Today’s guest is known as being the king of scaling businesses which is certainly a skillset not everybody has. Kurt Uhlir joins the podcast today with a very interesting background in serial entrepreneurship, technology, marketing, and of course scaling businesses. His experience covers all different types of markets and industries and he has worked with organizations across the globe.

Kurt can talk about many things, but today we’re leaning into his biggest passion – servant leadership. In this episode, you’ll learn what servant leadership is, how to embrace it, and the incredible impact it has on not only you as an individual, but your business or organization as a whole.

<iframe loading="lazy" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Bs2R5hy2qtc" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>

What We Talked About in This Episode:

• Kurt’s background in entrepreneurship, technology, and marketing


• The skills needed to successfully scale businesses


• What high achievement servant leadership is


• Being wrong and being right


• The facade of control


• The Eastern and Western approaches to innovation


• The difference between servant leadership and authoritative leadership


• Discovering your purpose through helping others accomplish theirs


• Intentional rest as part of the success equation


• Kurt’s book recommendation and daily rituals

About Our Guest:

Kurt Uhlir is a globally-recognized marketer, operator, and speaker. He’s built and run businesses from start-up to over $500M annual revenue, assembled teams across six continents, been part of the small team leading an IPO ($880M), and participated in dozens of acquisitions.

As a dynamic and charismatic speaker on marketing and innovation, Kurt’s speaking experience includes speeches across the United States and Europe in addition to presenting at prominent industry events. Kurt is a popular and entertaining commentator and has appeared on national television shows and periodicals including the Wired, TechCrunch, Thrive Global, USA Today, Business 2 Community, WGN Radio, NBC, and ABC. Reach out to him for a guest on marketing, real estate, or growing American based businesses.

         Connect with Kurt Uhlir:

• Kurt Uhlir Home Page


• Kurt Uhlir on LinkedIn


• Kurt Uhlir on Twitter

          Connect with John Murphy:

• YouTube


• Facebook


• LinkedIn


• Twitter

If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. Thanks for tuning in!

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Winning Teams Podcast