Change The Game Podcast

Hosted by Rich Armstrong and Steve Baker the Change the Game podcast highlights true life stories of organizations influencing positive change by doing business differently. They’re teaching people how business works and closing the gap between the haves and have-nots. It’s capitalism at its best. Inside each episode, you’ll discover stories of entrepreneurs who are Changing the Game.

Using Economic Forecasting To Strategically Plan For Your Business 07/20/2023

Using Economic Forecasting To Strategically Plan For Your Business On this podcast episode, Taylor St. Germain from ITR Economics joins Jack Stack and Kylie Jackson to discuss the power of using accurate economic data to inform your business decisions, forecast obstacles, and take advantage of opportunities in the future. The Great Game of Business has partnered with ITR Economics to bring you the "Guess the GDP of Q4 2023 Challenge." Here's your chance to showcase your forecasting skills and walk away with a $1000 prize! Learn more about our forecasting challenge here: /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/27522207

Dealing With Layoffs 11/10/2022

Dealing With Layoffs Dave Scholten, International Business Coach with The Great Game of Business, dives into a difficult subject, layoffs. He discusses with Steve Baker the best way to approach layoffs and how honest communication is the only way to talk with your team. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/24968910

Corey Rosen on the Future of ESOP 10/12/2022

Corey Rosen on the Future of ESOP Corey Rosen, Founder and Senior Staff Member of NCEO, talks about his new book, Ownership, Reinventing Companies, Capitalism, and Who Owns What, and discusses what the future of employee ownership looks like. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/24666273

The Happiness Index 09/30/2022

The Happiness Index Sergio Paiz, CEO of PDC Comercial, discusses how he improved his company and transformed the lives of his workers at the 2022 Conference in Kansas City. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/24547653

Taking Care of People Through the Power of HR 09/16/2022

Taking Care of People Through the Power of HR Jason Hynson, Executive Director of Victory Mission, discusses how important HR is when it comes to taking care of the people they serve and the staff who serves those people, mental health and job stability are also big focal points for Victory Mission. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/24398787

Bringing Emerging Leaders to The Conference 08/24/2022

Bringing Emerging Leaders to The Conference Justin Jordan, President and CEO of Essential Ingredients, and Kris Maynard, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Essential Ingredients, discuss how they use the succession planning process to influence who will participate in the Conference, how they use the Conference to bring up emerging leaders, and what they will be talking about in their breakout session at the Conference this year. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/24157164

The Recipe for Visioning 08/11/2022

The Recipe for Visioning Ari Weinzweig, Co-Founder of Zingerman's Community of Businesses, talks about the natural laws of business, the four elements of visioning, and the recipe for visioning. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/24028656

The Future of The World's Supply Chain 07/28/2022

The Future of The World's Supply Chain Suranga Herath, Founder and CEO of English Tea Shop, discusses Sri Lanka's most unprecedented economic and social upheaval in its history, and the future of the world's supply chain with social and economic inequalities worldwide. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/23890767

Mixed Signals in the Economy 07/01/2022

Mixed Signals in the Economy Loren Feldman, Editor in Chief and Founder of 21 Hats, warns against falling prey to the doom and gloom predictions, and discusses how smart companies are prepared for the worst but expect the best, and how young people are looking at business differently. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/23589833

Hire For Life 06/22/2022

Hire For Life Charlotte Eckley, COO of SRC Logistics, discusses what she looks for when hiring a new candidate, the importance of holding yourself accountable when committing to a new employee, and how to maximize the people you have when you can't afford to bring on new talent. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/23509178

Positioning Your Employee-Owned Company to Attract Talent 06/09/2022

Positioning Your Employee-Owned Company to Attract Talent Hillary Hughes and Tom DeSimone from Prairie Capital Advisors discuss the cultural aspect of an employee-owned company, using an ESOP to build wealth for your people, and how to position an ESOP as a benefit that attracts employees. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/23377850

The Great Game of Business is a Process, Not An Event 06/03/2022

The Great Game of Business is a Process, Not An Event Thanks for tuning into this episode featuring Ryan Markewich. In this episode, Ryan talks on the importance of understanding and bringing value to your niche, and how The Game is not an event, but a journey. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/23318444

The Coaches' Table: Pricing & Shortages in Construction & Remodeling 05/25/2022

The Coaches' Table: Pricing & Shortages in Construction & Remodeling Thanks for tuning in to our first episode of our segment, the Coaches' Table where we bring our Great Game of Business Certified Coaches together for discussions on industry-related hot topics. This episode features coaches, John Williams, Dave Scholten, and Kevin Walter, as they discuss specific challenges their clients in the construction and remodeling industry are facing today. And their recommendations for tackling those issues and preparing for the future with the principles of Great Game. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/23228240

ESOPs, Co-ops, and International Players 05/16/2022

ESOPs, Co-ops, and International Players Thanks for tuning in to this episode of the Change the Game podcast with special guest and Great Game of Business Certified Coach, Anne-Claire Broughton. In this episode, Steve Baker highlights Anne-Claire's work with her international client Chillireeze. She shares about their initiatives to provide financial literacy training, their own signature "Inspire" course on their company values, culture and work ethic, and how they maintain up to 15 impactful MiniGames at once. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/23126477

