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Pro Talks is built for people of the trades. Join your hosts Alexa Greenberg and Roland Ligtenberg every week as they interview some of the greatest thought leaders and entrepreneurs. Learn from industry powerhouses as they share their journeys, ideas, and success stories with actionable steps to grow your leadership and business today.

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    • Oct 31, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 24 EPISODES


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    #017 (SEASON FINALE): The Chick-fil-A Lemonade Leadership Formula

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 36:55


    Amir Ghannad, Leadership Development Specialist at the Ghannad Group, sits down with Alexa Greenberg and Roland Ligtenberg to explain his Chick-Fil-A Lemonade Leadership Formula.Watch this episode & more over at https://bit.ly/protalks3.

    #015: Do's and don'ts of selling your HVAC business

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 56:02


    Patrick Lange, HVAC Business Broker at Business Modification Group, joins Alexa Greenberg and Roland Ligtenberg to share exactly what buyers are looking for & what you can do today to make sure your business is evaluated at the best price possible when it comes time to sell.Watch this episode & more over at https://bit.ly/protalks3.

    #16: How to run your home service business like a Navy ship

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 31:15


    Jon is a business leader, author, and speaker and served as a Naval Officer on Nuclear Submarines during the Cold War and has been leading industrial business for more than 20 years. Alexa Greenberg and Roland Ligtenberg talk with him about his experience in the Navy learning about people management and he'll be sharing with you his tips on how to keep employees engaged by running your business like the commissioning of a naval ship. Watch this episode & more over at https://bit.ly/protalks3.

    #013: You Stop Living When You Stop Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 38:25


    Justin Gallaway joins Protalks to discuss how to find opportunities to learn in your decades-long trade career. Watch this episode & more over at https://bit.ly/protalks3.

    #014: How to ethically spy on your customers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 55:05


    Sam Richter sits down with Roland Ligtenberg to talk all things sales intelligence and digital reputation. Sales intelligence refers to technologies and practices for the collection and application of consumer data that will help you make educated decisions about your sales process for prospect and existing customers. Watch this episode & more over at https://bit.ly/protalks3.

    #012: Military Mindset in Recruiting, Delegation, and Personal Well-Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 51:30


    As an economist and former naval intelligence officer, Dr. Mary Kelly has a solution for almost every problem you could have in your life or business. Today we will be talking about 3 topics - recruiting, leadership and delegation, and how to physically check-in with yourself so you can continue to show up for your business, your employees, your family, and most importantly yourself. She has many free downloadable lists, forms, and templateson topics like organization, customer service, leadership, business plans, and so much more available on her website for you to check out after this episode. Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #011: Showing up (Part 2): Three tactical steps for achieving personal and business success

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 37:41


    We all have those ‘a-ha' moments, some of which are life-changing. From dropping out of high school to battling addiction, to now owning one of the largest HVAC businesses in San Diego, California, Matt Mauzy joins us to share his ‘a-ha' moments and the tactical steps he took to become the successful business owner he is today. Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #010: Showing up (Part 1): Three tactical steps for achieving personal and business success

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 40:41


    We all have those ‘a-ha' moments, some of which are life-changing. From dropping out of high school to battling addiction, to now owning one of the largest HVAC businesses in San Diego, California, Matt Mauzy joins us to share his ‘a-ha' moments and the tactical steps he took to become the successful business owner he is today. Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #009: The Power of Effective Planning in Life and Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 50:13


    As a motivational leadership speaker and trainer, Ria empowers women to increase their influence, develop their leadership, and maximize their results. Ria, with her husband Mack, teaches leadership and success principles in a real, relatable, and practical way. Today's topic is for ALL Pros and essential to success as a business owner. She's sharing her PRIME TIME methodology for effective planning. She teaches how to identify and categorize different daily tasks and events that are sucking time out of your day using the PRIME methodology as follow:P = PowerR = RestorativeI = IncongruousM = MarginalE = Expendable. She then shows you how to ruthlessly prioritize these different categories so you can create the optimum schedule for your busy life as a home service business owner. Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #008: Interview With Mark Cuban - Pro Talks Rewind

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 38:46


    Mark Cuban - entrepreneur and investor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and one of the main sharks on ABC's shark tank to our show. He's here to talk about success, leadership, and saving the small business economy.Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #007: White collar leadership in a blue collar world

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 53:53


    With 20 years working with and on the front lines, Mack brings a powerful blend of practical experience and leadership knowledge to his clients. He has logged over 11,000 hours leading leaders and their blue-collar teams through process improvement, organizational change, and cultural transformation. Today he, with his wife Ria, share The Transformation Equation - the 5 foundational components of transformational leadership. “Organizational transformation is about attaining long-term, positive, and fundamental improvement that goes far beyond short-term initiatives and change management. However, leading transformation requires key components. When one of the key components is missing, the organization will experience frustration, resistance, confusion, anxiety, or stagnation.” - Mack StoryWatch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    S1 E6 Simon Sinek - leading with an infinite mindset

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 69:19


    Simon Sinek is the author of multiple best-selling books and has the third most-watched TED Talk of all time. He is sharing how to break out of your finite mindset and adopt an infinite mindset that will allow you to build a stronger, more innovative, and profitable business.Listen/view more episodes over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    S1 E5 Mark Cuban on success, leadership and saving the small business economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 36:27


