Unpacked with Ron Harvey

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People Always Matter. Join Ron as he unpacks leadership with his guests.

  1. 4d ago

    Decisions That Matter: Trust, Courage, and Starting From Zero with Fay Niewiadomski

    When a civil war reduced her dean's office and 17 years of research to ashes, Fay Niewiadomski was left with a briefcase and one question: who am I when the title is gone? That reset became the foundation of her book Decisions That Matter: Rethink, Reimagine and Reset Your Life, and of a coaching career built on one belief: you have power, so stop giving it away. In this episode of Unpacked with Ron Harvey, Ron sits down with Fay, a Jamaica-raised, Lebanon-based leadership coach and former university dean, for a candid conversation about decisions, trust, and what leadership costs when it isn't real. In this episode: The difference between a decision and a choice, and why saying "I have no choice" surrenders your powerWhy knowledge and competence are not the same thing, and why making money is not the same as creating valueThe courage gap: why leaders won't hold their teams or themselves accountable, and why leadership is not a popularity contestHow Fay earned trust in a war zone by treating everyone fairlyRebuilding trust: look in the mirror, admit your mistakes, and be the brand that keeps its promiseThe hidden cost of ineffective leadership: people forget you the moment you lose the titleCommunication as the wiring that powers a business: speaking at, to, and with someoneThe four journeys of a leader: the Personal Odyssey, Walking with Lions, the Ascent of the Warrior, and the Dance of the MagicianWhy putting yourself first is not selfish, and how character becomes destinyFay Niewiadomski is a leadership coach, strategic communication consultant, and author of Decisions That Matter: Rethink, Reimagine and Reset Your Life. A former university dean who lived through 15 years of civil war in Lebanon, she coaches leaders one on one and works with organizations on strategic communication and business emotional intelligence. She publishes two blog posts a week on leadership dilemmas and staying irreplaceable in the age of AI. Get the book: Decisions That Matter is available on Amazon, Amazon UK, IngramSpark, and Kindle Connect with Fay: LinkedIn and YouTube (links in the show notes) Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

  2. Sep 7

    Adam Roach: The Trust Ledger and Choosing Significance Over Success

    Adam Roach had the franchises, the SaaS company, and the income. Then he stood at his father's funeral, looked out at 500 people whose lives his dad had shaped, and realized he had been chasing the wrong scoreboard. Within months he sold every business he owned. In this episode of Unpack with Ron Harvey, Adam joins Ron for an honest conversation about trust, influence, and what it actually costs to lead people instead of just running a company. In this episode: Why Adam walked into three franchises on the same day and told his partners to buy him out or be bought outThe moment at his father's funeral that redefined what legacy means to himWhy leadership is nothing more complicated than influence, and influence is getting people to take actionHow Adam uses AI as a leadership tool, and why we are in an implementation age instead of an information ageThe four levels of audience every leader moves people through: unknown, known, like, and trustThe seven trust mechanisms ranked from paid ads up to the keynote stage, and why it takes 48 minutes to turn a stranger into someone who trusts youThe trust ledger: how to make deposits through presence and recognition long before you ask for a withdrawalHow Adam turned an unprofitable office of 80 agents around in eight months using the appreciative inquiry 4D model and framed magazine coversWhy walking your halls and knowing everyone beats everyone knowing youThe values and beliefs test that makes a leader trustworthy, and why being neutral on everything makes people doubt youThe wound, lie, and vow equation that exposes the pose most leaders are standing inTwo pieces of advice for new leaders: stop making it about you, and stop modifying behavior when you should be going after heartsAdam Roach is the founder of the I Love Coaching Community, a coaching organization serving coaches across four continents. A longtime friend and student of John Maxwell, he is a former collegiate tennis player, tennis pro, and real estate franchise owner based in Charleston, South Carolina. Find Adam: @AdamRoach on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook Free tools for coaches: ilovecoachingcode.com Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

