Business Wingmen Podcast

Are you making a lasting impression? Business people are in such a hurry today to get things done that their interactions have a 'transactional' look and feel. If you want to have a greater impact with your business relationships and become more valuable to the people you work with, learning how to make a lasting impression will be a game changer on your long term success.

As you gain more responsibility for the organization you oversee, your decisions have consequences. Are you making these decisions with an eye on the big picture. Failure to do so can have unintended outcomes. On today's Business Wingmen show, your co-hosts, Steve and Travis Smith dive into the area of big picture thinking and the effects decisions can have beyond your immediate circumstances.

Nothing is worse than being passed over for a promotion you wanted and thought you desired. What now? How to you regroup? What do you start doing to position yourself for your next promotion opportunity. In this episode on getting passed over for a promotion, your Business Wingmen co-hosts Steve Smith and Travis Smith offer actual experiences and practical ways to regain your career growth.

Did you participate in the Great Resignation? Is your company struggling with the after effects of people resigning during COVID? There are lots of opinions about why this happened and how it has changed the workplace and we will be diving into most of them on this episode. Whether you left your job because circumstances dictated it or you saw an opportunity to improve your career, the great resig...

Working with friends and family could be seen as fun, easy or comfortable. Most times, it's not! Relationship that blend work with personal associations can be frought with issues that ultimately make life and work stressful. Today's episode on The Consequences of Working with Friends and Family trades stories and shares tips for making potentially bad situations better. Join your Business Wingmen...

Letting your emotions dictate what you say in the heat of an argument can cause you to go into damage control mode. It's all about responding vs reacting to situations that push your buttons. In today's Business Wingmen episode on the effects of outbursts at work, Steve and Travis Smith walk through their own tales of reacting to things that triggered them instead of responding in a professional m...

Project management is an essential role for many companies and industries. But are you ready to perform and excel so the company sees your value in the work you do? Not everyone with a project management certification is a class A performer. In today's episode, Stand Out as a Project Manager, your Business Wingmen co-hosts Steve and Travis Smith debate the essential skills and characteristics need...

There is no more stressful change for employees to adapt to than getting a new boss. If you recently accepted a new leadership assignment, this could be you! How you show up and what you focus on initially sets the tone for how your team perceives you. If they are gossiping more than usual or holding back, you may need to evaluate what you are doing. In today's episode, your Business Wingmen co-ho...

Leading a team effectively doesn't stop with title and level of authority. You have to have the commitment of the team and that commitment must be based on trust. Until you earn the trust that people need to be committed to your direction, you will struggle to get your team to support your efforts. Today's episode on 'The Art of Building Team Commitment' walks you through various scenarios to help...

Stress is normal in the workplace but when leaders get stressed, everyone is affected. In today's Business Wingmen episode, your hosts, Steve and Travis Smith, discuss the types of workplace stress, how these conditions come about and practical ways to handle stress in the moment or eliminate it all together.

Relationships at work are important for collaboration, coordination and getting things done. But what happens when relationships go from producitve to personal and romantic? Not surprisingly, the majority of business experience this dispite having policies to discourage it. At lower levels, it may not be that troublesome but at the leadership level, the perception alone can cause tons of problems....

Every business needs customers to serve but are all customers right for your business? Maybe not! Sometimes the customers you say yes to end up being your worst nightmare. Every start up learns this lesson and eventually figures out how to say No to customers that are not the best fit. But how do you learn to do this before the bad experience sets in? In today's Business Wingmen show, your co-host...

Performance reviews are an important development tool for every business. So, why does no one who participates in them, like doing them? It's because the old way was fraught with irrelevant, questionable information that rarely provided the employee with quality feedback. In today's episode of the Business Wingmen, Steve and Travis Smith debate the critical components of performance reviews and of...

Hiring a new employee can be tricky even under the best conditions. Most times, your choice will be good and the new person will live up to your expectations. But, what about the nightmare that you chose that your team now has to work with! We've all been there but what has been learned? In today's episode of the Business Wingmen, your co-hosts Steve and Travis Smith explore their best 'lessons le...

No one who oversees a team in a business likes to be faced with an employee who is not performing well. The team suffers, the employee is not feeling good about their work, and other team members are looking at you to fix the problem. There's a way to turn this around and there's a way to damage the relatioship so the employee enventually leaves. Join your Business Wingmen, Steve and Travis Smith...

Many new businesses are based on ideas that appeal to the entrepreneur and eventually become their start-up. Ideas for products, services and creative ways of going to market also fill the landscape as people who are radically passionate about these ideas try to get them up and running. But not all ideas are commercially viable! In fact, most fail within 2 years. So, how do you validate your idea...

Today's episode deals with expectations. Are you clear about yours? Most misunderstandings come about because we (or the other person) does not communicate clearly what we want. Listen in as your Business Wingmen co-hosts, Steve and Travis Smith debate why this happens and how best to make clear what you want and what you expect from others.

Consumers are more discriminating than ever, having access to all kinds of information about your business or a particular product or service. Unfortunately, business owners don't seem to take this into consideration. As a result, customer service continues to lag what customers and clients expect. Today's Business Wingmen podcast deals with how to find the WOW factor in your business. Join your c...

What do you do when overwhelm strikes? Are you organized and have clear priorities to get you through any period of high demand and short deadlines or do you melt down and focus on what is urgent rather than important. In today's episode, your Business Wingmen co-hosts, Steve and Travis Smith talk about how overwhelm happens and the simple techniques for staying focused on your highest priority ac...

A big part of being an effective manager that commands respect and gets things done is assertiveness. That ability to remain calm in stressful situations and stand your ground in heated debates. Assertiveness is a critical component of management effectiveness and allows you to lead with confidence. Join your Business Wingmen co-hosts, Steve and Travis Smith to learn ways that you can become a mor...

Sometimes, if you want to know what makes some serial entrepreneurs successful, it's best just to ask one. So, we invited Axonics CEO Ray Cohen on as our guest to talk about his own secrets to the success he's achieved. Join your Business Wingmen co-hosts Steve and Travis Smith and learn what secrets might lead to your success.

LinkedIn is the largest professional social media platform on the net today with over 740 million profiles. It's where business professionals go to get noticed and attract clients, customers or jobs. Sadly, many people's profiles don't represent themselves well enough to get any positive attention at all. If you need to learn how to stand out, stay tuned. If you are too lazy to care, get off! Toda...

Today's episode deals with massive unexpected disruption in your business. Like the current shortage of semiconductor chips for the auto industry, what do you do when your source of supply is being threatened? Join your Business Wingmen co-hosts, Steve and Travis Smith for a lively, in-depth discussion on how best to adapt to massive disruption in your business.

Getting passed over for a promotion you really wanted or thought you deserved can be a crushing experience. What you do after the decision is rendered is what determines how far your career path will go. In today's episode on 'How to Get promoted After Getting Passed Over', your Business Wingmen hosts, Steve and Travis Smith will dive deep into the mental and behavioral aspects of recovering and m...

If you are having trouble getting or holding people's attention, it's probably your listening skills! Yes, the more you listen, the greater your level of interest. And when you show interest, others become interested in you. In today's Business Wingmen Show, co-hosts Steve and Travis Smith dive deep into the challenges leaders and managers face when it comes to effective communications. Surprising...