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Success is Solving Problems with Nick Carrier Sep 13, 2022

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If you want your business to succeed, you need to continually find ways to solve the problems that your customers are experiencing. In this episode, Nick Carrier returns to the podcast to discuss this idea and several other lessons he’s been learning about personal growth, leadership, and building a scalable business. He also talks about the importance of each one of the six human needs and explains how that framework impacts both his business and his personal growth. Nick is the founder and owner of Best You and leader of the 10 Week Transformation program, where he teaches people how to form healthy habits that transform your body and your life.

Rapid-fire questions: Get to know Nick Carrier (1:58)
How can people break the habit of hitting “Snooze?” (5:34)
What are you most excited about within your business right now? (9:53)
What does it look like to solve the problems your business creates? (13:28)
How have you changed your mindset to focus on scalability? (25:15)
What are the 3 components of self-identity, and why are they important for growth? (28:48)
Why is it important to work toward something and away from something else? (42:39)
How have you built a business that fulfills the six human needs? (54:52)
How does the six needs framework impact your personal growth? (1:03:30)
What have you been learning about order and chaos? (1:10:04)

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7 Strategies for Attracting the Right People Sep 06, 2022

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Just because someone is great doesn’t mean they’re the right person for your organization. To find the right people, you need to look beyond your hiring process and make sure you’re actively working to attract people who fit into your business’ mission, vision, and values. In this episode, Alex breaks down 7 different strategies you can use to prioritize attracting the right people. He also shares practical advice for leaders about making the most of LinkedIn, improving your employee benefits, and more.

Attracting the right people is especially important in a recession or downturn (1:00)
Employees have leverage right now, so A players have options (2:36)
The quality of your business will never exceed the quality of its people (4:48)
Hiring should look for culture fit, competency, character, and chemistry (6:51)
Just because someone’s great doesn’t mean they’re right for your organization (8:27)
1. Be clear about who you are and what you offer, distinctively and specifically (10:28)
2. Talk about who you are, what you’re looking for, and what you offer incessantly (15:06)
3. Amplify what works (19:23)
4. Incentivize referrals (23:03)
5. Market your workplace (26:31)
6. Leverage LinkedIn by creating, commenting, and connecting (30:12)
7. Bolster your benefits (36:15)

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Lessons from Endurance Racing Part 2 Aug 30, 2022

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If you want to learn something new, try pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone and seeing what you learn along the way. In this episode, Alex shares seven more lessons he’s learned from endurance racing and explains how they apply to leadership and personal growth. He also shares some examples of how experiential learning has made an impact in his own life and in the lives of others.

New experiences lead to new insights (0:50)
If there’s a pattern, there’s a principle (3:06)
Strong principles can help you communicate and teach more effectively (12:42)
Compounded strain creates strength (15:14)
Real rest demands intentionality (22:01)
Experiential learning is irreplaceable (27:50)
Voluntary struggle is part of healthy growth (36:22)
Shared struggle creates community (38:55)
Patience pays (42:15)
Remembering the reason is hard but necessary (49:59)

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Principles for Strength Amidst Uncertainty with Jeremy Stalnecker Aug 23, 2022

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Lately, change seems to happen by the day. Navigating this uncertainty as leaders is a process that constantly calls us to lead with strength, truth, and adaptability. In this episode, Jeremy Stalnecker discusses the key principles he learned from his experience serving as a Marine in Baghdad and how they apply to his everyday life today. Jeremy also examines how these lessons influence his leadership as CEO of The Mighty Oaks Foundation, incorporating his perspective as a former pastor to see how our faith guides our leadership and helps us step into the leadership that God designed us for.

