Growing Your Own with Rich Ashton

You don’t need an MBA to build killer managers... You need a roadmap. After 40 years of growing a thriving HVAC & plumbing company, Rich Ashton cracked the code on turning technicians and salespeople into confident, accountable leaders. This show is for small business owners who are tired of: • Promoting the wrong people • Babysitting managers • Putting out leadership fires • Hoping “they’ll figure it out” The clarity of this podcast delivers real-world leadership psychology without the corporate jargon—just practical tools, real stories, and immediate results. If you want to grow your own managers instead of hiring headaches… You’re in the right place.

Growing Your Own with Rich Ashton is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 3 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #2

  Why Your Team Keeps Quitting — And How to Fix It

  May 27, 202628 minS1

  Most small businesses don't have a strategy problem — they have a culture problem. And it's costing them their best people.<br /><br />Lisa Urbanski sits down with Rich Ashton, founder of Growing Your Own, to show you how to build a workplace culture that retains talent, develops leaders, and sets you free.<br /><br />You'll learn:<br />🔥 What a healthy culture actually looks like in a small business<br />🏗️ The hiring turnaround story that went from 20% to 80%<br />🧠 How to instill culture before someone's first day<br />⚠️ The AI threat most leaders aren't talking about<br />🚀 The shortcut to developing your next layer of l...

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  Breaking Invisible Ceilings: How to Overcome Hidden Barriers to Leadership

  Mar 25, 202636 minS1

  <b>What if the biggest thing holding you back in your career or leadership isn’t external at all?</b><br /><br />In this episode,<b> Lisa Urbanski</b> talks with leadership expert <b>Rich Ashton</b>, author of Growing Your Own, about the hidden beliefs, internal patterns, and “invisible ceilings” that can quietly limit confidence, growth, and leadership potential.<br /><br /><b>In this conversation, you’ll learn: </b><br />✨ What invisible ceilings are and why they’re so hard to recognize<br /><br />✨ How the environment shapes confidence, leadership, and self-belief<br /><br />✨ What it looks like to break through a...

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  Can’t Step Away From Your Business? Build Leaders Using the “Grow Your Own” Method

  Feb 23, 202638 minS1

  <b>If your business only works when you’re there, you don’t have a “work ethic” problem; you have a dependency problem. And it’s fixable. </b><br /><br />Host <b>Stacey Chillemi </b>talks with <b>Rich Ashton</b> about building leaders from within so your company can run smoothly, even when you’re not in the building.<br /><br /><b>In this episode, you’ll learn: </b><br /><br />🎧 Why hiring “corporate” managers often fails in small businesses<br /><br />🎧 How to spot leadership potential (even without a title)<br /><br />🎧 The communication loop that prevents dropped balls<br /><br />🎧 How to d...

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