Karl Swanepoel is an award winning tech entrepreneur based in the UK and the Founder and CEO of Revolancer and an influential figure in the freelancing industry.

He also founded Rocketblast Digital, The WatchFace and Buy Sell Jobs. Karl Co-founded – Leapinto and was CMO and interim CTO at Lifewill Limited.

At 15, he was the youngest-ever brand ambassador for Britain’s largest business conference, The Business Show. He has also been directly involved in the European Parliament’s roundtable on Modernising Europe’s Workforce Well-Being Strategy. 

To learn more about Karl, you can go to his Linkedin profile

@karlswa

or visit him at his website:

https://revolancer.com

Joe Jacobi is an Olympic Gold Medalist, Performance Coach, Sports Commentator, Former CEO, marathoner and author who guides high performance leaders to ignite their second wind to confront challenging midlife transitions with meaning and adventure.

He practices and refines the core principles and strategies of Midlife Peak Performance in his own life and pursuits at his Pyrenees mountains home beside the 1992 Olympic Canoeing venue in the Spanish state of Catalunya - the same canoeing venue where he and his canoeing partner, Scott Strausbaugh, won America’s first-ever Olympic Gold Medal in the sport of Whitewater Canoe Slalom at the 1992 Olympic Games.

In 2022, and eight years into writing his popular weekly essays, Sunday Morning Joe, Joe published his first book, Slalom: 6 River Classes About How To Confront Obstacles, Advance Amid Uncertainty, & Bring Focus To What Matters Most - Joe's reflections, experiences, relationships, and strategies from more than 40 years on the river transferred to navigating your river of the life.

To learn more about Joe, you can go his profile on Linkedin:⁠⁠

@jacobijoe

Subscribe to his Sunday newsletter:

https://joejacobi.ck.page/c5b7be8e26

Check out his book:

https://www.amazon.com/Slalom-Classes-Confront-Obstacles-Uncertainty/dp/B0B4WB1TZ2

Over the past 18 years Joshua Lifrak, M.S. has worked with elite athletes and corporate leaders to help them perform at their highest levels.

He has also been instrumental in helping transform organizational cultures and individual mindsets to create an environment for optimal development and growth.

He is currently the Director of Performance and Coaching for Limitless Minds a Health and Wellness Technology Company founded by Denver Broncos Quarterback Russell Wilson and World Renowned Mental Performance Training and author of It Takes What it Takes – the late Trevor Moawad.

He is also the President of Lift Up Consulting. From 2014-2019, he has worked in Major League Baseball including 5 years as Director of the Mental Skills Program for the Chicago Cubs from 2014-2019 where he helped them win their first World Series in 108 years.

From 2019-2021 he was the New York Mets Major League Mental Performance Coach.

To learn more about Joshua, you can go to his website:

⁠⁠https://limitlessminds.com/

or on Linkedin: @joshua-lifrak-59ab5442

Erin Aldrich-Shean is recognized as one of the top dual-sport professional athletes and Olympians of all time.

A 2000 US Olympian in track & field and a 2001-2004 and 2007 US National Volleyball Team member, Aldrich-Shean was a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin.

She was named Big XII Athlete of the Year in 2000 and finished her storied career at UT with 4 High Jump National Championships, a collegiate record of 6’5.5”, and 8 First Team All-American honors in both Volleyball and Track & Field.

She also competed in 4 World Championships for USA Track & Field. Erin was inducted into the UT Austin Hall of Honor for her athletic and academic accomplishments as a Longhorn.

Today Erin is a Certified Professional Coach, the Founder of Ascension Coaching and Vice President of the Aldrich Group.

To learn more about Erin, you can go to her website:

⁠⁠https://ascensioncoaching.co/

or on Linkedin: @aldrich1227

Why is it easier to sell our products or services than it is to sell ourselves into a new sales role — or even get a promotion? After going through 5 Layoffs in medical sales and reviewing more than 16,000 resumes as a recruiter, Claire Davis built an award-winning company to help people get the jobs they want in healthcare by leaning into what they’re great at — selling.

Her company Traction Resume, helps people land meaningful, 6-figure roles and launch their healthcare consulting companies by becoming a category-of-one, not a commodity.

