CEO Corner

With the 2021 Olympic Games underway, we dug into The Action Catalyst archive for two guests who have represented Team USA on an Olympic level; Vince Poscente, who is now an in-demand speaker and expert on resiliency, explains how he used determination and innovation to rise to the ranks of an Olympic skier in just four short years, and Johnny Quinn, a professional speaker and former professional football player with the Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers tells the story of his unbelievable journey from the NFL to the United States Olympic bobsled team, to competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and getting trapped in a bathroom in Olympic village!

Join Southwestern CEO Dustin Hillis and President of Southwestern Real Estate, Pat Roach, as Pat shares his journey from selling books to selling homes, Southwestern Real Estate’s recent expansion into Mexico, the importance of his rigid morning routine, the huge benefits of focusing on gratitude, how to rebuild faith in yourself after a failure, and even some recommendations for top shelf tequila! Don’t miss this fast-paced and wide-ranging conversation!

Author, educator, and businessman Stedman Graham joins The Action Catalyst podcast, talking with Southwestern Family of Companies CEO Dustin Hillis about becoming a leader to yourself before you can lead others, creating a culture of learning within your daily life, a surprise friendship with Michael Jordan, spending time with Oprah and Nelson Mandela, and how love and humility is the key to all things.

In honor of Independence Day, Mr. Gary Pears, Southwestern legal counsel, and a former captain in the United States Marine Corps, offers a tribute to our nation’s veterans, the brave men and woman who continue to make our freedom possible, led off with remarks from Southwestern Family of Companies CEO Dustin Hillis about the principles that found great countries, as well as great companies.

Southwestern Consulting’s Ron Alford sits down with Mark Brown to cover his upbringing in Jamaica, his unique path to success in the United States, the importance of choosing the right words, and the role faith, both in yourself and others, plays in business and leadership.

Jamie George returns to continue his wide-ranging discussion with Southwestern Family of Companies CEO Dustin Hillis, chasing down topics such as models of personality and how to diffuse a heated situation, how to transform defensiveness into curiosity and micromanagement into empowerment, self-talk, emotional intelligence, and yes, they even take a crack at creating world peace.

After a short sabbatical “The Action Catalyst” podcast is back! In this most recent episode, Southwestern Family of Companies CEO Dustin Hillis talks with Jamie George, Executive Coach and Relational Alchemist.

Collaboration and connectivity are key components to having and sustaining a sense of togetherness. Feeling like a family, and not just another business, is something that we at Southwestern Family of Companies are striving to maintain.