The Drop In CEO

Mark Herschberg explores the issues surrounding mainstream education and preparing future leaders for successful careers in business. Listen in as Deborah and Mark discuss common mistakes leaders make when entering the workforce, the importance of focusing on the clues in front of them, and why leadership is more than just a position, it is a business strategy.

Mark Herschberg is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. Educated at MIT, Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 500s, and academia. He’s developed new software languages, online marketplaces, new authentication systems, and tracked criminals and terrorists on the dark web. Mark helped create the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, MIT’s “Career Success Accelerator”, where he’s taught for twenty years. Mark also serves on the boards of non-profits Techie Youth and Plant a Million Corals. 

You can connect with Mark in the following ways:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hershey/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CareerToolkitBk                           

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCareerToolkitBook

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecareertoolkit/                 

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Lisa Bodell shares the importance of innovation for company growth and the common mistakes leaders make that hinder team innovation. Listen in as Deborah and Lisa discuss going against the status quo, helping your team achieve their highest potential, and why engagement and white space are critical for innovation within your organization.

FutureThink CEO Lisa Bodell ranks among the Top 50 Speakers Worldwide and is the best-selling  author of Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins. She’s a global leader on simplification, productivity  and innovation, whose keynotes leave audiences inspired to change and arms them with radically simple tools to get to the work that matters.  

Bodell brings a compelling perspective to the sought-after topics of simplification and innovation to  over 100,000 people each year. A thought leader and serial entrepreneur, her transformational message  has inspired executives at top-ranked organizations such as Google, Cisco, Citigroup, and the U.S.  Navy War College.  

Based on her best-selling books, Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins, Lisa provides a provocative  yet practical approach that enables organizations and individuals to eradicate the unnecessary  complexity and time-sucks that hold them back from more meaningful work, and allow simplicity to  become their new operating system. 

You can connect with Lisa in the following ways:

Website: www.futurethink.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/futurethink

Twitter: https://twitter.com/futurethinktank

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/futurethink

Are you a CEO dealing with change? Part inspiration, part strategy, I’ve created this resource for CEO’s who leading their team through a rapid transition and looking for a resource and guide to help them stay confident, focused, and a mentor for others. You can download it here: https://mailchi.mp/coviellocm/the-ceos-compass

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On today’s episode Joe Slawek shares the difference between and entrepreneur and a CEO, as well as how each role is responsible for different business goals. Listen in as Deborah and Joe discuss how your relationship with risk changes as a business grows, how trust radiates into workplace culture, and how to make the transition from corporate to entrepreneurial roles.

After years in the flavor industry, Joe Slawek saw the need for a different kind of flavor company that had both great technology and great service. We call it “high tech, high touch.”

Joe wanted to build an organization that could compete with the largest flavor companies across a range of market segments, but also connect with customers as only small companies can, developing relationships, sharing visions, methods and time. He founded FONA in 1987 on these principles.

It’s this commitment to customers that makes FONA a special organization and led to FONA’s numerous awards and recognition (including Forbes Small Giants, Great Place to Work, Inc. Best Workplaces and Fortune magazine). Joe has been personally honored with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year award for Manufacturing in the Midwest.

You can connect to Joe via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-james-slawek-7954a8/

Are you a CEO dealing with change? Part inspiration, part strategy, I’ve created this resource for CEO’s who leading their team through a rapid transition and looking for a resource and guide to help them stay confident, focused, and a mentor for others. You can download it here: https://mailchi.mp/coviellocm/the-ceos-compass

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Dr. David Phelps, DDS shares how a family illness changed his perspective on time, success, and fueled his desire for creating freedom for himself and others. Listen in as Deborah and David discuss feeling torn between work and family, the importance of mentoring others, and how collaboration with others creates freedom and peace of mind.

Dr. David Phelps, DDS owned and managed a private practice dental office for over twenty-one years. While still in dental school, he began his investment in real estate by joint-venturing with his father on their first rental property in 1980. Three years later, they sold the property and David took his $25,000 capital gain share and leveraged it into thirty-one properties that later produced $15,000 monthly net cash flow.

Life was good, the sky was the limit - until the dark day that David’s daughter, Jenna, was diagnosed with Leukemia. In the midst of cancer treatments, epilepsy and ultimately a liver transplant for Jenna, David made the crucial decision to leave clinical practice so that he could spend every moment with his daughter.

