Unpacked with Ron Harvey

People Always Matter. Join Ron as he unpacks leadership with his guests.

Unpacked with Ron Harvey is a business podcast hosted by Ron Harvey, with 189 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 #189

  Stop Being Nice And Start Leading with Justin Ricklefs

  Aug 17, 202647 min

  What if caring for your people wasn't the thing that slows results down, but the very thing that drives them? On this episode of Unpacked with Ron Harvey, Justin Ricklefs — founder and CEO of Guild Collective, a human-first brand agency in Kansas City — joins the show to unpack the ideas behind his book, Give a Damn: The Catalyst for Caring Companies. Ron and Justin dig into why care and commerce can coexist, and why the leaders who genuinely give a damn tend to build healthier, more loyal, and higher-performing teams. In this episode: Why caring and results are not opposites, and how leaders quietly lose their best people when they treat them as either/or The critical difference between being nice and being kind, and why avoidance dressed up as care is really self-protection Justin's framework of core leadership characteristics — curiosity, compassion, and clarity — and why clarity means telling the truth and giving honest feedback What publicly tearing a team apart does to trust, and why trust, once broken, shatters like a coffee mug dropped on a tile floor How to lead through high-pressure moments by moving toward curiosity instead of projecting false certainty Why "pressure is a privilege," a lesson shaped by Justin's years working in the Kansas City Chiefs front office The simple five-minute daily habit — handwritten notes and naming gratitude — that any leader can start today Justin Ricklefs is the founder and CEO of Guild Collective and the author of Give a Damn: The Catalyst for Caring Companies, available now on Amazon. Connect with Justin on LinkedIn, where he writes almost daily about leadership, care, and building human-first brands. Unpacked with Ron Harvey is hosted by Ron Harvey, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Core Strategies and Consulting in Columbia, South Carolina, where the guiding belief is simple: people always matter. Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

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  Episode #188

  Confidence Is Action: Tricia Conyers on Building Real Self-Trust

  Aug 10, 202641 min

  Confidence is not the same thing as competence, and chasing more credentials will never close the gap on its own. In this episode of Unpack with Ron Harvey, coach and author Tricia Conyers joins Ron for an honest, vulnerable conversation about why so many accomplished, high-performing women still struggle to see themselves as capable as everyone around them already does, and what actually builds the kind of self-trust that lasts. Based in Trinidad and Tobago, Tricia Conyers is a professional and personal coach who works with women standing at a crossroads between the life they are living now and the brighter, braver, bolder version of themselves they know they are capable of becoming. Her first book, Confidence Is Action, releases in September on Amazon. In this conversation, Ron and Tricia unpack: Why competence is only one ingredient of confidence, and what the missing pieces really are The "negative sum game" women play by dismissing their wins and magnifying their mistakes A simple daily practice: naming one thing that went well, then why it was about you How reflection, scheduled every 90 days like a meeting, compounds into higher performance The wedding-party moment that stripped away Tricia's confidence, and the lesson underneath it Why self-trust, not outside validation, sits at the very heart of real confidence The "waiting to feel ready" trap, and why confidence only arrives after you take action How confidence works like a muscle that anyone can build through repetition and reps Whether you lead a team, are building something of your own, or keep waiting to feel ready before you begin, this episode delivers practical, day-by-day tools to stop waiting and start acting, plus a leadership lens on how to build confidence in the people you manage and help them step into bigger opportunities. Connect with Tricia Conyers: LinkedIn: Tricia Conyers Instagram: inspireher (Trinidad and Tobago) Website: triciaconyers.com Book: Confidence Is Action (Amazon, September) Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

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  Episode #187

  The Trust Recession: Why Buyers Stopped Believing You

  Aug 3, 202645 min

  Scott Proposki went from shooting events at the White House under President Obama to building a multimillion-dollar photography business, then losing all of it during COVID. In this episode of Unpacked with Ron Harvey, Scott walks through the three years he spent in the wreckage, the one question from his coach that pulled him out, and the method he now uses to help business owners find the small changes that move an entire year of revenue. Ron and Scott get into why trust has become the scarcest asset in business, why most owners keep restarting instead of building momentum, and what it really takes to earn a yes in a market full of noise. In this episode: The trust recession: why buyers have stopped believing claims, and how to earn belief back one step at a time Selling the destination instead of the seat on the plane, and what that shift does to your pricing Base camp: why climbing the same hill over and over stalls growth, and how to rebuild with the right team first The only two reasons people do not buy, and how to solve both Moving from victim thinking to ownership after a setback you did not cause Why small businesses lose deals on follow-up, not on price Being of service instead of selling, and why service closes what pressure cannot The unconventional path that got Scott into the White House, and what it teaches about being found Why it is not how, it is who, and how to staff around your weaknesses Scott Proposki is a former National Geographic and White House event photographer, author of Camera Focus, and creator of the Business Focus Method. He works with businesses from six figures to nine figures to identify the one to three percent changes that compound. Connect with Scott: businessfocusmethod.com | scott@businessfocusmethod.com Ron is covering the cost of Camera Focus for the first five listeners who email Scott after hearing this episode. Hosted by Ron Harvey, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Core Strategies and Consulting, a leadership development firm helping executives stay closer to their people. Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

