Catalytic Leadership

Send us Fan Mail Are you leading every person on your team the exact same way and wondering why it's stopped working? In this episode, I sit down with Sam Shriver and Suzie Bishop of the Center for Leadership Studies, co-authors of a new book applying the situational leadership model to today's fast-changing workplace. Sam brings 45+ years of research into this framework; Suzie leads pro...

Send us Fan Mail You know what good leadership looks like. The question is: what happens to it when the pressure hits? This week, I sat down with Ed Brzychcy, Army infantry veteran, former Babson College professor, and organizational culture consultant to mid-market high-growth companies. Ed spent over a decade researching what separates the CEOs of the fastest-growing companies from everyone else...

Send us Fan Mail You roll out a new system. You cast the vision. You wait for buy-in, and instead you get silence, slow adoption, or quiet workarounds.  It is not because your people do not care.  My guest this week, Travis Hahler , Senior Director of Global Strategy and Transformation at Salesforce and founder of The Neurological Nomad, has spent his career studying why 70% of organizational tran...

Send us Fan Mail Your strategy is solid. Your offer is dialed in. But something inside your growing team is quietly fracturing, and if you can't name it, you can't fix it. In this episode, I sit down with Jenni Catron, bestselling author, speaker, and culture strategist, and founder and CEO of the 4Sight Group, who has spent over 20 years helping leaders in corporate, nonprofit, and mini...

Send us Fan Mail If your marketing budget keeps growing but your results keep flatlining, the problem isn't your ads; it's your foundation. In this episode, I sit down with Paul Povolni , award-winning creative director, brand strategist, and founder of Voppa Creative, who has spent 34 years helping brands stop blending in and start owning the room. Paul unpacks his brand clarity framewo...

Send us Fan Mail If you built a business to create freedom and it became the very thing consuming you, this episode is for you. I sat down with Trapper Searles , strategic partner to high-performing entrepreneurs, and the founder who built and exited The Garage Doctor after nearly 20 years. Trapper's story isn't a highlight reel. It's raw, real, and deeply instructive for anyone try...

Send us Fan Mail You've delegated the tasks. You've hired the team. So why does everything still come back to you? In this episode, I sit down with Jason Henneberry, creator of the Dependency Design Framework, author of Why Your Business Won't Let You Go, and senior partner at Tango, a national brokerage facilitating $5.7 billion in funded mortgages annually with over 600 profession...

Send us Fan Mail If your agency stops the moment you step away, that’s not a client problem; it’s a systems problem. And it’s one that has a very clear solution. I sat down with Taylor McMaster , founder of DOT & Company, to talk about the client account management model she built over nearly seven years that quietly freed hundreds of agency owners from the meeting cycle, the email threads, an...

Send us Fan Mail If you've tried building a remote team and lost weeks to time zone gaps, miscommunication, and the slow grind of async feedback, this episode is your pivot point. I sat down with Brian Samson , founder of Plugg Technologies, a leading nearshore firm connecting Latin American talent with US companies. Brian has spent over 10 years in the nearshoring space, lived as an expat in...

Send us Fan Mail If selling has ever felt like a betrayal of who you are, this episode will rewrite that story. I sat down with Justin Janowski , founder of Faith to Influence, where he helps Christian entrepreneurs master high-integrity sales. Over thousands of sales calls and millions of dollars in deals closed, Justin has built a reputation for something rare: a sales approach that is generous,...

Send us Fan Mail If your agency's culture lives in your head and dies when you leave the room, this conversation is the reset you didn't know you needed.  In this episode, I sit down with Mark Miller, former VP of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A, principal architect of one of the most recognized leadership cultures in corporate America, and co-author of The Secret, 4th Edition...

Send us Fan Mail You can hit every revenue milestone and still run a broke agency. I've seen it, and so has Andrew Brockenbush . Andrew is the founder of Beefy Marketing, creator of the AI-powered Wingman platform, and host of the Business Growth Hacks podcast. With 13 years in the trenches building a brand that clients have made their own — literally calling him "Beefy" — he's...

Send us Fan Mail Your clients already know you're using AI. The question is: do they trust you with it? This week, I sat down with Vinnie Fisher , founder and CEO of SiteTrust, a former M&A attorney with a 26-year career, and a leader who has built and exited three 7-to-8-figure companies generating over $400 million in sales. Vinnie isn't theorizing about the AI trust crisis. He&apo...

