The Action Catalyst

Chuck Runyon is the CEO at Self Esteem Brands: Anytime Fitness & Waxing The City. With more than 20 years of experience managing, owning and franchising health clubs, Chuck Runyon has distinguished himself as a leading authority in the field of fitness. Runyon revolutionized the fitness industry when he and Dave Mortensen co-founded Anytime Fitness – an alternative to big-box gyms which typically feature expensive “frills” that few members actually use or need.

Under Runyon’s leadership, Anytime Fitness has earned numerous industry accolades, including the #1 Franchise on the planet, according to Entrepreneur magazine in 2015 & 2016, “One of America’s Most Promising Companies,” according to Forbes, and the “Fastest-Growing Fitness Club in the world,” according to the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). Additionally, Anytime Fitness has been honored as a “Top Franchise for Minorities” and “The Best Place to Work in Minnesota” three years in a row.

In 2012, Self Esteem Brands, the parent company of Anytime Fitness, acquired Waxing the City under Chuck’s leadership. Waxing the City specializes in providing outstanding, high-quality facial and body waxing services for women and men. Waxing the City has been named in Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Top New Franchise” list.

Show Highlights:

A business can do more than just make money. - Chuck RunyonThis is more than just treadmills running 24/7. It is really about changing lives. - Chuck RunyonROEI: Return on Emotional Investment. - Chuck RunyonWe want to help people get to their best selves. - Chuck RunyonThe 4 P’s are a formula that must be linked together. - Chuck RunyonMost small businesses aren’t very good at financial strategic planning. - Chuck RunyonIf your business didn’t exist, who would be impacted? - Chuck RunyonThe role of leadership is to share the story of the organization and the transformation you provide. - Chuck RunyonTake work seriously without taking ourselves seriously. - Chuck RunyonBe transparent, vulnerable, and connect with your team. - Chuck Runyon

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

On a recent episode of The Action Catalyst Podcast, I was interviewed on the topic of "How to Recruit and Scale a Sales Team". This is an action-packed episode that you will want to listen to discover principles of scaling a sales team.

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When scaling, duplicate your best practices. @dhillis

It is the proven systems that are scalable. @dhillis

What is the need in the world you are passionate about fixing. @dhillis

You cannot teach what you do not know, and you cannot lead where you will not go. @dhillis

Fall in love with the hardest components of your job. @dhillis

It is much easier to recruit people to follow you once there is a track to run on. @dhillis

The only way to scale is to recruit people that scare you. @dhillis

You must be willing to do the work. @A Former Co-Founder_Former Co-Founder

Too often leaders get to the place of leadership and stop working. @A Former Co-Founder_Former Co-Founder

Integrity is the congruence of your words and actions. @A Former Co-Founder_Former Co-Founder

The ego has to die in order for you to become a great leader. @A Former Co-Founder_Former Co-Founder

Dustin Hillis is an entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Southwestern Consulting. He has a degree in Psychology and is the author of the book Navigate: Selling The Way People Like To Buy and Co-author of newly released Navigate 2.0. He is the co-creator of the sales training curriculum Top Producer’s Edge & Manager’s Edge, which has been fully integrated by more than 5,000 sales professionals worldwide.

More than just a teacher of sales, Dustin is a Top-Producing practitioner. As a rookie dealer at Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct sales company in the US, he finished as the #1 salesperson among over 3,000 salespeople worldwide. A few years later, Dustin broke the over 160-year-old all-time sales record earning a profit of over $100,000 in a 14-week summer as a Junior in college. He is currently the #1 salesperson out of over 150,000 salespeople in the history of the company.

Show Highlights:

When scaling, duplicate your best practices. - Dustin HillisIt is the proven systems that are scalable. - Dustin HillisWhat is the need in the world you are passionate about fixing. - Dustin HillisYou cannot teach what you do not know, and you cannot lead where you will not go. - Dustin HillisFall in love with the hardest components of your job. - Dustin HillisIt is much easier to recruit people to follow you once there is a track to run on. - Dustin HillisThe only way to scale is to recruit people that scare you. - Dustin Hillis

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Dustin Hillis is an entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Southwestern Consulting. He has a degree in Psychology and is the author of the book Navigate: Selling The Way People Like To Buy and Co-author of newly released Navigate 2.0. He is the co-creator of the sales training curriculum Top Producer’s Edge & Manager’s Edge, which has been fully integrated by more than 5,000 sales professionals worldwide.

