How can you get different generations to work together effectively?…

Do you find achieving professional success to be hard?

Do you struggle with personal success as well?

WE accomplish more than me…

Do you find leadership to be hard?

Do you struggle as a leader?

Michael Zipursky is an author, speaker, and Founder of Consulting Success. He has worked with organizations and leaders in over 30 countries, from service providers to billion dollar multi-national corporations including Panasonic, Dow Jones, Financial Times, Royal Bank and many others.

In this episode, Michael shares some best practices for service providers, why long-term client engagements are better than short-term client engagements, why larger businesses are better clients than small businesses, and why service providers should not offer their services on an hourly basis.

Listeners can connect with Michael on Twitter @MichaelZipursky.

Chris Tabish is the author of the book Comediology, a professional speaker, stand-up comedian, and Co-Founder of Venture West Group, a management consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In this episode, Chris shares how he became fed up with the lack of enjoyment he was experiencing in his career in Silicon Valley. To find his voice and find more fulfillment, he turned to standup comedy.

Mark Haney is a venture capitalist, angel investor, host of The Mark Haney Show, and founder of Haney Business Ventures (HaneyBiz). He has founded or funded a portfolio of 30+ Sacramento-based companies across various industries. He is also President of the Sacramento chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) and serves on various corporate and non-profit boards, including Allegiant Giving non-profit devoted to helping military veterans.

In this episode he shares his vision for connecting and aiding entrepreneurs in their quest to build their business and serve their customers. After building successful businesses and achieving his business goals, Mark has turned his attention and resources to helping entrepreneurs succeed.

Find yourself struggling with time management? Are you neglecting to complete the most important tasks in your day?

Paul Casey is the founder of Growing Forward Services and time management is one of his passions. In this episode he shares the most important teachings from his coaching practice that help his clients restore sanity to their schedules, focus on what's most important to them, and sustain productivity over the long haul.

At the end of the episode he shared a free resource with our audience: The Control My Calendar Checklist.

Doug Kirkpatrick is an author, TEDx speaker, partner at NuFocus Strategic Group, and the former financial controller at The Morning Star Company, the world's largest tomato processing company.

In this episode Doug discusses the unique situation at Morning Star and how they have no formal leadership hierarchy. The organization is based on the two oldest laws of free association and contractual obligation. The discussion centers around insights from his new book, The No-Limits Enterprise: Organizational Self-Management In The New World Of Work.

David Timms, Ph.D., is the Dean of the School for Christian Leadership at William Jessup University and author of Shape Your World: Transformational Leadership for Everyday Life.

This is the fifth and final segment of the interview in which David shares the fourth pillar of transformational leadership.

David Timms, Ph.D., is the Dean of the School for Christian Leadership at William Jessup University and author of Shape Your World: Transformational Leadership for Everyday Life.

This is the fourth segment of the interview in which David shares the third pillar of transformational leadership.

David Timms, Ph.D., is the Dean of the School for Christian Leadership at William Jessup University and author of Shape Your World: Transformational Leadership for Everyday Life.

This is the third segment of the interview in which David shares the second pillar of transformational leadership.

David Timms, Ph.D., is the Dean of the School for Christian Leadership at William Jessup University and author of Shape Your World: Transformational Leadership for Everyday Life.

In trying a new format, this is the first of five segments discussing David's formula for transformational leadership.

Dr. Angela Lauria is the founder of the Author Incubator and creator of the Difference Process for writing a book that matters. Her work has been recognized by Inc. Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine, and in 2018 she won the Stevie Award's Coach/Mentor of the Year Award.

In this episode she and David discuss her journey, the goal of The Author Incubator, how writing a book should be done in nine weeks, and the strategies and difficulties of entrepreneurship. Check out https://www.theauthorincubator.com/

Your choices as a business leader have a huge effect on your growth opportunities. Last year David met an entrepreneur at Varnex who said he had been stuck at $1.2 million in revenue for 20 years.

In this episode he contrasts that story with one of our clients, Vertikal6, who have made the right decisions that have led to awesome growth.

Lee Caraher is the founder and CEO of Double Forte PR & Digital Marketing, a national agency that works with up-and-coming brands in a variety of industries. In this episode Lee shares a few stories and insights from her two books on leadership, Millenials & Management: The Essential Guide to Making it Work at Work, and The Boomerang Principle: Inspiring Lifetime Loyalty From Employees (2017).

You can learn more about Lee at www.leecaraher.com/

Previous episodes have discussed how to MAP your meetings, practice Sanctuary time, and use a Weekly WIN.

In this episode David brings it all together and shines a light on the over-arching theme of "focus". He tells a story of working with a client who was having trouble improving his business and shares the advice he gave to the client and would give to others seeking to improve their focus and reduce their workload.

Daily huddles are a great team-building tool to keep everyone on track and deal with issues before they become major problems. In this episode David discusses why a daily huddle is valuable, how and when to do a daily huddle, what to cover in a daily huddle, and what to save for a team meeting.

Michelle Griffin was the former head of HR at ConnectWise during their rapid growth phase and oversaw the people side of multiple acquisitions, mergers, and dissolutions. In this episode she shares how a good human resources department can play a vital role in the development of a positive company culture and mitigation of workplace drama. You can learn more about her at www.michellemaygriffin.com.

Most people make task lists to keep track of things they want to get done. But those lists get longer and longer as time goes on, and nothing ever seems to get easier. Eventually people give up on their task lists and quit writing things down.

Instead, we encourage you to create a Weekly WIN - one to three things you must get done this week to be productive. Listen to this episode as David describes what a Weekly WIN is and how it should be used.

In our personal and professional lives we always advocate for weekly planning sessions called Sanctuary. In this episode we discuss what Sanctuary is, when it should happen, and how it should be structured. We share a few examples of great leaders who have used Sanctuary time to clear their head, be more productive, and avoid unnecessary tasks.