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Evolve to Win

Heather and Paul Christiewww.heatherchristie.com
For more than 12 years, Heather and Paul Christie have been helping executives and entrepreneurs accelerate change in every aspect of business. We are in the fastest changing business environment we have ever seen. Join Heather and Paul for the Evolve To Win show and stay ahead of the game.

Heather Christie, who holds a Juris Doctor (JD) degree and Certified Speaking Professional (CSPS) designation, practiced law for 10 years and was partner in a prominent Chicago law firm where she concentrated on legislative and regulatory law. Paul Christie is an entrepreneur who has owned multiple businesses in Chicago. He also worked as regional sales manager for Ingersoll. Both Heather and Paul are certified executive and business coaches and co-founded Evolve Global.
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Episodes

33: Want Better Results? Join Our Power Planning Podcast Series: More Results, More Predictably, and More Enjoyably

What is your definition of success? Your answer is the vital first step in the path towards successful Power Planning. Join Mark Sanborn and Heather Christie on this four-part Power Planning Podcast Series to create more results, more predictably and more enjoyably. In this first episode, we will show you how to plan for success and how to set goals. Not just any goals - SANE goals. You will discover how to craft goals that are not only achievable, but reproducible. During this podcast, you will...

Aug 21, 201827 min

32: 3 Minutes to Building Your Business

This episode is for anybody who is an entrepreneur looking to develop their client base. Join me this week as I share my 3 minute strategy that you can start using today to grow your business.

Aug 14, 20187 min

31: Dynamic Adaptation

This episode is perfect for you if you are looking to increase your influence. Today, we are going to share with you our dynamic adaptation model, created using the best of the best information Heather learned throughout both her legal career in lobbying and her business expertise. Dynamic adaptation essentially suggests that every situation you encounter is dynamic, unique, and fluid, which requires you to adapt your observable behavior style to get the most out of each circumstance. Stay tuned...

Aug 07, 201833 min

30: The Most Valuable Lesson I Have Ever Learned

In this episode, I share with you Bob Proctor's concept called The Stick Person. It's all about the importance of having a vision for your personal and professional life. Looking forward 3 years from now, do you have clarity of exactly where you want to be and does that vision excite you? If not, you are missing out on a huge opportunity to achieve everything you want to have.

Jul 31, 201820 min

29: The Business of Business with Scott Fischer

Today we welcome J. Scott Fischer – the man behind Scott Fischer Enterprises, now a successful family of Harley-Davidson® dealerships. The timing of this podcast could not be more perfect -- he just went through a monumental business transition. Scott is a hands-on, self-made man who is very involved in his community. He has a long list of awards and recognitions and when you hear his story you're not only going to be inspired, but you're going to learn a lot about the business of business (and ...

Jul 24, 201850 min

28: Shake Your Money Maker

Today we're talking about handshakes and how to use your handshake to communicate a strong impression. Your handshake sets the tone. In this episode, we discuss how to be present, what to do with the rest of your body, and how to make the most of your handshake.

Jul 17, 201835 min

25: Interview with Theo Etzel Part 1: Progression in Business

Today's guest is Theo Etzel, Chairman and Partner at Conditioned Air Company. Theo is part of Vistage, an international association of CEOs dedicated to constant improvement of business practices and personal development -- he has a strong passion for growing people and leaders to better do what they love. He is the author of the book, Invest Your Heartbeats Wisely, which focuses on practical, philosophical and principled leadership concepts for business and life. Theo is full of so much importa...

Jun 26, 201846 min

21: Serial Entrepreneurialism with Connor Gillivan

Connor Gillivan started his first business while he was still in college buying and selling products on Amazon. Once he and his business partner realized they couldn't do everything themselves, they changed their whole outlook on hiring. His experiences here lead to his business today -- Connor is currently the CMO of FreeeUp, which he's essentially created through freelancers. As an entrepreneur and business owner, you'll want to listen to this episode to learn how to get the most out of your b...

May 29, 201839 min

19: Surround Yourself with Leaders

One of the single biggest contributing factors to your success is your environment and who you surround yourself with. Today we're talking about a way you can guarantee that you are surrounded by leaders -- volunteering.

May 15, 201822 min

18: Why You Need Vacations

Today's topic might be one of your favorites -- why you NEED a vacation! Many people these days are not taking vacations due to the fear of losing momentum and dealing with the post-vacation stress. In this episode, we want to reframe your thinking on vacations.

May 08, 201816 min

17: Your Leadership Lid

You need to be more intentional with your growth if you want to increase your results and effectiveness. Today we discuss John Maxwell's law of the lid, which rates your leadership from 1-10, and what makes up leadership.

May 01, 201840 min

16: The Tool That Will Help Your Team Get it Right Every Time!

