WomenWhoBuildEmpires

Today's guest is MaryBeth Hyland.  Her life's mission is to create spaces where voices are heard, stories are released, and purpose is ignited.  She is the author of Permission to Be Human: The Conscious Leader's Guide to Creating a Values-Driven Culture ( Kindle , Audiobook ),  knows that when people are connected through shared values, there's no limit to what they can achieve.  Through retreats...

Sophie is the CEO and Founder of Sophie Zo Next Level Business Support.  She is a certified online business manager, social media manager, and customer acquisition specialist who provide next-level business support services to coaches, consultants, and visionary entrepreneurs for over 20 years.   Let's tune in to her story!   [00:01 - 05:21] Opening Segment   Get to know my guest Sophie Zollmann H...

Simon spent 26 years serving in the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) where he climbed the ranks of the command structure, gaining leadership lessons from his epic mistakes and wins. A believer of servant and transformational leadership, Simon retired from the RCAF to pursue new adventures and long-held passions – including hosting his own podcast titled, Trench Leadership: A P...

Co-Pioneer of Confidence Through Cabaret, Heather Stephenson for the last 25 years has owned a global consultancy specializing in leadership and career training, which she started after she discovered cabaret and learned how to powerfully take up space and own her voice and narrative in her personal life.  ​​She has worked globally in corporate supplying leadership training and coaching to clients...

Patty Lennon, the best-selling author of Make Space for Magic and former type-A corporate banker, recounts her journey from having everything and still feeling empty to learning how to receive love, support and abundance. A keynote speaker, certified coach, and founder of The Receiving School® Patty discovered there was more to life than making money and in her work now she blends brain science an...

Amanda Holmes is the CEO of Chet Holmes International has worked with over 250,000 businesses worldwide. They help their clients improve their online user experience and therefore generate more traffic to their website and increase their online sales.  Amanda is also the daughter of renowned sales expert Chet Holmes, and she inherited the business when she was 24 years old after her dad unexpected...

Today's guest, Sarah Wirth is considered one of the world's foremost authorities in metric-based performance coaching and growth. She is the President of EcSell Institute, the world's first and only organization to measure and quantify leadership effectiveness. Sarah is also co-author of the Amazon best-selling book, The Coaching Effect, which helps leaders at all levels understand the necessity o...

Shawnee is a two-time Olympian as the former Assistant Coach for the Canadian Women's Basketball Team and is one of the most highly certified basketball coaches in Canada.  She has 26 years of elite coaching and leadership experience including the Olympic Games, World Championships, FIBA Americas, and World University Games.   Shawnee holds a Master's Degree in Coaching Studies, and she is a Maste...

Laura Rubin is a reformed hustle bunny; A joy seeker; and a lover of life.  She mentors other corporate and entrepreneurial hustlers to unwind from the grind of overwork and burnout - encouraging, empowering, and inspiring them to free themselves from society's rules of success and experience life on the other side of the desk - on their terms.  She guides them on the courageous journey of living...

My incredibly dynamic, powerhouse guest today, Leslie Short has an extraordinary 4-decade career that started performing internationally as a ballerina.  She started her first business, J. Men's Tokyo as a theater show in Japan She was the COO of the Shark Group and is currently the Founder, President & CEO, of The CavuGroup focus on Diversity & Inclusion in an effort to create new solutions to ol...

Edna Keep's journey from single mom at age 16 – living in subsidized housing with a daughter in subsidized daycare - to multi-millionaire Real Estate Entrepreneur and Coach inspires others. Her major operations are long-term buy-and-hold rental apartment buildings. Her claim to fame is a $75 Million real estate portfolio built with "Other People's Money." A proponent of education and inspiration,...

Over the last 25 years, Vance has provided clients with solutions for secure communications, digital privacy and security, executive protection, high-value collection protection, and international corporate investigations.  He has provided personal protection for high-profile actors, a director of a well-known French fashion house, corporate executives, and high net-worth families.  In addition to...

