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Michael Sherlock is the CPO (Chief Potential Officer) of Shock Your Potential, a training organization providing actionable strategies on leadership, professional development, customer experience, and sales transformation.  In addition, Michael hosts the Shock Your Potential podcast where she highlights people and organizations that have achieved great success.

DelRae was the developer of her own nutraceutical line, Dr. DelRae Detox & Weight Loss System and has been featured on ShopNBC with Suzanne Somers, Fit and Firm Magazine, Natural Muscle Magazine, Southwest Metro Magazine, local and regional radio, and contributes to the Make-a-Wish Foundation.     DelRae transitioned from her online business and manufacturing her own nutraceutical weight loss syst...

Molly McPherson, M.S., APR, combines her knowledge of current communication practices with years of news and PR experience to develop the right plans and messaging for clients to protect and build their reputations. Molly founded the Communicate with Confidence Leadership Training Program and frequently speaks on crisis communications, public relations and social media. Molly was Director of Commu...

Roger Wolkoff is a motivational speaker who helps you tap into your strengths and potential so you can get out of your own way and get more done. He delivers deeper engagement, stronger teams, and meaningful conversations. How does he do it? He talks about stories, ideas, and keys to unlock what's already inside you. Roger has over 25 years of expert interpersonal communication and team-building e...

Elizabeth has been on both sides of the coin - from being on welfare twice to getting a corporate job and an MBA. 15 years ago she found herself caught up in a mass lay off from her sweet job, yet again left wondering how to care for her family. She turned to being an entrepreneur. From knocking on doors in her hometown, to owning a store, Elizabeth has sold nearly $7,000,000 worth of Avon - more...

Here is the recap of the fifth season of the CHARGE Podcast. Check out our show notes at  CHARGEPODCAST.COM  for more information. 

After a stint as a television sportscaster, Pete returned to Disney in 1994.  Over the next 13 years, he managed various areas of Disney's theme parks and resorts, where he learned what it takes to run a world-class organization.  Pete was blessed to spend a majority of his time working at the Disney University.  While there, he led the Traditions program, which is known worldwide as one of the pr...

Mike Michalowicz is the author of Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan, and his newest release Clockwork. By his 35th birthday, Mike had founded and sold two companies - one to private equity and another to a Fortune 500. Today he is running his third multi-million dollar venture, Profit First Professionals. Mike is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and the former busi...

Seeing the need for personal development at the individual level, Eric Currie started a grassroots effort to bring the power of StrengthsFinder and strengths related programs to multiple divisions within the financial services firm Edward Jones. To date, hundreds of people have benefited from Eric's coaching and training over the last three years. Eric continues to find ways to leverage a person's...

Nina Amir, the Inspiration to Creation Coach, is a 14X Amazon bestselling hybrid author of such books as How to Blog a Book, The Author Training Manual, and Creative Visualization for Writers. She also is a Blog, Book, and Author Coach, and one of 700 elite Certified High Performance Coaches world-wide—the only one working with writers. Additionally, she founded the Nonfiction Writers' University,...

Matthew Brandt is a Navy veteran and has worked 30 years in law enforcement. He has seen it all, and probably twice. From working robbery/homicide to becoming a founder member for the Department of Homeland Security he has taken lessons from interviewing the worst society has to offer. Convincing them to do the right thing has given him the ability to learn and use those same techniques to teach s...

Marina Barayeva is an international portrait photographer, speaker and a host of the Marketing for Creatives show. Marina is a known authority in helping entrepreneurs become influencers in their niche. She has been featured on Art People, CCTV, China Radio International, and other media. Always busy with creative projects, she organized and hosted an online conference called Lady-Photographer; a...

Geoff Reese has been a counseling and coaching individual since 1987. He believes we are all born with a seed of genius meant to impact the world. For more than 2 decades, he has been educating, equipping, and empowering people to unleash their genius to find their purpose in life. You either become what you were created to be seeing the reality of your purpose and contribution to the world or you...

Scott Wintrip is the author of High Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant, named a must-read book by SHRM's HR Magazine. Over the past 19 years, Scott has led the Wintrip Consulting Group, a global consultancy that has helped more than 22,000 organizations build talent-rich companies that have eliminated their hiring delays forever. For five consecutive years, Staffing Industry Ana...

Matt Rzepka was born and raised in Houghton Lake, Michigan. He attended Saginaw Valley State University where he played football as an outside linebacker. There he met the love of his life, Amber. They eventually married. During this time, Matt and Amber spent several years working at a CPA firm, but they quickly noticed that the one thing business clients needed most seemed to be missing. Valley...

Bob Dusin was raised on a wheat farm in Western Kansas. He has always been driven the ideal of getting a little better everyday. Bob was introduced to the high performance workplace philosophy over a decade ago and was immediately drawn to the positive change it brings to the work environment. Facilitating High Performance Workplace Leadership workshops brings together many of Bob's unique talents...

Bob Dusin was raised on a wheat farm in Western Kansas. He has always been driven the ideal of getting a little better everyday. Bob was introduced to the high performance workplace philosophy over a decade ago and was immediately drawn to the positive change it brings to the work environment. Facilitating High Performance Workplace Leadership workshops brings together many of Bob's unique talents...

Lisa Cummings has delivered training & speaking events to over 11,500 participants in 14 countries. You can see her featured in places like Harvard Business Publishing, Training Magazine, and Forbes. She's the CEO of a company called Lead Through Strengths. When Lisa's not out spotting strengths with teams, you'll find her rescuing stray dogs or playing drums.

Here is the recap of the fourth season of the CHARGE Podcast. Check out our show notes at  CHARGEPODCAST.COM  for more information. 

Daran Wastchak is a twenty-year entrepreneur and small business owner. He is a survivor and student of "The Great Recession" and is a fourteen-year veteran of two national non-profit Boards of Director. Daran received his Masters and PhD in Public Administration and Policy from Arizona State University, and he currently lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona where he his a volunteer member of the town'...

Ann Dolin is a former Fairfax County, VA public school teacher. She received an undergraduate degree in Child Psychology with Teacher Certification for grades 1-8 and then received an M.Ed. in Special Education from Boston College in 1992. Ann has spent over 25 years in education, teaching and tutoring students from Kindergarten to College (and everywhere in-between). She founded Educational Conne...

Derrich Phillips was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. He joined the army at age 18 and served 4 years. His last year in the army he was deployed to Iraq. He has worked in the Cyber Security field for over 15 years now and has traveled to over 30 countries, living in 5 of them. Derrich received an MBA from GCU in 2012. He has been married to Requill for 3 years. They don't have any kids but do hav...

Steve Harper has become one of the most sought after speakers and business strategists on the power of deepening and strengthening the power of connections through a process he calls "Rippling." Steve's unique and refreshing approach to how and why individuals, organizations and even our society can and must reach outside the box to connect, is literally changing lives and impacting corporate bott...

Joey Coleman helps companies keep their customers. An award-winning speaker, he works with organizations around the world ranging from small startups to major brands such as Deloitte, Hyatt Hotels, Zappos, and Whirlpool. His First 100 Days® methodology fuels the remarkable experiences his clients deliver and dramatically improves their profits. His Wall Street Journal #2 best selling book, Never L...

Anne Grady is not your typical motivational speaker. She is a best-selling author, two-time TEDx speaker, trainer, survivor, optimist, inspirer, and a truth-bomb dropper. Anne has a master's degree in organizational communication and has spent the last twenty years working with some of the largest organizations around the globe. She has become known as a leading expert on communication, leadership...