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Scaling With People
Gwenevere Crary
108 episodes
15 hours ago
Send us a text What if growth didn’t feel like a grind? We sit down with founder Ricardo Viso to explore how joy can be designed into your day, your team, and your culture so creativity, focus, and results compound. Ricardo’s path—from retail and e‑commerce to beating a severe cancer diagnosis—reshaped how he thinks about work and life. He breaks down why happiness often depends on outcomes, while joy is a repeatable practice you can build with small, reliable inputs. We get tactical fast. Y...
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Send us a text What if growth didn’t feel like a grind? We sit down with founder Ricardo Viso to explore how joy can be designed into your day, your team, and your culture so creativity, focus, and results compound. Ricardo’s path—from retail and e‑commerce to beating a severe cancer diagnosis—reshaped how he thinks about work and life. He breaks down why happiness often depends on outcomes, while joy is a repeatable practice you can build with small, reliable inputs. We get tactical fast. Y...
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Management
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Entrepreneurship
Episodes (20/108)
Scaling With People
Joy As A Business Advantage with Ricardo Viso
Send us a text What if growth didn’t feel like a grind? We sit down with founder Ricardo Viso to explore how joy can be designed into your day, your team, and your culture so creativity, focus, and results compound. Ricardo’s path—from retail and e‑commerce to beating a severe cancer diagnosis—reshaped how he thinks about work and life. He breaks down why happiness often depends on outcomes, while joy is a repeatable practice you can build with small, reliable inputs. We get tactical fast. Y...
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1 day ago
24 minutes

Scaling With People
Sell Without Regret with Joseph LoPresti
Send us a text What if your biggest win isn’t the highest revenue month but the day you walk away on your terms? We go straight at the myths around exit timing, value creation, and “someday” planning with succession expert and wealth strategist Joseph LoPresti, breaking down the moves that turn a chaotic founder led operation into a transferable, high multiple business. From defining your Freedom Point to engineering enterprise value that a buyer will pay for, this conversation trades vague p...
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1 week ago
22 minutes

Scaling With People
Slow Down To Go Fast: How Continuous Improvement Powers Startup Growth with Lorraine Armijos
Send us a text What if the fastest way to scale isn’t hiring more people, but removing the friction that slows the people you already have? We sit down with executive coach and lean practitioner Lorraine Armijos to break down a simple, repeatable way to grow: align strategy, process, and people, then empower the front line to solve problems where the work happens. We start with the mindset shift founders struggle with most—slow down to go fast. Lorraine shows how to define the real problem b...
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2 weeks ago
24 minutes

Scaling With People
Profit, Clarity, and the Courage to Sell with Natalia Zacharin
Send us a text Growth gets loud when sales spike and calendars fill, but profit whispers through the numbers. We sat down with CFO and founder Natalia Zacharin to unpack the simple, durable moves that turn frantic effort into financial clarity. We start with the non‑negotiables: founders must sell until the offer is proven, resilience is built on reframing “I can’t” into “I can’t yet,” and your circle should normalize both bigger wins and smarter failures. These habits unlock options—and opti...
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3 weeks ago
33 minutes

Scaling With People
Inclusive Leadership: Turning Noise Into Team Power with Kelli Lester
Send us a text Micromanagement can’t fix burnout, noise, or fragmented teams—and perks won’t, either. We sat down with inclusive leadership expert Kelli Lester to show how clear vision, better questions, and real follow‑through unlock performance across stressed, remote, multi‑gen workplaces. From aligning on what “empowerment” actually means to closing the loop on engagement data, we unpack specific plays you can run this week to build trust and ship results. We start by reframing the manag...
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4 weeks ago
26 minutes

Scaling With People
Seeing People, Scaling Faster: The Sawubona Leadership Playbook with Susan Inouye
Send us a text What if the fastest path to growth isn’t a new playbook, but a new way of seeing people? We sit down with bestselling author and executive coach Susan Inouye to unpack Sabona leadership—the Zulu-rooted philosophy of “I see you”—and how it transforms culture, performance, and profit. Susan shares how a gift-centered approach, forged in youth mentoring programs and refined across 600 companies, helps leaders move from command-and-control to connection-and-receiving, from brittle ...
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1 month ago
35 minutes

