TOUGH LOVE FOR BUSINESS

By Jackie Zach

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TOUGH LOVE FOR BUSINESS is a podcast for business owners to get answers to the most important questions about owning and running a successful business. Hosted by Jackie Zach, Certified Business Coach for ActionCOACH Milwaukee, and Mike McKay, Partner and Certified Business & Executive Coach for ActionCOACH Milwaukee. We have almost 70 years of combined business experience.

Episode Date
3 Reasons to Love Owning a Business
Sep 22, 2026
6 Steps Mastery and Beyond
Sep 15, 2026
Marketing Basics
Sep 08, 2026
Selling Things
Sep 01, 2026
Why business may not be magical for you
Aug 25, 2026
10 Ways Business is Magical
Aug 18, 2026
You're making it too hard
Aug 11, 2026
How should you pay employees?
Aug 04, 2026
What is your biggest challenge?
Jul 28, 2026
Using strategic partners in your business
Jul 21, 2026
Skills of a good leader
Jul 14, 2026
Reasons why construction related companies fail
Jul 07, 2026
7 Most Common financial mistakes in construction companies
Jun 23, 2026
Turning Knowledge into Value
Jun 16, 2026
Excuses for Poor performance
Jun 09, 2026
How to Create C players
Jun 02, 2026
You're Either the Hero or the Villain
May 26, 2026
Misunderstanding how business works
May 19, 2026
Mindset Truth Bomb
May 12, 2026
When a $50 problem becomes a $500 problem
May 11, 2026
What is business coaching
May 05, 2026
The Messy Middle
Apr 28, 2026
Does rejection equal failure
Apr 21, 2026
My business grew now what do I do with my time?
Apr 14, 2026
Changes at $5 million in revenue
Apr 07, 2026
Big Company Disease
Mar 31, 2026
Earned Freedom
Mar 24, 2026
A Rant About Dumb Things People Do
Mar 17, 2026
Fear of Success
Mar 10, 2026
What will you do differently this year
Mar 03, 2026
Planting vs Harvesting
Feb 24, 2026
Have you given up on your dreams and goals already
Feb 17, 2026
What will people think?
Feb 10, 2026
Marketing Lessons From Popeye
Feb 03, 2026
Decoy Pricing
Jan 27, 2026
Behavioral Economics
Jan 20, 2026
Coaching, training and marketing are competitive advantage
Jan 13, 2026
Improve your business by selling to better customers
Jan 06, 2026
Learnings from conference
Dec 30, 2025
How will your comfort zone lead you astray
Dec 23, 2025
Getting out of your comfort zone has to feel weird
Dec 16, 2025
Developing your people
Dec 09, 2025
How to grow your business without effing it up
Dec 02, 2025
What would you do differently when starting your business
Nov 25, 2025
Start with results
Nov 18, 2025
Making excuses or reasons
Nov 11, 2025
Decision Fatigue
Nov 04, 2025
Learnings from the summer-Recharge
Oct 28, 2025
Business longevity
Oct 21, 2025
Meeting rhythm for your business
Oct 14, 2025
Simplify Your Business
Oct 07, 2025
Spend money to make money
Sep 30, 2025
What's the point of being in business
Sep 23, 2025
The Brutal Scan
Sep 16, 2025
Do you want to scale profitably
Sep 09, 2025
Are you thinking about your business as an asset
Sep 03, 2025
Kongo Gumi – family owned for over 1300 years
Aug 26, 2025
Surprise topic of the day: Choosing Busy
Aug 19, 2025
What is the result of lack of management training
Jul 29, 2025
Is your business being stolen?
Jul 29, 2025
What opportunities are staring you in the face today?
