Ergs… 17:20 “Imagine if you could accomplish your goals, objectives, with less people, or with the same people that aren't burned out. You'd have a retention device built-in. You'll probably start attracting people because they are hearing: ‘This is a great place to work.'” 18:56 ROI on assessments… Less mistakes because of miscommunication Better collaborative team Better predictable results when you put a team together 20:09 What are some other note-worthy assessments? 20:30 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni) https://www.workinggenius.com/ 20:58 DISC 21:38 Book Reference - Drive by Daniel Pink 22:01 Mark's M3M tool - https://youtu.be/NR9kRJFSYcc?t=318 23:13 Reference to other assessments: Strengthsfinder https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/strengthsfinder.aspx DISC https://www.discprofile.com/what-is-disc/how-disc-works/ Culture Index https://www.cultureindex.com Predictive Index https://www.predictiveindex.com 24:09 What's the difference between affective, cognitive, and conative? 25:50 Book Reference - 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni 29:04 Book Reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth 29:46 Ideal pairing with Kolbe… 31:31 What does the actual Kolbe assessment look like? (It's not a test) www.kolbe.com 37:18 “You've got a perfect score!” (Strengths-based assessment) 37:57 The 4 Numbers Red - Fact Finder (How you gather and share information) Blue - Follow Thru (How you use systems and processes, organizing) Green - Quick Start (How you handle risk and uncertainty) Yellow - Implementor (not implementer) (how you handle physical or tangible space/objects) Different Kolbe assessments: Kolbe A (who your are truly in your natural state) Kolbe B (how you see your job) Kolbe C (how a supervisor would create for an ideal candidate) 46:00 How to do this without creating more problem? Half day workshop looks like… 49:58 Explain what the ranges are, hierarchy from left to right… 50:53 Fact Finder (Red) 1-3 Simplify (Start with end in mind, sees big picture) 4-6 Like and need to explain, fact checking along the way 7-10 Strategizing, looking for patterns 53:02 How do these conflict or get along? 54:32 Roles for different levels of fact finder… 56:38 Follow Thru (Blue) - Systems and processes. Digital files and physical files… 1-3 Adapting 4-6 Maintaining the preexisting systems 7-10 Systemization (executing on current or creating new) 1:04:46 Quick Start - Risk and uncertainty 1-3 Stabilization to the chaos (resist straying from the plan) 4-6 Modify 7-10 Innovators 1:08:13 Implementor - Haptics (tangible tools, physical space) 1-3 Envisioning (how's it going to look) 4-6 Restoration or preservation 7-10 Pick up tools and start building 1:09:05 Reference to Frank Gehry https://www.biography.com/artist/frank-gehry 1:14:50 How many ergs should we spend at work? 1:17:49 Tips or next steps… 1:21:40 Five desert island books The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr Untethered Soul by Michael Singer Ann Rivers books - https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/anne-rivers-siddons/ Clive Cussler - the Dirk Pitt series https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/dirk-pitt/ **Credits** Music - Workin for a living - Huey Lewis & The News Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discusses delegation, and a cheat sheet that we developed to help you delegate. Episodes 40 and 42 we talk about problems and solutions around delegating. Here's a great hack if you are a manager and you find yourself struggling to delegate effectively. Download the Delegate Tool worksheet here: 0:00 Intro 4:37 Tips and pregame 5:42 Checklist overview 7:23 Remember the spirit of the core values 8:20 With Purpose / On Purpose? 9:18 Time frame? 11:15 Book Reference - Profit First by Mike Michalowicz 12:10 End results clear? 14:00 Tied to macro strategy? This is a great time to generate buy-in 15:05 Resources dispatched? 17:10 What's at stake? 18:07 Reference to episode 40 https://youtu.be/QGiIwBumfPo 18:51 Prioritized? 19:35 Re-state - read back directions **Credits** Music - Smokin' by Boston Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!) LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: (Make sure you click on Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes!)YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platformshttps://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss two sides of adaptability. 