The Leader Equation

Jennifer Schiff joins Linzee Ciprani & Christy Belt Grossman to kick off the New Year! Jen Schiff has led multiple businesses. She has helped to build a number of start ups. She is co-owner with her amazing husband Michael J. Schiff of The Schiff Home Team of Keller Williams Legacy. Jen is the founder/owner of Manifest Consulting. Jen worked for the Five Doors Network and has built an amazing brand for herself. Join us for this special episode where Christy, Jennifer, and Linzee talk openly about building others' businesses, their own businesses, & how to find, keep and direct talent!

Join Christy Belt Grossman and Linzee Ciprani as they interview Jon Pugh and his Director of Operations Anita Cruz. They're a force together and you'll see why in this episode. We ask them questions like: How did they choose each other to be in business with? How have they grown together as they've gotten to know each other better? What communication issues have they worked through? How have they grown as leaders together? Jon is one of the admin for the Messy Middle Mastermind helping Agents all over navigate the "messy middle."

Don't miss this episode where Christy Belt Grossman and Linzee Ciprani interview Haro Setain and Kayla Slice and get REAL about the challenges that many of us face as we build these small businesses. We'll discuss all kinds of leadership lessons including: the challenges that come along with growing a big team, failing forward, communication issues and how they've worked through them, fast growth, downsizing, and restructuring, AND MORE!

Christy Belt Grossman and Linzee Ciprani interview Kris Bertagnolli and Stephanie Perry Brackett from Anderson Hicks Group. Stephanie is the Chief Operations Office and Kris is their Chief Revenue Officer. There are so many amazing questions we have for these two on how they run the business, how they joined forces (2 teams combining into 1) and what challenges they faced during that time. 🚀 We are seeing team growth, team mergers, and expansion all over the industry. There are BIG partnerships happening. We're predicting a whole new landscape next year, and these guys have pioneered what we will be seeing as a trend that’s about to snowball. 

We were off last week for Thanksgiving but we're coming back with two powerhouses! Join us for an interview with David Osborn and his Chief of Staff (or as he likes to call himself Air Traffic Controller) Matt King! Matt controls David's life and David has a VERY BIG LIFE. They're a team that you don't want to miss hearing and learning from.

On this episode of The Leader Equation, Christy Belt Grossman and Linzee Ciprani interview Eliza Michiels and Skye Michiels from Real Estate With Heart- Compass. Learn how they've worked together as Brother and Sister. Learn about their struggles, wins and communication tactics. Learn how Eliza has helped run Real Estate With Heart as Skye has taken on a new role within Compass. And MORE!

Today's podcast was brought to you by the letter B! When you combine brains, beauty & booze - you get a really fun podcast! Felicia and Sabrina join hosts Christy and Linzee on this episode of the Leader Equation.  🥃 Felicia is the owner of High Mark Distillery - think handcrafted hard spirits like Nickel Back Apple Jack, Nickel Back Apple Jane, High Mark Vodka, Blind Cat Moonshine, Blueberry Cobbler Shine, Peach Ginger Shine & Limoncello Felicita! (I am now VERY thirsty! Sabrina is her distributor and owners of Vin Sauvage of Northern Nevada. (Sabrina also does a bunch of other really cool stuff like create costumes for Burning Man!) We're so excited to dive in and learn how these amazing ladies work together to grow these awesome businesses. We talk about their struggles, their wins, their challenges with growing these businesses. 

Ever wonder how people manage to have multiple businesses like Nicole Burnett? It's with amazing people on their team like Kourtney Sanders. Two of the best in the business on the West Coast will join us to talk all things assistant and leader. They are raw and real, and you don't want to miss this! 

Quote of the episode: "I had to learn to communicate my priorities. As a leader, everything can't be equal." - Nicole Burnett

“His support when I fail makes me more bold.” -Wisdom from Jillene Snell on Episode 9 of The Leader Equation, talking about how her leader Ben Kinney empowers her to fail forward to success. Listen as Jillene and Vija discuss the challenges of someone running multiple businesses and all thing Ben Kinney Companies. We especially love how these relationships were built over time, and that so much time has been invested in how to THINK, not just how to DO.

This is one of our best episodes yet featuring Jeff Cohn and his Success Manager Andy Kueny. These two have grown multiple business together. The Real Estate Team has become the #1 team within Berkshire Hathaway going from 60-700 transactions within 6 years, #1 in the State of Nebraska and more. They have launched a coaching platform named Elite Real Estate Systems. Jeff has an amazing Podcast called The Team Building Podcast. Jeff explains the other businesses he owns, how he holds Andy and his team accountable and how he transitioned the "fluffy cats" conversations over to Andy to deal with so he could continue to build. 

Quote of the episode: "If you 10x your eco-system, you'll 10x your goals." - Jeff Cohn