Dr. Gordon (Gordy) Curphy is Managing Partner at Curphy Leadership Solutions and the Co-Author (with Dianne Nilsen and Robert Hogan) of Ignition: A Guide to Building High-Performing Teams . Gordy attended the United States Air Force Academy, taught leadership at the Academy, and obtained a Ph.D. in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Gordy has over 30 years of education and experience and helps C-suite, business unit, and functional leaders develop busine...
Dec 30, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Peggy Schaedler was a school librarian before becoming a writer. She now writes, stories, plays, and poetry for children. Peggy is the author of the children’s mystery series Dagger and Dash, and the new children's book, Pumpkintown: The Great Goose Getaway. Peggy loves fun books that make children smile. When she’s not writing, she performs in Puppets 4 Peace, where she reads, sings and plays her ukulele in schools and libraries. Click here to learn more about Peggy and her work at Turtle Hill ...
Dec 28, 2019•37 min•Ep. 1078
Theresa Julian is the author of The Joke Machine , a nonfiction book that teaches children ages 8 to 12. how to be funny! The book explains how to use techniques such as surprise, comparison, exaggeration, literalness and other basic tenets of English to punch up an ordinary sentence into something funnier, like jokes, puns, and one-liners. By the end of the book, young readers will have a set of tools in their joke-belt to make their friends and family actually LOL. Theresa has also written a ‘...
Dec 27, 2019•19 min•Ep. 1077
Tom Dillinger is an accomplished Electrical Engineer and the author of VLSI Design Methodology Development. An authority in Microprocessor design, Tom carefully introduces core concepts, and then guides engineers through modeling, functional design validation, design implementation, electrical analysis, and release to manufacturing. This guide is for all VLSI system designers, senior undergraduate or graduate students of microelectronics design, and companies offering internal courses for engine...
Dec 26, 2019•37 min•Ep. 1076
Diane Gillespie is an Educational Psychologist, Author, and Philanthropist. She is the author of Stories for Getting Back to Sleep . Diane is an Emerita Professor of Community Psychology from the University of Washington Bothell. She used her knowledge and understanding of stories to craft sleep scenarios designed to help people fall back to sleep in the middle of the night. Stories for Getting Back to Sleep is available in paperback, Kindle, and as an audiobook. 16 stories in all, they’re set i...
Dec 25, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Charles Frangella is a former college professor & entrepreneur, and author of Never Expected: Principles for Living, published in 2019 by Archway Publishing (Simon & Schuster) Never Expected: Principles for Living, is a compilation of positive and thoughtful statements, quips, and words, that Chuck has collected over the years from unexpected encounters and casual conversations. Never expected offers the reader insights into how you receive principles in life. Click here to find the book...
Dec 21, 2019•36 min•Ep. 1074
Denise Bossarte is the author of the Teen & Young Adult Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Series, the Grace Bishop Novels. Her works include the novel, Glamorous, and two companion novellas from Grace Bishop's Paranorm World Book 1: Return & Beginnings. Denise is a poet and photographer whose passion is writing, nature, and abstract photography. She enjoys writing, teaching Miksang contemplative photography workshops, and going on photo shoots to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary w...
Dec 20, 2019•37 min•Ep. 1073
Mike Rogers is an award-winning writer of Science Fiction, Psychological Thrillers, and Horror Screenplays. He was an Archaeology Major & Anthropology Minor at the University of New Mexico and have always been fascinated by ancient cultures. He has always wanted to blend myth and reality into a modern Sci-Fi, Adventure stories." Mike’s work has been recognized by The Film Daily Screenwriting Competition for Best Sci-Fi Screenplay. He has been a member of Roadmap Writers since 2017 and served...
Dec 16, 2019•18 min•Ep. 1071
Dr. Gayle Carson is known by her clients, colleagues, and admirers as the The Spunky Old Broad. Born to coach entrepreneurs, Gayle possesses the “silver lining mentality” that has allowed her to build a successful company, travel globally as an international speaker, coach & consultant, and produce over two dozen books, CD and DVD programs, and work with over 1000 clients in 50 different industries. Gayle is the Chief SOB and Founder of the SOB Clubs, a networking club for women over 50 year...
Dec 16, 2019•26 min•Ep. 1072
Dr. Thomas Caulfield is the author of Ephphatha: Growing Up Profoundly Deaf And Not Dumb In The Hearing World: A Basketball Player’s Transformational Journey To The Ivy League . The true story of Ephphatha is a compilation of personal journal entries Dr. Caulfield painstakingly wrote over a twenty-year period. It documents the legendary journey of his Deaf son, Christopher, and his family's valiant attempts at helping Christopher be the best he could be. Tom discusses the personal & emotiona...
