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Brenda is an accomplished entrepreneur, leader and management consultant. Over the past 25 years she has been at the helm of many high performing teams dedicated to a performance improvement. She is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Project Management Professional and 5 Voices System Trainer. She is known for creating company culture that inspires employees to bring their best and embrace their le...

Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, a leading expert on conflict and organizational psychology, is founder and CEO of Alignment Strategies Group, and author of OPTIMAL OUTCOMES: Free Yourself from Conflict at Work, at Home, and in Life (HarperBusiness, Feb. 25, 2020), selected as Financial Times Book of the Month. For two decades, she has advised senior leaders at global corporations in a wide range of...

Brian Kurtz has been a serial direct marketer for over 35 years. Under Brian's marketing leadership, Boardroom sold millions of subscriptions and tens of millions of consumer, health and business-related books. And during his career at Boardroom, revenues went from approximately $5 million (in 1981) to a high of over $150 million (in 2006). His mission for the next 35 years (as the Founder of “Tit...

Nathan Hirsch is an entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. Nathan co-founded FreeeUp.com in 2015 with an initial $5,000 investment, scaled it to $12M per year in revenue, and was then acquired in 2019. Today, Nathan is a co-founder of OutsourceSchool, a company working to educate entrepreneurs on how to effectively hire and scale with virtual assistants through in-depth courses. N...

Sam is the founder and CEO of Unstoppable Software, Inc., a custom software development company that helps clients build systems to automate workflow and implement digital transformation. With his team of technologists at Unstoppable, Sam has led the creation of enterprise-grade software systems for major brands such as ThyssenKrupp, Sunstar, Beech Acres, CBRE, and more. Using his more than 20 yea...

Scaling Up Services is a podcast devoted to helping founders, partners, CEOs, key executives, and managers of service-based businesses scale their companies faster and with less drama. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.scalingupservices.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Zani is CEO of The Predictive Index, an award-winning talent optimization platform that aligns business strategy with people strategy for optimal business results. Sixty years of proven science, software, and a robust curriculum of insightful management workshops make PI the solution for any company looking to design great teams and culture, make objective hiring decisions, and inspire greatn...

Jacqueline's 30-year career has focused on strengthening leadership and engagement at all levels of an organization through individual and team work as well as organization-wide initiatives. Her workshops, facilitations, and coaching sessions always support both individual needs as well as the business goals. Jacqueline strives to create cultures of passion, productivity and performance. Learn mor...

Ken Wendle, known for his pragmatic and insightful advice, whether as instructor, consultant or speaker, is a co-founder and past president of the itSMF USA and past member of the HDI Strategic Advisory Board. Ken is recognized for his pivotal role in creating awareness, adoption, and global expansion of ITIL and ITSM best practices. He is the author of numerous white papers and articles, and his...

Mark Willis is a man on a mission to help you think differently about your money, your economy and your future. After graduating with six figures of student loan debt and discovering a way to turn his debt into real wealth as he watched everybody lose their retirement savings and home equity in 2008, he knew that he needed to find a more predictable way to meet his financial objectives and those o...

Aaron Stahl is the President and CEO of P3 Cost Analysts. P3 is a national cost reduction franchise that focuses on saving businesses and the government’s money on their telecom utility waste expenses. P3’s current structure is the result of a merger and acquisition that Aaron completed in 2014 that brought together two companies focused on different sectors of the cost reduction industry. Aaron i...

James is an investor, entrepreneur and consultant. He helps companies systemize, grow, and scale by helping the founders get out of the day to day operations of running their companies so they can focus on high growth activities. Since leaving his corporate position leading Global Digital Strategy for HSBC Bank in 2011, James has started and simultaneously run multiple 7 figure companies and has c...

Melanie Parish is a public speaker, consultant, workshop leader, author, and Master Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, from whom she received the Prism Award. An expert in problem solving, constraints management, operations, strategic hiring, and brand development, Melanie has consulted and coached organizations ranging from a Fortune 50 company to IT start-ups. Her indivi...