Jul 29, 2025
When Communication is Better Life is Better
Jul 22, 2025
Building Trust in Your Organization
Jul 15, 2025
The Trust Recession
Jul 08, 2025
Hanging On To Employees Too Long
Jul 01, 2025
Questions To Ask Your Boss
Jun 24, 2025
Management Skill Gap
Jun 17, 2025
Imposter Syndrome
Jun 10, 2025
The Hero's Journey
Jun 03, 2025
Downside of Growth
May 27, 2025
Coaching As a Competitive Advantage
May 20, 2025
We Are A Mirror For Others
May 13, 2025
Your Thoughts Are Reflected in Your Business
May 06, 2025
The Growth Journey
Apr 29, 2025
Reality is Joy
Apr 22, 2025
Worry Less and Trust More
Apr 15, 2025
The Point is Money
Apr 08, 2025
Are you self aware?
Apr 01, 2025
Do you know your company's strategic vision
Mar 25, 2025
AI does not replace your brain
Mar 18, 2025
Leadership challenges - targeted networking
Mar 11, 2025
Willingness to sell-employees time
Mar 04, 2025
Strategic plan vs Strategy stick
Feb 25, 2025
Business is a game and should be fun
Feb 18, 2025
Scaling Up Your Business
Feb 11, 2025
Be consistent instead of occasionally outstanding
Feb 04, 2025
Whatever the problem the most likely reason is you
Jan 28, 2025
It's the beginning of the year, anything can happen
Jan 21, 2025
I'm out of sorts, now what?
Jan 14, 2025
Entrepreneur Ladder: Owner/Investor/Entrepreneur
Jan 07, 2025
Entrepreneur Ladder: Self-Employed/Manager/Director
Dec 31, 2024
Entrepreneur Ladder: Student/Employee
Dec 24, 2024
Hot Tub Time Machine
Dec 17, 2024
What to focus on no matter the election outcome
Dec 10, 2024
Who's The Rainmaker in Your Business
Dec 03, 2024
You're Working Way Too Hard
Nov 26, 2024
Leading in Trying Times
Nov 19, 2024
The Entrepreneur Ladder
Nov 12, 2024
When personal issues affect your business
Nov 05, 2024
Employee Growth Vs Fixed Mindset
Oct 29, 2024
How to build a leadership bench
Oct 22, 2024
What is the difference between an employee who challenges you and a challenging employee
Oct 15, 2024
What would you get if you were a great leader?
Oct 08, 2024
Start With The End In Mind
Oct 01, 2024
Planning For The Results You Want
Sep 24, 2024
Freedom Through Business
Sep 17, 2024
How Should a Business Owner Use Their Time
Sep 10, 2024
Dreambuilding and Goal Setting
Sep 03, 2024
Learn Before You Earn
Aug 27, 2024
My Anxiety Is Real
Aug 20, 2024
Busting Myths About Hiring
Aug 13, 2024
Creating C Players
Aug 06, 2024
Law of Connection and Law of Attraction
Jul 30, 2024
Fun
Jul 23, 2024
Is holding someone accountable mean?
Jul 16, 2024
Objection: I need to think about it
Jul 11, 2024
Price Objections
Jul 09, 2024
Networking 2.0
Jul 04, 2024
What is your competitive edge?
Jul 02, 2024
What is a professional business owner
Jun 27, 2024
Everything you ever need is within you
Jun 25, 2024
What do you want out of life
Jun 20, 2024
Every Outcome is the Platform for My Future Success
Jun 18, 2024
The Formula For Success
Jun 11, 2024
Expand Your Mindset to Get to Your Goals
Jun 06, 2024
Boredom as business owners
Jun 04, 2024
Busyness vs Business
May 30, 2024
Entropy In Business
May 28, 2024
Referral Require Consistent Experience
May 23, 2024
Asking For The Sale
May 21, 2024
Scripting in your sales process
May 16, 2024
Purpose Statement in Selling
May 14, 2024
Skill of Selling Stuff
May 09, 2024
Natural Law of Entropy
May 07, 2024
Mindset
May 02, 2024
Perturbation
Apr 30, 2024
How to introduce change to your employees–
Apr 25, 2024
How to navigate change in your business
Apr 23, 2024
How to influence the customer buying journey
Apr 11, 2024
There's Got to Be Something More For My Business
Apr 04, 2024
Do you want a championship team?
