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Interview Series: Building a Winning Company Culture with Ed Eppley
FromThe GROW! Show
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
May 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, Marty Grunder sits down with his longtime friend and mentor Ed Eppley. Ed is considered a leading expert globally on motivating and leading teams to perform well and is always a great source of inspiration and advice. In this episode, he shares his best tips on fostering a strong and positive company culture.
You’ll hear Ed’s thoughts around developing a company culture that aligns with your business model and goals, asking yourself as a leader, ‘Would I want to work for me?’, accepting ‘average’ employees just to fill positions, and planning your exit strategy years in advance.
Ed Eppley, founder of The Eppley Group, is a leading global expert in professional management, sales strategy, and performance management. He has worked with executive teams at multinational companies across the U.S., Europe, China, Japan, and Australia. His clients include a “Who’s Who” of business category leaders such as BMW, DSW, Sara Lee, Bloomberg, Battelle, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Speedway, Steamboat Ski & Resort Company, Value City Furniture, PSA Airlines, Emerson Electric, NECCO, Safelite Auto Glass, and others. Ed is the author of “Let’s Be Clear: 6 Disciplines of Focused Management Pros.”
Discussion Points:
Background, early entrepreneurship, and sales training
Ed’s work with executives today
Definition of culture
An epiphany of Marty’s - would I want to work for me?
Should you settle for a less-than-stellar employee? Is the compromise worth it?
Cameron Mitchell and his great restaurant business culture
Taking responsibility for employees you haven’t pushed or trained well enough
Ralph Nader’s ideas on leadership
Leaders need to grow their people’s productivity 3-5% each year to keep improving the company
Good leaders/managers take an average person to an above-average result
Create your own exit strategy within your company
The Grow Show podcast is sponsored by STIHL and brought to you by The Grow Group - a leading coaching and education firm for landscape professionals. Your host is Marty Grunder, president and CEO of The Grow Group and Grunder Landscaping Co., one of the most successful design-build operations of its kind in the Midwest. The Grow Show shares ideas, tips, tactics, and insights that will help you grow your landscaping business.
Resources:
Ed Eppley LinkedIn
The Eppley Group
Book: Let’s Be Clear
GROW! Conference Feb 2024
The Grow Group
Grunder Landscaping
Marty Grunder LinkedIn
You’ll hear Ed’s thoughts around developing a company culture that aligns with your business model and goals, asking yourself as a leader, ‘Would I want to work for me?’, accepting ‘average’ employees just to fill positions, and planning your exit strategy years in advance.
Ed Eppley, founder of The Eppley Group, is a leading global expert in professional management, sales strategy, and performance management. He has worked with executive teams at multinational companies across the U.S., Europe, China, Japan, and Australia. His clients include a “Who’s Who” of business category leaders such as BMW, DSW, Sara Lee, Bloomberg, Battelle, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Speedway, Steamboat Ski & Resort Company, Value City Furniture, PSA Airlines, Emerson Electric, NECCO, Safelite Auto Glass, and others. Ed is the author of “Let’s Be Clear: 6 Disciplines of Focused Management Pros.”
Discussion Points:
Background, early entrepreneurship, and sales training
Ed’s work with executives today
Definition of culture
An epiphany of Marty’s - would I want to work for me?
Should you settle for a less-than-stellar employee? Is the compromise worth it?
Cameron Mitchell and his great restaurant business culture
Taking responsibility for employees you haven’t pushed or trained well enough
Ralph Nader’s ideas on leadership
Leaders need to grow their people’s productivity 3-5% each year to keep improving the company
Good leaders/managers take an average person to an above-average result
Create your own exit strategy within your company
The Grow Show podcast is sponsored by STIHL and brought to you by The Grow Group - a leading coaching and education firm for landscape professionals. Your host is Marty Grunder, president and CEO of The Grow Group and Grunder Landscaping Co., one of the most successful design-build operations of its kind in the Midwest. The Grow Show shares ideas, tips, tactics, and insights that will help you grow your landscaping business.
Resources:
Ed Eppley LinkedIn
The Eppley Group
Book: Let’s Be Clear
GROW! Conference Feb 2024
The Grow Group
Grunder Landscaping
Marty Grunder LinkedIn
Released:
May 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (51)
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