The Secret Sauce Podcast

Most people think that succession planning is just for the 60 year old getting ready to retire. In this episode, we'll breakdown why everyone should by a successional leader.

We all battle digital addiction, and most of us are losing that battle.   The average American spends 5.5 hours/day on their phone, which equates to over 10 years of their life.   Think about what you could do with 10 more years of life.   Author of The Purpose Memo, Peyton Welch, joins the show to unpack a few of his 24 habits for wrestling your life back from digital technology to live a life of...

L's stand for losses, and statistically speaking, only 5% of people who set out to accomplish something this year will do it.   Almost half of the population will have given up on their aspirations by the time you listen to this episode.   My goal is to equip you to win in 2026 with this gameplan: - Pause - Probe - Picture - Perform   We'll unpack each of these steps to set ourselves up for succes...

Who are your fans?   Listen as we discuss 2 of the most successful and fanatical brands on the planet and what they can teach us about serving others.   Building a fanatical service culture: 1. Be a raving fan of others 2. Communicate clear standards 3. Empower others to act 4. Celebrate through storytelling   Stay Saucy!

Listen to an episode I recently recorded on the Boombox Boardroom podcast.   I'll unpack how to grow in our emotional intelligence using the 3 R's strategy: - Read - Recognize - Respond   Stay Saucy!

Author, coach, and xNBA Exec Michael Wozniak joins the podcast to explain wy people don't decide to quit or disengage overnight.   It's a process filled with dozens of micro-offenses that lead to employee drift.   Michael unpacks how to fight back against that drift using: - Support - Clarity - Trust   Purchase Michael's book here .   Connect with Michael here .   Connect with your host Josh Swing...

Navy SEAL Commander Rorke Denver was the number one-ranked Lieutenant and assault team leader for SEAL Team 3. He's logged over 250 combat missions in his 20+ years of experience.   Listen as he shares the secret sauce for what makes Navy SEALs one of the most elite military forces on the planet.   Check out Commander Rorke Denver's work here .   Subscribe to Commander's Coffee for monthly leaders...

Listen in as your host, Josh Swing, shares one of his career-defining moments and unpacks key principles to help you create your own career-defining moments.   Key Principles: 1. Faithful with little, faithful with much 2. Do things that scare you 3. Be others-focused and value-obsessed 4. Trust God   Connect with Josh   Stay Saucy!  

What's your definition of success? C-suite title? A house in the neighborhood everybody wants to live in? Blue check mark by your Instagram? Hitting your revenue target? $ amount in your bank account? None of these things are bad, but anyone who's chased and attained them as their end game would tell you they're incredibly fleeting. But what if there were a different kind of success? One that gave...

Danny Klein is the Editorial Director of QSR and FSR magazines. He's also host of one of the leading QSR conferences in the nation - QSR Evolution Conference .   Listen to hear new industry insights on what makes the most successful brands tick and the underlying leadership principles that make or break a company.   Connect with Danny Klein on LinkedIn .   Connect with your host Josh Swing .   Sta...

Thanks for tuning in to this bonus episode from a recent conversation I had on the Kingdom Reflections podcast.   If you are looking to grow in your faith, take a moment to click the above link and follow that podcast.   We'll be back in two weeks with another original episode of The Secret Sauce.   Stay saucy!

The conclusion of our 5-part series on why aren't you winning?   Listen as we discuss the culture of apathy that can easily creep in if we are not intentional about holding things with the gratitude and reverence they deserve.   Stay saucy!

Comparison traps are everywhere. They're in every conversation we have, every swipe of our thumb on social media, and right outside your window as you drive down the road.   If we're not careful we can find ourselves in a place without joy and gratitude and a false definition of success.   Listen to this episode as we discuss 4 questions to combat against comparison to live a life of joy, fulfillm...

Are you looking at the right scoreboard or scoreboards of life?   In this episode, we'll unpack a framework to evaluate life's most important scoreboards - Being, Balance, Body, and Business.   Lean in for insights to shape how you focus your efforts to dominate 2025.   Stay Saucy!  

We get into trouble when we try to run an endurance race at a 100m pace.   Listen as host Josh Swing asks questions to help you evaluate your current pace in life and create new habits to introduce more margin in your life.   If you're a Chick-fil-A Operator, Director, or Shift Leader and you'd like to hear more about the special offering for your team, schedule time to chat with Josh here .   Hap...

Everybody's been there - we've all had the feeling that we just can't win. No matter how hard we try, we can't seem to stay on top of all the things at work or at home.   Follow along on this 5-part series to discover how we can win this game of life.   Our first stop will be defeating the "we can do it all" mirage that leaves us thirstier and more unfulfilled than before.   We'll focus on the sto...

Angela Reed is a Chief Connectioneer - connecting people to their purpose and to each other through speaking engagements, events, and her work as Senior Project Lead at Chick-fil-A for the Together Fund .   She's joining me today to help us discover and own our original like only we can.   Lean in as we discuss imposter syndrome, growth mindset, clarifying what's next, and serving others.   Connec...

Listen as Jacob Karnes Owner of Waves Business Coaching and Author of Master Your First Job shares his secret sauce for creating an environment that allows new hires to thrive.   Want higher levels of engagement, connection, inspiration, and ownership on your team? Then you're going to want to hear this.   Connect with Jacob on LinkedIn .   Connect with your host Josh Swing .   Stay saucy!

Founder and Executive Leadership Coach at BRDGE Coaching Elise Moore joins the podcast to share insights, challenges, and successes she's seen through countless coaching conversations with high-impact, high-drive leaders.   She'll share how discovering and leaning into who God designed you to be is the best way you can show up as a leader.   Listen along as Elise shares intentional, thought-provok...

What got you where you are will not keep you there, and it certainly won't get you to what's next.   The one thing that every leader who's achieved lasting success understands - is the need to continuously improve.   Alex Seale Operating Partner at Chick-fil-A in Houston, TX, and Owner of The Pivot Experience joins me to discuss his secret sauce of tinkering and constantly making things better.  ...

Chick-fil-A Owner/Operator Lauren Nelson from the New Orleans market joins the podcast to discuss her vision of positively influencing others while challenging them to be the best version of themselves.   How approachable are you as a leader?   What's it like to give you feedback?   Answering these questions is a critical step to realizing your full potential as a leader and helping others realize...

Mariah Millner - Sr. Experience Lead, Field/Elevate/G.O. Supervisors - joins the podcast to breakdown 3 levels of encouragement:   Level 1 - Your presence Level 2 - Verbal and physical affirmation Level 3 - Acts of service   She'll also share some powerful wisdom on maximizing the opportunity you've been given while staying hungry for what's next.   Connect with Mariah on LinkedIn .   Connect with...

This episode is an opportunity to reflect on some of the key principles from my conversation with Harris III and inspire action.   Stay Saucy!

Harris III is an author, communicator, illusionist, and story guru. He specializes in helping others live a wow-level life.   Are you childlike? That's probably a question you haven't thought much about.   Harris joins the podcast to share why being a leader is impossible if you do not possess childlike wonder.   Wonder fuels our why and our why drives our actions.   Learn about the negative stori...

Joe Anderson Chick-fil-A Owner/Operator at 45 & Almeda in Houston, TX joins the show to share how the most impactful leaders met him where he was at during challenging seasons. He'll also share the practical ways he strives to pay it forward with his team - attending every orientation, caring for people beyond what they can accomplish, and having massive amounts of empathy for the tragedy that...