Mar 28, 2024
Setting Clear Expectations
Mar 21, 2024
Tale from the Front: Erin Ogden Managing Partner Ogden Glazer + Schaefer
Mar 14, 2024
Where Are You Making Excuses in Your Business?
Mar 07, 2024
The Peak-End Effect
Mar 05, 2024
Who's Coaching You?
Feb 27, 2024
Don't Do Stupid Stuff
Feb 22, 2024
Ask Your People How They'd Like to be Managed
Feb 20, 2024
Leading Through Crisis
Feb 15, 2024
Paying Taxes
Feb 13, 2024
Good Vs Bad Debt
Feb 08, 2024
Fast Growth Requires Cash
Feb 06, 2024
Commercial Profitable Enterprise That Works Without You
Feb 01, 2024
Mind Or Brain
Jan 30, 2024
Failing Fast
Jan 25, 2024
Responding to Surprises
Jan 23, 2024
Where Do You Want to Go and Where are the Gaps?
Jan 18, 2024
The Five Deadly Words in Business
Jan 16, 2024
Management Systems
Jan 11, 2024
We're All Playing a Bigger Game
Jan 09, 2024
What Do You Want Your Business to Do for You?
Jan 04, 2024
Year End Planning
Jan 02, 2024
The Long Arc of Time
Dec 28, 2023
One Person Can Sink the Whole Ship
Dec 26, 2023
When Employees Feel Like You Don't Care
Dec 21, 2023
Surprise!
Dec 19, 2023
Setting Goals Even If Your Busy
Dec 14, 2023
Resilience
Dec 12, 2023
Marketing - Back to Basics
Dec 07, 2023
Why Choose Happy?
Dec 05, 2023
Are You Better Today Than You Were Last Month, Last Year?
Nov 30, 2023
Where Are You Going? What is Your Plan?
Nov 28, 2023
Chaos in the Streets
Nov 23, 2023
What Would a Great 2024 Look Like for Your Business?
Nov 21, 2023
Why Set a Business Budget?
Nov 16, 2023
Hiring is Marketing
Nov 14, 2023
Four Hour Hiring Process
Nov 09, 2023
Pick Up the Phone and Call
Nov 07, 2023
Beliefs about Networking for Money
Nov 02, 2023
Up Your Game As a Business Owner
Oct 31, 2023
Networking for Business
Oct 26, 2023
Systems, Scale and People
Oct 24, 2023
When Business Partners Want Different Things
Oct 19, 2023
Everyone Can Build Wealth
Oct 17, 2023
Breaking Through to the Next Level of You
Oct 12, 2023
We Want to Interview You on Our Podcast!
Oct 10, 2023
Delegation vs Growth
Oct 05, 2023
Point of Power
Oct 03, 2023
What is Perturbation?
Sep 28, 2023
Creating Goals That Excite You
Sep 26, 2023
What is Business Coaching?
Sep 21, 2023
The Gap and The Gain
Sep 19, 2023
Results vs Time
Sep 14, 2023
Effective Management Using a Management System
Sep 12, 2023
How Do I Manage People?
