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YOUR brand can be legendary. No matter if you think your brand is too small, too niche, or too ordinary, any brand can become legendary if you apply the right strategies and systems. Join Scott Wozniak and Caitlin Johnson of Swoz Consulting, on a journey of discovery. With over 20 years of hands-on experience in creating and maintaining legendary brands, they have the proven knowledge you need to take your brand from ordinary to extraordinary. Every episode has fresh insight from leaders in the trenches, sharing practical strategies that you can implement today, and stories of incredible brand transformations. With these tools, you can make your brand legendary, too. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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October 15, 202623 min

Ep 57: Turning Employees Into Ambassadors

In this Swoz monthly webinar excerpt, you’ll learn the difference between an engaged employee and a true ambassador. Most companies have good people who show up and do great work. Ambassadors go a step further by telling your company’s story even when you’re not in the room -- and they bring other great people in with them. That makes them some of your best recruiters, and it beats sorting through thousands of resumes on a job board. This episode covers how to help your best people find and tell their own story about the company. You’ll also get practical ideas for recognizing your team in a way that feels personal to the person receiving it, and ways to see where your company culture stands today. ---------- Sign up for our newsletter: https://swozconsulting.com/about/the-newsletter/ Find more info on how we are building legendary brands at: www.SwozConsulting.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

September 30, 202645 min

Ep 56: Study Your Bright Spots — The Key for Star Employees

In this Swoz monthly webinar excerpt, you'll learn why having standout performer and having a standout standard are two very different things. Every company has a "Hannah" -- the person customers keep requesting who shows up in every positive review. Most leaders notice her and privately wish, "If only we had more Hannahs!" But instead of simply wishing for more Hannahs, what if you studied what she was doing, so you could "create" more Hannahs? The episode covers the specific steps behind observing your best performers, and turning what they do into something teachable and scalable. You'll learn how to ditch vague labels like 'friendly' or 'excellent,' and a specific formula to audit your process. After all, a simplified version of Hannah's approach, done by 80% of your team, is worth far more than Hannah doing it alone. ---------- Sign up for our newsletter: https://swozconsulting.com/about/the-newsletter/ Find more info on how we are building legendary brands at: www.SwozConsulting.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

September 17, 202635 min

Ep 55: The Legendary Onboarding Engine

In this Swoz monthly webinar excerpt, Matt covers one of the most neglected processes when it comes to making a legendary brand: Onboarding. We pour enormous energy into recruiting and retention, but the middle part (everything between "yes" and day one) is often an afterthought. A clunky onboarding process confirms the new hire's worst fear: that what they were sold and what they're walking into aren't the same thing. Today's episode walks through 5 areas that turn onboarding from an accidental process into an intentional one: creating urgency after the hire, reducing friction before day one, building clarity with a 30/60/90 day structure, celebrating early wins, and making real human connections that stick. Your newest employees can be your best recruiters -- if you give them something worth talking about. ---------- Sign up for our newsletter: https://swozconsulting.com/about/the-newsletter/ Find more info on how we are building legendary brands at: www.SwozConsulting.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

September 3, 202637 min

Ep 54: Uncovering Organizational Blind Spots

In this excerpt from a Swoz monthly webinar, we tackle something every leader has, but few actively look for: blind spots. The problems that seem to appear overnight were usually brewing for months. And even though the front line knew, the information just never made it to the top. Leaders are almost always the last ones to feel the pain. Scott and Matt walk through why blind spots exist -- from filtered information, hidden system failures, and (the sneakiest one) success itself masking real weaknesses. You'll learn how to uncover them, and all the tools at your disposal to get real insight and drive actionable change. ---------- Sign up for our newsletter: https://swozconsulting.com/about/the-newsletter/ Find more info on how we are building legendary brands at: www.SwozConsulting.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

August 20, 202653 min

Ep 53: Continuous Improvement

Another excerpt from one of Swoz's monthly webinars -- this time tackling one of those ideas everyone agrees with but few actually implement: continuous improvement. Kodak invented the world's first digital camera in their own skunkworks lab. Then went bankrupt to digital camera companies. Xerox PARC invented the mouse, the GUI, and Ethernet - none of which Xerox ever used. The ideas weren't the problem as much as the process was. Scott walks through why isolated innovation teams almost always fail to change the larger culture, and what actually works instead. The second half tackles the question nobody asks until it's too late: how do you drive continuous improvement without burning your team out? Managing expectations, managing energy, and -- hardest of all -- learning to stop things are the real skills. Chick-fil-A's famous drive-through wasn't invented in a day. It was 20 years of tiny tweaks. ---------- Sign up for our newsletter: https://swozconsulting.com/about/the-newsletter/ Find more info on how we are building legendary brands at: www.SwozConsulting.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

