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Alfonzo Alexander, President of the NASBA Center for the Public Trust, a nonprofit organization based out of Nashville, Tennessee that promotes business ethics to both professionals and students joins Enterprise Radio Alfonzo will be discussing “Culture, Leadership, and Strategy: Why Ethical Leadership Matters”.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Alfonzo Alexander discuss the following:

* What is the NASBA Center for the Public Trust?

* Entrepreneurs have many important tasks that need to be addressed when starting their businesses. Where should establishing an ethical culture rank on their priority lists and why?

* What would you say are the biggest challenges entrepreneurs face when attempting to build ethical cultures within their businesses?

* Why do good employees sometimes make unethical decisions when they are faced with ethical dilemmas?

* For our listeners who are interested in learning more about establishing ethical cultures within their organizations, what resources are available to help them through this process?

Summary: Ethical leadership is one of the most important components of sustainable business success.

Alfonzo Alexander serves as Chief Relationship Officer of NASBA and President of NASBA’s Center for the Public Trust (CPT). As Chief Relationship Officer, Alexander leads the Office of Relationship Development, where he provides strategic leadership to NASBA’s Communications, Marketing, and Meetings Departments. He also oversees the leadership development and employee engagement activities for the organization, while facilitating a number of special projects working with the CEO.

Alexander became President of the CPT in January 2012. As the CPT President, Alexander leads this ethics and leadership organization’s day-to-day operations and the growing number of CPT programs. Under his leadership, the CPT has established new partnerships and built programs on over 50 colleges and universities campuses across the United States, established an Ethical Leadership Certification Program, and grown its Being a Difference Award Program extensively. During his tenure, Alexander and his team have quadrupled the CPT’s annual revenue.

Alexander joined NASBA in 2006 as a staff director and Vice President of the CPT. In his early years at NASBA, he led several special projects and developed the CPT strategic plan. Prior to joining NASBA, Alexander served as the Regional Manager & Managing Director for the Southeast Region of INROADS, Inc. where he led operations and business development in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. He joined INROADS as Managing Director of its Memphis office and experienced progressive growth throughout his tenure there. Before joining INROADS, Alexander held several leadership positions in operations management and human resources at the Quaker Oats Company.

In 2015, Alexander launched Proventus Leadership Group, LLC. Through this business, Alexander and his team provide leadership and strategic business consulting and training services for companies throughout the United States.

Alexander is a business school graduate of Tennessee Tech University. He also earned an MBA from Lipscomb University, complete an Executive Leadership Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified through several organizations as a facilitator and is a certified professional coach.

Alexander has a passion for working in the community. He serves as on the audit and executive committee of the board of directors for the Memorial Foundation. He is the Chairman of the board for the 100 Black Men of Middle T...

Social Media Marketing Educator Sabrina Kizzie is a digital marketing specialist and blogger who pens the popular SabrinaOnFood.com blog joins Enterprise Radio to discuss best practices for restaurants on instagram.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Sabrina Kizzie discuss the following:

* How are restaurants using Instagram to attract diners?

* What other stories can you share through photos that give followers a better understanding of your restaurant?

* How can someone unveil a new dish or item?

* Are contests effective on Instagram? And what’s an example of a contest that a brand can do?

* How else should restaurants be using Instagram to grow and attract business?

Sabrina Kizzie, is an instructor at the City University of New York Baruch College – Division of Continuing and Professional Studies. Sabrina Kizzie achieved notoriety after being named one of the 25 Most Influential Women for 2014 by the Bronx Times.

Sabrina received both a Master of Public Administration and Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Long Island University, and is currently pursuing a Ph. D. at Capella University. Sabrina has more than 15 years of marketing experience and is recognized as a marketing expert, author and speaker.

Learn more about Sabrina Kizzie at socialmediaglamour.com or her food blog sabrinaonfood.com.

Website: www.socialmediaglamour.com

Evan Harris, Co-owner of SD Equity Partners, a family run real estate financing company based out of San Diego, California that focuses on loans for real estate investments joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Evan Harris discuss the following:

* Why did you choose to start a family business?

* What are the benefits of going into business with your family members?

* Are there any drawbacks or precautions that entrepreneurs should take when starting a family business?

* What tools, practices, or resources would you suggest to those entrepreneurs looking to launch a business?

* When did you know it was time to expand and grow your own business?

