SE01E35 The Buck Stops Here | Janet Grondin | Driven to Lead

SE01E37 Humility Saves the Day | Kendra Reichenau | Driven to Lead

In this episode of Driven to Lead, Kendra Reichenau, CEO of Heartland America, Chaska, MN — shares her experience of being a new CEO and experiencing a business crisis with little or no experience with cash flow management.  With no money in the bank, and no reports tracking cash inflows and outflows, she was flying blind. Rather than becoming frozen by a lack of knowledge or embarrassment, she immediately applied common sense, escalated the issue in the organization, learned fast on the fly and saved the company from financial ruin.  Her approach demonstrates exactly what a leader must do — solve problems and win, regardless of your own personal experience or knowledge base.  You'll love her optimistic, no nonsense approach to business and admire her for her humility.  Take a look.  Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.  – Wayne and the Driven to Lead podcast team Contact Wayne here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-brannon-792b0536/ Visit the gr8road website here: https://www.gr8road.com/ Listen to Driven to Lead on these podcast platforms: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/161InPnNaM5p1H1zERQrxm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/driven-to-lead/id1819958647  Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/582480a2-36bc-42ab-b010-f57d9c9279fe/driven-to-lead #Leadership #BusinessLeadership #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamBuilding #ManagementSkills #LeadershipTips #PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #WorkplaceCulture #CareerGrowth #Entrepreneurship #SuccessMindset #Motivation #DrivenToLead #WayneBrannon #LeadershipPodcast #Inspiration #LeadershipJourney Driven to Lead is a podcast dedicated to inspiring and empowering business leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs to reach their full potential. Hosted by Wayne Brannon, each episode dives deep into leadership strategies, personal growth, team management, and real-world business challenges. Whether you’re leading a startup or a large organization, Driven to Lead offers actionable insights to help you build strong teams, develop your leadership skills, and create a positive impact in your workplace. Tune in weekly to unlock your leadership potential and drive success.

SE01E36 Leading through Crisis | John Walsh | Driven to Lead

In this episode of Driven to Lead, John Walsh, Founder & CEO of Endera out of Ottawa, OH shares his perspective about what it takes to survive in a crisis scenario during COVID.  John talks about how he was looking the death of his company right in the face with only a few weeks of cash remaining and a capital market that was very difficult to motivate at that time.  That said, John and his team built a compelling investment thesis for his current investors to increase their stake in the company in an emergency round to keep the company solvent.  Their belief in the company’s value proposition and in each other drove this inspiring story of success.  Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.  – Wayne and the Driven to Lead podcast team Contact Wayne here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-brannon-792b0536/ Visit the gr8road website here: https://www.gr8road.com/ Listen to Driven to Lead on these podcast platforms: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/161InPnNaM5p1H1zERQrxm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/driven-to-lead/id1819958647  Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/582480a2-36bc-42ab-b010-f57d9c9279fe/driven-to-lead #Leadership #BusinessLeadership #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamBuilding #ManagementSkills #LeadershipTips #PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #WorkplaceCulture #CareerGrowth #Entrepreneurship #SuccessMindset #Motivation #DrivenToLead #WayneBrannon #LeadershipPodcast #Inspiration #LeadershipJourney Driven to Lead is a podcast dedicated to inspiring and empowering business leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs to reach their full potential. Hosted by Wayne Brannon, each episode dives deep into leadership strategies, personal growth, team management, and real-world business challenges. Whether you’re leading a startup or a large organization, Driven to Lead offers actionable insights to help you build strong teams, develop your leadership skills, and create a positive impact in your workplace. Tune in weekly to unlock your leadership potential and drive success.

