Culture For Breakfast

Have you ever wondered how you could help your employees beyond their health benefits? On today's episode, I sit down with Connor Green at Helping Hands Ministry, and we unpack their corporate assistance program. They have developed a program that makes blessing your people and providing for their needs an easy and effective process built on accountability.

Slade McLendon, CEO of Sunbelt Fire, joined us for this episode to discuss healthy conflict. Slade and I had some healthy conflict earlier this year, and it got us thinking, maybe other people have tough conversations too...so we got together to talk about it. If you have a tough conversation or want to hear from a man who has tough conversations every day to learn how to impact your family, frien...

Chris Baldus, Co-Founder & CEO at Ridgeline Roofing & Restoration joins Culture for Breakfast this week! Chris took on a partner and sold a portion of his business AND maintained the culture he had worked so hard to build. In this episode, Chris shares how he led his people through and acquisition and came out stronger on the other side. If you are thinking about or have taken on an equity...

Zane Tarence, Partner and Managing Director at Founders Advisors joins Culture for Breakfast to talk about how a business can identify if they are investment grade, and how their people and culture play a part in that. Zane speaks all over the country and has helped 100's of business owners sell their businesses. If you are a business owner looking to sell or simply become more profitable, you wil...

Interested in learning what Kestaa means? Check out our recent conversation with Benjamin Holmgren, Founder of Kestaa as we talk about his passion for serving civil contractors, starting a business and prioritizing authentic relationships.

Curious to hear how big rocks are turned into smaller rocks? Check out the latest episode of Culture for Breakfast where Ben Cottingham joins Jon Scepaniak to talk about how they’ve maintained a winning culture for 50+ years in their family business. Bonus: you’ll get a few great breakfast suggestions for the next time you’re in St. Cloud, Minnesota!

Listen as we host one of the hottest civil contractors in the state of Texas, Joseph Villareal, owner and founder of Villareal Civil Group. Joseph shares what led him to take the plunge into entrepreneurship, how he’s built a winning culture, and gives insight on how to set yourself apart from your competitors. Bonus: You’ll get to hear how Joseph brought in a well-known football coach to take his...

75+ years, 4th generation family-owned business, Complex Water / Wastewater projects, and the best breakfast spots in Jackson, Michigan. What does all this have in common? You guessed it. Dunigan Bros. In this episode of Culture for Breakfast, check out our conversation with Patrick Dunigan and Marcus Beal at Dunigan Bros. We had a chance to discuss successional leadership, differentiating your cu...

Interested in learning about how a combination of raw milk and JOCKO FUEL’s MOLK, basically taste like Blue Bell Icecream? Give this a listen today! We had had the privileage to sit down with one of our partners, Justin Harris, COO at Gregory Construction. Justin shared insight on how he wins at home while leading a rapidly growing civil construction company and talks about the integration of fait...

Have you ever heard someone say they don't want to do something because the activity does not produce revenue? While that is not a bad sentiment, it is short-sighted. Garrett Perkins, CRO for Givingtons, joins Culture for Breakfast and discusses how building authentic relationships throughout the years has paid dividends for his ability to hire and retain great talent.

You have a key leader you need to hire...What is your first step? Andrew Brock, FireSeeds recruiter, walks me through the critical three steps of preparing for a key leader to join your team. Identifying the need for a key leader is important, but how do you ensure they will integrate into your team well and have the impact you long for and need so desperately? Listen and find out!

How do you scale leadership development in your company? When you have different levels of leadership and individuals who have various needs, what is the best approach without running yourself ragged? Hampton Dortch from FireSeeds' sister company, Wildpsarq joins me on this episode to talk about how their platform can bring your company a leadership development option that will enhance your team a...

How do you set a good culture? One where your people love to come to work, attracts the talent you desire, and gets work done! Culture can be hard in the best of times when you have a company where everyone is in person in an office, try doing it in three companies, while being remote, and having part of your team in a different country...meet Mitchel Slater! Mitchell is the founder and CEO of Sla...