Jewel is a seasoned transformational mentor, spiritual guide, speaker, facilitator in the field of personal and career development.  She is the International Best Selling author of True Gifts: Ignite your Soul Magic and Monetize the Highest Expression of your Purpose. She has supported countless women to launch their dream of building a legacy doing what they love through deep mental, emotional an...

Missy Campbell, mentor to magic creators. I'm a Human Design for business expert, a Pinterest expert and a mentor for Intentional Entrepreneurs ready to grow an intention-aligned, soul-satisfying business.   Let's tune in to her story!   [00:01 - 04:30] Opening Segment   Get to know my guest Missy Campbell Missy started in the online space in 2015 and has grown since then The business strategy spa...

Rachel Luther, a virtual assistant turned CEO, spent the last 10+ years growing her VA business from a one-woman show to a team of professionals providing all areas of back-office support. Rachel shares her journey of success as she covers balancing her passions and strategies for scaling a business through outsourcing. Rachel is often asked, 'Can you be an entrepreneur and still have it all?' The...

Jeroen is co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, an intelligent CRM built for SMBs selling B2B, mostly popular with agencies and fast-growing startup companies.   Salesflare itself was founded when Jeroen and his co-founder Lieven wanted to follow up the leads for their software company in an easier way. They didn't like to keep track of their leads manually and built Salesflare, which pulls customer d...

Bruce Hultgren is an engaging, positive, and enthusiastic business and community leader with a mission to make this world a better place.  He is a former NBL basketballer, with a strong track record of entrepreneurism in the sports, business, and community sectors.  Over the past five years, he has dedicated his life to creating a world-first wellbeing app, while also researching best-practice met...

Ellen Snee has been at the forefront of women's leadership for more than 25 years. Dr. Snee brings strategy, research, and executive experience to global companies and their top female talent. Her original research at Harvard University on women's experience in roles of authority formed the foundation of her consulting and coaching work with Fortune 500 companies such as Cisco, Goodyear, Marriott,...

Whitney Freya is an expert in Inspired Living, providing practical tools & practices that free your mind from limitations and scarcity to create more in your life that lights you up from the inside out. She is the author of three books to inspire the art that is your life, an inspirational speaker, and leads a community that circles around the fire of inspiration & personal freedom through her onl...

Pattie's background runs the gamut of careers from teacher to corporate president.  Her corporate career extended from New Jersey to New York to Boston and included roles from an Editor to a Director to President of a multi-million dollar publishing company.   Pattie realized that she did NOT want to retire and she knew she should not have to retire.  Pattie calls herself a Renegade—a Renegade for...

IP-based businesses may not always look like they have assets to protect, but that's because they are often service based. Their assets are their creations, processes and other intellectual properties. In this episode, Emi Kirschner interviews  Erin Austin , lawyer and founder of  Think Beyond IP  as they discuss leveraging saleable assets for maximum growth and profit. Erin talks about the need f...

As a leader, building a team that works cohesively isn't always about having the right answers to give them. More often the value is in asking the right questions. On today's episode of the Tribe of Leaders,  David Wheatley , the Chief Question Asker at  Humanergy , a boutique leadership development company, shares how his experience as a police officer in the UK helped him see every challenge as...

Have you felt like there is so much more you could be doing if only life wasn't throwing you lemons on an all to regular basis? Modern Sage, Leah Guy  joins me this week to talk about unlocking your highest potential. Listen in as she shares her personal story of tragedy and triumph along with What is your three-step method to quiet negative thoughts and eliminate bad behaviors? How can we recogni...

eCommerce has become the hottest new business venture of the pandemic and post-pandemic world. What does it take to break in and succeed in this space? In this episode, Emi Kirschner tackles eCommerce success with Raj de Datta , founder of Bloomreach . Raj discusses customer-centric marketing, the changing needs of consumers and what companies need to do to stay ahead of the curve. This is a must-...

To paraphrase the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, people must be strong like water, yet we must also be gentle like soft flowing streams. This means finding the right balance between courage and compassion, power and tenderness, be it in your personal or professional life. In this episode, our host Emi Kirschner is joined by the Chief People Officer of Allbirds , Laila Tarraf . Laila shares h...