Winning In Business

Episode Highlights: Amy shares her journey of 23 years in business. Starting a business during the pandemic. Creating genuine relationships. The role of networking in branding yourself. How Amy helps minority women entrepreneurs. Overcoming the challenges of funding. Navigating hiring the right employees. Spending money as a business. Measurable goals. Business growth. Awards that Amy has received...

Episode Highlights: A common problem that she is seeing among business owners and entrepreneurs. Self sabotaging by losing focus on projects. How to get focussed: Time management, overwhelm, distraction. Symptoms of a faulty mindset. Limiting beliefs and prioritizing values. Breakthrough is possible! About Kelli Kelli Risse is an executive coach who helps directors, managers and owners who are ove...

Episode Highlights: Brian shares his back-story and how he came to be a trial lawyer and a coach. The stress lawyers live with and how Brian manages it. The importance of choosing who you want to work with. Understanding the season of your business. The book that has most influenced Brian that helped him craft his own vision. You have the power to make your work and life what you want. Don’t let y...

Episode Highlights: Zeynep shares how she became a successful inventor. The process that went into Silver Defender, the antimicrobial film she invented. Z gives advice about habits and discipline that will help business owners be successful. The importance of self-care and quality friends. A few “ah-ha” moments and goals for Z. Being recognized as “Best in Technology” was an honor. Getting “out th...

Episode Highlights: Kelli shares the results of her survey about what business owners want more of. The top three are Focus, Time Freedom, and Stronger Relationships. She unpacks them and offers tips for each. The mindset for success. About Kelli Kelli Risse is an executive coach who helps directors, managers and owners who are overwhelmed, overstressed & pulled in many directions to reduce st...

Episode Highlights: Shelly tells how she came to be an author. The attitude, “Why not me?” Only you can tell your story. The importance of working within your space. We can choose what to focus on and what to fail at. Have a plan to get published and be seen Why should every business owner write a book. Learn how and where your story belongs. Shelly shares what she is working on now. About Shelly:...

Episode Highlights: Heather shares her back story about how she came to where she is today. Leaving corporate and becoming a business owner, reminded her that it’s always been all her. Taking control of her life and business was empowering. The importance of listening to your intuition. The realization that you can’t win everything and may need to re-evaluate relationships. What Heather has learne...

Episode Highlights: Sally shares how she got involved in triathlons, training, coaching, and eventually starting businesses. Offering a quality service with a quality team. The importance of having coaches, support, and accountability. How feedback moves her business to higher quality. How the ultra-endurance athlete mindset translates to business. A morning routine sets the day in the right direc...

Episode Highlights: How Beate went from a difficult childhood, abandonment, & tragedy, to immigration and success. How she defines a system to her clients to help them build sustainable, scalable businesses with an exit possibility. How she sold her business to Bill Gates for the amount she envisioned months earlier. Hardship and overcoming will become your message, and keep you relatable. The...

Episode Highlights: Karen’s back story. Marketing is a puzzle with many parts. A surprising reason why businesses are not retaining employees. The two sides of what Karen is passionate about. Learning and communication styles can change the level of success. Keys to resilience. The importance of asking for help. Coaching and accountability is necessary for continued growth. The temptation of “chas...

Business owners have many stressors that, if not managed well, can lead to depression, anxiety, and negative energy. In this episode, Kelli shares the most common ones and how to manage the stress they trigger. Have fun identifying which animal you relate to best in your management style! Episode Highlights: Kelli shares the most common stressors business owners have. 3 of the most common ways peo...

Episode Highlights: Marianne shares the journey that brought her to where she is today. How she discovered that she loves communication. The importance of a personal network. We need others that will challenge us to help us learn. Be willing to serve without expecting anything in return. The rewards of good time management. Delegating and partnering with others. How she became an author. About Mar...

About Kami: Kami Kimes, Account Executive of Hillsboro Title Company. She’s a wife, Mother, and new grandmother. Kami is an active supporter in her community, she loves helping nonprofits, she sits on the Jefferson County Growth Association board and leads the JCGA Businesswomen Group, the Hillsboro Chamber Board, Desoto Foundation Board, Hillsboro Police Department board and chairs many committee...

