Bold Business Podcast

We make choices all the time. Today, we're taking a closer look at the unchosen path to find out the risk of letting it go, not taking action, or choosing a different path. When we think about what could be part of our decision-making process, we better understand the risks of our choice. Jess Dewell hosts Edwin Williams to discuss the risk of NOT taking the next step.

Your ability to carve out and protect time to actively engage with your growth strategy every week improves business performance. On today's show we'll share three best practices for how to spend the necessary time needed each week to evaluate and plan what's next to achieve your business's growth strategy. Jess Dewell describes a present retreat and its correlation to business performance.

Writing goals is something that we know impacts the outcome of our year. Yet, in business we are looking at this year AND three years from now – aligning the objectives to grow today with being a relevant and profitable company in the future. Jess Dewell talks with Kc Agu, Brand Strategist and Publicist at Bloom Express Agency, about the importance of staying focused on the long term goals – and t...

Do you always want to crush it in your work? Are you a Type-A personality? Do you feel responsible to provide for yourself your family first? Do you define yourself by the results you get in your work? The answers to these questions impact the way you show up in the world. You may be living to work … and that is, simply, unsustainable. Jess Dewell talks about working to live with special guest And...

Business decisions don't always turn out the way we think they will. While most unexpected outcomes are small and can be smoothed over, sometimes our business decisions create larger kinks and require us to retreat, regroup, and rethink what to do. Jess Dewell hosts panelists Heidi Mazur, Chloe Edwards, and Philip Nuehring to discuss how they faced big, unexpected outcomes to business decisions.

Staying focused on growth can be difficult when we are working on all the little and big things that crop up in business daily. Anchoring our growth strategy to daily actions will determine our level of success. Jess Dewell talks with Jeff Barnes, COO of Celebrity Lifestyle Brands about growth mindset.

When does our unconscious bias interfere with obtaining the desired growth results? We will explore how to find our bias and even our groupthink, and what to do about it. Jess Dewell talks with Lee Caraher, founder and CEO of Double Forte PR & Digital Marketing about how our bias impacts business growth.

Communicating for impact requires specific skills. Such as, the personal awareness necessary to craft a message that is complete and able to be willingly received by your audience. Jess Dewell talks with international impact performance speaker Justin Patton about how to communicate for impact.

Achieving growth comprises several facets. One regards motivation – of ourselves and our collaborative partners. The skills we need to navigate change, and the external pressures competing for our time and attention, means we must keep our eye on our growth strategy! Jess Dewell hosts panelists Heidi Mazur, Irene Owens, Chloe Edwards to discuss how motivating others impacts growth.

There is a lot of talk about lifelong learning, and about being inspired. Without including integrating what we experienced … is that actually learning? Jess Dewell talks with special guest Joe Pepper about the pursuit of inspiration through lifelong learning.

Growth – business growth – requires constant attention. This #VBBRadio special brings you two insights: what companies are doing to boldly take action to grow this year and four areas of focus that will shape what actions you choose to take to achieve your business' growth strategy. Jess Dewell, Iva Ignjatovic, and Scott Scowcroft host pop-ins of past guests.

Everyone messes up. The reasons we experience failures and mistakes include our thoughtfulness before acting (or not), and even our capabilities do what we say we are going to. Learning from each other, Jess Dewell hosts Kristi Sullivan and Dr. Ruby Lathon to discuss resolving our biggest misses.

Even in the best of times we can experience plateaus in business. How prepared we are to recognize, respond, and adapt … all these factors impact business performance. Our internal and external feedback loops, people to call on for expertise, and the strength of our soft skills create a map to plot a course forward. Jess Dewell shares the five gifts of business plateaus.

How we approach sales growth is outlined in our strategic plan. The way we communicate, prioritize, and take action as a company impact our results. One way to achieve long-term growth is to have multiple revenue streams. Today Jess Dewell Talks with Mark Podolsky, The Land Geek and owner of Frontier Properties.

How do we know when to speak up and not back down to get what we want? Socially acceptable behavior, tactfulness, and even proactivity are just some of the pieces we need to get what we want every time. To "cut to the chase and just ask already," Jess Dewell talks with Nathalie Gregg, change agent, organizational developer, adjunct professor, public speaker, published writer, and television person...

Every role within an organization holds an aspect of sales. We all interface in some way with customers, vendors, and even prospective customers … accepting responsibility and learning how to create meaningful (and productive) business relationships. Jess Dewell talks with award-winning, best-selling author Ted Prodromou, America's Leading LinkedIn Coach, about how to direct your career during cha...

How do we use our financials to look forward and make better guesses about our company's ability to achieve growth goals? Purposeful action to grow requires a modern skill set of financial literacy and strategic thinking. Jess Dewell discusses the necessity of forward-looking financials with guest Steve Rosvold, CEO of KRM Solutions and Founder of CFO.University.

The ability to own up to our weaknesses as leaders provides us with important information. Where we react, avoid, even power through are areas that put the choices we make on weak ground. The more we can embrace our whole self means that we are also more prepared to accept others and their own blind spots. Jess Dewell hosts panelists Pamela Barroway and Liana Pomeroy to discuss leadership blind sp...

Choices made between our product or another depends more and more on the experience provided customers. We must collect and mine data from our customers effectively to anticipate change and thereby achieve growth strategy. Jess Dewell shares three practices with you to anticipate changing customer expectations.

Whether we're talking about self awareness (which includes putting things back where you found them, clean up your own mess, and watch for people/bikes/cars when in the world), or we are practicing responsibility (play fair, say you're sorry when you hurt someone, don't take things that aren't yours)…we impact our own life AND the lives of others. From how we take action to when we take vacations,...

The people in our daily lives first see how we act, and then make decisions about how to interact with us based on those observations. When not seeing the desired results in your teams' actions, the first step is to reflect on your own behavior. Jess Dewell hosts panelists Debbi Sluys, Child Care Director, and Carl Dierschow, a business coach, about exactly how you are leading by example.

Everyone in your company is responsible for growth strategy. And you? As a business owner, ask questions to ensure you know what your own responsibility is to achieve growth. Space, quiet, even a short a change of pace is necessary to foster the ability to think about how to reach growth goals. Jess Dewell explores the question: Who's in charge of your growth strategy?

The power in a discipline yields more. More results, more satisfaction, more connection. When we are talking about thank you cards, it's more than the gratitude. It's about sharing appreciation and letting others know, without attachment, that they are seen and provide value. Jess Dewell talks with John Isreal, also known as Mr. Thank You, about using our lens of appreciation.

Evaluating the capacity of our team and our entire organization starts with introspection within ourselves. To build capacity, we must be actively engaged lifelong learners who can guide and direct the development of teams to maximize success. Jess Dewell talks with Nadine B Hack, Social Responsibility Leader and CEO, beCause Global Consulting, about a leader's responsibility for Direct Impact on...

Criticism. Fear. Lack of clarity … all are attributes associated with Human Resources (HR). In smaller organizations, there is an inconsistency in the role of HR and how the department can help with company growth. Jess Dewell speaks with Mark Carruthers, Change Agent, and Therese Van Es, HR Professional, to explore what to do when your HR team is caught in the middle.