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It’s time to “Ditch the Pitch & Start Connecting!”™ Laura Templeton Laura Templeton’s Biography Laura Templeton is the Founder and Chief Instigator at 30 Second Success, a company helping coaches, consultants, and service providers make better connections and obtain more business in 30 seconds or less. As a Global Speaker, Author of 30 Second Success: Ditch the pitch and start connecting! and...

Heather is the VP of Client Success & Broker Development for Chattanooga-based Steam Logistics. I met Heather at the Annual Meeting of the International Business Council. Heather Williams’ Biography Heather Williams is an Experienced Customer Experience Manager with a history of working in the logistics and supply chain industry. Skilled in Training, Processes Improvement Methodology (SOP), Mi...

For the last 15 years, Ben has helped clients plan for and realize their retirement goals. This makes Ben the perfect guest to help us better understand retirement matters, Social Security in particular. Ben Francis’ Biography Ben Francis is the Director of Retirement Income and Investment Operations with Bryce Thomas at Northwestern Mutual. With over a decade of experience helping clients plan fo...

For the last 15 years, Ben has helped clients plan for and realize their retirement goals. This makes Ben the perfect guest to help us better understand retirement matters, Social Security in particular. Ben Francis’ Biography Ben Francis is the Director of Retirement Income and Investment Operations with Bryce Thomas at Northwestern Mutual. With over a decade of experience helping clients plan fo...

Surviving failure’s darkest moments has prepared Jim Swan to coach those ready to leave the pain behind and launch into a new level of success, contentment, and happiness. Jim Swan’s Biography With over 15 years as a small business owner, entrepreneur, award-winning author, and marketing consultant James brings his experience as a survivor of success and failure to the world of business coaching a...

Chris Michel gets to help business owners who are self-managing sales and should not be. He has been around sales and management for over 30 years. Chris Michel’s Biography Chris has been a leader in multiple companies, focusing on business development, increasing revenue and profits, recruiting, hiring, and development of individuals and teams. He has been in the HVAC industry for the past severa...

Rhonda’s experience aligns fully with the Bench Builder’s mantra to help businesses of all sizes grow their bottom line. Rhonda Beard’s Biography Rhonda has helped companies just like yours build stronger teams, improve their leadership, plan for succession, improve employee relations, and develop policies ensuring HR compliance. She is equipped to help companies through a wide range of challenges...

Rhonda’s experience aligns fully with the Bench Builder’s mantra to help businesses of all sizes grow their bottom line. Rhonda Beard’s Biography Rhonda has helped companies just like yours build stronger teams, improve their leadership, plan for succession, improve employee relations, and develop policies ensuring HR compliance. She is equipped to help companies through a wide range of challenges...

CareerLink Network is a boutique recruiting firm with their corporate office in Chattanooga, TN. With extensive years of recruiting experience, they have perfected the art of matching top-performing talent from Executive Level to Individual Contributor roles. David Adams’ Biography David Adams has been an Executive Recruiter specializing in the Pharmaceutical and Medical arenas for the past 25 yea...

Fairplay started life during the Big Bang of the 2020 pandemic with a mission to help people adapt to anything. Scott Zoll’s Biography Scott has 25+ years of business development and account management experience within the financial, professional services, and travel industries. He has served both privately held and publicly traded organizations. In these positions, he drove significant growth fo...

Cristina believes you should be able to take weekends off, wrap up each day at a reasonable time, and actually enjoy your vacations without worrying and mentally marinating on things for your business. Cristina Samoila’s Biography Cristina Samoila is the Founder & CEO of Bee Productive. Helping motivated service businesses launch high-ticket programs, webinars & more. She specializes in sy...

Do you know the 7 biggest challenges most CEOs face? Do you want to know if you face any? Listen now. Glenn Gow’s Biography Glenn Gow was the founder and CEO of Crimson Consulting Group, where he ran the company for 25 years. He hold an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSBA in Quantitative Management from the University of Florida. In This Episode, You’ll Learn… Are you trying to raise money...

In this week’s episode, Mike and guest Cody Butler talk about what we do that makes our relationships change. Cody also touches on where things start to kind of go awry in a marriage and how children enhance a marriage. Cody Butler’s Biography Cody is the founder of “The Better Marriage” and the creator of the “Marriage Recovery Program” that teaches couples how to repair, restore, and rebuild int...

