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  How to Turn Business Conflict into Scalable Success 10.08.2026 32m

  Episode SummaryIs office conflict a sign that your business is broken, or is it actually the key to scaling up?In this episode of Put Me In, Coach!, host Eugene Terk sits down with Dr. Craig Overmyer—Scaling Up coach, author, and Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA). With nearly 20 years of coaching experience, Dr. Overmyer breaks down why "false harmony" holds leadership teams back and how embracing productive conflict can transform friction into clarity, underperformance into high execution, and team members into lifelong A-players.Plus, hear a real-world case study on how Crew Carwash used these exact principles to scale massively and earn a top spot on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list!Key TakeawaysProductive Conflict vs. False Harmony: Why avoiding tough conversations creates cultural entropy, and how "in-the-moment" debate builds vulnerability-based trust.The 4-Step Method: How leaders can regain focus, craft a shared vision ("remember the future"), align the organization, and build execution habits.Problem-Focused vs. Solution-Focused: Why lighting up the brain with a positive vision is far more effective than litigating past mistakes.Cascading Culture Down: How to train frontline employees so that feedback feels like support rather than criticism.The CEO Litmus Test: The single question you can ask in your next meeting to instantly test your team’s psychological safety and alignment.Resources & Links MentionedVisit Dr. Craig Overmyer's website: Cultures That WorkDr. Craig Overmyer's book: Accelerate Through ConflictBook Recommendation: Inside the BoxScale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.
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  Sparking, Scaling, and Sustaining Your Growing Business 03.08.2026 30m

  When you first start a business, doing everything yourself is your ultimate superpower. But as you scale, that same habit becomes your single biggest liability.In this episode, host Eugene Terk is joined by UK business coach, author, and Scaling Up expert Phil Rose. Together, they dive into the emotional and operational hurdles that keep founders trapped in the weeds—and how to build a business that thrives without burning you out.In this episode, we cover:The "Chocolate Factory" Trap: Why letting go of control is an emotional hurdle rather than an intellectual one.Delegating Accountability vs. Responsibility: How to empower A-players so they take real ownership of key business functions.The 4-Color Time Audit: How to stop spending all your time in "Blue" (making money) and "Red" (admin), and start prioritizing "Black" (strategy) and "Green" (culture).Founder Health as a Business Metric: Why sacrificing your health, family, and sanity isn't a badge of honor—it's an operational bottleneck.Connect & Learn More:Phil Rose’s Website: Learn more about Phil’s coaching methodologies around Spark, Scale, and Sustain at Ignium Consult.Phil’s Book Recommendations:📘 The Greater Game by Dan Sullivan📘 The AI-Driven Leader by Jeff Woods📘 How to Make a Billion in 9 Steps by Richard HarpinScale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.
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  From Craftsman to CEO: How to Scale Your Construction Business 27.07.2026 28m

  Are you running your business, or is your business running you?In this episode of Put Me In Coach, I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Tim Winter—a seasoned custom homebuilder, general contractor, and founder of the RenderCo Network.Tim shares his pivotal journey from lying on his family room floor with a debilitating back injury to realizing his company couldn't depend solely on him to survive. He breaks down the most common traps trade contractors and business owners fall into—from mismanaging cash flow to neglecting personal health—and offers actionable strategies on how to delegate, build repeatable operating systems, and step into the role of a true CEO.💡 Key TakeawaysThe "Craftsman Bottleneck": Why being great at your trade is often the biggest obstacle to growing a successful business.Cash Flow vs. Cash in the Bank: The #1 expensive lie business owners tell themselves about their financials.The "Owner's Health" Metric: Why personal well-being is consistently the lowest-scoring dimension for founders—and why self-leadership must come first.Clawing Back 5–10 Hours a Week: Practical areas to delegate immediately (selections, design, and software systems).The Power of Peer Cohorts: How peer accountability breaks industry isolation and drives faster problem-solving.🔗 Resources & Links Mentioned🌐 RenderCo Network: Evaluate your business by taking the assessment at RenderCo Network📚 Recommended Reading: Leading Yourself by Mac LakeScale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today!🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode!
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  Putting the Person Before the Process to Successfully Scale Your Business 20.07.2026 32m

