It doesn’t take a genius.
Employee engagement, customer experience and more from two business coaches. Mike and Mark turn business trends, research and theory into practical actions you can apply at work.
Employee engagement, customer experience and more from two business coaches. Mike and Mark turn business trends, research and theory into practical actions you can apply at work.
Episodes
17 minutes ago
No AI at Chick-fil-A?
17 minutes ago
17 minutes ago
31 min
Mike and Mark share their experiences using Chick-fil-A training materials, and interviewing owner-operators and employees, to shed light on CNBC's interview with the company CEO.
Tune in to hear how the company so consistently beats the short-term thinking, lack of fundamentals and personnel issues that plague other companies.
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
17 minutes ago
31 min
Oct 15, 2026
Oct 15, 2026
25 min
We recorded this right as Kelly Clarkson went viral. But the Internet happens so fast, we are dropping this episode early because it went Mega Viral®. Is your team ready for YOUR Kelly Clarkson moment?
(The latest news on X, as of this episode dropping, can be found here.)
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
Oct 15, 2026
25 min
Oct 13, 2026
Oct 13, 2026
38 min
Ever had an employee quit ... and forget to leave?
How to identify the mentally checked out ... how to "re-recruit" ... how to avoid the Longevity Trap ... all this and more in this episode.
Shout-out to Mike Judge's "Office Space:" worth a watch if you can handle a few naughty bits.
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
Oct 13, 2026
38 min
Oct 6, 2026
Oct 6, 2026
30 min
An episode recorded for some of our clients: If you want accountability in your workplace, you need these three elements ... and then you must add the fourth element. At the risk of sounding like clickbait, it may surprise you.
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
Oct 6, 2026
30 min
Sep 29, 2026
Sep 29, 2026
27 min
One of the earliest examples of DISC? Shakespeare's'' "Julius Caesar!"
Personality preferences are not an excuse for a lack of integrity. Brutus, Shakespeare's noble assassin, points the way.
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
Sep 29, 2026
27 min
Sep 22, 2026
Sep 22, 2026
34 min
What is the best way to get promoted in any organization?
There are two answers.
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
Sep 22, 2026
34 min
Sep 15, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
49 min
Professional decline can begin earlier than most people expect.
But the real danger is not decline itself.
The danger is failing to recognize that we need to change how we create value.
(Thanks to Arthur C. Brooks for the excellent content.)
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
Sep 15, 2026
49 min
Sep 8, 2026
Sep 8, 2026
41 min
What do the Watergate Scandal, the Bible, two modern business books and the International Coaching Federation have in common?
They can all help you defeat the behavior that tempts us all.
(Shout-out to Josh Wink for our acid house tangent toward the start.)
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
Sep 8, 2026
41 min
Sep 1, 2026
Gen Z wants you to help them make friends
Sep 1, 2026
Sep 1, 2026
26 min
You can teach five conversational habits that give your Gen Z employees what they want: more chances to connect with people.
They need friends. You need a great customer and coworker experience. Get both.
The Harris Poll we mention
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
Sep 1, 2026
26 min
Aug 25, 2026
Aug 25, 2026
25 min
They Might Be Giants are the USA's greatest rock band. (Mark said so.) An early lyric of the band gives us a window into hipsters, millennials and cancel culture.
But the UK's best comedy mind (Mark said so) David Mitchell points to a different path. Can our workplaces use his insight before it's too late?
Interested in coaching or training on these topics for you or your team? We'd love to hear from you! Email Mike and Mark.
Aug 25, 2026
25 min



