Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast Lodestone True North

In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) continue their discussion about the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely.



0:00 Intro

0:28 Why’d you pick up this book “Predictably Irrational” ?

4:10 Garden of Eden ideas

4:55 Our behavior is irrational, but it’s predictable…

12:04 Why would you tell someone to read this book?

13:32 Book Reference - Jordon Peterson 12 Rules of Life

27:04 Expectations…

27:37 “The Matthew Principle” - Jordan Peterson

28:43 Pump The Brakes tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExqKYh4kzxM&t=0s

30:45 Procrastination groups from chapter 7

37:39 Guardrails in your life, like the bucket budget…

42:25 Money quote from chapter 4

45:10 Quote from the book Drive by Daniel Pink



** Credits**

Music - Burning Down The House by Talking Heads



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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) continue their discussion about project management, some personality assessments including Predictive Index and Culture Index, and a few things all of these type of assessments don’t show or measure.

0:00 Intro
0:30 What are you looking for in a project manager?
11:25 Predictive Index assessment – https://www.predictiveindex.com/
14:22 Culture Index – https://www.cultureindex.com
- Links to David Quick interview episodes on Culture Index:
- Episode 046: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-046-interview-with-david-quick-part-1-of-2/
- Episode 047: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-047-interview-with-david-quick-part-2-of-2/
16:15 Book Reference – The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
17:07 What these assessments don’t show or measure…
- Work ethic
- Grit
- Character
- Value system
- Chemistry
- How someone handles pressure
33:20 Talk about the core values at TTx
- People Focused
- FILO – First In Last Out
- Elite
- All about the flag
- Eyes wide open
42:39 “Act Your Wage”
46:32 “Restaurateur” – a person who owns and manages a restaurant.
Book reference – Setting the Table by Danny Meyer
“Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It’s that simple, and it’s that hard.”
― Danny Meyer
53:41 Shoutout to Brandon Kenney, CEO of TTx

** Credits**
Music - Burning Down The House by Talking Heads

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) discuss the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, and a lot about project management.

0:00 Intro5:19 Reference to Dune by Frank Herbert, audio book George Goodell reader https://hdaudiobooks.com/audiobook-dune/10:52 Reference to 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni and shoutout to Preston True14:27 A little bit of history about Joshua and his role at TTx…16:16 Struggling with Project Management…19:32 “You’re managing timelines, expectations, tasks, schedules, communication, risks, creating . But you’re leading people.”20:17 Kan Ban and reference to the book – 2 Second Lean by Paul Akers21:44 Talk about the different ways to organize Trello or Kan Ban28:44 Book reference – American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman31:33 What would you recommend as resources for project managers?


PMI Institute

The 5 major phases of any project:


Initiation
Planning and discovery
Execution
Monitoring
Closing

38:37 Different types of methodologies


Waterfall
Agile
Scrum

44:19 (Freaking cool smoke ring!)49:59 AAR tool https://youtu.be/YScRIF5Pm-A54:26 “Latch” acronym used during an interview


Loyal
Available
Teachable
Coachable
Hungry & Humble

56:16 Joshua’s 5 desert island movies:


Dances with wolves
Magnolia
Intouchables
The beast of the southern wild
Captain Fantastic
(In the name of the Father, Daniel Day Lewis…)

1:07:52 Reference to Rick Beato https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Jeremy Lile, Executive Director of Heart to Heart Leadership. https://www.htohleadership.org/
Their discussion includes an overview of using the Enneagram in business, CliftonStrengths, and more!

0:00 Intro
0:23 What’s your take on DISC?
11:37 Book reference - Excellence Dividend by Tom Peters
17:12 Change strategy formula…
1. D + V + F is greater than R.
2. D = Current levels of dissatisfaction.
3. V = Shared vision of a better future.
4. F = First steps in direction of new vision.
5. R = Resistance to change.
Beckhard, Richard, and Reuben T Harris. (1987). Organizational Transitions.
Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1987. Print.
20:57 Reference to The Flywheel - Jim Collins
22:46 What 3 assessments would you use?
* Enneagram
* Clifton Strengths
* Leadership Circle Profile
29:20 Reference to Alec Broadfoot in episode 044    • Episode 044 Interview with Alec Broad...  

35:16 Book reference - Think Again by Adam Grant
35:53 Personal guiding principles, core values, character
38:29 Any hacks on checking on character?
40:55 Reference Ted Talk “Doing Core Values”
41:05 Shoutout to Josh Gordon at Full Spectrum Marketing https://www.fsm.agency/

42:44 Book reference - Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
42:08 Book reference - Grit by Angela Duckworth
Our past episodes on Grit:

Part 1:    • Episode 027 Book Club: Grit by Angela...  
Part 2:    • Episode 028 Book Club: Grit by Angela...  
Part 3:    • Episode 029- Book Club: Grit by Angel...  
Part 4:    • Episode 030- Book Club: Grit by Angel...  
46:40 Hungry Humble Smart Venn diagram from Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
https://lodestonetruenorth.com/book/t...
51:30 Book reference - Top Grading by Bradford Smart
52:35 Mark’s Recruiting Flywheel tool
55:10 “A” Players bring tremendous return on investment
1:03:38 Your top 5 desert island books
* Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright
* Kingdom Calling by Amy Sherman
* The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
* The Road to Character by David Brooks
* Leadership From The Inside Out by Kevin Cashman
1:15:50 Reference - International Justice Mission

*Credits*
Music - Head Games by Foreigner

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In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore interviews Jeremy Lile, Executive Director of Heart to Heart Leadership. https://www.htohleadership.org/

Their discussion includes an overview of using the Enneagram in business, CliftonStrengths, and more!



