Today on the podcast, Jeff Maine joins Bradley to discuss small business payments. Jeff is the founder of Pay Proudly and his mission is twofold: to provide business owners with payment clarity and to support communities through charity. Throughout his career, he saw that there was a gap in the marketplace for relational support in payment processing. Payment processing is the lifeblood of a business and Jeff and his team are passionate about educating business owners on how important having the...
Feb 19, 2024•35 min•Ep. 332
Entrepreneurs and business owners desire freedom. This is often why we went into business. But in this episode, Bradley shares how some systems and structures can create more freedom for you as the owner. One such thing is a weekly "meeting" with yourself. Grab the free BlueprintOS tool, Sunday Night Planning, at www.blueprintos.com/assets Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital Blueprin...
Feb 16, 2024•11 min•Ep. 331
Today on the podcast, Troy discusses key industry changes with Bradley. Troy Korsgaden is a highly sought-after Insurance Carrier Consultant. He is the principal of Korsgaden International, which specializes in global marketing, distribution, agency building and technology strategies for many of the world’s largest insurance carriers and financial services companies. As a consultant, platform speaker, and author of eight books, Korsgaden’s mission is to help the insurance industry and its repres...
Feb 12, 2024•44 min•Ep. 330
Bradley reflects on how he would "wing it" in his business, figure everything out as it came up, and continue to lead reactively. Hear how he had to step back from his business to design how he wanted to lead it, and the difference it made for his brand and team. Grab the free tool, Perfect Repeatable Week , from BlueprintOS to begin designing the week you need as a leader. (www.blueprintos.com/assets) Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for ...
Feb 09, 2024•10 min•Ep. 329
Today on the podcast, Jake Thompson joins us to discuss leadership, mindset, habits, and team development! Jake started his company selling t-shirts out of the back of his car behind a gym in 2011. He is passionate about competition and helping people apply a competitive mindset to create the results they want out of life. He knows firsthand how this mindset helps leaders become more resilient, successful, and mentally tough to handle everything life throws at them. Today, he is the Chief Encour...
Feb 05, 2024•50 min•Ep. 328
What are 5 things that you can take from the highly successful University of Alabama football team and translate into your business? Process-minded thinking, the importance of culture, A-players, standards, and consistency. In this episode, we'll dive into the importance of each one. Grab the Time and Energy audit Bradley mentioned for business owners at www.blueprintos.com/assets Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owner...
Feb 02, 2024•10 min•Ep. 327
With taxes for the 2023 fiscal season over, we're sharing tips and best practices for your taxes in this recast of a recent webinar with the Club Capital team. Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital BlueprintOS provides business coaching services to owners who are ready to make the shift from Rainmaker to Architect in their business. Discover how implementing systems, processes, playboo...
Jan 29, 2024•57 min•Ep. 326
If you're a business owner, you know that there's a conventional 40 hour week. There's approximately 2,080 working hours in a year. But how you spend your 8,760 hours each year can change your business and your life. Want to design how you use your time? Grab the BlueprintOS Asset, Time and Energy Audit for free: https://www.blueprintos.com/assets/ Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital...
Jan 26, 2024•16 min•Ep. 325
Eduardo Briceño is a global keynote speaker, facilitator, and author who guides many of the world’s leading companies in developing cultures of learning and high performance. His TED talk, “ How To Get Better At The Things You Care About ,” and his TEDx talk, “ The Power of Belief ,” have been viewed over nine million times. His book, The Performance Paradox: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action , was selected as a “Must-Read” by the Next Big Idea Club, which is curated by Susan Cain, Malcol...
Jan 22, 2024•46 min•Ep. 324
If you've been dreading going back to work, feel stuck in the business as the year kicks off, and aren't sure how to shift your business from depending on you, this episode is for you. Grab the free BlueprintOS asset, The 2024 Preloaded Year: https://www.blueprintos.com/assets/ Join Above The Business for The Kickoff on January 23rd! Register here: https://www.abovethebusiness.co/thekickoff2024 One of the most challenging parts of being a business owner: making fantastic plans in December that t...
