Today on this episode we are answering one of the most frequently asked questions! It has to do with the Purpose Statement. We talk about how you can create a Unified Purpose that you are creating as a team that not only meets the needs of the

088: Merit Based Pay with Vanessa Kimball

Mar 2nd, 2021 21m 5s

Vanessa Kimball is one of our Culture Course students. In this episode, she asks some questions about merit-based pay, specifically with a background where a paycheck is the incentive. We talk about how to do merit-based pay, and how to find a

087: What My Months Off Look Like

Feb 23rd, 2021 12m 53s

If you’ve been following me for a while you know that I own many businesses, wrote a best selling book & I am in the process of writing another book, yet I take two months off during the year. How do I take two months off & style manage all of

086: The Ideal Customer

Feb 16th, 2021 15m 23s

When you are starting your business you will take any customer. As you get good at serving your community and finding a need and filling it with excellence, you end up growing. The number of customers gets bigger. The problem is you can’t serve

085: How to Accomplish Goals

Feb 8th, 2021 11m 31s

If you are a business leader, you know the importance of creating goals. Have you ever created a goal and it never happened? In this episode I talk about some secrets in creating goals. I will also tell you about a language that you should put

084: Founders Weekend

Feb 3rd, 2021 15m 45s

Over the last three episodes we talked about business partnerships. In each of the conversations with my business partners, we talk about Founders Weekend. We have received many questions about what Founders Weekend is! Listen to this episode t

083: Jeremy Powers

Jan 26th, 2021 27m 43s

Have you ever talked with someone and thought, “Wow! I am excited for this persons future!” This is how I feel after talking with today’s guest, Jeremy Powers. He made a huge decision from jumping from a retail business to doing something on hi

082: Business Partnerships with Jeremy Sharp

Jan 19th, 2021 21m 49s

This is the last episode in our three-part series on Business Partnerships. We have a fellow podcaster and special guest, Jeremy Sharp! He is the host of the Defining Stewardship podcast, and one of my business partners. In this episode, he tal

082: Business Partnerships with Jake Norton

Jan 12th, 2021 24m 7s

This is the second episode in this series with Business Partners! Jake Norton has been my business partner for over five years. I love the relationship I have with Jake. He is very different than my other partners. Tune into this conversation!

081: Business Partnerships with Brandon Ream

Jan 5th, 2021 30m 5s

We are back with another interview with Brandon Ream! In this episode, we start a new series on Business Partnerships. Should you have a business partner? What should you do and not do to make business partnerships work well? Listen to this epi

080: Hiring Your Friends with Brandon Ream

Dec 29th, 2020 20m 25s

This is our last episode in the Hiring You Friends series. Brandon Ream has been with me from the beginning, he is one of my best friends and our families are extremely close. He has a different perspective than the first three episodes. Brando

078: Hiring Your Friends with Mike Zins

Dec 22nd, 2020 15m 37s

We are continuing our series on Working with Friends! In this week’s episode, we have a conversation with Mike Zins. Mike has been working for Stewardship off-and-on throughout a decade. I have learned so many things about being a manager and b

077: Hiring Your Friends with Marshall Tague

Dec 15th, 2020 21m 59s

We are continuing our series on Working with Friends and Hiring Friends. Marshall Tague is a good friend of mine, and the friendship is fairly deep. He’s been working for me for about two years now. Our wives and kids are very close as well. So

076: Hiring Your Friends with Matt Curtis

Dec 8th, 2020 23m 43s

We will be starting a new series about Hiring Your Friends. I will be interviewing my friends who work for me! This first episode is with my friend from college, Matt Curtis. Matt and I were in each other’s weddings, and I recently hired him at

075: Thankfulness

Dec 1st, 2020 5m 33s

This is a special episode. This is a short monologue sharing from my heart. Something I am extremely thankful for is the ability to be a business owner, manager and leader. Leading others is one of the greatest privileges. If you are thinking o

074: Changing Culture with Chris Greene

Nov 24th, 2020 18m 13s

Chris Greene is an amazing leader, and creative in the insurance world. In this episode he talks about emotional connections with his team and clients. Here in the interview with Chris, we have a conversation about questions we get asked about

073: Employee Feedback with Sam Isner

Nov 17th, 2020 20m 21s

Sam Isner is business owner, leader and a culture course student! Sam asked how he can provide feedback to someone who is asking for it. As humans, we are wired to want to know if we are doing something right. This question turned in to really

072: W-2 or 1099 with Joey Vitale

Nov 10th, 2020 18m 7s

Should you pay someone with a W-2 or a 1099? In today’s episode, Joey Vitale shares some simple tips that you can filter through to help answer this question.

071: Celebrating Wins with Kimberley Spencer

Nov 3rd, 2020 10m 13s

Kimberly Spencer has a unique experience in coaching people, and getting them from point A to point B. She asked to come on this show to talk about celebrating people. In this week’s episode, we talk about how to celebrate your team. The call t

070: Change of Scenery with Nick Ayers

Oct 27th, 2020 17m 41s

Nick Ayers was at a coffee shop. I asked him what he was doing there and he replied with “I needed a change of scenery and work from a different location.” Not everyone can thrive in the exact same work location for every single day. Nick’s ins

069: Ryan Hanley Part 2 with the First Hire

Oct 20th, 2020 11m 41s

We are back with Part 2 of a conversation with Ryan Hanley. In this episode we continue the conversation from last week. This second part is sharing who your first hire should be, no matter what stage of business. Check it out to learn who it s

068: Ryan Hanley with the Secret on Building Teams

Oct 13th, 2020 16m 45s

Ryan Hanley is a new business owner and is an excellent communicator. He wisely and genuinely helps so many people in the independent insurance space. This interview was so good that it is broken up into 2 parts. He talks about a secret on how

067: Hiring Hack Part 3

Oct 6th, 2020 11m 49s

This Hiring Hack is often missed by people. It is this: Ask your prospected employees to ask you questions! Turn the tables in the interview process. It is important because someone who has questions ready, and who asks really great questions i

066: Hiring Hack Part 2

Sep 29th, 2020 11m 51s

This Hack is more about a mindset. This episode teaches that Character is more important than any experience. Experience is helpful, but who they are as a person is way more important. Listen to this episode to learn why character over resume i

065: Hiring Hacks Part 1

Sep 22nd, 2020 11m 45s

For our next three-part series we'll be talking about Hiring Hacks. This is a highly requested topic for the podcast. The hack this week is this: Have your prospected employees send you a video of themselves prior to meeting them. Ask them to r