Enterprise Podcast Network

Andy Healy, the Managing Director at The TEFL Org, a Market Leading Provider Of Courses To Teach English As A Foreign Language joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Andy Healy discuss the following:

1. What is TEFL? Why is this a unique opportunity for recent college graduates?

2. Why do you think TEFL is growing so rapidly in the US, specifically for those based in California?

3. Given the recent layoffs among large technology companies, how might TEFL provide an opportunity to earn money during a period of career change?

4. I understand you have many retirees earning TEFL certifications. Might this be a way to keep their minds sharp and have additional income during retirement? Tell us what you’re seeing.

5. How can our listeners learn more and what’s the first action they should take if they’re interested in earning their TEFL certification as an English instructor?

Andy Healy is Managing Director of The TEFL Org. He joined The TEFL Org last year with over 20 years’ experience in the publishing sector most recently building market leading consumer brands for Immediate Media and BBC magazines. He uses his expertise to grow the business across international markets, particularly in the US.

Website: https://www.tefl.org

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://linkedin.com/company/teflorg

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLOrg

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Will Russell, the CEO of Russell Marketing, specializing in e-commerce launch marketing, which has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs validate their ideas and execute successful launches joins eCommerce Radio. His new book is, Launch in 5: Take Your Idea from Lightbulb Moment to Profitable Business in Record Time.

This episode of eCommerce Radio is in association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Will Russell discuss the following:

* What’s the number one mistake you see new entrepreneurs make?

* How can someone implement your strategies on a limited budget?

* How should entrepreneurs be navigating their strategies during an economic downturn? How does a recession/global uncertainty affect the launch industry?

* What are some of the your favorite launch campaigns that you’ve worked on?

* If you had one piece of advice for new entrepreneurs, what would it be?

Will Russell is CEO of Russell Marketing, specializing in e-commerce launch marketing, which has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs validate their ideas and execute successful launches. He has been featured in Business Insider, Forbes, Crain’s New York, Indiegogo, StartUp Nation and more. His new book is, Launch in 5: Take Your Idea from Lightbulb Moment to Profitable Business in Record Time (Nicholas Brealey, Nov. 8, 2022).

Websites: https://www.launchin5book.com | https://russellmarketing.co

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Vernon Oakes, General Partner in Everything.Coop Communications, LLC, a media company that promotes cooperative business models by providing education and resources specifically for under resourced Americans and their communities joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Vernon Oakes discuss the following:

* For those that are not familiar, what is a Cooperative?

* Why should we care about Cooperatives?

* If you would, give us some good reasons that we should support cooperatives.

* Co-ops are hiding in plain sight — if you would share some companies most would not know were cooperatives.

Vernon Oakes hosts the leading weekly national radio program for the U.S. cooperative community. He is General Partner in Everything.Coop Communications, LLC, a media company that promotes cooperative business models by providing education and resources specifically for under resourced Americans and their communities. 

Vernon has significant national and international experience in various business activities including finance, marketing, sales, sales forecasting, distribution and service, and systems design. He became familiar with cooperative business models as a residential property management company owner and has more than 40 years of experience in property and asset management. 

Vernon received an MBA from Stanford University, an MS in Mathematics from Penn State, and a BS in Mathematics and Chemistry from Bluefield State College. He has been a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity for 55 years and a life member.  He was the first Chair of the Afro-American Studies Department at San Diego State University and coordinated the MBA program at Howard University in Washington, DC. He has ten years of teaching experience at the college level and two years’ experience training adults for the U.S. Department of Interior.

Earlier in his career, Vernon spent a decade working for a Fortune 500 Company, first as the President’s assistant and then for four years as Director of International Parts Marketing, traveling the world performing marketing studies. During the latter five years, Vernon ran a distributorship for the company in Puerto Rico. He started a property management company in 1993 in Washington, DC and operated it for 28 years.

Vernon and Pat Thornton launched a radio show in honor of National Co-op Month (recognized annually in the United States in October). With the National Cooperative Bank support and personal investment, Mr. Oakes hosts Everything Coop earning broad-based cooperative community accolades for nine years. In 2018, he received the prestigious “Spirit of Cooperation Award” from the National Cooperative Bank and “the Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Potomac Association of Housing Cooperatives. He is an ardent advocate for cooperatives and serves on several boards dedicated to advancing the interests of cooperative businesses and diverse American citizens.

