High Performance CEO

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Wesley Mathews on the show, and Wesley is the Chief Growth Officer, ex CEO  of High Level Marketing.

Wesley is a scrappy entrepreneur and former CEO and Co-Founder of High Level Marketing. He spent over 11 years driving the company's vision and strategy, helping to grow it from an idea to a powerhouse in the industry with over 50 employees and revenues of $7 million. 

Today, High Level Marketing is a thriving company with over 135 team members across the nation with revenues exceeding $20 million.

In todays episode we dive into how important is to get the vision and direction of the company out of your head and into paper. Wesley shares with us the operational system that he implemented and how it changed everything for his company.  After this is when he started to see real growth.

Wesley also talks about the importance of transitioning your company from an entrepreneurial organization to a professionally run organization.  The key is recognizing when that shift needs to occur.

Wesley also hits on the importance of niching and how that was scary at first, but has ultimately dramatically benefited his company.

You don’t want to miss this episode.

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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Cullen Raichart on the show, and Cullen is the CEO of GreenBroz. 

Cullen lives in Las Vegas with his wife and his 3 children  Cullen is a Naval Veteran, so near and dear to my heart.  

After the Navy, Cullen was a Chief Engineer for Hewlett Packard and about 10 years ago he saw a huge opportunity in the cannibis industry and started GreenBroz.  

GreenBroz creates harvesting automation machinery and is the go-to company in the space for efficiency in harvesting.

In this episode, Cullen and I dive into the importance of maintaining a lean and simple operation.  Not over complicating processes that many leaders try to do. 

Cullen talks about how he has stuck to the basics - simple SOP’s, document your structure, need to measure objective vs subjective and always strive for an incremental, measurable improvement.

Cullen also hits on some of his lessons learned in his journey through taking on debt and scaling the company.  You don’t want to miss this episode.
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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Scott Humphrey on the show, and Scott is the President and CEO of World Floor Covering Association.

With over 40 years of experience in all facets of the floor covering industry, from Sales Manager of Shaw to Director of the entire Shaw Flooring Network,  Scott’s organization exists to ensure the success and profitability of the professional floor covering dealer, and to represent their common interest. He is an advocate for change and passionate about servant leadership. 

Scott’s experience as a leader and CEO is pretty amazing and extremely people centric.  In todays day of business, the people focused leaders will trump the “business focused leaders”.

Scott shares some pretty amazing “nuggets” in todays episode focused around the importance of relationships in your industry, hiring the right people, balance, how to truly motivate your team and finally how to cultivate a team versus individual environment.

Scott had been able to meet and interview Warren Buffet 3 times and he shares with his stories and an amazing quote directly from Warren that not many have heard!

This episode is a must listen!  Join us for this episode of the High Performance CEO Podcast here: https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/the-power-of-the-people-learn-how-this-leader-10xd-his-company-in-2-years/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Reza Mirza is the Group CEO of Icelandic Glacial Water – One of the leading and fast  growing imported water brands in the US.

Reza joined Icelandic Glacial in 2014. With nearly 20 years of consumer product experience last as President of Activate Drinks and  from several management positions at Nestle Waters North America where he managed a portfolio of brands with over $1bn in sales. 

Reza shares with us how he has been able to assemble a team of the best of the best in the water bottling industry. He shares some great tangibles on specifically what he is looking for when he conducts interviews with candidates.

Reza then goes deeper into how he has been able to build a culture of fun with very little ego attached.

Reza also shares with us how when Covid hit, their company overnight lost 75% of their revenue streams…and more importantly how they were able to survive this storm with 0 layoffs!!

Now that is a true family!

Join us for this weeks episode of the High Performance CEO Podcast here: https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/true-family-this-ceo-lost-75-of-his-revenue-overnight-and-did-not-layoff-1-employee/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Nick Madahar on the show, and Nick is the CEO of Shine Logistics Group.  

Nick lives in Sacramento with his 3 kiddos.  Nick was in the insurance and banking industry for a good 15 years when he transitioned into logistics and transportation, and hasn’t looked back since. Shine logistics has over 250 employees and is in 11 countries and growing.  

Nick shares his journey with us and focuses his discussion topics around his people.  He has created an organization that is “People Centric” versus business centric.  He shares his thoughts and tips on how to create that people centric culture.

Nick also shares some tips on hiring and managing his people to create the culture that he wants. We also dive into a few of the strategic decisions he is int he middle of carrying out with his company, specifically a complete shift into technology and a SaaS model, even though he has a wildly successful truck brokerage business.

You don’t want to miss this episode.

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https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/why-people-centric-companies-are-winning-and-business-centric-are-not/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Michael Bloxton on the show, and Michael is the Founder and CEO of Nebula Space Enterprise.

