The Start, Scale & Succeed Podcast

In this wise episode, Scott Mautz, Owner of scottmautz.com, shares how you can become a mentally strong leader simply by changing a few key habits. 

You will discover:

- What the number one trait is that top performers seek out in a leader

- How you can work out your mental muscles and improve your mental strength

- The most direct pathway to growth for you and your leaders


Scott Mautz, author of THE MENTALLY STRONG LEADER, is the founder and CEO of Profound Performance™, a keynote, training, and coaching company. Mautz is a former Procter & Gamble executive who successfully ran several of the company’s largest multi-billion dollar businesses. He is also the multi-award-winning author of Leading from the Middle, Find the Fire, and Make It Matter. Scott has been named a "CEO Thought-leader" by The Chief Executives Guild and a "Top 50 Leadership Innovator" by Inc.com. He is a faculty member on reserve at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business for Executive Education and a top instructor at LinkedIn Learning.


Want to learn more about Scott Mautz's work? Check out his website at https://scottmautz.com and get your free PDF and assessment at https://scottmautz.com/mentallystronggift/

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Take the Founder's Evolution Quiz Today

If you’re a Founder, business owner, or CEO who feels overworked by the business you lead and underwhelmed by the results, you’re doing it wrong. Succeeding as a founder all comes down to doing the right one or two things right now. Take the quiz today at foundersquiz.com, and in just ten questions, you can figure out what stage you are in, so you can focus on what is going to work and say goodbye to everything else.

Founder's Quiz

In this transformative episode, Liz Leonard, Owner of Liz Leonard Franchise Advisor, shares how her expertise, honed over a decade of focused work, positions her as a leading authority in guiding individuals toward the right franchise for them.

You will discover:

- How to know IF franchising is right for you (find out if you have what it takes BEFORE you start)

- How to choose the right franchise opportunity for you

- How to overcome the number 1 cause of franchise failure


Liz Leonard has spent the last 20 years finding freedom through entrepreneurship. She owns multiple businesses and is a Franchise Advisor, published author, renowned speaker, and proud wife and mother. Liz spent decades climbing the corporate ladder, only to be a casualty of lay-offs. Drawing on her background in childhood education, Liz and her husband founded Parkside Children’s Learning Center, a business they were able to sell at a profit just three years later. She founded her franchise advisory business in 2014 and has spent the last decade helping others match the right-fit business for their lifestyle and personality.


Want to learn more about Liz Leonard's work at Liz Leonard Franchise Advisor? Check out her website at https://www.franchisefastpassbook.com/

In this statutory episode, Laurie Gilbertson, Founder and CEO of Tribeca Blue Consulting, shares her experiences in front of judges, juries, and live television audiences to help clients and their businesses maximize each speaking opportunity.

You will discover:

- Why communication is central to a founder's success in every industry

- Three questions you need to ask before you communicate

- How to get feedback on how you communicate


Laurie Gilbertson is a former New York City sex crimes and organized crime prosecutor, television legal analyst, educator, and entrepreneur. As the founder of Tribeca Blue Consulting, she coaches professionals on communicating with clarity, confidence, and creativity in their public speaking, presentations, trial work, and media appearances. Laurie works with clients to develop their personal and professional narratives, discover and hone their unique presentation styles, and craft and curate the stories that keep their audiences listening and wanting to learn more. 


Want to learn more about Laurie Gilbertson's work at Tribeca Blue Consulting? Check out her website at https://www.tribecablueconsulting.com/

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Take the Founder's Evolution Quiz Today

If you’re a Founder, business owner, or CEO who feels overworked by the business you lead and underwhelmed by the results, you’re doing it wrong. Succeeding as a founder all comes down to doing the right one or two things right now. Take the quiz today at foundersquiz.com, and in just ten questions, you can figure out what stage you are in, so you can focus on what is going to work and say goodbye to everything else.

Founder's Quiz

In this forthright episode, Kit Lisle, Founder of The Operators, shares how he helps to empower Operators in their roles as executives of private equity-backed portfolio companies by enabling them to find the answers they need

You will discover:

- Why alignment around the investment thesis is essential 

- How PE Culture Shock impacts everyone

- The three types of PE-backed execs and the challenges they face


Christopher “Kit” Lisle recently formed The Operators, LLC. He is also a founder of Acclaro Growth Partners, a decision support and growth strategy consulting firm. Kit is actively involved in planning and preparing for clients around growth strategy and moderating groups of C-level executives seeking advice and counsel on “cases” related to growth, mergers and acquisitions, and business optimization. The Operators is a collaborative community serving those involved in the middle market M&A ecosystem. Its goal is to facilitate cross-pollination for those involved in the middle market private equity ecosystem.


