Business Building Blocks Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Leadership boundaries are often the early warning sign most leaders ignore. In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt explains how weak leadership boundaries contribute to employee burnout, resentment, poor accountability, and unhealthy workplace culture. If you’re a business owner, manager, or team leader trying to create a healthier and more sustainable workplace, this episode will help you recognize burnout warning signs before they become b...

Send us Fan Mail Repeated questions from your team are often a sign of broken systems, unclear processes, or missing development. In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt explains how leaders can stop answering the same questions every day by building better systems, improving coaching, and developing more proactive teams. If you’re a business owner, manufacturing leader, or people manager constantly interrupted by emails, meetings, and repeated team que...

Send us Fan Mail Why do leaders keep getting asked to take personality and leadership assessments? In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Kristina Schmitt explains why tools like Working Genius, StrengthsFinder, and MBTI can help leaders improve self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and team performance. Many business owners and managers feel skeptical about leadership assessments—especially when they feel repetitive or unnecessary. But the real value of these tools is no...

Send us Fan Mail Many organizations believe growth requires moving faster, doing more, and constantly reacting to problems. But sustainable business growth often comes from improving fewer things with greater focus, operational clarity, and alignment. In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt sits down with Chad Bareither to discuss how business owners, manufacturing leaders, and operations teams can build systems that create scalable growth wi...

Send us Fan Mail Leadership growth often requires a shift that most leaders avoid. In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, leadership coach Kristina Schmitt explains the leadership growth shift that helps business owners and managers scale their teams without staying the bottleneck. You don’t have a knowledge problem. You have a growth problem. If you’re still the go-to person, the problem solver, and the one everyone depends on, your leadership hasn’t evolved—and your busi...