  Before you can successfully implement a business operating system or scale a company, you have to understand the human behind the desk. In this episode of Put Me In Coach: I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Scaling Up coach Ross Polvara to discuss why the secret to organizational growth isn't just a checklist—it's deep, individual trust.Ross shares insights from his international journey from South Africa to the New York area, explaining how leaders can align their personal values with their company's trajectory, protect their "non-negotiables," and use behavioral assessments to spark meaningful breakthroughs. If you want to learn how to build a business you actually love leading, this conversation is for you.In this episode, we discuss:The Person Before the Process: Why the most impactful coaching conversations start with curiosity and connection rather than rigid methodology.Protecting Your Non-Negotiables: How staying true to your personal value system prevents you from accidentally scaling a company you end up hating.Agreement vs. Alignment: The crucial difference between a team simply saying "yes" and being truly aligned on the journey ahead.Using Data as a Mirror: How tools like DiSC and behavioral assessments are best used to spark self-reflection rather than just tracking scores.Leadership and Flexibility: Why a great coach views frameworks as a flexible toolbox rather than a dogmatic set of rules.Connect & Resources:Guest: Ross Polvara | Learn more at Unthinkable GroupBook Recommendation: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius — a 2,000-year-old classic on mindset and leadership that every entrepreneur should read.Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today! 🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode!
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  Mastering the Four Pillars of Scale 13.07.2026 24m

  🛑 If your company isn't growing, the problem might not be your strategy. It might be you.It’s a brutal truth: the single biggest bottleneck to an organization's growth is often the leader's inability to evolve alongside the business. You can have a flawless strategy and a mountain of cash, but if you don't have the right people executing the plan with relentless repeatability, your business is just spinning its wheels. 🔄In this episode of Put Me In Coach, I’m Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with seasoned Scaling Up coach and Kennesaw State University strategy professor Zahir Ladhani to talk about what it actually takes to scale a business past the $5M, $10M, and $50M marks without the drama.🎯 What We Unpack In This Episode:The "Four-Legged Stool" Trap: Why obsessing over just one pillar (People, Strategy, Execution, or Cash) will knock your business completely out of kilter.The Day-One Diagnostic: The exact process Zahir uses to look at a leadership team and immediately identify who will survive the scale-up phase—and who won't.Ideas are a Dime a Dozen: Why operational efficiency beats "brilliant ideas" every single day of the week.The Cash Illusion: When cash actually trumps everything else, and how to optimize your cash conversion cycle before it's too late.🎙️ Featured Quote:"Strategy is great as long as somebody can execute it. And if you don’t have the right people to execute it, it’s useless." — Zahir Ladhani🔗 Episode Links & Resources:Zahir's Coaching Firm: Connect with Zahir and learn how to align your team for massive growth at Velocity Strategic Consulting.Must-Read Strategy Article: Grab a copy of the classic article Zahir assigns to his executive MBA students to reread every single year: What is Strategy? by Michael Porter.Recommended Reading by Patrick Lencioni: Zahir highly recommends diving into Lencioni's realistic business fables to fix your team dynamics:The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamThe Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in BusinessScale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today!🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode! 🚀
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  Finding Your "One Thing": How to Build a Differentiatingly Great Competitive Advantage 06.07.2026 27m

  Is your business a "jack of all trades" but a master of none? The secret to massive growth isn't doing more—it's focusing on ONE thing.In this episode of Put Me In, Coach. I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Dave Ramos, author, business consultant, and founder of Shift Points. Dave drops some incredible, hard-hitting truths about why so many mid-sized companies hit a growth ceiling when leaders fall into the trap of saying "yes" to every opportunity, diluting their competitive advantage.Drawing from his framework, Dave breaks down how to transition away from scattered operations and build true, lasting market dominance.In this episode, you’ll discover:"Differentiatingly Great": Why it’s no longer enough to just be great at what you do. To truly scale, you must combine greatness with uniqueness so clients perceive you as the only viable option.The "Job One" Test: Can you fill in the blank with just one word? (e.g., "______ is job one.") If everything is a priority, then nothing is.The Executive Alignment Bottleneck: Why a misaligned leadership team will completely crush a company’s potential, and how to get everyone driving in one direction.Commitment Over "Strategy of the Month": Why the companies that successfully 2x, 5x, or 10x their revenue are the ones that pick their one thing and commit to it for a decade.Featured Resources & LinksConnect with our Guest: Learn more about Dave’s practice and consulting services at shiftpoints.com.Dave's Featured Book Recommendation: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins.Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities? Start your free trial of Align today!🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode!
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  Making Bold Business Decisions for the Company You Want, Not the One You Have 29.06.2026 26m

