Chuck Monico, Branch Manager at Ryan Lawn & Tree, talks to Rich and Steve about the importance of learning, keeping it simple, and how teaching financial literacy to your team can help them ask better questions and be better team members.

Steve Baker, Vice President at The Great Game of Business, looks back on 2021 and highlights some of his favorite podcasts over the last year.

Ellen Rohr, co-founder of ZOOM DRAIN, joins the podcast to talk about how to set the stage for learning common mistakes businesses make and how profit and cash will fix everything.

Steve Baker, Vice President at The Great Game of Business, talks about his 2021 goal to read one book a week, how we turned his car into a classroom, and which of the 88 books he has consumed this year will make it to his 2022 to read it again list.

Michael Kiolbassa, President at Kiolbassa Smoked Meats, describes how unconscious commitments were holding him back, how values-based leadership training put the organization on the right path, and how opening the books magnified the trust in his organization and unleashed creativity.

Tom DeSimone and Hillary Hughes, Directors at Prairie Capital Advisors, discuss ways to transition ownership of a business to the employees, the signs that it might be time to start thinking about transitioning, and when is the best time to start planning.

Liz Wilder, President at Anthony Wilder Design/Build gives a heartfelt talk on inspiring others to build their dreams and weathering the storm during a recession by using every single measure to save every single job.

Clark Gey, President of Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers, discusses how fairness and equality are not the same thing, why you should not read entitlements in your company, and the power of purpose.