Welcome to the Focus Forward Business Podcast where we share the journeys, stories, and lessons of amazing entrepreneurs! Hosted by Sturdy McKee of SturdyCoaching.com. Do you have a great entrepreneurial story and want to be a guest on the show? Get in touch at https://www.matchmaker.fm/podcast/focus-forward-podcast-for-bus-ed0bbc.
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Hindi Podcast to uplift yourself and to get a clear mindset, Self Awareness and improving Lifestyle Recommended for everyone especially people above 16+
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Welcome to Student of Life, a podcast for people seeking personal and professional fulfillment. Our goal is to get your mind working and help you discover important questions to ponder as you work toward creating a more fulfilling existence.
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BY YOUR LIFE is a podcast that will inspire, empower, support, challenge, and encourage you to connect Sunday with Monday through Friday in a secular, business world. It is our desire to help you live your Catholic faith in the marketplace and to discover that it is good for business. We believe that most best practices in business can be linked to Holy Scripture and our Catholic traditions. BY YOUR LIFE hopes to offer you practical ways to go forth and glorify God by your life.
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Evan Rudowski - S2 Ep. 11 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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Evan Rudowski, with nearly 40 years of digital sector experience, has significantly contributed to the success of businesses worldwide. A key player at Silicon Valley pioneer Excite.com, he led its subsidiary City.net to become a premier travel website and expanded Excite Europe, generating over $30 million in annual revenue. Co-founder of SubHub, …
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Jamey Schrier - S2 Ep. 10 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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Jamey Schrier, P.T. is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Practice Freedom U, a business coaching and training company. He’s an executive business coach and leadership trainer. Founder of Lighthouse Leader®, Jamey helps physical therapy owners create self-managing practices that allows them the freedom they want and the income they deserve.…
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Christopher Salem - S2 Ep. 9 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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Christopher Salem is a seasoned CEO, Business Growth Strategist, Keynote Speaker, Award-Winning Author, Trainer, and Radio Show Host. His focus is on empowering business leaders to elevate their brands and businesses from ordinary to extraordinary. Chris helps businesses enhance employee engagement and retention, acquire more clients, improve custo…
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Dr. Anjan Thakor - S2 Ep. 8 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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In this episode with Dr. Anjan Thakor we discuss Purpose-Driven organizations, what they are, why they work, and how to establish yours. Dr. Thakor is the Dean of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the co-author of The Economics of Higher Purpose: Eight counterintuitive steps for creating a purpose driven organization…
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Dr. Tiffany Shubert - S2 Ep. 7 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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In this episode with Dr. Tiffany Shubert we really focus on the Physical Therapist space and some gaps in training and connecting with patients. Though we're discussing this specific niche, the lessons are good ones for anyone in professional services or really any business where you deal with people. :-)Dr. Tiffany Shubert is a physical therapist,…
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Belle Walker - S2 Ep. 6 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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Belle Walker takes organizations from Friction to Function, recapturing lost efficiency and engagement by aligning ways of working with strategic goals. Her clients span tech, professional services, nonprofits, and more. Prior to consulting, Belle built several successful teams for HERE Technology, including one responsible for the quality of maps …
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John Spence - S2 Ep. 5 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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John Spence is widely recognized as one of the top business and leadership development experts in the world. He was the CEO of an international Rockefeller foundation at 26. He's a voracious learner who consumes a minimum of 100 business books annually. He has lectured at more than 90 colleges and universities, including MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Uni…
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Susan Frew - S2 Ep. 4 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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Susan Frew was a delight to speak with. She shares some incredible insights that you NEED in your business. She has built her business around Competing on Awesome, Not on Price. And the ways she does this (and continually improves it) are simply genius. Susan is the Founder of Sunshine Home Services near Denver, CO, and loves helping and coaching b…
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John Fenton - S2 Ep. 3 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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What separates the good leaders from the great ones is the 'inner game' or mindset of leadership. CEO Sensei, former BDO managing partner and martial arts blackbelt, John Fenton is one of the few who address this critical aspect of leading well. A passionate, experienced and articulate ‘leader of leaders’, John’s unique methodology brings clarity, …
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Kim Ades - S2 Ep. 2 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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Kim Ades is the Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching™ and Co- Founder of The Journal That Talks Back™. Recognized as a pioneer in the field of leadership coaching and thought mastery, Kim uses her unique philosophy and direct coaching style to help leaders identify their blind spots and learn to direct their thinking to achieve extraordinary results. …
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Dr. Allen Lycka - S2 Ep. 1 Focus Forward Business Podcast with Sturdy McKee
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Join us for a discussion where Dr. Allen Lycka and I talk about living a meaningful life and bringing those principles into your business. Dr. Allen Steven Lycka is the host of the Radio Show “How To Live a Fantastic Life”, now syndicated on the AMFM247 Network, and author of some 20 books. You will appreciate Dr. Lycka's insights and wisdom. He ca…
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214 Letting Go of the Old, Making Way for the New
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If you want to grow personally, if you want your company to grow, you must let go of the old to make way for the new. This is hard when it means confronting our egos and our strongly held beliefs.By By Your Life
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All companies should aspire to be trusted. All people should aspire to be trusted, because great teams are built on trust. But, in order to be trusted, you must be trustworthy.By By Your Life
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Coaching is often considered a punishment or a penalty for having done something wrong. Coaching is reserved for troubled employees instead of a common practice that benefits everyone.By By Your Life
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It is easy to be discouraged when we fail and unless we seek the lesson, we’ll never discover the opportunity that is hiding in the darkness.By By Your Life
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211 What’s Right Isn’t Always Right (Repeat)
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Having a right to do something and doing the right thing, are not the same. Ethical behavior is knowing the difference and acting accordingly.By By Your Life
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We’re all guilty of making bad decisions. How do you deal with good fortune—your own and that of others—is what separates the winners from the losers, and the envious from the grateful.By By Your Life
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A leader’s #1 job is to develop the people he/she leads. But how do you know when you’ve crossed the line from helping them improve to enabling them to continue failing?By By Your Life
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Listening is the most important element of effective communication. It is a skill that can be developed, but most of us don’t invest in practicing to improve. Learn to listen and you’ll transform your life.
