the linzee ciprani team

Don't miss this episode where Christy Belt Grossman and Linzee Ciprani interview Haro Setain and Kayla Slice and get REAL about the challenges that many of us face as we build these small businesses. We'll discuss all kinds of leadership lessons including: the challenges that come along with growing a big team, failing forward, communication issues and how they've worked through them, fast growth, downsizing, and restructuring, AND MORE!

Christy Belt Grossman and Linzee Ciprani interview Kris Bertagnolli and Stephanie Perry Brackett from Anderson Hicks Group. Stephanie is the Chief Operations Office and Kris is their Chief Revenue Officer. There are so many amazing questions we have for these two on how they run the business, how they joined forces (2 teams combining into 1) and what challenges they faced during that time. 🚀 We are seeing team growth, team mergers, and expansion all over the industry. There are BIG partnerships happening. We're predicting a whole new landscape next year, and these guys have pioneered what we will be seeing as a trend that’s about to snowball. 

We were off last week for Thanksgiving but we're coming back with two powerhouses! Join us for an interview with David Osborn and his Chief of Staff (or as he likes to call himself Air Traffic Controller) Matt King! Matt controls David's life and David has a VERY BIG LIFE. They're a team that you don't want to miss hearing and learning from.

Today's podcast was brought to you by the letter B! When you combine brains, beauty & booze - you get a really fun podcast! Felicia and Sabrina join hosts Christy and Linzee on this episode of the Leader Equation.  🥃 Felicia is the owner of High Mark Distillery - think handcrafted hard spirits like Nickel Back Apple Jack, Nickel Back Apple Jane, High Mark Vodka, Blind Cat Moonshine, Blueberry Cobbler Shine, Peach Ginger Shine & Limoncello Felicita! (I am now VERY thirsty! Sabrina is her distributor and owners of Vin Sauvage of Northern Nevada. (Sabrina also does a bunch of other really cool stuff like create costumes for Burning Man!) We're so excited to dive in and learn how these amazing ladies work together to grow these awesome businesses. We talk about their struggles, their wins, their challenges with growing these businesses. 

Ever wonder how people manage to have multiple businesses like Nicole Burnett? It's with amazing people on their team like Kourtney Sanders. Two of the best in the business on the West Coast will join us to talk all things assistant and leader. They are raw and real, and you don't want to miss this! 

Quote of the episode: "I had to learn to communicate my priorities. As a leader, everything can't be equal." - Nicole Burnett

“His support when I fail makes me more bold.” -Wisdom from Jillene Snell on Episode 9 of The Leader Equation, talking about how her leader Ben Kinney empowers her to fail forward to success. Listen as Jillene and Vija discuss the challenges of someone running multiple businesses and all thing Ben Kinney Companies. We especially love how these relationships were built over time, and that so much time has been invested in how to THINK, not just how to DO.

This is one of our best episodes yet featuring Jeff Cohn and his Success Manager Andy Kueny. These two have grown multiple business together. The Real Estate Team has become the #1 team within Berkshire Hathaway going from 60-700 transactions within 6 years, #1 in the State of Nebraska and more. They have launched a coaching platform named Elite Real Estate Systems. Jeff has an amazing Podcast called The Team Building Podcast. Jeff explains the other businesses he owns, how he holds Andy and his team accountable and how he transitioned the "fluffy cats" conversations over to Andy to deal with so he could continue to build. 

Quote of the episode: "If you 10x your eco-system, you'll 10x your goals." - Jeff Cohn

Daniel Ramsey and his Chief People Officer Megan Patterson of Myoutdesk - MOD join Christy Belt Grossman and Linzee Ciprani on the Leader Equation in this week's episode. They've accomplished so much together and are the go to for Virtual Assistant hiring! We find out how they've succeeded together, what challenges they've had with hiring and each other. 

Steve Ciprani guest hosts again with Linzee Ciprani as they get to know more about what makes Len Schwartz and Shelly Seidemann a successful duo. Len and Shelly aren't your normal duo within the Real Estate world.  Find out how they came together and how they've grown over the last few years! 

Jeff Quintin and Scott Bluth (Jeff's COO) join Linzee and guest host Steve Ciprani in an honest and real conversation about the challenges they've experienced together. Scott focuses his efforts “in” the business while Jeff focuses his efforts “on” the business. They just got featured in Inman News for their amazing expansion to the Outer Banks and were named in the Inc 5000 as #3517. Voxer has immensely helped their communication; find out what it is and how it made an impact for them! They’ve grown so much together over the years. What’s their secret sauce? If you're looking to communicate better with the owner and leader of your business, you can't miss this episode.

THE BEST ONE YET featuring Matthew Fetick and his Director of Administration Rachel Gosselin of Matt Fetick Team - Keller Williams Realty. Join Linzee Ciprani and guest host Stephanie Brackett as they discuss how Rachel and Matt have build their business together over the last 9 years. They've expanded to multiple states togethers. Find out how much Rachel handles while Matt has multiple other businesses he owns and operates. This episode speaks about the communication issues that can arise, examples of how to work through issues, & how to train (or not to train) others. 

Join Linzee Ciprani & Christy Belt Grossman as they interview Rock Thomas (The World’s #1 Whole-Life-Success Expert and owner of M1) and his COO Ken Eslick Jr! We chat about all things Entrepreneur - Leader related. Quote of the Episode: "It's not about what book you've read. It's about the one you read and re-read and re-read. Teach it, practice it, regurgitate it. Don't go through books. Let books go through you." - Rock Thomas

Join Christy Belt Grossman and Linzee Ciprani as they interview Sarah Reynolds Oji and Jennifer Vilona Wade as they discuss the Leader Equation that has grown their team to one of the top within Keller Williams in just 5 years! They aren’t great leaders because of their production (The Reynolds Team will exceed $10M in GCI and serve 850 families this year), but their production comes from great leadership. Find out how this dynamic team has transformed their team in this small amount of time.  See how Jennifer only goes to Sarah if she's needed (which isn't often).