The EntreLeadership Podcast

Even if your work has nothing at all to do with aviation, the lessons former Navy fighter pilot Carey Lohrenz learned in the cockpit are universal—and will change the way you do business. Tune in as Carey, the first female F-14 Tomcat pilot, shares her thoughts on building a culture of excellence, overcoming fear, and the importance of finding focus. Leadership consultant Dr. Henry Cloud also joins us with a story about his personal experience flying in a fighter jet. Let’s just say flying at twice the speed of sound is not for the faint of heart! And finally, Patrick Lencioni, Founder and CEO of The Table Group, debunks the myth that good employees are impossible to find.   entreleadership.com/podcast Fearless Leadership: High-Performance Lessons From the Flight Deck Henry Cloud's website Patrick Lencioni's website Get your podcast listener discount for EntreLeadership Summit   Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to podcast@entreleadership.com. You could be featured on a future podcast episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re so excited to share highlights from our recent EntreLeadership 1-Day event! Over 1,000 small-business owners and leaders from around the country joined us in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to pour into themselves and their businesses. Tune in to hear Dave Ramsey explain why taking your time—our process has 12 steps—is the most important part of hiring the right people for your team. We’ll also hear from Ramsey Solutions’ own Christy Wright on the importance of building a motivated team. And finally, Dave and Ken Coleman answer attendees’ questions on everything from navigating roles in a family business to asking the right questions when interviewing potential team members. Get ready to take a lot of notes!   entreleadership.com/podcast Dave Ramsey's website Ken Coleman's website Christy Wright's website Get more information about EntreLeadership Summit Free download: The EntreLeader's Guide to Hiring   Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to podcast@entreleadership.com. You could be featured on a future podcast episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig Groeschel, founder of Life.Church, shares his expertise on the art of effective communication, emphasizing the need to inform, inspire emotion, and drive action. He delves into the crucial balance of verbal and non-verbal cues while fostering trust within teams. Suzanne Sims, a senior executive at Ramsey Solutions, discusses the vital role of staff meetings for transparency and alignment, offering practical strategies to boost engagement. Together, they reveal how clear communication shapes a strong organizational culture and empowers leaders.

Whether we like it or not—and sometimes, in spite of our best intentions and best efforts—failure is unavoidable. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing, says filmmaker Jon Erwin, whose production company makes faith-based, inspirational feature films. In fact, he insists if you examine failure closely—think an uncomfortable, really honest look—you may very well find the keys to your next big success. Tune in as Jon shares how doing just that helped him learn from a crushing box office loss in 2015 to go on to make the highest-grossing independent film of 2018. Also joining us is Craig Groeschel, founder and senior pastor of Life.Church, with an invaluable lesson on the power of feedback.   entreleadership.com/podcast Feature films: Woodlawn and I Can Only Imagine Jon Erwin's website Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio Traction by Gino Wickman Craig Groeschel's website Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen Download: Leadership Growth Assessment   Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to podcast@entreleadership.com. You could be featured on a future podcast episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News flash: When it comes to running a business, you can’t do it all. Sure, you can survive 90-hour work weeks for a season, but ultimately if you’re interested in building a business bigger than you, you’re going to have to delegate. And it’s not as simple as telling someone else to do something for you and hoping for the best. Tune in to hear Dave Ramsey explain the 10 basics of delegation, the same ones that helped him build his business from scratch and develop it into an international brand with more than 800 team members. Also joining us are Ramsey Solutions’ own Daniel Tardy and Sarah Sloyan who share why—and how—to develop new leaders within your organization. And finally, StoryBrand CEO Donald Miller weighs in on the undeniable value those leaders add to your bottom line. If you’re feeling even the least bit overwhelmed, don’t miss this powerful episode.   entreleadership.com/podcast Want more content like Dave's lesson on delegation? Join us this fall at EntreLeadership Master Series. Download The EntreLeader's Guide to Delegation Podcast listener discount: $20 off EntreLeadership 1-Day Donald Miller's website   Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to podcast@entreleadership.com. You could be featured on a future podcast episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Miller discusses the importance of creating meaningful core values that inspire and motivate team members. He emphasizes the need for simplicity and storytelling in communicating core values to shape organizational culture. The podcast also explores the transformative impact of core values on talent recruitment and team unity, highlighting practical examples and strategies for business growth.

