Divas, Diamonds & Dollars: The Podcast for Women Building Wealth and Wisdom

Have you ever been approached by a Business Broker? Knowing your business valuation at any given time is a critical piece of information you must have at the ready. It should also guide the day-to-day operations of your business. Always keep the Big Picture in mind as it will definitely impact the success of your desired Exit Strategy!

As a reminder, this is Part Two of the Three Part Series, Future Proof Your Business. We want to help you take the long view as you build your business. Today's focus is primarily on the systems that make your business hum.

Are you on track for building a long-term, sustainable business? Growing a sustainable (tenable, strong, maintainable for the long-term) business is very doable. You just have to do the heavy lifting at the front end. In this first episode of a three-part series, we want to outline for you what that looks like so that you can Future Proof your Business. 

Today we’re excited to bring you an installment from our signature Voyager interview series, as we probe the minds of experts from all walks of life to bring you 10 Questions and the Expert Answers That Can Change Your Life. Today’s exciting conversation  is Leading With Your Whole Self, Authentically and Intuitively.

Please enjoy this special interview with Cinthia Varkevisser, Healer, Speaker, Consultant, Coach. Cinthia helps women of color build and strengthen their leadership skills to increase their impact on their families, businesses, and communities. By helping them hone their intuitive skills and weave them with their practical experience, cultural make-up together with their ancestral traits and traditions, Cinthia’s clients become more aligned and expressive of their authentic selves.  The unique fabric the client creates surrounds her as she changes careers, begins and levels up her business.  She gains autonomy while guiding her family, and inspires her community to move into compassionate action. Be sure to visit CinthiaVarkevisser.com to learn more about this exciting area of leadership.

The theme for October is "Feel the Fear & Do It Anyway", because of Halloween, natch.

Are you feeling overwhelmed with too many choices, or being bombarded with constant new additions to you "should List" of the latest and greatest "musts"? Do you sometimes feel like you're on the edge of success, just about to turn the corner on a big breakthrough and yet, somehow you miss another deadline?  Are you struggling with achieving Peak Performance? Lean in and learn how to add just One Good Thing, every day and achieve all your goals.

It's time to let your genie out of the bottle! "Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear." - George Adair (also attributed to jack Canfield). Today we are speaking about taking a quantum leap in terms of Peak Performance, making a massive shift from your current state, advancing rapidly toward achieving your biggest goals!

What's holding you back, really? We have some thoughts on that and even better, some tips to overcome the roadblocks holding back. Grab a cuppa and a friend, listen now!

When it seems like things are going too well, some people seem to be fearful of their "power" and step back into the shadows. Is this you? Are you afraid of success? 

Faulty GPS?  We're all human. We get busy. We get tired. We sometimes have a faulty sense of direction. The quickest route to your destination is usually the most direct, so, what if you had an actual roadmap, an internal GPS to guide you to greater success? Wouldn't that take a load off? Wouldn't that help quiet the endless mental chatter of "what to do, what to do?" We vote "YES!"

Today we’re excited to bring you an installment from our signature Voyager interview series, as we probe the minds of experts from all walks of life to bring you 10 Questions and the Expert Answers That Can Change Your Life.

Today’s topic is Training That Sells. If you want to offer your prospects high-quality, engaging content that sells your value, you will definitely want to stick around for todays exciting interview!

We invite you to lean in for this informative conversation with Nancy Giere, Training Expert. After a lifetime in the corporate training world, custom training consultant, Nancy Giere (TrainingThatSells.com) knows how businesses operate and she isn’t afraid to shake things up. Her unique perspective combined with 25+ years of experience has empowered her with fresh insight and the industry’s best-kept secrets that she’s ready to share with you.

Having sat through the lull of boring training way too many times, Nancy uses the power of storytelling and light-hearted humor to create an engaging, fun, and interactive environment - her stories make learning stick! Listen now so you can get the training edge!

Have you answered the siren’s call to return to the office or are you still working remotely? Has the situation morphed into a hybrid model? Today’s modern leader is always focused on performance – her own and that of her team. When facetime has been reduced to just “sometime” how then can we keep our skills sharp and be top of mind for future opportunities?

In your current role as a leader, how do you continue to achieve peak performance as well as staying relevant and visible for additional opportunities? Let's discuss.

"Working for the weekend, 'cause that's when I party down..." Tell me you remember that song by the O'Jays? What's old is new again; as with fashion, so goes work it seems. 

Where were you 24 months ago?  Were you a leader, new manager, or a careerist?  How did you think about the lockdown and remote work?   Did you start a new business?  What do you think about it today?  Have you noticed the work from home mentality pulled out of the station slowly? Then it definitely started gathering steam over the past two years. So much so that there are strong opinions on both sides. Office execs are looking for ways to get people back in the office, whereas those at home have decided things are working out just fine as they are. Who's right? Naturally, it depends. 

So much to talk about.  We had The Great Resignation, followed by Resignation Regret, who became the Boomerangers. Now there's Quiet Quitting.  Yikes! Where do you fit in with all this? Whichever side of the table you sit on, we've got you. Lean in. Let's discuss.