The Abundant Beans Podcast Episodes

Stith Keiser is the CEO for Blue Heron Consulting, where his team of consultants works with veterinary practices owners to improve their lives and the lives of their team members while simultaneously enhancing client experience, building sustainable practice profitability, and elevating the quality of care for pets. Stith loves helping veterinarians and practice owners figure out what is most important to them and how they can achieve their goals while building their business in a purposeful, sustainable way. Today we talk about some of the keys to hospital success, what veterinary schools are doing to set students up for success, changing the ideas of work in the veterinary field, and how veterinary practices are evolving and adapting over time.

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Patrick Kelly is back! Patrick is the founder of Change Point Consulting, a company that works with teams and organizations to define and align their cultures to build culture strategies for growth. He has also recently created HEARD, a wedding planning communication platform that allows engaged couples and wedding planners to send pre-scheduled or real time messages to keep guests and wedding party members up to date on wedding information. Today we talk about the future of workplace culture, honest and critical feedback, and how to attract and retain great employees through a healthy workplace environment and genuinely caring about employees.

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Steven Crawford is back! This is his fourth time on The Abundant Beans Podcast and he’s got some great updates. Today, Steven shares insight on growth, accountability, team productivity, and tools to effectively manage your time.

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Wendy Hauser, DVM is the founder of Peak Veterinary Consulting. Dr. Hauser consults with veterinarians and veterinary practice managers nationwide to help them improve the management, operations, culture, leadership, and profitability of their veterinary practices and veterinary hospitals. Today we talk about debt loads and mental health in the veterinary field, pet health insurance, and the importance and impact of culture.

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Alison Begor is an executive and leadership coach who helps small business owners. With over 18 years of experience in human resources, coaching, and leadership, she has worked to create successful human resources strategies that hire the right individuals while keeping employees engaged to grow successful companies. She is passionate about helping business owners achieve their goals and become high performance leaders. Alison also runs a Facebook group, She Leads, that aims to empower women in their work. Today we talk about working remotely, pairing people with work that complements their skill sets, and how the coronavirus pandemic will reshape the way we work.

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Zach Mercurio is an organization and leadership development researcher, a bestselling author, an associate professor at CSU, and faculty at the Center for Purpose and Meaning. Zach puts his incredible passion, thoughtful intelligence, and heart of gold to use toward enabling purposeful and meaningful experiences for everyone - literally everyone - who works. He has spent the last decade researching purpose and meaningfulness, while helping individuals, entrepreneurs, leaders and organizations around the world use the power of purpose and meaningfulness to unleash human potential to produce tangible results.

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Rytis Lauris is the CEO and co-founder of Omnisend, a powerful marketing automation platform that is focused on moving eCommerce marketers beyond the generic email marketing tools. Omnisend is designed for small to mid-size eCommerce businesses to communicate with their customers through their most preferred channels. It enables businesses to run successful, profitable marketing while ensuring that customers have a seamless, unified experience.

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Leslie Mamalis is owner of Summit Veterinary Advisors, a company that helps veterinary practices across the country with profitability and business value. Leslie knows that many veterinarians are entrepreneurs at heart, but they don’t always know how to run a profitable business. By building relationships with each client, Leslie is able to provide personalized solutions that are tailored to their unique needs. She enjoys helping vets achieve their personal and professional goals, and wants them to be able to get back to what it is they are the most passionate about: taking care of their animal patients.

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Grant Aldrich, the founder of OnlineDegree.com, has always known he was meant to be an entrepreneur. When he graduated from college, he had accrued an overwhelming amount of debt. As a self-starter and natural helper, Grant aspired to make college more accessible and affordable for everyone. OnlineDegree.com is a free resource that enables people to take online college courses for credit towards their degree, provides student support services, and organize discounts at various participating universities. Recognizing that everyone’s educational journey is different, Grant and his team have put together an excellent resource that makes it easy for people just starting college and people who are looking to finish up their degree.

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Ryan Foster is a man of faith, family man, veteran, and patriot. Ryan is the owner of IM Insurance, as well as the president and co-founder of The Reveille Project. He is relationship driven and passionate to be a leader in his community! In the wake of COVID-19, many people have lost their jobs and subsequently lost their healthcare. To mitigate this or avoid it in the future, Ryan has some solutions for business owners to protect their employees and their businesses. The Reveille Project was founded to help veterans restore balance in their lives through physical training, nutrition, and a community of vets.

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