Have you ever wondered what the secret to happiness is? How to create a full and contented life? Or how some people can stay positive, no matter the situation? 

Hosts Bright Dickson and Brian Ford have spent a lot of time on these questions. In fact, they’ve dedicated their whole careers to finding the answers—and now they’re sharing them with the world. 

Tune in each month as the financial confidence and happiness experts at Truist give their advice on living life with positivity. You’ll find scientific tips and practical techniques you can put to use right away to find peace in your life—and start planning for the future you want, today. 

Welcome to Let’s Go, a podcast production of BB&T and SunTrust, now Truist. 

I’m your host Christy Sammons. Let’s Go podcast are designed to help you ask those important business questions about where your business is headed, and how you’ll get there. We’ll give you the industry tips, tools and advice on how to reach your goals. Let’s Go!

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The novel coronavirus pandemic has had a tremendous impact on all of us. At Truist, the health and safety of our teammates, clients and the communities we serve is our top priority. We hope that you and your families are remaining safe during these times.

Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Lynette Bell, President of the Truist Foundation. 

The Truist Foundation is the blending of BB&T and SunTrust Banks endowed foundation that would blend the two banks’ charitable missions. The Foundation was fully launched on March 2 but nine days later the World Health Organization declared the fast-spreading novel coronavirus a pandemic. It quickly became clear that the new foundation, with $600 million in assets, would need to shift gears to help the company respond to the health crisis. The Foundation found itself having to pivot quickly on its mission. 

And in the role as the Foundation president, Lynette is responsible for the philanthropy strategy, deepening strong partnerships with nonprofits and leading corporate foundation donations to strengthen local communities. Prior to the merger Lynette served as enterprise community reinvestment officer for SunTrust, leading the community development program to help underserved communities receive economic support to grow. In her more than 30-year career with SunTrust, she has held positions in operations, regulatory affairs, bank examinations and compliance. Lynette has served as a board member of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership and National Church Residences. 

Listen now, to hear more. 

Jon Gordon and Truist's Oscar Santos round out our first round of the Inspired Business interview series with a thought-provoking discussion about positive leadership in difficult times. 
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Want to know more?
The Inspired Business series from Truist is a new video and audio series focused on delivering relevant, solid information to our clients from authors, speakers and industry experts. 

In response to the business disruptions and changes in 2020, our mission at Truist is to play a big part in the recovery of our clients, especially in the small business and commercial spaces and our communities as a whole. The Inspire Business series is just one way in which we hope to provide thought leadership and guidance for the way forward. 

The first three episodes of the series is a multi-part dialogue with author and speaker Jon Gordon. In each of the episodes, Jon delves into “Positive Leadership in Uncertain Times,” “Creating Positive Connections and Bringing Your Team Together,” and “Positive Leadership to Rebuild Your Client Base." In this final episode, hear from Jon Gordon and Oscar Santos in a Q&A style session. 

Episode 2 - Positive Connections in Uncertain Times: Strategies to Help Bring Your Team Together during COVID-19

Jon Gordon talks with Truist’s Chief Human Resources Officer, Kim Moore-Wright, about strategies to help bring your team together during COVID-19.
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Want to know more?
The Inspired Business series from Truist is a new video and audio series focused on delivering relevant, solid information to our clients from authors, speakers and industry experts. 

In response to the business disruptions and changes in 2020, our mission at Truist is to play a big part in the recovery of our clients, especially in the small business and commercial spaces and our communities as a whole. The Inspire Business series is just one way in which we hope to provide thought leadership and guidance for the way forward. 

The three episodes of the series is a multi-part dialogue with author and speaker Jon Gordon. In each of the episodes, Jon delves into “Positive Leadership in Uncertain Times,” “Creating Positive Connections and Bringing Your Team Together,” and “Positive Leadership to Rebuild Your Client Base."

