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Call her " The Encourager." Portia Lockett is on a mission to help as many people as she can to reach their true calling by motivating them into their greatness.

As a motivation speakers, entrepreneur, song writer, recording artist, chaplain, ordained minister and customer service trainer, she enjoys inspiring, motivating and teaching others - whether on a professional, personal or spiritual level.

Portia Lockett has the unquie ability to combine all professional caeers experiences in education, training, advertising and sales along with her God-given gifts and passion for the performing arts and healing ministry. " Portia Lockett speaks daily to people to help uplift, inspire and encourage them to live out their dreams and use all their God-given gifts.  

"We are all placed here on this earth for a specific reason and until we discover our true purpose, we will not be able to live up to our full potential of happiness," said Lockett, who is in the process of writing her first book. 

For more information or to contact her, visit  www.PortiaLockett.com

Our guest today is Dr. Sylvia Jordan and she is a “believe-preneur.” Growing up in the inner-city of Detroit - graduating from Cass Tech - she went on to graduate of Michigan State University.  She manages to fuse together faith; community empowerment and business, encouraging people to believe in themselves and passionately pursue their dreams.  She is an entrepreneur at heart.

Sylvia firmly believes that everyone on the earth has been given a gift, a talent, ability and a dream that they desire to achieve in their lives. All too often many people have been consumed with life, but not living out their God-given dreams.  The time to begin is now. There is no time to waste any longer.

The author of four books, including “Dare to Believe,”  and "Influencing Your Community." Sylvia often tours the country and internationally as a dynamic, down-to-earth speaker at women organizations, leadership seminars, in the business sector, and in the faith community.

In her hometown of Southfield, she’s a prominent community leader, having served as a city councilwoman for almost two decades in addition to hosting an inspirational TV show for many years.  Sylvia Jordan builds people up—she can help you in many ways, including personal development, business coaching and leadership training. Her years of wisdom and experience can help you achieve your goals. Three inspiring words she tells people are: believe, achieve, and succeed!

For more info see http://http://www.sylviajordan.com/

Below are some alarming Corporate America statistics. These statistics are present in every job industry.

70% of U.S. Workers are not engaged at work.

80% of employees are dissatisfied with their direct manager.

70% of employees lack confidence in their abilities of senior leadership.

75% of employees don't quit their jobs, they quit their bosses!

$11 Billion is Lost Annually due to Employee Turnover.

This show, Dr. Sabrina Black will address these issues and offer solutions as to how YOU can be the leader of your own life. 

Sabrina is an International speaker and columnist with over 30 combined years in ministry, non-profits, and as a university professor in psychology, and world cultures. She is a prolific writer and published author of over 10 books and workbooks including “Live Right Now.”

She left her 20+ years in private practice as a family therapist and life coach providing counseling services to individuals to join the LIFE Corporate team providing counsel and leadership development to executives and their staff via the Launching a Leadership Revolution (LLR) Corporate Education Program.  Sabrina loves connecting with people and helping them see their potential, specifically helping corporations and organizations with workplace productivity, increasing employee morale, and team building.  She has the reputation of calling forth greatness in others. See http://drsabrinablack.com/

Want to reach your potential?  This show will tell you how to MAKE IT HAPPEN...

Our guest, Chris Sier wrote a booklet on what to do first: GET THE BUSYNESS OUT OF BUSINESS!

Over the course of her career, Chris Sier has been a leader, business development manager, process consultant, and corporate coach.  She is an expert in helping clients discover and act on their potential to manage change, reduce stress in today’s chaotic business environment, and achieve desired results for themselves, their organizations and their teams.

Having been an executive/leadership coach with a Fortune 200 company and for the past five years as a business owner, Chris works with VPs, directors, team leaders, and high potentials globally to achieve dynamic business results. 

She has also authored numerous booklets and articles in which she shares tips on how to clarify, choose, and take action on “the right things” versus everything.  She also speaks on how to create a strong personal brand, reducing stress in today’s chaotic business environment, and achieving a balanced life professionally and personally.  Her book, Make It Happen: Career Strategies for Women by Women will be available mid 2016.

Chris has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Community Development, with a minor in Psychology from Central Michigan University. For more info on Chris, visit www.ExecutivePotentialPlus.com

Embrace all that you are, in service to the world and to your highest and most incredible life -- the journey waits for no one, it begins now. This is a challenge from the internationally celebrated Avalaura Gaither Beharry, the Spiritual Sage. As an executive coach, life coach and spiritual counselor, Avalaura passionately dedicates her life to assisting spiritual, influential women leaders and celebrities who dare to live their best lives, If now is the time for you to live a freedom-focused life and detox yourself of limiting beliefs that no longer serve you, and create an unrecognizable reality — then Avalaura is the life coach and spiritual guide you’ve been waiting for.

Avalaura says, "I work with people who feel called to do big, great and meaningful work in the world and for whatever reason, they're either not doing it or worse, they're doing it unfulfilled."?

As the founder of Avalaura’s Healing Center where she uses a holistic approach to help women deal with challenges and life issues that stop them from living fully, completely and authentically. She takes her clients from breakdowns to breakthroughs by guiding them through a powerful healing process that helps them discover who they are, who they wish to be, and how to get there. She is an avid foodie who loves to pray, meditate, laugh, travel, spend time with friends and family and sit at the feet of her teachers and mentors. It’s your time to breakthrough fears and make a greater impact and it all begins within you.

