With MLB, NBA, NHL and MLS all getting ready to come back, we're replaying our recent conversation with Dr. Michael Gervais captured during a recent C-Suite Network Digital Discussion. As business leaders, how do we identify the high performers within our teams. How do we tap into those traits and make everyone in the organization a high performer? Dr. Michael Gervais is the co-founder of Compete to Create, a joint venture with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks coach, Pete Carroll, & together they ...
Jul 22, 2020•38 min•Season 5Ep. 286
Do you know what you want out of life? All you have to do is ask. Today’s guests on All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett say, while it sounds easy, we don’t always do it. Mark Victor Hansen and Crystal Dwyer Hansen co-authored the book on it “Ask! The Bridge from Your Dreams to Your Destiny.” You may recognize Mark Victor as the co-author of the best-selling “Chicken Soup for the Soul” and Crystal is a well-renowned life coach. They say asking the right questions can help you reveal your future. A...
Jul 21, 2020•29 min•Season 5Ep. 285
We’re going gourmet on this episode of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett with Ariane Daguin --founder, owner, and CEO of D’Artagnan. She joins the conversation to talk about the business of food and sustainable farming. D’Artagnan is known in the restaurant industry for its humanely-raised meats, but had to pivot to retail when COVID-19 hit. Today’s show goes beyond D’Artagnan’s recent success. Ariane is also on the front lines of the fight to help the restaurant industry during the pandemic an...
Jul 20, 2020•30 min•Season 5Ep. 284
Summer is here and many of us are getting out of the house. With our attraction to sunlight rising, so does our risk for melanoma. Today’s guest on “All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett,” Dr. John Dobak, says while melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, the process of diagnosing it hasn’t kept up with technology. His company, DermTech, uses precision genomics not only for diagnosing the disease, but keeping patients away from unnecessary surgeries. How do they do it? By putting a high-t...
Jul 17, 2020•30 min•Season 5Ep. 283
Sometimes the differences can really be black and white. On today’s episode, Eric Jackson, Chief Security Officer & Risk Mitigation for TBK Bank joins the conversation to talk about law enforcement, as he is a former FBI Special Agent. Eric and Jeffrey talk about their different experiences with law enforcement as civilians and Eric provides a frank assessment of policing today. He says he’s not a fan of the recent push to “defund” the police and believes we need to put humanity back behind ...
Jul 16, 2020•28 min•Season 5Ep. 282
Today’s guest on All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett is delivering jobs across America through 3D simulators and Virtual Reality across many traditional industries. Doug Donovan is the CEO and Founder of Interplay Learning, a company dedicated to solving the skills gap. Interplay helps re-train workers in industries like HVAC and construction as these have experienced a rise in retirements and a worker shortage for decades. Doug and Jeffrey talk about re-skilling America and how technology is hel...
Jul 15, 2020•30 min•Season 5Ep. 281
Everything is changing because of the COVID-19 pandemic, including how deals are done. Today’s guests used their experience in business, music, and crowdfunding to create a place where virtual dealing gets done. Jerry Harrison and Brian Smith are co-founders of The Main Stage, a company that provides alternatives for businesses looking to fundraise regardless of funding stage. Jerry is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician with the band Talking Heads and a prolific music producer and Brian has a...
Jul 14, 2020•28 min•Season 5Ep. 280
The struggle of being an entrepreneur is real, but sometimes you need to see it through the eyes of a child. Jeff Hoffman, Chairman of Global Entrepreneurship Network, joins Jeffrey today for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of business today. First topic: the failings of the Payment Protection Program. Jeff shared some sobering PPP statistics concerning minority businesses and why there is no true parity between white and minority-owned businesses. Then the conversation turned to kids. ...
Jul 13, 2020•27 min•Season 5Ep. 279
On this special episode of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett, listen in to the complete interview between Jeffrey and Dr. Noa Kageyama captured during a recent C-Suite Network Digital Discussion. When we think of who’s a high performer, our brains are programmed to think about athletes or c-level executives at the top of their game. Their margin of error is small, the fan base is vocal and stockholders are looking out for the bottom line. But, we should include musicians on this list as the hou...
Jul 11, 2020•45 min•Season 5Ep. 278
On this special episode of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett, listen in to the complete interview between Jeffrey and Dr. Michael Gervais captured during a recent C-Suite Network Digital Discussion. As business leaders, how do we identify the high performers within our teams. How do we tap into those traits and make everyone in the organization a high performer? Dr. Michael Gervais is the co-founder of Compete to Create, a joint venture with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks coach, Pete Carroll, &...
