Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast: Recent Episodes

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taking a page from "Necessary endings" by Dr. Henry Cloud

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More from Tom Peters and "The excellence dividend" in which he makes the point that culture IS the strategy.

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looking at why you should be intentional about your closest relationships. Pulling nuggets from Tom Peters "the excellence dividend"

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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.

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Episode 061- we cover a very productive and practical recruiting strategy with CEO Brandon Kenney of TTX.

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Mark discusses future hire interviewing ideas and questions, specifically from The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni

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we discuss tips and tricks around performing interviews

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We discuss the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with Shawn Ely of Lazear.

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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.

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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.

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/elon-musks-algorithm-a-5-step-process-to-dramatically-improve-nearly-everything-is-both-simple-brilliant.html

0:00 Intro

2:03 Book Reference - Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

3:01 Lex Fridman podcast episode with Walter Isaacson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGOV5R7M1Js

10:11 Reference to Larry Page from Google

14:03 The Algorithm

14:22 Step 1 - Question every requirement

21:14 Step 2 - Delete any part or process you can

26:14 Step 3 - Simplify and optimize

28:12 Step 4 - Accelerate cycle time

32:07 Step 5 - Automate

35:30 Book Reference - Reluctantly Resilient: One CEO's Journey to Thriving in Leadership and Life by Chrissy Myers

35:55 Book Reference - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara

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Music - King of Pain by The Police

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Episode 055 - Mark reads an excerpt from the essay "How to do great work" by Paul GrahamThis excerpt talks about the value of experience.0:00 Intro1:00 Reference to interview of Jared Kushner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_MeKSnyAo3:04 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 experience7:07 Focusing on the idea of experience and learning7:43 The first paragraph is lauding to the 80/20 principle9:44 Journaling as an exercise10:39 The AAR template and exercise (see Episode 032 for more on this and a free download of the template: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-032-aar-exercise/ ) 15:46 Take-aways… More self aware18:38 TOMKAT Tool Credits*Music - The Storm by Tedeschi Trucks Band

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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 a business requires a new level of fitness well beyond the day you started it. The stamina required to scale rocky peaks, navigate dark valleys and reach your pinnacle is not achieved without the right people, purpose, playbook and performance.

0:00 Intro

3:49 Book reference - Drive by Daniel Pink

7:40 The 3 Stages of Work

• Ideation (Wonder and Invention)
• Activation (Discernment and Galvanizing)
• Implementation (Enablement and Tenacity)

17:35 Walk thru this practically

Can take the assessment at www.workinggenius.com

Takes about 10 minutes for about $25 each

Assemble into a Team Map

21:51 Talk about pairing this assessment up with Kolbe, StrengthsFinder, or Enneagram?

• Working genius helps with how I will be productive in work
• Kolbe how I will engage or approach work
• StrengthsFinder - Talent
• Enneagram - Emotionally

40:32 What are you reading lately?

• 10x is easier than 2x by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy
• Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

• Mentioned the movie Shadowlands https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

• 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

• “Do what’s meaningful rather than what’s expedient”

• Duck Commander Daily Devotional

• Mark mentioned The Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner

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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 business requires a new level of fitness well beyond the day you started it. The stamina required to scale rocky peaks, navigate dark valleys and reach your pinnacle is not achieved without the right people, purpose, playbook and performance.

0:00 Intro

3:01 Shoutout to Mammoth Distilling in Michigan https://mammothdistilling.com

5:44 Documentary called “Neat: The Story of Bourbon” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7109844/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

6:27 Movie references:

Lawless https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212450/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Fury https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2713180/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Greatest Game Ever Played https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388980/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Peanut Butter Falcon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4364194/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

10:56 How did you get started with The 6 Types of Working Genius? https://www.workinggenius.com

15:15 Shoutout to David Quick! https://helpingbulls.com

(we were trying to come up with Christopher Guest’s name)

15:40 Previous episodes with David Quick:

Episode 046: https://youtu.be/5k0R15meraU

Episode 047: https://youtu.be/twgHQscptn0

17:00 “One of the most important characteristics of a leader is self-awareness”

18:12 Broken into 3 groups: Working Genius, Working Competency, and Working Frustration

21:25 Understanding your role in a project context…

Joy plus Fulfillment equals Productivity

23:29 The 6 Types of Working Genius, spells the word “WIDGET”

• Wonder: Identifies the need for improvement or change
• Invention: Confirms the importance of that need, and generates an idea or solution
• Discernment: Assesses the merit and workability of the idea or solution
• Galvanizing: Generates enthusiasm and action around the idea or solution
• Enablement: Initiates support and assists in the implementation of the idea or solution
• Tenacity: Commits to ensuring that the idea or solution gets completed and that desired results are achieved

31:17 Working Genius is really all about productivity…

31:48 Reference to 3 signs of a miserable job by Patrick Lencioni

• Irrelevance
• Anonymity
• Immeasurability

35:53 How do you measure self-awareness in someone?

40:35 How often have you seen someone not receptive to that convo?Credits

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https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/43:37 Quote from the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely - “Money as it turns out, is very often the most expensive way to motivate people…”

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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 you tell someone to read this book?

13:32 Book Reference - Jordon Peterson 12 Rules of Life

27:04 Expectations…

27:37 “The Matthew Principle” - Jordan Peterson

28:43 Pump The Brakes tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExqKYh4kzxM&t=0s

30:45 Procrastination groups from chapter 7

37:39 Guardrails in your life, like the bucket budget…

42:25 Money quote from chapter 4

45:10 Quote from the book Drive by Daniel Pink

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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 project management, some personality assessments including Predictive Index and Culture Index, and a few things all of these type of assessments don’t show or measure.

0:00 Intro 0:30 What are you looking for in a project manager? 11:25 Predictive Index assessment – https://www.predictiveindex.com/ 14:22 Culture Index – https://www.cultureindex.com - Links to David Quick interview episodes on Culture Index: - Episode 046: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-046-interview-with-david-quick-part-1-of-2/ - Episode 047: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-047-interview-with-david-quick-part-2-of-2/ 16:15 Book Reference – The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 17:07 What these assessments don’t show or measure… - Work ethic - Grit - Character - Value system - Chemistry - How someone handles pressure 33:20 Talk about the core values at TTx - People Focused - FILO – First In Last Out - Elite - All about the flag - Eyes wide open 42:39 “Act Your Wage” 46:32 “Restaurateur” – a person who owns and manages a restaurant. Book reference – Setting the Table by Danny Meyer “Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It’s that simple, and it’s that hard.” ― Danny Meyer 53:41 Shoutout to Brandon Kenney, CEO of TTx

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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/ ) discuss the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, and a lot about project management.

0:00 Intro
5:19 Reference to Dune by Frank Herbert, audio book George Goodell reader https://hdaudiobooks.com/audiobook-dune/
10:52 Reference to 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni and shoutout to Preston True
14:27 A little bit of history about Joshua and his role at TTx…
16:16 Struggling with Project Management…
19:32 “You’re managing timelines, expectations, tasks, schedules, communication, risks, creating . But you’re leading people.”
20:17 Kan Ban and reference to the book – 2 Second Lean by Paul Akers
21:44 Talk about the different ways to organize Trello or Kan Ban
28:44 Book reference – American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman
31:33 What would you recommend as resources for project managers?

• PMI Institute

The 5 major phases of any project:

• Initiation
• Planning and discovery
• Execution
• Monitoring
• Closing

38:37 Different types of methodologies

• Waterfall
• Agile
• Scrum

44:19 (Freaking cool smoke ring!)
49:59 AAR tool https://youtu.be/YScRIF5Pm-A
54:26 “Latch” acronym used during an interview

• Loyal
• Available
• Teachable
• Coachable
• Hungry & Humble

56:16 Joshua’s 5 desert island movies:

• Dances with wolves
• Magnolia
• Intouchables
• The beast of the southern wild
• Captain Fantastic
• (In the name of the Father, Daniel Day Lewis…)

1:07:52 Reference to Rick Beato https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Jeremy Lile, Executive Director of Heart to Heart Leadership. https://www.htohleadership.org/ Their discussion includes an overview of using the Enneagram in business, CliftonStrengths, and more!

0:00 Intro 0:23 What’s your take on DISC? 11:37 Book reference - Excellence Dividend by Tom Peters 17:12 Change strategy formula… 1. D + V + F is greater than R. 2. D = Current levels of dissatisfaction. 3. V = Shared vision of a better future. 4. F = First steps in direction of new vision. 5. R = Resistance to change. Beckhard, Richard, and Reuben T Harris. (1987). Organizational Transitions. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1987. Print. 20:57 Reference to The Flywheel - Jim Collins 22:46 What 3 assessments would you use? * Enneagram * Clifton Strengths * Leadership Circle Profile 29:20 Reference to Alec Broadfoot in episode 044 • Episode 044 Interview with Alec Broad...