Sep 07, 2023
Communication in a Family Business
Sep 05, 2023
Finances in a Family Business
Aug 31, 2023
Conflict Resolution in a Family Business
Aug 29, 2023
The Professionally Managed (Family) Business
Aug 24, 2023
Long Term Succession Planning in a Family Business
Aug 22, 2023
Defining Roles in Family-Owned Businesses
Aug 17, 2023
Formalized Processes for Family-Owned Businesses
Aug 15, 2023
Family Dynamics in Family Business
Aug 10, 2023
Succession Planning in Family Business
Aug 08, 2023
Emotions of Business
Aug 03, 2023
Connecting the Dots for Your Team
Aug 01, 2023
The Effect of "I KNOW" on Your Business
Jul 27, 2023
The Hockey Stick Affect
Jul 25, 2023
Need vs Want
Jul 20, 2023
Spending Too Much Time with D Level Customers
Jul 18, 2023
16 Cylinders of High Performance
Jul 13, 2023
Growing into the role of owner or top executive
Jul 11, 2023
Practical tips to move from doer to owner
Jul 06, 2023
Business Owner vs Business Doer
Jul 04, 2023
Owners Work Mindset
Jun 29, 2023
Culture Point - Referral
Jun 27, 2023
Culture Point - Abundance
Jun 22, 2023
Culture Point - Gratitude
Jun 20, 2023
Culture Point - Consistency
Jun 15, 2023
Culture Point - Systems (Part 2)
Jun 13, 2023
Culture Point -Systems Pt 1
Jun 08, 2023
Culture Point - Fun
Jun 06, 2023
Culture Point - Balance
Jun 01, 2023
Why is culture in a business so important?
May 30, 2023
Culture Point - Teamwork
May 25, 2023
Culture Point - Education
May 23, 2023
Culture Point - Communication
May 18, 2023
Consistency and Expectations
May 16, 2023
Culture Point - Excellence
May 11, 2023
Culture Point-Integrity
May 09, 2023
Culture Point - Ownership
May 04, 2023
Culture Point - Commitment
May 02, 2023
Intentionally Choosing the Values You Want to Live By
Apr 27, 2023
If Wealth Were Easy, Would You Go For It?
Apr 25, 2023
Hard Vs Easy
Apr 20, 2023
Keep Momentum and Take Vacations
Apr 18, 2023
Speed is Life
Apr 13, 2023
Start to Design Your Life Intentionally
Apr 11, 2023
Worry IS NOT a Management Method
Apr 06, 2023
Bucket List Travel Destinations
Apr 04, 2023
Cope or Thrive
Mar 30, 2023
Listening Traps
Mar 28, 2023
Seeing Things From Another Point of View
Mar 23, 2023
Boredom in Business
Mar 21, 2023
Designing the Life You Want
Mar 16, 2023
Having Fun in Business
Mar 14, 2023
Legacy Leadership
Mar 09, 2023
Partnership Communication
Mar 07, 2023
Perturbation
Mar 02, 2023
Ranting About Service from a Customer Point of View
Feb 28, 2023
Is Your Social Media Strategy Effective?
Feb 23, 2023
Who Are Your Most Valuable and Most Costly Customers
Feb 21, 2023
Will Your Customers Make Referrals?
Feb 16, 2023
What is Your Customer Retention Rate?
Feb 14, 2023
How effectively do employees generate revenue in your business?
Feb 09, 2023
What is your pricing strategy?
Feb 07, 2023
Is your cash flow positive?
Feb 02, 2023
Which parts of your business are not profitable
Jan 31, 2023
How does your business generate net income?
Jan 26, 2023
What Problems Does Your Business Solve?
Jan 24, 2023
Efficient vs Effective
Jan 19, 2023
Ownership, The Art of Giving
Jan 17, 2023
Accountability
Jan 12, 2023
Responsibility
Jan 10, 2023
The Change Within Us Helps Get Us What We Want
Jan 05, 2023
Beliefs - The Encourager or Limiter?
Jan 03, 2023
The 6 inches between your ears determines your future
Dec 29, 2022
How to get what you want using affirmations
Dec 27, 2022
Hidden Money In Your Business
Dec 22, 2022
Blame Keeps You In The Past
Dec 19, 2022
Back to Basics
Dec 15, 2022
How Does Making Excuses Hold You Back?
