Do Good Work

In this episode, Dr. Jonathan Baktari discusses how to keep alignment within ourselves, our teams, and our organizations. He states that it is important to keep alignment for the short term as well as the long term. He also argues that the approach to alignment has to be different for startups, midsize companies, and large-scale companies.

Dr. Baktari and Raul also talk about how to motivate employees in a way that benefits the company financially. The person being coached is told that they could benefit financially if they do amazing work and move the needle forward.

Who’s The Guest? Dr. Jonathan Baktari is the CEO of e7 Health and US Drug Test Centers.

Dr. Baktari brings over 20 years of clinical, administrative, and entrepreneurial experience. He has been a triple board-certified physician with specialties in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine.

He was formerly the Medical Director of The Valley Health Systems, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Culinary Health Fund. He also served as clinical faculty for several medical schools, including the University of Nevada and Touro University.

Highlights

• Dr. Jonathan Baktari on improving healthcare through technology
• Keeping the alignments between the teams
• Redundancy in a workplace
• Impact of company size and leadership style on employee buy-in
• Being in the majority
• Benefits of being an owner of a startup
• Creating alignment and buy-in in the workplace
• Cultivating a win-win culture
• Best places to reach out to Dr. Baktari Episode Resources
• Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork/
• https://twitter.com/rherochoa
• https://dogoodwork.io/
• Connect with Dr. Jonathan Baktari
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-baktarimd
• https://jonathanbaktarimd.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/c/BaktariMD
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baktarimd/id1570150932
• https://twitter.com/baktarimd
• https://www.facebook.com/BaktariMD/ 

In this podcast, Janelle Amos, founder of Elevate Growth, discusses her journey to entrepreneurship and why she feels it is important to have a moral code and strong work ethic when starting your own business.

Janelle talks about how she started her business with the help of people who believed in her. She recalls how she struggled with self-doubt and how important it was for her to seek guidance from those who had already been successful. Together with Raul, they discuss how important it is to keep a record of your successes, in order to remind yourself that you are capable of achieving great things.

Who’s The Guest? Janelle Amos is a former in-house head of demand gen who took her experience from several startups to pursue her own aspirations of becoming a business owner.

Founder of Elevate Growth, a demand generation consulting firm, Janelle is passionate about helping B2B SaaS companies create go-to-market strategies that catapult their demand gen efforts and achieve their revenue numbers.

Highlights

• Getting to know who Janelle Amos is
• Why should you start on your own?
• The transition to entrepreneurship
• Boutique versus high growth and high volume
• How Janelle structures her business
• Having a balance between business and lifestyle needs
• Different challenges as an entrepreneur
• Using LinkedIn Video Marketing to grow your business
• TikTok for business marketing
• Focusing your marketing efforts on your ideal customer profile
• What demand generation is and its impact on business revenue
• Exciting work in the demand gen industry
• Best places to learn more about Janelle and Elevate Growth Episode Resources
• Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork/
• https://twitter.com/rherochoa
• https://dogoodwork.io/
• Connect with Janelle Amos
• https://elevate-growth.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/janellesabin/ 

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In this conversation, Raul speaks with Emmanuel Trinity about the work that he is doing to create jobs for young Africans.

Emmanuel discusses his motivation for starting his company, era92 Creative, and his goal to create 10,000 jobs for Africans by 2028. So far, he has created 1500 jobs and is well on his way to hitting his goal. He also talks about the impact that his work is having on the lives of young Africans and what the future of work holds for Africa.

Who’s The Guest? Emmanuel Trinity is a serial social entrepreneur from Kampala, Uganda with a passion for upskilling the next generation of digital talent in preparation for jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities in Africa.

He’s the founder of era92 Creative- a Subscription Creative Services Social Enterprise powering the Next Generation of Digital Talent Across Africa.

Trinity is also the co-founder of era92 Group, a group of social enterprises on a mission to reverse engineer poverty and create prosperity for Africans through businesses & microfinance. He has created 1500 jobs for youth from the slums of Uganda and is on a mission to create 10,000 jobs for young people across Africa.

He has been featured on a few podcasts which include:

• We are for Good
• Disruptors for Good Highlights
• The importance of job creation in Africa
• The struggles of growing up in an urban war slum
• From being a street child to a designer for Coca Cola
• How a marketing internship led to a new career and life transformation for him
• The journey of creating 1700 skilled jobs in 7 years
• Power of education and drive in achieving success
• The ecosystem that they are creating
• Role of job creation in overcoming poverty
• What’s the future of work in Africa look like
• Best places to learn more about Emmanuel Trinity Episode Resources
• Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork/
• https://twitter.com/rherochoa
• https://dogoodwork.io/
• Connect with Emmanuel Trinity
• https://era92creative.com/
• https://ug.linkedin.com/in/nsabaanye-emmanuel 

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In today’s episode, Raul talks to Michael Brevik of Cyberdogz Marketing.

