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How transparent should leaders really be?

Many business owners hear that transparency builds trust but what happens when honesty turns into emotional dumping? In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh tackle one of the biggest leadership mistakes they see on LinkedIn and inside growing businesses: leaders confusing vulnerability with unloading their anxiety onto their teams.

You'll learn why your employees deserve honesty but not custody of your stress.

Together, they break down the difference between healthy transparency and toxic transparency while providing practical leadership strategies that create trust instead of panic.

In this episode you'll discover:

• Why oversharing can destroy psychological safety
• The difference between vulnerability and emotional unloading
• The "Steady, Selective, Solution-Oriented" framework for leadership communication
• Why high performers quietly begin planning their exit when leaders panic publicly
• How to communicate difficult business realities without creating fear
• The difference between filtering information and hiding information
• Why your team is not your therapist, peer group, or emotional pressure valve
• How transparency strengthens culture when paired with clarity, consistency, and care
• Practical ways to lead with confidence during uncertain times

If you've ever wondered how much your employees should know or struggled with balancing honesty and responsibility this episode provides a practical framework every business owner and manager can apply immediately.

The habits that built your business can become the bottlenecks holding it back. We help leaders eliminate culture drift, reduce conflict, strengthen accountability, and build a company that thrives without them in every room. Because kindness without clarity is expensive avoidance. Learn more at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Tired of keynotes that inspire your team for an hour but change nothing on Monday morning? The Business Fix Live delivers practical tools for stronger leadership, better accountability, healthier culture, and real business growth. Book Josh and Chrissy for your next keynote, summit, or manager workshop at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Still hearing, “Nobody wants to work anymore”? It’s time for a better strategy. Join Chrissy and Josh at the BIG Summit in Cleveland on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. for practical tools to build a culture that works and lead with clarity. Get tickets at https://cose.org and use code Troche26 for your attendee discount.

If you're looking to get help with your culture, or to help out an entire group, reach out to Josh and Chrissy today!  We would love to see how we can help you, your business, or your event. Contact us!

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Most businesses don't have a policy problem, they have a leadership problem.

In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh tackle one of the biggest mistakes business owners and managers make: creating new policies every time an employee makes a bad decision.

How many "Josh Policies" exist in your business?

You know the ones... a single employee breaks a rule, and suddenly everyone has to live with another page in the employee handbook.

The result? Massive policy manuals, inconsistent leadership, frustrated employees, and cultures built on fear instead of trust.

Chrissy and Josh explain why policies written as emotional reactions almost always fail, how inconsistent enforcement destroys psychological safety, and why employees don't actually follow your handbook they follow what leadership tolerates.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why reactive policies damage company culture
• The difference between leadership and documentation
• Why exceptions can be more dangerous than bad policies
• The "Three P's" every policy should satisfy: Purpose, Practice, and Protection
• How inconsistent leadership creates legal and HR risk
• When flexibility becomes favoritism
• Why employees need consistent guardrails not hundreds of rules

If your employee handbook has become a dusty binder that only comes out when someone gets into trouble, this conversation is for you.

Whether you're a small business owner, executive, HR leader, or frontline manager, you'll leave with practical strategies to simplify policies, strengthen accountability, and build a healthier workplace culture.

The habits that built your business can become the bottlenecks holding it back. We help leaders eliminate culture drift, reduce conflict, strengthen accountability, and build a company that thrives without them in every room. Because kindness without clarity is expensive avoidance. Learn more at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Tired of keynotes that inspire your team for an hour but change nothing on Monday morning? The Business Fix Live delivers practical tools for stronger leadership, better accountability, healthier culture, and real business growth. Book Josh and Chrissy for your next keynote, summit, or manager workshop at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Still hearing, “Nobody wants to work anymore”? It’s time for a better strategy. Join Chrissy and Josh at the BIG Summit in Cleveland on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. for practical tools to build a culture that works and lead with clarity. Get tickets at https://cose.org and use code Troche26 for your attendee discount.

If you're looking to get help with your culture, or to help out an entire group, reach out to Josh and Chrissy today!  We would love to see how we can help you, your business, or your event. Contact us!

