Dave Valentine owns 7 businesses that have generated over ONE BILLION dollars collectively for over 1000 clients, including major brands and Fortune 100 companies like Target, Time magazine, and American Express. What inspired you to become an entrepreneur and what were your biggest challenges? You mentioned you have unconventional Marketing. What is the difference between developing brand and getting direct response? What is "Conscious Capitalism" and how do you implement it across all of your ...
Mar 07, 2023•24 min
Bill Stainton helps smart leaders think differently about their business so that they can see new possibilities for their challenges and opportunities. What did you learn about innovation from producing a comedy TV show? What would you qualify as good questions? How would you leverage a creative team differently? What is the leader's role within a creative team? What is the difference between innovation and creativity? How can someone become more innovative? Bill Stainton For 15 years, innovatio...
Feb 28, 2023•23 min
Chuck Knabusch is the founder and principal of 13Ten Business Solutions, LLC. He spent nine years in the US Army and learned key processes that the military could help run an efficient operation. You come from a background in Manufacturing what are some principles of lean manufacturing that non-manufacturers could implement to improve their processes? What did you learn from the military that you can apply to the business world? It is safe to say that most people are too busy and, thus, their le...
Feb 21, 2023•15 min
Mac Attram is an International Best Selling Author and Award-Winning World-Class Trainer & Coach. He is also the CEO & Founder of MindSpace Coaching a UK based Coaching Company. What really is a Joint Venture, and who are they for? How do you know if you’re "ready" and what is possible with Joint Ventures? What are some of the biggest mistakes to make sure you can avoid? Where do Businesses go wrong in sales? Mac Attram Business Coach & Millionaire Entrepreneur Mac Attram is an Inter...
Feb 14, 2023•24 min
Neil Gordon is a communications expert who helps executives, influencers, and thought leaders to get six-figure book advances, be seen on shows like Ellen and Dr. Oz, and double their speaking fees. What are the most common mistakes among public speakers? What is one thing that a public speaker can do to ensure their speech is unforgettable? How do you get someone interested in your expertise in under 30 seconds? How can someone get across their or their company's unique value in the marketplace...
Feb 07, 2023•21 min
Dr. Graham helps businesses improve learning outcomes by strategically integrating adult learning best practices. A published author, researcher, and conference presenter with 25+ years’ experience in learning, instructional design and leadership development across industries. What is adult learning theory and why should leaders care about it? How can companies benefit from integrating it in their strategic plan for learning outcomes? What are the biggest breakthroughs you help clients achieve? ...
Jan 31, 2023•20 min
John Reed founded and has been a Managing Principal since 2005 at Quinn Reed Associates. He has undergraduate and MBA degrees from Dartmouth and, as an organizational psychologist, a PhD from the University of Georgia with an internship at Emory University. You are the leading advocate for higher standards and competency requirements for practicing executive coaches to professionalize the industry. How did that happen? What are your goals in writing "Pinpointing Excellence: Succeed with Great Ex...
Jan 24, 2023•26 min
Lion Goodman, PCC, is the founder and CEO of Clear Beliefs Institute. He has 40 years’ experience as an executive coach, teacher, and Subconscious Pattern Detective. How did you come to focus on beliefs as the core of your transformational coaching method? You had a near-death experience at the age of 26. How did that affect your view of yourself and the world? What does your Clear Beliefs Method do that standard coaching methods don't do or can't do? It sounds like you're doing therapy, which i...
Jan 17, 2023•24 min
Jason Thomson has fueled the trajectory of some of the world’s most important and smartest brands, helping leaders explore, develop and sell with engaging and clear presentations that inspire action and enhance your brand. Why and how are we misconnecting with the audience? What key strategies should we be adding to our keynotes? How do we create emotion for our audiences? What are your favorite tactics to communicate and connect? What medium do you recommend to use to communicate? Jason Thomson...
Jan 10, 2023•25 min
Chuck Mollor is the founder, CEO, advisor, and executive coach at MCG Partners, an organization that helps develop leaders and teams, which optimizes both businesses and individual talent. What are the biggest challenges businesses face today? What are the biggest challenges facing leaders today? For a leader to get to the next level in their career, what do you suggest? Explain your roadmap to leadership Success? What is the future of leadership? What would you advise a young leader today that ...
