SharkPreneur

By Kevin Harrington & Seth GreeneBusiness Entrepreneurship Marketing Management

SharkPreneur episodes

May 10, 2016 Ron Carucci
Ron is a seasoned consultant with more than 25 years of experience working with CEOs and senior executives of organizations ranging from Fortune 50s to start-ups in pursuit of transformational change. His consulting has taken him to more than 20 different countries on four continents. He has consulted to some of the world’s most influential CEOs and executives on issues ranging from strategy to organization to leadership. He has worked extensively in the health sciences, biotech, and healthcare provider sectors and in the technology, consumer products, and retail food and beverage industries. He has led work on several large-scale merger integrations and subsequent culture change initiatives and enterprise-level global organizational redesigns.
Ron specializes in the areas of:
Strategy formulation – helping companies establish strategic direction in a collaborative fashion that builds ownership
Global organization design and enterprise governance – helping organizations configure capabilities and decision-making processes to execute strategy
Organizational change – designing comprehensive approaches to enrolling organizations into the transformation journey
Executive leadership development – building deeply impacting solutions to build individual and enterprise leadership capability across generations
Enterprise talent strategy – building integrated HR mechanisms to help create competitively differentiated talent solutions for selection, development, and succession
He has helped CEOs, their executive teams, and their enterprises redesign themselves and build appropriate talent strategies to ensure the current and next generation of leaders have the capabilities required by the organization. He has been chief architect of several major leadership development simulations and curriculums for global organizations focused on developing high-potential executive talent and connecting strategy execution to leadership capability.
Ron has spent the last several years exploring his new passion of ushering in the next generation of leaders, helping organizations connect multigenerational workplaces, and helping emerging leaders discover their unique voice and leadership strengths. He has spoken around the world on numerous topics pertaining to developing leaders of tomorrow.
Ron is a former faculty member at Fordham University Graduate School as an associate professor of organizational behavior. He has also served as an adjunct at the Center for Creative Leadership. He is author/co-author of eight books, including the most recent best-selling Rising to Power: The Journey of Exceptional Executives (Greenleaf 2014) with colleague Eric Hansen, The Value-Creating Consultant (AMACOM, 2000) Relationships That Enable Enterprise Change (Jossey-Bass, 2002), the acclaimed Leadership Divided, What Emerging Leaders Need and What You Might Be Missing (Jossey-Bass, 2006) and its companion Facilitator's and Field Guides, Bridging the Leadership Divide (Jossey-Bass, 2010), Future in-Formation: Choosing a Generative Organizational Life (Outskirts, 2008) with colleague Josh Epperson, and Leadership Stories from Tomorrow (Xulon, 2009). He has authored numerous articles and book chapters on the issues of executive leadership and organizational change. His clients have included CitiBank, Corning, Inc., The Hershey Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amgen, Deutsche Bank, Gates Corporation, ConAgra Foods, TriHealth, OhioHealth, Del Monte Foods, Midnight Oil Creative, Weyerhaeuser, McDonald’s Corporation, Starbucks, Microsoft, Sojourners, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Cadbury, Miller Brewing, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Johnson & Johnson, ADP, and the CIA.

Seth Greene is a 6 Time Best Selling Author,

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28 min
May 09, 2016 Derek Rydall
Derek Rydall
Founder and Creator of the Law of Emergence
Part of the new generation of spiritual visionaries and thought leaders, Derek Rydall is the author of the #1 Amazon/Barnes & Noble best-seller EMERGENCE: Seven Steps for Radical Life Change and the world’s #1 expert on the revolutionary Law of Emergence.
He has trained top executives at Fortune 500 companies (from American Express to Disney) in empowered leadership and communications, and has coached celebrities and media professionals, including Oscar and Emmy winners, on creating conscious entertainment.
As a regular Huffington Post contributor, and host of the top-rated Best Year of Your Life podcast on iTunes, he reveals cutting-edge spiritual principles and success strategies to achieve financial freedom and abundance, master productivity and creativity, and gain true wealth and happiness. With his global platform, Derek has touched hundreds of thousands around the planet with his message on finding your path, living your purpose and making a powerful impact!

