https://www.eosworldwide.com/series/hitting-the-ceiling Hitting the Ceiling is a show for entrepreneurs and leaders who refuse to let a ceiling become the end of their story. Host and EOS Worldwide Visionary Mark O'Donnell explores the hidden breaking points entrepreneurs face and what it really takes to push past them. Drawing from real stories and hard-earned experience, this podcast focuses on mastering Five Leadership Abilities to break through the ceiling and build a business that actually works. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:57:57 +0000 en-US © 2026 EOS Worldwide Entrepreneurial Operating System EOS Worldwide Hitting the Ceiling is a show for entrepreneurs and leaders who refuse to let a ceiling become the end of their story. Host and EOS Worldwide Visionary Mark O'Donnell explores the hidden breaking points entrepreneurs face and what it really takes to push past them. Drawing from real stories and hard-earned experience, this podcast focuses on mastering Five Leadership Abilities to break through the ceiling and build a business that actually works. EOS Worldwide false https://www.eosworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EOS-Podcast-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg https://www.eosworldwide.com/series/hitting-the-ceiling Hitting the Ceiling is a show for entrepreneurs and leaders who refuse to let a ceiling become the end of their story. Host and EOS Worldwide Visionary Mark O'Donnell explores the hidden breaking points entrepreneurs face and what it really takes to push past them. Drawing from real stories and hard-earned experience, this podcast focuses on mastering Five Leadership Abilities to break through the ceiling and build a business that actually works. No yes 897c0eda-da63-5ee6-8743-b743b68187f3 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.eosworldwide.com/hitting-the-ceiling/s1e10-the-twenty-days-that-changed-everything-lindsay-joss-iudicello-owner-president-of-botanie-soap Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 fc8cef31-f827-585f-b49a-fdde2c555e50 Botanie Soap had grown from a tiny kitchen-based soap operation into Montana’s largest natural soap manufacturer, but behind that growth was a founder carrying too many seats and a wife who never expected to lead the company without him. Then Tim was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and gone within weeks, leaving Lindsay Joss Iudicello to face grief, motherhood, ownership, and a 25-person company she once only touched part-time. You’ll hear how Lindsay chose to grow instead of freeze, leaned on the structure already built through EOS, and learned to lead the business forward without becoming the founder she lost. ]]> Botanie Soap had grown from a tiny kitchen-based soap operation into Montana’s largest natural soap manufacturer, but behind that growth was a founder carrying too many seats and a wife who never expected to lead the company without him. Then Tim was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and gone within weeks, leaving Lindsay Joss Iudicello to face grief, motherhood, ownership, and a 25-person company she once only touched part-time. You’ll hear how Lindsay chose to grow instead of freeze, leaned on the structure already built through EOS, and learned to lead the business forward without becoming the founder she lost. ]]> https://www.eosworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EOS-Podcast-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg false no 00:47:38 No no https://www.eosworldwide.com/hitting-the-ceiling/s1e9-the-problem-ai-can-never-solve-patrick-lencioni-founder-of-the-table-group Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 f0d81a22-2824-5772-93c9-5253c31ee6a8 Pat built one of the most influential leadership movements in modern business, but beneath the bestselling books and global influence was a growing realization that success had become tangled with anxiety, people-pleasing, and the fear of never being enough. ]]> Pat built one of the most influential leadership movements in modern business, but beneath the bestselling books and global influence was a growing realization that success had become tangled with anxiety, people-pleasing, and the fear of never being enough. ]]> https://www.eosworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EOS-Podcast-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg false no 00:51:10 No no https://www.eosworldwide.com/hitting-the-ceiling/s1e8-when-growth-breaks-everything-you-built-rob-hughes-mba-imc-ceo-of-hughes-integrated Tue, 26 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 3c200a71-6a29-5c2c-92f4-0877386a3a64 As Robert Hughes scaled his company through explosive growth, the success didn’t bring stability; it exposed cracks in leadership, systems, and control that had been building beneath the surface. 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