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156: Mindsets, Skills, and Behaviors for Being a Successful People-Centric Leader

November 18, 2022 Jonathan 00:32:01

This week Steven Howard joins me on the podcast show. Steven is an award-winning author of 22 leadership, business, and motivational books. We’ll be discussing a couple of his latest books. His most recent book is Humony Leadership: Mindsets, Skills, and Behaviors for Being a Successful People-Centric Leader. Humony is a created word comprising human, humanity, and harmony…

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155: A New Technological Innovation for Composite Lighting and other Interviews from CAMX 22

November 7, 2022 Jonathan 00:44:28

On this episode, I feature an interview I did at CAMX that highlights an innovative approach that allies composites, fiber optics, and electricity safely. With the marriage of Guardtex’s high-tech textile lighting solution Kanvaslight and Structural Composites‘ groundbreaking resin CoCure, LamLight was born. With LamLight, lighting can be integrated into any composite structure, bringing the…

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153: Live Interview at CAMX with Marcos Vidal of ACS Int & Dorfner

October 24, 2022 Jonathan 00:20:56

Last week, I attended CAMX 2022 in Anaheim, CA, and while there had the opportunity to interview a number of companies in the composites and advanced materials industry, including a few ICPA members who serve the cast marble industry. Marcos Vidal from ACS International & Dorfner stopped by my table for a quick interview and…

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152: How Industrial Technology Is Creating a Better, Faster, Stronger America – Interview with Author Nick Santhanam

October 8, 2022 Jonathan 00:29:24

This week I welcome Nick Santhanam to the show. Nick is the CEO of Fernweh Group, and the co-author of a brand new book The Titanium Economy coming out October 25th in bookstores and available for pre-order on Amazon. While Silicon Valley titans dominate the headlines nowadays, many of the fastest-growing, most profitable companies in the US are firms…

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151: 11 Simple Tools to Grow Your Business – Interview with Kevin Donlin

October 3, 2022 Jonathan 00:36:35

This week, I welcome Kevin Donlin to the podcast. Kevin is the author of Marketing Multipliers: 11 Simple Tools to Grow Your Business. Kevin has been in marketing since 1994, when he sold one of the first ebooks — on Usenet, for $10, payable by check. From 1995 to 1998, he was Webmaster for FedEx.com,…

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150: Interview with Todd Werstler at POLYCON 22 – Part 2

September 21, 2022 Jonathan 0:21:05

On this episode, Todd Werstler joins me at Polycon to discuss his presentation on day one of “Selling Labor and Product Diversification”.

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Episode 149: Interview With Zach Sinz of Stoner Molding Solution @ POLYCON 2022 – Part 1

September 20, 2022 Jonathan 00:25:34

This episode features a couple of interviews from Day 1 at POLYCON 2022 hosted by Tower Industries. For the first interview, Zach Sinz of Stoner Molding Solutions joined me to talk about the benefits of water-based mold releases.

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Episode 147: How This Former NFL Player Transformed A Business By Being Remarkable

August 31, 2022 Jonathan 00:36:59

On this episode, I share an inspirational entrepreneur story from an interview I did a few years ago. At the time, this interview was geared toward my Composites Weekly podcast audience highlighting a startup company that had designed some new carbon fiber framed backpacks. The company is KUIU, an outdoor performance hunting gear manufacturer started…

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Episode 146: Gratitude Strategies to Create a Workplace Culture That ROCKS! – Interview with Lisa Ryan

August 22, 2022 Jonathan 00:38:28

This week, I welcome Lisa Ryan back to the show to share some takeaways from her brand new book Thank You Very Much. Lisa will be the keynote speaker at POLYCON22 and attendees will receive a free signed copy. Because of Lisa’s experience in a variety of industries including executive recruiting, healthcare, industrial sales, and welding, she relates easily to attendees at…

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Episode 145: How to Build an Award Winning Company that Runs Without You

August 16, 2022 Jonathan 00:44:15

Many entrepreneurs hope to grow a business that will one day run without them. This was the theme of Michael Gerber’s classic book the E-Myth. Too often, business owners get trapped working inside the business on all of the technical details rather than working on the outside of the business. As Gerber famously said, “Technicians suffering…