Take Flight – Business Growth Strategies with Business Coach Dan Holstein
Actionable business growth strategies you can put to work in your business right now, served up in 3-4 minute episodes.
Are you a growth minded business owner, looking for strategies to help your business scale up? Do you find it challenging to make time for learning each week? If so, this is the podcast for you!
Hi! I’m Dan Holstein, and since 2010, I’ve coached business owners to scale their businesses profitably and sustainably. In this podcast, I share some of the strategies, tactics, and approaches my clients have used over the years to grow their businesses.
I’ll cover topics such as leadership, mindset, sales, marketing, personal development, and more.
Each episode will be brief (2-5 minutes), to the point, and have an actionable strategy or idea you can put to work in your business today.
Thanks for listening!
YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/KaizenPerformanceImprovement
Website: http://kaizenperformance.com.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danholstein
Episodes
98 episodes
Are You Annoying Your Customers? And what to do about it (and get great reviews)
Do you know what it's like to buy from your business? Do you understand your customer’s buying journey? Do you know what hoops you make your customer jump through in order to do business with you? Is it possible that your buyi...
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Episode 96
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4:29
Making Things Easy
With everything you have on your plate, starting a new initiative might seem like an overwhelming task. Thinking something is going to be harder than it is, might lead you to procrastinate, leading to time constraints and making that task seem ...
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Episode 95
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1:54
Driven vs Ambitious
Are you Driven or Ambitious? And why does it matter? The first female NFL coach, Dr. Jen Welter, was the keynote speaker at a conference I attended a few years ago where she put this question to us all in the audience.
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Episode 94
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3:11
Stop Babysitting Your Team - Use the simple Five S Training Method - like a Flight Instructor Does
Do you ever feel like you need to babysit your team because they have trouble completing some tasks successfully and consistently? I know many business owners who feel that way. And it is usually because they don't have an effective framework t...
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Episode 93
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4:22
How to Work Less in Your Business (and get away from the day to day operations)
This is a critical question for you: How much are you personally needed every day in your business? How much is reliant on you, your decisions, and your experience? Are you so important that it keeps you from taking a few...
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Episode 92
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3:52
Getting out of the Weeds - Making a Critical Hire
As the CEO of your business, your responsibilities over time have likely increased in both number and volume. There comes a time when you need to make a critical hire to take many of those vital responsibilities off your plate. Once...
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Episode 91
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2:47
Know your Numbers - What Key Metrics Can Tell You About Business Growth Strategy
I was at the airport recently and I got thinking about the windsock as it was blowing around in the gusting winds. A windsock is a simple yet critical tool for pilots, as it tells them what direction the wind is blowing and at what speed, which...
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Episode 90
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1:43
Feeling Resigned? How to get Unstuck!
Have you ever been in a state of thinking that a particular situation can't change, nothing is going to work, and become resigned to the fact that this is just kinda how it is? Watch to learn the simple process to getting unstuck and ac...
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Episode 89
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2:29
Robbing the Emotional Piggy Bank...of Your Customers
Whenever we interact with our customers, we are having an impact on them. The impact is rarely neutral, and usually either positive or negative. When we have a positive impact, its like making a little deposit into their emotional bank account....
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Episode 88
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2:30
Consistent Execution - Don't Break Your Seinfeld Chain to Success
I find that when talking with business owners that they find it’s difficult to get and stay consistent on their most important tasks because life just gets in the way. So I want to share with you a little story and a technique so that you can g...
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Episode 87
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2:03
Who Hates Meetings? Turn your Meetings from Time Wasters to Productivity Makers
Do you find meetings a waste of time and energy? Most business owners do too, because meetings are plagued with some of these chronic challenges:They never start on time.People don't come prepared.You feel like the changes discu...
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Episode 86
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7:01
Different Behavioural Styles on your Team: Differences as Strengths
This week I want to talk to you about personality styles and behavioural styles.Think about this: on your team do you have anybody that kind of drives you nuts?Are you looking at their difference as a weakness?If you are, I...
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Episode 84
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2:36
3 Steps to Overcome Self-Sabotage: From Possibility to Probability to Profitability
Have you ever said that you wanted to be, do, or have something and then immediately or shortly thereafter you decided that you couldn't be, do, or have that thing.And then you talked yourself out of it.What happens there? You're ...
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Episode 85
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3:49
Interview with AIS Solutions "Firm of the Future" owners Juliet Aurora and Steve Loates
Hear the story of entrepreneur Juliet Aurora who started her enterprise out of pure necessity in the spare bedroom of her house 20 years ago, and how she and her husband Steve Loates grew it into a national bookkeeping firm that has earned Intu...
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Episode 83
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38:51
Limiting Beliefs
Do you ever feel nervous about trying something new in business or life? This week, my daughter Megan and I discuss strategies to push through the nervousness, jitters and limiting beliefs that can keep us from trying new things and ach...
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Episode 82
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4:24
Don't Be So Hard on Yourself
Are you hard on yourself? Are ya? You…I’m talkin to you.Yeah, maybe not all the time but sometimes…a little bit of that negative self-talk kickin in there about this, that, or the other thing. Maybe it’s how much money you’ve made, ...
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Episode 81
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5:43
Maintaining your Mental Health. An Interview with Brian Janes of Impact Counselling
Have you ever had one of those days where you'd prefer to just stay home, and not go into your business and deal with all the stress? I think we've all been there at one point or another. As business owners, we are subje...
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Episode 80
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19:34
Who is Dragging Your Business Value Down? Business Value Drivers 3/10
The effectiveness and quality of your team is a significant factor in the valuation of your business. In addition to the amazing people on your team, you might have some staff that you regard as a consistent headache but continue t...
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Episode 79
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3:01
How are you Managing Your People at Work?
As business owners, it's easy (and sometimes tempting) to allow ourselves to get pulled into too many roles in our businesses.And let's face it, who doesn't like to be the person with all the answers and solutions?The challenge ...
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Episode 78
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3:50
Your Unique X Factor: Business Value Drivers 2/10
Does your business have an 'X-Factor' that makes it really stand out from your competition? This week, in episode 2 of 10 in our Driving Business Value series, we discuss how to determine what your X-Factor is, and how it sets you...
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Episode 77
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1:47
Zapper or Sapper? The Effects of Negative Energy People in Business
The difference between a Zapper and Sapper is the energy the person brings to those around them. A Zapper brings energy and a Sapper drains energy from those around them.Think of the folks you enjoy spending time with - I would wager th...
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Episode 76
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2:09
The Risk of Key Person Reliance - Business Value Drivers 1/10
If you are considering exiting your business in the next few years, NOW is the time to get to work on increasing the value of your business. This week's video is episode 1 of 10 in my Driving Business Value series, and is all about Key ...
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Episode 75
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3:33
How to Improve Execution
You know effective execution is what keeps your business moving forward quickly and profitably, but sometimes getting the entire organization to execute well is a challenge. In today’s video I share the three key things to have in m...
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Episode 74
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2:40
What is Your Business Worth? How To Increase its Value
Did you know that most business owners think their business is worth more than it is? The reality is your business is only worth what someone will pay for it - not necessarily what you think they should pay.If you are making decisions a...
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Episode 73
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2:56