Business Velocity - The Five Facets of Business™ Podcast

Thank you for joining us this season! We learned a lot and we hope you have as well. In this episode, Hannah and Dave discuss all the case studies they explored with each "fake business" and reiterating best practices.  They also discuss the benefits of taking space from your work. Separation from ideas allows room for more and sometimes better solutions to arrive. So take that vacation...

This week is about branding! What does it truly mean to focus on your business's branding? Prospective clients should know exactly what the story is your business is trying to tell. The strongest thing a company can sell is an idea. You need them to buy in early and stay with you for the long haul. This is branding. Our guest this week is Kristen Graham Brown (or KGB to her friends). Kristen...

A.I. is a double edge sword. In modern business practice every company, big or small are trying to understand ways to implement this powerful tool. The biggest question is "Are we using this right?" That can be asked in more ways than one, but we explore those questions in this weeks episode. Our guest, Jeff Schacher, is an expert on A.I. functionality and breaks down simple ways your bu...

A common pitfall in business is working without seeing the bigger picture. It's easy to but your head down and just get through the workday. Especially when your company offers a million different services. This might be the problem. In this weeks episode, Hannah and Dave identify pitfalls in a busy organization without a clear message. They revisit with the A.C.E framework and speak on getti...

Cash is King and it is the obvious make or break foundation to any company. It is also the most difficult component to wrangle if it get's out of hand. Talking about money is a difficult thing to do. It can be an emotional powder keg. However, money works best with a plan and accountability. You can't lose sight of profit if you know where it is most times and where it's going in th...

May the 4th be with you! Hannah and Dave do not discuss Star Wars in this episode unfortunately. However, they do discuss the importance of alignment in meetings. An often overlooked component for business is the efficiency and clarity around meetings. How often do you or your team hop on to a call and nothing seems to get done? It's more than likely that the one's leading the call aren&...

In this weeks episode, Hannah and Dave discuss the problems that occur when implementing a new system. Everyone is subject to the whims of change and often times it's hard to navigate your way through it. Hannah and Dave often see this when applying tools such as Clickup or Monday.com. It can feel like an extra step but when utilized properly it allows less margin for error and everyone, on e...

Numbers tell the story and this weeks guest, Liz Douglass, thinks its an essential step toward growth. She reinforces the point that a company can have all the data capture in the world but you have to know what it's for and how to read it. As our host Dave mentions, "17" is just a number until you give it context. Well, "17" what? A small question but significant in it&ap...

Sometimes big name talent doesn't always fix the issue. A-players can be a huge asset to any team but they must know what they are walking into. The entire company should be on the same page about what is expected and how takes charge of what. In this weeks episode Hannah and Dave breakdown explain why hiring top talent doesn't always get you what you need. All growth comes back to syste...

Big goals are overwhelming and can looking daunting if your team is already focused on so many other things. In this weeks episode Hannah and Dave discuss first and middle actions a company can take in order to make big goals obtainable and structurally advantageous. Things always look easier on paper but you can't reach the top using conceptual ladders with missing rungs. Build steps then cl...

What works? Keep it. What doesn't? Get rid of it. And what have you removed that actually seemed to work in the past? Bring it back to the table. Our guest Stephen Hilgart asks these questions all the time to his clients. On paper they seem simple but in the throws of day to day operations they can often be over looked. In this weeks episode, Dave, Hannah and Stephen explore a case study in w...

Every business needs accountability. It is an often overlooked asset because no one wants to deal with those difficult conversations. Who takes care of what? In this weeks episode Hannah and Dave discuss common pitfalls of company leaders that pass the buck and what you can do to fix, document and hold each other accountable. Work only begins when you know what the work is. To watch the entire epi...

This week is all about Fractional Leadership; what it means and why it can be useful for any business looking to scale. Fractional leaders can handle multiple things: they lighten the work load, they help coach leaders stepping into full time positions and they usually are more cost friendly to the business over the long term. The trick with fractional leaders is understanding which kind is right...

