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I had a giant smile on my face when I first met Mignon Francois, the founder and CEO of The Cupcake Collection.
Mignon exudes joy and just being around her makes everyone smile.
But thatâs not to say that itâs been all smiles for Mignon on her journey to bring The Cupcake Collection to where it is today.
She started with $5 and has grown the business to do over 10 million dollars in sales.
Through the highs and lows, Mignon has persevered. And sheâs done it with joy.
If you want to build a winning team, youâre about to learn from Mignon that you need to bring a little joy to what you do.
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And be sure to check out How Leaders Lead with David Novak, a podcast I produce as a part of my role as the CEO of David Novak Leadership (full update on this at the end of the episode): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-leaders-lead-with-david-novak/id1223803642
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There was a season in my life when I wanted to be the next John Mayer. When I was in college, I wrote my first song which then turned into me writing more songs and recording some of them.
I then moved to Nashville as an eager and optimistic 21 year old with a big dream of becoming a full-time musician.
I went to Belmont University for my junior year of college and started meeting other singer/songwriters with similar dreams to mine. One of the people I met there was Steve Moakler. And when I first heard his music, Iâve got to be honest ⊠I didnât want to like it because I was jealous. The guy was writing songs that were surely going to land him on the radio and everything about him just screamed âthis guy is going to be a star.â
People at Belmont talked about Steve like he was going to be the next John Mayer. Which was impossible! Because I was going to be the next John Mayer!
But everything changed when I really got to know him.
We went on a tour together and quickly, Steve became one of my closest friends.
If you donât know Steve Moakler, youâre about to hear what makes him so special.
Listen to Steveâs new record âMake a Little Roomâ on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/457Ok9pnF5fAfG7lNUFqHS?si=EuYZ47fNTvSrn7-B3xt6Bg
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Dr. Nate Zinsser has spent his career training the minds of the U.S. Military Academyâs cadets as they prepare to lead and perform when the stakes are the very highest.
Not only this, heâs coached world-class athletes like two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, numerous Olympic medalists, professional ballerinas, and other athletes, teaching them to overcome pressure and succeed on the biggest stages.
Dr. Zinsserâs book is called âThe Confident Mindâ and as soon as I started to read it, I knew I had to find a way to get him on this podcast.
Because if you want to build a winning team, you need to start by building confidence.
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Canlis is a fine-dining restaurant in Seattle, run by 3rd generation owners (and brothers) Brian and Mark Canlis. In my interview today with Brian, youâre going to hear loud and clear whatâs at the heart of Canlis: they think of others first.
They think of others first in how they hireâand the unique approach they have as they interview candidates.
They think of others first in creating the guestâs dining experienceâhow theyâre looking to blow the guestâs minds.
I could go on and on, but the point is this: to build a winning team, you have to think of others first.
This âthink of others firstâ approach to life and business is at the core of what it means to be in the Secret Society. And Iâll tell ya, Brian and the team at Canlis are card carrying members of the Secret Society of Success.
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As a society, we are more anxious and overwhelmed than weâve ever been â 77% of our population is experiencing physical symptoms of stress on a regular basis.
And while I hear so many people talking about the problem, I donât hear many people offering solutions.
But then I read a book called âRhythms of Renewalâ by Rebekah Lyons where she shares four rhythms that we could implement into our lives to bring a little more peace.
What if we knew what to do when we felt anxious?
What if we had some tools that we could lean on when we needed them the most?
Well, in the next 30 minutes, thatâs exactly what youâre going to get from Rebekah.
Because if we want to build a winning team, we need to establish rhythms to reduce stress and anxiety in the workplace and at home.
Take the quiz to find your strongest rhythm: http://rebekahlyons.com/quiz
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I have to admit, I have a tendency of only doing things that I know Iâll be good at.
I mean, who likes to fail?!
But recently, I came across a book called âChasing Failureâ and in it, the author, Ryan Leak says, âChasing failure took me further than chasing success ever did.â
And Iâll have to say, that caught my attention and has me rethinking my approach.
So I asked Ryan if heâd help us better understand why we should chase failure and the impact that can have in our lives and careers.
