Real Good Company

Welcome back to Season 2 of Real Good Company! We are kicking off 2021 with Donald Miller talking with us about his new book, Business Made Simple. Donald Miller is the CEO of Business Made Simple, an online platform that teaches business professionals everything they need to know to grow a business. He is the host of the Business Made Simple Podcast and is the author of several books including the bestseller Building a StoryBrand. He lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife Elizabeth.

In this episode, Don talks with our hosts about the practical and simple principles that make a business successful. He believes a business education should not cost tens of thousands of dollars.  If you’ve wondered about the characteristics you need to lead well, how to make yourself more valuable to your company, and have clear messaging this episode is for you. 

Also, you want to purchase your copy of Business Made Simple from wherever you buy books. You can read it all the way through or slowly go through 60 days of lessons and free video content. The book will transform you into somebody who has the practical skills to make and save yourself—and any organization—money.

You can find out more on all Don mentions on today’s show at businessmadesimple.com. Also, You can find Donald Miller on Instagram and twitter @donaldmiller. Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge. Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that we can stay in Real Good Company!

Welcome back to Season 2 of Real Good Company! During this unprecedented holiday season, we're continuing our three part-series on wellness: discussing why investing in our mental, physical, and emotional health can help us show up well for our work and our lives! On this week's episode, we're joined by prolific writer and journalist Jonathan Merritt. Jonathan helps us understand how to navigate relationships during a season of unprecedented division all around us. He challenges us to redefine what it means to win in a hard conversation -- from holiday dinners to Google Meets -- and to know when to set meaningful boundaries. What is our motivation going into conversations? How do we define success? This episode is a must-listen. You'll leave ready to take on conversations with the nearest and dearest in your life about the most challenging issues, with empathy and curiosity.

Jonathan is an award-winning faith and culture writer who has published over 3,500 articles in outlets such as USA Today, The Washington Post, Buzzfeed and Christianity Today. He is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and The Week. His articles are viewed more than 2.5 million times each year. Jonathan has been interviewed by CNN, ABC World News, NPR, MSNBC, Fox News, and The New York Times and is author of several books including his newest book Learning to Speak God from Scratch. He was recently named one of 30 young leaders reshaping Christian leadership by Outreach magazine. 

Known for his ability to tackle difficult issues through both the written and spoken word, Jonathan has become a sought after speaker by universities, seminaries, churches and conferences on cultural and religious issues. He holds a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Wake Forest, NC) and a Master of Theology from Emory University Candler School of Theology (Atlanta, GA). He resides in Brooklyn, NY. 

You can find Jonathan Merritt on Instagram and twitter @Jonathan_merritt. Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge. Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that we can stay in Real Good Company!

Welcome back to Season 2 of Real Good Company! During this unprecedented holiday season, we're continuing our 3 part-series on wellness: talking about why investing in our mental, physical, and emotional health can help us show up well for our work and our lives! On this week’s episode, we’re joined by our favorite super-host and connector, Kara Elise, celebrity chef and wellness coach extraordinaire. Kara shares her brilliant insights around hosting both ourselves and others, and how food can be its own kind of wellness practice. You’ll be refreshed and ready to start your (virtual) holiday hosting after you listen to this episode. 

Kara Elise is a celebrity chef and wellness coach based in LA. She is known for her holistic approach to food and the belief that when we connect to our bodies we unlock our lives. She focuses on teaching people to use food as a tool for connection and healing. Kara's expertise in hosting, food as nourishment, and curated experiences establish a culture of invitation through designed and welcoming environments. Kara's highest value in life is true connection and she loves curating spaces for people to fully experience what it means to be holistically seen, known, and connected. Kara has cooked for clients all over the world, and creates an experience around food that reminds us what it truly means to be nourished.

You can find Kara Elise on Instagram @bykaraelise. Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge. Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that we can stay in Real Good Company!

Welcome to Season 2 of Real Good Company! We're kicking off this month during a difficult and unprecedented holiday season. This podcast is about building good companies and being in good company, and in order to both we need to take care of our mental, physical, and emotional health. This month's special 3 part-series will focus on each of those, beginning with this important episode on mental wellness. We're joined today by one of the wisest practitioners in the field: Miles Adcox, CEO of Onsite Workshops. 

Miles Adcox is a speaker, podcast host, business leader, and coach. He is the Owner and CEO of Onsite, an internationally-known emotional wellness lifestyle brand that delivers life-changing personal growth workshops, inspiring content, leadership retreats, and emotional treatment. Miles’ work at Onsite has been featured on 20/20, Good Morning America, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Dr. Phil Show, and The Doctors. Miles Adcox has devoted his life to living into these three concepts: Empathy over action, love over agenda, and grace over advice. 

Listeners of Real Good Company also get special access to Onsite's brand new virtual course, Rediscovering You!

Rediscovering You: onsiteworkshops.com/realgoodcompany

Real Good Company listeners get $200 off! No coupon code is necessary—discount automatically applied. *Original price: $597. 