Jan 03, 2023•22 min
Kim Curtis is the bestselling author of Money Secrets: Keys to Smart Investing and Retirement Secrets. She is a nationally recognized wealth management advisor and President and CEO of Wealth Legacy Institute. As a woman, how did you become an owner/leader of a wealth management firm? What are the key messages in your book called, "Money Secrets: Keys to Smart Investing and Retirement Secrets"? If you are looking for someone to manage your money, what are some of the key questions to ask? What a...
Dec 27, 2022•26 min
Sam Isaacson is an enthusiastic coach, coach supervisor, and adviser on coachtech and organizational coaching. He was the first person in the world to offer coaching in virtual reality, with a habit of exploring the edges of what's possible with technology to maximize that truly human profession of coaching. How can technology help coaches? Coaching is a relational. How can AI be of any help when coaching? First define Artificial Intelligence. Where and when do you think Artificial Intelligence ...
Dec 20, 2022•23 min
Stephanie Hessler is a Mindset and Performance Coach. She helps high-achieving corporate leaders and business owners who want to rapidly advance their careers, but are tired of feeling stuck. As a mindset coach give us examples of how your self-image influences your behavior? How did you make the decision to leave the corporate world and become a coach? What are the biggest mistakes that leaders are making? How can leaders advance their careers more rapidly? What are some of the most common chal...
Dec 13, 2022•23 min
Mark Stiving has been a pricing practitioner, educator, and advisor for 28 years. His most recent book, Selling Value: How To Win More Deals at Higher Prices , applies his knowledge of pricing and value to help salespeople be more successful. In what situation is pricing essential in the decision process? Your book is called selling value. What does a pricing person know about sales? According to you how should an executive coach determine their value to the client and to the organization? Why d...
Dec 06, 2022•25 min
Sara Sabin is a former tax accountant, who founded two start-up companies (one successful, one not) and then, built a multi six-figure coaching practice. Could you tell me more about your career journey and what lessons did you learn on your entrepreneurial journey? Why is laser focus so key to success (and why is it so difficult)? What factors do entrepreneurs need to look at to help them decide what to focus on? How does "gut feel" feed into the decision making process (for better decisions)? ...
Nov 29, 2022•22 min
Jason Greer is the author of, "Bias, Racism and the Brain.” He is the founder of Greer Consulting, the #1 firm that does diversity training for startups, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies. Why is diversity and inclusion important in the workplace? Why do most diversity-training programs fail to foster D&I? What can you tell us about Bias, Racism, and the Brain? How did your personal experiences with racism and bias inspire you to pursue your career? What advice do you have for l...
Nov 14, 2022•26 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Jeffrey Klubeck. Jeffrey Klubeck is a retired Professor of Communication, Founder of Get A Klu, Inc. and Author of an Amazon #1 Selling New Release, The Integrity Game. If everyone knows that communication is important, why do so many people (talented jerks, especially) mess it up? What isn't so obvious about why communication is such a make or break skill-set for emerging leaders? If communication wasn't the word for communication, what do you believe would be...
Nov 08, 2022•21 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Lou Adler. Lou is the CEO and founder of Performance-based Hiring Learning Systems – a consulting and training firm helping recruiters and hiring managers around the world source, interview and hire the strongest and most diverse talent. What is Performance-based Hiring? How did you develop PbH? How did you become a recruiter? What's the biggest problem with hiring top talent today? What is the impact of HR Tech on improving the hiring process? Lou Adler Lou Ad...
Nov 01, 2022•22 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Tien Wong. Mr. S. Tien Wong is Chairman of Opus8, Inc., a private investment, strategic advisory, and conference management firm based in the Washington, DC area. How did you create the Community you have? What is your number one advice for entrepreneurs? How did you build such a huge network of High net worth / wealthy private investors? What is the most important thing early stage private investors evaluate when making an investment? Tien Wong Mr. S. Tien Won...
Oct 25, 2022•22 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Ernie Sander. Ernie is a senior strategist at Pioneering Collective, a communications agency that provides executive PR, thought leadership, coaching and networking to transform leaders' hard-earned wisdom into heavyweight impact. How can executives use storytelling to better connect with their audiences? What are three personal stories that all leaders need to be able to tell about themselves? Once you start building your personal brand, how do you amplify tha...
