Book Smarts Business: Recent Episodes
Jodi Brandstetter
Short on time but big on growth? Then the Book Smarts Business Podcast is the podcast for you - the experienced, business professional who loves to listen to podcasts & read business books all in an effort to learn more about his/her profession, become an expert in their field, or maybe even become an entrepreneur down the road! In 15 minutes or less (yep - you read that right! FIFTEEN MINUTES OR LESS!), you will learn more about our expert authors, gain amazing insights & knowledge from their unique & distinctive expertise, as well as the ins & outs about the author’s book (including key takeaways, the intended audience for their book, why you should buy their book, & how!), & why they decided to write their book! For a potential author, Book Smarts Business Podcast provides an avenue for business authors to showcase their expertise & book, & gain more sales & more readers for their book! Influence Network Media is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. This site participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.
Andrea discusses her author journey and some of her successes since becoming an author.
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Bio: Andrea Bjorkman
Andrea Bjorkman, CEO and Co-Founder of Fizz Enterprises, has seen it all, or shall we say, "lived through it all." Mom to four girls, while balancing a career in Corporate America, Andrea has experienced the highs and lows of life. With a savvy career background that demanded trust and confidentiality, Andrea is empathetic and supportive - systematically tailoring results to the individual.
Candid, yet thoughtful, spirited, fun, and fiercely loyal, Andrea's bubbly personality may have started young as she grew up on Air Force bases around the U.S. and overseas, demonstrating her ability to acclimate to new people and situations. Perhaps this is why her favorite quote is, "We are not what we know, but what we are willing to learn." - Mary Catherine Bateson
A credentialed Life Coach, Andrea has mentored and coached many over the years, helping clients see patterns in their own lives and ultimately breaking through to find their greater purpose and true story. Andrea is a former corporate executive in the insurance and financial services sectors.
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Do you know anybody relying solely on their paycheck? Fred explains his personal journey from a career in computer engineering to becoming an alternative investment expert. He also details how authorship continues to open new doors for him, while encouraging others to do it too. Listen Here!
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Bio: Fred MoskowitzFred Moskowitz is an author, entrepreneur, and speaker who is on a personal mission to teach people about the power of investing in alternative asset classes, such as real estate and notes, showing them the way to diversify their capital into investments that are uncorrelated from Wall Street and the stock markets. With The Little Green Book Of Note Investing, Fred publishes his concise yet definitive guide for new investors seeking to learn about the market niche of investing in alternative investments. He’s a frequent event speaker and contributor to investment podcasts. You can visit him at www.FredMoskowitz.com.
The accumulated knowledge in his books will greatly benefit those individuals who seek to achieve higher levels of financial freedom and to develop expertise in the alternative investment arena.
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How would you go about helping 1,000 small businesses with their goals each year? Curtis explains the mission and breaks down his different roles as a dreamer, connector, and teacher/sharer (which make up the ingredients of an ideal influencer). He also emphasizes how everyone has a book inside them. You just need to get it out. Listen To His Suggestions Here!
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Bio: Curtis JenkinsAn author, entrepreneur, and project management executive, Curtis L. Jenkins’ mission in life is to help you transform your life through clarity and execution.
After having honed his expertise in project management for more than 20 years, Jenkins came to realize that everything in life is implemented twice.
First, as an idea or vision and second as a reality… should someone have the audacity to execute on the vision.
Jenkins is a graduate of the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration, and The Warton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a master’s degree in management of technology.
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Building bridges is needed to be a strategic partner in your organization. Mary Tettenhorst, author of Talent Impact, discusses how to do this.
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Mary's Bio:For nearly 20 years, Mary has worked diligently to engage, educate, and empower others to discover and reach their potential. She is a strong believer that if we help our people grow and create a purposeful environment where people are heard, valued, and challenged…that the business results will follow!
Mary brings a wealth of experience in talent and organizational development, career and leadership coaching, performance management, and employee engagement. She has worked with organizations across various industries, large and small, global, and local. With each new adventure, she has had the opportunity to build relationships and learn from others. Her natural curiosity, willingness to ask questions, and eagerness to help solve challenges positioned her as a strategic business partner who was eager to contribute experience, energy, and enthusiasm on her journey to serve others.
Mary currently serves as the Sr. Vice President, Learning and Development at Cincinnati’s largest credit union where she gets to exercise her passion for serving others – their team members, their members, and the Greater Cincinnati community. Mary is active in the talent development community and has held leadership roles with the Greater Cincinnati Association for Talent Development where she currently serves on the Executive Advisory Board. More recently, she has also joined to support Level Up Cincinnati, a non-profit that provides coaching, support, and personal development for Black and LatinX first-generation college students.
Above all this, her greatest accomplishment is her family. She resides in Ohio with her husband David and their two sons – Sam and Cole. A family that prays together, plays together, and challenges one another each day!
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How is a manager and a leader? Join Alan Lindeman, bestselling author of Talent Impact, and Jodi to discuss being a strong leader, how parenting builds a leader and influence.
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Website Alan's Bio:I espouse that leadership is nothing more than influence - nothing more, nothing less. And don't we all influence someone, somewhere, somehow every day? YES, WE DO! That means that ALL of us are leaders. We are influencers of people. So the next thing we need to think about is how are we influencing people every day. Are we creating good ripples, bad ripples, or some of both? This is why I have become an author, to make more people aware of our responsibility as leaders, and as influencers of people.
My short story is that I was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH. I have been married to my amazing wife for a lot of years and we're both blessed to have three wonderful children (one son and two daughters).
Professionally I worked in the corporate world for thirty years working for a couple of big corporations and one family-owned business. The experiences were fantastic. I have experience in sales, sales management, operations, and general management. I have had P&L responsibility, I ran multiple offices spread out over five states and successfully helped develop a start-up division for my last employer.
After leaving the corporate world in 2012, I have been in the business consulting/ training space. It has been such a pleasure working with clients across the country helping them to develop their people personally and professionally. I have a passion for leadership and people development. My passion has led me to develop a leadership model called Responsible Leadership (one of my upcoming books). We are using the Responsible Leadership Model to help companies improve their culture, develop their people, improve cooperation and collaboration, and achieve higher levels of financial success.
It is such a blessing to be helping people wherever I can.
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Grace and compassion are key to connection. Karen Hewitt, author of Culture Impact, discusses this plus how to build an intentional culture.
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Karen's Bio:
Culture Creator. Community Builder. Leader. Author. Poet. Artist. Voice.
Karen is an invitation.Her work and presence compels others to journey inward, and encourages them to see the world in more expansive and hopeful ways.
Karen earned her MS in Mathematics at St. Francis University (PA) and her Master of Arts in Educational Policy and Leadership at The Ohio State University. Ze has been speaking, facilitating, and coaching since 2005. Her career began as a collegiate Women’s Basketball Coach and evolved into a Workforce Development focus. Karen is an Executive DEI Director, co-founder of The Ohio REST Collective and Founder of the podcast and platform the Culture of You. Her areas of expertise are: Culture and Diversity Management, Leadership Development, Intersectionality and Gender and Sexuality. Through hir lived experience, Karen exudes atypical wisdom and lived experience. She is seen as a necessary contribution at various community tables and conversations and is both celebrated and respected for her ability to be strategic in navigating difficult and nuanced conversations and barriers in a brave and productive way.
Karen is a creative. She is an improv comedian and improv poet and singer. Ze is a 2020 recipient of the Create Columbus Visionary Award, a 2022 CEO Columbus Future 50 fellow, a 2023 African-American Leadership Academy (AALA) fellow, a 2021 Cohort Poet in Scott Woods’ Rhapsody and Refrain, and an ensemble member in Counterfeit Madison’s Aretha Franklin Tribute; which performed in front of a sold out Lincoln Theatre (Columbus, Ohio) in February 2020. In 2019, Karen published hir first book of poetry, Grounded: A Collection of Healing Spoken Word Poetry; and released: Fire: Poetic Memoirs of a Movement in August of 2021. They are also a contributing author with their top five lessons in love and business chapters in the April 2021 released anthology, The Black Woman’s Guide To Love and Business: A Blueprint To Self-Mastery. Their latest release of a chapter in Culture Impact: Strategies to Create World-changing Workplaces is available as of 6.9.23. Find out how to move from Vision to Implementation in her chapter: Intentional Culture Creation.
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How did the unlikely path of becoming an author disrupt this disruption-catalyst speaker? And more importantly, what did authorship do to the natural evolution of her business? Lisa breaks down her 9-month journey overcoming her own personal assumptions/limitations on what it means to write a book and how to reach new audiences/leads. Listen to It Here Now!
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Bio: Lisa LevyLisa Levy is the Founder and CEO of Lcubed Consulting, a business that helps enterprise to medium-level organizations elevate through strategic goal achievement.
She and her team teach the practice of rapid adaptive transformation to notable global, multi-billion-dollar clients.
A frequent guest expert on multiple media outlets including NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX, Lisa is also a frequent speaker at business executive conferences.
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Who is an Inclusive Leader? How can a business be inclusive? Dr. Melanie Rodriguez, author of Culture Impact, discusses this, the future of work with AI and her entrepreneurial journey.
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Melanie's Bio:
Melanie is a professionally certified, ICF coach who is passionate about empowering others to be the type of leader people want to work for. As a Organizational and Talent Development Specialist of over 19 years, Melanie serves as an executive coach and consultant in the areas of:
- inclusion,
- leadership development,
- systems change, and
- organizational capability.
Melanie’s experience spans operations, commercial, IT, talent management, government, health care, and academia. She brings a wealth of knowledge about multicultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-generational differences. Melanie’s knowledge ecompasses how to leverage and integrate them to create organizational cultures that value the individual while also building a sense of belonging for all.
Melanie graduated from the University of Houston with a B.A. in Public Relations/Advertising and a minor in Mexican American Studies. She earned an M.A. in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, and an M.A. in Human Development and a Ph.D. Human & Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University.
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Is your inner critic your friend or enemy? How does your inner critic affect your company culture? Tosca DiMatteo, author of Culture Impact, discusses this and more. Listen Here!
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Tosca DiMatteo is a leadership and career coach, a speaker and founder of TOSCA Coaching and Consulting LLC. Tosca supports individuals and organizations in achieving their transformation goals by unearthing deep insights and supporting them in co-creating their authentic path forward. In this breakthrough journey, Tosca helps her clients feel empowered, confident, and more at ease in new growth trajectories.
Tosca has worked as a brand marketing executive for companies including Unilever, Kimberly Clark, Univision, Pernod Ricard (Absolut Vodka) and Wegmans Food Markets. Tosca received her MBA from Michigan State University and is ICF certified.
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Why did Influence Network media start another podcast? Jodi and Melanie explain their ideas and hopes behind the new podcast to help business authors become influencers -- the Author 2 Influencer Podcast. If you're an author who still wants to take that next step with your book, you'll definitely want to subscribe to the podcast whenever you listen. Don't miss out on anything. Listen to It Here Now!
Connect with Melanie:https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-booher melanie@OvernightAuthor.com
Bio: Melanie BooherMelanie Booher builds great workplace cultures. With more than 20 years of business experience, Human Resource expertise, and 2 Culture Coach certifications, MB helps organizations THRIVE! She runs 2 businesses (PEOPLEfirst a Culture & HR Consultancy and Influence Network Media a Hybrid-Publishing Company) and is the creator of the THRIVE Model© Cards for Culture©, and the Conscious Culture Certified© Coach program.
MB has a proven track record as a Culture Coach helping organizations become a "Best Place to Work” by instilling big-company best practices within an entrepreneurial environment. Rooted in her experiences as a people connector, change agent, and business coach - she drives organizations to truly live their values, not just post them on the conference room walls.
MB lives outside of Cincinnati, OH, with her husband and three children.
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How do you make decisions? Cheryl Einhorn, author of Problem Solver, shares the AREA Method with Jodi. What is your problem-solver style? Listen to the Episode and Figure Out Your Style Here: https://www.areamethod.com/
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Cheryl Strauss Einhorn is the creator of the AREA Method, a decision-making system for individuals, companies, and nonprofits to solve complex problems. Cheryl is the founder of the decision-sciences company Decisive, offering leadership training, curriculum, coaching, and professional development services, and is an adjunct professor at Cornell University. She is the author of the award-winning books Problem Solved about personal and professional decision-making and Investing in Financial Research about financial and investment decisions. For more information check out Cheryl's TED talk and visit areamethod.com.
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What are the barriers to inclusion? Gena Cox, the author of Leading Inclusion, discusses her book, these barriers, and how to build a real Culture of Engagement. Is belonging the right word for culture? Gena gives her perspective on this as well. Listen Here!
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Dr. Gena Cox’s nuanced insights and straightforward-yet-relatable style are why leaders seek her counsel. She is an organizational psychologist, executive coach, and speaker who blends research and real-world insights to help leaders enhance their influence and impact.
Gena is the author of Leading Inclusion, an award-winning guidebook for building inclusive organizations from the top down. As a prominent voice on human-centered leadership, she guides leaders as they respond to evolving stakeholder expectations. Gena believes “diversity and inclusion” are nothing more than effective leadership and healthy work cultures. Her mottos are “Inclusion tops diversity“ and “Respect is the vital outcome all employees need to see and feel.”
Before this, at IBM and Perceptyx, Gena advised leaders in the Fortune 500 and other large global companies to build psychologically healthy and engaging organizational cultures that drive business outcomes. And she held internal corporate leadership roles in organizational consulting and talent assessment, selection, and acquisition.
Gena co-chairs the Awards Committee of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and is a member of the Society’s 2022 Leading Edge Consortium Planning Committee. She is a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame 2023 Inductee Selection Committee.
Gena’s work has been featured far and wide, including Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Fast Company, Forbes, Business Insider, Market Watch/Barrons, Business Journals, BBC Worklife, Readers Digest, and The Telegraph (UK).
Gena holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational (I-O) Psychology. She is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). She is an International Coach Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC).
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When going through different experiences (including traumas), how do some people find the ability to focus on the positive or learn from their experience? Chris Michel, author of Red Chair Experience, talks with Jodi about why he wrote his book and what the book has accomplished by helping others. Check It Out!
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Chris' Bio:
With over 30 years of sales and leadership experience, as both an individual contributor and team leader, Chris is well-positioned to provide proven advice and counsel in the areas of sales processes and management techniques. He has sold in Business to Consumer (B2C) and Business to Business (B2B) situations, gaining, developing, and honing skills in the areas of customer service, customer needs and manufacturing demands to meet short-term and long-term sales cycles. He has applied this knowledge moving into management where he continued to develop effective tools to coach others to succeed.
Chris has been a leader in multiple companies, focusing on business development, increasing revenue and profits, recruiting, hiring, and developing individuals and teams. He has been in the HVAC industry for the past several years, developing and fine-tuning sales programs and processes including training programs focused on effective sales techniques, customer service and pricing programs to increase revenue and profits.
When he is not spending time with his family, Chris volunteers with Habitat for Humanity, plays golf, listens to music, reads books and writes.
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Looking for a way to add residual income to your portfolio? Have you ever considered real estate? Kyle Stevie, author of Digital Melting, and Jodi discuss several different ways to invest in real estate during this episode. Check It Out!
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Bio: Kyle Stevie
Kyle Stevie is a Logistics Account Executive by trade, but a real estate investing/tech nerd by passion. Amazingly, the roads of both real estate investing and technology intersected and this non-practicing attorney has written all about it.
The Kentucky native has parsed down high-tech language into an easily digestible educational piece. The future of financial market participation is rapidly approaching, and real estate investing will be the spearhead.
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The ABCs of sales is NOT "Always Be Closings." It's really "Always Be Curious." Jodi and her guest Diane Helbig, author of Succeed Without Selling, share her book and discuss some best practices for sales. Listen Here!
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Bio: Diane Helbig
When I was a young girl, I didn’t have just a lemonade stand. I had a lemonade and candy business. In my early teens, I created a day camp for the neighborhood kids. My entrepreneurial spirit has been developing ever since. My family moved every year; sometimes across town and other times across the country.
I credit my ability, and interest in, meeting people with these experiences. After all, I was always in a position where I had to meet kids and make friends. My business career has always been in small business where I have enjoyed positions in leadership as well as sales. I have taken the lessons she learned from those experiences and added them to my consulting and training practice. As I watched business owners, department leaders, and sales professionals struggle to succeed I became highly motivated to do something about it. In late 2005 my father passed away. That was a turning point for me. I decided at that moment to venture off on my own and launch a consulting business. In addition to being driven to help business professionals overcome challenges, I wanted more time and flexibility with my young children.