Lee McEnany Caraher is the founder and CEO of Double Forte, a successful national public relations, content marketing and social media firm. Double Forte works with beloved consumer, technology, and wine brands. She is a highly sought-after communications expert known for her business acumen and insights (and her big laugh). She splits her time between the company's San Francisco and New York offi...

Vladimir Gendelman was born and raised in the former Soviet Union, where he rarely had access to the basic amenities that many of us take for granted. High quality products and friendly service were few and far between, and above all, Vladimir found it intensely frustrating having so little access to different choices and options. After immigrating to America, Vladimir made it his mission to help...

Justin A. Goodbread, CFP®, CEPA®, CVGA®, owner of FinanciallySimple.com, is a nationally recognized financial planner, financial educator, wealth manager, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He has 20+ years of experience starting, buying, owning, and selling businesses. Justin is a two-time winner of the Investopedia Top 100 Advisor award and Exit Planning Institute’s Exit Planner Leader of the Ye...

Chris is a hands-on sales consultant that works with CEOs and business owners of small B2B professional services and technology companies, primarily Sales & Marketing related, that are struggling to grow sales themselves and who are working with a sales team that isn't meeting expectations. His area of expertise is helping CEOs increase revenue, find new clients, and reduce risk in their sales org...

Inspirational speaker, Michael O’Brien,is on a quest to help 1 million people have their Last Bad Day. As a corporate coach, Michael elevates successful leaders by helping them prevent bad moments from turning into bad days. Before launching into his coaching career, Michael experienced a life-altering event that shattered his world view. On July11th ,2001 ,he was struck head-on by a speeding SUV...

With a strong focus in Strategy, Governance, and Technology / Cybersecurity, Mark A. Pfister is CEO of M. A. Pfister Strategy Group, an executive advisory firm that serves as a strategic advisory council for executives and Boards in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. He is also Chairman & CEO of Integral Board Group, a specialized Board services and consulting company. Mr. Pfister is a 'B...

Paul Maskill is a Business Coach & Consultant for small business owners as well as the host of The Business Owner's Freedom Formula podcast - an inspiring podcast for business owners looking to achieve ultimate freedom with their business. Based on Paul's success as a service-based business owner where he built, scaled and sold his business within 4 years for 3x net profit, he now helps other busi...

Kim Bohr is the CEO of The Innovare Group, a company renowned for diagnosing and repairing organizational and leadership disconnects. She works with companies and leaders to help them assess, align, and accelerate their strategic priorities that impact talent, execution, and business growth. As the founder and chief strategist of The Innovare Group, her mission is to make business better from the...

Danny Hadas is an author, speaker and consultant. By age 30, Danny was leading multi-million dollar customer and employee experience transformation programs. Since 2008, he’s worked with some of the world’s most-iconic brands, including Disney, BMW, and AT&T. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the official Zig Ziglar Small Business Lawyer and a Ziglar Legacy Certified Trainer, it’s no wonder that Scott Reib is known as “America’s Legal Coach.” For the last two decades, Scott has been helping business owners, entrepreneurs, and coaches “shatterproof” their businesses by implementing specific strategies for structure, growth, and protection. Over the last three years, Scott has been sh...

Creative lead. Business strategist. Sneakerhead. Matt cut his teeth as a designer at Lippincott in NYC before joining NIKE as a senior member of its creative team. After 11+ years at NIKE, something happened. Matt’s father was dying of cancer, and he left the organization to take care of family. By 2013, Matt was teaching courses at local universities and freelancing from his drafty attic in North...

Clint Padgett is the President and CEO of Project Success. With over 25 years of project management experience, he has built his career helping Fortune 100 companies optimize their businesses. Clint is a graduate of The Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s of Electrical Engineering and an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Clint shares his expertise by speaking...