Interview with Nanette Miner

Guest bio:

Nanette Miner helps business owners build a legacy they’re proud of—by designing succession plans that prepare future leaders from within. Her mission is to ensure companies thrive long after their founders exit, while empowering those founders to retire with confidence and peace of mind.

Nanette’s approach goes beyond skills training. She helps organizations define leadership values, create career paths, implement mentoring, and develop leaders at every level—starting on day one.

3 big ideas discussed in this episode:

BIG IDEA #1: Promote Prepared Leaders. Stop promoting people before they’ve learned to lead. Teach leadership skills early—before the title. If they get promoted, they’re ready. If they don’t, you’ve still elevated the whole team.

BIG IDEA #2: Leadership development should start on Day One. Make it part of the culture, not a crash course when a role opens up. If no one’s ready for leadership, that’s on you, not them.

BIG IDEA #3: Small businesses can't afford leadership silos. Most teams are trained in isolation—finance people only learn finance, ops only learn ops. Nobody’s taught how the whole business runs. That gap? It’s going to sink a lot of companies.

Resources:

Website: http://www.trainingdr.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drminer/

Enjoy the interview