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  Episode #186

  Erin Treacy on Burnout, Bottlenecks, and People-First Leadership

  Jul 27, 202643 min

  Erin Treacy spent years working 80- and 90-hour weeks, telling herself she would slow down next week. Her body ended the argument for her. Standing on the cook line of one of her 1950s-style diners, her right leg went numb. The diagnosis was a slipped disc and compressed discs in her lower back, and she could no longer stand on a concrete floor for twenty minutes, let alone a twelve-hour shift. In this episode of Unpacked with Ron Harvey, Erin Treacy, a leadership and business coach in West Virginia, unpacks what burnout actually cost her, why closing the business was the smartest decision available, and how she rebuilt a people-first leadership model that includes the leader. What Ron and Erin cover: Why servant leadership falls apart when the leader is left out of "people first" The signs her husband and kids named for years before her body forced the issue How leaders make themselves the bottleneck while believing they have empowered the team The Post-it note challenge that exposes how often you say "I'll just do it myself" Why two minutes of teaching today saves roughly ten hours of work next week What it takes to close a business when you are wired to compete and hate to lose The adult version of a timeout, and why walks, art, and a phone left at home are not indulgences The eye of the hurricane problem: staying calm for everyone else while the storm runs inside you Why a lesson often has to land hundreds of times before it sticks Ron's Daytona pit stop analogy and the military policy that made leave mandatory The line that changed how Erin leads: your opinion of me is none of my business This one is for the leader who has become the answer to every question and the entrepreneur who keeps moving the goalpost. Burnout does not announce itself. It sends warnings, and most high performers are moving too fast to read them. Connect with Erin Treacy: ErinTreacyCoaching.com, and Coach Erin Treacy on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. She answers every message personally. Connect with Ron Harvey: LinkedIn, or the Global Core Strategies and Consulting website. Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

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  Episode #185

  Founder Syndrome: How to Let Go and Grow Your Company

  Jul 20, 202653 min

  In this episode of Unpacked with Ron Harvey, host Ron Harvey sits down with Luke Mickelson, the Idaho farm kid who turned a single homemade bunk bed into Sleep in Heavenly Peace, now the largest bed-building charity in the world. What began in Luke's garage in 2012 has grown into a national movement fighting child bedlessness, and along the way Luke discovered a challenge that quietly derails many founders and leaders: founder syndrome. Together, Ron and Luke unpack what happens when your identity fuses with the thing you built, why the hardest part of leadership is often letting go, and how leaders can empower their people to take real ownership. Whether you run a company, lead a nonprofit, manage a project, or are raising a family, this conversation offers a framework for growing beyond yourself without losing yourself. In this episode: The garage project that became a global charity, and the moment that sparked it all What founder syndrome really is, and its stages: identity fusion, relevance wounds, and the monster Why "pause before you protect" is the discipline every leader needs when they feel cut out How to give employees genuine ownership so passion, not just a paycheck, drives their work Why the sweatiest, dustiest volunteer is the happiest, and what that teaches about engagement The freedom in asking for help and letting go of "fake it till you make it" Ron's reframe for the stories we tell ourselves: "based on what?" How letting go, like Bezos with Amazon, lets a vision grow far beyond what control ever could Luke Mickelson is the founder of Sleep in Heavenly Peace (shpbeds.org) and creator of the Founder Syndrome Survival Course. Learn more and take his founder syndrome assessment at LukeMickelson.com, or email Luke@LukeMickelson.com . Find him on social media as Luke Mickelson or SHP Luke. Host Ron Harvey is Vice President and COO of Global Core Strategies and Consulting, where he helps organizations develop leaders who take care of their people. Connect with Ron Just Make A Difference: Leading Under Pressure by Ron Harvey “If you don’t have something to measure your growth, you won’t be self-aware or intentional about your growth.” Learn more about Global Core Strategies . . . . . Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Listeners should consult with their own professional advisors before implementing any suggestions or recommendations made in this podcast. The speakers and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by listeners based on the information presented in this podcast. The podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or services. The speakers and guests make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the information, products, services, or related graphics contained in this podc...

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