Want to learn more about Kit Lisle's work at The Operators? Check out his website at https://theoperators.pe/

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Take the Founder's Evolution Quiz Today

If you’re a Founder, business owner, or CEO who feels overworked by the business you lead and underwhelmed by the results, you’re doing it wrong. Succeeding as a founder all comes down to doing the right one or two things right now. Take the quiz today at foundersquiz.com, and in just ten questions, you can figure out what stage you are in, so you can focus on what is going to work and say goodbye to everything else.

Founder's Quiz

In this clarified episode, Jurriaan Kamer, Co-founder of Unblock, shares how he uses his knowledge and expertise to advise leaders on unlocking their organization's full potential by fundamentally changing how they work.

You will discover:

- How to move from the burden of traffic controller to the freedom of a road designer

- What is blocking your organization from moving forward faster

- Why you should work on the "fish bowl" more than the "fish"


Jurriaan Kamer is an organizational change expert focused on applying modern methods to unblock organizations and improve their outcomes. Jurriaan helps leaders eliminate ineffective strategy, pointless meetings, bureaucratic structures, and slow decision-making. He has studied the most radical and adaptive organizations globally, including ones without managers and high levels of autonomy. Over the last decade, Jurriaan has applied those insights as a speaker, author, and consultant. He co-founded Unblock, a consultancy that works with leaders worldwide. He believes that organizations built on 'sense and respond' instead of 'plan and predict' are the future.


Want to learn more about Jurriaan Kamer's work at Unblock and/or get a copy of his book? Check out his website at https://www.unblock.works/

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Take the Founder's Evolution Quiz Today

If you’re a Founder, business owner, or CEO who feels overworked by the business you lead and underwhelmed by the results, you’re doing it wrong. Succeeding as a founder all comes down to doing the right one or two things right now. Take the quiz today at foundersquiz.com, and in just ten questions, you can figure out what stage you are in, so you can focus on what is going to work and say goodbye to everything else.

Founder's Quiz

In this exceptional episode, Les McKeown, Founder and CEO of Predictable Success, shares how he co-founded one of the first business incubators in the world, evolving it into a global consultancy that advises numerous ventures worldwide.

You will discover:

- How to know if your team members have what it takes to reach the next level

- The three skills that separate leaders who are great executives from leaders who are great managers

- The shift you must make BEFORE you build an executive team


Les McKeown, the Founder and CEO of Predictable Success, is not just an advisor to CEOs and senior leaders but also a sought-after speaker for Fortune 500 companies. His expertise lies in helping organizations achieve scalable, sustainable growth, and his breakthrough strategies have been widely recognized and implemented. Before founding Predictable Success, Les established himself as a serial founder/owner, starting more than 40 companies. He was also the founding partner of an incubation consulting company that advised on the creation and growth of hundreds more organizations worldwide. He’s the bestselling author of Predictable Success, The Synergist, Do Scale, and Do Lead.


Want to learn more about Les McKeown's work at Predictable Success? Check out his website at https://www.predictablesuccess.com/.

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Take the Founder's Evolution Quiz Today

If you’re a Founder, business owner, or CEO who feels overworked by the business you lead and underwhelmed by the results, you’re doing it wrong. Succeeding as a founder all comes down to doing the right one or two things right now. Take the quiz today at foundersquiz.com, and in just ten questions, you can figure out what stage you are in, so you can focus on what is going to work and say goodbye to everything else.

Founder's Quiz

In this intentional episode, Marcy Axelrod, CEO of Choose To Show Up, shares how her decades of research resulted in a framework already helping thousands of people choose to show up in a meaningful way for the most meaningful moments in their lives.

You will discover:

- What it means to truly Show Up

- Why you were never taught how to Show Up

- How to choose the right moments to go all in


Marcy Axelrod is a 25+ year keynote speaker, award-winning author of On Your Game!, and strategy and innovation consultant. She has worked with top high-tech firms to accelerate growth and individual achievement globally. Her books include On Your Game, a guide to succeeding in a world designed to knock you off your game, and How We Choose to Show Up. They combine consulting strategies, neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics to help people and companies succeed. How We Choose to Show Up is already receiving advance praise from educators and researchers at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Cornell.


