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Hosted by Josh Swing, The Secret Sauce Podcast features easy-to-apply leadership principles from the most dynamic leaders in the world. You’ll learn effective ways to grow as a leader, develop your team, and make an impact.
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Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Owner/Operator Daniel Andrews out of Denver, CO shares his passion for building brighter futures both professionally and personally.
This starts with the belief that every person has unlimited potential to do beautiful things.
Be prepared to listen to this one a couple of times because of how many practical takeaways there are.
Here’s a list of the books Daniel referenced:
Essentialism
Chop Wood, Carry Water
Love and Work
Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
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Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
If you've only got 5 minutes to consume a podcast this is for you.
This is a recap episode from my full conversation with Leo Chan.
There were 3 big takeaways that I walked away with. Listen in to here what they were.
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Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Leo Chan is the former Senior Innovation Lead of Chick-fil-A Inc. and the current Chief Creativity Officer of Abound Innovation.
Much like Chef Gusteau of Ratatouille who believes "everyone can cook" Leo believes "everyone can innovate"!
(If you're looking to kill some time check out the first-ever TikTok musical of Ratatouille Leo references from our conversation here.)
Listen as Leo unpacks a clear definition of innovation that we can all relate to. He'll also expand on the importance of environment when innovating. We'll wrap up the conversation with a practical way to generate great ideas.
Connect with Leo on LinkedIn, Instagram, or by subscribing to his newsletter.
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Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
This is a version of the keynote I delivered at the CFA Houston Leadership Conference this week.
Shoutout to all the leaders I got the connect with at the conference! I hope you'll share this with your teams and can have a meaningful conversation about the growth mindset.
Connect with me here.
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Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Michel Harding is the Owner/Operator at Chick-fil-A Cantrell Road in Little Rock, AR. He joins us on this episode to discuss 5 nuggets of wisdom from over a decade of experience with Chick-fil-A.
Whether you're new in your journey as a leader or you've racked up decades of leadership experience yourself, you're going to want to lean in for this one!
5 Nuggets of Wisdom:
1) Create The Best Version of Your Team Member
2) Create Opportunities, Not Systems
3) Create The What, Then Find The Who
4) Strive to create space.. in your schedule, brain, and for your team.
5) Zero distractions come at 4 AM.
Connect with Michel on LinkedIn
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Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Know. Be. Live.
Listen as John Basie (Director, Residency at the Impact 360 Institute) unpacks these three simple, yet powerful words and what it means for how we approach creating more leaders.
The Impact 360 Institute was founded by John and Trudy Cathy White in 2006 and Chick-fil-A's roots still run deep through the entire campus.
Click here to learn more about the Impact 360 Institute.
Click here to purchase Basie's book: Know. Be. Live.
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Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Does your leadership development strategy feel like it came straight out of the '90s?
Unfortunately, when it comes to building our team's leadership capacity most approaches are dated, boring, and inconsistent.
Kat Hudgins focuses on leadership development for Chick-fil-A Morton Ranch and for the Houston market as a whole.
She's sharing some of the innovative ways she approaches creating a relevant, rotating, and consistent strategy for positively influencing others.
If you're in Houston don't forget to register for the conference coming up on July 26th.
Chat with your host - Josh Swing
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Dave Koepsell - Owner/Operator of CFA Celebration, FL joins me to discuss trust, transparency, vulnerability, and honesty and why it all goes back to a personal commitment to glorify, steward, and influence.
Dave is pioneering the way we care for people by the way we practically invest and view peoples' time.
Lean in because you're not going to want to miss this one. Stay Saucy!
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Ryan Leak is an incredible speaker, author, coach, podcaster, and content creator.
He'd attribute much of what he's been able to accomplish to the fact that he's willing to fail at stuff most people aren't willing to try.
Listen to Ryan unpack his perspective on failure and how he relentlessly pursues the art of getting better.
You can purchase Ryan's books (which I'd highly recommend), book him as a speaker, or sign up for his free encouraging texts on his website here:
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Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
How do you get a team to buy into a bigger vision and embrace it personally?
Stephanie Witte - Operator at CFA First Colony Center in California, Maryland - shares how she turned her vision statement into more than just words on a wall.
Stephanie's team is more committed than ever to the pursuit of excellence and living out what it means to CARE through teamwork.
Click here to learn more about Wildsparq.
Schedule time to connect with the host here.
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