Today on S2 Tips, we answer a listener question: What do you do when you have an employee who’s a bad fit for their seat, you don’t have anybody to fill the seat, and you don’t have an open seat to move this employee to? Do you stick with the bad fit, or do you let them go? This may seem simple and straightforward. But, for many leaders, this is one of the hardest kinds of decisions to make for your business. That’s why Chris and Benj tag team on what the right decision is, and what happens afte...
Jun 03, 2021•4 min•Season 4Ep. 4
One of the beautiful things about being an entrepreneur or business leader is the ability to design your organization. Your organization’s design is the ultimate expression of what you get to do as an entrepreneur and leader, and it’s the essence of your organization’s contribution to the world. This week, we take a deep dive into the System & Soul model and share the key components of designing your business: structure, process, and bets. Unfamiliar with the concept of bets? Fear not! We wa...
Jun 01, 2021•28 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Too often entrepreneurs and business leaders find themselves fighting the fires of the culture they have created rather than getting out in front and engineering the future of their business. In this week's tip, we share an exercise we use at System and Soul that will help your organization create and embrace the culture you want to create. S2 Tips are brought to you by Ninety. Ninety is a cloud-based collection of the essential business building and awareness tools you need to make running your...
May 27, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 3
What is holding you back from delegating your responsibilities? Are you afraid you won’t know what to do with your time? Are you worried that the tasks won’t be completed with quality? In this episode, CEO and Visionary at Delegate Solutions, Emily Morgan, discusses why delegation is not a chore, but rather an energy management system that can create important progress in your business. Emily Morgan is also the author of The Elevation Freedom Guide – a FREE eBook to get you started on mastering ...
May 25, 2021•25 min•Season 4Ep. 4
If you were the only ___________, what would you be? It's a powerful—maybe even scary—question to answer. But it's the difference between you and everybody else. We'll give you the formula to determine your Onliness Statement in this week's Tip. S2 Tips are brought to you by Ninety. Ninety is a cloud-based collection of the essential business building and awareness tools you need to make running your business almost easy. The clean and extraordinarily intuitive system includes every one of the t...
May 20, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Ok, so you're a high performer and your past experience has never gotten in the way of your ability to climb... But what if you had another gear? This week we talked to Dr. Don Wood, an expert on physical and emotional trauma. Before you check out—because you don't believe you have trauma—get this... Dr. W...
May 18, 2021•44 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com We're all carrying something, often without really realizing how much we've shouldered until we're burnt out. In this week's tip, we'll talk about how to know what weight is good for the journey and what weight you should think about dropping. S2 Tips are brought to you by Ninety. Ninety is a cloud-based c...
May 13, 2021•3 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com It's no secret... When it comes to human connection, our go-to guy is Scott Mann (Rt. Ltc.). He's a former Green Beret, the Owner of Rooftop Leadership, The Hero's Journey, and author and playwright for his production, Last Out . Scott joins us this week to talk about taking control of personal triggers an...
May 11, 2021•41 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Friends! Welcome to System & Soul! We're leaving the Tractionville™ island for deeper waters and a whole new view! System & Soul is our new operating framework and it's the new name of our podcast. In this episode, we'll tell you why both the system and soul of your business is so critical to the h...
May 04, 2021•27 min•Ep. 1
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com This week, we've got big news coming your way. We're not giving it all up just yet... but you can head over and connect with us on Linkedin (Benj Miller and Chris White) to get a sneak peek at what's coming to you in Tractionville™ paradise. This episode is sponsored by Round Table Companies. They guide le...
Apr 27, 2021•2 min•Season 3Ep. 89
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Not one wants to admit when they are in this season... It feels like failure. It feels like a disappointment. It feels like a deep dissatisfaction with no answer. We're talking about the Doldrums this week and how to navigate what might be the hardest but most fruitful season of The Creator's Cycle. Tracti...
Apr 22, 2021•5 min•Season 3Ep. 41
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Get this: 2/3's of the privately held businesses in the U.S. are family businesses. And whether you're a family business owner or NOT, legacy, succession, and making the right decisions with the right people are BIG conversations. If you've inherited a business, are fighting with siblings about the future ...
Apr 20, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 88
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Work it. That's the theme of the executing season. When you're in full-focus, get-it-done mode you're in the "summer season" of The Creator's Cycle. This week's Tip gives thoughts and advice on how to best engage your thoughts and actions in this season. Tractionville™ Tips are brought to you by Ninety. Ni...
Apr 15, 2021•3 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Imagine going after rejection with a vengeance... every day for 100 days challenging yourself to get rejected. Our guest Jia Jiang... 👉 TED speaker (with nearly 7 million video views 🤯) 👉 author of Rejection Proof, 👉 owner of RejectionTherapy.com, ... did just that. He welcomed rejection and saw the ot...
