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.
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Episodes
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Jumpstart your creativity by implementing a few key techniques. Great leaders are best described as having confident humility. On this week's episode, Coach Jason Ballard is joined by Dan Steininger, the owner and president of Steininger & Associates based out of Milwaukee, WI. Dan is also an author of multiple books, his latest being Conquering Your Mountains. Dan leads the conversation by giving lots and lots of tips about how to unleash your creativity and channel effective brainstorming. He furthers the effectiveness of his tips by giving relevant, relatable examples, as well as personal examples from his own life. The top 5 tips to unleashing your creativity are:
Embrace and understand the problem
Identify the number one root cause of the problem
Seek solitude when channeling your ideas
Identify the criteria your going to judge your ideas by
Pull the tigger, implement your ideas into action
Show Links/ Social Links:
LinkedIn: Jason Ballard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-795a0587/
LinkedIn: Soar Higher - https://www.linkedin.com/company/soar-higher-business-solutions/
Soar Higher Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/soarhigherjasonballard
Soar Higher Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazXTUWfddwR9blL-3KUG_A
Website: www.soarhighercoaching.com
Guest Links:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsteininger?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Are your employees engaged? Do you know how to engage your employees to be part of the solution? What are you measuring? How are you keeping on track? How are you going to improve moving forward?
As a leader, listen the greatness out of your people! On this weeks episode, Jason Ballard is joined by Tom Willis, the Co-founder and partner of Phoenix Performance Partners and author of The Great Engagement. Together they crack the code of how get your employees more engaged. They discuss the difference between aspiration and inspiration, buying into something versus believing in something, and the three steps to shaping a strong work culture.
Leadership
Management
Coaching
Guest Links:
Email: tom@phoenixperform.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasawillis
https://www.linkedin.com/company/phoenixperformancepartners
Website: https://www.phoenixperform.com/soarhighercoaching
Show Links/ Social Links
LinkedIn: Jason Ballard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-795a0587/
LinkedIn: Soar Higher - https://www.linkedin.com/company/soar-higher-business-solutions/
Soar Higher Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/soarhigherjasonballard
Soar Higher Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazXTUWfddwR9blL-3KUG_A
Websites: www.soarhighercoaching.com - https://www.soarhighercoaching.com/
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
What kind of team do you have? A-players? B-players? Are you a big enough leader to run a business globally?
On this weeks episode, Coach Jason Ballard is joined by a dynamic entrepreneur who had an unexpected path to success, Kyle Mau. Kyle started as an engineer in California before kickstarting his business career with a dating coach blog that grew to have over 1 million subscribers. He then moves to Eastern Europe where he becomes the co-founder of an olive oil company before following his passion for helping people by starting a talent attraction agency called HireUA! Jason and Kyle discuss the mindset of business owners and challenge our thinking on how to engage different talent in different ways. Where one door opens, many other doors open you don't even know are possible.
Show Links/ Social Links
LinkedIn: Jason Ballard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-795a0587/
LinkedIn: Soar Higher - https://www.linkedin.com/company/soar-higher-business-solutions/
Soar Higher Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/soarhigherjasonballard
Soar Higher Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazXTUWfddwR9blL-3KUG_A
Website: www.soarhighercoaching.com
Guest Links:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maukyle?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
Website: https://hire-ua.com/
Monday May 27, 2024
Monday May 27, 2024
Want to be more productive? More efficient? More Effective?
On this weeks episode, Coach Jason Ballard breaks down the difference between people who start things versus people who finish the things they start. If you want to go far you have to go together, there's no better time than now to lead. He continues to teach the concept about how to double your productivity and be done faster and with less stress with 3 steps.
Mindset and Expectations
Get Organized
Prioritize Your Time
Show Links/ Social Links
LinkedIn: Jason Ballard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-795a0587/
LinkedIn: Soar Higher - https://www.linkedin.com/company/soar-higher-business-solutions/
Soar Higher Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/soarhigherjasonballard
Soar Higher Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazXTUWfddwR9blL-3KUG_A
Website: www.soarhighercoaching.com
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
In this episode, Jason welcomes Adele Gambardella and Chip Massey, co-founders of The Convincing Company, to discuss effective negotiation techniques and the art of persuasive communication. They share insights on crisis management, influencing trends, and the critical role of understanding your own values in business interactions. Adele and Chip also highlight the power of Forensic Listening and its impact on successful negotiations and public relations strategies.
