Be The CEO

Be The CEO

Welcome to the Atomic Business Coaching Podcast! Join your hosts, Adam T. Hurd (Business Advisor) and Tom Marino (Life Coach), as they delve into the world of small business owners and their unique challenges. With a perfect blend of personal growth and business leadership insights, Adam and Tom sha...

Recent Episodes

Jan. 28, 2026

How Founders Can STOP Self-Sabotaging Their Growth

In this candid and deeply reflective episode of the BeTheCEO Podcast, Tom and Adam unpack how founders unknowingly sabotage their own growth. The conversation explores the internal habits, identity conflicts, and emotional pa...
Jan. 7, 2026

The Standards Problem Killing Businesses

In this episode, we explore how unclear, uncommunicated, or unenforced standards quietly destroy businesses, teams, and cultures. While most people blame execution or motivation, the real issue is often the absence of clear e...
Dec. 31, 2025

The Hidden Beliefs Killing Progress

In this episode, we uncover why progress stalls even when effort is high and why the real issue is rarely behavior. Instead, it’s the hidden beliefs quietly shaping how you act, decide, and show up in your business and life. ...
Dec. 24, 2025

How To Choose Your Next Chapter In Life

In this reflective and honest episode, we explore what it really means to choose your next chapter in life — especially when certainty is missing. Through personal stories, business decisions, and long-term commitments, this ...
Dec. 17, 2025

Why Smart Leaders Make Unpopular Decisions

In this episode, we explore why the best leaders are willing to make decisions that aren’t popular but are necessary for long-term success. Using real-world examples from business, leadership, sports, and history, this conver...
Dec. 10, 2025

The Hidden Skill That Fixes Your Focus, Energy, and Productivity

In this unexpectedly deep episode of The Atomic Business Coaching Podcast, Tom and Adam unpack the real reason entrepreneurs lose focus, drain their energy, and struggle to stay productive — even when they’re in their zone of...
Dec. 3, 2025

How To Find Your Rhythm Again (And Get Unstuck Fast)

In this grounded and introspective episode of Be The CEO , Tom Marino and Adam Hurd explore what it really means to lose — and then rediscover — your rhythm during seasons of transition. What begins with a story about unexpec...
Nov. 26, 2025

The Hardest Skill in Business (Nobody Teaches This)

In this episode of The Atomic Business Coaching Podcast, hosts Tom Marino and Adam Hurd dive deep into the real engine behind business success: meaningful connection. What begins as a light conversation about Thanksgiving tra...
Nov. 19, 2025

The Hardest Part of Leadership (and How to Survive It)

In this emotionally powerful episode of The Atomic Business Coaching Podcast, hosts Tom Marino and Adam Hurd open up about one of the most difficult realities of leadership: how to survive when life hits harder than your work...

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