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/

For years, we’ve been told that more followers, more content, and more visibility would lead to more business.

But what if that story is backwards?

In this pre-launch episode of The Building Business Relationships Show, Matt Stone is joined by Heidi Medina, a five-time entrepreneur and conversation-first business strategist, to challenge one of the most common myths in modern marketing:

Followers don’t build businesses. Relationships do.

Heidi shares how social platforms trained us to prioritize numbers, impressions, and algorithms—while quietly pulling us away from the conversations that actually create trust, referrals, and revenue.

This episode explores:

• why follower counts rarely translate into real business
• how platforms incentivize performance over connection
• what “conversation-first” marketing actually looks like
• why intention matters more than consistency
• how small shifts can unlock meaningful momentum

This is a practical, human conversation for entrepreneurs who want growth to feel more natural—and more effective.

In this episode:

• A relationship that changed Heidi’s entrepreneurial path
• Followers vs real relationships
• How platforms trained us to chase numbers
• Content as conversation, not performance
• A real client example: small shifts, big impact
• Why intention beats algorithms

Find Heidi Medina here: https://www.talkingintoprofits.com/

Most businesses don’t fail because of bad strategy.
They fail because the real conversations never happen.

In this pre-launch episode of The Building Business Relationships Show, Matt Stone is joined by Michael Gansl, a seasoned entrepreneur and principal at Voice of Reason Consulting, for a candid conversation about the hidden relationship dynamics that quietly make—or break—companies.

Michael shares decades of experience working with founders, partners, and leadership teams, including a principle that has guided his work for years:

“The words that are not said sink the business.”

This episode explores:

• how unspoken tension erodes trust over time
• why silence is often more dangerous than conflict
• what long-lasting business partnerships actually require
• how presence, patience, and honesty outperform tactics
• why relationships—not strategy—determine outcomes

This is a reflective, experience-driven conversation for founders, partners, and leaders who know something important isn’t being said—and want to understand the cost of avoiding it.

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In this episode:

• A chance relationship that changed a career
• Why partnerships fail even with good intentions
• “The words that are not said” and how they sink businesses
• Ego, silence, and unspoken expectations
• Creating space for real conversations
• Trust, presence, and leadership in an AI-driven world

Find more info about Michael Gansl here: https://www.voiceofreasonconsulting.com/

Most leaders spend years refining strategy—but far less time asking whether they’re building with the right people.

In this pre-launch episode of The Building Business Relationships Show, Matt Stone is joined by Jamelle Lindo, executive coach, international keynote speaker, and founder of Paradigm People Development, for a grounded conversation about why alignment, emotional intelligence, and human dynamics matter more than any plan on paper.

Jamelle shares stories from early mentorship, leadership development, and his work coaching executives around the world—revealing how businesses often struggle not because strategy is flawed, but because relationships are misaligned.

This episode explores:

• why great strategies still fail with the wrong people
• how EQ shows up in everyday leadership moments
• the difference between managing information and facilitating growth
• why values alignment determines long-term success
• how leadership is shaped long before a business is built

This is a thoughtful, practical conversation for founders, leaders, and builders who want to create businesses that actually work—because the people inside them do.

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Concise show notes:

In this episode:

• A mentorship that shaped Jamelle’s leadership path
• “How would you like to be led?”—and why it matters
• Presenting vs facilitating people
• EQ as a strategic advantage
• Values alignment in business relationships
• Why strategy can’t compensate for misalignment

Guest: Jamelle Lindo
Executive Coach | Founder, Paradigm People Development

Host: Matt Stone
Creator, The Building Business Relationships Show

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Chapters:

00:00 – Why strategy isn’t enough

01:40 – A relationship that shaped Jamelle’s career

04:30 – “How would you like to be led?”

06:50 – Feeling seen as a leadership accelerator

09:15 – Presenting vs facilitating

11:30 – Learning from unexpected influences

13:45 – Mastery, EQ, and leadership craft

15:50 – Values alignment in business relationships

18:10 – What excites Jamelle about the show’s launch

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For more on Jamelle Lindo, visit: https://jamellelindo.com

We often talk about “business relationships” as if they’re different from real relationships.

They’re not.

In this pre-launch episode of The Building Business Relationships Show, Matt Stone speaks with Michael Allosso, a communication expert and former theater professional, about why relationships are happening all the time—and how presence, curiosity, and self-awareness shape trust in everyday moments.

From family dynamics to flight attendants, improv to leadership, this conversation reminds us that who we are in small moments defines who we are at work.

You’ll hear:

• why separating personal and professional is a false divide
• how “yes, and” thinking changes relationships
• why being interested beats being interesting
• how trust is built long before strategy shows up

This episode is reflective, entertaining, and deeply human.

For more about Michael Allosso, visit: https://www.michaelallosso.com/
For more about Michael's 2026 Immersion Retreat, visit: https://www.michaelallosso.com/immersion-retreat-2026.html

In this episode:

• The career moment when being seen changed everything
• Why audiences decide emotionally before logically
• How presentations become relationships—or barriers
• The difference between partnership language and relationship language
• Why EQ is replacing IQ as the leadership differentiator

Guest: Mike Verret
Chief Presentation Officer, Verret & Associates

Vapresentations@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-verret

Host: Matt Stone
Creator, The Building Business Relationships Show