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Hitting The Ceiling

EOS Worldwide
Leadership
EOS Worldwide
Entrepreneurship
Work-Life Balance
Conequip
Toast & Jam, Inc
Pepper's Personal Assistants
Ben Glass Law
Growth Strategy
Succession Planning
Little Italy Ristorante
Apple Inc.
Leadership Team
Culture
Dan Kennedy
Burnout
Ownership / Equity

Most entrepreneurs will tell you about the pivot, Hitting The Ceiling™ will tell you what happened the night before. Hitting The Ceiling, brought to you by EOS Worldwide is the perfect podcast for businesses, entrepreneurs, and key leaders and managers to talk about the moments they’ve never said out loud. Hitting the Ceiling is where business leaders and entrepreneurs talk about the moments they’... more

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Latest Episodes

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Are you building success while quietly losing peace?

Pat built one of the most influential leadership movements in modern business, but beneath the bestselling books and global influence was a growing realization that success had become tangled with... more

What happens when your business grows faster than your ability to lead it?

As Robert Hughes scaled his business through explosive growth, the success didn’t bring stability; it exposed cracks in leadership, systems, and control that had been buildin... more

Are you prepared for the identity shift that comes after success?

As Mary Nisi built Toast & Jam, Inc into a thriving company, the success created distance from the day-to-day, until the pandemic wiped out 564 weddings and exposed how little control... more

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Rob Hughes
International Keynote Speaker and CEO of Hughes Integrated
Hughes Integrated
Episode: When Growth Breaks Everything You Built | Rob Hughes, MBA, IMC CEO of Hughes Integrated
Mary Nisi
Founder of Toast & Jam, Chicago
Toast & Jam, Inc
Episode: When Success Turns Into an Identity Crisis | Mary Nisi, Owner of Toast & Jam, Inc
Kara Roberts
Founder, Pepper's Personal Assistants
Pepper's Personal Assistants
Episode: The Hidden Cost of Avoiding Hard Conversations | Kara Roberts Founder, Pepper’s Personal Assistants
Ben Glass
Ben Glass, founder of Ben Glass Law; personal injury attorney with decades of experience
Ben Glass Law
Episode: When Growth Starts Stealing From Your Family | Ben Glass, Founder, CEO, BenGlassLaw
Avery Ward
CEO, Little Italy Ristorante
Little Italy Ristorante
Episode: When You’re Forced to Lead Before You’re Ready | Avery Ward, CEO of Little Italy Ristorante
Al Alexander
Co-founder of ConEquip
ConEquip
Episode: How Success Nearly Destroyed Their Friendship | Al Alexander & Ryan Loos of ConEquip
Ryan Loos
Co-founder of ConEquip
ConEquip
Episode: How Success Nearly Destroyed Their Friendship | Al Alexander & Ryan Loos of ConEquip
Sue Hawkes
CEO of YESS; co-author of Issues
YESS
Episode: The Power of Simplifying When Everything Collapses | Sue Hawkes, CEO of YESS!

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Mark O'Donnell
Host of the show; EOS Worldwide executive leadership

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The Power of Simplifying When Everything Collapses | Sue Hawkes, CEO of YESS!
Q: What role did the book Issues play in your healing and in helping others?
Issues provided a framework to normalize struggle, turn it into growth opportunities, and give readers a practical path to act when faced with hard times; it also tied together personal experience with leadership theory to show that imperfection is a universal journey.
The Power of Simplifying When Everything Collapses | Sue Hawkes, CEO of YESS!
Q: How did you stay present for your family while everything was falling apart?
By creating daily rituals (SAVERS) and compartmentalizing crises so they wouldn't bleed into each other, along with leaning on a supportive network that offered tangible help, such as housing options, which preserved space for healing.
The Power of Simplifying When Everything Collapses | Sue Hawkes, CEO of YESS!
Q: What was the turning point that shifted your approach to leadership during the collapse?
Realizing that the only way to survive was to simplify, delegate, and rely on the systems I had built. I consciously moved from trying to control everything to creating a 'three-foot world' where I focused on immediate, tangible actions and leaned on my community for support.
How Success Nearly Destroyed Their Friendship | Al Alexander & Ryan Loos of ConEquip
Q: What was the turning point that allowed you to move from 'in the business' to 'on the business'?
Hiring a formal leadership team (marketing, HR, CFO) three and a half years ago and transitioning to work on the business full-time enabled faster acceleration and clearer accountability.
How Success Nearly Destroyed Their Friendship | Al Alexander & Ryan Loos of ConEquip
Q: How did you navigate through the early ceiling moments in the partnership?
We leaned on mentorship, opened up channels of communication, and brought in external counsel to guide us through difficult conversations, which helped us redefine roles and implement a structured leadership model.

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The series centers on real-world leadership crises faced by growth-stage entrepreneurs and the disciplined practices that help them break through barriers. Episodes feature leaders discussing how they designed scalable systems, clarified roles, delegated effectively, and built lasting cultures during moments when personal life, cash flow, or partnerships were under pressure. A recurring thread is applying a practical framework (often inspired by EOS) to navigate growth without sacrificing well-being, family dynamics, or core values. Listeners can expect concrete stories about turning missteps into repeatable processes, leadership accountability, and the resilience required to scale a business over the long term. Noteworthy throughlines incl... more

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Recent guests on Hitting The Ceiling include:

1. Rob Hughes
2. Mary Nisi
3. Kara Roberts
4. Ben Glass
5. Avery Ward
6. Al Alexander
7. Ryan Loos
8. Sue Hawkes

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