Wes Griffin (Uncle Wes) joins Culture for Breakfast this week to talk through FCCi's 5-stage leader journey. Uncle Wes is my godfather...no we are not in the mafia! He has been a second father to me and an incredible source of wisdom and insight for my personal life and my career. He has built an international organization from the ground up and sits on the FCCi board of directors currently. W...

What are the most important aspects of your life? Have you ever sat down and determined the areas in which you must win? The areas, that if, measured and managed would make a life-altering impact. We are not just talking about your business, but also your personal life. Malachi Gandy, C12 Chair in Montgomery, AL. joins me this week to give his experience and insight into the Balance Wheel. We disc...

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a Credit Union and a Bank? Frank Clement from America's Christian Credit Union comes on and lends his insight and perspective on the history of credit unions and their offerings in working with for-purpose companies. Credit unions we formed by groups of like-minded individuals who would bring their money together to fund ventures they were...

Does your company use personality assessments or behavior tools? I have heard a wide range of opinions from business owners and leaders on the subject, and I brought in my friend, Michael Smith, from Fast Slow Motion to chat about the topic. Michael is the Director of People and has integrated the use of several personality tests into the fabric of Fast Slow Motion. Join us and hear how understand...

Jacob Lee didn't set out to run multiple locations for a franchise that conducts boutique pet grooming, but that is exactly what he is doing now. Jacob joins me to and shares his journey from being an individual contributor, to now thinking fully "on the business". He claims he is not the "prototypical leader", but his insights into leadership and caring for people are indi...

We have all done it! Everyone can think of at least one instance when you thought you had a great person on the hook to come and fill a key role, and something went wrong. Kali Shever, one of FireSeeds' lead recruiters, joins Culture for Breakfast with great insight and a controversial breakfast opinion. She identifies key components that kill searches you will not want to miss if you have a k...

BuildWitt's COO, Jason Richmond, joins Culture for Breakfast for one of the most interesting and emotional episodes to date. Jason gets vulnerable with us about his battle with alcohol and how it has impacted his leadership both in the workplace and at home. We live in a culture that screams at us to have all the answers and to not be wrong, but Jason paints a different narrative. In this epis...

Arden Long has been heading up the hospitality arm of FireSeeds executive recruiting for years. This is no small task seeing as FireSeeds has helped with hundreds of Chick-fil-A leadership searches. She is also a mom of two kids! In this episode, Arden educates us and walks through what is Mom Guilt and how it affects moms in the workplace. She brings insight into the perspective of working moms a...

Dan Simon Sr. is about to release his new book and he joined me to give us a sneak peak of the content. We dove into the concept of having a good community and how that will cultivate an environment of collaboration and trust. Collaboration is a hard value to develop in any scenario, much less in business, and having a team that gives honest and open feedback is essential to building and growing a...

Do you ever feel like you work so hard and can't move the needle? Or how about this...Have you ever spent a majority of your time working with clients you would rather have never signed? Sean Lyden and I are talking about ICP in this episode of Culture for Breakfast. Sean runs Systematic Selling and coaches sales teams around the country and one of the first exercises he has each team do, is defin...

David Harper has seen a few companies, to say the least. He has helped structure compensation plans to incentivize C-Suite executives since the 70's, and there is one thing he is passionate about...CULTURE! David has written two books: 1) The Great Eight (https://www.amazon.com/Great-New-Paradigm-Leadership/dp/0986233609) 2) Collaboration Effect on Profit (https://www.amazon.com/Collaboration-...

Troy Meachum got a promotion recently. He changed titles from Chief Cheerleader to Chief Encouragement Officer at ACR Supply in North Caroling. Troy's dad built ACR and his first desk was an old door siting on a pallet of anti-freeze...no joke! Troy has continued his dad's legacy in growing ACR, but he now spends 50% of his time encouraging, cheerleading, and developing leaders in this bus...