0:00 Intro 1:36 Two sides to adaptability 3:32 Upcoming book, The Visionary Dilemma in 3 parts 3:41 1st Dilemma - People need an overarching vision, but don't realize they need one 4:35 Book reference Drive by Daniel Pink 7:14 2nd Dilemma - Visions are invisible pictures 8:28 3rd Dilemma - Visions disrupt normalcy 12:15 Adapting on the negative side, or to things that should not be… (Don't rock the boat) 14:29 Discontent with the status quo 18:56 Reference to a miniseries Brain Games - Memory is malleable https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2078690/ 24:14 Quote from the blog post… **Credits** Music - Changes by David Bowie Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!)LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: (Make sure you click on Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes!)YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorthSpotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4HOther Podcast Platformshttps://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast:Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss delegation. Link to download the worksheet mentioned in today's podcast: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-040-its-time-to-delegate/ 0:00 Intro5:15 The Soft Side: Abdicate, Imply, Hint, Imagine, Allude, Assume, Ignore8:42 The Rough Side: Directing, Remote Controlling, Micro-managing, Intimidate, Pressure, Beg, Demand, Manipulate10:59 Definitions: To create clarity around expectations, deadlines, and outcomes To empower ownership To release or trust with minimal oversight 14:29 Play to someone else's strengths and free up your own plate17:31 Tie down those tasks to strategy20:49 It's unclear how these tasks are tied to strategy21:26 Setting up pathways and frameworks, or macro processes24:22 Checking in on progress24:57 Book Reference: The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard 34:42 Reference to our T.O.M.K.A.T. Episode 017 https://youtu.be/zkbLckE4xEk 37:20 Delegating is vital for scaling the business 41:05 Strengthen the last part of S.M.A.C.K.! – “Kick It” (See our episode on S.M.A.C.K.! https://youtu.be/UgKgysVOME4 ) **Credits**Music – Song Back by Little Big TownGallup Study – “CEO's who excel in delegating generate 33% higher revenue” https://news.gallup.com/businessjournal/182414/delegating-huge-management-challenge-entrepreneurs.aspx Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!)LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: (Make sure you click on Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes!)YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorthSpotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4HOther Podcast Platformshttps://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss digging down into the roots of issues. 0:00 Intro 8:00 At the root of all issues, at the end of the day, it basically goes back to the owner. 10:00 Reference to our S.M.A.C.K.! Tool (Check out our free course here: https://lodestone.thinkific.com/courses/smack ) 11:25 There are a handful of suspects for roots of issues 12:35 Places to look for potential roots on the “They Own” side: 13:25 Our People/Culture/Core Values - Attitude - Work Ethic - Ability or Talent - Availability 15:40 Clients 16:50 Vendors 17:50 On the We side (the leadership team) - Core Values - Strategy - Vision or where are we going - Purpose (why we exist) - Structure - Putting talented people in the right seats - Communication - Processes (behaviors, how we do things) - Systems (pipes and wires) - Tangibles (buildings, trucks, equipment, gear) **Credits** Music - Digging in the Dirt by Peter Gabriel on the album US Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!) LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
Download the Strong Hand Tool worksheet mentioned in this episode: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-038/ In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the Strong Hand Tool, a good thinking hack to realize the places where you might get stuck while trying to get things done. 0:00 Intro 0:45 Documentary on Terry Kath, one of the founding members of the band Chicago: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5037288/ 3:07 Lodestone is here to help! https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com 3:58 Strong Hand Tool There are some wall that we run into… 4:54 The first hurdle is Epiphany… Ideas, solutions, clarity… 5:08 “On the pathway to execution, the first problem is that folks just don't see things.” 8:54 The second hurdle is Context… Put that epiphany into your context of where you are going with your business. Why does it matter? How does it fit our strategy? 10:12 Book reference - Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio Big take-away - You need to ask yourself what principle are you operating under? 12:28 The third hurdle is Framework or Format What's our operating system? Where do we drop this information into a system in which we get things done? 17:01 “The framework disappears in the hands of the craftsman.” 17:41 The fourth hurdle is Execute… 18:59 Book reference - 20 mile march from Jim Collins book Great By Choice - https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/twenty-mile-march.html 19:58 Work ethic can sometimes be toxic, especially when going in the wrong direction… 21:11 The fifth hurdle is Review… 21:41 AAR Tool - see our podcast episode 032 for details: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-032-aar-exercise/ 23:15 Download the Strong Hand Tool worksheet here: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-038/ 24:59 Some signs that you are a visionary… 28:12 What we do here at Lodestone… 35:26 Sprechstimme singing - https://www.britannica.com/art/Sprechstimme **Credits** Music - Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago Music - Remedy - The Black Crowes
