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Judith is passionate about the freedom and opportunities she brings to her clients. With 20 + years of financial industry experience, there’s no one better positioned to help small to mid-size businesses leverage the power of cloud accounting software to help ease their accounting burden. Judith spent 15 years with Goldman Sachs in New York, eventually serving as Vice President in their Global Treasury and Banking Division. She is an Advanced Certified ProAdvisor for QuickBooks.

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Kathy Dawson, esteemed Provisors member and CEO of Dawson & Dawson, is passionate about getting people into the right job and is a sought after talent broker. She’s been in the Search and Staffing industry for over 35 years and is a Certified Staffing Professional. In 2008, Kathy started her company in order to create a one-stop shop for employment service. Kathy has helped thousands of business owners hire the right employee at the right time, and aims to make a difference in people’s lives one job at a time. 

In her interview, Kathy shares valuable information for both business owners and individuals. She discusses some new practices coming to life due to Covid regulations, as well as potent insight regarding the economic outlook from her industry-agnostic perspective. Kathy explains why it is essential to see people as individuals with unique skills in order to find their best fitting job. Impactful hiring can and should be mutually beneficial, and a positive attitude goes a long way. Kathy’s giving spirit and deep wisdom on this subject cannot be missed.

• 5:29-6:36: Many people become entrepreneurs by identifying a need and starting a business which addresses said need - this is how Kathy started Dawson & Dawson.

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Leslie Groene, President of Groene Consulting, is a Sales Coaching Consultant who provides the tools needed to enhance sales team skills and effectiveness. She serves as an industry agnostic, outsourced sales manager and trainer and has worked with many big companies. Leslie is extremely passionate about helping others create organic revenue growth. She has valuable information on how salespeople can and should continue despite the larger crisis. 

In her interview, Leslie discusses why it is essential to understand the needs of your client. She also highlights the importance of knowing the long term value of your customers rather than just being focused on a one-time sell. Leslie suggests we now must shift from being sales representatives, to being resources for our client in order to help them remain in business through these challenging times. People need to feel understood before they will listen to you, and everyone has been impacted differently - intentional empathy is critical right now. Leslie’s tips are extremely useful to anyone trying to understand how to communicate during the ongoing crisis.

• 3:12-4:31: Long-term relationship selling by thoroughly understanding your client.

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Jessica Wilson, Owner of Ohana Bookkeeping, shares how she strives to make Bookkeeping minimally disruptive and ultra effective for business owners. 

Harley Bjelland of www.TheErisaLawFirm.com is an experienced ERISA attorney. He shares some examples of Executive Compensation practices that he sees regularly that may be illegal under current IRS Section 409A and strategies to retain and reward key employees.

Gary Johnson of J2 Marketing helps attorneys get more profitable clients. With over 20 years of sales and marketing experience, Gary builds strategies and offers simple solutions for attorneys to grow their practice by bringing in ideal clients. In this interview Gary shares valuable ideas for getting more referrals that can be used by anyone.

Nicole Nuzzo, Attorney at Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara, joins us today with insight on how family law has been affected by COVID. Nicole is a certified family law specialist and has been named one of the top 10 attorneys in California by the American Institute of Legal Counsel. She believes in open, honest communication, and engages in assertive, thoughtful, and compassionate representation. Times are changing rapidly, but Nicole is still finding ways to help families find creative solutions to settle. 

Nicole shares extremely valuable resources to anyone struggling to deal with settlement or support amid this crisis. While the world has, in some ways, stopped entirely, domestic disputes have not, and still need to be addressed. Despite courtroom shutdowns, Nicole details various alternatives to reach a settlement - and likely save you money in legal fees as well. Courts may be far from reopening, but filing a motion may prove valuable in terms of retroactivity. If your life is unraveling due to a family law related dispute, it can be especially confusing and daunting during a pandemic, but Nicole’s resources and expertise will provide some much-needed guidance.

• 5:43-6:48: Discusses some of her core beliefs, including exploring mediation before litigation.

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Frequent guest and riveting speaker, Dr. Jerry Kornfeld shares the latest in medical information about strategies that can help you improve your outlook on life.

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Ken Queen hosts the popular podcast "Income for Baby Boomers" on iTunes. In this interview he discusses how Baby Boomers can develop income and the concept of "Riches and Niches".

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Bill Black, Host of the Exit Coach Radio Show, is a Certified Exit Planner and President of Exit & Retirement Strategies, Inc, a planning firm that develops written Exit and Succession plans for Business Owners so they are remembered for their planning (instead of their lack of planning). He can be reached at (866) 370-3774.