At the age of 52, I decided to leave my career industry of 30 years and pursue a business of my own. How I did it and what I had to deal with along the way to achieveing my entrepreneurial dream, can help you as you consider how to transition your career to owning your own business.

Join your Business Wingmen and listen as Travis Smith interviews his father and co-host, Steve Smith on the challenges of leaving consumer products and entering the world of small business.

This episode is about what to do when your career shows signs of dying and how to tune what you know into a business you can own. Listen in as Business Wingmen co-host, Travis Smith digs deep for answers from his other co-host, Steve Smith about how he transformed his 30 year career into a thriving professional services business.

Want to become an entrepreneur once you hit 50? Join us today for this 2-part series. You'll be glad you did!

Is your lack of process the reason your results suck? If so, listen in becasue we do our best to spice up a seemingly boring topic that is critical to running an excellent business or performing extraordinarily on your job.

In this episode, Your Lack of Process is Killing Your Results, your co-hosts Steve Smith and Travis Smith haggle over the importance and implementation of good processes so you can spend the same time and effort being excellent at what you do.

Proactive communication is all about thinking ahead. Are your communications; in-person conversations, emails, texts, etc. conveying your total message or just enough to answer someone else's questions? When you communicate with purpose and completeness, you are being proactive.

This episode deals with why and how to communicate proactively. Join your Business Wingmen, Steve Smith & Travis Smith and take your communication effectiveness to the next level.

At some point in your career advancement, technique capability counts but business acumen is what will separate you from others seeking similar advancement.

What is Business Acumen and why is it necessary to convey a high degree to professionalism and asset value contribution? In today's episode, your Business Wingmen co-hosts, Steve Smith and Travis Smith walk you through a variety of situations where having strong business acumen made the difference.

Join us and learn what you can do to upgrade your value as an employee with higher level potential. You'll be glad you did!

Are you making a lasting impression? Business people are in such a hurry today to get things done that their interactions have a 'transactional' look and feel. If you want to have a greater impact with your business relationships and become more valuable to the people you work with, learning how to make a lasting impression will be a game changer on your long term success.

As you gain more responsibility for the organization you oversee, your decisions have consequences. Are you making these decisions with an eye on the big picture. Failure to do so can have unintended outcomes. On today's Business Wingmen show, your co-hosts, Steve and Travis Smith dive into the area of big picture thinking and the effects decisions can have beyond your immediate circumstances.

Nothing is worse than being passed over for a promotion you wanted and thought you desired. What now? How to you regroup? What do you start doing to position yourself for your next promotion opportunity.

In this episode on getting passed over for a promotion, your Business Wingmen co-hosts Steve Smith and Travis Smith offer actual experiences and practical ways to regain your career growth.

Did you participate in the Great Resignation? Is your company struggling with the after effects of people resigning during COVID? There are lots of opinions about why this happened and how it has changed the workplace and we will be diving into most of them on this episode.

Whether you left your job because circumstances dictated it or you saw an opportunity to improve your career, the great resignation touched most of us. Join your Business Wingmen, Steve Smith and Travis Smith and get some take-aways that could help you figure this out.

Working with friends and family could be seen as fun, easy or comfortable. Most times, it's not! Relationship that blend work with personal associations can be frought with issues that ultimately make life and work stressful.

Today's episode on The Consequences of Working with Friends and Family trades stories and shares tips for making potentially bad situations better. Join your Business Wingmen co-hosts Steve Smith and Travis Smith and learn what to watch for so you can decide whether or not to work with friends and family.