  3. Aug 31

    Leading With Zero Expertise: Jennifer Doty on Trust, Change, and Starting Over

    Ron Harvey sits down with Jennifer Doty, leadership author, speaker, and Vice President of Customer Operations at ThreeFlow, for an honest conversation about what happens when the title you built your identity around goes away. Jennifer spent nearly 20 years at MetLife. She started in finance, moved through M&A, served as chief of staff to a C-suite executive, and finished by leading a team of almost 1,400 people across U.S. group benefits operations. Along the way she was handed a role she had no business taking, leading the IT integration for the ALICO acquisition with no technology background at all. Then in the summer of 2021, her role was eliminated. What she did next turned into two books and a portfolio career. What Ron and Jennifer get into: What to do when your identity is tied to your title and the title goes awayLeading with zero expertise, and why you get hired for how you move people, not for what you already knowThe First 90 Days framework Jennifer sends to every person she promotesThe one skip-level question that surfaces what your team actually needs from youWhy the stories between your ears run your day, and the morning and night practice she uses to change themHow a leader being vulnerable gives the whole team permission to be honestWhat changed about leading people once everyone went remote, and why connection now takes effort it never used toTelling your team as much as you can, as soon as you can, without breaking confidenceWhy blocking a good person from their next role is the fastest way to lose themBuilding your personal board of directors, and finding people who already walked the road you are onFeedback as information, not a verdictWhy a second income stream is not a side hustle, it is a safety netJennifer Doty is the author of Just Lead and Find The Right Now Role, both on Amazon. She speaks and runs workshops on leadership, mindset, and helping teams get out of their own way. Connect with her on LinkedIn or at jenniferdoty.com. If this conversation helped you, share it with a leader who needs it and follow the show. Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

  4. Aug 24

    The Owner Bottleneck: How to Scale Without Doing It All Yourself

    What separates a business that's growing from one that's truly scaling? On this episode of Unpacked, host Ron Harvey sits down with Doug Levy, president of Lexington Rose Consulting and a fractional COO with two decades in the trenches, to unpack the systems, mindset shifts, and hard-won lessons that let owners step out of the day-to-day without the business falling apart. Doug spent ten years growing an insurance agency from $3.4M to $12.1M in revenue at a 40% profit margin before a record-setting sale to private equity, and he brings that operator's perspective to every answer. In this episode: Why systems, not effort, are what let a business scale, and how "anything that delivers consistency is a system," whether it's software, an SOP, or your org structureThe owner bottleneck: how "nobody can do it like I do it" quietly caps your growth, and why progress beats perfection every timeBuilding a trust-first culture by trusting people by default, then confirming the decision by observing competenceThe real cost of a bad hire, and why a $60K employee who leaves inside six months can run you $55K plus lasting cultural damageInstitutional knowledge vs. documentation, and knowing the exact moment to start writing things down: "when the pain of not doing it exceeds the pain of doing it"Treating workflows as an investment with a compounding ROI, not a sunk costWhy not every business needs to "10x," and giving yourself permission to define your own version of successThe leadership truth business school skips: how people feel matters more than any academic framework, plus Ron's signature question, "Does your audio match your video?"Guest: Doug Levy, President of Lexington Rose Consulting, a business operations and fractional COO consulting firm. Reach him at LexingtonRoseConsulting.com or 954-459-4052, and connect with him on LinkedIn. If your team is hiring in the next 12 to 24 months, ask about his LogicWise Hiring System. Host: Ron Harvey, Vice President and COO of Global Core Strategies and Consulting. Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

  5. Aug 17

    Stop Being Nice And Start Leading with Justin Ricklefs

    What if caring for your people wasn't the thing that slows results down, but the very thing that drives them? On this episode of Unpacked with Ron Harvey, Justin Ricklefs — founder and CEO of Guild Collective, a human-first brand agency in Kansas City — joins the show to unpack the ideas behind his book, Give a Damn: The Catalyst for Caring Companies. Ron and Justin dig into why care and commerce can coexist, and why the leaders who genuinely give a damn tend to build healthier, more loyal, and higher-performing teams. In this episode: Why caring and results are not opposites, and how leaders quietly lose their best people when they treat them as either/orThe critical difference between being nice and being kind, and why avoidance dressed up as care is really self-protectionJustin's framework of core leadership characteristics — curiosity, compassion, and clarity — and why clarity means telling the truth and giving honest feedbackWhat publicly tearing a team apart does to trust, and why trust, once broken, shatters like a coffee mug dropped on a tile floorHow to lead through high-pressure moments by moving toward curiosity instead of projecting false certaintyWhy "pressure is a privilege," a lesson shaped by Justin's years working in the Kansas City Chiefs front officeThe simple five-minute daily habit — handwritten notes and naming gratitude — that any leader can start todayJustin Ricklefs is the founder and CEO of Guild Collective and the author of Give a Damn: The Catalyst for Caring Companies, available now on Amazon. Connect with Justin on LinkedIn, where he writes almost daily about leadership, care, and building human-first brands. Unpacked with Ron Harvey is hosted by Ron Harvey, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Core Strategies and Consulting in Columbia, South Carolina, where the guiding belief is simple: people always matter. Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

