The Growability Podcast: Recent Episodes
Joshua MacLeod & Bernie Anderson
In Growability® Podcast Season 3, Episode 070, Bernie Anderson and Joshua MacLeod introduce the Growability Business Collaborative—an 18-month program designed to empower business and nonprofit leaders with essential tools for growth and stability.
They discuss the “Business Pasta” approach (Perspective, Assessment, Strategy, Tools, and Action Steps), guiding leaders to improve their vision, systems, and team empowerment.
Joshua highlights why consistent learning, peer feedback, and expert counsel are vital to effective leadership. Whether you’re a coach, high-capacity leader, or an aspiring entrepreneur, this episode shares why investing in growth and community can make work more enjoyable, balanced, and sustainable.
Tune in to discover practical insights, explore the 5 critical ingredients for thriving organizations, and find out how Growability can enhance your leadership journey!
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In this episode of the Growability® Podcast (Season 3, Episode 003), we introduce executive coach Jonathan Sims as he shares valuable lessons from his leadership journey, starting from a pivotal experience in Zambia.
Inspired by a doctor who empowered communities through leadership training, Jonathan’s path led him to focus on equipping leaders. He discusses his work in Tanzania, helping church leaders create sustainable businesses, and how coaching can support organizational growth. The episode highlights the importance of tools, training, and motivation in coaching. Jonathan emphasizes that coaching goes beyond providing information—it equips leaders to bring lasting impact through systems and practical wisdom.
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In this episode of the Growability® Podcast (Season 3, Episode 002), we introduce the Growability Field of Business tool to help business coaches and nonprofit leaders assess their market viability.
Designed for business coaches working with high-capacity leaders, this episode provides clarity on how to ask the right questions to ensure business success.
Join Bernie Anderson and Growability founder Joshua MacLeod as they reveal three critical questions every leader should ask about their organization:
- What problem do you overcome or opportunity do you provide?
- Where does 80% of your profit or financial support come from?
- What is your obvious advantage?
Discover practical insights and wisdom principles to guide leaders in refining their business strategy. Perfect for anyone looking to scale, lead with purpose, and improve organizational maturity.
Be sure to like, subscribe, and grab your copy of the Growability Toolkit, a 164-page resource for business owners, available for $250.
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Welcome to Season 3 of the Growability® Podcast!
In Episode 1, we’re tackling a key question for aspiring business coaches and consultants: How do you know if you’re qualified?
Join hosts Bernie Anderson and Joshua MacLeod as they discuss the three fundamentals for successful coaching:
- Your time must be worth money.
- Focus on transformation, not transactions.
- You must be able to start your own fire.
Joshua shares personal insights from over two decades of coaching, including why coaching is more of a calling than a career, and how to manage the mental lift required to help high-capacity leaders.
Whether you’re a coach, thinking of becoming one, or have hired a coach, this episode offers valuable wisdom and practical advice. Don’t miss out on this powerful discussion! Key Scriptures: Proverbs 20:5, Proverbs 15:22, Proverbs 21:5 Be sure to like, subscribe, and share with those looking to grow as coaches and leaders!
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This podcast shares the fundamental tools to equip managers to build great culture and effectiveness with their teams.
This Podcast helps answer the following questions:
- How do I build an organizational chart?
- How do I create reviews for my team members?
- How do I create a Job Description?
- How do I create standard operating procedures?
- How do I create a team member self-reviews?
The Growability Podcast is designed to equip leaders and entrepreneurs to grow scalable, effective and generous organizations. Hosted by Bernie Anderson and the founder of Growability Joshua MacLeod.
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This podcast shares the fundamental ingredients for creating an effective strategic plan for your business or nonprofit.
This Podcast helps answer the following questions:
- How do I set goals for my business?
- When should I prune my business?
- How do I choose good vendors for my business?
- How much effort should it take to create a strategic plan?
- How do I create effective habits in my business?
- How do I know where to focus in my business?
The Growability Podcast is designed to equip leaders and entrepreneurs to grow scalable, effective and generous organizations. Hosted by Bernie Anderson and the founder of Growability Joshua MacLeod.
