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The Inspired Stories PodcastThe Power of Positive Beliefs: Ari Weinzweig on Building Zingerman's $80 Million Food Empire | Restaurants & Franchises Series 🎙️ How Ari Weinzweig Built a Community of Businesses on Dignity and Anarchist Principles In this inspiring episode, Ari Weinzweig, Co-Founding Partner of Zingerman's Community of Businesses in Ann Arbor, Michigan, shares his remarkable journey from dishwasher to leader of a $80 million food empire. He reveals how his background in Russian history and anarchism shaped his unique approach to business, and explains his commitment to creating an organization built on dignity, collaboration, and traditional food-making methods.✨ Key Insights You'll Learn:How Zingerman's unique "Community of Businesses" model creates growth without losing quality or passionThe...2025-04-011h 12
The Paulie & Tony Fusco ShowThe Paulie & Tony Fusco Show: Andrew "McLovin" Perloff gives WORST INTERVIEW IN SPORTS TALK HISTORYPaulie & Tony bring on fellow Eagles fan Andrew "McLovin" Perloff (from "The Dan Patrick Show" & "Maggie & Perloff"), but it's a decision they soon regret, as Perloff gives the WORST INTERVIEW in the history of sports talk and gets KICKED OFF THE SHOW. Plus, Paulie & Tony tell you why the proposed tush push ban is DUMB and they explain why Skip Bayless ditched the Dallas Cowboys for the Philadelphia Eagles. Rate and review this show 5-stars bro. Shop official merch store here: https://fuscoshow.myspreadshop.com/ #fsrSee omnystudio.com/listener for p...2025-02-2722 min
Fox Sports RadioThe Paulie & Tony Fusco Show: Andrew "McLovin" Perloff gives WORST INTERVIEW IN SPORTS TALK HISTORYPaulie & Tony bring on fellow Eagles fan Andrew "McLovin" Perloff (from "The Dan Patrick Show" & "Maggie & Perloff"), but it's a decision they soon regret, as Perloff gives the WORST INTERVIEW in the history of sports talk and gets KICKED OFF THE SHOW. Plus, Paulie & Tony tell you why the proposed tush push ban is DUMB and they explain why Skip Bayless ditched the Dallas Cowboys for the Philadelphia Eagles. Rate and review this show 5-stars bro. Shop official merch store here: https://fuscoshow.myspreadshop.com/ #fsrSee omnystudio.com/listener for p...2025-02-2722 min
The 2pt5 - Conversations Connecting InnovatorsMaggie BaylessCreating Impactful Training & Cultivating Company Culture - Insights from Maggie BaylessIn this compelling episode, Klaus Reichert, an innovation coach, engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Maggie Bayless, the founder of ZingTrain in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, delving into the intricacies of creating impactful training, cultivating company culture, and the importance of visioning. With a rich tapestry of personal stories, learned experiences, and actionable advice, Bayless shares her journey from skepticism about business as a career to embracing it as a means to make significant contributions to community and company betterment. Listen as they explore the essence of effective training design...2024-04-261h 19
The Mike Drop Moment44: Transformational Training with Maggie Bayless from ZingTrainIn this episode, I chat with Maggie Bayless – Founder of ZingTrain, about her entrepreneurial journey of 30 years where she has built training organization that's delivered for hundreds of organizations, including banking, real estate, health care, manufacturing and non-profits.
Maggie’s entrepreneurial journey taught her how to turn failures into positives, or at least how to look deeper and say, “What's the lesson here? How can we improve, improvise, make something different?”
Her decades of running a training and seminar-based business shaped the cultural impact of training and seminars on every organization she worked w...2023-01-1849 min
Finding Your Venture11: Think Bigger Than Yourself – Maggie BaylessOf course you're not qualified to start your company!
You don't have experience in the industry. You're not a coder. You're not a business person. You don't have the money. These things might be true, and they can limit the speed or way in which you start a company, but they are challenges you can overcome if you really want to. The whole point of starting a company is to build something that grows beyond the capabilities of the founder. That's why organizations can do more together than one person can alone.
