Exit Coach Radio

Steve Klein is the CEO of the Professional Development Center. Today, Steve will dive in to the topic of enlarging the comfort zone of human potential.  Website: PDCchange.com        

Katharine Halpin is in the business of accelerating the growth of companies before, during and after transitions and transactions.  Questions addressed: What is the #1 thing Business Owners can do to accelerate the growth of their company before they prepare for the sale? When is the 'right time' to tackle that? How in the world do you know if you do or do not have the right people in the right roles, focused on the right priorities? Special Offer! Complimentary, Confidential Consultation available for anyone who hears this message. Just call Katharine Halpin at 602-266-1961 or email K.Halpin@HalpinCompany.com  or go to our website www.HalpinCompany.com  My book, Alignment for Success: Bringing Out the Best in Yourself, Your Teams and Your Company is available on Amazon.    

I'm a business coach who help CEOs and business owners improve business performance and prepare for an eventual sale of the business or a generational transfer. My philosophy: Run your business like you're going to sell it ... even if you're not. Questions Answered:    1) Are there steps an owner can take in the short term to increase the selling price of a business?  2) Aside from being ready for the transaction process how does financial performance affect valuation?  3) What else can an owner do to have a significant impact on the price a buyer will pay for the business? Contact Info:  Website: www.alliance-ceo.com Email: brian@alliance-ceo.com  

Founder and CEO of Sustainable Leadership, Inc., Christina Haxton is an expert at helping others transform stress into increased engagement. Christina is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and in her clinical time, her clients tended to be extremely burnt out business executives. She began her business after realizing she wanted to help more than just one person at a time. Christina has guided countless people toward better lives, both at work and home, by sharing this important information.  Many of the clients Christina was seeing were coming to her after a wake up call from a doctor or loved one. Her new goal is to prevent people from reaching the point of desperation, and instead educating about proactive measures that prevent burnout. Many business leaders have become distant from their colleagues, but connection is essential to managing stress. Christina shares 5 common warning signs of burnout and some changes you can make to help your team and yourself manage stress more effectively. Companies

Brad Leggett is the CEO & Founder of The Leggett Group, Inc. Brad works with CEO's and VP's of sales to set the company's sales strategy and to build, lead and retain "high performance sales teams." Today, he will discuss how to develop your company's high performance sales team. Questions Answered:  1) What drew you to this line of work? 2) What advice would you give an entrepreneur/CEO who needs to establish a sales team? 3) What are the most common challenges you see companies encounter with their sales teams as the company grows? Contact Info: Website: www.leggettsales.com Email: brad@leggettsales.com    

AmyK Hutchens, of AmyK International, specializes in teaching critical thinking for better performance, productivity and profitability. Previously working as an executive around the globe,  she has seen countless people identifying problems, but not devising any solutions to them. This led AmyK to eventually start her own business using her passion of solving problems and igniting brilliance in leadership. She works with companies by constructing custom think tanks that are aimed to help improve business performance all around.  One of the first things AmyK will often ask her clients is “What would be your ROI if everyone in your company was thinking a bit better tomorrow?” In her interview, she explores this question from various angles and relates it to goal achievement. By breaking down the thought processes behind our behaviors, we can change both our behavior and results. AmyK stresses the importance of clearly defining the target before setting out on the hunt. She offers some tips for better understand

Barry Davis is a  Senior Certified Business Performance Advisor for Insperity, the premier Professional Employer Organization. He helps his clients confront many of their most difficult challenges. In this 20 minute interview, Barry discusses several interesting concepts to help business owners of all sizes reduce benefit costs while increasing the attractiveness of the company to attract top talent. Contact Barry at (818) 546-3131.   

Simon Lovell went from being a bullied teen, addicted to drugs, alcohol, gambling and then built his own million dollar company, but he still wasn't happy. After healing his childhood trauma he now helps CEOS and entrepreneurs become fulfilled through a proven six week transformational process called The Super High Performance Formula. He is the author of The Black Ball: Does Anybody Else Have a Secret? and has been featured on Entrepreneur and Forbes. Simon is also the host of the Unshakeable Leaders podcast. Today, we discussed the answers to these questions: How does emotional intelligence impact performance in business? What is a black ball? What is the impact of meditation on a CEO / entrepreneur?

