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Improve Workplace Productivity Looking to improve your workplace productivity? Tried investing in technology and getting minimal return on your investment? Tim Ringo offers a unique perspective on how engaged employees harness smart technology and transform the workplace and how you can use those strategies to improve workplace productivity in your business. What You’ll Discover About How to Impro...

MAGICAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Does creating a magical customer experience sound like a bunch of marketing pie in the sky? Well, today’s guest is a Disney management alum, and he says that you don’t need a roller coaster or nightly fireworks to create a magical customer experience. So stay tuned and let’s find out how. What You’ll Discover About the Magical Customer Experience (highlights & trans...

Resilient Teams Resilient teams are the ones that are able to adapt and even thrive in during tough times, such as the Covid pandemic. But just as everyone likes to think they are the best drivers on the road, the best parents, or the best business leaders, you never really know until you’re put to the test and a business crisis is a heck of a time to find our your business team is really not as r...

Racial Bias in the Workplace Racial bias in the workplace is an open secret to those who experience it and a symptom of willful blindness to those who inflict it. It’s a serious problems. Today’s guest, Daralyse Lyons is an activist who works tirelessly to shine a spotlinght on these issues and offer solutions on how to start fixing it. What You’ll Discover About Racial Bias in the Workplace (high...

Negotiation Head Trips Negotiation head trips can take you down a dark hole that can not only jeopardize your deals but also your future. If you’d like more control over the negotiation process, stay tuned for my next guest, he’s the author of  Negotiating From the Inside Out  with some fascinating tips for how to neutralize those nasty negotiation head trips and win more often. What You’ll Discov...

Introverts at Work Are the introverts at work people who are outside your inner circle? The ones you quietly let do their work like Old Faithful? Or are the introverts at work the hidden powerhouses and secret weapons on your team? Steve Friedman, a self-proclaimed introvert and author of In Search of Courage: An Introvert’s Story, helps us explore these paths and pulls back the curtain on the myt...

SUCCESFULLY SCALE A BRAND Figuring out how to successfully scale a brand is much easier said than done. Not everyone has $20 million to build their food, beverage or beauty brand. Today’s guest, Dr. James Richardson, author of Ramping Your Brand, has extensive experience scaling products in the consumer-packaged goods industry and offers valuable insights on what works and what doesn’t. What You’l...

More Strategic Alignment The need for more strategic alignment is probably the answer if you’re experiencing hit or miss business growth. Today’s guest, Art Johnson, author of The Art of Alignment: A Data-Driven Approach to Lead Aligned Organizations, has the helpful tips you need to achieve the reliable growth and prosperity you deserve. What You’ll Discover About More Strategic Alignment (highli...

Data-Backed Decisions Data-backed decisions have an air of authority and legitimacy about them that shooting from the hip definitely does not. But today’s guest, Ruben Ugarte, author of Data Mirage, says too many companies fail to use their data properly. Is this happening in your organization? What You’ll Discover About Data-Backed Decisions (highlights & transcript): HIGHLIGHTSCLICK HERE FOR...

Successfully Scale Your Business How do you successfully scale your business once your business has a market for its goods or services and your focus shifts to growth? Today’s special guest, Jan Cavelle, has built a multi-million turnover business and has some time-tested tips so you too can successfully scale your business. What You’ll Discover About How to Successfully Scale Your Business (highl...

Missed Sales Opportunities Could you be ignoring changes in buyer behavior and accidently creating missed sales opportunities? What if you could capture those missed sales opportunities that are hiding in plain view? Today’s special guest, Liz Harr, co-author of Inside the Buyer’s Brain offers some tips on how to do exactly that. What You’ll Discover About Missed Sales Opportunities (highlights &a...

Stress and System Overload Are you experiencing stress and a system overload? If you are, you’re not alone. It’s a big club and getting bigger every day as the business world keeps getting more complicated and taxes our ability to do more with less and less. Today’s special guest, Steven Howard, says we’re often unaware of how stress and multitasking triggers poor thinking, poor decisions and poor...

