Levership

In the second book club episode, Kyle and Matt review Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell and share our top takeaways, including how to leverage an executive assistant, audit your time and energy, and design the perfect week.

Kyle runs Matt through April Dunford's positioning workshop for his company, Symplicity Designs. We talk about competitive alternatives, unique capabilities, value to the customer, the markets he sells into, and more. If you're looking for a tactical way to evaluate your positioning, listen to this episode.

Kyle and Matt talk about metrics that matter in a growing organization.

Kyle and Matt hold our first book club where we review Marshall Goldsmith's book, The Earned Life. We share our top takeaways, which include mapping our actions and intentions to our ambitions and aspirations, and how to do that effectively.

Kyle and Matt discuss how to transition from one market segment, product, or delivery method to a new one when the journey will take months or years and you still need to support the old way in the meantime.  

In this episode, Kyle and Matt discuss the difficulty in raising dilutive and non-dilutive working capital in the current economy and alternative ways to drive cash flow within a business.

In this episode, Kyle and Matt discuss the adage, 'companies die of indigestion, not starvation'. They talk through how founder/CEOs can decide which opportunities to pursue in a way that doesn't slow down their company from its core focus. 

Kyle and Matt talk about the nuance of niching down to increase your reach, and how Kyle used an online course during the holidays combined with ChatGPT to plan out a whole year's worth of content. This is close to an hour but well worth the full listen. Kyle and Matt are also starting a monthly book club. January's book is Marshall Goldsmiths, The Earned Life. 

Kyle and Matt discuss our favorite books we've read this year, both business and non-business, lessons contained, along with how we each think about new years resolutions, planning the next year, and reflecting on the past one. This marks year one of the podcast. Thank you to our listeners. Happy Holidays!

Kyle and Matt discuss Elon Musk's current involvement in Twitter, and compare it to more down-to-earth examples. How much should a CEO be involved inside the business vs working on the business, and they discuss some frameworks to keep CEO's at cloud level.

Kyle and Matt discuss the importance of focus, continuous improvement, and how doing the hard boring work will make you richer than shiny ball syndrome will.

Kyle and Matt talk about the S curve in business, why growth is never linear, and how leaders should anticipate flat periods and use them as opportunities to reflect and evolve.

Kyle and Matt discuss daily routines, why there's no one right size fits all, the importance of reflection points, and why some activities are better in the morning, and others at night.

Kyle and Matt discuss Traction/EOS by Gino Wickman, and the upsides and traps of rolling out any business system or framework.

Kyle and Matt discuss what to do when you realize your business isn't working and there are serious issues to fix. Matt relays his framework for working through these challenges which include answering; Profitability through which customer mix through which capabilities/people/technology is needed and then how to measure it through KPIs. Kyle and Matt discuss each of these components.

Kyle and Matt discuss Andy Grove's approach to annual performance appraisals, why surprises may come up even with regular 1:1s, how to handle 360 feedback, and the importance of knowing an employee's long term goals as you coach them to success in their role. 

Kyle and Matt are joined by special guest, Bill Wilson, exited founder, business coach, and pricing expert, who discuss pricing strategies during an economic downturn. Should you increase pricing? Discount? For whom? How?

In this episode, Kyle and Matt discuss the best way to train new leaders in an organization in a way that gives them experience before being promoted without losing high potential individual contributors.

Kyle and Matt discuss the challenges in marketing high-end professional services when you don't have a niche industry you serve.

Kyle and Matt discuss building a brand when you're a small business selling to enterprises, and whether it even matters. Along the way, they discuss customer discovery to map the buying journey.

Kyle and Matt discuss why your org structure is almost as important as the people you hire, why flat works... up until a point, hybrid organizations, dual reporting, cross-functional teams.

Kyle and Matt discuss how to make high-quality decisions in a way that achieves buy-in from all stakeholders involved in executing them. 

Kyle and Matt discuss their company and personal core values and how they use them to drive day-to-date decisions within their businesses.

Kyle and Matt discuss how to prepare for an economic downturn by doing what managers should be often doing anyways; focusing on the core business and cutting waste and distractions. 

Kyle and Matt discuss those who inspire them to achieve their goals and live a life of intention and purpose, buying back time, and executing today.