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews business coach Preston True https://www.gettpafit.com/ About Preston: After 25 years of managing and owning entrepreneurial businesses, Preston has lived through some of the brightest days and darkest nights. He's learned owning and operating a business requires a new level of fitness well beyond the day you started it. The stamina required to scale rocky peaks, navigate dark valleys and reach your pinnacle is not achieved without the right people, purpose, playbook and performance. 0:00 Intro 4:13 Movie reference - Peanut Butter Falcon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4364194/ 5:39 Podcast reference - The Real Ones, Jon Burnthal https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-ones-with-jon-bernthal/id1610616073 6:19 Shoutout to Jeremy Radabaugh https://agents.allstate.com/jeremy-d-radabaugh-morgantown-wv.html 7:17 Preston's Desert Island Movies… Spanish Prisoner with Steve Martin https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120176/ The Smartest Guys in the Room https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016268/plotsummary/ The Terminal List TV series and book by Jack Carr https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11743610/ 11:46 Mark's Desert Island Movies… Saving Private Ryan https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/ The Last Samurai https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/ Gladiator https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/ Gran Torino https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489 19:14 Shoutout to Greg Cleary https://gregorycleary.com/ 22:02 Shoutout to Pinnacle https://pinnaclebusinessguides.com 23:01 Why are you a business coach 24:53 “Light is one of the most powerful antiseptics” 27:02 Podcast reference: Lex Fridman Podcast https://youtu.be/8EguLJgkc54 Empathy vs. Sympathy 29:09 Shoutout to Tip Quilter https://tipquilter.com/ 29:55 Breaking down the Hero's Journey model by Joseph Campbell 34:02 The difference between coaching, teaching, advising, consulting, implementor, mentor, guide, etc… 38:49 Role as a mentor 40:32 “I am going to help you delete chaos, earn more, and fall back in love with your business.” 49:31 Pathway to mastery… 51:21 What are you resigned or attached about? 57:50 Patrick Lencioni reference 59:22 Helping clients out of the weeds… 1:01:32 Sometimes getting in the weeds is recreating the past… 1:03:01 What can create as opposed to what we can predict… 1:04:27 J. F. Kennedy, putting a man on the moon… 1:05:46 Let's paint a picture of what we'll look like in the future 1:08:42 DTO - Define The Opposite 1:11:11 Dan Sullivan quote… ”Always make your future bigger than your past” 1:14:50 A coach is your inside voice that has empathy and invites challenge… 1:24:57 Dealing with head trash 1:28:26 20 mile march, Jim Collins Great by Choice book: https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/twenty-mile-march.html 1:31:47 Father Mark Livingston… 1:32:47 The Dazzling Dud 1:34:00 Preston's own Planner/Journal 1:38:07 Shoutout to Brandon Kenney 1:41:54 Stewardship… “The conducting, supervising, or managing of something. Especially : the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care” 1:45:51 As parents we are cultural activators 1:50:36 “Become the leader your people deserve.” 1:51:36 Work/Life balance… 1:56:54 What's the game I'm actually playing? 1:59:32 Mark's speech… *** Credits *** Music - Theme from Sanford and Son, by Quincy Jones Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.comLinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast:YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss a bit of the book “Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio. 0:00 Intro 1:27 Book reference - Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio 4:08 Book reference - Principles by Ray Dalio You have to identify a guiding principle for what you are doing… 5:04 “Pain + Reflection = Progress” 10:49 “Consensus is typically believed to be a good rough picture of what's to come, even though history has shown that the future is likely to turn out differently than what's expected. In other words, humans by nature, like most species, tend to move in crowds and weigh recent experience far more heavily than what is appropriate.” ~Ray Dalio 11:52 Definitions of consensus: Majority of opinion General agreement, or concord, or harmony 18:41 The “Strong Hand” tool (hurdles) Epiphany Context: Put that epiphany in some sort of context Framework (or Format): You need an execution framework or format to drop this