Rediscovering You is a six-week online roadmap to help you break the cycles that keep you stuck and move forward with a renewed sense of clarity, freedom, and direction. By exploring your past, present, and future, this course will equip you to truly connect with yourself and help you build toward the life you’ve always desired. Each week, you will receive a series of videos featuring our world-renowned guides and supplemental workbook content that will equip you to:

• Identify what’s working and what’s not working in your life
• Evaluate your relationships  
• Reconnect with who you were before the world told you who to be
• Understand how your past might be affecting your present and future circumstances
• Get clarity on where you want to go and how to get there

You can find Miles Adcox and Onsite Workshops on Instagram @milesadcox and @onsiteworkshops. Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge. Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that we can stay in Real Good Company!

Listen to the final episode of our first season as hosts Allison and Caitlin recap their favorite moments. We’re so thankful to the real good company – you the listeners – for coming along with us on our journey to speak to entrepreneurs of all different backgrounds and to discuss the amazing work they do. Hear what’s in store for next season and in the meantime, catch up on episodes you missed from season one!

Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge. 

Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that we can stay in Real Good Company!

Do you ever wish that you would’ve negotiated for higher compensation at work? Felt that you should have asked for more? Or even had difficulty deciding with your partner or friend what to watch on Netflix? In this episode, hosts Allison and Caitlin bring on negotiation expert John Burrows. John is a senior lecturer in leadership at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and an associate fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School specializing in strategy and negotiations. John and Allison talk about the importance of finetuning our negotiation skills, not just in business but in our personal lives as well! They break down what makes a great negotiator, what to consider when putting out that first offer, and dive into just how stressful negotiations can be for both parties involved. 

Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge. 

Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that we can stay in Real Good Company!

With all that’s going on in the news, what does it mean for companies to be silent on issues of race? Questions like this can be overwhelming to think about but today’s guest, Brit Barron, is an expert who can help us address some of these difficult topics. Brit Barron has over 10 years of experience as a speaker and educator teaching corporations how they can initiate meaningful changes towards anti-racism. She shares how meeting her wife led her from being a church pastor to her work now and how we as a society can mobilize discomfort to move beyond just acting in the cultural moment. Brit also gives us a sneak peek into her new memoir, Worth It, and shares what inspired her to write it. 

You can find the awesome Brit Barron on Instagram at @britbarron and order her book Worth It here . Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge.  Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that we can stay in Real Good Company!

On today’s episode of Real Good Company, hosts Allison and Caitlin are joined by Zee Rojas, founder of Wild Hearts Agency, a digital marketing agency serving those in the hospitality industry. Zee shares the story of how Wild Hearts came to be and also opens up about her personal story as the only Black kid in her neighborhood in Indiana and what it was like coming to understand her Black identity later in life. Caitlin, Allison, and Zee also discuss the role of social media in the current Black Lives Matter movement and Zee offers insight into how restaurants can use their social media presence to make an impact.

Catch more of our guest this week, media pro Zee Rojas on her Instagram @zee.rojas. Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge. 

Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that we can stay in Real Good Company!

In today’s episode, co-hosts Caitlin and Allison are joined by good friend William Matthews. William is a singer-songwriter and artist advocate with an obvious wealth of knowledge to share with us when it comes to the history of Black people in America and how we are progressing (and failing to progress) in today’s society. William explains what it means to be an artist advocate and what we can do to make an impact in our advocacy. Allison, Caitlin, and William take a step back and look at the beginnings of systemic racism towards Black people, including land ownership, environmental racism, and feelings toward Black leadership. William explains why the most targeted people have the truest stories to share and what is giving him hope as he looks into the future.

Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge and follow Matthew on Twitter @WilliamMatt22.

Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that we can stay in Real Good Company!

Recommended Resources

Tell Me Who You Are by Winona Guo and Priya Vulch

Racial Domination, Racial Progress by Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer

The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter

Stamped from the Beginning by Dr. Ibram Kendi

The Souls of Black Folks by WEB Du Bois

No Name in the Street by James Baldwin 

New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander 

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

What do Britney Spears, Jason Derulo, Florida Georgia Line, and Steven Tyler all have in common? They have all worked with our guest this week, original boss lady Lou Taylor. Lou is the founder and CEO of Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group which offers business management services to musicians, actors, entertainers, and athletes. Tri Star has over 150 employees, over 70% of them female, with offices in LA and Nashville. Lou chats with hosts Caitlin and Allison about how she founded Tri Star, how to build a strong work culture, tips for good leadership, and her philosophy on serving both clients and staff. She explains what goes into business management and her thoughts on why woman make such great business managers.

You can find Lou Taylor and Tri-star on instagram @loumtaylor and @tristarteam. Get to know our hosts on Instagram @CaitlinCrosby and @AllieBridge. 

Please be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that we can stay in Real Good Company!