Built On Purpose

The Secret to Speaking Success Isn’t Performance with Joel Weldon

🚀 What if the fear you’ve been avoiding is the doorway to the clarity your team needs most?

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, Max Hansen sits down with Joel Weldon, Hall of Fame speaker and creator of the Ultimate Speaking System. Joel has coached over 10,000 speakers and delivered more than 3,000 talks. He explains why great speakers aren’t born, they’re built and why performance doesn’t matter nearly as much as results.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why great speaking isn’t about charisma — it’s about results
✅ The single mindset shift that turns fear into confidence
✅ How to connect with your audience using just one word
✅ The anatomy of a high-impact 10-minute presentation

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “No one cares about your excitement. They care about what’s in it for them.” – Joel Weldon
✨ “You’re not performing, you’re connecting. That’s how real influence happens.” – Joel Weldon
✨ “Speak to your audience about what they need in an organized way they can follow and get yourself out of the way.” – Joel Weldon

🔗 Connect with Joel Weldon:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelweldon/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelweldonultimatespeaker/
Website: https://www.ultimatespeaker.com/

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
Max Hansen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen/
Max Hansen’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mhansen44/
Y Scouts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yscouts
Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com

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Coffee with Max: How AI is Reshaping the Future of Hiring

🚀 AI isn’t just a buzzword. It’s changing how companies hire.

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, Max Hansen shares how artificial intelligence is transforming the hiring game and why getting your fundamentals right still matters most. From resume screening to candidate scoring, AI has already changed the playing field. But without the right framework, it’s easy to fall behind or misuse the tools entirely.

Max outlines what leaders need to know about AI in hiring, how to stay competitive in a shifting talent landscape, and what a modern, high-performing process really looks like.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why AI can’t fix a broken hiring process
✅ How candidates are using AI to game the system and what companies must do in response
✅ How to assess your company’s AI-readiness when hiring senior talent
✅ What a smart, AI-augmented hiring process looks like in practice

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “AI won’t fix your hiring. It just makes your process faster. If it’s broken, it’ll break faster.” – Max Hansen
✨ “You can’t automate what you don’t understand.” – Max Hansen
✨ “The companies that win are the ones that empower people to innovate with AI.” – Max Hansen

🔗 Connect with Max Hansen:
📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen
🌐 Website: https://yscouts.com

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How to Build a Business That Doesn’t Depend on You with Chris Ronzio

🚀 How to build a business that doesn’t depend on you.

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, Max Hansen talks with Chris Ronzio, founder and CEO of Trainual, the world’s leading playbook platform for growing businesses.

Chris breaks down how he scaled from a one-man consulting gig into a global SaaS company, what founders get wrong about SOPs, and why delegation is the secret to freedom.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why most founders document SOPs for the wrong reasons
✅ How to delegate ongoing responsibilities, not just tasks
✅ The step-by-step for building a team that runs without you
✅ Chris’s method for building company culture and hiring with clarity

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “You’re not just building a business. You’re building a playbook for freedom.” – Chris Ronzio
✨ “Your team wants clarity. Documentation gives them confidence to act.” – Chris Ronzio
✨ “If you’re still the bottleneck, you haven’t built the business yet.” – Chris Ronzio

🔗 Connect with Chris Ronzio:
📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisronzio/
🌐 Website: https://www.chrisronzio.com
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisronzio

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
📱 Max Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen
🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com

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Leading with Values and Building Cultures That Perform with Ann Rhoades

🚀 From JetBlue to Southwest, culture architect Ann Rhoades has helped shape some of the most admired brands in the world.

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, Ann shares how to define values, link them to behaviors, and make culture a measurable performance driver.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why defining values is only step one
✅ How behaviors connect values to action
✅ Why culture is not soft — it's measurable
✅ How to make values a daily leadership habit

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “Your values should be a promise to every employee, every customer, every investor.” – Ann Rhoades
✨ “Values don’t get a day off. If you live them, they guide every decision.” – Ann Rhoades
✨ “Culture is the collection of behaviors across the organization. That’s what drives performance.” – Ann Rhoades

🔗 Connect with Ann Rhoades:
📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annrhoades
🌐 Website: https://peopleink.com

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
📱 Max Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen
🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com

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Coffee with Max: Purpose, Hiring, and Culture

🚀 What happens when a leader loses their purpose?

In this solo episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, Max Hansen shares how he lost his own sense of purpose, how that led to founding Y Scouts, and why meaningful work and values-driven leadership are more critical now than ever before.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why the promise of tech and social media has failed to connect us
✅ How to structure job roles and hiring around purpose
✅ Simple ways to prevent offer rejections and counteroffers
✅ Why leadership starts with clear values and accountability

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “Purpose matters more than ever. It’s the antidote to a disconnected, AI-driven world.” – Max Hansen
✨ “You can't outsource culture. Leaders drive values, values drive behaviors, and behaviors drive performance.” – Max Hansen
✨ “Hiring the right people is the only sustainable business strategy.” – Max Hansen

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
📱 Max Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen
🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com

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Building Elite Organizations from the Inside Out with Michael Erath

🚀 From collapse to clarity.

