Soar Higher With Jason Ballard

On this week's episode, Jason is joined by the Founder and CEO of Wayne Media, Rob Johnson. Jason and Rob discuss the basics of where a business ought to start when it comes to marketing and how to limit expenses, while scaling. Everything from specific marketing products, website costs, and scaling up wisely is discussed. If you're an entrepreneur or want to be, you'll want to tune in! Show Links...

Welcome back to another episode of Soar Higher with Jason Ballard. This week, Jason and Joel continue their discussion of diamond mapping and seek to apply this method to those desiring to take hold of their ideal life. Jason explains the necessary steps to take in reaching your full potential and setting the goals that will make a true difference in reaching your highest level of success. Show Li...

Welcome back to another episode of Soar Higher with Jason Ballard. This week, Jason poses the question, what do you want your ideal life to look like? Jason and Joel take a deep dive into diamond mapping and showcase a method for taking inventory of your life in the areas of business success, financial freedom, health and fitness, and family and personal relationships. Show Links: LinkedIn: Jason...

This week, Joel and Jason chat about preparing yourself for your next opportunity. To be prepared for what's next, you should first consider where you are at today. Start with an honest assessment and ask these questions: What are my abilities and strengths?  What do I need to work on to better myself? What are my short & long-term goals?   A goal without a plan is just a wish. Are your goals writ...

If you are feeling burnt out, if you are feeling unchallenged, or if you have been on the fence about moving on to a new job, you are going to want to listen closely to this one.  On this episode of the Soar Higher Podcast, Jason and Joel explore a topic that just about everyone experiences at some point in their professional career: being stuck in their occupation. Jason discusses the first signs...

On this week's edition of the Soar Higher Podcast, Jason & Joel discuss team dynamics and why they are so important. All companies are made up of people, and your products and services will never escape the influence of those people. in fact, 93% of companies experience dysfunctional teams. After listening to this episode, not only will you have a better understanding of what team dynamics are, an...

This week on the Soar Higher Podcast, Jason and Joel welcome Jason's good friend, Ben Simmons to the studio. Ben is a Senior-level Architect and Associate at Schmidt Associates in Louisville Kentucky. He has spent a career designing and developing corporate offices for high employee count companies. With the major technological shifts, the COVID-19 pandemic, and numerous other factors, today's cor...

On this episode of the Soar Higher podcast, Jason and Joel have a great conversation with the #401klady, Jeanne J. Sutton with Strategic Retirement Partners. Over the past decade, she has built a successful practice serving as an investment advisor representative and financial consultant for families and businesses. Jeanne also has expertise in employee benefits. She provides a ton of great inform...

In today's episode of the Soar Higher Podcast, Jason and Joel discuss changing workplace cultures and how successful business executives are adapting to develop a winning culture at their company. Jason starts the show by comparing and contrasting two NFL organizations (Detroit vs Dallas) and then discusses 5 important steps that can help turn your organization's culture around. Show Links: Linked...

On today's episode of the Soar Higher Podcast, Jason and Joel have a in-depth discussion on how the newly coined "Great Resignation" is disrupting business, and how top executives need to take it into account, and adjusted to keep their workforce operating. The Great Resignation, is an ongoing economic trend in which employees have voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse, beginning in early...

Welcome back for the 6th episode of Soar Higher with Jason Ballard, and Co-host, Joel Wieland. This episode focuses on the topic of Fear, and how it affects businesses. Fear is something we all face, but without knowing how to manage it, fear will prevent you from achieving your goals. There are 6 types of fear that commonly prevent executives from performing at their full potential: Fear of failu...

On this week's installment of the Soar Higher podcast, Jason and Joel welcome their first guest into the studio, Janna Donovan! Janna is a licensed therapist, mother, author, and former over-worker turned Work Stress Guru. After about 20 years of high-level corporate experience, Janna experienced a period of burnout that many high-level executives do. After experiencing therapy to get herself back...

In the final installment of the Leadership overview series, Jason and Joel discuss what a leader ought to be doing to make sure they are staying on the path towards effectiveness & continuous improvement. Jason recommends that every aspiring leader does the following 4 things: Ask yourself, "Does leadership even interest you?" Perform a self-assessment of leadership traits Audit real moments where...

Welcome back for part two of the Soar Higher Leadership overview. In this episode, Jason and Joel discuss the common misconceptions of leadership that people often have. Does your title make you a leader? Are Leaders born or made? These questions and many more are answered today. More topics discussed included: The 20/60/20 rule of getting people to follow you The most important attribute: Discipl...

Hey there, leader! Welcome back to the next episode of the Soar Higher podcast. In this episode, Jason and Joel dive into the first part of a three-episode discussion on Jason's thoughts on what Leadership is. Some of the areas that are explored in this episode include: * What does (or should) a leader actually do?* What does it take to develop yourself into a good leader?* Does a leader have to b...

Thanks for listening to the introductory episode of the Soar Higher podcast! The Soar Higher podcast with Coach Jason Ballard has been put together to help business executives like yourself, "soar" to new levels in leadership, management, and decision-making. This episode will dive into the background of Jason Ballard, and how his life & passion has moved in the direction of executive business coa...

Thanks for joining us on the first episode of the Soar Higher Podcast with Jason Ballard and Co-Host Joel Weiland. If you are an executive business leader looking to soar to new heights, you have made your way to the right place. Jason Ballard is a top-rated business coach and former military commanding officer with 30+ years of experience in business management and leadership. In this episode, Ja...