"The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about nor read about nor seen, but, if one will, are to be lived." - Søren Kierkegaard Director of Business Development at G. Fedale Roofing and Siding and the Director of Charity Relations at Roofs from the Heart Glenn Dedale Sr. is making his debut on the show today and we've got a lot to cover, so let's jump right in. Glenn and Jay are getting into the importance of having a network and not being afraid to use it, that custome...
Oct 17, 2024•57 min•Season 49Ep. 586
On this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, it is time for part 13 of our ongoing series where our very own Jay Doran discusses his book, Thirty Days of Thought , and goes through the process right alongside our listeners. The name of the game today is "Approachable" and Jay is discussing the value in being approachable and making sure that you are open to communication with others, whether they're familiar to you or a stranger. We hope you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast....
Oct 17, 2024•15 min•Season 49Ep. 585
Our very own Jay Doran is back with another culture chat and today we're talking about hiring. Jay is sharing his thoughts on what it is you should be looking for when going after the creme de la creme in the hiring pool and, perhaps more importantly, what it is that you can do to get those top tier folks to want to come to you. If you want the best, Jay has some words that could help you make sure that you're getting them.
Oct 16, 2024•28 min•Season 49Ep. 584
"It's not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid." - Charlie Munger Jake Penny and Leanna Cunrod are the founders of Penny Capital Management and we've got them back on the show to give our listeners some great tips on real estate and real estate investing. Jake, Leanna, and Jay are diving into some of the unforeseen maintenance issues that come with investing in real estate, how compensation looks and comes about, and what affordable housing is and what qualifies it as such. Ja...
Oct 16, 2024•58 min•Season 49Ep. 583
"Opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated." On this very special episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own Jay Doran is being interviewed by the founder and Chief Victory Officer at the Center for Victory and Executive Coach and the Director of Learning and Development of Top Contractor School Eric Guy about Jay's process entitled The CEO Manual . Eric and Jay discuss what exactly The CEO Manual is, why Jay wrote it, and some of the outcomes it aims to deliver to the ...
Oct 16, 2024•22 min•Season 49Ep. 582
"Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself." - Andrew Carnegie Christopher Tighe is a U.S. Navy and NCIS veteran and the founder of Elevation Construction and he's back on the show today to talk about leadership and the effect leadership has on their employees. Christopher and Jay are diving into the mental toughness game and how Christopher uses ice cold water to stay sharp, how the behavior of the leadership will trickle down to the employees of the company, and ho...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 49Ep. 581
"Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny." - Mahatma Ghandi Real estate professional, businessman, co-owner of R.K. Reiman, and host of "The Real Build" podcast Bill Reiman is back for his second appearance on the show and we are packing a lot into a little bit of time. Bill and Jay are digging into what goes into putting your company's valu...
Oct 15, 2024•20 min•Season 49Ep. 580
"When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right to self-defense to fight the government." - Alexander Hamilton One of our favorite returning guests has returned again in the form of the owner and founder of Guardian Roofing and Siding, Robert Frehafer and today we are discussing some of the lessons we've learned from our talks on values. Robert and Jay are digging into the dangers of tyrannic...
Oct 15, 2024•34 min•Season 49Ep. 579
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." - Søren Kierkegaard On a special episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, Jay is Breaking Bread with Hubert and Chris Vester of Hubert Vester Auto Group and taking a look back at the early days. Hubert, Chris, and Jay are discussing the beginnings of HVAG, the lessons learned in tobacco farming that carried over to the car lot, and why putting in more hours and having the desire and drive to succeed are going to separate you ...
Oct 14, 2024•47 min•Season 49Ep. 578
"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." - Friedrich Nietzsche Entrepreneur, fitness expert, trainer, and all-around wellness good guy Michael Christensen is joining us on the show today and we are excited to be diving into some discussion on healthier living. Michael and Jay are discussing how consistency may be the most important ingredient when starting a fitness journey, how diet is massively important to getting you to your goals, and the benefits of and some tips to achieve ...
