Interview by Chicke Fitzgerald of the Game Changer Network, showcased on C-Suite Network

The Only Leaders Worth* Following explores what makes some leaders successful while others fail. In it, Tim Spiker explains the Who* Not What Principle —that becoming a truly great leader is far more about developing who we are as people than improving what we do. In spite of data, logic, and personal experiences that point to it, few leaders intentionally and consciously order their own leadership development or the leadership development within their organizations by this principle.What lives within the well-developed Who that makes an exceptional leader? To start, it is far more complex than having good moral character. It means addressing our insecurities and drive for self-preservation. It requires investigation into our core assumptions about life and the personal disciplines we exercise. In short, it means becoming Inwardly Sound and Others Focused.While becoming a well-developed Who is challenging, it is both the most important and most efficient path to reaching our potential as leaders. Who our leaders are, rather than what they do, ultimately determines if we will follow them over the long haul…and it will determine if others will follow us as well.

Chicke Fitzgerald is an e𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💡 I zig where others zag, creating value, growth and bringing to life crazy good ideas that will leave a legacy #͏z͏i͏g͏w͏i͏t͏h͏c͏h͏i͏c͏k͏e

The Game Changer is featured on C-Suite Network.

Interview by Chicke Fitzgerald of the Game Changer Network, showcased on C-Suite Network

Unlock your inner audacity and become the leader you were born to be

Women are often told that dreaming bigger and exuding confidence is the key to achieving professional success. While big dreams and confidence might get you started, they won’t fuel you throughout the marathon and over the finish line. In order to keep going through thick and thin, you need audacity.

You’re Kind of a Big Deal provides the strategies, tools, and inspiration you need to power up your potential, break free from limiting beliefs, and make your biggest dreams a reality. International keynote speaker and successful entrepreneur Erin King helps you step into the role of CEO of your own life and better execute your responses to challenging feedback from the world around you, so you can:

Move through any and all obstacles between you and your goals

Be more present, honest, and authentic in your professional and personal life

Increase your energy to take on the toughest challenges

Develop greater clarity on your place and purpose in life

Handle social settings and meet new people with a new sense of confidence

Drop the automatic negative thoughts and stay positive even in the face of adversity

You’re Kind of a Big Deal dares you to listen more closely to your intuition when it comes to pulling the trigger on big, courageous business decisions―even if those decisions might initially shock those in your orbit.

Get ready to finally break through all barriers standing between you and the goals you were born to absolutely crush because the fact is, You’re Kind of a Big Deal.

Chicke Fitzgerald is an e𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💡 I zig where others zag, creating value, growth and bringing to life crazy good ideas that will leave a legacy #͏z͏i͏g͏w͏i͏t͏h͏c͏h͏i͏c͏k͏e

The Game Changer is featured on C-Suite Network.

Interview by Chicke Fitzgerald of the Game Changer Network, showcased on C-Suite Network

From the author of Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way comes a game-changing guide to help everyone in a leadership position eliminate resistance, Gain Buy-In and achieve better results- FASTER!

Everyone knows what qualities define a good leader, but how many of us know what steps to take to become that great leader? The secret formula is what sales and leadership coach Ron Karr calls the Velocity Mindset®: a perfect balance of speed and direction, both of which must remain in alignment for personal and professional success.

Utilizing anecdotes and Karr’s thirty-plus years of experience, The Velocity Mindset® demonstrates how taking time to PAUSE and visualize a desired outcome can propel you forward with purpose and beyond personal obstacles, positively influencing those around you. Whether you are in the entry-level stage of a career, a seasoned manager, or just looking to make a personal change, The Velocity Mindset® provides you with the tools you need to:

Leverage the psychology of influence,

Successfully engage the skills and passion of employees, teams, and customers,

Remove barriers,

Position products and services more powerfully, and

Achieve bigger results.

Compelling and full of cross-industry wisdom, The Velocity Mindset® offers innovative and practical strategies to differentiate yourself from the competition, increase your profits, and get to the next level of success, faster.

