The Culture Matters Podcast

"Number one: care for people. That is our absolute foundation and our focus in everything we do. And it's not just our team members, but it's also our clients, it's the community. It's the properties that we work in; the people that live in those properties..that work in those properties...right? It's a major, major focus and care for people and that spreads in everything we do. And it's our first thought with everything that we do in business."The CEO of Action Asphalt Travis Stokes is our guest on the program today for his next go around with Jay Doran The Culture Man and we are covering an awful lot today, so we hope you are ready!  Travis and Jay are unpacking the values surrounding why it is so important to making caring for one another and the community a higher priority, breaking down some of the issues of leadership at deeper than surface level, and why, sometimes, you have to break the old circle to make room for the new one.  There is a lot to unpack today, so we hope you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

He who would learn to fly one day must first to learn to walk and run and climb and dance. One cannot fly into flying." - Friedrich NietzscheHost of "The Relief Podcast", author of How to Get Your Life Back, and founder of Real Estate Relief Demetri Stakias is making is inaugural appearance on the show and we have been looking forward to having this man on the show!  Demetri and Jay are digging into the outside forces that can affect how values are lived up to both on an individual and business level, doing good work for the sake of doing good work and nor for the recognition, and how the content you put out there might help someone who really needed to hear you that day.  We expected a great conversation and we were not disappointed on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

Back again like we never left, our very own Jay Doran is going through Dr. Jordan B. Peterson's Book, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life in a series of episodes designed to put a personal twist on the text.  In Jay's first discussion about rule 2, he is tackling the meaning behind the rule which is entitled "Imagine Who You Could Be and Then Aim Single-Mindedly at That".  Knowing what you want and being steadfast in that pursuit is the name of the game on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture, in its intrapsychic or internal manifestation. The thing we do not understand is the chaos that gave rise to culture. If the structure of culture is disrupted, unwittingly, chaos returns. We will do anything - anything - to defend ourselves against that return." - Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of BeliefIt has been a while, but today we are starting a brand new series on The Culture Matters Podcast.  Our very own Jay Doran is going to be going through Dr. Jordan B. Peterson's Book, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, and discussing each one of the rules in turn.  Today's episode is meant to introduce the concept and what this series is going to be out and why it is something Jay felt compelled to do.  We hope you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in 10 years." - Bill GatesGood friend of the podcast and the president of Concourse Land Transfer LLC Scott Rutkay is back like he never left and we're ready for some culture chat with one of the best in the business.  Scott and Jay are getting into the importance of figuring out why you aren't being bold when others around you are, the actuality of a leader's job being the improvement of the business, and the post-pandemic debate of whether in-person or working from home is more beneficial to the business and its employees.  We're over the moon to have Scott back on the show and we hope you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Concentration is the key to economic results." - Peter DruckerScotsman Guide Top 500 in the Country Loan Officer, Mortgage Executive Magazine Top One Percent Mortgage Originator, Philadelphia Magazine Five Star Mortgage Professional Award recipient, and Senior Vice President of Mortgage Lending at Guaranteed Rate Rob Wishnick is making his long-awaited debut on today's show and we're getting into the nitty gritty of mortgages.  Rob and Jay are digging into Rob's journey through the mortgage industry, whether buying or renting a house is the right move for you, and understanding that if you really want something, you're going to have to set your mind to it and get it done.  We have got a true master class on the show today and we hope you learn as much as we did from the one and only Rob Wishnick.

On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own Jay Doran is taking some time to dig into his own personal journey into a work he created to help turn founders into CEOs: The CEO Manual.  Jay is digging into his "why" for this show, the culture he is building around the work that he does, and the people that have created a community of like-minded individuals who want to keep getting a little bit better every single day.  We hope this episode sheds a little light on what Culture Matters is all about and we hope that you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." - Abraham LincolnMentor, entrepreneur, and founder of CDK Enterprises Dave Krawczyk is making his first stop on the show today and we are here to talk a little bit about his business experience in the construction space, leadership, culture, and all things in between.  Dave and Jay and unpacking some of the ins and outs of the business and what went into Dave's decision to work with developers, why a good leader deals with problems head on instead of taking the easy way out and passing them off to someone else, and some of the more intricate details pertaining to different types of residential and commercial construction and development of those spaces.  We hope you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"She has a mindset like no one you will ever meet in your life. There is not a single thing you can tell this woman that affects or hurts her. There is not a single thing you can do to her that she can't get through. Her perseverance, her ability to make things work regardless of her circumstances...theres just so many things I can tell you."Jonathon Haddad is the president of Next Door Lending and the Chairman and CEO of The Association of Independent Mortgage Experts and we've got him back on the show today for another chat about culture.  Jonathon and Jay are unpacking how building trust and strength in relationships allows for complete and total honesty, how sometimes it takes something traumatic to create something good, and why 2025 will be the year of "A.C.T.A." for Jonathon and his team.  Today is a day for big conversation and big ideas on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"My vision is to keep examining what is leadership excellence? What does it entail? How do we reach this higher state of leadership? My mission is to help leaders develop a higher level of understanding of leadership and the incredible influence their practices have on the people they impact knowingly and unknowingly on culture, social environments, safety, and well-being."Specialist leadership consultant and researcher, mentor, high-performance coach, world, national, and Oceania champion athlete, Board Director and Head of Programs with Progressive Coaches, and founder of Golden Mean Leadership Dr. Damien Taylor is our guest today and we would be out of our minds if we were talking anything but leadership with this man.  Dr. Taylor and Jay are unpacking why it is so important to define and understand your own values, how face-to-face interaction is going to take a conversation in a much different direction than even a video chat, and how we measure success and failure.  Dr. Taylor has a very unique voice in the leadership space and we are grateful he chose to share it on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.