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Welcome to the Evolvepreneur (After Hours) Show I am your Special Host Christine Campbell Rapin Join me today where we dig deep with our guests and get you the best concepts and strategies to fast-track your business. My very special guest today is Warren Coughlin ... Warren Coughlin coaches entrepreneurs to build businesses that align with their values and produce results. He helps clients with operational strategy, high performance culture, and financial management. He believes culture and strategy work best together, with culture ensuring the right strategies are implemented properly. Warren helps clients make better decisions through data, understanding root causes of indecision, and taking iterative steps. His clients see average revenue increases of $2.3 million and profit increases of $440,000 due to implementing his foundational principles of strategy, culture and financial management.

A successful business that is profitable and positively impacts the world is one that has mastered business skills. These skills include; sustainability, return on investment, a topnotch management system, high-performing culture, and a dashboard that allows a business owner to predict the performance of the business. Join this conversation with Warren as we explore the many ways you can build a profitable business that does good for the world and is profitable.Warren has been coaching ethical entrepreneurs toward prosperity, freedom, and fulfillment since 2002.  His clients have enjoyed 8-figure exits, the development of High-Performance Cultures, greater work/life integration, massive profit growth, and rewarding impacts.  He was the top coach in Canada with the world's largest business coaching business. He is also a recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, a former college professor, and an actor/theater director.In this podcast, we will go through Warren's three-part business framework on how to create a saleable business even when you don't want to sell in the future.During this episode, you will learn about:[00:00] Episode intro and a quick bio of the guest; Warren Coughlin [01:41] Warren's backstory and the type of people he works with[06:22] Warren's three-part framework for people and businesses[08:53] You can't win the game if you don't know how to keep the score[09:05] You need a high-performance culture[09:30] You can't win if you don't have a game plan[11:18] How a working plan is a framework for making decisions in business[16:20] Why over-systemizing is a slow but sure death to your business[18:54] How to build a winning culture even when the business is young[23:38] Challenges of building a business culture that he has helped his clients overcome[26:03] How is culture a competitive business advantage?[33:26] Hiring the right people is the catalyst to a good business culture[34:05] Getting all the information when interviewing a person[43:16] The most important aspect of putting more effort into when starting a business[47:29] How you can reach out and connect with Warren[47:50] Ending show and call to actionThank you for listening to FROM MD To Entrepreneur PodcastTune in every Wednesday, 5 AM PST. Follow Us on our socials Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/frommdpodcast/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/from-md-to-entrepreneur/ Website - https://www.frommd.com/episodes/

This episode is brought to you by The Profit Line. The Profit Line is a boutique finance and accounting firm that provides a wide range of accounting services to small and medium businesses generating anywhere between $5M to $50M in revenue. On a fractional, outsourced basis, they do day-to-day bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, month-end accruals, tax compliance, and financial statement preparation, among countless other things. I was a customer of theirs for 7 consecutive years while running my own company, and am speaking as a happy customer. Book a call with Founder and CEO, Fern Gordon (Ferngordon@theprofitline.com) or visit their LinkedIn page to learn how they might be able to help you exactly as they helped me. * This episode is brought to you by Warren Coughlin, CEO Coach and founder of JumpStart Coaching. Warren focuses exclusively on coaching CEOs running SMBs, and has been doing so for over 20 years. One of my biggest regrets across my 7 years as a CEO was not hiring a coach, and I want to prevent others from making the same mistake. For listeners of In The Trenches, working with Warren is effectively risk-free: If at the end of the first three months you're not happy with the direction of your business, he will give you your money back. On top of that, Warren is offering $3,000 off of his coaching program for listeners of In The Trenches. Just go to warrencoughlin.com/trenches to learn more. * Though there are countless books, blogs, podcasts, and social media accounts that serve as thoughtful and informative resources for current and prospective entrepreneurs, unfortunately there appears to be an equal number of resources that demonstrate seemingly no limit to the fundamentally bad advice that they're willing to impart upon others. "Hustle Culture" has unfortunately become so prevalent online that I felt it necessary to provide the entrepreneurial community with my own perspective on the matter.

“A high performance culture is where there's a reciprocation of expectations. Where, yes, you're going to provide a great place where people can grow and have great relationships and do quality work, but in exchange for that, there's a high expectation that they're going to perform at a high level,” explains Warren Coughlin, serial entrepreneur and business coach. Since 2002 Warren has been working to deliver value and make an impact on entrepreneurs who are helping make the world a better place. Today, he joins host Tiffany Zehara to talk about common mistakes entrepreneurs make, the importance of sticking to your foundational values, and how to really commit to solving a problem instead of worrying about who is right or wrong.  Many entrepreneurs are so driven by the desire to do good in their communities that they think motivation and good intentions are all they need to get people on board. However, there are many things beyond motivation and passion to consider when starting a business. Some of the major common mistakes entrepreneurs make are not learning skills like cash flow management, not actually applying the skills they do learn, and not understanding how to create a high performance culture. A high performance culture is not the same as just being a nice place to work, everything and everyone within your business must be aligned with similar values and performing at a high level in order to achieve maximum success.  Entrepreneurship is an incredible way to impact positive change in your community and the world. These are the people who are working hard to solve problems and move society forward, but they cannot do it alone. In order to really excel, it is important to put together a strong business plan, have a solid understanding of cash management, and to hire the right people whose values are in alignment with those of your company. Tune into today's episode of Humanitarian Entrepreneur Podcast for a talk with special guest Warren Coughlin to learn more about common mistakes entrepreneurs make and how you can really commit to solving a problem without getting hung up on who was right or wrong.  Quotes “Whether you're a nonprofit or for profit, learning your numbers is a foundational skill, and if you don't learn that, you're going to have surprises that bite you on the backside.” (6:45-6:54 | Warren)  “One of the major disciplines and skills that separates really the greats from the struggling is the ability to focus.” (7:48-7:56 | Warren)  “A high performance culture is where there's a reciprocation of expectations. Where, yes, you're going to provide a great place where people can grow and have great relationships and do quality work, but in exchange for that, there's a high expectation that they're going to perform at a high level.” (10:13-10:30 | Warren) “When you say, if our values are well chosen, then they should produce great results. Therefore, I start with the assumption that if something went wrong, we were off our values. Now, let's dig into that, and then let's have a conversation about our collective responsibility to maintain those values and what it would have looked like had we lived them in this circumstance. Those conversations can be uncomfortable, but over time, they are so powerful, and so transformative.” (12:04-12:35 | Warren)  “You have to hire and fire based on values, and that can be hard, because sometimes you'll have somebody who's a good performer, but is a cultural disaster. And so you either have to get that person aligned with the culture or move them off.” (12:56-13:09 | Warren)   Connect with Warren Coughlin: Website: https://warrencoughlin.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrencoughlin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abusinessthatmatters Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warren.coughlin/   To connect with Tiffany to solve problems or affect the kind of change you want: https://calendly.com/humanitarianentrepreneur/discovery-call Website:  https://humanitarian-entrepreneur.com  Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

This episode is brought to you by The Profit Line. The Profit Line is a boutique finance and accounting firm that provides a wide range of accounting services to small and medium businesses generating anywhere between $5M to $50M in revenue. On a fractional, outsourced basis, they do day-to-day bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, month-end accruals, tax compliance, and financial statement preparation, among countless other things. I was a customer of theirs for 7 consecutive years while running my own company, and am speaking as a happy customer. Book a call with Founder and CEO, Fern Gordon (Ferngordon@theprofitline.com) or visit their LinkedIn page to learn how they might be able to help you exactly as they helped me. * This episode is brought to you by Warren Coughlin, CEO Coach and founder of JumpStart Coaching. Warren focuses exclusively on coaching CEOs running SMBs, and has been doing so for over 20 years. One of my biggest regrets across my 7 years as a CEO was not hiring a coach, and I want to prevent others from making the same mistake. For listeners of In The Trenches, working with Warren is effectively risk-free: If at the end of the first three months you're not happy with the direction of your business, he will give you your money back. On top of that, Warren is offering $3,000 off of his coaching program for listeners of In The Trenches. Just go to warrencoughlin.com/trenches to learn more. * This is a very special episode of In The Trenches: In today's episode, I will be interviewing 4 different CEOs of 4 different SMBs, and asking them just a single question: "What are some of the seemingly small changes you've made that have had the largest impacts?" When taking over a new business, new CEOs often speak of operational “low hanging fruit”, so I wanted to ask this same question to 4 different CEOs to learn more about just what this low hanging fruit is. Each CEO that I'll be speaking with today is at a different stage of their journey: Betsy, who I'll begin the episode with, is still in her first year in the CEO seat. Sheret, our next leader, has been CEO of his company for ~2 years. Robin Kovitz has been leading her company for ~8 years, and finally Adrian, our final CEO, ran his company for ~7 years before a successful exit to a strategic acquiror in 2019. Does growth and success tend to result from a large number of seemingly small changes, or a small number or larger changes? That's what we'll endeavor to answer today, informed by 4 CEOs at very different stages of their respective journeys.

This episode is brought to you by Warren Coughlin, CEO Coach and founder of JumpStart Coaching. Warren focuses exclusively on coaching CEOs running SMBs, and has been doing so for over 20 years. One of my biggest regrets across my 7 years as a CEO was not hiring a coach, and I want to prevent others from making the same mistake. For listeners of In The Trenches, working with Warren is effectively risk-free: If at the end of the first three months you're not happy with the direction of your business, he will give you your money back. On top of that, Warren is offering $3,000 off of his coaching program for listeners of In The Trenches. Just go to warrencoughlin.com/trenches to learn more. * This episode is brought to you by Cayne Crossing. Cayne Crossing helps prospective SMB purchasers with all aspects of financial due diligence, including producing the Quality of Earnings report. Unlike any other QofE provider that I'm aware of, Cayne Crossing also co-invests alongside their buyers, aligning their interests with yours in a way that I simply haven't seen anywhere else. Cayne Crossing is offering a special discount to listeners of In The Trenches: Just go to caynecrossing.com, and scroll down to the “contact form” on their homepage. Enter the offer code “trenches”, and you will get a full $2,000 off of your QofE engagement with them. * CEOs running newly public companies, those who have raised external equity for the first time, and those occupying the CEO seat for the first-time are often intimidated by the idea of reporting into a Board, and are uncertain of how to construct, manage, communicate with, and learn from them. This combination of uncertainty and inexperience often creates undue stress for CEOs, and can create situations in which they are more focused on impressing their Boards than they are on leaning on them for support, guidance, and mentorship. Over many years as a CEO reporting directly into a Board (and now as an investor who sits on Boards and works directly with CEOs myself), I've come to learn a few things about how to construct, manage, communicate with, and learn from this critically important group of people. This episode is my best attempt at sharing these lessons with you.

This episode is brought to you by Warren Coughlin, CEO Coach and founder of JumpStart Coaching. Warren focuses exclusively on coaching CEOs running SMBs, and has been doing so for over 20 years. One of my biggest regrets across my 7 years as a CEO was not hiring a coach, and I want to prevent others from making the same mistake. For listeners of In The Trenches, working with Warren is effectively risk-free: If at the end of the first three months you're not happy with the direction of your business, he will give you your money back. On top of that, Warren is offering $3,000 off of his coaching program for listeners of In The Trenches. Just go to warrencoughlin.com/trenches to learn more. __________________________ This episode is brought to you by Cayne Crossing. Cayne Crossing helps prospective SMB purchasers with all aspects of financial due diligence, including producing the Quality of Earnings report. Unlike any other QofE provider that I'm aware of, Cayne Crossing also co-invests alongside their buyers, aligning their interests with yours in a way that I simply haven't seen anywhere else. Cayne Crossing is offering a special discount to listeners of In The Trenches: Just go to caynecrossing.com, and scroll down to the “contact form” on their homepage. Enter the offer code “trenches”, and you will get a full $2,000 off of your QofE engagement with them. __________________________ My guest today is Mike Zani, CEO of The Predictive Index. The Predictive Index serves more than 9,000 clients across 142 countries, helping businesses optimize their hiring and team composition decisions through behavioral science, software, and professional consulting from the world's top workplace behavioral specialists. Mike has been CEO of The Predictive Index for approximately 8 years, after having purchased the business from its original founders. Prior to leading The Predictive Index, Mike successfully purchased, operated, and sold two other companies in the employee wellness and manufacturing industries. The Predictive Index is one of the most widely-used personality profiling tools utilized by SMB CEOs when making hiring decisions, and in today's discussion we discuss these types of tools at length: When they're most useful (and when they're not), the most frequent sources of hiring mistakes, how transferable they are to blue collar industries, how we might utilize them in our personal relationships, and how he would utilize similar tools if looking to buy another business, to name just a few. Please enjoy!

This episode is brought to you by Warren Coughlin, CEO Coach and founder of JumpStart Coaching. Warren focuses exclusively on coaching CEOs running SMBs, and has been doing so for over 20 years. One of my biggest regrets across my 7 years as a CEO was not hiring a coach, and to the best extent possible, I want to prevent others from making the same mistake. For listeners of In The Trenches, working with Warren is effectively risk-free: If at the end of the first three months you're not happy with the direction of your business, he will give you your money back. If that doesn't say confidence, I don't know what does. On top of that, Warren is offering $3,000 off of his coaching program for listeners of In The Trenches. Just go to warrencoughlin.com/trenches to learn more. __________________________ This episode is brought to you by Cayne Crossing. Cayne Crossing helps prospective SMB purchasers with all aspects of financial due diligence, including producing the Quality of Earnings report. Unlike any other QofE provider that I'm aware of, Cayne Crossing also co-invests alongside their buyers, aligning their interests with yours in a way that I simply haven't seen anywhere else. Cayne Crossing is offering a special discount to listeners of In The Trenches: Just go to caynecrossing.com, and scroll down to the “contact form” on their homepage. Enter the offer code “trenches”, and you will get a full $2,000 off of your QofE engagement with them. __________________________ This episode attempts to directly address many of the questions that I've been asked over the past 6 months related to the current state of the debt markets: How pricing has changed, how credit availability has evolved, what risks banks are no longer willing to underwrite, how their diligence processes have changed, how non-price terms have evolved, and so on. To help me better understand the current state of the debt markets, I reached out to Cory Kaiser and Tim Eaton, both of whom work at TD in their commercial lending group: Cory is Vice President of commercial banking and has been with TD for over 21 years, and Tim is an associate vice president, who has been with TD for 23 years. Over the past two decades, their focus has been (and will continue to be) on lending to lower-middle market private companies, not just to finance their acquisitions, but also to finance growth, working capital, and recapitalizations, to name just a few. I hope this episode helps to clarify some of the questions that you might be wrestling with yourself. Please enjoy!