Chicke Fitzgerald is an e𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💡 I zig where others zag, creating value, growth and bringing to life crazy good ideas that will leave a legacy #͏z͏i͏g͏w͏i͏t͏h͏c͏h͏i͏c͏k͏e

The Game Changer is featured on C-Suite Network. To order the book click HERE.

How the World’s Most Prolific Innovators Come Up with Great Ideas that Deliver Extraordinary Outcomes

Interview by Chicke Fitzgerald of the Game Changer Network, showcased on C-Suite Network

"All my life I’ve found opportunities where others didn’t. And I’ve delivered results others couldn’t. I’ve launched companies.

Grown others. Taught people how to think differently. Helped them reach extraordinary results."

People think innovation isn’t sustainable, so they make it much harder than it has to be. Experts portray it as confusing and complicated so they can charge big fees. Executives make it intimidating and complex, so they appear smarter and important. Traditional innovators imply you need a special degree or training to know how to do it right. The truth is, consistently coming up with great ideas isn’t a talent one is born with or a skill that takes years to learn. It’s actually a simple 5-step framework that anyone can follow to look at the work that they do differently, and have a bigger impact on the people they serve.

RE:Think Innovation answers the question of how to tie individual competence with innovation techniques to direct corporate outcomes. Within its pages, Carla Johnson shows how to create a unified, idea-driven employee base that delivers more ideas in a shorter amount of time. Ultimately, this is the path that makes organizations genuinely nimble, passionate, innovative powerhouses that deliver extraordinary outcomes for sustained periods of time.

Chicke Fitzgerald is an e𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💡 I zig where others zag, creating value, growth and bringing to life crazy good ideas that will leave a legacy #͏z͏i͏g͏w͏i͏t͏h͏c͏h͏i͏c͏k͏e

The Game Changer is featured on C-Suite Network.

Interview by Chicke Fitzgerald of the Game Changer Network showcased on C-Suite Network

Marketing strategy is so important to a small business, yet oftentimes marketing initiatives are relegated to the bottom of a business owner’s to do list -- after sales, operations and finance.

Without some background and training, marketing can seem superfluous and unnecessary.

A focus on sales – and that big sales win -- is more likely to get a business owner’s adrenalin pumping.

Getting the office into shape, hiring under control, manufacturing processes structured and financial processes established can be so neat and structured and satisfying when you cross off the items on your to-do list.

Yet the lack of a comprehensive overarching strategy can lead business owners to decisions that aren’t the best for the company’s long-term health and, in fact, could stifle the organization.

Chinese general and military strategist, Sun Tzu, said it best:

Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

In my book, Marketing Essentials for Small Business, I cover the basics of marketing strategy in simple, direct, easy-to-understand language and direction.

Chicke Fitzgerald is an e𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💡 I zig where others zag, creating value, growth and bringing to life crazy good ideas that will leave a legacy #͏z͏i͏g͏w͏i͏t͏h͏c͏h͏i͏c͏k͏e

The Game Changer is featured on C-Suite Network.

Interview by Chicke Fitzgerald of the Game Changer Network, showcased on C-Suite Network

A brilliantly clear and simple path for turning your business into a force for good in the world.

Chicke Fitzgerald is an e𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💡 I zig where others zag, creating value, growth and bringing to life crazy good ideas that will leave a legacy #͏z͏i͏g͏w͏i͏t͏h͏c͏h͏i͏c͏k͏e

The Game Changer is featured on C-Suite Network.

Interview by Chicke Fitzgerald of the Game Changer Network, showcased on C-Suite Network

Vision with a Capital V™ will show you that if you focus on your inner self, you will happily reveal your highest business destiny, your own Vision with a Capital V. Once this inner certainty is practiced, you will discover how to achieve lifelong abundance and prosperity.

Vision with a Capital V™ – Create the Business of Your Dreams features:

• The Take the “Is your Business for Real?” quiz

• The “Tell the Truth about the Current State of Your Business” quiz

• Caution Light Clues

• The Vision with a Capital V – Twelve Step Program

• Seven Strategies to Keep Your Vision Alive

Inside each fully packed chapter:

Chapter One: When was the last time you reviewed your business? Are you still satisfied with your business? Do you have a real business or just a hobby? Discover the real truth about the current state of your business.