While chitchatting about the latest office rumor or griping about a coworker’s incompetence may feel harmless, New York Times best-selling author and leadership expert Stephen Mansfield says it’s anything but. In fact, gossip breeds distrust and can quickly spiral out of control, robbing your organization of morale, productivity and creativity. Join us as Stephen shares four things that every leader must do to shut down gossip for good.   entreleadership.com/podcast Stephen Mansfield's website Free resource: No Gossip Implementation Guide  Learn more about EntreLeadership Master Series   Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to podcast@entreleadership.com. You could be featured on a future podcast episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you tend to blame yourself for your bad habits, New York Times best-selling author James Clear says you’re wasting your time. Not only does such behavior create feelings of guilt—which, by the way, are pretty counterproductive—but it also does nothing to get you any closer to achieving your goals. Tune in to hear James explain the real cause of bad habits (translation: You’re off the hook!), as well as some super easy strategies to help you break them and replace them with good ones. We think you’ll be amazed at how even the tiniest change can lead to really remarkable results.   entreleadership.com/podcast Buy the book and get free bonuses: Atomic Habits Download a chapter of Atomic Habits 7-Day Plan to Triple Your Productivity Free worksheet from Belay Solutions: Things to Delegate to Save 15 Hours This Week   Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to podcast@entreleadership.com. You could be featured on a future podcast episode!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A retired Navy SEAL and one of the world’s top endurance athletes, David Goggins doesn’t know the word “quit.” But that wasn’t always the case, and understandably so. After surviving a childhood of unimaginable physical abuse, poverty and prejudice, David says that failure had become the narrative of his life.  That all changed when he decided to run toward his fear and, against all odds, became a Navy SEAL. Join us as David shares his unforgettable journey that will inspire and move you—and prove that anything is indeed possible.   entreleadership.com/podcast Buy the book: Can't Hurt Me Dave Ramsey teaches on The Power of Intentionality #142: Jesse Itzler-Breaking the Routine to Get Better   #226: Jocko Willink-The Discipline Advantage   #154: Jocko Willink-How to Lead and Win the Navy SEAL Way Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to podcast@entreleadership.com. You could be featured on a future podcast episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From tackling the right reasons to lead and the danger of complacency to figuring out how and why to drive innovation, we’ve covered a lotof ground in 2018. So much, in fact, that it’s near impossible to pick a favorite episode. But guess what? You don’t have to! We’ve compiled a comprehensive roundup of the year’s episodes that did what the best ones always do: inform and inspire, change our perspective, and challenge us to stretch ourselves. Trust us, they’re well worth a second (or third!) listen.   Dr. Marshall Goldsmith—4 Ways to Win Now   The Rundown:After years spent traveling the globe working with top CEOs, world-renowned leadership coach and best-selling author Dr. Marshall Goldsmith has discovered a universal truth: We all make mistakes. Luckily, there are four behaviors you can adopt right now that can help put you on a more successful—and likely more profitable—leadership path.   Top Takeaway:Although Marshall’s advice is simple and straightforward, lasting change takes time—and some pretty major commitment and determination.   Favorite Quote:“Stop asking for feedback and then expressing your opinion.” – Dr. Marshall Goldsmith     Patrick Lencioni—Lead for the Right Reasons   The Rundown:If you think being a leader is all about personal glory, fame and wealth, best-selling author and leadership expert Patrick Lencioni says you have it all wrong. Join us to hear Pat explain what he calls the only valid form of leadership, as well as the four things that only a leader can—and must—do.   Top Takeaway:As the leader, if you aren’t doing the hardest things, you aren’t doing your job.   Favorite Quote:“What we need to do is make it unacceptable for people to be leaders if they think it’s about them.” – Patrick Lencioni     Dan Heath—Moments That Change Lives   The Rundown:In a world where we’re all constantly trying to craft experiences—like that of our customers, patients, users, you name it—New York Timesbest-selling author Dan Heath has figured out how to get it right. The science behind Dan’s four essential elements of experience is as fascinating as the results they elicit.   Top Takeaway:The most memorable moments usually don’t involve grand gestures or over-the-top gimmicks.   Favorite Quote:“In a minute, you can change someone’s life. That is a power that I think many of us are not aware that we have, and certainly aren’t using the way that we can.” – Dan Heath     Charles Koch—The Danger of Complacency   The Rundown:Ever since taking over his family’s business at age 25, Charles Koch has been guided by a singular mantra: Success is one of the biggest enemies of success. Tune in as Charles explains why complacency is never an option and what you need to do to outpace your competition.   Top Takeaway:We all need to be lifelong learners, always striving to find new ways to deliver unparalleled value for our customers.   Favorite Quote:“Our philosophy is however well we’re doing as individuals in our roles or as a business, it can be done better. You need to constantly be striving to improve.” – Charles Koch     Carmine Gallo—The No. 1 Skill You Need Now   The Rundown:In the age of automation and artificial intelligence, there is one skill that has yet to be replicated by a robot: persuasive communication. Best-selling author Carmine Gallo calls it theskill that makes you irreplaceable in business today. Join us to learn two easy ways to up your communication game.   Top Takeaway:Your value is in your ideas, but ideas don’t sell themselves. Your success depends on your ability to communicate well.     Favorite Quote:“If you cannot advocate and champion your ideas persuasively, they’re not going to matter.” – Carmine Gallo     Bobby Gruenewald—Find a Way, Not an Excuse   The Rundown:Even if the odds are stacked against your next big idea—no budget, no time, no scope—you may be in a much better position than you think. Tune in to hear Bobby Gruenewald, Innovation Leader at Life.Church, explain why limited resources force you to become more creative and innovative.   Top Takeaway:Money is not always the solution to the problem. Surprisingly, an unlimited budget may actually limityour success.   Favorite Quote:“Innovation happens within constraints.” – Bobby Gruenewald     Charles Duhigg—Ignore Conventional Wisdom   The Rundown:If you ask New York Timesbest-selling author Charles Duhigg, many of the most innovative ideas today aren’t exactly original—and he’s got plenty of evidence to prove it. Join us as Charles breaks down the highly effective habits of creative people so you can learn how to drive innovation in your organization.   Top Takeaway:The most creative, ground-breaking solutions are often the result of bringing old solutions to new problems.   Favorite Quote:“When we give ourselves permission to take risks, to ignore convention, that’s when oftentimes we have our most creative ideas.” – Charles Duhigg     Ken Coleman—6 Stages of Self-Discovery   The Rundown:A self-proclaimed professional question asker, Ken Coleman—host of the EntreLeadership Podcast and The Ken Coleman Showon Sirius XM—has conducted hundreds of interviews and has concluded that most of us are in pursuit of the same thing: significance. Tune in as Ken walks us through his six-stage method of getting to what he calls the “sweet spot”: a pursuit that combines your greatest talent with your greatest passion. Now that’s what we call a dream job.   Top Takeaway:Asking questions (and lots of them!) is the secret to finding your path.   Favorite Quote:“Step into the confidence of the unknown.”   entreleadership.com/podcast EntreLeadership Reading Guide (100 book recommendations!) Harness Your Inner Genius from Infusionsoft   Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to podcast@entreleadership.com. You could be featured on a future podcast episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices