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Author: Josh Swing

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Hosted by Josh Swing, The Secret Sauce Podcast features easy-to-apply leadership principles from the most people-focused Chick-fil-A Owner/Operators across the country. You’ll learn effective ways to grow as a leader, develop your team, and make an impact.
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Most business leaders will achieve success at the expense of their marriage, very few will be successful as a result of their marriage.   Lantz Howard is an Executive Coach who helps men create a passionate marriage and a killer business without losing their souls.   Listen as he shares practical leadership principles applicable in the bedroom and the boardroom.   We'll cover key items like...   Handling rejection Self-regulation Dating your spouse Measuring success Addressing the heart --- Resources from this episode: Free guide to jumpstart your marriage at - lantzhoward.com   Connect with Lantz Howard on LinkedIn   Connect with your host Josh Swing --- Stay Saucy!
This is a follow-up episode from my conversation with Eva Daniel where she challenged me to re-tell the story of how I met Erin.   Thanks for listening and stay saucy!
Listen as owner of The Speak Shop and master speech coach Eva Daniel shares how to turn your boring, everyday communication into a compelling message that inspires others to take action.   She’ll discuss critical speaking factors like: Preparation Content creation Storytelling …and what you should never do as a communicator.   Whether you’re communicating at a Monday morning meeting, team huddle, conference, or simply sharing a story at the dinner table you’re going to want to hear this one.   Check out Eva’s 12 Questions To Ask for a Killer Speech here.   Connect with Eva on LinkedIn.   Connect with your host Josh Swing.   Stay Saucy!
“Our ability to lead is directly proportional to who we follow.”   Dan Stanko - Owner/Operator at CFA Macedonia in the Cleveland, OH market joins the podcast to share how his secret sauce starts with faith and who he follows.   He’ll also discuss valuable lessons from the ups and downs of life and the Be Attitudes to stay grounded through it all:   Be Thankful Be Content Be Generous   Lastly, Dan discusses his super power of vulnerability and authenticity.   Connect with your host Josh Swing.   Stay Saucy!
This is a bonus episode from a conversation I had on my good friend Hampton Dortch's podcast - Wake Up and Lead.   Apple Podcasts Spotify   If you're a driven young leader and aren't already go follow that podcast.   It'll be the best thing you do all day!   Stay Saucy!
“All the good things we want in life are a byproduct of creating value for other people.” - Dr. Randy Ross Do you create more value than you extract?   As a…   Friend Spouse Brother Parent Coworker Sister Coach Neighbor Teammate   Dr. Randy Ross is an author, speaker, consultant, and culture influencer.   In this episode, he explains how we create relationally rich cultures by being value creators for others.   Listen as he unpacks the key maxims and questions to evaluate the value we are adding to the people in our lives.   Make sure you pre-order your copy of the 3rd edition of Remarkable! available April 1st.   You can also connect with Randy by visiting his website.   Connect with your host - Josh Swing   Stay saucy!
Mark Miller has spent decades driving a high-performance leadership culture for Chick-fil-A. Listen as Mark unpacks the true purpose of leadership and what makes teams great.   Check out Mark's most recent book: Culture Rules   Pre-order Mark's upcoming book: Uncommon Greatness   Utilize the free leadership assessments at Lead Every Day   Call/text Mark on his cell: 678-612-8441 Email Mark: mark@leadeveryday.com   Connect with your host Josh Swing   Stay saucy!
This is a recap from my previous episode with Amanda Finnigan.   Listen for a refresher of the 3 biggest takeaways I walked away from our conversation with.   Connect with your host - Josh Swing.   Stay saucy!
If you're a leader who could benefit from taking more action in your life (that'd be all of us) this episode is a must listen.   My guest Amanda Finnigan is a Chick-fil-A leader in the Houston, TX market and she is one of the most intentional, growth-minded leaders I've met.   Listen as Amanda shares about...   -Her perspective on showing grace and kindness to others -Embracing empathy and humility -Having a bias towards action   If you'd like to connect with Amanda you can simply give her a call/text at 832-472-7582 and reach out to her on LinkedIn.   If you'd like to learn more about Wildsparq or connect with the host click here.   Stay Saucy!    
Leadership Consultancy's Jodie Hylkema joins me to discuss what it looks like to lead from both/and.   Life is full of extremes and while social media and politics would like us to live in those extremes Jodie challenges us to live differently.   She makes a strong case for why we should all be leading from the messy middle of...   Grace and Truth Now and Not Yet Steady and Ambitious Results and Relationships   Hope you are ready to get out of your comfort zone with this one!   Reach out to Jodie Hylkema about leadership coaching: jodie.hylkema@leadership-consultancy.com   Reach out to Josh Swing about Wildsparq: josh.swing@wildsparq.com   Stay Saucy!
This episode hits a little closer to home for me as I welcome my brother Jordan Swing to the podcast.   Jordan would describe his love for Chick-fil-A as an obsession. He's going to share some of the highly applicable lessons he's learned from over a decade of professional basketball and how it could apply to any leader in any environment.   If you want to connect with Jordan you can do so through Instagram and LinkedIn.   Connect with your host - Josh Swing   Stay saucy!
Erin Franklin is the Owner/Operator at Chick-fil-A Ford City in the Chicago market and she's never listened to a podcast before!   That's all about to change now that she's a member of The Secret Sauce Family. Listen as she shares about leading out of your authentic self, the importance of community, and choosing to do hard things.   Send me an email if you'd like to connect - josh.swing@wildsparq.com   Stay Saucy!    
This is the podcast version of my keynote from the CFA Indy Operator Retreat.   If you'd like to discuss opportunities to speak at your next retreat or leadership conference please connect with me here or send me an email:   josh.swing@wildsparq.com   Stay Saucy!    
This is a recap episode discussing my biggest takeaways from the conversation with Daniel Andrews - Owner/Operator Chick-fil-A S. Colorado & Yale + Chick-fil-A Broadway and Dartmouth.   Stay Saucy!
Owner/Operator Daniel Andrews out of Denver, CO shares his passion for building brighter futures both professionally and personally. This starts with the belief that every person has unlimited potential to do beautiful things. Be prepared to listen to this one a couple of times because of how many practical takeaways there are. Here’s a list of the books Daniel referenced: Essentialism Chop Wood, Carry Water Love and Work Ruthless Elimination of Hurry Connect with your host Josh Swing Stay Saucy!
If you've only got 5 minutes to consume a podcast this is for you.   This is a recap episode from my full conversation with Leo Chan.   There were 3 big takeaways that I walked away with. Listen in to here what they were.   Stay Saucy!
Leo Chan is the former Senior Innovation Lead of Chick-fil-A Inc. and the current Chief Creativity Officer of Abound Innovation.   Much like Chef Gusteau of Ratatouille who believes "everyone can cook" Leo believes "everyone can innovate"!   (If you're looking to kill some time check out the first-ever TikTok musical of Ratatouille Leo references from our conversation here.)   Listen as Leo unpacks a clear definition of innovation that we can all relate to. He'll also expand on the importance of environment when innovating. We'll wrap up the conversation with a practical way to generate great ideas.   Connect with Leo on LinkedIn, Instagram, or by subscribing to his newsletter.   Stay saucy!        
This is a version of the keynote I delivered at the CFA Houston Leadership Conference this week.   Shoutout to all the leaders I got the connect with at the conference! I hope you'll share this with your teams and can have a meaningful conversation about the growth mindset.   Connect with me here.   Stay Saucy!
Michel Harding is the Owner/Operator at Chick-fil-A Cantrell Road in Little Rock, AR. He joins us on this episode to discuss 5 nuggets of wisdom from over a decade of experience with Chick-fil-A.   Whether you're new in your journey as a leader or you've racked up decades of leadership experience yourself, you're going to want to lean in for this one!   5 Nuggets of Wisdom: 1) Create The Best Version of Your Team Member 2) Create Opportunities, Not Systems 3) Create The What, Then Find The Who   4) Strive to create space.. in your schedule, brain, and for your team. 5) Zero distractions come at 4 AM.   Connect with Michel on LinkedIn   Connect with your host Josh Swing   Stay Saucy!
Know. Be. Live.   Listen as John Basie (Director, Residency at the Impact 360 Institute) unpacks these three simple, yet powerful words and what it means for how we approach creating more leaders.   The Impact 360 Institute was founded by John and Trudy Cathy White in 2006 and Chick-fil-A's roots still run deep through the entire campus.   Click here to learn more about the Impact 360 Institute.   Click here to purchase Basie's book: Know. Be. Live.   Stay saucy!    
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