Growing Your Own Leaders | Rich Ashton on Small Business Success

Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino · Apr 10, 2026 · 31m

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with small business owner, serial entrepreneur, and author Rich Ashton.

Over a 45-year career in business, Rich faced a major challenge that many entrepreneurs know all too well—choosing between hiring outside leadership that doesn’t fit the company culture or promoting internal employees who aren’t fully prepared.

Determined to solve this, he created a powerful in-house leadership development program that transformed his companies. The results were so successful that he was eventually able to…