235 : 4 Tips for Training your Staff

Chris DeferioCareer, Leadership, Podcast, Training

How do you ensure that what you teach in training is effective for both the employee and the business? Well, there are many different elements but amongst those element are four foundational mindsets and practices that serve to hold everything together. Today we are going to be exploring how focusing on minimum viable skills, patience, real-life training, and tracking/follow-up will …

228 : Cracking the Leadership Code w/ Alain Hunkins

Chris DeferioLeadership, Podcast

    Leadership is a HUGE topic and it is easy to get overwhelmed with the never-ending opinions and techniques that are available these days. It is cruel in a way because in a time where we need good leadership the most we want to find good resources but the choice of what voice to listen to is often paralyzing. …

COVID-19 Focus w/ Lauren Crabbe of Andytown Coffee Roasters

Chris DeferioCOVID-19, Leadership, Podcast, Uncategorized

  So happy to sit down with Lauren Crabbe Co-Founder of Andytown Coffee Roasters for this episode of our COVID-19 Focus Series. Lauren was a past Founder Friday guest and has a wonderful style of leadership that prioritizes people and focuses on facilitating their success. In this conversation Lauren details how the crisis has impacted Andytown and what they are …

212: Refining your Leadership and Systems in a Crisis

Chris DeferioLeadership, Podcast

The time to lean into optimizing your operations and how you show up as a leader is now. As we get used to the “new normal” everyday, we need to take time to look at some critical elements of the work we do in the middle of the crisis and how it what we can do to create excellence in …

208: Building a Company that Cares w/ Kyra Kennedy of Baratza

Chris DeferioLeadership, Podcast

One of the most unique things about Baratza, a legendary 20 year old home grinder company, is that people are not just loyal to them, but that those same people go out of their way to advocate for and recommend the brand to anyone who will listen. That does not happen by accident, it is cultivated and grown over time …