Podcast: Disruptive Successor Show
The Disruptive Successor Show is a podcast for next-generation leaders in family businesses and entrepreneurs who want to disrupt the status quo to grow their business and take it to the next level.
We all know that what got us here isn’t going to get us there.
If you are taking control over your family’s business or trying to get your business to the next level, you will need inspiration, advice and resources to help you create a massive impact.
Listeners of my show include not only the millennial or Gen Z but also the Baby Boomer and Gen Y. My listeners tend to be involved in these industries: business services, construction, design-build-maintain landscape contracting, food manufacturing, property management, real estate, and technology.
And are interested in issues like business coaching, branding, communication, difficult conversations, disruption, employee ownership, exit planning, financial management, leadership, innovation, intergenerational transfer, marketing, multi-generational family businesses, business operations, process documentation, security, selling, storytelling, succession, visioning, wealth management,
My guests are entrepreneurs, family business advisors, multi-generational and Gen 2 family business leaders, heads of university family business programs, consultants, coaches and firms that serve those who are growth businesses.
Clients of my show typically are running businesses with 10 to 200 employees and $1M to $20M in revenues.
Their concerns include: scaling up, exit planning, succession, leadership development, disruption, business planning, finances, growth planning, transferring generational wealth, transferring control, ownership issues, and more.
The benefits listeners receive are introductions to experts and advisors around the issues of growing and exiting a business, whether it’s a family business or entrepreneurial venture. They get a feel for the challenges other business owners and leaders face and how they overcame them. They will hear stories from people and how they came to do their work and why.
My shows feature handpicked guests who engage with me in casual conversations lasting between 30 to 40 minutes. You can expect to be entertained, engaged and may even get takeaways like business tools or ideas for implementation in your business.
I’ve led entrepreneurial adventures in art, clothing, a holistic health lifestyle magazine and trade show, shoe manufacturing. I’ve also led several non-profit organizations. I earned an MBA from the University of Southern California in Entrepreneurship.
I’ve been advising, coaching and consulting family-owned, family-run and entrepreneur-led businesses since 1989. My love for entrepreneurship follows the closure of my family’s sizeable multi-generational clothing manufacturing company after eight decades of operation because there were no successors.
After uncovering the code to scale up a family-run business – a playbook and a disruptive successor – I wrote a book called Disruptive Successor: A Guide To Driving Growth in Your Family Business.
My podcast is my effort to bring interested people into the conversation to benefit disruptive successors.
Joe Olwig and Shaun Lee are the co-founders of 6 Levers – an organizational consulting firm known for their 6 Levers framework. They are also co-authors of the best-selling book, “At the Heart of Work: Rethinking what it takes to build organizational health with the 6 Levers Framework.”
Prior to co-founding 6 Levers, Joe served as the VP of Organizational Solutions at Mission Matters Group. He holds dual master’s degrees in business administration and education leadership from Saint Louis University.
Shaun previously served as COO of Haven for Hope, the largest homeless services campus in the U.S. He earned an MBA from the University of Texas, San Antonio.
SHOW SUMMARYÂ
In this episode of the Disruptive Successor Show, host Jonathan Goldhill welcomes Joe Olwig and Shaun Lee, founders of 6 Levers, to discuss their innovative framework outlined in their book, “At the Heart of Work: Rethinking What It Takes to Build a Healthy Organization.” The conversation delves into the six essential levers—Identity, Leadership, Focus, Rhythm, Cohesion, and Momentum—that form a comprehensive system for improving organizational health and performance. Highlighting case studies and practical steps, this episode offers invaluable insights for leaders in family businesses, startups, and rapidly growing companies looking to create more engaged, resilient, and profitable organizations.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Six Essential Levers for Organizational Health: Joe Olwig and Shaun Lee discuss their framework from the book At the Heart of Work, which focuses on six key levers:
- Identity
- Leadership
- Focus
- Rhythm
- Cohesion
- Momentum
- Comprehensive System for Improvement: These six levers form a holistic approach to enhancing organizational health and performance, providing leaders with a structured way to address key challenges.
- Practical Insights for Leaders: The episode includes practical steps and case studies to demonstrate how these levers can be applied to improve engagement, resilience, and profitability in organizations.
- Target Audience: The framework is especially valuable for leaders in family businesses, startups, and rapidly growing companies aiming to create a more engaged and successful workplace.
- Focus on Organizational Health: The conversation emphasizes the importance of building a healthy organization, not just focusing on profits, but also fostering an environment where employees are motivated and cohesive.
QUOTES
- “They just felt like they had a framework for growth for the first time. A framework to consider different strategic opportunities as a team, whereas that might have sat with just the CEO for a while.”
- “Anyone can pick up this recipe, but you don’t have to start from the beginning… you can pick up any particular lever and start working with that and then add another lever.”
- “There’s really three core ways… first is focusing with the senior leadership team, we have a six-month journey we call leading together… to help them become a cohesive, high-performing leadership team.”
- “Leading with Intention is designed for individual leaders who want to work on sharpening and improving their relational side of leadership… how to show up more like a coach, lead with more vulnerability, and develop more self-awareness.”
Connect and learn more about Joe Olwig and Shaun Lee.
Joe Olwig’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-olwig-757755139/
Shaun Lee’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaun-lee-1122a131/
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