Apr 13, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 87
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com If you're in a frenetic state of idea generation and list-making, you might be in The Planning Season. This week we talk about what this season looks like and how to get the most out of it. Tractionville™ Tips are brought to you by Ninety. Ninety is a cloud-based collection of the essential business buildi...
Apr 08, 2021•4 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Here's an idea for you... Learn how to pump fear out of your team and give them a thrust to be open, honest, and real about what issues are getting in their way. Richard Sheridan Co-Founder, CEO, and Chief Storyteller for Menlo Innovations talks with is about building leaders, taking fear out of the equati...
Apr 06, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 86
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Let's switch it up a little. This week we're sharing a powerful passage from James Victore's incredible book, Feck Perfuction . It's a charge to go find your muse, create, do, wander and wonder. Often our most profound inspiration can be found when we're playing, resting, or away from our desks. Take this ...
Apr 01, 2021•3 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Catherine Juon gives a new meaning to the word "spark." She joined us on Tractionville this week to share some of her contagious energy for doing hard things and adapting to challenges to achieve remarkable results. Catherine is an EOS Implementer™ at 87Plus and shares a passion for growth and finding simp...
Mar 30, 2021•19 min•Season 3Ep. 85
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Quarterly and Annual meetings can be great for resetting and directing focus. New energy often comes out of those day-long deep-dives into the why and what we're doing. It's the in-between time that can sabotage all that energy and strategic thinking. In this week's episode, we talk about how to keep your ...
Mar 25, 2021•5 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Believe it or not, there's a way to turn “drama” into functional leadership. Mary Pat Knight joins us to talk about her work as founder of Leaders Inspired and author of The Humanized Leader. She explains the victim, villain, and hero complexes that exist in organizations, how they make up the "drama" tria...
Mar 23, 2021•34 min•Season 3Ep. 84
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com You're the Visionary. So, you should have a clear, energized view of the next big step for your business, right? Maybe not. In this week's Tip, we share perspective on the in-between time, the time and space you might be experiencing as you move from one big idea to the next and how to lean into it. Tracti...
Mar 18, 2021•5 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com You don't win by being better; you win by being different. Laura Ries is an expert marketing strategist and author whose 25 years of work have given her a clear, focused perspective on what works, and what doesn't when it comes to branding. In this episode, she shares the keys to a great brand and how to t...
Mar 16, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 83
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com There's one tool in the EOS toolbox that doesn't get enough credit for its true power to guide and inform an organization's next steps. Which tool is it? Listen to this week's Tip to find out. Tractionville™ Tips are brought to you by Ninety. Ninety is a cloud-based collection of the essential business bui...
Mar 11, 2021•4 min•Season 3Ep. 35
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com There's a difference between "culture fit" and "performance fit." But there has to be a way to have both in every team member. We talk with Jonathan Reynolds, CEO and Visionary at Titus Talent Strategies about knowing your "people strategy" to get the right people in the right seats and valuing them above ...
Mar 09, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 82
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com The opposite of a Visionary is not an Integrator, it's a Victim. A Visionary sees a preferred future and makes it happen. A Victim accepts whatever future comes their way. In this Tip, we'll talk about the difference between these two mindsets and how to think more like a Visionary. Tractionville™ Tips are...
Mar 04, 2021•3 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Exponential growth doesn't just happen—especially on the heels of a global pandemic. We talked with Darrell Amy, author of Revenue Growth Engine and Visionary at Convergo. He explains how having an "architect mindset" has helped him succeed in training businesses to accelerate revenue while adding value in...
Mar 02, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 81
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com Clarity paralysis is REAL. It's easy to want to put a hold on everything until you know 100% what's best, what the outcomes will be, or what the risks are along the way. In this Tip, we offer some thoughts on how and why to move forward even when you don't have complete clarity. Tractionville™ Tips are bro...
Feb 25, 2021•3 min•Season 3Ep. 33
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com You may know Rob Dube's story from the book, Traction . He's the co-founder and co-CEO of imageOne—a Top 25 Forbes Small Giant and the first client Gino Wickman ever taught the EOS Process™. He's also the author of the book donothing™ and the host of the donothing podcast, an insightful practice for greate...
Feb 23, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 80
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com What's the difference between the company, departmental, and personal rocks? Should they be related? Do we need to set rocks for each category? We'll break it down and offer some tips for making all of your quarterly rocks effective and manageable in this week's Tip. Tractionville™ Tips are brought to you ...
Feb 18, 2021•2 min•Season 3Ep. 32
Disclaimer: The Tractionville Podcast and Tractionville Tips are now a part of the System & Soul Podcast. What's System & Soul? We'd love to tell you :) Learn more at systemandsoul.com 17 years unpaid. 3 unpublished novels. 1 disastrous, produced film. It's safe to say, Steven Pressfield is a man who knows resistance. He will be the first to tell you. His career has spanned 11 states and 27 different jobs before he landed where he is today as an accomplished, revered writer and historian...
Feb 16, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 79
