Podcasts by Eternal ROI
Welcome to the EternalROI podcast, where we share real stories of transformation and impact from leaders who have made their workplace the forefront of their ministry.
Join our host, His Way At Work Global CEO Chris Patton, as he interviews Christian business leaders to answer a simple question: how have you made caring for your team a sustainable business practice?
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Episode 1: Following God's Plan with David Martin from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.607486
We are excited to have David Martin, CEO of Tribe 513, as our first guest on the show. David talks about his beginnings in the medical industry and how God led him to Tribe 513 where they are makin...
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Episode 8: How CEOs Should Address Racial Issues with Their Teams with Joe Humphries, Part 1 from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.593726
Joe Humphries worked in corporate America for 32 years before he started his own executive consulting company. His vast experience at all levels of business has taught him many valuable lessons ove...
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Episode 10: Rebuilding a Business With God as the Foundation with James Ruder from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.588582
Just after the 2008 crisis, James Ruder had to rebuild his business—and not because of the economic crash. But this experience permanently changed the way he thought about his company culture. See ...
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Episode 12: How to Plan for the Year Ahead with Will Stewart and Chris Patton from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.583721
Happy New Year! As Chris and Will reflect on 2020, they also have a thought-provoking conversation about setting your plan for 2021. This isn’t your typical business plan—this is planning to be the...
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Episode 14: How to Make a Team of 2,500+ Feel Like a Family with Michele Ford from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.575804
Would you consider a company with 2,500 employees a mom and pop shop? Probably not—but in today's episode of EternalROI, Michele Ford tells us how caring teams help Columbia Forest Products maintai...
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Episode 16: How Armando Del Bosque Grew Into His Role at His Way At Work from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.570411
Armando del Bosque was raised to see faith and work as two separate things that should never be mixed. But in his search to find more ways to bring God into his every day life, he joined His Way At...
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Episode 23: How to Create a Culture That No One Wants to Leave with Joel Delph from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.550005
Today we welcome back Joel Delph, global caring manager at Polydeck. As caring manager, he’s responsible for leading the company’s caring activities: whether it’s serving employees when they’re in ...
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Episode 25: Lessons from a Faith-Based Workplace with Troy Meacham from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.540631
Troy Meachum is the president of ACR Supply, a leader in the HVAC and refridgeration supply business. He truly believes that God, along with an intentional focus on people, has helped the company f...
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Episode 27: Honoring God by Giving Christian Authors a Platform with Darren Shearer from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.512177
CS Lewis said, “We don’t need more Christian books; we need more books written by Christians.” Our next podcast guest, Darren Shearer, is the CEO of High Bridge Books and Media, a company that help...
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Episode 31: 10 Most Common Mistakes that Business Owners Make - Part 2 from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.493509
Will and Chris discuss a few more common mistakes that Christian business owners make, and the impact that those mistakes have on their team. They also share powerful advice on how to fix these mis...
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Episode 34: The Pocket Testament League's Simple but Effective Mission with David Collum from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.476399
David Collum is the President & CEO of the Pocket Testament League, an organization dedicated to sharing the word of God. Each member of the PTL carries a small book in their pocket—the Gospel of J...
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Episode 36: How to Surrender Your Business to Christ with Simon Lee from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.454090
Leading a business is in Simon Lee's blood. His grandfather and father both ran the family business, with hopes that Simon would take the reins when his time came. But when his father retired, God ...
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Episode 37: The Intersection of Faith and Business with Chad Johnson from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.446008
Chad Johnson is in a season of change. He just sold the business that had been in his family for 87 years to follow the path God laid in front of him. Along with coaching, he now helps families gro...
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Episode 44: Why You Should Never Question God's Timing with Dr. Mary Beth Sutkowski from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.398304
Dr. Mary Beth Sutkowski used to act just like many Christian business owners. She kept her faith in her home and church, but never brought it to work with her. When Dr. Sutkowski and her husband ca...
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Episode 46: What Your Employees May Be Saying About You with Chris Patton and Will Stewart from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.387384
Have you ever wondered what your employees are saying about you when you're not around? Probably, right? Listen—that's not a bad thing! As business owners, we need as much feedback as we can get to...
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Episode 48: How to Hire Great People and Keep Them on Your Team with Will Stewart and Chris Patton from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.379650
The Great Resignation is upon us, and there's no sign that it's going to slow down any time soon. These past few years, it's been extremely difficult to hire and retain really good employees. As bu...
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Episode 50: Life-Changing Advice from our Amazing Guests, Part 2 from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.370281
Feeling stuck lately? Looking for some inspiration? This is the episode for you! We gathered some of our favorite moments of motivation and wisdom from the many special guests we've had on the Eter...
