Blue Shirt Leadership Podcast

As we wrap up the new year, you may be extremely busy and need to find great employees to help you end the year on a strong note. In this episode, I break down a tried and true process that will help you hire right the first time. 

If you've hired before, you know how crucial this process is. But whether this is the first time you're doing it or you've done it many times, it can be time-consuming, overwhelming, and even downright frustrating to find the right person. But it really doesn't have to be.

Learn the process I use with my clients and own employees to bring in great talent on the first try.

If you're interested in learning more about this process, check out gillettesolutions.com and schedule a free coaching call with me today! I'll set aside an hour of my time to provide you with powerful questions and insights to help you move forward and make great progress!

Welcome to another episode of the SAGE Mindset Podcast. Today I interview Brian Steele, the author of The Kingdom Field Guide. It's about a powerful and practical process to finding God's really real Kingdom. 

Even if Christianity isn't a focus for you, there is some incredible wisdom in this episode that you can apply to your life and business. Brian teaches us to pay attention to what gives you joy. We speak about the other side of joy being discomfort and how you need to seek both joy and discomfort. 

Brian gives us some great insight on the trap of inaction and how you can get through this trap. Finally, he teaches the power of engagement. Using all your senses to engage the business world and your personal world. 

You can reach him by visiting

Brian's Homepage

You can purchase his book by visiting

The Kingdom Field Guide

To join the LinkedIn group visit

http://bit.ly/sagemindset

In this episode, we get a behind the scenes look at the founder of Speak It To Book and how Caleb Breakey leads his team, and the amazing success they've had together. 

Caleb and his wife began their married life by purchasing 50 books about writing. The newlyweds would often pen stories for hours at a time while serving as live-in night managers at a retirement facility. 

Caleb spent the next decade breaking into the traditional publishing industry. He sold 20,000 books but found himself unsatisfied with the results. So he took a four-year break to learn marketing secrets from a mentor who'd spent $1 billion in online ads. What good is a message, after all, if you can't get it out to the world? Now he's helped hundreds of aspiring authors write books, build platforms, and win book contracts. 

Caleb believes books are the big domino that knock down all of the MASSIVE aspects of impacting lives, such as building your authority, growing your fanbase, accelerating your profits, and increasing your influence. Writing a book helps you do work you're passionate about and leaves a legacy that stands the test of time. 

You can find Caleb here

https://www.calebbreakey.com/book-writing

https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebbreakey/

https://www.instagram.com/calebbreakey/

Communication, community, and freedom are 3 of the things that Dan provides as a leader of his organization. In this episode, Dan shares how this has empowered his team to amazing success. 

Dan is an example of what happens when a visionary leader surrounds themselves with people that can catch the vision, own it, and achieve amazing things. 

Dan is a dreamer! He loves working on ideas and getting the ball rolling and then handing it off to the team of amazingly talented people around him to implement. Often times these ideas revolve around baseball, insurance, marketing and Eagles Nest International (children's home in Guatemala).

Daniel Vander Kooi is a business owner and entrepreneur living in the very small town of Lynden, Washington. The phrase, “Culture is King”, that we have heard so often, is really taken and applied to each area Dan spends his time in.

He is husband and dad of 3 kids, owner, and partner of 3 different businesses, Board President of Eagles Nest International- an orphanage in Guatemala, and on top of that, he is a varsity high school baseball coach. Like many business owners, spreading his time and energy in so many directions can present a challenge.

However, over the last 11 years, Dan has shifted his approach to focus on building strong teams around him that thrive on healthy cultures. His method has proven to be financially and personally beneficial to each industry and area of life he is invested in. Not only has he found freedom for growth in his businesses and opportunities to give back to communities, but he has also been able to find more quality time in his favorite job, Dad.

To connect with Dan, you can visit any of the links below. Also, please make sure to join our new LinkedIn group where you can connect with many of my former guests and fellow listeners. Visit http://bit.ly/sagemindset to join the group and go deeper with guests and fellow listeners! 

 

www.mannainsurancegroup.com,

www.linedrivenw.com,

www.ironbrandconsulting.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielvanderkooi/

I know, it sounds a little lofty to say you can take 3 steps to be more profitable but it's true. The key is where you put your focus to make this happen.  

In today's episode, we talk about how to keep your team profitable. Has your business grown or are you simply putting out fires, one after another? You, as a business owner and leader, need to take the reigns. Here I talk about how you shift directions into getting more results with your employees with three easy steps.

Does everyone know their responsibilities? Are you keeping track of your goals? Is keeping score a bad thing? What do you miss when these changes aren't made?

To learn more about how to help your team achieve your goals as a business owner, check out the SAGE Leadership Assessment by visiting gillettesolutions.com and click to take the assessment.

My guest today is Scott Ferguson, or Fergie as he likes to be called. He's all about taking your life a step further. Level up! 

But how do you do that, 'Level Up', every single day? Fergie says, "Do it scared." For a man who has gone through so much, he certainly proves that it is possible.

Do you have your vision and mission?  As a leader, have you thought about what kind of legacy you're leaving behind? 

You can learn more about how to level up your life every day with Fergie by checking out his website, www.timetoshinetoday.com

Today we have Rob Bedell with us. He is the author of The S Word: Sales: The Lifeblood of Your Business. The man walks, talks, and breathes sales. Unfortunately, most of us think that sales aren't for everybody. 

In this episode, Rob shares with us his experiences and how he's come to say that sales is just a productive conversation. He gives insight into how to turn those Nos into opportunities. And asks us, what message are you sending out? Are you listening to your clients' voice? Do you have a relationship beyond the dotted line?

He makes it look easy. "When common sense becomes common practice, that's when you find success."

Change your mindset about sales today.

You can contact Rob at LinkedIn or e-mail him at [email protected]

Today I have Bill Lennan, one of the co-founders of the HAERT program. They help with high school kids struggling with depression and anxiety. They help them gain the skills to help deal with those hardships.

In this episode, Bill and I talk about the science behind this and how to help ourselves to become self-aware, self-regulation, and what role accountability plays in all of it. We also discuss how to build confidence. Bill says, "confidence is grace under pressure." Bill later shares what this means and how can we simplify the process and contribute to that growth.

With the changes brought upon by the current pandemic, Bill shares his own plights about the changes and challenges they had to take to continue their program for those in need and how even his kids became empowered to play a part.

You can connect with Bill by visiting https://haertprogram.com/

In this episode, I talk about how we all struggle with confidence and how to overcome that little by little.

We learn about how Contribution, Compassion and Competence, even with such things as washing the dishes, can help build that confidence.

How can serving help you feel more empowered? How can action keep the fire going? And how can someone with little experience in something become competent?

To learn more about how to grow your confidence as a leader in your business and on your team, check out the SAGE Leadership Assessment by visiting gillettesolutions.com.

My guest on today's episode is Eric Nasalroad, I'm really excited to share this interview with you. Eric and I have a history that goes back to our water polo and swimming days in high school. Eric was a coach for the girl's teams while I played. He is a great friend and businessman. 

He's currently working as a business strategy consultant and a strategist at Apolos Software LLC. He is a college instructor and remodels homes with his wife. If that wasn't enough, he is a board member of Sequoia Bark Sales and just a great dude! 

I'm excited to share this episode with you where we talk about the importance of being scrappy, creating multiple income streams, and keeping it all together while you do it.

The best way to connect with Eric is on LinkedIn or email him [email protected].