What do high-performing CEOs, professional athletes, and founders quietly struggle with behind the scenes?

In this episode of Building Business Relationships, Matt sits down with Jen Boyle, founder of a high-touch lifestyle management company serving high-net-worth families and executives across the U.S.

What begins as a story about fixing a scratch on a hardwood floor becomes a powerful metaphor for leadership, scaling, and the hidden pressures of success.

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• Why “hustle” may be the wrong mindset for sustainable growth
• The invisible stress leaders carry — even at the top
• How trust becomes the true currency in high-stakes relationships
• Lessons from toxic leadership environments
• Why failure is often the fastest path to long-term success
• How to scale a business without losing your humanity

If you’re building something meaningful and want to grow without burning out — this episode is for you.

This is one of the final episodes under the Building Business Relationships pre-launch banner. The show will soon relaunch as The Bigger Stage with Matt Stone, expanding into deeper conversations about leadership, influence, and the human stories behind business success.

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A conversation about trust, hustle culture, leadership, and the hidden emotional cost of success — with founder Jen Boyle.

For more on Jen Boyle, visit: https://morelm.com

As AI-generated messages, outreach, and content flood the market, founders are facing a new challenge:

It’s getting harder to tell what’s real—and who to trust.

In this pre-launch episode of The Building Business Relationships Show, Matt Stone sits down with Zvi Band, founder of Contactually (acquired) and Relatable, to explore how AI is reshaping relationships in business—and why trust is becoming the ultimate competitive advantage.

Zvi has spent much of his career building technology designed to strengthen human connection, not replace it. In this conversation, he shares why trusted relationships are becoming the most valuable filter in an AI-saturated world.

In this episode, we explore:

• why it’s increasingly difficult to tell humans from bots
• how AI is changing signal vs noise in business relationships
• why trust becomes more valuable as automation scales
• how founders should rethink relationships in sales, hiring, and partnerships
• what won’t change, even as technology accelerates

This is a grounded, forward-looking conversation for entrepreneurs navigating AI without losing their humanity—or their edge.

In this episode:

• Can you still tell what’s human anymore?
• AI-generated communication and trust erosion
• Relationships as a competitive moat
• Signal vs noise in an automated world
• Building trust at scale without losing authenticity
• What founders should prioritize next

For more about Zvi Band: https://zvi.band/

As AI reshapes how work gets done, leaders everywhere are focused on tools, speed, and productivity.

But there’s a more important question we’re not asking enough.

In this pre-launch episode of The Building Business Relationships Show, Matt Stone is joined by Al Dea, host of The Edge of Work podcast, for a timely conversation about leadership, trust, and the human side of AI-driven change.

Rather than debating the latest technology, this episode explores what AI exposes about organizations—and what leaders need to get right before transformation can succeed.

In this conversation, we explore:

• the real question leaders should be asking as AI accelerates
• why AI amplifies existing trust and leadership gaps
• how uncertainty impacts relationships at work
• what employees actually need during rapid change
• why trust and clarity matter more than speed

This is a thoughtful, grounded conversation for leaders navigating AI not just as a technology shift—but as a human one.

In this episode:

• The question leaders keep avoiding about AI
• Why AI acts as a mirror for culture and trust
• Employee fear vs leadership intent
• Communication breakdowns during change
• What human-centered leadership looks like now
• Why the future of work is still human

Find Al Dea on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsaldea/