Nic and Tarina explore the ups, downs, dos, and don’ts of life and leadership. Each conversation gives a peak on life lessons they learned, some the hard way. This podcast is different because it's the story behind the stories Nic shares in his leadership keynotes and workshops, revealing many of his own missteps as well as the power of faith, family, love, and commitment along the way. Together, Nic and Tarina talk candidly about how to communicate with authority and empathy, the practice o ...
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Welcome to the car business. A day in the life of a car salesman. The good, bad and the ugly. Tips for buying or leasing a car, and some crazy stories. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carguy/support
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The Jewish ministry of The Father's House Vacaville, CA.
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Messages from The Father's House in San Francisco, California. Visit us at tfhsf.org, and follow us on Instagram at @tfh_sf to up to date with everything that's happening at TFH SF.
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Welcome to the lilly podcast, where amazing things happen. Cover art photo provided by Faye Cornish on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@fcornish
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Dedicated to Construction Leadership, Brand Growth, and Staying on Offense. Chad Jones and Cody Phillips discuss these topics as well as the emerging role of The NEXT Leadership Academy, an intimate industry focused program, created for YOU, the highly motivated construction professional. Cody's #MondayMorningMasteryRewind episodes walk you through insights, strategies and tactics that can help you become your greatest self. #BeNEXT
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Welcome to The Women's College Hockey Podcast! Hosted by current Yale Univ. Women's Hockey Assistant coach and 22 year women's NCAA coaching veteran Grant Kimball. TWCHP is dedicated to NCAA women's college hockey. Our goal is simple - to inform, educate, and may be even entertain--and help motivate future NCAA women's college players, their families, their coaches, as well as fans -- with new, notes, and insight from around D-I & III women's college hockey. We'll recap all the major headlin ...
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Chanel or "Flan-nel" | Guest Interview with Elise Hartfiel, HR Director at Egan Company
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In this podcast Nic and Elise discuss the role Human Resources and the part Elise plays in helping to create a culture of safety, mental and emotional health, and Egan's focus on people development. You will hear the passion she has for serving others and how executing key strategies looks a lot like building relationships across the enterprise. Th…
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The Answer II | A Harvest is Coming | Tim Bittle
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Nic opens with a story about a recent float trip with his son and other boys. When their small flotilla passes a group of attractive teenage girls with a wet cat, Nic shows his motley crew how to talk to them. Then he and Tarina discuss chapters 4 and 5 from Know This Do That. Your career and life are about taking initiative and getting people to l…
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The Answer II | Pursuit of Holiness | Tim Bittle
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Chapter 2 + 3 | Conversations on Nic’s Book, “Know This. Do That.”
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Men and women working in the construction and trades industry get paid to build things. As Nic and Tarina discuss, it’s important for everyone, and especially those just starting out, to see they are also building relationships. Chapter 2 of Nic’s book, Know This. Do That, is about being on time. Someone building a career (see Chapter 1) aims to bu…
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The Answer II | Who's Next to Me? | Tim Bittle
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Chapter 1: Build a Career | Conversations on Nic's book, "Know This. Do That."
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Nic and Tarina jump into Nic’s book, Know This. Do That. Over three years, Nic collected written answers to three key questions from foremen and supervisors. He asked what they would like apprentices to know to be successful in their work. In this episode, they discuss the first chapter about building a career. Nic shares how it’s important to know…
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The Answer II | A Cross Shaped Lens | David Escobedo
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In this episode, Nic and Tarina explore how you to see yourself from moment to moment as a Struggler, Thinker, Doer, or Achiever and then give yourself what you need. They talk about Nic’s recent week of air travel and how after multiple delays (way more than normal) he identified his own Struggler Mindset. Tarina shares how she managed home and he…
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The Answer II | The Light In My Jar | Jazzi Milton
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What The Achiever wants is teamwork. What The Achiever needs is a resource. Even if you cannot be a contributing member of their team, you might be able to provide them a resource. As Nic and Tarina discuss, how you talk with The Achiever matters—just like how you talk with the other mindsets. In this episode they also tie together the four mindset…
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The Answer II | Behold, Be Bold, Become | Tim Bittle
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What The Doer wants is action. What The Doer needs is a sense of urgency. Perhaps you’ve seen the sign: “A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.” While that’s one way to handle The Doer, Nic and Tarina discuss the importance of managing the relationship with The Doer, rather than putting too much stock in the th…
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The Answer II | How Do I Smell? | Tim Bittle
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“The Thinker” is anyone who struggles to make a decision. A confused mind says, “No.” When someone can’t make up their mind, a lot of foremen and parents make the mistake of making the decision for them. In this episode, Nic and Tarina talk about how when an individual is stuck or says “No,” it’s really a call for help. Nic tells the story about hi…
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The Answer II | Can I Get an Amen | Tim Bittle
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The hard part about being good with people is there’s no widely used framework. We are out doing our own thing or just winging it. In this episode, Nic and Tarina talk about the first of four mindsets that people exhibit when they receive new information or presented with a novel situation. The mindsets are not permanent or a personality types. The…
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Added | I Can Work With That | Tim Bittle
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What role does emotion have in conversations? How important is communicating details? In this episode, Nic and Tarina resume their discussion about how to communicate and the challenges in doing it well. Nic shares his own best practices for reducing the heat in the moment, which might help avoid miscommunication. They echo the value of not making …
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Added | In The House Pt. 2 | Robyn Bittle
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It’s a cliché to say that communication takes two to tango. As a leader, you can do better. In this episode, Nic and Tarina dive into what good communicators do that poor communicators tend to skip. One thing that sets good communicators apart is they ask good questions. And asking good questions is a practice. Only from a practice can the right sk…
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In this episode, Nic interviews Clint Bailey, an electrician and 43-year member of the IBEW, "extremely supportive partner" to Heather, father of two adult children, and grandfather to four. This was the first interview Nic did as he was launching the podcast. It took place about eight months ago and Clint has since retired. Their conversation is c…
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Added | Don't Forget to Remember | Tim Bittle
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People will never forget how you make them feel. Nic share’s a time in his life when McDonald’s was his office. He’d get his coffee and start the day’s work building his speaking business. On one occasion he got to watch an older couple show what it means to love and be loved. Today’s me-centric world with all its hustle and drive seems to have for…
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Added | The Double-Minded Dilemma | Tim Bittle
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LAKE EPISODE | “Swirl It. Swi-i-i-r-r-r-l-l It!”
