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If your business vision requires zero faith, you don't need God you just need a better spreadsheet. But if you want to build something that actually matters, you’ve got to make the vision plain. There is a massive, cultural lie that tells us our professional lives can be neatly compartmentalized away from our spiritual realities. We step into the boardroom on Monday and completely forget the...

"This is the most important quarter in the history of the company. "If you’ve spent more than five minutes in corporate sales, you’ve heard this rallying cry. But when the pressure is on, what’s the actual playbook? Do you just cross your fingers and hope to get lucky, or do you build a repeatable system that guarantees revenue? In this final, jam packed episode of the “GUM ON SHOE” Podc...

Every enterprise eventually suffers from the temptation of short-term thinking. When Q2 numbers lag due to macroeconomic factors, it’s easy for leadership teams to panic, pivot too quickly, and lose momentum. But what if the antidote to corporate panic isn't a new strategy, but strategic patience?  In Part 2 of The “Caution Wet Paint” Podcast, we sit down with Chris Turnley , Chief Operating...

In part 4 of our “GUM ON SHOE” series with Michael Biedermann , author of The Sales Valley: A Blueprint for Sales Leadership, we get intensely practical about what really drives team performance: the way a sales leader manages internal relationships and support.  Michael unpacks how top leaders build a powerful internal brand using the resources already around them SEs, product, marketing, legal,...

Episode 3 with author Michael Biedermann on the “Gum On Shoe” Podcast. After only two weeks, The Sales Valley: A Blueprint for Sales Leadership has struck a nerve with sales leaders, founders, and GTM executives who are looking for honest, practical leadership training.  The book is already ranked #18 in Amazon’s Management Science category. Let’s help Mike push toward #1 !  In this episode, we di...

What do you do when the vision is clear, but the timing is not? On this episode of "Caution Wet Paint", where we share good news through a Christian lens, we continue our series on taking biblical scripture and applying it to real business, leadership, and life.  This time, we are going back to the Old Testament with our guest, Chris Turnley , to unpack Habakkuk 2:2-3 and talk about visi...

Part 2 with Michael Biedermann is here. On this episode of the “Gum On Shoe” Podcast, we continue our conversation with Michael Biedermann , author of The Sales Valley: A Blueprint for Sales Leadership, now available on Amazon. Michael is an award-winning Sales, GTM, VP, RVP, team builder, author, and advisor with three successful exits. He has lived the sales leadership journey from the inside, b...

In this final episode with Jeff Kruszyna 🇺🇸 on the “Caution Wet Paint” Podcast, we bring our series on biblical principles and business application to a powerful close. “Caution Wet Paint” is about sharing good news through a Christian lens, and this series has centered on the Parable of the Talents as a lesson in stewardship over ownership. What we have is not ultimately possessed by us. It is en...

Today on the "Gum On Shoe" Podcast, we welcome back a friend of the show, Michael Biedermann, to talk about his new book, The Sales Valley: A Blueprint for Sales Leadership.  Now available on Kindle and Amazon, The Sales Valley has already become the #1 new release in Business Management on Amazon here…. https://a.co/d/0cThRSwc       In this episode, Michael shares practical insight for...

On this episode of the “Caution Wet Paint” podcast, where we continue our series on taking biblical scripture and applying it to the real world of business, leadership, and decision making.  This conversation centers on the Parable of the Talents, a story that challenges us to think differently about stewardship, fear, responsibility, and action. The servants were not judged by what they were give...

What has God placed in your hands, and what are you doing with it? On this episode of “Caution Wet Paint”, Podcast. We sit down with Jeff Kruszyna 🇺🇸 of JMK Victory 🦁 to talk about the Parable of the Talents and what it teaches us about stewardship, fear, courage, and using what God has entrusted to us.  Jeff has built a $100 million conservative fundraising powerhouse, one handwritten envelope a...

On this episode of the "Gum On Shoe" Podcast, we revisit our conversation with Dan Goodman , an employee advocate who helps professionals understand what is really inside the agreements, plans, and policies that can shape or derail their careers. Employees sign documents they do not fully understand until there is a problem. In this episode, Dan breaks down the real world meaning behind...

What does the Parable of the Talents teach us about business, leadership, and the responsibility to use what God has placed in our hands? In this episode of “Caution Wet Paint ”Podcast ,where we share good news through a Christian lens, we continue our series on taking biblical scripture and applying it to real world business situations.  Our conversation centers on the Parable of the Talents, whe...

Remember these guys from the January of 2025 broadcast? A retired police officer and a full-time automotive journalist turned their “stupid and fun idea” into an 18-year business success story.  With 300 races and 40 rallies under their belt, they proudly hold the titles on their business card of Everything Bagel and Rally Master.  Check Them Out https://24hoursoflemons.com/lemons-rally/    

What does the Parable of the Talents teach us about business, stewardship, and taking bold action with what God has placed in our hands? On this episode of “Caution Wet Paint”, we sit down with Jeff Kruszyna 🇺🇸 . for a conversation about fundraising, faith, and turning conviction into impact.  Jeff’s story took a sharp turn in 2001. He was a computer science student living just an hour from Ground...

Rewinding to April 9th, 2025, we’re dusting off one of our favorite conversations from the “GUM ON SHOE” Podcast and this time, our guest is coming back with author next to his name. Since we last talked, Michael Biedermann has taken everything he’s learned from leading and motivating sales teams and poured it into his new book, “The Sales Valley: A Blueprint for Sales Leadership,” soon to be rele...

On the last segment of the “Caution Wet Paint” Podcast, we wrap up our series with Pastor and COO Gabriel Zamora of Priority Contracting and Roofing as we explore what unity and division really look like inside today’s businesses. In a sales organization, unity and divide are inevitable but how we respond is a choice. Pastor Gabriel shares how a biblical view champions self governance reminding us...

The evolving role of CISOs in sales cycles, and the competitive pursuit of computing power these are the key topics we unpack in this episode with Oracle Rick Kowalski. What are your thoughts on the evolving intersection of sales cycles and strategies? Share your perspective in the comments below! 

“Unity doesn’t happen when everyone agrees; it happens when we choose God’s way. In the latest episode of “Caution Wet Paint”, Pastor Gabriel Zamora , COO of Priority Contracting and Roofing , shares how their founder stood in front of the entire company and confessed a thorn in his side, a cost when growing from 18M to 200M in revenue and 32 brick and mortar locations. That decision cost them abo...

Our guest on the "Gum on Shoe" podcast, Will Oppedisano , an early adopter in the field of AI, shares his unique insights into the most tangible AI models businesses can leverage today and discusses critical concerns, including computing power, knowledge consumption, and the challenges of securing top talent.