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24 min
May 06, 2016 Ryan Avery
Jim Rohn taught me, “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” I wanted to put Jim’s theory to the test but I needed help, a lot of help! With the support of my wife as my coach, my friends, family and mentors as my guides, I decided to do something I had never done before.
It is 8am. I have trained 8 months for this; competing against more than 30,000 people from 116 countries. I am speaker number 8 during the final round of competition on the 88th anniversary of Toastmasters, out of 88 districts around the world and the date is August 18th (8/18).
After the final speaker, we sit with the other 2,000 people in the audience and wait 30 minutes to hear the announcement. My heart is pounding, my palms are sweaty and then I hear it…. “The 2012 World Champion of Public Speaking is… Ryan Avery!”
I guess you can now say my new lucky number is…8.
The next morning, I woke up to 269 emails asking me to speak, coach and train leaders all over the world on how to improve their communication abilities. My wife, friends, family and mentors, showed me things are possible when you surround yourself with the right people and they push you past your limits of what you think you were able to accomplish.
I wanted to travel the world and start right away but I was still working at Special Olympics and didn’t want to quit as I loved what I did for a living. However, I started to see that there is a huge opportunity in this world for people wanting training and we can always be growing, learning and developing our leadership skills.
So after long months of talking, thinking, contemplating and debating, my wife and I decided to take the risk and start our own public speaking business in 2013. We quit our jobs, sold everything we owned except what fit in our car, traveled to Texas to move back in with my parents at 26 years old (true Millennials) and start our company out of a corner in their home. Six months later we got on our feet, moved out and now live in Denver, CO (when you want the hour version of this story, let me know and we can grab a drink).
My wife and in Antarctica I right before we set the new world record of being the youngest couple to professionally speak on all seven continents.
Me and my wife in Antarctica right before we set the new World Record for being the youngest couple to professionally speak on all seven continents in 2015.
This has been an incredible adventure. I still have a lot to learn. Every day I study, search and submerse myself in the art of communication. One of the biggest things I have learned in the past three years doing this full time is this:
When you improve your communication abilities, you increase your leadership capabilities!
Now I am on a mission to train leaders how we can utilize the power of storytelling to get others to take action.
I believe we all have the opportunity to do something in our life that can bring us joy and help others excel. During one of my failed attempts at a recent world record my friends taught me what it means to really feel accomplished and what it means to be the leader: when your actions inspire others to take action, you are the leader.
I am taking charge or my life. I am taking chances. I am taking action. Together, if you will let me, I want to share my journey with you, share strategies and stories with you, via my trainings or blog, of what I am learning and have learned along the way to help us accelerate our achievements.
I believe our communication abilities determine our leadership capabilities so I am on a mission to train leaders around the world in the art of communication! If you are interested in one of my trainings, I look forward to hearing from you. If you are interested in reading my articles or watching my videos I look ...

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20 min
May 05, 2016 Stephen Wershing, CFP
I entered the financial services profession in 1987. From representative at Waddell & Reed, I became District Manager and then Division Manager. In 1994 I established an independent practice. By the end of 1996, I was working at the home office of Wall Street Financial Group, eventually rising to Chief Operating Officer. In 2002 I was hired to develop a small independent firm which eventually became Ensemble Financial Services, which I ran until 2010. One of our proudest moments from those years was receiving a Broker Dealer Excellence Award from Boomer Market Advisor magazine. You can download the article about that here.
After leaving Ensemble, I started The Client Driven Practice. I coach financial advisors on referral marketing, strategic differentiation, niche marketing, client advisory boards, and other practice management issues.
I write or have been quoted in most of the industry trade magazines, and have appeared in USA Today. You can see some of my articles and interviews here.
Personal
I live with my wife Gaelen McCormick and our daughter Clara outside Rochester, NY. I have two older kids in college. I enjoy cooking, woodworking, and dancing west coast swing.

