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Rebecca (Becca) Kinney, worked in healthcare for 16 years and is a self-proclaimed recovering workaholic.  Today she is a writer and an entrepreneur and owns a small business called Cypress, Inc. that helps medical companies tell their stories on LinkedIn. In 2018 Becca suffered the unexpected loss of both her parents and the grief is something she wanted to turn into inspiration for others. Leavi...

"You will be a javelin thrower," the coach for the Lithuanian national team told her. She had no idea what that meant. But within two years, Inga Stasiulionyte was competing with the best. After reaching the finals in the European Championship, she was offered a scholarship to attend USC. Years of experience in being a competitive Olympic athlete, working as a business analyst, building startups,...

Stephanie Soetendal is a passionate educator and entrepreneur focusing on evolving society through innovating education with a world-class curriculum & emerging technology while leveraging AI for Good. The ultimate mission is to democratize education of the top 1% to US Public Schools and low-income countries via AI powered Holograms. Awarded "Top 100 Leaders in Education" by Global Forum for Educ...

Ray Leonard Jr., founder and CEO of Ovationz.com is a globally recognized public speaker, actor, award-winning business executive, and host for the podcast show: Know Better Do Better. Instilled in him by his Grandfather, Ray's core value is 'know better, do better'. Ray brings this belief into everything he does, from coaching, to public speaking, to running businesses. Ray is an expert Public Sp...

Growing up in a single parent home with a father that inspired perseverance and fairness, Marques Ogden learned how to define his values and set goals. Ogden attended Howard University from 1998-2002 where he played Division I football. He then followed his dream and his brother Jonathan's footsteps, eventually getting drafted into the NFL in 2003. Overall, he played for 5 years as an offensive li...

Billy Martin is a Senior Director for Strategic Programs and Leadership Development at Medidata Solutions as well as the creator of FLIP'D Coaching for Performance. The FLIP'D framework has been experienced by over 4000 corporate leaders around the world since it's inception. Billy spent 10 years at Salesforce.com before coming to Medidata.  He has a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine and an MBA de...

Karl Swanepoel is an award winning tech entrepreneur based in the UK and the Founder and CEO of Revolancer and an influential figure in the freelancing industry. He also founded Rocketblast Digital, The WatchFace and Buy Sell Jobs. Karl Co-founded – Leapinto and was CMO and interim CTO at Lifewill Limited. At 15, he was the youngest-ever brand ambassador for Britain's largest business conference,...

Joe Jacobi is an Olympic Gold Medalist, Performance Coach, Sports Commentator, Former CEO, marathoner and author who guides high performance leaders to ignite their second wind to confront challenging midlife transitions with meaning and adventure. He practices and refines the core principles and strategies of Midlife Peak Performance in his own life and pursuits at his Pyrenees mountains home bes...

Over the past 18 years Joshua Lifrak, M.S. has worked with elite athletes and corporate leaders to help them perform at their highest levels. He has also been instrumental in helping transform organizational cultures and individual mindsets to create an environment for optimal development and growth. He is currently the Director of Performance and Coaching for Limitless Minds a Health and Wellness...

Erin Aldrich-Shean is recognized as one of the top dual-sport professional athletes and Olympians of all time. A 2000 US Olympian in track & field and a 2001-2004 and 2007 US National Volleyball Team member, Aldrich-Shean was a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. She was named Big XII Athlete of the Year in 2000 and finished her storied career at UT with 4 High Jump National Championshi...

Why is it easier to sell our products or services than it is to sell ourselves into a new sales role — or even get a promotion? After going through 5 Layoffs in medical sales and reviewing more than 16,000 resumes as a recruiter, Claire Davis built an award-winning company to help people get the jobs they want in healthcare by leaning into what they're great at — selling. Her company Traction Resu...

Samantha McKenna, CEO of #samsales Consulting, is an award-winning sales leader, brand ambassador for LinkedIn, LinkedIn Sales [In]sider, angel investor, board member, and highly sought-after speaker. With more than 65,000 LinkedIn followers, Sam has inspired sales professionals with her tangible sales tips and actionable advice used daily by executives and teams alike. Sam has been named a Top 50...

