Your ability to influence and impact others is a direct result of your ability to grow and develop as a person. Are you on a path of fast-paced growth, or have you surrounded yourself with echo chambers that tell you what you want to hear? 

Coty Back joins the show to talk his passion for leadership at a young age and how it's driven him to build a career in the training and development space. Coty is a trusted expert in all things leadership and management, and is especially gifted at building a leadership philosophy that leads to real, tangible action that in turn drives meaningful results. 

Want to develop your own leadership principles that drive real change and significant action? Take a listen.

Follow Coty on LinkedIn via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coty-back-2b8b87b/

Is your drive in life simply chasing that next promotion or paycheck? Examining your identity -- and what you're desperate for it being -- will decide your impact.

Are Entrepreneurs a dying breed? This episode covers the #1 struggle entrepreneurs and new business owners face -- how to make the sale. From validating your product to finding the right customers, here's how you can avoid the flop to grow a sustainable brand and business. 

Want customers to love what you offer? In this Friday's rollup episode, we talk about being honest with ourselves and being willing to pursue the real - and sometimes rocky -- feedback our customers give us. 

Join us for an interesting conversation about building, growing and sustaining your work for the long haul.    

Please feel free to reach out via LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-smith-consulting/ or email at [email protected].

"Customer service" -- the two words uttered by small business owners everywhere who THINK they are offering something meaningful. Today's Final Friday is all about building your 1,000 Raving Fans, and how creating repeat buyers for your business is entirely shaped by your intentionality you give to your customers. Are your customers only as important as the revenue they bring your business? Are they just a number to you? Or do you make sure that everyone who gives you the trust of their dollar knows they are valued for it? 

Today's Final Friday Episode -- what life looks like as a new parent amidst a global pandemic and how businesses that are flourishing right now are mastering the pivot. 

Enjoying the podcast? Subscribe and leave a review, and if you're in our NWA area and have used the podcast to help your business, leave our company a Google review. 

Are you a Culture Champion? Julie Swift joins the podcast to talk all things culture, leadership, and management. Today's biggest influence on your business's bottom line is one simple truth -- how you are taking care of your people. Want to retain your best talent and maximize outcomes for your business? Culture must be king. 

Connect with Julie via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-scott-swift/.

What's the reason for your worldview, and what do you do when that worldview is challenged? Do you back away, or lean in to find what may be a stronger truth? LeRon L. Barton joins the podcast to talk on writing and race, and how his passion to be a voice as a cultural disruptor allowed him to overcome setbacks like a stutter. LeRon is meaningful thought leader both online and on stage, having presented at popular events like TedX. 

Follow LeRon on his website LeRonBarton.com or via his LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leron-barton-cwna-2b700b1/