Seth Greene is a 6 Time Best Selling Author, Nationally Recognized Direct Response Marketing Expert, and the only back to back to back GKIC Dan Kennedy Marketer of the Year Nominee. To Get a FREE Copy of Seth’s new book Podcast Marketing Magic, and access to a Live Podcast Marketing Training Conference Call go to http://www.UltimateMarketingMagician.com

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29 min
May 04, 2016 Yitzchok Saftlas
Yitzchok Saftlas is the founder and president of Bottom Line Marketing Group, a premier marketing agency helping hundreds of corporate, political and non-profit clients build their brands since 1992.
Mr. Saftlas leads a team of marketing experts in helping clients utilize a range of media to build their brands and grow their businesses. Highlighted campaigns and clients include: NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, L&R Distributors, Dirshu International, Teach NYS and many others.
Yitzchok’s new book: “So, What’s The Bottom Line” released by Morgan James Publishing, contains timeless advice for marketers, seasoned executives, and entrepreneurs. He also hosts a weekly business radio show, “Mind Your Business” which airs on 77WABC in the New York / New Jersey metro area radio every Sunday night.

Seth Greene is a 6 Time Best Selling Author, Nationally Recognized Direct Response Marketing Expert, and the only back to back to back GKIC Dan Kennedy Marketer of the Year Nominee. To Get a FREE Copy of Seth’s new book Podcast Marketing Magic, and access to a Live Podcast Marketing Training Conference Call go to http://www.UltimateMarketingMagician.com

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25 min
May 03, 2016 Evan Hackel
A dynamic, innovative, thoughtful and inspiring leader with 30 years of experience in franchising, distributed networks and cooperatives. Successful history of: (i) turning around a $700 million distressed franchise system into a $2.0 billion revenue business in four years, (ii) reviving and re-energizing a $3.5 billion revenue franchisor and (iii) founding three franchise systems. Experienced corporate board member.
Currently, a consultant to some of the largest franchise systems in North America. A franchise industry leader, widely published, keynote speaker, member of the New England Franchise Association Board, and Co-chair of the International Franchise Associations Knowledge Share Task Force.
Specialties: ·
• Aligning franchisor/member and franchisee/member goals
• Strategic planning
• Communication strategies
• New initiative planning and launch strategies
• All aspects of training
• Creating / improving Advisory Councils / Networking Groups
• Creating meaningful franchisee/member events
• Franchisee/Member/Customer surveys
• New franchise/group development
• Capturing /sharing best practices and ideas
• Board management
• Bylaw review, enforcement

Seth Greene is a 6 Time Best Selling Author, Nationally Recognized Direct Response Marketing Expert, and the only back to back to back GKIC Dan Kennedy Marketer of the Year Nominee. To Get a FREE Copy of Seth’s new book Podcast Marketing Magic, and access to a Live Podcast Marketing Training Conference Call go to http://www.UltimateMarketingMagician.com

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25 min
May 02, 2016 Sylvie Di Giusto
People Packaging is what I do... It's as simple as that.
People whom we meet make quick decisions about us. Should they hire us? Vote for us? Buy something from us? Seven seconds. This is that brief moment in time when others first see you, or your employees, whether it’s at a meeting, on the job, or at an interview. They may have some prior knowledge of you, but this is the first time they actually lay eyes on you.
I help individuals and companies to explore how people make up their minds very quickly about you, your leadership potential or your company, and either open the door for you or slam it shut.
The good thing is that this process is entirely under your control. You can choose to present yourself as a leader, or not. Because, your image is something you can control. You can make it what you want. You can control the message you send to the people who see you and interact with you. It’s a combination of your dress, your attitude, how you communicate and how you present yourself on the internet. These are all things that you can shape and mold to work in your and your company's favor, and help you to rise to the level of leadership to which you aspire.
Twenty years of corporate experience, educating and inspiring thousands of clients across Europe and around the world, made me familiar with the typical challenges that professionals face in their workplace. Over the years I’ve learned it’s better to craft the way others are going to perceive you, rather than to sit back and hope it’s going to be in a great way.
I'm a professional speaker, corporate trainer and image consultant for professionals who place great importance in themselves and their powerful appearance. I'm also the author of "The Image of Leadership", available on Amazon as print or e-Book.