My mission is to improve the world one small business at a time while raising spectacular humans who contribute to society. To that end, I have developed a number of content outlets where I can bring knowledge, tips, and information to small business owners, as well as business leaders, around the world. And, I could not be more proud of my now adult children, Aaron and Macey.
As president of Helbig Enterprises, I help businesses and organizations operate more constructively and profitably. I evaluate, encourage, and guide my clients. I am an international business and leadership development consultant, author, award-winning speaker, podcast host, and trainer.
I work with my clients to create, implement, and monitor individualized strategies that result in better communication, increased performance, and greater results. I serve as a trusted advisor and guide, helping my clients see the value in changing their behavior. My clients find themselves achieving incredible successes – many beyond what they had previously believed were possible. I bring over 20 years of small business management and sales experience to my consulting.
I believe that each business professional is an individual. They bring their own dreams, challenges, and beliefs with them to their role. This is why the strategies they create are specific to them. Business is business. And leadership is leadership. How each person approaches their growth is individual. No canned systems here! My work is uniquely developed for each client.
With my book, Succeed Without Selling, I take on the realities of selling. Sales as it has been taught throughout history is ineffective. Discovery is really the way toward success for small business owners and sales professionals.
Through my podcast, Accelerate Your Business Growth, I bring valuable, actionable information to my listeners. My book, Expert Insights includes details of ten of the most listened-to episodes of this podcast.
As a speaker and trainer, I merge energy and enthusiasm with rich content. My goal is to leave my audience with actionable steps as well as excitement.
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How key is communication to professional success? If you are not confident in yourself, your communication will show it. Richard Newman, author of Lift Your Impact, shares how to lift your own values while giving yourself more internal confidence, alignment, and purpose. Listen To It Here!
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Bio: Richard NewmanRichard is an award-winning expert in communication, storytelling, and influence.
He overcame his crushing fear of public speaking through a quest to discover how we are born to communicate, becoming a highly paid speaker with a multi-million-pound business, with clients all over the world.
His adventure began in 1995 when he lived with Tibetan monks in the foothills of the Himalayas, where he taught them English, despite them having no common language.
Then he studied at a London acting school for three years, where he learned more about non-verbal communication, presence, and storytelling.
He put his skills into action in business by working with a Formula 1 racing team, delivering over 1000 talks in 5 years, to business leaders from around the world.
His training company has since taught over 120,000 people across Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East, and Australia, giving them the confidence and skills to communicate their ideas. One client gained £1.2 billion in new business in just one year, winning 100% of the work they pitched for.
Richard has been featured on BBC TV and Radio, in The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, Forbes Magazine and he is regularly interviewed about communication and leadership.
Richard won the most coveted award in speechwriting, the Cicero Grand Prize for Best Speechwriter, in a contest that involves hundreds of professionals from around the globe.
In 2016 his scientific research on communication was published in the scientific research journal Psychology. This project involved over 2,000 people from around the world and proved that small changes in how you speak enable you to look more confident and inspiring, convincing 42% more people with your ideas.
Find out more about Richard's work at ukbodytalk.com/richard-newman-keynote-speaker/ and see him in action at vimeo.com/manage/videos/428021426.
Follow Richard on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardnewmanspeaks/
And follow him on Instagram @richardnewmanspeaks.
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How does someone take their missionary life into sales? Harry's background allowed him to quickly see commonalities between emotional intelligence and being a good salesperson. Although it might differ from the common stereotype, Harry explains how it is possible to listen, be a good human, and still make sales in his new book, Selling With Dignity. Listen Here!
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Bio: Harry Spaight
Harry Spaight is a highly sought-after Keynote Speaker, Author, and Coach. After spending several years in mission work, Harry took the principles he learned and applied them to a career in sales. Loving others, listening, and treating others the way you want to be treated, speaking with tact, persistence, patience, kindness, and more.
Harry transferred the skills he developed while working with and serving others over to the world of corporate sales. With very little business acumen, Harry applied the principles from the Good Book as to how to treat people. Those two thousand-year-old principles still proved to be practical. It was all about serving others. Harry believed that people would buy from him if he had a servant’s mindset. The principles worked. Harry eventually moved and was leading a team of sales professionals in downtown Washington DC, just a few blocks from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Would the principles work in such a competitive market as Washington DC? The answer is yes. The principles are timeless.
Now, after spending over twenty years as an Award-Winning Multi-million Dollar Sales Producer and Sales Leader in the extremely competitive arena of corporate sales, Harry knows firsthand how to be successful in sales and lead winning teams. While many sales leaders choose the cozy corner office, Harry preferred to be in the street, sleeves rolled up so to speak, with his team.
Harry is one who leads by example, knowing it is better to get in the trenches with his people than to bark commands at them. He spearheaded sales teams to achieve the amazing success that resulted in over a hundred million dollars in business. Harry has a “Serve Others First” mindset, which is largely due to having served for over a decade as a missionary.
Harry’s understanding of clients, sales professionals, and Sales Leaders in building trusting relationships gives people the confidence in putting his knowledge and experience into practice.
Harry is the author of Selling with Dignity. He is the co-host of a Top 20 podcast “Lead Sell Grow, The Human Experience”.
He works with sales teams and executives to elevate their craft of selling and leading with dignity. Harry can be reached for coaching, consulting, keynotes, and media appearances at Harry@harryspaight.com
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How can one lackluster business event and a powerful book move someone closer to their real passion? Jon shares how a negative networking experience pushed him towards creating his own better version through masterminds. He also explains how these lessons have contributed to the book series, The 13 Steps to Riches. Listen To It Here!
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Bio: Jon Kovach Jr.
Jon Kovach Jr. is an award-winning public speaker, a top-rated accountability coach, and a renowned implementer of strategic business and communication plans. He has helped multi-billion-dollar corporations, including Coldwell Banker Commercial, Outdoor Retailer Cotopaxi, and the Public Relations Student Society of America, exceed their annual sales goals. Jon will help you discover the tools and skills necessary to achieve advanced levels of success. Jon has helped thousands of coaches, clients, sales teams, influencers, entrepreneurs and business owners accelerate their achievements and attain high levels of success through accountability. Speaker Erik Swanson is proud to include Jon Kovach Jr to Co-MC his Habitude Warrior Conferences! Jon is also the Team Lead for the amazing Habitude Warrior Mastermind!
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How can you put a price on the power of mentorship and collaboration? Erik explains how connecting, speaking, and writing with other people has enhanced both his professional and personal life. He also shares some of the finer details from his book series, The Principles of David and Goliath. Check It Out Here!
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Bio: Erik Swanson
Speaker Erik Swanson is a 13 Time #1 Bestselling Author, Award Winning International Speaker, and Success & Habits Coach! As a leading Professional Speaker & Success Coach ERIK SWANSON has been making a huge name for himself in assisting people throughout the U.S., Canada & Europe to overachieve specific goals in business as well as their personal lives. He is in great demand, speaking on average to more than 50,000 people per year in various industries and careers, he is both versatile in his approach and effective in facilitating a wide array of training topics.
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Should you really be interested in a marketing career? Christoph explains the current industry landscape and provides insights on how marketing appears to be changing, especially with emerging technology. He also shares the backstory behind his newest book, Is Marketing A Good Career? Listen To It Here!
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Bio: Christoph Trappe
Christoph Trappe is the director of content strategy at Voxpopme, a SaaS company in the market research industry. He owns, implements and updates the company’s content strategy to raise brand awareness, drive SEO results and runs the top-rated “Reel Talk: The Customer Insights Show” podcast and Livestream.
In his career, he has helped companies share their unique stories more efficiently and better to reach prospects and retain existing customers. He has run content marketing campaigns across many industries.
The companies he’s worked with have seen better prospect and customer engagement and growth through content.
His latest book – “Is marketing a good career?” was released in 2023.
The Business Storytelling Podcast and Livestream have been downloaded over 440,000 times and listened to in more than 100 countries. It was listed as a Top 5 percent podcast to listen to globally – out of 2 million podcasts. It was also listed as a Top 20 storytelling podcast in 2021.
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Your health is vital to your happiness. During this episode, Jodi chats with Michelle Tagliamonte, Bestselling Author of Life Lessons about health and wellness.
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Michelle is passionate about helping others build a legacy and create options for themselves and their families so they can experience a life of abundance and fulfillment. With 20 years of experience in the wellness industry, Michelle loves helping women struggling with feeling older than they want to, to reduce inflammation and increase energy so they can confidently slow the aging process. She also loves to help women struggling to balance their careers and families to jump off the treadmill and have more control of their own life.
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How do solid executives juggle it all? Angie explains how (more often than not) successful leaders have even more successful executive assistants pushing things forward with them. She also shares her elated feelings about becoming an Amazon bestselling author with People Fusion. Check It Out!
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Bio: Angie Dodge
Angie Dodge is the CEO and Founder of A Squared Personal Consulting. She currently lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a Buckeye at heart! Angie has spent her 25-year career as an Executive Assistant to C-Suite Level Executives in a variety of industries supporting several executives over those 25 years. To be more specific, Angie has supported 1.56 executives a year before starting her own company. Angie is not just a CEO and Founder, she claims that she is also a chameleon that can change her spots for every executive that she has supported. One highlight of her career is winning Civilian of the Year when supporting the USAF while living in Spangdahlem, Germany.
It was this experience that led Angie down the path of becoming an entrepreneur and founding A Squared Personal Consulting. She has taken her years of learning from top executives and made it her mission to help other executives and business owners grow and succeed by providing executive-level support for all their administrative needs.
Although entrepreneurship came later in life for Angie, she is not a stranger to it. Her mom owned a flower shop while Angie was growing up. The biggest lesson she learned from her mom was: “always to take care of the customer.” Angie has taken that lesson seriously, recounting that “this business is my legacy.” The success Angie’s clients find by working with her is a lifetime of learning, listening, and knowing how to treat people right.
Angie and her team deliver with excellence true executive-level administrative, project management, and Human Resource support. For Angie, offering the level of support and service large corporations are accustomed to having, including small businesses and startups, is what she finds to be the most rewarding. Alleviating small business owners of the day-to-day administrative work so they can focus on their business’ main goals is the driving force behind A Squared Personal Consulting’s mission and motivation.
Outside of work, Angie enjoys spending time with her fiancee Shawn, family and friends, going to the beach as much as possible, and forever training her spoiled dog, Teddy, not to bite!
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How do you continue making work awesome for people? Christie breaks down the ‘New Day’ scenario that HR professionals find themselves in currently. She also shares several important details from her Amazon bestselling book, People Fusion. Listen Here!
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Bio: Christie Engler
Christie Engler has been a Human Resources practitioner for 20 years with a focus on small and family-owned businesses.
Christie is dedicated to advancing the HR profession and assisting fellow practitioners. She has spoken at numerous state and local HR conferences, including the SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition in 2021 in Las Vegas. Her topics focus on providing resources and support to those working in small businesses, departments of one, and those new to HR. Christie writes a blog entitled ‘Living in the Gray’ designed to inspire HR professionals.
Christie has worked hand-in-hand with business owners across a variety of industries. She understands the unique needs of entrepreneurs and how to best partner with them to achieve ‘people-first’ outcomes and grow businesses. She believes managers are the front line of company culture and regularly provides training to support those leading employees.
Christie is a graduate of The Ohio State University and the Keller Graduate School of Management. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a Masters of Human Resource Management, as well as the SPHR and SHRM-CP certifications. Christie is a member of the Human Resources Association of Central Ohio (HRACO) and SHRM. Christie is an active member of the HR Unite! Community and has been featured on the HR SocialHour podcast.
Christie lives in the Columbus, Ohio area with her husband and two daughters. She is a fanatic of Ohio State football and Orangetheory Fitness. She is a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Dublin, Ohio and she sits on the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity of Delaware and Union Counties. Christie is an initiated member of the Alpha Xi chapter of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
‘I got into HR to make work great for all employees. Work is the one thing most of us have in common. Life is too short not to pursue your passion and purpose.’ - Christie Engler
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Two key attributes to being successful are curiosity and vulnerability. John Saunders, author of The Optimizer, discusses both attributes as well as his book during this episode.
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Saunders spent more than two decades as a Wall Street Senior Vice President, sales team leader, and award winning sales executive. He followed his passion for helping others grow and founded a coaching and consulting company, Forward Advisory Solutions. Saunders is a member of the Georgetown University MBA Alumni Advisory Council, a regular contributor to the MBA mentorship program and an active angel investor.
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What do women want in the workplace? Andrea explains why women are leaving their jobs at unprecedented numbers and rates. She details some necessary changes to attract, promote, and retain women within organizations (which men want also). Andrea also talks about becoming an Amazon bestselling author with People Fusion. Listen Here!
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Bio: Andrea Bjorkman
Andrea Bjorkman, CEO and Co-Founder of Fizz Enterprises, has seen it all, or shall we say, "lived through it all." Mom to four girls, while balancing a career in Corporate America, Andrea has experienced the highs and lows of life. With a savvy career background that demanded trust and confidentiality, Andrea is empathetic and supportive - systematically tailoring results to the individual.
Candid, yet thoughtful, spirited, fun, and fiercely loyal, Andrea's bubbly personality may have started young as she grew up on Air Force bases around the U.S. and overseas, demonstrating her ability to acclimate to new people and situations. Perhaps this is why her favorite quote is, "We are not what we know, but what we are willing to learn." - Mary Catherine Bateson
A credentialed Life Coach, Andrea has mentored and coached many over the years, helping clients see patterns in their own lives and ultimately breaking through to find their greater purpose and true story. Andrea is a former corporate executive in the insurance and financial services sectors.
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Did you know there is another way to invest in real estate? Fred explains what initially got him into mortgage notes on his way to becoming an alternative investment expert. He also shares some key insights from his book, The Little Green Book of Note Investing. Check It Out Here!
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Bio: Fred MoskowitzFred Moskowitz is an author, entrepreneur, and speaker who is on a personal mission to teach people about the power of investing in alternative asset classes, such as real estate and notes, showing them the way to diversify their capital into investments that are uncorrelated from Wall Street and the stock markets. With The Little Green Book Of Note Investing, Fred publishes his concise yet definitive guide for new investors seeking to learn about the market niche of investing in alternative investments. He’s a frequent event speaker and contributor to investment podcasts. You can visit him at www.FredMoskowitz.com.
The accumulated knowledge in his books will greatly benefit those individuals who seek to achieve higher levels of financial freedom and to develop expertise in the alternative investment arena.
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Have people over complicated leadership? Mike shares his feelings on the topic and explains the importance of taking a people-first approach in organizations. He also shares his experience becoming an Amazon bestselling author (for a second time) with People Fusion. Check the Show Notes Below for a Link to His FREE Leadership Foundations Course. Don't Miss Out!
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Bio: Mike Sipple, Jr.**
Co-Founder and CEO, www.TalentMagnet.com
CEO, www.CentennialInc.com
“Leading with Intention means taking action. I have a gift for you, the people who read this book, because you know that leadership matters.
Visit: https://www.talentmagnet.com/fusion” ~Mike Sipple, Jr.
Mike Sipple, Jr. is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Talent Magnet Institute® and is on a mission to help you and a million others to unlock human potential. Talent Magnet™ is a people-centric leadership and management training organization.
Mike is also the CEO of Centennial Executive Search & Talent Strategy, a half-century of strong firm focused on succession planning and building vibrant leadership teams for companies from over 30 countries.
Mike and his dad co-founded Talent Magnet Institute® after Centennial’s clients continued to seek leadership and team development advice from Centennial beyond executive search. Including coaching next-generation leaders, supporting growth in early to mid career professionals, and supporting high-performing teams to lead with intention and create healthy, supportive cultures.
Mike is an Amazon best-selling author of Leadership Fusion, a globally recognized podcast host, and a sought-after guest on leadership, entrepreneurship, and talent development podcasts.
Mike is a sought-after speaker, keynote, and moderator for associations, executive peer groups, conferences, and organizations on the Becoming a Talent Magnet®️ methodologies and systems, The Great REALIZATION, Leading with Intention, Unconventional Leadership, and holistic approaches to Succession Planning, the secrets to team building, and various other leadership topics.
Mike’s insights can be read, viewed or listened to at:
- All About HR Podcast
- Book Smarts Business Podcast
- Hot Mess Hotline Podcast
- Power Up Your Marriage and Business Podcast
- HR Social Hour Half Hour Podcast
- Thrive Global
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How did this "tech guy" get outside his own comfort zone and become an Amazon bestselling author with Powerhouse? Derek explains why every business could probably benefit from an IT overview. He also shares his professional journey from starting off as an employee to becoming a company partner at the same place. Check It Out Here!