Where did your experience with leadership start? (2:25)
The biggest battles happen when you least expect them. (7:04)
Success in any area of life is directly related to how well you handle change (10:31)
Let God be God and do what you can do (15:25)
Your decision to move impacts you AND others around you (16:23)
The power of testimony (20:42)
What does proper and appropriate vulnerability and transparency look like? (26:50)
How do we prepare for the future in our personal lives and our organizations? (31:50)
What is the biggest lesson you’ve learned from organizational communication to many different perspectives and locations? (34:19)
How do you go about properly setting expectations for your team? (36:04)
How do you and your organization decide which issues to stand on and which to move on? (39:51)
What is the value of drawing your lines before you need to enforce them? (46:20)
How do you navigate culturally sensitive social issues such as sexuality and gender identity? (48:41)
What is the gospel-centered opportunity for leaders in this season? (53:04)
How do you guard against arrogance and humility? (55:23)
What are some important principles to understand about trauma? (58:53)
The Four Be's (1:03:33)
Where do we draw a line between caring for those on our team experiencing trauma and making sure we don't allow chronic underperformance? (1:05:10)
What's something that you're learning or excited about right now from a personal or leadership experience? (1:11:57)
How can people stay connected to you? (1:13:36)
What challenge or thought would you give to someone that feels stagnated? (1:14:25)

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Lessons from Endurance Racing Part 1 Aug 16, 2022

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Episode Description: When you go further than you thought you could go, you learn lessons you never knew you could learn. In this episode, Alex shares seven of the biggest lessons he’s learned from endurance racing that are also applicable for any business owner or leader. Whether you’re feeling burnt out and aren’t sure if you can keep moving forward, or you’re struggling to see the results you want in your business and don’t know why, this conversation has something for you!

Episode Recap:

When you go further than you thought you could go, you learn lessons you never knew you could learn (0:50)
There’s no substitute for experiential learning (4:15)
Endurance is an exercise in expectation setting (6:14)
Those who endure plan for their plan to fail (11:01)
Effort never sustainably exceeds belief (17:07)
The results everyone wants come from the routine nobody sees (21:53)
Coaching makes effort efficient (25:44)
Detachment is a difference maker (29:23)

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Preparing for Recession Part 2 Aug 09, 2022

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Good leaders respond to a crisis, but great leaders prepare for it. In this episode, we continue our conversation about preparing for a recession by talking through 5 more actions you can take to prepare yourself and your business for periods of recession. We also discuss three things to avoid in order to stay agile, and then close out the conversation with a reminder of what it means to renew your mind and fill yourself up with truth.

In today’s episode we’ll discuss the final five actions leaders can take to prepare for recession (0:51)
6. Position yourself and your business to be agile (3:22)
Bureaucracy is an enemy of agility (4:32)
Improper expectations within your team will slow you down in times of turbulence (6:54)
Fear is not inherently bad, as long as it doesn’t lead to paranoia or rage (12:30)
7. Test assumptions quickly, aggressively, and often (19:05)
8. Remember what matters and double down on that (26:37)
9. Prepare to get on offense (32:08)
10. Renew your mind daily (35:16)

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Multitasking is Dead with Thatcher Wine Aug 02, 2022

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Any time we choose to pay attention to something, there’s naturally a cost. And if we’re not intentional about where we’re placing our focus, we’re probably wasting time. In this episode, Thatcher Wine shares some of the key principles from his book, “The 12 Monotasks.” Thatcher explains why multitasking is not worthwhile and shares practical steps for leaders and entrepreneurs about improving your sleep, listening better, appreciating the value of silence, and creating a work culture that prioritizes monotasking.

Why are you so passionate about the topic of monotasks? (2:10)
Why is monotasking especially important when you think you don’t have time? (6:34)
What are the key principles about attention that you wish everyone knew? (12:49)
How can monotasking uniquely benefit entrepreneurs? (15:45)
Why are you focused on sleep right now, and what does that look like for you? (21:12)
Can you share some tips for parents about creating a great evening routine? (27:40)
How do you “close the loop” when you’re tempted to shift your attention? (30:59)
How do you track your sleep? (35:34)
Why is treating listening as a monotask so valuable for leaders? (40:47)
How have you built a culture that incentivizes and promotes monotasking? (46:49)
What does thinking look like as a monotask, and why is that so important? (51:09)
How have you found a form of structure that works for you? (57:47)

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Preparing for Recession Part 1 Jul 26, 2022

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Since recessions are a natural part of the economy’s ups and downs, the question isn’t if we’ll go into a recession; it’s when. And while there’s no way to fully “recession-proof” your business, there are plenty of things you can do to prepare as a business and as a leader. In part one of this conversation, we begin to talk through three principles and ten actions that will help you better prepare your team and yourself for periods of recession.

