The Chris LoCurto Show

We talk an awful lot about leadership in-person with our clients and on this podcast, and that’s for good reason. Leadership is a major form of influence in our modern world! As leaders, we’re interested in helping to shape and impact others in a positive way. Think about this as a parent. You exert “influence” on your kids, because you want to train them well and prepare them for life; you want t...

What’s your knee jerk reaction when facing discomfort or pain?  If you’re like most people, it’s to seek to avoid pain and seek comfort. But, that could be the very thing holding you back from growing deeper roots and producing sweeter fruit.  It tends to be the hardships in life that either make us or break us. But, focus for a second on that first part. That tough break in life could make all th...

It’s a little counterintuitive to think that the things currently causing us pain or stress in life could actually be working in our favor. I mean, we generally tend to avoid discomfort, rather than embracing it, am I right? Well, let’s spin that around a bit. Lots of people pay good money every month to go to a gym where they workout, sweat, toil, have to endure hardships, and for what? Because t...

As a business owner, can you imagine a day when you start meeting and/or exceeding your target projections because your financial engine is so well-tuned?  Well, I have to tell you that I can, and so can our clients! Over the last few weeks we’ve been diving into the world of economics, and this week we’ll continue looking at how to build predictability into business finances.  Predictability, sca...

Hey folks, Have you ever wondered what it would look like to catch a glimpse of a business just as it hit its stride and then catapulted towards success? Do you think it's possible for any business to just take off like a rocket at any time? Or, is there a natural growth process, a leadership journey, that makes that kind of success possible? Well, those are some great questions, and I think you’r...

Hey folks,  For you small and medium sized business owners out there, can you imagine a day when you start to meet and/or exceed your target projections, because your financial engine is so fine-tuned? I can, and so can our clients! Over the last few weeks we’ve been diving into the world of economics, focusing on the personal side of that equation, but this week we’ll start looking at how to buil...

Hey Folks! I don’t know how you feel about it, but it seems to me that problems just never go away. Right? I mean, every day, no matter how many problems you solve, even more seem to crop up. In fact, the problems that we encounter today are likely more difficult to solve than they were before - ever more complicated! Life is like that, it’s as if it were training us for something. On today’s epis...

Hey folks, who out there has experienced something that you didn’t predict or anticipate financially in the last … oh … say 12-18 months? Ha! I think maybe we all did. 2020 gave the word unprecedented a run for its money! Well, here’s some good news. You can actually start building stability and predictability into your personal finances right now - and it doesn’t require Big Government bailouts o...

Today we continue our discussion about money and what really matters in life, as we seek to redefine what financial success looks like.  Here’s something that you may have heard me mention before: Money is the leverage in your decision-making that helps you execute your mission well. How does that hit you? What goes through your mind when you think about your mission? It doesn’t matter if you’re a...

426 | Redefining Financial Success, Part 1 by Chris LoCurto

Hey folks, I’ve got a question for you: what’s your motivation for getting up and going to work everyday? Whether you’ve got a commute across town, or just down the stairs and into the home office, there’s something that’s propelling your work and your work ethic. So, what is it exactly? Well, what if I told you that there’s a deeper layer to working than just doing the work itself? On the podcast...

Hey Folks, Have you ever considered that what you've believed in the past is one of the biggest factors in your current experience of life? You see, your beliefs are at work affecting your present reality. The problem is that so many beliefs go unnoticed in our daily lives, habits and conversations. They’re hard to detect sometimes, like a silent operating system at work in the background. We usua...

423 | Limiting Beliefs: Lies Leaders Tell Themselves Hey folks! I’m really excited to share this week’s podcast with you, it’s all about the beliefs that we hold, and specifically the ones that hold us back in both life and leadership. Think about that for a second, there could be things you’re believing right now - that really aren’t true - and they’re keeping you from going to the next level as...

422 | A Disciplined Inner Dialogue by Chris LoCurto

421 | Change Your Family Tree: Leave a Lasting Legacy Hey folks! I don’t think anyone would dispute the perspective that it's a good thing to leave good things to our children after we’re gone. The book of Proverbs really puts it into perspective for us, “Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren…” (Pro. 13:22). Listen to that language! Leaving an inheritance to our children’s childr...

420 | Confrontation, Conflict & Control If you’re like most people, you don’t enjoy conflict. Proverbs 26:17 says, A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears. Quarreling can have some really negative consequences. Most personality types tend to shy away from conflict and confrontation whenever possible. But, it seems more and more dif...

419 | Restoring Willpower For Better Health by Chris LoCurto

Hey leaders, what comes to mind when you think about growing your business? If you’re like most owners or leaders, then you might think in terms of strategies for increasing revenue, increasing your reach through innovative marketing, or restructuring for increased scalability. Those are great things to think about, but you may be overlooking your most valuable asset: your people. For me, it all s...

Well folks, we just wrapped up our 2021 Next-Level Leadership Live Event in Nashville, TN and I have to tell you that it was fantastic! It was so good to be back onsite, live and in person with you, our friends (who are also clients that we get to serve). This year we added a few fun surprises, making it a truly “Nashville” experience! On Thursday of the event week, during the lunch hour, we got o...

416 | Managing The Numbers (So They Don’t Manage You) Hey leaders, if you’re not living in your numbers, then what are you basing your decisions on? A lot of leaders tend to shy away from their accounting processes, giving only an occasional glance to the bottom line. It’s tough to make well-informed decisions that affect the overall business without knowing the details of what’s happening in ever...

415 | Three Things Every Leader Must Do Before 2022, Part 2 This topic is so important to you and your business that we’re spending two episodes to cover it all and cover it thoroughly.  On today’s episode, I reveal the 3rd thing that I think every leader must do before this year is over. But, if you didn’t catch the first two points we covered, then I’d recommend pausing here and going back to li...

414 | Fostering Unity: Both at Home and at Work If unity is about coming together, then peace is about staying together. Einstein said, Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. So, what does it take to come together in agreement and stay in a place of harmony? On today’s episode, we talk about the necessary ingredients to forging real peace in our homes and the work...

413 | Guest MaryBeth Fortner: Her Journey As a Wife and Mother Continuing our focus on Taking the Lead in Parenting this month, I’m joined in this episode by long-time friend and former colleague MaryBeth Fortner. As you might’ve guessed, not only is she a good friend, but she’s also the wife of our Leadership Development VP, Joel Fortner! Around here MaryBeth’s claim to fame is being the ONLY per...

Hey folks! There’s no one size fits all approach to being a parent at home or a leader in the workplace. But, these two roles actually have a lot in common. Both are focused on leading others to grow, stretch and become something more than they currently are. In today’s diverse, multi-functional work and life culture, we need all the help we can get to stay balanced and focused. The truth is that...

Q1 - Pause and Reflect (Vulnerable Learnings From Our Failures) “Vulnerable Learnings From Our Failures” Hey folks! We’re ending this first quarter of 2021 on a positive note. How’s that? We’re talking about failure. I can hear you now… “Chris, what’s so positive about failure?!” Here’s the deal, failure is a positive thing for those who learn from their mistakes and choose to improve. Where failu...