idea into Execute: on the idea. This is where grit comes in… Review PART 2 21:19 The “Strong Hand” Tool (continued) 24:35 Book Reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth 26:00 Reading from he book The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, Quote: Epictedus on page 79 29:00 Shoutout to Dr. Jim Powell of Powell Chiropractic https://www.powellchiropractic.com/ 32:18 Reference to Scrivener https://www.literatureandlatte.com/ 38:30 Pinnacle framework 38:45 Rocks - Stephen Covey **Credits** Music - Hursts so good by John Mellencamp The following music was used for this media project: Music: Local Forecast - Slower by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3988-local-forecast-slower License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.comLinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast:YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the book “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy” by Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko. 0:00 Intro 3:44 “The rich have money, the wealthy have time.” 6:33 Preface, there are some hurdles… First hurdle - not having an epiphany Second hurdle - putting an epiphany into a context of bigger picture/vision Third hurdle - framework or format to execute Last hurdle - getting it done… Grit… 13:02 Shoutout to Troy Evans 13:46 Book Reference - Richest Man in Babylon by George S Clason 15:49 10 Pieces of Gold story: 7 pieces of gold for everyday expenses, 1 piece of gold goes to payoff (not service) debt, 1 piece of gold goes to savings, 1 piece of gold goes to invest. 17:11 Book Reference - Profit First 22:23 PAW and UAW (Pages 13-14 of the book) Equation: Your Age x realized pretax annual household income. Take this number and divide by 10. This (less any inherited wealth) is what your net worth should be. 25:37 Seven common denominators of wealthy people They live well below their means They use their time, money, and energy very efficiently Financial independence not wealth artifacts They don't have parental economic support They nurture self sufficient adult children Leveraging market opportunities Choose the right vocation 38:29 Take aways: 39:21 Wealth does not equal income 39:56 Spend less than you make 40:36 The book is full of lots of stats 41:21 Self control 41:51 Unity with your spouse 42:51 You need to put your money to work 44:38 Budgeting vs. book-keeping 45:39 Folks that figure out how to focus on just a few things get a lot more done 47:09 Get good at ignoring what people may think about you 48:13 Shoutout to Lucas Cole of Epipheo https://epipheo.com/ **Credits** Music - Twice as Hard by The Black Crows (from their album “Shake Your Money Maker”) Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website: https://www.bigeasydesk.com LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/
In episode 034 of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and guest Connie Chwan talk about her experiences as a business coach. Connie has over 40 years experience as an entrepreneur and is certified in several business operating systems, the most recent being Pinnacle. More info on Connie can be found at www.pure-direction.com 0:00 Intro 1:53 How did you get into coaching and EOS? 12:23 What kind of advise would you give a business owner on hiring a business coach? there has to be a connection between the coach and the leadership team, if it doesn't exist we can't get past square one Connie works best with people that: Know they need to change Know they need help Are willing to be open, honest, and vulnerable Willing to see what this will look like 15:11 One of Connie's favorite questions to ask a business owner at the beginning of talks, “If we were sitting here 3 years from now, what will have happened for you to feel personally and professionally satisfied and happy?” 15:35 Connie's 4 step process: Create the right team Align to a vision Create a plan to achieve that vision Execute with consistency 19:17 Three basic parts of every company: Get Work, Do Work, Get Paid 19:50 If the seat could talk… List 5 accountabilities 20:00 Accountabilities start with an action verb 24:20 Determining fit with a client 36:42 How would you summarize what you do as a business coach? The difference between a coach and consultant. 38:03 “Everybody needs a coach because none of us can see ourselves playing the game.” 38:36 Mark's metaphor: Rick Rubin and Rickenbacker 43:36 Client wins 48:08 Connie is writing a children's leadership book… 51:29 What's your Kolbe score? 52:23 What are some tools that are game changers with your clients? Accountability chart Core value assessment Survey from Five Dysfunctions of Team by Patrick Lencioni Because I said I would - Team Building cards https://becauseisaidiwould.org/ Rock planner What must be true for this to be complete What resources do you need A few milestones
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss 4 tools or exercises that help to put a bow on the past year.