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As youâre building a business, itâs easy to default into the idea that bigger is better.
But is that the only approach?
Lee LeFever is the author of a book called âBig Enoughâ and in this episode, heâs going to show us there is in fact another option.
Maybe growing and scaling is the play. But thereâs also a chance that maybe a âbig enoughâ approach would be a better decision for you for a lot of reasons.
If we want to build a winning team, we need to think about all aspects of our decisions. Especially when it comes to how we structure our companies, and the products we offer, and the teams we then put together to serve our customers.
As youâll hear Lee talk about, itâs important to âplant the garden youâre prepared to tend.â
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Twenty-one years ago Al Andrews started Porterâs Call, a nonprofit that offers counsel and support to touring musicians.
Thousands of lives have been impacted by the work that Al and his team do behind the scenes as they come alongside recording artists to work through their challenges.
But the truth is, weâre all up against some of the same challenges that recording artists face.
Have you ever struggled with comparison or criticism or even how to have a healthy relationship with social media?
This conversation with Al shifted my mindset about some of these things and Iâd imagine youâll be thinking a bit differently by the end of this episode, too.
If we want to build a winning team, we need to learn to deal with comparison and criticism and prioritize mental health both at work and at home. And Al is about to help us take steps towards health.
Donate to Porterâs Call: https://www.porterscall.com/donate
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Thereâs a chapter in my book about the importance of recognition and in that chapter, I talk about something called shout-outs.
Shoutouts are where you carve out a little time at the end of a staff meeting to recognize work that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.
And the person I learned this from is Sarah Sloyan, the former SVP of EntreLeadership. Sarah is a great leader and is someone Iâve looked to for counsel and guidance as Iâve led teams over the years.
If thereâs one thing about Sarah that I want you to listen for, itâs how she celebrates wins.
When a leader can help a team set big goals, give everyone clarity about their part to play, and then celebrate when those big goals are reached, you build a team who knows how to win together.
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Ambassador John Cotton Richmond was the Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons from 2018 to 2021. Which means that he held the highest ranking position in the United States dedicated to combat human trafficking.
John is a real life super hero! He takes down the bad guys and helps victims find freedom.
What youâll hear in our conversation is Johnâs simple approach to all that he does: heâs looking to make wrong things right.
If we want to build a winning team and make an impact on those around us, thereâs so much we can learn from John about how to do that well.
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Ben Malcolmson spent 13 years as the right hand to Pete Carroll, head coach of the Seattle Seahawks.
So much of what Iâve learned about what it looks like to live in the way of the Secret Society is what Iâve seen modeled from Ben.
When asked in an interview how we should show up in a supporting role, Ben responded, âBe as selfless as possible ⊠as you help someone else be at their best, youâre being at your best ⊠itâs such an honor to serve someone.â
And that right there is a picture of who Ben is and how he operates.
If we want to build a winning team, thereâs so much for us to learn from Ben about what it looks like to support others from the sidelines.
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Thereâs a minor league baseball team whoâs shaking things up and turning a lot of heads.
Even playing 10 levels below the major leagues, they sell 4,000 tickets a game, have sold out every season several years in a row, and have a waitlist of almost 50,000 people.
Crazy, right?!
On this week's episode, I interview Jesse Cole whoâs the owner of the Savannah Bananas.
Itâs so easy to get obsessed with resultsâtickets sold, revenue madeâbut we have to focus on the process if we want to be successful. It's what the Bananas have done and it's what we need to do too.
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Most of us work at 100 mph. We have endless task lists, back-to-back-to-back-to-back meetings, we eat lunch at our desks so we can respond to a couple more emails and Slack messages, we hardly take a break to go to the bathroom or even to get a drink, weâre constantly behind ⊠and ⊠weâre exhausted.
This pace is unsustainable and I think we all know it.
When I read Juliet Funtâs book "A Minute to Think" the first thing I did was exhale. She gave me permission to think differently about how I show up at work and at home.
What would it look like to operate in a more sane and humane way each and every day?
What would it look like to build in some white space into our days?
And what would that do to the quality of our work, our interactions with our coworkers, and our families?
