It’s easy to become blinded by money when you’re running a business. You can lose focus on your purpose as an entrepreneur. It can also cause problems in your company and with your people. In any business, company culture will lead you to success and help you avoid money problems. Shawn Burcham joins us on this episode to talk about the realizations he’s had that changed how he runs his company. You’ll hear about his journey and the successful growth of his business. Shawn shares what it means to have open-book leadership and be an employee-owned business. Find out how these strategies cultivated a wonderful work culture that led Shawn to success. Curious about these strategies and eager to use them in your company? Tune in to this episode to learn more about having an employee-owned business! 3 Reasons to Listen:Find out how reading can open up new opportunities for you as a leader. Discover how open-book leadership contributes to success. Learn and understand what it means to have a 100% employee-owned business.

Resourceshttps://shawnburcham.com/book/ (Keeping Score With Gritt) by Shawn Burcham https://www.amazon.com/Topgrading-Hire-Coach-Keep-Players/dp/094400234X (Top Grading) by Brad Smart and Geoff Smart Connect with Shawn: https://shawnburcham.com/ (Website) | https://www.facebook.com/ShawnBurchamPFS/ (Facebook) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnburcham/ (LinkedIn) | https://twitter.com/ShawnBurcham1 (Twitter) Visit https://seekgocreate.com/ (Seek Go Create) to listen to more episodes and check out the show notes.

About ShawnShawn Burcham is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and the founder of Pro Food Systems, Inc (PFSbrands) and GRITT Business Coaching. He worked in various companies before starting PFSbrands with his wife in 1998. From there, the company has grown with over 140 employee-owners, 1,300 foodservice locations and is now entirely employee-owned. Shawn greatly encourages starting businesses and has started and grown over 10 of his own while investing in others. His passion is helping others and empowering owners to become more successful in work and life. He continues to do this with GRITT Business Coaching and as an entrepreneur for over 20 years. You can learn more about Shawn on his https://shawnburcham.com/ (website). Connect with him on https://www.facebook.com/ShawnBurchamPFS/ (Facebook), https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnburcham/ (LinkedIn), and https://twitter.com/ShawnBurcham1 (Twitter). Episode Highlights[03:07] What Shawn Burcham DoesShawn loves to create opportunities. His company focuses on helping people become better. His company puts food programs and franchises into supermarkets and convenience stores. He was interested in entrepreneurship as a kid and has worked in both big and small companies. After a while, he realized he was meant to be his own boss. Shawn enjoys seeing people excel and become successful. 

[06:26] “There's nothing better for me than to see successful people. There's no jealousy involved with that. I think it's pretty cool to see other people excel, especially those that do something from nothing.” - https://ctt.ec/od5uy (Click Here To Tweet This)[06:54] Defining SuccessSuccess is different for everyone. It’s important to think about what it means to you. Shawn leans toward an entrepreneurial or corporate definition of success.

[09:10] Lessons While Growing UpShawn has a loving family. They focused on hard work to achieve success. He considers his dad his best coach, mentor, and hero. Mowing lawns became a good business lesson and source of income for Shawn.

[11:46] Shawn’s Turning PointAs a kid, Shawn didn’t enjoy speaking, reading, and writing. Later on, a part-time CFO he hired encouraged him to read and learn from business books. Shawn thinks he would have been a better leader if he had read more when he was younger. Before he started reading, Shawn’s business wasn’t doing too well — he had no vision. Shawn realized he had...