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the “AAR” meeting/template/tool. How to put a bow on the past year. 0:00 Intro 2:13 Shoutout to Ann Kardos at Logos Bookstore of Kent, Ohio www.kentlogos.com www.faithandartshop.com 3:03 Is the juice worth the squeeze? 5:57 The same dang dam 7:37 Moving forward really fast… 9:06 3 types of reactions 1 - I don't remember what happened last year 2 - Data, either too much or too little 3 - All emotion 11:52 AAR stands for After Action Review What was the plan? What actually happened? What caused that to happen? 30:09 This is a Brain Drain… 43:17 Shoutout to Greg Cleary and Duane Marshall at Pinnacle 44:00 Book Reference - Inside Delta Force by Eric L. Haney Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website: https://www.bigeasydesk.com LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/ **Credits** Music - Love is a long road by Tom Petty
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Tim Campbell CVO of Dearman Moving & Storage ( https://dearmanmoving.com/ ) discuss the “Do the Numbers” exercise. Tips for facilitating a leadership team session in which you look at the big numbers for the past year. 0:00 Intro 2:40 Tim's take away on “Do the Numbers” 5:43: Dave Ramsey quote - “Right after I do something desperate, I do something stupid.” (Don't act out of desperation) 8:20 Why should we do “Do The Numbers“ exercise? 8:30 We're bad at summarizing 9:50 Data deaf or data drunk 10:35 Inability to see or measure forward progress 16:30 A one page story, not a report 24:35 Shoutout to Preston True! The 100 pennies exercise 27:40 How to do this exercise, hands on. Gather some of the macro elements of your business 33:30 Productivity equation: Revenue divided by expenses = productivity number 37:30 People / Culture / Competition / Vendors 41:50 Shoutout to Heath Hostettler 42:49 Story about Marcus Luttrell 47:45 Book reference: The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 49:00 What gets measured gets done 1:04:10 Process 1:06:40 Systems 1:08:30 Strategy / vision 1:16:30 Building a template 1:21:10 Some hurdles: 1-Let's have an annual reset 2-Let's do some good work while we do this reset 3-How are we going to change?
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Tim Campbell CVO of Dearman Moving & Storage ( https://dearmanmoving.com/ ) discuss some practical applications from the book Grit by Angela Duckworth ( https://angeladuckworth.com/ ). 0:00 Intro 1:06 Update on Dearman Moving and Storage 5:04 Practical applications from the book Grit 7:59 Tim's big take-aways 12:19 Hierarchy of the few (Page 70) 17:10 The Hard Thing Rule (Page 241) - Choose something hard with daily deliberate practice - Can't quit in the middle - Something that is interesting to you, and you pick it. It's not picked out for you by someone else. 24:29 Land of Awesome exercise 33:31 Three things for Tim - Coaching - Financial markets - Faith 36:03 Hallmarks of a vision - Compelling - Not a “how” or “when” - It's a picture not a process 41:36 Tie Downs (Page 261) 43:24 Deliberate Practice 44:28 Importance of clarity breaks 45:38 Pros practice… 48:00 Link to our SOAR video: https://youtu.be/7_E0C3-HMmA 54:00 Leader practice points… - Simulate the situation - Create a framework - Write down some notes - Do a bunch of dry-runs with another leader 57:41 Purpose and passion 1:01:17 Saying yes to a big goal, you have to say no to a lot of other things… 1:04:55 Shut the noise off… 1:06:48 Growth vs fixed mindset 1:06:54 Book reference - “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. 1:11:40 Our next Book Club book: “The 6 Types of Working Genius” by Patrick Lencioni Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website: https://www.bigeasydesk.com LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/ **Credits** Music - Love is a long road by Tom Petty
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Josh Gordon (President of Full Spectrum Marketing https://www.fsm.agency/ ) discuss part 3 of the book Grit by Angela Duckworth (https://angeladuckworth.com/ ). Growing grit from the outside in. 0:00 Intro 1:35 Big take-aways from this section of the book… 6:26 Somebody has to have a robust vision… Unity… 9:16 Fighting against discord 11:28 Imitate leads to emulate… 12:47 Soft culture (culture of convenience) 15:41 Chapter 10 on Parenting, authoritarian vs authoritative (wise parenting) - See page 212 in the book. 17:27 Teasing out the definition of a parent, derives from a Latin term “to bring forth” 20:40 The parenting assessment on page 214… 33:08 Do you have a vision for your family? Surviving or flourishing 37:04 “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” 37:59 Parenting in a gritty way: doing the hard stuff when you don't feel like it… 40:43 The hard thing rule in chapter 11, has 3 parts (page 241) The first part of the hard thing rule: everyone has to do 1 thing that is hard, that requires daily deliberate practice. 43:14 Second part, is that you can quit. But only at a natural stopping point. 