Scaling With People
Culture Is Everyone's Job: Building From The Bottom Up with Brett Hoogeveen
Send us a text Have you ever wondered why some workplaces thrive while others struggle, despite having similar talent and resources? The secret might be hiding in plain sight – it's your culture, and contrary to popular belief, it's not just HR's responsibility. In this eye-opening conversation with Brett Hoogeveen, founder of Better Culture, we dive deep into what truly makes workplace environments flourish from the ground up. Brett challenges the conventional wisdom that culture is somethi...
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1 month ago
23 minutes

Scaling With People
Leadership at Every Stage: Scaling Through Turbulence with John Marvin
Send us a text Every founder dreams of rapid growth, but few are prepared for the leadership challenges that come with it. In this candid conversation with John Marvin, who brings 25 years of experience as President and CEO of a major eye care company, we dive deep into the leadership strategies that actually work when your business hits the "messy middle" - that critical scaling phase where what got you here won't get you there. Marvin doesn't mince words when identifying the biggest leader...
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1 month ago
28 minutes

Scaling With People
Founders, Stop Treating HR Like a Dusty Filing Cabinet with Terri Wilson
Send us a text What if your greatest competitive advantage is hiding in plain sight within your HR department? Terri Wilson, CEO of Doing HR Differently, joins me to shatter outdated notions of HR as merely a compliance function and reveals how transforming your people operations can become your rocket fuel for growth. Terri passionately unpacks how most organizations drastically underutilize their HR teams by relegating them to transactional work when they could be driving strategic busines...
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1 month ago
31 minutes

Scaling With People
Rewriting Your Leadership Story: From Childhood Patterns to Business Growth with Dr. Sharon Spano
Send us a text What if the biggest obstacle to your business success isn't your strategy, market, or team—but the narrative written decades ago in your childhood? Dr. Sharon Spano joins Gwendolyn McCreary to reveal how our earliest experiences create patterns that silently shape our leadership decisions. These subconscious scripts influence everything from hiring practices to work-life integration, often creating what Sharon calls "the emptiness of success"—when leaders achieve their busines...
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2 months ago
26 minutes

Scaling With People
Building Flexibility at Scale: The New Survival Strategy for Modern Business with James Terry
Send us a text Workforce flexibility isn't what you think it is. While most businesses scramble to plug staffing gaps when demand spikes, true flexibility comes from strategic planning that anticipates shifts before they happen. James Terry, a workforce transformation leader at Indeed Flex, reveals how businesses can build resilience through data-driven labor planning. "Flexibility actually starts with being able to do effective labor planning," Terry explains. "Understanding operationally w...
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2 months ago
26 minutes

Scaling With People
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Financial KPIs and Business Growth with Kyle Smith
Send us a text What's the real difference between profit and cash flow? For many founders without finance backgrounds, this distinction remains frustratingly opaque—yet understanding it could mean the difference between securing crucial funding or watching growth opportunities slip away. Kyle Smith, a former professional poker player who pivoted to become a CPA and co-founder of Strata Cloud Accountants, breaks down this financial conundrum with remarkable clarity on our latest episode. His ...
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2 months ago
23 minutes

Scaling With People
Human Connection Wins When AI Content Floods the Market with Tye DeGrange
Send us a text Trust has become the scarcest resource in the digital marketplace. As consumer skepticism grows and advertising costs skyrocket, brands are discovering that third-party validation isn't just nice to have—it's essential for survival and growth. Digital growth strategist Tye DeGrange pulls back the curtain on how affiliate marketing has evolved from a misunderstood, often maligned tactic into a sophisticated trust-building ecosystem. "Affiliate is probably the most misunderstood...
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2 months ago
20 minutes

