Accelerate Your Business Growth

Brant Cooper explains how to ignite entrepreneurial action within organizations by educating, enabling and empowering people to be closer to the customer, move faster and act bolder.  Brant is author of NYT Best-Selller, "The Lean Entrepreneur: How Visionaries Create Products, Innovate With New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets."  With over two decades of expertise helping companies bring innovative p...

When people matter, business problems are no longer a barrier. Audie Penn joins me to explain the value of communicating what is important and participating in creating a flourishing organizational community. Audie Penn is the Principal & Owner of AUDIE PENN CONSULTING. Audie has been working and consulting for over 30 years providing different services to several Fortune 50 companies in diverse i...

Using software to automate basic functions can save you time and money so you have one less thing to worry about in a time where the most important thing is to be with family, not worried about how or even if you are going to be able to do your job. Dan Moore shares some great ideas on how to accomplish automation that works. After brief stints in Enterprise and mid-market data center service prov...

In this episode Patricia Stallworth joins Diane to explore five costly mistakes business owners make that can not only cost them money but possibly their business as well. The discussion includes strategies to avoid or mitigate these mistakes so business owners can not only build sustainable businesses but thrive. And, with proper planning they can do this regardless of what’s going on in the econ...

Will Christensen joins Diane to discuss the pros and cons of automation, how automation can help you get back time from repetitive processes and the tests to use when you are deciding whether a process can or should be automated.  With over a decade of business development experience, it's safe to say Will Christensen has an elevated passion for fulfilling what the end user desires and efficiently...

In this interview, Sallie Holder will share her 4 strategies for revenue growth during this uncertainty.  She's an expert business coach focused on helping entrepreneurs earn more money. Her tactical strategies will give you a guide to pivoting and innovating or simply creating a new revenue stream for your business. You won't want to miss this opportunity to learn from the best!  Sallie Holder, a...

Transitioning employees back to work after the COVID-19 crisis will involve much more than unlocking the doors and turning on the lights. You'll need to adjust practices and procedures to comply with new legislation, take extra measures to ensure employee safety, and prepare for the "new normal" that has formed as a result of the challenges faced by the pandemic. Join me for a conversation with Ca...

With upwards of over 70% of foreign ventures failing due to cultural differences, Kyle Hegarty shows how anyone can beat the odds by harnessing the power of cross-cultural data and learning new skills to adapt in today’s fast-paced, technology-driven planet. Due to Covid-19, he argues, globalization has just accelerated rapidly, and these skills are needed now more than ever while Americans face e...

We should stay connected. We should communicate. The to do list says, communicate. There's nothing to say though. What do we do as leaders? Jim Canterucci joins me to explore this important topic. Jim is the founder of Transition Management Advisors and is CEO of the software company Constituent Hub. Jim works closely with executive teams to help implement the strategies developed in the boardroom...

With the steeply rising unemployment rate, near-sighted companies view the available candidate pool as a buyer's market. But smart companies playing the long game see it as a builder's market. Learn how to leverage the candidate market to build a profitable, sustainable company. Claire Chandler, SPHR, helps growing organizations attract and retain the right talent to accomplish their mission. She...

Dana Lindahl joins me to discuss the importance of lead generation and how to use it effectively. Dana is the founder of Legendary Leadgen - one of the first outbound focused marketing agencies. He and his team have been helping B2B service companies and marketing agencies grow since 2014. His specialty is in helping companies set sales appointments with their ideal prospects, as well as establish...

Dan Neiweem, co-founder and principal at Avionos, discusses how to meet customer demand quickly by marrying the digital tools customers are using to make purchases with the personal touch of the salesperson to provide the strategic lens that buyers crave. Dan Neiweem is a business consultant with over 15 years of experience in running IT/business strategy, mobile, eCommerce, user experience, digit...

