In this episode, Bill explores the crucial concept of cascading priorities and how it can revolutionize your organization.

Learn effective strategies to ensure everyone, from top leadership to supervisors, is aligned and working towards common goals. Discover how to set clear company-wide targets, create personal and departmental objectives, and maintain seamless communication.

Say goodbye to workplace chaos and hello to a cohesive, high-functioning team. Don't miss these actionable tips to boost productivity and drive success!

Keep Scaling.

Can entrepreneurs and business owners hire for cultural fit instead of trying to train new employees on your culture? Put another way, could your company take an approach to HR that could be summarized as: “We don’t train culture; we hire it”?

In this episode, Bill talks with Steve Robinson, who worked for three decades for a company that firmly believed that they didn’t train for culture, that they instead hired it.

Steve Robinson is a consultant, author, and speaker specializing in organizational culture, brand strategy, marketing, and advertising. As the former EVP and CMO of Chick-fil-A, he led their marketing, advertising, brand, menu, and hospitality strategies.

Key topics that Bill and Steve explore in this episode:

- Chick-fil-A's success is due to careful candidate selection and empowering employees, managers, and leaders.

- Trust in leadership.

- Maintaining culture through training, reinforcement, and consistent messaging.

- Chick-fil-A's culture is built around clarity of purpose, core values, and brand promise.

- Chick-fil-A finds and trains independent contractors to run stores, sharing profits and motivating them to deliver great customer experience.

- Multi-million dollar mistakes.

- Chick-fil-A’s decision to differentiate itself from competitors.

- The Blue Ocean Strategy.

- Understanding your customer’s lifestyle and values, not just their demographics.

- The success of a billboard campaign that featured cows wearing Chick-fil-A t-shirts, generating buzz and publicity.

Thanks to Steven A. Robinson for being on the show!

Connect with Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-robinson-2a50921b/

Learn more about S Robinson Consulting: https://srobinsonconsulting.com/

Get Steve’s book, "Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A": https://faithgateway.com/products/covert-cows-and-chick-fil-a-how-faith-cows-and-chicken-built-an-iconic-brand-1

Bill Gallagher, Scaling Coach and host of the Scaling Up Business podcast, is an international business coach who works with C-Suite leaders to achieve breakthrough growth.

Join Bill in the Growth Navigator Coaching Program: https://ScalingCoach.com/workshop

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Visit https://ScalingUp.com to learn more about Verne Harnish, our team of Scaling Up Coaches, and the Scaling Up Performance Platform, which includes coaching, learning, software, and summit. We share how the fastest-growing companies succeed where so many others fail. We help leadership teams with the biggest decisions around people, strategy, execution, and cash so that they can scale up successfully and beat the odds of business growth.

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Chapters in this episode:

(0:05) Scaling businesses.

(5:00) Leadership and trust at Chick-fil-A.

(11:41) Maintaining culture through purpose and values.

(17:57) Chick-fil-A's brand promise.

(24:07) Chick-fil-A's growth strategy.

(29:54) Marketing strategies in the fast food industry.

(36:05) Learning from mistakes.

(41:25) Brand growth.

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Unlock the secrets to setting powerful priorities that drive action and ensure success! In this video, Bill breaks down how to create specific, measurable, and actionable quarterly priorities that align with your annual goals.

Learn to avoid vague objectives and discover the right way to formulate priorities with clear metrics, verbs, and ownership. With these strategies, you'll turn your goals into tangible results and boost your business performance.

Keep scaling.

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Bill Gallagher, Scaling Coach and host of the Scaling Up Business podcast, is an international business coach who works with C-Suite leaders to achieve breakthrough growth.

Join Bill in the Growth Navigator Coaching Program: https://ScalingCoach.com/workshop

Bill on LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/BillGall

Bill on YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@BillGallagherScalingCoach

Visit https://ScalingUp.com to learn more about Verne Harnish, our team of Scaling Up Coaches, and the Scaling Up Performance Platform, which includes coaching, learning, software, and summit. We share how the fastest-growing companies succeed where so many others fail. We help leadership teams with the biggest decisions around people, strategy, execution, and cash so that they can scale up successfully and beat the odds of business growth.

Did you enjoy today’s episode? If so, then please leave a review! Help other business leaders discover the Scaling Up Business Podcast so they, too, can benefit from the ideas shared in these podcasts.

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As entrepreneurs and CEOs, how can we continuously develop our leadership skills?

This episode features Ryan Hawk, an author, advisor, keynote speaker who is on a mission to make people like you become smarter leaders. He’s also the host of the Learning Leader Show, a podcast about helping leaders become more effective.

Key topics that Bill and Ryan explore in this episode:

- Ryan’s personal story of growing up in Ohio and learning leadership skills through sports.

- Surrounding yourself with people from diverse backgrounds to gain perspective and become a better person.

- Listening to others and gaining a more profound understanding of their perspectives.

- Struggling with celebrating accomplishments.

- The impermanence of past accomplishments.

- Intentionally practicing gratitude to shift your mindset.

