The Unity Rock Podcast

The Unity Rock Podcast is where visionaries and integrators come together to share real stories, practical strategies, and hard-earned insights. Hosted by Clayton Stenson, The Unity Guide, the show dives into meaningful conversations with builders and innovators in the EOS community. Each episode explores how vision turns into action, how people bring ideas to life, and what it truly takes to create lasting impact in business and leadership. If you’re interested in authentic conversations with people who are making things happen, follow, subscribe, and join us as we get into the conversation.

The Unity Rock Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Clayton Stenson, with 21 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.

Clayton Stenson hosts The Unity Rock Podcast, a business show with 21 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  S2 E10 - The Owner's Box with Alkis Crassas

  Aug 6, 202614 minS2

  In this episode, Clayton sits down with Alkis Crassas, EOS Implementer and self-described Abundance Coach, who discovered the visionary/integrator distinction while running a healthy fast food concept with his two best friends and business partners. After his CFO asked him three times whether he had read Traction, he finally did, self-implemented EOS, and doubled the size of the company in two years, only to learn in the aftermath that his team cared less about the sales growth and more about their better quality of life. Alkis gets honest about the challenge that came next. He and his partners were such close, loyal friends that they struggled with too much niceness, trust without healthy conflict, because there was too much to lose if the business disagreements bled into the friendship. He shares the moment he handed the integrator seat to a rising leader who ended up outperforming him and his partner combined, why he eventually let go of the vine altogether and moved to the owner's box, his practice of literally switching physical hats to signal which role he is speaking from, and why he believes trust, and the healthy conflict it makes possible, is still the single biggest predictor of VI duo success. Join our Community on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14549556/ Connect with Alkis Crassas: Website: https://implementer.eosworldwide.com/alkis-crassas/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alkis-crassas/

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  Episode #9

  S2 E9 - Know Thyself and Be Free with David Slobotski

  Jul 30, 202618 minS2

  In this episode, Clayton sits down with David Slobotski, EOS Implementer and lifelong visionary who started cold calling at 12 years old and was leading teams by 16. David shares how he discovered his own wiring through frustration, both giving and receiving it, and how tools like Kolbe, Culture Index, and DISC helped him understand where his natural gaps were and who needed to fill them. David gets honest about the humbling work of practicing what he preaches. Even now, he leans on an assistant functioning as an integrator inside his own practice, and he is candid about how often he assumes he has communicated something clearly when he has really only said it in his head. He and Clayton dig into the Roy Disney story he shares with every new client, why a visionary should expect and even welcome some friction with their integrator, why delegation should be a four letter word for most entrepreneurs, and why he believes the biggest first hurdle for any visionary is simply taking the leap to bring an integrator in at all. Join our Community on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14549556/ Connect with David Slobotski: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-slobotski/ Website: https://implementer.eosworldwide.com/david-slobotski/

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  Episode #8

  S2 E8 - The Emotional Bank Account with Emily Ransone

  Jul 23, 202618 minS2

  In this episode, Clayton sits down with Emily Ransone, EOS Implementer, published author, and self-proclaimed Growth Junkie, who discovered her own integrator wiring through the frustration of watching people over-complicate things she could see simplified in an instant. Over a decade ago she was an EOS client herself, integrating a brother and sister who flip-flopped between visionary and integrator roles, a journey that took the company from the red to self-funding two startups and inspired her book, Growth Junkies Unite. Emily gets candid about the patterns she sees derail visionaries and integrators alike. She talks about founders who swoop in and seagull to fix things, sending a message of distrust instead of empowering their team, and why naming that pattern is often the first step to changing it. She breaks down the emotional guidance system, the practice of using logic to counterbalance emotion rather than stuffing it down or exploding, why asking are you open before offering feedback changes everything, and why she believes trust, built through clean communication and consistent deposits into the emotional bank account, is the single biggest predictor of VI success. Join our Community on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14549556/ Connect with Emily Ransone: Website: https://implementer.eosworldwide.com/emily-ransone/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyransone/

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  Episode #7

  S2 E7 - The Keys to the Castle with Jim Kinnier

  Jul 16, 202620 minS2

  In this episode, Clayton sits down with Jim Kinnier, EOS Implementer since 2017 and integrator through and through, whose first taste of the seat came in 2011 when a visionary handed him the keys and said run my business. Jim shares why that handoff worked when so many don't: the visionary actually let go, trusted him completely, and resisted the urge to swoop back in. Jim gets honest about the patterns he's seen across years of implementing. He explains why nearly every failed VI relationship traces back to a lack of trust, why hiring the integrator is the most important hire a visionary will ever make, and why the fastest way to blow it up is giving something away and then taking it back. He and Clayton dig into the visionary who felt put out to pasture, what healthy involvement looks like when the visionary is a subject matter expert, the humility required when an owner sits in another seat, and why companies that finally get one person in each seat don't just grow, they take off. Join our Community on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14549556/ Connect with Jim Kinnier: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkinnier/ EOS Website: https://implementer.eosworldwide.com/jim-kinnier/

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  Episode #6

  S2 E6 - Married to the Visionary with Anne Shoolcraft

  Jul 9, 202618 minS2

  In this episode, Clayton sits down with Anne Shoolcraft, EOS Implementer and former integrator, who stepped into the integrator seat in 2012 when her husband's IT company needed someone to plug the gaps fast. A former software engineer with no business background, Anne read Traction and had a lightning-bolt moment. She and her husband ran the classic visionary/integrator playbook, turned the company around, and paid off a mountain of recession-era debt together. Anne gets honest about what happened next. The natural VI tension became inseparable from their marriage, until dissatisfaction with the business started feeling like dissatisfaction with the spouse. She shares how couples therapy and some deep life planning led her to hand off the integrator seat, keep the parts of the job she loved, and become an EOS Implementer. Anne and Clayton dig into stopping visionary end runs, coaching your team to redirect through the integrator, why founders attach their identity to certain functions, and why mutual respect, the kind where you genuinely admire what the other person can do, is the biggest predictor of VI success. Join our Community on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14549556/ Connect with Anne Schoolcraft: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-schoolcraft-mn/ Web: https://implementer.eosworldwide.com/anne-schoolcraft/ Book a call: https://calendly.com/anne-schoolcraft/15-minute-check-in

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