The CEO Podcast

In this episode, Scott & Vince address an ongoing issue faced by businesses today called "quiet quitting." In this post-pandemic work-from-home setting, communicating effectively with your employees is a challenge. Therefore, it is necessary for you, as the business leader, to develop systems and techniques to combat this. Tune in to this episode to learn more about: Managing an effective work-fro...

In this episode, Bonni Pomush, the CEO of Working Wardrobes , shares her experience of taking over a nonprofit organization as the CEO for the Founder who had served in the CEO role for over 30 years. This interesting transition has its strengths and challenges. While focusing on her business acumen, Bonnie has also been able to further develop a culture of humility and cooperation within the orga...

In this episode, Scott and Vince cut through some of the overwhelming jargon to explain the basics of finance for business owners. Tune in as they discuss how to verify, entrust and most importantly, empower your employees to manage your business. Through interesting stories and relatable narratives, this episode will assist you in the following: Building guidelines and structures for your budget...

What does it take to build and manage a successful TEAM? Scott and Vince sit down with University of San Diego Head Football Coach, Dale Lindsey, to discuss managing a successful team. While building a team in sports versus team building in business may have some clear differences, the principles that go into the development and management of a successful team are the same. Scott, Vince, and Coach...

When the economy looks to be headed on a downward trajectory, what can you do to prepare your business to adapt when economic conditions are not optimal? From inflation to deflation to recession to increasing interest rates ...what are the things you should be doing to prepare your business to handle these circumstances in the coming months or years? Scott & Vince talk about the #economy in episod...

In episode 3.2 Scott and Vince pick up where they left off in episode 3.1 and talk about the natural next step in these important leadership soft skills—they talk about humility and the importance of being humble. They discuss the difference between appearing humble and being humble and why this difference is important. They share from their experiences and provide real-world examples to support a...

Scott and Vince kick off season 3 talking about Vulnerability. While they have talked about this important topic before back in Season 1, Episode 6 with special guest, Scott Empringham , this time around they dive into being vulnerable in your professional life, as well as your personal life. Time in time again, being vulnerable with your colleagues, employees, your team, and even your clients, ca...

Co-host, Vince Moiso takes a minute to say thank you to the listeners, viewers, and guests of The CEO Podcast during season 2 and previews a bit of season 3. Be sure to tune back in the last week of August for new discussions for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and those looking to grow their careers between our two hosts and with fantastic new guests. As always, we encourage you to go back and c...

Co-host, Scott De Long takes a minute to say thank you to the listeners, viewers, and guests of The CEO Podcast during season 2 and previews a bit of season 3. Be sure to tune back in the last week of August for new discussions for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and those looking to grow their careers between our two hosts and with fantastic new guests. As always, we encourage you to go back and...

This week in episode 2.26—the final episode of season 2—Scott and Vince focus on #PsychologicalSafety. Pulling from the book "The Four Stages of Psychological Safety" by Dr. Timothy Clark, Scott discusses the impact this book had on him as he and Vince dive into each stage, what they mean, how to go about providing these, and why. Additionally, this conversation led to two topics very important to...

S cott and Vince decided to celebrate the 1-Year Anniversary of The CEO Podcast by taking a glass-blowing lesson with Escondido, California-based glass-blowing artist, and entrepreneur, James Stone. James is the owner of Stone and Glass and joins our co-hosts to talk about entrepreneurship. Specifically, how he worked to turn his passion for glass art into a profitable business. As always, plenty...

Whether it is alcohol, junk food, staying up too late, or something else, we all have habits that we can let get the better of ourselves. When we do, we often let the priorities in our life suffer. This week, Scott and Vince welcome Karolina Rzadkowolska to the podcast to talk about her book, Euphoric . Together they offer tips, strategies, and more, along with some personal stories and experience...

As we approach the Independence Day holiday—and the end of Season 2—Scott and Vince thought it would be a good time to sit down and talk about gratitude. They'll dive into why it is important to take pause and allow yourself to experience gratitude—to give thanks for the things you have. Whether it is in business or your personal life, it is necessary to slow down—even for just a moment—to reflect...

