The Woodard Report Podcast: Featuring Heather Satterley and Joe Woodard

During this episode, Joe Woodard talks with Gino Wickman - creator of the popular Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS). During the episode, Gino discusses the key concepts in his new book called The Entrepreneurial Leap including the traits required for someone to be truly a successful entrepreneur and ways for advisors to protect the journey of their clients who are engaging in entrepreneurial initiatives.

During this episode Joe Woodard talks with Kim Perell, Scaling New Heights main stage presenter and author of the bestselling book The Execution Factor: The One Skill that Drives Success. During the conversation Joe and Kim discuss the 5 traits of consistent and effective execution: Vision, Passion, Action, Resiliency, and Relationships...and how each of these traits applies to small business advisors and their clients.    You can learn more about Kim Perell on her website at http://www.kimperell.com. Click here to purchase a copy of her book.

During this episode Joe has a conversation with Mike Michalowicz about his new book called Fix this Next. This latest book by Mike focuses on identifying the key areas of improvement within each small business and leaning into those areas with your small business clients. According to Mike, the role of the advisor is key, because small business owners lack the visibility and the objectivity to focus on what they need "fix next."   Click here to learn more about Mike's new book.

In the first part of this six-part series, Joe speaks with Caleb Jenkins, a practitioner, and Chris Farrell, a software developer, to give an overview of practice planning. During this episode, Joe, Caleb and Chris discuss practice planning, including the benefits of defining what you are trying to accomplish, the need to apply a strategy as you develop your practice plan and how to be intentional throughout the process. Listen as Joe, Caleb and Chris provide the five key components of practice planning.

During this episode Joe talks Simon T. Bailey, author of two amazing books on Brilliance in your personal and professional life: Shift Your Brilliance: Harness the Power of You, and Release Your Brilliance: The Four Steps of Transforming Your Life and Revealing Your Genius to the World. In their conversation, Joe and Simon focus heavily on intentional living, embracing professional purpose, and accomplishing unprecedented success by leveraging purpose to overcome fear, uncertainty and doubt.

During this episode Joe talks with two leaders within the accounting profession who are passionate about empowering Latino-owned businesses. In fact, the Latino community represents one of the fastest growing demographics within the accounting profession.  During the episode we dispel some of the myths about Latino owned businesses, drill down on key needs and pain points experienced by Latino owned businesses and provide practical steps advisors can take to engage Latino owned businesses – even if you are not part of the Latino community.

During this episode, Joe interviews Simon Bailey - World Renowned Speaker and author of the book SPARK Five Platinum Service Principles for Creating Customers for Life.  During the episode, Simon breaks down the acronym "SPARK" and introduces two additional terms, "VUCA," and "Duja Ve."  And...Simon and Joe connect these customer service principles to client transformation - the evolution of the accounting profession from those who solely offer compliance and bookkeeping services (back office work) to those who also provide - and primarily provide - business coaching (boardroom work).

During this episode Joe speaks with Dawn Fotopulos, author of the award winning book Accounting for the Numberphobic about critical issues facing small business owners and how accountants and bookkeepers can provide remedies - both short and long term.  During the conversations, Dawn and Joe discuss the latest studies and research on the state of small business and practical steps accountants and bookkeepers can take...immediately and with little preparation...to address acute problems most small business owners face.

In this episode, Joe Woodard covers practical methods for living more productive and effective lives - professionally and personally. Accounting professionals are never truly "task-free." Their lives are filled with project deadlines, unfinished tasks, to-do lists, and constant requests from clients, employees, and vendors. Joe's strategies detailed in this episode will empower you to tame task overload and turn responses to life's inputs into intentional, thoughtful, and highly effective actions in your practice and your life.

In this episode, Joe Woodard interviews guest Peter Hickey, an internationally-renowned expert on succession and exit planning and author of The One Page Exit Plan.