35:16 Book reference - Think Again by Adam Grant 35:53 Personal guiding principles, core values, character 38:29 Any hacks on checking on character? 40:55 Reference Ted Talk “Doing Core Values” 41:05 Shoutout to Josh Gordon at Full Spectrum Marketing https://www.fsm.agency/

42:44 Book reference - Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 42:08 Book reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth Our past episodes on Grit:

Part 1: • Episode 027 Book Club: Grit by Angela... Part 2: • Episode 028 Book Club: Grit by Angela... Part 3: • Episode 029- Book Club: Grit by Angel... Part 4: • Episode 030- Book Club: Grit by Angel... 46:40 Hungry Humble Smart Venn diagram from Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni https://lodestonetruenorth.com/book/t... 51:30 Book reference - Top Grading by Bradford Smart 52:35 Mark’s Recruiting Flywheel tool 55:10 “A” Players bring tremendous return on investment 1:03:38 Your top 5 desert island books * Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright * Kingdom Calling by Amy Sherman * The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann * The Road to Character by David Brooks * Leadership From The Inside Out by Kevin Cashman 1:15:50 Reference - International Justice Mission

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Jeremy Lile, Executive Director of Heart to Heart Leadership. https://www.htohleadership.org/

Their discussion includes an overview of using the Enneagram in business, CliftonStrengths, and more!

Jeremy’s passion is to help people discover and deploy their purpose. For over 15 years, he has coached dozens of individuals and teams to live out their core values. He believes that the foundational skills that come from the inner life have the most potential to inspire people in the work they do.

In addition to leading organizational growth as the Executive Director, Jeremy enjoys facilitating The Enneagram, Leadership from Within, Appreciative Inquiry, and StrengthsFinder for Heart to Heart.

Through his experience in pastoral ministry and organizational development, Jeremy has spoken at retreats and events, facilitated numerous small groups, organized community engagement, and lead small teams on missions around the country and world.

Jeremy is married to the love of his life Christy and they have four children. When he’s not working for Heart to Heart, Jeremy is also the lead pastor and visionary for City Hope Akron, a grassroots church and community development organization committed to serving people in West Akron.

Jeremy has a B.A. in Psychology from Taylor University and a Master’s of Divinity from Ashland Theological Seminary. He is also certified in Appreciative Inquiry, the MBTI and The Enneagram in the Heart to Heart Way.

He serves on the board of the International Institute of Akron, the advisory board of the Institute for Leadership Advancement at the University of Akron’s College of Business Administration, the committee for Leadership Akron’s “Shift Akron”, and as a host at The Landing open choice food pantry at Akron Christian Reformed Church.

Jeremy is a graduate of Leadership Akron’s Signature Class 34, a recipient of the Greater Akron Chamber’s “30 for the Future” award, a recipient of the University of Akron’s EX[L] Center “Community Champion” award, and the 2019 recipient of the NSME Akron/Canton’s “Outstanding Community Leader” award.

0:00 Intro

4:12 The Heart To Heart way (Look within, lead beyond)…

• Awareness
• Appreciation
• Authenticity
• Application

9:52 What are some of the outcomes with Heart to Heart or what does it look like when the needle moves for a leader?

17:11 What sort of assessment is around EQ?

18:40 Enneagram reference

20:46 Enneagram summary

22:08 What is your go to for taking the Enneagram?

• Rheti assessment, 144 questions… at the enneagram institute website https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/rheti?gclid=CjwKCAjw_aemBhBLEiwAT98FMsycB7x2A1KIZLWJB80nI8zXbKUsaYCdFGMNTuyJAXY6_iZLr_pOnxoCWwUQAvD_BwE

25:12 Where did the enneagram come from?

26:17 Reference to Ginger Lapid-Bogda https://theenneagraminbusiness.com

27:54 What’s next steps after taking the enneagram assessment?

29:05 Book reference - What type of a leader are you by Ginger Lapid-Bagda

34:32Summary of the nine enneagram types

• The Heart (mitigate feelings) 2, 3, 4
• The Head (mitigate fear) 5, 6, 7
• The Gut (mitigate anger) 8, 9, 1

52:31 “Through the lens of the Enneagram”

56:27 Reference to Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of Team

58:52 “Invitational accountability”

59:46 Clifton Strengths assessment https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/home.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=us_strengths_branded_cs_ecom&utm_term=cliftonstrengths&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw_aemBhBLEiwAT98FMl-e7Uzx6OiYpwmUS0n-sG1nRK0aTMlutmcmg66Q8_pz7Nl02p1f2RoC9r4QAvD_BwE

• 34 core talents or themes

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In Episode 047 of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Mark Whitmore and David Quick have a discussion on Culture Index, Vistage, and hiring. Part 2 of 2.

Here is a link for Culture Index to take a survey: https://surveys.cultureindex.com/s/69AC7B0000/26716

0:00 Intro

0:14 Good resources for the hiring process…

• Book reference - Who by Geoff Smart
• “Can you find a better first baseman”

3:42 Book references - The Advantage and Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni

4:10 “We’re all willing to sweep floors”

5:57 Book reference - Legacy: What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life by James Kerr

10:45 What is the day job of the Visionary?

• Harnessing the power of your herd
• The path to remarkable leadership in an organization comes down to four things:
• Setting vision
• Creating and enforcing values
• Setting expectations
• Engaging like a madman or madwoman

12:32 Path to lazy leadership…

16:17 List of the Visionary’s Day Job

22:06 I need to fuel this magnet…

27:26 1-800-gotjunk reference Cameron Herrold

29:09 As a business coach if you could just impart an ability to an entrepreneur what are they missing?

• If you want to be better, there are people out there that can help you…
• Do you want a different level of success? 3 Questions: What do you want to be, do, have…

34:04 What are some common issues for some of the principles or leadership teams of an organization?

• Vision
• Values
• Expectations
• Engagement

38:31 Simon Sinek Quote……

“So if you would if you would go to the gym like exercise, right? If you go to the gym and workout and you come back and you look in the mirror, you will see nothing. And if you go to the gym the next day and you come back and you look in the mirror, you will see. Nothing right?”

39:24 Do these 4 things fall on just 1 seat?

41:58 Swim suit analogy

45:02 Link to SOAR tool https://youtu.be/7_E0C3-HMmA

45:43 If it’s not scheduled it’s not going to happen…

52:13 What are some other CEO peer groups?

53:37 What is some of the worst advise you’ve heard

58:41 One day I want you here…

1:01:03 Link to the SMACK episode https://youtu.be/UgKgysVOME4

1:05:35 “In God we trust; all others must bring data.” - William Edwards Deming

1:07:35 Some reference checking hacks

1:11:14 Shoutout to pinnacle

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In Episode 046 of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Mark Whitmore and David Quick have a discussion on Culture Index, Vistage, and hiring. Part 1 of 2.

Here is a link for Culture Index to take a survey: https://surveys.cultureindex.com/s/69AC7B0000/26716

0:00 Intro

1:18 How did you get into coaching?

6:21 Book reference - It’s Your Ship by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff

11:38 Talk about your involvement with Vistage https://www.vistage.com

12:36 Shoutout to Jean Lauterbach with Vistage

15:13 Reference to Junto or the Leather Apron - Ben Franklin

15:59 Book Reference - Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell

16:53 Book reference - Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything by Hermann Simon

17:30 Book Reference - Think Again Adam Grant

19:51 Book reference - Culture Code by Dan Coyle

20:55 Introduction to Culture Index https://www.cultureindex.com

24:57 What Culture Index does really well…

• Adds data and objectivity to the hiring process

28:05 What does Culture Index measure?

7 key work-related traits

• Autonomy
• Social ability
• Patience
• Conformity
• Logic
• Ingenuity
• Energy units

30:02 Assessment scores, looks like a curved shape

4 Groups:

• Visionary
• Technical Research
• Social
• Organizational

Along with 19 Patterns ranging from things like Daredevil to Traditionalist

31:42 Explain the dots on the graph

34:37 How to take the assessment

Start with no-cost demo, takes 10 minutes to take
https://surveys.cultureindex.com/s/69AC7B0000/26716

41:11 How does Culture Index compare to some of the other big assessment tools out there?

43:49 What are some keys to seeing this as some neat new tool to something that is valuable?

48:45 What was your journey like with a second in command?

51:06 The architect

55:05 Every assessment profile has value and every profile has tax

56:07 “There are no solutions, only trade-offs” - Thomas Sowell

58:20 Heroic and anti-heroic traits

59:08 It seems that most of the assessments don’t take about character

1:03:30 Why do entrepreneurs have a hard time implementing some of these tools?

1:08:41 Good resources for the hiring process…

• Book reference - Who by Geoff Smart
• “Can you find a better first baseman”

1:12:08 Book references - The Advantage and Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni

1:12:56 “We’re all willing to sweep floors”

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Mark and Shane talk about a new tool Mark developed called “Pump the Brakes” - a hack to balance out making decisions with your gut and also with thinking!

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0:00 Intro

4:20 A lot of visionaries are driven by ideas and they often have a sensory operating system.

5:50 How to approach this exercise

• Pressure test the idea
• Balance emotion with reality
• Forced objectivity
• Turn over big rocks and see what’s underneath
• Help prevent ugly girlfriend syndrome
• Hopium antidote
• Take a personal retreat and journal all the answers
• Helps to get your thoughts in order
• Take a significant chunk of time to do this exercise, maybe half a day out of the office
• Landing spot for this work could be in your journal

12:21 Step 1 - Park a date in your calendar then go do it

12:29 Step 2 - Take a sheet of paper or your journal and park your idea right in the center. Try to write it out in 10 words or less.

14:09 Reference to the Incompleteness Theorems by Kurt Gödel https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/goedel-incompleteness/

14:56 Questions to start to answer (not in any order):

• What are the essential operating principles? (Rabid to written)
• Can you paint a picture of failure?
• Can you paint a picture of success?
• What are your guiding principles? Reference to Ray Dalio’s book Principles
• What are you trying solve?
• What are some other options?
• What is the harm in not doing it?
• What is at stake?
• What are the essential elements?

• (Ref to the Far Side cartoon What the?)

• What are some of the missing resources?

• What will have to change to do this?
• List your trusted advisors and their opinions about this idea
• Legal
• Financial
• Asset management

• Coach

• Describe the pressing need to do this

36:36 Book reference - American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman

41:19 Movie reference Tall Tale https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111359/

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In Episode 044 of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Alec Broadfoot, CEO of VisionSpark https://visionsparksearch.com/

They discuss Alec’s new book, “Revealed! Insider Secrets To Hiring Your #2 Leader”

https://visionsparksearch.com/alecs-book/

finding second in command folks, interviews, business operating systems and a whole lot more!

In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Alec Broadfoot, CEO of VisionSpark https://visionsparksearch.com/ They discuss Alec’s new book, “Revealed! Insider Secrets To Hiring Your #2 Leader” https://visionsparksearch.com/alecs-b... , finding second in command folks, interviews, business operating systems and a whole lot more!

0:00 Intro 1:22 Shoutout to Sal Filardi 1:31 Book reference: Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton 2:01 What is Second In Command? - “Someone who is going to run the business for the Visionary” 3:48 Where/when do you see an organization needing to hire Second in Command or C suite? 6:52 Does it work to bump up the office manager into Second in Command? Good question to ask: Can this person take my business to the next level? 8:29 Background information on VisionSpark https://visionsparksearch.com/ 12:59 How do you pitch hiring folks for companies? 13:45 What’s the difference with a recruiter and a search firm? 16:31 Tips for using a recruiter

17:29 Using assessments in the hiring process: success rate more than triples 17:43 Reference to University of Michigan study: The interview as a tool to predict someone’s future success is about 14% accurate. But when you use a high quality assessment the percentage goes up to 52% 18:03 Some examples of high quality assessments

18:34 What about DISC? https://www.discprofile.com/what-is-d... 18:45 What the assessment does: it measures an individual’s core behavior. 20:16 What’s the most quirky or cool/different assessment? What’s one that you wouldn’t recommend?

22:33 Talk about the difference between, cognitive, affective, and conative 29:34 What assessments would you recommend to a company new to using them? Fairly easy to get their hands around?

34:05 Interviewing hacks 36:24 “We have seen visionaries where their strength that makes them a great entrepreneur also is the kryptonite for them when hiring individuals.” 37:16 Quick and easy interview format: 40:35 Hiring process: 43:09 VisionSpark Interview Day Form LINK https://lodestonetruenorth.com/wp-con... 47:57 Book reference - Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 49:01 During and interview make sure you’re listening, and don’t do all the talking. It’s a discovery process 51:35 Book reference - Topgrading by Brad Smart 52:36 The AAR Tool • Episode 032 - The... 58:36 The average time of a mis-hire 278 hours 1:00:02 Alec’s new book “Revealed: Insider Secrets to Hiring Your #2” 1:07:36 How do you help people figure out their unique ability? 1:10:57 What talents are good for a visionary? 1:13:59 How do you start with a visionary? 1:17:13 What is the suite of rolls for a Second in Command? 1:22:04 What does the Second in Command own? 1:27:22 What characteristics do you see in a great #2 Leader? 1:30:20 What resources would you recommend for developing a future #2 Leader? 1:35:50 Sensitivity testing… 1:37:45 Why are visionaries not good at hiring in general, but especially when hiring people for their leadership team? 1:45:00 Book references

1:49:46 Talking about core values 1:52:51 Pinnacle tool: Who wants to keep your job? 2:03:11 Book reference - The road less stupid by Keith J. Cunningham 2:09:55 What is so compelling about working with entrepreneurs?

Credits Music - Love is a long road by Tom Petty

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Kolbe Certified Consultant Kimberly Dyer.

How We Work

https://www.kolbe.com/

https://www.kolbe.com/kolbe-wisdom/#ConativeMind

0:00 Intro

5:42 Book reference — Traction by Gino Wickman

7:28 What does it look like to get certified in Kolbe?

10:19 What are these assessments measuring and why are they valuable?

Differences between 3 types of assessments:

• Affective (Feeling)
• Cognitive (Thinking)
• Conative (Doing - How you take action when you have the freedom to be yourself)

13:36 Why should we do any assessment?

15:01 Ergs…

17:20 “Imagine if you could accomplish your goals, objectives, with less people, or with the same people that aren’t burned out. You’d have a retention device built-in. You’ll probably start attracting people because they are hearing: ‘This is a great place to work.’”

18:56 ROI on assessments…

• Less mistakes because of miscommunication
• Better collaborative team
• Better predictable results when you put a team together

20:09 What are some other note-worthy assessments?

20:30 6 Types of Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni) https://www.workinggenius.com/

20:58 DISC

21:38 Book Reference - Drive by Daniel Pink

22:01 Mark’s M3M tool - https://youtu.be/NR9kRJFSYcc?t=318

23:13 Reference to other assessments:

Strengthsfinder https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/strengthsfinder.aspx

DISC https://www.discprofile.com/what-is-disc/how-disc-works/

Culture Index https://www.cultureindex.com

Predictive Index https://www.predictiveindex.com

24:09 What’s the difference between affective, cognitive, and conative?

25:50 Book Reference - 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni

29:04 Book Reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth

29:46 Ideal pairing with Kolbe…

31:31 What does the actual Kolbe assessment look like? (It’s not a test) www.kolbe.com

37:18 “You’ve got a perfect score!” (Strengths-based assessment)

37:57 The 4 Numbers

• Red - Fact Finder (How you gather and share information)
• Blue - Follow Thru (How you use systems and processes, organizing)
• Green - Quick Start (How you handle risk and uncertainty)
• Yellow - Implementor (not implementer) (how you handle physical or tangible space/objects)

Different Kolbe assessments:

• Kolbe A (who your are truly in your natural state)
• Kolbe B (how you see your job)
• Kolbe C (how a supervisor would create for an ideal candidate)

46:00 How to do this without creating more problem?

• Half day workshop looks like…

49:58 Explain what the ranges are, hierarchy from left to right…

50:53 Fact Finder (Red)

1-3 Simplify (Start with end in mind, sees big picture)

4-6 Like and need to explain, fact checking along the way

7-10 Strategizing, looking for patterns

53:02 How do these conflict or get along?

54:32 Roles for different levels of fact finder…

56:38 Follow Thru (Blue) - Systems and processes. Digital files and physical files…

1-3 Adapting

4-6 Maintaining the preexisting systems

7-10 Systemization (executing on current or creating new)

1:04:46 Quick Start - Risk and uncertainty

1-3 Stabilization to the chaos (resist straying from the plan)

4-6 Modify

7-10 Innovators

1:08:13 Implementor - Haptics (tangible tools, physical space)

1-3 Envisioning (how’s it going to look)

4-6 Restoration or preservation

7-10 Pick up tools and start building

1:09:05 Reference to Frank Gehry https://www.biography.com/artist/frank-gehry

1:14:50 How many ergs should we spend at work?

1:17:49 Tips or next steps…

1:21:40 Five desert island books

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr
• Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
• Ann Rivers books - https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/anne-rivers-siddons/
• Clive Cussler - the Dirk Pitt series https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/dirk-pitt/

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discusses delegation, and a cheat sheet that we developed to help you delegate.

