“I have to look at the venues that can accommodate that, that have the Conference Centers and the capabilities based on your needs.  And then we can be like, hey Gloria, Vegas is opening up from June 5th.  We can book your events. There they have an auditorium that seats 5,000 people.”

Isabella Rusike is the President & Founder of Bella Global Group.  They assist companies and organizations with all their travel and event-related needs, such as but not limited to trade shows and product launches. They plan, execute, and manage offsite meetings and events for 10 people or more.  They cater to businesses in the United States and abroad.

Isabella is an avid world traveler with executive-level experience in the hospitality, travel, and incentive industry on three continents. She manages day-to-day hotel management operations, sales, event coordination, multi-million dollar hotel openings, and renovations. She has worked with American Express Centurion Travel, Coca-Cola, Hilton Hotels, Intercontinental Hotels Group - IHG, and many others. Isabella is also a licensed REALTOR in the state of Georgia   When she is not traveling or working, you will find her volunteering her time mentoring young ladies who recently joined the workforce and gives advice to women who want to move up the corporate ladder.

In today’s episode, your host Gloria Ward discusses with Isabella what motivated her to leave corporate America to create a successful business that she’s passionate about.  Isabella goes into detail about how COVID-19 forced her and her business to adapt.  Now she has to educate her potential and existing clients on who they can safely start creating new events.  You will discover what our guest and host have in common,  they agree that from failure comes growth,  and that lesson(s) should motivate you to keep pushing through.

If you wish to speak to Isabella about how she can organize and plan your corporate event or have real estate needs in the state of Georgia, please contact her directly at:

LinkedIn Profile

Bella Global Group website

Jamisa McIvor is a trailblazer with an inspiring testimony. She’s a millennial and a mother who offers her services to single mothers by teaching them different options for improving their financial status by themselves.

In her early twenties, Jamisa started out as a novice investor.  While mastering her craft, the young CEO of Rosebud’s Investments has become very popular amongst new and established investors. She mentors and advises individuals who want to become investors but don’t know where to start. With her innovative spirit, Jamisa created a strategy that makes real estate investing seamless and affordable.

In today’s episode, our host Gloria Ward discusses with Jamisa how she became the owner and deed holder of 16 properties by self-financing the purchases. Three crucial tips Jamisa shares with Gloria: how when following your instinct can lead you to amazing opportunities, being consistent, and the importance of building your capital to start investing in real estate. They also talk about understanding how time needs to be considered as a currency.

You can reach Jamisa by visiting:

https://www.instagram.com/rosebudsinvestments

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamisa-mcivor-738275173/

https://www.rosebudsinvestments.com

“So many people spend their health to gain wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health” (A.J. Reb Materi), that's our next guest’s mantra.

Marguerita ‘Rita’ Cheng, is the chief executive officer of the financial advisory firm, Blue Ocean Global Wealth.  Rita and her team help people meet their life goals through the proper management of their financial resources.  This week she joins Gloria as our guest.

She is a Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) professional, a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor, and a Retirement Income Certified Professional.  Rita is not a psychologist, however, her passion drives her to help others navigate through some of life’s most difficult issues, like divorce, death, career changes, or caring for aging relatives.  Her support provides her clients with the confidence necessary to help them regain control of their finances.  Her proudest moments are the ones when she is able to use her abilities to make a difference in people’s lives, by helping them to prepare financially for when times get tough.  Clients are left with clarity, empowerment, and a sense of security.

On today’s podcast Rita and Gloria, discuss the importance of creating a financial plan, the importance of building a brand, how decisions from the past impact your future, why networking will help you make it, and how taking the time to look at yourself and your surroundings will improve your personal life.

Marguerita is a regular columnist for Investopedia and Kiplinger, and a past spokesperson for the AARP Financial Freedom Campaign.  She serves as a Women’s Initiative (WIN) Advocate and a member of the Diversity Advisory Group (DAG) for the CFP Board.  She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in finance, literature, and East Asian Language from the University of Maryland, College Park. She's a recipient of the prestigious Japanese Monbukagakusho Scholarship.

Throughout her exemplary career she has earned several accolades.  In 2019, she was named the #5 Most Influential Financial Advisor in the Investopedia Top 100 and one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. In 2017, she was named the #3 Most Influential Financial Advisor in the Investopedia Top 100  and a Woman to Watch by InvestmentNews.

Rita also volunteers her time as a SoleMate for Girls on the Run, a charity dedicated to help young girls' confidence through running and by raising money for participants to win scholarships.

You can reach Rita by visiting her website https://www.blueoceanglobalwealth.com/

Whoever said age impedes achieving great goals has not met today's guest, Narmin Jarrous.

Narmin is the youngest Chief Development Officer at Exclusive, the first cannabis dispensary in the state of Michigan.  About 10 years ago Narmin was diagnosed with Endometriosis and found that cannabis has helped her to minimize the complications of the disease. With all the knowledge she gained about cannabis she took it upon herself to educate others and created a cannabis lifestyle and wellness brand called Neno's Naturals.

In this episode, our host and founder Gloria and Narmin have a conversation about how cannabis has helped Narmin deal with endometriosis and how she dedicates her time to educate others about the health and wellness benefits of cannabis.  They also discuss owning your brand, taking risks, and more.

Don't miss the exciting story of how Narmin took a leap of faith into the entrepreneurship world that has led her to launch a new cannabis lifestyle and wellness product line called Neno's Naturals. Enjoy!

