The Business Fix

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• Stop Babysitting Your Team: Build Process, Not Superheroes 24.06.2026 42мин

  Send us Fan Mail What happens when your business depends on one exhausted “hero” to save the day every single time? In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh tackle one of the biggest hidden problems in small business leadership: hero culture. If your company only works when a specific employee or YOU constantly jump in to fix problems, your business may be running on dependency instead of systems. They break down why founders and managers get addicted to being the “fixer,” how le...
• The Sweaty 10-Minute Conversation Every Leader Needs to Master 17.06.2026 46мин

  Send us Fan Mail Most leaders don’t fail because they avoid hard work, they fail because they avoid hard conversations. In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh break down the “Sweaty Ten-Minute Conversation”, the short but uncomfortable discussion that can prevent massive culture problems, performance breakdowns, and legal headaches inside your business. From separating behavior from identity to avoiding the “nice leader” trap, this episode is a masterclass in leadership communi...
• Managing the Brilliant Jerk Without Letting Them Wreck Your Culture 10.06.2026 47мин

  Send us Fan Mail Every business owner or manager has met this person: the high performer who delivers big results, closes the deal, writes the code, owns the relationship, or keeps the operation moving…but leaves emotional wreckage everywhere they go. In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh tackle one of the hardest leadership problems in small and mid-sized businesses: the brilliant jerk. You know the type. They hit the numbers, but they make people miserable. They protect thei...
• When Crisis Hits: How Leaders Stop the Bleeding Without Making It Worse 03.06.2026 55мин

  Send us Fan Mail A crisis will show you exactly what your business culture, systems, and leadership are made of. Fun, right? In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh break down how small business owners, CEOs, and managers should respond when things go sideways whether it is an operational failure, a PR problem, a key employee leaving, a legal threat, a broken brand promise, or the kind of internal panic that makes everyone quietly update their LinkedIn profile. Chrissy shares th...
• Why Great Leaders Listen Before They Lead 27.05.2026 47мин

  Send us Fan Mail Business owners and managers are right a lot. That is usually a strength… until the moment they are wrong and refuse to hear the other side. In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh dig into one of the most underrated leadership skills in business: intentional listening. Not the “I’m waiting for my turn to talk” kind of listening. Not the “let me reload my rebuttal while you’re still speaking” kind either. Real listening is the kind that helps leaders uncover hid...
• Trust Isn’t Blind Faith: How Leaders Build It Without Getting Burned 20.05.2026 43мин

  Send us Fan Mail Trust is one of the most important ingredients in a healthy business but let’s be honest, a lot of leaders confuse trust with “I hope this works out and nobody lights anything on fire.” In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh dig into the difference between real trust and blind faith in business leadership. From motorcycles and distracted drivers to brilliant jerks, vendor relationships, missed deadlines, and random audits, this conversation breaks down what tru...
• Innovation Without Breaking Your Business 13.05.2026 46мин

  Send us Fan Mail Everybody wants to be innovative until the “great new idea” breaks the workflow, overwhelms the team, tanks productivity, or becomes one more shiny object nobody asked for. In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh take innovation back to basics. Instead of chasing every AI tool, trend, or “million-dollar idea,” they talk about how small and midsize business owners can innovate in ways that actually improve the business. Chrissy breaks down the three F’s of practi...
• Why Your Hybrid Work Model Is Failing (And How to Fix It Fast) 06.05.2026 48мин

  Send us Fan Mail Hybrid work isn’t broken… your leadership systems might be. In this episode of The Business Fix, Josh and Chrissy tackle one of the most misunderstood challenges in modern business: the hybrid work model. While many companies blame remote employees for lack of productivity, the reality is far different and far more fixable. If you’ve ever thought: “My team just isn’t working unless I can see them”“Remote employees are harder to manage”“We need everyone back in the office to p...
• The Competition Paradox: When Winning Hurts Your Team 29.04.2026 48мин

  Send us Fan Mail Is competition helping your team grow or quietly tearing it apart? In this episode of The Business Fix, Josh and Chrissy tackle The Competition Paradox, the delicate balance between driving performance and maintaining a healthy, collaborative culture. Because here’s the truth: competition isn’t the problem… misaligned competition is. They break down why so many businesses unintentionally create toxic environments where employees compete against each other instead of winning t...
• Coach, Correct, or Cut? The Leadership Decision You're Avoiding 22.04.2026 52мин

  Send us Fan Mail Are you holding onto employees too long… or letting them go too quickly? In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh break down one of the toughest decisions every business owner and manager faces: when to coach, when to correct, and when it’s time to cut someone loose. Using real-world leadership insights (and a few hilarious sports analogies), they unpack how to identify whether an employee has a skill gap, behavior gap, or will gap and why getting this wrong can ...
• Psychological Safety Isn’t Coddling: It’s Your Biggest Performance Advantage 15.04.2026 46мин