In this weeks case study we discuss the problems a company can run into with growing outside of their capacities. Often things can get lost in the movement and morale can diminish with no clear direction. Dave and Hannah breakdown some quick fixes and point out possible identifiers on where your company should start first. Have any scenarios you wish Hannah and Dave to discuss please email info@th...

In our first episode of Season 4 Hannah and Dave discuss the strife and woes of implementing operating systems. The world runs on systems, business's run on systems. The problem can often be, that certain ones don't work for you or your team. That's totally fine.  The solution doesn't have to be complex and can often be refined by simple tweaks. Half the battle is understanding...

Hello listeners! We are back! We hope you will join us for another impactful season of Business Velocity. This season we are all about implementation and operating systems.  In Season 4 we are going to dive deeper on solutions. We are going to provide real world examples of struggling business and what they can do RIGHT NOW to help their businesses thrive. We hope it will inspire your own company...

Happy Holidays everyone! Thank you so much for joining us on our journey this season. We have learned so much from our amazing guests and we hope you did as well.  We wanted to leave you with a few nuggets of wisdom that we found. Hopefully you can take them into 2026 and start the year with clarity and purpose. Speaking of clarity, here is the link to our Clarity Planner . As Dave mentioned in th...

Happy Thanksgiving listeners!  In this weeks episode, Hannah and Dave encourage you to reflect. As we dip into the holiday season, we should take the time to think strategically about what no longer works for our companies. One of the easiest thought exercises is thinking about how to double profit quickly. If we want to jump from 1 million to ten million in Q1, what things stand in the way? It&ap...

Our last guest of the season is Greg Cleary. He joins Hannah and Dave to discuss the importance of finding the "A" players for your company. How do we gather a whole team of "A" players? This is a fantastic episode and one that holds many nuggets of wisdom. Gregory Cleary is a high-impact Leadership Team Coach and the visionary Founder of Pinnacle Business Guides. His journey b...

This week we bring on Brian Kerlin to discuss growth opportunity and where to focus specifically in your company. Most companies seem to stale around the 3-5 million mark. Brian shares how it's not only possible to break the bubble and keep going. Brian Kerlin, Founder & CEO of Optitude, brings over 20 years of entrepreneurial and sales leadership experience, spanning startups to Fortune...

This week is all about clarity. An obvious word to many business leaders but often an over looked practice and tool to get people rowing in the same direction. Our guest this week is Tiffany Waddell Tate.  Tiffany Tate is a keynote speaker, author, and CEO of Career Maven Consulting, a boutique leadership development and talent advisory firm. She and her team help professionals and organizations f...

We've got a short but important episode for you this week. In this episode Hannah and Dave discuss the importance of strategy and key steps your company can take to reach the mountain top. Three key focuses are: 1. A lignment 2. C larity 3. E xecution As you'll hear from Hannah and Dave, there is no right way to climb a mountain. However you don't want to make it harder on yourself...

This week we talk about revenue. For any for profit company this can turn into a huge hurdle rather quickly. Especially if you attempts to scale have leveled off. This weeks expert Doug Brown shares his insights on scaling for revenue and how to do it honestly. Doug C. Brown is the CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and a renowned Sales Revenue and Profit Growth Expert. Over his career, Doug has founded...

Thanks for joining us! This week Hannah and Dave discuss three ways you can assess where problems could lie in your business. 1. Gather Perspectives (Discover) 2. Look for Patterns (Diagnosis) 3. Prioritize and Act (Prescription) Problems don't have to remain problems in your company culture. If there is a thorn in your side, these steps will help you identify and fix. Company health is up to...

Welcome back for Part 2 of our discussion on leadership growth! Last week we discussed the three things that often halt leadership growth: Linear Thinking, Complexity Thresholds and Fear of Loss. Go back to Part 1 for a deeper dive. In this weeks episode Hannah and Dave dive deeper on simple actions you can take to help break into a new you. They discuss three remedies: 1. Shift Your Mind 2. Raise...