Do you work with any prickly people? Even though I'm self employed, I do too. What if you could move those prickly people to preferred outcomes? You can - if you know The Porcupine Principles. And if you listen to this conversation with Steven J. Iwersen, you'll learn at least a few tricks on how you can do exactly that.

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Join me for a chat about leadership with Drew Dudley. Drew Dudley is the Founder & Chief Catalyst of Day One Leadership, Inc., which helps organizations around the world increase their leadership capacity. His clients have included some of the world’s most dynamic companies and organizations, including McDonald’s, DreamWorks Animation, JP Morgan Chase, and over 75 colleges and universities. Prior to founding Day One, he spent 8 years as the Director of one of Canada’s largest leadership development programs at the University of Toronto, and served as National Chair of one of Canada’s largest youth charities, which mobilized 35,000 volunteers to raise a million dollars annually to support the work of Cystic Fibrosis Canada. Drew has spoken to over 250,000 people on 5 continents, been featured on The Huffington Post, Radio America, Forbes.com, and TED.com, where his “TED talk” has been voted “one of the 15 most inspirational TED talks of all time”. TIME, Business Insider and Inc. magazines have all named his talk as one of their “10 speeches that will make you a better leader”.

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Got hypergrowth? Gene Hammett does - and he works with companies to make hypergrowth happen. And he's agreed to share all his secrets, or as many as we can do in an hour. Gene Hammett studies Hypergrowth companies to understand the challenges and opportunities of quick growth. He consults with companies to develop new strategies for their personalized path to growth. Gene speaks internationally about becoming THE choice, not a choice and cultivating the entrepreneurial spirit to activate Hypergrowth. Gene’s podcast, Leaders in the Trenches, has been recognized by Inc. and Entrepreneur for its insight on marketing and sales leadership. Gene is also the author of The Trap of Success: A Brutally Candid Guide to Overcoming Your Fears, Finding Significance, and Achieving Profound Success. A regular contributor to Inc. Magazine, Gene has also been featured in Forbes, Success, Business Insider, and Entrepreneur.

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Dianna Booher is the author of 47 books, available in 60 foreign-language editions. She has published with Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, Warner, McGraw-Hill, HarperCollins/Thomas Nelson, and Berrett-Koehler. Dianna’s work is also widely available in audio, video, and online training programs. Several books have been major book club selections and have won numerous awards. In this conversation, Dianna shares how to traditionally publish a book, why writing your best book is an imperative, and so much more.

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In 2002 Matt began working with business owners through his website agency, in Concert Web Solutions, to improve their bottom line, gain more clients, and grow their respective businesses. He sold his agency in 2018 so that he could focus on helping businesses get more word of mouth referrals! He’s the author of Making Your Website Effective...as well as his new book, “MORE...Word of Mouth Referrals, Lifelong Customers & Raving Fans”. Since 2002 Matt has spoken at hundreds of business events, seminars, training’s, conferences and associations, including Score, The Better Business Bureau, and the Vacation Rental Success Summit in Toronto Canada.

Matt is a graduate of the Heroic Public Speaking Grad School Program, a professional member of the National Speakers Association, and the podcast host of the popular small business podcast Square Peg Round Hole!

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Beyond Satisfaction: Breanne Dyck Every day, inboxes the world 'round are inundated with emails from authors, marketers, podcasters and bloggers all talking about one thing: online courses. Email after email from every corner of the online world, extolling the virtues of getting into the online teaching game, exclaiming that online courses are the perfect solution for scaling and growing a business. As the tidal wave of online courses gains speed and volume, simply having a course is that satisfies customers is no longer good enough. If your business is to grow and thrive, you need to create transformational learning experiences that delight customers. That's where Beyond Satisfaction comes in. Get your copy of Breanne's book Beyond Satisfaction here

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Do you struggle with the right words in sales conversations? Are you wondering if there were some magic words, that you could use and so you could know EXACTLY what to say?

Join me for a conversation with Phil M. Jones, discussing his new book The Sales Guide for Non-Sales Professionals and his previous book Exactly What To Say.

Get a copy of any and all of Phil M. Jones's books on Amazon;

The sales guide for non-sales professionals; Exactly How to Sell walks you through a tried and true process...

Give this a watch. So impactful.

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Can you really make a 60 second sale? I mean really - can you connect in 60 seconds? Author of The 60 Second Sale, Dave Lorenzo, says not only CAN you - but you MUST! But how? Join me for a conversation about Dave's new book The 60 Second Sale. More about Dave Lorenzo:   Dave Lorenzo is an author, professional speaker, sales expert, and business strategy consultant. Dave does three things: 1. Works with business leaders to develop sales strategy and drive revenue growth 2. Develops training programs for sales teams to drive revenue growth 3. Coaches entrepreneurs, sales executives and professionals on relationship-based sales strategy.

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Have you always wondered if you could use LinkedIn ads for your business? I've used them, with limited success. But not like AJ Wilcox. AJ Wilcox is a LinkedIn Ads pro who founded B2Linked.com, a LinkedIn Ads-specific ad agency, in 2014. As official LinkedIn partners, they manage among the world’s most sophisticated advertising accounts worldwide. He's a ginger & triathlete. He & his wife live in Utah, with their 4 kids, and his company car is a wicked-fast go-kart.

To get AJ's free LinkedIn ads cheatsheet, visit http://b2linked.com/checklist

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Larry Levine is an amazing human being, and we can all learn a lot from him. His first book is out now, and it helps us all sell better by being more of ourselves. He calls it Selling from the Heart.

More about the book: Sales has changed in the last 30 years. Gone are the days of manipulative and pushy salespeople who rely on charm to get sales.

Selling from the Heart is the new economy, where relationships matter and old-school techniques just don’t work anymore.

In Selling From the Heart you’ll learn how to not only be yourself, but be your best self and succeed!

Learn more about Selling from the Heart and get the first 3 chapters free at http://www.sellingfromtheheart.net/book/

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