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Public speaking coach David Doerrier, founder of Present Your Way To Success, joins Michi Lantz to explore confidence, communication, and why great ideas often fail to land. A candid conversation about speaking anxiety, entrepreneurship, and turning complex ideas into engaging conversations.

Guest Bio:

David D. Doerrier is an accomplished Public Speaking Coach with an impressive career spanning over three decades in the training and development industry. With a diverse background that includes being a retired USAF NCO, radio broadcaster, stage actor, voiceover artist, Toastmaster, and professional Santa Claus, David brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his work.

David's journey began in the United States Air Force, where he served as a non-commissioned officer (NCO). During his time in the military, he developed strong leadership skills and honed his ability to communicate clearly and effectively. These skills would prove invaluable in his subsequent career as a presentation skill and train the trainer professional.

After retiring from the Air Force, David transitioned into radio broadcasting. As a broadcaster, he developed a captivating and persuasive speaking style, engaging listeners and effectively conveying his messages. This experience taught him the power of voice modulation, storytelling, and audience connection—a set of skills he would later incorporate into his presentation training.

David's passion for the performing arts led him to explore the world of acting and voiceover work. He discovered that the principles of stage acting, such as body language, vocal projection, and emotional connection, could be directly applied to public speaking and training. This realization further solidified his belief in the transformative power of practical presentation skills.

In addition to his work in training and development, David has also found joy and fulfillment in embodying the iconic figure of Santa Claus. As a professional Santa, he has had the opportunity to interact with people of all ages, honing his ability to connect with diverse audiences and create memorable experiences.

David's approach to presentation skills training is rooted in empathy, understanding, and a genuine desire to help others succeed.

With an illustrious career that spans diverse fields and a genuine passion for helping others, David D. Doerrier is a true expert in presentation skills. Through his dedication, expertise, and unwavering commitment to empowering individuals, he continues to transform the lives of his clients, one presentation at a time.

Connect with David D. Doerrier

Website: https://presentyourwaytosuccess.com
Alternate website: https://publicspeakingcoach.ai
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddoerrier/

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Producer: Michi Lantz
Editor: Michi Lantz
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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Mentor Holger Eckstein, founder of Holger Eckstein | CORE Mentoring joins Michi Lantz to question profit maximization as the default business goal. He shares a life-changing turning point and his “work from the core” approach for founders who want clarity, not pressure.

Guest Bio:

After many years of searching, striving, and constant functioning, Holger Eckstein has developed a solid inner foundation and a strong creative energy that no longer depends on external circumstances. This inner state is one of clarity, truth, stability, and basic trust, from which decisions and their implementation come naturally and lead to results that are aligned with both himself and his environment. Holger believes that true creativity and the realization of potential arise not from effort, but from inner harmony.

For this reason, his work is not focused on optimization or changing people. Instead, he holds a calm, clear space in which individuals can access their own core essence. From that place, clarity emerges and things begin to fall into place. His clients find their actions becoming more confident, clear, and free, without losing or abandoning themselves in the process.

Connect with Holger Eckstein

LinkedIn: ​​https://www.linkedin.com/in/holgereckstein/
Website: www.holgereckstein.de
Initial Consultation - https://calendly.com/holger-eckstein/klaerungsgespraech

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Producer: Michi Lantz
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Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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Business coach, professor, and author Dan Negroni explains how Gen Z can succeed in the age of AI and why leaders must rethink how they support young professionals at work. A sharp conversation about responsibility, human connection, and building high performers across generations.

Guest Bio:

Dan Negroni is a top keynote speaker, business builder, and performance strategist who helps organizations thrive in the AI-powered Workverse. With a 30-year career spanning law, sales, entrepreneurship, and executive leadership, Dan combines boardroom credibility with unmatched energy and real-world wisdom. He’s coached over 30,000 professionals, advised Fortune 1000s and fast-growing startups, and helped clients generate $300M+ in growth through bold leadership, generational intelligence, and performance systems that actually scale.

Dan is known for delivering high-impact, no-fluff keynotes that tackle the biggest challenges in today’s workplace: disconnected teams, underdeveloped managers, burned-out talent, and Gen Z employees who crave clarity, purpose, and coaching. His bestselling book Chasing Relevance and his new release Workverse: Gen Z’s Playbook to Thrive at Work (2025) are trusted by companies, campuses, and coaches alike.

