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Tip Top - Grow Up Your Business With Metronomics

Tip Top - Grow Up Your Business With Metronomics

Written by: Shannon Susko and Ged Roberts
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Welcome to Tip Top – Grow Up Your Business With Metronomics, the podcast where hosts Shannon Byrne Susko & Ged Roberts engage with business thought leaders, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and CEO+leadership coaches. These experts have all embarked on the journey to grow their businesses with ease, speed, and confidence. Join us as we delve into strategies, systems, and inspiring stories that empower you to elevate your company at your desired pace. Whether you’re seeking your path to growth or aiming to accelerate your business, this podcast is for you. Tune in and let’s unlock your business potential!Shannon Susko and Ged Roberts Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • The Systems That Set CEOs Free with David Jenyns
    Jun 29 2026

    🎟️ TIP TOP SUMMIT 2026

    If you're serious about scaling your business, join 350+ CEOs, founders, and leadership teams at the Tip Top Metronomics Growth Summit on October 28–29 in Toronto.

    Over two days, you'll learn practical growth strategies, leadership frameworks, and execution systems from experienced business leaders and growth experts—all designed to help you scale with greater clarity and accountability.

    As a listener of the Tip Top podcast, you can save 15% on your ticket by using code: TIPTOP15.

    Learn more and register at:

    https://www.metronomics.com/tip-top/home

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    In this episode, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and Systemology founder David Jenyns explains why so many CEOs become the bottleneck in their own businesses—and how building the right systems can restore the freedom they set out to create.

    David shares the personal turning point that transformed his approach to business after years of working 70-hour weeks, and why documenting processes isn't about bureaucracy—it's about creating an organization that can thrive without depending on the founder. Together, David and Shannon explore why growth often creates more complexity instead of more freedom, how to identify and empower a "Systems Champion," and why AI is accelerating the value of well-documented processes more than ever before.

    Whether you're a founder, CEO, or leadership team member, this conversation offers practical frameworks to help you reduce dependency, delegate with confidence, and build a scalable business that's ready for an AI-enabled future.

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    Chapters

    0:38 – Introduction to David Jenyns

    2:23 – David's entrepreneurial journey and discovering systems

    3:32 – The turning point that changed everything

    4:13 – Why founders get trapped in their businesses

    6:01 – Why growth often creates less freedom

    7:00 – The hidden reason CEOs struggle to delegate

    8:42 – Letting go to grow

    10:33 – Why systems create freedom

    11:27 – Introducing the Systems Champion

    14:57 – Where CEOs should start documenting processes

    17:28 – AI, automation, and why process comes first

    19:04 – A real-world AI automation success story

    21:47 – Preparing your business for an AI-enabled future

    22:43 – The 80/20 approach to business systems

    24:15 – Why documenting systems is a two-person job

    25:13 – How to identify a Systems Champion

    27:27 – Real examples of Systems Champions in action

    32:24 – David's books and where to learn more

    33:03 – The first step every CEO should take this week

    35:53 – Why freedom doesn't happen by accident

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    Resources & Links

    https://www.systemology.com/book/

    https://www.systemology.com/scbook/

    https://systemology.com


    Connect with David

    https://systemology.com

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-jenyns/

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    38 mins
  • The CEO Journey: From Isolation to Impact with Barb Kinnaird
    Jun 17 2026
    🎟️ TIP TOP SUMMIT 2026If you're serious about scaling your business, join 350+ CEOs, founders, and leadership teams at the Tip Top Metronomics Growth Summit on October 28–29 in Toronto.Over two days, you'll learn practical growth strategies, leadership frameworks, and execution systems from experienced business leaders and growth experts—all designed to help you scale with greater clarity and accountability.As a listener of the Tip Top podcast, you can save 15% on your ticket by using code: TIPTOP15.Learn more and register at:https://www.metronomics.com/tip-top/home━━━━━━━━━━━━━━In this episode, former CEO and leadership coach Barb Kinnaird shares the lessons she learned during her 20-year journey at a med-tech company, including a decade as CEO leading through growth, transformation, and privatization. Barb opens up about one of the least discussed realities of leadership: the loneliness that comes with stepping into the CEO role. She explains how peer advisory groups, facilitated CEO roundtables, executive coaching, and leadership systems helped her evolve from solving every problem herself to building an organization capable of succeeding without her.The conversation explores the power of accountability, leadership team development, peer learning, and coaching as catalysts for growth. Barb also shares why great CEOs eventually become coaches, how leaders can move from working in the business to working on it, and the practical frameworks that helped drive alignment, execution, and triple-digit growth.Whether you're a founder, CEO, executive, or emerging leader, this episode offers valuable insights on leadership evolution, coaching, team development, and building a business that doesn't depend on you for every decision.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Chapters:0:37 - Introduction to Barb Kinnaird2:00 - Barb's 20-year journey and becoming CEO4:43 - Taking over as CEO and leading a public company6:14 - Shareholder pressure and taking the company private7:52 - The loneliness of the CEO role9:48 - Discovering the power of peer support11:28 - Why CEOs need accountability and facilitation12:40 - From CEO learning to leadership team learning13:23 - Implementing growth systems inside the organization15:55 - How peer learning accelerated team development16:48 - Moving from working in the business to leading the business18:59 - Why Barb invested in executive coaching21:28 - The impact of one-on-one coaching23:47 - Coaching vs. peer groups: do leaders need both?25:33 - Why Barb became a leadership coach26:27 - Common leadership challenges CEOs face30:35 - The role of systems and execution in growth33:11 - Metrics, accountability, and organizational alignment36:10 - The ROI of coaching and leadership development42:41 - Rapid-fire leadership lessons44:20 - Where to connect with Barb45:19 - Final advice for CEOs looking to grow━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Resources & Links:https://metronomics.comhttps://quantumedgeadvisors.caConnect with Barb:https://quantumedgeadvisors.ca / barbkinnaird
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    47 mins
  • Buy Back Your Time: How CEOs Escape the Operational Trap with Peter Oxley
    Jun 8 2026

    In this episode, certified Metronomics coach and Oxygen Advisory founder Peter Oxley shares practical strategies from Dan Martell's bestselling book *Buy Back Your Time* to help CEOs break free from overwhelm and reclaim their most valuable resource: time. Peter explains why many business owners become bottlenecks in their own companies, how poor delegation limits growth, and why hiring should be focused on freeing up time rather than simply driving revenue. From the DRIP Matrix and Time Energy Audit to delegation frameworks and executive assistant systems, Peter offers actionable tools leaders can implement immediately to create more capacity, focus on high-impact work, and build businesses that don't depend on them for every decision.


    Resources & Links:

    https://www.buybackyourtime.com

    https://www.danmartell.com

    https://www.metronomics.com

    https://oxygenadvisory.com


    Connect with Peter:

    https://oxygenadvisory.com

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-oxley

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    53 mins
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