Episode Highlights: Jennifer shares how an epiphone led her to do all she does. The story of GRIT. Reflection, self-improvement, and staying close to your joy. The importance of a support network. How triggers can prompt growth. The balance of being a life-long learner and not taking on too much. Finding grace in juggling family and career. Jennifer's plan to expand her message. How our dark...

Episode Highlights: Ken shares how he went from an accident-prone kid to a Director of Safety. Decisive moments including choosing to be a leader rather than a “doer.” Relationships that move others forward. The importance of challenging yourself. How self-awareness leads to growth. Dealing with imposter syndrome and the importance of asking for help. The value of helping those coming up behind yo...

Carrie Burggraf started her career as a geriatric physician's assistant. After working over two decades in healthcare and raising two sons, Carrie made the shift to selling home care services in St. Louis.  As part of her work in that role, she began coaching junior salespeople for the international company and traveled to work with them in the field to see where they were getting stuck and t...

Danelle Brown is the founder and CEO of Queen Bee Consulting, a marketing and communications agency that she started in October of 2008, a Certified Book Yourself Solid Business Coach, and a Certified Asset Based Thinking Coach. Danelle began as a professional business coach but quickly used her skills and talents to help her clients promote themselves online. Her specialties are using any and all...

Episode Highlights: Danijela shares the story of how she came to where she is today. How she was drawn to help people love themselves. Kelli describes her experience of a session with “Dani.” Older women have the right to feel beautiful. With a dream and a vision the sky's the limit and embracing the abundance mindset. The importance of investing in yourself. The challenge of a work/life bala...

About Alison: Alison Niermann, CEO of Tilley Workforce Solutions, has over twenty years of translating business vision into people strategy, pioneering recruitment marketing, and leading workforce solutions. She has served in leadership roles for industries spanning healthcare, education, and global public semiconductor manufacturing. In the community, she has served as a Board Member with the Gir...

Our life moves in the direction of what we think about the most. In this week’s episode of Winning in Business, I share how to become aware of the thoughts that don’t serve you and replace them with those that produce the life you want. Learn how to empower yourself with mental “headlines” that lead to success! Highlights: Kelli shares how a friend’s thoughts of needing a break backfired. How fast...

About the Trifilettis: Terry spent 22 years in the cardiac operating room as a certified perfusionist operating the heart-lung machine for open heart surgeries. Travel and real estate are two of her biggest passions and when she listed her first short-term rental in Charlotte, NC on Airbnb in 2017, she never imagined it would grow into the thriving business it is today. It started as a fun side hu...

About Michelle Michelle DiMercurio is the Senior Director of Enterprise Information Technology Operations at The Boeing Company. She joined Boeing in 2001 and since that time, she has managed technology teams that provide IT solutions to supply chain, finance and accounting, supplier management, engineering, manufacturing, and product support functions across the defense, commercial, and aftermark...

For almost 20 years, Adrian Rice has been helping fortune 500 companies grow and deepen relationships within the organization as well as with customers. He has worked with Procter and Gamble, Tiffany & Co, and Edward Jones.  Currently, Adrian is the director of Business Development at BI WORLDWIDE, a company whose mission is to turn inspiration into real results for their clients. They underst...

About Claire: Claire Chandler, Executive Leadership Advisor, Author, and the President and Founder of Talent Boost, specializes in helping leaders and businesses accelerate their readiness to grow, so they can achieve their mission sooner. She taps into over 25 years of experience in people leadership, human resources, and business ownership to help investors and leaders align their people, proces...

About Alesha: Alesha Henley strives to make the world a better place for those who are underserved.  She is a marketing strategist, creative collaborator and founder & CEO a Dose of Insight . She is a forward-thinking leader, using data and market trends to develop strategies that lead to profitable results. A transformational mentor that inspires and motivates employees to innovate and create...