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The Business Fix podcast delivers real-world strategies to grow your business, lead your team, and reclaim your time. New episodes drop weekly—packed with insights for business owners and managers who want to do better.

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Your hiring problem may not be the labor market, it might be your job posting.

In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh tackle one of the most overlooked leadership tools in business: the job description. If you've ever complained that "no one wants to work anymore," this conversation might challenge that assumption.

From cliché-filled postings that promise a "fast-paced environment" to unrealistic "rockstar ninja" wish lists, they break down why generic job ads attract generic candidates and why misleading descriptions create turnover before a new hire even finishes onboarding.

You'll learn why your job posting is actually your first leadership promise to every potential employee and how using the Reality, Results, Roadmap framework can dramatically improve the quality of applicants you attract.

In this episode you'll discover:

• Why most job postings fail before candidates ever apply
• The biggest hiring mistakes businesses make when writing job descriptions
• Why HR and Marketing must work together to create effective postings
• How vague expectations lead to early turnover
• Why honesty attracts better candidates than hype
• The importance of defining success not just listing responsibilities
• How a clear career roadmap improves employee commitment
• Why your job posting is the first step in onboarding not just recruiting

Whether you're a business owner, manager, HR professional, or hiring leader, this episode will help you rethink how you recruit and retain great employees.

A better hire starts with a better message.

The habits that built your business can become the bottlenecks holding it back. We help leaders eliminate culture drift, reduce conflict, strengthen accountability, and build a company that thrives without them in every room. Because kindness without clarity is expensive avoidance. Learn more at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Tired of keynotes that inspire your team for an hour but change nothing on Monday morning? The Business Fix Live delivers practical tools for stronger leadership, better accountability, healthier culture, and real business growth. Book Josh and Chrissy for your next keynote, summit, or manager workshop at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Still hearing, “Nobody wants to work anymore”? It’s time for a better strategy. Join Chrissy and Josh at the BIG Summit in Cleveland on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. for practical tools to build a culture that works and lead with clarity. Get tickets at https://cose.org and use code Troche26 for your attendee discount.

If you're looking to get help with your culture, or to help out an entire group, reach out to Josh and Chrissy today!  We would love to see how we can help you, your business, or your event. Contact us!

🎙 Ready to Fix What’s Holding Your Business Back?
The Business Fix podcast delivers real-world strategies to grow your business, lead your team, and reclaim your time. New episodes drop weekly—packed with insights for business owners and managers who want to do better.

🔗 Connect with Chrissy and Josh at https://www.businessfixpodcast.com/ for more tools, support, and clarity.

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How many times have you looked at an employee and thought, "They should know how to do this by now"? The truth is, most employee mistakes aren't caused by a lack of common sense, they're caused by a lack of intentional training.

In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh dive into one of the biggest leadership mistakes business owners and managers make: assuming employees know what hasn't been clearly taught. Through real-life stories, practical examples, and a healthy dose of humor, they explore why "common sense" is often just context leaders forgot to provide.

You'll learn why effective onboarding is about much more than paperwork, how better training creates stronger company culture, and why the best leaders focus on building context, capability, and commitment before questioning an employee's motivation.

Whether you're hiring your first employee or leading an established team, this episode will help you create training systems that reduce frustration, improve accountability, and build a business that can grow without constant firefighting.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why assuming employees "should know" creates costly mistakes.
• The difference between context, capability, and commitment.
• Why poor onboarding increases employee anxiety and turnover.
• How to train employees with different learning styles.
• Why observation isn't the same as competence.
• How to verify understanding without micromanaging.
• Practical ways to improve employee performance through better leadership.
• How intentional training strengthens workplace culture and customer experience.

If you're ready to stop repeating yourself, build a more confident team, and become a stronger leader, this episode is for you.