Find Business Solutions by Tapping Employee's Creative Energy 03/24/2022

Find Business Solutions by Tapping Employee's Creative Energy In this episode, Steve and Rich are entertained by two ladies of theatre, Beth Domann and Lorianne Dunn, as they discuss tapping the creative energy you already have in the business for solutions to problems, how hiring the right people means you've already done 90% of the work, and by all means Have Fun! /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/22534949

Difference Between Disinflation and Deflation 03/03/2022

Difference Between Disinflation and Deflation Jackie Greene from discusses how to be better prepared, so you are not caught off guard. Why you should ditch the losers and love the difference between disinflation and deflation. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/22315361

ESOP Roundtable 5 02/24/2022

ESOP Roundtable 5 This episode was recorded at a live roundtable event discussing the benefits and pitfalls of being an ESOP company. It is not required to be an ESOP company to enjoy the benefits of the Great Game of Businesses practice and principles, but they definitely pair well together. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/22244606

Leadership is About Relinquishing Control 02/22/2022

Leadership is About Relinquishing Control David Gilliland (Elite Entrepreneurs) discusses how leadership is an exercise in relinquishing control. How three times growth is about having the right team, and the importance of looking ahead to what your company can do when it's doing $1,000/hour work. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/22207616

Developing Employees is as Important as Strategy 02/15/2022

Developing Employees is as Important as Strategy John Williams (Great GameTM Coach) and Jim Sliker (CEO of Central States Manufacturing) talk about how strategic planning is a process, not an event, that developing people is as important as strategy, and outline the three-step plan to leadership success. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/22138709

A Baby Boomer and Millennial Talk Competition 02/01/2022

A Baby Boomer and Millennial Talk Competition Jack Stack (SRC Holdings) and Brandon Lockhart (The Great Game of Business) highlight the baby boomer vs millennial perspective on what is competition, teaching people how to win, and how do we handle the loss. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21969878

Unleashing Ownership Mentality 01/25/2022

Unleashing Ownership Mentality In this episode, Tom DeSimone and Hillary Hughes from Prairie Capital Advisors interview our very own Rich Armstrong on what is an ownership mentality? Is it created or taught? And what is the difference between an ESOP, private, and public company? /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21883661

Developing Fiscally Responsible Employees 01/18/2022

Developing Fiscally Responsible Employees In this episode, Art Goldammer and Aaron Tackett from Verity Homes talk about their brand promise and core values, and how breaking methodology creates a more fiscally responsible employee who has a deeper understanding of how every dollar spent impacts the bottom line. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21801359

Helping Your Team Understand Your Business 01/11/2022

Helping Your Team Understand Your Business Chuck Monico talks to Rich and Steve about the importance of learning, keeping it simple, and how teaching financial literacy to your team can help them ask better questions and be better team members. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21740348

2021 Year-End Highlights 01/04/2022

2021 Year-End Highlights In this episode, Steve Baker looks back on 2021 and highlights some of his favorite podcasts over the last year. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21670847

Keep Things Simple 12/28/2021

Keep Things Simple Ellen Rohr, co-founder of the ZOOM DRAIN Franchise, joins the podcast to talk about how to set the stage for learning common mistakes businesses make and how profit and cash will fix everything. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21611180

ESOP Roundtable 4 12/21/2021

ESOP Roundtable 4 This episode was recorded at a live roundtable event discussing the benefits and pitfalls of being an ESOP company. It is not required to be an ESOP company to enjoy the benefits of the Great Game of Businesses practice and principles, but they definitely pair well together. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21544355

Steve Baker's 2021 Book-A-Week Goal 12/14/2021

Steve Baker's 2021 Book-A-Week Goal In this episode, we step into the mind's eye of Steve Baker as he talks about his 2021 goal to read one book a week, how we turned his car into a classroom, and which of the 88 books he has consumed this year, we'll make it to his 2022 to read it again list. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21472517

Involving Everyone in Your Company 12/07/2021

Involving Everyone in Your Company Michael Kiolbassa, President at Kiolbassa Smoked Meats, describes how unconscious commitments were holding him back, how values-based leadership training put the organization on the right path, and how opening the books magnified the trust in his organization and unleashed creativity. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21405473

Ownership Transition Does Not Happen Overnight 11/30/2021

Ownership Transition Does Not Happen Overnight In this episode, Rich and Steve discuss with Tom DeSimone and Hillary Hughes (Prairie Capital Advisors) ways to transition ownership of a business to the employees, the signs that it might be time to start thinking about transitioning, and when is the best time to start planning. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21312308

Inspiring Everyone to Build Their Dreams 11/23/2021

Inspiring Everyone to Build Their Dreams Liz Wilder, President at Anthony Wilder Design/Build gives a heartfelt talk on inspiring others to build their dreams and weathering the storm during a recession by using every single measure to save every single job. /episode/index/show/changethegamepodcast/id/21244469

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