Episodes
Oct. 7, 2025
Figuring Out the “Why” of Why Someone Wants to Work for You
If you don’t know why your employees show up every day, you’ll never understand what keeps them there. Ben Walters explores one of the most overlooked aspects of leadership: understanding your team’s why. Through personal sto...
Sept. 30, 2025
Are You Paying Job Boards or Your People? How Referral Bonuses Build Stronger Teams
Want to cut turnover before it even starts? Ben Walters reveals why referral bonuses are one of the smartest investments you can make in your business. Instead of burning cash on job boards, you’ll discover how to pay your pe...
Sept. 23, 2025
Take Care of Your People and the Profits Will Follow: The 10-Minute Rule for Employee Retention
A little attention goes a long way. What if just 10 minutes a day could save your business thousands—or even millions—in turnover costs? Ben Walters explains the “10-minute rule” and why small, intentional acts of care toward...
Sept. 16, 2025
Turnover in Your Business Is Pulling Customers Away
Employee turnover doesn’t just drain your bottom line—it drives your customers away. In this episode, Ben Walters shares real stories from coffee shops, hotels, and cleaning services that reveal how staff turnover quietly ero...
Sept. 9, 2025
Turnover Is a Pac-Man: Waka, Waka, Waka as It Chomps Through Your Profits
High turnover isn’t just frustrating—it’s costing your business thousands. Or maybe even millions. From recruitment churn to hidden payroll taxes, Ben Walters exposes how turnover guts profits and how you can fight back with ...
Sept. 2, 2025
Growth Starts Where Comfort Ends | Epic Executive Experience W/ Greg Laszakovits
Breakthroughs don’t happen in comfort. They happen when you stretch yourself. Ben Walters and Greg Laszakovits unveil the Epi c Executive Experience in Croatia . It’s part adventure, part leadership accelerator—designed to pu...
Aug. 28, 2025
Why Staying Loyal Could Cost You Millions
Stop waiting for your employer to notice you and start building your own future. Gen X has the perfect combination of experience, time, and assets to start a business. In this episode, Ben Walters breaks down how to fund a st...
Aug. 26, 2025
Stuck at Work? Move to the Top with Ben Walters | SuperPumped Business Podcast Trailer
From stuck in the mud to building momentum, SuperPumped Business is the podcast for professionals ready to launch. Looking for conversations on mindset, resilience, and intentional living? Continue your SuperPumped journey on...
Aug. 26, 2025
For the Gen Xer, the Millennial, the Baby Boomer, and Everyone Else Stuck in the Promotion Gap
Feeling overlooked at work? Maybe you’ve played by the rules, stayed loyal, and watched others leapfrog ahead. In this episode, Ben Walters unpacks why so many professionals—especially Gen X—are being passed over for promotio...
Aug. 21, 2025
Empowering Team Members to Become Owners Through Scalable Incentives | Part 2 with Mike Rogers
How to scale a trades company to $8 million through leadership and culture. Mike Rogers details how Jags Mechanical went from a small startup to a booming multi-million dollar business. Learn about the innovative partnership ...
Aug. 19, 2025
How Curiosity and Grit Built This Million-Dollar Foundation | Part 1 with Mike Rogers
Optimism, tenacity, and the hunger to improve — the keys to leadership success. In part 1, Mike Rogers shares candid insights on how a mindset of constant improvement and realistic optimism fuels his ability to lead effective...
Aug. 14, 2025
All Work and No Play? Don’t Snap like Jack
The Fall Grind Is Coming. Here's How to Stay Human As we gear up for the post–Labor Day grind, Ben shares a personal and timely message about why it’s dangerously easy to let work overtake everything — and what you can do to ...
Aug. 12, 2025
Back-to-School Tips for Parents | with Kristen Walters
What Teachers Wish Parents Knew About School If you’ve ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes at your child’s school, this episode pulls back the curtain. Ben sits down with Kristen, a former educator turned pare...
Aug. 7, 2025
Off Course, On Me.
For when you think you're doing everything right and you're still veering off course. A personal journey — literally — kayaking off Cape Cod, where a perfect metaphor for business, life, and self-sabotage unfolds. Discover ho...
Aug. 5, 2025
Little flyers. Big adventures or tantrums and turbulence?
The flight plan every parent needs for stress-free travel Have you ever tried flying with a baby, or a toddler, or three, or more? It can feel like a full-blown survival mission. But after hundreds of flights with young kids,...
July 31, 2025
What Smart Travelers Do When Flights Get Canceled
Do canceled flights keep throwing off your travel plans? Battle-tested tips to help you stay calm, flexible, and maybe even come out ahead when your flight is delayed, overbooked, or rerouted. Learn how to score travel perks,...
July 29, 2025
Travel Tips That Make Flying Easier and Save You Money
Do airports stress you out? Do delays, security lines, and chaos bring out the worst in you? Expert tips to help you go from dreading travel to actually enjoying it. Ben covers how to book smarter, pack lighter, navigate dela...
July 24, 2025
Your Team’s Not Broken. But Your Mindset Might Be | Moving up from Middle Management Part 4
Do you keep thinking, “My team just isn’t working?” Ben challenges the myth that great managers constantly hire better people and offers a radically more effective mindset. If you’re in middle management, today’s strategy cou...
July 22, 2025
Passed over for a Promotion… Again? 3 Tips to Level up | Moving up from Middle Management Part 3
Are you stuck in a role that leaves you squeezed between the people you manage and the ones managing you? In this third episode of the SuperPumped Middle Management series, Ben Walters shares three strategies to lead with con...
July 17, 2025
You Don’t Need a Title. Step up and Lead | Moving up from Middle Management Part 2
Are you in a middle role—VP, assistant manager, executive director—where you're stuck between pressure from above and responsibility below? In this second episode of the SuperPumped Middle Management series, Ben Walters revea...
July 15, 2025
What to Do If Your Job Feels like a No-Win Situation | Moving up from Middle Management Part 1
Are you stuck in the middle, managing people below while answering to people above? In this first episode of the SuperPumped Middle Management series, Ben Walters shares why so many people feel squeezed, stuck, and burned out...
July 10, 2025
The Vice Vice--Five Reasons You or JD Might Hate Your Number 2 Job
Many executives and high performers land in top-tier roles — but not the top role — and feel stuck, undervalued, or exhausted. In this solo coaching episode, Ben lays out the five most common reasons professionals resent thei...
July 8, 2025
Lessons Matter More than Grades: Teaching in the Age of AI and Human Connection | Merle Black
What does it mean to live a life of meaning, service, and connection — especially in a world increasingly shaped by grades, screens, and artificial intelligence? In this powerful episode, award-winning teacher Merle Black ref...
July 3, 2025
Rebuilding Identity and Finding Belonging After 9/11 | With Glen Beasley
What do you do when the foundation of your identity begins to crack — or even collapse entirely? In this conversation, Glen Beasley opens up about navigating the complex intersections of work, purpose, and belonging after the...