TAG 165 - How To Build A Business

There are few things more exhilarating and frightening than building a business from scratch.
Starting a business, keeping your doors open, batt...

TAG 164 - The Joy Of Mentorship

If you examine the backstory of any successful leader, you'll discover they have their own list of "Most Valuable People" of sorts, and that's influen...

TAG 163 - This Too Shall Pass

One of the greatest traits a leader can have is their ability...just like a prize fighter...to take a hit.
Because if you're going to take a lea...

TAG 162 - Battening Down The Hatches

As leaders and entrepreneurs...we are all about growth. In fact, some would say we are obsessed with growing.
We like to captain our ways to new...

TAG 161 - That Strange Feeling Something Bad Is About To Happen

"I've got a strange feeling something bad is about to happen." Have you said to this yourself before?
If you've been in leadership for any lengt...

TAG 160 - Leading Those Who Don't Appreciate You

In a perfect world, the people we lead would be highly skilled individuals with extraordinary work ethics, and with a strong appreciation for the oppo...

TAG 159 - The Well-Planned Leader

There are so many different essential traits of a gifted leader. Few are more important than planning.
No one wants to get lost in their busines...

TAG 158 - Building Business Relationships

When it comes to being successful in business and life, it's all about relationships. 
Most elite leaders will tell you that developing a circle...

TAG 157 - When There Are Way More Tasks Than Time

Have you ever started off a day or week by saying to yourself, "There is no way we're going to get everything done that we need to do?"
If you'r...

TAG 156 - Outlasting The Competition

 Can you imagine what it would be like if you had no competition in your business? None at all.
Theoretically, our company's offerings would be...

TAG 155 - How To Win The Game Of Entrepreneurship

Many people decide to start a business with the idea that it's going to change their lives in so many marvelous ways.
It will change your life a...

TAG 154 - Leading After Experiencing A Crisis

In this special episode of the Two Are Gathered Leadership podcast we hear from Co-Host Jim Johnson only six weeks after his recent open heart surgery...

TAG 153 - Leading When Things Are Out Of Your Control

There are few things leaders and entrepreneurs enjoy more than being in control.
The truth is we never really are in control. It's one of the gr...

TAG 152 - Shining The Light On Stubbornness

If we're in leadership. If we're entrepreneurs. There is an excellent chance we're heard this phrase throughout our lifetimes: You are SO stubborn.

TAG 151 - The Power Of Pruning In Leadership And Life

One thing virtually every leader and entrepreneur wants to do...is to grow.
They want to experience interpersonal growth...intellectual growth.....

TAG 150 - How Future Proof Is Your Business

How future proof is your business? How well prepared are you for all of the things that could go wrong?
This is one of the least enjoyable parts...

TAG 149 - The Leadership Health Check

When you get into a leadership role one of the first great challenges you'll have to face is realizing that things are much different than they are ad...

TAG 148 - The Less Glamorous Side Of Winning At Business

What is one of the most common questions a young entrepreneur will ask a much more experienced business owner?
It's this: "When does all of this...

TAG 147 - Driving Through The Leadership Fog

One thing about leaders and visionaries...we love to see what's far ahead and plan for the brightest of futures.
It's about planning. It's about...

TAG 146 - Keeping A Good Business From Going Bad

You have your favorite restaurant. One you've enjoyed for years. But...then something has changed. It's just not as good as it used to be.
It ha...

TAG 145 - The Things We Shouldnt Say

As leaders, in order for us to be successful, we must be excellent communicators. This is something we need to grow in each and every day.
And i...

TAG 144 - Advance Networking Techniques

When you hear the word "networking" it conjures up an image of a toothy salesperson in a suit, walking through a large gathering of prospects, reachin...

TAG 143 - The Seldom Celebrated Benefits Of Being A Business Owner

TAG 142 - The Virtues Of Patience

How many times have we heard this phrase: Patience is a virtue?
Often it seems like we hear this every day. But, what does this phrase...this co...

TAG 141 - Landing The Bigger Fish

There is a big difference between winning the lottery and winning in business. Yet, many entrepreneurs sometimes get these confused.
So many wan...

TAG 140 - Battling The Business Owner Blues

One of the dark secrets of entrepreneurism is that it's not all that it's made out to be.
You're told that if you quit your job and start your...

TAG 139 - The Thin Line Between High Performance And Being Overwhelmed

Who goes into business wanting to be a so-so leader? No...as leaders and entrepreneurs...we want to be high performance!
We want to go absolute...

TAG 138 - Alls Well That Ends Well

As leaders of organizations, as entrepreneurs, as wild-eyed inventors...we as a people...love getting things started.
The start of a new projec...

TAG 137 - The Value Of Business Friendships

We all need friends. We all need friendships with others. The question is...do we need business friendships?
Or should business be all about bus...

TAG 136 - When Your Project Runs Out Of Money

Is your project or business running out of money? You're not alone. This is an ongoing challenge for entrepreneurs.
So many start off with a fab...

TAG 135 - The Superpower Of Responsibility

We're the leader. The entrepreneur. We're the boss. We can choose our own path. Don't we have a right to be...irresponsible at times?
Yes. But,...

TAG 134 - The Hardest Part About Being An Entrepreneur

Most of our listeners are entrepreneurs, are working with entrepreneurs or are thinking someday about possibly being entrepreneurs.
Here is what...

TAG 133 - Learning To Listen

As entrepreneurs we are uniquely designed to go against the grain, to stop listening to how everyone says things should be done...and to go out and do...

TAG 132 - Regaining Your Traction When Youre Starting To Slip

One of the most treasured elements of leadership is also one of the most elusive. Just when you think you've got it...it starts slipping away.
I...

TAG 131 - Maximizing The Talent Around You

One of the greatest joys of being a leader is when you get to assemble talent around you.
Then again...it's one thing to assemble the talent. It...

TAG 130 - The Easy Way Or The Hard Way

If you were to take all of the leadership books ever written on the topic of running an organization or a business, you could sum them up into one sim...

TAG 129 - Counting Your Blessings

How do leaders and entrepreneurs keep their heads up when their world is crumbling around them? Simply, by counting their blessings.
Of course,...

TAG 128 - The Hidden Treasure Of Leadership And Life

The pursuit of leadership glory comes with many twists and bends in the road. Sadly, so many arrive at the destination and say, "Is this it?"
Mu...

TAG 127 - When Your Day Needs A Miracle

There are those challenging times as an entrepreneur when you wake up knowing there is only one way you're going to get through your day without it en...

TAG 126 - Stepping Through The Doors Of Opportunity

So often, you hear entrepreneurs saying they are waiting for their "big break" or they are hoping for their "ship to come in". 
Sadly. That coul...