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In business, and in life, we face thousands of forks in the road. When your guiding principles are clear, honoring your core values is the easiest tough decision you’ll ever make.By By Your Life
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Beware of pointing out others’ wrong behavior as a justification for your own. You’re pointing to the splinter in the other person’s eye when you’ve got a wooden beam in your own.
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People define “integrity” as doing the right thing even when no one is looking. But, we can be complacent when defining the “right thing.” Challenge yourself to exceed the minimum form of “doing the right thing” to what is difficult.
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It is easy to become distracted by what others think is important. When you put first things first and follow the right priorities, you’ll be blessed.By By Your Life
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Companies that fail because their leaders fail make the headlines. Ethical leaders who run profitable companies are not newsworthy, but they exist. Their profits aren’t their measure of success, rather the means to achieve their mission.
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We rarely associate love with leadership, yet all the qualities of great leaders—great communicator, visionary, knowledgeable, generous—are of no benefit if not exercised with love.
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We all know that embracing diversity is good for business. Different talents, skills and perspectives are important for our organizations to thrive. But when not embraced, diversity can cause division.By By Your Life
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We never seem to have enough time to do the right thing right, but we always find the time to deal with the problems caused by failing to do so. Being proactive takes time, but it is an investment with definite returns.
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198 Lean Your Ladder Against the Right Wall
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When we work hard, we can get so bogged down in the mire of our day-to-day lives that we fail to step back and look at what is really important. We can get stuck in the details and miss the big picture.
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There is an important difference between power and authority. Authority comes with a position and is limited in scope. Power is the ability to influence people and can be unlimited. To develop your power, develop humility.
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Although work/life balance is talked about a lot, it isn’t really what we seek. Instead, what we really want is more harmony in all areas of our lives.
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195 Which Came First the Blessings or the Belief?
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Is your future a function of what you do now, or is what you do now a function of how you view your future? It is a little of both, so how do we affect change if we are dissatisfied?
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People are attracted to leaders who challenge them, follow leaders who see in them the better person they can become, and are loyal to leaders who are ethical and worthy of following.
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193 Don’t Let Difficult People Steal Your Joy
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Dealing with difficult people is so frustrating that our instinct is to give them some of their own medicine. It may give some satisfaction, but in the long run, it often makes things worse.
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Curiosity may have killed the cat, but complacency killed the company. Beware that you and your company do not become complacent and let the competition catch you by surprise like a thief in the night.
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Great leaders know that no one has all the information, can see a situation from all perspectives, nor has all the answers. Acknowledging this is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of strength.
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Where there is no vision, there is no hope. But when you have a clear vision, and keep it before you, it provides motivation to keep moving forward, a guide for making decisions, and direction for when we get off course, in business and in life.
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What leaders say and do is important to their people if their people believe they are important to the leader. There is no simpler way to say “you’re important” than by remembering a person’s name.
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Honoring the Golden Rule in the marketplace and generating profits are not mutually exclusive propositions.
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One of the most difficult things to do is to correct others in a positive way.
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In our capitalistic society, it is great to witness companies that have found the way to true and lasting success by benefiting their people and the greater good of society.
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By Your Life seeks to transform performance reviews from well-intended, often dreaded, and rarely effective meetings into a more positive and productive experience for all involved.
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Honoring commitments is more than just doing what you say you will do. Honoring commitments means helping others keep their commitments to you too.
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A manager has the authority to direct the work of those who directly report to him or her. A leader, on the other hand, is one who influences others to achieve great things. You don’t have to be given authority to do this, you just need to take responsibility for it.
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Focus Forward Business Podcast - Episode 42 with Tim Angelillo
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As a successful tech entrepreneur and global business leader, Tim Angelillo brings 15+ years of experience running divisions of publicly traded companies like Yahoo! and Time Warner as well currently founding and leading three start-up businesses in Austin, TX. These experiences allow Tim to share detailed insights on how to apply an entrepreneuria…
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If what you are doing or how you are doing it doesn’t contribute to the mission, you should question why and how you are doing it.
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When things go wrong, we look for someone to blame. Instead we should expect things to go wrong because human intellect isn’t capable of fully synthesizing the complexity of issues and what is efficient, isn’t necessarily the right thing to do.
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Focus Forward Business Podcast - Episode 41 with Carrie Morey
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Carrie Morey is a lifestyle entrepreneur and founder of Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit. She created Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit as a way to work in the food industry while raising her young daughters and being able to keep her focus on them. She discusses her inspiration and partnering with her mother to launch the company. Carrie shares some great, a…
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Feedback is as much of a gift when it is given as when it is received. Yet many organizations suffer from a lack of accountability because people aren’t comfortable giving and receiving feedback. Effective feedback is truth wrapped in mercy.
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Your vision, mission and values are the blueprint for the business you want to build. Are they gathering dust on a shelf or are they honored and lived by each person in your organization?
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Focus Forward Business Podcast - Episode 40 with Rashi Bahri Chitnis
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Rashi Bahri Chitnis is an entrepreneur in Santa Barbara, CA who is striving to empower children through language and culture. Rashi created Shoonya Digital whose mission is to create interactive edutainment content that is inspired by the stories and characters of the world. Think Disney meets Why Rashi began and how she went about making it happen…
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