David’s “Plan B” (a portfolio of cash-fow producing real estate assets) gave him the Freedom to focus 100% on what mattered most. Jenna won the battle with disease, and David still enjoys the Freedom to cherish every moment with her that he can. Today, David is a nationally recognized speaker on creating Freedom, building real businesses and investing in real estate.

David helps other logical, rational professionals become dreamers, then strategically manifest those dreams into Freedom. Under David’s leadership, the Freedom Founders Mastermind Community grows exponentially, year by year, providing the pathway to Freedom for many professional practice owners.

You can connect with David via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgphelps/

Are you a CEO dealing with change? Part inspiration, part strategy, I’ve created this resource for CEO’s who leading their team through a rapid transition and looking for a resource and guide to help them stay confident, focused, and a mentor for others. You can download it here: https://mailchi.mp/coviellocm/the-ceos-compass

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Today Deborah shares the difference between results and outcomes and how a high-level view of your vision helps you achieve both. Listen in as Deborah explores why daily tasks interrupt your peace of mind, how to clarify that high-level vision you need to create outcomes, and how to empower your team to passionately pursue the outcomes rather than stress over individual results.

Are you a CEO dealing with change? Part inspiration, part strategy, I’ve created this resource for CEO’s who leading their team through a rapid transition and looking for a resource and guide to help them stay confident, focused, and a mentor for others. You can download it here: https://mailchi.mp/coviellocm/the-ceos-compass

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On this episode Jeff Mers shares how his company supports organizations seeking the right talent to optimize their productivity. Listen in as Deborah and Jeff explore the complexities hiring professionals face today, how Jeff helps his clients align business strategy with people strategy, and how to know when your hiring strategy is working.

Jeff Mers was a small business owner for 26 years; specializing in employee benefit package design and contribution strategies. He served 29 years in the Ohio Air National Guard and the United States Air Force as an aircraft maintainer and a Senior First Sergeant. His tours of duty included: Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

He is a business performance advisor with Insperity, specializing in small and mid-size business growth and success. His training as a First Sergeant and experience as a business owner provide him with a strong blend of insight and expertise to help business executives align their people strategy with their business strategy. This alignment works to contain costs, mitigate risk and generate revenue; ultimately helping businesses run better, grow faster and make more money.

You can connect with Jeff in the following ways:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmers/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MersJeff

Website: https://www.insperity.com/bpa/jeff.mers

Are you a CEO dealing with change? Part inspiration, part strategy, I’ve created this resource for CEO’s who leading their team through a rapid transition and looking for a resource and guide to help them stay confident, focused, and a mentor for others. You can download it here: https://mailchi.mp/coviellocm/the-ceos-compass

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JD Gershbein shares the power of storytelling and how CEOs can incorporate more personal branding into their virtual presence. Listen in as Deborah and JD discuss Linkedin as a branding platform and how organizational social media can be supported by the CEO and incorporated into personal branding.

Since 2006, JD Gershbein, CEO of Owlish Communications, has been at the forefront of the social media conversation, pioneering a process that emphasizes the ideals of authentic business communication and the value of a strong, professional representation in the virtual world. One of the world’s first independent LinkedIn consultants, JD is widely regarded as a thought leader in the areas of personal branding, social networking, new media production, and social entrepreneurship. Leveraging his talent for public speaking and facilitation, his diverse academic background, and the improvisation skills he honed at Chicago’s famed Second City, JD bridges the knowledge gap that hinders businesspeople from realizing their true potential in the Digital Age.

You can connect with JD in the following ways:

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdgershbein

View JD’s TEDx talk at https://youtu.be/b3jsrUI8fHk

Company Website: https://www.owlishcommunications.com

Speaker Website: https://www.jdgershbein.com

Subscribe to JD on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/owlishcommunications

Follow JD on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whoisjd

Follow JD on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jdgershbein

Follow JD on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdgershbein

Are you a CEO dealing with change? Part inspiration, part strategy, I’ve created this resource for CEO’s who leading their team through a rapid transition and looking for a resource and guide to help them stay confident, focused, and a mentor for others. You can download it here: https://mailchi.mp/coviellocm/the-ceos-compass

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Today Matthew Carr shares how he keeps his team focused on growth by eliminating obstacles and simplifying the day-to-day tasks that undermine success. Listen in as Deborah and Matt discuss the importance of listening to customers and employees, why workplace culture goes beyond organizational walls, and how Matt is focused on creating a “final employment destination” for his employees.