Wendy Nolin turns "B" players into "A" players, and "A" players into Rockstars.    Website: wendynolin.com Email: wendy@wendynolin.com  

Barry Shamis is the President of Selecting Winners, a training and consulting firm that teaches Business Owners, Executives and Managers how to hire better employees.    Questions Asked:    1. What is the most important thing a Business Owner or Manager can do to improve their odds of hiring a winner?   2. Where is the best place to find candidates without breaking the bank? 3. How do I know that I'm getting good information that will help me make great hiring decisions?  Contact Info: Website: www.selectingwinners.com Email: barrys@selectingwinners.com        

Holly helps business leaders and their companies achieve excellence by creating clarity on what winning looks like and determining how to get there. She will help you achieve alignment and focus your organization so everyone is in the same race. Her unique approach to strategic agility, alignment and engagement - based on the approach Pause, Think, Focus, Run - provides the tools, techniques, and skills companies need to reach their destinations and achieve their goals. Questions Answered:  1) What are some of the ways our brain has built in blind spots?  2) How do we use our brains more effectively at work? 3) How can we set ourselves up to be successful Contact Info:  Website: www.thehumanfactor.biz Email: holly@thehumanfactor.biz Bonus Material:  Book on Amazon: Using Your Brain to Win and via MoreThanaMinute.com    

We hope you enjoy this 10 minute compilation of 1 minute tips from our past guests! Have a great weekend!

  Joan Ridley discusses the appropriate steps to selling your business, including thinking like a buyer!  

Andrew Ballard, Vistage Speaker and owner of Marketing Solutions, joins us with strategies for growing your business. He has held every position in the marketing food chain, from sales rep to CEO, and been running his own company for the last 18 years. Marketing Solutions uses research based growth strategies to build value in companies before they transfer ownership. By looking at the entire enterprise from the outside, the specialists at Marketing Strategies can be more objective than someone absorbed in the day-to-day operations. In his interview, Andrew talks about the importance of a business having a North star, as well as how to follow it. He also hammers home the idea that the owner’s opinion doesn’t matter, it is the customer’s opinion that does. Andrew makes himself valuable by helping businesses drive up their value before succession. Listen for multitudes of strategic, fact-based knowledge and a special offer on his book, “Your Opinion Doesn’t Matter.”  

John Lee Dumas explains that in many cases age 50+ people are in a better position to be a Podcast host than their younger counterparts due to their extra years of experience. To learn more about starting your own Podcast visit Podcasters' Paradise  

Dr. Zach Schaefer, Founder and CEO of Spark the Discussion, is a talent optimization and behavioral science expert. Dr. Z is also an award winning professional speaker and recently retired tenured professor. His mission is to help companies execute their goals with excellence. Dr. Z has important insight to share with business owners regarding team building and finding a suitable successor.  In his interview, Dr. Z discusses behavioral science and its application in the workplace. Culture can make or break a company, so building the right team should not be taken lightly. Dr. Z explains some behavioral science assessment tools and how they can be used to optimize your teams. He also shares some musings from his fascinating book, “American Creativity.” Your carefully chosen team can help your business grow even after you’ve left the business, don’t miss Dr. Z’s tips for building the best team you can. 1-Minute Sections:  5:36-6:20: How behavioral science applies to the workplace. 6:50-7:53: The shocking acc

Patrick Renvoise, Co-Founder of SalesBrain and co-author of "The Persuasion Code", shares more interesting research and insights as to how we are persuaded to make decisions and why you need to know about it.

Leslie Groene is the President of Groene Consulting in Huntington Beach, California. Today, she will discuss how your business can develop top line growth.    Questions Asked:    1) How does someone prioritize selling activities? 2) Why is having a goal and creating a plan so important? 3) What characteristics are crucial for today's business develop professional?  

Ken Sanginario is the Founder of Corporate Value Metrics, LLC and he has developed a cloud-based tool to help business owners increase their business value by 50-100% over the next 3-5 years. Go to his website to find out about the "Value Opportunity Profile".    

              Stephan Liozu, Founder and Disruptor at Value Innoruption Advisors, is a designer of disruptive and innovative value and pricing strategies. With over 25 years in business, he noticed that people very easily get stuck in their comfortable, existing models, but leaders should constantly be innovating. Stephan defines disruption as learning to do things differently. Comfortability may be your enemy, and a bit of innovation can go a long way towards improving your bottom line.  In his interview, Stephan discusses common misconceptions in the field of pricing. While many business owners determine price based on cost, few base their pricing on the value brought to the customer. Stephan suggests moving from a reactive pricing approach, to a proactive pricing approach. Start catching more value in your market by working at the intersection of innovation and disruption, listen to Stephan’s expertise to learn how. 1-minute Sections: 6:27-7:35: Disruption and transformation, talking about unintentional a