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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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Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
This episode hits a little closer to home for me as I welcome my brother Jordan Swing to the podcast.
Jordan would describe his love for Chick-fil-A as an obsession. He's going to share some of the highly applicable lessons he's learned from over a decade of professional basketball and how it could apply to any leader in any environment.
If you want to connect with Jordan you can do so through Instagram and LinkedIn.
Connect with your host - Josh Swing
Stay saucy!
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Erin Franklin is the Owner/Operator at Chick-fil-A Ford City in the Chicago market and she's never listened to a podcast before!
That's all about to change now that she's a member of The Secret Sauce Family. Listen as she shares about leading out of your authentic self, the importance of community, and choosing to do hard things.
Send me an email if you'd like to connect - josh.swing@wildsparq.com
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Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
This is the podcast version of my keynote from the CFA Indy Operator Retreat.
If you'd like to discuss opportunities to speak at your next retreat or leadership conference please connect with me here or send me an email:
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Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
This is a recap episode discussing my biggest takeaways from the conversation with Daniel Andrews - Owner/Operator Chick-fil-A S. Colorado & Yale + Chick-fil-A Broadway and Dartmouth.
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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
Connect with your host Josh Swing
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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
Connect with your host Josh Swing
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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.
Stay saucy!