This episode is brought to you by Warren Coughlin, CEO Coach and founder of JumpStart Coaching. Warren focuses exclusively on coaching CEOs running SMBs, and has been doing so for over 20 years. One of my biggest regrets across my 7 years as a CEO was not hiring a coach, and to the best extent possible, I want to prevent others from making the same mistake. For listeners of In The Trenches, working with Warren is effectively risk-free: If at the end of the first three months you're not happy with the direction of your business, he will give you your money back. If that doesn't say confidence, I don't know what does. On top of that, Warren is offering $3,000 off of his coaching program for listeners of In The Trenches. Just go to warrencoughlin.com/trenches to learn more. __________________________ This episode is brought to you by Cayne Crossing. Cayne Crossing helps prospective SMB purchasers with all aspects of financial due diligence, including producing the Quality of Earnings report. Unlike any other QofE provider that I'm aware of, Cayne Crossing also co-invests alongside their buyers, aligning their interests with yours in a way that I simply haven't seen anywhere else. Cayne Crossing is offering a special discount to listeners of In The Trenches: Just go to caynecrossing.com, and scroll down to the “contact form” on their homepage. Enter the offer code “trenches”, and you will get a full $2,000 off of your QofE engagement with them. __________________________ Enterprise software is considered to be among the world's best business models. However, getting access to the world's best business model doesn't come cheaply: Software businesses most frequently trade at multiples of recurring revenue, which stands in contrast to most other industries in which businesses tend to trade at multiples of EBITDA or cash flow. But not all software investment theses are created equally: There are indeed several different approaches to acquiring and building a software company, and each approach presents a different investment thesis, requires different operational and value creation strategies, and is likely to command different asking prices. In today's episode, I present and evaluate 5 very different approaches that buyers might consider in their pursuit of a software business. Though this list of approaches is by no means exhaustive, it does capture those that I tend to see most frequently. Please enjoy!

A successful business that is profitable and positively impacts the world is one that has mastered business skills. These skills include; sustainability, return on investment, a topnotch management system, high-performing culture, and a dashboard that allows a business owner to predict the performance of the business. Join this conversation with Warren as we explore the many ways you can build a profitable business that does good for the world and is profitable.Warren has been coaching ethical entrepreneurs toward prosperity, freedom, and fulfillment since 2002.  His clients have enjoyed 8-figure exits, the development of High-Performance Cultures, greater work/life integration, massive profit growth, and rewarding impacts.  He was the top coach in Canada with the world's largest business coaching business. He is also a recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, a former college professor, and an actor/theater director.In this podcast, we will go through Warren's three-part business framework on how to create a saleable business even when you don't want to sell in the future.During this episode, you will learn about:[00:00] Episode intro and a quick bio of the guest; Warren Coughlin [01:41] Warren's backstory and the type of people he works with[06:22] Warren's three-part framework for people and businesses[08:53] You can't win the game if you don't know how to keep the score[09:05] You need a high-performance culture[09:30] You can't win if you don't have a game plan[11:18] How a working plan is a framework for making decisions in business[16:20] Why over-systemizing is a slow but sure death to your business[18:54] How to build a winning culture even when the business is young[23:38] Challenges of building a business culture that he has helped his clients overcome[26:03] How is culture a competitive business advantage?[33:26] Hiring the right people is the catalyst to a good business culture[34:05] Getting all the information when interviewing a person[43:16] The most important aspect of putting more effort into when starting a business[47:29] How you can reach out and connect with Warren[47:50] Ending show and call to actionNotable Quotes You increase the saleable value of a business if three things are in place. There are; topnotch management, high-performing culture, and a dashboard that allows a business owner to predict the performance of the business. [06:51]Exercising a quarterly game plan in your business will advance your success so much faster than when you try to do everything at once. It requires discipline to say NO to some things, but the stuff you say YES to gets done. [10:40]Business, just like poker, is not a game of luck. It is a game of skill, in which chance is one of its features. [12:13]Over-systemizing your business is a slow but sure way to its death. That overlooks the human input, especially high performers who do not want to be boxed in. [16:23]The catalyst of good business culture is hiring the right people. Be slow and thorough in hiring but fast in firing. [33:26]Just like in medical school, you must learn all Thank you for listening to FROM MD To Entrepreneur PodcastTune in every Wednesday, 5 AM PST. Follow Us on our socials Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/frommdpodcast/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/from-md-to-entrepreneur/ Website - https://www.frommd.com/episodes/

Warren Coughlin helps principled entrepreneurs build a Business That Matters. That is one that delivers to you, the owner, attractive profits and a fulfilling lifestyle while also creating positive impacts on customers, team and the larger community. In other words, it is one that helps make the world – or just your corner of it […] The post Growth Coach Warren Coughlin appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

A vibrant organizational culture contributes to better employee engagement, innovation, productivity, and a more positive impact on everything in your business. But how do you know if you already have a vibrant organizational culture or what you need to fix in order to get one? In this episode, https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrencoughlin/?originalSubdomain=ca (Warren Coughlin) gives an in-depth discussion about organizational culture. He explains why a vibrant organizational culture brings out positive traits that lead to improved performance while a dysfunctional company culture brings out qualities that can hinder even the most successful organizations. Tune in learn how to build a vibrant organizational culture. What You'll Discover About Building A Vibrant Organizational Culture The definition of organizational culture Common misconceptions about a vibrant organizational culture and business culture in general Why metrics are not everything Where to start when examining your culture The negative impacts of dysfunctional company culture How to deal with “cultural misfits” in your organization Why communication is high on the list of leadership skills What staying true to your values means The one non-negotiable thing that's essential to building a vibrant organizational culture.   Guest Bio: Warren Coughlin helps principled entrepreneurs build a Business That Matters. That is one that delivers to you, the owner, attractive profits and a fulfilling lifestyle while also creating positive impacts on customers, team and the larger community. In other words, it is one that helps make the world - or just your corner of it - a better place. This requires a combination of solid business skills and disciplines guided by deeply held values. He's been helping entrepreneurs do this since 2002. He was the top Coach in Canada with the world's largest business coaching company before going out to focus on Businesses That Matter. His clients have experienced everything from 8 figure exits, to 7 figure salaries, from rapid expansion to minimized operational work because of the development of great leaders and high-performance values-driven cultures. Warren is the creator of The Business That Matters Playbook, a tool that automates and eases the strategic planning process so the entrepreneur and the team know exactly what to do and when. He's also the founder and host of the podcast “The Business That Matters Spotlight” Warren's a recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, college professor, presentation/pitch trainer, actor, theater director and Dad to a wonderful daughter who constantly challenges him to be a better person.   Related Resources: https://warrencoughlin.com/ (https://warrencoughlin.com/)  https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrencoughlin/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrencoughlin/)  https://www.facebook.com/abusinessthatmatters (https://www.facebook.com/abusinessthatmatters)  https://www.instagram.com/warren.coughlin/ (https://www.instagram.com/warren.coughlin/)   SUBSCRIBE, RATE AND REVIEW: Subscribing is easy and lets you have instant access to the latest tactics, strategies and tips. Become a https://businessconfidentialradio.com/preferred-listener-signup (Preferred Listener) or https://businessconfidentialradio.com/subscribe-to-podcast/ (subscribe) to the show through your favorite podcast feed. Rating and reviewing the show helps us grow our audience and allows us to bring you more of the information you need to succeed from our high-powered guests. Download ♥ Subscribe ♥ Listen ♥ Learn ♥ Share ♥ Review ♥ Enjoy

