Breaking Invisible Ceilings: How to Overcome Hidden Barriers to Leadership

Why Your Team Keeps Quitting — And How to Fix It

Most small businesses don't have a strategy problem — they have a culture problem. And it's costing them their best people. Lisa Urbanski sits down with Rich Ashton, founder of Growing Your Own, to show you how to build a workplace culture that retains talent, develops leaders, and sets you free. You'll learn: 🔥 What a healthy culture actually looks like in a small business 🏗️ The hiring turnaround story that went from 20% to 80% 🧠 How to instill culture before someone's first day ⚠️ The AI threat most leaders aren't talking about 🚀 The shortcut to developing your next layer of leaders Connect with Rich Ashton: 🌐 Website: https://www.growingyourown.net/ [https://www.growingyourown.net/] 📘 Book: Growing Your Own * Barnes & Nobles [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/growing-your-own-rich-ashton/1147387991?ean=9798822982703] * Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Your-Own-developing-business/dp/B0F7MVN4F9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P3FHML67O1PU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IU7YZ3QReF7nJNzFntXQNg.aTb6uePd9q362cma0fo3-gT3pGIP0NDMHAwDxMCjTik&dib_tag=se&keywords=growing+your+own+rich+ashton&qid=1748995858&sprefix=growing+your+own+ric%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1] 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-ashton-397a2b10/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-ashton-397a2b10/]

Breaking Invisible Ceilings: How to Overcome Hidden Barriers to Leadership

What if the biggest thing holding you back in your career or leadership isn’t external at all? In this episode, Lisa Urbanski talks with leadership expert Rich Ashton, author of Growing Your Own, about the hidden beliefs, internal patterns, and “invisible ceilings” that can quietly limit confidence, growth, and leadership potential. In this conversation, you’ll learn: ✨ What invisible ceilings are and why they’re so hard to recognize ✨ How the environment shapes confidence, leadership, and self-belief ✨ What it looks like to break through a leadership ceiling in real life ✨ Why leadership growth happens in small, practical steps ✨ How organizations can better support emerging leaders Connect with Rich Ashton: 🌐 Website: https://www.growingyourown.net/ [https://www.growingyourown.net/] 📘 Book: Growing Your Own * Barnes & Nobles [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/growing-your-own-rich-ashton/1147387991?ean=9798822982703] * Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Your-Own-developing-business/dp/B0F7MVN4F9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P3FHML67O1PU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IU7YZ3QReF7nJNzFntXQNg.aTb6uePd9q362cma0fo3-gT3pGIP0NDMHAwDxMCjTik&dib_tag=se&keywords=growing+your+own+rich+ashton&qid=1748995858&sprefix=growing+your+own+ric%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1] 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-ashton-397a2b10/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-ashton-397a2b10/]

Can’t Step Away From Your Business? Build Leaders Using the “Grow Your Own” Method

If your business only works when you’re there, you don’t have a “work ethic” problem; you have a dependency problem. And it’s fixable. Host Stacey Chillemi talks with Rich Ashton about building leaders from within so your company can run smoothly, even when you’re not in the building. In this episode, you’ll learn: 🎧 Why hiring “corporate” managers often fails in small businesses 🎧 How to spot leadership potential (even without a title) 🎧 The communication loop that prevents dropped balls 🎧 How to delegate decisions, not just tasks 🎧 A simple training approach that works in the real world 🎧 The culture shift that reduces turnover and grows leaders Connect with Rich Ashton: 🌐 Website: https://www.growingyourown.net/ [https://www.growingyourown.net/] 📘 Book: Growing Your Own * Barnes & Nobles [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/growing-your-own-rich-ashton/1147387991?ean=9798822982703] * Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Your-Own-developing-business/dp/B0F7MVN4F9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P3FHML67O1PU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IU7YZ3QReF7nJNzFntXQNg.aTb6uePd9q362cma0fo3-gT3pGIP0NDMHAwDxMCjTik&dib_tag=se&keywords=growing+your+own+rich+ashton&qid=1748995858&sprefix=growing+your+own+ric%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1] 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-ashton-397a2b10/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-ashton-397a2b10/]