The Culture Matters Podcast

"What is a founder? A founder is one who starts a business. What is a CEO? The Chief Executive Officer maintains, runs, and grows a founded business. Not all CEO's are founders, but every founder is a CEO." The Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media as well as our good friend and frequent guest Andrew Berman is joining us again for a little chat about the structu...

"Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker We've got another dose of culture content coming your way with our very own Jay Doran taking some time to discuss an important culture topic.  That topic today is recognizing and solving silent conflicts in the workplace.  This is obviously a difficult issue to spot and properly diagnose and ca...

"I am a forest and a night of dark trees, but he who is not afraid of my darkness will find banks full of roses under my cypresses." - Friedrich Nietzsche We are back again with another episode based around our very own Jay Doran's work entitled Thirty Days of Thought.   Today, Jay is speaking on the section called "Pulling Through" and taking the listeners through what th...

"The tyrant dies and his rule is over. The martyr dies and his rule begins." - Søren Kierkegaard As we continue to celebrate the life of our friend,  Kevin DeLory , we have our friend and Kevin's,  Jason Frazier , a strategy coach with 20/20 Vision for Success Coaching, to share some stories and insights brought on through a relationship with Kevin.  From the values of love, honor,...

"The tyrant dies and his rule is over. The martyr dies and his rule begins." - Søren Kierkegaard Our guest today is the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media, Andrew Berman , and we're continuing to celebrate the life of our friend,  Kevin DeLory .  Andrew and Jay are taking a look back at some of their early memories of Kevin and how his presence in their lives...

"The tyrant dies and his rule is over. The martyr dies and his rule begins." - Søren Kierkegaard On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we are continuing to celebrate the life of our friend Kevin DeLory , with a conversation with someone who knew him well, Fobby Naghmi .  Fobby and Jay are taking a look at the impact that Kevin had on both of their lives, while also gett...

"The tyrant dies and his rule is over. The martyr dies and his rule begins." - Søren Kierkegaard As we continue to celebrate the life of our friend  Kevin DeLory , our guest today is someone who Kevin worked with closely for a long time: the founder and CEO of EPM  Eddy Perez .  Eddy and Jay are sharing experiences and and what made Kevin such an important part of each of their lives.  H...

"The tyrant dies and his rule is over. The martyr dies and his rule begins." - Søren Kierkegaard On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we are paying tribute to a dear friend who left this world too soon.   Kevin DeLory  was a loving family man, a well-respected and trusted person both inside and outside of his professional life, a frequent guest and collaborator with Cu...

"In my whole life, I have known no wise people over a broad subject matter area who didn't read all the time. None. Zero. You'd be amazed at how much Warren reads; at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out." - Charlie Munger The Investor Series rolls on today, but with a bit of a different look and feel.  Our good...

"The two greatest warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy Our guests today are the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media, Andrew Berman , and the Chief Marketing Officer of Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Paul Lucido , and these three gents are continuing their journey through Thirty Days of Thought.   Today, the lads are digging into exponential growth...

"Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world."    - Arthur Schopenhauer On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own  Jay Doran  is sitting down for a quick thought experiment regarding a healthy mindset.  Understanding that not every day or situation is going to be a positive one and learning to work through those things is a...

"The integration of longevity science, the financial planning, isn't just an innovation. It's a necessity for modern wealth management." Author of  Healthy Wealthy Longevity , entrepreneur, and founder of Longevity Financial Partners  Jon Sabes  is joining the show today and we're going down deep down the scientific rabbit hole.  Jon and Jay are digging into some of the sc...

"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of others." Chief Victory Officer at the Center for Victory and Executive Coach and the Director of Learning and Development of Top Contractor School Eric Guy  is back on the program for a little look at the duality of man.  Everyone has choices to make throughout their lives and different paths that can be taken...

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said." - Peter Drucker We're keeping this culture train rolling down the tracks with some more content from our very own  Jay Doran .  Today, Jay is breaking down exactly what a leader's role is when it comes to the formation of the culture in their company.  Should the leader be solely responsible for the cu...

"The tyrant dies and his rule is over. A martyr dies and his rule begins." - Søren Kierkegaard On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own  Jay Doran  is taking a look at the impact on retention through the lens of Deloitte's core values.  As one of the "big four" global accounting firms, Deloitte knows a thing or two about retention of not only cu...

"Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world." - Arthur Schopenhauer Continuing our series on investing on The Culture Matters Podcast, we are welcoming back the founder of Arena Securities, Aleck Arena , to co-host the show with our very own Jay Doran and they are sitting down with Jordan Cvetanovski who is the Chairman, CIO, and Portfolio Manager w...

Our guests today are the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media, Andrew Berman , and the Chief Marketing Officer of Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Paul Lucido , and these three gents are continuing their journey through  Thirty Days of Thought  with today's topic: culture of pride.  This is a wide-ranging and deep subject and there is no shortage of moments in today...

"The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly." - Friedrich Nietzsche Founder and CEO of The Indaba Africa Group and Retired United States Army Colonel Col. Chris Wyatt is making his first appearance on our show and we couldn't be happier to be diving into his long and illustrious career serving The United States of America.  Col. Wyatt and Jay are digging into...

"Pure self-reliance is a myth, but systemic change, without personal change, is hollow and dispiriting and ultimately cannot work. Its true that people need to act on their own behalf, but individuals do not developed such dogged self-determination until someone or some institution first helps them grasp that their effort is integral to achieving that goal. It is is this core conviction that...

"The strength of a person's spirit would then be measured by how much truth he could tolerate; or, more precisely, to what extent he needs to have it diluted, disguised, sweetened, muted, falsified." - Friedrich Nietzsche Our very own  Jay Doran  is taking a small break from interviewing the best and brightest the entrepreneurial world has to off and is flying solo for a little cult...

"It all depends on the people involved in it. There are a million great ideas, but not everybody can turn a great idea into a successful idea." Co-founder of Hat World and LIDS International and the founder of Make My Cap Glenn Campbell  is back again for his sophomore stop on our show and this go around is going to blow the lid off this podcast.  Glenn and Jay are discussing how attenti...

"History never looks like history when you're living through it." - John W. Gardner We've got our very own Jay Doran behind the microphone once again to discuss another culture topic and this time he's taking a look at the generation known as millennials.  Millennials are the first generation to come up with the makings of modern technology making them a very unique demogr...

"Get the skills, build the network, find the problem." On a special episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we are welcoming back the founder of Arena Securities, Aleck Arena , to co-host the show with our very own Jay Doran to discuss investing and the security industry with a former "shark" from Australia's version of Shark Tank , founder of River City Labs and TEN13 Ste...

"Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards." - Søren Kierkegaard Our guests today are the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media, Andrew Berman , and the Chief Marketing Officer of Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Paul Lucido , and we have them back on to discuss the concept of free will as it pertains to Thirty Days of Thought .  Today&ap...

"Remember, before you can be great, you've got to be good. Before you can be good, you've got to be bad. But before you can even be bad, you've got to try."     - Art Williams Financial coach and investment advisor representative with Primerica Financial Services  Chris Crail  has made it to the show for the first time and we are going down that financial rabbit hole with...