Evan Harris is the co-owner of SD Equity Partners and has operated the business since 2009.

Evan launched SD Equity Partners with his wife, Liila, in 2009 and has since become a real estate expert. With a focus in real estate financing and investor relations, Evan, Liila, and the SD Equity Partners team fund real estate transactions that help grow communities and provide positive returns on financial investments.

From fix and flip loans to standard hard money lending, Evan and the SD Equity Partners team understand the needs of both lenders and investors and work hard to ensure that every real estate transaction is a success.

Website: www.sdequitypartners.com

Facebook: facebook.com/SD-Equity-Partners-Inc

Neville Johnson, a Founding Partner of Johnson & Johnson, LLP and named one of the top 100 Power Lawyers in entertainment law by the Hollywood Reporter and one of the most feared litigators in Hollywood joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in conjunction with the Legal Corner.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Neville Johnson discuss the following:

* Describe your job and why it is that someone would hire you?

* How did you get your break in the industry, and what was the case that made your name?

* Michael Ellis, a writer-producer, whose credits include The Jerk and the sitcom Head of the Class says about you:  “He’s kind of the go-to guy if you feel you’ve been screwed by your agent, your studio or your network. He’s not afraid to take on the studios.” What do you say to that?

* You have successfully helped people such as the members of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, actor Jack Klugman and TV producer Glen Larson collect royalties that were being withheld. Why are you so confident of taking on the studios on behalf of the artist?

* Would you say that ‘Hollywood accounting’ is a law unto itself?

* You are representing – or have represented – Sony employees who are suing the studio over the breach of privacy caused by the computer hack the company suffered in 2014. What is it about that case that attracted you to it?

* What are the major changes you have seen in the entertainment industry in the last 40 years that’s impacted on your work?

* Regarding the music industry, what do you think of people like Jay Z, Beyonce, Usher, Chris Martin Alicia Keyes and others who started Tidal to try to protect the rights of artists? Do you think that it’s a good model?

* Tell us about your songwriting ‘alter ego’ Trevor McShane?

* What is it that compels you to write, and what do you get out of performing?

* Why did you start your own publishing company Cool Titles?

Neville L. Johnson is a founding partner of Johnson & Johnson, LLP. He specializes in media, entertainment, class action, privacy, and complex business litigation matters. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from Southwestern School of Law, graduating near the top of his class. For more on Neville L. Johnson click here.

Website: www.jjllplaw.com

Sam Caucci, the Founder of Sales Huddle Group, a staff training and consulting firm based in New York City that is a training and consulting firm that advises teams across the globe joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Sam Caucci discuss the following:

* Could you tell our audience about Sales Huddle Group and your sales training game, what does it do, how does it help businesses, what businesses or institutions do you feel would be able to use this game to help their workers or employees.

* Can you tell us some differences between what’s the typical sales training that’s done at a company or a college versus what sales huddle group and what you offer with the sales game?

* What are some of the common mistakes that companies and schools make when conducting sales training?

* Are we teaching the right things and are we starting early enough? How do we measure outcomes? Must our young people mortgage their future to pay for a college degree? Are we investing enough to train our workers?

* What challenges face the workforce and especially the folks graduating from school the millennial generation as they are called.

* With a presidential election coming up in a week, what are millennials thinking, who are they supporting. Are any of the candidates addressing their issues. Does seem like it’s based on all the rhetoric.

* What advice would you have on whoever becomes the next president of the united states. How should they deal with today’s workforce and the millennials enter the workforce.

* For millennials and college graduates entering the workforce, what advice do you have for them.

Sam Caucci is the CEO & Founder of Sales Huddle Group. Sam has managed and coached sales and leadership teams for publicly held, private sector and franchised companies across the globe.

In 2010, Sam founded Sales Huddle Group, a staff training and consulting firm based in New York City. With work delivered across North America, Europe and Asia, the Sales Huddle Group has impacted organizations in sectors such as Professional Sports, College/University, Health/Fitness, Fundraising/Development, Real Estate, Finance, Government and more. Applying an innovative approach to training and coaching sales, the Sales Huddle programs are changing the way sports is sold. Applying an innovative approach to training and coaching sales, Sam oversaw the creation of the Training Game, the first interactive cloud based training game for coaching sales & customer service.

