Entrepreneurs United

Ryan Walter (Owner/President, Heads Up Communications), is a former National Hockey League player that played many seasons with the Montreal Canadiens.  Ryan was one of the youngest team captains in NHL history back in 1979 with the Washington Capitals when he was only 21 years old, he won a Stanley Cup in 1986 with the Canadiens, became the VP of NHL Players Association, a Colour Analyst, an actor in the film “Miracle”, and has become an inspiring speaker, author and leadership expert.

Ryan helps executives and their teams to lead effectively, work as a team and achieve their performance goals through specialized training that melds science and lessons learned from 17 years in the NHL. His "THINKING TENDENCIES" Model is on the cutting edge of helping Corporate Cultures increase their performance.

Monte Wyatt (CEO, AddingZEROS) is a best-selling author and an organizational & executive development facilitator.

AddingZEROS is a company that works with executives to achieve exponential growth, helping them grow in multiples rather than small percentage increases. AddingZEROS provides organizations with the tools and the guidance to add zeros in every aspect of the business – revenue, margin, profit, customer acquisition, customer retention, employee engagement, employee retention, and community involvement.

Curtis Zimmerman (Founder, Curtis Zimmerman Group) is a keynote speaker, best-selling author, and podcast host.   Curtis's first career for over 25 years was as a mime (think Marcel Marceau) and for the last 20 years, Curtis has been sharing his message with over 1 million people at Fortune 500 corporations, universities, and organizations. 

He has spoken at over 1,000 campuses and has worked with the world's largest brands; Proctor and Gamble, Coca Cola, Walt Disney World, Kroger, Bacardi, Universal Studios Orlando, McDonald’s, and the U.S. Air Forces.  Curtis is also the host of the podcast, "The Next 24 Hours" 

focused on helping listeners change their lives one day at a time!

Julian Hayes II (Founder, The Art of Fitness & Life), is an author, a human performance advisor, an epigenetic coach, and the host of Optimal Health for Busy Entrepreneurs.

Today Julian talks to us about how we, as Entrepreneurs, can become superhuman in our lives and our businesses!

Let’s jump right in!

Eric Hoffberg (Founder, Coach it Forward), is a former hockey coach turned business and life coach. Eric spent 16 years coaching college and professional hockey with his longest tenure as the head coach of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY.  For many years now Eric has also worked in the NHL (National Hockey League) as a resource for culture building and mental toughness training.

As a Mental Toughness Trainer for athletes that are committed to being the best version of themselves when it matters most, particularly when they feel under pressure. Something all us entrepreneurs need these days as well. Eric has also brought his experience and passion to his role as a Corporate Coach for leaders and executives that are committed to building High-Performance Team Cultures.

Eric is the author of two great books for training attitude and mindset, THINK STRONG for Athletes and THINK STRONG Reminders.

Shane Ram (CEO and Founder of Go For 10), is a Life and Leadership Coach, Author & Educator. Shane works with CEOs, Senior Executives, corporations, 6-7 Figure business owners, and entrepreneurs to increase revenue, become better leaders, and live more fulfilling lives. He is the author of Future Ready Leadership, a book that provides the 8 Must-Have Strategies for Leaders to Thrive in an uncertain and volatile future. 

From Shane’s years of experience training and coaching senior leaders and entrepreneurs, he found that most people are playing at a level way below their potential and are settling for less than they deserve, Shane created Don’t Settle for 7, Go for 10! The program provides a much-needed blueprint for leaders and entrepreneurs to increase their wealth, and build global businesses, create confidence and reach their highest potential emotionally and financially. 

We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!

Rande Somma is the author of the business book “Leadershit” - yes you read that right, replace the "P" in leadership with a "T" - "Leadershit".  

In the book, Rande talks about the incredibly broken systems we have in corporate America where CEO’s, boards, and private equity groups are motivated to do bad things and create short term results that have incredible impacts on the people and integrity of the organization.   

Rande was an intrapreneur within Johnson Controls where he rose the ranks of what was an $800M manufacturing company when he began, to 15 years later where he was the President of the company that had grown to $20B in global revenues, in 26 countries, and with 75,000 people. 

What he witnessed as he rose the ranks and has sat on many boards since has really disturbed him and he wrote the book "Leadershit" to articulate how our systems are badly broken and provide the wrong incentives.  

This is certainly an opening conversation where we truly come to understand that all we can control is what we do ourselves, AND certainly that we need to be careful with the types of people we associate ourselves with.

Brandon Williams (Founder, Afterburner) is a 17 year Veteran of the United States Airforce where he was an F15E Fighter Pilot.  Brandon is now an established Keynote Speaker and Executive Consultant bringing all the concepts he learned in his years of service in the military to businesses and their executives.

In today's episode, we explore the program he has developed called "Human Factors Leadership" and explore topics such as:

- How to mitigate human error,

- What is a Commander's intent,

- Decentralized execution,

- The power of Debriefs,

- Developing informal leaders, and

- Who should be creating tactical plans?

Hope you enjoy the episode!

Michael Allosso (Speaker, Actor, Director), is a master communications expert who coaches CEO’s and entrepreneurs on their day to day leadership skills.  Michael is a top-rated Vistage International speaker traveling the world bringing his “You on your best day” program to organizations and businesses. Michael is a former drama teacher and former artistic director with numerous theaters in the Boston area. As an actor, Michael Allosso, appeared in the feature film “Pink Panther Two” alongside Steve Martin, and also appeared in many commercials and corporate films.  

In this episode, we talk about how leaders can be their best authentic selves by being intentional about their micro-messaging and how structure frees your creativity.

Andre Young (Founder, Evolving Now, LLC), is a speaker and onsite/virtual corporate trainer focused on positivity, personal growth, and relationship growth; allowing men and women, students, employees, and YOU to EVOLVE in all roles and aspects of life and live the life of your dreams!  

Work/Life Harmony is more important now than it's ever been and in this episode, Andre shares with us the "The Leader's 7! ".  We learn about the 7 Languages your people need, want, and benefit most from hearing and how you as a leader should understand these languages to excel in your “casual conversations” as well as those “tough conversations” most leaders struggle with!