August 6, 202648 min

Ep 52: The Employee Experience Engine

This episode is another excerpt from one of Swoz's monthly webinars - this time diving into the side of the business that drives profit and productivity: your people. Customer experience drives revenue. Employee experience drives profit. Most leaders know this, but few have a systematic engine for actually building it. Scott and Matt walk through the three gears that separate companies with genuinely engaged teams from those just going through the motions - starting with the foundational question every employee is silently asking: can I trust you? Along the way, Scott makes the case for ditching the annual survey in favor of something far more effective, explains why paying above market rate can actually backfire, and shares why building real community doesn't conflict with holding high standards - it enables them. The closing story might be the most honest thing Scott's shared on this podcast yet: even the perfect leader doesn't get perfect results from his people. And that's actually freeing. ---------- Sign up for our newsletter: https://swozconsulting.com/about/the-newsletter/ Find more info on how we are building legendary brands at: www.SwozConsulting.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

July 23, 202628 min

Ep 51: Narrow Your Focus

This episode is an excerpt from one of Swoz's monthly webinars - a format we're bringing to the podcast to share more of what we're teaching live. "More businesses die of indigestion than starvation." That's Jim Collins' way of saying what many businesses learn the hard way: doing more doesn't get you more. It gets you inconsistency. Operational Excellence doesn't come from motivational speeches or hype. It comes from building the right system. And the right system almost always requires doing less. We walk through the practical tactics we use personally and with clients: how to identify what actually matters, how to plan under your capacity on purpose, and five specific ways to say no without burning bridges. If you've ever struggled to focus on what matters most, this one's for you. ---------- Sign up for our newsletter: https://swozconsulting.com/about/the-newsletter/ Find more info on how we are building legendary brands at: www.SwozConsulting.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

January 23, 202632 min

Ep 50: The Power of a Scorecard

If you want people to put in effort to win, show them the score. But the opposite is also true - don't give people a score to look at, and watch their performance drop. Scott in particular shares many personal and historical examples, from a Chick-Fil-A bowling experiment that had people leaving the bowling lanes early, to Andrew Carnegie's famous way of increasing team performance. Also, it's not just enough for leaders to know the score. Just like a basketball team needs to see the score during the game, the people on your team also need to know, "what's the score of the 'game'?" Scott and Matt also discuss: How often should leaders share the score? Is there ever a point where it's too much? What kind of data should be on your scorecard? Simple, or detailed? How do you connect scoreboard data to your "why," to ensure it's not just arbitrary metrics on a screen? This episode will give you valuable insight into how transformational sharing the score can really be. Tap into that innate drive we have as humans to win, and watch your team performance reach new heights! ---------- Sign up for our newsletter: https://swozconsulting.com/about/the-newsletter/ Find more info on how we are building legendary brands at: www.SwozConsulting.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

January 8, 202620 min

Ep 49: What We Learned Launching Legendary Brands Academy 2.0

Scott and Matt discuss relaunching their online program - and the important lessons about Customer Insight and Personalized Service they learned and applied through this process. High-end consulting serves one type of client, but the online program had to be tailored to people in different situations. Same core concepts, but everything from communication style to how they celebrate wins had to change. Listen to a real example of applying the principles they teach to their own business - and how making small adjustments based on who you're actually serving can create massive impact. Similarly, you might find your own business initiatives need different approaches depending on whom you're serving: C-suite executives or frontline teams; established companies or up-and-coming startups. ---------- You can check out Legendary Brands Academy here: www.LegendaryBrandsAcademy.com ---------- Sign up for our newsletter: https://swozconsulting.com/about/the-newsletter/ Find more info on how we are building legendary brands at: www.SwozConsulting.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

December 27, 202517 min

Ep 48: Customer Journey Mapping (Part 2) - From Mapping to Action

You mapped out your customer journey. But now what? Scott and Matt pick up where they left off, digging into what you actually do with all those post-it notes stuck to the wall. The goal is finding the friction points, gaps, and missed opportunities quietly killing your customer experience. Real examples: A luxury installer who disappeared for 8 weeks between order and delivery (customers kept calling to make sure their order was still happening). A company that realized their retiree customers wanted to hang out and chat, while their "go-getter" customers literally asked "do I have to be here for this?" Same product, totally different needs. Most gaps aren't about having a bad product...they're about the "curse of knowledge." Turn your insights into tangible action items with today's episode. ---------- Sign up for our newsletter: https://swozconsulting.com/about/the-newsletter/ Find more info on how we are building legendary brands at: www.SwozConsulting.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.