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Bio: Derek BrownDerek is Vice President and Professional Services Manager of Vision One IT Consulting (more commonly known as Vision One). Derek has over fifteen years of experience serving as an IT consultant to the SMB (small and medium-sized business) market in the Cincinnati, OH Metropolitan area. Derek has consulted for one-man operations, companies at the top of the Fortune 500 list, and everything in between. Notable projects have included: multi-site network infrastructure deployments for a public library and a nationwide company, large server clusters for several dozen distribution and fulfillment centers across North America; he has also flown to the global headquarters for a well-known athletic apparel company to consult on server infrastructure.
Derek has a passion for technology and a natural desire to help others. These principles are often reflected in the trust and respect he receives from his colleagues and clients. He started in the industry while still in high school, as a volunteer technology aide. He was promoted to a paid summer internship followed by a full-time position with that same school district. While working for that school district, he took Microsoft and CompTIA technical certification courses and, upon completion, was asked to teach those very courses within the district. When he transitioned to the private sector, he started as an employee for an established IT consulting company and was later invited to become a partner.
When he’s not working, Derek likes to spend his time with his family; preferably somewhere on a boat, or trail riding Utility Terrain Vehicles, UTVs, with friends.
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Why is it so important to get comfortable with being uncomfortable? Curtis explains how growth is always uncomfortable and what he does to help small business owners scale with better systems and strategies. He also shares a few key details from his newest book, Vision to Reality. Listen Here!
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cjenkins@cljassoc.com
Bio: Curtis JenkinsAn author, entrepreneur, and project management executive, Curtis L. Jenkins’ mission in life is to help you transform your life through clarity and execution.
After having honed his expertise in project management for more than 20 years, Jenkins came to realize that everything in life is implemented twice.
First, as an idea or vision and second as a reality… should someone have the audacity to execute on the vision.
Jenkins is a graduate of the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration, and The Warton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a master’s degree in management of technology.
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How does good leadership allow us to become our best selves? Cheryle shares her insights from 25+ years of leadership, which began in a challenging situation where she was promoted over a current boss. She also details her five step framework to self leadership and her experience writing in the Amazon best-selling book, People Fusion. Check It Out!
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Bio: Cheryle HaysCheryle Hays is set on changing the way businesses look at leadership. As a Personal Leadership Expert, executive coach and strategist, Cheryle helps leaders, teams, and companies maximize their potential. Her background reflects movement from her entry-level into business, through mid-level leadership and up through EVP level, spanning 25+ years of leading highly productive teams, and in developing, and facilitating leadership programs for Fortune 500, large and growing companies in the DFW area. Cheryle holds an EMBA from Texas Christian University, using her business acumen to mentor small and start-up businesses since 2016.
When not busy helping her clients achieve success, Cheryle enjoys her role as a conference speaker, podcast guest, and guest lecturer for local universities and colleges. She is also an angel investor, frequent judge and mentor for Texas Christian University Values & Ventures competition, Entrepreneur’s Organization Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, and mentor to start-up businesses in the Fort Worth, TX area. Cheryle currently serves on the Board of Directors for Fort Worth Academy, where she continues to foster leadership, strategic thinking, and entrepreneurship for our next generation.
Cheryle is a very proud parent of two remarkable children, enjoys coffee, wine, and good times with friends, and meeting new people!
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Can philosophy help HR professionals in this ever-changing 21st century workplace? Paul explains his thoughts on how philosophy is really meant for everyday people and their everyday lives. He also shares his experiences working at a not-for-profit and what it feels like writing in the Amazon best-selling book, People Fusion. Listen Here!
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Bio: Paul LaLonde
Paul A. LaLonde, SHRM-CP, is a deliberate HR professional who believes philosophy is a difference-making pursuit in life as well as in business. Learning, teaching, and being of service to others are his purpose. Currently, Paul serves as the V.P. of People & Culture for CEDA of Cook County, Inc. in Chicago, serves as an adjunct professor at Joliet Junior College, and manages his consulting and coaching business, HR Logic. Paul is an alumnus of the SHRM National Blog Squad, named to Social Micole’s Most Inclusive HR Influencer List™ in 2020 and 2021, and a recipient of the 2021 HR Unite! Community Award, and recipient of a 2021 Human Resources Today MVP Award for his blog HR Philosopher. He is a proud husband, father, disobedient cat owner, Star Wars nerd, and metalhead. Connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter at @HRPaul49.
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How does somebody go from having 'no capability to write a book' to finishing her third publication in a handful of years? Lisa explains her journey to helping others with market disruption and scalability. She also shares a few key business steps to make any place function more like a larger corporation, which she pulls from her solo book, Future Proofing Cubed. Check It Out Here!
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Bio: Lisa Levy
Lisa Levy is the Founder and CEO of Lcubed Consulting, a business that helps enterprise to medium-level organizations elevate through strategic goal achievement.
She and her team teach the practice of rapid adaptive transformation to notable global, multi-billion-dollar clients.
A frequent guest expert on multiple media outlets including NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX, Lisa is also a frequent speaker at business executive conferences.
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What is a personal growth point? And how can the right "playlist" help you discover one within yourself? Amy details the broad external impact of individual leadership growth and development, while she shares a little backstory on her Amazon best-selling book, Growth Point. Listen Here!
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Bio: Amy Clark
With more than 20 years of corporate experience in a variety of challenging leadership roles, Amy is an all-in thought partner focused on helping others experience transformational growth.
Purpose, service, excellence, and growth drive Amy to success. Fueled by her growth mindset and deep passion for developing others, she walks alongside leaders, coaching them to create their future and generate an impact bigger than themselves.
Amy resides in Middletown, Delaware with her husband Ken, and their golden retriever, Max.
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How is compassion and presence successfully woven into good leadership? For the past 20+ years, Douglas has been lecturing on management, technology, and leadership at Columbia University. He shares his finer points on transformative leadership and explains the details behind his newest book, F.O.R.G.E.D. Listen Here for More!
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Bio: Douglas Scherer
Douglas Scherer promotes the power of compassion and presence in leadership, and the importance of bringing that to today’s leaders. He speaks, researches, and workshops on leadership and is a lecturer at Columbia University’s Masters in Technology Management.
Dr. Scherer has presented to a diverse array of international conferences from the Academy of Management to Oracle OpenWorld. He is an accomplished author with a body of work that includes two previous books published by McGraw-Hill and Prentice-Hall which together sold nearly 50,000 copies.
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How do free-time pro bono sales, marketing, and consulting jobs lead to a career shift into entrepreneurialism? Chris explains his journey to becoming a "marketing utility player" and what it feels like to call himself an Amazon best-selling author with Sales Fusion. Learn More Here!
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Bio: Chris Spanier
As President and Chief Ideator at Carpe Diem Consulting Group, Chris brings decades of experience in marketing and sales to serve his clients, and it was this background that led his taking part in Sales Fusion to share the wonders of what happens when sales and marketing partner and collaborate.
Whether it was helping a company quintuple its sales within 12 months or crafting a website serving 5 million annual visitors with individualized content or volunteering his skills to help a fledgling scholarship program reach deserving youth who could not otherwise continue their post-high school education, Chris is passionate about helping people and businesses enrich and share their stories in a way that resonates with the world around them.
Chris is the husband to a brilliant science nerd & thespian and father to an amazing teenage son as well as an adorable middle-aged mutt. When not consulting or writing, Chris is known for getting intentionally lost in the outdoors, for his award-winning photography as well as being a Scottish Lord.
You can read more of Chris’ musings about life, leadership, and even a bit of technology at chrisspanier.com.
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Why did this self-proclaimed "boring accounting finance person" leap into the exciting entrepreneurial world? And how did a CFO become an Amazon best-selling author with Sales Fusion -- a particularly challenging skill for many in accounting/finance? Francesca shares her professional journey and how she was able to expand her bailiwick to include sales and authorship. Learn How She Did It Here!
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Bio: Francesca Kenney
Francesca is an action-oriented leader empowering team members to implement strategic solutions. She offers an extensive achievement record providing financial and operational strategies including mentoring teams. Francesca collaborates with Executive Leaders and works with teams on messaging to achieve a company's goals.
Francesca has managed segmented P&L's in excess of $100M in public and private business sectors with a proven track record of driving profit and growth. She has success in identifying areas of improvement and increasing efficiencies to drive the bottom line. Strong background in implementation and mentoring teams with GAAP, SOX, implementation of new GAAP pronouncements, and Treasury.
Francesca is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Virginia; she earned a Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Accountancy from Arizona State University West, and a Bachelor of Science Personnel and Industrial Relations Management from Northern Illinois University.
Francesca is an advocate for mental health, and family work-life balance, and actively works to implement great company cultures. She is a supportive auntie for travel soccer and basketball, high school athletics and band, and Boy Scout troop 493. Francesca enjoys self-improvement including education, working out, a plant-based diet, and athletics including golfing in a league with her sister and mom; who is 86 years young. She is an animal lover, orchid, plant, arts, and craft enthusiast.
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What is a standard quality shared between authors and entrepreneurs? Jason explains this thought and his first business selling old-school mobile phones at 14 years old (the big, clunky cellular that had to be carried in a bag with an antenna). He also details the best tactics for handling upset customers and his book, It's All about CEX!: The Essential Guide to Customer and Employee Experience. Listen Here!
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Bio: Jason BradshawJason Bradshaw created his first business at fourteen, selling telecommunications and computer equipment in the Australian country town of Toowoomba. But it was Tom Peters’s book The Pursuit of Wow! that opened his eyes to the power of customer and employee experience.
Jason has tested and implemented strategies for improving experience in a variety of sectors—from telecommunications to retail to media—helping companies to grow, improve efficiencies, increase employee retention, and save tens of millions of dollars. He is currently chief customer officer and director of customer experience at Volkswagen Group Australia.
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What got this expert traveler (someone who has been to 90 countries and lived in all habitable continents) to sit down and write three books? Kurt shares his love of travel and how that has transitioned nicely into more blogging/publishing. He also explains his own method for breaking down content and telling better stories. Check It Out!
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Bio: Kurt DavisKurt follows life and career where well-being, travel, and entrepreneurship intersects. The first 20 years of his career were spent between Silicon Valley and Asia working with technology startups in finance and business development roles.
In 2017, he took time off, a gap year, if you will. With an interest to explore a new part of the world, he went to Africa and volunteered at emerging business accelerators and non-profits. This experience resulted in starting a business accelerator in a refugee camp called www.kakumaventures.com and writing a book called Finding Soul: From Silicon Valley to Africa.
He returned to the US in 2018 and launched KDAlive (www.kdalive.com). This platform shares his experiences with those who are mapping their careers and lives with a focus on well-being, travel/culture, and self-employment/entrepreneurship.
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Is 'selling' a skill anyone can learn? Plus, why do so many people have a negative connotation with it, especially since everyone is always selling (whether they realize it or not)? David explains his own journey demystifying the sales process and the basis behind his Amazon best-selling book, Sales Fusion. Check It Out!
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Bio: David IyohaDavid Iyoha has been in sales for over two decades. He started selling as a solopreneur and worked his way to leading the smart factory sales division of a publicly traded company. Mr. Iyoha learned a broad range of sales skills accumulated through selling to different-sized companies in different industries in different sales positions. David is an unexpected salesperson because of his background as a computer engineer. He learned how to sell by researching, testing, and adapting proven sales systems during the course of his business and sales career. His use of software solutions has been instrumental to his success as a salesperson. He has also provided sales training in a majority of positions that he held. David currently works with a non-profit organization helping with their fundraising and membership growth.
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Is it possible to support your loved ones even after you're not here? Is there anything you can do now with this understandably difficult conversation? Barb shares her personal thoughts and the gratitude experience that led to her helpful book, Did I Forget to Mention? Check It Out Here!
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Bio: Barb MarkeyBarb lives in West Chester with her husband Joe and rescue dogs Jinx and Apple. Her family enjoys volunteering for their favorite animal rescue group, HART of Cincinnati. If you're interested in making a difference in the life of a furry creature, Barb asks you to please visit the HART website at www.rescueahart.org.
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How might a whale's belly compare to the writing process sometimes? Susan, a four-time published author, explains her mentor's analogy and the writing process behind her newest book, Arrive and Thrive. Susan shares her thoughts on inclusive leadership and how the output of the pandemic might be categorized as a "she session." Listen Here!
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Bio: Susan BradySusan MacKenty Brady is the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair for Women and Leadership at Simmons University and the first Chief Executive Officer of The Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership. www.inclusiveleadership.com. The Institute develops the mindset and skills of leaders at all stages of life so they can foster gender parity and cultures of inclusion.
As a relationship expert, leadership well-being coach, author, and speaker, Susan educates leaders and executives globally on fostering self-awareness for optimal leadership. Susan advises executive teams on how to work together effectively and create inclusion and gender parity in organizations. She is passionate about working with women at all levels of organizational leadership to fully realize—and manifest—their leadership potential.
Featured on ABC’s Good Morning America, Susan is the author of the forthcoming Arrive & Thrive: 7 Essential Practices of Women Navigating Leadership (McGraw-Hill, April 2022), The Inclusive Leader's Playbook (Simmons University), Mastering Your Inner Critic and 7 Other High Hurdles to Advancement: How the Best Women Leaders Practice Self-Awareness to Change What Really Matters (McGraw-Hill), and The 30-Second Guide to Coaching Your Inner Critic. A celebrated speaker, Susan has keynoted or consulted at over 500 organizations around the world.
Prior to joining Simmons, Susan was Executive Vice President at Linkage, Inc. a global leadership development consulting and training firm. She founded Linkage's Women in Leadership Institute™ and launched Linkage’s global practice on Advancing Women Leaders and Inclusive Leadership, and led the field research behind the 7 Leadership Hurdles Women Leaders Face in the Workforce™. Dedicated to inclusively and collaboratively inspiring every girl to realize her full potential, Susan serves as emertus board member of the not-for-profit Strong Women, Strong Girls.
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How did Andy eventually become an entrepreneur, especially after his entrepreneurial father encouraged him to never do it? Andy shares his professional path and the leadership headstart he received at the United States Naval Academy. Andy also explains his personal motivations behind the Amazon best-selling book, Leadership Fusion. Listen Here!
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Bio: Andy Foerster
Andy develops leaders who deliver results at all organizational levels and helps people become more effective in their leadership roles. He does this from the perspective of someone who has been a leader at all levels, including CEO. He does not simply teach about leadership; rather he facilitates a multi-dimensional application and action program that helps leaders know themselves, know their people, and know their stuff.
Andy Foerster graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1981, spent seven years on active duty as a nuclear submarine officer, and thirty years in the private sector in several management and executive roles. Andy has a proven history of monetizing technological innovation by providing customers with high-return solutions. He has organized and operated highly successful businesses as a CEO, President, CTO, and General Manager by using Internet of Things (IoT)-related technologies in industries as diverse as lighting control, uninterruptible power systems, and digital signage.
In Andy’s many years of experience, he has found that successful organizations must have two things: 1) Engaged employees empowered by positive leaders, and 2) A business operating system that brings a disciplined – and continuously improved – way of execution. For Andy, “The Magic Is In The Middle,” where effective leaders inspire employees to overachieve in a consistent way.
Andy has a passion for teaching and mentoring; that is a big reason for his success in the business world. From helping junior officers qualify in submarines to mentoring new General Managers in his companies as they learned to develop a value proposition and execute a strategy, Andy has always practiced leading as a coach. He now does this in affiliation with Academy Leadership, a group of graduates of Annapolis and West Point who are retired business executives and current advisors of new leaders.
Andy was President and CEO of Piller Inc. and President of Masco Technical Innovations, and CTO of LSI Industries. He was the founder of Creative Energy Control LLC, which specialized in lighting control. He held GM and senior management positions at Square D (Schneider Electric) and Eaton.
Andy earned the BSEE at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, the MBA at Marymount University, and the MSEE at George Mason University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer. He is the father of four. He is an experienced BSA Scoutmaster and is active with the youth program at his church. In his spare time, he enjoys flying (as a private pilot, instrument rated) and amateur radio (AC8WQ).
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What are the responsibilities of both a mentor and a protege? Lenroy touches on these differences and provides the same encouraging call-to-action from his Amazon best-selling book, Lifting Up. Lenroy also explains his journey from career-services departments in universities to establishing his own business, Lenroy Jones Enterprise. Listen to it Now!
