Welcome to Working/Broken with Nick Richtsmeier and Brad Farris. Every episode, we examine a trend, bias, or hot topic affecting business leaders and ask the question: Is it working? Or is it broken? Much of what is broken in the world impacts our business and our leadership. We can’t fix all that, but we can learn to respond and lead differently. Business leaders have been hard-wired and trained to chase trends, follow conventional wisdom, and find any way possible to simplify the endless l ...
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Breaking Down Your Business | Small Business | Business Owners | Entrepreneurship | Leadership
Jill Salzman and Brad Farris
Brad Farris & Jill Salzman tackle the most complex small business questions of our day. "Why can't I hire competent employees?" "How do I make more money without driving myself nuts?" "How do I take over the world?" They’ll get to the bottom of these mysteries with help from entrepreneurial geniuses, product pushers, brilliant branders and a ragtag team of moguls intent on magnifying profit. The soothsayers of success have arrived, and you don’t want to miss the priceless insights of these p ...
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Learn what it takes to grow a local small business from $1M to $5M in annual revenue.
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This is Financial Clarity, the podcast dedicated to helping service-based small business owners achieve financial success. Join us as we demystify financial concepts, get practical tips from seasoned entrepreneurs, and discover strategies to increase profit and value.
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The Growing Your Team podcast, with host Jamie Van Cuyk, empowers women business owners to expand their unique businesses by teaching them to master the hiring and team management process. As a business owner, you want to confidently build a team that loves your business as much as you do. But the reality is that you’re unsure how to hire and lead a team, and you feel overwhelmed by the pressure of choosing the right hires to help support your growing business. Even worse, you might be toler ...
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Welcome to Intentional Change, the podcast dedicated to helping business owners and leaders navigate the complexities of growth, technology, and change with intentionality and purpose. Hosted by Shawn FitzGerald and Joshua McNary, this show dives deep into the strategies, tools, and mindsets that empower businesses to scale, adapt, and thrive in an ever-evolving landscape. Each episode offers a blend of thought-provoking discussions and expert guest interviews, delivering actionable insights ...
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Interviews with the authors of Writers Republic. Learn their story behind the story of the fantastic self published authors of Writers Republic.
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MYSTICAL AMERICAN PATRIOTS SOCIETY: Sumo & Smokestack's worldview repair and support service. We discuss the blood n' guts of the dystopic modernist technocracy from a Christian perspective, and equip listeners in stripping away putrid layers of decades-old baloney draped over us all by government, academia, and big-tech. We're doing our part to restore the patrimony of medieval European culture, specifically a coherent and satisfying worldview which seamlessly unites the physical and metaph ...
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Self-Leadership for Business: Next Action Thinking & Trusting the Process of Growth with Brad Farris
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38:06In this episode of Intentional Change podcast, hosts Joshua McNary and Shawn FitzGerald are joined by Brad Farris of Anchor Advisors, a seasoned executive leadership coach known for helping founders break through the common growth ceilings in their businesses. They dig into practical approaches to leadership, including how to avoid the trap of over…
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268 - Why You Need to Break Up With Your Compulsion to Work with Brad Farris
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47:47Brad Farris shares how you can go from working obsessively in your business to the entrepreneurship freedom you desire to have.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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Send us a text In this introspective and timely episode, Brad and Nick take on a deceptively simple question: Do we really own our ideas anymore? Prompted by Nick’s recent experience of having his writing lifted and reposted—sometimes respectfully, sometimes not—the conversation weaves through authorship, digital ethics, AI scraping, and the deeper…
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271 - Five Things I Wish I Knew Before Hiring My First Employee
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18:35Listen here in this episode as I share the five key lessons I learned the hard way when hiring my first employee—insights that can save you time, money, and a few growing pains.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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Janice Joplin, the L.A. riots, you can’t deport people en masse, America loves slavery. What you should do, if you really want to win. You have to think like a psychopath to get how America works. Europe and Canada aren’t as good at being slave owners as America. Re-writing the Epstein narrative. The Elon and Trump cat fight. Sumo’s Nephilim deform…
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270 - Why Taking Breaks Won’t Hurt Your Business with Laura Doehle
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46:07Laura Doehle empowers business owners to move their companies forward with clarity, confidence—and well-deserved breaks.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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How MSPs Use QBRs to Navigate the End of Windows 10 & Grow Strategically with Alex Markov [S03EP01]
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29:29In this practical episode of the $5 Million Milestone Podcast, Pierre Mol and Tim Kelsey interview Alex Markov, founder of Strategy Overview and owner of Red Key Solutions. They discuss the challenges and opportunities MSPs face with the end of Windows 10 support, the importance of regular client reviews, and strategies for acquiring new clients. A…
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S3E083: Redneck Bacchanalia with Special Guests Brad Kelly and Godward