Episodes 40 and 42 we talk about problems and solutions around delegating. Here’s a great hack if you are a manager and you find yourself struggling to delegate effectively.

Download the Delegate Tool worksheet here:

0:00 Intro

4:37 Tips and pregame

5:42 Checklist overview

7:23 Remember the spirit of the core values

8:20 With Purpose / On Purpose?

9:18 Time frame?

11:15 Book Reference - Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

12:10 End results clear?

14:00 Tied to macro strategy? This is a great time to generate buy-in

15:05 Resources dispatched?

17:10 What’s at stake?

18:07 Reference to episode 40 https://youtu.be/QGiIwBumfPo

18:51 Prioritized?

19:35 Re-state - read back directions

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Music - Smokin’ by Boston

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss two sides of adaptability.

0:00 Intro

1:36 Two sides to adaptability

3:32 Upcoming book, The Visionary Dilemma in 3 parts

3:41 1st Dilemma - People need an overarching vision, but don’t realize they need one

4:35 Book reference Drive by Daniel Pink

7:14 2nd Dilemma - Visions are invisible pictures

8:28 3rd Dilemma - Visions disrupt normalcy

12:15 Adapting on the negative side, or to things that should not be…

(Don’t rock the boat)

14:29 Discontent with the status quo

18:56 Reference to a miniseries Brain Games - Memory is malleable https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2078690/

24:14 Quote from the blog post…

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss delegation.

0:00 Intro
5:15 The Soft Side: Abdicate, Imply, Hint, Imagine, Allude, Assume, Ignore
8:42 The Rough Side: Directing, Remote Controlling, Micro-managing, Intimidate, Pressure, Beg, Demand, Manipulate
10:59 Definitions:

• To create clarity around expectations outcomes
• To empower ownership
• To release trust with minimal overbite

14:29 Play to someone else’s strengths and free up your own plate
17:31 Tie down those tasks to strategy20:49 It’s unclear how these tasks are tied to strategy
21:26 Setting up pathways and frameworks, or macro processes
24:22 Checking in on progress
24:57 Book Reference: The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard

34:42 Reference to our T.O.M.K.A.T. Episode 017 https://youtu.be/zkbLckE4xEk

37:20 Delegating is vital for scaling the business

41:05 Strengthen the last part of S.M.A.C.K.! – “Kick It” (See our episode on S.M.A.C.K.! https://youtu.be/UgKgysVOME4 )

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Music – Song Back by Little Big Town
Gallup Study – “CEO’s who excel in delegating generate 33% higher revenue” https://news.gallup.com/businessjournal/182414/delegating-huge-management-challenge-entrepreneurs.aspx

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss digging down into the roots of issues. 0:00 Intro8:00 At the root of all issues, at the end of the day, it basically goes back to the owner.10:00 Reference to our S.M.A.C.K.! Tool (Check out our free course here: https://lodestone.thinkific.com/courses/smack )11:25 There are a handful of suspects for roots of issues12:35 Places to look for potential roots on the “They Own” side: 13:25 Our People/Culture/Core Values- Attitude- Work Ethic- Ability or Talent- Availability 15:40 Clients16:50 Vendors17:50 On the We side (the leadership team)- Core Values- Strategy- Vision or where are we going- Purpose (why we exist)- Structure- Putting talented people in the right seats- Communication- Processes (behaviors, how we do things)- Systems (pipes and wires)- Tangibles (buildings, trucks, equipment, gear)CreditsDigging in the Dirt - Peter Gabriel, on the album USWebsite: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!)LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.comPodcast:YouTube (video)

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the Strong Hand Tool, a good thinking hack to realize the places where you might get stuck while trying to get things done.

0:00 Intro

0:45 Documentary on Terry Kath, one of the founding members of the band Chicago: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5037288/

3:07 Lodestone is here to help! https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com

3:58 Strong Hand Tool

• There are some wall that we run into…

4:54 The first hurdle is Epiphany…

• Ideas, solutions, clarity…

5:08 “On the pathway to execution, the first problem is that folks just don’t see things.”

8:54 The second hurdle is Context…

• Put that epiphany into your context of where you are going with your business. Why does it matter? How does it fit our strategy?

10:12 Book reference - Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio

• Big take-away - You need to ask yourself what principle are you operating under?

12:28 The third hurdle is Framework or Format

• What’s our operating system? Where do we drop this information into a system in which we get things done?

17:01 “The framework disappears in the hands of the craftsman.”

17:41 The fourth hurdle is Execute…

18:59 Book reference - 20 mile march from Jim Collins book Great By Choice - https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/twenty-mile-march.html

19:58 Work ethic can sometimes be toxic, especially when going in the wrong direction…

21:11 The fifth hurdle is Review…

21:41 AAR Tool - see our podcast episode 032 for details: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-032-aar-exercise/

23:15 Download the Strong Hand Tool worksheet here: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-038/

24:59 Some signs that you are a visionary…

28:12 What we do here at Lodestone…

35:26 Sprechstimme singing - https://www.britannica.com/art/Sprechstimme

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Music - Feelin’ Stronger Every Day - Chicago

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews business coach Preston True https://www.gettpafit.com/

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 business requires a new level of fitness well beyond the day you started it. The stamina required to scale rocky peaks, navigate dark valleys and reach your pinnacle is not achieved without the right people, purpose, playbook and performance.

0:00 Intro

4:13 Movie reference - Peanut Butter Falcon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4364194/

5:39 Podcast reference - The Real Ones, Jon Burnthal

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-ones-with-jon-bernthal/id1610616073

6:19 Shoutout to Jeremy Radabaugh

https://agents.allstate.com/jeremy-d-radabaugh-morgantown-wv.html

7:17 Preston’s Desert Island Movies…

1. Spanish Prisoner with Steve Martin https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120176/
2. The Smartest Guys in the Room https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016268/plotsummary/
3. The Terminal List TV series and book by Jack Carr https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11743610/

11:46 Mark’s Desert Island Movies…

1. Saving Private Ryan https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/
2. The Last Samurai https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/
3. Gladiator https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/
4. Gran Torino https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489

19:14 Shoutout to Greg Cleary https://gregorycleary.com/

22:02 Shoutout to Pinnacle https://pinnaclebusinessguides.com

23:01 Why are you a business coach

24:53 “Light is one of the most powerful antiseptics”

27:02 Podcast reference: Lex Fridman Podcast https://youtu.be/8EguLJgkc54 Empathy vs. Sympathy

29:09 Shoutout to Tip Quilter

29:55 Breaking down the Hero’s Journey model by Joseph Campbell

34:02 The difference between coaching, teaching, advising, consulting, implementor, mentor, guide, etc…

38:49 Role as a mentor

40:32 “I am going to help you delete chaos, earn more, and fall back in love with your business.”

49:31 Pathway to mastery…

51:21 What are you resigned or attached about?

57:50 Patrick Lencioni reference

59:22 Helping clients out of the weeds…

1:01:32 Sometimes getting in the weeds is recreating the past…

1:03:01 What can create as opposed to what we can predict…

1:04:27 J. F. Kennedy, putting a man on the moon…

1:05:46 Let’s paint a picture of what we’ll look like in the future

1:08:42 DTO - Define The Opposite

1:11:11 Dan Sullivan quote… ”Always make your future bigger than your past”

1:14:50 A coach is your inside voice that has empathy and invites challenge…

1:24:57 Dealing with head trash

1:28:26 20 mile march, Jim Collins Great by Choice book:

https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/twenty-mile-march.html

1:31:47 Father Mark Livingston…

1:32:47 The Dazzling Dud

1:34:00 Preston’s own Planner/Journal

1:38:07 Shoutout to Brandon Kenney

1:41:54 Stewardship…

“The conducting, supervising, or managing of something.

Especially : the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care”

1:45:51 As parents we are cultural activators

1:50:36 “Become the leader your people deserve.”

1:51:36 Work/Life balance…

1:56:54 What’s the game I’m actually playing?

1:59:32 Mark’s speech…

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss a bit of the book “Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio.