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Bio: Lenroy JonesLenroy’s commitment to diversity is best translated by the following statement: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is doing the right thing for all people and respecting each other. Lenroy’s life mission has been clear and consistent over the years: to make a difference - one client at a time. Diversity is more than race or ethnicity. A diverse workplace is comprised of employees with varied characteristics, varied challenges, and varied needs.”
Lenroy Jones is a change agent, diversity leader, and visionary leader. As a diversity leader, he provides leadership and executive direction to integrate and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) at all levels of an agency's workforce. As a change agent, he develops and integrates workforce diversity strategies for hiring and developing diverse talent, fostering an inclusive work environment, and ensuring management accountability. He also provides expert advice to organizations’ leadership on a variety of equal opportunity, civil rights, diversity, inclusion, and human resource policies and issues impacting their complex and diverse workforce. Lenroy’s life mission has been clear and consistent over the years: to make a difference.
Blending a formal background in the career services industry, with a strong passion for DE&I, he desires to transition to a new career that focuses on shaping the commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. He holds a Master of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Science in Interpersonal and Public Communications. His previous roles include Executive Director, Career Services at Ashland University and Florida International, and Associate Director and Manager at the University of Kentucky and Michigan State. He has been active in several board-of-director roles with American Association for Employment in Education, The Lighthouse Ministries, Inc. and Ohio Career Development Association. Also, he enjoys spending time fishing, actively included with Toastmasters International and a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated. He’s currently the President and Chief Consultant with LJ Enterprise and resides in Decatur, Georgia.
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How did hiring an executive coach change Cory's life forever? He explains his journey from the corporate world to helping others personally and professionally. Cory explains his best silver-bullet question to see if someone is naturally curious. He also dives into some insights from his second book, Rise and Go. Check It Out Here!
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Bio: Cory CarlsonCory M. Carlson has helped leaders around the world develop happier and more fulfilling lives. Now, he's sharing his expertise in his second book, Rise and Go.
As an entrepreneur, former executive, husband, and father of three, Cory M. Carlson understands the pressures working parents face. He is passionate about helping business leaders win both at work and at home.
Twenty years in corporate America gave Cory amazing opportunities, as he worked his way up to the executive level. But he also saw brokenness: work without purpose, strained marriages, and absentee parents. Business leaders especially were often not living life to the fullest. When Cory discovered coaching, it helped him become a better leader, husband, and father. So, he left his corporate career to help other leaders achieve a healthier work-life balance.
Cory holds an MBA from Rockhurst University, and a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Missouri. Currently, Cory lives in Cincinnati with his awesome wife and three amazing children.
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How do the three wise monkeys relate perfectly to understanding organizational culture and clarity? Jeff explains this comparison and insights behind his Amazon best-selling book, Three Wise Monkeys: How a Culture of Clarity creates transformative success. Jeff also starts brainstorming the next monkey-related book title because this one fit so well.
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Bio: Jeff JonesJeff L. Jones is the Chief Innovation Officer of CLARITY Research & Strategy. Jeff has spent decades as a marketing, insight, and innovation professional, partnering with some of the largest companies in America including Disney, Kellogg's, P&G, and others.
He is a marketer, innovator-and-communicator who always finds himself in teams that presented and/or pitch new business. He's also a two-time co-author with his colleague, Dennis Devlin. Their two books are Overcoming the Innovation Killers: How to innovate products that thrill customers and break through the chaotic marketplace (2021) and Three Wise Monkeys: How a Culture of Clarity creates transformative success (2022).
Jeff is a father, husband, and a passionate, but by his own admission, mediocre ukulele player.
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What do the three wise monkeys have to do with organizational culture and clarity? Dennis shares these details and the origins behind his Amazon best-selling book, Three Wise Monkeys: How a Culture of Clarity creates transformative success. Dennis also explains his transition to becoming an entrepreneur from a corporate career servicing big brand clients.
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Bio: Dennis Devlin
Dennis Devlin is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of CLARITY Research & Strategy which operates as an insight-driven marketing and branding strategy firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. CLARITY has partnered with product manufacturers and service providers such as P&G, The Kraft Heinz Company, and Valvoline, as well as marketing and branding agencies to help drive growth by leveraging insights.
Dennis is an in-demand public speaker and two-time co-author with his colleague, Jeff Jones. Their two books are Overcoming the Innovation Killers: How to innovate products that thrill customers and break through the chaotic marketplace (2021) and Three Wise Monkeys: How a Culture of Clarity creates transformative success (2022).
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Do you truly understand your application and candidate experience? Might be more important now than ever, right? Kevin shares his experiences digging through yearly data and spotlighting all the companies who are doing this well. He also shares his path to authoring Candidate Experience from both a research and practitioner viewpoint. Check It Out Here!
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Kevin W. Grossman is the President of Talent Board and the Candidate Experience Awards. Founded in 2011, it’s the first nonprofit research organization focused on the elevation and promotion of a quality candidate experience with industry benchmarks that highlight accountability, fairness and business impact around the world. Kevin has over 23 years of domain expertise in the human resource and talent acquisition industry and related technology marketplace.
He’s been a prolific industry writer since 2004 and his first business book on career management titled Tech Job Hunt Handbook was released in December 2012 from Apress.
His second book titled Candidate Experience: How to Improve Talent Acquisition to Drive Business Performance will be released in June 2022 by Kogan Page.
Kevin holds a B.A. in Psychology from San Jose State University, is an HCI certified Talent Acquisition Strategist (TAS) and Human Capital Strategist, and has learning certificates from eCornell on HR Analytics and Diversity and Inclusion. Kevin also writes regularly about positive parenting leadership at GetOffTheGround.
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What would you get if a chiropractor, yoga class, and a massage had a baby? Arielle explains her journey to helping others with tao yoga after an 8-year career as a corrections officer. She also shares the details behind her coincidental trip to India that changed her life/career path forever, which she elaborates on in the Amazon best-selling book Phoenix Style. Listen here!
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Connect with Arielle:https://www.tranquilityrising.com/ Bio: Arielle SchmidtArielle Schmidt is the owner of Tranquility Rising in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is an ex-corrections officer turned holistic health practitioner providing SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Therapy with an added twist of Elemental Meridian Coaching. After years of working in a chronically stressful environment and living with trauma on a daily basis, she had the opportunity to take a month off and travel to India to restart her personal health and wellness journey, and to reconnect with herself. Her personal experience working as a corrections officer gave her a unique ability to understand and work with individuals (mostly women) who were looking for a deeper way to heal both physically and emotionally from their own trauma that traditional western therapies couldn’t help them with. Her passion is to teach people to recognize that their physical pain could be connected to emotional blocks that result in tension in the body. She is acutely aware that when we bring awareness to these emotional blocks, it can drastically release what we hold in our bodies. SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Therapy is a combination of yoga-assisted stretching, breath work, and acupressure to identify the blocks in the meridian channels. Arielle then takes the extra step to delve deeper by teaching the awareness of what the meridian channels mean to let clients take an active role in working outside of sessions.
In the start of 2020 with so many people being told to isolate themselves, Arielle provided a safe and tranquil space to allow clients to receive bodywork when other massage therapists were forced to close their doors. In a time when uncertainty was high, she made it her mission to allow others to feel empowered with how they wanted to support their health. Moving through the next two years, Arielle expanded Tranquility Rising’s studio space to incorporate other women holistic health practitioners to create a thriving community, all focused around client care and how clients choose to continue their healing journey.
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How did this "Jill-Of-All-Trades" find her way into entrepreneurialism after a 28-year, award-winning journalism career? Although Liz originally had zero interest in running a business, she explains how she transferred her skillset from high-school choir teacher to television news anchor to entrepreneur -- remember, no knowledge is wasted! Liz also shares the details behind her book, Dare to Own You. Check Out Her Story Here!
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Bio: Liz BrunnerAuthor, Communications Coach, Motivational Speaker, Podcast Host, and Emmy award-winning journalist. Liz Brunner’s television career spanned 28 years and featured many memorable highlights. Along with co-anchoring the #1 rated 6pm newscast at ABC-TV, WCVB NewsCenter 5 in Boston, she conducted exclusive one-on-one interviews with prominent figures ranging from professional athletes to global political leaders including President Barack Obama as well as cultural icons such as Oprah Winfrey.
In 2013, Liz excitedly embarked upon her next chapter, becoming the CEO and Founder of Brunner Communications and launched BrunnerAcademy.com in 2020. Both are dedicated to helping people find their authentic voice, tell their story and lead with presence. Liz is also the host of the Live Your Best Life with Liz Brunner podcast. Liz guides her guests to share their stories of self-discovery and re-creation. Listeners around the world join in on the journey garnering inspiration from the wisdom shared.
A classically trained vocal performer and former high school music educator, Liz holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music. She has performed with the Boston Pops and at professional sporting events for teams including the Boston Celtics, the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots, among others.
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How is running a business similar to snorkeling in the swimming pool? Jim explains his own analogy, along with his journey from engineering school to professional business coach now. He also shares his experience becoming a published author with Powerhouse -- something Jim has always wanted to do, although he never knew how before. Listen to Find Out!
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Bio: Jim DieboldHaving been a small business owner, Jim Diebold knows what it is like working sixty hours a week. Jim knows how easy it is to be drawn to tasks that keep you working IN your business instead of ON your business. He has also lived the scenario of coming home after those long days spent at the office and feeling distant from the family. He was either missing his son's functions or was not being fully present while at home.
Jim became a Certified FocalPoint Business Coach and Trainer because after twenty years in the corporate and business ownership spaces, he needed to work in a role that was more impactful to the people he was serving. Now he had become a silent partner, a confidant, walking hand-in-hand with business owners, and team leaders, helping solve various challenges and scaling their businesses faster than they thought possible.
Jim has been married to his amazing bride, Cindy, for twenty-seven years. They have a son, Jack, who recently turned seventeen. They are a scouting family, with Jack earning his Eagle Scout rank in 2021. They love all things outdoors, especially enjoying an early cup of coffee by the firepit.
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What motivated this attorney to get published after brainstorming the idea for years? Kelly shares her personal journey navigating a male-dominated legal industry, even though she didn't realize the issue beforehand. She also explains how things have improved over time and what it was like becoming an Amazon best-selling author with Breaking Through. Listen here!
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Bio: Kelly HoldenKelly Holden is an attorney with DBL Law who chairs the Labor and Employment division. Although she primarily represents employers in complying with all employment laws, she is also fortunate enough to also help families with estate planning, adoption, and immigration matters as well. She has been with her firm for over twenty-nine years and has tried cases in federal and state courts as well as handled hundreds of unemployment hearings throughout her career. She represents small and large companies, both for profit and nonprofit, and defends claims with numerous federal and state agencies.
She is an avid volunteer who currently sits on the Boards of St. Charles Care Center, InterParish Ministries, Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Reinvestment Board, and CancerFree Kids. She is also a member of the St. Veronica Finance Commission, Personnel Committee for DCCH Center for Families and Children, HR Collaborative.
As a member of the Women’s Presidents Organization, she is committed to the success and support of professional women. She helped initiate the Women of Excellence at DBL Law.
As a journalism major at Franklin College, one of her dreams was to write a book. In fact, she has one currently in process about her life’s journey and how it has been touched by cancer within her family. She loves to read, play sports, exercise, and watch the Cincinnati Bengals. She also has a passion for travel and loves spending time with her family on such trips.
She was born and raised in Ohio and lives in Cincinnati with her husband and four children.
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Do you ever feel stuck in your professional and/or personal life? Especially after the last few years? Shira shares her superpower for getting unstuck from the unproductive muck in her own life. She also explains how these experiences led her to help others through similar struggles. For her book, Free and Clear, Shira interviewed 100+ people to find the common patterns of how they got themselves unstuck. Listen & Learn!
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Bio: Shira MillerShira Miller, CPCC, is a two-time TEDx speaker, a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, the Chief Communications Officer at a $2 billion corporation and a writer focused on topics related to well-being, self-care, and both personal and professional growth.
While Shira thinks it would have been awesome to be able to fly or move faster than a speeding bullet, her superpower is getting unstuck - and she is passionate about helping others learn how to do the same for themselves. Over the past few decades, she has transitioned from financial ruin to prosperity, chronic health conditions to a constant state of wellness, divorce to lasting love, obesity to sustaining a healthy weight, and an unfulfilling career to a purpose-driven life.
Shira has written more than 100 articles on Medium, LinkedIn, and Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global platform. She has been recognized in Shape, Health, First for Women, Quick & Simple, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Emory Magazine. Shira lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her super cool husband.
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What makes Will a "woman's man" even though he was the last one to recognize it? He shares the perspectives gained from being raised by his mother and sister, along with his journey to becoming an Amazon best-selling author. Similar to his own childhood, Will explains how unique outlooks shape better workplaces too. Listen here!
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Bio: Will KruerWill Kruer is a business owner and operations executive of an innovative talent acquisition and human resources firm, headquartered in Cincinnati, OH. Throughout his career, Will has been in many professional positions that were not a fit for him or not a fit for the organization. This is how he found his passion for helping others find the environment where they can thrive. His approach encompasses thoughtful consideration for matching a professional’s technical skills and personality to an organization that mirrors them.
Will obtained his degree in Finance, and spent time in financial services, operations, and public accounting. He fell into recruiting by happenstance; all great paths in life come from time, place, and connections. As a child, Will watched his aunt build a business from the ground up, and knew his ultimate goal was to establish a business for himself. He feels strongly about his two female business partners and speaks to the impact they’ve had on his journey and development.
When Will isn't pouring his time and energy into growing his business, he can be found being active outside or on a plane. Jordan, Colombia, China, Turkey, Croatia, and Hungary, are just a small handful of the exotic places Will has visited. Domestically, he enjoys venturing west to a ski mountain or being on a lake for water sports. When at home, he enjoys cooking and socializing at events. He has found that his diverse experiences, meaningful connections to people, and adverse exposures have formed his unique perspective.
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How did a teacher swing from golf course ownership to a full-time business coaching career? Melissa shares her entrepreneurial journey that started at 10 years old, even though she didn't realize it at the time. She also details her #1 rule for running your own business, along with her own "million-dollar mistake." Listen here!
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Bio: Melissa KirkpatrickMelissa's love for learning and confidence in teaching inspired her to expand her horizons in ways she never imagined. Every decade, she has leveled up in business and her life.
At the age of thirty, she enrolled in college to fulfill a passion for becoming a teacher while working full time and raising a family.
In her forties, after leaving teaching to pursue an opportunity of owning and operating two public golf courses full time, she taught herself to play golf. She developed a passion for coordinating women's golf sessions, liking lessons on and off the course with a program called Find Your Own D.R.I.V.E.
Behind the scenes, though, the stress of owning a family-run business became too much, and she developed habits of addiction to alcohol, overeating, and spending. The need to numb out was her coping mechanism for success and uncertainty. Being called out about her actions and integrity, Melissa didn't recognize herself, and she wasn't living what she was teaching. The desire to overcome the struggle was real, and she found a coach to support her on the journey back to herself.
Now in her fifties, after selling the courses, she launched what she realized is her true calling — a culmination of all her personal and professional experiences — a Business & Life Coaching service. Melissa's journey of learning how to overcome obstacles and push for success allows her to step up as a leader and role model now boldly, teaching others to do the same. As a sought-after motivational and transformational Business & Life Coach, Melissa speaks to organizations, virtual summits, and podcasts and works with clients individually and in groups.
She thrives upon the success of those she works with and prides herself in helping them scale their business and life from the inside out, using techniques and modalities to develop a framework utilizing techniques to build a solid foundation by overcoming their past and building for the future. Her unique style of holding others accountable and motivated has led to clients reaching their full potential and income goals with confidence and pride.
Melissa has been published in several collaboration books and is the author of the impactful self-help book 5 Steps to Your Own D.R.I.V.E. For two consecutive years, Melissa received the award for Life Coach BEST IN CHIC - Reader's Choice 2021 and 2022. Now in her third year, she writes a weekly column of motivation and inspiration for The Chic Guide Cincinnati, a lifestyle publication for women in Greater Cincinnati.
Melissa is married to her high school sweetheart and has two adult sons, a granddaughter, and a grandson coming soon.
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Why did this mother with 3 young children (ages 2 to 6 years old) choose to become an author? Especially just after adopting a brand new puppy too? Katie explains how she simply had to make time for something so important to women. Learn how she's utilizing her superpowers as a mom in the business world too. Listen here!
