Pull the Chute - Grow your People, Grow your Company Podcast

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Good Life. Great Life. With Brian Highfield & Jeff Sesol

Jeff has over 30 years of experience helping companies reach their business goals while also starting a few of his own along the way. I would love to give you the opportunity to speak to Jeff about his success, including helping companies grow an average of over 300%.  His mission is to change the leadership style of top-down management to an inclusive employee culture that is encouraging, supportive, and caring, thus creating an environment where employees have a voice in how they do their job along with the overall direction of the business.

Listen to this motivating Good Life. Great Life episode with Jeff Sesol about managing a business and setting goals in your market!

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

-        How he started his company “Pull the Chute”, how the company operates, and his 30 plus year experience in business management. 

-        The idea that business owners should grow their business by growing their people/employees.

-        Training your employees to be good leaders, so you can “hand things off to them” later down the line!

 Connect with Jeff:

Links: 

Website- https://www.pullthechute.net

Twitter- @jsesol

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When starting your company or even if you’ve already launched, it’s important to determine the  Core Values of your company. Core values are one piece of creating a repeatable, scalable system for your company.  Your Core Values allow the people in your company to make good decisions on their own by simply applying your company values to new challenges that come along. Your core values will remove bottlenecks and empower individual growth across your organization. 

My guest today is Karen Kyman. Karen is the co-founder and President of Precision Communications which she stared with her husband in 1993. Over the last 28 years, Karen has successfully led the organization through significant technology transformation across the broadcast television industry. Karen’s vision to create a professional organization rooted in customer service has led to Precision being an industry leader in the space. 

Karen is a hands-on leader that has an exceptional reputation across the industry based on her long-term view on business and the value she puts on personal relationships.  Karen also proudly serves on NATE’s Tower Industry Family Support Charitable Foundation. 

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Having a Marketing Strategy is critical in today’s business world. The question for many business owners is where to begin? You know you need to be on Social Media, but what should that look like? What message are you trying to communicate. Building your brand is key to your success but what should the strategy be? Today’s guest Sandra DeNovellis is a partner with Evolve Strategic Communications. They started  Evolve in March of 2020, as a way to meet the needs of small to mid-sized businesses requiring strategic counsel , tactical marketing and communications services. Since then they have seen a real need to help companies identify the key differentiators that make up the company’s DNA helping them create messaging strategies that align with their business goals. 

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Businesses place a high value on their people and understand that hiring mistakes can prove to be financially costly. They can also disrupt the organization’s culture and relationships with their customers. Making sure your company has the right person in the right seat on the bus can make a big difference when developing your company culture. 

Dr. Angelo Valenti, he received his graduate degree from the University of Georgia. Worked for Oklahoma City University as an assistant professor where he was named Chairman of the Psychology Department. In 1982, Dr. Valenti moved to Nashville to establish The Company Psychologist, a consulting firm dedicated to helping companies achieve success through people. Since then, he has served as a psychological consultant for a client base consisting of publicly traded organizations, private companies, and family owned businesses in a variety of industries including insurance, publishing, healthcare, retail, financial services, manufacturing, inventory control, transportation, and distribution.

He also co-authored Unleashing Leadership: Aligning What Your People Do Best With What Your Organization Needs Most with Dr. John Hoover

Visit https://www.thecompanypsychologist.com/ to learn more about Angelo and his services.

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Since March of 2020 our business world has changed. Companies had to figure out how to work virtually when everyone was so used to going into an office. Our guest today has been conducting business virtually while building a culture that is uplifting, rewarding and supportive for the last 17 years. 

Jaymie Scotto Cutaia, is the founder and CEO of Jaymie Scotto & Associates otherwise known as  JSA. THE marketing and PR agency for the Tech and Telecom industry. Since the inception of JSA, Jaymie has focused on creating a culture that she refers to as family.  Over the years Jaymie has created and deployed multiple news and networking channels for the data center and telecom industry including the Women's speaking initiative, which encourages a more diverse voices in her industry’s panels, keynotes, and virtual round tables. Her company Blog has over 170 readers, they have a weekly newsletter that is seen by over 28k readers, she has created JSA TV and hosts her own JSA Podcast. She is a published author, she is a member of the National Association fo Women Business owners, she has served on the boards of the American Shakespear center, Friends of the August County Library,  and VHCF Equestrians. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude with the highest honors from Tufts University and a Masters in Fine Arts in Writing from New York University

Visit www.jsa.net for more information about Jaymie and JSA.

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You’re trying to take your company to  the next level. In order to do that you need to bring one or two people on and get them trained, but you need to close that next client before that can happen, but when it does happen you won’t have the resources to support the client. It’s the classic chicken or egg paradox. So what do you do? Today's guest is Brittany Flavell she is the regional managing partner for J Galt Finance Suite. She is going to talk to us about leveraging Business Credit as a way to get a line of credit to support your business through those growth spurts.

Have more questions on developing your business credit, reach out to Brittany
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It is time for you to Pull the Chute? Reach out to us at [email protected] to set up your 1 hour free consultation call or call us at 615-572-9500.

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Transforming your business can seem overwhelming, where do you start, how do you go about making it happen? My guest today has been obsessed with transformation since high school and he eventually brought that obsession into the business world. Todd Duff is the founder and CEO of Innovations Branding House, a nationally acclaimed, award-winning marketing firm. As a lifetime entrepreneur, practitioner of close-up magic and an avid photographer, Todd is a firm believer in the power of transformation.

If you would like to learn more about Todd or maybe book him for an event. You can visit his website at https://toddduff.com/ or to learn more about Innovations Branding House at https://innovationsbrandinghouse.com/

Todd, Thanks for being on the show.

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Mike talks about the importance of giving your people a voice in the business. Mike runs Among Friends, Adult Day Care Centers in the south suburbs of Chicago. Mike leverages his open  voice policy to listen to his people so they can do their jobs better. They work with the elderly and they want to provide the best experience possible to their participants. Mike recognizes that his employees are there best sales people when it comes to expanding the business.  He spends extra time recognizing them, thanking them for their involvement. He has gone so far as to provide them with business cards as a way to promote the business. 

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