

System & Soul
Benj Miller
Welcome to System & Soul, the podcast for growth-minded leaders to strengthen the system and soul of their business to create breakthrough.
Hosted by Benj Miller.
S2 is a business framework helping entrepreneurs start their own business coaching practice through business coach certification and training.
We'll talk:
How to grow as a leader
Business tools and advice
How to scale your business
How to improve your organizational culture
Small business
Clarity and control
Guiding entrepreneurs
And much, much more.
Book Benj: https://www.staggr.com/benj-miller
//formerly Tractionville™
Hosted by Benj Miller.
S2 is a business framework helping entrepreneurs start their own business coaching practice through business coach certification and training.
We'll talk:
How to grow as a leader
Business tools and advice
How to scale your business
How to improve your organizational culture
Small business
Clarity and control
Guiding entrepreneurs
And much, much more.
Book Benj: https://www.staggr.com/benj-miller
//formerly Tractionville™
Episodes
Mentioned books

Oct 22, 2020 • 4min
S2 Tips: Know What You REALLY Want
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com
EOS® helps business owners get what they want out of their business, BUT what if you don't know what you really want?
How do you know what game you want to play and what will drive you and the team forward year after year?
Chris and Benj tackle this question with some practical exercises that will help you dig into the REAL answer.
Got a question you want answered? Send it in at Tractionville.com/contact
Tractionville™ Tips is sponsored by Ninety.
Ninety is a cloud-based collection of the essential business building and awareness tools you need to make running EOS almost easy. The clean and extraordinarily intuitive system includes every one of the tools you need to not only run EOS but cascade it down and throughout your company.
Learn more at Ninety.io/tractionville

Oct 20, 2020 • 21min
#062: Delegation and The Jimmy Effect with Ryan Giles
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com
Ryan Giles is an author and EOS Certified Implementer®. He shares the story behind why he created his free ebook, The Jimmy Effect, which teaches business owners how to free up their time by creating effective and concise processes. Ryan also discusses the art of delegation and how to constructively communicate responsibilities to employees to carry out the vision of the organization.
Resources:
The Jimmy Effect Free Ebook
TractionStrong.com
This episode is sponsored by Female Integrator Mastermind (FIM).
Being an Integrator can feel lonely - like you are on an island by yourself. Female Integrator Mastermind (FIM) believes Integrators are fierce, dynamic, and powerful leaders! If you are ready to step off lonely Integrator Island, join this abundant minded Integrator Community™ of over 100 female leaders who are making a tremendous impact on each other’s personal and professional development while propelling their companies forward.
FIM is hosting their 3rd annual FIM Women’s Summit on November 5th, 2020. ALL female Integrators - members and non-members alike - are invited to join us for a day of content-rich material that is full of golden nuggets. Speakers include Certified EOS Implementer®, Sue Hawkes, Emotional Intelligence guru, Mary Pat Knight, and 10 breakout sessions led by fellow Integrators! You won’t want to miss an opportunity to learn from powerful peers who are making a significant impact with their companies and teams.
Register today at 2020.fimsummit.com and enter promo code "Tractionville" to receive $50 off your summit registration until October 25th (2020).

Oct 6, 2020 • 30min
#060: Death of the Org Chart with Walt Brown
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com
Walt Brown is a Certified EOS Implementer®, author of The Patient Organization, avid mountain biker, and black diamond skier. He joins Chris and Benj as the first returning guest on Tractionville™ to talk about his new book Death of the Org Chart: The Rise of the Organizational Graph. With the wisdom he's gained from leading 180 organizations through the EOS® journey, he discusses the key tenets of his new book and the importance of creating clarity and consistency around an organization's operations, culture, and structure.
Resources:
Death of the Org Chart: The Rise of the Organizational Graph
The Patient Organization
ograph.io
This episode is sponsored by Keystone Search. The team at KeyStone Search is an expert at helping Visionaries hire their ideal Integrator. KeyStone has conducted successful Integrator searches across the country and they are proud to say when EOS Worldwide needed a new Integrator in 2016, KeyStone was the firm of choice.
If hiring a "rock star" Integrator is in your future, go to www.keystonesearch.com

Oct 1, 2020 • 3min
S2 Tips: Great Meetings When You're Missing Key Players
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com
How do you keep traction in your meetings through holidays, travel, and illness? What if your key players are missing week after week?
In this week's Tractionville™ Tip Chris and Benj give practical advice on how to move forward and hold effective meetings no matter what.
If you've got a question you'd like us to answer, send it in! Fill out the form on Tractionville.com/contact

