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#263 - The HR Wake-Up Call Every Small Business Needs | Vicky Brown

Release Date: 05/06/2025

#277 - Flip Your “Life Switch:” How Joel Steele Turned Setbacks Into Success

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What if the secret to unlocking your success isn’t working harder… but flipping your “life switch”? Everyone already has the switch inside them. Most just forget how to turn it on. Entrepreneur, author of Life Switch, and financial advisor, Joel Steele, reveals how to turn your light switch on to live with purpose, passion, and power. He has guided thousands toward wealth, health, and purpose. Rising from personal adversity, he transformed his struggles into lessons of resilience, gratitude, and self-mastery. Through his Life Switch movement, Joel helps others...

#276 – The Price of Growth: How James Riley Found Purpose Beyond Profit

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Is growing your business worth losing your marriage, health, and peace of mind? Most entrepreneurs don’t realize they’re chasing success at the cost of everything that truly matters… until it’s almost too late. James Riley, CEO of JNR Networks, shares his powerful journey of redefining what success really means. From facing a heart attack to rediscovering balance through faith, family, and purpose, James reveals how he shifted from burnout to breakthrough, learning that money isn’t the answer: The answer is alignment. Pressure to grow is real, but long-term...

#275 – Press Releases That Work: How to Gain Media Attention & Clients in 2025 | Mickie Kennedy

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Why do most press releases fail, and how can you be in the 3% that actually drive media coverage, ROI, and long-term business growth? PR expert Mickie Kennedy, founder of eReleases, reveals the strategies small businesses, entrepreneurs, and executives can use to gain real media attention, without spending thousands on advertising. For over 26 years, Mickie has empowered small business owners to stand out in crowded markets with authentic, highly targeted press releases. He’s helped clients generate $132M+ in earned media with campaigns that cost as little as a few hundred dollars....

#274 – Scaling Smarter: $30M Lessons in AI, Hiring & Company Culture | Ephraim Ebstein

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What does it really take to scale a business from $0 to over $30M while building a strong company culture and embracing AI? It takes integrity. You have an edge if you grew up in a healthy family and one or more parents gave you good advice… But you can learn wisdom if you choose your mentors carefully. What fuels growth from there? Consistent integrity, developing more wisdom, and two key pro sport team disciplines: Total commitment to a strong company culture, and systems. Ephraim Ebstein, Founder & CEO of Fit Solutions, turned a startup into a $30M IT...

#273 – From Fear to Leadership: The Psychology Behind Great Culture | Dr. Laura Gallaher

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Are your leadership habits unknowingly driven by fear? Are your reactions, team dynamics, or communication patterns really what they seem? Or are they being shaped by your internal defenses? In this episode, we welcome back organizational psychologist and executive coach Dr. Laura Gallaher to explore how self-deception, fear-based behaviors, and emotional triggers sabotage leadership even when intentions are good. We go deeper into the psychology behind leadership, culture, and emotional intelligence. If you're leading people and still feel like something's off, this...

#272 – How to Speak Like a Leader | Jimmy Cannon

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Is your voice secretly sabotaging your leadership? Most leaders focus on what they say. Very few understand that how they say it is just as powerful. Jimmy Cannon is a leading public speaking coach, voice specialist, and creator of the Cannon Method. He joins the show to reveal how your voice is your most overlooked leadership superpower. With a background as a jazz musician and years of coaching executives, Jimmy combines vocal training, presence work, and mindset tools to help professionals communicate with clarity, authority, and empathy. In this conversation, you’ll...

#271 - Building High-Performance Remote Teams with Chris Dyer

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Are remote teams actually more productive? Only when trust, clear communication, and accountability are built into the culture. Chris Dyer, a top leadership speaker, best-selling author, and former CEO of PeopleG2 - an award-winning fully remote company, dives deep into what makes remote and hybrid teams succeed - or fail. This conversation covers the most common misconceptions about remote work, why flexible policies alone don’t drive performance, and what leaders must do to keep their teams aligned, motivated, and results-driven in 2025. Explore how to build cultures where people...

#270 – Conscious Communication: The Secret Skill To Anyone’s Success with Chuck Wisner

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Are your conversations helping you grow or silently sabotaging your success? Most of us communicate on autopilot, shaped by emotions, assumptions, and stories we don't even realize we're telling. But what if every conversation, whether with a client, colleague, or loved one, could become a tool for deeper understanding and smarter decisions? Chuck Wisner, author of The Art of Conscious Conversations and a leading thinker in communication strategy, executive coaching, and organizational learning, joins us to explore how emotionally intelligent conversations can improve leadership, teamwork,...

#269 – How to Build a Life You’re Proud Of - Break, Build, and Magnify Your Impact | Jason Yarusi

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Are you running on autopilot — or are you actually in control of your life? Most people make 98% of their choices subconsciously, trapped in patterns they didn’t choose. This means most live by default, not by design. Jason Yarusi, a performance coach, entrepreneur, and host of the Live 100 podcast, shares the hard truths behind lasting transformation: How you can break free from stuck patterns to build a life aligned with clarity, purpose, and real progress. After hitting a personal low marked by injury, loss, and aimlessness, Jason developed a simple but powerful...

#268 – The #1 Hiring Mistake Entrepreneurs Make and How to Fix It in 2025 | Kasim Aslam

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What’s the most costly hiring mistake entrepreneurs keep repeating? Treating people like plug-and-play parts. Avoid common mistakes hiring teams do and save millions of dollars. In today’s business landscape, poor hiring decisions don’t just slow you down - they can cost you millions. Many leaders continue to micromanage, hire based on résumés alone and overlook the importance of culture fit and ownership. But there’s a better way. We break down a battle-tested hiring system that helps entrepreneurs build high-performance teams, delegate with confidence, and scale...

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What are the hidden HR risks that could quietly sink your business?

Are you hiring for growth or just filling a seat?

Here’s the truth: One HR misstep can cost you thousands, derail your culture, or even land you in legal hot water. However, with the right systems and strategy, you can hire smarter, lead stronger, and scale with confidence.

Vicky Brown, founder of Indomeneo Enterprises, a top-tier HR consulting firm based in California. A former opera singer turned compliance powerhouse, Vicky brings 20+ years of strategic HR experience across multiple industries. Whether you're a founder, business leader, or scaling entrepreneur, Vicky shares actionable insights from her Leaders Journey Experience program, including:

✅ How to build a foolproof hiring strategy

✅ Payroll and timekeeping systems: what to know before you choose

✅ The biggest (and most expensive) HR mistakes small businesses make From navigating at-will employment to learning how to run a compliant and culture-forward organization, Vicky breaks down the rules, risks, and real-life examples with clarity and empathy. She even explains how a simple misclassification or undocumented conversation can lead to legal trouble—and how to prevent it before it starts.

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Episode Topic: What you NEED to know about HR Key Takeaways:

✅ Why the California "ABC Test" for independent contractors matters—no matter where you’re located.

✅ At-Will Employment: myths, legal traps, and real-world HR best practices.

✅ Mid-Year HR Checkups: what they are and why they’re critical for staying compliant.

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