Jan 19, 2024•12 min•Ep. 323
Today on the podcast, Patrick Esposito joins Bradley to discuss why many businesses fail by their 5th year, and how to avoid it. Patrick is the author of THE STRUCTURE OF SUCCESS , is president of ACME General Corp. and also serves as counsel with Spilman Thomas & Battle law firm. He has helped found, lead, and advise businesses in technology, consulting, and other sectors. Esposito was co-founder of Augusta Systems, Inc., which was acquired by Intergraph Corporation, and was co-founder of R...
Jan 15, 2024•42 min•Ep. 322
The most important thing you can do for your team is to give them your energy, but you can't give what you don't have. In the second part of PersonalOS, Bradley shares how you can prioritize taking action on your business objectives, protect your time and energy, and lead yourself first. Grab the BlueprintOS tools for owners, including the Pre-Loaded Year and the Time and Energy Assessment at www.blueprintos.com/assets Join us for our first Above The Business event of the year - The Kickoff! You...
Jan 12, 2024•10 min•Ep. 321
Today on the podcast, Alex Shattuck joins Bradley to discuss market challenge and profitability, timing your team growth and new hires, retaining A-Players, the strategy behind remote work, and building success year over year. Alex Shattuck fought in Fallujah, Iraq as an infantry Marine in 2006/2007. He leveraged those experiences upon his return home launching multiple insurance agencies, a real estate company, the recruiting service Autopilot Recruiting and a business consulting company. In 20...
Jan 08, 2024•51 min•Ep. 320
In this quick episode, Bradley shares the importance of leading yourself to lead your business. He covers unintentional consumption of information, how to choose books, podcasts, and videos that will help propel your business forward, and shares his process for planning the year. BlueprintOS developed a tool to support intentional use of time in business and in self leadership called The Pre-Loaded Year. You can get it at www.blueprintos.com/assets for free to begin allocating your time for the ...
Jan 05, 2024•13 min•Ep. 319
Happy New Year! As we look ahead to 2024, Bradley shares some thoughts and one key tool that you can use to plan out your use of time, priorities, and business growth. Grab The FREE Pre-Loaded Year Template: https://www.blueprintos.com/assets/#latest Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital BlueprintOS provides business coaching services to owners who are ready to make the shift from Rain...
Jan 01, 2024•13 min•Ep. 318
A review of our 2023 Top 10 Episodes including Damon West, Troy Korsgaden, Jack Wiley, Cameron Herold, David Peterson, Walker Deibel, Allan Dib, Andrew Filar, Alex Shattuck, and Mike Michalowicz. Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital BlueprintOS provides business coaching services to owners who are ready to make the shift from Rainmaker to Architect in their business. Discover how impl...
Dec 29, 2023•33 min•Ep. 317
In this episode, Bradley shares some of his key lessons learned in business this year. A few of those include... Work with your mind, rest with your hands. "It's lonely at the top," but that's a choice. The only person worth modeling is your future self. ...and more. Also think through your own lessons learned, and how you can start a log for 2024. Thanks to our sponsors... Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital...
Dec 26, 2023•12 min•Ep. 316
In this episode, Bradley encourages business owners to take the time to identify the obstacles between their Point A and Point B. What is keeping you from reaching your desired reality in December 2024? Think through this important question with Bradley and discover a process to turn your obstacles into your way forward. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital BlueprintOS provides business...
Dec 22, 2023•9 min•Ep. 315
Today on the podcast, Doug Lennick and Chuck Wachendorfer join Bradley to share how you cannot wait for someone else to fix things in your business. Every leader wants to boost their team's productivity. The first step is to strengthen your own leadership skills through learning agility, effective communication, and embracing empathy and compassion. Experts Doug Lennick and Chuck Wachendorfer, partners at think2perform and authors of the new book, **DON’T WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO FIX IT**, discu...
Dec 18, 2023•55 min•Ep. 314
When you're facing an issue in your business, it can be easy to think through all the levers to pull. However, you may be missing the most effective solution. In this episode, Bradley discusses why the Obstacle Is The Way forward. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital BlueprintOS provides business coaching services to owners who are ready to make the shift from Rainmaker to Architect in ...
