Doing Business with a Servant's Heart

Steve Ramona

Welcome to "Doing Business with a Servant's Heart," where compassion meets business and life. Join us as we explore the soul of business, guided by the unwavering principle that serving others is not just ethical – it’s transformative.
Hosted by Steve Ramona, a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for uplifting people and businesses, each episode of our podcast is a deep dive into the stories, insights, and practical strategies of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who have mastered the art of leading with love and empathy. Through heartfelt conversations and inspiring anecdotes, we reveal the practical impact of servant leadership on personal and professional growth.
Discover how to foster a culture of kindness, engage with customers authentically, and build successful businesses that prioritize serving before selling. Whether you're a seasoned business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, or simply someone seeking to make a positive impact, "Doing Business with a Servant's Heart" offers actionable advice, moral encouragement, and a refreshing perspective on what truly matters in the world of business.
Tune in and join our community of compassionate leaders striving to change the world, one act of service at a time. Because in the end, the heart of business is the business of the heart.

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Leading people is a privilege and honor, Join us for ideas to support people Featuring: Dave Pygon

Doing Business with a Servant's Heart

02/21/25 • 29 min

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President and Founder Pygon ONE Consulting, Author Win the 16: Principles and Strategies to Optimize your Day. Co-Host WIN THE 16 podcast. Over 2 decades of leadership experience. Nationally recognized award winner 7-times, names Who's Who by Marquis Publication in 2023.
Found and President Pygon ONE Consulting
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Chris Lipper, Founding member of On The Bus™, Lipperville, visionary & author.

Doing Business with a Servant's Heart

09/06/23 • 20 min

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Are you a small business owner looking to make better decisions quicker? This video discusses how to make the right decisions regarding growing your business. From opening new locations to investing in new equipment, there are a lot of decisions to make and money to spend. We offer more than just a four-hour meeting once a month to help you make the right decisions. In our meetings, everyone gets to present a challenge and discuss the best options for their business. #smallbusiness #businessgrowth #businessdecisions #investment #loans #risktolerance #entrepreneurship #networkingevents
I help entrepreneurs and founding business owners succeed and have more fun running their businesses through coaching, sales training, peer-group support, and virtual trade shows.
WHY I’M DIFFERENT:
I started On The BusTM to help small business owners both grow and enjoy their businesses.
I’ve also started, grown, and sold several different businesses. This means I understand the challenges modern business owners face to realize their dreams.
Most small business owners don’t have a roadmap to get them from where they are now to where they want to be (franchising, selling, expanding, etc.). Through coaching, training, and peer group discussions, I help my clients understand their ultimate business outcome and figure out how to get there.
Series 7 at 20 years old, a dozen different patented products build and launched the first city ever on a web based metaverse platform. The Entrepreneur's Big Book featuring The 12 Steps of Entrepreneurship is my best work.
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Mobilize your mission with Nicole Vallance

Doing Business with a Servant's Heart

12/06/24 • 27 min

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Nicole Vallance is an acclaimed keynote speaker, leadership coach and organizational consultant. She works with high-profile leaders, influencers and executives. She’s received countless endorsements from thought leaders like Tim Storey who says: “If you or your company are ready for a power surge and amazing transformation, Nicole is the one to make it happen.” Nicole is passionate about her life’s pursuit of mobilizing leaders to fulfill their mission.
I was recently the keynote speaker and sponsor for LA Style Magazine 2023 Award Ceremony at the Grammy Museum. I shared the stage with Jamie Kern Lima, Iyanla Vanzant, Emily Ford, Iskra Lawrence, and Devon Franklin.
I was featured as a thought leader on a panel for Tim Storey Live event in Bel Aire.
My most recent client who’s business I consult is recognized as the number one woman owned tech companies in the states and number 2 in the world.
I’ve coached hundreds of Christian Business owners, CEO’s, Entrepreneurs, and Marketplace Leaders, 1000’s of missionaries all over the country, the top 1% of churches across the country including Global Church Community: Japan, Australia, Canada
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Transforming Adversity into Advocacy with Scott Fedor

Doing Business with a Servant's Heart

12/30/24 • 29 min

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In the podcast "Transforming Adversity into Advocacy," host Steve Ramona speaks with Scott Fedor, who shares his life-changing experience after a diving accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. Scott recounts the moment he chose to live despite doctors' bleak predictions, highlighting the crucial role of community and support from loved ones in his recovery. He discusses his memoir, *Headstrong: How a Broken Neck Strengthened My Spirit*, which details his journey before and after the accident and the establishment of his foundation, "Getting Back Up," aimed at helping others with similar challenges. Scott emphasizes the importance of resilience, self-belief, and the ability to turn adversity into advocacy, offering a powerful message of hope for those facing their own struggles.
Scott Fedor is a professional keynote speaker, best-selling author, and disability advocate. His blogs have been featured across several media outlets, including, U.S. News & World Report.
Scott suffered a broken neck and was left paralyzed after a diving accident. He is the founder and president of, Getting Back Up, a nonprofit that assists spinal cord-injured individuals. Prior to his injury, he served as Vice President of a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary. He is an advocate member of the Adversity 2 Advocacy Alliance, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit which promotes turning personal challenges into service to others. He also serves as a Board Member for LEAP, a nonprofit which assists individuals living with disabilities.
Best-selling author; sought after keynote speaker; founder of Getting Back Up; board member of several national organizations which help individuals with disabilities
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From the Ball Field to the Boardroom: How Discipline Drives Success

