The focus of the Strategic Momentum Podcast has always been helping listeners understand the strategies, approaches and perspectives needed to solve the common challenges plaguing businesses today. So for our 50th episode, we’ve decided to round up the best career advice our guests have given on this show so far.

Driving growth, for any business, requires a solid customer acquisition and retention plan. However, many struggle to determine the right strategies to employ and the most effective way to execute them. Anita John, Founder of ARJ Consulting, has spent years helping brands like Intuit and StubHub break through these very obstacles. In this episode she shares her advice on how to build and execute campaigns that effectively build relationships, retain customers, and realize business objectives.

The three founding members of Crate Media return to provide their take on the podcasting space -- from what it takes to create a successful podcast to the common challenges and misconceptions that cause many to get stuck.

Pierre Hadaya, professor, consultant, and author of Business Architecture - The Missing Link in Strategy Formulation, Implementation and Execution, discusses how to realize that organizational transformation through a Business Architecture approach -- the building of a blueprint, a master schedule, and an architecture team to effectively guide you from strategy to execution.

Michael Wilkinson, founder and managing director of Leadership Strategies – The #1 Facilitation Training Company, returns to explore specific use cases of his facilitation techniques, especially in the virtual, multi-generational work environment. He talks about how to facilitate collaboration when varying workplace considerations come into play – and why understanding group dynamics, using differences as strengths, and valuing others’ perspectives moves initiatives forward.

In today’s interconnected business ecosystem, collaboration and teamwork are critical to moving initiatives and activities forward. But so many people are frustrated by the number of meetings they have that don’t produce results. Michael Wilkinson is the founder and managing director of Leadership Strategies -- The #1 Facilitation Training Company in the US, and the accomplished author of several books on facilitation. In this episode, he shares the secrets of facilitation: eliminating dysfunction and maximizing efficiency to drive your business and its ecosystem forward.

Hear from the people behind the scenes of the Strategic Momentum Podcast -- the founder and first few employees of Crate Media, the podcast production company formerly known as Podcast Masters. In this episode, Founder Cody Boyce, Hayden Lee and Ben Gregson share their challenges, lessons learned in building a business, and the fuel that keeps them going. Because in the end, it’s a business built on their passions.

Starting a consulting business is something many aspire to do but few do well. But today’s guest, Michael Zipursky, author, entrepreneur, and the CEO of ConsultingSuccess.com, is here to fix that. In this episode, he shares important tips and perspectives on what it takes to build momentum and reach your potential, in the field of consulting and beyond.

I recently published an article on Thrive Global about altruism, kindness and business after hearing several of my guests mention kindness in their advice for breaking through business inertia. In this episode, I revisit  these interviews to explore the valuable points these guests have made - because being kind and helpful is simply good business sense.

Media strategy, planning, and ad buying is a science that even the most seasoned marketers struggle with. To break through, you have to understand the factors and tradeoffs to get to the desired outcome. Imani Greene, Founder of GreeneGroup discusses the delicate balance in achieving advertising efficiency and effectiveness.

Erin Gargan King, the founder of Socialite Agency, and best-seling author of  Digital Persuasion: Sell Smarter in the Modern Marketplace shares how to get noticed online, build real relationships, and positively influence the people on the other side of your screen.

The experiences women have in the workplace today are vastly different from -- and more positive than -- how they were 50, 20, and even 10 years ago. However, there are still career challenges and misconceptions holding women back from fully living up to their growth potential.

In this second episode of the 2-part series, we dive into deep into what millennial entrepreneur Mehtab Bhogal and his business partners believe is important to take into account from a product development and marketing perspective when launching a new business.

We examine the uniquely Millennial mindset that that has guided Mehtab Bhogal and his firm Karta Venture’s approach to building successful businesses.

Stephane Fitch, founder of FitchInk, shares how his journey to pursue a more authentic life led to him developing his own content development company and ultimately reaching his own  personal and professional potential.

A group of experts explores how to deal with different decision-making styles in order to alleviate potential conflicts and, ultimately, work better together with your bosses, your clients, and your colleagues.

Is one style of decision making – data-driven or gut-driven – more effective than the other? We talk to five experts in their field to find out.

Tom Schuh, founder of Optimum Effect Group, spent over a decade in the military before working his way up the corporate ladder at American express and other financial institutions before transitioning to being an entrepreneur.

Tom’s journey in the military not only mirrored his career arc in the corporate world and then into entrepreneurship, but that experience on the battlefield provided guidance and focus throughout his corporate and entrepreneurial journey.

Now a 20-year sales veteran, he shares his perspective on the challenges that he commonly sees in the sales profession and what it takes to build that strategic momentum.

Deepak Shukla, founder and CEO of the SEO agency Pearl Lemon, didn’t take a linear career path. In fact, it took 23 jobs and all the experiences and learnings that came with it to figure out what he wanted to do. In this episode, Deepak shares his perspective on how to overcome the fear of the course, act on your impulses, create accountability, and test and learn your way to career success.

Joseph Ney and his partners have built Reingold into a leading marketing and communications firm servicing the private sector. It took continuous experimentation, evolution, and an opportunity mindset to get to where they are today. And of course, they are they are still tweaking. But through it all, they were always mission-focused – not only for their clients but for themselves.