For more info: http://spiritualsage.net/radio-tv/

Tonya Allen, a serial “idea-preneur,” serves as the Foundation’s president & chief executive officer. Her two-decade long career has centered on pursuing, executing and investing in ideas that improve her hometown of Detroit and reduce the plight of underserved people, especially children.

Allen has been instrumental in many successful philanthropic, government and community initiatives and has a comprehensive understanding of philanthropic governance and strategy.

In her current role, Allen aligns the complexities of education reform, urban revitalization and public policy, so that these sometimes divergent areas of work come together to improve the well-being of Detroit’s children. She serves as the architect of the 10-year, $100 million Good Neighborhoods program. She orchestrated the development of a $200-million, citywide education reform organization called Excellent Schools Detroit, and a high-school improvement strategy has resulted in 15 new college-preparatory high schools.

- See more at: http://www.skillman.org/Who-We-Are/Our-President-CEO#sthash.47hy6x0b.dpuf

Kevin Wayne Johnson is a John Maxwell Team certified speaker, teacher, coach and mentor as of October 2015. John C. Maxwell is a New York Times best-selling author, speaker, and pastor who has written many books, primarily focusing on leadership.

Kevin Johnson will discuss "golden nuggets" of leadership; speciifcally how to mentor your staff for growth and development. He will also discuss relationship versus "tasking."

Johnson, who is also an author, is a professional in government as well as private industry. For 30 years, he has performed successfully in numerous middle and senior-level positions in the areas of workforce development, training, organizational change, acquisition/procurement, customer service, client relationships, and program management, to include the Departments of Defense and Treasury, the Government of the District of Columbia, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Department of the Army, Defense Logistics Agency, and in the private sector at Vivendi Universal and Reuters America.

He has testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Small Business and has prepared testimony that was presented before the District of Columbia Committee on Government Operations.

Johnson is a graduate of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School’s Executive Potential Program. During this program, he assisted the Office of Federal Procurement Policy with several procurement reform initiatives that were tied to the National Performance Review under the Clinton Administration.

Johnson maintains an active involvement in community service and retains membership in several professional and civic organizations.

Growing leaders and leaving a legacy of leadership. That's what this show will explore.

Dr. Phyllis Meadows, PhD, MSN, RN, serves as Associate Dean for Practice at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.  Dr. Meadows focuses her efforts on developing a comprehensive strategy for the School to improve the public health workforce and improve the effectiveness of local governmental health agencies and community health services.   She has more than 25 years of experience designing community based health approaches focusing on outreach, health education, program design and evaluation.  

 

As a faculty member of the Department of Health Management and Policy, Dr. Meadows develops and teaches courses in public health administration, leadership, public health policy and population health. She has spent a number of years in public workforce development, including the design and coordination of model training methods and content for health professionals and practitioners.

 Dr. Meadows is also a Senior Fellow with the Kresge Foundation, where she advises, develops and guides the programming efforts of the health team.   She is actively involved in the implementation and evaluation of several national public health initiatives designed to build local leadership and community partnerships, to address the health inequities experienced by vulnerable populations across the country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZfy0Ne2MeQ

Dr. Vivian Carpenter is an educator, business executive, public speaker, philanthropist and writer whose career has been dedicated to creating educational and economic opportunities for all. Her goal is to empower others to understand their potential for greatness through her writings, speeches and actions.

She travels the world, seeking to understand our collective history and spiritual development. Coming back home again to share her wisdom and understandings through her writings and speaking engagements.

Her current efforts are focused on the marketing of her new novel The Fifth Letter.

The Fifth Letter is a political thriller about the U.S. Supreme Court inspired by the search for her family history. For more information on The Fifth Letterplease visit http://www.TheFifthLetter.com or click on the Look Inside The Fifth Letter tab.

Kim Trent is not one to complain and sit on the sidelines of life. She is an action person, an activist - who sees wrong and tries to make it right.  She is a true leader - with a cause and a calling.  Her passion is to help people and make a difference. Hear how she does that...and how you can too! 

Kim Trent began her career as an award-winning city hall reporter for The Detroit News, covering the city’s housing department, Detroit City Council and the mayoral administrations of Coleman A. Young and Dennis W. Archer. She left The News in 1995.  In 1996, she moved to Cape Town, South Africa, where she earned a graduate diploma in African Studies from the University of Cape Town. She returned to the United States and after a brief stint as a city hall reporter for the Toledo Blade, joined the Washington staff of Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick in 1997.

After five years as Congresswoman Kilpatrick’s Communications Director, Trent joined the staff of United States Senator Debbie Stabenow as Stabenow’s regional manager for Detroit in 2003. In 2007, she was appointed Director of Governor Jennifer M. Granholm’s southeast Michigan office, a cabinet-level position in state government. She now serves as education policy manager for Michigan Future Schools.

She earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in journalism and Africana studies and a master’s of arts degree in communication from Wayne State University. She has completed fellowships with the American Political Science Association in Washington D.C. and the Michigan Political Leadership Program at Michigan State University. 

Ms. Trent’s community leadership includes her service as president of Enough Sexual Assault in Detroit (SAID) African American 490 Challenge – an effort to raise more than $600,000 to process abandoned rape kits in Detroit.