More than just a teacher of sales, Dustin is a Top-Producing practitioner. As a rookie dealer at Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct sales company in the US, he finished as the #1 salesperson among over 3,000 salespeople worldwide. A few years later, Dustin broke the over 160-year-old all-time sales record earning a profit of over $100,000 in a 14-week summer as a Junior in college. He is currently the #1 salesperson out of over 150,000 salespeople in the history of the company.

Show Highlights:

When scaling, duplicate your best practices. - Dustin HillisIt is the proven systems that are scalable. - Dustin HillisWhat is the need in the world you are passionate about fixing. - Dustin HillisYou cannot teach what you do not know, and you cannot lead where you will not go. - Dustin HillisFall in love with the hardest components of your job. - Dustin HillisIt is much easier to recruit people to follow you once there is a track to run on. - Dustin HillisThe only way to scale is to recruit people that scare you. - Dustin Hillis

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Mark Divine is a highly sought after speaker, coach, author and makes frequent media appearances to discuss Seal way of life. He is a U.S. Navy SEAL. BUD/S Class 170 Honorman, author and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Unbeatable Mind, Seal Fit & navySEALS.com . Mark is a highly sought after speaker for corporations where his Unbeatable Mind program is helping to forge mental toughness among business leaders. He lives in Encinitas, CA., several blocks from the SEALFIT Training Center, the 20,000 square foot facility where he enjoys training with his family and team.

Show Highlights:

You are capable of 20 times more than what you’re facing. - Mark DivineWin in your mind before the battle. - Mark DivineI cannot rely on the old way I use to perceive things. - Mark DivineDevelop Control over your breath and use it as a center for everything else. - Mark DivineBreath will lead you to be in physiological control of your body. - Mark DivineThat which you focus on tends to grow and take over. - Mark DivineThe trained mind will dialog in a positive way when the situation is hard. - Mark DivineYou are at your fullest self when body mind and spirit are all aligned. - Mark Divine

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Mark Divine is a highly sought after speaker, coach, author and makes frequent media appearances to discuss Seal way of life. He is a U.S. Navy SEAL. BUD/S Class 170 Honorman, author and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Unbeatable Mind, Seal Fit & navySEALS.com . Mark is a highly sought after speaker for corporations where his Unbeatable Mind program is helping to forge mental toughness among business leaders. He lives in Encinitas, CA., several blocks from the SEALFIT Training Center, the 20,000 square foot facility where he enjoys training with his family and team.

Show Highlights:

You are capable of 20 times more than what you’re facing. - Mark DivineWin in your mind before the battle. - Mark DivineI cannot rely on the old way I use to perceive things. - Mark DivineDevelop Control over your breath and use it as a center for everything else. - Mark DivineBreath will lead you to be in physiological control of your body. - Mark DivineThat which you focus on tends to grow and take over. - Mark DivineThe trained mind will dialog in a positive way when the situation is hard. - Mark DivineYou are at your fullest self when body mind and spirit are all aligned. - Mark Divine

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Mark Divine is a highly sought after speaker, coach, author and makes frequent media appearances to discuss Seal way of life.  He is a U.S. Navy SEAL. BUD/S Class 170 Honorman, author and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Unbeatable Mind, Seal Fit & navySEALS.com . Mark is a highly sought after speaker for corporations where his Unbeatable Mind program is helping to forge mental toughness among business leaders. He lives in Encinitas, CA., several blocks from the SEALFIT Training Center, the 20,000 square foot facility where he enjoys training with his family and team.

Show Highlights:

You are capable of 20 times more than what you’re facing. @MarkDivine

Win in your mind before the battle. @MarkDivine

I cannot rely on the old way I use to perceive things. @MarkDivine

Develop Control over your breath and use it as a center for everything else. @MarkDivine

Breath will lead you to be in physiological control of your body. @MarkDivine

That which you focus on tends to grow and take over. @MarkDivine

The trained mind will dialog in a positive way when the situation is hard. @MarkDivine

You are at your fullest self when body mind and spirit are all aligned. @MarkDivine

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Ron Alford, Partner of Southwestern Consulting, is a certified Top Producer Consultant Sales and Leadership Coach. He specializes in teaching ethical sales techniques and strategies that individuals and teams can use to immediately grow their sales.

