The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Brad Ebenhoeh is CEO & Partner of Accountfully -- a modern outsourced accounting solution. What we talked about... On starting and running a business with your spouse. Accountfully has offices in Charleston and Nashville. How the pandemic has (and hasn’t) affected their business. They initially opened their office up again and invited their ...
Mar 14, 2022•48 min•Ep. 28
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. David Meerman Scott is the author of twelve books, including New Rules of Marketing & PR, Wall Street Journal Bestseller, FANOCRACY , and Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead . Scott is a marketing and business growth strategist, entrepreneur, and advisor to emerging companies. What we talked about... Grateful Dead guitars. Brian Halliga...
Feb 28, 2022•57 min•Ep. 28
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Jane Allen is the Chief Executive Officer at Nashville Entrepreneur Center . What we talked about... Journaling about what you are grateful for. Practicing empathy. On creating Counsel on Call. Paid maternity leave. The Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Circle Back Podcast with Clark Buckner. Keeping Nashville entrepreneurs together around the pand...
Feb 13, 2022•52 min•Ep. 27
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Matt Bailey teaches how to turn data into decisions. Matt is the founder of SiteLogic and host of the Endless Coffee Cup podcast. What we talked about... On the power of audience feedback, reviews, and comments. Endless Coffee Cup podcast How spontaneous conversations occur at conferences. Informal meals and picking up the check. Bulletin Boards...
Jan 31, 2022•48 min•Ep. 26
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Natalya Berdikyan is an entrepreneur, energy leadership and wellbeing coach, speaker, investor, and EO Board Member. She is the founder and CEO of Life By Design Academy . What we talked about: Living in Europe. Moved from Russia to the US at 16 years old. Speaking four languages and moving from Berlin to Barcelona. She loves understanding how p...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 25
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Minter Dial is an international professional speaker, elevator, and multiple award-winning author. Minter is an agent of change who has exercised twelve different metier and moved country fifteen times, he’s the author of the WWII story, The Last Ring Home, as well as three business books: Futureproof, Heartificial Empathy, and You Lead: How Bei...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 24
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Scott Rouse is a behavior analyst and body language expert. His extensive training, education, and practice of nonverbal communication have made Scott an expert and consultant to law enforcement and to the United States military, as well as to Fortune 500 CEOs, doctors, attorneys, executives, and entertainers. He is the author of Understanding B...
Nov 22, 2021•55 min•Ep. 23
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . Helping fast-growing tech companies how to onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Consistency, personal branding, blogging, and your Cumulative Advantage with Mark Schaefer. Mark Schaefer is a globally-recognized keynote speaker, educator, business consultant, and author. His blog {grow} is hailed as one of the top marketing blogs in the world. His latest book is Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for Your Ide...
Nov 08, 2021•53 min•Ep. 22
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . Helping fast-growing tech companies how to onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Dunbar's Number, friendships, and collaboration with Robin Dunbar. Robin Dunbar is the creator of "Dunbar's Number". He is an evolutionary psychologist and former director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University. Professor Dunbar is also the author of mu...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 21
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Ben Landers is the founder of Blue Corona. He has been building, growing, and leading his company, a 9-time Inc. 5000 marketing services and technology company, since 2008. What we talked about... The power of 15-minute weekly huddles to share quarterly goals, insights, and news. How to win an Inc 5000 Best Company to Work Award. Read Winners Dr...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 20
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Pat Owings is the owner of 12 Point Signworks, Redwoods Management, and Oak Ridge Association Management. What we talked about... Cultural and other challenges in acquisitions of businesses. Employee communication is key. How to reassure team members when new management comes in. They are listening to your plans, but they looking for your action...
Jul 19, 2021•53 min•Ep. 19
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Michael Port is an NYT bestselling author, co-founder, and CEO of Heroic Public Speaking . His latest book is The Referable Speaker: Your Guide to Building a Sustainable Speaking Career—No Fame Required , which he co-authored with Andrew Davis. What we talked about... Parenting picky eaters. Being born and raised in Manhattan, NYC. Michael’s edu...
Jul 05, 2021•57 min•Ep. 18
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Tamsen Webster is a part strategist, part storyteller, part English-to-English translator, she helps experts drive action with their ideas. She’s also a gifted keynote speaker and the author of the new book, Find Your Red Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible . What we talked about... Tamsen shares the best advice she’s received in her career...
Jun 21, 2021•50 min•Ep. 17
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. This is a previously recorded interview I did with Ronni Bennett in December 2014. Sadly, Ronni passed away on October 30, 2020. Ronni Bennett ran Time Goes By , a blog The Washington Post called “the quintessential seniors’ blog”. She was a radio and television broadcasting veteran who produced shows like 20/20 and The Barbara Walters Specials ...
