Denise Griffitts - Your Partner In Success™ Radio!

Curve Benders - Why Strategic Relationships Will Power Your Non-Linear Growth in the Future of Work  A senior leadership/board advisor, researcher, executive educator, and best-selling author, David Nour is internationally recognized as the leading expert on applications of strategic relationships in profitable growth, sustained innovation, and lasting change. The author of eleven books, including...

A professional communicator, Devon Blaine is the founder of The Blaine Group, Inc. Blaine is experienced in all facets of the communications industry. Formerly an actress, model, and stunt driver, she founded the agency in 1975. Besides designing communications campaigns that help businesses maximize their success, she has long been active in numerous entrepreneurial organizations, including X-Cel...

Meredith Bell has been an entrepreneur since 1982, and she’s an expert in helping companies develop the people side of their business. Meredith is co-founder and President of Performance Support Systems, a global software company based in Virginia. Their award-winning assessment and development tools have been used by organizations of all types and sizes to help leaders and employees become more e...

Rocky Lalvani - Growing up as an immigrant and learning about money and how to live the American dream.  Rocky Lalvani is an immigrant to the United States as his parents immigrated from India. They were only allowed to bring $25 with them and had to start over in life. While growing up, it was normal for all the parents to have conversations about money. How much things cost, how much they spent,...

The System Is Unforgiving: Play By The Rules And Win. Regardless of your circumstances, if you apply Allen’s rules to all aspects of your life, you will succeed in the face of any opposition. Humble upbringings did not deter Allen Maxwell from an incredible and dynamic global journey in the Navy and later in the private sector as a defense contractor. While navigating complex dynamics in both worl...

Peter Economy is The Leadership Guy on Inc.com and has worked closely with some of the nation’s top business, leadership, and technology thinkers.  Peter is a best-selling business author, ghostwriter, developmental editor, and publishing consultant with more than 100 books to his credit (and more than 3 million copies sold). And for more than a decade served as Associate Editor for Leader to Lead...

Building a Revenue Growth Engine - How do we set growth goals in this economic environment? Darrell Amy is a growth architect, helping companies create strategies to grow revenue. He is the author of Revenue Growth Engine: How To Align Sales & Marketing to Accelerate Growth. Darrell hosts the Revenue Growth Podcast and co-hosts Selling From the Heart. He serves as a member of the Forbes Busine...

Lightbulb moments are Megan Dahle's favorite thing. When clients finally SEE what the numbers mean, it’s like watching a video where colorblind people put on those special glasses and can see color for the first time. It’s magical! Megan (who has a minor in Interior Design) earned her Masters of Professional Accountancy after falling in love with how numbers became so tidy within accounting system...

Azim Khamisa is an author, peace activist, thought leader, and inspirational speaker. He was born in Kenya, Africa and educated in England in mathematics, economics and international finance. He has over 45 years of experience as a successful international investment banker Following the murder of his son in 1995, Azim Khamisa founded the Tariq Khamisa Foundation which started a subsequent forgive...

Chelsea Martin is the Co-Owner of Noms Bake Shop, the industry expert in the art of convenient corporate gifting that leaves a lasting impression. Often, home-baked cookies toted to soccer practice and school events are birthed from a box mix or store-bought refrigerated dough. The result? A blah-at-best response to a too-familiar flavor and texture. But that was never the case with the cookies Ch...

Lucas Root is an accomplished Speaker, Entrepreneur, & Business Success Mentor with over 19 years of success across banking, technology, investments, health and wellness, athletics, and interactive media. Lucas specializes in speaking to entrepreneurs and business owners on getting their strategy on track for success and growth. He has been here before and you can listen to our previous episod...

Marcy T. Rogers, CEO and Founder of SpineMark, has built her executive career in the healthcare industry through the development of niche surgical centers of excellence fueled by innovation and clinical research coupled with the creation of nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations to drive education, research and care for the uninsured or underinsured. A proven leader, she has over 30 years, built trust...

Perhaps the most important part of a business legacy is this: What do you want to be remembered for? Attorney Denice A. Gierach earned her J.D. at the IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law and has been assisting clients for over 30 years. In addition to her law degree, she is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has a Master’s Degree in Business Management from Illinois’ prestigious Kellogg Scho...

