Episode 051: Interview with Joshua Pietrocini: Part 2 of 3

Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast

In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and Joshua Pietrocini (VP of Operations at TTx https://www.ttx-inc.com/ ) continue their discussion about project management, some personality assessments including Predictive Index and Culture Index, and a few things all of these type of assessments don’t show or measure. 0:00 Intro 0:30 What are you looking for in a project manager? 11:25 Predictive Index assessment – https://www.predictiveindex.com/ 14:22 Culture Index – https://www.cultureindex.com - Links to David Quick interview episodes on Culture Index: - Episode 046: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-046-interview-with-david-quick-part-1-of-2/ - Episode 047: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-047-interview-with-david-quick-part-2-of-2/ 16:15 Book Reference – The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 17:07 What these assessments don’t show or measure… - Work ethic - Grit - Character - Value system - Chemistry - How someone handles pressure 33:20 Talk about the core values at TTx - People Focused - FILO – First In Last Out - Elite - All about the flag - Eyes wide open 42:39 “Act Your Wage” 46:32 “Restaurateur” – a person who owns and manages a restaurant. Book reference – Setting the Table by Danny Meyer “Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It’s that simple, and it’s that hard.” ― Danny Meyer 53:41 Shoutout to Brandon Kenney, CEO of TTx ** Credits** Music - Burning Down The House by Talking Heads Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com Website: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!) LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/ LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-north Lodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: YouTube (video) https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorth Spotify (video or audio) https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FU Apple Podcasts (audio) https://apple.co/3O4uv4H Other Podcast Platforms https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/