  Are you working 24/7 on your business but realizing that the "grind" isn't bringing you more money, freedom, or happiness?In this episode of Put Me In, Coach. I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with the incredible Chef Deb Oxman—a culinary entrepreneur and Elite Scaling Up Coach who specializes in helping scaling culinary businesses thrive. If you've ever felt like your business owns you rather than the other way around, this conversation is your ultimate wake-up call.Deb breaks down the unique, artist-driven psychology of the culinary industry and explains why the biggest bottleneck to your growth isn't your cash flow or your kitchen size—it's you.In this episode, you’ll discover:The Culinary Persona: Why managing culinary employees requires a unique approach because they are artists whose work is intimately judged by customers every single day.Decide for the Business You Want: Stop making vital growth choices based on your current circumstances; start making them based on your long-term vision.Overcoming the Fear Bottleneck: Why the fear of making mistakes and the "DIY trap" keep founders from stepping out of the day-to-day bottleneck.Design Your Life First: How reversing the standard equation to build a business that supports your ideal lifestyle (instead of consuming it) is the ultimate key to freedom.Stop letting your business run you. It’s time to step out of the bottleneck, implement systems that actually work, and reclaim your time!Featured Resources & LinksConnect with our Guest: Learn more about Deb’s practice and specialized culinary coaching services at chefdeb.com.Deb's Featured Book Recommendation: The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks.Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities?⁠⁠⁠ Sign up for an Align Demo today⁠⁠⁠!🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode!
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  Unlocking Business Growth with the Quick Talent Assessment 22.06.2026 21m

  Stop wasting mental bandwidth trying to manage poor performance instead of scaling your business.In this episode of Put Me In, Coach. I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Scaling Up Coach Trey House to tackle one of the biggest growth bottlenecks for any entrepreneur: Talent.Trey shares a powerful, eye-opening tool that he runs with his executive clients every single quarter—the Quick Talent Assessment Matrix. Instead of getting bogged down by complicated review processes, this simple 2x2 matrix plots your direct reports based on two crucial parameters: Core Values Alignment and Productivity.In this episode, you’ll discover:The A-Player Sweet Spot: Why having superstars who are highly productive and deeply aligned with your company culture makes everything in your business easier.The "Coachable" Quadrant: How to identify team members who love your culture but need a skills boost or a different role to truly thrive.The Productivity Trap: Why keeping a high producer who actively violates your core values can be cancerous to your organization, and why you need to put them on a "short leash".The Unlock to Scaling: Why getting the right people in the right seats doing the right things is the ultimate prerequisite to accomplishing all of your other strategic goals.Stop letting human resource challenges consume your leadership team's energy. It’s time to calibrate your team, elevate your standards, and get everyone moving into the right quadrant!Featured Resources & LinksConnect with our Guest: Learn more about Trey's practice and coaching services at goperficio.com.Free Ebook Download: Grab your copy of Trey's guide, 5 Practical First Steps.Trey's Book Recommendation: Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson.Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities?⁠⁠⁠ Sign up for an Align Demo today⁠⁠⁠!🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode!
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  Scaling Up: How to Make Your Core Values Come Alive 15.06.2026 21m

  How do you take your core values off the walls of your conference room and actually bring them to life within your organization?In this episode of the "Put Me in Coach, I'm Ready to Scale" podcast, host Eugene Terk sits down with veteran business coach Bob Bishop to discuss the critical role that unique, actionable core values play in a company's culture, daily operations, and long-term success. Discover how to transition from empty platitudes to deeply embedded principles that actively drive internal decision-making, empower your leadership team, and streamline your hiring and firing processes. Whether you are trying to boost employee engagement, prescribe solutions to major business pain points, or simply align your team for the next stage of growth, this conversation provides the practical, actionable steps you need to make your company's values truly come alive.Key Takeaways from This Episode:The "How" of Your Business: Understand the fundamental difference between business execution and your core values—the true DNA of how your company operates.Moving Past Platitudes: Why standard corporate buzzwords fail, and how creating unique, customized terminology (like US Brick's "bring a spear to the fight") builds a more resonant culture.A Practical Alignment Tool: Learn a simple, impactful annual exercise you can run with your leadership team to highlight, celebrate, and audit core values in action.Driving Decisions and Engagement: How aligned core values naturally filter out wrong-fit hires, eliminate workplace misery, and organically boost employee engagement.Bob's Top Recommendations: Stick around to hear Bob's current favorite business book, Fans First by Jesse Cole, and find out which legendary rock band he wishes he could have seen live.Books & Resources Mentioned:Bob's Book Recommendation: Fans First: Change the Game, Break the Rules, and Change the Way You Do Business by Jesse ColeConnect with Our Guest:To learn more about Bob Bishop's work, explore scaling resources, or connect with him directly, visit Apex Consulting at apex-consulting.biz.Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities?⁠⁠⁠ Sign up for an Align Demo today⁠⁠⁠!🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.
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  Scaling Your Mind: The Power of a Vivid Vision 08.06.2026 21m