This week, Scott and Vince welcome special guest, Lesley Boyd to episode 2.22. Lesley is a Senior VP and runs a full-time remote work team. She actively focuses on mentorship and leadership, in addition to management duties to keep her team engaged and supported. Her employees have responded tremendously to this effort and appreciate the work she does to ensure they never doubt their role and/or p...

Do you find yourself abandoning your best hiring practices? Is the current hiring market driving you to hire too fast? Tune in to this week's episode where Scott & Vince share stories and offer tips on how best to deal with the Bad Hire. Whether it is s today's economic and employment environment that is pushing you to rush your hiring process, or something else—How do you deal with when you get t...

This week in episode 2.20 of The CEO Podcast, Scott De Long, Ph. D., and Vince Moiso, MBA, welcome special guest, Tanya Stevenson. To say that Tanya is a "go-getter" would be an understatement. In this episode, she'll talk about how she did not let a lack of higher education or the fact she worked in a historically male-dominated industry, get in the way of achieving her career goals. She will sha...

This week in episode 2.19 of The CEO Podcast, Scott and Vince will talk about leadership styles. They do a little history lesson looking back 40+ years to examine and discuss the evolution of leadership styles and talk about the when and the where each leadership style may be most effective. From Command and Control to Scott's personal favorite, Transformational , not every style or approach will...

It seems more and more likely that those arrangements we made to deal with the pandemic and ensure that business could continue were far more than a temporary stop-gap to a unique situation. The pandemic has likely caused companies to permanently adapt to the concept of remote work arrangements and this change has required turning over a bit of that decision-making power, in terms of where employe...

So much business  communication occurs through email—some might even say TOO MUCH communication is done this way. As a result, far too often relationships are strained, and deals are damaged due to typing the wrong message. You may not have intended to send that message, but the only message that is ever delivered is the one that is perceived by the recipient. Tune in this week for episode 2.17 as...

In episode 2.16, Scott and Vince welcome Marc Koehler from Lead With Purpose. In this week's episode, our hosts and guest talk about finding that balance between dealing with the speed of life and the speed of business. The pace of each seems to keep increasing as every year goes by, how can business professionals looking to succeed at the office and at home, keep pace? Scott, Vince, and Marc talk...

In episode 2.15 of The CEO Podcast, Scott and Vince will talk about the major current event affecting every business' bottom line, inflation. They will dive into the impact inflation is having on businesses and on employees. They will offer some ideas, tips, and more to help you the business owner take care of your employees, manage costs, cash flow issues, rising fuel, and freight costs, and much...

In episode 2.14, Scott and Vince welcome Nema Daghbandan from Geraci, LLP. In this week's episode, our hosts and guest discuss the benefits of personality assessments. Specifically, they dive into the DiSC personality assessment. Together they talk about different personality types and discover a path toward self-awareness and self-development through education around differing personality types....

In episode 2.13 of The CEO Podcast, The Speed of Trust, Scott, and Vince will talk in-depth about the importance of #Trust, more specifically, developing trust. This subject is one that is near and dear to Scott, as it was the focus of his doctoral dissertation. Using a process he developed, Scott and Vince will walk through the various steps in the Circle of Trust and outline the concepts of each...

In episode 2.12, Scott and Vince welcome special guest,  Lee Harris . Lee is with Accelerate, a private equity firm that invests in businesses. In addition to the typical due diligence—financials, balances sheets, the product, and more—Lee and his firm also look at the people. Part of their investment philosophy focuses on making a long-term investment into the people and supporting their growth a...

Finding that Sweet Spot Between Micromanagement & Being Hands Off In episode 2.11 of The CEO Podcast Scott and Vince will talk about employee accountability. Establishing a culture of accountability is key to driving success for you in your business and your career. From the C-Suite down to the Front-Line Managers , accountability in the company, and within teams, is vital. Scott and Vince will sh...