Build Your Success

On this episode Brian shares the Voices For Leadership pre-retreat interview with guest speaker Olivia Cream. Olivia shares what to expect from her presentation: Impactful Storytelling. Listen in to hear how stories create connection, why sharpening your storytelling skills will increase your influence and much more.

On this episode Brian shares the Voices For Leadership pre-retreat interview with guest speaker Velma Knowles. Velma shares what to expect from her presentation: Your Trusted Signature. Listen in to hear why trust is critical to relationships, how to use your unique signature to create opportunities and much more.

This episode features an interview with Jeff Bartsch, a musician and communication expert who shares his journey from playing the piano to working in Hollywood and eventually transitioning into coaching and consulting. Jeff emphasizes the importance of storytelling in leadership, highlighting the impact of overcoming obstacles and the transformation that results.

The conversation delves into personal narratives, leadership philosophies, and the ability to rewrite one's story.

Welcome back to the Build Your Success Podcast. I'm your host Brian, and in this episode, I interview Wes Dove, an experienced coach, trainer, and author.
Wes shares insights from his latest book, "What's Killing Your Profitability? It All Boils Down to Leadership." Wes discusses the importance of leadership in driving profitability and offers strategies for improving culture, communication, and setting high expectations.

In his book, he addresses ten key areas impacting profitability. From culture and communication to turnover and recruiting, Wes's book offers practical advice for leaders looking to drive positive results. His approach is a must-read for anyone aiming to scale their leadership and drive business success.

Learn valuable tips for enhancing leadership skills and building a high-performing team. Stay tuned for an engaging conversation that will inspire you to take your leadership to the next level.

On this episode Brian interviews LaDawn Townsend CEO of Next Season Collective about her recent article in Inc. Magazine. LaDawn shares tips on how to reduce stress in stressful positions, what it means to be authentic in leadership, recognizing and embracing your gifts and much more during this interview.

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On this episode Kyle Nurminen shares how communities can bring new life to old buildings by developing makerspaces for workforce development. These community collaborations are a win win for society as a whole. Listen in to hear these innovative ideas.

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Our guest in this episode is Richard Yeargin from Richard Yeargin Enterprises, LLC. He is a transformational keynote speaker who uses his life experience and powerful storytelling to inspire his audiences. Richard and I talked about his mission to inspire others and help them have a brighter perspective in life. We also talked about leading people's growth and achieving collective success.

Learn more about Richard’s story and his mission in this episode, so make sure to tune in and pick up some gems that can be helpful for you personally or your organization.

Captain Ryan Batchelor is a military officer in the United States Navy. He is a leadership consultant with 26 years of leadership experience, currently leading a unit of 250 people located on-site with a major defense contractor. “Batch” is also a certified Change Your World facilitator for John Maxwell and a Working Genius facilitator.

On this episode Ryan and Brian discuss their involvement in the Voices For Leadership Community as contributing authors. Ryan’s definition of leadership: Coalescing a group of people around a vision to execute as a team.

Listen in as Captain Batchelor shares the thing that will rapidly improve your organization.

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Sean Fahey is the founder and CEO of Vidcruiter, a company focused on streamlining the recruiting process and reducing the time to hire qualified candidates. Listen in as we discuss, leading through example, learning about leadership from successful people, adapting new solutions and much more...

Sean gives us the example of “plugging into people doing great things”

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Michelle Mras is an award-winning, internationally recognized speaker. She is a number one bestselling author, an intuitive leader, a wife and mother who has been stirring audiences into action through a compelling message of self-leadership, resilience and living a life of intention.

Listen in as we discuss embracing the toddler mindset, rising up after a fall, and how Michelle is known for creating clarity for others as the conductor of clarity.

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On this episode our guest is Ananth Prasad the President of the Florida Transportation Builders Association. Ananth has extensive experience in creating solutions through collaboration. Listen in as we discuss getting the most from your association membership, making sustainable investments in infrastructure, recognizing key stakeholders and encouraging developing win-win scenarios.

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Our guest for this episode is Velma Knowles. Velma is a coach, trainer, speaker. She is the best-selling author of The Valuable Leader. Brian and Velma discuss the value of a heart influenced purpose. Velma proposes the question: Imagine a world where everyone knows their value, where you are aware of your value. Learning your leadership gifts is a great way to become a valuable leader and share your gifts with others.

