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Built to Grow: The Small Business Playbook
Built to Grow: The Small Business Playbook with Ryan Naylor is a podcast for small business owners who are done guessing and ready to grow with intention.
Each episode features real conversations with founders and operators who’ve been through the highs, the hard lessons, and the growing pains of running a small business. No fluff. No theory. Just honest stories and proven strategies you can actually use.
Listeners walk away with real playbook tactics on hiring, leadership, operations, and scaling. The kind of insights you only get from experience, not textbooks.
If you’re building a business, managing a team, and trying to grow without burning out, this podcast is for you.
Because growth isn’t luck, it’s built.
Built to Grow: The Small Business Playbook
From Stage to Strategy: How Storytelling Supercharges HR & Culture with Kim Rohrer
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In this episode, Ryan Naylor sits down with Kim Rohrer, an HR veteran with a background that spans VP of People, talent strategy, and - surprisingly -community theater. Kim reveals how her theater experience fuels her HR “superpower”: storytelling. They explore how every stage of the employee journey, from job postings to onboarding to performance reviews, is an opportunity to craft meaningful narratives that connect people to your company’s culture.
Kim shares practical insights on:
-Turning organizational changes and challenging news into stories employees understand and trust
-Codifying and aligning company culture with real behaviors and decisions
-Balancing the human side of HR in an AI-driven world
-Improving candidate experience from first glance to the first 90 days
Whether you’re an HR leader, people ops professional, or small business owner, this episode shows how thoughtful storytelling and strategic planning can transform the way your employees experience work.
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