Mike is passionate about helping individuals and companies reach their next level in regard to their goals. He is dedicated to teaching the world about marketing and is on a mission to lead with creativity and optimism. Cyberdogz is on a mission to provide pragmatic guidance, visibility, and intentional marketing support and direction to grow and reinvigorate businesses of all sizes in all categories.

Raul and Mike discuss the importance of building relationships with customers, and how this can help solve their pain points. They also discuss how this approach can lead to happiness for both the customer and the agency.

Who’s The Guest? Michael Brevik calls himself the Chief Barketing Officer of Cyberdogz Marketing. He is the founder of Cyberdogz, a non-traditional branding agency, and he has a heart for helping individuals and companies reach their next level in regard to their goals.

As a result, he is as passionate as a dog with a bone, when it comes to true collaboration with his clients. He's also in the ultimate pursuit of projects that fill the creative cup and his dedication to teaching the world about marketing. Through his podcast Brand Retro, he is on a mission to lead with creativity and optimism. Cyberdogz is on a mission to provide pragmatic guidance, visibility, and intentional marketing support and direction to grow and reinvigorate businesses of all sizes in all categories.

Highlights

• Who is Michael Brevik?
• What is Mike aiming for and how does it inspire the work for him?
• Focusing more on relationships: How it influences the types of work he’s taking on and pursuing.
• Importance of quality work in business
• Benefits of a diagnosis-first approach to sales
• Habits for achieving business sustainability
• Foundational principles and essential habits that Mike follows the everyday
• Maintaining good communication in business relationships
• Having a long-term mindset in business
• The project that he’s most proud of and why
• Best places to learn more about Mike and Cyberdogz Episode Resources
• Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork/
• https://twitter.com/rherochoa
• https://dogoodwork.io/
• Connect with Michael Brevik
• [email protected]
• https://www.cyberdogzmarketing.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/cyberdogzmarketing
• https://www.instagram.com/cyberdogzmarketing/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbrevik
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-retro-with-cyberdogz/id1510389804 

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In the midst of a crisis, many leaders are finding it difficult to show empathy and connect with their people. Dr. Michelle Johnston, a management professor, executive coach, and leadership expert, believes that times are changing and we need to be more intentional with how we connect and collaborate with each other.

In her conversation with Raul Hernandez Ochoa, Dr. Michelle discusses the importance of having high expectations and encouragement in the workplace in order to achieve performance goals. However, it is also important to maintain a balance and not be a demanding or pushy leader. They also talk about how changing societal norms and the environment can impact the way work is approached. It is important to have empathy for others and understand that trust takes time to build.

Who’s The Guest? Dr. Michelle Johnston is a management professor, executive coach, and leadership expert helping leaders achieve results through meaningful connections. She is an award-winning professor studying leadership and business communication, and her research has shown a clear link between a team’s effective communication and its positive financial performance.

Michelle is a celebrated keynote speaker presenting at conferences and events nationwide. She received her Ph.D. in Communication from Louisiana State University, and she was named to the prestigious 100 Coaches group, which consists of the top executive coaches around the world.

Michelle serves as the Gaston Chair of Business at Loyola University New Orleans where she teaches in the graduate and undergraduate programs in the College of Business. She lives in her beloved city of New Orleans, Louisiana, with her daughter, Elizabeth.

Highlights

• Who is Dr. Michelle Johnston?
• What is her stance?
• The difference between organic and non-organic connection
• What her practice looks like
• The three levels of connection
• How to innovate your product and invest in your people
• The power of connection in the workplace
• Impact of micro-impressions on leadership
• Rethinking and reframing meetings
• Best practices for connecting with the organization or the team
• How to learn more about Dr. Michelle Johnston Episode Resources
• Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork/
• https://twitter.com/rherochoa
• https://dogoodwork.io/
• Connect with Dr. Michelle Johnston
• https://michellekjohnston.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-johnston-0264b5b
• https://twitter.com/drmkjohnston
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaHvLMzqaL9cIgKkoofdCMg
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-seismic-shift-with-michelle-johnston/id1625361801 

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Frank Carbajal is no stranger to struggling, having grown up in the barrio and witnessing first-hand the challenges faced by many in his community.

Despite these challenges, Frank went on to find success in the corporate world, and he's now using his skills and experience to help others do the same. Frank is currently working on a project to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds get ahead in today's workforce.

Frank's vision is to create opportunities for those who may not have had them before and to show the world that anything is possible with hard work and determination.

Who’s The Guest? Frank Carbajal is the Founder and President of Es Tiempo, LLC, "It's Time", Founder of the Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit, which brings the Top Thought Leaders throughout the Country to Stanford University. He is also the co-author of Building the Latino Future: Success Stories for the Next Generation (Wiley & Sons), and Co-Author of El Futuro Latino (Grupo Norma), which is published in 14 Latin American Countries, including Mexico.