Decrease frustration and Increase results with this easy tip - use a checklist! We have proven to ourselves that if we don't go through our checklists one by one, we will inevitably miss something. Having the proper checklist and knowing how to use it takes a huge weight off your shoulders. In this episode, we're going to help you implement a checklist in any situation.

Apr 24, 201819 min

15: Useful, Valuable, Enjoyable Brands with Bruce Turkel

Whether helping clients, keeping audiences riveted, writing another compelling blog post or giving useful branding advice on a national news program, Bruce Turkel lives and breathes this philosophy. His agency, Turkel Brands, has created remarkably effective campaigns for leading brands such as American Express, Bacardi and Discovery Networks. Bruce Turkel is a master at making brands more valuable. On top of that, he's an author of 5 books and an enthusiastic personality -- this is not an episo...

Apr 17, 201844 min

14: Innovative Thinking with Keith Harmeyer

Keith Harmeyer is all about IDEAS. Author, Speaker, and Innovative Thinking Catalyst spends his time speaking, writing, and consulting on the topics of innovative thinking and creative problem-solving. Keith has worked with market leaders like Google, Under Armour, NBCUniversal, Diageo, Siemens, Omnicom Group, WPP, NETSCOUT, Macmillan Publishing, and many others… and has even trained MBA candidates at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Keith is a founding partner at SmartStorming.com, and is co-a...

Apr 10, 201851 min

13: Authentic Selling with Kendrick Shope

Kendrick Shope is the creator of the leading sales training for women entrepreneurs, Sales School, and the Authentic Selling® process which has created millions of dollars in revenue and new business for her clients. Kendrick’s work has been featured on the Steve Harvey Show, NBC, Forbes, INC, and more -- which is no surprise, her energy and positivity are infectious! We are so excited to share Kendrick's sales methodology with you today!

Apr 03, 201843 min

11: Reinventing Yourself with Spunky Old Broad Dr. Gayle Carson

Today's Evolve to Win gues is Dr. Gayle Carson who, like many of us, has experienced endless moves and career adventures/hiccups along the way. Her "silver lining mentality” has allowed her to build a company from 0 to 7 offices, 350 employees, and work with over 1000 clients in 50 different industries. She is so interesting and captivating, we HAD to have her on our podcast!

Mar 20, 201839 min

10: Leaders: Your Open Door Policy has Created a Productivity Nightmare!

The open door policy started out as a way to build an organization of trust, transparency, and collaboration, but now it's been misconstrued and we've lost that original idea. If you start training people that they can bypass their manager and go to another senior leader without working to solve a problem at the level it should be solved, you're ultimately preventing that manager from building the appropriate trust and relationship -- leading to further challenges. In this episode, we discuss wa...

Mar 13, 201825 min

09: Non-Verbal Communication with Melinda Marcus

Evolve to Win is all about influencing change so it's fitting that today's guest is Melinda Marcus. Melinda is a known expert in the science of influence: a combination of what is tested and proven in psychology, body language, and messaging. Today she's going to share her expertise in pacing, volume, pitch, tone, pauses -- all non-verbal communication patterns that are key to understand to best navigate your business to success.

Mar 06, 201840 min

08: Protect and Preserve Wealth with Michael Benson

Today's guest on Evolve to Win is Michael Benson. For almost four decades, Michael has been an advocate for his clients in helping protect and preserve wealth. Over this period of time, he has created several companies to address various aspects of wealth management, wealth transfer planning, charitable trusts, and foundation administration and reporting. Together we discuss his client advocacy and solution-oriented approach and how he has helped protect significant wealth for clients, their fam...

Feb 27, 201845 min

07: Getting Out of the Funk

Today we're here to help you shift out of having a bad day into just a bad moment so you can quickly feel better, get back to business, and have full control.

Feb 20, 201826 min

06: Leadership Purpose

It is critical that you define your leadership purpose -- if you don't, you are subject to whatever happens in your environment. When you don't have that purpose, that's when things can implode. In this episode of Evolve to Win, we walk you through how to clearly define your leadership purpose.

Feb 13, 201824 min

05: Trust is Built on Meaningful Conversations

Meaningful conversations are so important not only in your personal life, but in the workplace too. We strongly believe these conversations are not happening in the workplace at the level that they should be. Leaders in the workplace need to form these bonds and trust that are built in a meaningful relationship in order to operate at their peak performance. In this episode, we discuss how you can take action to better your workplace relationships.

Feb 06, 201828 min

04: Albert Mategrano - Team-Building and Leadership

Today we’ll talk to retired Lieutenant Colonel Al Mategrano about some of the most important leadership lessons he’s learned over the years and during his time in the Army. He’ll talk about some of his greatest mentors and what he learned from them, and how these lessons can be useful to leaders of all types.

Jan 30, 201844 min
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