Experience Leadership - The Small Business Podcast

Rethinking Leadership with Christy Pretzinger Today's workplace is in a trust crisis. Gen Z is arriving in full force—and they’re not buying into the same management models we grew up with. They’ve seen the burnout, the betrayal, and the BS. So they’re opting out. Not out of leadership, but out of management as we know it. In this episode of Marc Haine Live, I sit down with Christy Pretzinger, the...

The Visibility Fix: How to Stop Being the Best-Kept Secret with Carrolee Moore You’ve got the expertise. The credentials. The results. Yet somehow, the spotlight keeps finding someone else. Meanwhile, buying decisions are slowing down, and the trust gap between “the known” and “the capable” keeps widening. In this episode of Marc Haine Live, I sit down with Carrolee Moore — The Visibility Fixer —...

The Secret to Productivity Hidden in Your Microsoft 365 Account with Therman Trotman Are your business tools running your business—or running you ragged? Most companies are drowning in digital clutter: Zoom here, Dropbox there, Google Drive somewhere—and no one can find the latest version of anything. In this episode of Experience Leadership: The Small Business Podcast, Marc sits down with Therman...

The Spiral Way to Sustainable Growth with Jordanna Eyre Ever feel like scaling your business just means carrying more weight? More stress, more pressure, more late nights? What if the problem isn’t you — it’s the way you’ve been taught to grow? In this episode of Esperience Leadership: The Small Business Podcast, we’re going beyond mindset with Jordanna Eyre, the Chief Sorceress of Life & Busi...

AI Changed Everything: Is Your Business Still Searchable? with Carl Holden Are you invisible online and don’t even know it? In a world where Google lies (yes, you heard that right) and AI is rewriting the rules of the internet, how do businesses stay visible, competitive—and relevant? In this episode, Marc sits down with Carl Holden—CEO of RankBot and expert at the intersection of Search and AI—to...

Don’t Be the Weakest Link: How to Protect Your Business from Cyber Risk with Shayne Kawalilak Is your business one click away from chaos? Cybersecurity isn’t just a tech issue—it’s a business survival issue. In this episode, cybersecurity educator and author Shayne Kawalilak joins Marc Haine to expose how everyday habits are making small businesses sitting ducks for cybercriminals. Discover the re...

The Smart Way to Integrate Legal, Tax & Business Planning with Chris Papin Most small business owners think their LLC protects them. Spoiler alert — it probably doesn’t. In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we’re tackling one of the most expensive mistakes entrepreneurs make: running their business with their legal, tax, and financial advisors working in silos. When your CPA, attorney, and fina...

Can you be the Exception Everyone Talks About with Micheal Schoenberger Most businesses hit growth ceilings. You know the feeling—you’re working harder than ever, but the business stalls. Revenues plateau, your team burns out, and momentum fizzles. Break through, and you thrive. Fail to, and your business starts to slip backward. 🛎 In this episode Marc sits down with Mike Schoenberger, CEO of Sunc...

Effective Recruitment Doesn't Have to Be Hard with Kyle Patrick Smith Recruiting feels like rolling dice with your payroll—and more often than not, you come up snake eyes. You burn money on ads, ghost top talent, and end up hiring people who look great on paper but disappear faster than a donut in the breakroom. 🛎 In this episode, Marc sits down with Kyle Patrick Smith, CEO of HRKyle Services and...

How to Lead Through Uncertainty with Confidence with Stephen Shapiro Are you chasing change like a caffeinated squirrel during nut season? Let’s face it—most business leaders are stuck in "reactive mode." A new trend? Pivot. A new competitor? Pivot. A new TikTok dance? You guessed it—pivot. But what if all this flailing is what’s actually breaking your business?  In this episode, Innovation Instig...

Your team isn’t underperforming—they’re quietly quitting with Micheal G. Neece No, not the TikTok trend. We’re talking about your brilliant people—the ones with ideas that could transform your business—but instead of speaking up, they’re silently checking out. Not because of money. Not because of workload. But because of a broken culture that’s invisible… until it’s expensive. In this episode of E...

Emotional Contagion: What You Feel, Your Team Feels with Darci Ecker-Popiel Why Do Smart Leaders Fall Apart Under Pressure? Ever felt like your brain short-circuits the moment the pressure’s on? You’re not alone—and you’re not broken. Most performance failures in business aren’t about bad strategy—they’re about overloaded nervous systems.  In this episodeof Experience Leadership, Marc is joined by...

