Bold Business Podcast

In this interview, Molly McGrath, Founder Hiring & Empowering Solutions, LLC, discusses the importance of communication – and over-communication – as a skill to support consistent action to face change. She shares three things that every business leader needs to navigate uncertainty while staying grounded and having the capacity to expand your thinking. Listen in as host Jess Dewell and Molly McGrath talk about the importance of clarity during uncertain times, and then taking intentional action forward.

There are three ways to be more intentionally adaptable: 1) continue to create value, 2) solve the right problems at the right time, and 3) be present and real. Small changes will start to create different (and more) impact to build internal company resilience. The more dynamic your company, the more opportunities may be realized. Listen to Jess Dewell share the insights from Rick Hall, CEO of Aginity, Steve Chaparro, Principle at Culture Design Studio, and Mike Wittenstein, Story Miners, in a discussion about how adaptability keeps companies adaptable.

In this interview, listen in to Michelle Seiler Tucker, Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated, share the three questions every business must ask themselves. To help you answer those questions, it is imperative that you begin with the end in mind, reverse engineer, and keep working on the skills you need to move toward success. Jess Dewell and Michelle discuss what is important to remember in moving toward success.

Constant change is our reality, how can businesses adapt? Actionable tips, personal experiences, and results to expect are all wrapped into this discussion Jess has with Steve Chaparro, Principal at Culture Design Studio, and Mike Wittenstein, Story Miners about the deep work that design thinking and innovation thrive on.

Asking good questions is a key element of intentional conversations. Planning ahead (know your prospect), knowing what the purpose of the dialog is (where you are in the sales cycle), and creating a safe space to share problems (allow in curiosity) is time well spent. Your system and self-awareness allow you to find the right time to create ways to work together. Join Jess Dewell as she talks with Kathleen Winsor-Games about the Big IF of Sales Success.

In this interview, Jeffrey Harry, Positive Psychology Play Keynote Speaker, discusses how to have more fun by expanding our viewpoint to ensure we walk the talk, work on conflict, and keep initiatives on time. His viewpoints touch on the biggest issues companies face leadership teams look to the future about how to support, develop, and engage every person in the organization. Listen in with host Jess Dewell as she discusses with Harry how he is instilling more play into our everyday work.

To better understand achievement, we are digging into what it takes to reach our goals. Three things you will hear about are: the power of a system; how to show up; and, that achievement may be uncomfortable sometimes. Jess Dewell talks with Marie Hale, founder and CEO of fwd@revolution, about the overlooked aspects of goal setting that can carry us through times of uncertainty and high stress.

In this interview, Tracie Lamourie, Managing Director of Lamourie Media, discusses how she faced issues around business growth. There are structures and profitability points that we look at and use to confirm alignment to the businesses' three- and five-year plans. Lamourie shares with Jess Dewell how she faced overwhelm, built inner strength, and is currently building an adaptable business.

In this interview Hector Simoudis, co-Founder eLearning Partners (formerly VP Legacies), shares the journey of making product changes and rebranding. The importance of knowing what product produces most revenue, provides the most impact to clients, and has the most success stories are the metrics they used to reduce 15 products…down to one. He and Jess Dewell explore the many layers of focus and how to put attention and resources into fewer areas leads to positive growth outcomes.

There are three ways to ask better questions: 1. Be curious and use words wisely; 2. Challenge what we "know"; and 3. Have in mind an idea of what a productive outcome is. Asking questions in a leadership position creates more opportunities. Increasing adaptability of your teams means incorporating their experiences and ideas to solve problems and create impactful solutions. This also means letting go of the need to have answers … and control. Listen to Jess Dewell share the insights from Elizabeth Bachman, Max Irzhak, and Mickey Desai in a discussion about empowering ourselves and others to ask better questions.