  Send us Fan Mail If you think psychological safety is “soft,” “coddling,” or just another HR buzzword… this episode will challenge everything you believe about leadership. In this episode of The Business Fix, Josh and Chrissy break down why psychological safety isn’t about making employees comfortable, it's about making it safe to tell the truth. And if your team can’t tell you the truth, your business is already at risk. They unpack how old-school leadership styles like “suck it up” or leadi...
• 50 Episodes Later: How The Business Fix Started and Where We’re Headed 08.04.2026 40мин

  Send us Fan Mail In this special 50th episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh celebrate a huge milestone with you: one year and fifty episodes of real, practical conversations for business owners and leaders. This episode is part reflection, part origin story, and part look ahead. Chrissy and Josh share how the podcast started in a surprisingly organic way, why their very different leadership backgrounds make the show work, and what they’ve learned after a year of talking through cultur...
• Why Employees Ignore Your Mission Statement 01.04.2026 45мин

  Send us Fan Mail Most mission statements sound great in the boardroom and die a slow death in the break room. In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh break down why employees don’t buy into most mission statements or core values and why so many of them end up as nothing more than corporate wallpaper. They unpack the real reasons mission statements fail, how leadership behavior destroys credibility, and why employees care a whole lot more about what leaders do than what’s printed...
• How CEOs Build Managers Who Actually Scale a Business 25.03.2026 36мин

  Send us Fan Mail As your business grows, something unexpected happens: you stop leading employees and start leading leaders. And if you’re not prepared for that shift, your company can quickly fall into what we call “Middle Management No-Man’s Land”—where vision gets lost, communication breaks down, and culture starts drifting. In this episode of The Business Fix Podcast, Josh and Chrissy tackle one of the biggest challenges business owners face as they scale: how to lead the people who lead ...
• When Growth Breaks Culture: The Scaling Trap Founders Miss 18.03.2026 39мин

  Send us Fan Mail Growth is supposed to feel like success… so why does it so often make a business feel heavier, harder, and less connected? In Episode 47 of The Business Fix, Josh and Chrissy dig into one of the most painful surprises founders and leaders face: growth doesn’t automatically strengthen your company. It often exposes everything you haven’t built yet. This episode breaks down why culture starts to crack when companies scale too fast, why adding people without adding structure cre...
• Hero to Architect: The Leadership Shift You Must Make to Scale 11.03.2026 44мин

  Send us Fan Mail Most business owners say they want “growth”… but what they really need is scaling—getting bigger while becoming more efficient. In this episode, Josh and Chrissy break down why so many small and mid-sized businesses hit the same painful glass ceilings (hello: $1M, $5M, $10M) and what has to change at each level. Chrissy dives into the hardest shift founders face between $1M and $5M: it’s not strategy, it’s surrender. If your identity is still tied to being the hero (rai...
• The Culture Dividend: Why "Good Vibes" Are Actually Good Business 04.03.2026 52мин

  Send us Fan Mail Culture might not show up as a clean line item on your P&L, but in this episode, Josh and Chrissy make the case that it absolutely shows up in your bank account, your calendar, and your blood pressure as a leader. They unpack the true ROI of company culture. They call it the “culture dividend” and how smart owners treat culture like capital, not fluff. In practical, real-world language, they walk through how investing time and money into culture pays you back in: Retentio...
• Flexible or Inconsistent? The Leadership Mistake That’s Costing You Trust 25.02.2026 48мин

  Send us Fan Mail Flexibility sounds great… until your team feels confused, burned out, or treated unfairly. In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh tackle one of the most common leadership blind spots they see with business owners and managers: mistaking inconsistency for flexibility. If you’ve ever said, “We like to go with the flow,” but still struggle with turnover, decision fatigue, or frustrated employees, this conversation is for you. You’ll learn: Why “unstructured flexib...
• Culture Killers: The 3 Silent Toxins Destroying Your Business 18.02.2026 49мин

  Send us Fan Mail Culture doesn’t collapse overnight. It erodes quietly. In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh break down the three most dangerous culture killers that silently destroy businesses from the inside out — and what leaders must do to stop them before turnover, disengagement, and brand damage take over. If you're a small business owner, CEO, executive, or manager, this episode will challenge how you think about performance, leadership, accountability, and operational...
• The Nice Leader Trap: When “Nice” Creates Dysfunction 11.02.2026 45мин

  Send us Fan Mail Are you the “nice” boss who hates conflict… but lies awake replaying the conversations you didn’t have? In this episode of The Business Fix, Chrissy and Josh unpack the Nice Leader Trap, when leaders avoid hard feedback to protect their own comfort, and accidentally torch trust, culture, and performance instead. Using Chrissy’s own “nice leader” ulcer story as a jumping-off point, they dig into toxic niceness vs real kindness during Workplace Kindness Month, and why “I j...