The Secret Sauce Podcast

Comparison traps are everywhere. They're in every conversation we have, every swipe of our thumb on social media, and right outside your window as you drive down the road.   If we're not careful we can find ourselves in a place without joy and gratitude and a false definition of success.   Listen to this episode as we discuss 4 questions to combat against comparison to live a life of joy, fulfillment, and gratitude!   Stay Saucy!

Are you looking at the right scoreboard or scoreboards of life?   In this episode, we'll unpack a framework to evaluate life's most important scoreboards - Being, Balance, Body, and Business.   Lean in for insights to shape how you focus your efforts to dominate 2025.   Stay Saucy!  

We get into trouble when we try to run an endurance race at a 100m pace.   Listen as host Josh Swing asks questions to help you evaluate your current pace in life and create new habits to introduce more margin in your life.   If you're a Chick-fil-A Operator, Director, or Shift Leader and you'd like to hear more about the special offering for your team, schedule time to chat with Josh here.   Happy Thanksgiving and Stay Saucy!

Everybody's been there - we've all had the feeling that we just can't win. No matter how hard we try, we can't seem to stay on top of all the things at work or at home.   Follow along on this 5-part series to discover how we can win this game of life.   Our first stop will be defeating the "we can do it all" mirage that leaves us thirstier and more unfulfilled than before.   We'll focus on the stories we want to be told about us and how they can serve as our daily compass toward a life of fulfillment.   Stay saucy!

Angela Reed is a Chief Connectioneer - connecting people to their purpose and to each other through speaking engagements, events, and her work as Senior Project Lead at Chick-fil-A for the Together Fund.   She's joining me today to help us discover and own our original like only we can.   Lean in as we discuss imposter syndrome, growth mindset, clarifying what's next, and serving others.   Connect with Angela here.   Connect with your host - Josh Swing.   Stay saucy!

Listen as Jacob Karnes Owner of Waves Business Coaching and Author of Master Your First Job shares his secret sauce for creating an environment that allows new hires to thrive.   Want higher levels of engagement, connection, inspiration, and ownership on your team? Then you're going to want to hear this.   Connect with Jacob on LinkedIn.   Connect with your host Josh Swing.   Stay saucy!

Founder and Executive Leadership Coach at BRDGE Coaching Elise Moore joins the podcast to share insights, challenges, and successes she's seen through countless coaching conversations with high-impact, high-drive leaders.   She'll share how discovering and leaning into who God designed you to be is the best way you can show up as a leader.   Listen along as Elise shares intentional, thought-provoking questions to unveil the core values you might not know you have.   Connect with Elise.   Connect with your host Josh Swing.   Stay Saucy!

What got you where you are will not keep you there, and it certainly won't get you to what's next.   The one thing that every leader who's achieved lasting success understands - is the need to continuously improve.   Alex Seale Operating Partner at Chick-fil-A in Houston, TX, and Owner of The Pivot Experience joins me to discuss his secret sauce of tinkering and constantly making things better.   Connect with Alex.   Check out The Pivot Experience.   Connect with your host Josh Swing.   Stay Saucy!

Chick-fil-A Owner/Operator Lauren Nelson from the New Orleans market joins the podcast to discuss her vision of positively influencing others while challenging them to be the best version of themselves.   How approachable are you as a leader?   What's it like to give you feedback?   Answering these questions is a critical step to realizing your full potential as a leader and helping others realize theirs.   Growing yourself, asking for feedback, and protecting time for consistent 1-on-1's are all key ingredients in the recipe for a lasting legacy Lauren is leaving.   Connect with your host Josh Swing.   Stay Saucy!

Mariah Millner - Sr. Experience Lead, Field/Elevate/G.O. Supervisors - joins the podcast to breakdown 3 levels of encouragement:   Level 1 - Your presence Level 2 - Verbal and physical affirmation Level 3 - Acts of service   She'll also share some powerful wisdom on maximizing the opportunity you've been given while staying hungry for what's next.   Connect with Mariah on LinkedIn.   Connect with your host Josh Swing.   Stay Saucy!