43:32 Third part, you get to pick your hard thing, nobody else picks it for you. 49:30 Don't underestimate the value of discernment 50:30 Character is a plurality of things… 50:49 Grit and OCD can look similar… 51:24 The goal setting chapter… 51:40 Virtue clusters: will, heart, and mind 52:48 Character is a bit of a loaded word… 53:09 Character comes down to 3 things: Integrity (doing the right thing when no one is looking), the ability to create clarity, moral authority 54:16 Any things you'll change in your life after reading this book? 2 Things: Relationship between poverty and opportunity and the word Sisu 56:50 The word Sisu (from Finland) “It is a compound of bravado and bravery, of ferocity and tenacity, of the ability to keep fighting after most people would have quit, and to fight with the will to win.” - Quote in the book (Page 251) from a feature on Sisu in Time magazine, 1940 1:03:23 There are no painless pathways… 1:04:25 Teddy Roosevelt quote (Page 254) “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” - Teddy Roosevelt **Credits** Music - Love is a long road by Tom Petty Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/ Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Chrissy Myers (CEO of AUI https://auiinfo.com/ ) discuss part 2 of the book Grit by Angela Duckworth (Website: https://angeladuckworth.com/ ). Growing grit from the inside out. 0:00 Intro 2:03 Chrissy's top 5 Strengths in Strengths Finder (Clifton Strengths)… https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/strengthsfinder.aspx 13:17 Book Club: Grit Part 2 - “Growing from the inside out” 13:37 Character quality of grit: consistent action over time 16:15 How do you describe grit? 20:19 General take away on the book Grit as a whole 22:06 If you had read this book 20 years ago, how would you be different? 24:47 Variety vs. vocation 25:38 Job to career to calling 35:54 Professionals practice, amateurs don't 42:01 Practice purpose intentionally, and deliberate practice 44:57 Book reference: Culture Code by Daniel Coyle 47:00 “Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It's that simple, and it's that hard.” ― Danny Meyer, Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business 47:44 What things in your life have been grit generating? 50:08 ETC show choir shoutout https://etc-schoolofmusicalarts.org 52:50 After reading this book is there anything you will do differently in parenting? 1:01:30 Is it a good idea to have gritty employees? 1:04:00 How would you interview someone to find out if they are gritty? Ask “how” questions… 1:12:18 Book reference: Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod 1:16:01 Book reference: Mindset by Carol S. Dweck - growth vs fixed mindset 1:19:21 Book reference: Personality isn't permanent by Dr. Benjamin Hardy 1:20:14 Anything in the book that didn't resonate with you? 1:21:30 Grit vs. Obsession 1:24:11 Grace is giving someone more time to get it right 1:25:40 Quote from the book, “As a psychologist, I can confirm that grit is far from the only-or even the most important-aspect of a person's character.” 1:26:27 The three virtue clusters: will, heart, & mind Website: www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website: www.bigeasydesk.com LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/ **Credits** Music - Love is a long road by Tom Petty
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and co-host Shane Kardos kick off Book Club 2.0 with an overview of the book Grit: The power of passion and perseverance by Angel Duckworth, published by Scribner (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) 2016 (291 pages, notes go to page 338) Website: https://angeladuckworth.com/ 0:00 Intro 0:57 Book Club 2.0 4:43 Overview of Part I, “What is grit and why it matters” 16:08 What is Grit? 16:46 Grit equation 17:27 Outline 24:00 The Grit test: you can take this online at https://angeladuckworth.com/grit-scale/ 31:24 Part II overview, “Growing grit from the inside out” 37:14 Promoting growth mindset: 38:09 Wise Parenting 43:21 Part III overview, “Growing grit from the outside in” Book is broken up into 3 parts: Part I - What grit is and why it matters Part II - Growing grit from the inside out (Ep 028 with guest Chrissy Myers) Part III - Growing grit from the outside in (Ep 029 guest Josh Gordon Afterword: Seven questions I get asked about grit Part I Ch 1 - Showing up Ch 2 - Distracted by talent Ch 3 - Effort counts twice Ch 4 - How gritty are you? Ch 5 - Grit grows Part II Ch 6 - Interest Ch 7 - Practice Ch 8 - Purpose Ch 9 - Hope Part III Ch 10 - Parenting for grit Ch 11 - The playing fields of grit Ch 12 - A culture of grit Ch 13 - Conclusion Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website: https://www.bigeasydesk.com LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/ **Credits** Music - Love is a long road by Tom Petty Angela Duckworth is co-founder, chief scientist, and a board member of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. She is also a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and in 2013 was named a MacArthur Fellow. Prior to her career in research, she was a math and science teacher at public schools in New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Angela shares research-backed advice for parents and teachers in her Tip of the Week. In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People).