Matthew Carr is currently the President at Beck Flavors. Matt has made growth and making Beck Flavors a top workplace his top priority. Beck Flavors looks to double it’s size over the next 3-5 years. During his time as President, Beck Flavors has been named to the Inc 5000 list and has been awarded a Top Workplace by the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch. Matt led the initiative to design and build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to accommodate Beck Flavors growth. That facility opened in April of 2021.

Matt has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Tulsa and brings experience in marketing, strategic planning, and program development.  His volunteer work is long and varied.  He was appointed by President George W. Bush and Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez to the District Expert Council in 2007. He has also volunteered at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital since 2003, has been a member of the Bob Costas Gala Committee since 2008, serves on the Board of Governors for Cardinal Glennon. He also had experience on the boards of Saint Martha’s Hall and Rohan Woods School.  Matt and his wife of 18 years Ashley have a son Jack (15) and a daughter Taylor (11).

You can connect with Matt via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-carr-980ab37/

Are you a CEO dealing with change? Part inspiration, part strategy, I’ve created this resource for CEO’s who leading their team through a rapid transition and looking for a resource and guide to help them stay confident, focused, and a mentor for others. You can download it here: https://mailchi.mp/coviellocm/the-ceos-compass

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On this episode Nicole Espinosa shares how she scaled her business by focusing on the mindset shift from task execution to management. Listen in as Deborah and Nicole discuss the value of your network, the difference between a self-employed job and a business, and removing yourself daily tasks as a CEO.

Nicole Espinosa, best-selling author of “Short Sales Uncensored” has been negotiating short sales in the DFW and Houston market since 2011. She launched her company “The Short Sale Queen” in 2019 allowing her team to process short sales nationwide and is currently in 11 markets.

Nicole has been featured on several real estate panels, podcasts, and TV segments. She also teaches classes on short sales to other brokerages, title companies and realtor associations. Nicole’s extensive knowledge in distressed properties has made her the market expert when dealing with difficult transactions.

Nicole is also the Podcast host of “Entrepreneurship #Uncensored where she interviews Entrepreneurs across the country on the good, bad and ugly of Entrepreneurship.

Nicole is passionate about Mentorship and offers mentorship for Real estate agents who are looking to specialize in this niche. Her Real Estate Team “The Queens Network” services the Dallas Fort Worth Area helping buyers and sellers across the metroplex.

When she’s not working on real estate transactions she is mom to her 2 adorable children, Elias and Emma who are her “why” and the reason why she works so hard.

Are you a CEO dealing with change? Part inspiration, part strategy, I’ve created this resource for CEO’s who leading their team through a rapid transition and looking for a resource and guide to help them stay confident, focused, and a mentor for others. You can download it here: https://mailchi.mp/coviellocm/the-ceos-compass

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Joel Block shares the advantages of focusing on the resources you have within your team and how to use them effectively in the future. Listen in as Deborah and Joel explore how to take bigger risks, how to assess your current team for future growth, and what your team needs to know about general decision logic.

Joel’s a futurist and longtime venture capitalist & hedge fund manager (gobbledygook for professional investor) who lives in a Shark Tank like on TV. Since selling his publishing company to a Fortune 500, Joel’s cage-rattling keynotes expose Wall Street insights and the inside track on high-velocity innovation – empowering businesses to predict and prepare for their futures.

You can connect with Joel in the following ways:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelblock

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joelblock

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/joelgblock/

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_G._Block

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoelBlock

Joel on YouTube: http://bit.ly/Joel-on-YouTube

Website:      http://www.JoelBlock.com/

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Are you a CEO dealing with change? Part inspiration, part strategy, I’ve created this resource for CEO’s who leading their team through a rapid transition and looking for a resource and guide to help them stay confident, focused, and a mentor for others. You can download it here: https://mailchi.mp/coviellocm/the-ceos-compass

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