Mr. Oakes is committed to helping people learn about cooperative business models helping diverse and inclusive American communities solve many of the housing, health care, sustenance, cost of living challenges, and distribution of wealth challenges laid even barer during the global pandemic. In that spirit, Vernon helped to mastermind the “USPS.Coop” 2020 campaign dedicated to building solidarity throughout the U.S. Cooperative Community for local USPS branches, especially in rural and underserved areas. He has worked with Downtown Crenshaw Rising to create a cooperative ecosystem in South Central Los Angeles, CA.

Steven Grasse is the Founder of Quaker City Mercantile and the creator of Hendrick’s Gin, Sailor Jerry Rum, Art in the Age Spirits, and Tamworth Distilling, among many others joins Enterprise Radio. Steven Grasse and Aaron Goldfarb are co-authors of Brand Mysticism:  and Intoxicate Your Audience.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Steven Grasse discuss the following:

* How does original creation begin?

* How does one cultivate their own inspiration, mine it, and then turn it into something truly unique and interesting?

* How also does one seduce others with enchantment by creating your own mythology?

* Why do we need to unplug, stop opening Instagram and TikTok, and find unique sources of inspiration that aren’t just for today but forever?

* What are 8 life lessons that will entertain, educate, inspire, and spark your creative energy?

Steven Grasse is the founder of Quaker City Mercantile and the creator of Hendrick’s Gin, Sailor Jerry Rum, Art in the Age Spirits, and Tamworth Distilling, among many others. He has also helped revive legacy brands such as Narragansett, Miller High Life, Guinness, and Pilsner Urquell. His previous books include The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined the World, Colonial Spirits: A Toast to Our Drunken History, and The Cocktail Workshop: An Essential Guide to Classic Drinks and How to Make Them Your Own. He lives in Philadelphia and New Hampshire with his family.

Website: https://quakercitymercantile.com

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Susan Combs, President of Combs & Company, a full-service insurance brokerage firm based in New York City joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Susan Combs discuss the following:

* Tell our listeners the pivotal “Pancakes for Roger” story.

* Talk to us about the “slaying dragons” part of the book’s title. What advice do you offer your readers to help them feel like they are slaying dragons?

* What are some of your favorite lessons that you learned from your dad?

* You offer many lessons specifically to your female readers. Can you relay some of those lessons for us now?

* You have some amazing lessons that are quotes from your loved ones, including, “Don’t let your alligator mouth overload your tadpole behind,” “No step for a stepper,” and “Every trash can has a lid.” What do those sayings mean? What are the lessons behind them?

* “See the Signs” is one of your lessons in this book. What are some of the signs you have seen over the years?

* How can listeners “be proactive through grief”?

* One lesson is “Be in Love, Even at the Third Sight.” Tell us the story behind that lesson.

* How can readers learn their worth?

Susan L. Combs is President of Combs & Company, a full-service insurance brokerage firm based in New York City. Susan started the company at twenty-six years old with a drive to “Do more, better.” This internal mantra has resulted in numerous successes and firsts, like being named the youngest National President in the over eighty-five-year history of Women in Insurance & Financial Services (WIFS) and the first female Broker of the Year winner for BenefitsPro.

Susan is “a Missouri girl in a New York world,” and it’s the lessons she learned during her Midwestern upbringing and two-plus decades in New York City that are the basis of this book. The insights contained in these pages come from family, friends, colleagues, and life in general. But the most important teachings are from her late father. It was his steady guidance in life that set Susan’s foundation and it was his passing that inspired her new movement, Pancakes for Roger.

Website: https://www.pancakesforroger.com

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Kevin Buckler, the CEO and Founder of both The Racers Group – a multifaceted motorsports organization the winningest North American race car driving team – and Petaluma-based Adobe Road Winery joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Beverage Industry Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Kevin Buckler discuss the following:

* Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your company?

* I understand you’ve won the Rolex 24 at DAYTONA four times, and are hosting a once-in-a-lifetime Reunion there this week!

* What made it possible for you to win, back in 2003?