The habits that built your business can become the bottlenecks holding it back. We help leaders eliminate culture drift, reduce conflict, strengthen accountability, and build a company that thrives without them in every room. Because kindness without clarity is expensive avoidance. Learn more at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Tired of keynotes that inspire your team for an hour but change nothing on Monday morning? The Business Fix Live delivers practical tools for stronger leadership, better accountability, healthier culture, and real business growth. Book Josh and Chrissy for your next keynote, summit, or manager workshop at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Still hearing, “Nobody wants to work anymore”? It’s time for a better strategy. Join Chrissy and Josh at the BIG Summit in Cleveland on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. for practical tools to build a culture that works and lead with clarity. Get tickets at https://cose.org and use code Troche26 for your attendee discount.

If you're looking to get help with your culture, or to help out an entire group, reach out to Josh and Chrissy today!  We would love to see how we can help you, your business, or your event. Contact us!

🎙 Ready to Fix What’s Holding Your Business Back?
The Business Fix podcast delivers real-world strategies to grow your business, lead your team, and reclaim your time. New episodes drop weekly—packed with insights for business owners and managers who want to do better.

🔗 Connect with Chrissy and Josh at https://www.businessfixpodcast.com/ for more tools, support, and clarity.

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When does an employee mistake become a pattern, and how can leaders tell the difference?

In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh explore why business owners and managers often overreact to isolated mistakes while overlooking patterns that signal bigger problems.

You’ll learn the Three C’s of better leadership decisions: Curiosity, Context, and Conclusion. Discover how negativity bias affects decision-making, why jumping to conclusions can damage psychological safety, and how fear causes employees to hide problems instead of solving them.

Chrissy and Josh also explain why you can’t coach a vibe, but you can coach behavior. They share practical ways to identify, document, and address workplace behavior while responding proportionally to employee mistakes.
If you’re a small business owner or manager looking to improve leadership, employee performance, accountability, and workplace culture, this episode will help you make better decisions with less panic and more clarity.

The habits that built your business can become the bottlenecks holding it back. We help leaders eliminate culture drift, reduce conflict, strengthen accountability, and build a company that thrives without them in every room. Because kindness without clarity is expensive avoidance. Learn more at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Tired of keynotes that inspire your team for an hour but change nothing on Monday morning? The Business Fix Live delivers practical tools for stronger leadership, better accountability, healthier culture, and real business growth. Book Josh and Chrissy for your next keynote, summit, or manager workshop at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Still hearing, “Nobody wants to work anymore”? It’s time for a better strategy. Join Chrissy and Josh at the BIG Summit in Cleveland on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. for practical tools to build a culture that works and lead with clarity. Get tickets at https://cose.org and use code Troche26 for your attendee discount.

If you're looking to get help with your culture, or to help out an entire group, reach out to Josh and Chrissy today!  We would love to see how we can help you, your business, or your event. Contact us!

🎙 Ready to Fix What’s Holding Your Business Back?
The Business Fix podcast delivers real-world strategies to grow your business, lead your team, and reclaim your time. New episodes drop weekly—packed with insights for business owners and managers who want to do better.

🔗 Connect with Chrissy and Josh at https://www.businessfixpodcast.com/ for more tools, support, and clarity.

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What happens when empathy collides with accountability?

In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh tackle one of the most challenging leadership debates every business owner and manager faces: Should decisions be driven by emotions or by data?

From promotions and performance management to coaching and terminations, leaders often find themselves making decisions based on personal relationships, comfort, and feelings rather than objective evidence. The result? Inconsistent leadership, frustrated high performers, declining accountability, and cultures where favoritism can quietly take root.

Chrissy introduces her framework of the Three E's: Empathy, Evidence, and Equity, showing how leaders can balance compassion with accountability without becoming cold or robotic. Josh and Chrissy also explore why founders often promote people they relate to instead of the people the business actually needs, how emotional bias damages psychological safety, and why documentation and clear expectations are critical to fair leadership decisions.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why emotional decision-making creates inconsistency in leadership
• The hidden cost of keeping underperformers too long
• How empathy can become an excuse for avoiding difficult conversations
• The role data should play in promotions, coaching, and terminations
• Why high performers leave organizations that reward favoritism
• How to build trust through transparent and objective leadership
• The importance of the Coach, Correct, or Cut framework
• How to balance compassion with accountability

If you're a business owner, executive, manager, or team leader struggling with difficult people's decisions, this episode provides practical tools to help you lead with both heart and logic.