0:00 Intro

1:27 Book reference - Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio

4:08 Book reference - Principles by Ray Dalio

You have to identify a guiding principle for what you are doing…

5:04 “Pain + Reflection = Progress”

10:49 “Consensus is typically believed to be a good rough picture of what’s to come, even though history has shown that the future is likely to turn out differently than what’s expected. In other words, humans by nature, like most species, tend to move in crowds and weigh recent experience far more heavily than what is appropriate.” ~Ray Dalio

11:52 Definitions of consensus:

1. Majority of opinion
2. General agreement, or concord, or harmony

18:41 The “Strong Hand” tool (hurdles)

1. Epiphany
2. Context: Put that epiphany in some sort of context
3. Framework (or Format): You need an execution framework or format to drop this idea into
4. Execute: on the idea. This is where grit comes in…
5. Review

PART 2

21:19 The “Strong Hand” Tool (continued)

24:35 Book Reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth

26:00 Reading from he book The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, Quote: Epictedus on page 79

29:00 Shoutout to Dr. Jim Powell of Powell Chiropractic https://www.powellchiropractic.com/

32:18 Reference to Scrivener https://www.literatureandlatte.com/

38:30 Pinnacle framework

38:45 Rocks - Stephen Covey

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Music - Hursts so good by John Mellencamp

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Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com

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n this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the book “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy” by Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko.

0:00 Intro
3:44 “The rich have money, the wealthy have time.”
6:33 Preface, there are some hurdles…

• First hurdle - not having an epiphany
• Second hurdle - putting an epiphany into a context of bigger picture/vision
• Third hurdle - framework or format to execute
• Last hurdle - getting it done… Grit…

13:02 Shoutout to Troy Evans
13:46 Book Reference - Richest Man in Babylon by George S Clason
15:49 10 Pieces of Gold story: 7 pieces of gold for everyday expenses, 1 piece of gold goes to payoff (not service) debt, 1 piece of gold goes to savings, 1 piece of gold goes to invest.
17:11 Book Reference - Profit First
22:23 PAW and UAW (Pages 13-14 of the book)
Equation: Your Age x realized pretax annual household income. Take this number and divide by 10. This (less any inherited wealth) is what your net worth should be.
25:37 Seven common denominators of wealthy people

1. They live well below their means
2. They use their time, money, and energy very efficiently
3. Financial independence not wealth artifacts
4. They don’t have parental economic support
5. They nurture self sufficient adult children
6. Leveraging market opportunities
7. Choose the right vocation

38:29 Take aways:
39:21 Wealth does not equal income
39:56 Spend less than you make
40:36 The book is full of lots of stats
41:21 Self control
41:51 Unity with your spouse
42:51 You need to put your money to work
44:38 Budgeting vs. book-keeping
45:39 Folks that figure out how to focus on just a few things get a lot more done
47:09 Get good at ignoring what people may think about you
48:13 Shoutout to Lucas Cole of Epipheo https://epipheo.com/

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Music - Twice as Hard by The Black Crows (from their album “Shake Your Money Maker”)

Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com
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LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/
LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north
Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:
YouTube (video)
https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth
Spotify (video or audio)
https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU
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In episode 034 of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and guest Connie Chwan talk about her experiences as a business coach. Connie has over 40 years experience as an entrepreneur and is certified in several business operating systems, the most recent being Pinnacle. More info on Connie can be found at www.pure-direction.com

0:00 Intro
1:53 How did you get into coaching and EOS?
12:23 What kind of advise would you give a business owner on hiring a business coach?

• there has to be a connection between the coach and the leadership team, if it doesn’t exist we can’t get past square one

Connie works best with people that:

• Know they need to change
• Know they need help
• Are willing to be open, honest, and vulnerable
• Willing to see what this will look like

15:11 One of Connie’s favorite questions to ask a business owner at the beginning of talks, “If we were sitting here 3 years from now, what will have happened for you to feel personally and professionally satisfied and happy?”
15:35 Connie’s 4 step process:

1. Create the right team
2. Align to a vision
3. Create a plan to achieve that vision
4. Execute with consistency

19:17 Three basic parts of every company: Get Work, Do Work, Get Paid
19:50 If the seat could talk… List 5 accountabilities
20:00 Accountabilities start with an action verb
24:20 Determining fit with a client
36:42 How would you summarize what you do as a business coach? The difference between a coach and consultant.
38:03 “Everybody needs a coach because none of us can see ourselves playing the game.”
38:36 Mark’s metaphor: Rick Rubin and Rickenbacker
43:36 Client wins
48:08 Connie is writing a children’s leadership book…
51:29 What’s your Kolbe score?
52:23 What are some tools that are game changers with your clients?

• Accountability chart
• Core value assessment
• Survey from Five Dysfunctions of Team by Patrick Lencioni
• Because I said I would - Team Building cards https://becauseisaidiwould.org/
• Rock planner
  What must be true for this to be complete
  What resources do you need
  A few milestones

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:  Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss 4 tools or exercises that help to put a bow on the past year.

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the “AAR” meeting/template/tool. How to put a bow on the past year.

0:00 Intro

2:13 Shoutout to Ann Kardos at Logos Bookstore of Kent, Ohio
www.kentlogos.com www.faithandartshop.com

3:03 Is the juice worth the squeeze?

5:57 The same dang dam

7:37 Moving forward really fast…

9:06 3 types of reactions

1 - I don’t remember what happened last year

2 - Data, either too much or too little

3 - All emotion

11:52 AAR stands for After Action Review

What was the plan?

What actually happened?

What caused that to happen?

30:09 This is a Brain Drain…

43:17 Shoutout to Greg Cleary and Duane Marshall at Pinnacle

44:00 Book Reference - Inside Delta Force by Eric L. Haney

Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com
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LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/
LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north
Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:
YouTube (video)
https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth
Spotify (video or audio)
https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU
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https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Tim Campbell CVO of Dearman Moving & Storage ( https://dearmanmoving.com/ ) discuss the “Do the Numbers” exercise. Tips for facilitating a leadership team session in which you look at the big numbers for the past year.

0:00 Intro

2:40 Tim’s take away on “Do the Numbers”

5:43: Dave Ramsey quote - “Right after I do something desperate, I do something stupid.”

(Don’t act out of desperation)

8:20 Why should we do “Do The Numbers“ exercise?

8:30 We’re bad at summarizing

9:50 Data deaf or data drunk

10:35 Inability to see or measure forward progress

16:30 A one page story, not a report

24:35 Shoutout to Preston True! The 100 pennies exercise

27:40 How to do this exercise, hands on. Gather some of the macro elements of your business

33:30 Productivity equation: Revenue divided by expenses = productivity number

37:30 People / Culture / Competition / Vendors

41:50 Shoutout to Heath Hostettler

42:49 Story about Marcus Luttrell

47:45 Book reference: The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

49:00 What gets measured gets done

1:04:10 Process

1:06:40 Systems

1:08:30 Strategy / vision

1:16:30 Building a template

1:21:10 Some hurdles: 1-Let’s have an annual reset 2-Let’s do some good work while we do this reset 3-How are we going to change?

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Tim Campbell CVO of Dearman Moving & Storage ( https://dearmanmoving.com/ ) discuss some practical applications from the book Grit by Angela Duckworth ( https://angeladuckworth.com/ ).

0:00 Intro

1:06 Update on Dearman Moving and Storage

5:04 Practical applications from the book Grit

7:59 Tim’s big take-aways

12:19 Hierarchy of the few (Page 70)

17:10 The Hard Thing Rule (Page 241)

• Choose something hard with daily deliberate practice

• Can’t quit in the middle

• Something that is interesting to you, and you pick it. It’s not picked out for you by someone else.

24:29 Land of Awesome exercise

33:31 Three things for Tim

• Coaching

• Financial markets

• Faith

36:03 Hallmarks of a vision

• Compelling

• Not a “how” or “when”

• It’s a picture not a process

41:36 Tie Downs (Page 261)

43:24 Deliberate Practice

44:28 Importance of clarity breaks

45:38 Pros practice…

48:00 Link to our SOAR video:

https://youtu.be/7_E0C3-HMmA

54:00 Leader practice points…

• Simulate the situation

• Create a framework

• Write down some notes

• Do a bunch of dry-runs with another leader

57:41 Purpose and passion

1:01:17 Saying yes to a big goal, you have to say no to a lot of other things…

1:04:55 Shut the noise off…

1:06:48 Growth vs fixed mindset

1:06:54 Book reference - “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

1:11:40 Our next Book Club book: “The 6 Types of Working Genius” by Patrick Lencioni

Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com
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LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/
LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north
Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:
YouTube (video)
https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth
Spotify (video or audio)
https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU
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https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Josh Gordon (President of Full Spectrum Marketing https://www.fsm.agency/ ) discuss part 3 of the book Grit by Angela Duckworth (https://angeladuckworth.com/ ). Growing grit from the outside in.