An entrepreneur's mindset through addiction, lawsuits, and his journey to the edge. Michael G. Dash is an entrepreneur, best-selling author of 'Chasing the High: An Entrepreneur's Mindset Through Addiction, Lawsuits, and His Journey to the Edge', business coach, a recovering addict, speaker and philanthropist. He founded the F.A.T.E. series (From Addict to Entrepreneur) published on Thrive Global...

What is SEO and why does your online real estate need it? Digital Marketer, Blogger, Influencer, and Marketing Strategist Eric Seropyan joins me to discuss SEO and why your small business should be using like Facebook, Instagram, Google, and more to get your message out. Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of increasing the quantity and quality of traffic to your website through organ...

America's Small Business Expert® Bill Walsh joins host Denise Griffitts to discuss using the power of disruptive innovation to launch, grow and build a successful business and focus on the vision, mission, path & purpose while utilizing needed tools to generate new leads, sales, great partnerships and teams and how to survive & thrive in today’s global marketplace through the use of some o...

In this age of Zoom meetings, Joel Schwartzberg shares how to elevate your points and presence so your message doesn't get overlooked in the crowd. Currently Senior Director of Strategic and Executive Communications for a national nonprofit organization, Joel Schwartzberg has been teaching presentation techniques to clients including American Express, Blue Apron, the Brennan Center for Justice, th...

How do people build resilience... is it an innate quality or acquired skill?  Dr. Maureen Orey says in the last few years she completed her Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, is just about finished raising her three wonderful children and have laid both of her parents to rest… all while providing for her family as the Founder of the Workplace Learning & Performance Group. Life has been cr...

Using a Powerful Mindset to Take Your Life and Business To The Next Level with Jeff Heggie​ Jeff's direct experience has been focused on leadership and marketing in banking, finance, manufacturing, retail and real estate. Coaching and consulting has allowed him to expand his experience through many different businesses and industries. In 2005 he co-founded and continues to run Kodiak Mountain Ston...

Nathanael Zurbuegg is the founder and CEO of the for-profit Business “Unlimit You“ and soon to be non-profit Organisation “Live Life to the Fullest“. Nathanael is chronically ill for 30 years, has been through 3 failed kidney transplants, had over 4300 Dialysis treatments so far (in order to survive), had 3 lung infections and by medical predictions over the years he shouldn’t be able to walk, tal...

Natasha E. Davis affectionately known as “The Chief Visionary” is a baccalaureate-prepared Registered Nurse certified in Emergency and Trauma nursing for over 12 years. She emerged as a Branding Strategist and Corporate Trainer in 2007 with the launch of her 3rd company Impact Branding Consulting, Inc. Her specialty is helping executives, entrepreneurs and companies create brands that have a lasti...

Jason Richmond Culture Spark: A Model for Culture Change  Jason Richmond is President/CEO and Chief Culture Officer for Ideal Outcomes, Inc., and author of Culture Spark: 5 Steps to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth.  An in-demand keynote speaker, he is an authoritative culture change consultant who has helped companies build strong, sustained revenue growth by empowering their employees an...

What do you do when cutting your budget no longer cuts it? From pastors in the pulpit to people in the pews, many people have cut and cut, but still find themselves struggling to pay the bills. Their full-time job is giving them barely enough to get by; how could they even begin to think about eliminating debt, saving, and living generously?   Financial expert and author Art Rainer (The Money Chal...

Why do leaders and decision-makers keep failing to address obvious dangers before they spiral out of control? A "gray rhino" is a highly probable, high impact yet neglected threat: kin to both the elephant in the room and the improbable and unforeseeable black swan. Gray rhinos are not random surprises but occur after a series of warnings and visible evidence.  Michele Wucker coined the...

Micah Fraim  - How to MAKE money with your accounting and taxes Micah is a top CPA for eCommerce and online businesses and bestselling author featured in Nasdaq, Forbes, and TIME. He is a Marketing Expert in addition to a Tax Professional. This allows him to bring a unique perspective to his clients advising them on what is best for their business overall, not just from a tax perspective. He says...