Send us Fan Mail If your business can't run without you in the middle of it, the problem isn't your team; it's the seat that's still empty. In this episode, I sit down with Alec Broadfoot , founder and CEO of VisionSpark, a premium executive search firm in Worthington, Ohio, with a 99% placement rate and a spot on the 2023 Inc 5000. Alec has spent 14 years helping entrepreneuri...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re building new offers, investing time, and still questioning whether it will actually convert, you don’t have a scaling problem. You have a validation problem. In this episode, I sit down with Anya Cheng , Founder and CEO of Taelor, an AI-powered menswear rental platform backed by early investors in companies like Nvidia, TikTok, Facebook, Lyft, and Spotify, to unpack how...

Send us Fan Mail If your team is performing, but not owning outcomes… if turnover keeps showing up right when you need stability… the issue usually isn’t effort. It’s design. In this episode, I sit down with Chris Dyer , Inc Magazine’s #1 leadership speaker, former CEO of People G2, and current CEO of Hopetape USA, to unpack the real driver behind employee retention strategies that actually work....

Send us Fan Mail At a certain point in your agency’s growth, visibility becomes the constraint. You’ve built the systems, the team, the client results. But the question becomes: how do you scale influence without scaling your time? In this episode, I sit down with Chandler Bolt,  CEO of SelfPublishing.com, Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, and author of seven bestselling books, who has helped more than...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re still the one closing every deal, reviewing every proposal, and carrying the weight of revenue growth, the issue isn’t effort; it’s structure. Without a clear sales system, growth eventually stalls. In this episode, I sit down with Chris Cocca , President of Strategic Sales in Frederick, Maryland. Chris serves clients across the U.S. and brings more than 25 years of sale...

Send us Fan Mail If scaling your agency feels heavier than it should… if every fix creates two new problems… you may be facing a Founder Bottleneck. In this episode, I sit down with Simon Severino , the CEO of Strategy Sprints, author of Strategy Sprints , and advisor responsible for $2 billion in additional sales for his clients over 21 years. We unpack the shift from advisor to CEO, why scaling...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re stuck working in the business while trying to scale it, this conversation is for you. In this episode, I sit down with Bill Reynolds , founder of Element 502, a creative agency helping businesses find their authentic voice and connect meaningfully with their audiences. Bill has led through acquisition, financial pressure, operational chaos, and the daily reality of the A...

Send us Fan Mail Scaling has a way of exposing pressure points. Revenue grows, but so does decision fatigue, team friction, and the feeling that you’re still the bottleneck. In this episode, I sit down with Rajesh Nagjee , CEO mentor and business physicist, creator of CEO Freedom OS, to unpack what he calls the “velocity crisis”: the widening gap between your company’s systems and your capacity to...

Send us Fan Mail If everything still runs through you - decisions, approvals, follow-ups - it’s not a motivation problem. It’s an ownership problem. In this episode, I sit down with Mike Michalowicz , author of Profit First , Clockwork , and his newest, All In , to unpack why capable teams stall and what actually causes people to step up. We go far beyond culture, perks, or performance pressure an...

Send us Fan Mail If your agency has grown—but the pressure hasn’t eased—this episode will hit close to home. I sat down with Calvin Correli, founder of Simplero, an all-in-one platform that’s generated over $857 million for creators, to unpack why scaling often feels heavier instead of lighter. Calvin operates from a single premise: your business is a reflection of your inner code. And when that c...

Send us Fan Mail There’s a moment every scaled founder hits where effort stops producing leverage. Revenue is real. The team is capable. But progress feels heavier than it should, and decisions take longer, cost more, and drain energy faster than before. In this episode, I sit down with Alexis Sikorsky , a strategic advisor to founders who are serious about scaling fast and exiting strong. Alexis...

Send us Fan Mail Growth doesn’t usually fail because of strategy. It fails when ownership breaks down and culture can’t keep up with scale. If your agency is growing, your calendar is full, and you’re still the point of escalation for too many decisions, this conversation will sharpen how you think about leadership ownership culture. In this episode, I sit down with Chris Sund , President and COO...