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Stephen Aiguier of Green Hammer. Green Hammer is a multidisciplinary design build company that operates in Portland that creates healthy, living, buildings. They create homes like the passive house which is a super energy efficient and air tight house. Net zero energy is the goal here, meaning homes that produce more energy then they take. By making the homes air tight and insulated, by using an energy efficient design and special construction methods they reduce required heating and cooling demand and prevent energy loss with high performance doors and windows. To learn more about Stephen's work, visit https://greenhammer.com/ (https://greenhammer.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Casey Gray of The Conscious Builder. The Conscious Builder is all about net zero and passive house construction. They can build complete custom homes including a 7 year warranty, award winning renovations with a 3 year warranty and masters of construction education to lead the next generation of builders. To learn more about Roy's book, visit https://www.theconsciousbuilder.com/ (https://www.theconsciousbuilder.com/) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-conscious-builder-show-with-casey-grey/id1188092758 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-conscious-builder-show-with-casey-grey/id1188092758) If you'd like to be a guest on Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Discussion with Warren CoughlinHow To Achieve Profit with Principals with Warren Coughlin Warren has been coaching entrepreneurs to success and freedom since 2002. Warren is also a recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, a former college professor as well as an actor and theatre director. That array of experiences has given him a pretty wide perspective on leadership, success, effectiveness, and fulfillment. Warren has a passion and for helping his clients Build Businesses That Matters. Warren believes that we all have far more potential than we believe or use, and Warren loves helping his clients (Entrepreneurs) bring their potential to life.  He loves seeing people happy and fulfilled in both their lives and their businesses. On this episode of My Perfect Failure (How to achieve Profit with principals) If you want to know how to defy the odds when they are stacked against you and live your best life with purpose then this episode is a must listen for you.Warren has been defying the odds from day one as his parents were told he was not meant to live when he was born.  Warren has since gone onto achieve much since his early days.  Warren explains the tools that we can employ to live a successful life with purpose.  Some of the areas we cover. ·        Warren's parents being told he was not meant to live.·        Warren explains his numerous career transitions·        The importance of taking the positives in difficult moments·        Align your profit/work with principles·        Warren explains why entrepreneurship is one on the most powerful forces for positive and social change·        Why strategy and culture make a great marriage Contact Warrenhttps://warrencoughlin.com/ Listen to Warren's Podcast: https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/: Business That Matter Podcast·        Work with me: paul@myperfectfailure.com·        MPF Website: http://www.myperfectfailure.com/ ·        Insta: follow: https://www.instagram.com/padsmpf/ ·        Twitter: https://twitter.com/failure_perfect ·        Facebook MPF Private Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/377418129517757/

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Roy Osing, author of Be Different or be Dead. Roy's new book is all about the unheard of ways he took a startup to over a billion dollars in sales. Roy's book will break down what he did move by move, so you can do what Roy did yourself. To learn more about Roy's book, visit https://www.bedifferentorbedead.com/ (https://www.bedifferentorbedead.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Barry Martin of Hypenotic. Hypenotic is a founding Canadian B Corp made up of strategic, creative, and technical problem-solvers based in Toronto. Since '98, they've used modern marketing strategy, communications design, and web application development to help purpose-driven enterprises, Organizations, and Individuals like you clarify, amplify, and accelerate their impact. To learn more about Barry's work, visit https://hypenotic.com/ (https://hypenotic.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Warren Coughlin helps ethical entrepreneurs build a business that matters. that is one that makes a good living while making the world a better place. He's done this since 2002, helping owners enjoy 8-figure exits, 7-figure salaries, 2-3 day workweeks, and cultures that create positive impacts. He's also a recovering lawyer, college professor, and actor/theatre director. Warren Coughlin website: https://warrencoughlin.com/ Leave me a voice message: https://successgrid.net/podcast/ 100 Day Challenge: https://successgrid.net/100dc For top tips and more resources pls go here for show notes: https://successgrid.net/sg84/ Sponsors: There Are Just Six Tools You Need to Launch, Grow & Scale Your Online Business — And Systeme.io Have Them All, Funnel and website builder, Email marketing, Memberships, Marketing Automations and Affiliate Program Management. Click here to start for Free. https://successgrid.net/systeme “If you love this show, please leave a review. Go to RateThisPodcast.com/successgrid and follow the simple instructions

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Dan Burkard of Wicked Tasty and The Better Menu. Dan helps restaurants reach more locals, elevate the guest experience, and build brand loyalty with a better menu. They partner with passionate chefs, business owners, and marketers looking to share the story behind their brands. To learn more about Dan's work, visit https://thebettermenu.com/ (https://thebettermenu.com/) and https://www.eatwickedtasty.com/ (https://www.eatwickedtasty.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on The Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Brad Pedersen of Pela. The Pela team believes that the technology exists to make biodegradable plastics a reality, it just takes the right company with the right community to make these products the new normal. To learn more about Brad's work, visit https://pela.earth/ (https://pela.earth/) if you'd like to be a guest on The Business That Matters, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Vanessa Barboni Hallik of Another Tomorrow. Clothing is one of society's most personal forms of self-expression, Another Tomorrow pushes the boundaries of what responsibly grown, and ethically manufactured materials can achieve. Sensual and intense, their collection is designed for living. To learn more about Vanessa's work, visit https://anothertomorrow.co/ (https://anothertomorrow.co/) If you'd like to be a guest on Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Walter Nimocks of Just Made. Just Made is passionate about delivering a good-for-you flavor adventure inspired by popular juice recipes from Latin America and the Caribbean. Every bottle is crafted with tropical plants and functional ingredients to help you on your health and wellness journey. To learn more about Walter's work, visit https://justmade.com/ (https://justmade.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on the Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Erik Croswell of Bridge City Media. As a certified B Corp working in the advertising industry, Bridge City Media understands the huge impact that quality video and well-crafted messaging can bring to any growing business. To learn more about Erik's work, visit https://www.bridgecitymedia.com/ (https://www.bridgecitymedia.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on the Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Shannon Keith of Sudara. A trip to India in 2005 inspired founder Shannon Keith to begin an innovative business venture to create a lasting impact for survivors and those at high risk of sex trafficking. The team believes that safe, steady, and living-wage employment would be a pathway to freedom and offer women and their families choices. To learn more about Shannon's work, visit https://sudara.org/ (https://sudara.org/) If you'd like to be a guest on the Business That Matter Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Amber Hinds of Equalize Digital. Equalize Digital makes your WordPress website accessible and ensures all people have equal access to your products or services, regardless of ability. Reach more customers, reduce liability, and increase conversions. To learn more about Amber's work, visit https://equalizedigital.com/ (https://equalizedigital.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on the Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

