Blue Shirt Leadership Podcast

Louis Marchman has had an amazing journey to opening his accounting practice. From some jail time for youth indiscretions to a stint being homeless. It took a very important look in the mirror for Louis to recognize there was so much more for him to give to the world. 

As a result, he serves his clients to help them relieve the anxiousness and fear that can sometimes come with the financial side of running a business. He has been serving his clients for almost 7 years now and won't be slowing down any time soon! 

Louis shared some powerful tips on how to lead well. 

He shares find your faith. Find something bigger than you to believe in. Be physical. Discipline your body so you can discipline your mind. Allow creativity to flourish in your life and business. Finally, don't stop moving forward. Even the little steps count. 

If you'd like to connect with Louis and learn more of his story and see how his business can help relieve you of some of that unneeded stress, connect with him by visiting www.marchmanaccounting.com

Failure is the option. Don't be the smartest person in the room. These are just two of Maurice Goin's insights that you'll hear in this episode. Maurice is a 7 year veteran of the US Coast Guard, business owner, and all-around leader. His experiences in the Coast Guard provided him with leadership skills and insights that he is using to empower his team. Maurice and his business partner run a growing cleaning business with 13 employees and they don't look to be slowing down! In this episode, Maurice shares about his military experiences, a significant failure that turned into a huge catalyst to his current success, and some key leaders who impacted his life. Here are a few SAGE Wisdom nuggets from the episode. He says that we need to take the risk that we are afraid to take because the other side is worth it. He encourages you to never stop networking because that's what got his business started. Finally, as leaders, we need to push people just past their limits to empower them to be the best version of themselves. If you'd like to connect with Maurice, please visit https://www.neatnsweetcleaning.com/

My guest on Today's show is Shashank Shukla and he is an entrepreneur through and through. He wrote his first business plan when he was 13 years old, ran a FinTech start-up when he was 26, and continues to work in the financial industry.

Currently, he helps businesses improve their performance and increase their profits through a powerful system that he is looking to get patented. He believes in the importance of automation and outsourcing to help you run your business more successfully.

In this episode, Shashank shares 3 powerful insights which include building a team you can trust, finding the right people to invest in your business (and you), and empower yourself to work ON your business by outsourcing as much as you can.

Connect with Shashank on LinkedIn by visiting https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashank-shukla-18719313/

My guest on today's show is Sergey Kiklevich. He left his home country of Belarus when he was 19 years old to come to the United States. All he has with him was $50 in his pocket and no family. 

His coaching business is called Gambit Solutions because sometimes you have to take some big risks for things to work out as you desire. In this episode, he shares several key insights on managing your emotions, responsibility, and acknowledging other people. 

Formerly a registered representative and a financial professional. Currently, the founder of and the head coach at Gambit Solutions Inc., focused on executive coaching and business consulting. 

You can connect with Sergey by visiting http://askgambit.com/

Randall Espinoza is a giver. He loves to serve his clients and friends. He started as an entrepreneur at the age of 15 and hasn’t looked back. His primary focus now is to help people get their financial struggles under control and to partner with other business owners to create an exponential impact on the world.

In this episode, he shares the power of helping people solve problems. He says, “if you solve other people’s problems, the money will come.”

He also shares the importance of auditing your social circle to make sure you surround yourself with the best people.

Finally, Randall shares some significant insight on the power of vision and not allowing yours to be diluted.

You can connect with him directly by visiting his Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/randalleofficial/

Justin Muscolino is a highly experienced and energetic corporate trainer who knows there is more to offer in the corporate training world. Because of this, he opened Tweezzle where he gives his clients real training and real experiences. It’s training and experiences that will stick! 

He and his team believe in the importance of passion, fun, and have a true desire to help other people. They want you to know that they care and want to impact your team for the long term. 

Justin believes in the importance of stories. The value of credibility in getting people to learn. He also shares that learning comes from multiple angles and the stories, fun, passion, and energy his team brings are what will create a lasting result. 

www.tweezzle.com

Steven Moher is a veteran business owner and serial entrepreneur. His experience in business has ultimately led him to open Massive Breakthroughs. This amazing business has secured significant funding and will be hiring over 1000 people to help them build a cross-platform video game software. This software allows video game creators to build their games on the Massive Breakthroughs platform and be able to run them on PC, Xbox, Playstation, and more.

In this episode, we get to learn of the powerful wisdom of Steven’s decades in business. He shares about the importance of training your replacement, giving your employees opportunities to fail, and knowing what your customer really wants. 

Steven’s SAGE Insights are thoughtful and will be immediately helpful for you and your business. 

www.massivebreakthroughs.net

Today's episode is with a special guest. Mike Cook is a business mentor of mine and has been a great encouragement and support to me and Gillette Solutions for a couple of years now.

I was selfishly holding on to his wisdom until now. On this episode, you'll get to learn about Mike's powerful insights on leadership, communication, and his guiding principles for business. These principles have helped him and 100s of business owners C-Level leaders successfully navigate challenges and opportunities.

When we understand the value we have to offer other people this makes it possible to offer so much more to others. In this episode, Eric Reed dives into the importance of knowing your north star, having pride in what you do, and the importance of "shrinking your universe". 

Eric is the owner of the Reed5 group where they help businesses rethink strategies, provide actionable & meaningful solutions to clarify, simplify and achieve your vision. You can connect with Eric by visiting his website https://reed5group.com/.

You can also find him on LinkedIn and hosting the Take5 Podcast.

It's an interesting thing how myths can impact our lives in powerful waves. On this episode, I talk about the Pygmalion effect and how this Greek myth serves as a reminder of the power of expectations. 

Research in various institutions has proven that the Pygmalion effect is real. They've tested and duplicated the effect many times. What's more important is that you and I can test and duplicate the power of setting high expectations. 

I share with you several stories of how this has played out in my life and the lives of my clients and even Jesus' disciples.