Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations

Send us Fan Mail Power always produces a return—but that return is not necessarily positive. Dr. Sharalyn Payne, founder of Return on Power™, joins Joey Pinz for a revealing conversation about leadership, accountability, influence, and the unseen consequences of executive decisions. She explains why organizations measure revenue, retention, engagement, and employee performance while frequently fai...

Send us Fan Mail What separates proactive selling from simply waiting for customers to buy? Master sales trainer Tania Cazin joins Joey Pinz to reveal what nearly four decades in commission-only sales taught her about cold calling, rejection, buyer behavior, closing, and integrity. Tania began selling door-to-door at seven, entered professional sales at 17, and eventually created the 12-Step Stalw...

Send us Fan Mail Why do intelligent, capable children struggle with homework, organization, time management, and follow-through? Dr. Norrine Russell explains that these challenges are often incorrectly labeled as laziness, irresponsibility, or poor motivation when they may reflect underdeveloped executive-functioning skills. Drawing from her experience raising two neurodivergent children and build...

Send us Fan Mail Nathan Winston was born with Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency, a rare condition that resulted in the amputation of his left leg at age four. Doctors believed amputation would give him the best opportunity for a full life—but few could have predicted what came next. Nathan competed in basketball, football and baseball alongside able-bodied athletes. Behind the scenes, he endured c...

Send us Fan Mail What if some of the foods marketed as nutritious are missing what growing families need most? Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and BeLiver founder Aria Drexler joins Joey Pinz to explain why she began questioning conventional nutrition advice and exploring ancestral food traditions. Aria discusses Weston A. Price’s observations, her interest in the Root Cause Protocol, and her be...

Send us Fan Mail Why can a profitable business still struggle to produce cash? Fractional CFO and financial operations strategist Monica Roca-Quesada joins Joey Pinz to explain why selling more is not always the solution. Weak margins, unpaid receivables, excess inventory, debt, and poor pricing can leave a growing company looking successful on paper while starving for cash. Monica shares her jour...

Send us Fan Mail AI can help businesses identify threats faster—but it also introduces new agents, behaviors, conversations, and vulnerabilities that must be secured. Ryan Grant, Country Manager for ESET North America, joins Joey Pinz to explain how cybersecurity is changing as organizations rapidly adopt artificial intelligence. Ryan shares lessons from competitive sports, his first technology ro...

Send us Fan Mail A beautiful logo might attract attention—but without a meaningful story and clear strategy, it cannot build a lasting brand. Stella Grigoryan, founder and creative director of Analogia Creative, joins Joey Pinz to explain why branding must come before design and marketing. Raised in an Armenian family of artists, Stella learned to of Analogia Creative, joins Joey Pinz to explain w...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when determination takes you up the wrong mountain? Robin Harris—technologist, certified hypnotherapist, interfaith minister, storyteller, and advocate for human potential—joins Joey Pinz to explore how social conditioning, fear, technology, and spiritual disconnection can pull people away from the lives they were meant to create. Robin explains how an unexpected layo...

Send us Fan Mail Anne Montgomery spent much of her life entering places where women were told they did not belong. She pursued sports broadcasting when male coaches refused to be interviewed by her, became a certified official across five major team sports, worked for ESPN and eventually led a football officiating crew as its referee. Then her television career abruptly ended. What initially felt...

Send us Fan Mail Cybersecurity threats are becoming faster, more targeted, and increasingly difficult to recognize—but many organizations continue to neglect the fundamentals. In this episode of Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations , Andy Syrewicze draws on 24 years in IT to explain how artificial intelligence is transforming phishing, Microsoft 365 security, and the responsibilities of MSPs. Andy s...

Send us Fan Mail Why do promising AI initiatives fail even when the technology works? Heather McLean believes the answer usually involves people, processes, leadership, and trust. Heather is an Air Force veteran, technology leader, entrepreneur, and founder of McLean Forrester. In this conversation with Joey Pinz, she shares how leading experienced teams as a 22-year-old officer taught her to resp...