Jeremy’s passion is to help people discover and deploy their purpose. For over 15 years, he has coached dozens of individuals and teams to live out their core values. He believes that the foundational skills that come from the inner life have the most potential to inspire people in the work they do.

In addition to leading organizational growth as the Executive Director, Jeremy enjoys facilitating The Enneagram, Leadership from Within, Appreciative Inquiry, and StrengthsFinder for Heart to Heart.

Through his experience in pastoral ministry and organizational development, Jeremy has spoken at retreats and events, facilitated numerous small groups, organized community engagement, and lead small teams on missions around the country and world.

Jeremy is married to the love of his life Christy and they have four children. When he’s not working for Heart to Heart, Jeremy is also the lead pastor and visionary for City Hope Akron, a grassroots church and community development organization committed to serving people in West Akron.

Jeremy has a B.A. in Psychology from Taylor University and a Master’s of Divinity from Ashland Theological Seminary. He is also certified in Appreciative Inquiry, the MBTI and The Enneagram in the Heart to Heart Way.

He serves on the board of the International Institute of Akron, the advisory board of the Institute for Leadership Advancement at the University of Akron’s College of Business Administration, the committee for Leadership Akron’s “Shift Akron”, and as a host at The Landing open choice food pantry at Akron Christian Reformed Church.

Jeremy is a graduate of Leadership Akron’s Signature Class 34, a recipient of the Greater Akron Chamber’s “30 for the Future” award, a recipient of the University of Akron’s EX[L] Center “Community Champion” award, and the 2019 recipient of the NSME Akron/Canton’s “Outstanding Community Leader” award.



0:00 Intro 

4:12 The Heart To Heart way (Look within, lead beyond)…


Awareness
Appreciation
Authenticity
Application

9:52 What are some of the outcomes with Heart to Heart or what does it look like when the needle moves for a leader?

17:11 What sort of assessment is around EQ?

18:40 Enneagram reference

20:46 Enneagram summary

22:08 What is your go to for taking the Enneagram? 


Rheti assessment, 144 questions… at the enneagram institute website https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/rheti?gclid=CjwKCAjw_aemBhBLEiwAT98FMsycB7x2A1KIZLWJB80nI8zXbKUsaYCdFGMNTuyJAXY6_iZLr_pOnxoCWwUQAvD_BwE

25:12 Where did the enneagram come from?

26:17 Reference to Ginger Lapid-Bogda https://theenneagraminbusiness.com 

27:54 What’s next steps after taking the enneagram assessment?

29:05 Book reference - What type of a leader are you by Ginger Lapid-Bagda

34:32Summary of the nine enneagram types


The Heart (mitigate feelings) 2, 3, 4
The Head (mitigate fear) 5, 6, 7
The Gut (mitigate anger) 8, 9, 1

52:31 “Through the lens of the Enneagram”

56:27 Reference to Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of Team

58:52 “Invitational accountability”

59:46 Clifton Strengths assessment https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/home.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=us_strengths_branded_cs_ecom&utm_term=cliftonstrengths&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw_aemBhBLEiwAT98FMl-e7Uzx6OiYpwmUS0n-sG1nRK0aTMlutmcmg66Q8_pz7Nl02p1f2RoC9r4QAvD_BwE


34 core talents or themes

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In Episode 047 of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Mark Whitmore and David Quick have a discussion on Culture Index, Vistage, and hiring. Part 2 of 2.

Here is a link for Culture Index to take a survey: https://surveys.cultureindex.com/s/69AC7B0000/26716



0:00 Intro

0:14 Good resources for the hiring process…


Book reference - Who by Geoff Smart
“Can you find a better first baseman”

3:42 Book references - The Advantage and Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 

4:10 “We’re all willing to sweep floors”

5:57 Book reference - Legacy: What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life by James Kerr 

10:45 What is the day job of the Visionary?


Harnessing the power of your herd
The path to remarkable leadership in an organization comes down to four things:

Setting vision
Creating and enforcing values
Setting expectations
Engaging like a madman or madwoman


12:32 Path to lazy leadership…

16:17 List of the Visionary’s Day Job

22:06 I need to fuel this magnet…

27:26 1-800-gotjunk reference Cameron Herrold

29:09 As a business coach if you could just impart an ability to an entrepreneur what are they missing?


If you want to be better, there are people out there that can help you…
Do you want a different level of success? 3 Questions: What do you want to be, do, have…

34:04 What are some common issues for some of the principles or leadership teams of an organization?


Vision
Values
Expectations
Engagement

38:31 Simon Sinek Quote…… 

“So if you would if you would go to the gym like exercise, right? If you go to the gym and workout and you come back and you look in the mirror, you will see nothing. And if you go to the gym the next day and you come back and you look in the mirror, you will see. Nothing right?”

39:24 Do these 4 things fall on just 1 seat? 

41:58 Swim suit analogy 

45:02 Link to SOAR tool https://youtu.be/7_E0C3-HMmA 

45:43 If it’s not scheduled it’s not going to happen…

52:13 What are some other CEO peer groups?

53:37 What is some of the worst advise you’ve heard

58:41 One day I want you here…

1:01:03 Link to the SMACK episode https://youtu.be/UgKgysVOME4 

1:05:35 “In God we trust; all others must bring data.”  - William Edwards Deming

1:07:35 Some reference checking hacks

1:11:14 Shoutout to pinnacle



** Credits**

Music - Once in a lifetime by the Talking Heads



Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!)LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ 

LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com


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