The habits that built your business can become the bottlenecks holding it back. We help leaders eliminate culture drift, reduce conflict, strengthen accountability, and build a company that thrives without them in every room. Because kindness without clarity is expensive avoidance. Learn more at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Tired of keynotes that inspire your team for an hour but change nothing on Monday morning? The Business Fix Live delivers practical tools for stronger leadership, better accountability, healthier culture, and real business growth. Book Josh and Chrissy for your next keynote, summit, or manager workshop at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Still hearing, “Nobody wants to work anymore”? It’s time for a better strategy. Join Chrissy and Josh at the BIG Summit in Cleveland on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. for practical tools to build a culture that works and lead with clarity. Get tickets at https://cose.org and use code Troche26 for your attendee discount.

If you're looking to get help with your culture, or to help out an entire group, reach out to Josh and Chrissy today!  We would love to see how we can help you, your business, or your event. Contact us!

🎙 Ready to Fix What’s Holding Your Business Back?
The Business Fix podcast delivers real-world strategies to grow your business, lead your team, and reclaim your time. New episodes drop weekly—packed with insights for business owners and managers who want to do better.

🔗 Connect with Chrissy and Josh at https://www.businessfixpodcast.com/ for more tools, support, and clarity.

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Most leaders don't realize they're doing it.

They think they're being supportive, approachable, and understanding. But what if your desire to be the "nice leader" is actually creating confusion, inconsistency, gossip, and a lack of accountability across your team?

In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh revisit one of their most popular topics, the Nice Leader Trap and take it a step further with a practical culture audit designed to help business owners and managers identify whether their leadership style is quietly damaging their organization's performance.

You'll learn how unclear expectations, inconsistent decisions, and avoiding difficult conversations can cause employees to stop following processes and start interpreting moods instead. The result? Teams become hyper-vigilant, gossip increases, top performers disengage, and culture begins to erode from the inside out.

Chrissy and Josh break down the three leadership pillars every healthy culture needs:

• Clarity: Creating clear expectations and direct communication
• Consistency: Eliminating emotional unpredictability
• Courage: Having the difficult conversations leaders often avoid

They also discuss:

• Why employees start managing the boss instead of the work
• The hidden connection between leadership avoidance and workplace gossip
• How "being nice" can unintentionally punish honesty
• Why psychological safety requires more than kindness
• Signs your culture is operating on mood instead of process
• How leaders can identify and correct these patterns before they damage retention and performance

One of the most powerful insights from this episode:

"Gossip is usually unresolved truth looking for a place to land."

If you've ever wondered why accountability feels difficult, why employees seem disengaged, or why your team isn't bringing problems to you directly, this episode is for you.

The habits that built your business can become the bottlenecks holding it back. We help leaders eliminate culture drift, reduce conflict, strengthen accountability, and build a company that thrives without them in every room. Because kindness without clarity is expensive avoidance. Learn more at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Tired of keynotes that inspire your team for an hour but change nothing on Monday morning? The Business Fix Live delivers practical tools for stronger leadership, better accountability, healthier culture, and real business growth. Book Josh and Chrissy for your next keynote, summit, or manager workshop at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Still hearing, “Nobody wants to work anymore”? It’s time for a better strategy. Join Chrissy and Josh at the BIG Summit in Cleveland on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. for practical tools to build a culture that works and lead with clarity. Get tickets at https://cose.org and use code Troche26 for your attendee discount.

If you're looking to get help with your culture, or to help out an entire group, reach out to Josh and Chrissy today!  We would love to see how we can help you, your business, or your event. Contact us!

🎙 Ready to Fix What’s Holding Your Business Back?
The Business Fix podcast delivers real-world strategies to grow your business, lead your team, and reclaim your time. New episodes drop weekly—packed with insights for business owners and managers who want to do better.