Oct 14, 2024•52 min•Season 49Ep. 577
"Buy cheap. Buy twice." Founder of Big Think, advisor, consultant, and true mortgage professional Ruth Lee is back like she never left for another go around about life, business, and maybe if we're lucky, a few things in between. Ruth and Jay are discussing ways to get and keep leadership on the same page so that they can be their most effective, the state of affairs today being watching emerging technologies mature and become a bigger part of the game, and even a little bit about Ruth's time in...
Oct 14, 2024•53 min•Season 49Ep. 576
On this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, it is time for part 12 of our ongoing series where our very own Jay Doran discusses his book, Thirty Days of Thought , and goes through the process right alongside our listeners. Today's talking point is in the value of writing things down. Not notes, necessarily, but thoughts and ideas and things that otherwise not make the page. Jay discusses why writing every day can help articulate the things you may not even know you need to on today's episode...
Oct 13, 2024•22 min•Season 48Ep. 575
On today's discussion on culture with our very own Jay Doran, Jay is digging into what it takes to build a winning culture for your business. Hiring is a huge consideration in any business, but when it comes to hiring the right people for your culture, it becomes all that more important. Bringing in the right people is paramount and The Culture Man is here with a few tips that might just help you out.
Oct 12, 2024•13 min•Season 48Ep. 574
"Why we are here is to execute the strategy; to deliver great value to our clients. The result is we generate profits to our partners, our owners, our stakeholders. That's a shift from the sum of the parts to the whole made up of its parts." CPA, former Chairman and CEO of Baker Tilly US, and a great example of culture Alan D. Whitman is back on the program today to to give our listeners a deep dive into the big world of business. Alan and Jay are digging into some things that entrepreneurs who ...
Oct 11, 2024•46 min•Season 48Ep. 573
"Someone sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffet In a first for The Culture Matters Podcast, we are hosting a father and son duo in the form of Mark and Nate Swink today who are titans in the custom outdoor space world and they are here today to talk a little about family. The Swink's and Jay are diving into what their thoughts on the theme of 2024 has been, why leaning on their family has been such a successful way of doing business for them, ...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 48Ep. 572
"When you want it bad enough, you are willing to sacrifice everything around you to become successful." CEO of Alliance Consolidated Group of Companies LLC, real estate professional, and the creator of the "I Own It" podcast Ben Reinberg is back for another culture chat. Ben and Jay are digging into some of the things to look for and some of the things to avoid when getting into investing, the importance of diversifying your portfolio, and how prioritizing the things in your life can help you be...
Oct 09, 2024•32 min•Season 48Ep. 571
"The long game is longer than you think. That's hard. That's hard sometimes. How committed are you?" The founder of Duffin Media and Duffin Coaching and a frequent and favorite returning guest of the show John Duffin is back like he never left for another culture conversation with Jay Doran The Culture Man! Jay and John are discussing getting through the bad days and making sure you've been as thorough as you can be, making sure your time management game is tight and that you aren't ignoring any...
Oct 08, 2024•55 min•Season 48Ep. 570
"Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly or it vanishes." - Peter Drucker Entrepreneur, athlete, advisor, podcaster, and co-founder of Summit Chasers Network Zach Carlin is joining the show today and we're thrilled to have him here to discuss his journey and his take on culture. Zach and Jay are diving into what it means to sacrifice in order to achieve, the difference between values and principles, and why the amount of isolating mechanisms you have can directly effec...
Oct 07, 2024•52 min•Season 48Ep. 569
On this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, it is time for part 11 of our ongoing series where our very own Jay Doran discusses his book, Thirty Days of Thought , and goes through the process right alongside our listeners. Today, we are talking about pride and what role that can play in business. From mentor and mentee relationships or employer to employee, pride is always going to be a factor and it's how you allow that pride to affect you or your company, positively or negatively, that mat...
Oct 06, 2024•19 min•Season 48Ep. 568
On today's episode The Culture Matters Podcast, we are diving into corporate culture and things that leaders either miss or just pass over when it comes to the culture of their companies. Self-awareness, productivity, and the pitfalls of tyrannical leadership are just a few of the issues Jay is tackling under this much broader umbrella. Bad culture can be avoided and, like most things, it starts at the top.