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, Michael Erath shares how losing everything during the Great Recession led him to redefine what it means to lead and build elite organizations from the inside out.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why emotional intelligence is critical in leadership
✅ The five obsessions that drive elite organizations
✅ Why your people strategy is your growth strategy
✅ How to lead through systems without losing your soul

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces intelligent people into thinking they can’t fail.” – Michael Erath
✨ “Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets. If you want better results, design a better system.” – Michael Erath
✨ “You cannot treat profit and cashflow as a byproduct and expect to be elite.” – Michael Erath

🔗 Connect with Michael Erath:
📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelerath1
🌐 Website: https://www.nextlevelgrowth.com
📘 Book: https://fiveobsessions.com/

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
📱 Max Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen
🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com

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The Power of Energy and Self-Healing with Dr. Kevin Preston

🚀 What if your pain isn’t the problem, but the signal?

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, Dr. Kevin Preston shares how true healing requires presence, energy alignment, and deep inner listening.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why most modern health systems overlook the root cause of illness
✅ The power of Chinese medicine and energy clearing to restore balance
✅ What hooks and cords are and how they drain our energy
✅ Why healing often starts with slowing down and listening within

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “I don’t heal people. They heal themselves. My job is to be the mirror.” - Dr. Kevin Preston
✨ “The body is one of the most powerful communication devices on the planet.” - Dr. Kevin Preston
✨ “Wholeness starts with presence. If you don’t slow down, you’ll miss what your body is trying to say.” - Dr. Kevin Preston

🔗 Connect with Dr. Kevin Preston:
📱 Website: https://drkevinpreston.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkevinpreston
🎙 Podcast: https://drkevinpreston.com/podcast/

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
📱 Max Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen
🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com

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Leading Through Trauma and Emotional Health with Andy Maurer

🚀 From trauma to transformational leadership.

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, Andy Maurer shares how emotional health shapes leadership success, how unresolved trauma impacts executive performance, and how leaders can step into wholeness.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why trauma is often the hidden driver behind leadership struggles
✅ How emotional health impacts decision-making, relationships, and results
✅ The tools leaders can use to process stress and avoid burnout
✅ How Pursue Whole equips executives to lead from a place of strength and wholeness

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “You cannot lead others if you are not first leading yourself.” – Andy Maurer
✨ “Wholeness is not perfection. It’s integration.” – Andy Maurer
✨ “Your business will never outgrow the level of your personal growth.” – Andy Maurer

🔗 Connect with Andy Maurer:
📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andymaurer
🌐 Website: https://www.pursuewhole.com

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
📱 Max Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen
🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com

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The Power of Letting Go and Reinvention with Cal Callahan

🚀 From trading floors to emotional freedom.

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, Cal Callahan shares how deep inner work and courage to reinvent led to a life filled with authenticity, purpose, and clarity.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why traditional success often masks deeper desires
✅ How to heal emotional wounds through inner work
✅ Why simplifying your life can lead to more abundance
✅ How betting on yourself creates true freedom

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “When you finally connect to your heart, you get to truly give that to everyone around you.” – Cal Callahan
✨ “Simplification is the real art of living.” – Cal Callahan
✨ “Betting on yourself is the most powerful investment you can make.” – Cal Callahan

🔗 Connect with Cal Callahan:
📱 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cal-callahan
🌐 Website: https://www.thegreatunlearn.com

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
📱 Max Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen
🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com

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From Law Enforcement to Live TV with Sean Larkin

🚀 From gang unit to national television.

In this episode of the Built On Purpose Podcast, Sean “Sticks” Larkin shares his 25-year law enforcement journey and how a twist of fate led him to co-host On Patrol: Live.

💡 What You’ll Learn:
✅ What most people misunderstand about police work
✅ How Sean transitioned from chasing suspects to hosting crime shows
✅ The importance of emotional balance for first responders
✅ Why purpose matters more than rank or spotlight

🔥 Memorable Quotes:
✨ “Being a police officer is not my identity. It’s a job.” – Sean Larkin
✨ “We thought we were building a TV show. What we ended up building was a bridge.” – Sean Larkin
✨ “The tide has turned. People want law and order again.” – Sean Larkin

🔗 Connect with Sean Larkin:
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sean_c_larkin
📖 Book: https://a.co/d/9VaiL6C

📣 Connect with Max Hansen & Y Scouts:
📱 Max Hansen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxhansen
🌐 Y Scouts Website: https://yscouts.com

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