As a founder you are just one piece...2019-09-1810 min
The Startup LifeKat Gordon (Founder of Muddy's Bake Shop)In this episode, we sit down with Kat Gordon as she explains where the name Muddy’s came from, why she loves learning, and why entrepreneurs should always be informed about the world around them. Check out Muddy’s Online: https://www.muddysbakeshop.com Follow Muddy’s: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MuddysBakeShop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/muddysbakeshop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muddysbakeshop/ Muddy’s Locations: 5101 Sanderlin #114 Memphis, TN 38117 901.683.8844 Open: Mon-Thu 10am-9pm, Fri-Sat 10am-10pm Closed Sundays 585 S. Cooper St. Memphis, TN 38104 901.443.4144 Open Mon-Fri 6:30am-9pm, Sat 7am-9pm Closed Sundays Recommendation from Kat: “For Better or For Work” by M...2017-04-1000 min
The Startup LifeKat Gordon (Founder of Muddy's Bake Shop)In this episode, we sit down with Kat Gordon as she explains where the name Muddy's came from, why she loves learning, and why entrepreneurs should always be informed about the world around them. Check out Muddy's Online: https://www.muddysbakeshop.com Follow Muddy's: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MuddysBakeShop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/muddysbakeshop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muddysbakeshop/ Muddy's Locations: 5101 Sanderlin #114 Memphis, TN 38117 901.683.8844 Open: Mon-Thu 10am-9pm, Fri-Sat 10am-10pm Closed Sundays 585 S. Cooper St. Memphis, TN 38104 901.443.4144 Open Mon-Fri 6:30am-9pm, Sat 7am-9pm Closed Sundays Recommendation from Kat: "For Better or For Work" by Meg Hirshberg...2017-04-1059 min
Inspired and Intentional Business Podcast - Open Book Management, Business Vision, Employee Engagement, Balancing Profit and Social ImpactMaggie Bayless Interview Pt 3 Business SystemsLast episode maggie talked about Zingerman’s managing partner program and the role of Zingtrain. This week we’ll talk about business systems, staying motivated as an owner and the future of Zingtrain.
When the interview begins, she’s telling us one of the reasons why someone decides to take a ZingTrain class, which very quickly moves into the conversation about systems.
Maggie begins with systems - do you have any in your business? More importantly, are they focused on helping you achieve your mission? Do they allow your people to be creative...2015-11-1718 minInspired and Intentional Business Podcast - Open Book Management, Business Vision, Employee Engagement, Balancing Profit and Social Impact005 Maggie Bayless and Zingerman's Managing Partner ProgramCliff Hanger!!! Next week, in our final episode with maggie, we’ll learn how to keep your systems from creating too much corporate bureaucracy.
But for this episode here are three questions for you to consider:
1. The managing partner program - what are you succession plans? I really like how they looked outside of the concept of the deli to create opportunities for advancement. Did you get any new ideas on ways to open opportunities for potential leaders in your organization?
2. Maggie talks about potential managing partners having a visi...2015-11-1020 minInspired and Intentional Business Podcast - Open Book Management, Business Vision, Employee Engagement, Balancing Profit and Social ImpactMaggie Bayless on Consensus Decision MakingIn this episode we learn a little about Maggie and her views on why Zingerman’s was such an attractive option for her. We also hear her views on consensus decision making.
Three questions for you to consider:
1. Maggie talked about believing, as she grew up, that business was inherently a bad thing. What attitudes about work and the workplace does your team bring into the decision making process?
2. Maggie says, “the leadership determines the culture of the organization.” What elements of the culture, in your organization, reflect this principle...2015-11-0316 minInspired and Intentional Business Podcast - Open Book Management, Business Vision, Employee Engagement, Balancing Profit and Social Impact#003 Ari Weinzweig Interview Pt 03 Collaboration and SupportThis is the third of three episodes with Ari Weinzwieg, co-founding partner of the Zingerman’s community of businesses. Last week he talked about the 3Cs of organizational design. This week he’ll cover collaboration and support.
The four questions1. Is fear holding you back from sharing more information with your team, suppliers, and customers? Could your organization benefit from being more open?
2. He talked about collaborative decision making. What are some small steps you could take to begin incorporating more collaboration into the leadership of your company? What people could bring different insight to t...2015-10-2716 min