Soar Higher With Jason Ballard
Welcome to Soar Higher with Jason Ballard. A Podcast developed for leaders by leaders to motivate you to reach your highest altitude possible by providing you with proven strategies, resources, and expert business advice that will accelerate your personal and professional success beyond what you thought was possible. This podcast is hosted by Jason Ballard, one of the top-rated business & executive coaches in the U.S. From growing up in the family construction business, to serving in the military, to leading 12 organizations all over the world to award-winning success, Jason’s passion is to empower the next generation of leaders to achieve more and make a positive impact in the world. Join Jason each week as he explore the “ins and outs” of running a business, creating winning cultures, developing aspiring leaders, solving workplace challenges, and helping people achieve their career aspirations.
Episodes
Monday Aug 08, 2022
E18: Where to Start with Small Business Marketing
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
On this week's episode, Jason is joined by the Founder and CEO of Wayne Media, Rob Johnson. Jason and Rob discuss the basics of where a business ought to start when it comes to marketing and how to limit expenses, while scaling. Everything from specific marketing products, website costs, and scaling up wisely is discussed. If you're an entrepreneur or want to be, you'll want to tune in!Show Links:LinkedIn: Jason Ballard LinkedIn: Soar HigherSoar Higher FacebookSoar Higher Youtubewww.soarhighercoaching.comGuest Links:https://www.speakeasynetwork.com https://waynemedia.com
Monday Jul 25, 2022
E17: Diamond Mapping Pt 2.
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Welcome back to another episode of Soar Higher with Jason Ballard. This week, Jason and Joel continue their discussion of diamond mapping and seek to apply this method to those desiring to take hold of their ideal life. Jason explains the necessary steps to take in reaching your full potential and setting the goals that will make a true difference in reaching your highest level of success.Show Links:LinkedIn: Jason Ballard LinkedIn: Soar HigherSoar Higher FacebookSoar Higher Youtubewww.soarhighercoaching.com
Monday Jul 18, 2022
E16: Diamond Mapping Pt. 1
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Welcome back to another episode of Soar Higher with Jason Ballard. This week, Jason poses the question, what do you want your ideal life to look like? Jason and Joel take a deep dive into diamond mapping and showcase a method for taking inventory of your life in the areas of business success, financial freedom, health and fitness, and family and personal relationships.Show Links:LinkedIn: Jason Ballard LinkedIn: Soar HigherSoar Higher FacebookSoar Higher Youtubewww.soarhighercoaching.com
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
This week, Joel and Jason chat about preparing yourself for your next opportunity. To be prepared for what's next, you should first consider where you are at today. Start with an honest assessment and ask these questions:What are my abilities and strengths? What do I need to work on to better myself?What are my short & long-term goals? A goal without a plan is just a wish. Are your goals written down? Do you have a plan written for these goals? If you don't know where to start, consider turning your goals into SMART Goals:SpecificMeasurableAchievableRelevantTime-bound Show Links:LinkedIn: Jason Ballard LinkedIn: Soar HigherSoar Higher FacebookSoar Higher Youtubewww.soarhighercoaching.com
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
If you are feeling burnt out, if you are feeling unchallenged, or if you have been on the fence about moving on to a new job, you are going to want to listen closely to this one. On this episode of the Soar Higher Podcast, Jason and Joel explore a topic that just about everyone experiences at some point in their professional career: being stuck in their occupation. Jason discusses the first signs of being "stuck", and then offers some great and actionable advice for removing the glue that is keeping you in your current position..Show Links:LinkedIn: Jason Ballard LinkedIn: Soar HigherSoar Higher FacebookSoar Higher Youtubewww.soarhighercoaching.com
Monday Jun 13, 2022
E11: 7 Steps to High Performance Team Dynamics
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
On this week's edition of the Soar Higher Podcast, Jason & Joel discuss team dynamics and why they are so important. All companies are made up of people, and your products and services will never escape the influence of those people. in fact, 93% of companies experience dysfunctional teams. After listening to this episode, not only will you have a better understanding of what team dynamics are, and why 93% of companies experience dysfunction within their established teams, but you will also learn:The four stages of Team DynamicsHow to perform an audit of your team7 tips/steps to help you optimize the performance of your team. .Show Links:LinkedIn: Jason Ballard LinkedIn: Soar HigherSoar Higher FacebookSoar Higher Youtubewww.soarhighercoaching.com
Monday Jun 06, 2022
E10: Corporate Office Design After Covid With Ben Simmons
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
This week on the Soar Higher Podcast, Jason and Joel welcome Jason's good friend, Ben Simmons to the studio. Ben is a Senior-level Architect and Associate at Schmidt Associates in Louisville Kentucky. He has spent a career designing and developing corporate offices for high employee count companies. With the major technological shifts, the COVID-19 pandemic, and numerous other factors, today's corporate office looks much different than it did even a couple of years ago. Ben & Jason dig deep into how companies need to design their offices to adapt to the rapidly changing workplace culture today. Show Links:LinkedIn: Jason Ballard LinkedIn: Soar HigherSoar Higher FacebookSoar Higher Youtubewww.soarhighercoaching.com Guest Links:Ben Simmons - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simmonsben/ Schmidt Associates - https://schmidt-arch.com
Monday May 30, 2022
E09: How Employee Benefits are Changing with Jeanne J. Sutton
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
On this episode of the Soar Higher podcast, Jason and Joel have a great conversation with the #401klady, Jeanne J. Sutton with Strategic Retirement Partners. Over the past decade, she has built a successful practice serving as an investment advisor representative and financial consultant for families and businesses. Jeanne also has expertise in employee benefits. She provides a ton of great information on how the workforce has changed in regards to what employees want and expect, from competitive companies. Show Links:LinkedIn: Jason Ballard LinkedIn: Soar HigherSoar Higher FacebookSoar Higher Youtubewww.soarhighercoaching.com Guest Links:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/401klady/ Strategic Retirement Partners - https://www.srpretire.com/who-we-are/team/jeannef/
Monday May 23, 2022
E08: 5 Steps to Develop a Winning Workplace Culture Today
Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
In today's episode of the Soar Higher Podcast, Jason and Joel discuss changing workplace cultures and how successful business executives are adapting to develop a winning culture at their company. Jason starts the show by comparing and contrasting two NFL organizations (Detroit vs Dallas) and then discusses 5 important steps that can help turn your organization's culture around.Show Links:LinkedIn: Jason Ballard LinkedIn: Soar HigherSoar Higher FacebookSoar Higher Youtubewww.soarhighercoaching.com
Monday May 16, 2022
E07: The Top 5 Reasons People Leave Their Jobs
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
On today's episode of the Soar Higher Podcast, Jason and Joel have a in-depth discussion on how the newly coined "Great Resignation" is disrupting business, and how top executives need to take it into account, and adjusted to keep their workforce operating. The Great Resignation, is an ongoing economic trend in which employees have voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse, beginning in early 2021. Possible causes include wage stagnation amid rising cost of living long-lasting job dissastisfaction, safety concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the desire to work for companies with better remote-working policies.Listen in on this episode to hear Jason's thoughts on the topic, and some very important advice on how places of employment need to treat their staff to survive moving forward. Show Links:LinkedIn: Jason Ballard LinkedIn: Soar HigherSoar Higher FacebookSoar Higher Youtubewww.soarhighercoaching.comThe Great Resignation