High Performance CEO

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Sterling Peloso on the show, and Sterling is the CEO of Broco Rankin.

Sterling is the President and CEO of Broco Rankin, which he just acquired almost a year ago.  Broco Rankin is a welding supply and equipment manufacturing company with a focus on underwater industrial tactical and protective metal alloys.

Prior to acquiring Broco Rankin, Sterling has had a long an successful career as an executive leader in a number of high profile companies, such as President of Patient Monitoring and Ultrasound at Avante Health Solutions, President & CEO of Ultra Solutions, VP at Aramark Corporation, CEO at Galls Corp.

Sterling shares his secrets to success in todays podcast episode:

This is one episode you do not want to miss!

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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Bryan Clayton on the show, and Bryan is the CEO of GreenPal.

Bryan Clayton is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker who has built a successful career by focusing on hard work, perseverance, and innovation. He is the co-founder and CEO of GreenPal, an online platform that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. Under Bryan's leadership, GreenPal has grown into a multi-million dollar company with over 200,000 active users and has been featured in publications like Forbes, Inc. and Entrepreneur.

Prior to starting GreenPal, Bryan founded Peachtree Inc., a landscaping company that he grew to become one of the largest in the state of Tennessee, with over $10 million in annual revenue. Peachtree was eventually acquired by LUSA Holdings, a national company. Bryan has also been recognized for his leadership and entrepreneurial spirit by organizations like the Nashville Business Journal, which named him one of its "40 under 40" honorees.

Bryan's entrepreneurial journey is a testament to the power of hard work, determination, and a willingness to take risks. He is passionate about helping others achieve their own success and is always looking for ways to give back to his community.

In this episode Bryan shares with us one of his trade secrets and that is to automate as much as you can, and do it as early as you can. When you find yourself doing the same repetitive tasks every day there is a large opportunity to improve efficiencies.

He also talks about the importance of having a weekly stand up meeting to hold himself and his team accountable to action items and commitments, which ensures continue improvement.

Also another item of importance Bryan leans into is to ensure you always have a financial cushion at any time, along with many other great business management concepts.

This is one episode you do not want to miss!

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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Andy McCartney on the show, and Andy is the CEO of Bowden Manufacturing, welcome to the show Andy.

Andy is the Owner of Bowden Manufacturing and C&C machine shop in cleveland Ohio.  They serve customers in the defense, industrial and aerospace industries.

He has Degrees from the US Naval Academy and Tufts University. 

After the Navy he came back to Cleveland to run the business with his Father in 1998, he took over as president in 1999.  He grew and ran the business for the last 24 years

In this episode, Andy shares with us how he has created a hiring program that degreed engineers desiring to become Design Engineers.  He details how his program requires the engineers to be on the shop floor learning the hands on machining aspect first before being able to actually work on engineering design. This is such an important concept and he shares with us how this amplifies their productivity.

Andy also discusses how they have been able to leverage the IIOT (Industrial Internet Of Things) for resource monitoring or powered equipment on their manufacturing floor and how this has greatly improved utilization of resources and efficiencies.

Andy also talks about how his leadership style and specifically how to ensure that people feel comfortable to speak their minds and be heard in his company.  As we know people that do not feel comfortable speaking their mind lead to unresolved feelings and a poor culture.

This is one episode you do not want to miss!

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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Rachel King on the show, and Rachel is the President of King Law Firm Attorneys At Law Incorporated.

Rachel King. Lawyer. Veteran. Entrepreneur. Wife. Mother. Triathlete. Ultra Marathoner. Yogi. In no particular order.

Rachel practices law in California, Arizona, Kentucky, and Texas but she represents clients nationwide and internationally.

She opened her law firm in 2014 after owning multiple companies and achieving success by taking one to million dollar status. To date Rachel’s firm has helped thousands of people and earns in excess of 7 figures annually.

Rachel now works primarily as a strategic litigator in Elder Abuse (financial and physical) and undue Influence, Family Law, Conservatorships, Guardianships, and Will and trust Contests. 

Rachel regularly speaks on related legal issues. She was a guest on CBS more than once and was featured in LA Weekly as a Top 10 Industry Expert. Rachel has also been highlighted by San Diego Woman Magazine, US Insider, SD Voyager, CANVAS REBEL, and more. She intends to continue to speak publicly to inform and educate in these highly emotional areas of law.

