From Embers To Excellence™

Dale Merrill is a global Managing Director in Franklin Covey’s Sales Performance Practice. He is co-author of the book, Strikingly Different Selling: 6 Vital Skills to Stand Out and Sell More. Dale is a highly sought-after thought leader and trusted advisor to sales and business leaders at many of the world’s most admired companies. He helps clients dramatically grow revenues and profitability.

For more than 30 years, Dale has led businesses and helped a wide range of clients solve challenges and win more business in virtually every region of the world including North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia.

Prior to joining Franklin Covey, Dale served in senior executive leadership roles at several different companies.

• As President of a 1,500-employee digital services company for five years, Dale increased the number of operating locations from 112 to 184 in 31 different geographies.

• As CEO of a private investment company for three years, Dale led the design and implementation of a strategic sales and marketing system driving top line growth and increasing net income more than 500% in two years.

• As Partner with a global consulting company, Dale led numerous strategic growth and improvement projects with clients over his thirteen years with the firm.

Dale holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Accountancy degrees from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has advanced training in Strategic Management and Planning (Harvard) and Strategic Marketing System Development (Y2M).

To connect with Dale or to learn more about him, check out these links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-merrill1/

https://www.franklincovey.com/strikingly-different-book/

Julia Su Jack is the daughter of two warm west Indian parents. She was raised in Connecticut. She graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree decades ago and her career started out traditionally as she went straight to work in an architectural firm. But the tide would turn after she took a leave of absence from work to focus on her growing family. When she returned to her career, circumstances would take her through many different professional roles in a variety of sectors across the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. She worked in interior design, pre-construction management, and non-profit construction employment management, project controls in the transportation sector, and more, finally landing as an Architect for Connecticut’s Capital City.

She would claim that her most empowering and life changing professional experience was in her work at Capital Workforce Partners, in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity, where she endeavored to engage young men and women in the fields of construction. With such a growing, yet still small, pool of female constructors she felt immeasurably passionate about her work.

Julia’s most transformational experience would be the result of her facing down her 50th birthday, which inspired her to create the F50Woman movement; a movement created to provoke women, facing 50 and beyond, into a mindful, purposeful, passionate pursuit of their life, career, family, spirit, and beyond.

Julia Su. Jack holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Howard University and a Masters in Construction Management from Central Connecticut State University; she is a National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Certified Registered Architect and a Certified PMI Project Management Professional.

To learn more about Julia, visit her website here: https://f50woman.com/

Michael serves as the Principal of Browns’ Leadership Consulting, which provides counseling support to individuals and families; consulting services to organizations and businesses.

Michael also served as a national trainer for the Why Try, LLC; one of the nation’s leading resilience education programs that specializes in student achievement. Michael also partnered with the DC Office of the Attorney General – to serve as a trainer for their Violence Interrupter program in 2020.

Michael Authored – Born to Achieve (2012) & A Beautiful Challenge (2017). In 2013, Michael hosted – The Brown Bag with Michael T. Brown on Blog Talk Radio, interviewing some key community difference makers and flashing the spotlight on the pertinent issues facing our society.

Please connect with Michael here:

http://brownsleadership.com/Home.php

https://www.facebook.com/TheBrownBag1

https://twitter.com/MTBrown98

Patrick Donadio, MBA, is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP™), Master Certified Coach (MCC), and author of the book “Communicating with IMPACT”. For the past three decades, Patrick has spoken to and trained thousands of leaders and their teams in a variety of industries, from Fortune 100 companies to associations. His results-based IMPACT process teaches you how to communicate clearly, lead more effectively, present powerfully, listen attentively, and make a greater IMPACT on their bottom line. Patrick is one of the few people in the world to have earned the highest designations in both the speaking and coaching professions. And has also coached two generations of leaders and their organizations to use his IMPACT process to improve how they lead and communicate.

· Intention – How to create a laser focused Intention statement

· Message – 5 Tools to craft a Message and the best Method to achieve your intention.

o Plus why perfectionism/linear thinking is getting in your way

· Person – How to Personalize the message by identifying and utilizing the four communication styles (DISC)

· Activate – Learn Active listening skills to help you stay present/focused and practical strategies to Activate and engage your receiver/audience.

· Clarify - Explore techniques to Clarify and check for understanding

· Transform – How to Transform words into actions and your actions into results

Learn More About Patrick here:

• WEBSITE - https://www.patrickdonadio.com/

• LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickdonadio/

• FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/patrick.donadio/

• TWITTER - https://twitter.com/PDonadio

Heather Polivka is a trusted business advisor accelerating the growth and success of progressive SMBs and their leaders through practical leadership, employee performance, and thriving workplace cultures.