Dec 13, 2022
How Denial Here and Now Affects the Future
Dec 08, 2022
Faster Feedback, Faster Results
Dec 06, 2022
Intentional Hiring
Dec 01, 2022
Steps to Create Your Culture
Nov 29, 2022
How a Hospitality Business has Remained Fully Staffed
Nov 24, 2022
What Today's Leaders Can Learn from the Younger Generation
Nov 22, 2022
Key #6 to a Winning Team: 100% Involvement and Inclusion
Nov 17, 2022
Key #5 to a Winning Team: Support Risk Taking
Nov 15, 2022
Key #4 to a Winning Team: Action Plans
Nov 10, 2022
Key #3 to a Winning Team: Rules of the Game
Nov 08, 2022
Key #2 to a Winning Team: Common Goals
Nov 03, 2022
Key #1 to a Winning Team: A Strong Leader
Nov 01, 2022
Getting and Retaining Employees
Oct 27, 2022
Misconceptions of Becoming a Better Leader
Oct 25, 2022
4 Factors of Decision-Making
Oct 20, 2022
Useless Investment in Social Media Marketing
Oct 18, 2022
6 S's of Experiential Marketing
Oct 13, 2022
6 C'S Of Leading
Oct 11, 2022
6 Principles of Influence
Oct 06, 2022
Membership and Subscription is the Future
Oct 04, 2022
Same But Different in Marketing
Sep 29, 2022
Reasons why it can't happen now...or can it?
Sep 27, 2022
Ladder of Adult Learning
Sep 22, 2022
Goal Accomplishing depends on where you're at right now
Sep 20, 2022
How do you become good at goal setting?
Sep 15, 2022
What is future pacing with regard to goal setting?
Sep 13, 2022
Are you or your business stuck?
Sep 08, 2022
Systematize the routine Humanize the exception
Sep 06, 2022
Business can be an Infinite Game
Sep 01, 2022
Are you hiring for results or just a list of skills?
Aug 30, 2022
Which business mistakes warrant our time and focus?
Aug 25, 2022
Is your team focused on the right competitor?
Aug 23, 2022
Lesson learned from 10 years as a business owner
Aug 18, 2022
How do you become an A-Level business
Aug 16, 2022
What Company Characteristics are Important to Hire and Retain?
Aug 11, 2022
Creating an Enemy
Aug 09, 2022
Distraction Zone
Aug 04, 2022
Marketing for Employees
Aug 02, 2022
3-Step Process for Getting the Results You Want- Part 2
Jul 28, 2022
3-Step Process for Getting the Results You Want- Part 1
Jul 26, 2022
Business Is The Greatest Game On The Planet
Jul 14, 2022
What's Your Purpose?
Jul 12, 2022
Generalized Fear And The Choices We Make
Jul 07, 2022
Don't Panic! Is The News Really Doom And Gloom For Business?
Jul 05, 2022
Greatest Hits: I Am's
Jun 21, 2022
Greatest Hits: IVVM: Idealize, Visualize, Verbalize and Materialize
Jun 16, 2022
Greatest Hits- Why Do I Need a Plan?
Jun 14, 2022
Greatest Hits: Why Have A Coach For Your Business?
Jun 09, 2022
Greatest Hits: Is Your Business Growing Or Dying Because It Isn't Staying The Same?
Jun 07, 2022
Greatest Hits: Are You Ready For The Next Normal?
