Shock Your Potential

What do you see in your Career View Mirror? Have you achieved your career objectives? If not, our guest today will inspire you to new heights, and remind you to “Raise Your Voice to Raise Your Value.” Joyel Crawford “grows leaders for a living.” As a C...

What do you see in your Career View Mirror? Have you achieved your career objectives? If not, our guest today will inspire you to new heights, and remind you to “Raise Your Voice to Raise Your Value.” Joyel Crawford “grows leaders for a living.” As a Certified Professional Career Coach, Certified Virtual Presenter and Leadership Development Consultant at her own practice-Crawford Leadership Strate...

Some people believe that every human not only has a birth right, but a responsibility to themselves to pursue what they love and reach their full potential while doing it. Elijah Peterson is one of those people. Elijah Peterson is a songwriter and entr...

Some people believe that every human not only has a birth right, but a responsibility to themselves to pursue what they love and reach their full potential while doing it. Elijah Peterson is one of those people. Elijah Peterson is  a songwriter and entrepreneur, and the founding member of Endless Potential Studios. He uses his songwriting as a tool to connect the dots on situations he goes through...

On average, we can only handle 6 seconds worth of silence before someone has to speak. But in that silence, we can learn so much. Our guest today is Rita Burgett-Martell, an organizational change consultant to Fortune 500 clients and career coach to mo...

On average, we can only handle 6 seconds worth of silence before someone has to speak. But in that silence, we can learn so much. Our guest today is Rita Burgett-Martell, an organizational change consultant to Fortune 500 clients and career coach to more than 11,000 individuals. She is also the author of two books: Change Ready https://amzn.to/3kP6YG4 Defining Moments https://amzn.to/3hZbCiF In ou...

Opioid Epidemic. What do those words mean to you? Is it something you have heard about on the news but has never touched you or the lives of anyone you know? Our guest today once felt the same way. We tackle a serious issue today, hearing from one moth...

Opioid Epidemic. What do those words mean to you? Is it something you have heard about on the news but has never touched you or the lives of anyone you know? Our guest today once felt the same way. We tackle a serious issue today, hearing from one mother who has two sons, one of whom she lost to opioid addiction just over a year ago. Dawn Trout is an accomplished professional who never imagined he...

Can you learn fast and achieve more? Our guest today knows you can! From the classroom to the boardroom, Susan Fitzell, M.Ed., CSP knows how to bridge the organizational learning gap. She provides unique solutions that transform performance by teaching...

Can you learn fast and achieve more? Our guest today knows you can! From the classroom to the boardroom, Susan Fitzell, M.Ed., CSP knows how to bridge the organizational learning gap. She provides unique solutions that transform performance by teaching people how they learn. She helps leaders understand the motivation drivers that engage their employees and works with organizations by helping thei...

Why you should buy a business. Yes, even now. Our guest today, Carl Allen, is a world-class entrepreneur, investor and corporate dealmaker who has worked on more than 330 transactions worth close to $48 billion. Carl first earned his reputation during ...

Why you should buy a business. Yes, even now. Our guest today, Carl Allen, is a world-class entrepreneur, investor and corporate dealmaker who has worked on more than 330 transactions worth close to $48 billion. Carl first earned his reputation during his 16 years on Wall Street working for Bank of America, Hewlett-Packard, Forrester, and Gartner. There he advised some of the world’s largest corpo...

Will your elevator pitch leave you stuck on the ground floor, or will it take you to the C-Suite? Our guest today can tell you in a matter of seconds. Chala Dincoy is known as The Repositioning Expert, and she helps professional service companies chang...

Will your elevator pitch leave you stuck on the ground floor, or will it take you to the C-Suite? Our guest today can tell you in a matter of seconds. Chala Dincoy is known as The Repositioning Expert, and she helps professional service companies change their messaging to attract more decision makers. In her former life Chala was an award-winning marketer at companies such as Pepsi, Pizza hut, Fri...

If you’ve ever had to bring down the hammer, you need to learn how Amber Hurdle brings down the Velvet Machete. As a dynamic professional speaker and CEO of Amber Hurdle Consulting, a multi-award-winning talent optimization firm, she pioneers using bot...

If you’ve ever had to bring down the hammer, you need to learn how Amber Hurdle brings down the Velvet Machete. As a dynamic professional speaker and CEO of Amber Hurdle Consulting, a multi-award-winning talent optimization firm, she pioneers using both science and marketing principles to strengthen brands and leaders from the inside out. In this episode we learn about her Velvet Machete® Brand St...

Is there an artist within you? Our guest today believes there is and can show you how to let it shine. Teresa is the embodiment of the modern artist/entrepreneur. She’s the owner of Teresa Funke & Company and Bursts of Brilliance® and has authored seve...

Is there an artist within you? Our guest today believes there is and can show you how to let it shine. Teresa is the embodiment of the modern artist/entrepreneur. She’s the owner of Teresa Funke & Company and Bursts of Brilliance® and has authored seven award-winning novels for adults and children set in World War II, including Dancing in Combat Boots and War on a Sunday Morning. Teresa Funke beli...

It all began with a postcard of a dog dressed like famous painting of The Girl with the Pearl Earring. Our host Michael Sherlock was wandering through a street art festival in Philadelphia when one of the exhibitors caught her eye. A rack of postcards ...

It all began with a postcard of a dog dressed like famous painting of The Girl with the Pearl Earring. Our host Michael Sherlock was wandering through a street art festival in Philadelphia when one of the exhibitors caught her eye. A rack of postcards with portraits of pets made to look like works of art. They were hilarious and incredible, and a part of their company called Regal Beagle. But that...

What do the contents of your closet tell about you? Could you make a business out of what is in them? Our guest did just that! Francie Brumley began working in retail when she was 16, and learned she had a real knack for sales and sales leadership. But...

What do the contents of your closet tell about you? Could you make a business out of what is in them? Our guest did just that! Francie Brumley began working in retail when she was 16, and learned she had a real knack for sales and sales leadership. But like many who have spent decades in the industry, often missing holidays to cover shifts in busy malls, she was ready for a change. Francie, also k...

We are empty nesters! The kids are gone from home, their careers are underway, and they have finally begun “adulting.” But from the get-go they must now face investing questions. How do they avoid getting ripped off or doing something dumb with their m...

We are empty nesters! The kids are gone from home, their careers are underway, and they have finally begun “adulting.”  But from the get-go they must now face investing questions. How do they avoid getting ripped off or doing something dumb with their money? Our guest today, Wes Rutledge, served over 27 years as an investment professional with the same regional investment firm. He worked with hund...

Fear of public speaking is the most common phobia ahead of death, spiders, or heights, according to the National Social Anxiety Center. Yet we all want to have a way with words. Our guest today, BRENDEN KUMARASAMY, is the founder of MASTERTALK, his You...