In this week’s episode, Mike and guest Cody Butler talk about what we do that makes our relationships change. Cody also touches on where things start to kind of go awry in a marriage and how children enhance a marriage. Cody Butler’s Biography Cody is the founder of “The Better Marriage” and the creator of the “Marriage Recovery Program” that teaches couples how to repair, restore, and rebuild int...

In this week’s episode, Mike and guest Suzanne Taylor-King discuss how we all have an internal dialogue and that’s really what the judge is. It is that internal voice in your head that makes you self-sabotage. Let’s learn more together. Suzanne Taylor-King’s Biography Since 2009, Suzanne has supported individuals and small businesses to grow personally and professionally. She is a resource genius,...

In this week’s episode, Mike and guest Julie Bronsteatter discuss how to grow your mental muscle and define what it is and how you grow it? Julie also talks about how she niched down to work with female leaders and not just female leaders, but female leaders who do not have children. That is a niche that we’ve not seen before but it’s clearly needed.  Julie Bronsteatter’s Biography Julie is a cert...

In this week’s episode, Mike and guest Thomas Gilman discuss how to get results by using referral partnerships. Thomas is a strategic partner with Schooley Mitchell. He helps clients manage their costs on an ongoing basis in the areas of utilities, telecom, fleet management, merchant services, eSignature, small package shipping, and waste disposal.  Thomas Gilman ‘s Biography Thomas is a Strategic...

In this week’s episode, Mike and guest Angie Chaplin cover the topic of how values affect leadership. This topic comes at a time when we see a large shift in the values of employees, influencing “The Great Resignation.” Angie explains to listeners how our individual values affect how each of us leads and ways to fuel a positive shift in the values of our organizations. Angie Chaplin’s Biography An...

In this week’s episode, Mike talks with Scott Packett and how your company might be struggling with finding the right senior leadership. Scott talks to us about what fractional leadership is and how it might be right for your company. Scott Packett’s Biography Scott Packett, VP of Business Development Scott spent 7 years serving in the US Air Force and TN Air National Guard in logistics and traini...

In this episode, Mike talks with Purdeep Sangha from Toronto. Purdeep is the founder of Sangha Worldwide, and he’s an authority on business growth and men’s leadership.  Purdeep Sangha’s Biography  Purdeep is the World’s Leader in Complete Strategic Advising and the international best-selling author of “The Complete Man.”  He is an internationally acclaimed business and personal advisor and consul...

In this week’s episode, Mike talks with Dr. Nancy Zare about how she helps service-based self-employed professionals increase sales without being sale-z. Let’s listen to how she uses her knowledge of psychology to help her clients increase their sales. Dr. Nancy Zare’s Biography Nancy earned her master’s and doctorate from Boston College and is a former professor of social work. She is the author...

In this weeks episode, Mike and Donna Lang discuss ways to help your company stand out in today’s marketplace. Donna shares with us how she helps her clients by using customized sales and marketing strategies. Donna Lang’s Biography My mission is to educate and inspire business owners and attorneys to play a bigger game in their business and maximize profits and business performance by utilizing C...

Did you know that there are six different answer styles and which one you choose gives clues to your personality type? Researcher and author Dr. Brian Glibkowski joins Mike this week to discuss his research into answer intelligence and how you can learn how to raise your AQ. Dr. Brian Glibkowski’s Biography Dr. Brian Glibkowski is the creator of Answer Intelligence. He is an author, researcher, an...

Mike and motivational speaker Terry Tucker got together to discuss finding your life’s purpose and putting into action living that purpose. Terry recounted some experiences within his own life and how he found his true path amid a terminal diagnosis. Terry Tucker’s Biography Terry Tucker is a motivational speaker and author of Sustainable Excellence, Ten Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Ext...

This week, Mike speaks with guest George Bradt on achieving successful onboarding for executive positions. George offers a unique perspective on how to have an executive onboarded within the first 100 days on the job with a very small failure rate. George Bradt’s Biography George Bradt is the chairman of Prime Genesis, an executive onboarding and transition acceleration group that gives new leader...