Stories Of Starters Podcast

Today's episode is all about our need for rest, as well as a special opportunity to get a little bit. If you've been enjoying the podcast, consider telling a fellow entrepreneur or business leader about it. I appreciate you and would love to know any future topics you'd like me to cover or how I can help you and your business. Email me at shawn@shawnwashburn.com

Asking questions is one key tool that costs nothing (unless you don't ask) and can cut through a lot of issues and fill in gaps in your business. Create a culture where you can encourage people to ask more and better questions to collaborate together. If you've been enjoying the podcast, consider telling a fellow entrepreneur or business leader about it. I appreciate you and would love to know any future topics you'd like me to cover or how I can help you and your business. Email me at shawn@shawnwashburn.com

Today's topic is one of the backbones of Engineering Your Business - your people. They are your foundation and the real reason you do what you do. If you've been enjoying the podcast, consider telling a fellow entrepreneur or business leader about it. I appreciate you and would love to know any future topics you'd like me to cover or how I can help you and your business. Email me at shawn@shawnwashburn.com

Gary Keller: "What's the ONE THING you can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?" Today we look at this concept and how it can have a huge impact on you and your team. If you've been enjoying the podcast, consider telling a fellow entrepreneur or business leader about it. I appreciate you and would love to know any future topics you'd like me to cover or how I can help you and your business. Email me at shawn@shawnwashburn.com

Our names our valuable. Using someone's name let's them know that they matter, that you see them. Today, we dig into the power of names and how to make a big difference in your interactions with your team members. If you've been enjoying the podcast, consider telling a fellow entrepreneur or business leader about it. I appreciate you and would love to know any future topics you'd like me to cover or how I can help you and your business. Email me at shawn@shawnwashburn.com

Meetings have fallen on hard times these days. Granted, they usually aren't necessary and can be replaced by a call, email or in-person conversation. But sometimes there is no substitute for a meeting. The question is how do we do meetings well, value the time of those involved and come away with the needed results at the end. Today, we dive into all of that and more. If you've been enjoying the podcast, consider telling a fellow entrepreneur or business leader about it. I appreciate you and would love to know any future topics you'd like me to cover or how I can help you and your business. Email me at shawn@shawnwashburn.com

One of the best ways to grow ourselves and our organizations is by being lifelong learners. We dig into L is for Learn today and the impact it can make for us and those we work with. If you've been enjoying the podcast, consider telling a fellow entrepreneur or business leader about it. I appreciate you and would love to know any future topics you'd like me to cover or how I can help you and your business. Email me at shawn@shawnwashburn.com

Kanban is a really cool concept in the Lean Manufacturing world that has crept its way into project management systems as well and can help your organization become more visible and stay ahead of issues. If you've been enjoying the podcast, consider telling a fellow entrepreneur or business leader about it. I appreciate you and would love to know any future topics you'd like me to cover or how I can help you and your business. Email me at shawn@shawnwashburn.com

Today is Volume 1 of Odes to the Office, a compilation of each of these that I've created to far. Enjoy the following Odes: Ode to the Sticky Note Ode to the Coffee Brewer Ode to the Zoom Meeting Ode to White Out Ode to Undo Ode to Change Ode to Automation

Some words have a way of limiting people and not letting them reach their full potential. JUST happens to be one of the kings in this realm. Today, we talk about how we often use just in wrong ways and how to try to counteract that and help our people and businesses thrive. If you've been enjoying the podcast, consider telling a fellow entrepreneur or business leader about it. I appreciate you and would love to know any future topics you'd like me to cover or how I can help you and your business. Email me at shawn@shawnwashburn.com

What does innovation look like in your world? Where have you seen innovation done well or not so well? Let me know by shooting me an email at shawn@shawnwashburn.com   If you've been enjoying the podcast, consider telling a fellow entrepreneur or business leader about it. I appreciate you and would love to know any future topics you'd like me to cover or how I can help you and your business. Email me at shawn@shawnwashburn.com

There are a lot of hard things that we have to do in life. But asking for help might be one of the hardest. How can you create a culture where you can make it the norm to ask for and give help? Check out today's episode for more. If you've been enjoying the podcast and haven't left an Apple Podcasts or iTunes review, I'd love it you'd take a minute to do that. You can head to shawnwashburn.com/apple to take you right there. Thanks for spending some time today to help you and your business thrive.

What in the world is a Gemba. We talk about what it is and why you need to learn to "Go to the Gemba" in your business. If you've been enjoying the podcast and haven't left an Apple Podcasts or iTunes review, I'd love it you'd take a minute to do that. You can head to shawnwashburn.com/apple to take you right there. Thanks for spending some time today to help you and your business thrive.

Work can be fun. It's OK. Actually, not just OK, but it can help your people more fulfillment while actually making your business more productive as well. If you've been enjoying the podcast and haven't left an Apple Podcasts or iTunes review, I'd love it you'd take a minute to do that. You can head to shawnwashburn.com/apple to take you right there. Thanks for spending some time today to help you and your business thrive.

Today get to talk about one of my other top favorite topics: Encouragement. Encouragement has so much power and potential that we usually don't even realize or comprehend. If you've been enjoying the podcast and haven't left an Apple Podcasts or iTunes review, I'd love it you'd take a minute to do that. You can head to shawnwashburn.com/apple to take you right there. Thanks for spending some time today to help you and your business thrive.

As we continue our ABCs series today we look at Decisions and decision fatigue. How it can be impacting your people and your business and how you can take steps to counteract it. If you've been enjoying the podcast and haven't left an Apple Podcasts or iTunes review, I'd love it you'd take a minute to do that. You can head to shawnwashburn.com/apple to take you right there. Thanks for spending some time today to help you and your business thrive.

On this Freedom Monday, I wanted to take a few minutes to appreciate the freedoms we have here in the U.S. and those who have sacrificed to give them to us. We'll jump back into our ABC's series tomorrow If you've been enjoying the podcast and haven't left an Apple Podcasts or iTunes review, I'd love it you'd take a minute to do that. You can head to shawnwashburn.com/apple to take you right there. Thanks for spending some time today to help you and your business thrive.

Taking a break from our ABCs of EYB today to do an Ode to Automation. Automation is a popular thing, especially in manufacturing. It can be great, but it can also bring headaches. Here's to both of those. If you've been enjoying the podcast and haven't left an Apple Podcasts or iTunes review, I'd love it you'd take a minute to do that. You can head to shawnwashburn.com/apple to take you right there. Thanks for spending some time today to help you and your business thrive.

Today we continue our ABCs series as we look at one of my favorites. It's a skills set or trait that I think is so simple and yet so important in the workplace (and world actually): Curiosity. If you've been enjoying the podcast and haven't left an Apple Podcasts or iTunes review, I'd love it you'd take a minute to do that. You can head to shawnwashburn.com/apple to take you right there. Thanks for spending some time today to help you and your business thrive.

Today we continue our ABCs series as we shift our focus to the power of establishing a culture that values Better. When you can make incremental changes each day in various aspects of your business, you can begin to gain momentum. If you've been enjoying the podcast and haven't left an Apple Podcasts or iTunes review, I'd love it you'd take a minute to do that. You can head to shawnwashburn.com/apple to take you right there. Thanks for spending some time today to help you and your business thrive.