This episode is sponsored by Davwill Consulting. Emotional agility? Yep, it's needed more now than ever. Let's chat! Click Here Warren Coughlin helps principled entrepreneurs build a Business That Matters. That is one that delivers to you, the owner, attractive profits and a fulfilling lifestyle while also creating positive impacts on customers, team, and the larger community. In other words, it is one that helps make the world - or just your corner of it - a better place. This requires a combination of solid business skills and disciplines guided by deeply held values. He's been helping entrepreneurs do this since 2002. He was the top Coach in Canada with the world's largest business coaching company before going out to focus on Businesses That Matter. His clients have experienced everything from 8-figure exits to 7-figure salaries, from rapid expansion to minimized operational work because of the development of great leaders and high-performance values-driven cultures. Warren is the creator of The Business That Matters Playbook, a tool that automates and eases the strategic planning process so the entrepreneur and the team know exactly what to do and when. He's also the founder and host of the podcast “The Business That Matters Spotlight” Warren's also a recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, college professor, presentation/pitch trainer, actor, theatre director, and Dad to a wonderful daughter who constantly challenges him to be a better person. Connect with Warren at: https://warrencoughlin.com https://www.facebook.com/abusinessthatmatters https://www.instagram.com/warren.coughlin https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrencoughlin/

Join us as we talk with Warren Coughlin from warrencoughlin.com who is a specialist in strategic thinking for tactical operations. In this episode, you will know how strategic planning will allow you to get focused and how it will give you discipline in your skills even in the face of uncertainty.

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with Michael Brown of Trico Homes. Trico Homes has built over 11,000 quality single and multi-family homes: earning a reputation for their design, craftsmanship and customer care. They've also been recognized as corporate leaders, champions of innovation and valuable contributors to the betterment of our community. The entire staff start every day with the goal of delivering incredible life-changing moments for both homeowners and community. To learn more about Micheal's work, visit https://tricohomes.com/ (https://tricohomes.com/) if you'd like to be a guest on The Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with Kyle Nelson and Eli Libby of Results Imagery. Results Imagery has been collaborating with world-leading brands and emerging agencies to improve the visual esthetic of their brand. Eli Libby and Kyle Nelson help them make it a reality with their 100% custom photo and video content. Their mission is to arm growing brands with the content they need to bring their products to life. To learn more about Kyle and Eli's work, visit https://www.resultsimagery.com/ (https://www.resultsimagery.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on Business That Matter Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with Paul Dreyer Avid4 Adventure. Avid4 Adventure is committed to create and maintain a diverse, inclusive, welcoming, and equitable environment for all. The team has a broad diversity of lived experiences. The campers who attend their summer day camps, overnight camps, school programs and events come away filled with confidence, enriched with newfound skills and launched into a lifetime of empowering outdoor adventure. To learn more about Paul's work, visit https://avid4.com/ (https://avid4.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on the Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Why you've got to check out this episode: Find out how you create a focused strategic plan and let it start to move the needle in your real estate investing business. Discover a software tool called 'The Business That Matters Playbook' to help you with SWOT analysis and create an effective strategic plan for your business. Learn about these three assessment tools that address personal fulfillment, assess areas of strength and weakness, and project impacts on your business. 3 Rs Read, Resource, Reflect Read: The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday Resources: The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish - Podcast Zwift Reflect: "Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." - Marcus Aurelius Do you want to hit not two but three birds with one stone? Have you thought of creating a real estate investing business that not only makes money but lets you live and enjoy life and makes a difference in others' lives and the world? In this episode, Warren Coughlin talks about how to build a real estate investing business that matters. He shares three tools to help not only grow yourself but your business. A values-driven organization is what he underscores as it nurtures a culture of excellence and commitment to doing good. He touches on stopping binary thinking, so creative thinking proliferates, making it more beneficial to your real estate investing business. Most importantly, he couldn't stress enough the need for preparedness for the uncertainty ahead with lessons learned in COVID and as businesses go through seasons and cycles. And that's where creating a focused business strategy with recommended periodic reviews comes into play. And when you have that taken care of, you can ensure you are ready to manage any bumpy ride ahead. Free Strategy Guide E-Book - https://warrencoughlin.com/free-blueprint/ Cool Tools (the 3 assessments discussed on the podcast): https://warrencoughlin.com/cool-tools/ Here's how you can join the ‘Social Impact Challenge' and participate in ‘Competitive Kindness'. Click here: https://www.rtggroupinc.com/ Connect with Warren Coughlin: warrencoughlin.com Warren Coughlin helps principled entrepreneurs build a Business That Matters, one that delivers to you, the owner, attractive profits and a fulfilling lifestyle while also creating positive impacts on customers, team, and the larger community. In other words, it is one that helps make the world - or just your corner of it - a better place. This requires a combination of solid business skills and disciplines guided by deeply held values. He's been helping entrepreneurs do this since 2002. He was the top Coach in Canada with the world's largest business coaching company before going out to focus on Businesses That Matter. His clients have experienced everything from 8 figure exits to 7 figure salaries, from rapid expansion to minimized operational work because of the development of great leaders and high-performance values-driven cultures. Warren is the creator of The Business That Matters Playbook, a tool that automates and eases the strategic planning process, so the entrepreneur and the team know exactly what to do and when. He's also the founder and host of the podcast "The Business That Matters Spotlight". Warren's also a recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, college professor, presentation/pitch trainer, actor, theater director, and Dad to a wonderful daughter who constantly challenges him to be a better person. Topics Covered: 03:56 - Taking on many roles and finally becoming a business coach 05:51 - What got him into entrepreneurship? 07:47 - A gift of life he uses to explore things and the world 08:19 - Finding purpose in the life that could have eluded him 09:04 - What it was like growing up with the illness he had 10:40 - The significance of focused strategic planning 12:34 - How essential is strategic planning even in a small or medium-sized business, and how do you go about creating a strategy? 15:04 - Talking about the 'The Business that Matters' playbook and how it works 17:36 - The challenge in coming up with the SWOT analysis 20:31 - Preparing for the unforeseeable future 24:22 - What is a 'Business that Matters'? 25:49 - How to do 'Business that Matters' 27:13 - The kind of people a values-oriented business attracts 28:39 - How culture should look like in a 'Zoom' environment businesses are in at this time 32:28 - Bringing subcontractors and other service providers into the fold and making them share the culture of the organization 34:22 - Discussing the 'Top Right Living' assessment and how to go about it 36:59 - Sharing about the '7 P's' and 'Y You' assessments and their significance 39:31 - Dealing with someone who is not culture fit 42:47 - Doing away with binary thinking 45:06 - How binary thinking kills creative thinking 46:07 - Sharing important lessons in business 48:47 - Needed number of times you should be reviewing and tweaking your strategic plan 49:56 - Significance of 90 days for review versus a yearly one 51:14 - One effective step to strategic planning 53:27 - His two favorite brands that have endured and done an excellent job in branding 54:47 - A tool he enjoys using and believes every entrepreneur should listen to 57:24 - What 'The Social Impact Challenge' is all about and how you can participate in 'Competitive Kindness' Key Takeaways: "When you're starting a business, it's good to go through the business planning process; you've got to go through the work of understanding who your target market is, how you're going to market them, and understanding your competition. But to do the big fat 40-page business plan they have to submit to a bank, that's largely a useless exercise. It's a lot of excessive effort." - Warren Coughlin "I think it's good to have a vision for where you want to go and have some long term objectives, but you plan within a one year cycle." - Warren Coughlin "Strategy is nothing more than the answer to the question, 'How do I deploy my scarce resources – time, team, and money to achieve an objective?' That's it. If you have an objective, and you only have those three resources, time, team, or money, that's it, that's all you have to play with, and so you've got to figure out how am I going to move them on the board to achieve what it is I want to achieve?" - Warren Coughlin "You got to look at your business from a risk mitigation standpoint. What's the drop in value or raising interest rates that I can absorb and not be subject to an existential risk? And when you get close to that, then you have to slow down your acquisitions, or you've got to change your cost structure a little bit to make sure that you're covered. And then to make sure that you've got good cash flow." - Warren Coughlin "A mentor of mine, he likes to use the metaphor of seasons. In business, there are always seasons. There's spring, summer, fall, and winter. And there's always going to be a winter. And if you're not prepared for winter, you're gonna get cold." - Warren Coughlin "A business that matters is one that provides a really great lifestyle for the entrepreneur and his or her family while having a positive impact in the world, whether it's just some small corner of it, or a larger environment." - Warren Coughlin "Get really clear on why you're doing what you do. It doesn't have to be grand and noble, but you should have a reason for doing it that's beyond just money." - Warren Coughlin Additional resource: Get our how-to guide and get noticed: https://reibranded.com/linkedin/ *This episode has been brought to you in part by Bluehost web hosting. Bluehost powers more than 2 million websites online and is the No. 1 recommended hosting provider by WordPress. With 24/7 support, free SSL certificates, and free domain name registration, Bluehost web hosting is a powerhouse. Get their special web host pricing by clicking here: https://www.bluehost.com/track/paulcopcutt/ Connect with Paul Copcutt: reibranded.com LinkedIn Email: podcast@paulcopcutt.com Music: Thank you to Zoax for the intro music. *By clicking on the Bluehost link, I may earn a small commission at no cost to you. However, Bluehost is the web host I recommend to all my clients and use myself.    

