The Culture Matters Podcast

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships." - Michael JordanOur dear friend and the founder and CEO of EPM Eddy Perez has made his way back to the show and this conversation is coming from the 2024 Mortgage Banking Association Annual.  Eddy and Jay are discussing what the MBA Annual is and what makes it such a great event, why the only thing within your control is what you say and do, and why people claiming they're unable to afford to buy a house doesn't sit right with Eddy.  It's been a little longer than we'd like since Eddy has been on the show and we're taking full advantage of his presence on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

Back again with some more food for your culture thoughts is our very own Jay Doran and today he's talking about the two pizza rule.  What is the two pizza rule?  Are we talking real pizzas and what kind of toppings are available?  Sit tight and find out during this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

On this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, it is time for part 30 of our ongoing series where our very own Jay Doran discusses his book, Thirty Days of Thought, and goes through the process right alongside our listeners.  Today, Jay is discussing the passion for intellectual pursuits and how that can affect other, sometimes more personal parts of one's life.  There is a lot to unpack here and we're going to unpack it all on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"The state of man's mind or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it." - George Wilhelm HegelAuthor, coach, consultant, and founder of Astranaut, and a soon-to-be leader in the civilian space game Shannon Graham is our guest today and we're going beyond Earth's gravity for this one.  Shannon and Jay are discussing the rise in ability to send civilians to space and the rise in people's desires to go, what The Overview Effect is and how it can be more broadly applied to making the world a better place, and the relationship that develops when you hire a coach.  We hope you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast because it truly is...out of this world.

On this show, we make it a point to discuss success and ways of finding success and how others have found it to help inspire our listeners to go and get it themselves.  Today, we're taking a bit of a different approach and discussing failure.  More specifically, how to take failure to improve yourself and your business which is, admittedly, not the easiest thing in the world to do.  We might be talking about failure, but we hope you succeed in listening to this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Fear doesn't control us by dominating our emotions. It controls us by quietly convincing us that our comfort is more important than happiness. The only real risk is taking no risks. The only real failure is having no failures. The only real pain is the avoidance of pain." - Mark MunsonAuthor of Make Reinvention Your Superpower, advisor, business strategist, consultant, and founder of the Glenn Llopis Group Glenn Llopis is making his inaugural appearance on our show today and we have a big show in store for you today!  Glenn and Jay are digging into why it is important for employees to feel like they are a part of something bigger than themselves, intentionally seeking solutions to the issues that are going to arise, and making sure that your strategy is line with the capacity of your employees.  We are truly grateful to have a man with Glenn's experience here today to share with our listeners on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

On this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, it is time for part 29 of our ongoing series where our very own Jay Doran discusses his book, Thirty Days of Thought, and goes through the process right alongside our listeners.  Today, Jay is discussing the overwhelming information available to us at all times and the ways in which that can affect the mind and work ethic.  In a world overladen with information, we've got a little more coming your way on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things." - Peter DruckerA little while back, our very own Jay Doran sat down with Eric Guy to discuss a work that Jay had produced called The CEO Manual (Season 49, Episode 582).  In that interview, Eric and Jay discussed in broad strokes what the purpose of the manual is, where Jay's inspiration to write it came from, and how it can help founders and CEO's.  Today, Jay is going to begin an introduction of The CEO Manual with a much finer point put onto it and discussing in greater detail how this manual works and what outcomes it was written to deliver.  

We've got Jay Doran back again for another culture chat and today The Culture Man is discussing fostering a strong company culture.  There are many steps that need to be taken to get your company to a strong strong, but you need to start with just one step.  All great things start with the first step.  Do you have what it takes to take that first step?  We here at The Culture Matters Podcast think you do.

On this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, it is time for part 29 of our ongoing series where our very own Jay Doran discusses his book, Thirty Days of Thought, and goes through the process right alongside our listeners.  Today, Jay is discussing keeping a straight head in the face of adversity and not freaking out.  We're going quick and to the point on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.