From Family Business to $200M: What Kory Mitchell Learned About Leadership (E: 007)
In this episode of the Leadership Capacity Show, Kory Mitchell, CEO of Iconic Founders Group, joins me to discuss how he helped grow a family business into a national company generating approximately $200 million in annual revenue, what he learned through mergers, acquisitions, and private equity, and the leadership lessons behind scaling a business, managing organizational change, selling a company, and redefining success as an entrepreneur.
From One Location to Eight States: What Amy Dickerson & Katie Gillberg Learned About Leadership (E: 006)
In this episode of the Leadership Capacity Show, Katie Gillberg and Amy Dickerson of Hydrate IV Bar join me to discuss how they grew a single-location business into a franchise operating across eight states, what it takes to build a successful business partnership, and the leadership lessons behind franchising, selecting the right franchise owners, and maintaining company culture as a business scales.
From Navy Commander to CEO: What Military Service Taught Chris Miller About Leadership (E: 005)
In this episode of the Leadership Capacity Show, Chris and I talk about what transferred from military service into business leadership, what he had to unlearn, why leaders can't save everyone, and what experience has taught him about building and trusting a high-performing team.
From Two Maxed-Out Credit Cards to Building a Firm: What Matt Fargo Learned About Leadership (E: 004)
In this episode of the Leadership Capacity Show, Matt and I talk about what he learned while building the firm, why copying the best companies in your industry can still leave you average, and what founders can learn by looking outside their own field for better ways to operate.
From Five-Time Founder to Community Builder: What Erik Mitisek Learned About Leadership (E:003)
In this episode of the Leadership Capacity Show, Erik and I talk about what he's learned from building businesses and communities, why he believes human relationships are fundamental to growing a company, and what changes when your success can no longer depend only on how hard you personally work.
From Building a Law Firm to Advising Founders: What Shawn Stigler Learned About Leadership (E: 002)
After starting and growing his own law firm, Shawn eventually joined Michael Best, where he now serves as Managing Partner in Colorado. That combination has given him an unusual perspective: he's experienced the responsibility of building a business himself while also having a front-row seat to hundreds of other founders navigating growth, people, risk and change.
From Founder to Franchisor: What 15 Years of Building Taught Erin Fletter About Leadership (E: 001)
Erin started with three schools and an idea: give children the opportunity to learn how to cook. Fifteen years later, Sticky Fingers Cooking has grown across the country, expanded into franchising, developed its own proprietary technology, published five children's cookbooks, and created opportunities for other entrepreneurs to build businesses of their own.