  Are you truly working on your business, or are you just trapped in it?In this episode of Put Me In, Coach. I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Elite Scaling Up Coach Lisa Foulger to dismantle the hidden bottleneck holding most entrepreneurs back: their own mindset. While business owners often blame external factors like cash flow or team structure for a growth ceiling, Lisa reveals why true organizational expansion is impossible without first "scaling your mind".The core of their conversation dives deep into the transformative power of a Vivid Vision (a concept popularized by Cameron Herold). Lisa explains how stepping out of daily fires to paint a detailed, 3-dimensional picture of your life and company 5 years down the road serves as an operational catalyst—moving far beyond a standard, dry mission statement to build deep, emotional alignment across your entire leadership team.In this episode, you’ll discover:The "Scaling Your Mind" Philosophy: Why your business cannot grow past the limits of your current thinking patterns.The Blueprint of a Vivid Vision: How mapping a holistic 5-year personal and professional trajectory changes your frame of reference for daily, strategic decisions.The DIY Ceiling: Why the "do-it-yourself" habits that built your company can eventually block your next major growth spurt.Personal Readiness for an Exit: A vital segment for founders planning a transition in the next 3 to 5 years, highlighting why you must know what you are moving towards, not just what you are leaving behind.Featured Resources & LinksConnect with our Guest: lisafoulger.comThe Vivid Vision Framework: Vivid Vision by Cameron HeroldLisa's Book Recommendation: Springboard: A Founder’s Guide to Selling Your Company With Purpose, Clarity, and a Vision for What’s Next by Bruce EckfeldtScale Your Business with Align: Ready to execute your scaling strategy, track KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy? Sign up for an Align Demo today!🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.
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  Scaling Through Positive Intelligence: Breaking the Hidden Bottleneck to Growth 29.05.2026 22m

  Every business leader knows the traditional playbook for scaling: hit your revenue milestones, expand your team, and build a robust layer of middle management. But what happens when you have a brilliant strategy and a driven team, yet your organization still hits an invisible wall?In this debut episode of Put Me In Coach, I'm Ready to Scale, host Eugene Terk sits down with Charlie Janes—a 35-year tech industry veteran turned elite business coach—to discuss a hidden growth killer that strategy alone can’t fix: a lack of mental fitness.Charlie introduces us to the framework of Positive Intelligence (PQ). While most leaders are familiar with IQ and EQ, PQ measures your mental fitness—the percentage of time your brain works as your friend rather than your enemy.GUEST BIO: Charlie Janes is a veteran of the tech world with over three decades of experience scaling up SaaS, cloud, and AI companies. Today, he leverages his experience as an executive business coach, helping driven leaders overcome behavioral sticking points and implement sustainable systems for growth. Connect with Charlie at charliejanes.focalpointcoaching.com.🔗 Episode Links & ResourcesDiscover Your Mental Blindspots: Want to find out which Saboteurs (The Judge, The Avoider, The Hyper-Achiever) are stalling your growth? Take the⁠ Free PQ Assessment⁠ mentioned in today's episode.Connect with Charlie: Learn more about Charlie’s executive coaching practice and book your complimentary 15-minute assessment analysis directly on⁠ Charlie Janes’ Official Website⁠.Charlie’s Book Recommendation: Grab a copy of Michael Hyatt's tool for mastering time management and focus,⁠ Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less⁠.Scale Your Business with Align: Ready to flawlessly execute your company's scaling strategy, track your KPIs, and align your team’s daily energy with your biggest corporate priorities?⁠ Sign up for an Align Demo today⁠!🎁 Special Listener Bonus: Enter the promo code "Podcast" when you sign up to receive an exclusive 10% discount on your subscription.