0:00 Intro
1:35 Big take-aways from this section of the book…
6:26 Somebody has to have a robust vision… Unity…
9:16 Fighting against discord
11:28 Imitate leads to emulate…
12:47 Soft culture (culture of convenience)
15:41 Chapter 10 on Parenting, authoritarian vs authoritative (wise parenting) - See page 212 in the book.
17:27 Teasing out the definition of a parent, derives from a Latin term “to bring forth”
20:40 The parenting assessment on page 214…
33:08 Do you have a vision for your family? Surviving or flourishing
37:04 “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
37:59 Parenting in a gritty way: doing the hard stuff when you don’t feel like it…
40:43 The hard thing rule in chapter 11, has 3 parts (page 241)
The first part of the hard thing rule: everyone has to do 1 thing that is hard, that requires daily deliberate practice.43:14 Second part, is that you can quit. But only at a natural stopping point.
43:32 Third part, you get to pick your hard thing, nobody else picks it for you.
49:30 Don’t underestimate the value of discernment
50:30 Character is a plurality of things…
50:49 Grit and OCD can look similar…
51:24 The goal setting chapter…
51:40 Virtue clusters: will, heart, and mind
52:48 Character is a bit of a loaded word…
53:09 Character comes down to 3 things: Integrity (doing the right thing when no one is looking), the ability to create clarity, moral authority
54:16 Any things you’ll change in your life after reading this book?
2 Things: Relationship between poverty and opportunity and the word Sisu
56:50 The word Sisu (from Finland)
“It is a compound of bravado and bravery, of ferocity and tenacity, of the ability to keep fighting after most people would have quit, and to fight with the will to win.” - Quote in the book (Page 251) from a feature on Sisu in Time magazine, 1940
1:03:23 There are no painless pathways…
1:04:25 Teddy Roosevelt quote (Page 254)
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” - Teddy Roosevelt

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Chrissy Myers (CEO of AUI https://auiinfo.com/ ) discuss part 2 of the book Grit by Angela Duckworth (Website: https://angeladuckworth.com/ ). Growing grit from the inside out.

0:00 Intro

2:03 Chrissy’s top 5 Strengths in Strengths Finder (Clifton Strengths)…

https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/strengthsfinder.aspx

13:17 Book Club: Grit Part 2 - “Growing from the inside out”

13:37 Character quality of grit: consistent action over time

16:15 How do you describe grit?

20:19 General take away on the book Grit as a whole

22:06 If you had read this book 20 years ago, how would you be different?

24:47 Variety vs. vocation

25:38 Job to career to calling

35:54 Professionals practice, amateurs don’t

42:01 Practice purpose intentionally, and deliberate practice

44:57 Book reference: Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

47:00 “Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It’s that simple, and it’s that hard.”

― Danny Meyer, Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

47:44 What things in your life have been grit generating?

50:08 ETC show choir shoutout https://etc-schoolofmusicalarts.org

52:50 After reading this book is there anything you will do differently in parenting?

1:01:30 Is it a good idea to have gritty employees?

1:04:00 How would you interview someone to find out if they are gritty? Ask “how” questions…

1:12:18 Book reference: Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

1:16:01 Book reference: Mindset by Carol S. Dweck - growth vs fixed mindset

1:19:21 Book reference: Personality isn’t permanent by Dr. Benjamin Hardy

1:20:14 Anything in the book that didn’t resonate with you?

1:21:30 Grit vs. Obsession

1:24:11 Grace is giving someone more time to get it right

1:25:40 Quote from the book, “As a psychologist, I can confirm that grit is far from the only-or even the most important-aspect of a person’s character.”

1:26:27 The three virtue clusters: will, heart, & mind

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LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/
LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north
Lodestone Online Courses: lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:
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https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth
Spotify (video or audio)
https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU
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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and co-host Shane Kardos kick off Book Club 2.0 with an overview of the book Grit: The power of passion and perseverance by Angel Duckworth, published by Scribner (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) 2016 (291 pages, notes go to page 338) Website: https://angeladuckworth.com/

0:00 Intro
0:57 Book Club 2.0
4:43 Overview of Part I, “What is grit and why it matters”
16:08 What is Grit?
16:46 Grit equation
17:27 Outline
24:00 The Grit test: you can take this online at https://angeladuckworth.com/grit-scale/
31:24 Part II overview, “Growing grit from the inside out”
37:14 Promoting growth mindset:
38:09 Wise Parenting
43:21 Part III overview, “Growing grit from the outside in”

Book is broken up into 3 parts:Part I - What grit is and why it matters
Part II - Growing grit from the inside out (Ep 028 with guest Chrissy Myers)
Part III - Growing grit from the outside in (Ep 029 guest Josh Gordon
Afterword: Seven questions I get asked about grit

Part ICh 1 - Showing up
Ch 2 - Distracted by talent
Ch 3 - Effort counts twice
Ch 4 - How gritty are you?
Ch 5 - Grit grows

Part IICh 6 - Interest
Ch 7 - Practice
Ch 8 - Purpose
Ch 9 - Hope

Part IIICh 10 - Parenting for grit
Ch 11 - The playing fields of grit
Ch 12 - A culture of grit
Ch 13 - Conclusion

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LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/
LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north
Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:
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https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth
Spotify (video or audio)
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Angela Duckworth is co-founder, chief scientist, and a board member of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. She is also a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and in 2013 was named a MacArthur Fellow. Prior to her career in research, she was a math and science teacher at public schools in New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Angela shares research-backed advice for parents and teachers in her Tip of the Week.

In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People).

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Josh Gordon, President of Full Spectrum Marketing ( https://www.fsm.agency/ ) discuss the role as a visionary, core strategy, hiring with your core values, and FSM’s core values.

0:00 Intro

19:52 What do you feel like your roll is as a visionary and what does that look like?

24:19 Owning the core strategy, as a visionary

27:00 FSM’s core values

(Partnership, Clear Communication, Bold & Honest, Humbly Confident, Furiosity™️)

36:38 FSM’s ideal client (FMS’s Mission: “Great work to do good”)

38:03 Do you have clients that come back with their core values?

39:24 What would you suggest to a company they ought to look for in a business coach?

41:01 Shoutout to Akron Family Restaurant https://akron-family-restaurant.business.site/

41:40 What’s your favorite Lodestone tool? S.M.A.C.K.! (see Episode 018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgKgysVOME4&t=300s for more info on S.M.A.C.K.!)

44:40 What lessons have you learned?

49:05 Hiring is a huge deal…

52:58 What have you seen other business owners mess up?

• Trust allergy

55:25 Why is ego such a big deal?

57:23 What books would you suggest to other companies?

• 7 habits of highly effective people, Stephen R. Covey (especially habit number 5)

• Founding Brothers, Joseph J. Ellis (on the Revolutionary War)

• Crossing the chasm, by Geoffrey

1:05:35 Reference to Stephen Covey Big Rocks video (habit number 3)

1:13:00 When the term Furiosity™️ was created…

1:14:30 We make connecting people with information…

1:16:30 Teeing up Episode 029 (Grit Part III)

Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com
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LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/
LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north
Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:
YouTube (video)
https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth
Spotify (video or audio)
https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU
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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Tim Campbell, CVO of Dearman Moving & Storage ( https://dearmanmoving.com/ ) discuss family business transitions, the importance of a great set of core values and more!

0:00 Intro

2:18 History of Dearman

7:47 A caution for every business owner

11:56 The default business model…

13:06 Tim’s story

22:20 Needing a coach on your side…

22:30 Self learning, and unlearning bad habits

25:15 Need to get beyond fixing symptoms

25:48 Book references:

Pinnacle by Steve Preda & Greg Cleary

Rockefeller Habits by Verne Harnish

The Advantage by Pat Lencioni

Get a Grip by Mike Paton & Gino Wickman

27:41 What’s different with the Dearman business now…

29:17 The importance of having a great set of core values…

32:24 There’s a bit of disruption… Working on the business is like working on a moving vehicle

37:24 Another big hurdle beginning with a new business operating system

41:05 Dearman’s Core Values

46:41 First big challenge/mistake about core values - you don’t have any…

48:00 Second big mistake about core values - they are vague. They need to be clearly differentiated.

48:43 Jim Collins - the definition of the right person on the bus

54:14 Using core values in the interview process

50:55 Book reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth - chapter 12 is about culture https://angeladuckworth.com/

58:44 Business expanding during an economy in contraction

1:00:29 What coaching does for the business…

1:01:11 The space here at Lodestone (the Coral Reef)

1:02:07 Reference to Kurt Gödel

1:05:51 Some advice to a business that could use an advisor or coach

1:07:01 “A business without a business coach is like a car without engine oil”

1:09:23 the BSAF analogy

1:12:33 (Good quote here from Tim - Shoutout to Mark)

1:18:15 All about epiphanies

1:20:21 Attention business owners…

1:23:07 Family businesses are messy…

1:24:56 A good indicator for Mark working with a future client…

1:26:35 Money is a terrible “why”

1:30:52 It doesn’t have to be lonely and miserable at the top

1:37:50 What’s your favorite Lodestone tool…

1:49:28 Book reference - Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud

1:56:08 Two things needed to make the tough decisions:

A clear vision:

1 - Where are we heading

2 - Why is it important

3 - Who are we (culture)

1:56:23 A clear set of seats (organizationally)

1:57:03 The seven solutions to people issues…

1 - Do Nothing

2 - Observe

3 - Training/coaching

4 - Put in a different seat

5 - Put on some sort of notice

6 - Delayed termination

7 - Fire now

2:02:33 The Clarity Maze Tool

2:15:24 What would you tell a 30 something business person…

2:21:48 Don’t let the business own you

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LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

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Lodestone Online Courses: lodestone.thinkific.com

Music - Truckin' by The Grateful Dead

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and our guest Chrissy Myers CEO of AUI https://auiinfo.com/ have a discussion on family business transitions, and also talk about her upcoming book.