CONNECT WITH NARMIN

· Exclusive Brands Website: https://www.exclusivebrandsmi.com/

· Nenos Naturals Website: https://www.nenosnaturals.com/

· Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exclusively.narmin

· LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/narmin-jarrous/

In this episode, we have the fantastic Betty Hines, a Strategic Business Consultant who specializes in evaluating business capital structures.  She works primarily with Fortune 500 C.E.O.s and their executive management teams to meet their financial goals.   With her expertise and knowledge, she provides her clients with a diagnosis of where capital is needed, facilitates access to venture capital funding, and oversees its distribution to maximize operations.

Betty is the founder of Women Elevating Woman. She specializes in working with female business owners who generate more than $500,000 in revenues who want to scale and exponentially elevate their businesses and professions.

Betty and our host, Girls L.E.A.P. founder, Glory Ward, discuss the benefits of creating a business strategy and the importance of women elevating women.  During this episode, she explains the importance of having a vision statement that matches your life and business purpose.  They talk about the importance of your duties as a C.E.O., your image, and why you should separate your personal identity from your business's identity.  The takeaway of this episode is how Betty explains why creating a community or joining one is essential.  And also, why sharing your knowledge with other women will not only make your business successful; but how it will empower you to elevate other women.

You can follow Betty on 

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bettyhollandhines

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/women.elevating/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WomenElevating/

Twitter https://twitter.com/WomanBizConnect

Website https://www.bettyhines.com/

The Wall Street Journal best-seller author Shelley Brander takes time to talk to our founder Gloria Ward about how she took the LEAP from corporate life to entrepreneur by monetizing her passion. During her conversation with Gloria, Shelley discusses that it takes having difficult conversations with partners and family to LEAP from a stable corporate job with clients such as AT&T to become an entrepreneur. She touches on how being surrounded by supportive people lifts your spirits when entrepreneurship kicks you down. Finally also discusses the importance of sending "the elevator back down" to other women who dream of following their entrepreneurial dreams.

Shelley shares her story of how she followed her passion and started an improbable "side hustle"—she opened a local yarn store, Loops Love. She and her Loops Troops team have since grown Loops into a global brand at the forefront of the modern maker movement, including LoopsLove.com, LoopsClub.com, and Knit Stars, a global online learning adventure. She's on a mission to Knit the World Together.

In her second book, Move the Needle, and in our podcast, she teaches us how to "Harness the power of Can't" to make your big, impossible dreams a reality. Because she has experienced becoming a creative entrepreneur who has been able to turn her quirky passion into a global force, she invites the reader to embrace their passion. She encourages them to holds space for their seemingly improbable (but possible) goals, dreams, and purpose.

Want to learn more about Shelley?

Check out her book > https://theneedlebook.com/.

Follow her on Instagram > https://www.instagram.com/loopslove/.

To learn about Loops Love, visit > https://linkin.bio/loopslove.

Girls L.E.A.P. Podcast has another episode!  In Episode 4, our founder Gloria Ward speaks with Tanzy Ward, an antique dealer, a historic preservationist, author, and the owner of @zanathia_antiques.

She discusses the need to preserve history and Black history through jewelry, photos, and artifacts.  She speaks about her book Hidden Legacies and the perils of not focusing on what led you to become a business owner, YOUR PASSION.

To learn more about Tanzy's antique shop visit www.zanathiajewelry.com

To get Tanzy's book Hidden Legacies: African Presence in European Antiques visit https://amzn.to/2MOeWUA

To learn more about Girls L.E.A.P. visit our website www.girlsleap.com

To learn about our coaches and courses visit www.courses.imlovingme.net

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Andrena Phillips is a Girls L.E.A.P. coach, a Master Life Strategist, Transformation Speaker, and a Published Author.  

In this episode, our founder Gloria Ward and Coach Andrena discuss the importance of having the right mindset to help you choose the right mentor for your life and business.  They talk about how having a spirit of abundance rather than a spirit of poverty makes all the difference in the outcome of a successful business and in your personal life.

As a Girls L.E.A.P. coach, she teaches members how to live a life bolder, braver and better.  Her specialties are Confidence Building, Healing from The Past, and Moving Forward in your life.

Girls L.E.A.P. stands for LEARN | EARN | ADVANCE | PROFIT.  We are a business coaching membership program where women exclusively network, receive professional training and business coaching from experts in their field.  Our founder is entrepreneur, author, and business coach Gloria Ward, the creator and force behind the I'm Loving Me Project.

To learn about our courses, visit www.courses.imlovingme.net.

Sequena Luckett has over 15 years of branding, strategic planning, business coaching, web, and graphic design experience.  She has worked with Ulta Beauty and 1-800-Baskets.com.  Her specialty lies in working with seasoned entrepreneurs to customize a strategy process to increase revenue and make their business run efficiently and smarter, all while reducing costs, which in return can triple their revenue.

During her conversation with Girls L.E.A.P. founder Gloria Ward, Sequena shares the importance of when Start-Ups implement processes early.  She also explains what entrepreneurs need to be aware of when creating processes:

1) How much money they have

2) What do they currently have to offer personally and as a company

3) How can you take what you have and use it for the benefit of your company.

Sit down with a pen and paper because the information shared on this episode will be of high value to your and your business's future!

To learn more about Sequena Luckett, you can visit her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sequenaluckett/ or https://sequenaluckett.com/.

Welcome to our first podcast!  In our first episode, our guest, Best Selling Author and Co-CEO of Sister Dimonds LLC Crystal Khalil, shares with us amazing information on the difference between sponsor and mentor, explains why mentorship works, defines what it takes to be a leader, and much more.