🔗 Connect with Chrissy and Josh at https://www.businessfixpodcast.com/ for more tools, support, and clarity.

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What happens when your business depends on one exhausted “hero” to save the day every single time?

In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh tackle one of the biggest hidden problems in small business leadership: hero culture. If your company only works when a specific employee or YOU constantly jump in to fix problems, your business may be running on dependency instead of systems.

They break down why founders and managers get addicted to being the “fixer,” how learned helplessness quietly spreads through teams, and why operational chaos often starts at the leadership level. More importantly, they explain how to transition from a hero-driven business to a scalable process-driven organization built on awareness, autonomy, and accountability.

If you’re tired of babysitting employees, constantly answering questions, or feeling like you can never unplug from work, this episode will challenge the way you lead and help you build a healthier, more scalable company culture.

In this episode:

• Why “hero employees” are dangerous for scaling
• The hidden addiction leaders have to chaos and rescuing
• How leaders accidentally create learned helplessness
• Signs your business is dependent on you
• Why process culture beats hero culture every time
• The 3-part framework: Awareness, Autonomy & Accountability
• How to stop being the bottleneck in your company
• Building systems that allow your team to thrive without constant intervention

Whether you’re a business owner, entrepreneur, manager, or team leader, this episode will help you create stronger systems, healthier teams, and a business that doesn’t fall apart when one person steps away.

The habits that built your business can become the bottlenecks holding it back. We help leaders eliminate culture drift, reduce conflict, strengthen accountability, and build a company that thrives without them in every room. Because kindness without clarity is expensive avoidance. Learn more at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Tired of keynotes that inspire your team for an hour but change nothing on Monday morning? The Business Fix Live delivers practical tools for stronger leadership, better accountability, healthier culture, and real business growth. Book Josh and Chrissy for your next keynote, summit, or manager workshop at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Still hearing, “Nobody wants to work anymore”? It’s time for a better strategy. Join Chrissy and Josh at the BIG Summit in Cleveland on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. for practical tools to build a culture that works and lead with clarity. Get tickets at https://cose.org and use code Troche26 for your attendee discount.

If you're looking to get help with your culture, or to help out an entire group, reach out to Josh and Chrissy today!  We would love to see how we can help you, your business, or your event. Contact us!

🎙 Ready to Fix What’s Holding Your Business Back?
The Business Fix podcast delivers real-world strategies to grow your business, lead your team, and reclaim your time. New episodes drop weekly—packed with insights for business owners and managers who want to do better.

🔗 Connect with Chrissy and Josh at https://www.businessfixpodcast.com/ for more tools, support, and clarity.

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Most leaders don’t fail because they avoid hard work, they fail because they avoid hard conversations. In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh break down the “Sweaty Ten-Minute Conversation”, the short but uncomfortable discussion that can prevent massive culture problems, performance breakdowns, and legal headaches inside your business.

From separating behavior from identity to avoiding the “nice leader” trap, this episode is a masterclass in leadership communication, emotional regulation, accountability, and employee management. If you’ve ever delayed feedback, struggled with difficult employees, or worried about confrontation as a manager, this conversation will help you lead with clarity instead of anxiety.

You’ll learn:

• Why avoiding hard conversations creates bigger problems
• How to give corrective feedback without attacking someone personally
• The psychological mistake leaders make during accountability conversations
• How emotional regulation impacts team trust and performance
• Why “being nice” can actually damage workplace culture
• The framework for handling defensive employees professionally
• How documentation protects both leaders and employees
• Why direct communication builds stronger teams and healthier organizations

Whether you're a business owner, executive, HR leader, or frontline manager, this episode gives practical tools you can apply immediately to improve communication, accountability, and workplace culture.

If your business feels stuck because of unresolved tension, unclear expectations, or team frustration… this episode is for you.