Dec 13, 2019•35 min•Ep. 1070
Donald (Don) Firesmith is a distinguished Systems & Software Engineer by day, and by night and on weekends, he’s an award-winning author of modern paranormal fantasy, apocalyptic science fiction, action and adventure novels. Don is also a leading expert in the lore and crafting of Magic Wands. His books (available on amazon) include: The Secrets of Hawthorne House , which was awarded the 2019 Readers’ Favorite silver medal in the young adult urban paranormal category; The Hell Holes series: ...
Dec 10, 2019•22 min•Ep. 1068
Melanie Rembrandt is the CEO of Rembrandt Communications® and Founder of The Small Business PR Academy Melanie is one of the country’s top, small businesses, public relations experts. She is a content strategist and PR consultant with 20-plus years of extensive experience, an award-winning writer with hundreds of published works to her credit, and the author of the books, “Simple Publicity", “Secrets of Becoming a Publicist”, and “Dance Class Etiquette”. Melanie has an excellent, track record fo...
Dec 10, 2019•22 min•Ep. 1069
David Tabatsky is a writer, editor, teacher, director, and performing artist. David has had a hand in publishing a number of books, including: Rx for Hope: An Integrative Approach to Cancer Care (2018), co-authored with Dr. Nick Chen, available on Amazon link. Reimagining Men’s Cancers: The Celebrity Diagnosis Guide to Personalized Treatment and Prevention (2016), with Mark Boguski and Michele Berman; Reimagining Women’s Cancers: The Celebrity Diagnosis Guide to Personalized Treatment and Preven...
Dec 09, 2019•36 min•Ep. 1067
Barbara Artson is the author of the historical novel, Odessa, Odessa: A Novel - an Amazon Best Seller in Jewish Literature & Russian Historical Fiction Like Dora in the novel, Artson's own mother worked in a New York garment factory, stitching elastic to the waistbands of women's bloomers. Visit the SuccessInSight Podcast page to see photos of her that were taken in the early 1920s when she was 19. The last photo is of her grandparents. More about Barbara --- In addition to a Ph.D. in psycho...
Dec 06, 2019•40 min•Ep. 1065
John Nassivera is an Author, Songwriter, Illustrator, and the founder of Front Porch Story Telling . John's mission is to create community, one story at a time, by complementing the good work our neighbors are doing, so that good continues. John has authored a number of books, including: The Garden Raid (2016) -- An encouraging tale about a young boy who yearns to belong and discovers his own path and inner voice. Respect, acceptance, and friendships follow. This story touches on the importance ...
Dec 06, 2019•38 min•Ep. 1066
Christine Calabrese is an award-winning educator and education advocate, and the author of two children’s picture books. Christine’s first ebook. "Poor Little Pencil": A Happy How-to-Hold the Pencil Book (with Rhymes and pictures), was designed to teach children proper pencil grip. Christine’s second book, published in 2018, " Little Pencil Finds His Forever Friends ", is an entertaining illustrated rhyming picture book that brings to life, the learning tools for young children, ages 3-6. Little...
Dec 05, 2019•20 min•Ep. 1064
C. Paul Wooderson is the author of " The Memoirs of One Man's Journey Through Time ", an autobiography that reveals the seemingly impossible things that God has done in Paul's life over 75 years in the heartland of the U.S. Among Paul’s lifetime of experience, includes the role of a pastor in Kansas City for 19 years, ministering in Chicago & St. Louis, and the role of Host at the Seamen's Center in Chicago. On December 30, 2011, something incredible happened in his life. He had an experienc...
Dec 03, 2019•23 min•Ep. 1063
Ronan Leonard, The Mastermind Guy, is the Founder of Eccountability Ronan shares why mastermind groups are the ultimate business growth tool, and why Business leaders, who are looking to make a bigger impact, can work closely with a cadre of like-minded peers. Ronan, shares further, that masterminds help to increases both profit and authority. And for business owners looking to shortcut the learning curve, with a mastermind, they're able to leverage the collective wisdom of the mastermind group ...
Dec 02, 2019•31 min•Ep. 1061
Melanie Pridgen is an accomplished artist, fashion designer, and percussionist. Melanie enjoys sharing positive energy and her love of art with others and has taken her love of Art & Design to a whole new level. Melanie had published a series of coloring books for grown-Ups. Her works include: The Wonderfully Weird Coloring Book The Botanical Coloring Book All About the Lines Coloring Book And a series of coloring books that are devoted to each month of our lunar calendar. Melanie invites yo...
Nov 30, 2019•27 min•Ep. 1062
Ann Marie Hannon is an award-winning Children's Book Author. She is the author of a narrative story " All About a Boy Who Was Afraid of the Dark (And How He Got Over It) . Her newest book, published in May 2019, and designated a Mom's Choice Awards - READERS' FAVORITE 5 STAR RATING, is a rhyming story, " A Going Home Surprise ". Ann shared that her Mom was a writer of poetry, and the two of them co-authored a story many years ago, which is now published as "Puffy and the Formidable Foe", the fir...
