Inspiring Business Podcast Steve Sandor

In this week's episode of the Inspiring Business Podcast, Simon Bedard from the Exit Advisory Group and I start with a discussion about the current economic environment and how business owners could look for opportunities in the aftermath of Covid 19 and the financial tsunami that is approaching us.We expectedly navigate our way toward Emotional Intelligence and how to use it, and ways to attract and keep quality staff.Simon Bedard LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/business-...

I had an epiphany while listening to this episode. There is no villain in Karl’s story. He hasn’t had to overcome any massive tragedy, or Phoenix rising from the ashes. In fact it’s an unremarkable success. But a great story nevertheless.Karl’s story is about his progress from taking over the family business; creating a business that reflected his values and purpose; building a culture that allowed him to be in control and let go of managing; and finally having the time and money to purs...

Francois Lupien is a dynamic coach, mentor and speaker whose experience includes successfully working with Tony Robbins, Stephen Covey (7 Habits of Highly Effective People) and as a consultant with Bob Proctor (Movie: The Secret 2006).Achieving excellence in everything he puts his mind to, Francois has been a Tae Kwon Do Canadian champion, a Top Real Estate agent for 11 years with Remax, and a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful 6-figure businesses.There were some fantastic lessons i...

Andrew Fox has a long list of academic achievements that he is proud of however he doesn’t display them on his wall. He says he feels that it is the person, not the credentials that are really at the core of cultural clarity.There are so many beautiful nuggets of common sense on how to behave in a genuinely caring way. Respecting a person’s views and beliefs and taking the time to be interested in the person.I hope you enjoy this insightful conversation with Andrew Fox.Andrew FoxCEO Cultural ...

As you can tell Damian has a very positive attitude towards business and lifeThere are a few lessons that I think we could take away from this conversation.The first is that going back to basics is a mistake. What worked years ago may not work today. Although we didn’t discuss this a lot of what Damian spoke of was first principles.You can be experienced and not confident, and not experienced and confident and it’s knowing the difference. There is obviously risks when acting with confidence a...

It’s interesting that regardless of the times and the business environment, regardless of the financial, political or societal position, people are a constant. In today’s world we talk about Psychological Safety, in the 80’s and 90’s it was Emotional Intelligence and before that it was Management Theory.So as business evolves so does the development of people and one could argue that the way we lead business is conforming with how we see society and that business is a large part of how w...