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In this episode, Sean sits down with Josh Wilson, principal broker and owner of Kingdom Syndicate and host for The Deal Scout and Uncensored Advice for Men podcasts. They dive into why Josh has focused on his failures and how that shaped his identity. They go deeper into his experiences and how he pivoted his mindset to create better customer experiences. Josh gives some raw truth and how his belief system has changed to be more abundant. He even gives more insight and a few good analogies from his own personal experiences and talks about his philosophy around focus on your belief system before you act.

More About Josh. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuabrucewilson/

In this episode, Sean sits down with Gabi Bradley, Learning & Development Consultant and Animal Flow coach and regional leader. They dive into how Gabi got started with Animal Flow and her transition to become a coach. They go deeper into her experience coaching from 1:1s to group sessions and eventually become a regional leader. Gabi explains her passions and how she adapts different coaching styles to create overall great experiences. She even gives some insight from her own personal experiences and talks about her philosophy about moving with purpose.

More About Gabi. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-bradley-5370b433/

In this episode, Sean sits down with Tiffany Sauder, CEO of Element Three. They dive into how Tiffany helps her team build better brands for the company's customers. They go deeper into her experience from leading E3 into some pivotal transitions. Tiffany explains people want authentic brands and this comes from leadership being transparent. Tiffany's focused yet passionate tone shows how much she loves helping her company succeed. She even gives some insight from her own personal experiences and vulnerability when she launched Scared Confident in 2021.

More About Tiffany. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanysauder

In this episode, Sean sits down with Mike Seidle, CTO and cofounder of PivotCX. They dive into how Mike co-founded PivotCX (originally WorkHere). They go deeper into his experience with pivoting a company towards clients' needs and finding success after Covid. Mike explains how the company focused in on recruiting key metrics. Mike shares insights on how PivotCX uses revenue operations (rev ops) methodology to deliver the key metrics and overall scalability for their clients. Mike's laid focused yet passionate tone shows how much his loves helping the company, clients, and partners succeed. He even gives some insight on messaging platforms and the progression of sales to revenue operations over the last 20 years.

More About Mike. https://www.linkedin.com/in/indymike/

In this episode, Sean sits down with Carly Pallis, VP of Marketing at Pavilion. They dive into how Carly joined Pavilion from becoming a member to running Pavilion's marketing. They go deeper into her experience how leadership found the core values and how her team was able to market. Carly explains how the whole Pavilion team meets every Friday to share members' stories on where they aligned their core values. Carly shares insights on how her team focuses on two of the company's core values: listen closely and act quickly and asking constant feedback from members. Carly's laid back yet and passionate tone shows how much she loves helping her team, the whole team, and Pavilion's members get the most out of being a member. She even gives some insight on her own growth and how to developing a great bed side manner excelled her career.

More About Carly. https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlydell/

In this episode, Sean sits down with Carolyn Estelle, Director of Executive Search at Captivate Talent. They dive into why Carolyn joined Captivate Talent and what about the company sets them apart from the competition. They go deeper into her experience on how companies can get better at candidate experiences. Carolyn explains how this is a candidate market and how companies should adapt to find the best talent. Carolyn shares insights on how the Captivate Talent team guides clients through their hiring needs. HINT: Simplifying the process helps tremendously. Carolyn's helpful and passionate tone shows how much she loves helping clients find great talent and also uplifting to find more female executive being placed. She shows her advocacy to help females and young recruiters to excel.

Her motto: “Diamonds are made under pressure.”

More About Carolyn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/estelle298/

In this episode, Sean sits down with Rock Felder, COO at SquadCast. They dive into why Rock and his co-founder Zach started the company. They go deeper into his experiences and view about product led growth in the booming podcasting world. Rock explains how they grew the SquadCast team around engaging customers and building a podcasting community. Rock shares insights on how to build a company from scratch and the phases needed to get it to be sustainable. Rock's helpful and easy tone shows how passionate he is about helping a community with not pushing product but rather adapting to customer needs.

More About Rock. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rockwell-felder-cpa/

In this episode, Sean sits down with Alex Sanfilippo. They dive into why Alex started PodMatch and PodcastSOP and his need to help solocasters scaling their podcasts. They go deeper into his approach on figuring out product market fit. Alex explains from his experience how to leverage being a guest and a host in podcasting. Alex shares insights on how deliver better customer experiences through podcasting and marketing channels leading to the podcast. Alex's excited and friendly tone shows how passionate he is about helping podcasters and solocasters alike scale their podcasts and grow communities.

More About Alex. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsanfilippo/

In this episode, Sean sits down with Jen Marr. They dive into why Jen started Inspiring Comfort and why comfort creates better experiences and sustains relationships better than empathy. They go deeper into her research on why people haven't been equipped to create comfortable environments. NOTE: Jen spent extensive time at crisis areas like Sandy Hook to research how comfort helps with positive healing impacts. Jen explains how this can translate to less critical experiences through marketing and customer experience. Jen shares insights on how comfort can bring back human connectedness in this very digitally, yet disconnected world. Jen's comforting and kind tone shows how passionate she is about helping others with understanding what comfort is and programs around facilitating those behaviors.

More About Jen. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenmarr/

In this episode, Sean sits down with Zach Frantz. They dive into why Zach started Wildland Coffee. They go deeper into his passion to make lean companies serving niche customers. Zach explains his process about how he simplifies to improve the customer experience. Zach shares insights about how he approaches new ideas for Wildland Coffee and aligning that with current customer needs. Zach's friendly tone shows how passionate he is about delivering delightful, simple, and caffeine related experiences in each pouch.

More About Zach. https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachfrantz/