Disruptive Successor Podcast

In this episode of Disruptive Successor , Jonathan Goldhill is joined by Ethan Bull and Stephanie Bull , the co-founders of ProAssisting, a next-generation remote executive assistance firm for business owners and C-suite executives. With backgrounds in various industries, including advertising, entertainment, finance, and fashion, they have held senior positions supporting CEOs and have an intimat...

In this episode of Disruptive Successor, Jonathan Goldhill interviews Doug Gray , a consultant with the Family Business Consulting Group and co-founder at Assess Next Gen. Doug specializes in leadership development, succession planning, and building family unity and enterprising families. Doug talks about the assessment he developed for rising leaders in family businesses, which helps older genera...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan Goldhill interviews Tim Yurek , the founder and CEO of Tier 1 Capital. With over 35 years of experience in financial consulting, Tim specializes in growing businesses, attracting and retaining top talent, planning for business succession, and converting business equity into cash. He has been featured on major media outlets such as Bloomber...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan features Robert Jordan, CEO of InterimExecs and Co-Author of Right Leader Right Time . He talks about insights on leadership styles he's seen growing up in a family business. Jonathan and Robert talk about utilizing DISC assessments and understanding different profiles in leadership and other responsibilities, how one can determine their l...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan features Eva Fischer Hansen, Family Business Advisor and Former Chairwoman of the Board of Brunata. She shares the history behind Brunata becoming one of Scandinavia's largest clean tech companies. She talks about the challenges of handling the business simply with all the natural aspects and systems already existing in the company. Of cou...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan features Amanda Holmes , the daughter of legendary sales expert Chet Holmes and CEO of Chet Holmes Int'l. She shares her unlikely rise to her father's legacy and the timeless lessons contained in her father's book The Ultimate Sales Machine . One of the key takeaways from the book is hyperfocus. For companies, it means doubling down on who...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan features David Rosell , the founder of Rosell Wealth Management and the author of Failure Is Not an Option , Keep Climbing , and In the Know . People who no longer need their insurance coverage can choose a life settlement, a lump sum payment worth more than the cash surrender value but less than the death benefit. HIGHLIGHT QUOTES David:...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan features John Briggs , the Founder of Incite Tax and Author of Profit First for Microgyms . John explains Parkinson's Law and says that, instead of fighting people's natural tendencies , we should create modern systems of work that integrate with them. John shares the 3.3 Rule that respects the body's natural cycles of attention and recove...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan features Tony Greer , the son of a trader, the Editor of The Morning Navigator, a newsletter for traders and investors , and the Founder of TG Macro. With his experience and insight, he provides fundamental, technical, and behavioral analyses of global markets . He looks back on how investment has shifted to digital and the many reinventio...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan chats with Ashleigh Walters , a business executive with a proven track record of leading transformational change. Ashleigh is the author of Leading with Grit and Grace and she turned around a 50-year-old industrial furnace manufacturing and service business owned by her husband's family. During her tenure at Onex, Ashleigh became the presi...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with serial entrepreneur, author, and speaker Christine McDannell , the Founder and Principal Business Intermediary of The Magnolia Firm. She recalls growing up in her dad's HVAC business and shares the chaos that followed his sudden passing . Even as Christine was tied up with growing her own business, she swooped in, sorted out al...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with Cara Macklin , an entrepreneur coach based in Belfast, North Ireland. She scaled their family business within the 20 years she stayed there, disrupting the healthcare industry with a world-class concept, before starting her own coaching practice helping next-generation leaders . She talks about scaling their business to 700 emp...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with Julie Noonan , an executive coach and change strategist who helps leaders manage both personal and professional change. She shares how her passion is increasing collaboration between generations in organizations and reverse mentoring for executives within 10 years of retirement. Julie discusses the topic of ageism and the reluc...

The discipline of execution covers meetings that matter, uses metrics and measures that matter, and tackles priorities that matter. The first meeting worth having is the daily huddle. These 15-minute meetings involve the team, round-robin style, and are best used for sharing quick insights and updates for the coming day. Anything longer must be discussed in the next meeting you should be having, t...

If there was a silver bullet in productivity tools, it has got to be this: The Vital Few and the Trivial Many Worksheet, which is based on the 80-20 principle. Jonathan runs down other tools that you can use to boost productivity , such as the Big Leap, Delegate and Elevate, and Ivy Lee's Method of writing down your top 6 tasks of the next day. These tools and methods get you to peak productivity...

As family businesses grow larger, get more complex, and move forward to the next stage of the business, they have to also grow as a unit and find a proper structure that will help them make important decisions and take action along the way. As a follow-up to last week’s episode about exit planning and keeping the business within the family, Jonathan Goldhill will be talking about establishing a bo...

In this solo episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan shares how succession planning is an ongoing process that requires a roadmap that ensures the long-term sustainability of your family business. He advises family businesses on how to separate the all-too-familiar intermingling of family and business issues , as well as the dos and don'ts of succession . He talks about the top 7 most c...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with Maggie Bender-Johnson, a third-generation family member and CEO of Bender Insurance Solutions. She discusses the evolution and growth of the company from a team of 4 to a team of 55 strong today. One of their key moves recently was the choice to become an ESOP . Doing so introduced a lot of processes but allowed the team member...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with Greg Sheldon , the Founder of Metal Merger Corp and Host of the Metal Steel Manufacturing and Business Pro Podcast . Greg specializes in helping families transition into the metal and steel industry. He discusses the vanishing metals industry in the US and what the new generation can still do to improve it. Greg shares that the...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with Michael Schader, the CEO of Nowsight. He has a background as a programmer and US intelligence officer and he pulls from this experience working with defense intelligence agencies, metropolitan police departments, and NATO to unlock the intelligence trapped within businesses. Today, Michael talks about growing up in his family-o...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with Brooke Birtcher Gustafson, Managing Director of 5th generation business Birtcher Development. She shares how business was always part of her conversations growing up and how this ingrained mindset gives her a competitive advantage. Brooke also talks about business today as Birtcher 5.0 and comments on how it is to be a woman in...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with Robert Balentine , the Chairman of Balentine, Founder of Southern Highlands Reserve, and Author of First Generation Wealth. Today, Robert discusses his book and the 3 principles to create enduring wealth, family, and legacy.  Robert also digs into the phenomenon of going from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in 3 generations and ho...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with Matt Lesser , the Founder, and CEO of Uniquely Normal and best-selling author of UnSatisfied . For over two decades, Matt has facilitated and trained leaders, teams, and boards of directors in dozens of countries on six continents. He has served in various C-suite roles in private equity, banking, and commercial uniform industr...

In this episode of The Disruptive Successor Show, Jonathan speaks with Darren Fleming, behavioral scientist, author, trainer, and peak performance strategist for senior executives who helps teams remove blockages that prevent peak performance. He shares what energetic sensations are and how these can be the driving force behind decision-making . By honing your power of observation, you will be abl...

In this holiday episode of The Disruptive Successor Show , we sit back and recall some of the most impactful moments with our esteemed guests. We bring you more of the best insights, lessons, and strategies from these disruptive successors that we sat down with last year in 2022: Bill Yoh - Chairman of the Yoh Group and Co-Owner of Day and Zimmerman Jeff Jappa - CEO and President of JMC Wood Manuf...