Lead. Scale. Win.

Benjamin R. Lueck

Effective leaders simplify the complex. Join Benjamin as he shares both practical business wisdom and tactical execution techniques designed to eliminate leadership bottlenecks, break through revenue and productivity plateaus, and help drive sustainable growth in your business. Connect at: https://benjaminrlueck.com

  1. 05/29/2023

    Navy Seal, Author of 12 Books, Speaker, and Business Consultant Marty Strong Unveils How Resilient Teams Win in Crisis & Chaos (Episode 15)

    In this episode, Benjamin talks with special guest Marty Strong about… - The process of writing 9 fiction novels and 3 business books (02:18) - The Navy Seal mindset for leading teams (12:30) - How leaders should approach scaling, growing a brand rapidly, strategic pivots in the organization, addressing competitive threats, and other crisis scenarios (23:57) - Planning for success when crisis and chaos are inevitable (29:45) - The difference between optimization as a process vs. a business strategy (32:45) - His 3 Step Process for accelerating leadership growth (38:14) >>> Grab the full show notes at https://priorityinitiative.com/s1e15-show-notes/. GUEST BIO: Marty Strong is a retired Navy SEAL combat veteran, CEO, and serves on two corporate boards. He is a creativity and leadership consultant, motivational speaker, and the author of nine novels and two business leadership books; Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business released in January 2022 and Be Visionary: Strategic Leadership in the Age of Optimization, released January 2023. Marty's suffered the loss of his oldest son, beat cancer twice, and has been shot at in a few exotic countries. He’s spent a lifetime meeting challenges head on, succeeding in three professions, anticipating crisis, and leading through chaos. Connect with Marty at his website: https://martystrongbenimble.com/ Links to all his resources and books are available on his website as well. We would greatly appreciate it if you took a minute to subscribe, rate, and review this podcast. It helps us get our message out to more people and start more conversations about creating life-giving environments in the workplace as part of our mission to end workplace-related suicide. For additional leadership resources, connect with Benjamin on social media: https://priorityinitiative.com/connect

  2. 05/22/2023

    Sales Rockstar & Business Owner Drake Nightenhelser Defines Great Leadership from a Follower’s Perspective (Episode 14)

    In this episode, Benjamin talks with special guest Drake Nightenhelser about… - The key leadership factors that amplified and accelerated his professional development into an insightful sales and business coach (03:34) - Key qualities for leaders who want to see professional growth and development in their team members (10:18) - Foundational leadership lessons learned in transitioning from sales expert to entrepreneur and business owner (19:58) - Advice for other leaders who want to create a growth environment (31:41) - The #1 thing that team leaders must understand to be successful (46:18) >>> Grab the full show notes at https://priorityinitiative.com/s1e14-show-notes/. GUEST BIO: Drake Nightenhelser started his career in sales and business development in 2016 selling commercial vehicle wraps. From there he went on to sell multiple things in the high-ticket coaching space including business opportunities and divorce coaching. During his 5 years on the sales floor, he personally sold more than $2.5M worth of products and services. He's helped companies accomplish outstanding goals like increasing continuation sales from 30% of annual revenue to 70% as well as increasing things like client quality, prices, and quantity of client results. Today he uses his unique insight into sales to help business owners identify and tackle various aspects of their business that are affecting their ability to sell to their dream client with ease. Connect with Drake on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/dnightenhelser/ We would greatly appreciate it if you took a minute to subscribe, rate, and review this podcast. It helps us get our message out to more people and start more conversations about creating life-giving environments in the workplace as part of our mission to end workplace-related suicide. For additional leadership resources, connect with Benjamin on social media: https://priorityinitiative.com/connect

  3. 05/16/2023

    Ph.D. Dissertation Coach Dr. Harrison Reveals How to Truly Empower High-Performing Teams (Episode 13)

    In this episode, Benjamin talks with special guest Dr. Jennifer Harrison about… - Her leadership experience in academia and business (02:16) - Elements of toxic culture for both new students and seasoned professionals seeking further education to watch out for in academia (07:25) - Origins of exploitive leadership culture in the US workforce and academia (11:56) - Balancing people’s desire for collaboration, connection, and meaningful work with productivity metrics necessary for organizational success (14:21) - Practical advice for leaders who want to lead change and reverse elements of toxic culture in their company (18:30) - Greatest lesson to be learned from both great leaders and toxic leaders (37:10) >>> Grab the full show notes at https://priorityinitiative.com/s1e13-show-notes/. GUEST BIO: Dr. Jen Harrison is a highly experienced dissertation coach. A Ph.D. herself, she has coached and supervised first-generation, ESL, and non-traditional students in the UK and USA for more than 10 years. Many of them have achieved first-class degrees. Dr. Harrison offers support in writing, research design, motivation, and research methods. She specializes in helping you achieve your dissertation and career goals quickly and easily, so you can feel confident and supported moving forward. Connect with Dr. Harrison on her website: https://www.readwriteperfect.com/ or via all of the social media links in the show notes. We would greatly appreciate it if you took a minute to subscribe, rate, and review this podcast. It helps us get our message out to more people and start more conversations about creating life-giving environments in the workplace as part of our mission to end workplace-related suicide. For additional leadership resources, connect with Benjamin on social media: https://priorityinitiative.com/connect

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Effective leaders simplify the complex. Join Benjamin as he shares both practical business wisdom and tactical execution techniques designed to eliminate leadership bottlenecks, break through revenue and productivity plateaus, and help drive sustainable growth in your business. Connect at: https://benjaminrlueck.com