The People Playbook with Jason Taylor
Better People Decisions. Stronger Teams. Scalable Results.
The People Playbook is your weekly guide to building high-performing teams and cultures that scale. Hosted by leadership coach and executive advisor Jason Taylor, this podcast features raw, insightful conversations with CEOs, founders, and culture builders who know what it really takes to lead in today’s world.
From mindset to execution, every episode unpacks the strategies, missteps, and breakthroughs behind exceptional leadership - and how to align your people, purpose, and performance for lasting impact.
Whether you're a CEO scaling fast, a senior leader navigating change, or a builder at heart - this is your playbook for becoming the leader your team needs.
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🔥 Real talk. No fluff.
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Because growth doesn’t start with strategy - it starts with people.
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Episodes
15 episodes
Jason Wentzell, Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist & Founder, Extend Pharmacy - Empowering Community-Based Cancer Care
On this episode of The People Playbook Podcast, host Jason Taylor sits down with Jason Wentzell - a Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist, past president of CAPhO, and founder of Extend Pharmacy - to explore how oncology ex...
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Episode 15
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32:02
Jeff Clark, Food Industry Consultant - People-First Leadership That Scales
What makes a culture durable - and a team unstoppable? Jason sits down with Jeff Clark (ex-President, Kitchen Partners; now President & CEO, Jeff Clark Consulting) to unpack four decades of building high-performing teams in fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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34:03
Tim Sieders, President at Maple Ridge Living - Building Teams and Trust in Business
Maple Ridge Living’s president, Tim Sieders, joins Jason to unpack 20+ years of building a client-first construction company across landscaping, hardscape, and renovations in Southern Ontario. Tim shares the leadership plays behind scali...
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Episode 13
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27:12
Todd Belliveau | President of Primexecutive Inc. – Purpose, Passion, and Persistence in Leadership
In this episode of The People Playbook Podcast, Jason Taylor sits down with Todd Belliveau, President of Primexecutive Inc. and former CEO of 214 Carson Company, to unpack over 40 years of leadership experience across the bevera...
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Episode 12
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34:48
Tony Gareri (CEO, Roma Moulding) - Leading with WOW: Building Culture, Happiness, and Purpose
In this episode of The People Playbook Podcast, Jason Taylor sits down with Tony Gareri, CEO of Roma Moulding and self-proclaimed “Chief of WOW.” Tony shares how he built a culture where workplace happiness is a right, not a pri...
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Episode 11
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34:48
Ed Hansen - Building Leaders, Breaking Rules, and Leading from Behind
In this episode of The People Playbook, Jason Taylor sits down with veteran entrepreneur, leadership coach, and President of Landscape Ontario, Ed Hansen. From humble beginnings cutting neighbors’ lawns to leading a multimillion...
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Episode 10
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38:04
Neil Nicholson | CEO, Powerhouse Controls - Building Culture That Scales
In this episode of The People Playbook, host Jason Taylor sits down with Neil Nicholson, CEO of Powerhouse Controls, to talk about leading through trust, building teams that thrive under pressure, and creating a culture that scales wit...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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24:40
Carmelo Marsala | Inventing a New Category in Home Improvement
What does it take to invent not just a product, but an entirely new category?In this episode of The People’s Playbook, Jason sits down with Carmelo Marsala, Founder and CEO of Spray-Net - a home-improvement franchise that’s flip...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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18:47
From Delivery Driver to Industry Disruptor: The Moatassem Moatez Story
What does it really take to build a company from scratch in a new country during a global crisis?In this episode of The People’s Playbook, host Jason Taylor sits down with Moatassem Moatez - TEDx speaker, Entrepreneur of th...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:17
Joe Salemi – Culture, Clarity, and the Power of People-First Leadership
In this episode of The People Playbook, host Jason Taylor sits down with Joe Salemi, Executive Director of Landscape Ontario, to explore what it really takes to lead with empathy, build high-performing teams, and create a cultur...
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Episode 6
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30:39
George Croft, Senior Advisor at First Key Consulting & Board Member at BrewDog
In this powerful and candid conversation, George Croft- Senior Advisor at First Key Consulting and Non-Executive Board Member at BrewDog - joins Jason Taylor to reflect on a leadership journey that spans decades in the beverage industry. From h...
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33:56
Steven Wright: Freeing Business Owners from Sales - Why Systems, Not Rockstars, Drive Growth
In this episode of The People Playbook, I sit down with Steven Wright, President and CEO of Focus, to unpack one of the most common - and costly - misconceptions in sales: the belief that success comes from hiring the elusive sales “ro...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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28:47
John Evans - Building a $51M Franchise Powerhouse and Slaying Industry Dragons
In this episode of The People Playbook, host Jason Taylor sits down with John Evans - award-winning entrepreneur, proud millennial franchisor, and founder of EverLine Coatings. What started as a small pavement marking business in Calga...
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Episode 3
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26:54
Jeremy Harvey: Why Trust (Not Control) is the Leadership Superpower
What holds most leaders back isn’t strategy - it’s trust.In this episode of The People Playbook, Jason Taylor sits down with Jeremy Harvey - strategist, leadership coach, and former Unilever exec - to talk about how leaders can ...
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17:23
Brian Bazely — Architecting Franchise Success: From Driverseat to Changing Cancer Care
In this deeply insightful episode of The People Playbook, host Jason Taylor sits down with franchise veteran and culture-first leader, Brian Bazely. As the former CEO and co-founder of Driverseat, Brian shares the honest, behind-the-sc...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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