In this episode of PixlFeed Radio, I have the pleasure to interview Warren Coughlin a recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, a former college professor as well as an actor and theatre director. That array of experiences has given him a pretty wide perspective on leadership, success, effectiveness, personal growth, and fulfillment. He also believes that we all have far more potential than we believe or use, and loves helping clients bring that potential to life. He loves seeing people happy and fulfilled in both their lives and their businesses.You can follow Warren Coughlin Here:

In this episode, your host Warren Coughlin talks to Russell Marketing's Will Russell about combining business success and doing good in the world with foundations, launch marketing firms, and more. Check out Russell Marketing at https://russellmarketing.co/ If you're interested in being a guest on the show, apply https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE).

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with Axel Meierhoefer of Ideal Wealth Grower. At Ideal Wealth Grower, they help investors turn critical and complex real estate issues into opportunities for growth, resilience, and long-term advantage. With a deep understanding of the interplay between today's changing real estate marketplace issues, they offer clients innovative ideas about how to enhance their results and get ahead of key issues. To learn more about Axel's work, visit https://idealwealthgrower.com/ (https://idealwealthgrower.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on the Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Entrepreneurs aren't risk-takers; they're optimists. This aversion to risk-taking is often what stunts business growth. Warren talks with Amy about focussing on a business's positive impact to drive a business forward. In pursuit of happiness, check out the internet's happiest podcast! Podcast: businesses that matter spotlight Website: WarrenCoughlin.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with Nathaniel Hunter of DreamView. DreamView is a globally scalable technology company bringing creative strategy and content solutions from small to enterprise level companies around the world. By creating immersive and reusable digital content experiences, DreamView continues to revolutionize the creation, and management of digital content involving our clients' products. To learn more about Nathaniel's work, visit https://dreamview.com/ (https://dreamview.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on the Business That Matters podcast, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with Dana Kadwell and Courtney Hopper of Hustle + Gather. Hustle + Gather is a training and consulting firm that is on a mission to inspire others to take big leaps, dream big dreams, and create amazing teams that grow profits and enjoyable (but productive) culture within business. They specialize in the hospitality industry and have coached and trained businesses to increase their profitability while creating a kick ass team along the way. To learn more about Courtney and Dana, visit https://www.hustleandgather.com/ (https://www.hustleandgather.com/) If you'd like to be a guest on the Business That Matters podcast, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with David Sandhu of Tylt Ventures. The focus at Tylt Ventures is to invest with innovative companies on the verge of significant growth. As entrepreneur-investors with native operating experience, Tylt Ventures deploys a hands-on approach in their work with founders, believing in adding value beyond just contributing capital. To learn more about Tylt Ventures, visit https://www.tyltventures.com/

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with Gaurav Bhattacharya of Involve.ai. Our mission is to help leaders transform their companies into customer-centric organizations Gaurav's team does this by unlocking customer intelligence using AI, so teams can take control of churn and growth. To learn more, visit https://www.involve.ai/ (https://www.involve.ai/) If you'd like to be a guest on the Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/ (HERE)

Warren Coughlin helps entrepreneurs change the world by building ethical businesses from the ground up.

In this episode, you host Warren Coughlin speaks with Karen Asprea about specializing in design for luxury residential developments, private homes, and commercial spaces, needing to see things through as a designer, a holistic approach to design, and more. Check out Karen's website at https://www.karenasprea.com/

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with Jillian Walsh of Change Creates Change. Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care is a private practice that brings together nutrition and psychotherapy in order to best support those recovering from eating disorders. To learn more, visit https://changecreateschange.com/ (https://changecreateschange.com/) To be a guest on Business That Matters Spotlight, click https://warrencoughlin.com/podcast/apply/ (HERE)

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with Karen Frome of Rise Projects. Karen Frome has over 20 years of experience practicing architecture. Karen participated in the Learning by Design Program, teaching children about space and architecture. She has also taught industrial design studios at the Rhode Island School of Design and graduate architectural studios at Parsons School of Design and Columbia University. She is on the board of directors of the not-for-profit Archive Global and has served on several boards and architectural/planning committees. To learn more, visit https://www.riseprojects.com/

Your host, Warren Coughlin talks with Steve Hoffman of Founders Space. Founders Space is one of the leading startup accelerators in the world, with over 50 partners in 22 countries. Ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups. To learn more, visit https://www.foundersspace.com/

In this episode, your host Warren Coughlin speaks with Capitalogix's Howard Getson about using AI to better decisions to improve performance, the growing prevalence of AI in business, making best practices common practices, how you know when something is working, doing work that makes you more of who you are, and more. Check out Capitalogix at https://capitalogix.com/

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Dan King of Fireside Strategic. If you're open to being challenged at the highest level, Fireside Strategic creates highly custom, no-BS partnerships with leaders they believe in. We combine hardcore, world-class business strategy with soulful, kind, but challenging executive coaching because we believe your growth as a human flows hand in hand with your business' growth. To learn more, visit https://www.firesidestrategic.com/

Your host, Warren Coughlin, talks with Jordan Trask of PreFocus Solutions, where they help their clients bring out the truth of what makes a great brand. To learn more, visit https://prefocus.solutions/

In this episode, your host, Warren Coughlin talks to Bruno Cignacco about interdependence, love, culture, and more. Check out Bruno's website here: https://brunocignacco.com/

Your temporary host, Josh Elledge of UpMyInfluence, interviews the creative force and real host behind Business That Matters Spotlight; Warren Coughlin. Warren introduces the soul of the podcast and the hopes he has for future episodes. To learn more about Warren Coughlin, visit https://warrencoughlin.com/

How to set an agenda via people, process, and performance to drive growth, Warren Coughlin is a recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, a former college professor, and an actor and theatre director. His array of experiences have set him up to coach entrepreneurs to success and freedom since 2002. In this episode, Warren shares his insights and experiences on how to set an agenda via people, process, and performance to drive growth. Insights he shares include: Why long term planning is essentialHow you get people thinking about long term planning and building out a strategy based on people, process and performanceHow Warren conducts a strategic analysisWhat are the components of the operational strategyHow do we include our principles into our operational strategy to impact people, process and performanceWhy creating an operational strategy that positively impacts people, process and performance needs to be an exercise in patienceWhy culture and strategy make for a perfect marriageWhy execution of strategy is an Achilles heel for many businessesThe key mental shift that needs to happen for leadership in an organization to be more effective in their rolesThe key focus that needs to be kept while building out a strategy to improve people, process and performanceand much much more ...

