<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Branch Out</title><description>Insights from leading middle-market professionals. 112 episodes, 2020–2023.</description><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/</link><item><title>Ep 112 — Ask, Listen, Act: Enhancing Your Client Experience</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/ask-listen-act-enhancing-your-client-experience-alyson-fieldman/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/ask-listen-act-enhancing-your-client-experience-alyson-fieldman/</guid><description>Quality is table stakes. The experience is the only differentiator you have left.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 111 — Disconnect to Connect: Transforming Your Workplace and Your Life</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/disconnect-to-connect-transforming-your-workplace-and-your-life-amy-vetter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/disconnect-to-connect-transforming-your-workplace-and-your-life-amy-vetter/</guid><description>&apos;I don&apos;t have time for my people&apos; is self-deception, not a schedule problem.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 110 — Strategic Growth for Professional Services Firms</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/strategic-growth-for-professional-services-firms-gale-crosley/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/strategic-growth-for-professional-services-firms-gale-crosley/</guid><description>Growth is a leadership function; one client at a time is not strategy.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 109 — The Power of Professional Empathy</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-power-of-professional-empathy-bruce-ditman/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-power-of-professional-empathy-bruce-ditman/</guid><description>You cannot indoctrinate accomplished adults; skill only moves through demonstrated value exchange.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 108 — The Nexus of Creativity and Entrepreneurship</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-nexus-of-creativity-and-entrepreneurship-scott-scarano/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-nexus-of-creativity-and-entrepreneurship-scott-scarano/</guid><description>Every firm owner is already a creative, whether they claim the label or not.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 107 — The Value of Thought Leadership</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-value-of-thought-leadership-elana-margulies-snyderman/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-value-of-thought-leadership-elana-margulies-snyderman/</guid><description>Thought leadership is information they cannot get elsewhere. Everything else is a sales piece.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 106 — Successful Cross-Selling in Professional Services Firms</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/successful-cross-selling-in-professional-services-firms-timothy-keith/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/successful-cross-selling-in-professional-services-firms-timothy-keith/</guid><description>Cross-selling fails on emotion, not information: experts will not risk sounding ignorant.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 105 — Strategic Marketing for Private Equity and Deal Advisors</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/strategic-marketing-for-private-equity-and-deal-advisors-jack-vawdrey/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/strategic-marketing-for-private-equity-and-deal-advisors-jack-vawdrey/</guid><description>In deal marketing, who is in market beats how well you word it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 104 — The Power of Brand Recognition</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-power-of-brand-recognition-mike-jones/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-power-of-brand-recognition-mike-jones/</guid><description>Full service is a cop-out that leaves you competing on price.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 103 — Giving Emotions a Seat at the Table</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/giving-emotions-a-seat-at-the-table-denise-logan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/giving-emotions-a-seat-at-the-table-denise-logan/</guid><description>Time does not kill deals. Unprocessed emotion does.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 102 — Empowering CPAs to Build and Scale Profitable Practices</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/empowering-cpas-to-build-and-scale-profitable-practices-chase-birky/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/empowering-cpas-to-build-and-scale-profitable-practices-chase-birky/</guid><description>The practitioner-owner model is what breaks CPA firms.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 101 — Essential Skills for Business Development Success</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/essential-skills-for-business-development-success-alex-egan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/essential-skills-for-business-development-success-alex-egan/</guid><description>Business development is a team sport, because selling a colleague never sounds like bragging.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 100 — Finding Passion in the Work You Do</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/finding-passion-in-the-work-you-do-randy-crabtree/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/finding-passion-in-the-work-you-do-randy-crabtree/</guid><description>Burnout is uncontrolled stress; the fix is usually your role, not your employer.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 099 — Resilience Breeds Success</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/resilience-breeds-success-lisa-howze/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/resilience-breeds-success-lisa-howze/</guid><description>A setback is unforeseen; a disappointment is an expectation you already tasted.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 098 — Building Credibility to Facilitate Authentic Connections</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/building-credibility-to-facilitate-authentic-connections-george-sirignano/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/building-credibility-to-facilitate-authentic-connections-george-sirignano/</guid><description>Your best producers will never feed a central CRM. Staff a human instead.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 097 — Ask Questions to Uncover Opportunity</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/ask-questions-to-uncover-opportunity-gary-braun/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/ask-questions-to-uncover-opportunity-gary-braun/</guid><description>You have not earned the right to pitch until the buyer names the problem.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 096 — The Entrepreneur&apos;s Mindset</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-entrepreneurs-mindset-isatou-smith/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-entrepreneurs-mindset-isatou-smith/</guid><description>Going independent buys you autonomy, not income. The old salary took four years.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 095 — Leading Through Challenging Situations</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/leading-through-challenging-situations-susan-black-beth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/leading-through-challenging-situations-susan-black-beth/</guid><description>Crisis leadership is projecting calm you do not feel while the facts keep changing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 094 — Embrace Uncertainty &amp; Take Risks</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/embrace-uncertainty-take-risks-david-hartley/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/embrace-uncertainty-take-risks-david-hartley/</guid><description>You lead best in the rooms where you know the least.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 093 — Rethink Your Approach to Work</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/rethink-your-approach-to-work-dan-montgomery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/rethink-your-approach-to-work-dan-montgomery/</guid><description>Capping busy season at 50 hours raised chargeable hours, not lowered them.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 092 — Increase Revenue with Client Advisory Services (CAS)</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/increase-revenue-with-client-advisory-services-cas-ed-warren/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/increase-revenue-with-client-advisory-services-cas-ed-warren/</guid><description>Generalist pricing is a ceiling; CAS pays only if you pick a niche.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 091 — Drive Innovation with Curiosity &amp; Discipline</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/drive-innovation-with-curiosity-discipline-gary-thomson/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/drive-innovation-with-curiosity-discipline-gary-thomson/</guid><description>Accountability is what frees people to explore, not what constrains them.