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Episode 53: Key Processes to Maintain a Caring Culture with Linda Coltrane from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.356528
Linda Coltrane is the Director of Caring and HR Operations at Polydeck, a Spartanburg-based company that's had a Caring Culture in place for decades. Linda's position is crucial to her company's su...
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Episode 56: Proving the Economic Value of Workplace Ministry with Brad Thompson from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.340403
Brad Thompson is the former CEO of Columbia Forest Products, a billion-dollar hardwood plywood manufacturer with more than 2,000 employees. His long tenure at the helm of this industry-leading comp...
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Episode 64: Fostering Growth from Within with Troy Meachum from 2023-12-14T05:04:47.301902
Joining Chris today on the newest episode of Eternal ROI is the CEO of ACR Supply Company, Troy Meachum. Troy grew up knowing that he would take the reigns of ACR one day and decided to make it a m...
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Episode 65: Why You Should Invest in Your Future Leaders with Corey Salyards from 2023-05-15T10:00
ACR Supply Company understands the affects personal life can have on work and vice versa. They wanted to equip their employees with the emotional and physical tools to help get through life. Under ...
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Episode 63: Ministry in the Marketplace with Beth Mackin from 2023-04-17T10:00
Beth Mackin has been at the C.H. Hanson Company for nine years. As the Director of HR and EDI, she has walked with this company through many seasons. Beth took on this role because she believed in ...
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Episode 62: Our Calling to Care with Phil Hanson from 2023-04-10T10:00
President of the C.H. Hanson Company, Phil Hanson, joins Eternal ROI to share his experience of systematizing care in his family-owned and run business. Phil's faith pointed him toward His Way at W...
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Episode 61: Harnessing a Passion to Care with Jimmy Barnes from 2023-03-27T10:00
Jimmy Barnes might have just started his career at Lineage, but he's already made a large impact. As the recently appointed Director of Talent Acquisition and Recruiting, Jimmy knew he wanted to ca...
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Episode 60: Tailoring Care to Your Team with Richard Williams from 2023-03-13T10:00
Richard Williams is the CEO of Lineage—a company based out of Charlotte, North Carolina with multiple locations across the U.S. In the early days of his leadership role, he had the desire to turn h...
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Episode 59: What You Don't Know About the Caring Team with Jody Armstrong from 2023-02-27T11:00
Having caring culture means you have a caring team, so we decided to break that down. How does your company adequately take care of the caring team? Master Coach for His Way at Work, Jody Armstrong...
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Episode 58: The 5 Most Common Concerns For Leaders and CEOs with Jody Armstrong from 2023-02-13T11:00
As a faith-based organization that's trying to bring ministry into the workplace, we get a lot of questions and concerns. Like, is it legal to bring faith into the office? How can I monitor everyth...
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Episode 57: Faith-Based Leadership with Dr. Dondi Costin from 2023-01-23T11:00
Dr. Dondi Costin is the President of Charleston Southern University, a private Baptist university in South Carolina. His entire life's journey can be summed up in one word: service. Though, that ha...
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Episode 55: The Human Impact of a Caring Culture with Ryan Houchen from 2022-12-12T18:00
Ryan Houchen leads the Sales team at Southwest Exteriors. He also manages to Caring Team and his company's caring efforts. Here's the thing about Ryan: he was chosen for this role. We don't mean th...
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Episode 54: Becoming the Steward of a Team-Owned Business for Christ with Scott Barr from 2022-11-28T11:00
Scott Barr is the Steward of Southwest Exteriors, but he hasn't always held that title. He also used to own his company outright—he doesn't do that anymore either. Why would a business leader seemi...
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Episode 52: A Systematized Culture of Care with Ron Kuehl from 2022-10-24T10:00
Ron Kuehl, President of Polydeck Screening Corporation, sits down with Chris Patton to share his story as a third-generation leader and the added responsibility that comes with a legacy. Listen to ...
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Episode 51: What to Expect from Phase Two of Eternal ROI from 2022-08-15T10:00
This episode marks a bittersweet milestone: the end of Phase One of the Eternal ROI Podcast! Chris and Will have brought some incredible leaders onto the show to inspire business owners and reitera...
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Episode 49: Life-Changing Advice from our Amazing Guests, Part 1 from 2022-07-18T10:00
We have been truly blessed to welcome so many inspiring Christian business leaders onto the show over the past few years! They each have their developed their own unique perspectives on running a f...
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Episode 47: How to Build a Law Practice with God as the Foundation with Kevin Brady and Russell Guest from 2022-06-20T10:00
Kevin Brady and Russell Guest are long-standing fixtures in the Greenville, SC legal community. What started as a small boutique law office has exploded into a huge team of legal experts, making a ...
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Episode 45: How Bringing Faith Into the Workplace Fixed a Toxic Culture with Jordan Newton from 2022-05-23T10:00
Jordan Newton is the COO of SonicAire. When he started there, the company's culture was far from strong. In fact, according to an in-depth assessment conducted in their workplace, their culture was...