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06/12/24 • 31 min

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In this episode of "Doing Business with a Service Heart," host Steve Ramona explores the concept of servant leadership with his guest Jim, a business partner and close friend who shares similar views on business. Jim talks about the essence of being a servant leader, which involves going first, setting the pace, and becoming a leader that people willingly follow rather than just following due to positional influence. Jim's insights extend to the importance of mentorship, which he learned through his sports background, highlighting how sports gave him acceptance and love in an abusive environment. This mentorship often involves leading by example, emphasizing preparation, and maximizing one's potential through disciplined practice.
The conversation also delves into the parallels between sports and business, illustrating how the discipline and mental preparation from sports can translate into business success. Jim shares anecdotes about how his focus on preparation and creating opportunities for others shaped his approach to leadership and entrepreneurship. By leveraging these experiences, he highlights the importance of systems in business, adequate preparation, and how creating valuable opportunities for others can drive personal and professional success. They further discuss how actionable insights and being truly valuable (beyond just delivering value) can significantly impact, using practical examples from Jim's life and business strategies.
1. **Introduction**
- 0:00 - 2:00: Host Steve Ramona introduces the podcast and the concept of doing business with a service heart. Introduction of guest Jim.
2. **What is Servant Leadership?**
- 2:01 - 10:00: Jim discusses the essence of servant leadership, going first, setting the pace, and becoming a leader people follow willingly.
3. **Importance of Mentorship**
- 10:01 - 17:00: Jim shares how his sports background informed his views on mentorship and leadership by example, emphasizing preparation and discipline.
4. **Sports and Business Parallels**
- 17:01 - 25:00: The conversation shifts to the parallels between sports and business, focusing on discipline, mental preparation, and maximizing potential.
5. **Creating Opportunities and Being Valuable**
- 25:01 - 35:00: Jim talks about his journey of creating opportunities for others, the difference between delivering value and being valuable, and the impact on personal and professional relationships.
6. **Effective Business Systems**
- 35:01 - 45:00: Highlighting the importance of systems in business, Jim shares a practical example from his experience with an alarm company, showcasing how good systems save money and increase efficiency.
7. **Handling Sales and Making Decisions**
- 45:01 - 55:00: Jim provides insights on making sales feel natural, shares advice on handling indecisiveness, and discusses the psychological journey of making decisions.
8. **Celebrating Accomplishments and Positive Focus**
- 55:01 - 1:05:00: Jim reflects on how he recognized his world-class achievements, stressing the importance of focusing on positive accomplishments and leveraging them for further growth.

Raise emotionally healthy kids even if you are still healing from your own trauma with Wanda Howard

Doing Business with a Servant's Heart

12/11/24 • 26 min

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Wanda almost lost her life to her battle with mental illness. As she struggled to put the pieces together and find healing, her biggest concern was how to help her kids when she couldn't even help herself.
She discovered a different way to parenting that healed so many of her own traumas faster than she thought possible and helped her to rise out of depression. She credits her success to truths that God has given to all of us if we simply know where to look.
She is now on a mission to help parents know how to raise emotionally healthy and confident kids without years of therapy and agonizing uncertainty from their own traumas
- battled severe depression for over two decades and won
- Created a home where all her kids feel loved, belonging, and empowered to chase their dreams
- Brought rapid healing to parents by helping them turn weaknesses to strengths.
- helped parents create their dream family environment by helping parents know the singles for when to push and when to step back
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(00:01:54) People deserve to fill that love and that belonging and that starts within their own homes.
(00:08:01) The principles apply to the person because it works across the board.
(00:12:15) But that's because of a principle that I use like the foundational principles, and that is using your traumas as your baseline instead of using them as something you need to get over, something you have to get without.
(00:16:12) Every time you interact with your kids, that helps their own healing process speed up exponentially because they're not taking this bath, just dreading getting back into the room with their kids again because they know exactly how to navigate that.
(00:25:11) Start paying attention to all of the times that you either remove your kids from the equation or yourself from the equation in order to become happy.

Empowering Homeowners, Flippers and Investors -Travis Rohrer Founder C3 Project Pros

Doing Business with a Servant's Heart

02/01/23 • 22 min

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Empowering Homeowners, flippers, and investors to manage their own projects with a proven project management blueprint that I have used in my 30+ year building career.
Builder of the Year, Parade of Homes Best of Show, Certified Sustainable Building Advisor, 1st place, first dance recital with Laura!
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Disability Dream & Do (D3Day) - Pulling each other Along

Doing Business with a Servant's Heart

01/30/23 • 20 min

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DOUG CORNFIELD
...is an author, speaker, and former college athlete. He is the director of the Disability, Dream, and Do (D3Day) sports camps, created with Dave Clark. In college, he was a top contender in track and field, and a scholarship athlete at the University of Georgia. His professional experience includes time spent in both the family entertainment industry and as a senior financial advisor for Merrill Lynch. More recently he partnered with Dave Clark to organize their company and run D3Day events, where the duo creates opportunities for children and young adults with special needs to interact with professional sports players and compete with no limitations. Doug is married to Jackie and their family includes seven children, one of whom was born with no arms, and five grandchildren.
Father of 7 Children and 5 Grandchildren
Director of Disability Dream & Do
Author of A Pound of Kindness & Pulling Each Other Along
Scholarship Track & Field Athlete at Universtiy of Georgia

How to make a positive difference in the world with Melissa Cocuzza

Doing Business with a Servant's Heart

06/24/23 • 22 min

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00:00:02] Improving Mental Health with Pharmacogenomics Test
[00:04:08] Revolutionary Genetic Testing for Prescription Medication
[00:07:57] DNA Test for Personalized Medicine
[00:11:45] From Corporate to Companion: Serving Seniors
[00:15:59] Creating a Loving Workplace Environment and Successful Book Writing
[00:19:39] Improving Mental Health and Aging Life Quality
I am the Founder of A Balanced Life. For over 25 years we coordinated Health & Wellness Expos for large corporations nationally, such as UPS, ESPN and GE to name a few. My current mission is to Support Seniors Living a Healthier, Happier, Better Quality of Life, Affordably! This is being done through new innovations in products and services. Some past accomplishments are served as the Chairman of the Southington, Chamber of Commerce, President of the Southington Jr Woman's Club, was an original member of the Southington Renaissance Project where we revitalized the downtown. I am a Justice of the Peace and have performed over 170 weddings.
Has brought health & Wellness to thousands of employees for over 25 years, Was a founding member of the Southington Renaissance, where together with like minded people revitalized our downtown, Past Chairman of the Board of the Southington Chamber of Commerce, was the Festival Coordinator of the 50th Southington Apple Harvest Festival which draws over 100,000 attendees over the six day event, now in it's 54th year!
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Time is Gold and Money is Silver Featuring: Craig Chavis

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01/27/25 • 26 min

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Craig Chavis, a former Division One football player turned international entrepreneur, hails from Cincinnati, Ohio. His promising athletic career was abruptly ended by a neck injury, leading to a period of depression and loss of identity. However, a study abroad opportunity in Costa Rica, encouraged by his Spanish professor, sparked his interest in international business and entrepreneurship. This experience, coupled with his resilience and adaptability, led him to open over 100 businesses through the Peace Corps Peru Collective. Chavis believes in the importance of inner work, authenticity, overcoming fear, and seizing opportunities, principles he now shares with others as a coach and mentor. Join Steve Ramona and Craig Chavis as they delve deeper into this inspiring journey on the next episode of the Doing Business with a Servant's Heart podcast.
(00:00:43) From Soccer to Football: A Journey of Transformation
(00:02:59) The Transformative Power of Experiencing Different Cultures
(00:06:15) Life-Changing Journey of Peace Corps Volunteers
(00:17:11) The Power of Win-Win Situations
(00:22:30) Chaos to Cash Flow Workshop Series
Craig M. Chavis Jr. is a world-renowned Business Coach who has worked with over 1000 founders in 24 different countries and six continents.
At the core of Craig’s coaching philosophy is the mantra “time is gold, and money is silver”. Through this lens, he coaches through an unconventional perspective cultivated from over a decade of first-hand experience launching and managing multiple businesses in Ghana, Costa Rica, Peru, and the United States of America.
He is a serial entrepreneur, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, a former division-1 collegiate athlete, and received his MBA from the University of Tampa and bachelor’s degree from Samford University. Craig is also a super foodie, world traveler, and lifelong learner, and currently resides in Columbus, OH.
- 6X Founder (with 1 exit)
- Coached over 1000 business owners from 24 countries and 6 continents
- 1st book has sold over 5000 copies and won the Best Entrepreneurship Book at the 2020 American Book Fest
- Has generated over $3.7 million in client revenue through his signature Chaos to CashflowTM program
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