Episodes

What does it take to build resiliency? Let’s be honest, we all get knocked down, but there are some of us who stay down, and then there are others who seem to get back up. That’s resiliency. What is the difference? Can you develop resiliency? The truth is resiliency is like developing your muscles. It cannot be taught, it must be experienced. But when it comes to resiliency there is a key and that is you mindsets. When it comes to getting back up again regardless of your circumstances, your mind...

There are different perspectives on what “work” is and what it “should” be. Some people will say that you “go to work, you don’t go to fun”, but that simply is not true any more. Today we all go to work trying to be in an environment where we can use our talents, gifts, abillties and knowledge, have a sense of fulfillment, and at the same time be able to adequately provide for our family and ourselves. However, as we all know we get that career job, and it doesn’t turn out the way we had hoped....

There are many books that will talk about how to increase revenue. But few focus on small to medium size service -based businesses. Even fewer can gaurantee it and use math to prove it? Well on this episode of A New Direction Michael Buzinski founder and CEO of BuzzBizz Media joins us to fulfill his promise that if you follow “The Rule of 26” and achieve its 3 objectives, you will double your website revenue. Let me ask you this if you could watch or listen to a show that could help you double y...

Today was “Ask Coach Jay Day”. Complete transparency we had a glitch with the original guest and rather than do nothing we decided to have a show where people could write in their questions live. So on this episode of A New Direction…we truly took A New Direction. The show started with talking about how to find your natural God given gifts and how that can lead to a purpose. Then our first question came from a viewer and listener who wanted to know how you get out of a rut in your life. The fina...

Why can’t we all just get along? As the generations work in the same space, the differences seem to be magnified. The lines have been drawn. Everything seems to be black and white with no gray area. If you are a “baby boomer” chances are you find the millennials and Gen Z generations frustrating, perhaps seeing them as entitled, lazy, or arrogant. If you are Gen X like me, it’s all about independence, we find the “baby boomers” closed minded and controlling. If you are a milennial you want to co...

Are you as successful as you want to be in your life? How about your business? How about your career? Research has demonstrated that how you think determines the level of success regardless of how you define it, that you can achieve. Researcher and Best Selling Author Dr. Ryan Gottfredson joins us again on this episode of A New Direction to dig deeper into the four mindets that can create success or can kill it. The sad truth is that most of us are in complete denial about our mindsets, believin...

So often we wonder why we do not get the results we are looking for. We will typically blame a person or group of people for our failures and mistakes. If you are leading a team you will frequently be tempted to follow the addage of “fire fast and hire slow”. But are these really problems that are beyond your control or problems that you could control if your mindset was different? The problem is we get into denial believe that we have the right mindsets. If I were to ask you right now do you ha...

Did you know that according to Gallup only 36% of employees are actually engaged in their work? That means basically 2 out 3 employees just do a job without having a purpose. We currently live in an era of “Quiet Quitting”…just doing enough to not get fired. Why? Becaue they cannot find a purpose in their work. What does that mean to you and your business? What lack of employee engagement and purpose means is less productivity, lower morale, fewer innovative ideas, and ultimately less profit. So...

It has been said, “there are no business problems, but only personal problems that show up in your business.” As one who coaches business professionals at every level, I have found this to be 100% true. When our lives lack purpose, meaning, or we feel have not impact, we are living a life that is unfulfilling. The external rewards only take us so far. The accumulation of things and money dissilusion us with power that we mistake as fulfillment. The truth is you and I have been placed on this pla...

Whether you are an Owner, CEO, Manager, or an Employee. One thing is absolutely true that when we trust each other it is easier for us to together as a team work be more productive, impactful, and certainly more profitable. Then why do we have such a difficult time getting our team of people to trust and “play nice” with each other so that we can experience the benefits. Often times we focus on Whether you are an Owner, CEO, Manager, or an Employee. One thing is absolutely true that when we all...

To say that we are living in some turbulent times is an understatment. It is during turbulent times like these that we are all tested, but it is where we see great leadership emerge, and at the same time weak leadership to fail. One trait that is for sure in great leadership is reslience. The ability to keep going when we keep getting hit. When circumstances and economies surround and attack our business. It is during those times where resilient leadership must show up and lead the way. In this ...

Have you ever seen a “Barnstormer”? Those women and men who fly the planes at amazing speeds doing amazing stunts. Some of you may shake your head and say, “not me”. Others of you get excited about it and can understand the thrill. The truth is Barnstorming is like like owning your own business. Your business moves at aafast pace, it experiences the twists and turns, and at times it can make your stomach turn inside out. In Barnstorming, like your business, the risks are always there, but you ch...