In today’s episode, Rachel discusses the importance of drawing a line in the sand between when you are wearing your “CEO” hat and when you are working in your business, and act appropriately.

She also dives into the importance of understanding the interpersonal dynamics between not only yourself, but amongst everyone in your office.  Not everyone communicate the same way, in fact typically quite different.  And without this understand, miscommunication can easily happen. 

You have to understand how you lead and your own personality and communication styles so you can better communicate with everyone on the team.

Another key point for Rachel was that you can be friendly with your team, but cannot be friends.  In one of her companies, she found herself falling into the friend trap with her employees.  This caused excess drama and some of the team members trying to play favorites.  Rachel’s new rule is to be “friendly”, but nor “friends”.

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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Colin Colin Sanburg on the show, and Colin is the CEO of FinElevate, welcome to the show Colin.

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Mike Kaeding on the show, and Mike is the CEO of Norhart.

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Freeda Johnson on the show, and Freeda is the CEO of Freed Print,

In this episode, we have the privilege to have Brandon Barnum on the show, and Brandon is the CEO of HOA.com, 

HOA.com is revolutionizing home owner associations and connecting homeowners to professionals they can trust.  

Brandon has built numerous technology companies including his last which had over 5 million members in 190 countries.  

He is also the author of the #1 best-selling books Raving Referrals and Raving Referrals for Dentists and is a highly sought-after expert in referrals, joint ventures, and business growth. 

Brandon lives in Phoenix, AZ with his wife for life Marlo who he’s been married to for over 26 years and has three amazing children.  

In this episode Brandon shares with us some of his secrets to success.  One is investing in and hiring Veterans whenever they can.  Not only to support our military Veterans, but that they bring a level of experience and leadership that is not found in corporate America.

Brandon also shares the importance of knowing when to “wear your CEO hat”, and when not. 

He also talks in depth about how to create a never ending source of referral leads for your business.  A very specific process that 99% of business owners and sales people ARE NOT DOING.

You don’t want to miss this episode.

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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Wayne Zell on the show, and Steve is the CEO of Zell Law.

Wayne Zell has been advising clients for 37+ years on business, tax and estate issues. His clients include a wide range of entrepreneurs. He loves guiding his clients through their business formation, growth and exit strategy.  He has been the architect of hundreds of transactions and made his clients millions. 

His passion for helping entrepreneurs build their Business Success(ion) Plans is why he wrote a book... “Your Multimillion-Dollar Exit – An Entrepreneur’s Business Success(ion) Planner,” which will be released in May 2023, and has created a series of interactive workshops based upon the book for presentation to entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses across the country. He speaks frequently to entrepreneurs, financial planners, accountants and high-net worth individuals on a variety of business planning and exit topics. 

An active speaker and writer, Wayne is recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America®.  He also hosts the Blueprint for Wealth videocast where he interviews entrepreneurs on their unique stories (many of which are included in his book). 

Today, Wayne uses his expertise and experience to help entrepreneurs successfully architect the best exit from their businesses.

In this episode, Wayne helps us understand why every business owner would be exploring their exit plan from day 1.  

Wayne explains how one of the most important factors that determines the value and salability of your company is how turn key the operation is and the strength of your management team that will be remaining in place.

Wayne dives into one of the most important exit vehicles that the elites use to save millions in taxes upon their exit.  This one piece of information is absolutely worth millions to any business owner that takes a few minutes to listen!

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https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/incremental-improvement-is-how-you-win-the-game-of-business/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Professor Te Wu on the show, and Professor Te Wu is the CEO of PMO Advisory.

Dr. Te Wu is CEO and CPO of PMO Advisory, a project management training and consulting firm that establishes projects, programs, portfolios, and PMOs for companies, including Global 500 and nonprofit organizations. He is an Associate Professor at Montclair State University and Chair of Project Management Institute’s Portfolio Management Standard Committee. Te is certified in Portfolio, Program, Project, and Risk Management.

In this episode, Professor Te walks us through the reasons why large scale projects will either fail or sail.  He boils it down to three critical areas:

Professor Te also addresses how the AI revolution will impact the project management industry and career track.

Join us for today’s episode of the High Performance CEO Podcast here:

https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/3-reasons-why-projects-fail-or-sail/