Above The Business

Most business owners have new ideas every day, but those ideas get lost by the following week. In this episode, Bradley shares the concept of "The Someday Shelf" and how it can help you as a leader. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital Autopilot Recruiting is a continuous recruiting servi...

Today on the podcast, Erica Hurt and David Dye join Bradley to discuss powerful phrases for dealing with workplace conflict and their new book. As owners, it’s important to understand that workplace conflict is a growing problem—everywhere. The workforce has been through unprecedented change in the last few years—for better and worse. We’ve heard all about employee stress, disengagement, quiet qui...

You should not be handling the same responsibilities as your team day in and day out. That will strip you of the freedom and flexibility you desired when you became an entrepreneur. Listen and learn how to ensure that you're empowering your team to work in the business when you are off. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency own...

Today on the podcast, Scott Beebe join us. Scott is the founder of MyBusinessOnPurpose.com and author of  Let Your Business Burn: Stop Putting Out Fires, Discover Purpose, And Build A Business That Matters . Scott founded  Business On Purpose  because he saw there was a need to help business owners who were weighed down by chaos to have a clear vision when it comes to...

How can you create a dramatic shift of momentum in your business...and sustain it? Listen to this quick episode to find out! Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital Autopilot Recruiting is a continuous recruiting service where you’ll be assigned a recruiter that has been trained to recruit o...

Today on the podcast, Hortense Le Gentile joins Bradley to discuss leadership and her latest book, The Unlocked Leader. Today more than ever, leading with humanity and empathy is mission-critical for any team or organization seeking to achieve its highest potential. Yet too many leaders blunt their impact by confining their ability to inspire, allowing it to stay locked up inside themselves. They...

Bradley shares his business takeaways from a recent golf trip to Bandon Dunes, including exceeding expectations, knowing your audience, and building the team that can execute your strategy. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital Autopilot Recruiting is a continuous recruiting service where...

Today on the podcast, David Dodson joins us to discuss his newest book, The Manager's Handbook: Five Simple Steps to Build a Team, Stay Focused, Make Better Decisions, and Crush Your Competition. Dave is on the faculty of Stanford University’s Graduate School of  Business, where he guides students in tactical execution. He teaches one of the most  sought-after courses at Stanford, and in...

It's easy to put off business building activities until it is more convenient. The bad news? The time will never come when it is convenient. The good news? The sooner you start, the sooner your business processes improve. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital Autopilot Recruiting is a cont...

Ron Holt is a chemist turned entrepreneur whose first business, Two Maids & A Mop was built into a 100 franchise network and then sold to finance his next venture. He shares keys to his success in building and exiting a valuable business, plus his process in doing it all over again in a new industry. Ron is the Founder of Pink Zebra Moving. His company aims to disrupt the local moving industry...

As a business owner, you need to ask yourself if you're stuck on what needs to happen next, or if you're stuck on how to make the "what" happen. This will lead you to the right solution. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital Autopilot Recruiting is a continuous recruiting service where you...

Today on the podcast, Michael Bungay Stanier joins us. Michael has written  books that have sold about a million copies  all told, including  The Coaching Habit , a self-published book that’s become the best-selling book on coaching this century. He founded a training and development company,  Box of Crayons , that has taught coaching skills to hundreds of thousands of people a...

Bradley recently went to Disney with his kids, and he learned an important lesson about training your team from their practice. Here's how you can improve your salesforce trainings, based on Disney's methods: ** JOIN THE PRIVATE LEADERSHIP PODCAST COMMUNITY! ** This community has access to a seat at the live recordings for all Monday podcast episodes, monthly, live Q&As with our favorite podca...

Today on the podcast, Tom Young joins Bradley to discuss marketing and sales, winning the website war, and more. He is the author of “Winning the Website War” and “Intuitive Selling.” Thomas Young is CEO and Founder of Intuitive Websites – a digital marketing agency based in Colorado. Tom has worked with hundreds of companies on improving digital marketing and website performance. He is an award-w...

As a business owner, sometimes you give a hard “no.” Here is my process for making those decisions. ** JOIN THE PRIVATE LEADERSHIP PODCAST COMMUNITY! ** This community has access to a seat at the live recordings for all Monday podcast episodes, monthly, live Q&As with our favorite podcast guests, a private community on Facebook, and more. It launches June 1st, 2023 - grab your spot using this...

Today on the podcast, Steve Suggs joins us to talk about hiring, training and management. He an author of the book Can They Sell as well as a speaker, trainer, and consultant. As a salesperson, sales manager, author of the book, Can They Sell, speaker, trainer and consultant, Steve Suggs has been in the sales trenches for thirty-seven years. Steve obtained his business degree at Lipscomb Univ...

One of the most important things in business is your beliefs. The way you think about things - and getting around people who think bigger than you - will change your business. ** JOIN THE PRIVATE LEADERSHIP PODCAST COMMUNITY! ** This community has access to a seat at the live recordings for all Monday podcast episodes, monthly, live Q&As with our favorite podcast guests, a private community on...

Today on the podcast, Amos Schwartzfarb joins us to talk Business Levers. He is a serial entrepreneur and veteran Managing Director of Techstars Austin comes the elemental, essential, and effective strategy that will help any startup identify, build, and grow their customers from day 1. His most recently co-authored book, Levers,  shows you step by step how to identify and move the levers tha...

In this quick episode, learn how great leaders will hire to buy back time. Then, find out how you can do the same using the Buyback Principle. ** JOIN THE PRIVATE LEADERSHIP PODCAST COMMUNITY! ** This community has access to a seat at the live recordings for all Monday podcast episodes, monthly, live Q&As with our favorite podcast guests, a private community on Facebook, and more. It launches...

Do you know the secret weapon of modern leaders? They are masters of change. Today on the podcast, Erik Kruger joins us to discuss modern leadership, high-performing teams, and transformative success. In the ever-evolving business landscape, exceptional leaders understand that adaptability, agility, and the ability to build strong teams are paramount. By embracing change and fostering a culture of...

You can have fancy marketing techniques and business operations, but they can be too complicated without an ROI. Don't be cute - just keep it simple. Learn how to apply this in your business when you listen to this quick episode. ** JOIN THE PRIVATE LEADERSHIP PODCAST COMMUNITY! ** This community has access to a seat at the live recordings for all Monday podcast episodes, monthly, live Q&As wi...

Today's audience favorite is from Scott Foster and Steve Cannon! Scott Foster and Steve Cannon, two legends in the world of insurance, stop by the Club Capital Leadership Podcast to share jewels regarding running an agency, taking care of your community, life insurance and retaining clients and employees for decades. Scott is a native of Georgia, Scott graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University...

Whether you have an EA now or are considering hiring one, this episode will give you a fresh perspective on the role. Jeremy shares that his leader hired him with the goal of staying healthy, staying married, and staying in business. Learn how you can leverage the role of an EA in your business to buy back your time and design your life. Jeremy Burrows is a longtime executive assistant, internatio...

Last week, Bradley shared one of his favorite "thinking time" questions for business owners. You had an incredible response to this episode, so today he's sharing another business favorite - his favorite app! Spoiler alert - it's VOXER. Listen to find out why. Then, try it out when you connect with Bradley on Voxer using this link: https://web.voxer.com/u/bradleyhamner

In this episode, we are sharing another listener favorite interview. Bradley talks with Vlad Cherchenko about his insurance career, his powerful sales referral process, and his consulting agency. Vlad shared how his sales referral process helped him write 152 policies in his 9th month as an insurance producer, and how he continued to write 150+ policies after that.  You can get his free sales...