- Starting and ending meetings with positive news to create a more optimistic atmosphere.

- Ryan’s experience in corporate America and pursuing an MBA.

- The audacious goal of impacting millions of business leaders before retiring.

- The importance of self-care and fueling yourself to be effective in leading others.

- Continuous learning.

- Seeking permission before leading or teaching others.

- The importance of permission in building fruitful relationships.

Thanks to Ryan Hawk for being on the show!

Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhawk12/

Listen to Ryan’s podcast, The Learning Leader Show: https://learningleader.com/

Buy one or all three of Ryan’s books: "Welcome to Management," "The Pursuit of Excellence," and "The Score That Matters": https://amzn.to/4eBceth

Bill Gallagher, Scaling Coach and host of the Scaling Up Business podcast, is an international business coach who works with C-Suite leaders to achieve breakthrough growth.

Join Bill in the Growth Navigator Coaching Program: https://ScalingCoach.com/workshop

Bill on LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/BillGall

Bill on YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@BillGallagherScalingCoach

Visit https://ScalingUp.com to learn more about Verne Harnish, our team of Scaling Up Coaches, and the Scaling Up Performance Platform, which includes coaching, learning, software, and summit. We share how the fastest-growing companies succeed where so many others fail. We help leadership teams with the biggest decisions around people, strategy, execution, and cash so that they can scale up successfully and beat the odds of business growth.

Did you enjoy today’s episode? If so, then please leave a review! Help other business leaders discover the Scaling Up Business Podcast so they, too, can benefit from the ideas shared in these podcasts.

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Chapters in this episode:

(0:04) Leadership development.

(7:19) Personal growth

(12:57) Celebrating milestones.

(17:43) Gratitude and positivity.

(27:06) Scaling businesses through masterminds and workshops.

(31:35) Learning through self-reflection and experimentation.

(36:29) Teaching and writing.

(39:50) Seeking permission before leading or teaching.

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Bill explores the essential elements that drive successful execution: priorities, metrics, dashboards, and meeting rhythm.

Emphasizing the importance of setting priorities based on future goals rather than current problems, one should envision long-term success and break it down into actionable steps.

By focusing on where they want to be, organizations can better align their daily actions with their big-picture aspirations.

Learn how to identify and pursue future-based priorities, helping you stay focused and motivated as leaders on your path to growth and success.

Keep Scaling.

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Bill Gallagher, Scaling Coach and host of the Scaling Up Business podcast, is an international business coach who works with C-Suite leaders to achieve breakthrough growth.

Join Bill in the Growth Navigator Coaching Program: https://ScalingCoach.com/workshop

Bill on LinkedIn: / billgall

Bill on YouTube: / @billgallagherscalingcoach

Visit https://ScalingUp.com to learn more about Verne Harnish, our team of Scaling Up Coaches, and the Scaling Up Performance Platform, which includes coaching, learning, software, and summit. We share how the fastest-growing companies succeed where so many others fail. We help leadership teams with the biggest decisions around people, strategy, execution, and cash so that they can scale up successfully and beat the odds of business growth.

Did you enjoy today’s episode? If so, then please leave a review! Help other business leaders discover the Scaling Up Business Podcast so they, too, can benefit from the ideas shared in these podcasts.

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How can entrepreneurs prioritize self-care and happiness, all without jeopardizing growing their businesses?

In this episode, Bill Gallagher and his guest have a wide-ranging conversation about imposter syndrome, improving workplace culture, reframing negative self-talk, and more.

Today’s guest is Zahra Karsan, a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, author, and mindset coach to global executives and celebrities.

Key topics that Bill and Zahra explore in this episode:

- Zahra’s insights on taking care of oneself for happiness and well-being.

- Zahra’s journey from management consulting to corporate wellness coaching.

- Zara’s book, “6 Weeks to Happy: The Ultimate Roadmap To Retrain Your Brain For Better Health, Greater Abundance, and Long Lasting Happiness.”

- Managing our consumption of news.

- How stress affects productivity and well-being in the workplace.

- Workplace wellness programs that include fitness, nutrition, and education to help employees look after their health.

- How our subconscious beliefs can impact our success and well-being.

- Conscious leadership

- Unconscious belief patterns, such as "I'm not good enough" and "I'm not safe."

- Reframing negative beliefs through affirmations.

- Bill reflects on connection and isolation.

- Bill discusses how he sometimes reminds himself, “I am not alone.”

- Developing self-awareness and trust in relationships to avoid isolation.

- Learning that not everything is actually urgent.

- The importance of work-life balance in terms of productivity.

Thanks to Zahra Karsan for being on the show!

In just 6 weeks, use Zahra’s system to R.E.W.I.R.E. your mind and achieve your goals: http://www.6WeeksToHappy.com/

Take Zahra’s Life Block Quiz for free: https://rewiremindsetsystem.com/quiz/

Connect with Zahra on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahrakarsan/

Bill Gallagher, Scaling Coach and host of the Scaling Up Business podcast, is an international business coach who works with C-Suite leaders to achieve breakthrough growth.

