Eric Smith—The CEO's Pit Stop: Find Out How Taking a Break Will Improve Performance

What happens when a CEO finally hits the brakes instead of running the business redlined?

In this episode of Business Builder's Playbook, host David Bush sits down with Eric Smith, a C12 chair who spent years in HR leadership walking companies through mergers, acquisitions, growth phases, and brand transitions before dedicating his career to helping Christian CEOs build businesses that don't run them into the ground. Eric shares the framework behind what he calls the CEO's pit stop, a planned, regular pause that lets business leaders assess what's actually happening in their company before something breaks.

Here's what you'll learn by watching or listening to this full episode:

• How to spot the blind spots that speed is hiding from you.

• Why moving fast can quietly become a liability for a CEO who never stops to assess.

• How to use a five-point alignment matrix to check the health of your sales, operations, team, finances, and purpose.

• Why delegation isn't optional, and how to hand off responsibility.

• How to escape the technician trap and start leading like an architect instead of a mechanic.

• Why a tri-value model, measuring economic, team, and spiritual results, gives you a fuller picture of whether you're actually winning.

• How to shift from ownership to stewardship, and what that shift does for your stress level.

• Why isolation is one of the most common blind spots for CEOs, and how to build a team of advisors who will tell you the truth.

• How to know when it's time to help an employee move on without losing your values in the process.

Find all the show notes and links here: https://www.BusinessBuildersPlaybook.com/Eric-Smith