    Mark Cuban - entrepreneur and investor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and one of the main sharks on ABC's shark tank to our show. He's here to talk about success, leadership and saving the small business economy. Brooks, Roland, Mark - over to you.Listen/view more episodes over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    S1 E3 How to take control of situations you can't control with Jocko Willink

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 50:31


    Retired Navy SEAL, podcaster, author, and keynote speaker Jocko Willink breaks down the concept of extreme ownership and mindsets for victory according to the home service industry.Listen/view more episodes over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    S1 E4 How to become a powerhouse in your industry and establishing value-driven leadership methods

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 66:04


    Ken Goodrich, CEO of Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumbing, author and HVAC Icon, shares his strategies on surviving a recession while building the foundation for an indestructible business. Listen/view more episodes over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    S1 E2 WTF (Willing to Fail) with the Founder of 1 800-GOT JUNK?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 57:28


    Brian Scudamore started his business with a $700 pickup truck, painted his phone number on the side, and started hauling. Fast forward to today, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? makes over $200 million in annual revenue. Listen/view more episodes over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    S1 E1: Building businesses, growing teams and surviving tough times

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 58:35


    Join us as we welcome Barbara Corcoran, real estate mogul and star on ABC's "Shark Tank", to discuss building businesses, growing teams, and surviving tough times.Listen/view more episodes over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #006: How to Pandemic-Proof your Business: A 9-Step Formula

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 61:18


    Meridith is a business growth, sales, and leadership motivational speaker and was voted one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts to Watch. She's especially passionate about teaching how to turn uncertainty into a competitive advantage - that's what she's here to talk with Alexa Greenberg and Roland Ligtenberg about. After studying big companies that have been around since the late-1700s/early-1800s that have endured through multiple pandemics and economic depressions, she discovered a pattern in all of them that kept them not just surviving but thriving and profiting. Meredith has broken this concept down into 9 steps that can be implemented into your home service business today. She gives proven strategies that she used on her own business that have pandemic-proofed her business plan and directly tie to increasing profits during a time of uncertainty.Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #005: Having an athlete's mindset in your home service business

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 74:50


    Jordan Beebe is the owner of Rooter Ranger Plumbing, a plumbing company in Arizona that has grown to 100 employees and grosses over 25 million in revenue in just 3 years of business. After accepting the fact that he didn't make it to play in the NFL, he went straight to work in the trade that his grandfather had been so successful in. He realized that at the end of the day, what he wanted to do was help people and make genuine connections. This mindset lies at the heart of his business operations and is what he considers to be the key to his skyrocketing success.Jordan breaks down how to apply an athlete's mindset to your business, the secret to his selling strategies, and how to build a hardworking team by investing in personal goals. Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #004: A Lesson on Swallowing Your Pride and Being a Better Boss

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 59:48


    Kristen Hadeed is CEO and founder of StudentMaid, a cleaning company that has employed thousands of millennials and is known for building the next generation of leaders. Today Kristen is sharing how she turned the worst day of her life and business into the best day of her life. She teaches a 'Human in Everything' perspective on leadership, actionable steps on how to elevate workplace culture for your staff, and innovative marketing and customer retention ideas you can implement today. Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #003: The 'coulds, shoulds and musts' in mindset and marketing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 63:52


    How is your mindset holding you back from creating out of the box marketing campaigns for your business? Josh Latimer lays out these seemingly unrelated items and gives you proven examples of how to level up your marketing game while leveling up yourself.He also shares how to create an on-season during an off-season for yourself and his exact process for ruthlessly deciding on the 'coulds, shoulds, and musts' of your business.Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #002: Good 'growing pains': the 5 stages of home service business growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 65:04


    Your business will tell you when its time to grow. Brandon Vaughn joins us in this episode to walk through the 5 stages of business in a home service business and how to identify which one you're in. More importantly, he shares how to launch yourself to the next.Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks

    #001: ‘Working Together' and the secret to success with the former CEO of Ford and Boeing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 75:30


    Alan Mulally was named #3 on Fortune's “World's Greatest Leaders, spearheaded the development of the Boeing 777,  and is famously respected for not taking any government money during the 2008 recession as the CEO of Ford. He's sharing his proven ‘Working Together' method that gives leaders strategies for successfully managing people toward a shared goal of company growth and excellence. Join your hosts Alexa Greenberg and Roland Ligtenberg every week as they interview some of the greatest thought leaders and entrepreneurs. Learn from industry powerhouses as they share their journeys, ideas, and success stories with actionable steps to grow your leadership and business today.Watch this episode & more over at housecallpro.com/protalks. 

    Introducing Pro Talks [NEW SERIES]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 1:41


    Big news: we're combining the Pro Talk Podcast and Home Services Evening Updates to form Pro Talks.  Don't worry, JC Navarro from the Pro Talk Podcast isn't gone. He's working behind the scenes and you'll likely hear him again from time to time. At this time, we archived previous Pro Talk Podcast episodes here featuring JC but the previous video recordings can still be enjoyed on YouTube. Join your hosts Alexa Greenberg and Roland Ligtenberg every week as they interview some of the greatest thought leaders and entrepreneurs. Learn from industry powerhouses as they share their journeys, ideas, and success stories with actionable steps to grow your leadership and business today.Check out the Home Services Evening Updates that were recorded between mid-March to early June of 2020.

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