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Bio: Katie TurcotteKatie Turcotte is a people-first leader with over ten years in sales, service leadership, operations management, and general human resources management in the facilities services and professional services industries. She is a results-driven leader with a proven track record. Katie is known for her enthusiasm for business mission and people development.
Katie holds a Bachelor of Science in Business degree from the University of Connecticut. She has been making her mark in the professional workforce since 2010 with tenure at Cintas Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio, and Hanover Research, a high-growth research firm headquartered in Arlington Virginia. Hanover Research levels the information playing field and helps organizations make data-driven decisions. Hanover is an admired place to work and for more information regarding employment at Hanover, visit https://www.hanoverresearch.com/careers/.
Katie resides in Apex, North Carolina with her husband, three children, and their puppy. She enjoys the quiet moments when her three young children’s naps coincide, survives by coffee and lattes, and is a lifelong learner who loves to curl up with a great business book. Katie lives at home and at work by the high-performing team rule of six pieces of praise or positive comments for every negative one, unless a kid is past their bedtime and in meltdown mode, then all bets are off.
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Do you know why B Corps are unique? Ever heard of them? Alex explains the key differences and how they hold organizations accountable to a triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit. She also shares her experience becoming an Amazon best-selling author (something she really never planned to do beforehand). Good things lead to good things. Tune in to listen!
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Bio: Alex TothAlex Toth is the Marketing Manager at Ingage Partners, a Purpose-Driven Technology and Business consulting company.
From website creation, podcast-producing, and SEO, she’s dabbled in it all. Alex most enjoys creative projects involving design and storytelling. She’s played a key role in creating documentaries and regularly produces video content. She has also planned many events, mostly in the non-profit space.
Her eyes were opened to the pain and suffering of the world in 2012 and has since been on a mission to be a catalyst of change in her community and beyond. Throughout her career, this has manifested in different ways; most recently advocating for businesses to become Certified B Corporations. Alex believes that, together, we can transform the way business is done and our world will be better for it.
Outside of her professional life, you’ll likely find her outdoors or spending time with her dog.
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What is an "Ultrapreneur" and how did Deb become one? She explains her journey navigating entrepreneurialism and motherhood, which has come full circle by unintentionally driving her 18-year-old son to pursue similar goals. Deb shares all these stories and her newest experience with becoming an Amazon best-selling author, again. Listen Here!
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Bio: Deb DrummondDeborah Drummond is a celebrated Ultrapreneur. She is internationally recognized for her pioneering work with women in business.
In the past 30 years, with her passion for entrepreneurship and love for health and wellness, she personally has created 7 companies.
She is the founder of DebDrummond.com, recognized as an international speaker, a #1 best-selling author, host of a successful Podcast and Media company, as well as an award-winning Independent Founding Brand partner of Neora International, hitting #1 in acquisition, for 5 years running, in 10 countries. Deborah’s reputation as a personal business trainer is impeccable.
Whether it’s in her Mastermind groups or private sessions, she makes it her mission to “walk the path to the next level” with her clients. She digs in and holds nothing back to help the people she is working with to achieve their desired outcomes and goals.
She was born in and resides in Vancouver, Canada.
Deborah has inspired, educated and motivated audiences of 20k plus to stand to their feet. The only thing she loves more than rocking the stage and changing lives is being a Mom to her daughter Chloae and her son Ocean and YaYa to her grandbabies Brynnlee & Kashton.
This little Dynamo is purpose-filled to live her mission to help women SHOW UP, STAND UP and SPEAK UP, in their business and personal lives
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What got this Amazon best-selling author back to publish an even more personal story? Alex explains how she's setting the tone for her kids with her actions. Plus, she gives her #1 tip for any new moms who are still trying to figure it all out.
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Bio: Alex BowdenFounder/CEO Alex Bowden started her career as a professional dancer after graduating with her Bachelor's from The Ohio State University. After some time, she required a career change and found herself struggling to identify who she could be as a professional. Upon getting into HR, she realized that she had found a new passion: working with businesses and people on their holistic talent equation. She leverages her big picture, forward-thinking vision with her individualized and strategic approach to help her clients achieve incredible results.
Alex had an extensive history of hiring and managing personnel throughout her work with various non-profit organizations across the East Coast. While working and dancing in NYC, she oversaw the hiring and management of arts educators that were matched with public school programs all over the city. Later, she worked for a prominent marketing operations firm in Cincinnati, and she quickly grew their internal talent team, optimized their processes for efficiency, and developed their DEI programs. This included building two Employee Resource/Affinity Groups to help develop and retain the diverse talent she was bringing in the door. Alex worked closely with C-Suite and leaders at all levels to be more strategic in their hiring decisions, build out a robust candidate experience and employer brand, think through strategic planning on their growing teams, and eliminate immense, wasted costs in turnover. The result was an elite hiring experience and an internal culture shift that significantly reduced time to fill, and increased retention, as well as employee satisfaction and development. She decided to start her own business, PEOPLEfirst Talent & Retention consulting, allowing her more time with her young family and focusing on the elements of HR that she's most passionate about: changing the way people hire and retain top talent.
She’s also a best-selling co-author of the book Talent Fusion, where she talks about the importance of a comprehensive onboarding process for faster integration and greater retention. Lastly, she’s the Career Coach at the School of Business at Northern Kentucky University, where she certifies emerging Juniors and Seniors in identifying their unique talents and passions and how to build a dream career one step at a time.
Alex has recently merged her business with Melanie Booher of MB Consulting Solutions and William Kruer of PMA Talent. She is thrilled to have a talented team of experts helping her change the world one company at a time. She currently lives in Cincinnati, OH with her husband, two children, and dog. They still run a part-time salsa dance school where they share their passion for dancing and Latin culture.
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How can people who struggle with an overactive mind turn that into a superpower? Rachael gives her #1 tip for anyone who feels like they're being pulled in a million directions at once. She also explains what it was like finally becoming a published author -- something she has always wanted to do!
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Organization & Productivity Consultant/Coach
Rachael is a member of the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals and the owner of Monkey Puzzle Solutions. Originally from the UK, she has been living in the US for more than a decade with her husband and three children. Her business provides consultancy and coaching services aimed to help people who feel overwhelmed. Rachael helps clients to build the skills and habits needed to successfully implement organized and more productive approaches in managing busy lifestyles or businesses. Her passion for coaching, finding creative solutions, and resourcefulness empowers her clients to approach their personal or professional goals with clarity.
As a young adult, Rachael found it difficult to focus. She remembers struggling to jump in feet first when a new and exciting opportunity was discovered and supported her goals. Rachael soon realized a familiar pattern of feeling swamped by disorganization and chaos, preventing her from completing a task or project that she knew that she was perfectly capable of achieving. Often starting with a keen interest to get stuck in, that feeling would soon turn to dread, allowing distraction to take over. Rachael’s determination and career choices provided her with an opportunity to transform her struggles into successes.
Professionally, Rachael has worked for more than two decades in training and educational roles across a diverse range of industries and learning abilities, working with people from toddlers to retirees. Throughout her career, she has discovered her passion for helping people to learn more effectively based on their individual learning styles. Teaching became a platform to develop creative solutions that help people successfully accomplish their educational goals. Through her fast-paced career, ten years at home managing her busy family, and achieving her never-ending list of professional and personal goals have all contributed to the creation of her company: Monkey Puzzle Solutions.
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What drove this two-time "Teacher of the Year" to leave her 30-year career and never look back? Lyn shares her incredible life story about how a tumor named Bob eventually led her family to help numerous people who had nearly lost all hope. She also explains how publishing Lifting Up has differed from other books she's written. Listen Here!
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Bio: Lyn HogrefeLyn Hogrefe, MS Ed, is the founder and executive director of the Happy Hormone Cottage, which she started thirteen years ago in the heart of Centerville, OH. This establishment functions as a safe haven for women to share their stories, be heard, and feel validated. Through her own journey with an emergency radical hysterectomy at the age of 49, she recognized the huge gap between what our doctors and standard of care were telling us about hormone balance and the truth about the needs of our body and the important tasks of our hormones.
With the help of her compounding pharmacist husband, she fought her way back to wellness. Her experience inspired her to open the Happy Hormone Cottage. The HHC exists to educate women on their options for natural hormone balance, prevention of disease, and wellness throughout life.
The second edition of her book Own Your Journey…to Natural Hormone Balance was published in 2016, solidifying her as a Warrior for Women’s Wellness. In 2016, she also co-wrote the award-winning book Success Powered by Relationships with twenty other area women. At about the same time, Lyn began her “Lyn Hogrefe Women’s Health Initiatives Foundation,” supporting New Hope for Cancer, where 100% of proceeds raised goes directly to New Hope for Cancer.
In the summer of 2020, with so many women worried about their health, Lyn had to find a virtual platform to meet the demands of all the women who wanted more information on natural hormone balance. She created free Zoom sessions called “Hormones 101 with Lyn” where small groups of women came together in a safe space to ask questions, share their concerns, and - most importantly - to connect with other women struggling with similar hormone imbalance issues all related to aging. The Zoom sessions have proven to be very popular as women continue to be heard and validated; these sessions promote education and empowerment for their best health naturally.
Lyn has been recognized in Dayton as a WIBN Top 25 Women to Watch, in Cincinnati as CincyChic Woman of the Year, and an Athena Award Finalist. Most recently, she was selected by the West Chester Liberty Chamber Alliance as a Woman of Excellence.
Lyn’s passion is helping women understand the truth about their bodies, and to learn the most natural options for aging gracefully and healthfully, with a focus on preventing disease.
Today, Lyn has two Happy Hormone Cottages and an Integrative Hormone Center (IHC) & Pharmacy in Centerville, Ohio, that contains a state-of-the-art compounding lab, the IHC for Men Center, and their own HHC line of pharmaceutical-grade supplements.
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What lesson can we all learn from the great philosophical teachings of the rapper, Ludacris? Chief Energy Officer (CEO) Larry Long Jr. explains this and discusses his own motivational principles from his book - Jolt!: Get Zapped into Intentionality: Rediscover and Believe in Your Inner Greatness. What got this motivational speaker to overcome his own limitations and publish a book? Listen to find out!
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Bio: Larry Long Jr.
Larry Long Jr is the Founder and CEO (Chief Energy Officer) of LLJR Enterprises, focused on sharing and spreading motivation, inspiration, and transformation. He is the host of the ‘Midweek Midday Motivational Minute’ weekly live video program.
Larry is extremely passionate about coaching and helping individuals take their respective ‘game’ to the Next Level. As an experienced sales leader and business professional with a demonstrated history of success in SaaS sales, Larry brings a unique perspective to the table and understands many of the business and life challenges faced.
His areas of experience include Personal Development Coaching, Team Development, Leadership, & Motivation within organizations of all stages. Practicing what he preaches, Larry continuously seeks opportunities to learn & grow. He hopes JOLT! provides you with the zap needed to step into your greatness, and live your best life!
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How did this full-time employee, full-time student, and full-time mom with a 5-year-old become an Amazon best-selling author? Joi shares her own experience with overcoming imposter syndrome and her writing process with Leadership Fusion. She also explains the importance of helping businesses to see the advantages of adopting a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy.
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Bio: Joi TurnerS. Joi Turner (she/her) is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Business Partner. Certified in DEl in the Workplace and Inclusive and Ethical Leadership from the University of South Florida, Joi is focused on DEI strategy and execution. A leader in her organization, she continues to develop initiatives to make an inclusive and equitable workplace a reality for everyone. With a background in Learning and Development, Joi has a decade of experience facilitating several types of new-hire and developmental training. She has also managed teams of trainers across multiple industries including finance, retail, and healthcare.
A Cincinnati native, Joi gives back to the community as a YP Board member for Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and the YP Professional Leadership Chair for Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio. Joi enjoys spending time with her family, especially her son Jackson, listening to 90’s R&B, and traveling. During the pandemic, Joi also realized she had a passion for DIY home remodeling projects and interior decorating.
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Does any leader get to that position alone? Or is someone always there to see your greater potential? Mike shares his thoughts after living through the experience himself. He also tells us what kept him in the family business and how becoming a best-selling author on Amazon has left him wanting more.
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Bio: Mike Sipple, Jr.
Co-Founder and CEO, www.TalentMagnet.com
CEO, www.CentennialInc.com
“Leading with Intention means taking action. I have a gift for you, the people who read this book, because you know that leadership matters.
Visit: https://www.talentmagnet.com/fusion” ~Mike Sipple, Jr.
Mike Sipple, Jr. is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Talent Magnet Institute® and believes deeply in TMI's mission to unlock human potential. TMI is a people-centric leadership and management training and support for your journey.
Mike is also the CEO of Centennial Executive Search & Talent Strategy, with over a century of experience building vibrant leadership teams for companies from over 16 countries.
Mike and his dad co-founded TMI after Centennial’s clients continued to seek strategic and leadership advice from Centennial beyond executive search. Including coaching next-generation leaders, supporting growth in early to mid-career professionals, and supporting high-performing teams to lead with intention and create healthy, supportive cultures.
Both businesses strive to help leaders achieve their personal and organizational mission and vision.
Mike is a sought-after speaker and moderator for associations, executive peer groups, conferences, and organizations on Becoming a Talent Magnet®️, Courageous Leadership, Steps to Re-Energizing Teams, and The Great REALIZATION, and various other leadership topics.
Mike writes and speaks; these writing and speaking engagements can be viewed or listened to at:
- Thrive Global
- Business Courier Leadership Trust
- The Opposite of Small Talk
- Punk Rock HR
- Life in the Leadership Lane
- HR Social Hour
- HR Chat
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and various other publications and podcasts.
"Leadership is a journey, and you don't have to walk it alone." ~Mike Sipple, Jr.
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Does leadership only come with a formal business title? Misty shares her thoughts on trying to simplify leadership, even though it's definitely not simple. She also explains how becoming a published author with Leadership Fusion has redefined her own passions, goals, and pursuits.
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**Bio: Misty Bruns
For the last twenty years, Misty Bruns has been a leader who helps people achieve success!**
As a businesswoman with a diverse and impressive background in various levels of professionalism, she has experience working with Coca-Cola Enterprises, Payless ShoeSource, and Pak-Rite Industries, to name a few. Her experiences range in leadership roles amongst larger Fortune 500 companies to family-owned organizations in both union and non-union environments.
Her impressive career started with a B.S from Miami University in Human Resource Management and Organizational behavior. While at Miami, she volunteered as a victim advocate and spoke to local school-age students about ways they can use their leadership skills to help others. Life-long learning is a core passion that her mother, Donna, instilled from a young age. Misty believes this helped her achieve the success she has in her career. She holds a Master's degree in Education in Human Resource Development from Xavier University and recently earned her MBA from the University of Dayton. Misty has an SPHR certification from The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) that she has kept current throughout her career.
Though her skills are clearly diverse, she specializes in planning for businesses to include leadership development, succession planning, employee relations, financial evaluation, as well as start-up operations. As a professional, her passions lie in building the right teams, offering opportunities for development and growth, and coaching high-level executives on the most effective means to execute their goals.
Working in numerous industries such as retail, wholesale, logistics, and automotive gives Misty a unique business knowledge that she likes to use when giving back to her community through various volunteer opportunities. Misty has also served on many boards over the years, mentored numerous students, and coordinates events to benefit local charities.
Apart from her expansive professional accomplishments, Misty resides outside of Dayton, OH with her husband, Joseph, and her two children, Eli & Riley, around whom her world revolves! Cheering on her kids at their various events is her greatest joy. They love to spend their time at the beach as a way to keep their family ‘anchored.’
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How important is it to understand that different things motivate different people? Karla shares some real-life business examples to illustrate the importance of leading people how they want to be led. She also explains to us how she was able to skip a lot of the writer's stress by becoming a published author with Leadership Fusion.
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Bio: Karla Lewis
Karla has over thirty years of experience in sales with a record that demonstrates a consistency of top performance. Her passion lies in helping people who want to take their lives and careers to the next level and become the most MARVELous versions of themselves! Her clients have enjoyed increased income, better quality of life, and improved leadership skills because of her skilled coaching. Karla is the only person at Southwestern Consulting to have earned the title of Coach of the Year twice.
Karla is an entrepreneur and a leader at her core. She led her own companies to success as well as consulted businesses to improve areas such as business development and sales, marketing, event production, customer service training, and imaging and branding. She has worked with leaders to improve their leadership through better communication and better questions. She also enjoys working with businesses to create their own individual Vision-Purpose-Mission statements and Creed for their company. She is a former Lead Sales Executive who was responsible for 80% of an ISP company’s entire annual revenue. She has experience as a Sales Executive, Leader, and Trainer.
