The Drop In CEO

Today on the Drop In CEO, storytelling expert Dan Bennett shares his best advice for sustaining a personal brand through authentic storytelling. Listen in as Deborah and Dan discuss buying a product vs. buying a story, how businesses are poised to tell a story, and why storytelling strengthens the message and purpose of your brand.

Dan Bennett is the, Flint born and raised, Founder of Cell Core Creative, an “Authentic Story Development” company.

Which he says is just a fancy way of saying that they elevate businesses and organizations by helping them effectively tell “their” stories to a highly targeted audience.

Through Cell Core Creative’s extensive creative discovery process, they work with organizations to craft and hone their stories, identify and clarify their messaging, and target ideal clients and customers.

Dan has had the privilege to work with some amazing clients like… Harley Davidson, Hasbro, Cisco, Anheuser-Busch, Camaro, and many more.

He is also public speaker who has been flown all over the United States to share his knowledge and expertise on storytelling in business “and” the power of video.

Dan’s personal brand uses the moniker “The #Antipreneur” which houses a podcast, ongoing workshops and an entrepreneurial conference being held in Detroit, MI July 16th/17th 2020 at the Grand Circus Detroit – called “The #Antipreneur Exchange”

The #Antipreneur focuses on taking a no shortcuts, no magic pill, no BS approach to helping people build their business and personal brands.

You can connect with Dan in the following ways:

Cell Core website:  www.cellcorecreative.com

Instagram.com/cellcorecreative

Twitter.com/cellcorecreativ

Linkedin.com/company/cellcorecreative

Facebook.com/cellcorecreative

Episode Links:

Ashley’s Antipreneur Podcast Episode: https://youtu.be/xKcqhQx5hVw

Ashley’s short clip about your story is worth telling: https://youtu.be/viHFFw5sRes

Dan Harmon’s Story Circle: https://blog.reedsy.com/dan-harmon-story-circle/

To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals.

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Today on the Drop In CEO, international growth expert Colin Christmas shares his best advice for developing engaged and productive leadership teams. Join Deborah and Colin as they discuss creating efficiency and effectiveness with processes, dealing with egos and pride when facing broken processes, explaining the ROI of a good management system, and helping the leadership team be part of the solution.

Colin joined EAGLE in 2019 as a Managing Director to support EAGLE’s International growth. He is an experienced professional with 20+ years in the food industry working for Nestlé. Colin had the privilege to live and work in numerous countries around the world which helped develop an excellent understanding of people, process, and systems whilst working with different cultures.

Colin has a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Computing and Business Analytics from the University of Huddersfield, with specialization in Quality Control, Quality Management Systems and Business Process Management. He also has program completion certificates from Wageningen University and Research for Food Safety Management and from London Business School for an Executive Leadership Program.

You can connect with Colin via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-christmas-232b351/

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Today on the Drop In CEO, customer experience and operating performance master Jack Kahler shares how he helps businesses serve clients better by instilling confidence, implementing proven systems, and being a forever learner. Join Deb and Jack as they discuss identifying and elevating the gifts of your team, how your confidence impacts and inspires others, and why you should always ask yourself, “What do we want the future to look like?”

Jack Kahler is Managing Partner of Xenov8 LLC. Specializing in complex business transformation, Mr. Kahler helps Fortune 1000 and middle market clients improve customer experience, operating performance, EBITDA, cash flow and working capital by optimizing processes, implementing automation and digital solutions, redesigning organizations and realigning operating models. He has more than 20 years’ experience leading global improvement initiatives and is a recognized expert in enterprise transformation.

Mr. Kahler brings deep experience developing end-to-end solutions for customer-facing processes, quote to cash, operations, supply chain, finance and back office functions. As Transformation Program Leader, he has implemented Agile Lean-based programs, deployed and managed cross-functional business and technical teams, built consensus support for innovative initiatives, and architected high impact digital and process solutions in complex environments. Combining technical, business process and organizational design expertise, Mr. Kahler is known for his holistic, collaborative, process-focused, data-driven approach and for delivering meaningful results.

Prior to forming Xenov8 LLC, Mr. Kahler was a Senior Managing Director and practice leader with FTI Consulting where he worked with CEOs, CFOs and business leaders to improve customer experience, service delivery, business operations and compliance. Mr. Kahler was also a Director and firm wide Operational Excellence subject matter expert with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he developed the firm’s Lean methodology, trained over 700 consultants, and implemented high-impact global transformation programs for clients in the Americas, Europe and Asia/Pacific regions.

Mr. Kahler holds an MBA with concentrations in operations and marketing from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University. He is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and holds a CPIM from APICS.

You can connect with Mr. Kahler in the following ways:

Company Link: www.xenov8.com

Personal LinkedIn Bio: www.linkedin.com/in/jackkahler

To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals.

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This week on the Drop In CEO, business transformation expert Peter Goral shares the importance of creating an experience to help customers understand your business. Listen in as Deb and Peter discuss the art of listening to your team, being a curator of your team by identifying the skills of others and knowing how to utilize them, and understanding your own skills in order to best serve others.

As an executive leader in Business Transformation, Peter Goral provides counsel and guidance to leading national brands with respect to building and growing their footprint in the market through Social Media Strategies.

With core competencies in human resources, business development, marketing, operations and go to market strategies, Peter has spent years consulting in these areas for organizations in several industries.

In his role at ArtEnvy Inc. Peter is the Business Development Lead, Solution Evangelist, Project Sponsor & Engagement Manager, working across all departments to oversee the customer relationship and guarantee customer satisfaction.

You can connect with Peter in the following ways:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterggoral/

https://twitter.com/ArtsandClouds

https://speakerhub.com/speaker/peter-g-goral

https://www.facebook.com/PeterGGoral

https://www.instagram.com/pggartenvy/

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On today’s episode of the Drop In CEO, operations and human resources expert Dave Haase shares his story of transforming a newly acquired plant by utilizing the knowledge and talents of existing personnel. Listen in as Deb and Dave discuss leading your team by example, being aware of how you present as a role model, and how to communicate honestly and with integrity.

Dave Haase is Operations/Human Resource Executive with over 30 years of broad-based progressive experience in operations. supply chain and Human Resource management with Top Global Flavor companies.

Leveraging his strong communication, analytical and people development skills, under his leadership, Dave has achieved amazing results in his career. 

As Vice President of Human Resources directly responsible for over 700 people, he’s successfully implemented Succession Planning, established Training & Development, regionalized supply chain operations and integrated operations while maintaining service & quality levels with customers.

Previously as the Vice President of Operations, Dave was had multi plant responsibility overseeing Business Support, Commercialization, Order fulfillment, Purchasing, Planning, Process development, Logistics, Warehousing, Engineering, and local site management.  Under his leadership and guidance he generated Multi- million dollars in revenue with a significant Operations & Procurement budget. Dave also developed the corporate strategy leading to double digit growth for 3 consecutive years.

Everywhere Dave goes, he makes a significant impact on the business, but you’ll find through our conversation today, Dave’s biggest impact is on the people he leads.

You can connect with Dave via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/david-haase-a5ba2010

To learn more about how you can connect with Deb, go to https://www.dropinceo.com/ or join the Drop in CEO Facebook group for more conversations on how to lead, inspire, and achieve your goals.

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