Gretchen Hydo is a Master Certified Coach (MCC), keynote speaker, and industry-leading mentor known for helping high-achievers break free from the internal rules and roles keeping them small—so they can lead boldly, live truthfully, and create lasting success. She is also the founder of Gretchen Hydo International.

Specializing in business, life, career, and coaches coaching she helps people from all walks of life who are ready to make significant and substantial changes.  

Gretchen has spent nearly 20 years working hands-on with individual clients and notable companies. Before becoming a certified Master Coach, Gretchen launched and operated a successful public relations firm, Chatterbox PR Ink.   

She is a frequent speaker, trainer, and executive coach. Gretchen also is the author of the book Break Free From Your Dirty Little Secret: A Ten Stage Secret Breaking System to a New You.  

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• Individuals get trained to be coaches, but don’t necessarily get trained in how to run their coaching practice and business.  
• Gretchen talks about how to pivot from being a coach to running a coaching practice. And what are the biggest challenges individuals have when running their practice?
• Gretchen offers sales tips for coaches on selling themselves.
• Gretchen’s contact information and links to her website is included below.

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Take a look at Gretchen’s Stairway to Six Program: From Client Enrollment to Close - Build Your Six Figure Sales Strategy Start to Finish - https://gretchenhydo.com/stairway-to-six-accelerator/

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If you would like to connect with Gretchen, please email her at [email protected]

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This edition of the Sea Captain Leadership Podcast features Steve Hunsicker, who has just joined Sea Captain Coaching as a marketing and leadership coach. 

He has more than 30 years of experience leading cross-functional teams and partnering with C-suite executives across world-class brands like McDonald’s, Boeing, Burger King, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. 

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• Steve and Phil talk about why Steve is passionate about helping others unlock their full potential, ultimately choosing to become a Certified Professional Coach and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (IPEC).
• Steve’s coaching style is rooted in deep listening, encouragement, and creating accountable action plans that lead to measurable results.  
• Steve is first and foremost a Performance Optimization Coach and his motto is “I Lead with Kindness.”
• Phil and Steve talk about Steve’s wellness journey, which significantly shaped who he is today. 

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The Voyage

This podcast features Phil and Laurie Baughman discussing the background of and the vision for their newly published book, The Voyage. The Voyage – The Adventure in Your Lifetime is an inspiring book for anyone who dares to dream of a visionary life filled with purpose, success, and adventure. Through a captivating narrative, readers are invited aboard the journey of a rugged Sea Captain as he reflects on the winding course of his own life—its triumphs and trials, victories and losses—and the wisdom he gained along the way.

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• A little over a year ago, Phil and Laurie joined forces to begin producing motivational teaching materials for budding student leaders and entrepreneurs. The Voyage was released this past April on Amazon, and they’ll be presenting to students in the University of Missouri’s Business School beginning this fall.    
• Phil and Laurie talk about how they decided to work on this project together and their vision for the content in their book. 
• The book is designed for nurturing leadership in young adults. 

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Laird Veatch became the Athletic Director for the University of Missouri in 2024. Before that, he was Athletic Director at the University of Memphis. He originally hails from Manhattan, Kansas, where he went to KState and was Captain of the Football Team. He then went on to the University of Texas and began his administrative career while earning his master's degree. 

Laird began working at Mizzou in 1997, managing the Tiger Scholarship Fund, and then went on to positions at Iowa State, Learfield Sports, KState, University of Florida, Memphis and finally back to Mizzou last year.

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• Laird talks about how his playing days at KState prepared him for his current role.
• He talks about the projects worked on at Florida and Memphis. 
• Laird and Phil talk about building and creating culture.

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Ambeka Khadse is the Founder of Flourish Compass, which offers wellness-centered leadership programs that integrate self-management with core leadership skills to drive organizational success. 

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• Ambeka has over 15 years of talent development experience within Fortune 50 companies, AND nearly two decades in wellness as a yoga practitioner and teacher. 
• Her experience differentiates her from her competition by providing a unified focus on leadership elevation as well as self-management to ensure that individuals are equipped to manage all aspects of their daily lives. 
• Ambeka’s Prime to Prosper Program is a new workforce readiness virtual program she pioneered. The Program walks participants through key skills to embrace and implement starting from Day One of their employment.

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Claire Myers Vitale spent more than a decade as a recruiter at a Fortune 100 Firm before she put on her entrepreneur hat and began her own firm: Claire Myers Consulting, a boutique recruiting firm headquartered in Sonoma, California. It operates nationwide, placing candidates across a variety of sectors, from Financial Services, Technology to Wine Production. Claire has a real appreciation for connecting remarkable talent with organizations that recognize and cherish their unique skills.  

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• Claire’s mission is simple: help you discover your needs, find top-notch talent, and implement innovative strategies to attract and secure your dream candidates.  
• "If I can successfully recruit top people to take the risk of starting a business, I could certainly find the best candidates for less entrepreneurial roles,” Claire has said of why she chose to open her own business.
• Claire talks about some of the challenges she’s faced as being the leader of her own firm. 

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Christian Muntean has a rich background in business strategy and leadership and is the author of Train to Lead and the founder of Vantage Consulting. He has guided leaders and organizations through significant transformations toward growth and efficiency. His deep understanding of leadership and organizational dynamics comes from extensive experience in international disaster relief and community development, across more than 40 countries.  

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• Roughly two-thirds of all leadership successions fail and that most leaders don’t become leaders because of their leadership knowledge or skill. 
• You also have said that most people who hire leaders aren’t even sure how to evaluate whether a leader really knows how to lead.  
• Christian’s expertise spans transforming leadership identity, applying athletic principles to leadership, building resilience, fostering high-performance teams, and systematic leadership development for sustained success. 

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KState’s Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development, Rob Heil, is our latest guest on the Sea Captain Leadership podcast. Rob grew up in the Kansas City area and went to KState for his undergraduate and graduate degrees. He’s back where it all began. 

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• Rob started your career at KState as an Athletics Marketing intern and as a Basketball Team Manager, doing tasks such as recording games and washing jerseys.  
• His position in marketing and development at the University of Texas at Austin challenged him so he was prepared for a development position when he returned to KState in 2017. 
• Rob talks about how he missed working in athletics, how his identity was tied to college athletics, and how it is to be back where it all began. 
• He has four team values that are non-negotiable and talks about those in the podcast.

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Thomas is a Business Development Manager at Supporting Strategies. He is a seasoned financial industry professional with over 30 years of experience in business development. His background includes 21 years in retail banking and 17 years in management roles. Thomas builds trust-based relationships with his clients that drive business growth. 

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• Supporting Strategies provides outsourced virtual bookkeeping, accounting and operational support services.
• He is on the Leadership Advisory Council for E-for-All/EparaTodos of Merrimack Valley near his home in Newton, NH. The non-profit supports early-stage entrepreneurs in under-served communities with a 12-week accelerator program to teach them how to run their businesses.  
• Thomas is involved in the Pheonix Swords, and does performances that include historical martial-like stage combat and fire.

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The Sea Captain Way for Financial Advisors

Sarah Carlan is the latest guest on the Sea Captain Way. Sarah is a therapist, leadership coach and career satisfaction mentor who helps her clients rediscover an internal sense of power that cannot be shaken by external events. She holds coaching certifications from Brown University School of Professional Studies and International Coaching Federation.  

Key points:

• Sarah talks about her coaching and group facilitation for purpose-driven people and organizations.
• The three discuss boundary setting, defining value and finding more ease at work. 
• Sarah offers insights and guidance to understanding your values and how they can help measure the metrics of success.  

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