Growing Smart: The Stronghold Podcast

Today Thom is joined by long his long time friend and client Kristin Pelletier, owner of Access Computer Training, to discuss how Facebook leads grew her business and how training grants can grow yours.

Thom is joined by Real Estate champ Joe Bennett who discussed how we went from brand new in the biz to 5 transactions a month within 6 months! Plus, does email marketing still work?

Thom discusses why goal setting often leaves us feeling overwhelmed and incapable of success and what to do about it.

Thom walks you through three critical life hacks for when you just don’t feel like it.

Thom walks you through exactly how and why to have significant and meaningful relationships with almost everyone you meet!

Thom walks through an exercise to help you deal with external and internal stress and pressures. He also adds his own personal way of handling stress.

In this episode Thom walks through some ways he sorts through finding direction, especially when not feeling purpose or meaning in your work. He uses his own wrestling with direction as an example and encouragement.

Thom explores the rare jewel of contentment, how ambition affects us (good and bad) and shares some helpful coaching advice for us all.

In this brief episode, Thom encourages us to be very careful about what we feed our minds, bodies and souls.

Thom discusses sleep and how we should consider it as it relates to productivity.

Thom gives a key New Year’s tip.

Thom shares some important tips for ensuring your New Year’s ambitions are healthy and full of integrity.

Thom gives you the straight talk on how you can be more direct with your prospects and customers without being a jerk.

Thom has been a leading provider of DISC communication training for years and he gives us the down and dirty on how to implement these tools on today’s episode.

Thom explains that just because something can grow your business predictably doesn’t mean it’s the thing you should be doing. There are seasons and different levels of scale that we must consider. Don’t miss this episode so you can learn if you’re doing the right thing and what to do about it if you’re not.

Thom discusses making decisions when burnt out and overwhelmed.

Thom gives 3 keys to keep focus on your strategy while experiencing overwhelm.

Thom describes the right way to approach sales in our modern day.

Thom describes how to have a meeting with yourself every single month and ensure you’re predictable success through your goals, blueprint and personal dashboard.

Thom describes 3 critical errors he has made as an entrepreneur and how you can avoid them.

Thom walks you step-by-step through the four critical must-do’s to prepare your business for 2020. You don’t want to miss this episode!

Thom explains why conflict is not necessarily a bad thing and how we should go about bringing issues to a happy resolution.

Thom explains what managers can do when dealing with dramatic employees who are constantly creating distractions.

Thom interviews one of the top agents in Florida, Michael Lauer, broker/owner of Action Pro Realty and discovers how he built his empire without marketing or direct selling. Thom gets to the nuts and bolts on how Michael has formed strategic partnerships and how you can too.

In this shocking episode Thom explains why many customer service people don’t actually need training, but a pink slip!

Thom begins a new series on coaching and describes the art and science behind great a coaching experience.

Thom explains why cold calling doesn’t work for most people and then gives you a direct sales approach that actually works.

Continuing on his strategic partnership kick, Thom explains two fundamental things every strategic partnership must have in order to make money.

Thom explains two quick things you can do right now to free up time on your calendar.

Learn how to make predictable revenue for your small business through strategic partnerships.

Thom answers the question and then gives you a strategy for growing your revenue.

Who is Thom Pirone? How did he get into this business? Why does he spell his name like that? Learn this and more in this unique episode.

Thom tells you exactly how to grow your business through strategic partnerships and networking groups.

Thom defines the leadership plague he affectionately calls “unicorn syndrome” and helps you better lead your team. He also tells you the greatest leadership skill you can develop and how to do it.

In this intense episode, Thom shows the three ways managers must learn to train their teams in order to keep the organization growing.

Thom gives 3 productivity hacks that give you a greater sense of control and keep you on track.

Learn the CERTS process to delegate without fear of failure.

In this first podcast in his Time Optimization series, Thom discusses time as a resource and tells you how to use the DDT system to get a lot of it back.

If you’ve ever sold anything online then you have become a digital marketer. With so much to learn about this it’s important to start at the beginning with a solid foundation. Thom helps entrepreneurs and sales people begin to approach this in a strategic way.

Thom doesn’t hold back and tells you exactly what you need to hear about dealing with stress and overwhelm.

What do you do when a discontent employee interrupts your day and wants to whine and complain about something? Thom gives 3 steps to motivate them and win back your time.

In this episode Thom explains when the right day and time is to do the difficult thing of letting someone go. He also touches on some of the sensitivities around the difficult moment.

Whether you’re a hiring manager or someone looking for a better gig, most companies have a broken process of hiring and then suffer from expensive turnover. In today’s podcast, Thom explains how you can land the right job for you by overturning their process. If you’re a hiring manager, listen closely, because he helps you as well.

Few managers have been trained in how to hold their team accountable. In today’s podcast Thom explains when and how to get it done.

Thom shares exactly what to do and say to have your customer service and support teams generating leads and increasing revenue.

Thom examiners a method of email selling that actually works today.

We were honored to be joined by Julianne Porter, VP of Client Success at DASHealth, a 9x TBBJ Fast 50 company and regular on the INC5000 list. Julianne and Thom discuss effective weekly one to one meetings.

It isn’t easy to let someone go. Thom’s experience and advice is sure to help you make the right decision.

Our very first podcast, take a listen and enjoy!