Rounding The Bases With Joel Goldberg

Pat Williams believes there are so many lessons in sports that transfer to the corporate world.  Team builders can be learned from.  Pat has studied this topic for 30 years and spent 50 years as an NBA executiveTeamwork involves sacrifice, getting along with people.  “There’s an awful lot of caring.  There are an awful lot of people skills that are put into place and there’s respect, which leads to trust which leads to loyalty which leads to love which leads to friendship.”

Josh Herron is the CEO of a company called Southwind, a management company for eight home service businesses.    One company is 1-800 Got Junk. Another is You Move Me.  Began with 1-800 Got Junk as a summer college job.   Josh's success in taking other people's junk is less about the junk and more about people and development.  Most important thing they can do is provide opportunities for future entrepreneurs, with goal of turning people into awesome business leaders. 

Grandfather started company in 1924 based on the values he lived by. Terry started in 1974. Transition in 80s as he moved into senior executive role. $80M company. 1985 through 2000 put business plan on place to become a billion dollar business. As CEO, made mistakes but need to stay at 30,000 feet and keep antanae out. Person in executive position, it’s 90% listening, 10% talking.  You learn by listening and from quiet period of reflection.   Culture will  beat strategy every time. 

WeWork Carrigan Station in Kansas City is a coworking office space with multiple floors in an old garment building.  It features nonprofits, startups, and many other companies.  www.wework.com

He started as newspaper reporter and then went into advertising and marketing. Was performing stand-up comedy on weekends . Combined the two. Focus on increasing passion, bringing stress downAll about choice and attitude. Staying in the game. As long as you stay in the game, you will find a way to be successful. About goals, obstacles, staying in the game and not quitting on your goals. Try new things, work hard, do more to stay in the game.Joelzeff.com

There are so many similarities between the sports world and the medical field, especially baseball. Both industries rely heavily on a team. Both involve superstars (doctors, home run hitters, etc) and incredible behind the scenes role players. University of Kansas Health System CEO Bob Page helped his organization transform into a champion in the same way the Kansas City Royals emerged from last place to first place.

Luke Wade wanted to find a place for his friends to play sports in downtown Kansas City. What started as a fun hobby turned into a successful and growing business with multiple activities throughout the area.

Professional Chats started with need in family orthodontic practice managing online chat and couldn’t find vendor to do excellent job interacting with patients. Launched a service for orthodontics. Began with lead generation in mind but having quality people that could answer questions became important for generating revenue and brand recognition. 150 clients after first year. Started with 1 employee, at 70 now and hope to be at 150-200

Alphapointe is a not for profit founded in 1911 with mission to provide employment and rehabilitation for people who are blind. Goal of helping people who are blind find sustainable jobs for themselves and their family. Serve close to 2,000 people a year. Also have sewing operation providing uniforms for the military, tourniquets, office products, writing instruments and injection molding for prediction bottles for the VA and Express Scripts.

US Engineering is a mechanical contractor.Started as metal working shop in the 1850s in Germany and moved to the US in the late 1800s when they moved to KC. Tyler studied languages, classics, political science in Vermont. Father passed away in 1997 and the company passed out of the family for the first time. Tyler decided to come home to KC in 2005 and started working for US Engineering and started learning about the company and construction. Eventually became project manager, learned the business.

Erica Brune is CEO of Lever One, a PEO providing payroll, employee benefits and employee relation issues for clients. Thought would be broadway star, worked in NYC acting & at a law firm. Grew career organically. Aggressive traits she has now in the business world are the same she had deep inside her when looking for acting jobs first think in the morning. Message to young professionals and teens: Don’t be afraid of hard work. Working hard is ok. It is the key to success. Can reach Erica at www.lever1.com

Cliff grew up Montana. First job was with King Radio in Olathe as a software engineers. Met eventual founders of Garmin at King Radio, Gary Burrell and Min Kao. Garmin does everything from dogs to airplanes. Five different business segments. Have product lines in each. Over 12,000 employees in 32 countries. Being employee number six, still try to think of it as a small culture.

Video Fizz is a platform stitching pictures and videos together with an evolving customer base. Laura has a background running large teams, most recently running a genomic sequencing business for GE in Houston and managing their oncology clinical trials business in California. Just received $250,000 award from Missouri Technology Corporation. Goal in five years to have platform serving multiple verticals. If not acquired, hope to be a large company serving many verticals. www.videofizz.com

We are getting closer to living like the Jetsons in 2018. Entrepreneur and innovator Blake Miller started learning how to program and code as a young kid. Now in his 30's, he's helping to change the landscape of city living with technology that will affect our lives.

Ramon coaches people and tries to help people get the best out of themselves and their employees. He works with leadership teams to create cultures . His company is Wisdom Hunger. How we gather info is unique. Can measure skill sets and instincts that effect companies, sports teams and students Links involving Ramon: www.wisdomhunger.com www.kolbe.com

What kind of life and business lessons can be learned from a bartender and restaurant owner? In Ryan Maybee's case, numerous tips on leadership, culture, building a brand and more with stories dating back to the prohibition era.

A conversation about the similarities between business, sports and leadership with a bank CEO who used to star on the basketball court.

A conversation with the mayor of Kansas City. Sly James talks about the vote for a new airport, politics at the city level compared to nationally, his military background, kneeling in the NFL, baseball and more.

Lessons in leadership from a former colonel in the U.S. Army who's now a chief operating officer of a manufacturing company.

Gary Henson has spent a career in the finance and investment world. He's now added a bigger and more significant challenge to his life's work in fighting the drug company lobbyists and tackling the opioid epidemic.