Jun 07, 2021•50 min•Ep. 16
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Harry S. Campbell is a keynote speaker and former president of two Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of Get-Real Leadership , Get-Real Culture , and Get-Real Mindset . What we talked about... How to get a dream job with Fortune 500 companies like P&G. Why kindness matters. Why “business speak” is the worst. The Audio Golden Rule. How t...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 15
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Arnie Malham is an entrepreneur, proud parent, culture consultant, and the founder and president of BetterBookClub.com . He is also the author of Worth Doing Wrong - Build a Culture that Rocks . What we talked about... The Innovation Stack book. Greenlights audiobook. Walk in the Woods book. How to retain what you read. We learn the most when we...
May 10, 2021•53 min•Ep. 14
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May 03, 2021•7 min•Ep. 13
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Jeffrey Shaw is a keynote & virtual speaker, small business coach, and the author of The Self-Employed Life - Business and Personal Development Strategies That Create Sustainable Success. What we talked about... Imposter syndrome when networking. We’re all playing tennis with a better player. Recognition is a strategy, not a destination. Doo...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 12
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Today, I am chatting with Marc Pitman , an executive coach, emcee, speaker, and the author of the new book The Surprising Gift of Doubt : Use Uncertainty to Become the Exceptional Leader You Are Meant to Be. What we talked about... Covid and the business of speaking. New business development. Personality assessments. Having trusted allies. Pande...
Apr 19, 2021•55 min•Ep. 11
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Richard Turner is a world-famous expert 'card mechanic' who is known for his brilliant card trick performances. He was honored with a Golden Lion Award in Magic from Siegfried and Roy and the Lynn Searles Award for Excellence in Card Manipulation. He is the 2014 and 2017 recipient of the Close-Up Magician of the Year award from The Academy of Ma...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 10
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. This week, I’m trying something a little different. What you are about to hear is Scott Monty’s Timeless Leadership podcast . Scott was kind enough to interview me for his show, and he agreed I could share it with you here. Be sure to subscribe to Scott's incredible Timeless & Timely newsletter . Scott is considered a corporate therapist, st...
Apr 03, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 9
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Kris Kelso is a keynote speaker for leadership conferences, corporate events, and universities and is a frequent guest on television, radio, and podcasts. He is a trained and certified executive coach and is the author of Overcoming The Impostor: Silence Your Inner Critic and Lead With Confidence . What we talked about... Dealing with the Impost...
Mar 29, 2021•51 min•Ep. 8
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Marcus Whitney is a Founding Partner of Jumpstart Health Investors, the most active venture capital firm in America focused on innovative healthcare companies with a portfolio of over 130 companies. He recently launched Jumpstart Nova , the first Black healthcare venture fund in America. Marcus is also co-founder and minority owner of the Major ...
Mar 15, 2021•56 min•Ep. 7
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier more connected employees. Liane Davey is an NYT best-selling author, Harvard Business Review contributor, psychologist, public speaker, and business strategist. Read her books, The Good Fight, You First, and Leadership Solutions . What we talked about... The importance of travel and family. On being introverted and extroverted. Loneliness in entrepreneurship and at. home....
Mar 01, 2021•57 min•Ep. 6
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Feb 28, 2021•18 min•Ep. 5
Laura Gassner Otting joins me to talk about her book, Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life . As a professional motivational keynote speaker and Washington Post best-selling author, Laura helps innovators, idealists, and iconoclasts get “unstuck” in their thinking - and achieve extraordinary results. She is turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can’t seem to shake. She is an instigator, a motivator, and a prov...
Feb 22, 2021•53 min•Ep. 4
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . Helping fast-growing tech companies how to onboard, create, and keep happier more connected employees. Lisa Cummings , Founder of Lead Through Strengths, brings 20 years of experience (and experiments) into this practice. She lives to help people find and leverage their strengths at work. She brings a differentiated approach to your participants by making the content stick with memorable musical activities. What we talked about: Why it’s pa...
Feb 15, 2021•33 min•Ep. 3
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . Helping fast-growing tech companies how to onboard, create, and keep happier more connected employees. Denise Jacobs is a speaker, author, and creativity evangelist who increases employee productivity and engagement through evangelizing leading-edge techniques for busting through creative blocks in order to help individuals to be their brilliance, cultivate collaboration, and develop leadership skills. What we talked about... A simple activ...
Feb 08, 2021•40 min•Ep. 2
The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com . Helping fast-growing tech companies how to onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Chris Brogan is an executive-level strategist and CEO advisor, working with companies at the 100M+ revenue range. The projects he works on with C-level executives involve everything from scouting M&A opportunities in B2B enterprise SaaS, strategic pathing and decision-making, reorg efforts, and more. What we talked about... Learn abou...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 1
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Jan 30, 2021•23 min