Seth Greene is a 6 Time Best Selling Author, Nationally Recognized Direct Response Marketing Expert, and the only back to back to back GKIC Dan Kennedy Marketer of the Year Nominee. To Get a FREE Copy of Seth’s new book Podcast Marketing Magic, and access to a Live Podcast Marketing Training Conference Call go to http://www.UltimateMarketingMagician.com

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18 min
April 29, 2016 Nick Petit
Nick is an experienced technology and innovation leader. As CEO of Kahoots, Nick inspires a multi-talented team of passionate professionals toward Kahoots’ ultimate goal: simplifying how we connect.
In his current role as Founder and CEO of Kahoots (kahootsapp.com), Nick leads a company of six people that's reinventing personal networking and enterprise sales software.
Prior to Kahoots, he led Infosys' Innovation Team in N.A. which researched major technology shifts and made large strategic investments in anticipation of how these changes would alter the landscape of individual businesses and macro-markets.
He began his career in Morocco as a volunteer in the US Peace Corps.
Nick serves on the board of directors for G-PAC - Gun Violence Prevention PAC.

Seth Greene is a 6 Time Best Selling Author, Nationally Recognized Direct Response Marketing Expert, and the only back to back to back GKIC Dan Kennedy Marketer of the Year Nominee. To Get a FREE Copy of Seth’s new book Podcast Marketing Magic, and access to a Live Podcast Marketing Training Conference Call go to http://www.UltimateMarketingMagician.com

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18 min
April 28, 2016 Dr. Ben Adkins
Dr. Ben Adkins - works with companies to increase their monthly income using the Internet.
http://www.fearlesssocial.com/

Seth Greene is a 6 Time Best Selling Author, Nationally Recognized Direct Response Marketing Expert, and the only back to back to back GKIC Dan Kennedy Marketer of the Year Nominee. To Get a FREE Copy of Seth’s new book Podcast Marketing Magic, and access to a Live Podcast Marketing Training Conference Call go to http://www.UltimateMarketingMagician.com

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26 min
April 27, 2016 Jason Forrest
As a sales professional, author, speaker, and sales coach, Jason’s job is to help sales professionals increase sales and retention rates through Leadership Selling, Leadership Coaching, and Leadership Culture training.
Jason grew up under the influence of his father (a business owner and professional salesperson), his mother, (a persuasive speaking professor), and Zig Ziglar (his Sunday school teacher and world-famous salesperson/motivational speaker). Jason learned sales by selling rather than observing.
These influences and experiences shaped him into who he is today-a salesperson first, a trainer on a mission, a national speaker, and a coach who pushes sales organizations to become the best version of themselves.
Every year, Jason delivers approximately 92 keynotes/seminars and conducts 850 group coaching calls with sales teams, managers, and executives.
Jason lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife, Shelly, and their two kids, Saunders and Mary Jane. They are also the proud owners of two playful Goldendoodles named Happy and Nala.

Seth Greene is a 6 Time Best Selling Author, Nationally Recognized Direct Response Marketing Expert, and the only back to back to back GKIC Dan Kennedy Marketer of the Year Nominee. To Get a FREE Copy of Seth’s new book Podcast Marketing Magic, and access to a Live Podcast Marketing Training Conference Call go to http://www.UltimateMarketingMagician.com

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24 min

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Welcome to the Sharkpreneur Podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene. Kevin Harrington is the inventor of the infomercial, one of the original sharks from the hit tv show shark tank, and has…