If we want to build a winning team, we need to conquer busyness so that we can do our best work.
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I spent almost a decade as the right hand to Donald Miller as the COO of StoryBrand. One of the big paradigm shifts in the StoryBrand 7-part framework is the idea that your brand is not the hero of the story. Your customer is the hero and you are the guide. Youâre Yoda and your customer is Luke Skywalker.
Thereâs something unique about the guide role and itâs counterintuitive to how most people show up in their lives and careers.
Whatâs being the guide all about?
Simply put, itâs about helping others win.
Someone Iâve learned a lot from in my life in this regard is Donald Miller. He has been a guide to the millions of people whoâve read his books and have learned from him the past couple of decades as a writer and thought leader.
If you want to build a winning team, you need your team to show up motivated to help others win.
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Iâve been looking forward to this day for a long, long time. My new book, The Secret Society of Success, is now available wherever you buy books.
In todayâs episode, Iâm going to give you a sneak peek of the first two chapters.
Weâll kick things off with Donald Miller reading the foreword and then weâll go right into me reading the introduction and chapter 1.
I hope you enjoy this little preview of The Secret Society of Success.
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At the time we recorded this, our guest today, Shannon Watkins was the CMO of Aflac. But just a week ago, it was announced that she is joining the Jordan Brand as their CMO. We werenât able to talk about this big move during the interview since it wasnât public knowledge yet, but itâs a huge opportunity for her! Youâd think someone like Shannon is pretty laser focused or her position and setting herself up for opportunities like this move to the Jordan Brandâbut what youâll hear is quite the opposite. Shannon paves the way for others and sets them up to win and doesnât spend much time thinking about herself at all.
This approach is one that more of us need to model in our careers. I can't wait for you to hear this conversation with Shannon!
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Dan Cockerell spent 26 years working for Disney and wrote about all of his experiences in his book âHowâs the Culture in Your Kingdom?â.
Whenever people talk about culture, my ears perk up because I know that if we want to build winning teams, the culture we create is a key part of that.
I read the book (and loved it) and then asked Dan if heâd come on the show and teach us how to build cultures the Disney way.
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When people talk about the idea of having an impactful career, itâs almost assumed that a prerequisite is that you have to make a BIG splash touching hundreds or thousands or even tens of thousands of lives. But what if I told you thereâs another way? What if âone life at a timeâ was the best approach? Perhaps one day that will accumulate and youâll have the opportunity to impact a lot of lives, but the people whoâve inspired me the most in this regard didnât get there by trying to get there.
Becca Stevensâs goal in starting Thistle Farms was not to start a social enterprise or to make the type of impact sheâs made in the lives of now thousands of women.
But isnât that beautiful? She didnât get there by trying to get there.
She focused on one life at a time. Thatâs been her measure of success.
If we want to be people who build winning teams, we have to focus on one life at a time. That is how we will create companies that have the greatest impact in the lives of others.
Go buy some Thistle Farms candles, soaps, and lotions here: thistlefarms.org â And by doing that, know that your purchase will help the women of Thistle Farms on their journeys to recovery.
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If I were to ask you to draw a line that modeled what a successful career looked like, youâd probably start at the bottom left and draw a line up and to the right. Success is all about winning, right? No failure and no major setbacks or challenges. If Iâm honest, that is what I used to think. That is, until I got to know Olympic gold medalist, Scott Hamilton. What Iâve learned from Scott is that embracing challenges and learning from failure can help us win. In fact, Scott says, âAny goal will always have obstacles, difficulties, and setbacks. You will be defined not by those setbacks but by how you respond to them.â So thatâs what weâre going to learn about today. Weâre going to learn how to respond to the challenges weâre up against.
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David Novak is the cofounder and former chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands, which is the parent corporation for KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. It's one of the largest restaurant companies in the world. When David was running Yum!, he had 1.5 million employees and increased the market cap from $4B to $32B. How did he do it? By creating a culture of recognition. At Yum! they valued every personâs contribution and would recognize people for doing excellent work. So if you want to build a winning team, you need to understand the power of recognition and the impact that can have on the growth of your business.
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