Join Bill in the Growth Navigator Coaching Program: https://ScalingCoach.com/workshop

Bill on LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/BillGall

Bill on YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@BillGallagherScalingCoach

Visit https://ScalingUp.com to learn more about Verne Harnish, our team of Scaling Up Coaches, and the Scaling Up Performance Platform, which includes coaching, learning, software, and summit. We share how the fastest-growing companies succeed where so many others fail. We help leadership teams with the biggest decisions around people, strategy, execution, and cash so that they can scale up successfully and beat the odds of business growth.

Did you enjoy today’s episode? If so, then please leave a review! Help other business leaders discover the Scaling Up Business Podcast so they, too, can benefit from the ideas shared in these podcasts.

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Chapters in this episode:

(0:05) Prioritizing self-care.

(7:55) Waking up intentionally.

(11:36) Managing stress and enhancing productivity.

(16:22) Workplace wellness and creativity.

(21:14) Imposter syndrome in the workplace.

(25:41) Subconscious beliefs in the workplace.

(30:31) The power of affirmations.

(35:25) The impact of childhood experiences...

Today Bill explores the essentials of great execution and why it’s the key to scaling your business.

We're talking about the three big factors that make all the difference: setting priorities, keeping metrics visible, and establishing a solid meeting rhythm.

Whether you're struggling with low profitability or team inefficiencies, these insights will help you get on track.

Keep scaling.

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Bill Gallagher, Scaling Coach and host of the Scaling Up Business podcast, is an international business coach who works with C-Suite leaders to achieve breakthrough growth.

Join Bill in the Growth Navigator Coaching Program: https://ScalingCoach.com/workshop

Bill on LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/BillGall

Bill on YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@BillGallagherScalingCoach

Visit https://ScalingUp.com to learn more about Verne Harnish, our team of Scaling Up Coaches, and the Scaling Up Performance Platform, which includes coaching, learning, software, and summit. We share how the fastest-growing companies succeed where so many others fail. We help leadership teams with the biggest decisions around people, strategy, execution, and cash so that they can scale up successfully and beat the odds of business growth.

Did you enjoy today’s episode? If so, then please leave a review! Help other business leaders discover the Scaling Up Business Podcast so they, too, can benefit from the ideas shared in these podcasts.

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This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com

What are some tangible ways entrepreneurs, CEOs, and business owners can shape their company culture and brand identity in ways that foster customer loyalty?

In this episode, Bill Gallagher and Pam Nemec have a wide-ranging conversation about values, respectful communication in leadership, and successful brands.

Pam Nemec is a leader in brand culture and celebrated for her transformative impact on organizational development. In HR, brand communications, and public relations, Pam has revolutionized the way companies nurture their internal cultures, leading to extraordinary customer experiences. Now at the helm of her own consultancy, Pam believes that exceptional brands are built from the inside out, guiding organizations to create vibrant internal cultures that power their success.

Key topics that Bill and Pam Nemec explore in this episode:

- Pam shares her experience growing up with Whataburger, a restaurant chain, and then working in the company’s HR, culture, and branding.

- Pam’s mission: to help CEOs create cultures that drive performance by connecting with employees and customers.

- Creating brand nostalgia and connection through storytelling and empathy.

- The lost art of finding a reasonable middle ground in corporate communication, rather than catering to extreme opinions.

- The impossibility of making all customers and employees happy all the time.

- The balance between taking a stand and staying neutral in business.

- Leaning into trends and experiences to create memorable moments and build culture.

- The importance of communication and connection within an organization, beyond just offering perks and parties.

- Addressing real problems in a company, rather than just putting icing on a mud pie.

- Ensuring consistent messaging across an organization.

- Why brands should prioritize empathy in their interactions with customers.

- Pam’s experiences helping others, showing vulnerability and empathy as a leader.

Thanks to Pam Nemec for being on the show!

Learn more about Pam Nemec Consulting: https://pamnemec.com

Connect with Pam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamnemecculturecoach/

Bill Gallagher, Scaling Coach and host of the Scaling Up Business podcast, is an international business coach who works with C-Suite leaders to achieve breakthrough growth.

Join Bill in the Growth Navigator Coaching Program: https://ScalingCoach.com/workshop

Bill on LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/BillGall

Bill on YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@BillGallagherScalingCoach

Visit https://ScalingUp.com to learn more about Verne Harnish, our team of Scaling Up Coaches, and the Scaling Up Performance Platform, which includes coaching, learning, software, and summit. We share how the fastest-growing companies succeed where so many others fail. We help leadership teams with the biggest decisions around people, strategy, execution, and cash so that they can scale up successfully and beat the odds of business growth.

Did you enjoy today’s episode? If so, then please leave a review! Help other business leaders discover the Scaling Up Business Podcast so they, too, can benefit from the ideas shared in these podcasts.

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Chapters in this episode:

(0:05) Pam’s experience at Whataburger.

(6:42) Brand nostalgia and its impact on customer loyalty.

(10:43) Company...