Oct 05, 2024•12 min•Season 48Ep. 567
"Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards." - Søren Kierkegaard If you have been listening to this show for any length of time, then you are very familiar with today's guest and the owner and founder of Guardian Roofing and Siding, Robert Frehafer . Over multiple episodes, we have discussed the Guardian values as well as the inverse of those same values. One today's episode, we are going to wrap all of those conversations up and discuss some of the thoughts, feelings, an...
Oct 04, 2024•27 min•Season 48Ep. 566
“When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self defense, to fight the government.” - Alexander Hamilton COO of the Hubert Vester Auto Group, creator of the "Faith. Family. Fulfillment." podcast, and the author of the book Answers From the Stairs Chris Vester returns to the show today and, as always, we're packing in a lot! Chris and Jay are discussing how crisis can lead to a team com...
Oct 03, 2024•39 min•Season 48Ep. 565
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising up every time we fall." - Ralph Waldo Emerson The hardest-working real estate juggernaut of the greater Philadelphia area and the number one ReMax realtor in Pennsylvania Maria Quattrone is back on the program today after far too long an absence and we are ecstatic to have her back! Maria and Jay are digging into Maria's journey from humble beginnings going door-to-door selling greeting cards in Northeast Philly to being a leader in the ...
Oct 02, 2024•56 min•Season 48Ep. 564
"I am a grinder of extraordinary proportions. I know exceptional grinders, stunning grinders; ones who will forever be sewn into the history books of our time. The absolute best in the class pedigree of grinders and in this book, I share my observation of these species, their practices, and their elusive and never written about tactics and traits." The founder of 20/20 Vision for Success and author of Finding Honor: The Journey to Truth , Christine Beckwith , is back on the show today to start a...
Oct 01, 2024•43 min•Season 47Ep. 563
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." General George S. Patton Investing expert, Chief Strategy Officer of EPM, and an all around "Swiss Army knife" of the business world Chris Gordon is finally making his long-awaited debut on the show today and we are digging deep today, so make sure you are ready. Chris and Jay are discussing how Chris found his way into majoring in economics in college (spoiler: it came from a desire to not have a lot of homew...
Sep 30, 2024•48 min•Season 47Ep. 562
On this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, it is time for part 10 of our ongoing series where our very own Jay Doran discusses his book, Thirty Days of Thought , and goes through the process right alongside our listeners. Today's topic is growth and finding ways to make it exponential. Jay discusses how high-level competition, being open to the advice of mentors and advisors, and a determination and unwavering need to continue moving forward are all ways to make sure that the growth you are...
Sep 29, 2024•22 min•Season 47Ep. 561
On this edition of Culture Content with Jay Doran , we are looking out for a red flags. Jay is discussing one major red flag in particular that could be costing your business some cash and it all boils down to culture. Are your people bought-in? Do they trust you? Do you trust them? Settle in for some real talk on culture on this week's episode.
Sep 28, 2024•17 min•Season 47Ep. 560
"If you are the type of person that only cares about tomorrow, stop; live for today. If you're the type of person that only cares about themselves, only acts selfishly; you're missing the joy; the selfish joy in sharing joy with others. If you're the type of person that keeps waiting for when you're ready; you're never ready. If you're the type of person that doesn't care about important stuff; about business, success...you just want it all to be fun; again, you're missing the fun in success. Th...
Sep 27, 2024•57 min•Season 47Ep. 559
"Remember, up on the conduct of each, depends the fate of all." - Alexander the Great Today on The Culture Matters Podcast, we are serving up a two-for-one special on culture specialists as we have Chief Lending Officer Kevin DeLory and Senior Vice-President of mortgage lending Kenny Phillips of EPM with us. These three colossuses of culture are discussing the merit in knowing the people you work with regardless of what rung of the ladder you're on, the importance of open and honest communicatio...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 47Ep. 558
"You want to hold onto these businesses. Allow them to compound. The whole point is to find these micro, small businesses and watch the grow into larger businesses." Today is a very special day for The Culture Matters Podcast as we are launching a brand new series and a brand new co-host for that series! We have frequent guest on the show Aleck Arena of Arena Securities turning the mic around and interviewing prominent investors right alongside our very own Jay Doran! We're starting things off w...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 47Ep. 557