Family Business, Big Problems: Fix Your Succession Plan with Dr. Doug Gray Is your family business built to last — or are you gambling it away with unclear succession? Too many family-run businesses wait until it’s too late to pass the baton. The result? Confusion. Power struggles. Stalled growth. And sometimes…a complete implosion of legacy. In this episode, we dive deep into the high-stakes worl...

How to Solve Business Problems with Clarity with Reuven Shelef Feeling stuck in a mess of business problems that won’t quit? You might not have a leadership issue… you might have a tangled one. 🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we welcome Reuven Shelef, Founder and CEO of OUT OF THE BOX Consulting and the creator of the Untangling Complex Challenges™ methodology. Reuven helps leaders, executiv...

Scaling Made Simple: Shift Your Thinking, Grow Your Business with Peter Kovacs Are you leading your business, or is it leading you? If you’re stuck in the daily grind, drowning in decisions, and wondering why your business isn’t scaling the way it should—this episode is for you. In this power-packed conversation, serial entrepreneur and executive coach Peter Kovacs reveals: Why what got you here w...

The Real Reason New Companies Fail with Chip Higgens Half of all small businesses fail within five years. Half. That’s not a statistic—that’s a wake-up call.  In this episode of Marc Haine Live, Marc sits down with Chip Higgins to tackle one of the biggest, most expensive problems facing small businesses today: the failure to generate and sustain momentum. About Chip For over four decades, Chip Hi...

Hiring International Talent? Here’s What You’re Missing with John McGraw Miscommunication at work costs U.S. businesses $2 trillion a year—and diverse teams are especially at risk. In this episode of Marc Haine Live, cultural clarity expert John Edward McGraw reveals how small businesses can avoid communication breakdowns, retain diverse talent, and build high-performing teams through inclusive co...

How much is frustration costing your business? with Andrew Oxley Frustration—it’s not just a bad day. It’s a flashing neon sign that something is broken. And if you’re ignoring it, your business is bleeding money. In this episode of Marc Haine Live, Marc sits down with executive coach and author Andrew Oxley, who reveals how most leaders completely misread frustration—treating it like a nuisance i...

Grow Beyond the Numbers: Trust, M&A, and the $10M Mistake with David Miller How do you scale a company using something as intangible as trust? And what happens when you don’t? Most business owners know how to track sales and manage expenses. But what if the real growth catalyst isn’t on your spreadsheet? In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we dive into the high-stakes, high-reward world of sca...

Creating Cultures Where People Thrive with Dr. Serena Huang What if the thing that’s killing your team’s productivity isn’t your budget, your tools, or your business model… but your blind spot? In today’s episode of Marc Haine Live, we welcome Dr. Serena Huang—international speaker, teacher, and self-proclaimed “Data and AI Whisperer for Employee Thriving”—to uncover how organizations can use data...

Why Most Businesses Fail—and What Immigrant Founders Do Differently with Dr. Neri Karra Sillaman Let’s face it: new businesses don’t make it past year five, and the ones that do often compromise values to survive.  In this episode of Marc Haine Live, Dr. Neri Karra Sillaman—refugee-turned-entrepreneur and author of Pioneers—shares hard-earned insights on how to build a business that lasts. Need to...

How to Create Breakthroughs and Transform Culture with Disruptive Leadership with Ted Santos Most companies want innovation. Few know how to truly create it. 🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, Marc is joined by Ted Santos, creator of the Disruptive Leadership Model, to unpack why most innovation fails and how intentional chaos might be your biggest untapped asset. We dig into why employees sabo...

Revive and Thrive at Work, Fix Burnout, Toxic Work Culture & Employee Disengagement with Twyla Onderka Are negative attitudes, burnout, and high turnover draining your business? Is your team disengaged? Do you feel like you’re constantly losing your best employees—and worse, your customers? You’re not alone, and today’s episode of Marc Haine Live is about to change the way you see leadership a...

The Hidden Cost of Generational Miscommunication with Michelle Pascoe Leading across generations isn’t a soft skill—it’s a survival skill.  Today’s workplaces are a multi-generational mix of Boomers, Millennials, Gen Z, and yes—even the occasional Gen X manager still pretending frosted tips are cool. The result? Miscommunication, unmet expectations, and a whole lot of eye-rolling in staff meetings...

Mastering Difficult Conversations: A Playbook for Leaders with Mark McPherson Are you dealing with workplace drama that’s draining your time, energy, and patience? You’re not alone. In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we dive into one of the biggest leadership challenges—handling difficult people and mastering tough conversations. Whether it’s an underperforming employee, a toxic team member, or s...