The Authority Business Show

The plan is broken, the facts are incomplete, and everyone is waiting on you.

Executive coach and author Henry J. Evans shares how to stay steady when pressure spikes, drawing on 25 years of leadership and 16,000+ coaching hours.

You'll hear why fear hijacks your judgment, the Ferrari vs. bicycle model for clearer thinking, the 40-70 Rule for faster decisions, and how the three stages of crisis keep teams focused on what matters now.

Plus hard lessons from counterterrorism, COVID, and his new book, Bombs, Bacon, and Bankruptcy: The Art of Crisis Leadership.

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🌐 Website: https://www.henryjevans.com/

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Toxic ingredients in your daily skincare, fragrance, and cleaning products quietly drain your energy, focus, and clarity at work. You have optimized your calendar and your systems, yet you still hit the afternoon fog. That is not a discipline problem. Your skin comes from the same embryonic tissue as your nervous system, so what you put on it triggers stress and inflammation.

Jodi Allison Scott, co-founder and CEO of Green Goo, shows how to cut your toxic load without fear. You leave with simple swaps that return clarity to your work.

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CONNECT WITH JODI ALLISON SCOTT

🌐 Website: https://www.greengoo.com

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greengoohelps/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodi-scott-7234331b8/

▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@greengoo1039

🐦 X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/greengoohelps

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenGooHelps/

📧 Contact: https://www.greengoo.com/pages/contact-us

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Business ideas stall in the same place for most entrepreneurs, after the excitement and before the first paying customer. That gap is not a talent problem. It is a commercialization problem, and it has a system. The real work is building the relationships, business model, and ecosystem that make an idea usable.

Arie Brish, a technology executive, investor, and author of the Amazon bestseller Lay an Egg and Make Chicken Soup, has spent nearly 50 years turning innovations into revenue. You leave knowing what your idea needs next.

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Brand perception is the gap between what you know your business delivers and what a first-time visitor can actually see. You're not losing because you're underqualified — you're losing because your website, LinkedIn, and content aren't giving prospective clients enough evidence to recognize the work happening inside.

Beverly Cornell, founder of Wickedly Branded® and Brand Evolution Strategist with nearly 30 years of experience, walks through the Brand Magic Lens — six areas where that gap lives: Story, Perspective, Humanity, Differentiation, Visibility, and Brand Experience. Close the gap, and the right clients start finding you without the long explanation.

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Sequence of returns risk is the quiet reason two people with identical savings retire to opposite outcomes. The order of your returns, not the average, decides whether the money lasts, and the five years around retirement carry three times the weight of the next twenty. The gap is not your return rate; it is a missing cash cushion and guaranteed income floor.

Mark Kollar, a retirement income specialist with thirty-five years guiding retirees, shows how to survive a bad first five years. Listen before timing decides it for you.

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CONNECT WITH MARK KOLLAR
🌐 Website: https://www.retirementincomestrategies.pro
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markakollar/
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkKollarRetirementExpert
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kollarinsuranceservices
📚 Book: The Retirement Navigator, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2ZRYGLF
📥 Free Report: 7 Mistakes Retirees Make, https://sevenmistakes.subscribepage.io/
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Success can look perfect on paper and still leave you empty, burned out, and quietly asking if this is really it.

Richard Strilowich shows why that happens, and why the fix is not always quitting. He spent over 40 years in global corporations and 30 studying contemplative Christian, Eastern, and Western traditions.

As the author of The Corporate Sage, he shows that your career can become part of your spiritual path, not the thing blocking it.

He unpacks why burnout ties to your relationship with work, how identity fuses to your title, and the 5-minute practice that shifts stress in real time.

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CONNECT WITH RICHARD STRILOWICH
🌐 Website: https://stillpointcoach.com/
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rstrilo/
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJtz6bnNOAD8Z1SKQWQxEQ
📚 Book: The Corporate Sage — https://stillpointcoach.com/book-page
🎁 Free Workbook: https://stillpointcoach.com/workbook
📞 Book a Call: https://stillpointcoach.com/book-a-call

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What if you stopped waiting to find yourself and started creating the life you want?

CEO coach Dennis Marvel shares the self-creation mindset he teaches doctors, dentists, and veterinarians.

Learn the white canvas method for redesigning your life, why your response to hardship shapes everything, and the life-by-design process that aligns your values and goals.

Dennis also reveals what clinicians are never taught about leadership, why private practice matters for patient care, and how patients can take more control of their healthcare.

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🌐 Website: https://dennismarvel.com/

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Nobody hands you a seat at the table. You take it, earn it, and keep it.

AnnaRose Mongiello-Ciminera, Executive Director of Formaggio Italian Cheese, talks about rising in an industry still run mostly by men.

She shares how she built authority without waiting for permission, how a family legacy became award-winning retail success, and what really drives a busy parent's buying decision.

You'll learn why food brands overload their labels, why less is more in packaging, and the daily systems that keep her strategic instead of just busy.

A practical conversation on leadership, influence, and shopper insight for women in business and CPG founders.

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🧀 Website: https://formaggiocheese.com/

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What if the problem was never your willpower? If you've bought the planner, built the color-coded routine, and watched it collapse the moment work got chaotic, this conversation is your reset.

April Cruz, founder of Projectora Consulting, reveals why capable people abandon their own systems and how to build ones that survive real life.

You'll learn the three reasons systems fail, how to tell if your workflow is badly designed or just untested, and the questions she uses to audit any planner, inbox, or task list.

For leaders and overwhelmed professionals ready to stop blaming themselves.

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If you're juggling a business, a side hustle, and competing priorities, this episode is your blueprint for staying in control.

Serial entrepreneur Todd Katcher has spent 12 years building companies across industries, and he shares the mindset, systems, and daily habits that keep him productive without burnout.

You'll discover why "follow the money" comes first, how he keeps ideas from slipping away, and why fitness is the foundation of everything else.

Essential listening if you want to build more without burning out.

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Connect with Todd and check out his companies below!

🚗 Digital Dealership System: https://digitaldealershipsystem.com/

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