Nov 29, 2019•36 min•Ep. 1060
Matthew DiBiase is a lifelong Sports Historian and the author of three books: Bench Bosses: the NHL’s Coaching Elite. PUBLISHED IN 2015, this was the first hockey book to rate and rank the greatest NHL coaches of all time. https://amzn.to/33W4pd9 The Art of the Dealers: the NHL's Greatest General Managers. PUBLISHED IN 2017, The Art of the Dealers is the first hockey book of its kind to rate and rank the greatest general managers in NHL. https://amzn.to/33W4r4L The Lords of the Gridiron: College...
Nov 27, 2019•42 min•Ep. 1059
Sharon Holzscherer has written about education and education reform, assisting schools and families to achieve student academic success. Patterns of Disorder is her first foray into the conspiracy/mystery world of fiction. Drawing from her vast experience with learning disabilities, Sharon weaves a story of a massive conspiracy in the most unlikely of arenas. Patterns of Disorder combines action and tension with thought-provoking questions about the modern world's reaction to children with ADHD....
Nov 25, 2019•16 min•Ep. 1054
Rocky Romanella is an International Motivational Keynote Speaker, Consultant, CEO, and Director with over 40 years of “boots on the ground experience”. Rocky is the Senior Partner at 3Sixty Management Services, and Author of Tighten the Lug Nuts: The Principles of Balanced Leadership . In his book, Rocky uses his over forty years of experience to explore the ways a true leader can add value as a trusted advisor, mentor, and visionary who uses a process approach to lead the organization and its p...
Nov 22, 2019•44 min•Ep. 1058
Kelly Ann McKnight is a Master Facilitator and Executive Coach with a demonstrated history of working in Leadership Development, Team Development, Executive Coaching, and Performance Improvement. Kelly Ann is the author of The Resilience Way™ , a book for people who want to overcome the unexpected challenges that come along. The book was born out of her own personal experience, and research into how others develop resilience and overcome their struggles. Kelly Ann has developed a resilience mode...
Nov 22, 2019•19 min•Ep. 1057
Erich Kurschat is the organizer of the HRHotSeat-Chicago (formerly the Chicago HR Mastermind), an inclusive mastermind community of HR pros and business owners committed to solving real HR problems. Erich is also the Founder of Harmony Insights, a coaching company that partners internationally with business leaders and job seekers to get the most out of themselves and their teams. Erich is passionate about helping motivated organizations and individuals connect with their values, pursuits, and p...
Nov 20, 2019•23 min•Ep. 1056
Sherry Rentschler, Award-winning Author, Speaker and Writing Coach Description: Sherry Rentschler is an award-winning author, speaker and writing coach. Her first poem was published at age five and her first article (what I did for summer vacation) was published with a local newspaper at age 13. It earned her five dollars. Sherry shared that she knew right then, that writing was what she wanted to do with her life. Sherry is a retired US Air Force veteran, loves to travel, and is a vampire schol...
Nov 20, 2019•31 min•Ep. 1052
Dan Pegram is the author of Pop-Pop Airplane, How Do You Fly? Dan is joined by his nephew, Mike Richardson, who is the book's Illustrator. Dan is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel and command pilot. He also worked at Southwest Airlines, where he served as a Boeing 737 captain and chairman of the airline union's professional standards committee. Dan resides in Crowley, Texas, with his wife Suzanne. They are the proud parents of daughter Leslie, and sons Brian and Kevin. They ha...
Nov 19, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Chris Saper is a former health care administrator, an accomplished artist, and author of the acclaimed Thriller, Collateral Carnage: Money. Politics. Big Pharma. What could go wrong? Collateral Carnage is Chris’ first novel, set in the near future, about corruption and conspiracy within the government's delivery of mental health service to PTSD patients in the VA system. Chris spent 12 years as a healthcare administrator and has been a portrait painter for going on 20 years. Since beginning her ...
Nov 14, 2019•16 min•Ep. 1053
Karen Briscoe is the creator of the 5 Minute Success concept, and the author of the groundbreaking book, Flip Time / Love Life: A Heroine’s Journey - A 5 Minute Success Story . She regularly speaks on a national and local level on the best of 5 Minute Success. She hosts the weekly 5 Minute Success podcast, interviewing guests who achieve success at a high level in business and life. She has completed the John Maxwell Team Certification Program for Coaching, Speaking, and Training. Karen is a fre...
Nov 12, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Annie Rodriguez is the author of Lifeforce, a Young Adult Fantasy Novel, published by Green Writers Press. Annie has been writing since fifth grade. It is her go-to hobby and the perfect stress and tension reliever. It is Annie’s hope that her novel helps readers cope with life's ups and downs, and to feel that they are not alone. That there is always someone willing to help and listen. When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with her mother, who moved from Puerto Rico to live with her ...
Nov 07, 2019•27 min•Ep. 1050
