Welcome back to the Pink Elephant! Adrian Koehler, executive coach, joins us to talk all about leadership and how to become a better leader. Through his work, Adrian has trained and developed leaders in Navy SEALs, NIKE, Virgin Hyperloop One, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Herschel Supply Co., Oprah Winfrey Network, Gavin DeBecker & Associates, Siegel & Gale, UCLA and others.

In this episode, Adrian shares his journey to becoming an executive coach, why change is difficult for people, how rewarding it is to watch someone become a better leader, how fear impacts our leadership, building courage for leaders, and so much more.

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Welcome back to the Pink Elephant! This week, Peter Wasmer joins us to talk about his journey as an entrepreneur and leader. Peter is the founder of ProValet, a Business Automation Software: Cloud-based Field Management Solutions Platform for service companies. Peter and his team have more than 90 years of combined experience simplifying and automating service management. They're passionate about creating solutions designed to help drive your business instead of holding it back.

In this episode, Peter talks about the jobs he held early in his career, when he decided to pursue entrepreneurship, building a successful team, the important of communication, his core values when it comes to leadership, and so much more.

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Emma Fox joins us for this week's episode of The Pink Elephant! She is a Healthcare financing expert and benefits advocate specializing in custom self-funded medical plan architecture with alternative funding mechanisms. Emma is also a Co-host of the Healthcare Hangover podcast, creator & instructor of the credentialed Certified Health Value Advisor (CHVA) course, industry speaker, founder of the Annual YOU Powered Symposium, founder of the Association for Healthcare Advisors (AFHCA), and creator of the NABIP Leadership Academy & Leadership Mentor Program.

In this episode, Emma shares when her passion for healthcare began, why she is motivated to continue advocating for healthcare, how her business has changed since the beginning, what keeps her motivated, what living with purpose means to her, and so much more.

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Welcome back to The Pink Elephant! Caroline Callaway, President and Founder of Bolt PR joins us today. She founded Bolt PR in 2007 and it has since become an award-winning public relations, content and digital marketing agency. Bolt PR partners with top brands across consumer goods, B2B SaaS and professional services, health/sports/fitness/wellness, franchising, and QSR/restaurants/hospitality. In this episode, Caroline talks about starting Bolt PR, the types of companies that Bolt PR is a great fit for, their strategic focus with partners, why she is passionate about leading with a people-first approach, and so much more.

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Welcome back to The Pink Elephant! Today, Cameron Hardesty shares her unique, inspiring journey building her floral business, Poppy. Cameron talks about how she went from working in the White House to following her entrepreneurial spirit, the ups and downs of starting a company, pivotal moments that impacted the success of Poppy, honing in on a niche for her business, and so much more. Enjoy!

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Carol Pinchefsky writes about science, technology, business, and geek culture. She is the author of author of Turn Your Fandom Into Cash, which is a book that will teach you how to start a business doing what you love–particularly if you love fandom. Throughout this conversation, Carol talks about the impact that fandoms have across multiple industries and the economy, why fandoms are so personal to each individual, jaw dropping statistics of fandom culture, why she decided to write Turn Your Fandom Into Cash, and so much more.

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Website: https://carolpinchefsky.com/

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Alex McIntosh, co-founder and CEO of Thrive Natural Care, joins us on this episode. Alex and his team at Thrive are on a mission to regenerate our skin, the planet, and rural farmer communities through their unique super plant ingredients that are grown regeneratively. You’ll hear his journey to creating a skincare brand, the inspiration behind the brand, his leadership style and philosophies, why he’s passionate about building a regenerative business, and so much more. 

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Barak Zilberberg joins us on The Pink Elephant to share all about his decision to run in the 2024 election for President of the United States of America. Throughout this episode, Barak talks about his background in entrepreneurship, why he decided to run for office, what makes him different from other presidential candidates, what his vision is for America, and so much more.

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Riah Greathouse is a Managing Trial Attorney at Greathouse Trial Law, his company that he launched 8 years ago. Riah has been counsel of record in over 3000+ criminal and civil matters since being admitted to practice law in the State of Georgia. He is a natural born leader and has first-hand experience creating a thriving team culture in business.

Throughout this conversation, Riah shares how his journey into law, following your purpose, social media, shifts he is seeing in the Atlanta market, what he is focusing on for his future, how his mindset around business has changed since he launched 8 years ago, company culture, and so much more.

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Rainer Zinngrebe, Principal Founder of HKB-Designs, joins me on today's episode of The Pink Elephant. HKB-Designs focuses on commercial kitchen and bar designs, concept development, operations analysis, and more. Rainer has had an incredibly successful career with prior roles as Global Vice President of Culinary / F&B at Marriott International Luxury Brands, Global Vice President of Culinary at The Ritz Carlton, Executive Chef at the Ritz Carlton Cancun, and more.

Throughout this conversation, Rainer talks about transitioning from working in corporate to starting his own business, the labor market, the differences he experienced while working in other countries compared to the United States, the Ritz Carlton culture and connections, and what luxury means today.

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