Josh Hudson, President at Hudson's Furniture, is a leader of over 350 employees and 17 stores. He is an athlete and a father of four. Josh has been coaching with Ron for over a year.

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Sometimes we need to learn to accept things. - Josh HudsonI learned how to look at myself and realized I was part of the problem. - Josh HudsonWe all see things differently, no one is right or wrong, just different. - Josh HudsonDo everything to understand what is going on with your coaching client. - Ron AlfordLook for reoccurring themes and think big picture. - Ron AlfordOur strengths can sometimes be our challenge as well. - Ron AlfordWe are not just building revenue, we are building a life. - Ron AlfordMy marriage has even gotten better as a result of coaching. - Josh Hudson

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

John David Mann is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Public Speaker, and Entrepreneur. As an award-winning author, his writings have earned the Axiom Business Book Award (Gold Medal, for The Go-Giver), the Nautilus Award (for A Deadly Misunderstanding), and Taiwan’s Golden Book Award for Innovation (for You Call the Shots). The Go-Giver was also honored with the Living Now Book Awards “Evergreen Medal” in 2017 for its “contributions to positive global change,” and cited on Inc.’s “Most Motivational Books Ever Written” and HubSpot’s “20 Most Highly Rated Sales Books of All Time”; The Go-Giver Leader was listed on Entrepreneur magazine’s “10 Books Every Leader Should Read” and Forbes magazine’s “8 Books Every Young Leaders Should Read.” His 2012 Take the Lead (with Betsy Myers) was named Best Leadership Book of 2011 by Tom Peters and the Washington Post.

His books are published in more than two dozen languages and have sold more than 2 million copies. John coauthored the international bestselling classic The Go-Giver (with Bob Burg), the New York Times bestsellers The Red Circle (with Brandon Webb) and Flash Foresight (with Daniel Burrus), and the national bestsellers The Slight Edge (with Jeff Olson), Among Heroes (with Brandon Webb), and Real Leadership (with John Addison). He also ghost-wrote the New York Timesbestseller The Answer, by John Assaraf and Murray Smith.

Show Highlights:

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. - John David MannRejection is a part of what prepares you. - John David MannRejection helps you polish and mature and take shape. - John David MannPeople applaud you when you reach the finish line, but the world doesn’t see how hard it is just to get to the starting line. - John David MannAll effective teaching takes place through stories. - John David MannAll effective stories take place through emotion. - John David MannYou have to fall in love with your characters. - John David Mann

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

John David Mann is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Public Speaker, and Entrepreneur. As an award-winning author, his writings have earned the Axiom Business Book Award (Gold Medal, for The Go-Giver), the Nautilus Award (for A Deadly Misunderstanding), and Taiwan’s Golden Book Award for Innovation (for You Call the Shots). The Go-Giver was also honored with the Living Now Book Awards “Evergreen Medal” in 2017 for its “contributions to positive global change,” and cited on Inc.’s “Most Motivational Books Ever Written” and HubSpot’s “20 Most Highly Rated Sales Books of All Time”; The Go-Giver Leader was listed on Entrepreneur magazine’s “10 Books Every Leader Should Read” and Forbes magazine’s “8 Books Every Young Leaders Should Read.” His 2012 Take the Lead (with Betsy Myers) was named Best Leadership Book of 2011 by Tom Peters and the Washington Post.

His books are published in more than two dozen languages and have sold more than 2 million copies. John coauthored the international bestselling classic The Go-Giver (with Bob Burg), the New York Times bestsellers The Red Circle (with Brandon Webb) and Flash Foresight (with Daniel Burrus), and the national bestsellers The Slight Edge (with Jeff Olson), Among Heroes (with Brandon Webb), and Real Leadership (with John Addison). He also ghost-wrote the New York Timesbestseller The Answer, by John Assaraf and Murray Smith.

Show Highlights:

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. - John David MannRejection is a part of what prepares you. - John David MannRejection helps you polish and mature and take shape. - John David MannPeople applaud you when you reach the finish line, but the world doesn’t see how hard it is just to get to the starting line. - John David MannAll effective teaching takes place through stories. - John David MannAll effective stories take place through emotion. - John David MannYou have to fall in love with your characters. - John David Mann

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!