Before Sales Huddle Group, Sam was the National Director of Franchise Sales & Marketing for the Parisi Speed School, the largest sports performance training franchise in the world. He was previously in a leadership role with Life Time Fitness, serving as Director of Sales and spearheading the grand opening and overall management of the company’s expansion into the NYC market. Prior to joining Life Time Fitness, Sam was General Manager for Perfect Competition Athletic Development, a sports performance training center nationally recognized for its preparation of elite athletes from across the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and MLS. While at Perfect Competition, Sam managed sales, sponsorship and negotiation for the team responsible for the training and development of over 1,300 elite professional athletes.

Sam is proud to have been a part of the sales and service training of over 2,700 students that have gone on to secure jobs both in and out of the sports industry, and has been featured in Fox News, CNN, Bloomberg, ESPN, The Wall Street Journal and The Hill.

Tim Hoopmann the CEO and founder of Cornerstone, a bookkeeping business that specialises in streamlining the bookkeeping for SMBs through cloud service again joins Enterprise Radio to discuss communicating with your clients.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Tim Hoopmann discuss the following:

* What are your main channels of communicating with your clients?

* Why did you opt to move from individual emails to generic emails?

* Did the change from Outlook to HelpScout have a significant impact on your clients?

* In a previous podcast you mentioned that measuring productivity is quite important. How do you measure whether communication is effective?

* What advice would you give to new start-up businesses regarding the best way to communicate with their clients?

Tim Hoopmann is the CEO and founder of Cornerstone, a bookkeeping business specialising in cloud services. Following his years of experience as a consultant and business owner, Tim is now passionate about helping other businesses make the transition to being fully digitised to allow for greater freedom and work/life balance for business owners and employees alike.

Website: www.cornerstone-group.com.au

Follow Cornerstone:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CSGBookkeeping

Twitter: @streamlineyour

Jeff Withers, a Neuro-Psychotherapist with Dynamic re-Engagement Australasia in Brisbane Australia who focuses on relationships, helping people find, understand, engage and build the “human connection” in their lives joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Jeff Withers discuss the following:

* What led you to focusing on relationships?

* How do you define relationships in our modern society?

* How does your approach differ from the more traditional approaches to relationships in the marketplace today?

* What is your main area of focus when we talk about “relationships”?

* Can you tell us a little more about your current work with families … for example, can you explain the Parenting for Life Project, what that means for families and how each and every family could benefit from the work you are involved in at the moment.

Tip: No matter who your partner is, or what “type” of relationship you are experiencing, respect, trust, engagement, communication, sharing and growing together all remain vitally important ingredients for success.

Jeff Withers, a business owner and educator of many years, is a Neuro-Psychotherapist, Certified Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and the Co-Creator and Founder of Neuro Linguistic Dance & movement Strategy (NLDMS), a unique combination of NLP, neuroscience, emotional intelligence, positive psychology, behavioural and cognitive awareness and dance/movement aimed at assisting individuals to engage and empower at a level most never experience.

He has developed a strong interest in the i-Ching, the ancient Chinese science that forms the basis of much of our western world of psychology today. He has become recognised as one of Australia’s most qualified and accredited consultants in applying this science in his work, particularly couples and families striving to achieve success.

Jeff is dedicated to assisting people to acknowledge that where they are at present within their relationships is not serving them as well as it could. He helps them to implement processes, apply knowledge, and develop skills which will allow them to identify and achieve their goals through enhanced communication and engagement.  In essence, he sees his role as assisting others to move from a ‘stuck state’ to a more effective and resourceful one. That is, helping them to recognise that something has to change for a better and more productive environment to result.

He sees Dynamic re-Engagement as an agent of positive change for performance driven people who are seeking growth, not perfection, whether it is with individuals, couples, families or corporate teams looking to discover positive difference in their working and personal.

His interest in relationships in particular is focused on the simple premise that every one of us has the potential and ability to enjoy a successful and rewarding life.

Website: www.dreaus.com

The views and opinions expressed on any program are those of the persons appearing on the program and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Entrepreneur Podcast Network – EPN.

Lewis Fein, writer and marketing consultant, who emphasizes the importance of branding as storytelling and is the spokesperson representing two businesses that offer iconic products and services, Christopher John Limited and The Tartan Terrier joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Lewis Fein discuss the following:

* Tell us about, respectively, Christopher John Limited and The Tartan Terrier.

* Both businesses emphasize the concept of “attainable luxury.” What does that concept mean in practice?

* What would you say are some additional themes common to both brands?