Be sure to check out their new book:
CONVINCE ME - HIGH-STAKES NEGOTIATION TACTICS TO GET RESULTS IN ANY BUSINESS SITUATION
Guest Links
Website: https://convincingcompany.com/
Website: https://trainingsogood.com/
Welcome Page" https://convincingcompany.com/?page_id=130504&preview=true
Show Links/ Social Links
LinkedIn: Jason Ballard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-795a0587/
LinkedIn: Soar Higher - https://www.linkedin.com/company/soar-higher-business-solutions/
Soar Higher Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/soarhigherjasonballard
Soar Higher Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazXTUWfddwR9blL-3KUG_A
Websites: www.soarhighercoaching.com - https://www.soarhighercoaching.com/
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
Do you know how money comes in and out of your business? Do you know how to manage your money properly? Do you have a team or firm that is an expert in your field of practice? If the answer to any of these is no, try something different. On this weeks episode Jason is joined by the managing partner of Anders CPAs + Advisors, who is also the lead of the advisory practice department, David Hartley. David has 30 years of experience with growing a businesses technology, innovation, and financial mastery. He also has his own podcast, But Who's Counting. Together Jason and David discuss how David has pivoted from a CPA to a technology person, back to a CPA and how that has given him more insight to help businesses. As well as, how the future of CPA's in changing, becoming more efficient, being disciplined and adaptive, and how to maximize profitability to stay a vibrant competitor in the market. Some key takeaways are:
Have good data, understand what your data is and where it resides
Be willing to accept change and experiment
Have a person or firm that will ask difficult questions on your team
Harness a collection of knowledge within your network
Make good, quality, fast decisions
Show Links/ Social Links
LinkedIn: Jason Ballard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-795a0587/
LinkedIn: Soar Higher - https://www.linkedin.com/company/soar-higher-business-solutions/
Soar Higher Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/soarhigherjasonballard
Soar Higher Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazXTUWfddwR9blL-3KUG_A
Website: www.soarhighercoaching.com
Guest Links:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davehartley
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anders-cpas-advisors
Website: https://anderscpa.com/
Podcast: "But Who's Counting"
https://www.youtube.com/@Anderscpa/podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/but-whos-counting/id1611046443
https://open.spotify.com/show/4mieDwzhsSh44gQxRVLKXD
https://anderscpa.com/podcasts/
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
Do you have a proven decision making process? Have you come up with a way to simplify problems that arise? In this week's episode Jason connects the military to business with a simple process used in the military called the Ooda Loop. Tune in to see what Ooda stands for and how it can help you stay in control and manage chaos in your business and your life.
Show Links/ Social Links
LinkedIn: Jason Ballard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-795a0587/
LinkedIn: Soar Higher - https://www.linkedin.com/company/soar-higher-business-solutions/
Soar Higher Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/soarhigherjasonballard
Soar Higher Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazXTUWfddwR9blL-3KUG_A
Website: www.soarhighercoaching.com
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Get in touch with your uniqueness. This week Jason is joined by Dr. Anna Marie Frank, the founder of Happy Whole You and author of Stop Bullying Yourself. Together they discuss how to rewire how you think. They touch base on the difference between being different and being bold, brain hardware and mind software, picking your hard, and taking inventory of your thoughts. Some key takeaways are:
No matter where you are in life, there will be ups and downs
Change your expectations to expect bad things to happen
Rewire your brain to input and output things differently
Be bold in your differences
Take care of yourself and keep yourself in balance
Show Links/ Social Links
LinkedIn: Jason Ballard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-795a0587/
LinkedIn: Soar Higher - https://www.linkedin.com/company/soar-higher-business-solutions/
Soar Higher Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/soarhigherjasonballard
Soar Higher Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazXTUWfddwR9blL-3KUG_A
Website: www.soarhighercoaching.com
Guest Links:
Website: https://happywholeyou.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happywholeyou/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annamariefrankhappywholeyou
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
What kind of clients are you working with? Want bigger clients? Better clients? Different clients? Not sure how to attract these clients? Maybe you're asking yourself what needs to be done differently to make this happen? On this week's episode Jason is joined by Max Gomez Montejo, the Chief Marketing Officer of Next Net Media. Together they breakdown marketing and the different components to attract long lasting customers. Big takeaways are to focus on quality over quantity, personalize your delivery to customers, organic components of SEO, and getting from the Red Ocean to the Blue Ocean!
Show Links/ Social Links
LinkedIn: Jason Ballard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-795a0587/
LinkedIn: Soar Higher - https://www.linkedin.com/company/soar-higher-business-solutions/
Soar Higher Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/soarhigherjasonballard
Soar Higher Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazXTUWfddwR9blL-3KUG_A
Website: www.soarhighercoaching.com
Guest Links:
Website: https://nextnetmedia.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxgomezmontejo
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Do you want more freedom? Do you want more time to do and enjoy the things you want to in life? As a business leader, do you often often feel like you don't have much of either? Well, this episode is for you! On this week's episode, Jason is joined. by Kyle Smith, Managing Partner from StrataCloud. Together they discuss ways to gain freedom as a business leader and experience more joy in life. Some key takeaways are setting goals personally and professionally, tracking KPIs and finding what makes you truly happy.
Show Links/ Social Links
LinkedIn: Jason Ballard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-ballard-795a0587/
LinkedIn: Soar Higher - https://www.linkedin.com/company/soar-higher-business-solutions/
Soar Higher Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/soarhigherjasonballard
Soar Higher Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazXTUWfddwR9blL-3KUG_A
Website: www.soarhighercoaching.com
Guest Links
Website: https://stratacloudaccountants.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stratacloudaccountants
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stratacloudaccountants/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/strata-cloud/