Onward Nation

Craig Clark is the CEO of Momentum Consulting — a consulting firm that guides organizations and their leaders in the areas of personal accountability and personal performance by developing and implementing successful strategies. He has spent the past 30 years becoming a foremost expert on the science of human dynamics in the business world and believes that the only reliable approach to produce breakthroughs at any level is to ask, "How do I see myself in the world and amongst others?"

• How having a breakthrough can change the way you see yourself in the world
• Why it's important to get "out of your box"
• What you need to do to create change within your team
• The importance of identifying behaviors in your organization
• Why it's vital to practice fundamentals
• Why you should acknowledge your mistakes and use them as teachable moments
• Taking accountability for your blind spots
• Why self-development is a critical skill to master
• Why it's vital to create an environment where people can give feedback
• Why you need to be in it for others — not yourself

• Website: momentumconsulting.com
• Email: [email protected]

Barbara Turley is an investor, entrepreneur, and the Founder & CEO of The Virtual Hub — a business she started by accident that exploded in the space of 12 months to become one of the leading companies that recruits, trains, and manages virtual assistants in the digital marketing and social media space for businesses who need to free up time and energy.

• The story of how Barbara "accidentally" started her business
• Why it's vital in business to find a problem that people will pay you to solve
• The importance of mastering sales
• Why you need to know how to create internal leverage within your business
• The benefits of having a 10-15 minute daily 'huddle' with your team
• How a business is really a set of systems — not a set of people
• How a lot of entrepreneurs are great at having big picture ideas, but not at leading a team
• Why your mindset is your most important asset
• Why you need to be able to sell before you can scale
• Why you need to stop expecting marketing to work

• Website: www.thevirtualhub.com
• Website: www.thevirtualhub.com/onwardnation
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheVirtualHubLtd
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-turley-b6a981a

Jakob Heuser is the Owner and Principal of Lead SV — a consulting firm that develops custom learning and development solutions for engineering organizations and the teams they impact...with the goal of helping them retain their talent. Jakob has over 15 years experience leading people in both technical and management roles and loves the intersection of people and engineering and the challenges that emerge from that relationship.

• Jakob's focus on human-centered instruction and how it's customized for the learner, not optimized for the instructor
• How training needs to be real, relevant and repeatable to make an impact
• The importance of defining what success looks like to you
• Why it's vital to put into practice what you learn in training
• Why you need to put a time-box on your goals
• How turning off your email notifications during the day can help you be more productive
• Why it's critical in business to ask people what they really want
• The value of committing to the idea of always being better
• How Jakob uses a stream of post-it notes to stay organized
• How the pursuit of learning can contribute to your success as a business owner

• Website: www.leadsv.com/onward
• Website: www.leadsv.com/hcn
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/engineeringleadership

Ed Molitor has spent the last 26 years developing his leadership skills and helping people, teams, and organizations become the best versions of themselves while coaching college basketball at the highest level, succeeding in one of the most competitive mortgage markets in the country...Chicago...and serving as VP of Operations in an industry-leading recruiting firm where he specialized in consulting clients and placing former, exiting, and retired military candidates in jobs throughout the country. Ed is also host of the podcast, The Athletics of Business.

• The story behind how Ed started his company, The Molitor Group
• The value of working with the mindset of success
• Why you should embrace failure
• How Ed applies the principles taught in Stephen Covey's book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
• Why you should focus on being a servant rather than being served
• How self-discipline and where you direct your mind will generate your thoughts
• The importance of mastering your calendar
• Having a growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset
• Why it's critical to have a positive attitude and approach
• Why you need to just focus on the task at hand AND what's coming next

• Website: themolitorgroup.com
• Twitter: @themolitorgroup
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/themolitorgroup
• Email: [email protected]

Asha Saxena is a director for several for-profit companies. She served as CEO of ACULYST Corp., a Healthcare Data Analytics Firm, built an eCommerce Company and served as a CEO of Future Technologies Inc., an international data management solutions firm for twenty years. Asha is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, where she teaches Big Data Analytics and Entrepreneurship courses for graduate students and is a keynote speaker on big data. She is also the host of the Dive With Data podcast.

• How to overcome the challenges of being the CEO of a very fast growing company at a young age
• The importance of investing in your people when building a company
• Why many businesses go out of business because of too much opportunity
• Why you need to focus more on what you're good at, rather than being a generalist
• The value of aligning your business strategies to the technology that you have
• The most important job of a true leader
• The benefits of having a team who understands your vision and strategy
• Why you need to define what success looks like for you
• Why it's critical to be a mentor to your employees
• Why it's vital to have a solid financial plan when starting a business

• Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
• Podcast: Dive With Data
• Website: Future Technologies, Inc.

JT McCormick is the President and CEO of Scribe Media, a publishing company that's created an entirely new way for you to write a book. The company has worked with nearly 1,000 authors, and was recently ranked in their category as the #2 best company to work for in Austin and #4 in their category for all of Texas. JT is also the author of "I Got There: How I Overcame Racism, Poverty, and Abuse to Achieve the American Dream."