  6. Aug 10

    Confidence Is Action: Tricia Conyers on Building Real Self-Trust

    Confidence is not the same thing as competence, and chasing more credentials will never close the gap on its own. In this episode of Unpack with Ron Harvey, coach and author Tricia Conyers joins Ron for an honest, vulnerable conversation about why so many accomplished, high-performing women still struggle to see themselves as capable as everyone around them already does, and what actually builds the kind of self-trust that lasts. Based in Trinidad and Tobago, Tricia Conyers is a professional and personal coach who works with women standing at a crossroads between the life they are living now and the brighter, braver, bolder version of themselves they know they are capable of becoming. Her first book, Confidence Is Action, releases in September on Amazon. In this conversation, Ron and Tricia unpack: Why competence is only one ingredient of confidence, and what the missing pieces really areThe "negative sum game" women play by dismissing their wins and magnifying their mistakesA simple daily practice: naming one thing that went well, then why it was about youHow reflection, scheduled every 90 days like a meeting, compounds into higher performanceThe wedding-party moment that stripped away Tricia's confidence, and the lesson underneath itWhy self-trust, not outside validation, sits at the very heart of real confidenceThe "waiting to feel ready" trap, and why confidence only arrives after you take actionHow confidence works like a muscle that anyone can build through repetition and repsWhether you lead a team, are building something of your own, or keep waiting to feel ready before you begin, this episode delivers practical, day-by-day tools to stop waiting and start acting, plus a leadership lens on how to build confidence in the people you manage and help them step into bigger opportunities. Connect with Tricia Conyers:  LinkedIn: Tricia Conyers  Instagram: inspireher (Trinidad and Tobago)  Website: triciaconyers.com  Book: Confidence Is Action (Amazon, September) Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

  7. Aug 3

    The Trust Recession: Why Buyers Stopped Believing You

    Scott Proposki went from shooting events at the White House under President Obama to building a multimillion-dollar photography business, then losing all of it during COVID. In this episode of Unpacked with Ron Harvey, Scott walks through the three years he spent in the wreckage, the one question from his coach that pulled him out, and the method he now uses to help business owners find the small changes that move an entire year of revenue. Ron and Scott get into why trust has become the scarcest asset in business, why most owners keep restarting instead of building momentum, and what it really takes to earn a yes in a market full of noise. In this episode: The trust recession: why buyers have stopped believing claims, and how to earn belief back one step at a timeSelling the destination instead of the seat on the plane, and what that shift does to your pricingBase camp: why climbing the same hill over and over stalls growth, and how to rebuild with the right team firstThe only two reasons people do not buy, and how to solve bothMoving from victim thinking to ownership after a setback you did not causeWhy small businesses lose deals on follow-up, not on priceBeing of service instead of selling, and why service closes what pressure cannotThe unconventional path that got Scott into the White House, and what it teaches about being foundWhy it is not how, it is who, and how to staff around your weaknessesScott Proposki is a former National Geographic and White House event photographer, author of Camera Focus, and creator of the Business Focus Method. He works with businesses from six figures to nine figures to identify the one to three percent changes that compound. Connect with Scott: businessfocusmethod.com | scott@businessfocusmethod.com Ron is covering the cost of Camera Focus for the first five listeners who email Scott after hearing this episode. Hosted by Ron Harvey, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Core Strategies and Consulting, a leadership development firm helping executives stay closer to their people. Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

  8. Jul 27

    Erin Treacy on Burnout, Bottlenecks, and People-First Leadership

    Erin Treacy spent years working 80- and 90-hour weeks, telling herself she would slow down next week. Her body ended the argument for her. Standing on the cook line of one of her 1950s-style diners, her right leg went numb. The diagnosis was a slipped disc and compressed discs in her lower back, and she could no longer stand on a concrete floor for twenty minutes, let alone a twelve-hour shift. In this episode of Unpacked with Ron Harvey, Erin Treacy, a leadership and business coach in West Virginia, unpacks what burnout actually cost her, why closing the business was the smartest decision available, and how she rebuilt a people-first leadership model that includes the leader. What Ron and Erin cover: Why servant leadership falls apart when the leader is left out of "people first"The signs her husband and kids named for years before her body forced the issueHow leaders make themselves the bottleneck while believing they have empowered the teamThe Post-it note challenge that exposes how often you say "I'll just do it myself"Why two minutes of teaching today saves roughly ten hours of work next weekWhat it takes to close a business when you are wired to compete and hate to loseThe adult version of a timeout, and why walks, art, and a phone left at home are not indulgencesThe eye of the hurricane problem: staying calm for everyone else while the storm runs inside youWhy a lesson often has to land hundreds of times before it sticksRon's Daytona pit stop analogy and the military policy that made leave mandatoryThe line that changed how Erin leads: your opinion of me is none of my businessThis one is for the leader who has become the answer to every question and the entrepreneur who keeps moving the goalpost. Burnout does not announce itself. It sends warnings, and most high performers are moving too fast to read them. Connect with Erin Treacy: ErinTreacyCoaching.com, and Coach Erin Treacy on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. She answers every message personally. Connect with Ron Harvey: LinkedIn, or the Global Core Strategies and Consulting website. Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

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  • Creator
    Ron Harvey
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
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