Chapter Two: What is standing in your way? Many business owners procrastinate on their path to success because of the not so subtle blocks and barriers. Discover what these barriers are and learn how to remove them easily and effortlessly.

Chapter Three: Identify your vision and why you should have one, especially if you want to be successful in your business. Discover why a business plan is not enough and determine the value of a business vision. Increase your income and reduce your anxieties.

Chapter Four: You don’t have to do it alone ever again! This chapter will show you how to keep your vision alive with the renowned Seven Strategies that you can use and rely on forever!

Vision with a Capital V™ is different in that it focuses on the internals of you and your business. This will help prevent overwhelm, loneliness and insecurity.

Vision with a Capital V™ will clearly define who you really are, the service that you truly provide as well as the people you want in your life.

Vision with a Capital V™ will help you eliminate anything standing in the way of attracting the design for your perfect business.

Vision with a Capital V™ will help you determine the qualities, values, and principles required for your Vision.

Vision with a Capital V™ – Create the Business of Your Dreams will also show you how to think really, really big.

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO THINK REALLY, REALLY BIG?

By thinking big, your vision is expanded. This expanded vision creates the space for what you thought was impossible, to show up and make its presence know.

This book will help you create a Vision with a Capital V™ that inspires and motivates you.

This book will help you create a Vision Team to assist you in defining and attracting what you want.

Vision with a Capital V™ will provide you with insights, tools and strategies to help keep your vision alive.

This book will help you create the business you really want.

All you have to do is know what you want, why you want it and how you can manifest the business vision of your dreams.

Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Well, it will be once you put your mind to right thought and right action.

Chicke Fitzgerald is an e𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💡 I zig where others zag, creating value, growth and bringing to life crazy good ideas that will leave a legacy #͏z͏i͏g͏w͏i͏t͏h͏c͏h͏i͏c͏k͏e

The Game Changer is featured on C-Suite Network.

Interview by Chicke Fitzgerald of the Game Changer Network, showcased on C-Suite Network

When is the last time you cried while reading a business book? Be warned, Dianne Crampton’s fourth published work, Becoming TIGERS – Leading Your Team to Success, is not your father’s business book. In this emotionally engaging novel, Crampton uses the best traditions of learning by parable to take us on a transformative journey through the jungle of myths, mistakes, and mastery of leadership. Apply the lessons from this engaging novel and you’ll improve your leadership skills for the rest of your life.

Derek, a young manager and project team leader, is a mess. He has been given an ultimatum: improve his leadership behavior or find employment elsewhere. Multiple employees quit because of him and provided a laundry list of reasons why Derek is a terrible boss. Now, Derek has only the weekend to self-reflect and craft a plan to save his job. He digs deep to muster the energy to help his third-grade daughter with a weekend reading assignment about a tiger lord on the brink of losing his tribe when faced with a life-threatening event. The parallel to Derek’s own crisis is... enlightening.

Through the pages of Becoming TIGERS, Crampton addresses key leadership and teamwork mistakes from the lens of a micro-managing, command and control leader who is faced with devastating losses. What Derek learns from a pointed children’s fable just might change everything!

Sometimes the best lessons in life are the simplest. If you are tired of traditional business management books with very little empathy for the challenges you face, then add Becoming TIGERS to your bookshelf today. It just may transform your life!

DIANNE CRAMPTON is one of North America's leading experts on corporate team culture and is a sought-after Workforce Development Consultant, Workforce Behavior Improvement Coach, Speaker and Author. While obtaining her advanced degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University, Crampton conducted comprehensive research on group dynamics, and discovered that the six TIGERS® principles (Trust, Interdependence, Genuineness, Empathy, Risk and Success) are necessary for building ethical, quality-focused, productive, motivated and successful groups of people. Her TIGERS system has been independently tested twice for its ability to predict and prescribe -- with certainty -- on-target and just-in-time team interventions and training.

Crampton has presented the TIGERS model to organizations like the National Institute of Applied Business Ethics and the United Nations Sponsored Inter-generational Conference. TIGERS was nominated by Merrill Lynch for Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

For more information, please visit https://becomingtigers.com/.

