CJ Dube’ shares her philosophy on staying present in the room, why pen to paper helps her keep full attention on the team in front of her, no PowerPoints, no distractions.

She also gets candid about what it actually takes to build a lasting practice: there's no magic wand for filling your pipeline, just grit and doing the work.

Along the way, she opens up about her own 16-year journey, over 2,200 sessions, and the small team she's built to support a practice at that scale.

Chapters

00:00 The journey of building a practice

03:03 Delivering value to clients

06:04 The importance of personal health

09:11 Managing a growing practice

12:07 Building a supportive team

14:53 Creating an intentional culture

18:10 Lessons from the EOS community

Jeanet Wade has been there. As one of the founding 50 EOS Implementers, she spent years doing what most of us do: experimenting.

She tweaked the EOS process, added her own flair, and gave clients exactly what they thought they wanted.

The result? Clients didn’t stick, and the burnout was very real.

Everything changed when she swallowed her pride, dropped the innovations, and went all-in on the proven process.

Suddenly, retention skyrocketed, income became predictable, and her clients finally got the results they were looking for.

In this episode, Jeanet joins Chris to talk about what "purity" actually means in coaching.

It’s not about being dogmatic; it’s about respecting a system that works so you can give clients what they actually need, not just what they ask for.

This episode breaks down the high cost of trying to be clever, how to navigate the friction of telling clients what they need to hear, and why trusting the process is the ultimate cure for coach burnout.

00:00 The Journey of an Implementer

05:46 Learning from Mistakes

11:59 The Balance of Biz Dev

17:58 Qualifying Right Fit Clients

24:10 Embracing Feedback in the Community

Tzvi Schwartz has been in the EOS world long enough to have seen it all, and built a practice most Implementers would envy. Right-fit clients, excellent service delivery, a reputation that precedes him.

The one thing he’s still working on? Letting go.

In this episode, Tzvi sits down with Chris for an honest look at what it actually costs to build a great practice, and what happens when you forget to apply the tools to yourself : the Accountability Chart, Delegate and Elevate.

The gut-punch moment came from a fellow Implementer at an EOS annual: draw your Accountability Chart, but for your practice. Visionary, Integrator, sales, delivery, finance. Then put names in the boxes. Every single box had the same name.

He wasn’t running a practice, he was doing six jobs.

This episode goes deep on right-fit clients, the people-pleaser trap, the real math behind delegating, and why letting go isn’t a process, it’s inner work.
Honest, self-aware, and zero canned answers.

Chapters

00:00 Building a Practice: The Three Legs of the Stool

01:49 The EOS Life: Balancing Work and Personal Time

04:07 The Journey of Self-Discovery and Acceptance

08:47 Client Relationships: Finding the Right Fit

11:26 Financial Choices and the Cost of Misalignment

13:57 The Importance of Delegation and Letting Go

19:45 Overcoming Control Issues in Delegation

23:49 The Ripple Effect of Self-Care and Letting Go

Dan Wallace has been an EOS Implementer for 16 years. In that time he's built his practice not once, not twice, but three times - and each rebuild taught him something the previous one didn't.

In this episode, Dan walks Chris through the biz dev system that finally made his pipeline consistent: five good conversations a day, a CRM discipline most Implementers skip, and a weekly accountability structure that keeps nothing falling through the cracks.

But the real insight is about networking. Dan spent years giving generously to a broad network and got almost nothing back in return. What he learned: real connectors - people wired to make introductions - are maybe 5% of the people you'll meet. You only need five or six of them. And when one of them introduces you, the prospect shows up with the shields down.

Chapters

00:00 Building a Successful EOS Implementer Practice

05:04 The Importance of Intentionality in Business Development

10:16 Effective Communication and Relationship Building

15:18 Utilizing CRM for Efficient Business Development

18:54 Networking and Referral Strategies

23:26 Understanding Human Connection in Networking

26:21 The Power of Personal Connections

26:35 Building a Meaningful Network

28:24 Navigating Client Relationships

30:05 Managing Client Expectations