Business Building Blocks Podcast
We’ll talk about all things that will make your business better like personal and professional development, leadership, healing, parenting, wellness of your mind, body, and spirit…What?? Not the list you expected?? Tune in and walk with my guests and I on a journey toward improving yourself that will not only get you better business results but will get you the life you want.
Episodes
114 episodes
Why Strategy Isn't the First Step in Business Growth
Everyone says to start with strategy — figure out where you're going, then build the plan. But there's a problem: the people creating the strategy are part of the system they're trying to fix. In this episode, we explore why leadership developm...
Why Self-Awareness Is a Competitive Advantage
The best leader is the self-aware leader — it's a concept Patrick Lencioni and John Maxwell have both talked about, and in this episode Kristina Schmidt breaks down exactly what it means, why it matters, and how to actually build it.You'...
Why Your Business Growth Is Creating More Work for You
Leadership Ceiling is the hidden barrier that prevents many business owners from scaling their business. In this episode, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt explains why growing your business requires growing as a leader—and how to stop becom...
What Systems Should Every Leader Have in Place? | Kristina Schmitt Development
We've been talking about scaling and chaos over the last few episodes — and the antidote to chaos is systems. In this episode, Kristina Schmitt breaks down exactly which leadership systems you need to grow your business without losing momentum ...
Why Good Leaders Keep Hitting the Same Wall (And What Fixes It)
Leaders and business owners often solve the same problems over and over because they're treating symptoms instead of the root cause. In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt explains practical l...
Why Growth Creates Chaos (Even in Healthy Businesses)
Growth is supposed to be a good thing — so why does it so often feel like chaos? In this episode of Business Building Blocks, we unpack why change triggers real stress responses on teams (fight, flight, freeze, fawn), what stages people move th...
Why "Winging It" Stops Working as Your Business Grows
You've outgrown winging it — and that's not a failure, it's a growth milestone. In this episode, learn the six clear signs your business has hit that point and exactly what to build next.What used to work — quick decisions, verbal instr...
How to Prepare Your Team for Change
Growth doesn't just bring opportunity — it brings chaos. Every step forward introduces a little bit of the unknown, and if you don't prepare for it, that chaos compounds fast.In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kris...
Leading Change with a Kaizen Culture
Leading change with a Kaizen culture is one of the most effective ways for leaders to build engagement, ownership, and continuous improvement inside their teams.In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kr...
Are You Building Culture or Just Creating Compliance?
Are you building a workplace culture that creates ownership—or unintentionally training your team to wait for instructions? In this episode, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt explores how leaders can move beyond compliance and build a culture w...
The Early Warning Sign Most Leaders Ignore | Kristina Schmitt Development
Leadership boundaries are often the early warning sign most leaders ignore.In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt explains how weak leadership boundaries contribute to employee burnout, resentment, poor ac...
How Do I Stop Answering the Same Questions Every Day?
Repeated questions from your team are often a sign of broken systems, unclear processes, or missing development. In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt explains how leaders can stop answering the same...
Do Leadership Assessments Actually Help? | Kristina Schmitt Development
Why do leaders keep getting asked to take personality and leadership assessments?In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt explains why tools like Working Genius, StrengthsFinder, and MBTI can help leaders im...
Improve Less to Grow More With Chad Bareither | Kristina Schmitt Development
Many organizations believe growth requires moving faster, doing more, and constantly reacting to problems.But sustainable business growth often comes from improving fewer things with greater focus, operational clarity, and alignment....
Shift That Most Leaders Avoided
Leadership growth often requires a shift that most leaders avoid.In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt explains the leadership growth shift that helps business owners and managers scale t...
Why Leadership Feels Hard (And How to Lead Your Way)
Leadership feels hard when you’re trying to lead in a way that doesn’t match how you naturally operate.In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt explains why leadership feels harder than it s...
Where to Start When Everything Feels Overwhelming
Leadership overwhelm doesn’t come from doing too little—it comes from carrying too much for too long.In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt breaks down why leaders feel overwhelmed and whe...
What Should a CEO Actually Be Doing? (Without Losing Control)
The CEO role is often misunderstood, especially by leaders who feel like they need to stay involved in everything to keep control.In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt explains what a CEO...
Do You Actually Need a Business Strategy?
Leadership strategy often fails not because it’s wrong—but because it’s never used.In this episode, we break down leadership strategy that actually works and how to turn it into consistent action.If you’re a business owner, manager, ...
How to Manage Problem Employees Without Frustration
Managing problem employees is one of the most frustrating challenges leaders face.In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt explains how to deal with problem employees by focusing on behavior...
You Copied a “Best Practice”... So Why Isn’t It Working?
Leaders often try to copy best practices from other companies—but still struggle to get results.In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt explains why best practices fail for leaders and how ...
Leadership Overwhelm: How Leaders Reduce Stress
Leadership overwhelm is real. Many leaders feel like they must handle everything at once—strategy, team management, operations, and constant “fires.”In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt shares practic...
Employee Engagement: How to Get Employees to Care More
You built your business with passion, grit, and long nights.Now you're asking:“Why don’t my employees care like I do?”In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt breaks down th...
How to Involve Your Team in Decisions Without Losing Leadership Control
Want to involve your team in decision making… without losing leadership control?In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt shares how leaders can invite team input while still maintaining clear direc...
Decision Making Under Pressure for Leaders
Decision making under pressure for leaders is one of the hardest parts of leadership.When you're making 100+ decisions a day, clarity matters before the stress hits.This episode is for business owners, manufacturing leaders, and peop...