My first executive marketing role wasn't about marketing! At the age of 27, I was chosen to become the first Customer Service Manager and a board member. No one in that water systems company understood what I was going to do—and who needed a customer service manager when professional technicians went to fix whatever was needed when a customer complained? To tell you the truth, I didn't know exactly what this job meant, either. All I knew was that it was a strategic decision; the sales department said that the reason for not meeting their sales goals was a lack of good customer service. I started by following one rule: to never leave a customer unsatisfied. I talked with each customer who needed a service. Mainly, I listened to them very carefully. The next step was to build a team of service providers who listened to customers and found the solution that would make them happy. The next step was to build a new team of technicians that love to give good service. I did something else, too. I decided that I didn't want to earn money from customer service itself, so all the payments went directly to the technicians. Within 6 months, customer service went from being the biggest obstacle for closing a sale to the biggest driver for selling. Our customers' satisfaction skyrocketed…and so did the sales. It was probably the most effective marketing campaign that I ran in my more than 30 years as a marketing director.   When I asked Warren Coughlin, one of my recent guests on the REACH OR MISS Podcast, for his best advice for entrepreneurs, he said, “I always think it's ‘to serve'! My definition of sales is professionally helping people solve problems, making it a kind of an honorable activity. “If you have a service focus for your customers, like always wanting to help them, you're going to have long client and customer relationships.”   This wasn't the first time we heard successful entrepreneurs talking about 'serving your customers.' Josh Elledge from Up My Influence and SavingAngel told his story about it: “When I started as an owner of a small-town newspaper, I was so uncomfortable to sell; I was so scared, so I ended up failing miserably. And after that, for the next five years, I did sales and marketing for a network of law firms and had to sell every day for a commission-based salary. I was very miserable, and then, I suddenly realized that it's not about convincing people to buy; it's about listening to people's needs and finding how I can help them. The minute I understood that, I started to enjoy my connection with my clients and started to succeed dramatically. I found the win-win formula.”   Bob Burg, author of the “Go-Giver,” said that “shifting your business context from getting – to give, is the most financially profitable.” In today's podcast episode, I share some of the most inspiring and educational stories of successful entrepreneurs who won their success by serving their customers best.   The first story is about Jeremy Parker from Swag.com, who told me, “I'm never satisfied in terms of customer success. We should go above and beyond to make our customers' experience great.” Jeremy Parker is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and serial entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Swag.com, the best place for companies to buy quality promotional products that they'll actually want to keep. They work with 5,000+ companies including Facebook, Google, Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, and TikTok. They are #218 on the 2020 Inc 500 (fastest-growing companies in the US). Also, CrainsNY named Jeremy one of the 40 Under 40. Jeremy's career and story I'm actually a filmmaker. I even won the Audience Award at the 2006 Vail Film Festival for a documentary I made with my brother. After we won this award, I realized my passion wasn't to become a filmmaker. After college, I started my first business. I had no experience in businesses and...

In this episode I interview Warren Coughlin, who has been a Coach to SMB CEOs for upwards of two decades, helping them achieve everything from hugely successful exits, to 7-figure salaries, to significantly reduced day-to-day operational roles, and countless other outcomes. Warren is the creator of The Business That Matters Playbook, a tool that streamlines and automates the strategic planning process for CEOs and Entrepreneurs. His coaching practice focuses not only on the business itself, but also on the entrepreneur at a personal level, working with them to ensure that they craft meaningful values and live a lifestyle that is meaningful and fulfilling to them. In this episode we cover a wide array of topics, some of which include: What do CEO coaches actually do? What does a typical coaching engagement look like? When is an appropriate time to hire a coach, if you hire one at all? How much do coaches cost, and how should CEOs think about the ROI on that investment? How does one even go about looking for a coach? How much of the coaching process is focused on the business vs. on the entrepreneur themselves? What are some of the most common areas for improvement that you witness when first engaging with a new CEO client? When should you fire your CEO coach? And countless others. Please enjoy! ******************** If this episode provided you with value, would you mind leaving a rating and/or review wherever you access your podcasts? Ratings and reviews help me secure guests that would otherwise be difficult to obtain, and it is exactly these types of people that I want each of you to learn from. Any ratings and/or reviews would be much appreciated :)

Warren helps principled entrepreneurs build a Business That Matters. That is one that delivers to you, the owner, attractive profits and a fulfilling lifestyle while also creating positive impacts on customers, team and the larger community. In other words, it is one that helps make the world - or just your corner of it - a better place. He’s been helping entrepreneurs do this since 2002. He was the top Coach in Canada with the world’s largest business coaching company before going out to focus on Businesses That Matter. His clients have experienced everything from 8 figure exits, to 7 figure salaries, from rapid expansion to minimized operational work because of the development of great leaders and high-performance values-driven cultures. Warren’s also a recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, college professor, actor, theater director and Dad to a wonderful daughter who constantly challenges him to be a better person.   Most passionate about I'm really getting passionate about helping people lift their heads and say, “Okay, there are some really interesting opportunities.” I've been really passionate about ringing the bell, starting to build your strategy, starting to build your plans, not just for the next two months, but for the next 10 months. Warren’s career and story I was supposed to die at birth. I was given a zero percent chance of survival. I was the second person in history to live through this weird congenital defect. When I found out about that, it spurred in me a desire to do something. I was a lawyer. I've been an actor and theater director. I was a college professor. I've been an entrepreneur. All of those things were because I was trying to find that place where I could make an impact with this unexpected gift that I wasn't supposed to have. I believe passionately that entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful forces for positive social change. A family friend was doing business coaching. This was back in 2002. I'd never even heard of it. I started looking into it and just fell in love with it. That’s what I've been doing ever since – trying to take the lessons I've learned over my own professional career and helping entrepreneurs use them in their own businesses and start to succeed. Best advice for entrepreneurs I always think it's “to serve.” My definition of sales is professionally helping people solve problems, which makes it a kind of honorable activity. If you have a service focus for your customers, like always wanting to help them, you're going to have long client and customer relationships. The biggest, most critical failure with customers I had a client, a really nice guy. I guess where it went wrong was that he and I had very different thinking styles. I didn't understand that distinction in our thinking styles well enough. I let him guide the direction because he was in a bit of a crisis. We were doing things reactively instead of by a plan. I was encouraging him to move faster and I didn't realize early enough that he wasn't grasping what we were talking about. He actually wound up feeling more insecure rather than more confident. As a coach, I want people to feel more confident. He was selling lots, but by lowering the prices, because he just gave the guy commission on sales, not on margins and the guy was dropping prices. The business was growing, but he was actually losing money. Biggest success with customers A guy came to me and was really unmotivated. He was in tax debt, his team wasn't performing, and he was generating some profits and had a decent niche but no real growth plan. He was really stuck. Because of where he was emotionally, we started with a vision for him of the impact he wanted to have, not just in business but in life, and showed how, with certain revenue targets, all that was going to be possible. We worked on his culture. His sales team were sort of cowboys, so we put some accountability structures in place, as well as