0:00 Intro

2:08 A little background info on AUI (Associated Underwriters Insurance) https://auiinfo.com/

8:30 Parents instilled in her time management and clear expectations…

11:42 Differences in family business and ownership

14:15 Complexity of family owned businesses

28:50 Different types of convos in business transitions

30:43 There’s a lesson for family business management in the British Monarchy…

39:49 Do you really want it and do you really love it…

43:11 Some take-aways so far: You need some good people, you can’t do this on your own. The type of folks that are smart, capable, courageous, and bring some clarity.

47:32 Taking the parable of the talents and turning it into a business parable

49:32 Differentiating the owner from the operator. Outside this dotted line are owners with certain roles. Inside the circle are the operators. Pay people for their role. Owners make their money with the profits.

55:05 Family business can be like another really needy kid in the family…

1:08:07 Chrissy talks about her upcoming book

1:08:55 Definition of presenteeism

1:12:25 “She Builds” https://rebuildingtogether.org/she-builds

1:16:52 CLIP!!! Business owners have a mantle…

1:20:00 Advice from Chrissy…

1:25:01 Taking time for thinking, taking inventory… take some time to think, process, organize, get it on paper…

(Great clip from Chrissy on this)

Website: www.lodestonetruenorth.com

Website www.bigeasydesk.com

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north

Lodestone Online Courses: lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:

YouTube (video)

https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth

Spotify (video or audio)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU

Apple Podcasts (audio)

https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

Other Podcast Platforms

https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/

*Credits*

Music - I will not be broken, Bonnie Raitt

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore has a robust discussion with our guest, Ryan Emge. A successful business owner, husband, and father. PART 1

Links to Ryan’s companies:

https://www.freightedge.biz/

https://www.assured.construction/

0:00 Intro

2:01 Ryan talks about his business

8:45 Revenue blindness

34:16 Raising kids with the house project

37:50 Core values

43:30 Book reference - The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck

“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.” ~M. Scott Peck

48:00 Thoughts on self-discipline

49:15 Poem reference Road less Travelled, Robert Frost

49:25 Book reference Discipline without punishment

56:00 5 books

Bible

Chesterton collections

Collective works pre-nicean church fathers

Paradise Restored by David Shultan

1:09:26 Book reference The Road, Cormack McCarthy

1:16:00 Ryan shoutout to Mark

1:21:40 Lincoln Quote - look up

1:25:18 P.u.l.s.e. Meeting

People, Unearth, Lead, Scorecard, Execute

1:29:00 Family meeting

1:34:39 Movie Oblivion

1:35:25 AAR Meeting (After Action Review)

1:36:30The Huddle meeting

1:37:20 Family Dinner Time

1:39:28 Book Reference Grit by Angela Duckworth

1:40:27 Song Reference - The Highwomen, “Crowded Table”

1:47:51 Book Reference - Thou Shalt Prosper by Rabi Lapin?????

1:49:29 Recruiting Flywheel

1:55:55 Monitoring your Core Values

1:59:10 Book Reference The Advantage by Pat Lencioni

2:06:04 Compelling vision

2:09:00 Teeing up the Story of Ryan’s dad, and business transition

2:10:52 Question for Mark from Ryan: Balancing Business and Family Life, prioritizing energy, bring life and fruit to work family and personal family - Answer S3

2:20:30 80/20 principle

2:22:18 Book Reference Steve Jobs biography

2:24:15 How does the family, marriage, and business all tie together before coaching them

2:27:00 Ryan shoutout to Mark

Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com

Website https://www.bigeasydesk.com

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north

Lodestone Courses on Thinkific: https://lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:

YouTube (video)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ

Spotify (video or audio)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU

Apple Podcasts (audio)

https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

Other Podcast Platforms

https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/

Credits

Music - The Living Years, Mike & the Mechanics @3:45

Book reference - The Road Less Traveled - M. Scott Peck

Book reference - Grit - Angela Duckworth

Book reference - The Advantage - Pat Lencioni

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore discusses how to attract people to your organization.

0:00 Intro

1:11 Book reference - The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell

https://www.gladwellbooks.com/landing-page/about-malcolm-gladwell/

17:36 Book reference - Who by Geoff Smart and Randy Street

https://geoffsmart.com/

19:54 Book reference - Drive by Daniel Pink

https://www.danpink.com/about/

21:56 Shoutout to Masterclass online https://www.masterclass.com/

26:52 Book reference - Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Doris-Kearns-Goodwin/1233416

Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com

Website https://www.bigeasydesk.com

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north

Lodestone Courses on Thinkific: https://lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:

YouTube (video)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ

Spotify (video or audio)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU

Apple Podcasts (audio)

https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

*Credits*

Music - Welcome to the Jungle, Etta James

Book - The Tipping Point, Malcom Gladwell

Book - EMyth, Michael E. Gerber

Book - Who, Geoff Smart and Randy Street

Book - Drive, Daniel Pink

Book - Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore talks about delegation and accountability.

0:00 Intro

2:20 Book update, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

6:30 Seats (roles), accountability, ownership…

6:40 The toughest role as a leader… CLIP IDEA

7:40 Delegating in the wrong direction!

9:11 How to delegate and create accountability

12:53 The First Step: here’s my job, and here’s your job (and write it down!)

16:55 Each seat needs to have crystal clarity around it

18:59 The Pathfinder

21:32 The Conductor

26:56 The Second Step: Clearly communicate what was written down in the First Step

29:12 The Third Step: Put someone in that seat or role that is actually good at it

30:31 Book reference: Top Grading by Bradford D. Smart

32:36 Make sure to do lots of follow-up

36:01 Book reference

Website: www.lodestonetruenorth.com

Website www.bigeasydesk.com

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north

Lodestone Online Courses: lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:

YouTube (video)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ

Spotify (video or audio)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU

Apple Podcasts (audio)

https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

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Music - With a little help from my friends - Toto

Book reference - Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore continues the discussion of the book Team of Rivals with our guest Brandon Kenney, the CEO of TTX. Discussions also around family business, and generational transitions.

4:00 Book discussion, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

17:22 Talking about family businesses and generational succession

56:00 Book reference, Radical Candor by Kim Scott

56:10 Book reference, Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud

Website: www.lodestonetruenorth.com

Website www.bigeasydesk.com

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north

Lodestone Online Courses: lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:

YouTube (video)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ

Spotify (video or audio)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU

Apple Podcasts (audio)

https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

*Credits*

Music - The Finer Things by Steve Winwood

Book - Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Book - Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore discusses his new tool called FOCUS, inspired by the book Eat that Frog (Brian Tracy).

2:45 Book reference: Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy

3:14 Book reference: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

6:21 Book reference: Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

9:30 Book reference: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

31:39 CLIP Get out there and read folks!

31:50 Talk about JUICE and TEMPT

45:45 Mark’s new tool inspired from the book, Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy

51:10 New tool called FOCUS, Fundamental (First, Foundational), Optional (OK), Comfortable (cup of coffee), Unload, Stop

Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com

Website https:///www.bigeasydesk.com

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north

Lodestone Courses on Thinkific: https://lodestone.thinkific.com

Podcast:

YouTube (video)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ

Spotify (video or audio)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU

Apple Podcasts (audio)

https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

*Credits*

Music - Kiss that frog - Peter Gabriel

Book reference - Eat that frog by Brian Tracey

Book reference - Team of Rivals, Doris Kerns Goodwin

Book reference - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Book reference - Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore discusses one of his most valuable tools, S.M.A.C.K.! - a guided conversation pathway to help identify roots to an issue, and assemble one or more solutions to solve it forever.

Website: www.lodestonetruenorth.com

Website www.bigeasydesk.com

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north

Lodestone Courses on Thinkific: lodestone.thinkific.com/

Podcast:

YouTube (video)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ

Spotify (video or audio)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU

Apple Podcasts (audio)

https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

00:00 Intro

1:50 Shoutout to First Class Roofing https://first-class-roofing.com

2:34 Shoutout to Bent Tree Coffee https://www.benttreecoffee.com/

3:00 Shoutout to Timberline Crating

4:34 Shoutout to Mt. Eaton Pallet https://www.mteatonpallet.com

5:00 Folks struggling with Symptomatic work

5:45 Link to our free S.M.A.C.K.! course: https://lodestone.thinkific.com/courses/smack

6:09 Background info on S.M.A.C.K.!