Karla lives in rural northwest Ohio and spends a significant amount of time in middle TN. Together with her adventure-loving husband, Brad, they have a grain farm operation in OH. Karla and Brad have found success as parents to two grown sons and two amazing daughters-in-law; they are also grandparents to four amazing grandchildren. Karla enjoys traveling with her husband and taking one of their five old show cars with them on their adventures.
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What entrepreneurial superpower is often stronger than creativity and generally overlooked? Ever since starting her first business as an undergraduate in college, Lacy has been fine-tuning her ability to execute ideas (whether they're originally hers or other people's thoughts). She shares her entrepreneurial insights on a leader's responsibility to bring out the best from individual team members, and Lacy explains what it has been like becoming a published author with Leadership Fusion.
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Bio: LACY J. STARLING
Entrepreneur, Consultant, Educator
The daughter of a truck driver and a part-time librarian, Lacy Starling grew up on a farm in Northeast Ohio. In addition to working the swing shift driving a truck, her dad also worked in the construction industry. Both of her parents also worked on the family farm. It was that work ethic that drove Lacy to want more than small-town life, and for her, a career as a newspaper reporter was the way to accomplish that. The world had different plans, however. As she was getting ready to graduate from college, the entire scope of print journalism was turned upside-down by the advent of the Internet and the subsequent slashing of editorial staff nationwide. Even with the distinction of Summa Cum Laude, and being named one of Scripps Top Ten journalism students in the country, she knew it would be a long road to find permanent, gainful employment at a newspaper.
Luckily, in her senior year at Kent State University, Lacy started a media marketing and web design company with two other students and discovered a talent for business management as well as a love of sales. She was so invigorated by entrepreneurship that she decided to go back to school and pursue her MBA to gain more credibility in the business world. While attending graduate school, Lacy had several marketing and management positions in Canton, Ohio; in both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. In 2007, she moved to Cincinnati and began her sales career in earnest, working in Development for the United Way of Greater Cincinnati.
Fundraising (while rewarding) wasn’t exactly what she had in mind when she set out to conquer the business world. In 2009, Lacy was able to combine her knowledge of freight, gleaned from years of watching her dad earn a living driving tanker trucks, with her beliefs about how company culture should be formed and nurtured, by founding Legion Logistics in the basement of her house. She fearlessly led the company to incredible success, including several appearances on the Inc. 500/5000 list and two appearances on the list of Top 10 Fastest-Growing Women-Led Companies in the world. Individually, she was honored as a 2015 “Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year” and included in the 2015 “Class of the Business Courier’s Forty Under 40.”
After years of helping entrepreneurs and business owners sort out their business plans and establish strategies for growth, she decided to formalize her work and build out a consulting practice. In 2019, Lacy opened her Sales and Strategy consulting firm, Starling Consulting. Her goal is to help other businesses find the same success she did, navigating the choppy waters of funding, growth, scale, and longevity.
After turning 40 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lacy decided that she needed a new direction in her life. She sold her stake in Legion in September 2021 and left her position as President. One month later, she became the founding President and CEO of LINK Media, a news organization covering the Northern Kentuc
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After 20 years working for IBM, which required yearly corporate sales training, Angela has been exposed to all the sales techniques in the world. How do you empower your sales team to drive the strategic mission? Angela shares her professional thoughts, journey, and experience becoming a published author with Leadership Fusion.
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**Bio: Angela Rakis
Angela Rakis is the President and Founder of Metis Sales Solutions, a sales consulting firm. Angela leverages her 20+ years of selling and sales leadership to help business clients implement growth strategies to realize their revenue potential and increase confidence in their sales team and processes.**
Prior to founding Metis Sales Solutions, Angela led sales teams at Fortune 500 organizations like IBM and Xerox, as well as mid-market firms across the country. Throughout her sales career, she has cultivated success by developing unique thought leadership and sales strategies while establishing loyal and profitable relationships with clients. Teams have relied on Angela for her ability to retain clients, turn around troubled relationships, and build confidence that they can close deals, manage clients, and be an industry leader.
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What can we learn from the magical mouse who does a good job helping all employees align with its deeper company "why"? Katie Currens shares her professional expertise, personal experiences, and what it has been like becoming a published author with Leadership Fusion -- after originally being told she didn't have enough credibility to write a book because she hadn't been published before (despite having a Master's Degree in the subject).
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**Bio: Katie Currens
Katie brings a diverse background in consulting, education, sales, and hospitality. This powerful skill set has established her philosophy that impactful organizations are rooted in building connections, igniting creativity, and meaningful celebration. Her passion for intentional people strategies in organizations is rooted in the values of company culture and guest experience she learned early in her career while working for The Walt Disney Company.**
**Eternal curiosity has helped Katie drive innovative initiatives focused on enhancing organizational cultures. She empowers others to take action by building an understanding of systemic barriers, showing the value of empathetic leadership, and providing engaging experiences that intentionally cultivate positive growth. Katie’s work helps to empower people to put their visions into action in a way that respects the impact they have on interpersonal relationships, their organization, and their communities.
Katie is the owner of One Spark Solutions where she inspires others to find their spark through her speaking, writing, and engaging facilitation. Through self-taught and formal education, she has cultivated a motivation and appreciation for childlike wonder that has led her to exhibit what it means to be a lifelong learner.
Katie received a Bachelor’s in Communication and a Master’s in Education Administration from the University of Cincinnati, a Master’s in Early Childhood Education from Xavier University, and several certificate courses from the University of South Florida; including Ethical and Inclusive Leadership as well as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace.
In addition to her deep engagement in her own learning, she currently teaches a course on Social Justice in Educational Leadership at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
As much as she is a driven professional, Katie’s true motivator is her family. She lives comfortably between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio with her husband and children: Joe, JJ, Lily, and their fur baby, Olaf. They are often running between competitive cheer, club soccer, hopping on a cruise, enjoying the Disney destinations, or embracing the stillness of “lake life.” Katie is an active member of the Children’s Tumor Foundation Volunteer Leadership Council where she advocates for EndNF in support of her son and other families impacted by genetic disorders. She also coaches youth recreational soccer and is the host of the One Spark Stories Podcast.**
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How can C-Suite and HR close the gap to bring HR to the table and for HR to be more strategic? Mallory Herrin talks about this as well as her book Intentional HR.
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Mallory Herrin, SPHR, SHRM-CP, CPLC, is the CEO and Principal HR Consultant of HerrinHR, a full-service Human Resources Consultancy located in Dallas, Texas. She has a passion for HR and helping other HR professionals take their work to the next level. Herrin has seen the positive impacts on HR professionals and the companies they work for when HR is valued as a strategic function.
Beyond being a passionate HR professional, Mallory is also a wife, mother to two wonderful children, and dog mom. She volunteers for several organizations, including Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Dallas CASA, DallasHR, and others.
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Did you know honesty is a muscle? Today, I chat with Ron Carucci, author of To Be Honest, about honesty and the conversations he had with leaders who are super heroes.
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Ron is a seasoned consultant with more than 25 years of experience working with CEOs and senior executives of organizations ranging from Fortune 50s to start-ups in pursuit of transformational change. His consulting has taken him to more than 20 different countries on four continents. He has consulted to some of the world’s most influential CEOs and executives on issues ranging from strategy to organization to leadership. He has worked extensively in the health sciences, biotech, and healthcare provider sectors and in the technology, consumer products, and retail food and beverage industries. He has led work on several large-scale merger integrations and subsequent culture change initiatives and enterprise-level global organizational redesigns.
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In today's show, we talk with Michael Wenderoth, Author of Get Promoted. We discuss the myths on career promotion and ways to get promoted.
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Michael Wenderoth is an Executive Coach that challenges leaders to re-examine their assumptions about power, politics and authenticity, so they can breakthrough and ascend. His contrarian views have been featured in Harvard Business Review and Forbes,and is the author of Get Promoted: What You’re Really Missing at Work That’s Holding You Back. Prior to becoming an executive coach, Michael served 20 years in senior roles on break-through businesses in the U.S., China and Europe. He holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and trained as an executive coach at Columbia University.
His focus is on building POWER, a word with negative connotations – and a topic most people mistakenly shy away from. He believes understanding power is THE key to success if you want to move up, get big things done, or become a better leader. Period!
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Are you looking for how to establish a business based on you and your energy? While talking with Priscilla Stephan, I found out that my archetype is Visionary and have tools on how to brand my business based off me and my energy! Priscilla Stephan, is the author of Soufluent Leadership Business Guide and Intuitive Business Strategist.
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Priscilla Stephan is an Intuitive Business Strategist and creator of the Soulfluent® Leadership Archetypes who helps soul-driven women entrepreneurs create sustainable, world-changing businesses that support the greater good. Through a powerful combination of practical business strategy together with soul guidance in the Akashic Records, she excels at helping people identify their zones of genius, step into powerful leadership, and live their purpose profitably.
She works with leaders from a wide range of industries who have one thing in common: they have the desire to create a global impact and live a life of purpose without sacrificing their time, relationships or well-being.
She is the author of the international bestselling book Soulfluent® Leadership Business Guide: Amplify your Message, Visibility and Profits by Leveraging your Archetype that supports leaders to stay grounded in their vision and primed to lead themselves and their organizations boldly into the future with confidence, courage and sustainable growth.
She lives in Northern CA with her husband, her maltipoo dog Lily and two cats: Annabelle and Bodhi. When she isn't working, you can find her watching European soccer, hiking and eating decadent chocolate truffles!
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Have you ever spoken to someone who has climbed the tallest mountain on each continent and skied to the North and South Pole? Our guest has done all of that. Lei Wang is an executive coach who takes all the learnings from her adventures and shows others how to say yes to success for themselves and their business! And she is an author of After the Summit!
Buy After the Summit Connect with Leihttps://journeywithlei.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/leiwang/ BioFrom an unathletic bookworm to the first Asian-American to complete the Explorer’s Grand Slam, surmounting the highest peak in all seven continents and skiing to the South and North poles. Lei’s remarkable journey has inspired individuals around the world to dream big and reach their highest potential.
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Is networking still just a bunch of sales people trying to sell their product and services? No, networking is all about learning about others and helping each other. Heidi Torres, author of CEOs of Networking, talks about networking, how volunteering is a part of your networking strategy and her book.
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Bio:Heidi Torres built connections at an early age when she studied at twelve schools and lived in three countries. She pursued a fifteen-year career in sales and progressively led and developed sales teams that spanned three states. After a promotion to Human Resources Supervisor, she began overseeing the HR needs of over 200 employees. Torres then earned a BBA in HR Management from Texas Woman’s University, became a SHRM-Certified Professional, and landed positions as an HR Generalist and a Talent Acquisition Manager through networking. She serves on the DallasHR Board and attends the MBA program at West Texas A&M University.
When not working, Torres volunteers with the Alzheimer’s Association and enjoys spending time with her husband, rescue cats, and ducks.
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During this week's episode, I talk about my new book, HR By Design. HR By Design launches on Friday, March 25th. It is the design thinking playbook for HR professionals
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Jodi Brandstetter believes every HR professional needs to use design thinking methodology to solve complex HR challenges. With over 20 years of HR experience and a certification in design thinking, Jodi is a guide to solving complex HR challenges with a creative and innovative method, design thinking.
Her first book, Hire By Design, is the playbook for strategic and intentional human-focused talent acquisition. Her second book, HR By Design, is the playbook for strategic and intentional human-focused people operations.
In 2022, Jodi founded By Design Brainery, a design thinking academy for HR professionals.
Jodi lives outside of Cincinnati, OH with her husband, Ron, daughter, Lena and her fur-children – Dali and Monet.
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Danyetta Najoli is the author of Micro Shift and a Growth Mindset Coach. In her chapter, she talked about her story and how she uses the tools that she provides to her clients herself. We discuss her chapter and how showing vulnerability helps with connecting with your readers and your clients.
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Danyetta Najoli is a Growth Mindset and Personal Foundations Coach. She works with creatives who want to create laser-like focus on the things that matter most, women who are in the middle of life transition, and people who want to become more productive and mindful by doing less.
Danyetta’s work is based on the research of social role theory, multiple intelligence, mindfulness, happiness, and positive psychology. She is an Amazon #1 Best Selling author and editor of inspirational works. She earned her Certificate of Advanced Proficiency (CAP) through OADSP's DSPaths Program and her Coaching for Results Certificate from Harvard Business School. Danyetta served as Dean of an international Coach Training school working with students in Asia, Australia, Canada, and throughout the United States. She is a member of Thomas Leonard’s Graduate School of Coaching/Coachville.com (Member ID: 231888). Danyetta authored two ebooks, What is Coaching? and Unstoppable Confidence: Sustaining a Posture for Success, which serves as a guidebook for support professionals and others seeking to develop confidence in key area of their lives.
Danyetta is a collaborative author and editor of the book, It Takes Money Honey: Guaranteed Strategies to Wealth Creation, Proven Tips for Financial Faith and Developing Faith. This book is available in paperback and as an ebook.
Danyetta earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Fisk University and a Masters of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Danyetta serves on the board of Neighbours, Inc. and is a Parent Ambassador of Cincinnati Squash Academy. She served as a board member of Price Hill Will and vice president of Invest in Neighborhoods, chairing their Nominating Committee.
For more about Danyetta and to hire her coaching and training services, visit www.Danyetta.com
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On February 18th, Micro Shift launched and became an Amazon Bestseller! Today, we talk with Lauren Ammon, author of Micro Shift and founder of Performance Reimagined™️. We chat about her chapter in Micro Shift as well as what it means to be an athlete after sports and how important your mindset is during that transition.
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Bio:Lauren spent two decades chasing a successful swimming career. This foundation as a student athlete set the tone for high achievement in the professional world.
In November 2019, Lauren received her professional coaching certification from the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) to feed her passion for supporting others in reaching their full potential.
While watching the 2020 Olympic games, there was a spark. As she watched Simon Biles remove herself from competition and Katie Ledecky do everything in her power to hide her disappointment following a lackluster race, she knew who she was called to serve. Athletes. It was validated when Michael Phelps told the world, "Competition is overwhelming. We just want someone to listen to us. Someone to support us mentally through the pressure-filled moments."
Lauren specializes in working with current and retiring athletes to master the mental part of the game. Her practice exists to show athletes there is an outlet to be heard, seen, and supported mentally and emotionally at the same level they are physically.
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In this week's episode, we chat with Katy Crossen, author of Marketing Fusion and Founder of Threshold Marketing and Communications. We chat about her chapter, storytelling and EQ in marketing and how important to include your heart and mind in marketing.
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Katy Crossen has nearly 25 years of marketing and communications experience, but her career began by honing the craft of storytelling in the belly of a newsroom.
Prior to founding Threshold Marketing & Communications in 2020, Crossen was an account director for one of the largest B2B advertising agencies in the world, serving multinational clients including Target Corporation, Canon, and Viacom.
Crossen fell in love with B2B marketing and communications during the five years she oversaw marketing and communications strategy for a major commercial real estate developer and design-builder in the Midwest.
Crossen’s career started in broadcasting, in which she spent 10 years working as a newscast producer for CBS and ABC affiliates in Cincinnati, OH, and Lexington, KY, respectively. Her philosophy on marketing and communications comes straight from those days of working in TV news: focus on the people you need to target, the messages you want to communicate, and the channels you’re using to reach them.
Katy Crossen proudly calls Cincinnati home. In her downtime, she enjoys taking far-flung travel adventures and savoring delicious pours of Kentucky bourbon.
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This week, Micro Shift launches on Amazon.com. In this episode, we chat with Theresa Vermillion, Lighter Light Coach. We chat about her chapter in Micro Shift, her GLO process and our fur babies.
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https://itsnotaboutthecupcake.com Bio:Theresa created Lighter Life Coach because there is a need for women to learn the truth and understand that their value does not depend on their size, age, weight, looks, or IQ.
She believes that there is a different way to get healthy because getting healthy involves so much more than just diet and exercise. Restrictive diets don’t work because actions are motivated by feelings. It is not about what we it it is about why we eat it.
Theresa uses personal empowerment coaching to guide women to end the struggle with being overweight and feelings of overwhelm so they can have a Lighter Body and a Lighter Life. Theresa’s flagship coaching program is the Lighter Life Philosophy and is based on The Three Pillars of Light: Empower Your Mind; Embrace Your Body; and Elevate Your Energy.
Her expertise comes from experience and knowledge in Education, Health, Personal Growth, Fitness, and Life Coaching. Theresa has a degree in education along with multiple certifications in health and fitness.