The story of Warren Coughlin starts with him almost dying at child birth.  He says this planted some seeds in him of maximizing his life and taking smart and calculated risks as an entrepreneur. He left his law practice to start a semi-pro sports team and experienced a loss (with a semi-win from learning).  He went on to teach a marketing law course while preparing for his next attempt, which would prove successful. He worked for big brands in New Media and showed us the mindset of a winner.  He talked about the importance of learning, figuring out problems at their root as well as locking in your vision and unique selling proposition.  He shared some insights about not giving up as well as avoiding being too reactive - especially in light of unforeseen trials such as covid.  He shared much, much more including the importance of a balanced approach to both strategy and culture.  Visit WarrenCoughlin.com for more!

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Coach Cast - Warren Coughlin - Maximise your coachingA full transcript of this episode is available at http://coachcast.medium.comDarren and Justin bring on a multi million pound consultant Warren Coughlin from Toronto in Canada who has helped many businesses across globe whilst benefiting good causes at the same time.In this mind blowing episode, Warren, Darren and Justin find out why you should be thinking ahead instead of being in the now, why the coaching relationship is so important and how all entrepreneurs can really make a difference.Shownotes:Books mentioned during the show:Blah Blah Blah! Memoirs and advice from one of British advertising's mavericks by Dave BuonaguidiI'm Ok, You're Ok: A practical guide to Transactional Analysis by Thomas A. Harris M.D.**Contacting Warren Coughlin: Website: https://warrencoughlin.com/**Contacting Darren Odell:To get in touch with Darren about coaching, the show or being a guest, his details are here:www.odlcoaching.co.ukinfo@odlcoaching.co.ukWellness Coaching UK on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/2883493241708420/Contacting Coach Cast:You can also reach the show directly by using this NEW easy page!www.coachcast.co.ukor drop us an e-mailhello@coachcast.co.ukAll social media for Coach Cast is - @realcoachcast - there's only one!Please make sure you subscribe and leave us a 5 Star review in Apple Podcasts and follow us on Spotify!Thank you for listening to The Coach Cast......see you on 15th!**Inspirational Quotes:Warren:"When you were born you cried and the world rejoiced"Origin - part of a Cherokee proverbDarren:"You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do"Henry FordJustin:"Discipline is actually a muscle"Rob Dial

Podcast Guest is Business Coach and Author, Warren Coughlin from Toronto. Warren is a dad and business coach to entrepreneurs since 2002. Warren believes “deeply in the core of my being that entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful forces for positive social change.” The first part of the discussion centers around business coaching and operational strategy: Business coaching is not the same as life coaching for business folks. Business coaching is about integrating the organization: All the specific business skills, mindsets, the systems, even the tools to help the owner reach his or her goals. Business Coaching involves some training and consulting as well as that kind of goal setting envisioning and that kind of thing. Business coaching isn't pure coaching, it's a combination of coaching, training and consulting on the strategy piece. Entrepreneurs face many challenges: Don't confuse symptoms with the problems. Utilize tools (like this one created by Warren Coughlin) to help with strategic planning. In this case, the tool automates the entire front end of the strategic planning process. Once you've identified issues, make sure to build out an actionable plan, perhaps monthly, perhaps quarterly. But set real goals and make real changes. As an entrepreneur, don't play whack-a-mole. Consider the impact you could have on your business if you made two significant improvements per quarter. Business is like poker, particularly when considering long term strategy: Make sure you don't dwell on short-term thinking. Focus on strategic long-term thinking. Business is similar to poker. Business is a game of skill, but there is much uncertainty and an array of probabilities. In both business and poker, the professionals will when the game, even if they don't win the hand. This is due to strategic thinking. Are you focusing on winning the hand or the game? Long term thinking will focus your attention on the game. Consider your business a game. Why are you in this game? What game are you playing? What do you want out of the game? If you don't focus on strategic planning, your business will face danger. Don't overlook the risks. There will be another pandemic, economic crisis, weather crisis. A downturn is always around the corner. If you're only focused on the short term, you're not going to build for the eventual downturn. And that's just because, so when you, you know, when you say stories like that, hopefully help people go, Oh, maybe I shouldn't just be thinking about the next two or three months. I need to be thinking. Long-Term. It's okay to spend some time on short-term thinking, but your focus should be on strategic long-term thinking. Make sure your decisions are based off of planning rather than off of fear: In the face of an uncertain environment, don't tortoise. Instead, plan. Don't spend all of our time on short-term results. Make sure to look at the bigger picture. In the face of uncertainty or fear, there is a natural human instinct to go into a protective mode – go into your shell. Focus on the underlying needs of your clients. Even if there is a disruption that changes the way you deliver your service or product, the underlying needs of your clients still exist. Consider pivoting, morphing, adding or modifying your business, your career, your life: Pivot general means, “I'm here and now I'm going there,” which is something totally different. A pivot is a fundamental change for a business. Most businesses don't necessarily need a "fundamental change." Impact your culture in other ways that can lead to change, morphing, adding.

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Whether businesses have pivoted successfully or are still struggling, most still have a short-term focus and remain largely reactive. What's needed now is to take a breath, look over the horizon into 2021 and plan for what's possible in the next year, even in the face of large uncertainty.Want to go from overwhelm to 8 figure exits, from having groups of workers to high functioning teams and from stagnant revenues to doubling income? Learn all about it from Warren Coughlin, a business coach, consultant, trainer and facilitator, who has worked with ethical entrepreneurs and mission-driven organizations to help them build businesses that mater. In this episode, we discussed how small businesses could better adapt to the changing times ahead. Three phases are essential for every entrepreneur to know and how businesses can effectively implement the strategic plan.

On today's show, why leaders need to understand a team centric business model with Linda Martin. Social media guru Catherine Colasimone shares why your online presence is critical to the success of your business. We learn about COVID 19 surprises with Peter Hall and Brad Butt is in with our lightening round. But first, we talk a lot about how to succeed in business in normal times..........but what about uncertain times? Business coach Warren Coughlin explains.

How do you focus on the future when you're living a nightmare in the present. Is it possible to do a SWOT analysis when you're trying to figure out how to make payroll next week. Well, Warren Coughlin says it's possible and he can show you how. Warren has been coaching entrepreneurs to success and freedom since 2002. He's a self proclaimed recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, a former college professor as well as an actor and theatre director.

How are business owners coping and what can they do to cope. To help us with this topic is Warren Coughlin. Warren is a self described recovering lawyer, a serial entrepreneur, a former college professor as well as an actor and theatre director. This array of experiences has given Warren a wide perspective on leadership, success, effectiveness, and fulfillment. Welcome Warren.