Whether you are the owner of the business or a key employee in a larger company, understanding sales and knowing how to sell can be a critically important skill that will drive impact! Everything you do requires convincing someone else to adopt your way of thinking, doing or buying what you have. It starts with having the right attitude. The rest we discuss in this episode.

Join your Business Wingmen Podcast co-hosts, Steve Smith & Travis Smith as they reveal how sales helped them from being valued employees to owning their own businesses.

There are many different leadership styles. Some leaders are true to one type, others employ a variety of styles for different situations and people. Do you know what your leadership style is and if it's working for you?

In today's Business Wingmen podcast, your hosts Steve Smith and Travis Smith outline the most common 8 leadership styles and discuss their pros and cons. Their number one conclusion? Most leaders do not know their styles and may be challenged by the results they get. Figure out your leadership style. You'll be glad you did!

One of the biggest detriments to a successful business or career is lack of accountability. There are many reasons why people are not accountable for their responsibilities or work output. So, how do you turn around a workplace that lacks accountability?

On today's Business Wingmen Show, co-hosts Steve Smith and Travis Smith reveal their own insights about this chronic behavior and offer simple tips for changing attitudes that support a more accountable workplace. Listen in, you'll thank us later!

The term, 'word salad' has been popularized recently as a way to describe people who can't speak plainly or coherently. But this term has much deeper roots and reasons for happening and it happens with lots of people, maybe even you!

In this episode on 'Word Salad- The Daily Career Killer, your Business Wingmen co-hosts, Steve Smith and Travis Smith unravel this oddity and provide simple, yet effective workarounds so your career doesn't become the victim. Join us and get serious about avoiding the career damaging 'word salad' phenomenon. You'll be glad you did!

One of today's greatest authority's on leadership is Simon Sinek. Our episode today dissects a video he made several years ago that talks about the power of empathy and perspective in leadership. These are two immensely valuable qualities that are seldom practiced by today's business leaders.

Join your Business Wingmen co-hosts, Steve Smith and Travis Smith when they share their own insights and experiences in comparison to Sinek's philosophy on empathy and perspective. This is the talk that broke the internet!

Ever received unsolicited career advice? Was it good advice that you benefited from or was it bad advice! In today's episode, we draw our discussion from a survey conducted by the Business Insider on 33 of the worst pieces of career advice. We dig into a few of these and add in our own experiences so you can benefit from what other people are saying.

Join your Business Wingmen co-hosts, Steve Smith and Travis Smith and figure out what sound career advice looks like for you. Listen in, you'll thank us later.

Some days are tough and some days present challenges that seem insurmountable. Conquering these challenges can be overwhelming and disastrous for your career if not approached with a calm, unemotional head.

Today's episode on Conquering Insurmountable Work Challenges will reveal a few simple, yet highly effective ways to approach what seems impossible in the moment. Join your co-hosts Steve Smith and Travis Smith and learn how to deal with the impossible and live to tell about it!

Most people's work routine has been greatly disrupted over the past 2 years. So much so, you may be getting bored or overwhelmed with the constant need to adapt. So, before you say yes to a new job that might not be any better than what you have now, think about re-igniting your career where you are.

In today's Business Wingmen podcast, co-hosts Steve Smith and Travis Smith dive deep into what causes boredom, last of interest or other conditions that make you less than what you are capable of. Listen in and figure out how to re-ignite your own career.

The workplace is supposed to be a collaborative, team oriented environment, right? Not so! People who want to be promoted or gain favor for the juicy assignments are going to show up and perform better to get noticed.

In this episode, your Business Wingmen show hosts, Steve Smith & Travis Smith go through five performance characteristics that will move you to the head of the line, in any organization.

If you are continually coming in as a runner up, start performing using these techniques and watch the opportunities come your way.

Retaining your workforce has become a massive struggle for many businesses. This causes gaps in operations and an escalation in labor costs to replace the employees who leave. But it doesn't have to cripple your organization.

In this episode of the Business Wingmen, your co-hosts, Steve Smith and Travis Smith wade into the pool of employee retention strategies to give you practical ideas and advice about how to slow turnover and spot good people who are thinking of leaving.