How do you solve challenges so complex that even your best people feel stuck?

The answer: you untangle them, not with guesswork or force, but with a structured, human-centered methodology that brings clarity, alignment, and momentum back into your business.

Reuven Shelef, Founder & CEO of OUT OF THE BOX Consulting and creator of the groundbreaking Untangling Complex Challenges® methodology. With over 30 years of experience across engineering, technology, business transformation, and human behavior, Reuven has helped Fortune 500 companies, startups, and executive teams solve the challenges others couldn't, from broken processes to cross-functional misalignment to organizational bottlenecks.

Key Takeaways

• How the Untangling Complex Challenges® methodology works and why it's so effective.
• How engineering logic + human dynamics create precise transformation.
• The role of emotional intelligence in technical problem-solving.
• How Reuven's personal life challenges shaped his methodology.

🎙 Featured Guest: Reuven Shelef

🔹 Website: https://reuvenshelef.com/
🔹 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reuvenshelef/

Join us as Reuven shares his personal experience on how leaders can think clearer, lead better, and solve bigger problems than ever before.

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What separates the best salespeople from everyone else?

It's not luck. It's structure, persistence, and knowing exactly how to interact, when to connect, and why the small details matter.

Glenn Poulos, award-winning author and entrepreneur, built and sold an $80M company, leads high-performing teams, and helps business owners master the art of influence, negotiation, and authentic communication. His book, Never Sit in the Lobby: 57 Winning Sales Factors to Build Relationships, Close Deals, and Create Clients for Life, breaks down practical strategies that turn salespeople into trusted advisors.

From reading the room to crafting presentations that stick, Glenn reveals his personal "cheat codes" for building trust and closing deals, including why you should open with the truth, not your résumé.

Key Takeaways

• What to look for when hiring top sales talent.
• The mindset and habits that separate great sellers from average ones.
• Why salespeople are the hardest (and most important) hires to get right.
• The importance of building structure before hiring. Process before people.
• How to leave lasting impressions and tell stories that stick.
• How to value your time and sell with confidence in a distracted world.

🎙 Featured Guest: Glenn Poulos

🔹 Website: https://glennpoulos.com/
🔹 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-poulos-45bab86/

Join us as Glenn uncovers the mindset, structure, and daily habits behind top-performing sales professionals.

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What if the secret to unlocking your success isn't working harder… but flipping your "life switch"?

Everyone already has the switch inside them. Most just forget how to turn it on.

Entrepreneur, author of Life Switch, and financial advisor, Joel Steele, reveals how to turn your light switch on to live with purpose, passion, and power. He has guided thousands toward wealth, health, and purpose. Rising from personal adversity, he transformed his struggles into lessons of resilience, gratitude, and self-mastery. Through his Life Switch movement, Joel helps others discover how they're wired, and how to turn that awareness into action, success, and impact.

Joel's story is proof that transformation begins the moment you decide to face yourself. Once standing on the edge of failure, he chose to rewrite his life through discipline, purpose, and a mindset focused on giving rather than getting.

Join us as Joel dives deep into what it means to live ON, to rediscover your potential, overcome self-doubt, and embrace the process that leads to lasting success.

🔑 Key Takeaways

• How to identify and flip your life switch to live intentionally.
• The mindset shift from getting to giving, and how it multiplies success.
• Why gratitude and self-honesty are the foundation of fulfillment.
• How to face rejection, learn from bad days, and redefine success.
• Why your WHY determines how far you'll go, and how to find it.
• How to make decisions that minimize regret and maximize growth.

If you're ready to flip your switch and live ON, don't miss this episode!

Watch now, subscribe to Manage 2 Win, and turn on notifications for more interviews with leaders transforming adversity into purpose.

Learn more about Joel Steele and his new book Life Switch at

🔹 Website: https://bookjoelsteele.com/

🔹 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-steele-9685888/

#Manage2Win #JoelSteele #LifeSwitch #DavidRussell #LeadershipPodcast #EntrepreneurMindset #SuccessTips #PersonalDevelopment #PurposeDriven #Motivation2025 #Gratitude #GrowthMindset #BusinessLeadership #SelfImprovement #LiveOn

Is growing your business worth losing your marriage, health, and peace of mind?

Most entrepreneurs don't realize they're chasing success at the cost of everything that truly matters… until it's almost too late.

James Riley, CEO of JNR Networks, shares his powerful journey of redefining what success really means. From facing a heart attack to rediscovering balance through faith, family, and purpose, James reveals how he shifted from burnout to breakthrough, learning that money isn't the answer:

The answer is alignment.

Pressure to grow is real, but long-term priorities matter more than short-term profits.

Key takeaways:
✅ Balance isn't perfection, it's the average of what truly counts
✅ Communication and accountability strengthen both business and relationships
✅ Set a team culture where failure drives learning, not fear

🎙 Featured Guest: James Riley

🔹 Website: https://jnrnet.com/
🔹 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jnrjamesriley/

Join us as James shares his insights on how to overcome pressure, set clear priorities that help set a foundation for growth, and prove that success and family don't have to compete, they can grow together.

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What does it really take to scale a business from $0 to over $30M while building a strong company culture and embracing AI?

It takes integrity. You have an edge if you grew up in a healthy family and one or more parents gave you good advice… But you can learn wisdom if you choose your mentors carefully.

What fuels growth from there?

Consistent integrity, developing more wisdom, and two key pro sport team disciplines: Total commitment to a strong company culture, and systems.

Ephraim Ebstein, Founder & CEO of Fit Solutions, turned a startup into a $30M IT and cybersecurity powerhouse by combining strong leadership systems with innovative automation strategies. Ephraim reveals how AI "employees" now handle over 15,000 customer interactions daily, why hiring for values and drive beats résumés, and how embedding culture into every process makes teams unstoppable.

🔑 Key Takeaways from this Episode:

• Why company culture is THE fuel for growth.
• The role of mentorship, and why you don't need a "perfect" mentor.
• Work ethic and culture match vs. qualifications: What really matters in hiring.
• How AI tools are reshaping customer service and sales processes.
• The importance of daily team alignment on mission, vision, and values.

Join us as Ephraim shares practical lessons on mentorship, leadership, and how business growth brings freedom, not just financial success.

🎙 Featured Guest: Ephraim Ebstein

🔹 Website: https://fitsolutions.biz

🔹 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraim-ebstein-5a2a1a10/

🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingspear/

#Manage2Win #EphraimEbstein #FitSolutions #BusinessGrowth #MSP #Cybersecurity #AIinBusiness #CompanyCulture #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #Automation #Podcast

Are your leadership habits unknowingly driven by fear?

Are your reactions, team dynamics, or communication patterns really what they seem? Or are they being shaped by your internal defenses?

In this episode, we welcome back organizational psychologist and executive coach Dr. Laura Gallaher to explore how self-deception, fear-based behaviors, and emotional triggers sabotage leadership even when intentions are good. We go deeper into the psychology behind leadership, culture, and emotional intelligence.

If you're leading people and still feel like something's off, this conversation will hit home.

🧠 Laura breaks down:

• How to spot fear-driven decisions vs love-based leadership
• The Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Theory (FIRO): significance, competence, and likability
• Why what irritates you in others may actually be about you
• The step-by-step process to move from awareness → comprehension → transformation

Joins us and learn how this episode will challenge and inspire you to stop leading from fear and start leading from a deeper sense of self-awareness.

🎙 Featured Guest: Dr. Laura Gallaher

🔹 Website: https://www.gallaheredge.com/

🔹 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-gallaher-phd/

🔹 Assessment: www.Selfacceptancequiz.com

🔹 Quiz: https://www.gallaheredge.com/sa-quiz-lp

#LeadershipDevelopment #SelfAwareness #EmotionalIntelligence #PsychologicalSafety #LauraGallaher #FearVsLove #CompanyCulture #ExecutiveCoaching #Manage2Win #SelfAcceptance

Is your voice secretly sabotaging your leadership?

Most leaders focus on what they say. Very few understand that how they say it is just as powerful.

Jimmy Cannon is a leading public speaking coach, voice specialist, and creator of the Cannon Method. He joins the show to reveal how your voice is your most overlooked leadership superpower.

With a background as a jazz musician and years of coaching executives, Jimmy combines vocal training, presence work, and mindset tools to help professionals communicate with clarity, authority, and empathy.

In this conversation, you'll learn:

• Why vocal tone matters more than words in high-stakes situations
• 3 techniques to sound more confident in meetings, pitches, and presentations
• How to fix weak or rushed speech patterns (without changing your personality)
• Why leadership is like jazz, and how to "speak in rhythm" with any audience
• How breath control, pacing, and strategic silence can reduce anxiety and increase trust

Jimmy has worked with top-tier leaders, from anxious CFOs to powerful CEOs. His Cannon Method breaks down voice, presence, and confidence into tangible, trainable skills that make a lasting impact.

🎙 Featured Guest: Jimmy Cannon

🔹 Website: https://www.jimmycannon.com/
🔹 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmycannon/

Join us as we uncover how your voice can either elevate your leadership presence… or silently betray your confidence.

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