The Owner’s Guide: Strategies to Successfully Start and Grow a Business

Join leadership coach and author of the book Cracking the Leadership Code, Alain Hunkins as he shares the 3 secrets to building strong leaders. Not only do we discuss the secrets, but we also get into understanding how people learn and how it differs by generations. Alain talks about how his performing arts background prepared him to be a leadership coach and how he helps people listen with a purp...

We are proud to be celebrating our 50th episode and to celebrate, we are introducing the host of the How to Sell podcast, Scott Bell. Scot is a proven sales coach and consultant for all types of businesses. He updates us on the latest trends and what is working in sales today. We also learn how Russ and Greg got into selling in the beginning of their career. Join us in the celebration episode! Lea...

We look for work-life balance, but how do we achieve it. Business Coach and author, Christoph Nauer, helps us understand the importance of giving ourselves permission to take time for priorities outside of work. Christoph has designed 6 major focuses to balance your life again. Russ loves that one of Christoph's concepts is to use technology to serve you. Greg loves that Christoph talks about dele...

Conflict resolution is an asset in business. There's not a week that goes by without some type of conflict. Charmaine Hammond is an expert when it comes to communication and resolving conflict. She goes into how to manage the emotions, so parties can actively listen to one another, instead of allowing their filters to get in the way. Charmaine also is the Executive Producer of the award winning mo...

Is there bad P.R.? Yes there is, but nothing you can't come back from. Gary Schneeberger has been in the P.R. business for decades and he describes how to make news that matters. The key concept to be heard is to upset expectations that people or the media has of your company. Gary also goes into how to control an interview with the media and to find the right target for your message. Learn more a...

Jonny Quintero, host of No Judgement Podcast, shares his unique story of how he learned business from a young age. Selling candy and mowing lawns before he was 10 years old and hiding the money he made in the mattress of his bed was the foundation of how he grew to be successful. Now, he owns a company and teaches all his employees on how they can become a boss and own their own company. It's how...

Negotiations happen in all types of relationships. Whether in business, marriage or making a purchase, there is an element of negotiating. Be prepared by understanding what filters you or the person you are transacting with might have. Understand what factors are non-negotiable or have your responses ready for objections that come your way. Alice Shikina, Founder of Shikina Mediation & Arbitration...

Dennis Mellen's life changed in an instant. One day a successful pilot, the next, medically prevented from continuing his passion. These moments of change happen to all of us and we all need to deal with obstacles and move forward. Dennis has become an executive coach and author of Takes More Than Heart. He helps companies eliminate toxic environments and build healthy cultures. Remove the Energy...

Learn to be a good interviewer. There's so many resources on how to get interviewed, but not many people are properly trained on how to interview well. Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit, professor at MIT & Harvard, explains some points on how to improve our interviewing skills. Mark teaches how to ask questions that will identify whether the person fits the department or the company cu...

If you have a passion and want to make it into a business, then just "Make It So" Host of the podcast Starfleet Leadership Academy, Jeff Akin, shares his galactic journey of how he made his love of Star Trek and experience in business management into a successful podcast. Jeff also has a love for professional wrestling and turned that into a career as a wrestling broadcaster. Listen to how Jeff, G...

Mergers & Acquisitions should be a win for both sides. Kison Patel, CEO of M&A Science gets into the strategies that both sides of the transaction need to solidify before entering into the process. Kison's company has also created a fantastic lifecycle management solution to optimize the two parties during the transaction. This podcast will make you more aware and informed about M & A. Learn more...

Creators Getting Paid is the newest addition to The Best Business Network. Chris Hines, the host of Creators Getting Paid discusses how his show will be helping people to make money with their own podcast or Youtube show. Chris will be helping people transition from different their backgrounds to the online media space. If you are thinking about becoming a podcaster, listen to this show and start...

Working from home takes discipline and there are ways that you can be more productive by getting yourself "into the groove". Our guest, Lucas Root, is a professional trainer and has developed many theories and methods to help companies get their remote staff to be happier, healthy and more productive. Lucas is fascinating and entertaining in describing the many ways to improve work from home habit...

Remote staffing is the movement that businesses are moving towards. This was not the norm before the pandemic, but now, more and more companies are evolving to provide opportunities fr their employees to work from home. Jeff Hunter has a remote staffing company and shares the many reasons why this is a great alternative to the traditional staffing model. Listen to his 3 secrets you will need from...

For all companies that are looking to grow, this show is for you! Brad Smith, Business Owner and CEO Coach shares how he works with leaders of companies to achieve significant growth to their bottom lines. Listen to how he measures the ambition level of the leaders and measures their motivation to hit their growth goals. Growth can be limited by the leaders of a company and Brad can get people to...

How to connect is becoming so important in today's society and at the same time, becoming more difficult. Luckily, we interview Steve Spiro, host of the LinkedIn Live, The Master Connector Show. Steve gives some entertaining stories of how he became so good at meeting people and helps us understand the advantages of growing our net worth by growing our network. These skills are so useful in busine...

Being a strong company is like having a great family dynamic. The leaders of the company, like a family, should be trusted by everyone in the company. Jon S. Rennie, author and podcast host about leadership, explains how a company should be able to count on their leaders as well s the leaders should be just as confident to lean on any member of the team. We get into hiring, connecting, and communi...

Safety first is not just a saying, it's a mindset to protecting your company. Russ & Greg interview John Hale, OSHA Outreach Trainer and Author of the book, Zero Injuries. John also has trained the military on safety guidelines in Iraq and Afghanistan. If he can show our military to be safe, imagine the advice he provides for your company. He explains how to empower your employees to be leaders in...

Project management has a number of styles to choose from and the waterfall method may not always be right for certain types of projects. Alexis Nicole White is a Project Management Consultant and a Scrum Master and she breaks down the different approaches to project managing. Don't get intimidated! Whether your project is a service or a product, whether it's a large job or a quick sprint, we will...

What a great year of guests, interviews and a lot of tips to help your company. If you missed any shows, Russ and Greg go over some of the highlights of the year. This episode will help you find previous shows that hit the topics you are most interested in with some recaps of what we enjoyed most about that show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alen Mayer is an internationally acclaimed speaker on sales techniques. He has the ability to simplify how to make sales. We love talking strategies and the nuances that makes everyone better at selling. You will enjoy the conversation and learn a few tips to be a better salesperson. Show Links: www.salesiseasy.com https://www.facebook.com/alen.mayer https://www.linkedin.com/company/sales-is-easy/...

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Be yourself in business and don’t try to be someone you’re not. You won’t want to miss our interview with Sue Wilhite, Success Attraction Expert, as we dive into being your authentic self and the success that follows. The fears that are blocking you can be defeated and Sue provides insight on beating them down. Show Links: Sweet Sound of Success Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

In business, the companies that continue to innovate are the ones that keep growing and moving ahead of their competition. We interview the author of Lay an Egg and Make Chicken Soup, Arie Brish. He is a leader in the topic of innovation. We discuss innovating products, services, and processes within an organization. His checklist to start a company with an idea and bringing it to the marketplace...

Every team has a coach and the coaches job is to provide a winning strategy to help the team succeed. Business is no different and we learn some great business strategy from business coach, Tyler Martin. Business owners fall into the trap of getting caught up on the day to day routines and sometimes they need a coach to help move the company forward. Tyler is a skillful coach that has successfully...