Scaling With People
From Founder to CEO: The Messy Journey of Scaling Leadership with Aviva Leebow
Send us a text Ever wonder what happens when your startup outgrows its scrappy beginnings? The transition from founder to CEO isn't just about a new title – it's a fundamental shift in how you lead, who you hire, and sometimes, the painful decisions about who stays on the journey. Gwendolyn R. Curry sits down with Aviva Leebow, a Vistage Chair who coaches ambitious CEOs, to explore the leadership evolution necessary for sustainable growth. Their conversation dives into the uncomfortable trut...
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3 months ago
24 minutes

Scaling With People
Culture as Your Competitive Edge with Lilith Christiansen
Send us a text Ever wonder why some startups scale smoothly while others struggle despite having great products and funding? The secret weapon might be hiding in plain sight: organizational culture. When you're racing to build your product and secure your next funding round, culture can feel like a luxury you'll address "someday." But as our conversation with Lilith Christiansen, founder of Human Genuity, reveals, this mindset could be costing you far more than you realize. Culture isn't ju...
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3 months ago
29 minutes

Scaling With People
The Business Blueprint: From Struggling to Scaling Successfully with James Brown
Send us a text What truly separates struggling businesses from thriving ones? Is it just about having a great product or brilliant marketing? According to James Brown, retired attorney and business growth expert who scaled his law firm to $8 million annually with offices in four states, success comes down to mastering seven essential components found in every successful business. This eye-opening conversation reveals how these building blocks create a framework for sustainable growth regardl...
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3 months ago
23 minutes

Scaling With People
Your Board Can Make or Break Your Company's Growth with Keith Dorsey
Send us a text Boards have the power to transform your company's trajectory, but founders often struggle to leverage them effectively. Dr. Keith Dorsey, author of "The Boardroom Journey" and boardroom expert with experience spanning military service, corporate leadership, and academic research, joins Gwyneth Beaver-Crary to decode what truly makes a high-functioning board. Drawing from his experience serving on five different boards and his doctorate research on corporate governance, Dr. Dor...
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3 months ago
23 minutes

Scaling With People
The Membership Model: Growth Strategies and Pitfalls with Dominique Waples
Send us a text What happens when businesses truly prioritize people over profits? Is it sustainable? Or just idealistic thinking? Dominique Waples, CEO of Restore Medical Spa, dispels the myth that successful scaling requires putting revenue before relationships. "Customers are people, employees are people, vendors are people. If you don't understand people, you don't understand business." This guiding philosophy has helped Dominique build a thriving multi-location medical spa over 13 years,...
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4 months ago
24 minutes

Scaling With People
Your business is either a star or it's struggling - learn why with Perry Marshall
Send us a text Want to build a business moat so powerful competitors can't touch you—without the headache of chasing VC funding? Perry Marshall reveals a game-changing approach to market dominance that's hiding in plain sight. Marshall, author of "80-20 Sales and Marketing," introduces us to what he calls "Network Effect for Mere Mortals"—the overlooked feedback loops that transform ordinary businesses into unstoppable forces. Through the story of a roofing company that systematically cultiv...
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4 months ago
23 minutes

Scaling With People
The Human Cost of Building a Business with Elliot Kallen
Send us a text If you've ever wondered what toll building a business takes on you as a human being, this eye-opening conversation with serial entrepreneur Elliot Kallen will hit home. After founding and selling multiple successful companies, including financial firms that managed over a billion dollars in assets, Elliot doesn't sugarcoat the profound personal impact of the entrepreneurial journey. "You cannot be a great CEO right now and be a great parent and a husband at this very minute," ...
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4 months ago
25 minutes

Scaling With People
Send us a text What if growth didn’t feel like a grind? We sit down with founder Ricardo Viso to explore how joy can be designed into your day, your team, and your culture so creativity, focus, and results compound. Ricardo’s path—from retail and e‑commerce to beating a severe cancer diagnosis—reshaped how he thinks about work and life. He breaks down why happiness often depends on outcomes, while joy is a repeatable practice you can build with small, reliable inputs. We get tactical fast. Y...