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Timely and precise constructive criticism may only be timely to the one giving it. Nic and Tarina tell a story about Nic’s ice cream business and how their drive home from a catering job was colder than the ice cream in the three scoop sundaes. From this experience, they draw out many lessons learned. And Nic, true to form, shares his best practice…
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Field Leadership with Nic Bittle - MAY 2024 Today we are diving into a unique conversation with special guest Nic Bittle, founder of Work Force Pro. Nic is regarded as one of the best in the industry at training #leaders in the world of #construction. Cody & Nic explore the characteristics of great field leaders, challenges on the job site, getting…
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From The Inside Out | Can I Get a Witness? | Robyn Bittle
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Bad Outcomes Don’t Always Mean Bad Planning
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Eisenhower once said, “In planning for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” So, while planning may be indispensable, even the best plans don’t work out. Nic leads with a story about a fiasco in a movie theatre. Then he and Tarina talk about how COVID-19 derailed their plans to build a house. While they…
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SUPER SPECIAL GUEST: A Profile in Courage & Leadership
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Nic and Tarina are joined by their daughter, Elle. She shares how she got started making the Encouragement Cards and how this experience over the past 9 years has given her confidence in her gift of encouragement. It’s a special episode profiling Elle’s leadership as well as her courage to do what others may consider weird. Her example is living pr…
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From The Inside Out | Follow The Leader | Tim Bittle
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People Stop for the Cookies. What They Need is Encouragement.
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In a world starved for appreciation, showing people you care makes a big difference. And it doesn’t take much. To give people encouragement means being aware and committing to a wholehearted courage to speak into their life. In this episode, Nic and Tarina talk about their daughter, Elle, and her Encouragement Cards. At 9 years old, Elle had a lemo…
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From the Inside Out | The Spirit's Conviction (or, Between Two Crows) | Tim Bittle
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Everyone at some point in their life faces challenges. Part of the job as leaders and parents is watching those we manage or care for struggle. Success is sweeter, though, when it is earned. We need to let people earn their success and not try to fix everything that’s painful. In this episode, Nic and Tarina discuss how owning anything starts with …
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What’s needed in the industry is for more men and women to become problem solvers. This is a learned mindset—which a lot of foremen believe they were born with. In this episode, Nic and Tarina share what they learned growing up, whether chopping cotton, babysitting, or waxing tractors. Hustle, drive, and work ethic were taught, and encouraged, from…
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Seek First | Don't Stand in the Sand | Tim Bittle
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Good foremen are good communicators. And good communicators are good listeners. As Nic and Tarina discuss, to listen well is both active and purposeful. We listen with our ears for what’s being said and with our eyes for what’s not being said. While empathy is a dirty word in construction and trades, the pressure we all feel from time to time does …
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Seek First | I Can See Clearly Now | Tim Bittle
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Trade and construction leaders are in the people business. Part of the job of the foreman, like a nurse, is to pay attention and care. It’s not simply about being the boss. In this episode, Nic and Tarina talk about how empathy and listening are skills everyone can learn—whether you’re on a job site, with your family, or helping someone feel beauti…
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Seek First | Don't Borrow from Tomorrow | Tim Bittle
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When things aren’t going according to plan, change is necessary. But change can be scary and hard. So we may resist it because we get stuck in thinking of only the big kinds of changes, which Nic talks about. Or we open ourselves to possibility and begin to see how a small shift is all it takes to achieve real results. In this episode, Nic and Tari…
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Muhammed Ali once said he didn’t start counting pushups until they started to hurt. The fact is we all face hard things in life and actively avoid pain—but it’s in doing the hard things where we grow the most. In this episode, Nic and Tarina talk about the importance of taking on the challenge of doing hard things as professionals, as parents, and …
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Seek First | Don't Have a Cow | Tim Bittle
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Construction Leadership with Collin Weiner and Shane Stoltenberg
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Construction Leadership with Collin Weiner and Shane Stoltenberg - MARCH 2024 Today we are diving into a unique conversation with special guests Shane Stoltenberg and Collin Weiner, two visionary #leaders in the world of Electrical Construction. Shane is the Director of Construction at Point 1 Electrical Systems and Colin is currently the President…
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Leadership Moments When You Least Expect It
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Nic and Tarina discuss an experience Nic had one morning in a Las Vegas Spa. It’s not what you may think but revealing all the same. From his experience Nic discovered a life lesson about making assumptions and having courage. This light-hearted conversation shows the importance of paying attention for these self-leadership moments life unexpectedl…
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No one enjoys having tough conversations. Most of us would you rather avoid them. Life and leadership will forever give us situations where we must address really hard stuff. Whether with a family member or a member of the team, it’s part of being human. In this episode, Nic and Tarina explore the art and heart of how to have a tough conversation. …
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