In this episode, Christian is joined by Adam Lean, Founder, The CFO Project and the host of the P is for Profit Podcast. In 2006 Adam felt the desire to become an entrepreneur and started an e-commerce business, after several successful years, while the sales where still growing, the monthly profit and cashflow was declining. Adam solved that issue and now helps other entrepreneurs and business owners be more profitable and grow their cashflow so they can focus on what they do best.    In this episode  The 5 steps Adam took to get his business back in alignment   Coaching Tracking Bookkeeping  Setting targets for profit Identifying the barriers to success    Why entrepreneurs miss profit targets Regular books vs good books Taking the next step Working on the most important thing What is a fractional CFO    

Bonus Interview - Why Good Financial Information is Critical for Growth with Adam Lean

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In this episode, Christian speaks about how leaders need to rest and recover. Christian talks about the cost of stress, burnout, and how to recover.  In this episode:  Sick from leadership You get stronger when you rest The costs of burnout How cortisol effects your ability to lead How to deal with Burnout  Rest Reflection Resilience       

Ep.25 - Leaders Need to Rest

In this episode, Christian is joined by Richard Henderson to discuss how to create a culture of excellence and belonging.  Richard Henderson is a native of Scotland who has translated to the US. Before coming to the US, Richard played fours years of professional Soccer in Scotland. He has several degrees related to coaching and Physical Education. Richard has done his Masters work in leadership, and has worked in Higher Education for the last eight years. For 15 years he has coached elite youth soccer at the highschool, college, and semi-professional level.  Richard is the owner, and Principal consultant at the Nevada Networking Institute.    In this episode:  How Richard found his way to leadership Leadership archetypes What an environment of excellence and belonging looks like Resolving conflict quickly  Getting to the root cause Accountability Individual and systemic coaching Building high performance Psychological safety  . 

Bonus Interview - Creating a Culture of Excellence and Belonging with Richard Henderson

In this episode, Christian speaks about the importance of being curious, about yourself, your team, your business and your life. He explores how leaders that stay curious and engaged in learning are often more effective than others who lose that desire to keep learning. In this episode:  Curiosity is the tip of the iceberg Internal curiosity Relational or social curiosity  Contextual curiosity Experiencial curiosity Explorational curiosity Conceptual curiosity  Building a culture of curiosity  Be a model for staying curious Normalize healthy and appropriate fears Except and create challenges Healthy group dynamics Not accepting easy solutions or answers Create paths from curiosity       

Ep.24 - Curiosity makes You Stronger

In this episode, Christian explores humility in leadership. He defines what humility is, and why it is so important for those who want to be effective leaders.  In this episode:  How we think about and relate to humility What is humility? Relational humility Is it possible to always be humble? Success case study  Does having more power make you less effective? Cultivating humility  Making comparisons  Gratitude and appreciation Learning from others Serving others   Humility as culture within an organization    

Ep.23 - Humility and Success. The Surprising Relationship

In this episode, Christian describes how often, as we begin to pursue our idea, build our organization or launch the product, we can get bogged down in the minutia of keeping everything running. The distraction takes us away from being able to focus on what we intended on achieving. In this episode:  Flavor your communication with references to the vision A strategic plan that nobody knows is useless Acknowledge their will be rough spots Take time to reflect - be quiet and alone Having a practice of reviewing progress  New experiences lead to new ideas Tell your vision to others Engage all your senses Visualization exercise     

Bonus Interview - Why Good Financial Information is Critical for Growth with Adam Lean

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