Michael Bloxton, a self-made telecom finance real estate investor, is now the Founder and CEO of Nebula Space Enterprise, Inc.  He's launched five Nebula subsidiaries with a mission to provide humans with access to deep space and infinite resources. Each organization plays a pivotal role in Phase 1 of the great plan that seeks to not only help preserve Earth and its precious resources but propel humanity into a thriving future.

In this very eye opening episode, Michael shares his journey from a total unrelated field into the preservation of the human race through deep space exploration and utilization.  In that vein, Michale emphasizes that the only thing an entrepreneur needs is an awe inspiring vision and a passion for achieving it.

From her Michael shares with us how he been able to build a world class team and company around this vision.  Vision is everything.

This is a must listen for all leaders and CEO’s.  Typically most CEO’s build a business and then backtrack to an inspiring vision and purpose.  Michael will show you how that can cause frustration and limit your ability to build the world class team you want from the beginning.

Join us for this week's episode of the High Performance CEO Podcast here: https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/your-vision-paves-the-way-for-everything-in-your-company/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing John Roman on the show, and John is the CEO of Battle Box and Carnivore Club, both very successful online subscription model businesses.

John actually started his career out as a professional poker player, got tired of taking everyone’s money and went into IT services and consulting.  From there John Co-Founded BattleBox and took on initially a limited role with BattleBox…supposed to be just a few hours a week and it quickly turned into being the CEO and driving the steering wheel. 

That was 8 years ago and he hasn’t looked back with over $27M in annual sales.

In today’s podcast session, John shares with us his journey as a Co-Founder and scaling BattlBox to what it is today.

We talk about his 2 secrets to be able to get so many eyeballs on his product as well as his secret to getting very impressive margins in this space.

John also shares with us some of his ecommerce lessons learned that shut 100% of the revenue down for almost a week, and how they were able to bounce back quickly and with a vengeance. He also talks about some critical considerations for an e-commerce to survive going into a recessionary period.

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In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Howard Pearl on the show, and Howard is the CEO of CARS, Charitable Adult Rides and Services.

Howard has had an illustrious career being in the CEO chair or Founder/Business Owner for over 30 years in 9 different companies.  Just a wealth of knowledge and experience.

In fact, Howard was a San Diego Business Journal 2022 CEO of the Year Award Finalist.

In this episode, Howard shares with us his secrets to being such a successful CEO, one of which is humility in all things.  In today’s business age, the companies that are most successful have a leader that is successful at creating an atmosphere of humility, starting with him or her.

Howard shares his “Everyone gets a piece of the tip jar” mentality - meaning that he has crafted a sharing program such that when the non-profit does well, everyone wins. This truly helps him create an atmosphere where everyone thinks like an owner in his company.

This gentlemen has had 0 turnover in his salaried staff since taking over 6 years ago.  That is an impressive statistic in a 120+ person company!

Join us for this weeks episode of the High Performance CEO Podcast here: https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/everyone-gets-a-piece-of-the-tip-jar/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Lisa Scott on the show, and Lisa is the CEO of Intuitive Edge, an alternative legal services company that manages high volume or complex contracts projects for Private Equity companies as well as other M&A related transactions.

Since founding Intuitive Edge in 2015, her company has grown to over $3 million in annual revenue and is expected to continue to grow exponentially. Her and her team have worked on over 5 procurement transitions in the private equity space for deals worth over $1B each. Her clients range from Dell Technologies to DirecTV to various sizes across multiple industries.

In this episode Lisa takes us into the world of contract preparation for M&A transactions, and how her company solves some of the major challenges in deals, specifically that you typically have multiple attorneys, project administration and contracts to coordinate, which can be a pain.  Her company puts it all under one roof with a transaction dashboard, which in my opinion is huge.

Lisa shares with us some of her secrets to success, such as the importance of getting involved in your industry like tradeshows, not avoiding the hard decisions, and some great networking secrets to help introverts become social butterflies at networking events.

Join us for this weeks episode of the High Performance CEO Podcast here: https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/private-equity-ma-contracts-on-speeddial/

In this episode we have the pleasure of interviewing Rob Feiler on the show, and Rob is the CEO of Max Warehouse.

Rob Feiler is the CEO of Max Warehouse and Founder of Next Gen Retailing.  Rob’s experiences span the Fortune 100 telecom industry through private equity held telecom construction in the C suite. 

Rob recently has been on a journey of turn around success in the hardware retailing space both in brick and mortar as well as E-Commerce.  Rob has taught at the University level for 20 years and serves on several medium sized business Boards.

In this episode, Rob shares with us the critical role the CEO plays in building the brand and story of the company, and shares some great tips on how to go about it.

Rob dives into how much of the business world is transactional, and how you as teh leader can transform your business by being so much more to your team.  Being human and focussing ont he people versus transactional is how he was won the game in his company.

Join us for this weeks episode of the High Performance CEO Podcast here: https://patrickvrogers.com/podcast/3-hot-sales-tips-a-ceo-can-do-to-drive-sales-today-2/