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The Mike Litton Experience

Business Executive Dedicates Her Life To Helping Others Succeed At A Very High Level In Business!

The Mike Litton Experience

Mike Litton

Business, Kids & Family, Parenting, Careers

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Steph Karlstad was born and raised for the most part in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. In eighth grade, she moved with her mom to Eleva, Wisconsin where she finished her primary schooling graduating from high school.  She enjoyed the community and she enjoyed being around the people where she lived. She loves history and hearing stories about the past. She loves to play chess so she loves to plan ahead. She played every sport she could growing up. Her favorite sport was basketball. Her mother was the most influential person to her growing up. Her dad was her mentor in business. She studied Industrial Engineering in college. She grew up in a family of seven kids, she was the third child. She worked three jobs to work her way through college. She went to work for Menards and worked there for 34 years. She was a Senior General Manager, one of the highest ranked executives in the company, with them when she retired. More about Steph: “A decisive leader focused on critical business drivers, from hands-on manufacturing to robotics and warehouse logistics, all while mentoring under a successful billionaire. Their expertise includes daily cost-reduction strategies and aligning team members with roles for optimal success.

Currently, I mentor and coach dozens of businesses in the Service and Manufacturing sectors, helping them reach the next level by anticipating future trends and opportunities.

Exponential sales growth demands innovative strategy, open-minded leadership, and calculated risk management. As a Senior General Manager and Senior Advisor for many divisions across the U.S.

I leveraged deep expertise in sales management, P&L oversight, supply chain logistics, process optimization, and team development to drive revenue growth. With a strong track record of aligning goals to boost sales and market share, My passion has always been turning the business visions into actionable results. Never says the word ‘CAN’T’

Career highlights include:

Spearheading expansions into new markets, achieving multi-million-dollar sales while increasing capacity in key regions.

Navigating market challenges to increase profitability, even during economic downturns and the pandemic. Understanding the focus on the challenges post the pandemic on how businesses need to adjust in mindset to achieve high results without adding a new system.

Developing leadership across divisions, fostering a culture of growth and professional advancement.

Revolutionizing sales strategies through mindset and psychological training, resulting in a 53% surge in sales. Making the small shift to maximize quick results and focusing on the critical drivers in a business to give a zero risk by having them believe in their team and the business they built. 300% guarantee just by showing up.

I focus on gratitude, which shapes how I see life—through family, nature, sports, and the perspective that comes from shrinking the world. The 300% guarantee I offer in working with businesses allows me to give back what I once lacked but now deeply value.

Once I found it, there was no turning back. Always focus forward.”
 
Thank you for being our guest on YThe Mike Litton Experience Steph! You are amazing!
 
For more information about Steph visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steph-karlstad/

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Welcome to The Mike Litton Experience Podcast! Mike has over 31 years experience in real estate, finance and investing! He’s passionate about being a father, a teacher, a Realtor, an investor and a leader! Everyone has a story and our passion is to help them tell it! We never want you to miss an episode, so please be sure to subscribe. Could we ask you for two quick favors? If you like our program, please tell a friend. Wherever you get your podcasts please leave us a rating. It helps us to connect with quality people just like you! Reach out to Mike on Instagram @littonrealty! Want to meet with Mike? Check out calendly.com/reo760! Thank you for joining us for The Mike Litton Experience!

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Mike Litten Experience Podcast.

0:05.0

Mike has over 31 years experience in real estate, finance, and investing.

0:11.0

He's passionate about being a father, a teacher, a realtor, an investor, and a leader.

0:18.0

Everyone has a story and our passion is to help them tell it. And now introducing the host of the Mike Litten experience, Mike Litten.

0:28.0

So what can you expect from the Mike Linton experience? You can expect stories that will inspire,

0:37.6

motivate, advice that will sharpen your focus, and expert information on real estate, finance, and market conditions.

0:47.0

Steph Carlstadt, thank you so much for being our guest on the Mike Litton experience.

0:52.0

I'm super excited for our time together.

0:54.7

Like we talked about before we hit record, everybody's got a story and our passion

0:59.5

is to help them tell it. So with your permission we're going to start with where you were born, go all the way up to today, and then we want to talk about the amazing things that you're doing for small businesses.

1:10.0

Thanks, Mike. I'm glad I'm speaking with you also. It's been awesome. It's awesome to have you here. So where were you born? I was born in

1:18.9

O' Clair, Wisconsin. Okay. Yeah, so it's about it's about an hour from Minneapolis, so it's only to explain where it's at.

1:26.3

So, yeah.

1:27.3

So did you grow up there?

1:29.4

I did for the most part.

1:30.8

So, O'Clair Wisconsin Wisconsin is well I guess nowadays more than medium-sized city about 80,000 yeah then I was in school here in

1:39.9

old Claire until about eighth grade you know went through the typical, my mom got divorced, you know, my mom moved to a small town and I graduated, then I moved with them, with her and graduated out of a small town, Belle Wisconsin, 20 miles south of there.

1:56.7

So it went from a bigger school to a very small school, learned that hometown different vibe which is different right growing up in a small town from

2:07.2

kindergarten off is completely different than coming into a small town at a

2:11.7

freshman year and graduating out of it.

2:14.0

Yeah, it's true. It's kind of a culture shock.

2:16.0

It is a little culture shock.

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