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Automating Sales is the 4th Step in the Growability Six Step Business Operating System. Does your business have a great sales strategy?
This Podcast helps answer the following questions:
- What is the best way to pitch a product or service?
- What are the keys to good networking?
- How should I prepare to sell each week?
- What should I measure via sales?
The Growability Podcast is designed to equip leaders and entrepreneurs to grow scalable, effective and generous organizations. Hosted by Bernie Anderson and the founder of Growability Joshua MacLeod.
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Empowering Teamwork is the 3rd Step in the Growability Six-Step Business Operating System. How many of these seven steps do you apply at your organization?
This Podcast helps answer the following questions:
- How do I build an effective team?
- What are the minimal ingredients for time and project management that every team member should adhere to?
- How does your team limit or empower your growth as an organization?
- Where should you draw the line between being a nice person and being an effective coach?
- What do people typically misunderstand about teamwork?
The Growability Podcast is designed to equip leaders and entrepreneurs to grow scalable, effective and generous organizations. Hosted by Bernie Anderson and the founder of Growability Joshua MacLeod.
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Growability Podcast Episode 62 – How to Develop Better Team Relationships at Work With The DISC Personality Profile
What do I do when my team is driving me crazy at work? This episode not only gives an overview of the DISC Personality Profile but also shares important insights about the primary question and core values for each personality type.
D – Dominant Key Question – What does winning look like? Core Value – Respect
I – Influencing Key Question – What does fun look like? Core Value – Freedom
S – Steady Key Question – What does balance look like? Core Value – Consideration
C – Conscientious Key Question – What does reliability look like? Core Value – Safety
The Growability Podcast is designed to equip leaders and entrepreneurs to grow effective and generous organizations. Hosted by Bernie Anderson and the founder of Growability Joshua MacLeod.
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Growability Podcast Episode 61 – What every business or nonprofit leader should know about marketing!
Ever wondered what marketing agencies think about when they design marketing campaigns? This podcast gives insider information that every business or nonprofit leader should understand about marketing!
This episode explains Step 2 in the Growability Business Operating System – Prioritize Customers with 5 tools to help every leader create effective marketing.
The Five Steps to Prioritize Marketing and create effective marketing are as follows:
- Customer Personas
- Company Story
- Brand and Marketing Posture
- Website & Social Strategy
- B-A-T-C-H Marketing
Questions answered:
- How can I better understand my customer needs?
- What is marketing?
- How do you create marketing that works?
- How much should I spend on marketing?
- Why is understanding customer mindset so important?
The Growability Podcast is designed to equip leaders and entrepreneurs to grow scalable, effective, and generous organizations. Hosted by Bernie Anderson and the founder of Growability Joshua MacLeod.
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How clear is the vision for your business? Is your team inspired by where your organization is headed?
This podcast shares the first step in the six-step Growability Business Operating System. Clarify Vision!
The Six Steps to Clarify Organizational Vision include:
- Business Season
- Market & Competitor Analysis
- Competitive Advantages
- Purpose Vision Mission Value Statements
- Community Impact Strategy
- Mission Map
This podcast helps answer the following questions:
- Why Is vision important to my business?
- Do I really need a vision, mission, or values statement?
- How do I make a vision statement that’s actually useful?
- What is the most straightforward way to clarify vision?
- How does clarified vision help my team and the bottom line?
The Growability Podcast is designed to equip leaders and entrepreneurs to grow scalable, effective, and generous organizations. Hosted by Bernie Anderson and the founder of Growability Joshua MacLeod.
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This podcast discusses the fundamental importance of having a business operating system with practical steps to implement a business operating system at your business or nonprofit.
Should I have a formal system to run my business?
How do I discover what I’m doing wrong at my business?
Why is my team unhappy?
The Growability Podcast is designed to equip leaders and entrepreneurs to grow effective and generous organizations. Hosted by Bernie Anderson and the founder of Growability Joshua MacLeod.
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This Podcast episode shares the six necessary steps to bring an organization to scale.