Jul 11, 2020•38 min•Season 5Ep. 277
Break down the silos, get everyone on your team aligned, and don't let technology bog you down. According to Lisa Levy, those are just a few ways to future proof our business. Lisa is the founder and CEO of Lcubed Consulting and a recent best-selling author. In today's conversation, Lisa and Jeffrey go beyond the "everything's changed" narrative and get into practical ways to prepare for the future. Lisa says it all comes down to communication, asking the right questions about your business righ...
Jul 10, 2020•28 min•Season 5Ep. 276
We all tend to overthink, and today’s guest says it’s better to just say “yes” to the opportunity and worry about the details later. Bill Barnett is a Texas-based Executive Real Estate Consultant, author of “Are You DUMB Enough to be Rich?” and founder of 10x10.pro. Bill’s mantra is simple -- if you give, you get. He and Jeffrey talk about the importance of giving back, which can take many different forms. This idea is the catalyst behind his latest venture 10x10 and why the payback is greater t...
Jul 09, 2020•28 min•Season 5Ep. 275
Sometimes you have to throw out the script and get down to business. Today’s guest, Scott Akerley, knows about that first-hand. He worked his way up from the bottom of the escrow business to employing more than 300 people across several companies. Scott is the CEO of Pango Group, a company focusing on escrow and real estate in southern California. He tells Jeffrey their origin story, what it means, and how its growing. They also talk a lot about the importance of technology and values in busines...
Jul 08, 2020•28 min•Season 5Ep. 274
There are many topics that are considered taboo -- sex, politics, and religion are the most notable. However, there is another topic that we're still not talking about: wealth! Many associate as a domain for only those with money, but that couldn't be further from the truth. On today's episode, Jeffrey speaks to Frank Cooper III, Chief Marketing Officer at BlackRock, and he's a believer that more people should experience financial well-being. With money being the #1 stressor, he believes people ...
Jul 07, 2020•27 min•Season 5Ep. 273
In honor of the 4th of July, we're re-releasing a discussion from the C-Suite Network High Stakes Leadership Forum with Jim Rowley. Jim Rowley serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Crunch Fitness. A veteran of the fitness industry since 1992, Jim leads the executive team responsible for day-to-day operations, franchising, development and marketing of the brand’s 315+ locations across its Crunch Signature and Crunch Franchise portfolio. Before beginning his fitness career, Mr. Rowley proudly s...
Jul 03, 2020•39 min•Season 5Ep. 272
It’s an All-American success story on this episode of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett. Just in time for the 4th of July, Stacey Moore the Commissioner and Founder of the American Cornhole League, joins Jeffrey to talk about the #1 sport on TV right now. Cornhole has moved from backyards and bars, to primetime on ESPN. Stacey talks about how he got inspired by tailgating, how many Americans play the sport, and why he decided to take it pro. He even admits that the idea of a professional cornho...
Jul 02, 2020•29 min•Season 5Ep. 271
If you’ve ever been hemp or CBD curious, this episode of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett is for you. The world of hemp can be an alphabet soup of confusion for the outsider: CBD, CBG, THC to name a few. Not to mention, it seems that hemp products are everywhere -- from the gas station to the fashion boutique. Then in some states, hemp products are lumped in with legal marijuana which adds to the confusion. Today’s guest on All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett helps clear the air in the hemp vs....
Jul 01, 2020•29 min•Season 5Ep. 270
Sometimes you just need to reach out, either across the aisle or to someone else to get things done. From Harvard Business School to Capitol Hill, our first guest is a trailblazer. Barbara Franklin served five presidents, most notably as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President George H.W. Bush. Barbara talked about arriving in Washington in the early 1970s and the women who helped reshape gender roles in government. She also talked about why promoting and championing women is a bipartisan iss...
Jun 30, 2020•53 min•Season 5Ep. 269
At the C-Suite Network, we continue our commitment to keep the difficult conversations at the forefront. Today’s episode of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett featured two insightful, candid conversation. We start with Corey Pegues – who went from a crack dealer to a decorated veteran of the NYPD. Corey and Jeffrey talk about the “Blue Wall” of police culture, why all police officers shouldn’t be lumped together, and what he thinks needs to change with our police force. Corey talks about why he ...
Jun 29, 2020•46 min•Season 5Ep. 268
Today we're replaying one of our recent favorite episodes featuring Andrew Zimmern and Peter Shankman. From eating bugs to breaking bread across cultures, our first guest today knows a lot about food. You likely know Andrew Zimmern from his long resume of cable TV shows including Bizarre Foods. Lately Andrew is using his platform to talk about the inequities in our food supply chain. Andrew says there’s an ugly truth that we don’t see in our food delivery system from the fields to the table. And...