Chicke Fitzgerald is an e𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💡 I zig where others zag, creating value, growth and bringing to life crazy good ideas that will leave a legacy #͏z͏i͏g͏w͏i͏t͏h͏c͏h͏i͏c͏k͏e

The Game Changer is featured on C-Suite Network.

Interview by Chicke Fitzgerald of the Game Changer Network, showcased on C-Suite Network

Real life. Author Kristin S. Kaufman has had the good fortune in her life to have many seats saved for her—both literally and figuratively. In this final book of her Is This Seat Taken? trilogy, Kristin invites you to come along with her as she revisits the moments in her life when she discovered the unmistakable wisdom revealed through the “seats” in which she found herself seated, from an empty folding chair at her high school reunion to the most formative roles of her career.

Real lessons. In this, her most compelling and deeply personal book yet, Kristin shares with you her own struggles and victories to help illuminate the powerful life lessons that reveal themselves through everyday experiences—but only if you know how to look.

A call-and-response story. Kristin invites you on her personal journey, offering questions along the way to motivate and inspire you to discover the lessons in your own life, gained from experiences such as:

•Suffering the loss of a parent

•Learning to make friends as an adult

•Striving for career success

•Ending abusive or toxic relationships

•Growing up with small-town values

Chicke Fitzgerald is an e𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💡 I zig where others zag, creating value, growth and bringing to life crazy good ideas that will leave a legacy #͏z͏i͏g͏w͏i͏t͏h͏c͏h͏i͏c͏k͏e

The Game Changer is featured on C-Suite Network.

Interview by Chicke Fitzgerald of the Game Changer Network, showcased on C-Suite Network

What Is Live the Life of Your Dreams?

Live the Life of Your Dreams is your self-help guide for a second chance at living the lifestyle you imagined before you started working. As a youngster, you had a dream to be somebody and to have the freedom to do what you love. Something you experienced in your life caused you to forget about your dreams and focus on finding a way to make a living. You started your life by being open-minded and carefree - dreaming of what you want in life. But you got caught up with what others wanted for your life and forgot to find a way to Live the Life of Your Dreams.

But as most of us find out, no matter how much we work and no matter how much money we make, time passes by quickly and we long for the freedom to do what makes us feel good. The only way to Live the Life of Your Dreams is to plan it and make a roadmap that will take you there. Yes, you can Live the Life of Your Dreams by planning your lifestyle and reviewing consistently if you have a simple guide and know how.

Live the Life of Your Dreams guides you and gives you the framework to reclaim your dreams and make your life better. The impact of having a plan and a roadmap for achieving your dream lifestyle is immeasurable. It could help repair your family, improve your health, save your marriage, increase your income, give you more freedom to do the things you love and more…

But only if you know how to organize a plan and create a clear roadmap to Live the Life of Your Dreams.

Live the Life of Your Dreams will help you reclaim your dreams and give you the confidence to achieve and receive them…

Live the Life of Your Dreams will show you how to make a simple lifestyle plan so that you can start living your dream life now…

Live the Life of Your Dreams will teach you how to make your plan work for you easily and effortlessly with a proven framework…

As Oprah Winfrey once said: “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”

Living the Life of Your Dreams matters and this book will help you reclaim your dreams.

DANIEL LEFAVE had a dream of entertaining people on TV. He dreamt of being a comedian and having thousands of raving fans. He wasn’t aware of how much effort it would take, but he was hooked on the idea of being in the spotlight. In grade six, he performed a magic trick in front of a full auditorium. In grade eight, his poem was published. By grade nine his dream was forgotten and he settled for working with his family in their meat shop. His dreams of being an actor faded because he didn’t see or seize the opportunity to act and entertain. Today he entertains, trains and coaches thousands of people how to live the life of their dreams.

CHICKE FITZGERALD is an e𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 💡 I zig where others zag, creating value, growth and bringing to life crazy good ideas that will leave a legacy #͏z͏i͏g͏w͏i͏t͏h͏c͏h͏i͏c͏k͏e

The Game Changer is featured on C-Suite Network.