Want to learn more about Marcy Axelrod's work at Choose To Show Up? Check out her website at https://choosetoshowup.com/

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Take the Founder's Evolution Quiz Today

If you’re a Founder, business owner, or CEO who feels overworked by the business you lead and underwhelmed by the results, you’re doing it wrong. Succeeding as a founder all comes down to doing the right one or two things right now. Take the quiz today at foundersquiz.com, and in just ten questions, you can figure out what stage you are in, so you can focus on what is going to work and say goodbye to everything else.

Founder's Quiz

In this focused episode, Dr Eric Holsapple, Founder of Living in the Gap, shares how he guides professionals to discover success and happiness while helping their organizations improve company culture and create meaningful results impacting the bottom line. 

You will discover:

- How to overcome the distractions and chaos to achieve meaningful focus at work and at home

- Why our lives as leaders get so out of balance

- How to generate remarkable profits without sacrificing your health and happiness


Dr. Eric Holsapple is a successful developer and entrepreneur who has used mindfulness to transform his life and business and helps others do the same. Eric has a PhD in Economics, has been a real estate CEO and developer for nearly 40 years, lectured real estate at Colorado State University for 20 years, and practiced yoga and meditation for 30 years. Holsapple has a unique perspective on how merging business and mindfulness can be a catalyst in changing lives. Eric is the founder of Living in the Gap. His popular workshops teach CEOs and professionals a different way to operate more mindfully while improving the bottom line.


Want to learn more about Dr Eric Holsapple's work at Living in the Gap? Check out his website at https://www.livinginthegap.org/. You can also grab a copy of his book on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3SeoO8y.

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Take the Founder's Evolution Quiz Today

If you’re a Founder, business owner, or CEO who feels overworked by the business you lead and underwhelmed by the results, you’re doing it wrong. Succeeding as a founder all comes down to doing the right one or two things right now. Take the quiz today at foundersquiz.com, and in just ten questions, you can figure out what stage you are in, so you can focus on what is going to work and say goodbye to everything else.

Founder's Quiz

In this comprehensive episode, Lakia Elam, Founder of Magnificent Differences Consulting, shares how her strategy for culture-building goes beyond the hiring and onboarding process and focuses instead on the prolonged employee experience to create lasting, impactful cultures.

You will discover:

- How talent acquisition doesn't stop when your new hire starts

- What you shouldn't hire just to "fit" culture and what you should do instead

- The true test of your ability as a leader


Lakia Elam is an HR and career coaching veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the industry who specializes in DEI, hiring, and culture building. She is the founder of Magnificent Differences Consulting. Lakia bases her holistic approach to business on empowering and valuing employees, which results in the best work. Lakia believes many workplaces hold individuals back by pressuring them to change who they are to fit a specific mold. Lakia prides herself on blending decades of professional experience with her authentic personality to provide unique insight as a culture builder and HR leader. 


Want to learn more about Lakia Elam's work at Magnificent Differences Consulting? Check out her website at https://hiremdc.com/

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Take the Founder's Evolution Quiz Today

If you’re a Founder, business owner, or CEO who feels overworked by the business you lead and underwhelmed by the results, you’re doing it wrong. Succeeding as a founder all comes down to doing the right one or two things right now. Take the quiz today at foundersquiz.com, and in just ten questions, you can figure out what stage you are in, so you can focus on what is going to work and say goodbye to everything else.

Founder's Quiz

In this clarifying episode, Jeff Maine, CEO and President of Pay Proudly, shares how he is devoted to revolutionizing payment processing while making a tangible impact on society by offering clear solutions, personalized support, and a dedication to social responsibility. 

You will discover:

- Why the payment processing industry has earned a bad reputation

- What you can do to build a more effective payment processing strategy

- How you can partner with your clients to support charitable organizations in your community


Jeff Maine founded his company to take the payment processing industry from transactional to relational! Jeff is the founder of Pay Proudly, and his mission is twofold: to provide business owners with payment clarity and to support communities through charity. Payment processing is the lifeblood of a business, and Jeff and his team are passionate about educating business owners on the importance of a suitable payment processor for your business. Pay Proudly leverages its 25+ years of industry expertise and reputation in the payment space to provide financial charity to non-profits each quarter.


Want to learn more about Jeff Maine's work at Pay Proudly? Check out his website at https://www.payproudly.com/

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Take the Founder's Evolution Quiz Today

If you’re a Founder, business owner, or CEO who feels overworked by the business you lead and underwhelmed by the results, you’re doing it wrong. Succeeding as a founder all comes down to doing the right one or two things right now. Take the quiz today at foundersquiz.com, and in just ten questions, you can figure out what stage you are in, so you can focus on what is going to work and say goodbye to everything else.

Founder's Quiz