Thought Leader Life

Achieve resiliency in operations across agencies and organizations through inquiry-based, data-driven decisions. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Bradford Blevins, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfordblevins/), a chief strategy officer, operations resiliency strategist, determined disrupter, and negotiator. He aims to propel better decisions, better government, and better lives.

Bradford Blevins currently works as a chief strategy officer of Forge Forward, an organization that takes pride in serving the public sector and our nation. Having developed the ResOps (Resilient Operations) framework, they help forge success in the government.

If you are a government official, a stakeholder, or you are not just making the right decisions, consider reaching out to Bradford Blevins by visiting his LinkedIn profile at  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfordblevins/ or their website at https://www.forgefwd.com/.

Here are several AHA messages from this episode:

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Access top marketing expertise to drive sales and profitability. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Karen Hayward (https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenhaywardcmo/), author, international speaker, and managing partner and CMO with Chief Outsiders. She matches mid-market CEOs and Private Equity Portfolio managers with the best-fit Chief Marketing Officers to help accelerate top line growth.

Karen is responsible for building and supporting a team of world class marketers. She works with SaaS companies and technology innovators to accelerate growth and deliver breakthrough revenue demonstrating her passion about helping CEOs take their game to the next level.

If you’re a CEO practicing random acts of marketing, consider reaching out to Karen Hayward by visiting her websites https://chiefoutsiders.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenhaywardcmo/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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To learn more about Thought Leadership and how it can help you be successful, visit https://thoughtleaderlife.com/.

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Gain traction, drive growth, and mobilize support by making courage contagious. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Louise Yochee Klein (https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseyocheeklein/), an innovation leadership mentor, influence impact pitch coach, and innovation leadership workshop facilitator.

A serial entrepreneur, Louise Yochee Klein started her prestigious career in business in Vancouver, and later on, moved to Philadelphia where she obtained her doctorate in clinical psychology and worked as a clinician for years. Eventually, she became an adjunct professor in the international MBA program of Temple University and has authored three books.

Louise Yochee Klein associated herself with angel investment groups such as Keiretsu Forum in San Francisco, California and Mid Atlantic Bio Angels (MABA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to get up-to-speed with anything novel and exciting that would pique her curiosity.

She is currently the leadership advisor, global project manager, and principal of Courage Growth Partners, an institute that equips leaders and employees with stupendous courage to get traction, get funded, and get ahead.

If your employees have got courage issues, Louise Yochee Klein can help lift them up. Feel free to drop by her LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseyocheeklein/ or shoot her an email at [email protected].

Here are several AHA messages from this episode:

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Lead through diversity and inclusion to obliterate bias and generate opportunity. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Chuck Shelton (https://www.linkedin.com/in/greatheartconsulting/), the founder and chief executive officer of Greatheart Consulting.

Chuck Shelton is committed to employing diversity and inclusion in all areas of work. He helps leaders and organizations develop inclusive leadership practices to ensure that they are integrated holistically into their organization’s culture.

If you are struggling with diversity and inclusion, it is best to reach out to Chuck Shelton by visiting his LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/greatheartconsulting/ and his website at https://www.greatheartconsulting.com/.

Here are several AHA messages from this episode:

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Live a quality balanced life with meaningful relationships, less work, and more income. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Joe Lau (https://www.linkedin.com/in/therealjoelau/), the founder of the Lau Global Enterprise.

Joe Lau is a full-time family man and part-time entrepreneur who has successfully run and sold companies for six to seven figures. A successful speaker and coach, he offers group and one-on-one training. He believes that you could still live the best life while maximizing your time with work and personal happiness. Hence, he is keenly committed to helping individuals live a full life balancing their career and personal life.

If you are an entrepreneur who lacks personal time but seeks to live life to the optimum, reach out to Joe Lau by visiting his site at https://www.therealjoelau.com/ or his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/therealjoelau/.

Here are several AHA messages from this episode:

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Unlock your team’s capacity and hit goals by realizing their potential. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Brenda Batista – Mollohan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-batista-mollohan/), who is the President of Inspiring Company Culture. She helps business leaders unlock their team’s potential and boost business results with a customized roadmap to success.