Heather’s methodology has been masterfully crafted with over a decade’s worth of experience transforming people, processes, and profits of Fortune 10 organizations and businesses of all sizes. She unites marketing and HR expertise to craft authentic employer brands, cultivate healthy workplace cultures, improve employee engagement, and develop strong people leadership.

Learn more about Awesome People Leaders (APL): https://www.awesomepeopleleaders.com/

Learn more about Heather at: https://www.heatherpsolutions.com

Tia Graham is an international speaker, bestselling author and consultant on positive psychology. She has worked with dozens of global companies such as Goldman Sachs, Hilton Hotels and Hewlett Packard to elevate employee engagement and drive bottom line results. Prior to founding her company, Arrive at Happy, she led teams at luxury hotels in the United States and Europe for brands such as W Hotels, Westin, and The London. With multiple certifications in neuroscience, positive psychology, and employee retention, and over 14 years of leadership experience, Tia is highly regarded by business leaders in her field. Her insights have been featured in major media such as CNN, Forbes, and Fast Company to name a few. Her new book, Be a Happy Leader, teachers her proprietary 8-step methodology on driving productivity and business growth through a culture of happiness.

To learn more about Tia or to connect with her: https://www.arriveathappy.com

Anthony Poponi is a Corporate Trainer & Motivational Speaker specializing in happiness and well-being to improve team dynamics, communication, trust and productivity. His work is based on the research in the fields of neuroplasticity, positive psychology and leadership. His sense of humor really shines through in this interview. I had to stop and laugh multiple times when I was editing.

In our conversation we explore one factor that Anthony has found to be the most important to our happiness. We discuss stress, success, and character strengths. Anthony tells me about the five proven tools to build happiness as well as one of his programs, “Focus on the 40.”

For more information or to connect with Anthony: https://anthonypoponi.com/

To download his free book: https://www.anthonypoponi.com/gethappynow

Joi R. Fisher-Griffin is an author, entrepreneur, experienced educator, a passionate adoption advocate, and a patron of the arts. After going through her own struggles as an adoptee, Joi wrote her memoir, “Finding Joi: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Love.” She shared her story so that she could help others who sit in silence about their struggles, and she continues to find ways to be open about adoption, not only with adults but with young people, too. She is the author of two best-selling children’s adoption books: “Choosing Joi: An Adoptee’s Journey and Finding Belonging” and “Singing with Joi: There Are Lots of Different Ways to Be a Family.”

Joi’s books are designed to bring awareness to adoption sensitive topics and language. She believes adoptees, prospective adoptive parents, and adoptive and foster families can find resources and their community of support “If WE all Stop Whispering” and “Let’s Talk Adoption”. Joi was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for Miriam’s Heart, an organization supporting adoptive and foster families. Joi is no stranger to life’s challenges but truly believes Finding Joy is Possible!

To connect with Joi or to learn more about her, follow this link: https://www.findingjoi.us/

Clint Arthur is the provocative, truth-telling author of 21 Best-selling books, including Celebrity Entrepreneurship, Break Through Your Upper Limits on TV, and Wisdom of The Men, which is nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. As a speaker, Clint has shared the stage with Martha Stewart, Dr. Oz, Suzanne Somers, Caitlyn Jenner, Ice-T, and 5 U.S. Presidents, at Harvard, West Point, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Coca Cola, Microsoft, AT&T, NASDAQ, The London Stock Exchange, and the Royal Society of Medicine. A serial-successful multi-millionaire entrepreneur, trusted marketing advisor, consultant, and coach to thousands of private entrepreneurial clients and business owners running enterprises from $1 million to $1 billion in size, Clint influences well over 100,000 independent business owners annually, through his social media platforms, coaching programs, and Millionaire Business Accelerator mastermind.

To connect with Clint or to learn more about him, visit his website here: https://www.clintarthur.tv/

Rich LaMonica Is a 22-year veteran of the United States Army who was deployed on multiple occasions in support of the Global War on Terrorism. It was during this career he evolved as a leader of people. His education came from great mentors who showed him how to take care of people. He retired in 2015 and went through an entire year of self-reflection as he transitioned to civilian life again. Those 365 days from retiring to finding a job taught him valuable lessons about transition. This has powered his drive to help other veterans as they go through the transition and any other roadblocks they are hitting.

He is a Motivational Speaker who discusses Mindset, Resilience, Grit, and more skills that will help you find your Purpose no matter the journey you have been on. He is currently finishing up two books while pursuing a Ph.D from Liberty University in Homeland Security. He lives by rules and has a motto that resonates with fans of How I met Your Mother “Challenge Accepted”. He is the Executive Producer and host of The MisFitNation Podcast

If you have questions reach out to him via email or through his website:

https://www.themisfitnation.com/  

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