Send us Fan Mail What if the habits meant to make you sound agreeable are actually weakening your authority? Victoria Nelson left a toxic family environment in Russia at 18 with approximately $500 and a bag of clothes. After rebuilding her life in London, she entered the fashion photography industry, managed demanding personalities and eventually secured work that included a GQ cover. Years later,...

Send us Fan Mail What separates a job from a profession—and a manager from a genuine leader? Michelle Woodward Hodges, SVP of Global Channels and Alliances at Barracuda, joins Joey Pinz to explore leadership evolution, channel transformation, cybersecurity partnerships, and the personal systems behind sustained success. Michelle shares how growing up in a military family taught her resilience, sel...

Send us Fan Mail What if the best use of artificial intelligence isn’t replacing people—but helping them do more meaningful work? Fixify co-founder and CEO Matt Peters joins Joey Pinz to explore how AI, automation, and human care can work together to transform IT support. Drawing on his experience at Check Point, Mandiant, FireEye, and Expel, Matt explains why technology only becomes valuable when...

Send us Fan Mail Technology companies often talk about products, features, and capabilities when customers simply want to know one thing: “How will this help my business?” In this episode of Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations, Jennifer Baier Anaya, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Ingram Micro, explains why MSPs must move beyond product-centered messaging and start communicating measur...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when clients adopt artificial intelligence faster than their technology providers can secure it? Roberto Elizondo has operated Trinet International since 1992, watching the technology industry evolve from hand-built computers and break-fix support to managed services, cybersecurity, and AI. In this conversation with Joey Pinz, Roberto shares the decisions, missed oppo...

Send us Fan Mail What if cybersecurity tools are not the foundation of protection—but compliance is? Reza Sanjideh, founder and president of Advanced 2000, joins Joey Pinz to explain why MSPs and government contractors must stop treating compliance, cybersecurity, and IT services as separate responsibilities. Drawing on more than three decades in technology and his work with CMMC and NIST 800-171,...

Send us Fan Mail Success may look effortless from the outside, but Hollie Whittles MBE knows how much work—and personal strain—can exist behind the achievements people see. In this episode of Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations, Hollie shares her remarkable dual life as a technology leader and professional musician. She explains how performing in orchestras develops patience, confidence, teamwork,...

Send us Fan Mail MSPs are under pressure to launch AI services—but rushing forward without the right foundations could create more risk than opportunity. In this episode of Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations , Joey speaks with Greg Jones, Kaseya’s Senior Vice President of MSP Success, about sustainable MSP growth, AI adoption, partner enablement, and the extraordinary power of the channel communit...

Send us Fan Mail Children who struggle in school are often labeled lazy, defiant, or unwilling to learn. Zakiya White explains why those judgments frequently overlook the real barriers children are facing. As Academic Supervisor at A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay, Zakiya helps children in foster care navigate interrupted schooling, trauma, learning gaps, teacher relationships, and the uncertainty surro...

Send us Fan Mail 🧠 Great research does not create change by itself. In this conversation, Brianna Sylver—founder of Sylver Consulting and author of Leading Through Free Fall —explains why organizations can spend significant time and money collecting insights, only to let them sit in a “research graveyard” without influencing a real decision. Brianna shares how leaders can close the gap between un...

Send us Fan Mail 🛠️ Kevin Barros never planned to become a public-facing business leader. He preferred solving technical problems, working behind the scenes, and allowing the quality of his work to speak for itself. That changed when side projects grew into a business, an early acquisition taught him how ownership transitions work, and he purchased The Computer Company during the uncertainty of 20...

Send us Fan Mail Alex Stanton started building websites on dial-up internet in rural Idaho, founded Exbabylon at 14, and helped develop cybersecurity products before cybersecurity SaaS was an established category. That unconventional beginning eventually led him to build an MSP and MSSP, join a national private-equity-backed platform, and oversee technology serving thousands of businesses. In this...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the freedom you worked years to achieve leaves you feeling lost? Alane Boyd helped grow a business from a few hundred thousand dollars to $17 million in revenue before completing two successful exits. Yet after spending 11 years building the company, the sale brought an unexpected mix of isolation, depression, chronic stress, and identity loss. In this candid con...