The Frontline Industry Podcast

Joel continues his conversation with Garry Ridge, Former CEO and Chairman Emeritus of WD-40 as Garry tells his story of transitioning from "smart Alec" to servant leader, how to make the workplace a mental health refuge, the power of genuine "How Are You?" questions, and his hopes of continuing to make a difference in the latter stages of his career.

Joel sits down to chat with Garry Ridge, Former CEO and Chairman Emeritus of WD-40. Known the world-over for their incredible company culture, WD-40 has done what some find impossible…created a community of passionate employees who daily go to work with purpose, a purpose that motivates the company in a way that pursuing profits alone never will. 

Joel is joined by Dr. Josh Wymore, an author, executive coach, keynote speaker, and trainer. 

• Do you want to understand the impact of humility on personal growth and leadership effectiveness? 
• Want to learn the 4 key aspects of humility and whether or not you have them? 
• Do you want to kill pride in your life? 

If so, this episode is for you. 

Joel continues his powerful discussion with Ryan Bond, CPO at Thrive Restaurant Group (a restaurant company with over 170 locations and 10,000+ employees). Ryan uncovers the sneaky ways that fear might be manifesting in your life, how to remove fear from your management team and the way they lead every day, his message for leaders who doubt that Thrive's unique approach to leading with love and release would work for them, and much more. Ryan is our most popular guest of all time, so you certainly won't want to miss this incredible two-part episode.

Our most popular guest of all time is back again! Listen in to Ryan Bond, Chief People Officer at Thrive Restaurant Group, with 170+ restaurants and 10,000+ employees. Ryan reveals how to help employees reach their potential, to become a gardener at work by nurturing the environment for your employees to thrive, how to release fear and the need to control things as a leader, and much more. You won't want to miss the practical and powerful insights from this most-requested guest on the podcast!

On this podcast focused on cultivating great frontline leadership, JD Dillon (Chief Learning Officer at Axonify) reveals who holds the keys to creating great employee experience, how many companies think short-term vs. long term and hinder their results, what truly creates improved retention, engagement, and better customer experience, and much more. 

Adam is the CEO and Co-Founder of Carbliss, the handcrafted premium cocktails that are taking the US by storm. In his conversation with Joel, Adam explains why you should build your personal brand, why it's important to create a culture of appreciation within your company, and how CEOs must stay connected to the frontlines of their business (and much more).

In this insightful episode, Joel continues talking with Martha Bird, the audacious cultural anthropologist. Throughout, you’ll learn to question your leadership assumptions and embrace new ways of thinking, understand the limitations of survey data and what to do instead to truly assess the strength or weakness of your company culture, and how better culture leads to greater company profitability.

Martha Bird is an audacious cultural anthropologist who looks at the world of leadership and company culture a little differently, and after listening to this podcast you'll look at those differently, too. In part 1, Martha discusses the significance of generous human connections, overcoming perfectionism, going beyond data to understand your company culture, and much more. 

Aspiring executive leaders, this one's for you.

Joel has an important conversation with Tom Burns, one of our most popular guests of all time, as he reflects on the critical concept of power mentorship as a defining relationship that you must have to make it into senior leadership roles in your career. Working hard and having a great resume alone aren’t enough to propel you to the C-Suite or other senior roles. Don't miss this one, and send it to an aspiring leader in your life to help them maximize their opportunities.