Running legend Dave McGillivray has increased the self-esteem of millions of people through his work as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, motivational speaker, author, and athlete. Dave is best known for his athletic feats including his 80-day trek across the United States, running the 3,452 miles from Medford, Ore., to Medford, Mass. in the summer of 1978 to benefit the Jimmy Fund. In addition, he...

Culture has become a phenomenon in the last few years and we've seen an uptick in strategic investment to make it work well, but there is still so much room for improvement. We see this broad spectrum of what culture can be and COVID has just magnified what that means and how we can foster a strong culture in different environments.  This week's guest is Lisa Belanger, CEO and Founder of Conscious...

Iris Zimmerman is a speaker, entrepreneur, business owner, podcast host, Hall of Fame Fencing Champion and former Olympian. She is a certified leadership and performance coach that owns Monarch Leadership Group. Iris co-hosts the podcast Untrained with her colleague and friend, Whitney Otto. Her roster of clients include leaders from sales, healthcare, to startups and small business owners - all t...

Kimberly Brady is a Life and Business Coach, Speaker, and a 2 Time Best Selling Author.  She channels athletic excellence to elevate small businesses and enhance the lives of entrepreneurs. Kim has recently published "Get Stuck In! - Lessons from the Pitch to Build Your Business" and is a co-author on a collaborative project titled "Forever Athlete" - a collection of stories from high-level perfor...

Justin Janowski has helped hundreds of coaches build their dream businesses from the ground up. Driven by his faith, he founded Faith2Influence to help people learn what it takes to turn coaching into a profitable business venture. Justin has guided Christian and non-Christian coaches alike through the rewarding process of optimizing business models, pricing, and sales strategies so that they can...

Andréa Albright is a seasoned entrepreneur, author of 28 books, a YouTube superstar and a woman with a track record of disruptive innovations who is on a mission to create the next movement for authors and evolve the publishing industry. Andrea is the Founder and CEO of Beverly Hills Publishing™. She leverages her expertise in brand development to help thought leaders and innovators turn their mes...

Lex Gillette is a globally recognized Paralympian who competes primarily in the long jump. He's a five-time Paralympic medalist, four-time world champion, and the current world record holder in the long jump with a leap of 22 feet 1 inch. Robbed of his sight during childhood, Lex Gillette, with the aid of his mother, was determined not to fall victim to a world consumed by darkness. His athletic t...

Lori Bush is a CEO, speaker and a woman committed to the science of skincare.  In 2007, Bush partnered with the founders of Rodan + Fields, to lead the company's pivot out of department stores and into the direct selling channel. As CEO, Lori took the company from re-stage to the largest independent premium skincare brand in the U.S. At the time of her retirement in 2016, the company was valued at...

Lori Bush is a CEO, speaker and a woman committed to the science of skincare.  In 2007, Bush partnered with the founders of Rodan + Fields, to lead the company's pivot out of department stores and into the direct selling channel. As CEO, Lori took the company from re-stage to the largest independent premium skincare brand in the U.S. At the time of her retirement in 2016, the company was valued at...

Want to learn how to take your sales, investor, or elevator pitches from trash to straight CASH?  Or have your prospects throwing money at you every time you open your mouth?  Then, it's time to learn how to convert conversations into currency with the Pitch Queen, Precious L. Williams. Her company, Perfect Pitches by Precious, teaches you the tools and tenacity to pitch with power, sell with stor...

Rebecca Ahmed is an award-winning speaker, business consultant, and an Energy Leadership Index™ Master Practitioner (ELI-MP), which is an exclusive training in human energy and how we can experience, express, and expand it in ourselves and others. Rebecca is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). To learn more about Rebecca, you can go to her we...

How do you go from Undercover Prostitute to Empowerment Speaker and Trainer for leaders? After a debilitating accident that forced Diane to slow down led Diane to find her grit.  She had to shed her undercover persona both in work and in life and through a series of terrible experiences she discovered her true power.  Diane is a consultant, speaker, podcaster, trainer and coach dedicated to helpin...

Morgan Ingram is a sales rep who happens to be a sales coach that coaches sales teams how to use modern-sales techniques that bolster pipeline, leverage social media, schedule net new accounts and cold call with confidence. He is the host of the podcast and YouTube Channel called The SDR Chronicles, with more than 100 videos providing SDRs and sales reps with motivation, advice, and tactics for th...