• The importance of documenting your family history and your life story so that your descendants know where they came from
• The importance of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps, not letting excuses get in the way, and making something of yourself to achieve the American Dream
• Why it takes a lot of guts and courage to open yourself up to potential criticism
• Refusing to be a victim and overcoming your circumstances
• How there is always the opportunity to change, whether that's during the next hour, the next day, the next week, the next year, or the next decade
• The importance of not letting your destiny be determined by events that took place decades ago
• How only you can change the things you don't like about your life
• How to view Monday as the best day of the week by viewing life as a blessing and an opportunity
• How being able to wake up every morning and work towards your goals and dreams is a blessing
• The importance of credibility when it comes to thought leadership and lead generation

• Twitter: @realjtmccormick

Carol Tuttle is a teacher, speaker, online influencer, and pioneer in the field of personal development. She's the best-selling author of five books including her newest entitled, "Mastering Affluence," releasing nationwide this fall. For over 25 years, she has supported hundreds of thousands of people worldwide with her life-changing books and online learning programs.

• Branding your name and face: why it's one of the first things Carol did and why she believes it's so important
• The correlation Carol discovered between marketing in book stores and marketing books on the World Wide Web
• Why it's good to emulate what successful people in your field are doing and why Carol chose to do what best-selling authors were doing
• The subtle shift Carol made along the way to make her audience the star rather than focusing all the attention on herself
• Why Carol believes she is her own story and why that makes all the difference in the way she tends to her business
• The importance of training your thoughts and controlling the inner voice that guides your action and how Carol works with her audience to begin reprogramming their thoughts to put their goals in the driver's seat rather than their fears, their hurt, or their anger
• Your thoughts are like a muscle: why Carol believes this and what it means for you as an individual
• Why Carol subtitled her book "Six Lessons to Create a Life Your Love" and what those six lessons are
• The habit Carol practices that she believes has contributed to her success

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/caroltuttle
• Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/dressyourtruth
• Instagram: @caroltuttle
• Twitter: @caroltuttle
• Books: www.amazon.com/Carol-Tuttle/e/B001K8PEX4

Good Morning — I'm Stephen Woessner, CEO of Predictive ROI and your host for Onward Nation. I'm excited to share today's episode with you because my hope is that's going to helpful to you in a couple of different ways.

So here's the first way…

This episode loops back and connects with the video we aired last week on our Predictive ROI YouTube channel where I shared some insights around how to create content while you're running your business.

I know you're busy. I know you have a compressed schedule. I know there are not enough hours in the day to lead your team, take great care of clients, devote yourself to your family, your community, and the myriad of other roles and responsibilities that are important and you want to show for as your best self.

And through all of that…you're being encouraged to create weekly, if not daily, cornerstone content that firmly plants your flag — your point of view into solid ground — which becomes your thought leadership — and to do that in such a way it drives revenue back into your business.

Seriously…how is there possibly enough time in a day or week to get it all done? And yet it is possible — with the right framework in place.

Here's what I mean.

Full show notes available here: https://predictiveroi.com/podcasts/stephen-woessner-solocast-episode-79

Nicole Holland is a podcast guesting authority who has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and The Huffington Post, as well as countless podcasts and virtual productions. She is often called upon to share her expertise with business owners throughout the United States and Canada who are interested in leveraging modern marketing strategies in order to increase their visibility, likability, and credibility.

• How podcast guesting can positively impact your business and your overall brand
• How to do podcast guesting the right way to maximize the positive influence it has on your business, brand, and sales
• How business owners can get their message out about their business, brand, and products
• How to build and scale a business for success after the early formative years
• Whys podcasts are a good opportunity to not just get a message out to the public, but also to build strong relationships
• How some guests are just trying to get their message on as many platforms as possible
• The importance of being a good guest when it comes to podcasts and how to be a good guest
• How referrals and connections can be the source of your most wonderful clients and customers
• The importance of making the most of every podcast guesting opportunity as an entrepreneur or business owner
• How the podcast guests who get the biggest results are the ones with the most bandwidth and resources

• Twitter: @niczthename
• Website: interviewsthatconvert.com

Over the past two decades, Jon Tota has established himself as a pioneer in online education for corporate training. He began his career on Wall Street in sales and technology positions at PaineWebber and UBS. Then after years as a business analyst to some of the largest firms in financial services, Jon co-founded Edulence in 2002 to develop online training solutions for corporate educators. He now spends his time focused on discovering the best experts and helping them turn their knowledge into a subscription business on Knowledgelink.

• How Knowledgelink Network morphed in to what it is today
• Why you should turn your knowledge into a product and then scale it
• The power of having a positive focus
• The importance of building a strong team that will support you
• Why you need to be able to pivot and adapt as a business owner
• Why you should focus on profit margins rather than revenue growth
• A valuable lesson that taught Jon how to be secure when it comes to handling failure
• The value of developing systems around decision-making
• Why you should focus on the one thing where you provide the most value
• Why you need to focus on moving a little bit closer to your goal every day

• Website: knowledgelinknetwork.com
• Podcast: Learning Life