Employee Buy-in and Commitment Getting employee buy-in and commitment can be a HUGE challenge when it involves making changes in the workplace. How do you get you people on board to make it work? That’s exactly what we’re going to talk about with Sean Fields, a licensed professional engineer who has seen first hand what happens to management change initiatives when management fails to get sufficie...

Improving Franchise Growth If you want to know how to become a thriving franchise superstar by improving franchise growth you’re in the right place because my next guest, Scott Greenberg, literally wrote the book on the subject. Scott is the author of  The Wealthy Franchisee  and he’s here to share some ways for improving franchise growth to help you unlock more wealth and financial security for y...

Media Interview Tips You need some powerful media interview tips if you want to put your best foot forward and communicate with influence and authority. Lucky for you today’s guest, Mr Ed Barks, is a high-powered Washington DC communications strategist who will give us an inside look into this rarified world and the media interview tips you need to be successful. What You’ll Discover About Media I...

OFFICE WORKPLACE POST-COVID How do you re-evaluate the value of your office workplace post-covid when the world for office workers has changed dramatically and working remotely has become common place? Today’s guest, real estate expert Chris Kane, has some powerful ideas about how to reimagine the workplace for the future . . . oh wait . . . the future is NOW. What You’ll Discover About the Office...

How do your promote your business expertise without going over the top or underselling yourself? Whether you’re an employee taking your career to the next level or an entrepreneur looking to stand out from the crowd, today’s guest is a business connection specialist who will answer those questions and more . . . she even has (free) gift for our listeners that she’ll tell us about at the end of the...

Serial entrepreneurs are exceptionally gifted in bringing new business ideas to the market. Today’s special guest, is a member of the serial entrepreneurs club, and he has built a continuous string of success that we’re going learn about to see how you too can develop business ideas into a successful venture. What You’ll Discover About Serial Entrepreneurs (highlights & transcript): HIGHLIGHTS...

Pink-Collar Crime Could pink-collar crime be happening in the shadows of your business? Today’s guest, Pink-Collar crime expert Kelly Paxton, says embezzlement and fraud happen everywhere there’s trust. She explain how it happens and goes unnoticed and what you need to do to keep your business safe from pink-collar crime. What You’ll Discover About Pink-Collar Crime: * What pink-collar crime is [0...

Autonomous Workers Autonomous workers. Are they the key to your business success in a post-Covid world? Are they different from remote workers? Do they help or hurt your bottom line? Explore these important questions and concept of autonomous workers from a leadership perspective with special guest, Hannah Genton, co-founder of  CGL LLP . What You’ll Discover About Autonomous Workers: * The differ...

If your business invoices aren’t being paid fast enough you might benefit from today’s invoicing tips so that you can improve your cash flow and get money rolling in sooner rather than later. And you’re in luck, today’s guest, Mary Schaeffer, puts the “payable” into accounts payable and her practical invoicing tips will have you running to see if you’re invoices reflect best practices.  What You’l...

Pressure Cooker Stress If you’re experiencing pressure cooker stress you’re not alone. No matter what size business you work in, the to do lists, the emails, the meetings, and the demands on your time feel non-stop. But the good news is that my next guest, Aimee Bernstein, is here to show you how you can achieve more and stress less. What You’ll Discover About Pressure Cooker Stress : * The differ...

Strategy Execution Process A business strategy execution process looks easy on paper, but when you start to follow your plan and put it all into action, stuff happens, hiccups happen, and you don’t always get the results you’d like to get. Today’s guest, Sean Ryan, can help us zero in on how to smooth those speed bumps. He’s an expert in helping organizations get to where they want to go. And he’l...

Improvisation Skills Improvisation skills in business sound counterintuitive. Afterall, there are strategic plans, goals, policies, procedures and other very carefully thought out activities. There doesn’t feel like much room for winging it. Yet today’s guest, Milo Shapiro, says using improvisation skills can actually make you a better business leader. What You’ll Discover About Improvisation Skil...

Workplace Trust Workplace trust can ebb and flow like an ocean tide depending on  what  we say and  how  we say it. Little things can mean a lot, especially when it comes from someone in a position of authority. Getting it right means sharpening your soft skills and today’s guest, Anne Baum is going to share some soft skill secrets to help you build workplace trust more consistently. What You’ll D...