* Those sound like great tips people can use. Could you tell me about what comes to mind there?

* What about “every detail matters” . .  . I bet that one also crosses over into wine.

Adobe Road Winery Founder and CEO Kevin Buckler has a knack for building innovative and successful companies. He is an entrepreneur, professional racecar driver, and CEO of The Racers Group, a multifaceted motorsports organization.

The Racers Group is the winningest private racing team in North American sports car history, with more than 100 victories in multiple professional classes. Notable highlights include four victories at the 24 hours of Daytona (once overall) as well as a victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Kevin balances his love of speed with another driving passion — wine. Kevin and the Adobe Road wine team use the race team’s heritage of meticulous craftsmanship and attention to detail to craft award-winning Adobe Road wines, sourcing grapes from some of the finest vineyards in Sonoma, Napa, and beyond. Adobe Road has received more than seventy 90+ scores from The Wine Spectator and Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate.

In 2019 Adobe Road launched The Racing Series, a collection of cutting-edge California wine blends with amazing packaging technology, designed specifically around motorsports. Utilizing the same philosophy that drives their success on the racetrack, The Racing Series is all about pushing the envelope and challenging existing norms.

Website: https://www.theracersgroup.com/purchase | https://adoberoadwines.com

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheRacersGroup

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theracersgroup

Instagram: https://instagram.com/theracersgroup

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/the-racer’s-group/about

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Matt Drinkhahn, Host of The Eternal Optimist Podcast and Business Coach at ProAdvisor Coach that helps leaders break through their barriers so they can grow themselves and their people joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Coaching Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Matt Drinkhahn discuss the following:

* How might business leaders learn to develop their people faster and in a more effective way?

* What challenging situations in business might we reasonably predict are going to happen, that we might use as training exercises in developing our people?

* How might we turn around a struggling culture within a team?

* How can leaders learn to challenge their top performers to new, unheard of levels of production?

* How might we turn our clients into raving fans?

Matt Drinkhahn is a successful entrepreneur and veteran in the corporate world where he has specialized in sales, coaching, recruiting, leadership, and sales management throughout his career.  He acquired his formal education at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC with a double major in Psychology and Business Economics.

Before his graduation in 1999, he opened his first business in Winston-Salem and over his first 5 years out of school he recruited over 2000 sales representatives for Vector Marketing/Cutco Cutlery throughout the Carolinas.

He then moved on to pursue his dream as a professional golfer.  He played the professional golf mini-tour circuit for three years before moving into corporate America to work for Clearwire.

After building one of the most successful direct sales teams in the company’s history in Atlanta, he was promoted to General Manager and moved with the company to Nashville, Boston, and then Providence.    After a great deal of success Matt was heavily recruited and moved to Charlotte, NC to recruit and train the field sales team for Time Warner Cable Business Class.

He spent nearly 3 years there achieving great results when he decided it was time to follow his passion to help individuals and teams perform at high levels through business coaching and consulting with ProAdvisor Coach.

He has been coaching high performance individuals and Teams for 8 years with ProAdvisorCoach with a special emphasis in financial services, real estate, banking, technology, and retail organizations.  He’s led dozens of offsite retreats and conferences while maintaining the core of coaching in 1-1 and Team coaching environments.

One of the recent defining moments in Matt’s career came as a result of a freak zipline accident in 2015.  As he was speeding down a zipline, the attachment to the line broke and sent him falling to the ground where he crash-landed directly on his spine.

Over the next 9 months his physical health deteriorated to the point where he ultimately wasn’t able to walk anymore and was in constant excruciating pain.

Using his strategy of “let your adversities guide your growth”, he turned this great challenge into a great teacher and coached and spoke to teams and companies as he was literally lying flat on his back in his home office.

Ultimately 2016 was his best year in business up to that date and Matt credits the support of his family and the preparation of his mindset through “eternal optimism” for his success.  Watch for his podcast, The Eternal Optimist Podcast,

Kevin Wilhelm, Country Manager at Sharry, a workplace experience platform for enterprises and office buildings that brings multiple touch points to redefine workplace experience joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Kevin Wilhelm discuss the following:

* Tell us more about Sharry – what does the company do? Where is it located and where does it operate? 