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 090 — Earn Confidence and Play The Long Game</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/earn-confidence-and-play-the-long-game-meahgan-ogrady-martin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/earn-confidence-and-play-the-long-game-meahgan-ogrady-martin/</guid><description>Confidence is earned, arrogance is given, and victimhood is what blocks the earning.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 089 — Transform Your Leadership and Ignite Your Team</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/transform-your-leadership-and-ignite-your-team-dan-cremons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/transform-your-leadership-and-ignite-your-team-dan-cremons/</guid><description>Underperformance is a management failure before it is a personnel defect.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 088 — Your Practice is an Entrepreneurial Endeavor</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/your-practice-is-an-entrepreneurial-endeavor-jay-harrington/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/your-practice-is-an-entrepreneurial-endeavor-jay-harrington/</guid><description>Autonomy is the payoff, and one hour a day is the price.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 087 — Firm Leaders, What&apos;s on Your List?</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/firm-leaders-whats-on-your-list-gary-shamis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/firm-leaders-whats-on-your-list-gary-shamis/</guid><description>The accounting pyramid stopped working, so capacity is now the managing partner&apos;s job.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 086 — People Are the Most Important Asset</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/people-are-the-most-important-asset-paul-aversano/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/people-are-the-most-important-asset-paul-aversano/</guid><description>In professional services the people are the product, so churn cancels the results.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 085 — How to Be Ahead of the Curve</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/how-to-be-ahead-of-the-curve-leon-brujis/</link><guid 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and expectations kill more small firm deals than price ever does.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 082 — The Human Capital Challenges of M&amp;A</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-human-capital-challenges-of-ma-jennifer-fondrevay/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-human-capital-challenges-of-ma-jennifer-fondrevay/</guid><description>M&amp;A deals fail on grief nobody priced into the model.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 081 — The Future of How Clients Buy</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-future-of-how-clients-buy-eric-gregg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-future-of-how-clients-buy-eric-gregg/</guid><description>Two thirds of referrals get Googled before anyone picks up the phone.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 080 — Consistently Invest in Growth</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/consistently-invest-in-growth-maria-moss/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/consistently-invest-in-growth-maria-moss/</guid><description>The best time to invest in yourself is the worst week of your career.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 079 — Be Curious and Invest in Yourself</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/be-curious-and-invest-in-yourself-jeff-henningsen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/be-curious-and-invest-in-yourself-jeff-henningsen/</guid><description>If the world&apos;s best golfers keep coaches, going uncoached is a choice.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 078 — Make an Impact and Build a Scalable 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The skill is the return.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 074 — Taking Control of Your Personal Brand</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/taking-control-of-your-personal-brand-lydia-michael/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/taking-control-of-your-personal-brand-lydia-michael/</guid><description>You do not own your brand. Your audience does.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 073 — Make Time For Growth</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/make-time-for-growth-ryan-cutter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/make-time-for-growth-ryan-cutter/</guid><description>Work like a lion, not a cow: sprint, then think.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 071 — Always Look for Opportunities to Learn and Grow</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/always-look-for-opportunities-to-learn-and-grow-elliott-holland/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/always-look-for-opportunities-to-learn-and-grow-elliott-holland/</guid><description>If only the sale counts as a win, you forfeit the data.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 070 — Diversity Equals Alpha</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/diversity-equals-alpha-leon-brujis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/diversity-equals-alpha-leon-brujis/</guid><description>Diversity is not the right thing to do; it is where alpha comes from.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 069 — Bring Action and Drive Diversity</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/bring-action-and-drive-diversity-brandon-hawkins/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/bring-action-and-drive-diversity-brandon-hawkins/</guid><description>Committees curate calendars. Only people with hiring power change who gets hired.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 065 — Everyone’s Path is Different</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/everyones-path-is-different-charmone-adams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/everyones-path-is-different-charmone-adams/</guid><description>Traditional hiring screens filter out the exact drive they should be hunting for.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 064 — Creating an Inclusive Culture</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/creating-an-inclusive-culture-joshua-berggrun/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/creating-an-inclusive-culture-joshua-berggrun/</guid><description>For a closeted student, a firm&apos;s website is the only signal available.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 063 — Create Opportunities for Nontraditional Talent</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/create-opportunities-for-nontraditional-talent-michelle-chao/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/create-opportunities-for-nontraditional-talent-michelle-chao/</guid><description>Nobody applies for a career they have never heard of.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 061 — Demystifying Diversity</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/demystifying-diversity-ernie-lyles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/demystifying-diversity-ernie-lyles/</guid><description>Homogeneous firms still win. They are just running an unoptimized team.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 060 — Do What You Are Good At and Take Risks</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/do-what-you-are-good-at-and-take-risks-ken-marblestone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/do-what-you-are-good-at-and-take-risks-ken-marblestone/</guid><description>Staying in a role that does not fit you is the unpriced risk.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 059 — Standing Out from the Crowd</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/standing-out-from-the-crowd-emily-ackerman/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/standing-out-from-the-crowd-emily-ackerman/</guid><description>When the service is identical everywhere, the only differentiator left is you.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 058 — The Art &amp; Science of Business Development</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-art-science-of-business-development-stephen-madsen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/the-art-science-of-business-development-stephen-madsen/</guid><description>In-person sourcing converts five to ten times better per interaction.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ep 057 — Be Resourceful &amp; Build Your Network</title><link>https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/be-resourceful-build-your-network-corrie-menary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://branchoutpodcast.com/episodes/be-resourceful-build-your-network-corrie-menary/</guid><description>Your competitors are the best network you have. 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