Listen to “#736 How to Think Big Exponentially in Small Business” on Spreaker.
On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
SEGMENT 1 with Aaron Bare, starting at 0:00: In small business, we are always told to think big. But how do you actually do that inside your company and where do you start?
SEGMENT 2 with Mac McNeil, starting at 17:00: Many small business leaders are focused on doing things right with no shortcuts and want to be held accountable to their customers. What does this look like from a leadership perspective on a day-to-day basis?
SEGMENT 3 with Charles D. McCarrick, starting at 36:00: We love the title of this next author’s book, “Lessons My Brothers Taught Me.” We learn a lot about how to work with people based on how our early family functions.
Sponsored by Truly Financial.
More on each segment below.
Segment 1: Aaron Bare is a leading strategic facilitator, futurist, storyteller, and author of a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and #1 Amazon Bestselling book, “Exponential Theory, the Power of Thinking Big.” He is a results-focused conscious leader that understands how to create a high-performing organization, deliver a message to the masses, and cultivate trust to solve any issue, in any room, anywhere, anytime. Now, Aaron has distilled his learnings from Exponential Theory and his career as a facilitator into his online learning community for exponential leaders, the XMBA. The XMBA, which stands for eXponential Mindset, Beliefs, and Attitudes, is a course and community helping leaders reach their full potential based on the seven universal truths in X-Theory
- How do you think big in small business?
- How alignment unlocks thinking big exponentially in small business
- What are the habits that align with your purpose?
- When we stop resisting, we see opportunities come up more and more.
- Changing your mindset to think bigger about the problems you’re focused on.
Segment 2: Mac McNeil is a top-performing executive with multinational business experience that understands how to motivate a large staff of leaders to achieve high-level and demanding goals. He currently leads all Enterprise Operations for the Community Reinvestment Fund, USA. He has worked for Synchrony Bank, Bank of America, & JPMorgan Chase in several leadership roles, as well as being a US Army war veteran in Special Operations (Airborne) Military Intelligence. Mac is the author of the leadership book titled, “My Great Aunt EDNA: The Golden Girl of Leadership.” He has a bachelor’s degree from Pfeiffer University, and an MBA and Doctorate (ABD) degree from the University of Phoenix.
- Part of the American way is to find the shortcut to success and not have to put the work in to achieve success. Do you think that’s the case?
- What is the leadership platform My Great Aunt EDNA, and how has it benefited the organizations in which you’ve worked?
- How do you hold your leader accountable?
- Leaders must create their own blueprint for their style of leadership
- Where do you start in becoming a great leader?
- How can small businesses utilize Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) within their own communities?
Segment 3: Charles D. McCarrick is an entrepreneur, inventor, and lead visionary of Micro-Ant. With more than 10 patents to his name, he pioneers and supplies unique equipment to the communications industry.
- How Charlie translated the life lessons his siblings taught him into a successful business
- How to harness your character and experiences to build success
- Career-defining moments, including successes, failures, and everything in between
- The 4S Transform approach to strategy, and how this concept can be applied in practice