She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and occasionally one of their three grown kids.
Theresa’s favorite things include spending time outdoors, learning new things, and playing with her dog, Magic. She wants you to “Live Light.”
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This week, Micro Shift, launches on Amazon. In today's episode, we talk with Monique Johnson, author of Micro Shift. We chat about her chapter, working through transitions and her writing journey.
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Bio:Monique Johnson, Ed.D. is an experienced versatile leader with years of experience in career development, diversity and inclusion, and leadership. She is the owner of Dr. MCJ Consulting, LLC, a coaching and consulting practice based in greater Cincinnati that provides individual and group career coaching, large-scale presentations, guest speaking, training, and consulting services.
Dr. Johnson is passionate about creating safe spaces that empower individuals in their careers as well as impact positive change within organizations. She coaches all levels from beginner to executive level.
She also has demonstrated experience consulting and coaching leaders in school districts and various audiences including nonprofits, higher education and various corporations. She is especially committed to encouraging organizations to diversify their workplace cultures through inclusive planning, training, strategic planning, recruitment and retention, and program development.
Beginning in 2021, she was selected to serve a 3-year term as the Certified Master of Career Services (CMCS) Commissioner for the National Career Development Association’s (NCDA) Credentialing Commission. She is also a National Certified Counselor (NCC).
Dr. Johnson earned her doctorate degree from The Pennsylvania State University in Counselor Education with a focus in Higher Education Administration and a minor in Human Resource Development.
She is thrilled to be a coauthor with the Reset Collective. The book is titled Micro Shift: Small Mindset Changes for Big Results published in February 2022. Monique lives by the motto “start and modify as you."
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This week, Micro Shift launches on Amazon.com. Today, we talk with Patrice Borders, author of Micro Shift. Her chapter focused on resiliency. We chat about how to learn resiliency and the book.
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Bio: Patrice is an executive coach, speaker, and facilitator. Her tools of choice are emotional intelligence and mindfulness. A client described Patrice as “the perfect combination of IQ, EQ, facilitator, and wizard.” Embodying this description, her mission is empowering leaders to build work cultures thriving with trusting teams, innovation, and belonging.
She is an attorney and the Founder and Principal of Prevention Strategies, LLC. For over 20 years, she has drawn on her employment law and human capital expertise to help individuals and organizations develop resonant leaders, collaborative teams, and inclusive workplace cultures. She helps her clients evolve into better versions of themselves through growing self-awareness and leading with empathy.
Patrice offers leaders mental tools -- based on modern neuroscience -- to handle stress, uncertainty, conflict, and other issues that can undermine success. She has delivered transformational training and leadership coaching to individuals and audiences across the world including, Fortune 100 corporations such as Dropbox, Johnson & Johnson, Danaher, Procter & Gamble, Nielsen, Kroger, 84.51o and various law firms, non-profits, and academic entities.
Patrice is a Certified Search Inside Yourself Teacher (the leadership development program born at Google, based on mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and contemporary neuroscience). She is also certified in the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 Emotional Intelligence assessment tools, the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument® and as a professional and executive coach.
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This week, we sit down with 4 of the 6 authors of Micro Shift. In today's episode, we talk with Kendra Ramirez, founder of Reset. Kendra talks about her chapter in Micro Shift as well as how small shifts can really impact your mindset. Micro Shift launches on Friday, February 18th.
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Bio:Kendra Ramirez is the Chief Energy Officer at Kendra Ramirez Digital Agency, globally recognized on the home page of LinkedIn.com, Women of Influence Award Winner, John Barrett Entrepreneur Vision Award recipient, Cincy Chic Woman of the Year, AMA Marketing Legend, author of Marketing Fusion and Micro Shift and a finalist for the Social Media Innovator of the Year. Since 2005, she has helped hundreds of organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, leverage digital technologies. Kendra has spent more than 15 years in technology companies as a change agent in sales, marketing, and recruiting leadership for B2B customers.
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In this week's episode, we talk with Kimberlee Vollbrecht, author of Marketing Fusion and the Pipeline Plumber. Kim provides some guidance on how to have a strong sales pipeline and her successes so far as an author!
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Kimberlee Vollbrecht, President of V2 Strategies, has built a name as the Pipeline Plumber. Just like the plumbing in your house, your sales pipeline needs periodic maintenance – and the occasional upgrade – to keep running smoothly.
Her philosophy is simple: If it doesn’t work for you … it doesn’t work. Her pipeline solutions are based on each company’s unique customer insights, fit their sales and marketing process, and support longer-term goals and objectives. They’ve helped an independent caterer double sales from her email newsletter, an IT services firm set up a customer-intelligence system to support inside sales, and a coaching enterprise automate the prospect-to-satisfied-client journey.
When she’s not providing clients with success solutions, Kim loves time spent with her family and friends, nature walks with her rescue pup Roxie, and activities that center on solving mysteries or putting puzzle pieces together. As a child, she’d start jigsaw puzzles from the inside out, creating a picture from individual pieces that naturally fit together. That ability to see connections first, and then assemble the picture, has helped her successfully build coalitions, shift opinions, and drive sales throughout her career.
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In this week's episode, we talk with Coach T about her book, Networkology, why she decided to be an Empowerment Coach, and her experience writing in a collective book.
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Toria Renee’, founder and CEO of IAMTHECOACHT, is a Radio Show Host on Intellectual Radio, and Personal Growth & Mindset Change Coach.
Toria Renee’ is known to her clients and coaching peers as Coach T. As a coach she helps women walk through their journey to become the absolute best version of themselves through 1-1 coaching.
Coach T offers customized coaching sessions for each client to assist them in realizing the greatness they already possess. Through her coaching techniques clients gain the insight, clarity, and mental power tools necessary to identify, cultivate, and apply their gifts and talents.
Coach T’s greatest success stories are of women who have discovered their strengths, learned to make their weaknesses work in their favor, overcame personal growth barriers, and successfully changed their mindset to better align with their life’s purpose.
Toria Renee’, a.k.a. Coach T, is dedicated to speaking words that are valuable to life application and takes great joy in empowering women to realize great success.
In her spare time, Coach T enjoys reading, writing, working variety puzzles, playing board games, listening to NEO Soul music, and sampling a variety of culturally inspired cuisine.
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Today we chat with James Szuch, author of Marketing Fusion. We chat about why someone buys a product or service and how you need to focus on their head and heart. Marketing Fusion will be available Friday, January 29th.
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James Szuch believes the first step in building a business that thrives is to build products that matter. As a consultant and business leader with over thirty years of experience, he built successful businesses based on meaningful products that solve critical customer problems. As an executive advisor and educator, James’ mission is to help business owners unlock their potential to achieve success.
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In today's episode, we talk to Kendra Ramirez about the marketing blueprint and her chapter in Marketing Fusion. Marketing Fusion launches on January 28th on Amazon.com.
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Kendra Ramirez is the CEO of Kendra Ramirez Digital Agency. She is globally recognized on the home page of LinkedIn.com, Women of Influence Award Winner, John Barrett Entrepreneur Vision Award recipient, Cincy Chic Woman of the Year, AMA Marketing Legend and a finalist for the Social Media Innovator of the Year. Since 2005, she has helped hundreds of organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, leverage digital technologies. Kendra has spent more than 15 years in technology companies as a change agent in sales, marketing and recruiting leadership for B2B customers.
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In today's episode, I discuss Influence Network Media's book series: Business Fusion and the latest book in the series, Marketing Fusion. Marketing Fusion hits Amazon on Friday, January 28th. The 10 Marketing Experts provide tips, tactics and strategies to help small to mid-size businesses grow their businesses with marketing.
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Jodi believes every business expert has a book inside of them. As a Recruiting expert and bestselling author, Jodi understands how a book can open doors to promote your expertise as well as your business.
Her bestselling book, Hire by Design, is the playbook for strategic and intentional, human-focused talent acquisition. Her book is a perfect mix of “writing the rules,” while also being delivered in an approachable and enjoyable way. It is the book that meets business needs in today’s world.
Jodi has 20 years of HR and recruiting experience, and is certified in design thinking. Her expertise in recruiting and retaining top talent is a game changer for small and midsize companies in science, manufacturing, engineering, and tech.
Jodi is the CEO of:
- Lean Effective Talent Strategies - a talent acquisition consulting firm
- Talent Acquisition Evolution - a community for recruiting professionals to connect, learn, and work together
- Influence Network Media - a media company that provides production, publication and promotion services for business experts to write bestselling books.
Jodi lives outside of Cincinnati, OH with husband, Ron, daughter, Lena and her fur-children – Dali and Monet.
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When you get to talk to the Killer Pitch Master on your podcast, you know it will be a great show. In today's episode, we talk with Precious Williams, Killer Pitch Master and author of Pitching for Profit. We talk about her book, her business, tips for pitching and a bit about her life story.
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Have you ever met a full-figured diva who has taken the business world by storm and won BIG? Well now you have! Precious L. Williams, also affectionately known as the #KillerPitchMaster, can help you #slayallcompetition with her “killer” elevator pitches, media pitches, and investor pitches. Precious is a world class master communicator who works with successful women entrepreneurs and helps them take their professional pitching and speaking skills to the next level. With over 24 years of experience in creating unique branding, speaking, and marketing techniques, Williams trains her clients and sales teams at Fortune 100 companies how to remain authentic and transparent when presenting to distinctive audiences.
As a 13-time national business elevator pitch champion, Williams has been on top television shows and publications for her pitching, branding, and professional speaking skills. She was featured on Season 8 of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” CNN, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, the movie, “LEAP,” as well as several others around the world.
The philosophy of her “killer” pitch is evident in the strategic and personalized creative communications and presentations solutions Williams puts forth. As serial entrepreneur, international professional speaker, and coach, Williams is equipped to bring life, authenticity, strategy, and boldness to all your oral and written communication needs.
Williams is a graduate of Spelman College and Rutgers School of Law. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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In this episode, we chat with Katrina Roddy, Entrepreneur Coach and Author of Steal Your Skills From Corporate. The discussion is all about being an entrepreneur, how a book helps your grow as an entrepreneur and more!
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Chicago Illinois native, Katrina Roddy worked 30 years in Corporate Insurance before being laid off. It was at that moment when she chose to take her acquired skills in corporate and become an Independent Contractor. As the author of "Steal Your Skills from Corporate", she will guide you through using your skills and transitioning into becoming an independent contractor.
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In today's episode, we chat with Chris Dyer, Keynote Speaker, Thought Leader and Author of Remote Work: Redesign Processes, Practices and Strategies to Engage a Remote Workforce. During our conversation, we discuss tactics for remote work, strategies with companies that have remote and in-person teams and how a process makes writing a book easier.
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Bio:Chris Dyer is the founder and CEO of PeopleG2, where he manages 30 full-time remote employees and 3,000 independent contractors. PeopleG2 is routinely ranked one of the best places to work and has been listed as one of Inc.’s 5000 Fastest Growing Companies. Having made the transition to remote during the recession in 2009 with stunning success, Chris Dyer is now a world-renowned expert on remote leadership and productive company culture.
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In this week's episode, we chat with Brad Dalton, Educator, Life Transformation Coach and author of DNA of a Winner. We discuss how to fill your own cup and how you are your ideal reader for your book! Brad's energy is amazing and this episode is one to listen to!
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Bio:Brad Dalton has more than two decades of experience serving others, raising leadership lids, helping others climb onto the positive train and creating the best versions of themselves.
In his journey, he has learned the lessons of leaning into struggle, soaking up the positives and understanding what the Success Road looks like. Brad has a soft spot in his heart for all individuals starting from the ground up and even more so for those being overlooked because they aren’t deemed “typical."
Having a son on the autism spectrum, Brad has truly embraced the Success Road. Leading from the front, serving as a chief encouragement officer for those starting in the back, and helping those in the middle not just get even but get ahead are his passions.
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In this week's episode we talk to Michael Watkins, Investment Advisor and author of 401(k) Revival. We discussed strategies for your 401k, how to select an advisor and tips on becoming an author.
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Michael Watkins is an Investment Advisor Representative and serial entrepreneur. Michael enjoys teaching people how to build greater wealth by significantly reducing risks inside their 401k plan and other stock market driven investments.
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In this episode with talk with Dan Gingiss, Customer Experience Expert and Author of The Experience Maker. We discuss the importance to focus on your current clients/customer's experiences to grow your business.
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Bio:Dan Gingiss is an international keynote speaker and customer experience coach who believes that a remarkable customer experience can be your best marketing. His 20-year professional career consistently focused on delighting customers, spanning multiple disciplines including customer experience, marketing, social media and customer service. He held leadership positions at three Fortune 300 companies – McDonald’s, Discover and Humana.
Dan is the author of two books, The Experience Maker: How To Create Remarkable Experiences That Your Customers Can’t Wait To Share and Winning at Social Customer Care: How Top Brands Create Engaging Experiences on Social Media. He also hosts the Experience This! Show podcast and the Experience Maker Show.
He earned a B.A. in psychology and communications from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. in marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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This episode we talk with Caren Laverty, finance guru and author of The Little Black Dress of Finance. We discuss the importance of understanding your finances and why it is Caren's mission to help women with their finance.
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Caren Laverty is a native Ohioan, born in an industrial, blue collar city located about an hour southeast of Cleveland, called Warren. She is the only girl in a family of four children. When her Mother passed away at the young age of 34, her Father was left to raise the four children by himself.
After graduating from Miami University with a BS in Business Administration, she was hired by Humana in the Marketing Department before being promoted to a Statistical Analyst. Married to her college sweetheart, they had two children. Due to her Mother passing away so young, Caren chose to leave the workforce for five years to be with her children.
She reentered the workforce as a Financial Representative for Fidelity Investments. Her career at Fidelity lasted 13 years and included a variety of different roles. She worked in Private Client Group, Stock Plan Services, and finished her career as an Account Executive. Her book of business included more than 500 mass affluent households, defined as clients with greater than $250k in investable assets. She worked directly with clients for all their investment, planning, and guidance needs and also created retirement income plans, constructed investment portfolios, and positioned appropriate products such as annuities, charitable gift fund, and active trader services. She received many awards, including their most prestigious award, President’s Circle.
Being a young retiree, she chose to start a financial blog dedicated to women. This led to writing two financial books for women called “A Woman’s Place is in The Market” and “The Little Black Dress of Finance”. They’re both fun, educational books focused on empowering women to learn and become more interested in their own finances. Her other hobbies and activities include tennis team captain, President of her HOA, St. Joseph’s Orphanage volunteer, Club Treasurer of a women’s steering committee called SheLead, and Treasurer (previous President) of the Northeast Hamilton County Republican Club.
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In this week's episode we talk with Rachel Pacheco, author of Bring Up the Boss and lecturer and researcher at The Wharton School. We discuss skills that someone who wants to become a manager can work while an individual contributor and tips on how to find an agent for your book!
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Rachel's Bio:Rachel Pacheco, PhD is a management author, lecturer and researcher at The Wharton School. She is passionate about teaching people what it takes to be great managers and coaching executives and leaders on how to build thriving teams and organizations. At Wharton, Rachel conducts research on management—specifically on power and conflict—and is a member of the teaching faculty. She is also a founding faculty member of the Entrepreneurship in Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches multiple courses for budding entrepreneurs that focus on the practical side of working in a small organization.
Additionally, Rachel serves on the board of advisors for numerous start-ups, primarily in the digital health and wellness space. A former chief people officer, she was on the executive teams of start-ups in the healthcare and big data space. She holds a PhD and MBA from The Wharton School and a BS from Georgetown University. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband, Michael.
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In today's episode, we talk to Len Herstein about his book Be Vigilant and the different ways to be vigilant in your personal and professional life.
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Len Herstein has over 30 years of experience in business and brand marketing. Since starting the company in 2003, Len has led the planning on clients’ custom events and brand consulting projects, while also serving as the strategic vision behind the annual Brand ManageCamp marketing conferences, an attendee-focused brand marketing conference named a “Must Attend” by Forbes.
Prior to founding ManageCamp, Len spent many years innovating, managing, and growing brands for major consumer packaged goods marketers, including Campbell Soup Company, Coca-Cola, and Nabisco. Prior to that, Len honed his consulting skills while working for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
Since 2015, Len has also served as a reserve deputy sheriff with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado. In this volunteer position, he works up to 850 hours a year as a state-certified peace officer on the patrol team—for free. Inspired to make a positive contribution to the safety and well-being of the citizens of Douglas County, Len works to be part of the solution of creating better relationships between police and the community.