Sep 29, 2020 • 24min
#059: Leading with Emotional Intelligence with Dr. Adam Boudreaux
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com
Dr. Adam Boudreaux has a PhD. in Organizational Development and Leadership and is the owner of The Leadership Group. Adam discusses his background in military leadership and how it attracted him to EOS®. He shares how the leadership dynamic drastically changes for the better when you override hierarchy with relationships. He talks about the importance of understanding where people have come from and where they're been.
Resources: BuildBoldLeaders.com
This episode is sponsored by Delegate Solutions.
Many entrepreneurial business leaders are overwhelmed, burnt out, and frustrated. They know they need to delegate to an assistant, but don't think they can afford one, and they don't want the responsibility of managing one.
At Delegate Solutions, we provide leaders with a different approach to admin support, without the hassles of committing to an employee. They support clients remotely in as little as 1-2 hours per day all the way through to full-time. They provide delegation coaching to help you figure out what and how to delegate strategically. Their team of thinkers and doers join forces to get things done, so you are free to focus on what you do best.
Learn more about how we can help by visiting www.delegatesolutions.com

Sep 22, 2020 • 21min
#058: Community for Integrators with Jennifer Zick
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com
Visionaries have no trouble finding their network. But what about Integrators?
This week we talk to Jennifer Zick is the CEO of Authentic Brand and the Creator/Owner/Host of The Integrator User Group (IUG). She shares what the Integrator User Group is and why she created it, the key to success for integrators during this season, and some hot topics right now among integrators.
She also shares about her company Authentic Brand and her drive to connect clients with expert marketers to create sustainable marketing plans.
Resources:
Jennifer Zick, Linkedin
The Integrator User Group
This episode is sponsored by Rocket Clicks.
Your customers are looking for you online. Earning their attention and business is not an easy task.
If you are not confident that your digital presence is driving the sales you need, now is the time to take action.
At Rocket Clicks, that is our mission, and we are committed to growing your business online! Mention this podcast when you contact us and you will receive a free audit of your website or ad campaigns. No strings attached, no commitment necessary. Let us show you what you're missing!
Contact Rocket Clicks today by visiting www.RocketClicks.com.

Sep 17, 2020 • 3min
S2 Tips: The 1-3-1 Issue Solving Method
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com
You get interrupted 100 times a day with other people's issues.
How do you make it go away without being a bottleneck?
This quick tip will eliminate the issues and empower your people to find the best solution. Get the problems off your desk and into action.
Thanks to Shelly Sun for sharing this tip with us!
If you've got one of your own to share, send it to us! Head over to Tractionville.com/contact

Sep 15, 2020 • 32min
#057: Communication, Charisma, and Authenticity with Michael Allosso
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com
We'd probably call Michael Allosso an "EOS® Entrepreneur." We'd also call him VERY entertaining.
Officially though he's a master communications expert who coaches CEOs and other high-level executives both in dynamic presentations as well as effective day to day leadership. He has led award-winning workshops for leaders and sales teams all over the world and is a much sought after personal coach.
He's an actor, performer, self-awareness specialist, and #1 Vistage speaker. And he's innovated the teaching of EOS principles with his background in theater to coach people on self-awareness and authenticity.
There's a lot to learn and a lot to laugh about in this episode. Enjoy!
Resources:
MichaelAllosso.com
Michael's online event "You On Your Best Zoom Day"
Radical Candor by Kim Scott
This episode is sponsored by Nintey.io.
Ninety is a cloud-based collection of the essential business building and awareness tools you need to make running EOS easy. Our friends at Ninety are obsessed with making sure that every one of the EOS tools is simple to find, simple to use, and captures all of the data your teams need to hit an average of 90% of their rocks, measurables, and to-dos.
Learn more at ninety.io/tractionville

Sep 10, 2020 • 3min
S2 Tips: Battling Urgency and Setting Priorities
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com
We'll never escape the tyranny of the urgent, but doing the urgent things might not lead to completing the most important things.
How do you juggle quarterly rocks, to-dos, and all the little things that get in the way?
This week, Chris and Benj share tips for tackling your rocks and making sure you get them over the finish line each quarter no matter what's going on in the background.
Resources:
EOS® Compartmentalization Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=0G4qHw1PtSI

Sep 8, 2020 • 30min
#056: Six Facets of Human Needs with Jeanet Wade
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com
Jeanet Wade is a Certified EOS Implementer™ and Business Alchemist.
She discusses the "Six Facets of Human Needs" which is the topic of her new book The Human Team. The six facets are clarity, connection, contribution, challenge, consideration, and confidence. She gives an overview of each topic in this episode.
Resources:
https://www.business-alchemist.com/thehumanteam
This episode is sponsored by VisionSpark.
VisionSpark is the go-to resource for companies running on EOS®. Their team of search professionals are experts in PEOPLE. VisionSpark’s proprietary process ensures you hire the right person for long term cultural fit and bottom-line growth.
Learn more at https://visionsparksearch.com/


