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#125 – Preston Lee – Better Training Beats More Micromanaging
Everyone is rushing to automate, and almost nobody is asking what it costs. In this episode of The Business & Faith Podcast, John Staub talks with Preston Lee, founder of The 30% Rule and author of The Hospitality Handbook. Preston has spent his career in restaurants, and his argument starts in one place: if you […]
#124 – Nick Stavros – Don’t Let Growth Cost You the Mission
When every patient who walks through the door is a life you could save, the mission becomes the one thing you cannot trade away. Nick Stavros runs an organization where every decision has a person on the other end of it. In this episode of The Business & Faith Podcast, John Staub talks with Nick […]
#123 – Derek Volk – Now What?
The only real answer to a bad day is a question: now what? In this episode of The Business & Faith Podcast, John Staub talks with Derek Volk, president and CEO of Volk Packaging in Biddeford, Maine, the corrugated box company his grandfather founded 59 years ago. Derek explains why he tells his team that […]
#122 – Rebecca Stahly – Focus on What Controls the Outcomes
Your team can hit the target for 90 days, but the habits underneath it decide whether the results stay. Rebecca Stahly started at Vahala Foam in Elkhart, Indiana, as an office manager 29 years ago, after taking a receptionist job as a young mom who could not go to college. In this episode of The […]
#121 – Kevin Bein – A Business Plan for Your Life
Your life deserves a business plan before your organization ever gets one. Kevin Bein never served in the military, and he says so plainly. In this episode of The Business & Faith Podcast, John Staub talks with Kevin Bein, President and Director of The Longbow Foundation, a nonprofit that helps combat veterans transition from active […]
#120 – Dan Hooks – Build a Business That Outlasts You
A company can double in a year and spend the next two years earning its reputation back. Dan Hooks started working at his parents’ event rental company when he was 14. In this episode of The Business & Faith Podcast, John Staub talks with Dan, Vice Chairman and longtime president of Party Reflections, about growing […]