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Do you have the discipline necessary to be a good time manager? What if it was easier than you thought? This episode marks the beginning of our new series on Time Management.
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Today's special guest Tina McGill is a certified public accountant that gives some incredible advice about finding the right CPA for your organization.
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Should a nonprofit run like a business? Today's episode discusses the common challenges nonprofit organizations face with practical advice on maximizing impact.
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Are you anxious about your business? How do you overcome anxiety at work? Today’s episode talks about a common challenge for every leader. How to overcome anxiety.
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In part 1 of this series we learned that good business owners have happy customers and have a happy team. Today, in part 2, we discover two more ways to know if you are running your business well. Do I have a happy wallet? And do I have a happy soul?
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How can you tell if you are a good business owner? Do you have a happy customer, a happy team, and a happy wallet? What about a happy soul?
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Are you in the right career for your strengths, passions, and value add for others? Today’s episode features a very special guest Will Gray, founder of Vocationality. Let’s listen to this conversation about staying in your current career, or moving into your next season. Visit vocationality.com for your free career checkup.
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Are you a part of a toxic work environment? Today’s episode talks about how leaders can overcome toxic work environments by creating a safe space, a grace space and second place.
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Are you ready for retirement? This episode shares the fundamental ingredients necessary for a healthy retirement plan. Contact Jimmy Woods: Wealth Legacy Planners (615) 267-0036
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Is your marketing full of gimmicks or is it built on a comprehensive plan? Today's episode shares the key ingredients for effective marketing. This is the final step in the 12-step Growability model.
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Do you have key performance indicators in your business? Today’s episode shares the critical 11th step in the 12-step Growability model, measurement.
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Today’s episode is the conclusion of our two-part series about time management. In this session, we learn how to delete, do, and delegate.
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Today’s episode is the first in a two-part series about time management. We talk about the tenth step of the Growability model, how to maximize time.
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In today’s episode, we talk about the ninth step of the Growability model, creating good systems or branches.
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In today’s episode, we talk about the eighth step of the Growability model, pruning. Listen in to see if there are areas of your organization that need to be pruned.
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In today’s episode, we continue our talk about the seventh step of the Growability model, by sharing how to build a sales funnel for your business.
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In today’s episode, we talk about the seventh step of the Growability model, building community. What are 5 key areas in the community that your business should focus on?
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In today’s episode, we continue our talk about the sixth step of the Growability model about how to maximize a budget for your business.
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Today’s episode shares the fifth step of the Growability model, showing you how to create quarterly, yearly and three-year business goals.
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Today’s episode shares the fifth step of the Growability model showing you how to create quarterly, yearly and three-year business goals.
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Today’s episode continues with the fourth step of the Growability model by sharing 4 things that great managers can do to be a better coach.
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Today’s episode continues with the fourth step of the Growability model by sharing the 3 types of managers who will destroy your business.
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Today's episode shares the key ingredients in an exceptional job description.
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Today's episode shares the primary roles of a C-Suite and provides advice in building a really great team.
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Today's episode shares some key concepts in the third step of the 12 step Growability model, The 5 Key Areas of Business Management.
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Today's episode shares the second step in the 12 step Growability model, How to attract customers for your business or nonprofit.
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Today's episode shares the first step in the 12 step Growability model, How to create vision, mission, values, and standards of excellence for your business or nonprofit.
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Today's episode shares the 12 steps in the Growability model and how business leaders can grow in community.
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Today's episode marks the beginning of a new series sharing the 12 business fundamentals found in the 12 Step Growability Model. In this episode, Joshua shares the why behind the what of Growability.
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This is the second of a two-part series about running your business like Pixar with 5 key lessons from the book Creativity Inc. written by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace.
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This is the first of a two-part series about how to run your business like Pixar. Let's listen as Joshua and Bernie discussed five key lessons from the book Creativity, Inc. Written by Edwin Catmull and Amy Wallace.
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Do you lead like Abraham Lincoln? This is the final conversation about the Top 10 Leadership Qualities of Abraham Lincoln. Reflections on the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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This is the second episode in our three-part; series sharing the top 10 leadership qualities of Abraham Lincoln, based on the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Do you lead like Abraham Lincoln?