* What types of consumers do these brands seek to reach?

* What are the long-term plans for these two companies?

Lewis Fein is a writer and marketing consultant, who emphasizes the importance of branding as storytelling. He works with a variety of executives and entrepreneurs, giving voice to their respective companies and enabling them to distinguish their efforts in an otherwise highly competitive marketplace. Lewis resides in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

Christopher John Limited Site:  christopherjohnltd.com

The Tartan Terrier: @TheTartanTerrier

 

Ron Holt, the CEO and founder Two Maids & A Mop, a residential cleaning service with 31 franchise locations and major plans for big growth within 10 years joins Enterprise Radio to discuss his secrets to sweeping success.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in conjunction with the Franchise Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Ron Holt discuss the following:

* Was there one incident in your corporate life that motivated you to take the leap into business ownership?

* What about your early struggles, how did you cut your personal expenses while working to fund your dream?

* How were you able to use mistakes you feel like you made early on to grow your incredibly successful business?

* What can you tell us about your “Pay for Performance Plan” and how it has impacted the cleaning industry?

* You are a University of Georgia Alumni and you just formed a unique partnership with UGA Coaching legend Vince Dooley.  Tell us about your vision of having a Hall of Fame football coach on your team and how you hope he will help expand your company’s brand?

Ron Holt is the CEO and Founder of TWO MAIDS & A MOP™.    After graduating from the University of Georgia, Ron started down the well-worn path of working in corporate America.  In the back of his mind, he wondered what it would be like to strike out on his own.    With tons of ambition but little money, Ron realized that his best bet for success as an entrepreneur was to own a business in the service industry.   So Ron left the security of his cubicle-filled workplace and purchased a fledgling maid service in Pensacola, FL.  The decision was not a popular move within his circle of friends and family.  In fact, the decision looked to be somewhat disastrous after just a few weeks of running the business. The company was in severe trouble and burning cash on a daily basis. But Ron persevered and used a combination of personal education and extreme passion to overcome the mountain of problems facing his new company.

Ron redefined the definition of a residential house cleaning service by implementing many different industry changing programs and policies.   From day one, Ron implemented a strict operational plan that systematized every task within the company. He created an innovative Pay for Performance Plan that created both operational efficiencies and marketing advantages. And he shocked the industry by not investing one dollar in traditional advertising vehicles by solely focusing on new age initiatives such as social media, search engine optimization and other digital marketing tools.   Most importantly, he created a strategic vision that his company would one day dominate the residential cleaning landscape.   Today, TWO MAIDS & A MOP™ is regarded as one of the industry’s fastest growing companies and highly regarded as the new face of residential house cleaning services nationwide.    In 2012, the company was selected as the National Maid Service of the Year by a leading industry association.  And for the past four consecutive years, Inc. Magazine has recognized the company as one of the fastest growing cleaning companies in America.   Ron’s journey from a small mom & pop business into a nationwide brand has been prominently featured in journals such as Entrepreneur Magazine, Better Homes & Garden, Success Magazine, Yahoo News and CNN Money.

TWO MAIDS & A MOP™ has now grown from just three part-time Team Members to more than 400 hard-working Team Members today.  The company serves customers through 31 franchised locations across the country.

Alexandria Keener, Owner of My Girlfriend’s Wardrobe which is an online + brick and mortar women’s consignment store joins Enterprise Radio to talk about their business growth.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Alexandria Keener discuss the following:

* What’s changed in your business since we last spoke?

* What items do you accept on consignment?

* How has your storefront played a part in your business growth?

* How you use social media to grow your business?

* What’s the number on thing you wish consignors would do every time they brought items in?

Alexandria Keener started My Girlfriend’s Wardrobe while still in college at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in 2012. What started as an internship quickly grew into a full fledged business. Growing quickly, a mobile store was opened later in 2012, with a store front following in 2013. Located in the heart of Downtown York, My Girlfriend’s Wardrobe is located on the first block of W Market St which is currently seeing a flurry of revitalization. My Girlfriend’s Wardrobe is owned and operated by mother and daughter. They’ve won Best of York in Susquehanna Style in 2014, 2015, and 2016. You can shop with them online or in the storefront.

Website: www.mygirlfriendswardrobe.net

Social Media Links:

facebook: facebook.com/mygirlfriendswardrobe

twitter: @mgwonline

instagram: @mygirlfriendswardrobe