8:25 Intro to the S.M.A.C.K.! Tool, a guided conversation

9:20 We’re good at being frustrated…

11:50 Guardrails or swim lanes to a conversation

12:00 S.M.A.C.K.! stands for: Symptoms, Move Back, Assemble, Choose, Kick It, Follow up!

12:50 The first phase: Symptoms (What happened)

15:40 People vent and think they feel something has changed, but haven’t actually fixed anything

16:40 We need to shift from “here’s how we feel” and ask/answer the question “what’s causing that?”

17:15 The second phase: Move Back (What’s causing that) - We’ve talked about the pain and frustration, what we’re going to talk about now is what is causing it…

18:15 We’re looking for potential roots to the symptoms

20:20 The third phase: Assemble (What should we do about the roots) a numbered list of possible solutions

24:10 The fourth phase: Choose one or more of the solutions

27:20 The fifth phase: Kick It (who can do something about it?)

28:15 Rocks, reference to Stephen Covey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV3gMTOEWt8

28:40 Book reference “The Courage to be Disliked” by Kishimi and Koga

32:40 Definition of a conductor in a business sense

39:50 Book reference “The excellence dividend: Tom Peters

42:40 The Sixth phase: Follow Up!

*Credits*

Music - I want a new drug, Huey Lewis and the News

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore discusses his TOMKAT tool, and his new strategic tool about eyesight.

:50 Opening song, Open your eyes, by Asia

1:20 Book reference - Team of Rivals by Goodwin

3:19 Book reference - Pinnacle by Steve Preda and Gregory Cleary

4:20 Mark talks through his tool called TOMKAT (Tools, Opportunity, Materials, Knowledge, Acquired Experience, Talent)

9:15 Reference to a Brian Regan skit

27:00 New tool

Website: www.lodestonetruenorth.com

Website www.bigeasydesk.com

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north

Lodestone Courses on Thinkific: lodestone.thinkific.com/

Podcast:

YouTube (video)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ

Spotify (video or audio)

https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU

Apple Podcasts (audio)

https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

*Credits*

Music - Open your eyes - Asia

Book reference - American Icon, by Hoffman

Book reference - Good to Great, by Jim Collins

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore discusses Generating Buy-in and Grit, the Book “Drive” by Daniel H. Pink, our M3M Took, and a Shoutout to Leppo Rents, Akron Ohio.

1:32 Shoutout to Leppo Rents https://www.lepporents.com/locations/akron

3:51 Tom Petty, and Buy-In and Grit

4:43 Book reference - Drive, by Daniel H. Pink

5:20 The M3M Tool

7:33 Meaning

8:49 Mastery

10:32 Mine (Autonomy)

18:56 Zappos example

25:04 Using meaning to cast a vision

26:19 The Pathway to Mastery

31:58 More thoughts on autonomy, and the English Garden (Stan Hywet gardens https://www.stanhywet.org/ )

37:15 ooo look what Zog do (Gary Lawson, The Far Side https://www.thefarside.com/ )

37:50 Second shoutout to Leppo Rents https://www.lepporents.com/locations/akron

38:16 Talent flees from bad culture

Website: www.lodestonetruenorth.com

Website www.bigeasydesk.com

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north

Thinkific: lodestone.thinkific.com/

Podcast:

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ

Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU

Apple Podcasts

https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

*Credits*

Music - Won’t Back Down - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Book "Drive" by Daniel Pink

Book "Culture Code" by Dan Coyle

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore discusses the main premise from his upcoming book, The Visionary Dilemma.

Website: www.lodestonetruenorth.com


Website www.bigeasydesk.com

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/

LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north


Thinkific: lodestone.thinkific.com/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcZ3wC733fQzTkWtAud0IQ


Spotify 
https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU


Apple Podcasts
 https://apple.co/3O4uv4H

2:42 Shoutout to TTX https://www.ttx-inc.com

4:00 What is vision?

5:46 Book referenced - Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision, by Andy Stanley

6:00 Shoutout to Josh Gordon, Full Spectrum Marketing https://www.fsm.agency/

17:35 The “Fair Weather” Canvas

19:35 Vision in relation to business

20:00 Back to Andy Stanley and Vision

21:20 John Adams mini-series https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472027

26:25 Book referenced - The Real George Washington

33:50 What is vacation, anyways?

36:25 Brian Regan skit about station wagons

31:50 A Compelling vision comes from…

38:30 Talking about Mark’s upcoming book, The Visionary Dilemma

38:45 Book referenced - The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life, by Ben Sherwood

42:50 Book referenced - Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl

46:25 Book referenced - Drive, by Daniel Pink 4

7:20 M3M tool reference, link to other video

50:14 Joy and satisfaction comes from mastery

52:15 Reference to Stan Hywet & English gardens https://www.stanhywet.org/

56:35 Shoutout to Apollo heating and cooling [link]

58:30 Back to casting a vision

59:28 The Visionary Dilemma - 3 Parts

1:00:00 First Dilemma - You’re casting a vision for people that don’t know they even need a vision…

1:01:45 - Without a vision people perish - Proverbs

1:04:14 - Adapting can be good, but we tend to have a toxic ability to adapt to something that we actually should change

1:04:30 Second Dilemma visions are invisible pictures

1:06:38 One of the goals of a visionary: putting clothes on the invisible man

1:08:48 Third Dilemma - Visions are disruptive

Credits

2 Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money

Book - Man O Man, by Mark Whitmore

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast, Brandon Kenney Co-Owner & CEO of TTx https://ttx-inc.com/ has a discussion with Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore over chapters 1-2 of the book “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by Dorris Kearns Goodwin. They also discuss the Culture, Strategic Niche, and Recruiting Flywheel of TTx. Brandon and TTx are one of those businesses that we are helping guide to the Land of Awesome. 

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Episode 013 - June 9, 2022. In which we discuss strategy, War Room, a little bit of Miles Davis, and a shout out to New Riff Distilling.

https://www.newriffdistilling.com/

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Tribute to Alan White 0:00

Same Page Workshop 27:50

StrengthsFinder 44:45

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Mark and Shane talk about our upcoming Book Club...

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Interview with Dr. Jim Powell, of Powell Chiropractic, N.Canton, Ohio. https://www.powellchiropractic.com/

S.M.A.C.K.! Video: https://lodestone.thinkific.com/courses/smack

Music in this video Song Dreams (2002 Remaster)

Artist Fleetwood Mac

Album Dreams

Writers Stevie Nicks

WMG (on behalf of Warner Records Label); LatinAutor - SonyATV, LatinAutor - UMPG, AMRA BR, LatinAutor, Kobalt Music Publishing, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutorPerf, AMRA, ООО С.Б.А. Мьюзик Паблишинг/S.B.A.Music Publishing LTD, and 13 Music Rights Societies

Song I Won't Back Down

Artist Tom Petty

Album I Won't Back Down

Writers Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne

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In which we talk about Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, The Road Back To You by Ian Morgan Cron, and Profit First by MIke Michalowicz. And a smackeral of other things!

Music in this video

Song

Carry On Wayward Son (Remix)

Artist

Kansas

Writers

Kerry Livgren

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Song

Point of Know Return

Artist

Kansas

Licensed by

SME (on behalf of Epic); CMRRA, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, Sony Music Publishing, PEDL, LatinAutor - SonyATV, SOLAR Music Rights Management, PT Nadaku Musik, LatinAutorPerf, and 6 Music Rights Societies

Song

Play the Game Tonight

Artist

Kansas

Writers

Danny Flower, Phil Ehart, Rob Frazier, Kerry Livgren, Richard Williams

Licensed by

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Song

Streets Of Rome

Artist

Rick Elias

Album

Rick Elias and The Confessions

Licensed by

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Song

My Deliverer

Artist

Rick Elias

Album

The Jesus Record

Licensed by

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Song

Rosanna (Single Version)

Artist

Toto

Writers

David Paich

Licensed by

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Song

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Artist

Jim Croce

Writers

James Croce

Licensed by

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Song

You Don't Mess Around with Jim

Artist

Jim Croce

Writers

Jim Croce

Licensed by

BMG Rights Management (Europe) GmbH; LatinAutor - SonyATV, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, Sony Music Publishing, CMRRA, LatinAutor - PeerMusic, LatinAutorPerf, Abramus Digital, BMG Rights Management (US), LLC, and 9 Music Rights Societies