Jun 02, 2022
Greatest Hits The Hiring Game, You Get The Employees You Deserve
May 31, 2022
Greatest Hits: Turn Fear Into Focus
May 26, 2022
Greatest Hits: Owner's 9 Block
May 24, 2022
Greatest Hits: Time Management vs Self-Management
May 19, 2022
Learnings from Donald Miller Building a StoryBrand
May 17, 2022
Lessons from The Change Doctor-Dr Michelle Rozen
May 12, 2022
Business lessons from Molly Bloom of Molly's Game
May 10, 2022
Learnings from Ken Schmidt from Harley Davidson
May 05, 2022
Going to conferences is like adding helium to your life
May 03, 2022
Learnings from Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
Apr 28, 2022
Diary of a Fast Growing Company -Team
Apr 26, 2022
Diary of a Fast Growing Company-Leverage
Apr 21, 2022
Diary of a Fast Growing Company -Niche
Apr 19, 2022
Diary of a Fast Growing Company -Financials
Apr 14, 2022
Diary of a Fast Growing Company -Delivery
Apr 12, 2022
Diary of a Fast-Growing Company - Time
Apr 07, 2022
Diary of a Fast-Growing Company-Destination
Apr 05, 2022
How Do Beliefs About Money Affect Our Success?
Mar 31, 2022
Price For Value, Not Time
Mar 29, 2022
Staying on offense vs defense
Mar 24, 2022
Playing Your Game
Mar 22, 2022
Choosing Our Response
Mar 17, 2022
Small Actions That Create Big Momentum
Mar 15, 2022
Energetic Stack: How your energy affects others
Mar 10, 2022
3 Tips To Catalyze Greatness in People
Mar 08, 2022
Alignment-Why is it important?
Mar 03, 2022
The Performance Curve
Mar 01, 2022
I don't have time to train, it's easier to do it myself
Feb 24, 2022
People Smarter Than You Are
Feb 22, 2022
Unintended Consequences of Being A Great Business Owner
Feb 17, 2022
16 Cylinders of a High Performance Team
Feb 15, 2022
6 Steps To Massive Results
Feb 10, 2022
KPI vs Personal Best
Feb 08, 2022
Accounts Receivable is your money
Feb 03, 2022
Are you under the illusion you're too busy to sell?
Feb 01, 2022
Hiring Mistakes and how to fix them
Jan 27, 2022
Why having a great culture helps hire great employees
Jan 25, 2022
How the mission of your company helps in hiring great employees
Jan 20, 2022
You are the source of all your hiring problems
Jan 18, 2022
Hiring is a Red Ocean
Jan 13, 2022
Pruning the root system of your business
Jan 11, 2022
Hiring with and without business goals
Jan 06, 2022
How to gain momentum in 2022
Jan 04, 2022
Employees Might Not Want What You Want
Dec 28, 2021
Law of Displacement
Dec 21, 2021
Universal Law of Control
Dec 14, 2021
Business is too hard
Dec 07, 2021
How to hold people accountable
Nov 30, 2021
Law of the Lid
Nov 22, 2021
How to recognize buying signals
Nov 16, 2021
Are you unselling your prospects?
Nov 09, 2021
Being Late is a Choice
Nov 02, 2021
Business Lessons from Bucks and Packers
Oct 19, 2021
Better Communication: How to use verbal, visual and body language cues while on the phone
Oct 12, 2021
Do I have enough cash flow to hire at a competitive wage?
Oct 05, 2021
Business lessons from watching window cleaning
Sep 28, 2021
Business Lessons from an NBA Championship journey
Sep 15, 2021
What is a Unique Hiring Proposition or why should I work for you?
Sep 07, 2021
Leadership lessons to attract a championship team
Aug 31, 2021
Are you seeking perfection in your decision making? Stop it!
Aug 24, 2021
How can busy equal lazy in business?
Aug 17, 2021
Manifesting - I am's
Jun 01, 2021
Manifesting - You get more of what you focus on
May 25, 2021
Why do I need a plan?
May 11, 2021
Why have a coach for your business?
Apr 27, 2021
Is Your Business Growing or Dying?
Apr 20, 2021
Are you ready for the next normal
Apr 13, 2021
The Hiring Game
Apr 06, 2021
Turn Fear Into Focus for 2021
Mar 28, 2021
Are you working on the right things that will make you money?
Feb 25, 2021
Business Owners: What are you doing with your time?
Feb 16, 2021
Welcome To Make More Work Less Podcast
Feb 02, 2021