Highlights

• Who is Frank Carbajal?
• What leadership is made of?
• How he started collaborating with nonprofit organizations
• What ideas continue to rekindle the hunger in today’s workforce that didn’t grow up knowing what it’s really like to struggle?
• What Frank is working on: The vision of the work he’s doing. Episode Resources
• Connect with Raul
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork/
• https://twitter.com/rherochoa
• https://dogoodwork.io/
• Connect with Frank Carbajal
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-carbajal-a85621a/
• http://estiempo.com/  Call to Action
• Subscribe to Digital Growth Ops: https://www.digitalgrowthops.com/
• Get the Productive Profits Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085N8TRFN
• Get the 80/20 Journal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDW4KRZ4 

When it comes to unlocking the human potential of your team, there's no one more qualified than Nishika de Rosairo. As the founder of HumanQ, she has developed a framework that helps teams to reach their full potential by tapping into both left-brain and right-brain thinking.

Joining Raul for today’s episode, Nishika talks about what makes her approach unique as she takes into account both the individual and the team as a whole. She also describes the framework and how activating all parts of the brain leads to a whole, fulfilled, and impactful life.

Who’s The Guest?

Nishika de Rosairo is the Founder and CEO of HumanQ, the world's technology-driven pioneer of Group Coaching. At HumanQ, Nishika helps leaders discover their organizations’ human potential, accelerating the transformation of digital mindsets for individuals, organizations, and societies. She was a Strategic Advisor to Fortune 500 companies including Apple for more than 15 years and has traveled around the world to dozens of countries.

Highlights

• What makes Nishika de Rosairo and HumanQ unique? HumanQ: How Nishika developed the framework, what it looks like, and how it operates.
• What are the differences between left brain thinking and right brain thinking?
• How visionary intelligence and emotional and social intelligence reflect and optimize in your daily life.
• The measurement of ROI when it comes to the team.
• The key lessons that Nishika learned as the founder while building out the framework and finding the solution to unlock the potential of individuals. Episode Resources
• Connect with Raul
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork/
• https://twitter.com/rherochoa
• https://dogoodwork.io/
• Connect with Nishika de Rosairo
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishikaderosairo
• https://humanq.com/  Call to Action
• Subscribe to Digital Growth Ops https://www.digitalgrowthops.com/
• Get the Productive Profits Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085N8TRFN
• Get the 80/20 Journal https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDW4KRZ4 

Paul is a 20+ year veteran of corporate America with experience in sales, operations, and HR while navigating massive amounts of change and leading others through it. He is also building an executive coaching business, publishing his first book, and is an aspiring actor. Paul is on a mission to be a light in a dark world.

The ONE thing Paul wants to share is much we can accomplish if we apply consistent effort over time. Whether it is building sales teams, changing work culture, or writing a book, simple, consistent effort over time can make a huge impact.

Highlights

• Who Paul Hevesy is
• Why he believes he’s in a very prime position to take advantage of anything that comes in new
• The habits that Paul developed while performing the work he has been doing
• How disconnecting from technology helped him
• When is the best time to ask for referrals
• Where people can go to reach out and know more about Paul Episode Resources
• Subscribe to Digital Growth Ops
• https://www.digitalgrowthops.com/
• Get the Productive Profits Book
• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085N8TRFN
• Get the 80/20 Journal
• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDW4KRZ4
• Connect with Raul
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork/
• https://twitter.com/rherochoa
• https://dogoodwork.io/
• Connect with Paul Hevesy
• https://www.paulhevesy.com/
• https://www.successontuesdayllc.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulhevesy 

Matteo Cervelli is the CEO of a $60M B2B manufacturing company, Urania. It's a family business, and they are in the passage of the 3rd generation. Matteo is a father of two toddlers and a dog.

His goal is to activate talents to create a better world and he does it as the People Gardener. Matteo aims to create scaling companies driven by a purpose with autonomous people as a leader and working with other leaders.

Highlights

• Driven by purpose with autonomous workforce: Who Matteo Cervelli is
• What are the three core ideas for today’s podcast
• What the flywheel effect is
• The importance of creating a resonance system in your company
• How Matteo kept the consistency going
• The things that need improvement and excite Matteo the most
• The best places to talk with Matteo Episode Resources
• Subscribe to Digital Growth Ops
• https://www.digitalgrowthops.com/
• Get the Productive Profits Book
• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085N8TRFN
• Get the 80/20 Journal
• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDW4KRZ4
• Connect with Raul
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork/
• https://twitter.com/rherochoa
• https://dogoodwork.io/
• Connect with Matteo Cervelli
• https://matteocervelli.com/
• https://urania.group/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteocervelli
• https://twitter.com/matteocervelli 

If you feel like your team is stuck in a rut, it might be time to open them up to new possibilities.

Are you looking for ways to open your team up to new possibilities? For today’s episode, Raul describes what are the three different ways to address your team, and their way of thinking, and to help them open up to new possibilities. He also shares the key things to focus on in addressing other people’s way of thinking in order to embrace new opportunities.

Highlights

• The three ways to address your team, their thinking, and to help them open up to the new possibilities
• What is the key thing to focus on in addressing the way of thinking
• How you can counter other people’s thinking Episode Resources
• Connect with Raul Hernandez Ochoa
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogoodwork
• https://dogoodwork.io/work-with-raul
• https://dogoodwork.io/podcast