As Head of Performance Solutions at Marlee, Dan leads the design of real-time, AI-powered coaching systems that integrate behavioral science with performance strategy. He helps organizations install a Collaboration & Performance Operating System—an infrastructure that connects people + AI to build teams that execute faster, communicate better, and retain talent longer.

He also founded Launchbox365, a leadership development firm that has trained thousands of leaders to scale trust, accountability, and results in fast-changing environments.

Connect with Dan Negroni:

Website: https://dannegroni.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-negroni/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dan.negroni/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannegroni
Book: Workverse https://www.amazon.com/Find-Your-Workverse-Playbook-Purpose/dp/176411843X/

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Credits:

Producer: Michi Lantz
Editor: Michi Lantz
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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“I would say that the pricing is something that I'm always, to be honest, struggling a bit with.”

Coach and instructional designer Jennifer Dougherty, founder of Thrivecraft Paths, shares how she’s growing a coaching and leadership development practice built on trust, presence, and scaling a business without losing the personal touch.

Guest Bio:

Dr. Jennifer Dougherty is a leader in learning and development, an instructional designer, and a certified coach. She specializes in creating integrated learning and coaching systems that empower leaders and transform organizational culture. Jennifer's approach combines organizational development, adult learning theory, and evidence-based coaching to help organizations translate their strategies into accessible, psychologically safe learning experiences that foster meaningful and lasting change.

She has collaborated with healthcare systems, universities and colleges, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada to design and implement leadership development and coaching programs that promote healthier workplace cultures and nurture more confident, capable leaders. Jennifer has facilitated coaching and leadership initiatives across various industries and served as the first in-house coach at a medical school, where she helped integrate coaching, allyship, and inclusive leadership practices into the institutional culture.

As a published thought leader, Jennifer writes about emotional intelligence, employee voice, neuroplasticity in coaching, and multigenerational learning. She is passionate about helping leaders cultivate clarity, resilience, and the ability to create workplaces where individuals can grow and thrive.

Connect with Jennifer Dougherty

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-dougherty
Website: https://thrivecraftpaths.com/thrivecraft-paths

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
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Credits:

Producer: Michi Lantz
Editor: Michi Lantz
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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Leadership coach Marla Moody joins host Michi Lantz to unpack what happens when high performers get promoted without support. From executive leader to transformational coach, she shares why calm is a leadership superpower and how to build teams that don’t burn out.

Guest Bio:

Marla Moody is a leadership coach, author, and former global nonprofit leader who spent more than three decades building teams and solving complex challenges worldwide. After returning from international leadership roles, she recognized how success without sustainability often leads to exhaustion-and that insight reshaped her work.

Today, Marla is a transformational leadership coach who helps leaders rethink what it means to unlock their next level of success: focusing on resilience, values-based leadership, building calm, and being a leader true to their whole person. Believing that creating leaders can create impact without sacrificing well-being.

Link to Marla’s books in Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0DPD4MVFT/allbooks

Connect with Marla Moody

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/coachingwithmarla
Website: coachingwithmarla.com
Podcast: What Works with Marla Moody

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
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Credits:

Producer: Michi Lantz
Editor: Michi Lantz
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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John O’Brien has been a business owner for decades, yet still had a “Wait… me?” reaction to being called an entrepreneur. He joins host Michi Lantz to unpack what keeps experts invisible, why marketing feels loaded in helping professions, and how leaders build better teams by focusing on the how, not just the what. Civility included.

Guest Bio:

Dr. John O'Brien is a psychologist, professional speaker, executive coach, and author based in Portland, Maine. John's work focuses on helping people and organizations bring more civility, calm, and compassion into everyday life. He is the author of "Rudeness Rehab: Reclaiming Civility in the Workplace and Your Home Space", a book that blends humor, heart, and science to explore how we can stay grounded and kind-even when stress runs high. John's engaging style and practical insights have made him a trusted voice on emotional well-being, communication, and personal resilience.

Connect with Dr. John O'Brien

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmobrienphd
Website: https://activatesuccess.org/
Website: https://rudenessrehab.com/

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
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Credits:

Producer: Michi Lantz
Editor: Michi Lantz
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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This is a candid conversation with Tali Mya Gill, a coach and brand consultant, on leaving high tech, navigating a quarter-life crisis, and building a business rooted in embodiment, intuition, and creativity. We talk people-pleasing, nervous system resets, and what it means to build a brand that fits.