Oct 18, 2022•23 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Gary Frey. Gary is a connector, “MacGyver,” for CEOs as well as the co-host of the ‘Anything but Typical Podcast’ featuring behind-the-scenes stories of entrepreneurs encouraging others. What are the most important attributes of successful leaders today? How does this apply to Alfred Hilton's theory that there are 3 types of leaders, leaders that do best in star-ups situations, or leaders with mature companies and leaders that excel in restructuring companies? ...
Oct 11, 2022•26 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Fabrice Desmarescaux who works with CEOs and their teams to help them reach higher levels of performance and consciousness. What personal challenges do CEOs and senior execs face today? How do you help your clients specifically? Why is our traditional management science falling short in today's world? What do you take from the Eastern and Western approaches? Why is our deterministic mindset not adapted to thriving in a complex world? What are the benefits of cr...
Oct 04, 2022•23 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Park Howell who is known as The World’s Most Industrious Storyteller having grown purpose-driven brands by as much as 600 percent. What did you study in college to prepare you for where you are today? Why did you pivot away from your ad agency of 20 years to coach storytelling in business? What have you learned about why storytelling works in business? What do you think the effectiveness is of The Hero's Journey, Pixar Way and other longer-form storytelling? Wh...
Sep 27, 2022•28 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Otis McGregor who leads Tribe and Purpose as the principal leadership and success coach. With decades of experience as a leader, coach, and team member, Otis embodies the values and principles of Tribes and Purposes. How do people figure out who they are? How can life be managed and not balanced? What is your favorit leadership story? What are you passionate about? What is your purpose? Otis McGregor Otis McGregor is driven both by values and principles of Trib...
Sep 20, 2022•18 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Thom Singer who is a keynote speaker and professional EMCEE who combines a robust mix of actionable content with a high-energy delivery style. He is the author of twelve books on the power of business relationships, networking, presentations skills, legal marketing, and entrepreneurship. You are the author of 12 books on the power of business. What motivated you to write 12 books? What habit did you have to have to write 1000 words a day and get those 12 books ...
Sep 13, 2022•19 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Donna Serdula who with her team of over 40 writers have helped thousands of executives, entrepreneurs, sales stars, business leaders, and professionals from around the world create professionally branded LinkedIn profiles. How to optimize your LinkedIn profile to get found. Why networking on LinkedIn now is more important than ever. How to attract employees with your LinkedIn. How to create and update your LinkedIn profile for personal branding. What new tools ...
Sep 06, 2022•24 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Dr. Nadia Brown who brings over fifteen years of leadership experience, powerful conversations, achieving goals, and respect for people to develop a comprehensive sales process to increase closing rates and satisfied client retention. How to turn self-doubt into confidence? What is the #1 secret to relationship-driven sales? How to overcome the fear of selling? What are the 5 ways you can increase your sales courage? How do you handle differently a buyer that i...
Aug 29, 2022•26 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Mandy Harvey who is a leader in the field of trauma healing as well as an in-demand inspirational speaker. She specializes as a healing guide for highly sensitive, overachieving leaders who are ready to transform their physical and emotional pain into purpose. As a trauma healing guide for coaches and business owners, why do you feel trauma healing is important? Does every business owner have trauma in their past? What ways do you see trauma showing up in someo...
Aug 23, 2022•24 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Will Scott who founded The Culture Fix Academy and has helped hundreds of businesses fulfill their corporate culture dreams. What do you teach that is different from other teachers of corporate culture? Is there any way to measure culture? What questions do you ask in your survey? How do you pick culture champions to enhance an engaging culture? How do you use Behaviour based questions to hire people aligned to the company culture? What brings a culture Alive? ...
Aug 16, 2022•23 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Tutti Taygerly who is an executive leadership coach and professional speaker, supporting CEOs and tech leaders to embrace their unique leadership style to achieve professional impact. What triggered the move away from a comfortable corporate career as a tech executive to becoming a coach? How have your goals and approach to professional achievement changed through the years? Can you talk about your book and motivated you to write it? What has the role of design...
Aug 09, 2022•19 min
