Growth School

If you feel stuck in the day-to-day of your business, it’s not because you haven’t tried hard enough. It’s because you’re thinking about your role the wrong way. In this week’s podcast, I break down the five mental shifts successful owners employ to think about their job — shifts that make it possible to step out of the day-to-day without your business falling apart. This isn’t about hacks or doin...

Are you tired of running a business that only grows when you grind harder? Or frustrated that it’s not scaling as fast as you know it could? In this episode of the Growth School Podcast, I walk you through the simplest and easiest 9-step framework for designing a more scalable business model that you can find, without burning you out. Whether you’re stuck in the day-to-day, trying to break past a...

What if I told you that the biggest reason your business isn’t growing as fast as it could has nothing to do with your product, your pricing, or even your marketing? Most business owners are losing thousands of dollars every single month —and they don’t even know why. The crazy part? It’s completely avoidable —if you know what’s causing it. The way customers make buying decisions has changed, and...

No one told me this about leadership… but every great leader faces it. You work hard, build a business, lead a team… and then one day, it hits you. Leadership is lonelier than you ever expected. No one talks about this. But why does it happen? And more importantly, how do you deal with it without burning out or losing your edge? In this podcast, I reveal: ✅ The hidden reality of leadership that n...

Struggling with difficult conversations? You’re not alone. Whether it’s giving tough feedback, addressing performance issues, or navigating conflict, these conversations are the ones that truly define your leadership. That’s why, in this podcast, I’m sharing a simple, seven-step framework you can use anytime, anywhere to handle crucial conversations with confidence and clarity. Master this process...

Do your team meetings often feel like a frustrating cycle, where nothing ever gets done? You're not alone—most business owners struggle with meetings that drag on, lack focus, and fail to produce real results. But what if a few simple tweaks could turn things around? In this week’s episode of Growth School, I’ll show you five proven strategies to transform your meetings into powerful sessions...

Every day plenty of people and organizations have the potential to steal your emotions and make you feel frustrated, angry, stressed, upset, etc. Which, as you know, not only affects the quality of your life, but also your ability to lead well. But what if there was a simple framework and question that you could use that would immediately change your state and allow you to remain calm regardless o...

One of the saddest moments in the life of a business owner/entrepreneur is when they want to sell their company, and they discover that either no one wants to buy it or the amount they’re willing to offer is way below what the owner wants to sell it for. I see this happen way too often. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be that way. You can begin today to engineer your business in such a wa...

What if it were possible for you to generate more referrals for your business without needing to ask for them? In other words, what if you didn’t need to pick up the phone and ask, “Do you have any referrals?” Or you didn’t need to type up an email asking, “Do you have any referrals?  Would you be interested in learning how to do that?   Well, if you would, then make sure you listen to this week’s...

When you started your business, did you start it just to make enough money to make ends meet? Or did you start it to build something great? My guess is that you chose the latter, not the former. Unfortunately, most small businesses fall far short of that. They never build something great that dominates their marketplace. But, what if you could? What if you could apply a simple set of strategies to...

Have you ever had a vision that you wanted to share with your team only to get that deer in the headlights look back from them? Or have you ever tried to share a vision with one of your employees 1:1 only to have them not buy in? If you’ve ever tried to share a vision with anyone about anything and it hasn’t gone as well as you’d like, then make sure you listen to this week’s episode of Growth Sch...

What percentage of your current employees would you say are A-Players? If you answered less than 70%, then you’ll want to watch this episode of Growth School. Why? Because your job, as a leader, is to create leverage (i.e., to produce results through other people). Which means that your effectiveness as a leader isn’t based on what you do, it’s based on the quality of the work your people produce....

What if there was one thing you could do that would immediately improve the productivity of your people. Would you want to know what that one thing is? Or, if you’re currently experiencing low morale from your employees, would you like to know how you could turn that around in no time flat? If you answered, “Yes!” to either of those questions, make sure you listen to this week’s episode of the Gro...

Have you ever gone through the process of defining your core values only to discover that nothing actually changed? If so, you’re normal. Most small businesses aren’t great at installing their core values. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. There are two classic mistakes you need to avoid and five things you need to do (on a consistent basis) that can change all of that and allow you to buil...

Do you ever get frustrated that your people don’t do things the way you want them done? Or do you ever scratch your head wondering, “What were they thinking?” because they just did something that you’d never do? If you answered “Yes” to either of those questions, chances are you have a culture problem. Step one is to define it and step two is to install it and enforce it. In this week’s episode, I...

Do you ever get overwhelmed trying to grow your company? Do you ever get confused between those two words or phrases? In other words, what does it mean to grow your business vs. to scale your business? If you’re a little confused, no problem, a lot of people are. Most people, including “experts” use these words interchangeably … but they’re not.  So, if you’d like to know what the difference is an...

Do you ever get overwhelmed trying to grow your company? Everywhere you go, “people” have lots of ideas about what you could do to grow your business from paid ads to direct sales teams from referral strategies to speaking strategies, from branding strategies to SEO strategies, from hiring A-players to creating better offers, etc. The list often feels endless and overwhelming. But the good news is...

Do you ever wonder, “Is growth really worth it?” Is it really worth all of the time, effort, energy, mental anguish and resource allocation?  If you have, then you’ll want to watch this week’s episode of the Growth School Podcast because, once and for all, I’ll answer that question for you … and not how you think I will.  More importantly, once you answer this question for yourself, it’ll change y...

Do you ever get frustrated that your business isn’t growing as fast as you like? While there are probably lots of reasons why, one of the primary ones that most business owners and entrepreneurs don’t think about is that they don’t have a framework for thinking about how to grow and scale their business. It’s like trying to put together a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle without the box top. The good new...

I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “What got you here, won’t get you there.” But what does that next stage of development look like for you as a business owner?  If you don’t know, it’s hard to create something that you can’t see. So, if you’d like to see what the next stage of development might look like for you so you can keep growing your business and not be the bottleneck, make sure you listen...

When you started your business, did you intend to build a business or create a job for yourself? If you’re like most business owners and entrepreneurs, you wanted the former but ended up with the later. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be that way. There is a path forward that will allow you to build the kind of business you’ve always wanted (which will also lead to faster growth, more fre...

When you start your strategic planning process, how do you start? If you pull out last year’s strategic plan and then try to figure out how to do what you did this year … just a little bit better, that’s not strategic planning. If you want to create a true strategic plan than can drive significant growth, then you need to start by asking two critical questions. And if you want to know what those t...

If you made better decisions, what kind of impact do you think it would have on your business and life? Would your business be larger? Would you be making more money? Would you have a better team? Would morale be better? Would you have less conflict? Would your customers be happier? Etc  When you think about it, one of the main differentiators between great leaders and average or good leaders is t...

How often do you feel overwhelmed with too much to do and not enough time to do it all in?  Or how often do you say to yourself, “I’m so busy working ‘in’ my business that I don’t have time to work ‘on’ my business?  If either one of those is true for you, then you’ll want to listen to this week’s podcast training simply entitled, “My 5 Favorite Productivity Hacks” In addition, if you’d like to le...

Do you ever get frustrated that more people don’t get what’s so special about your product or service? Or do you ever feel frustrated that more people think that your offer is just like your competitors, when in your mind, it’s so blatantly obvious why yours is better? Well, if you have, then you’re going to want to listen to this week’s podcast because I’m going to share with you four simple step...