Guest Bio:

Tali Gill is a coach and brand consultant who works with multi-passionate empaths and mission-driven soul-preneurs. She helps aspiring coaches and leaders build aligned, heart-led businesses using her proprietary M.I.A.M.O.R Method, a six-step framework designed to guide clients from uncertainty to confident execution.

With professional training from InnerLifeSkills and over a decade of corporate experience, Tali supports talented women in gaining clarity, confidence, and practical tools to turn their ideas into sustainable businesses. Her work focuses on overcoming self-doubt, imposter syndrome, and procrastination, while helping clients channel their skills into purposeful, profitable ventures.

Connect with Tali Gill

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/talimyagill/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talimiamor/

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
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Credits:

Producer: Michi Lantz
Editor: Michi Lantz
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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Michael R. Vukelic has a soulful conversation with host Michi Lantz on breaking generational patterns, leadership, business, and identity. From trauma and self-doubt to trust, team, and scale. They  explore emotional regulation, inner power, and building a company rooted in awareness instead of victimhood.

Guest Bio:

Michael R. Vukelic is a specialist in art of disrupting generational cycles. A compelling Inspirational Speaker, #1 Best Selling Author, Success Coach and the creator of the Generational Freedom Foundation, he brings proven, actionable wisdom and breakthrough processes to business professionals and teams who refuse to settle for the pain and limitation their ancestors endured.

Silently battling recurring thought and behavior patterns learned as a child, Michael began to believe he was destined to wrestle with these painful cycles indefinitely. After many missed opportunities, alone, deep in debt, and on the verge of giving up, he prayed for his first teacher, and began the process of healing through advanced education, perspectives and ancient, unique, evolutionary wisdom.

Connect with Michael R. Vukelic

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/outrageoussuccess/
Website: Outrageous Success

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
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Credits:

Producer: Michi Lantz
Editor: Michi Lantz
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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Legacy isn’t accidental. In this lively conversation, Jonathan Sheeley shares with host Michi Lantz  how leadership shapes family, teams, and community. From culture being felt at home to focusing on inputs over outcomes, this episode reframes success as intentional impact that outlives you.

Guest Bio:

Jonathan Sheeley is the founder of Sheeley Executive Consulting, where he helps senior leaders build companies that outlast them. His current work centers on the Legacy Leadership Architecture, a strategic system that equips executives to shape vision, develop teams, and create enduring organizational impact. His background includes certification in the Business Made Simple and Full Focus coaching frameworks, which inform his practical, execution-oriented approach. Jonathan facilitates strategic planning intensives, leadership resets, and executive masterminds for growing small-to-mid-sized businesses. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife Nicole and their two children.

Connect with Jonathan Sheeley

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-sheeley/
Website: https://sheeleyexecutiveconsulting.co

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
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Credits:

Producer: Michi Lantz
Editor: Michi Lantz
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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After losing major NGO clients, leadership coach Ilse Noppen talks to host Michi Lantz about how she’s rebuilding with structure, support, and self-trust. We talk about survival mode, investing in coaching, and why predictable systems, not hustle, create freedom for solopreneurs ready to scale.

Guest Bio:

Ilse Noppen is a senior certified executive and leadership coach, facilitator, and consultant with nearly a decade of experience empowering senior leaders and entrepreneurs to thrive. She supports her clients in navigating key transitions, whether stepping into senior leadership roles, shaping their career direction, or building the mindset needed to lead with clarity and confidence.

Known for her ability to blend strategic insight with deep personal reflection, Ilse helps individuals unlock their leadership potential and align with what truly drives them. Her approach is both practical and human-centered, creating space for lasting change and meaningful progress. In addition to one-on-one coaching, Ilse designs and delivers dynamic workshops and training programs on topics such as Strengths & Talents, Career Development, Cultural Change, Mental Fitness, and Stress Management.

Being cross-cultural by upbringing, education and professional experience, Ilse thrives in a multicultural environment. In her work, she uses a strengths-based approach, creating an open learning environment where clients can uncover their uniqueness and develop a positive mindset helping them thrive in both their personal and professional lives. Her interventions are practice-based and encompass positive psychology, thinking and learning styles and cultural orientation.

Prior to focusing on Executive and leadership coaching, Ilse built up a strong experience in executive search, recruitment and assessment centers for a wide variety of (international) positions in both the private and public sector.

Connect with Ilse Noppen

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilse-noppen
Website: https://truenorthconsulting.eu/

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
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Credits:

Producer: Michi Lantz
Editor: Michi Lantz
Executive Producer: Danny Iny

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