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Enrique Acosta Gonzalez is the CEO of Triad Leadership Solutions, his focus is on leadership and the development of others. He is also a best-selling author, award winning podcast host and my friend.

On this episode Enrique shares lifelong leadership lessons from his experience as a Navy veteran, corporate program manager and his exposure to world class leaders he interviews on the Developing The Leader Within Podcast.

Enrique is an author in the Voices For Leadership series and values the diversity of thought from other leaders and cultures. He also shares some signs of poor leadership.

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On this episode I ask myself the question I have asked hundreds of people both on my podcast and while talking about Voices For Leadership the Anthology book series I founded.

I give you my thoughts on the importance of a clear vision, why character is essential to leadership, how important is attitude in leadership and life, and how trust can be the bridge to achieving your goals.

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Brian Covey is the Founder of Covey Holdings and EVP at Revolution Mortgage. Over the last 2 decades Brian has been building and leading multi-billion-dollar teams. Covey is an authority in driving consistent results and building high performing teams.

Brian is a contributing author to the Voices For Leadership Series. On this episode Brian discusses how the best producer may not be the best leader, the benefits of having frequent one-on-one meetings with employees, engaging the team through social media and many other lessons from his extensive experience. Please listen, subscribe, and share.

Helen Fanucci is an MIT-trained engineer who has built her reputation and career managing teams responsible for billions of dollars of quota. She is the best-selling author of Love Your Team, A Survival Guide for Sales Managers in a Hybrid World.

Listen in as Helen shares how to get comfortable with using love in business. Helen answers questions on the secrets to retaining talent in 2022 and what you can do as a leader to support your team’s career goals. Please listen, subscribe and share.

Our guest for this episode Brian Smith is founder IA Business Advisors and best-selling author of Individual Influence: Find the “I” in Team.

Listen in as Brian answers the question: What is individual influence?

When asked the definition of leadership Brian stated: Leadership is non hierarchical, you don’t have to be the CEO to be a leader. Brian also shares the adage slow down to go further and tips for removing distractions in life, plus many more leadership insights.

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Today’s guest is Dan Dominguez Chief Growth Officer of the WHY Institute. When asked about his definition of leadership, Dan responded: leadership is a unique responsibility, very few people want to be leaders.

Caring for those you lead is an amazing step to developing a positive impact. Listen in as Dan shares how the WHY Institute asks individuals are you aligned with your passion? Discovering your why in life is transformational and reduces the imposter syndrome.

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Our guest for this episode is Brian Sanders market leader for COhatch a work and social space built in communities and designed so that coworking members can flourish. Brian is a Tampa Bay, FL native, he and his wife are raising 6 kids and are deeply committed to the wellbeing of their community. Brian has helped start hundreds of missional enterprises and businesses all over the world.

On this episode we discuss the new ecology of work, your leadership edge, creating a community of leaders and creating a culture of change. The pandemic has exploded remote work opportunities and not everyone can thrive by working from home, many have the need to work with others. A coworking space creates the best of both worlds where you can learn from a diverse group of members who serve the community with their unique talents and fulfill your service to your community.

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It is a pleasure to have Bert Thornton for part two of our interview. Bert is the President/ COO – Vice Chairman Emeritus of Waffle House. As President and COO Bert felt his number one priority was investing in the development of others to produce quality leaders within the Waffle House management team.

Bert understood that you can accelerate your career and improve your success with a mentor. Attracting and retaining the best employees is a goal of Waffle House and Bert learned the importance of having a mentor in life and how this could be a distinguishing characteristic in the fast-food industry and give his team a competitive edge.

Bert now shares the lessons he has learned as an author and speaker and shares his message across the country. You can get his latest book High-Impact Mentoring via the link below. Please subscribe and share this podcast with your family and friends.

Are you familiar with the Waffle House Index?

After Hurricane Ian devastated the peninsula of Florida Brian interviewed Bert Thornton President/COO – Vice Chairman Emeritus of Waffle House.

Listen in as Bert describes the Waffle House Leadership model, how serving in times of need is a top priority for the Waffle House team. The team is dedicated to keeping their stores open to provide food and a place of rest to first responders and those in the community without power or food.

