Experience Leadership - The Small Business Podcast

Family Business, Big Problems: Fix Your Succession Plan with Dr. Doug Gray

Is your family business built to last — or are you gambling it away with unclear succession?

Too many family-run businesses wait until it’s too late to pass the baton. The result? Confusion. Power struggles. Stalled growth. And sometimes…a complete implosion of legacy.

In this episode, we dive deep into the high-stakes world of leadership transitions in fami...

How to Solve Business Problems with Clarity with Reuven Shelef

Feeling stuck in a mess of business problems that won’t quit? You might not have a leadership issue… you might have a tangled one.

🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we welcome Reuven Shelef, Founder and CEO of OUT OF THE BOX Consulting and the creator of the Untangling Complex Challenges™ methodology. Reuven helps leaders, executives, and business owners tackle mes...

Scaling Made Simple: Shift Your Thinking, Grow Your Business with Peter Kovacs

Are you leading your business, or is it leading you? If you’re stuck in the daily grind, drowning in decisions, and wondering why your business isn’t scaling the way it should—this episode is for you.

In this power-packed conversation, serial entrepreneur and executive coach Peter Kovacs reveals:

Why what got you here won’t get you there—and how to shift...

The Real Reason New Companies Fail with Chip Higgens

Half of all small businesses fail within five years. Half. That’s not a statistic—that’s a wake-up call.

 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, Marc sits down with Chip Higgins to tackle one of the biggest, most expensive problems facing small businesses today: the failure to generate and sustain momentum.

About Chip

For over four decades, Chip Higgins has dedicated his career to e...

Hiring International Talent? Here’s What You’re Missing with John McGraw

Miscommunication at work costs U.S. businesses $2 trillion a year—and diverse teams are especially at risk.

In this episode of Marc Haine Live, cultural clarity expert John Edward McGraw reveals how small businesses can avoid communication breakdowns, retain diverse talent, and build high-performing teams through inclusive communication.

Need to brainstorm as...

How much is frustration costing your business? with Andrew Oxley

Frustration—it’s not just a bad day. It’s a flashing neon sign that something is broken. And if you’re ignoring it, your business is bleeding money.

In this episode of Marc Haine Live, Marc sits down with executive coach and author Andrew Oxley, who reveals how most leaders completely misread frustration—treating it like a nuisance instead of a strategic clue. Join us...

Grow Beyond the Numbers: Trust, M&A, and the $10M Mistake with David Miller

How do you scale a company using something as intangible as trust? And what happens when you don’t?

Most business owners know how to track sales and manage expenses. But what if the real growth catalyst isn’t on your spreadsheet?

In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we dive into the high-stakes, high-reward world of scaling small businesses through trust...

Creating Cultures Where People Thrive with Dr. Serena Huang

What if the thing that’s killing your team’s productivity isn’t your budget, your tools, or your business model… but your blind spot?

In today’s episode of Marc Haine Live, we welcome Dr. Serena Huang—international speaker, teacher, and self-proclaimed “Data and AI Whisperer for Employee Thriving”—to uncover how organizations can use data and AI to create inclusive, human-...

Why Most Businesses Fail—and What Immigrant Founders Do Differently with Dr. Neri Karra Sillaman

Let’s face it: new businesses don’t make it past year five, and the ones that do often compromise values to survive.

 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, Dr. Neri Karra Sillaman—refugee-turned-entrepreneur and author of Pioneers—shares hard-earned insights on how to build a business that lasts.

Need to brainstorm aspects of your busines...

How to Create Breakthroughs and Transform Culture with Disruptive Leadership with Ted Santos

Most companies want innovation. Few know how to truly create it.

🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, Marc is joined by Ted Santos, creator of the Disruptive Leadership Model, to unpack why most innovation fails and how intentional chaos might be your biggest untapped asset. We dig into why employees sabotage change, how mindset blocks tr...

Revive and Thrive at Work, Fix Burnout, Toxic Work Culture & Employee Disengagement with Twyla Onderka

Are negative attitudes, burnout, and high turnover draining your business? Is your team disengaged? Do you feel like you’re constantly losing your best employees—and worse, your customers? You’re not alone, and today’s episode of Marc Haine Live is about to change the way you see leadership and workplace culture.

In this episo...

The Hidden Cost of Generational Miscommunication with Michelle Pascoe

Leading across generations isn’t a soft skill—it’s a survival skill. 

Today’s workplaces are a multi-generational mix of Boomers, Millennials, Gen Z, and yes—even the occasional Gen X manager still pretending frosted tips are cool. The result? Miscommunication, unmet expectations, and a whole lot of eye-rolling in staff meetings.

In this episode of Marc Haine Liv...

Mastering Difficult Conversations: A Playbook for Leaders with Mark McPherson

Are you dealing with workplace drama that’s draining your time, energy, and patience? You’re not alone.

In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we dive into one of the biggest leadership challenges—handling difficult people and mastering tough conversations. Whether it’s an underperforming employee, a toxic team member, or someone who turns every conversation...

Stop Sabotaging Your Success with Mitch Weisburgh

Is your brain sabotaging your success? You’re not alone—and it’s costing your business big time.

Quitting, blaming, lashing out—these aren’t just bad habits. They’re expensive reactions rooted in how we’re wired. In this episode of Marc Haine Live, I sit down with Mitch Weisburgh—author, educator, and expert on MindShifting—to explore how our brains react to stress and how we can tr...

Three Shifts to Transform Your Leadership Style with Jennifer Jensen

Is your leadership pipeline leaking talent, engagement, and cold hard cash? You’re not alone.

In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we tackle one of the most expensive problems in business today: promoting top performers into management roles without actually training them to lead.

The result? Incidental leaders who struggle with team performance, lose top talent, a...

Lead Without Just Managing with William Charles Davis

Is leadership really that complicated? Or have we just made it harder than it needs to be?

🛎  In this episode of Marc Haine Live, leadership expert William C. Davis reveals why 78% of Americans believe we’re in a leadership crisis—and what it takes to fix it. 

About William

With nearly 40 years of leadership experience in corporate America, William brings deep insights and prac...

How to Hire for Retention, Not Regret with Kevandre Thompson

Are you tired of hiring great people, only to watch them walk out the door six months later?

🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, talent acquisition expert Kevandre “Dre” Thompson reveals how to stop the revolving door and build talent pipelines that perform—while creating cultures where your best people want to stay.

About Kevandre (Dre)

Dre Thompson is a talent acquis...

Turn Managers into Leaders: Practical Steps for Real Impact with Kathy Andrews

How often have you sent your managers to a workshop, only to see them return with a fancy workbook that gathers dust on their shelf? How often have you invested in leadership development, expecting it to build stronger leaders, only to find that… well, nothing really changes?

🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, I sit down with Kathy Andrews, Founder o...

Transform Workplace Culture Through Generational Engagement with Mary Cooney

Companies are bleeding money—and not because of a bad quarter or an industry shake-up. No, this financial drain is self-inflicted. Every year, businesses lose up to $1 trillion (yes, with a “T” 💰) due to turnover, disengagement, and teams that just can’t seem to get along. And guess what? A major culprit is generational disconnects.

Boomers think Millenn...