The Business Philosopher Within You
by Bhavesh Naik
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About this podcast
On this podcast, we help our listeners explore and unlock the Business Philosopher within them so that they can build a human organization that is high-performing, self-sustaining and scalable for generations to come. Our listers are business builders, organizational managers, team leaders and career professionals who want to build self-perpetuating, long-lasting business organizations, work teams and careers that last beyond themselves. Our conversations explore frameworks, ideas, strategies and tools that help us bring out the inner business philosopher in all of us. We have inspiring, often deep conversations with organizational leaders, business builders, career professionals, thought-leaders, teachers, artists and experts from all walks of life who help us get in touch with our inner humanness and the inner business philosophers who is waiting to be unlocked. Show notes: https://notes.awayre.com/podcast
Episodes
The newest 20 of 53 episodes
- Employee Performance. The Way You See Your People Is How You Manage Them. · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 52Are your people lazy, or are they drained? This episode is about enlivening performance, the kind that makes people come alive at work, and what two Olympic figure skating…
- Are They Buying You or the Company You Built? | Cat How · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 51Are clients buying you, or the company you built? Every founder's taste is part of what the first clients buy. Cat How does not pretend otherwise. What she is working out is…
- Psychological Ownership. Why Your People Don't Feel It the Way You Do. · 21 min · Season 3 Episode 50Can you give someone ownership, or can you only invite them to find it? This episode is about psychological ownership, the feeling that something is yours, and why it is…
- Too Close To See. What Do You Do When the Company You Built Becomes You? · 1 h 0 min · Season 3 Episode 49What do you do when the company you built becomes you? And what happens to your identity when you sell the company you built? In this conversation, John Hutchinson shares…
- Why Your Business Can't Grow Beyond You: Founder Co-Dependency · 22 min · Season 3 Episode 48We've talked quite a bit on this podcast about founder dependency: what happens when a business becomes dependent on its founder for decisions, problem-solving, direction and…
- It Was Never Yours. Can You Lead a Culture You Didn't Create? | Eric Giesecke · 1 h 1 min · Season 3 Episode 47Can you lead a culture you didn't create? Most leaders are told to put their stamp on the culture. Eric Giesecke inherited one and did the opposite. He never tried to make it…
- Learning Is Painful. Can Emotion Make You a Better Founder? | Mike LeBlanc · 1 h 16 min · Season 3 Episode 46Can emotion make you a better founder? Most leaders spend years sharpening their intellect. Mike LeBlanc believes the learning that changes a founder runs deeper. It's…
- Founder Glass Ceiling: The Invisible Barrier to Scaling Your Business | Matt Lescault · 1 h 8 min · Season 3 Episode 45Most founders assume the next barrier to growth is external. A tougher market. Stronger competitors. Hiring challenges. Economic uncertainty. Matt Lescault believes the biggest…
- Still the Bottleneck? Why Systems Don't Build Self-Sustaining Organizations · 12 min · Season 3 Episode 44You've installed systems. You've documented processes. Maybe you've implemented SOPs, EOS®, or other operating frameworks. And yet, somehow, the business still comes back to…
- Founder Syndrome: When Success Becomes the Problem · 1 h 23 min · Season 3 Episode 43What happens when the very strengths that helped build an organization become the things that hold it back? In this episode of The Business Philosopher Within You, Bhavesh Naik…
- Even As He Built and Sold a $730 Million Company, He Questioned Success | Vishwanath Alluri · 1 h 14 min · Season 3 Episode 42What role does awareness play in founder success? In this conversation, technology entrepreneur Vishwanath Alluri shares lessons from building and selling companies in exits…
- What If a Company Didn’t Belong to Its Owners? | Brenna Davis on Steward Ownership · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 41What happens when a company is designed to serve its purpose instead of its owners? In this episode of The Business Philosopher Within You, Bhavesh Naik speaks with Brenna…
- Catch People In, Not Out: Leadership Philosophy Behind World-Class Teams (Kevin Gaskell) · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 40What does it take to build world-class teams across industries? In this episode, Kevin Gaskell shares the leadership philosophy behind transforming ordinary teams into…
- When Business Philosophy Actually Works in the Real World | Bill Kasko, Frontline Source Group · 1 h 18 min · Season 3 Episode 39What does it actually take for business philosophy to work in the real world? In this episode, Bhavesh sits down with Bill Kasko, CEO of Frontline Source Group, to explore how…
- The $2M to $10M Shift: When Your Company Stops Needing You · 1 h 0 min · Season 3 Episode 38In this episode, we explore the shift from a $2M founder-led business to a $10M people-powered organization, and what it really takes for a company to stop needing its founder to…
- Triple Bottom Line: Why Profit Isn’t Everything | Christian J. Agulles, PE, President & CEO, PAE · 1 h 21 min · Season 3 Episode 37What happens when a company refuses to treat profit as the ultimate goal? In this episode of The Business Philosopher Within You, Bhavesh Naik speaks with Christian Agulles, CEO…
- Building a 40+ Year Company: Culture, Aspiration & Resilience with Todd Greenbaum · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 36What does it really take to build a company that lasts 40+ years? In this episode, Todd Greenbaum, CEO of Input 1, reflects on culture, aspiration, resilience, and the inner…
- Why Kind Leaders Build the Most Scalable Companies (0–1000 Employees) · 1 h 5 min · Season 3 Episode 35What does it really take to scale a company from zero to over 1,000 employees with leadership rooted in kindness -- without burning out your people or yourself? In this episode…
- Why Activating Your Company Culture Matters More than You Think · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 34What does it take to build a company that performs at the highest level, and stays human at the core? In this second part of my conversation with Mike Chaput, CEO of Endsight…
- Can You Scale Revenue Without Sacrificing Values? (Lessons from a CEO) · 1 h 8 min · Season 2 Episode 33Is it possible to scale a company to substantial revenues while nurturing a truly values-driven, people-centric culture without sacrificing purpose? In this episode of "The…
