Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast
Join Lodestone True North's head coach Mark Whitmore as he unearths some wisdom, truths, and hacks, to help you sharpen the saw as you operate your business. And have fun while we help you take your business from Broken to Smokin'!
Episodes
Mark talks about the differences between paint by number solutions and building on mastery of principles. He reads an essay on the topic as well.
More from "Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits" by Greg Crabtree
in this episode Mark discusses "Simple numbers, straight talk and big profits" by Greg Crabtree
pulling from "Profit First" by Mike Michalowicz
I pull from the book "Measure What Matters by John Doerr. We talk about the idea of OKR's- Objectives and Key Results.
taking a page from "Necessary endings" by Dr. Henry Cloud
More from Tom Peters and "The excellence dividend" in which he makes the point that culture IS the strategy.
looking at why you should be intentional about your closest relationships. Pulling nuggets from Tom Peters "the excellence dividend"
I talk with Jody Vest of TTX on the ins and outs of interviewing, recruiting, and hiring for culture fit. Jody is very accomplished and humble. He has a great track record when it comes to hiring for culture. We discuss at length how he talks to candidates, and how he moves them through the hiring process successfully.
Episode 061- we cover a very productive and practical recruiting strategy with CEO Brandon Kenney of TTX.
Mark discusses future hire interviewing ideas and questions, specifically from The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
we discuss tips and tricks around performing interviews
We discuss the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with Shawn Ely of Lazear.
In this episode we talk with Chrissy Myers, CEO of AUI about her new book "Reluctantly Resilient" in which she details the difficult pathway she took to where she is now, and the lessons learned along the way.
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast - Mark and Shane talk about an article from INC, that goes over Elon Musk’s “Algorithm” - A 5 step process to improve almost anything.
0:00 Intro
2:03 Book Reference - Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Episode 055 - Mark reads an excerpt from the essay "How to do great work" by Paul Graham This excerpt talks about the value of experience. 0:00 Intro 1:00 Reference to interview of Jared Kushner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_MeKSnyAo 3:04 Reading an excerpt of the essay “How to do great work” by Paul Graham - Read the whole essay here: http://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html This except talks about the value of ex...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and business coach Preston True https://www.gettpafit.com/ continue their convo on the 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni.
About Preston:
After 25 years of managing and owning entrepreneurial businesses, Preston has lived through some of the brightest days and darkest nights. He’s learned owning and operating...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and business coach Preston True https://www.gettpafit.com/ take a deep dive into the 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni.
About Preston:
After 25 years of managing and owning entrepreneurial businesses, Preston has lived through some of the brightest days and darkest nights. He’s learned owning and operating a busi...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) continue their discussion about the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely.
0:00 Intro
0:28 Why’d you pick up this book “Predictably Irrational” ?
4:10 Garden of Eden ideas
4:55 Our behavior is irrational, but it’s predictable…
12:04 Why would yo...
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