SE01E35 The Buck Stops Here | Janet Grondin | Driven to Lead

In this episode of Driven to Lead, Janet Grondin — CEO of Stellar Solutions out of Los Alamos, CA — shares her perspective about taking full responsibility and ownership as a leader for problems that sometimes occur within our organizations.  Janet talks about the testing and validation necessary to execute complex space projects, and about how even the most rigorous processes can still have issues.  The key is to be open and honest with yourself, take ownership, dig into the issue in an open & honest way and find solutions.  Great lesson for us all!  Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.  – Wayne and the Driven to Lead podcast team Contact Wayne here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-brannon-792b0536/ Visit the gr8road website here: https://www.gr8road.com/ Listen to Driven to Lead on these podcast platforms: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/161InPnNaM5p1H1zERQrxm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/driven-to-lead/id1819958647  Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/582480a2-36bc-42ab-b010-f57d9c9279fe/driven-to-lead #Leadership #BusinessLeadership #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamBuilding #ManagementSkills #LeadershipTips #PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #WorkplaceCulture #CareerGrowth #Entrepreneurship #SuccessMindset #Motivation #DrivenToLead #WayneBrannon #LeadershipPodcast #Inspiration #LeadershipJourney Driven to Lead is a podcast dedicated to inspiring and empowering business leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs to reach their full potential. Hosted by Wayne Brannon, each episode dives deep into leadership strategies, personal growth, team management, and real-world business challenges. Whether you’re leading a startup or a large organization, Driven to Lead offers actionable insights to help you build strong teams, develop your leadership skills, and create a positive impact in your workplace. Tune in weekly to unlock your leadership potential and drive success.

SE01E34 Connection before Correction | Gino Barbaro | Driven to Lead

In this episode of Driven to Lead, Gino Barbaro — Co-Founder of Barbaro 360, LLC and Jake & Gino, LLC out of St. Augustine. FL — shares his perspective about a strong positive association with money and delivering powerful educational insights about how we all should leverage coaching to improve our lives.  Gino talks about what it takes to be a great teacher & leader using an example of his own short-comings in dealing with a coaching moment within his own family kitchen.  The key is to make a strong connection with those who we hope will allow us to coach them prior to pushing our thoughts and ideas on them…..leveraging mutual human respect and shared responsibility as the foundation. Enjoy!  Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.  – Wayne and the Driven to Lead podcast team Contact Wayne here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-brannon-792b0536/ Visit the gr8road website here: https://www.gr8road.com/ Listen to Driven to Lead on these podcast platforms: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/161InPnNaM5p1H1zERQrxm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/driven-to-lead/id1819958647  Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/582480a2-36bc-42ab-b010-f57d9c9279fe/driven-to-lead #Leadership #BusinessLeadership #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamBuilding #ManagementSkills #LeadershipTips #PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #WorkplaceCulture #CareerGrowth #Entrepreneurship #SuccessMindset #Motivation #DrivenToLead #WayneBrannon #LeadershipPodcast #Inspiration #LeadershipJourney Driven to Lead is a podcast dedicated to inspiring and empowering business leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs to reach their full potential. Hosted by Wayne Brannon, each episode dives deep into leadership strategies, personal growth, team management, and real-world business challenges. Whether you’re leading a startup or a large organization, Driven to Lead offers actionable insights to help you build strong teams, develop your leadership skills, and create a positive impact in your workplace. Tune in weekly to unlock your leadership potential and drive success.

SE01E33 Deeds Speak Louder than Words | Marti Nyman | Driven to Lead

In this episode of Driven to Lead, Marti Nyman, President & CEO of New Wave Design out of Eden Prairie, MN - shares his beliefs and values relative to the people in his organization and why it makes so much sense as a leader to show them how much they truly matter.  This conversation goes beyond making statements about how much you care about your staff, and demonstrates real leadership in reaching out with personalized care whenever possible.  During COVID, Marti went the extra mile and it paid dividends for his people, and arguably, for business performance going forward.  I’m sure you’ll enjoy this episode from a seasoned leader who inspires us all to be a better version of ourselves.    Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.  – Wayne and the Driven to Lead podcast team Contact Wayne here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-brannon-792b0536/ Visit the gr8road website here: https://www.gr8road.com/ Listen to Driven to Lead on these podcast platforms: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/161InPnNaM5p1H1zERQrxm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/driven-to-lead/id1819958647  Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/582480a2-36bc-42ab-b010-f57d9c9279fe/driven-to-lead #Leadership #BusinessLeadership #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment #TeamBuilding #ManagementSkills #LeadershipTips #PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #WorkplaceCulture #CareerGrowth #Entrepreneurship #SuccessMindset #Motivation #DrivenToLead #WayneBrannon #LeadershipPodcast #Inspiration #LeadershipJourney Driven to Lead is a podcast dedicated to inspiring and empowering business leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs to reach their full potential. Hosted by Wayne Brannon, each episode dives deep into leadership strategies, personal growth, team management, and real-world business challenges. Whether you’re leading a startup or a large organization, Driven to Lead offers actionable insights to help you build strong teams, develop your leadership skills, and create a positive impact in your workplace. Tune in weekly to unlock your leadership potential and drive success.