Episode 3 - The Client Experience in Uncertain Times: Positive Leadership to Rebuild Your Client Base
Discover new ways to use positive leadership to rebuild your client base. Jon Gordon lends his expertise in a conversation with Truist’s Head of the Corporate and Institutional Group, Beau Cummins.

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Want to know more?
The Inspired Business series from Truist is a new video and audio series focused on delivering relevant, solid information to our clients from authors, speakers and industry experts. 

In response to the business disruptions and changes in 2020, our mission at Truist is to play a big part in the recovery of our clients, especially in the small business and commercial spaces and our communities as a whole. The Inspire Business series is just one way in which we hope to provide thought leadership and guidance for the way forward. 

The first three episodes of the series is a multi-part dialogue with author and speaker Jon Gordon. In each of the episodes, Jon delves into “Positive Leadership in Uncertain Times,” “Creating Positive Connections and Bringing Your Team Together,” and “Positive Leadership to Rebuild Your Client Base."

Episode 1 - Positive Leadership in Uncertain Times: Tips for Successful Business Ownership during COVID-19
In a discussion with Truist’s Chief Digital and Client Experience Officer Donta Wilson, author and speaker Jon Gordon’s shares his insights around positive leadership.

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Want to know more?
The Inspired Business series from Truist is a new video and audio series focused on delivering relevant, solid information to our clients from authors, speakers and industry experts. 

In response to the business disruptions and changes in 2020, our mission at Truist is to play a big part in the recovery of our clients, especially in the small business and commercial spaces and our communities as a whole. The Inspire Business series is just one way in which we hope to provide thought leadership and guidance for the way forward. 

The first three episodes of the series is a multi-part dialogue with author and speaker Jon Gordon. In each of the episodes, Jon delves into “Positive Leadership in Uncertain Times,” “Creating Positive Connections and Bringing Your Team Together,” and “Positive Leadership to Rebuild Your Client Base." 

If you have been listening to Let’s Go you’ll know that our recent episodes have been a series on creating a Financial Roadmap for you and your business. This episode was supposed to be about risk. But as I speak, the world is in the midst of dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic. The novel coronavirus pandemic has had a tremendous impact on all of us. At BB&T and SunTrust, now Truist, the health and safety of our teammates, clients and the communities we serve is our top priority. We hope that you and your families are remaining safe during these uncertain times.

And so talking about risk today, seemed naïve and off-base. I personally don’t have answers right now. But along with Zack Sink who has been my partner on the Financial Roadmap series, we felt it was really important to hear from a business owner and see how they were fairing in these times. 

And so instead of covering Risk per se, in this episode I speak with Jamie Wade who owns Sand Hill Kitchen a small restaurant in Ashville, NC.

For more information about Sand Hill Kitchen, check out their website at www.sandhillkitchen.com.  

While I typically speak to you about topics that affect your business, in this episode I'm addressing an issue that can impact us all as individual account holders.

The novel coronavirus pandemic has had a tremendous impact on all of us. At Truist, the health and safety of our teammates, clients and the communities we serve is our top priority. We hope that you and your families are remaining safe during these uncertain times.

But unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has also created opportunity for scammers to take advantage of consumers’ financial stress, curiosity, and feelings of uncertainty. 

Joining on this episode to speak about cyber scams during the pandemic is Benjamin Tuttle, Cyber Security Awareness Program Strategist. Benjamin currently serves as the manager of the Phishing Awareness Program at Truist.

In this episode we explore cash reserves. The # 1 reason why most businesses fail, why cash reserves are so important, and how you can begin growing your cash reserves if you don’t have any.

In episode 2 of our Financial Roadmap Series, we focus the conversation on Maximizing Cash Flow. But where many people think maximizing cash flow is only about speeding up collections or controlling receivables, we take a ‘top of the funnel’ approach and discuss getting more cash through the door by discussing how important a website is to maximizing revenue. Host Christy Sammons, and Financial Roadmap advisor Zack Sink speak to internet web designer Rachel Cunliffe about how to increase business through improvements to your business web pages.