Business lessons from the daily reps.
The Brian Hess Show is a brisk business conversation built around daily discipline, sales pressure, company structure, and leadership under strain. Episodes move from a concrete work story or guest backstory into practical rules about standards, momentum, and staying useful when the work gets repetitive.
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The Brian Hess Show is built around the conviction that leadership is practiced in ordinary moments, not saved for big speeches. It is direct. Recent episodes circle around the daily work of building companies: sales discipline, consistency, platform strategy, business systems, AI development, and the difference between average and extraordinary performance. The show does not treat success as a finish line. It treats it as a continuing push, with teams, habits, and standards doing most of the heavy lifting. A typical episode opens with casual studio rhythm, a named guest in the room, and a topic pulled from active business life. Then the conversation turns toward what that pressure teaches. Matt McHale joins a discussion on why boring repetition wins. Mark Richards helps frame what it takes to build a business that can run without trapping its owner in every task. Eli Storr anchors a sales episode about what happens when expected deals do not land and the quarter starts to look uncertain. Tyler Stratton appears in a conversation about why extraordinary results are easier to study during both winning streaks and rough stretches. Mike Reynolds from Lotto AI brings the show into the practical impact of AI across businesses. Eric Godd helps explain the idea of a platform, where media, influence, and multiple companies support one another under one roof. Jesse Woods moves from behind the boards and camera into the story of how the show and its media work developed over time. The show is at its best when it turns a lived example into a durable operating principle. It likes sports comparisons, construction-adjacent business stories, media shop details, and straight talk about doing the reps before the work looks polished. The tone is warm, challenging, and rooted in a specific business community. It is for operators who need useful pressure more than soft inspiration.
Made for: Entrepreneurs, sales leaders, operators, and small-business builders who want practical talk about discipline, structure, and growth. It especially fits listeners who respond to direct advice grounded in real company pressure.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by treating leadership as lived work: guests, sales teams, media projects, AI development, and company structure all become examples. Its edge is not polish; it is repetition, conviction, and lessons pulled from the work itself.
Welcome to The Brian Hess Show, a daily podcast for entrepreneurs who are looking to grow their businesses, balance their family life, and make a positive impact on the world. Join host Brian Hess, a successful entrepreneur, husband, and father of four, as he shares his experience and expertise on topics such as entrepreneurship, sales, marketing, leadership, faith, and family.Each weekday at 8 am EST, Brian will share 20-30 minute episodes with practical advice and strategies for building a successful life and business while staying true to your faith and values, and every month he will be featuring interviews with successful entrepreneurs, celebrities, and world changers. Whether you're a…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Brian Hess grounds leadership and company growth in candid conversations about imperfect execution, delegation, culture, and decisions made under pressure.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
One Team Media's contractor-first origin story opens into a wider platform story.
The Brian Hess Show leans into the power of the platform, using One Team Media as the clearest example of a business that started by helping contractors and then drew in other owners asking for the same kind of help.
A grounded case for shrinking overwhelm through decisive action and visible follow-through.
The Brian Hess Show treats overwhelm as a business signal rather than a dead end: a cue to return to unfinished action, make a move, and let momentum rebuild.
A relaxed conversation about building a show, learning the craft, and starting before everything feels finished.
The Brian Hess Show keeps Jesse Woods at the center of a calm, easy conversation about how the show has changed and what it takes to keep it moving.
A grounded look at how marketing skill, production demands, and lasting client relationships shape 1TEAM Media.
Episode 976 follows 1TEAM Media as a company still taking shape, moving through marketing, broadcasting, production, and the less visible work behind making shows.
A Pittsburgh sports story turns loyalty into a working standard.
The episode frames Pittsburgh's blue-collar self-image as more than civic pride. It becomes the source code for Brian Hess's ideas about work, resilience, adaptation, and staying in the fight.
A steady leadership episode about quiet decisions, delegated standards, and the work that rarely gets applause.
"The Win That No One Will Clap For" sits with the part of leadership that rarely earns applause: the decision made early, quietly, and often without visible payoff.
A grounded conversation about urgency, leadership, and moving fast without letting speed take over.
Speed can look like competence until a rushed fix turns a personal or business problem in the wrong direction. This episode of The Brian Hess Show stays with that tension, as Brian Hess and Mark Perkins separate quick movement from reckless movement and connect leadership to…
Leadership balance before burnout takes over.
A midweek reset for school leaders.
Brian Hess and Josh Miller discuss the unseen, thankless aspects of leadership and entrepreneurship.
Host Brian Hess and guest Mark Perkins discuss balancing speed and control in business and life.
This episode explores the often unnoticed, behind-the-scenes work and personal sacrifices that contribute to achieving high levels of success and leadership.
This episode explores why achieving clarity in goals and vision is more crucial than simply managing time, featuring a discussion on leadership and continuous success.
This episode explores how embracing boring daily consistency leads to championship-level success, particularly in sales and leadership.
This episode features an interview with Mark Richards discussing strategies for building a business that operates independently of its owner, focusing on leadership, vision, and delegation.
This episode features an interview with sales expert Eli Storr discussing the realities of winning in sales, including strategies for success and handling challenges during tough times like the end of a quarter.
This episode explores the distinction between average and extraordinary results, drawing insights from periods of high performance and discussing leadership principles.
This episode features an interview with Mike Reynolds from Lotto AI discussing how artificial intelligence is transforming businesses of all sizes globally.
This episode continues a discussion about how companies operate internally, focusing on the driving forces behind business strategies and the details of making everything work together effectively.
Monday, March 9, 2026 starts with a platform question.
The Brian Hess Show episode dated Monday, February 23, 2026, argues that overwhelm is a leadership response problem, not a workload problem.
Brian brings Jesse Woods out from behind the boards and into the conversation.
One Team Media is at the center of the conversation.
Brian Hess opens a live Wednesday conversation with his co-pilot, Eric Guy, about Pittsburgh and how the city leaves its mark on people.
This episode features an interview with Chris Pagano, Senior Director at Verizon Business, discussing leadership principles, business strategies, and Verizon's services for small businesses.
This episode explores how personal tolerance levels influence how others treat you, emphasizing leadership, vision, and continuous success.