Who would have thought that having a great culture would result in more customers? Today we welcome Shannon Carlson onto the show. She is the CEO and Founder of Curator24 where she and her team are global experts in branding and marketing. Her secret weapon is also having a great place to work.

How can you unlock team potential through self-organization and agility? That’s what we’re going to talk about today with George DeMet. He is the founder and Co-CEO of Palantier.net, a full-service digital consultancy that uses open-source technologies to help others discover, create, and share knowledge- and he’s applied these same ideas to his staff and culture.

When you’re running a business, it’s common, and maybe easier –  to think that you should obsess over the customer experience.  But what if you spent as much time or – even more – obsessing over the employee experience?  After all, the better your employees are, the better your customer experience is going to be. We interview Bob Ruffolo to learn more.

Learn leadership lessons from Farzon Dehmoubed, the CEO of Lotus Sustainables, a purpose-driven Certified B-Corp that is all about creating change and bringing people into the fold that are passionate about the cause too.

Imagine building a company that is on the cutting edge of science and of the way we manage medicine and disease – this mission is phenomenal – but how do you build a culture that will bring the right team of people in to accomplish such a big mission?

In this interview, you will learn how to organize a company so that employees have as much “skin in the game” as owners, why how you structure your company can improve employee performance and productivity, and much more!

Julia shares insights from her experience including what values she looks for when recruiting new team members that go beyond skill set, her unique approach to what it takes for her employees to be truly happy doesn’t feel like a reprimand, and much more!

Lola shares how being different from your business partner can be a good thing as a leader, how to give feedback to employees that doesn’t feel like a reprimand, and much more!

Federico Baradello shares how to get to a favorable result as a start-up and land on a killer strategy, effective team management tips when your people are international and remote, and much more!

Jay Wilkinson of Firespring shares leadership tips on how to build a great company culture.

Juliet Starrett of The Ready State, shares winning leadership lessons.

Caleb Avery, CEO of Tilled believes “if you’re just trying to compete on salary, you’ve really already lost.”