Those who respond to storms can count on Waffle House, this is a distinguishing characteristic in fast food. The leadership at Waffle House has resolved they will not “turn tail and run during bad times” but will work intentionally to provide ground support to the restaurants to get them open immediately when safe to do so.

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Matt Abrahams is a passionate, collaborative, and innovative educator and coach. He teaches essential strategic communication at Stanford University. Matt also helps people improve their presentation and communication skills. Matt is the host of Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast.

On this episode Matt shares ideas for crafting your message to the audience and communicating effectively as a leader. He explains to us why strategic communication is important and how you can directly connect to your audience whether that be one-on-one, speaking from a stage or presenting virtually. Engagement is sustained attention and attention is a precious commodity that is being vied for from many directions.

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David Ousley learned servant leadership at an early age, his mother made many sacrifices as a single parent to raise her children and prepare them for life. Serving 18 years in management and leadership with the #1 insurance company in Florida prepared David for his newly launched leadership development company. David challenges businesses to improve their teams, leading to phenomenal industry distinguishing results. Listen in as David shares personal examples of how to increase engagement with the team through one-on-one interactions that are intentional and sincere.

Oscar Trimboli is on a quest to create 100 million Deep Listeners. He is an author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker. 

Listen in as Oscar teaches us the importance of developing deep listening skills. Learn how to ask clarifying questions that increase your retention and show that you value what others are saying. 

Consider where the other person is coming from and what they are facing in the moment. Please subscribe and share.

Alexis Haselberger is a time management and productivity coach, who helps people do more, and stress less. On this episode Alexis shares ideas for being intentional with your time. Brian and Alexis discuss the age-old question of “Why is it important to prioritize your time?” Avoiding daily distractions is just one of the methods for tactical time management shared in this episode, listen in for more tips and techniques on finding time for what is important.

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Levent Yildizgoren is an international translation expert and the author of Good Business In Any Language. On this episode of the Build Your Success podcast, Levent shares his experience in engaging emotions with language and tailoring your message to your target audience. He defines leadership as leading to positive outcomes for others. While working with his team to help companies do business in over 100 languages, Levent has learned that honoring cultural differences is a key to working with international teams. Please enjoy, subscribe and share.

Choosing a positive outlook on life, this is truly a choice. Ulunda Baker is our special guest and you will feel her smile through the recording :) We all have trials and life isn’t fair at times, but we need a mindset to recover, overcome and move on, choosing happiness as our "go to" state of mind.

This episode is a replay of Episode 9 from August of 2019. Both Ulunda Baker and I have grown over the last three years and many changes have taken place since this was recorded. However, choosing to be happy is still a principle that serves us well and I decided to pull this up from the archives for our new listeners. Please enjoy, subscribe and share.

Melahni Ake is a friend and fellow John Maxwell Team Member; she is also a fellow author in the Voices For Leadership book. In her chapter Melahni wrote about the importance of leaving a legacy in leadership.

I am grateful to finally introduce her to my podcast audience. Melahni is the host of the Everyday Leaders podcast.

On this episode we discuss getting clarity from heart-based leadership. Melahni gives great examples of how consistency has compounded in her life and how she helps others by being consistent. Please enjoy, subscribe, and share.

Michael Mariner is a motivational speaker, author and success coach. On this episode Michael encourages us to utilize principle-based leadership. In his latest book The Blueprint 2 Success Michael shares tools and techniques for successful living. Michael is known as the shift motivator and teaches the importance of creating momentum for change. Please listen, share and subscribe to the podcast.

Dr. Benjamin Ritter is our guest on this episode. Dr. Ritter is leadership and career coach, a values geek, international speaker and author. Listen in as Dr. Ritter shares his perspective on leadership and how to lead teams. T- is for Trust, E- is for Environment, A- is for Actual Work, and M- for Meaning. Trust is a critical component of leadership and the foundation of the TEAM Model of Leadership.

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Tom Schwab believes the best things in life come from conversations. It’s these powerful, sometimes awkward conversations that propel us from where we are personally and professionally to where we dream of being. Tom is the author of Podcast Guest Profits: Grow Your Business As a Podcast Guest. On this podcast he gives us podcast lead generation strategies and tells us how to use podcasting for creating qualified leads through conversation.

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