Blending law enforcement training and professional experience, he learned valuable business lessons while serving his community to transform both homes and careers. Through his applicable law enforcement–inspired strategies, he helps business leaders improve performance and safeguard success in all aspects of their lives through vigilance.
A fan of the Leicester City Foxes of the English Premier League, The Denver Broncos, and poker, Len lives in Colorado with his wife, two daughters, and their Australian shepherd. Learn more at lenherstein.com.
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Today, we talk to Andew Kap, author of The Last Law of Attraction Book You'll Ever Need to Read about law of attraction, our ego and advice for new authors.
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Andrew Kap is the author of “The Last Law of Attraction Book You’ll Ever Need To Read” -- a perennial bestseller giving readers a unique understanding of the topic that no other “LOA” book has ever been able to do — by going the extra mile of addressing WHY people who get excited about trying it out still can’t manage to get in the habit of using the methods for just five minutes a day.
The book has enjoyed #1 Bestseller status in multiple categories on Amazon, with over 1,800 five-star ratings & reviews and counting, and a growing YouTube channel devoted to it.
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During this episode, we talk with Travis Scott, marketing expert and author of Think Differently. The discussion includes why recruitment marketing is important for companies today and Travis' advice to new authors.
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He is the CEO and Principal Consultant at RainierDigital, a HubSpot Partner and inbound marketing consulting firm in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area.
He regularly contributes to his career-focused blog and podcast called "The Winding Road."
He has worked for small companies, startups, and Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft and Comcast.
Travis has an MBA in marketing from the University of Colorado (Denver) and a BS in Public Affairs from Indiana University (Bloomington). He lives in Spokane, WA with his wife and two children.
You listen and subscribe to his podcast, "The Winding Road" and follow him on Twitter at @509Marketer.
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In this episode, we talk to Jeff Wald, entrepreneur and author of The End of Jobs: Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations. We discuss the future of work, unions and how difficult it can be to write a book.
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Jeff Wald is the Founder of Work Market, an enterprise software platform that enables companies to efficiently and compliantly, organize, manage and pay freelancers (purchased by ADP).
Jeff has founded several other technology companies, including Spinback, a social sharing platform (eventually purchased by salesforce.com). Jeff began his career in finance, serving as a Managing Director at activist hedge fund Barington Capital Group, a Vice President at Israeli venture firm GlenRock and various roles in the M&A Group at JP Morgan. He is an active angel investor and startup adviser, as well as serving on numerous public and private Boards of Directors.
Jeff holds an MBA from Harvard University and an MS and BS from Cornell University. He also formerly served as an officer in the Auxiliary Unit of the New York Police Department. Jeff is the author of "The Birthday Rules" and "The End of Jobs: Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations”.
Jeff is also a Producer of the Tony Award Winning Best Musical, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”, "Slava's Snowshow" and the full-length feature "Inez & Doug & Kira" which has won best picture at various film festivals. Jeff is a regular writer in Huffington Post and Forbes and speaks widely at conferences and television on startups and labor issues. Jeff was named “One of the 100 Most Influential People’ in Staffing” by the Staffing Industry Analysts.
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Today's episode, we talk to Rick Girard, entrepreneur, executive recruiter and author of Healing Career Wounds. This episode is all about hiring and finding the right talent for your organization.
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From the moment he sprung from the womb, Rick Girard has been a pain in the ass.
He can’t help it. The guy is a born rebel.
In school, he challenged his teachers when he thought they were shallow. He questioned his coaches when he thought they were making bad calls. He even grilled his friends when he saw them doing things he regarded as not so smart choices.
Why? Was it because he wanted to be helpful? Because he cared just that much? Nope. It was because, more than anything, Rick liked—and still likes—to win. And, like George Costanza on Seinfeld, he’s figured out that the way to win, which almost always turns out to be the opposite of what everyone else is doing.
That’s why he developed his proven system for hiring—and gave the start-up world a much-needed kick in the ass.
Rick didn’t grow up dreaming of changing the game in recruiting…or business of any kind. His dream was to be a Playboy photographer (don’t judge!) until he decided that as much as he loved creating art, he liked eating and having a roof over his head even more. So he took a job in recruiting, and even though he phoned it in, he wound up making a lot of money. However, when a friend derisively referred to him as a “resume-slinging cowboy,” Rick knew. It was time to up his game…by changing everything he was doing.
He studied many approaches to recruiting, ultimately perfecting the process into a single system that is both seamless and highly-successful in achieving the right results. The result is the Hire Operating System (Hire OS), a secret weapon that focuses on hiring consciously that consistently attracts the best people. As the founder and CEO of Stride Search, Rick used (and still uses) this system to build top-performing teams for Silicon Valley start-ups and other cutting-edge companies. His mission has been to give committed start-ups the clarity, power and system to make hiring a win, every time. And somehow, he has turned his unsettling impulses, unruly nature into success for hundreds of clients.
In case you were wondering, those clients aren’t the only people who get to enjoy Rick’s unique take on the world. His value driven nature, insights and systems are enjoyed by audiences every week on the Hire Power Radio Show & Podcast. In his spare time, he competes in a laundry-list of alpha-male activities, from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to surfing to rock climbing to running with scissors.
Rick has a wife, a child and a dog, who all put up with him for some unknown reason.
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In this episode, we talk to AJ Clinkenbeard about career transition and his book Back on the Rails.
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Passionate multi-faceted executive who solves sales and operations problems. Brings departments together with a common vision through effectively communicating the “why” and “what’s in it for me”. Excels in building high-performing teams, improving business processes and instilling best practices. Servant-leader who assembles top-talent, helps teammates reach goals, instills a culture of accountability, and creates succession plans for growth and sustainability.
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During this episode, we talk to Melanie Booher, Culture Coach and author of Conscious Culture. Her book is a game plan to build a great workplace.
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Website: https://thrivewithmb.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-booher/
Melanie’s BioMelanie Booher builds great workplace cultures. With more than 20 years of business experience, Human Resource expertise and Culture Coach certification, MB helps organizations THRIVE. She is the CEO and founder of MB Consulting Solutions and creator of the THRIVE Model, Cards for Culture© and the THRIVE Culture Coach program.
MB has a proven track record as a Culture Coach helping organizations become a "Best Place to Work" by instilling big-company best practices within an entrepreneurial environment. Rooted in her experiences as a people connector, change agent, and business coach - she drives organizations to truly live their values, not just post them on the conference room walls.
MB lives outside of Cincinnati, OH, with her husband and three children.
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During this episode, we talk to Adam Sulkowski, professor, avid traveler and author of Extreme Entrepreneurship. His book contains stories of startup founders from all across the world.
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMjHgvfwiyZj4-4CrVjVqkQ
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamsulkowski/
Adam’s BioAdam J. Sulkowski is an associate professor of law and sustainability at Babson College, ranked as the #1 school for entrepreneurs for decades, according to US News & World Report and other authorities. As a professor since 2005, he has earned tenure twice (at UMass Dartmouth and again at Babson), has won more than a dozen teaching and research awards, has been published over fifty times (including over three dozen times in academic journals), and was a Fulbright Scholar (in 2014-15). Before beginning his teaching career, Professor Sulkowski received a BA from the College of William & Mary and an MBA and JD from Boston College. He also ran a business and worked as an attorney at firms, at businesses, and on behalf of environmental causes.
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During this episode, we talk to Carla Johnson, world-renowned storyteller and author of RE:Think Innomvation. Her book provides a 5-step framework for innovation.
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Website: https://www.carlajohnson.co/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlajohnson/
Carla’s Bio
Keynote Speaker. Author. Storyteller. Creative Explorer.
Carla Johnson is a world-renowned storyteller, an entertaining speaker, and a prolific author.
Over the last two decades, Carla has helped architects and actuaries, executives and volunteers, innovators and visionaries leverage the art of storytelling to inspire action. Her work with Fortune 500 brands hasn't gone unnoticed and the latest of her seven books, _Experiences_ , sets the benchmark for a new era in marketing. Named one of the top 50 women in marketing and the incoming chair of the ANA's Business Marketing Association, Carla regularly challenges conventional thinking.
Today, Carla travels the world teaching anyone (and everyone) how to cultivate idea-driven teams that breed unstoppable creativity and game-changing innovation.
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In today's episode, Jodi talks with Mario Moussa, author of The Culture Puzzle. They discussed culture in companies post-2020 and how to keep a company's culture relevant. They also discuss Mario's newest book, The Culture Puzzle.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-moussa-3543218/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoussaConsult
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Mario's Bio:
Dr. Mario Moussa is a successful author, keynote speaker, and management consultant who teaches in the Executive Programs at the Wharton School of Business. He advises senior leaders about top team effectiveness, organizational culture, and large-scale change initiatives. He has delivered workshops on leadership, strategic persuasion and collaboration to thousands of executives in New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, London, Istanbul, and other major cities around the world. His work has been featured on National Public Radio as well as Time Magazine, Business Week, U.S. News and World Report, HR Magazine, The Harvard Management Update, The Financial Times, and leading industry publications.
As a Fellow of Executive Education at the Wharton School, Dr. Moussa has led the design of customized leadership development programs for organizations in a wide variety of sectors, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, energy, healthcare, higher education, and government. By connecting the classroom and the boardroom, he closes the gap between cutting-edge research and professional experience. His work is based on simple, repeatable techniques that deliver results in today’s turbulent business climate.
In his latest book Committed Teams: Three Steps to Inspiring Passion and Performance, he and co-authors Madeline Boyer and Derek Newberry use vivid stories and extensive first-hand research from Wharton’s Executive Development Program (EDP) to describe a process for building great teams. Dr. Moussa’s first book The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas, co-written with G. Richard Shell, has been critically acclaimed for its clear and effective methodology. Dr. Moussa lives in Center City, Philadelphia with his wife and their three children.
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During this episode, we talk to Melanie Booher, Culture Coach and author of Talent Fusion, Compelling Strategies to Hire and Retain Top Talent. Her chapter, Culture is the Multiplier for Talent Acquisition , provides the importance of culture when hiring and retaining top talent.
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To connect with Melanie:
Website: https://thrivewithmb.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-booher/
Melanie’s BioMelanie Booher builds great workplace cultures. With more than 20 years of business experience, Human Resource expertise and Culture Coach certification, MB helps organizations THRIVE. She is the CEO and founder of MB Consulting Solutions and creator of the THRIVE Model, Cards for Culture© and the THRIVE Culture Coach program.
MB has a proven track record as a Culture Coach helping organizations become a "Best Place to Work" by instilling big-company best practices within an entrepreneurial environment. Rooted in her experiences as a people connector, change agent, and business coach - she drives organizations to truly live their values, not just post them on the conference room walls.
MB lives outside of Cincinnati, OH, with her husband and three children.
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During this episode, we talk to Kate Legters, HR Director and author of Talent Fusion, Compelling Strategies to Hire and Retain Top Talent. Her chapter, You Wouldn’t Measure Your Weight with a Ruler, provides information on how to properly identify and measure engagement.
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To connect with Kate:
Website: https://katelegtersphotography.com/
Email: KateLegters@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-legters-msio-mhr-sphr-a7b02133/
Kate’s BioKate is currently a Director of Human Resources with Etegent Technologies, Ltd., based in Cincinnati, OH. Her background is in psychology, leadership development, law, statistics, and human resources. Kate holds two Master's degrees in Human Resource Management from Rollins College and Industrial Organizational Psychology from Northern Kentucky University. Her work and research have led to a sound understanding of the science behind organizational frameworks and therefore has produced projects and results that have led to systemic change. Kate has a deep passion for innovation, mentoring, and authenticity. She considers herself very curious, analytical, compassionate, and empathetic.
Prior to her current role, Kate previously worked as a consultant, where she worked with executives, senior HR leaders, and project managers to gather feedback via implementation of surveys, collection of analytical insights, validation of new measurements designed to capture employee perceptions, and inspiration for positive changes that have greatly impacted people. She led the team that explored the latest empirical evidence to create a fresh vision and statistical model for understanding employee engagement, satisfaction, performance, and turnover intention. She has also previously worked as an HR leader with other organizations. She possesses 14 years of experience from Fortune-200 companies, such as Amazon.com and L3Harris. She has experience in organizational change and development, executive coaching, championing culture, data & metrics analysis, project management, policy development, legal compliance, and performance management. Additionally, she is a certified facilitator and holds a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification.
Kate is also a photographer and has established her own side-business known as Kate Legters Photography. She enjoys capturing people in their best moments while showcasing a light and airy style. She also loves music (a collector of vinyl), trying new foods, finding breathtaking views, exploring big cities, trying new coffee shops, breweries, and wineries, jet setting out to new cities and particularly loves exploring National and State Parks (she has visited 12 National Parks so far!). Originally from Orlando, FL, Kate has resided in the Cincinnati area for five years and lives with her husband. She is also a huge animal lover and has two loving dogs and four adorable cats.
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During this episode, we talk to Alex Bowden, Founder and CEO of Peoplefirst and author of Talent Fusion, Compelling Strategies to Hire and Retain Top Talent. Her chapter, The Truth About Onboarding, will provide you with the best onboarding process for your company.
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To connect with Alex:
Website: https://www.pftrc.com/
Email: abowden@pftrc.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrabowden/
Alex’s Bio
Founder/CEO Alex Bowden started her career as a professional dancer after graduating with her Bachelor's from The Ohio State University. After some time, she required a career change and found herself struggling to identify what to do as a profession. Upon getting into HR she realized that she had found a new passion: working with businesses and people on their holistic talent equation. She leverages her big picture, forward-thinking vision with her individualized and strategic approach to help her clients achieve incredible results.
Alex had an extensive history of hiring and managing personnel throughout her work with various non profit organizations across the East Coast. While working and dancing in NYC she oversaw the hiring and management of arts educators that were matched with public school programs all over the city. Upon working for a prominent marketing operations firm in Cincinnati, she quickly grew their internal talent team, optimized their processes for efficiency, and developed their DEI programs. This included building 2 Employee Resource/Affinity Groups to help develop and retain the diverse talent she was bringing in the door. Alex worked closely with C-Suite and leaders at all levels to be more strategic in their hiring decisions, build out a robust candidate experience and employer brand, think through strategic planning on their growing teams, and eliminate immense, wasted costs in turnover. The result was an elite hiring experience and an internal culture shift that significantly reduced time to fill, and increased retention, as well as employee satisfaction and development. She decided to start her own business, PEOPLEfirst Talent & Retention consulting, allowing her more time with her young son and focusing on the elements of HR that she's most passionate about: changing the way people hire and retain top talent.
PEOPLEfirst is Alex's passion for helping others come to life. Finding, hiring, and retaining world class talent can feel overwhelming. PEOPLEfirst partners with leaders or internal HR to identify the root causes of hiring and retention issues, and then to develop and implement strategic plans to drive success. They don't simply hand you a strategic plan and a hefty bill... the team genuinely integrates with your business and partners with you throughout each step of the process, managing the details and ensuring results.
PEOPLEfirst is the one-stop-shop for all your talent and culture needs. They help their clients gain the power to achieve immediate results at the fraction of the cost, and they do it all with a smile. Why? Because they’re passionate about PEOPLE.
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During this episode, we talk to Alex Glossner, Publishing Manager at Influence Network Media. Alex provides the behind the scenes of production and publishing of Talent Fusion.
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To connect with Alex:
Website: authors.influencenetworkmedia.com
Email: Publishing@LETSCincy.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-glossner-8837b381/
Alex’s BioAlex is the Publishing Manager at Influence Network Media, She is happy to take her skills as a former English teacher to the publishing & marketing world. Having been in education for almost a decade, Alex has a focus & passion for writing in particular. She hopes that her experience & love of writing serves to be a great support for all who wish to seek her expertise!
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Excited to create this podcast, Book Smarts Business!
Short on time but big on growth? Then the Book Smarts Business Podcast is the podcast for you - the experienced, business professional who loves to listen to podcasts & read business books all in an effort to learn more about his/her profession, become an expert in their field, or maybe even become an entrepreneur down the road! In 15 minutes or less (yep - you read that right! FIFTEEN MINUTES OR LESS!), you will learn more about our expert authors, gain amazing insights & knowledge from their unique & distinctive expertise, as well as the ins & outs about the author’s book (including: key takeaways, the intended audience for their book, why you should buy their book, & how!), & why they decided to write their book!
For a potential author, Book Smarts Business Podcast provides an avenue for business authors to showcase their expertise & book, & gain more sales & more readers for their book!
Are you interested in being a guest? Contact Jodi Brandstetter at Jodi@LETSCincy.com
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