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Josh Gordon, President of Full Spectrum Marketing ( https://www.fsm.agency/ ) discuss the role as a visionary, core strategy, hiring with your core values, and FSM's core values. 0:00 Intro 19:52 What do you feel like your roll is as a visionary and what does that look like? 24:19 Owning the core strategy, as a visionary 27:00 FSM's core values (List them here: Partnership, Clear Communication, Bold & Honest, Humbly Confident, Furiosity™️) 36:38 FSM's ideal client (FMS's Mission: “Great work to do good”) 38:03 Do you have clients that come back with their core values? 39:24 What would you suggest to a company they ought to look for in a business coach? 41:01 Shoutout to Akron Family Restaurant https://akron-family-restaurant.business.site/ 41:40 What's your favorite Lodestone tool? S.M.A.C.K.! (see Episode 018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgKgysVOME4&t=300s for more info on S.M.A.C.K.!) 44:40 What lessons have you learned? 49:05 Hiring is a huge deal… 52:58 What have you seen other business owners mess up? - Trust allergy 55:25 Why is ego such a big deal? 57:23 What books would you suggest to other companies? - 7 habits of highly effective people, Stephen R. Covey (especially habit number 5) - Founding Brothers, Joseph J. Ellis (on the Revolutionary War) - Crossing the chasm, by Geoffrey 1:05:35 Reference to Stephen Covey Big Rocks video (habit number 3) 1:13:00 When the term Furiosity™️ was created… 1:14:30 We make connecting people with information… 1:16:30 Teeing up Episode 029 (Grit Part III) Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website: https://www.bigeasydesk.com LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/ **Credits** Music - I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast, Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Tim Campbell, CVO of Dearman Moving & Storage ( https://dearmanmoving.com/ ) discuss family business transitions, the importance of a great set of core values and more! 0:00 Intro 2:18 History of Dearman 7:47 A caution for every business owner 11:56 The default business model… 13:06 Tim's story 22:20 Needing a coach on your side… 22:30 Self learning, and unlearning bad habits 25:15 Need to get beyond fixing symptoms 25:48 Book references: Pinnacle by Steve Preda & Greg Cleary Rockefeller Habits by Verne Harnish The Advantage by Pat Lencioni Get a Grip by Mike Paton & Gino Wickman 27:41 What's different with the Dearman business now… 29:17 The importance of having a great set of core values… 32:24 There's a bit of disruption… Working on the business is like working on a moving vehicle 37:24 Another big hurdle beginning with a new business operating system 41:05 Dearman's Core Values 46:41 First big challenge/mistake about core values - you don't have any… 48:00 Second big mistake about core values - they are vague. They need to be clearly differentiated. 48:43 Jim Collins - the definition of the right person on the bus 54:14 Using core values in the interview process 50:55 Book reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth - chapter 12 is about culture https://angeladuckworth.com/ 58:44 Business expanding during an economy in contraction 1:00:29 What coaching does for the business… 1:01:11 The space here at Lodestone (the Coral Reef) 1:02:07 Reference to Kurt Gödel 1:05:51 Some advice to a business that could use an advisor or coach 1:07:01 “A business without a business coach is like a car without engine oil” 1:09:23 the BSAF analogy 1:12:33 (Good quote here from Tim - Shoutout to Mark) 1:18:15 All about epiphanies 1:20:21 Attention business owners… 1:23:07 Family businesses are messy… 1:24:56 A good indicator for Mark working with a future client… 1:26:35 Money is a terrible “why” 1:30:52 It doesn't have to be lonely and miserable at the top 1:37:50 What's your favorite Lodestone tool… 1:49:28 Book reference - Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud 1:56:08 Two things needed to make the tough decisions: A clear vision: 1 - Where are we heading 2 - Why is it important 3 - Who are we (culture) 1:56:23 A clear set of seats (organizationally) 1:57:03 The seven solutions to people issues… 1 - Do Nothing 2 - Observe 3 - Training/coaching 4 - Put in a different seat 5 - Put on some sort of notice 6 - Delayed termination 7 - Fire now 2:02:33 The Clarity Maze Tool 2:15:24 What would you tell a 30 something business person… 2:21:48 Don't let the business own you Website: www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website www.bigeasydesk.com LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: lodestone.thinkific.com Music - Truckin' by The Grateful Dead
