Better Business, Better Life: Why Your Enterprise Should Be a Gift, Not a Prison
Release Date: 06/23/2025
From Drill Sergeant to Magnet: How Personality Profiles Transformed My Team (and Family)
Teeco Steve Podcast
In this third episode, Teeco Steve addresses one of the most common challenges facing growing businesses: the shift from startup-mode leadership to mature business leadership. He explores why successful business owners often feel frustrated and stuck despite meeting their financial goals, introducing the concept that "what got me here will not take me there." Steve presents personality profiling (specifically the DiSC assessment) as a practical tool for becoming a better leader, sharing detailed examples of how understanding personality differences transformed relationships with his employees...
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Your Business Dashboard: The One Number That Changes Everything
Teeco Steve Podcast
In this second episode, Teeco Steve dives deep into the financial side of building a better business. He introduces the concept of a Financial Dashboard for small businesses, focusing on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that help owners monitor and improve their business health. Steve emphasizes starting with one crucial metric: the Labor Efficiency Ratio, explaining how to calculate and use this number to drive operational improvements. The episode also explores the personal finance side, sharing Steve's own story of how lifestyle inflation nearly derailed his work-life balance goals, and...
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Better Business, Better Life: Why Your Enterprise Should Be a Gift, Not a Prison
Teeco Steve Podcast
In this inaugural episode, Teeco Steve introduces his podcast for small to medium-sized business owners and managers. He shares his personal entrepreneurial journey, including the founding and growth of a tent rental business, and the pivotal moment when he realized business success was coming at the cost of his family relationships. Steve explains how he discovered the interconnected relationship between building a better business and living a better life, leading to the creation of an innovative tent-washing machine that became a global business. The episode establishes the podcast's core...
info_outlineIn this inaugural episode, Teeco Steve introduces his podcast for small to medium-sized business owners and managers. He shares his personal entrepreneurial journey, including the founding and growth of a tent rental business, and the pivotal moment when he realized business success was coming at the cost of his family relationships. Steve explains how he discovered the interconnected relationship between building a better business and living a better life, leading to the creation of an innovative tent-washing machine that became a global business. The episode establishes the podcast's core philosophy: that entrepreneurial enterprises should be gifts that enable owners to live life to the fullest.