It’s not always possible to “recession-proof your business,” but you can prepare (0:43)
Good leaders respond to crisis, great leaders prepare for it (4:46)
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity (7:29)
You can’t be strategic if you’re just trying to survive (9:05)
There are ten actions that you can focus on to prepare for recession (13:27)
1. Get your house in order (13:58)
2. Reinforce, amplify, and publicize culture (20:42)
3. Understand and minimize risk (26:35)
4. Consistently assess the landscape of reality (31:37)
5. Play the role of narrator (36:14)
Check back for part 2 where we’ll discuss the final five actions (41:41)
Lead from a spirit of love, power, and self-control, not fear (42:25)

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Building in Public #3: Alex (CEO) & Olivia Graham (Coaching Manager) Jul 19, 2022

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One of the most important decisions a leader can make is finding the next right person to join their leadership team. In this episode, Alex talks with Path for Growth Coaching Manager Olivia Graham about the lessons she’s learned in the first 6 months of her role. Olivia shares several principles she’s discovered while working to operationalize Path for Growth’s coaching program to better develop and support effective coaches. She and Alex also discuss the lessons they’ve learned about setting expectations around the overlap of friendship and business.

Get to know Path for Growth Coaching Manager Olivia Graham (2:55)
Can you tell us about your transition from contractor to coaching manager? (10:06)
What did you learn from interviewing with people you already knew? (16:20)
What are some principles you’ve learned in your time at Path for Growth? (22:30)
1. Leaders should balance creating systems with paying attention to individuals (23:01)
Why is it so important to catalog best practices? (32:40)
2. Context and trust are the most important thing in your first 30 days (34:10)
What tactics have you learned for becoming a better listener? (38:18)
How have we learned to set expectations around business and friendship? (41:48)
3. Start with the end in mind. Have a clear idea of what winning looks like (54:06)
What do you say to leaders who think they can’t communicate their vision (1:01:40)
4. Set your standard for the season you’re in (1:07:25)
5. Freedom is not something you earn, it’s something you experience (1:18:09)
What are you most excited about right now? (1:21:24)

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4 Responsibilities for Leading 300+ Person Teams Part 2 Jul 12, 2022

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The strategies that help an organization grow to 300 people will not be effective in getting it to 1,000 people. In this episode, we continue our conversation about the four biggest things leaders of 300+ person teams should focus on: communication rhythms, leadership development, executive reinvention, and a culture of decentralized improvement. We also discuss the traits a leadership team needs in order to pursue reinvention, and the different relationship buckets every leader should try to fill.

When any team hits 300 people, the same things tend to happen (0:44)
There are four things that leaders of 300+ person teams should focus on (3:27)
Leaders of large organizations need to commit to executive reinvention (6:31)
If you’re unwilling to look like a fool, you’ll never become a master (10:10)
Teams leading large organizations need four things to pursue reinvention (12:54)
1. Stability: While pursuing reinvention, you need a level of stability elsewhere (13:25)
2. Humility: When you see yourself accurately, you can grow (16:36)
3. Courage: Reinvention requires you to wade into the unknown (18:26)
4. Relationships: There are several relationship buckets leaders should try to fill (20:17)
Find people who will challenge you (21:06)
Seek out people who can encourage you (22:47)
Look for people who model leadership for you (24:12)
Spend time with people who inspire you (25:35)
Build relationships that develop you (27:07)
Find people who will just be with you (28:50)
3 questions you can ask yourself to spur the reinvention process (31:18)
Large organizations need a culture of decentralized improvement (35:44)
Operationalization is the key (41:31)

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