Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast
Join Lodestone True North's head coach Mark Whitmore as he unearths some wisdom, truths, and hacks, to help you sharpen the saw as you operate your business. And have fun while we help you take your business from Broken to Smokin'!
Episodes
we discuss tips and tricks around performing interviews
We discuss the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with Shawn Ely of Lazear.
In this episode we talk with Chrissy Myers, CEO of AUI about her new book "Reluctantly Resilient" in which she details the difficult pathway she took to where she is now, and the lessons learned along the way.
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast - Mark and Shane talk about an article from INC, that goes over Elon Musk’s “Algorithm” - A 5 step process to improve almost anything.
0:00 Intro
2:03 Book Reference - Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Episode 055 - Mark reads an excerpt from the essay "How to do great work" by Paul Graham This excerpt talks about the value of experience. 0:00 Intro 1:00 Reference to interview of Jared Kushner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_MeKSnyAo 3:04 Reading an excerpt of the essay “How to do great work” by Paul Graham - Read the whole essay here: http://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html This except talks about the value of ex...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and business coach Preston True https://www.gettpafit.com/ continue their convo on the 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni.
About Preston:
After 25 years of managing and owning entrepreneurial businesses, Preston has lived through some of the brightest days and darkest nights. He’s learned owning and operating...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and business coach Preston True https://www.gettpafit.com/ take a deep dive into the 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni.
About Preston:
After 25 years of managing and owning entrepreneurial businesses, Preston has lived through some of the brightest days and darkest nights. He’s learned owning and operating a busi...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) continue their discussion about the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely.
0:00 Intro
0:28 Why’d you pick up this book “Predictably Irrational” ?
4:10 Garden of Eden ideas
4:55 Our behavior is irrational, but it’s predictable…
12:04 Why would yo...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) continue their discussion about project management, some personality assessments including Predictive Index and Culture Index, and a few things all of these type of assessments don’t show or measure. 0:00 Intro 0:30 What are you looking for in a project...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) discuss the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, and a lot about project management.
0:00 Intro
5:19 Reference to Dune by Frank Herbert, audio book George Goodell reader https://hdaudiobooks.com/audiobook-dune/
10:52 Reference to 6 Types of W...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Jeremy Lile, Executive Director of Heart to Heart Leadership. https://www.htohleadership.org/ Their discussion includes an overview of using the Enneagram in business, CliftonStrengths, and more! 0:00 Intro 0:23 What’s your take on DISC? 11:37 Book reference - Excellence Dividend by Tom Peters 17:12 Change strategy...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Jeremy Lile, Executive Director of Heart to Heart Leadership. https://www.htohleadership.org/
Their discussion includes an overview of using the Enneagram in business, CliftonStrengths, and more!
Jeremy’s passion is to help people discover and deploy their purpose. For over 15 years, he has coached dozens of i...
In Episode 047 of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Mark Whitmore and David Quick have a discussion on Culture Index, Vistage, and hiring. Part 2 of 2.
Here is a link for Culture Index to take a survey: https://surveys.cultureindex.com/s/69AC7B0000/26716
0:00 Intro
0:14 Good resources for the hiring process…
- Book reference - Who by Geoff Smart
- “Can you find a better first baseman”
3:42 Book references - ...
In Episode 046 of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Mark Whitmore and David Quick have a discussion on Culture Index, Vistage, and hiring. Part 1 of 2.
Here is a link for Culture Index to take a survey: https://surveys.cultureindex.com/s/69AC7B0000/26716
0:00 Intro
1:18 How did you get into coaching?
6:21 Book reference - It’s Your Ship by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
11:38 Talk about your involvement with Vistage https://ww...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Mark and Shane talk about a new tool Mark developed called “Pump the Brakes” - a hack to balance out making decisions with your gut and also with thinking!
Download the tool here: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-045-pump-the-brakes/
0:00 Intro
4:20 A lot of visionaries are driven by ideas and they often have a sensory operating system.
5:50 How to approa...
***FOR DETAILED SHOW NOTES, SEE OUR BLOG POST: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-044-interview-with-alec-broadfoot/
In Episode 044 of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Alec Broadfoot, CEO of VisionSpark https://visionsparksearch.com/
They discuss Alec’s new book, “Revealed! Insider Secrets To Hiring Your #2 Leader”
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Kolbe Certified Consultant Kimberly Dyer.
How We Work
https://www.kolbe.com/kolbe-wisdom/#ConativeMind
0:00 Intro
5:42 Book reference — Traction by Gino Wickman
7:28 What does it look like to get certified in Kolbe?
10:19 What are these assessments measuring and why are they valu...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discusses delegation, and a cheat sheet that we developed to help you delegate.
Episodes 40 and 42 we talk about problems and solutions around delegating. Here’s a great hack if you are a manager and you find yourself struggling to delegate effectively.
Download the Delegate Tool work...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss two sides of adaptability.
0:00 Intro
1:36 Two sides to adaptability
3:32 Upcoming book, The Visionary Dilemma in 3 parts
3:41 1st Dilemma - People need an overarching vision, but don’t realize they need one
4:35 Book reference Drive by Daniel Pink
7:14 2nd Dilemma - Visions a...
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss delegation.
Link to download the worksheet mentioned in today's podcast:
https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-040-its-time-to-delegate/
0:00 Intro
5:15 The Soft Side: Abdicate, Imply, Hint, Imagine, Allude, Assume, Ignore
8:42 The Rough Side: Directing, Remote ...
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