Dec 15, 2023•9 min•Ep. 313
In today's episode,Alex Budak, author of "Becoming a Changemaker" joined Bradley to discuss the importance of embracing change in business. Alex is a UC Berkeley faculty member, social entrepreneur, author, and keynote speaker. He helps people from all walks of life go beyond themselves, become changemakers, and make a positive impact in their careers, companies, and communities. His book, Becoming a Changemaker (Hachette, 2022) is described by NYTimes best-selling author Dan Heath as "a catalys...
Dec 11, 2023•41 min•Ep. 312
2023 went one of two ways for you and your business… …either you didn’t have the year you wanted and you want to trash it… …or you had a good year and you’re ready to build on it and have a GREAT year.You’ve probably done business planning in the past. You have a million great ideas, you do the exercises, then it just sits on the corner of your desk as a constant reminder of all the things you didn’t get to. Or, you’re stuck in the one-year sprint cycle that leads to burnout and frustration—and ...
Dec 08, 2023•16 min•Ep. 311
Today on the podcast, Mike Michalowicz joins Bradley to discuss going "all in" on your business. Mike is the entrepreneur behind three multimillion-dollar companies and is the author of several business books, including Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan and his newest book, All In. Mike is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and business makeover expert for MSNBC. He regularly travels the globe as an entrepreneurial advocate. Mike’s books have been translated in...
Dec 04, 2023•36 min•Ep. 310
Bradley and Micah announce an exciting change for the podcast. What if you could step out of the day-to-day and see your business from a whole new perspective? Welcome to Above The Business, where we empower you to rise above the daily grind and embrace a higher way of business ownership. It's time to build your business by design. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital Autopilot Recruiti...
Dec 01, 2023•37 min•Ep. 309
David started as an entrepreneur in 2009 after the major company he worked for shut its doors, leaving him having to find another path in life. David went to work and launched his first business in the insurance industry. He took the business from scratch and grew it to $22 million in reoccurring revenue over the course of a few years. Since then David has successfully launched and scaled numerous 7 & 8 figure businesses. David is the co-founder of www.Teamhired.com which is a dedicated recr...
Nov 27, 2023•58 min•Ep. 308
Most business owners have new ideas every day, but those ideas get lost by the following week. In this episode, Bradley shares the concept of "The Someday Shelf" and how it can help you as a leader. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital Autopilot Recruiting is a continuous recruiting service where you’ll be assigned a recruiter that has been trained to recruit on your behalf every busine...
Nov 24, 2023•14 min•Ep. 307
Today on the podcast, Erica Hurt and David Dye join Bradley to discuss powerful phrases for dealing with workplace conflict and their new book. As owners, it’s important to understand that workplace conflict is a growing problem—everywhere. The workforce has been through unprecedented change in the last few years—for better and worse. We’ve heard all about employee stress, disengagement, quiet quitting, and mass resignations. Has all the rapid change led to more conflict in the workplace? Is con...
Nov 20, 2023•46 min•Ep. 306
You should not be handling the same responsibilities as your team day in and day out. That will strip you of the freedom and flexibility you desired when you became an entrepreneur. Listen and learn how to ensure that you're empowering your team to work in the business when you are off. Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital Autopilot Recruiting is a continuous recruiting service where yo...
Nov 17, 2023•9 min•Ep. 305
Today on the podcast, Scott Beebe join us. Scott is the founder of MyBusinessOnPurpose.com and author of Let Your Business Burn: Stop Putting Out Fires, Discover Purpose, And Build A Business That Matters . Scott founded Business On Purpose because he saw there was a need to help business owners who were weighed down by chaos to have a clear vision when it comes to the success and future of their business. He created the Business On Purpose Roadmap to liberate businesses from the chaos of workin...
Nov 13, 2023•52 min•Ep. 304
How can you create a dramatic shift of momentum in your business...and sustain it? Listen to this quick episode to find out! Thanks to our sponsors: Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capital Autopilot Recruiting is a continuous recruiting service where you’ll be assigned a recruiter that has been trained to recruit on your behalf every business day. Listeners of Club Capital Podcast go to www.autopilotrecruiting.co...
Nov 10, 2023•10 min•Ep. 303