* You talk about workplace experience – what trends are you seeing in this space and what is the role of technology?

* Hybrid work is a widely discussed term due to the pandemic. Can you explain how you see enterprises defining what it means?

* What factors do enterprises and developers need to take into account when choosing technology partners that will help them resolve their needs when it comes to upgrading their spaces?

* What role does data play in all this and how are enterprises evaluating ROI?

Sharry is a workplace experience platform for offices and office buildings. Our solution brings multiple touch points to redefine workplace experience, including mobile access with Apple Wallet support, smart parking, hybrid work, visitor management, employee engagement, and occupancy analytics. More than 40,000,000 sq. ft. is powered by Sharry software, including the iconic One Vanderbilt high-rise in Manhattan, NYC.

Kevin Wilhelm is a Country Manager at Sharry and has more than 10 years of experience providing clients with innovative and effective solutions for their system integration needs. At Sharry, Wilhelm is supporting the brand’s operations in the US and Canada, ensuring customers’ satisfaction, supporting partners, and working with clients on new businesses.

Website: https://www.sharry.tech

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/sharry.tech

Instagram: https://instagram.com/sharry.tech

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/sharrytech

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sharry_tech

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Stephen McGarvey is an international speaker, an expert on persuasion and influence, and the founder of a boutique consulting firm, Solutions In Mind joins Enterprise Radio. His new book is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal #1 Best Seller Ignite a Shift: Engaging Minds, Guiding Emotions and Driving Behavior.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Stephen McGarvey discuss the following:

* Why did you write Ignite a Shift?

* In your book Ignite a Shift you talk about the think, feel, do process. Can you explain why this concept is so important?

* In your book Ignite a Shift talk about the power of certain words. What are these words and why should marketers use them carefully and with intention?

* What does it mean to influence with integrity and why is this concept so important in the fields of sales and marketing?

* How can individuals establish and strengthen relationships with clients?

* How can an organization hire, retain and motivate talent?

* How can a person build or repair rapport with colleagues, vendors or clients?

* What tips do you have to help marketing professionals communicate effectively in remote work environments and with colleagues across different areas of an organization (sales, product management, operations, customer success, etc.)?

* How does an understanding of how the human brain processes information help people improve their communication skills?

Stephen McGarvey is an international speaker, an expert on persuasion and influence, and the founder of a boutique consulting firm, Solutions In Mind. He assists corporations and audiences around the world in solving difficult communications problems by guiding them on an engaging, fast-paced, fascinating journey inside the unconscious mind. His new book is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal #1 Best Seller Ignite a Shift: Engaging Minds, Guiding Emotions and Driving Behavior (Morgan James Publishing, July 2022).

Website: http://solutionsinmind.com

Social Media Links:

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/stephenmcgarvey

Facebook: https://facebook.com/stephenmcgarveyone

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Dr. Deb Mashek who helps business leaders build better collaborations and the author of “Collabor(h)ate: How to Build Incredible Collaborative Relationships at Work *even if you’d rather work alone joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Dr. Deb Mashek discuss the following:

* Your book, “Collabor(h)ate”, clearly implies that most people hate collaboration – or at least have an aversion to it. Why is that?

* What are some of the key steps to building more collaborative relationships?

* How can you tell when a collaboration is working well or not? When should you abandon a relationship that isn’t working?

* What are some of the key benefits when collaboration sizzles instead of fizzles?

* What are some ways to help teach and implement your collaboration strategies throughout a company or with your team?

Deb Mashek is the Founder of Myco Consulting LLC, where she she helps business leaders navigate the relationship headwinds that tank timelines, bottom lines, and well-being. A member of both the Association for Collaborative Leadership and the International Coaching Federation, Deb has been an invited speaker on collaboration and viewpoint diversity at leading organizations including the United Nations, the American Psychological Association, the Council of Independent Colleges, and the Association of American Colleges & Universities. She is the author of “Collabor(h)ate: How to Build Incredible Collaborative Relationships at Work *even if you’d rather work alone”.

Website: https://www.debmashek.com

Social Media Links:

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/debra-mashek

Twitter: https://twitter.com/debmashek

Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/551201039300719

Instagram: https://instagram.com/debmashek

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