Jun 26, 2020•50 min•Season 5Ep. 267
Today we're replaying a conversation a few weeks ago with Rolanda Watts. She's had a varied career including being a writer, speaker, journalist, voice actor and comedienne just to name a few. With all that’s going on in the U.S. today Jeffrey and Rolanda had an honest and respectful conversation into race relations. Rolanda says it’s important to have an open dialogue between races and we have to confront societies demons head-on. For as bad as things are, Rolanda believes we will come out the ...
Jun 25, 2020•39 min•Season 5Ep. 266
Jim Rowley serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Crunch Fitness. A veteran of the fitness industry since 1992, Jim leads the executive team responsible for day-to-day operations, franchising, development and marketing of the brand’s 315+ locations across its Crunch Signature and Crunch Franchise portfolio. Before beginning his fitness career, Mr. Rowley proudly served his country for eight years as a U.S. Marine, including a three-year assignment with the State Department, Marine Security Gua...
Jun 24, 2020•39 min•Season 5Ep. 265
Everyone has experienced a monumental shift in business and the world of marketing is no exception. Brands were quick to pivot in order to connect with customers and their new shopping habits. Today's guest is Julie Roehm, the Chief Marketing & Experience Officer of Party City. Throughout her career, Julie has held leadership positions challenging and transforming the way organizations think about and engage with their customers. From the Chief Storyteller at SAP, reinventing Dodge while CMO...
Jun 23, 2020•42 min•Season 5Ep. 264
We all know the stakes remain high for businesses in the past few months, we have pivoted and adapted many times in order to remain relevant and continue innovating. As we get ready to reopen for business as we drive and thrive. Today we have a very special episode of all business with Jeffrey Hayzlett, from our C-Suite Network High Stakes Leadership Forum. The guest today is none other than Christie Hefner, Chairman of HatchBeauty Brands. Her famous last name may be known to many, but what you ...
Jun 22, 2020•44 min•Season 5Ep. 263
AB 259 Live! Gratitude & Growth: Your True North with Dave Sanderson and Darrell Amy Our first guest, Dave Sanderson, was one of the last people off US Airways Flight 1549, better known as “the Miracle on the Hudson.” The story made headlines 11 years ago and inspired a Hollywood movie starring Tom Hanks. Dave and Jeffrey go beyond what happened and talk about the importance of being grateful, as Dave wakes up every day with a gratitude mindset as a result of that experience. He told Jeffrey...
Jun 19, 2020•46 min•Season 5Ep. 262
Every year, billions of dollars are invested in startups, but did you know that only 1% is invested in black-led companies? Jeffrey's first guest is Gayle Jennings-O'Byrne, co-founder of The WOCStar Fund, a company that invests in entrepreneurs of color. Her and Jeffrey had an engaging discussion about how we have to take the blinders off, confront our "isms" of choice, and why the best example is a successful example. She also asked this poignant question, "If we don't invest in black people, a...
Jun 18, 2020•48 min•Season 5Ep. 261
What does it take to run a $1 TRILLION business? Why are titles currency? How do we put together the pieces of our lives? Jeffrey's guests today shed light on what it takes to successfully connect with others virtually as a result of COVID. First is the CEO of IMEX Group, Carina Bauer, talking about running one of the largest global trade shows and the power it carries with markets around the world. After deciding to postpone their events in Frankfurt and Las Vegas, Carina addresses the difficul...
Jun 17, 2020•48 min•Season 5Ep. 257
Racism, police brutality, and brutal honesty. This episode of “All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett” tackles the biggest issue right now with the help of co-host Rolonda Watts. First, we get an inside glimpse of one of the largest police departments in the country. Retired LAPD Sergeant Cheryl Dorsey, who worked all four bureaus in Los Angeles, talks about how the culture inside police departments starts at the top. She added why minorities don’t want to call the police and how her philosophy “I c...
Jun 16, 2020•53 min•Season 5Ep. 259
From eating bugs to breaking bread across cultures, our first guest today knows a lot about food. You likely know Andrew Zimmern from his long resume of cable TV shows, including “Bizarre Foods.” Andrew is using his platform to talk about the inequities in our food supply chain and the ugly truth that we don’t see in our food delivery system from the fields to the table. He also mentioned the hidden agenda of all his shows and where Jeffrey can find the elusive “Black Lobster” that may not be bl...
Jun 15, 2020•50 min•Season 5Ep. 258
On the field and in the boardroom, everyone has their job to do and teamwork contributes to the overall success of the company and the team. Earlier this week, former NFL players Bret Lockett and Tom Flick joined the C-Suite Network for a digital discussion on the parallels in leadership between business and football. Defense takes the field first. Bret Lockett is a former NFL safety who played under Bill Belichick on the New England Patriots for three years. Coach Belichick is known for creatin...
Jun 13, 2020•47 min•Season 5Ep. 257