Who doesn’t like a really great underdog story? We all do! And former CEO of PRC-Desoto Ted Clark inspires us with his story on this episode of A New Direction. No MBA. In fact, Ted did not have a degree. As his story goes at 19 he started as a “shipping clerk”…and in 22 years he worked his way up to becoming the CEO and President of a major corporation. Then he did it again, and then he started his own corporation and grew into a global publicly traded company! How? you may ask. And that is the...

They say, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Isn’t it true? Psychologically our brain is wired to remember pictures easier and with much more clarity than listening to words or reading them from a page. Then why do spend so much time carving out the right message with words when we could be enhancing our leadership and lives by creating pictures that can be seen in our mind. Author Todd Cherches joins us this week on A New Direction and gives us practical guidance and tools to help us levera...

When we hear the word “Data” the first thing we think of naturally is numbers. And so often we think that the “numbers” make the decision for us. The fact is the analytics and statistics only tell us part of the story and if the “input” is wrong up front, the resulting “data” will mislead us into making bad decisions. Kevin Hanegan author of “Turning Data Into Wisdom” joins us on this episode of A New Direction. Kevin is going to give you deep insights on how we need to be careful with the numbe...

Most of us use Amazon.com services. It is estimated that 65% of the U.S. population uses Amazon at least once a month. The leadership of Amazon fell on Jeff Bezos and he led and created something that most people use and even if they don’t use it, we all are aware of it’s success. What does it take to lead and be a leader at Amazon? Well this week’s guest on A New Direction is John Rossman who was a Director for Amazon.com and he reveals 14 leadership principles that were ingrained into him duri...

Nearly all of us have either tried or dreamed about starting our own business and become entrepreneurs. Why don’t more people become entrepreneurs? The number one reason is, that it is filled with so much risk, that people cannot take it. The other reason is because it is a constant rollercoaster sometimes from day to day. Those that are successful entrepreneurs are far fewer than those who have failed. By multi-entrepreneur and philanthropist Bob Schlegel is one of those entrepreneurs who knows...

Whether you are a recent graduate or a have been working in your career for decades we all come face to face with a couple of questions: “Am I really doing the work in my career that has meaning and purpose? And is this the career I really want to spend my life doing?” Why is it that the world looks badly at us when we say “But this is not the career I want?” or “This isn’t the career I thought it would be?” Somehow it is like we are forced to stay in our jobs or careers that we don’t like becau...

Let me ask you do love your job? Okay, do find that when you go to work it has meaning? Do you feel like the work you do serves a bigger purpose? Well if you are like most people when the go to work they do not feel like their work has meaning or purpose. What if I told you that you could find work that was both meaningful and had purpose? Maybe you would say something like, “I don’t believe you” or “I can’t make a change”. What if I told you that it is possible to find meaning and purpose in th...

Perhaps you are not much of a dancer. And it is probably even more likely that those of you reading this have never done the Tango. However, when you watch the Tango it is perhaps the most complicated and intricate of all the dances. And yet on the outside it is as if the two people are one…but to learn the Tango correctly and be successful to the point that it looks effortless that takes work. Work that you do not see. And on this week’s episode of A New Direction Katia Rave Founder and CEO of ...

If you are like me you remember watching the Wizard of Oz and young Judy Garland playing the heroine Dorothy from a small time in Kansas. But what if the story was slightly rewritten. The setting is a small Kansas town and it is a couple of businesses that wondering if they should do a merger and a young HR Director by the name of Dora T. Gayle because of a bizarre “twister” of circumstances must now be the one to determine if the merger will work. We get introduced to Glenda Ozborn the CEO of O...

The late great women’s basketball coach Pat Summit once was reported being asked about her secret to winning championships, she said, “recruit great players”. Jim Collins in his book “Good to Great” alludes to recruiting great employees in his quote, “If I were running a company today I would have one priority above all others: to acquire as many of the best people as I could…” The fact of the matter is if you want to recruit the best people you have to have something to offer them. The same is ...

It has been said that “all work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy”. In today’s society it seems that we just want people to work. But maybe the real truth is we need balance in our work. Not just play, but the idea that the workplace is a fun place to work. Study after study has demonstrated that workplaces that have fun are more productive, more creative, and create employee loyalty. It then begs the question: “Would you call your workplace a “fun” place to work? With the number of people who ...

Perhaps one of the greatest challenges we all have is presenting in front of others. So often when it comes to presenting we major on the minors and minor on the majors. The major of course making sure you are presenting you authentically. You can have all the presentation skills down pat, but until you realize that YOU ARE THE PRESENTATION it will not make any difference, because nothing substitutes for the authentic you…you simply cannot fake it. Thankfully for you and I best selling and gold ...