The habits that built your business can become the bottlenecks holding it back. We help leaders eliminate culture drift, reduce conflict, strengthen accountability, and build a company that thrives without them in every room. Because kindness without clarity is expensive avoidance. Learn more at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Tired of keynotes that inspire your team for an hour but change nothing on Monday morning? The Business Fix Live delivers practical tools for stronger leadership, better accountability, healthier culture, and real business growth. Book Josh and Chrissy for your next keynote, summit, or manager workshop at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Still hearing, “Nobody wants to work anymore”? It’s time for a better strategy. Join Chrissy and Josh at the BIG Summit in Cleveland on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. for practical tools to build a culture that works and lead with clarity. Get tickets at https://cose.org and use code Troche26 for your attendee discount.

If you're looking to get help with your culture, or to help out an entire group, reach out to Josh and Chrissy today!  We would love to see how we can help you, your business, or your event. Contact us!

🎙 Ready to Fix What’s Holding Your Business Back?
The Business Fix podcast delivers real-world strategies to grow your business, lead your team, and reclaim your time. New episodes drop weekly—packed with insights for business owners and managers who want to do better.

🔗 Connect with Chrissy and Josh at https://www.businessfixpodcast.com/ for more tools, support, and clarity.

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Every business owner or manager has met this person: the high performer who delivers big results, closes the deal, writes the code, owns the relationship, or keeps the operation moving…but leaves emotional wreckage everywhere they go.

In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh tackle one of the hardest leadership problems in small and mid-sized businesses: the brilliant jerk.

You know the type. They hit the numbers, but they make people miserable. They protect their own process, hoard information, intimidate the room, and somehow convince leadership that the business cannot survive without them. Spoiler alert: it can.

Chrissy and Josh break down why toxic high performers are not actually high performers when you factor in culture damage, operational debt, employee turnover, broken trust, and the quiet disengagement of your best team members. They also explain why leaders often avoid dealing with the problem, especially when fear of lost revenue, client disruption, or operational chaos takes over.

This episode covers the three R’s of managing a brilliant jerk: Results, Respect, and Replication. Results matter, but how those results happen matters too. Respect matters because your team is watching what behavior leadership excuses. Replication matters because if one person’s success cannot be taught, documented, or scaled, it is not sustainable.

You will also hear practical HR and operations guidance for handling the issue the right way, including how to document behavior, correct directly, identify the point of no return, map client relationships, find shadow workflows, protect access to systems, and prepare the team for the transition after the brilliant jerk leaves.

Chrissy and Josh also dig into the “quiet superstar” problem: the reliable, collaborative, emotionally mature employees who usually suffer the most when leaders tolerate toxic behavior. They may not make a scene, but they will eventually walk out the door.

If you are a business owner, CEO, manager, or team leader trying to protect your culture without creating operational chaos, this episode gives you a practical roadmap for making hard people decisions with more clarity and less fear.

The habits that built your business can become the bottlenecks holding it back. We help leaders eliminate culture drift, reduce conflict, strengthen accountability, and build a company that thrives without them in every room. Because kindness without clarity is expensive avoidance. Learn more at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Tired of keynotes that inspire your team for an hour but change nothing on Monday morning? The Business Fix Live delivers practical tools for stronger leadership, better accountability, healthier culture, and real business growth. Book Josh and Chrissy for your next keynote, summit, or manager workshop at https://businessfixpodcast.com.

Still hearing, “Nobody wants to work anymore”? It’s time for a better strategy. Join Chrissy and Josh at the BIG Summit in Cleveland on October 15 at 10:15 a.m. for practical tools to build a culture that works and lead with clarity. Get tickets at https://cose.org and use code Troche26 for your attendee discount.

If you're looking to get help with your culture, or to help out an entire group, reach out to Josh and Chrissy today!  We would love to see how we can help you, your business, or your event. Contact us!

🎙 Ready to Fix What’s Holding Your Business Back?
The Business Fix podcast delivers real-world strategies to grow your business, lead your team, and reclaim your time. New episodes drop weekly—packed with insights for business owners and managers who want to do better.

🔗 Connect with Chrissy and Josh at https://www.businessfixpodcast.com/ for more tools, support, and clarity.

Enjoy the episode? Leave us a review, share it with your leadership team, and let us know your biggest takeaway in the comments!