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RECAST - Episode 3: Peter Freissle from 2022-04-25T10:00
Peter Freissle, CEO of Polydeck, tells the story of how God transformed him from a CEO who did not care about his people to creating a system inside his company that would become the beginnings of ...
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Episode 43: How PHOS Creative Honors God Through Its Purpose with Brandon West from 2022-04-11T10:00
Brandon West is the Chief Purpose Officer at PHOS Creative in Gainesville, Florida. PHOS is a digital marketing agency—but that's not all they are. Sure, their goal is to help clients around the co...
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Episode 42: How to Turn a Hobby into a Faith-Based Online Business with Joe Simonds from 2022-03-28T10:00
Joe Simonds is the CEO of Salt Strong, an online fishing club for saltwater fishermen. He started this company with his brother—so it's a true family business! After Joe and his brother both couldn...
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Episode 41: 10 Common Mistakes Made by Christian Business Owners, Pt 5 from 2022-03-14T10:00
We've finally reached the final 2 mistakes most commonly made by Christians in business. Mistakes number 9 and 10, in particular, are unique in that Christians have come to absorb these mispercepti...
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Episode 40: Bringing Faith into the Operating Room with Dr. Tommy Leong from 2022-02-28T11:00
Dr. Tommy Leong is an Orthopedic Surgeon practicing near His Way At Work's homebase in South Carolina. Christianity was a part of his life growing up but not much more than that—until God intervene...
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Episode 39: The 10 Most Common Mistakes Christian Business Owners Make, Part 4 from 2022-02-14T11:00
Will and Chris are back to break down the 10 most common mistakes made by Christian business owners. The great thing about this episode: both hosts have made these mistakes themselves! Give this a ...
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RECAST - Episode 14: Michele Ford from 2022-01-31T11:00
Would you consider a company with 2,500 employees a mom and pop shop? Probably not—but in today's episode of EternalROI, Michele Ford tells us how caring teams help Columbia Forest Products maintai...
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Episode 38: Dismantling the Sacred/Secular Divide Between Life, Business, and Faith with David Benham from 2022-01-17T11:00
David is one half of the Benham Brothers duo. He and his brother Jason have committed their abilities and resources to help others in their journey through faith. David is fiercely passionate about...
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Episode 35: How Richard Stearns Went from Atheist to Christ-Centered Business Leader from 2021-11-22T11:00
Richard Sterns became the CEO of Parker Bros. Games when he was 33 years old. But a few years later, the executive team was turned over. It was the event that brought him closer to God...and unfort...
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Episode 33: How C12 Helps CEOs Honor God Through Their Businesses with Mike Sharrow from 2021-10-25T10:00
We have an AWESOME guest today! Mike Sharrow is the CEO of C12 Group, which helps Christian business leaders increase their impact through ministry in the busienss. He talks with Chris and Will abo...
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Episode 32: 10 Most Common Mistakes that Business Owners Make - Part 3 from 2021-10-11T18:14:38
Will and Chris continue breaking down 10 of the most common mistakes made by Christian business owners. The ones discussed today are huge—and most of us are guilty of making these. To find all 10 m...
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Episode 30: 10 Most Common Mistakes that Business Owners Make - Part 1 from 2021-09-13T10:00
Will and Chris are doing something new today! Instead of having guests on the show, they're talking about the 10 most common mistakes that business owners make. They dive into the tell-tale signs o...
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Episode 29: How Joining C12 Saved Tom Gardner's Business—And Saved His Employees Too from 2021-08-30T10:00
Establishing a caring culture in a company is a difficult, yet rewarding process. That's the case with Hay Creek Pallet. Their President and Owner, Tom Gardner, shares his journey from self-centere...
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Episode 28: How Caring Cultures Empowers Employees to Look Out for Each Other with Jenna Roach from 2021-08-16T10:00
Jenna Roach is the Marketing Director at Betenbough Companies. Jenna's walk with faith has been a long road, diffiicult to traverse at times. That all changed when she felt God's love through her c...
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Episode 26: Matching Your Purpose and Passion with Hal Foster from 2021-07-19T10:00
Meet Hal Foster, General Manager of Vic Bailey Volkswagon in Spartanburg, South Carolina. When we recorded with him, it happened to be 10 year anniversary as an employee of the dealership. But befo...
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Episode 25: Troy Meacham from 2021-07-09T20:09:59.387226
Troy Meacham is the president of ACR Supply, a leader in the HVAC and refridgeration supply business. He truly believes that God, along with an intentional focus on people, has helped the company f...
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Episode 24: How Christ Guided Regulator Marine Through Its Toughest Times with Joan Maxwell from 2021-06-21T10:00
Joan Maxwell is the president of Regulator Marine, a company known for building exceptional sportfishing boats. Their business began in an old grocery store in 1988 and has grown exponentially sinc...
