Today’s guest is a Growth Strategist who helps small business owners grow their companies without sacrificing the other parts of their lives. When business owners feel overwhelmed by the amount of work they have to do, he helps them create the right strategies, execute the right tactics, and build the right sort of team. As a serial entrepreneur, he has developed a five-step system for helping entrepreneurs build their businesses strategically.

After building his first business for twenty years, he sold it and now devotes himself full time to coaching and consulting other small businesses to choose the right strategies and tactics they need to grow their business.

He is a Certified Executive Coach and a Book Yourself Solid ® Certified Coach. Please join me in welcoming Ron Tester.

In this episode we discuss:

• his thoughts on leadership “Leadership is serving people and helping them to see what’s possible and helping them achieve what they want.”
• how watching people take advantage of others lit a fire in him to help others to find justice.
• how he started his own business with no entrepreneurship background but a passion for helping others.
• his ability to speak up for the underdog.
• the fight in his mom to push forward and do everything she could for their family and how that affected him growing up.
• how hard the first 5 years of his business were to really get started.
• why he decided to become a certified coach.
• his process for selling his first business.
• how he nurtures and sustains the outer levels of his network.
• his red velvet rope mindset and how he is selective about who he works with.

Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com – episode 230.