Joe Erwin is the founder of Erwin Penland (now EP+Co), a massive advertising agency located in Greenville, SC. He's also the owner of the Greenville Triumph, a professional soccer team, and now leads Erwin Creates, a creative agency located in the Endeavor coworking space. Though his expertise is in a different field, Joe and Jason discuss the intricacies of managing teams in a service-based industry, including the importance of hiring and some basics for successful leadership.

Greg Lafollette is a prominent consultant, speaker, and overall accounting expert, specifically in the field of technology integration to further the profession. Greg and Jason talk about how technology has led the accounting world to what it is today and what it may become tomorrow. Insights for your firm's future await!

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Join Jason and Greg in studio for a very special episode of the Thrivecast. This month marks a monumental moment for us: we’ve hit our ten year anniversary, which means you, dear listener, have heard 120 episodes of our podcast so far. And as we enter a new decade, we have some very big news. Tune in to hear what it is—and find out what exciting changes are coming in the future!

In Episode 120, Jason Blumer and Greg Kyte interview coach Amber Setter on the show (but Greg missed the interview part 🤨). Amber focuses on helping her coaching clients become more self-aware in their work with their clients (and themselves!). Amber believes performance begins with consciousness. Jason and Greg discuss coaching, what it is with some real life examples from Jason. Jason's interview with Amber gets deep as she discusses how to be an adult. There are stages to adulthood (who knew?), and Jason and Greg seek to tackle these same stages, before the interview with Amber.

In Episode 119, Jason Blumer and Greg Kyte welcome back Randy Greiser to the show!  Randy and his team, Nathan Gerbrandt and Vicki Enns, have just released a new book called "A Little Book About Trauma-Informed Workplaces." It should be safe to say that we have all experienced some level of trauma in our lives, especially since the start the pandemic in 2020.  Randy, Jason and Greg have a great discussion on how to handle workplace situations using a trauma-informed mindset.

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In Episode 118, Jason Blumer and Greg Kyte welcome Eric Majchrzak to the show.  Succession planning feels heavy and something we think we will have time to do later.  However, it is never too early to start and takes a lot of strategy to think through.  Eric is currently working through a succession plan at his firm BeachFleischman and shares advice based on his journey.

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In Episode 117, Jason Blumer and Greg Kyte discuss the topic of core values.  This might seem like an unnecessary practice, but if you don't establish your firm values intentionally they will form unintentionally.  Ethan King shares his story about how core values turned his business around and what you can do in your firm to define your core values.

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In Episode 116, Jason Blumer and Greg Kyte welcome Brad Stevens to the Thrivecast.  Even though most of us have been operating virtually for years, this episode discusses the ways to track performance and improve the overall virtual experience for team and clients.  Brad Stevens is an expert in virtual teams and shares his tool kit for firm owners to utilize.

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In Episode 115, Jason Blumer and Greg Kyte welcome Joe Koufman to the Thrivecast.  Joe is a marketing matchmaker and expert in the subject of business development.  Jason, Greg and Joe get into the gritty details about what business development actual means and why it is important to continue improving upon in your firm.  This is a great goal to establish in the new year!

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In Episode 114, Jason Blumer and Greg Kyte host the annual secret stash episode.  All year we have asked our guests the same question: what is one mistake that you made, but learned the most from?  Thank you Carl Peterson, Ryan Lazanis, Morra Aarons-Mele, Eric Killian, Fridrik Larsen, Rob Moore, Marcus Sheridan, Donny Shimamoto, Amy Franko and Marc Champagne!

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