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Episode 22: How Leaders Set the Tone for Company Culture with Warren Yoder from 2021-05-24T10:00
Warren Yoder is the owner of the oldest GMC dealer west of the Mississippi, along with several other businesses. All of those moving pieces comes a lot of employees to look after—plus, he's respons...
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Episode 21: Why You Shouldn't Worry About the Legality of Bringing Faith into Your Workplace with Bob Pruitt from 2021-05-10T10:00
In Episode 21 of Eternal ROI, we're talking to Bob Pruitt, Senior Counsel and Corporate Affairs director at Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian non-profit advocacy group. He helps Christian bus...
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Episode 20: How Right Now Media Is Changing the Corporate World with Merry Prather from 2021-04-26T10:00
Merry Prather is the Vice President of Sales at Right Now Media, a media ministry that serves 4 million people across the globe. In this episode of Eternal ROI, Merry tells us more about how Right ...
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Episode 19: Best of Episodes 1-10 from 2021-04-12T10:00
So far, we've recorded inspiring stories from business leaders in different industries and heard an incredible amount of insights from each of them. In this episode, we're recapping some of our fav...
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Episode 19: Best of Episodes 1-10 from 2021-04-12T10:00
So far, we've recorded inspiring stories from business leaders in different industries and heard an incredible amount of insights from each of them. In this episode, we're recapping some of our fav...
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Episode 18: How One Small Realization Changed Everything for Phil Hanson from 2021-03-29T10:00
Phil Hanson is the fourth generation CEO in his family's business, which dates all the way back to 1866. At first, he felt a lot of pressure to bring success to the business and carry on the legacy...
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Episode 17: The Bible Tells You How to Run Your Business with Hannah Stolze from 2021-03-15T10:00
Hannah Stolze's career goals didn't include academia—she wanted a job that would help her serve God and people. But when she discovered that LEAN principles and efficient business strategies were a...
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Episode 15: How to Successfully Change the Culture in Multiple Locations with Richard Williams from 2021-02-15T11:00
Richard Williams knew he needed to turn his company's caring inwards—but with five different locations across the US, it was hard to be the one in charge of the day to day operations. Today, he tal...
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Episode 13: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Running a Family Business with Carine Ruder from 2021-01-18T11:00
Carine Ruder, co-owner of L&R Pallet in Denver, Colorado, talks to us about how she’s navigated taking over a family business, and how they’re continuing the legacy of putting Christ first by addin...
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Episode 11: Maintaining a Christ-Centered Legacy with Matthew Friessle from 2020-12-21T11:00
You already know you won’t be the CEO of your company forever—do how do you plan for succession in a supportive, effective way? Matthew Freissle, son of Polydeck CEO Peter Freissle, tells us about ...
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Episode 9: How CEOs Should Address Racial Issues with Their Teams with Joe Humphries, Part 2 from 2020-11-23T14:28:02
On this week's episode, C3 CEO Joe Humphries comes back to talk about what's at the heart of racism in the workplace, and steps we can take to create lasting change. Recommended Resources from Par...
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Episode 7: The Unexpected Impacts of Loving Your Team the Way God Loves You with Holly Betenbough from 2020-10-26T10:00
Part two of our two-part series with Rick and Holly Betenbough. Holly Betenbough tells the story of how she changed the way Betenbough Homes thinks about their relationships with employees, showing...
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Episode 6: From Supporting Ministries to Becoming a Ministry with Rick Betenbough from 2020-10-12T13:51:26
Part one of a two-part series with Rick and Holly Betenbough. Rich Betenbough is the CEO of Betenbough Homes and author of Kingdom at Work. He shares his story of how he grew his company and learne...
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Episode 5: How Mark Whitacre Changed His Life by Accepting Christ from 2020-09-28T10:00:42
You may know Mark Whitacre from The Informant, a movie starring Matt Damon telling Mark's story of how he became a whistleblower for FBI in one of the largest price fixing cases in US history. Toda...
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Episode 4: Leading a Team That Cares for Each Other with Joel Delph from 2020-09-14T13:27:54
Today we have the joy to chat with Joel Delph, the Caring Team Leader at Polydeck. Joel shares his unique perspective of what a caring team means to the company and why it is so important. Recomme...
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Episode 3: Realizing God's Role in Your Business with Peter Freissle from 2020-08-31T20:10:22
Peter Freissle, CEO of Polydeck, tells the story of how God transformed him from a CEO who did not care about his people to creating a system inside his company that would become the beginnings of ...
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Episode 2: How to Change the Culture in Your Family Business with Marc White from 2020-08-17T10:00:42
It's no secret that Chris Patton was the President of his family's group of car dealerships before he became the CEO of His Way at Work. That's one of the reasons why we are excited to have Marc Wh...
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