Rounding The Bases With Joel Goldberg

Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. He is the author of two bestselling books, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. Indistractable has received numerous accolades. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir's writing has been featured in The New York...

Kyle Bamberger is a scout for the Cleveland Indians and also the director of operations for an organization called Baseball Miracles.  Baseball Miracles brings the game of baseball to deserving children in under-served communities around the world.  They  aim to teach the children valuable life lessons, provide the communities with resources to help the children play safely and confidently, and, m...

Shep Hyken is the Chief Amazement Officer at Shepard Presentations, a company he started in 1983.  He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best selling author.   Shep travels the world as an expert speaking to organizations about customer experience and customer service.  Shep is in the National Speakers Association's Speaker Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement.    Shep is still speaking...

Daniel Egli is the Chief Financial Officer at Russell Stover Chocolates, based in Kansas City.  His journey began in Switzerland where be grew up and worked out of college.   Egli worked for Proctor and Gamble for 14 years mostly in his native Switzerland before moving to Boston to serve as head of financial planning and analysis for P&G.   He was hired by Russell Stover in December of 2017 as...

Dr. Jeff Duke is a former college football coach who is now a professor at the University of Central Florida.  He is an expert regarding the cultural influence of the coaching profession.  Jeff coached under legendary Bobby Bowden at Florida State, worked for Disney and now is a lecturer at UCF.   He is also an author and the founder of the 3D Institute, an organization established in 2014 aimed a...

Lauren Schieffer, CSP  is a keynote speaker and the author of the new book “Colonels of Wisdom Vol 2: A Daughter’s Reflection on Significance.”   The daughter of a career Air Force officer shares lessons learned from her father that can help anyone in the corporate environment, association leadership and direct sales.   Lauren has been a keynote speaker and storyteller providing inspirational, ins...

Kevin Puckett is a business owner and practicing trial attorney at the age of 25. He founded On The Top Search in 2015 while earning his Juris Doctor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. On The Top Search is a a full-service digital marketing agency that uses data-driven, engaging, and innovative strategies to help its clients generate more leads, brand awareness, and traffic t...

Sandy Kemper is Chairman of the Board and CEO of C2FO, the largest working capital market in the world.  C2FO is the first working capital market in the world. Their ability to create a seamless match between A/R and A/P has enabled efficiency in the riskless provisioning of working capital between suppliers and buyers, allowing suppliers to take control of their cash flow. Kemper and his family a...

Brock Stechman and Brody Dorland founded Divvy HQ in 2011.  The award winning content marketing platform makes it easy for global marketing and content teams to get organized, plan, produce and publish high-quality content more efficiently.   The Content Marketing Institute has named Divvy the number one marketing tool for four straight years while also ranking Divvy  number one in team collaborat...

Rob Hughey co-founded a startup called Team Cura with his mom Karen.  As a former golfer at the University of Central Missouri, Rob understands the needs of prospective college athletes. Team Cura aims to dramatically improve high school athletes recruiting readiness by improving their character advantage with interpersonal skills training, confidence building and performance improvement.  www.tea...

Benjamin Anderson is VP, Rural Health & Hospitals at Colorado Hospital Association.  Prior to working at his current position, he helped turn Kearney County Hospital in Kansas from an institution that was losing $100,000 a year into the county's largest employer by developing a model that recruited young doctors to work in a rural setting and to make an impact by practicing family medicine.  ...

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker and best selling author of numerous books, including Duct Tape Marketing, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine The Referral Engine, and SEO for Growth. He is the creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System and Duct Tape Marketing Consulting Network that trains and licenses small business marketing consultants around the world.​  He also hosts The D...

Barbara Teicher brings 25-plus years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 50-500 companies. She specializes in strategic leadership development and effective business communication. Barbara has worked with officers of the most recognized brands in the world. She’s the creator of the PropelHer® System, which has a focus on women in business and brings them through a critical and systematic t...

Toriano Porter is an author, journalist, speaker, and the youngest member of the Kansas City Star editorial board.  He grew up in a tough St. Louis neighborhood, relying on a third to learn and athletics to escape a culture of violence.  He's experienced personal tragedy, losing his son and more than a dozen acquaintances, many to gun violence.  Website: www.torianoporter.com

Chris Giuliani is the CEO of Spring Venture Group , a company that was started in 2009.  Chris joined SVG in 2011 as one of 15 employees.  Nearly ten years later, he runs the company and employs nearly 1000 people. SVG's focus is senior citizens and medicare and they use a comparison shopping model focused on the consumer.  To learn more about SVG or to apply for a job, go to www.springventuregrou...

Josh Levin is one of the more upbeat and energetic entrepreneurs in Kansas City.  He grew founded Empowered Electric, a local company that focuses on relationships and people.  Josh also hosts a podcast called "Empowered People," shining a light on people contributing to Kansas City.  His company also maintains a heavy social media presence, with more than 14,000 Instagram followers.  The descript...

Lindsey began working at Hallmark in 2000 and continues to work for the legendary Kansas City company, refusing to let a life-changing moment deter her career. Lindsey shares her personal story of overcoming adversity with Joel in an episode everyone can take inspiration from. Links: www.lindseyroy.com

Ray Kowalik began working for Burns and McDonnell in 1987 and became the company’s third CEO in 2017. Joel sat down with Ray to talk about the culture of an organization that was founded in 1898

A little peek at what is coming in Season 4 and who I am kicking things off with as guest speakers!

Susana Eshleman grew up in Argentina and has followed a path that took her from a student at the University to Nebraska where she was washing dishes to make money to Harvard Business School, Hallmark and eventually Children International as CEO where she leads 1,500 employees and nine thousand volunteers. She sat down with Joel to talk about leadership, culture and her journey.

Matt Moody has spent his professional career as an entrepreneur. His most recent company, Bellwethr, uses intelligent interventions to create retention and revenue for its clients. Matt discussed his background and Bellwethr's early success with Joel.

Justin Ricklefs worked multiple stints for the Kansas City Chiefs before deciding to start Guild Content. His company creates content and focuses on content strategy through effective storytelling. Joel recently sat down with Justin.

Angela Hurt founded Veracity, which is a technology and management consulting company in 2006. She now has about 150 team members. Angela oversees the strategic direction of the company, which delivers IT solutions to its customers in the commercial and government sectors. She's a long-time athlete in numerous sports and she's been on numerous boards, a mentor and extremely involved in the Kansas...

Joe Knittig discovered the world of orphaned and abandoned children in Haiti in 2005. With a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to apply business and advocacy to a new kind of client, Joe left the law practice he loved in 2008 to make an impact in the United States and around the world. Global Orphan Project sets traditional institutional orphan care models aside and connects a global family united by...

Lisa Ginter began working at CommunityAmerica Credit Union in 1995 and is now the CEO. Lisa is one of three Kansas Citians to be recognized in 2019 among the ‘Top 100 Financial Executives’ by the National Business Journal network and has been selected as a ‘Power 100’ honoree by the Kansas City Business Journal every year since becoming CEO. Joel sat down with Lisa to talk credit unions, people an...