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast, Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Chrissy Myers CEO of AUI https://auiinfo.com/ have a discussion on family business transitions, and also talk about her upcoming book. 0:00 Intro 2:08 A little background info on AUI (Associated Underwriters Insurance) https://auiinfo.com/ 8:30 Parents instilled in her time management and clear expectations… 11:42 Differences in family business and ownership 14:15 Complexity of family owned businesses 28:50 Different types of convos in business transitions 30:43 There's a lesson for family business management in the British Monarchy… 39:49 Do you really want it and do you really love it… 43:11 Some take-aways so far: You need some good people, you can't do this on your own. The type of folks that are smart, capable, courageous, and bring some clarity. 47:32 Taking the parable of the talents and turning it into a business parable 49:32 Differentiating the owner from the operator. Outside this dotted line are owners with certain roles. Inside the circle are the operators. Pay people for their role. Owners make their money with the profits. 55:05 Family business can be like another really needy kid in the family… 1:08:07 Chrissy talks about her upcoming book 1:08:55 Definition of presenteeism 1:12:25 “She Builds” https://rebuildingtogether.org/she-builds 1:16:52 CLIP!!! Business owners have a mantle… 1:20:00 Advice from Chrissy… 1:25:01 Taking time for thinking, taking inventory… take some time to think, process, organize, get it on paper… (Great clip from Chrissy on this) Website: www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website www.bigeasydesk.com LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/ **Credits** Music - I will not be broken, Bonnie Raitt
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast, Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore has a robust discussion with our guest, Ryan Emge. A successful business owner, husband, and father. PART 1 Links to Ryan's companies: https://www.freightedge.biz/ https://www.assured.construction/ 0:00 Intro 2:01 Ryan talks about his business 8:45 Revenue blindness 34:16 Raising kids with the house project 37:50 Core values 43:30 Book reference - The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck “Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.” ~M. Scott Peck 48:00 Thoughts on self-discipline 49:15 Poem reference Road less Travelled, Robert Frost 49:25 Book reference Discipline without punishment 56:00 5 books Bible Chesterton collections Collective works pre-nicean church fathers Paradise Restored by David Shultan 1:09:26 Book reference The Road, Cormack McCarthy 1:16:00 Ryan shoutout to Mark 1:21:40 Lincoln Quote - look up 1:25:18 P.u.l.s.e. Meeting People, Unearth, Lead, Scorecard, Execute 1:29:00 Family meeting 1:34:39 Movie Oblivion 1:35:25 AAR Meeting (After Action Review) 1:36:30The Huddle meeting 1:37:20 Family Dinner Time 1:39:28 Book Reference Grit by Angela Duckworth 1:40:27 Song Reference - The Highwomen, “Crowded Table” 1:47:51 Book Reference - Thou Shalt Prosper by Rabi Lapin????? 1:49:29 Recruiting Flywheel 1:55:55 Monitoring your Core Values 1:59:10 Book Reference The Advantage by Pat Lencioni 2:06:04 Compelling vision 2:09:00 Teeing up the Story of Ryan's dad, and business transition 2:10:52 Question for Mark from Ryan: Balancing Business and Family Life, prioritizing energy, bring life and fruit to work family and personal family - Answer S3 2:20:30 80/20 principle 2:22:18 Book Reference Steve Jobs biography 2:24:15 How does the family, marriage, and business all tie together before coaching them 2:27:00 Ryan shoutout to Mark Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website https://www.bigeasydesk.com LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Courses on Thinkific: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/ **Credits** Music - The Living Years, Mike & the Mechanics @3:45 Book reference - The Road Less Traveled - M. Scott Peck Book reference - Grit - Angela Duckworth Book reference - The Advantage - Pat Lencioni
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast, Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore discusses how to attract people to your organization. 0:00 Intro 1:11 Book reference - The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell https://www.gladwellbooks.com/landing-page/about-malcolm-gladwell/ 17:36 Book reference - Who by Geoff Smart and Randy Street https://geoffsmart.com/ 19:54 Book reference - Drive by Daniel Pink https://www.danpink.com/about/ 21:56 Shoutout to Masterclass online https://www.masterclass.com/ 26:52 Book reference - Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Doris-Kearns-Goodwin/1233416 Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website https://www.bigeasydesk.com LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Courses on Thinkific: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H **Credits** Music - Welcome to the Jungle, Etta James Book - The Tipping Point, Malcom Gladwell Book - EMyth, Michael E. Gerber Book - Who, Geoff Smart and Randy Street Book - Drive, Daniel Pink Book - Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
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