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1:56:08Brad Kelly’s background and why he left the Art of Darkness podcast. Tolkien and his lack of character development. The hero’s journey post World War 2, Catholic vs Protestant stories. The Internet as the printing press times a hunded. Grammar used to be different. Stock market astrology, the Age of Aquarius, the world ended in 2012. Cave spelunkin…
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269 - Why Your Resume Review Process Is Broken
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10:31Tune in to this episode to discover why your resume review process might be flawed.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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Nick Power: The Essential Art of Being Real on the Internet
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46:17Send us a text In this wide-ranging interview style episode, host Nick Richtsmeier sits down with one of the most unexpected and impactful voices on LinkedIn in 2025: Nick Power, the marketer and writer behind a wave of unfiltered, politically-aware, and often hilarious posts that challenged the business-as-usual tone of the platform. What began as…
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Fearless Sharing and Building Deeper Trust: Leadership Lessons with Steve Vaught
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34:54In this episode, host Shawn FitzGerald chats with leadership facilitator Steve Vaught to explore how meaningful relationships, safe spaces, and intentional communication create lasting impact in leadership. Steve shares why he regularly sends curated articles to peers—not as a strategy, but as a way to show care, spark conversation, and deepen conn…
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S3E082: A Massive Kundalini Awakening with Special Guest Seriah Azkath
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1:26:51Seriah Azkath Interview Lost civilizations and cycles of collapse, ghost photos, hypnosis is not a memory recovery tool despite what you may have heard. Liminality experiences. The pre-Internet world. Infrared light and why it’s so hard to photograph paranormal phenomena. UFO sightings. The world is made out of language. Water erosion on the Sphinx…
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Send us a text In this timely and unfiltered episode, Brad and Nick explore the increasingly tangled relationship between politics and work culture. They ask the central question: Has politics become so pervasive that it’s breaking our ability to lead, work, and think clearly? Key Themes: The Blurring Line Between Culture and Politics: Brad and Nic…
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S3E081: Joel Osteen’s Great Abs with Special Guest Joe Exotic
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1:48:48Tiger King Interview What it’s like being in jail with Ted Kaczynski. What were the charges? Political ambitions Severed tiger heads in the court room. Deportations How Joe got started with tigers and exotic animals. Employee injuries. Dealing with tragedy and how to enjoy life. Religion and Joe’s connection with God. Paranormal experiences, orbs a…
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267 - Are These Resume Red Flags Actually Red Flags?
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17:57Explore the most common 'resume red flags' and consider whether they might be steering you away from valuable candidates.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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266 - Is Your Data Safe With Your Growing Team? with Nate Ginter
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51:15Nate Ginter returns to Growing Your Team to discuss the importance of properly protecting data for yourself, your business, and all your valuable clients.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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The Practice of Leading Leaders: Building Ownership, Feedback, and Future Leadership with Mike Wagner
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31:20In this episode, host Shawn FitzGerald chats with Mike Wagner of White Rabbit Group to dive deep into the messy human side of leadership. Mike unpacks what leadership really means—and why it’s more about practice than position. He also walks through the four foundational habits every leader needs, how to build trust through regular feedback, and wh…
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S3E080: Ghost Hunting for Fame and Fortune with Special Guest Matthew Jackson
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1:38:02Matthew’s ghost hunting origin story and personal landmark cases. How to use technology and radio waves to communicate with ghosts. Tesla and Edison’s “Ghost phones.” Spirits existing as electromagnetic frequencies. Taunting ghosts and how Sumo wants to get into a physical fight with a demon. The ghost of Henry Dickson and the Big Tunnel. The Hitch…
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Send us a text In this thought-provoking episode, Nick and Brad unpack how fear has traditionally been used as a primary tool in marketing and communication—from political campaigns and media to brand messaging. Drawing on personal experience in marketing and spiritual development, they challenge whether fear-based messaging is still effective or e…
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265 - The Problem With Paying New Employees More Than Current Employees
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13:55Listen in this episode as we identify the pitfalls of unequal pay between new and existing employees.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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Networking Without the Yuck: Danny Beyer Talks Creating Real Value in Every Connection
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32:25Networking often gets a bad rap, conjuring images of sales pitches, shallow transactions, and overwhelming social pressure. But as Danny Beyer —a financial advisor, mayor, author, and seasoned networker—shares, it doesn’t have to be that way. From busting the myth that networking is just about collecting business cards, to building authentic relati…
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264 - How Your Team Can Raise Your Visibility on LinkedIn with Louise Brogan