These are strange times for many business owners - they are planning for an uncertain future, moving their operations onlineand trying to find a new normal for “business as usual.” How can they solve difficult problems during difficult times? Innovation expert Stephen Shapiro says business owners shouldn’t be focusing on trying to figure out the solutions to the problems they are having. Instead, ...

Leadership during disruption is different than during traditional successful leadership. Maureen Metcalf joins me to discuss the behaviors leaders need to demonstrate during disruptive times. Maureen, Founder, CEO, of the Innovative Leadership Institute is a highly sought-after expert in anticipating and leveraging future business trends. She helps leaders elevate the quality of their leadership a...

Glain Roberts-McCabe joins me to talk about the importance of peer leadership groups. Glain, named one of Canada’s top women entrepreneurs at the 2018 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards, is the founder and president of The Roundtable, an award-winning company where leaders cultivate their leadership, together. A self-professed leadership junkie, Glain has written for publications including The...

Nothing will drive change in all sectors of business like a global health crisis and its resulting economic catastrophe. Paul Cuatrecasas addresses how acquiring technology can equip long-established businesses with the needed resources and strategies to meet these challenges and adapt to the demands of our future. Paul is an experienced facilitator of over 50 large-scale mergers and acquisitions...

Tamara Ghandour shares how to get off the crowded hamster wheel of "better" and into an ownable and differentiated place that wins. Tamara, author, podcaster, keynote speaker and founder of innovation training company, LaunchStreet, used to believe that innovation was the domain of a select few, exclusive to certain industries or relegated to a specific job role. But, as Tamara discovered in her 2...

With COVID-19 and a looming recession, many businesses are facing an uncertain financial future – how can entrepreneurs and business owners maintain revenue? Rob Ristagno share ideas on how to use data to grow. Rob Ristagno is the founder and CEO of Sterling Woods Group and a keynote speaker focused on sharing new ways to use data to drive business results. Ristagno combines his expertise in data ...

In today's conversation with Ben Krueger, we dive into some exciting topics around podcasting, fundamental principles of business and how to plan, start and grow a podcast that generates amazing business results using the 8 Podcast Principles. Ben Krueger is the Podcast Educator, founder & CEO of Cashflow Podcasting and he's dedicated to helping Industry Advocates to start, launch and grow world-c...

Startups and new businesses can protect their futures and their financial goals by securing their intellectual property with patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Devin Miller joins me to share how important this is and how to go about it. Helping Fortune 100 clients with their intellectual property, Devin realized that there weren't many good intellectual property legal resources for start-ups and...

Daneille Hayden shares some great tips and insights around effectively investing in your business as well as how to know when you should. Danielle Hayden is a reformed corporate CFO who is on a mission to help rule-breaking female entrepreneurs understand their numbers so they can gain the confidence needed to create sustainable profits. After spending 10+ years in the boardroom as a corporate fin...

70% of all initiatives fail to meet their objectives, only 25% of all employees are engaged.  The leadership approach that has brought us success for the last century, has reached its limitations and will not create success in the future.  There is a new leadership approach that will not only create success but allow you to create extraordinary impact with less effort and less resources. And Norma...

Much of your professional success and personal happiness depend on getting others to say yes to you. Brian Ahearn helps us explore scientifically proven ways to ethically influence others using decades of research from social psychology and behavioral economics. Brian is the Chief Influence Officer at Influence PEOPLE. An international keynote speaker, he specializes in applying the science of inf...

You can't wait to get noticed. To become a leader, make more money, and have more impact, you must forge authentic, mutually-beneficial connections that lead to personal and professional growth. Amira Alvarez joins me to explain how to confidently own your worth and value and connect comfortably with others using The Impression of Increase. Amira is the Founder and CEO of The Unstoppable Woman, a...

Dr. Michael Colburn joins me to discuss how as a company grows, it needs to build its capacity to perform.  Investing in new equipment, technology and marketing is not enough.  A self-managed and accountable organization provides the underpinnings required to increase the leadership capacity at all levels of the organization. Michael has built his career on performance improvement at the organizat...