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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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Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Listen as Terrell Daniel of Chick-fil-A Tech Road delivers the 7 key ingredients to his secret sauce for leadership:
- Know yourself, lead yourself - gain self-awareness, invite feedback, then apply self-care
- Lead by example - don’t ask anybody to do something you aren’t willing to do yourself
- Know your team, lead them differently - there isn’t a one-size fits all leadership strategy
- Blame the process, not the person - be easy on the people not on the problem
- Constant gentle pressure - it’s our job as the leader to keep putting the salt shaker in the middle of the table
- Fail fast - get comfortable with making mistakes - if you’re not messing up you’re not trying hard enough
- Be purpose-driven - relentlessly tie everything back to the "why"
Connect with the host here.
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Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Do you know what it takes to be a resilient leader?
Arden Long, Megan Lenoir, and Sara Nelson had the opportunity to speak at the opening dinner of the Chick-fil-A Female Operator Gathering.
Listen in as they share highlights from their trip to Hilton Head and 3 key pillars for how to be resilient.
Click here to connect with Arden about finding resilient leaders for your team.
Click here to connect with Josh about using Wildsparq as a system to reinforce growth on your team.
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Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Are you being intentional about your culture or are you letting it happen by default?
Rex Brooking is the Owner/Operator of two stores in Beavercreek, OH. He shares three clear, practical ways to create the culture you want:
1. Align your team with your vision/purpose
2. Hire to your core values
3. Focus on your people
Click here to chat with the host, Josh Swing.
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Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
There are 3 must-haves for any experience that drives growth:
ENERGY | COMMUNITY | CONNECTION
Billy Boughey - Founder and CEO of Elevate Experiences - delivers practical ways to leverage these 3 elements and create momentum.
Do yourself a huge favor and take advantage of the incredible resources mentioned in this episode:
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Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Wake Up and Lead x The Secret Sauce Podcast
This is a crossover episode from my good friend Hampton Dortch's pocast. If you haven't subscribed yet you're missing out.
We discuss my journey with Chick-fil-A and the secret sauce for making others feel like the most important person in the room.
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Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
The Wildsparq and FireSeeds team had the opportunity to hang out with 500+ Chick-fil-A leaders across the Houston market and lead a breakout session on Building an Unstoppable Bench.
In this episode, our team will share highlights and key takeaways from the conference.
Schedule time with the host - Josh Swing
Schedule time with FireSeeds - Arden Long
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Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Sonder: the realization that each person is living a life as valuable, vivid, and complex as your own.
Lean in as Tim Sweetman, Operator at Chick-fil-A Millsboro in Delaware and host of the Mission & Margin Podcast explains how to live a life of genuine curiosity.
This episode is packed full of valuable takeaways on dreaming big, trusting the process, and doing the hard things.
Video Tim references in the episode: Danger of a single story
Connect with the host - Josh Swing
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Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
It is a known fact that our world is moving faster than it ever has. So how do we connect and build relationships with 1,000 different things going on? One word... Systems.
Kayla Smith - Operator at Chick-fil-A Germantown Town Center in the Metro DC area shares all about the impactful systems she's put in place to drive moments of connection with her team. She'll also discuss what it looks like to live on the edge of your comfort zone and the emotional commitment she's made to becoming a Chick-fil-A Operator.
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Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
We're back and you're going to want to hear this! David Peck is a brand new Operator out of Palm Desert, CA bringing some fresh perspective to the show. He's going to discuss his willful commitment to TOGETHERNESS and how he reinforces it with 6 daily values.
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Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Be fully present. Easy enough right?.. Wrong. Being present is something we have to intentionally fight for. Listen in as Richard Munguia - Owner/Operator of CFA Kentlands Square unpacks how "being where your feet are" can be a catalyst for care, development, and accountability.
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