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52:27Louise Brogan teaches business owners how to properly delegate LinkedIn activities and use LinkedIn to aid in hiring efforts.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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Number stations, what are they? Listening to some recordings. Austin Metcalf, Sumo doesn’t like Texas, curated reality, faux outrage. Psy-ops always have tells. Using twins is the perfect way to fake things. Even if it’s fake, it’s real. Sumo’s adventures with a real-life black man, and stickers. Being mad is easier than being happy. The system is …
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263 - The Difference Between a Job Post and a Job Description
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14:50Tune in as we distinguish a job post from a job description to see what works best in pulling the right people for your team.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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The Hardest Shift in Business Growth (And How To Make It) With Brad Farris
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47:33Brad Farris is the Principal Advisor at Anchor Advisors, a consultancy that helps creative agency founders grow their leadership capacity and scale their businesses. With over 20 years of experience, Brad specializes in coaching agency owners to sharpen focus, raise prices, and build stronger teams. He is also a speaker and author, passionate about…
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S3E078: Arguing with Ghost Elvis about Pangaea and the Nephilim
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1:38:09Sumo goes and meets Elvis in real life (allegedly). Arkansas geology, Magnet Town, Elvis’s career and Bob Joyce. God and or the universe uses fake shysters to point you towards the real. Are the ruins of Noah’s Ark in Turkey? Hiding your power levels. One of Elvis’s grandkids is mixed-race. Most conspiracy stuff is third hand. America is infinite, …
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Aligning Communication Tactics with Business Goals: Shawn FitzGerald on Intentional Change
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41:46Welcome to another episode of Intentional Change, the podcast dedicated to guiding business owners and leaders through the challenges of growth, technology, and change with purpose and clarity. In this episode, we dive deep into the world of business communication with Shawn FitzGerald, a communication solutions consultant at Level Up Media Interac…
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262 - How Proactive Talent Development Impacts Company Success with Celina Mattocks
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37:06Celina Mattocks discusses the importance of talent development in your team for engagement, retention, and overall growth of your organization.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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Why Most Agency Owners Get Stuck at $1M (And How to Break Through) w/Brad Farris [S02EP07]
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35:16In this enlightening episode of the $5 million Milestone Podcast, Brad Farris, founder of Anchor Advisors, shares his journey from engineering to coaching agency founders. Learn about the key stages of agency growth, from startup to stabilization, and how to navigate the common challenges that come with scaling. Discover Brad's powerful framework t…
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Send us a text In this powerful and timely episode, Nick Richtsmeier and Brad Farris dive into the pervasive undercurrent of fear that’s shaping both politics and the workplace. From the physiological and psychological roots of fear to its impact on leadership, decision-making, and organizational culture, the conversation explores how fear manifest…
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Listen to the key tips and tricks in reviewing a resume so you can find the perfect candidate you are looking for.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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Building a Future Proof Marketing Agency w/ Chris Delany & Pete Schauer [S02EP06]
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Making Technology Your Ally: Joshua McNary Discusses Intentional Strategy in Business
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48:29Welcome to the inaugural episode of "Intentional Change," hosted by Shawn FitzGerald. In this episode, we dive deep into the convoluted world of business technology with our guest, Joshua McNary, a seasoned business technologist. If you're a business owner who's feeling overwhelmed by the rapid evolution of tech tools or struggling to see the retur…
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260 - Why Good Pay Isn’t Enough for Competitive Compensation with Caroline Tanis
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44:25Caroline Tanis discusses what makes up a good compensation plan that employers should offer their workers and where you can start if you feel like you can’t afford those plans.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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Scaling a Global Marketing Agency Through Specialization and Remote Teams w/ Michael Begg [S02EP05]
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31:24In this episode, AMZ Advisers CEO Mike Begg shares how he transformed his real estate background into a thriving global Amazon marketing agency. With a distributed team across multiple continents and early clients including major brands like Bees and Neff Headwear, Mike reveals the strategic importance of specialization, building a strong remote cu…
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What Most Owners Miss About Exiting Their Business With Chuck McDonald
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44:14Chuck McDonald is the Founder of Cresscila, a company dedicated to assisting small business owners in creating value through education, optimization, and strategic vision. After a distinguished 20-year career in wealth management, during which he held key roles in marketing, sales, client optimization, compliance, and staffing, Chuck established Cr…
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Kavi’s thoughts on Jonah, Leviathan and how the Nephilim survived the flood. Dragons in every ancient culture. Modern day Nephilim and RH Negative blood. A is for Adamski, UFO abductions and the Cherokee Indians. Why has the Jew hate been allowed to increase over recent years? Neville Lancelot Goddard, the Secret, American’s are still spiritually a…
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259 - Should You Delegate or Outsource Your Hiring?
