A Server's Journey

This week's episode we talk with Jan Edwards. Jan is the founder and President of Paving the Way Foundation, an organization that is a fierce disruption in the cycle of child trafficking around the globe. This is accomplished through educational and training programs that empower communities to break the cycle. Jan spent over 25 years as an executive in sales and marketing working with organizations like Time Warner, Bright House, the United Nations and other international groups, before taking on the worldwide initiative to prevent children. Paving the Way has educated over 13,000 youth and adults the past 3 years.

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This episode we had the opportunity to sit down with Alex Chausovsky. Alex is an accomplished Speaker and the Senior Business Advisor at ITR Economics. He is a highly experienced market researcher and analyst with more than a decade of expertise in subjects that include macroeconomics, industrial manufacturing, automation, and advanced technology trends. 

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Tune in this week to hear from our guest, Bing Oliver!
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Bing has served as a top-performing business consultant and franchisee with Chick-fil-A, where he had a reputation for innovation, creativity, team building and great friendships. His Chick-fil-A restaurant in Boone, NC was known as “Boone’s best place to work and eat.” He now owns Peake Coaching & Consulting where he uses climbing analogies and creative thinking to help leaders and teams reach their peak.

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Omar L Harris is an Award-Winning and Bestselling Author of 4 books, Former GM GSK Indonesia, and Intent Consulting LLC Founder with 20+ year global pharmaceutical industry veteran and former executive (GSK, Pfizer, Merck, Allergan and more). Harris is now a Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, and Entrepreneur. Based on building high-performance organizations on four continents, Harris shares his team leadership strategies and success stories in 2 new books: “The Servant’s Manifesto” (April 2020) and “Leader Board: The DNA of High Performance Teams” (June 2019). 

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This week we discuss leadership with Kevin Harrison. Kevin is an established business leader, having dedicated the last 31 years to owning and operating two successful Chick-fil-A franchise locations in Virginia. He now leads in multiple business arenas, which include both individual and group leadership coaching and consulting through his company Uncommon Influence. Kevin is also the author of Uncommon Influence: The Key to a Lasting Ministry.

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This week we discuss leadership with Adam Mendler, the Chief Executive Officer of The Veloz Group, where he co-founded and oversees ventures across a wide variety of industries: Beverly Hills Chairs, a leading office furniture e-tailer; Custom Tobacco, a one-of-a-kind cigar customization e-commerce platform; and Veloz Solutions, a technology consulting and software development practice.  Adam remains active in each portfolio company, providing strategic guidance and support.  Adam also provides business thought leadership as a speaker to businesses, universities and non-profit organizations; as the host of the podcast Thirty Minute Mentors; as an expert regularly cited in national media outlets; and as an advisor, consultant, coach and board member.

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In honor of Halloween, this week's episode is all about "The Scary Side of Leadership".  Tune in as some unfamiliar voices (including a mad scientist) talk about some of the fears associated with becoming a leader. ⁠
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In this episode we talk with Allison Day and Jeff James, key members of The Bedford School.  The mission of The Bedford School is to maximize the potential of students with learning differences and develop foundations for success. We discuss how they have adapted their teaching methods in order to help students learn in different ways. 

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In this episode, we invite Jack Kennington and Andrew Barnes, Rocky's colleagues, to talk about their experience with servant leadership.  Jack and Andrew were present during Rocky's formative years in leadership. Jack, who lives in Tennessee, works with hospice currently but was with Chick-fil-A for 20 years, 13 of which as an Operator of his own store.  Since then, he has had a total of 6 Operators, with a focus on 4, come out of his location. Rocky and Andrew reflect on what it was like to be lead at a young age by their previous operator, Jack. Andrew discusses with Rocky the impact Truett Cathy had on his life.

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In this episode we've invited Dee Ann Turner, one of our favorite guests, back on the show for the one year anniversary of her book: Bet On Talent. We discuss the evolving culture of Chick-fil-A as a corporation and the importance of culture in any organization.  Dee Ann touches on the difference between simply hiring people and selecting talent.  We also talk about the importance of future team members having character and chemistry with your team.  You can pre-order Dee Ann's new book, Crush Your Career, which is scheduled to be released in March 2021.

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