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Do you lead like Abraham Lincoln? This is the first of a three-part conversation about the Top 10 Leadership Qualities of Abraham Lincoln. Reflections on the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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You are a good leader: Yes or No? This is the second of a two-part conversation, about five characteristics of exceptional leaders.
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Are you comfortable in your own shoes? This is the first in a two-part conversation about five characteristics of exceptional leaders.
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This is the ninth episode in our series about selling without being fake. In this episode, we talk with social media guru, Jason Elkins, about which social media platforms are relevant for the business owner.
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This is the eighth episode in our series about selling without being fake. In this episode, we talk about how to create a market posture and strategic marketing budget for your business.
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This is the seventh episode in our series about Selling Without Being Fake. In this episode, we talk about the three critical components of building market share: competition, convenience, and consistency.
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This is the sixth episode in our series about Selling Without Being Fake. In this episode, we talk about how to tell the story of your organization by creating an elevator speech and using the S-T-O-R-Y acronym.
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This is the fifth episode in our series about selling without being fake. In this episode, we talk about how to create a sales funnel for your business with clear illustrations and examples.
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This is the fourth episode in our series about Selling Without Being Fake. In this episode, we talk about how to create Customer Personas and why you should never build marketing or sales campaigns without them.
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This is the third episode in our series about selling without being fake. In this episode, we talk about the four critical ingredients for selling, transferring enthusiasm, transferring confidence, asking for a transaction, and following up.
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This is the second episode in a new series about selling without being fake. In this episode, we talk about how to go beyond a transactional business into a transformational business.
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This is the first episode in a new series about selling without being fake. In this episode, we talk about clearly defining what your customer values and developing an effective customer survey.
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This is the second episode in a series about having the right team and plan for your business. This episode talks about the necessary ingredients of a plan. Motivation, collaboration, and action.
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No matter what business you're in, you need people in your organization that are either a fountain or a builder or a pourer.
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A lot of times, firing isn't really firing. It's transitioning. I actually like the term retire. It's like where you get new tires and then you keep going. So I'm going to retire this person. Well, yeah. Here, new tires are great. Love you. I think you can do better somewhere else. I'm going to retire you and put you in another organization.
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This episode is the first in a two-part series about firing employees at work.
The Growability® podcast is designed to teach business owners and non-profit leaders a more excellent way to run their business.
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This episode teaches the three crucial ingredients necessary to grow a happy and productive team: incentive, expectation, and communication.
The Growability® podcast is designed to teach business owners and non-profit leaders a more excellent way to run their business.
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This episode breaks down the popular DiSC personality profile and teaches leaders how to build the perfect team for their business.
The Growability® podcast is designed to teach business owners and non-profit leaders a more excellent way to run their business.
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There’s at least three really important inputs needed when you’re creating a goal. One is age, somebody who’s older or younger than you. The second is “talk to your spouse” or somebody from the opposite sex to get their input and insight. And, then the third would be from a different political, socioeconomic, racial, or …
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Big, Hairy, RIDICULOUS Goals A big, hair, audacious goal must be simplified into smaller goals. If you can’t do that, your goal is either too large or a pipe dream. Now, a pipe dream, for our purposes, is a big, hairy, RIDICULOUS goal that is so large in scope that it isn’t realistic. If you’re …
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If I can't, as the leader of an organization, create a big, hairy, audacious goal, why do I expect anybody on my team to want to be at my organization? We don't know where we're going.
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There’s a crazy idea that running an organization is the same difficulty level as working in an organization. Anyone who runs a company realizes quickly that it is actually a ton harder. In fact, many may even lament the easier days of working for the organization. And, yet, there’s a disturbing statistic regarding entrepreneurs and …
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This episode continues a conversation with the hosts of our show, Joshua MacLeod and Bernie Anderson. As they talk about the fundamentals of growing at a healthy organization.
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This episode introduces your hosts Bernie Anderson and Joshua MacLeod.
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