Business Growth Spotlight
Welcome to Business Growth Spotlight, the podcast where we shine a light on innovative business leaders, cutting-edge strategies, and the latest trends shaping the world of business growth. Whether you're a CEO, Founder, Corporate leader or Entrepreneur, this podcast delivers actionable insights and expert conversations to help you scale your business, increase revenue, and stay ahead in a competitive market.
Join host Heidi Schalk as we dive deep into the stories and strategies of industry leaders, uncovering the tools and tactics they use to drive success. From navigating corporate challenges to mastering online visibility, this podcast is your go-to resource for scaling your business and reaching your goals.
Tune in on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, for inspiring conversations, practical advice, and a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to thrive in today’s ever-evolving business landscape.
Episodes
264 episodes
How Better Leadership Can Increase Revenue with Jack Shade | Ep. 263
What happens when your best performer becomes a supervisor or leader?They may be excellent at the work, but that does not automatically mean they know how to coach, manage, delegate, or develop the people around them.In this episo...
Why Growth Strategies Fail in Execution | Ep. 262
Why do good companies stop growing? Host Heidi Schalk talks with Craig Apatov, founder and managing partner of Ascension Growth and Innovation Strategies, a 25 year old consulting firm focused entirely on top line growth for middle market compa...
Financial Strategy for Business Growth with Ben Cooper | Ep. 261
Ben Cooper, founder of Amplify, joins Heidi Schalk to talk about what really happens when a business grows beyond the point where the owner can rely on gut instinct alone.They discuss using financial forecasting to make better growth dec...
Leadership in the AI Era: Why Human Skills Win | Ep. 260
Great Ideas Don't Fail. Teams Do. with Dr. Nikki Blacksmith of Symeta Behavior ScienceWhat really determines whether a business succeeds? According to Dr. Nikki Blacksmith, it's rarely the idea. It's the people behind it.In this e...
Get Off the Treadmill: How to Break a Business Growth Plateau | Ep. 259
Your business is working. The bills are paid, clients are coming in, and everything is fine. So why does it feel like you are running in place? In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Jim McLaughlin, p...
Burnout to Freedom in 90 Days | Ep. 258
What if leaving corporate did not require leaping off a cliff? In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with Kimberly Nicole Evans, founder of Seismic Transformations and founding partner of Renel Evans Limited a...
Decisions Under Pressure: Miracle on the Hudson is a Business Case Study with Dave Sanderson | Ep. 257
Dave Sanderson is best known as the last passenger off US Airways Flight 1549, the flight the world remembers as the Miracle on the Hudson. In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Dave to unpack what t...
Agility as a Competitive Advantage: How Small Teams Win in Global Markets | Ep. 256
In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Angus MacDonald, director and co-founder of A&S International, a British company that acts as a master distributor for niche maintenance and reliability solu...
Stop Being the Bottleneck: Systems That Give Fitness Entrepreneurs More Freedom with Tobias Young | Ep. 255
In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Tobias Young, an IFBB Pro, seven time fitness magazine cover model, and founder of TNT Fit Pro Coaching, to unpack how fitness professionals can turn expert coac...
Ep. 254 From Furloughed to Founder: Turning a Pandemic Layoff Into a Thriving Agency with Rachel Minion
In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk talks with Rachel Minion, founder of Rockstarr & Moon, a marketing agency for small, founder-led businesses. Rachel is a bold, no-nonsense marketer and cancer warrior who cuts ...
Ep. 253 The Labor Broker Mindset: Growing Your Revenue in the Skilled Trades
In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Rodney Koop, founder of The New Flat Rate and author of Why Won't They Pay Me What I'm Worth? and Breaking Free Forever. A former electricia...
Ep. 252 How to Use Your CPA to Improve Cash Flow, Profitability, and Long-Term Growth with Dickson Wasake
In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk talks with Dickson Wasake, managing partner at Jedidiah CPA and a 20 year CPA with both US and UK qualifications. Dickson brings deep international experience across US GAAP, IFRS, and ...
Ep. 251 The Real Reason Candidates Turn Down Jobs (and How Leaders Can Fix It)
In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with Elise Marquis of Chameleon Collective, a non-traditional agency that delivers fractional growth leadership and recruiting services to direct-to-consumer brands in the bea...
Ep. 250 Why Revenue Growth Isn't Enough: The Business Metrics That Really Matter with Don McDaniel
What if increasing revenue isn't actually the best measure of whether your business is growing well?In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with Don McDaniel, serial entrepreneur, healthcare industry veteran,...
Ep. 249 Strategy Realized: Why 80% of Business Strategies Never Get Executed with Jim Gitney
Most companies treat growth as a sales problem. Jim Gitney has spent forty-five years proving it is really an operations problem in disguise. In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with Jim, founder and CEO of ...
Ep. 248 Why HR Is a Growth Strategy, Not Just Compliance, with Neil Katz
Most business leaders spend a shocking amount of their day buried in people management, anywhere from ten to fifty percent, dealing with compensation, compliance, benefits, onboarding, offboarding, and employee relations. In this episode of the...
Ep. 247 Is Pay Per Click Dying? An E-Commerce Veteran on the AI-Driven Internet of Tomorrow
Matthew Ferguson accidentally fell into e-commerce nearly 30 years ago, starting with a door-to-door sales job in the Florida sun that quickly went sideways, then landing an office admin role in Deerfield Beach that turned out to be an all-thin...
Ep. 246 When Efficiency Goes Too Far: Why Business Still Needs the Human Connection
What happens when businesses become so focused on efficiency, outsourcing, automation, and AI that they make it harder for customers to reach an actual human?In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with Stan...
Ep. 245 It's Lonely at the Top: How Senior Leaders Find Clarity Under Pressure with George Hayworth
In this episode of the Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with George Hayworth, Managing Partner of Advisory Services at Precision Components, a combat veteran and former US Army Field Artillery Officer who continues to serve as ...
Ep. 244 The Triple Bottom Line: How People, Planet, and Profit Build Competitive Advantage
Most business owners are already living their values every single day. They treat their people well, they think about their impact, they make decisions that go beyond the bottom line. But they are doing it without proof. In this episode of Busi...
Ep. 243 The Three Movement Symphony That Makes Any Presentation Land with Oratium CEO, Mark Bourgeois
In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Mark Bourgeois CEO of Oratium to unpack why so many business presentations fall flat and what it actually takes to communicate in a way that drives decisions. Mark h...
Ep. 242 How Strategic Partnerships Can Become Your Biggest Growth Engine with Justin Boyum
In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with Justin Boyhum, founder of Charge Forward, to explore why relationships may be one of the most powerful growth strategies available to business owners.Justin shares...
Ep. 241 Why Human Agency Is the Next Competitive Advantage in an AI-Driven World with Dr. Michael J. Becker
Show Notes:In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, Heidi Schalk sits down with Dr. Michael J. Becker, founder of Identity Praxis, educator at Cal Poly Pomona and National University, and a strategic leader who has spent over two de...
Ep. 240 How to Find the Hidden Friction Points Slowing Your Business Growth
Show Notes:Most business owners chase the next shiny AI tool while the real growth killers sit hidden in plain sight. In this episode, Heidi Schalk sits down with Darrell Gunter, strategic management consultant and host of Leadership...
Ep. 239 The Sales Samurai Approach: How Serving Your Customer Closes More Deals
Show Notes:In this episode of Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk sits down with Julien Recoussine, founder and managing partner of Sales Fixx and the self described "sales samurai." Julien reframes selling as an act of service ...