Claire has been featured in Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and been named a 2X Top Voice in Job Search and at home, she and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest with their two boys.

To learn more about Claire, you can go to her website: ⁠⁠https://tractionresume.com/

or

on Linkedin: @clairemdavis

Samantha McKenna, CEO of #samsales Consulting, is an award-winning sales leader, brand ambassador for LinkedIn, LinkedIn Sales [In]sider, angel investor, board member, and highly sought-after speaker. With more than 65,000 LinkedIn followers, Sam has inspired sales professionals with her tangible sales tips and actionable advice used daily by executives and teams alike.

Sam has been named a Top 50 Woman in Revenue, Top 25 Women in Revenue, Top 20 Women in Sales Leadership, appears as one of the faces of LinkedIn Sales Navigator’s marketing campaigns, and has been named a Top Ten LinkedIn Sales Star several times over. Sam is dedicated to shining a light on her trademark Show Me You Know Me and #givefirst mantras - and together with her team, raised over $50,000 for charity in both 2021 and 2022 with the innovative #samsales ‘Show Me You Know Me’ Charity Event.

To learn more about Samantha, you can go to her website: ⁠⁠https://samsalesconsulting.com/

or

on Linkedin: @samsalesli

Running legend Dave McGillivray has increased the self-esteem of millions of people through his work as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, motivational speaker, author, and athlete.

Dave is best known for his athletic feats including his 80-day trek across the United States, running the 3,452 miles from Medford, Ore., to Medford, Mass. in the summer of 1978 to benefit the Jimmy Fund.

In addition, he’s received great acclaim for directing or consulting on more than 1,400 events throughout the world including the Boston Marathon, the Olympic Marathon trials, and the Olympic Games.

To learn more about Dave, you can go to his website: ⁠⁠https://dmsesports.com/

or

on Linkedin: @dave-mcgillivray

Culture has become a phenomenon in the last few years and we've seen an uptick in strategic investment to make it work well, but there is still so much room for improvement. We see this broad spectrum of what culture can be and COVID has just magnified what that means and how we can foster a strong culture in different environments. 

This week's guest is Lisa Belanger, CEO and Founder of ConsciousWorks. Lisa joins Heartbeat For Hire for an engaging conversation on how can we create a space of belonging within your organization to get people leaning into their jobs from a productivity and performance perspective as well as a mental health and wellbeing perspective. The episode covers how to find commonalities and universal truths, tools for working with a team member who is struggling with burnout in silence, and low cost or no cost ways to help your people feel accommodated and seen.

Lisa is the CEO of ConsciousWorks, a consulting firm that helps leaders apply the findings from leading-edge scientific research to maximize their mental capacity and performance. Lisa has a Ph.D. in Behavioural Medicine, an Executive MBA, and is a Certified Exercise Physiologist and High Performance Specialist.

Iris Zimmerman is a speaker, entrepreneur, business owner, podcast host, Hall of Fame Fencing Champion and former Olympian. She is a certified leadership and performance coach that owns Monarch Leadership Group.

Iris co-hosts the podcast Untrained with her colleague and friend, Whitney Otto. Her roster of clients include leaders from sales, healthcare, to startups and small business owners - all trying to find their own growth while simultaneously growing their businesses and teams.

Iris lives in Rochester, NY with her family and is dedicated to working with and impacting clients while being present to raise her two daughters to become badasses.

To learn more about Iris, you can go to her website: ⁠⁠https://monarch-leadership.com/

or

on Linkedin: @iriszimmerman

Kimberly Brady is a Life and Business Coach, Speaker, and a 2 Time Best Selling Author.  She channels athletic excellence to elevate small businesses and enhance the lives of entrepreneurs.

Kim has recently published "Get Stuck In! - Lessons from the Pitch to Build Your Business” and is a co-author on a collaborative project titled "Forever Athlete" - a collection of stories from high-level performers in both sport and life.

Her areas of expertise include working small business owners and entrepreneurs with less than 50 employees, athletes in transition from sport, team building, leadership development, and LGBTQ+ advocacy.

⁠https://kimbradybusinesscoaching.com/

or on Linkedin:

@kimbrady