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13:56Listen in this episode as we weigh the pros and cons of delegating vs outsourcing your hiring so you can decide what best aligns with your business.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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S3E076: Sometimes a Marmoset gets it on with a Persimmon with Special Guest E. Adam Farris
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1:45:37Comic book talk. Jonah is an incredible story, Leviathan, the Great Fish. Are the Conan the Barbarian stories actually real history? Abraham was a minor warlord for awhile. Behemoth and Leviathan, what are they? Strange animal husbandry, hybrid bloodlines, giants in the Bible, why the Israelites wiped out entire tribes of people in the Promised Lan…
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How Lead Attribution Data Transforms Agency-Client Relationships w/ Michael Cooney [S02EP04]
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37:31Join us as we chat with agency veteran Michael Cooney, founder of WhatConverts, where he shares essential strategies for tracking and attributing marketing leads to prove ROI to clients. Learn how proper lead attribution can transform agency-client relationships, set realistic expectations, and build long-term trust. Michael discusses real-world ex…
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Send us a text Authenticity had a good run, or so it may seem. In this thought-provoking episode of Working Broken, hosts Nick Richtsmeier and Brad Farris dive deep into the concept of authenticity in a world increasingly dominated by artificiality, distrust, and digital noise. As they wrestle with the idea of being true to oneself in an environmen…
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258 - How to Create & Lead Innovative Teams with Amy Climer
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40:05Amy Climer shares her model and assessment scale she has developed that identifies what teams need in order to be creative together.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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What Kind of Bookkeeper Does Your Business Need? With Kristine Nguyen
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48:12Kristine Nguyen is the Founder and Principal Accountant of Pretty Books, an accounting boutique in Seattle that provides bookkeeping, tax, and back-office management services to small businesses. With extensive experience setting up and managing accounting systems across various industries — including retail, information technology, food and hospit…
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S3E075: It’s Your Fault for Believing Us
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1:53:05Chess lessons and black people speak a different language. Godward’s thoughts on the conversation with MyFitnessFeelings from last week. Benevolent dictatorship, trusting that your government doesn’t want to kill you, the noble lie. The government is following an alchemical process. The 4 phases of alchemy. We love the jews. Steelman arguments for …
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Building a Tech-Focused Marketing Agency w/Jenna Chouinard [S02EP03]
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23:40In this episode of $5 Million Milestone, Pierre and Tim talk with Jenna Chouinard of JC Marketing Group about growing a specialized marketing agency. Jenna shares her journey from being a solo marketing professional to running a successful agency focused on managed service providers (MSPs). ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:18 - How Jenna starte…
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Mentoring: The Lost of Art of Making Leaders
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37:28Send us a text In this episode of Working Broken, hosts Nick Richtsmeier and Brad Farris explore the complex and often misunderstood topic of mentoring. Is it truly about passing knowledge from an experienced leader to a junior employee, or is it a two-way street that transforms both mentor and mentee? Nick and Brad examine how business leaders str…
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257 - How You’re Slowing Down Your Recruiting Process
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11:55Are you getting in your own way from growing your small business? Listen in this episode as we share how to step aside and get the proper support you need.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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S3E074: Believe in Aliens and not Covid with Special Guest MyFitnessFeelings
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2:43:16Thank you to our supporters! Sleep injuries, rock-climbing injuries, sumo injuries and the Chuck Norris total gym. Covid retrospective, the most insane things people did, peak insanity, narrative inconsistencies and changing definitions. The body as a cosmos of itself. PCR tests, how they (don’t) work, trickery, playing with numbers. Cult-like beha…
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How to use customer reviews to win high-value B2B clients w/Katie Hollar [S02EP02]
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35:16In this episode, Clutch's VP of Marketing Katie Hollar reveals how agencies can leverage B2B reviews to win larger, more qualified clients. With the average project size on Clutch exceeding $80,000, Katie shares insider strategies for building trust through authentic client stories. ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 2:01 - Katie's journey from age…
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256 - How to Successfully Hire and Lead Gen-Z Workers with Hannah Dannecker
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45:10Hannah Dannecker analyzes how to recruit and retain Gen-Z workers with this new shift in the work force.By Jamie Van Cuyk
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