Brenda helps leaders unlock their teams’ potential with a simple, low cost process that requires an investment of just an hour a week. This proven process works for teams of all sizes in every industry. She can help you catapult your team from average to invincible team performance. As a result-driven, process improvement expert, it was painful to watch a business unit miss its targets because people were wasting time and energy on drama amongst team members. Sometimes it was outright hostility and intentional undermining of goals.

If you’re a people manager and your team is not realizing their potential, you should reach out to Brenda Batista-Mollohan by sending her a message at [email protected] or by visiting her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-batista-mollohan/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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Helping business leaders who apply the wrong tools in order to have a better team and customer service. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Mark Travis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marktravis/), who is the CEO of Mark Travis & Company Inc. He is also a senior leadership/board advisor, researcher, executive educator, and an author. Mark Travis is internationally recognized as an expert on strategic factors that result in profitable growth, sustained innovation, and lasting change in the software vendor industry.

Mark guides organizations to new revenue by showing them how to remove friction from how they deliver value to customers. He helps them ask better questions to uncover the forces that affect their businesses internally and externally so that they can better equip their organization to deliver maximum value.  He’s been creating business systems and disruptive software solutions for decades, and I can help you pioneer new ideas with grounded pragmatism.

If you’re a business leader who’s applying the wrong tools, you should reach out to Mark Travis through his website at https://travis-company.com/ or through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marktravis/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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To learn more about Thought Leadership and how it can help you be successful, visit https://thoughtleaderlife.com/.

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Getting organizations to avoid making bad choices to create better results. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Kent Vaughn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kent-vaughn-a75a795/), who is the CEO of Blaze Performance Solutions. He is also an Entrepreneur, Critically Acclaimed Author and a Keynote speaker. He helps individuals and organizations bridge the gap between strategy and results.

Kent has helped businesses grow their talent and achieve their goals. His process is designed to empower you and your teams, giving you the professional tools needed to succeed. His methodology is about creating long-term success, creating the skills needed to exceed organizational objectives and giving proven structure that will change your business forever.

If you find people in your organization making bad choices, you should reach out to Kent Vaughn by visiting his website at https://blazeperformancesolutions.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/kent-vaughn-a75a795/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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How to increase your revenue to recover from the pandemic. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Joe Wallace (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-wallace-4646a24/). He is the CEO and Chief Innovation Officer of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership that operates the Palm Springs Innovation Hub where he also serves as the founding Managing Director. Joe entered the world of mentoring entrepreneurs and businesses serving as the founding President and CEO of the Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville and Innovation Pointe where entrepreneurship was the prime focus.

Joe’s work has been honored with the CSU San Bernardino’s Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award, the R & D Top 100 Award, the Clean Air Award, and the Indiana University Growth 100 Award along with many others. Over his career Joe has been recognized as a creative leader who is not afraid to live his life outside the box. Wallace graduated from Stanford University with an MS in Mechanical Engineering and has earned technical certifications from both Harvard and MIT. With over 10 start-up businesses and experience mentoring over 100 others, Joe enjoys a reputation of a person with a depth of technical knowledge who applies common sense solutions that work to business and life.

If you’re in economic development or in a particular location that’s hit hard by local businesses not being able to do business, you should reach out to Joe Wallace by visiting his website at https://cvep.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-wallace-4646a24/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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To learn more about Thought Leadership and how it can help you be successful, visit https://thoughtleaderlife.com/.

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Creating an exit strategy for business to make the best decision for you and your family’s future. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Marv White (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvwhite/) who is the Managing Partner of Biz Profit Pro, an Author, Business Advisor and Business Broker. He helps people BUY or SELL a business and get the best deal possible.

Marv helps businesses force profit higher by applying a proven blueprint that all but guarantees increased earnings. It’s based on Seven Pillars that include Finance, People, Operations, Leadership, Change Management, Marketing and Sales. Remember “our business is your profit”.

If you’re an entrepreneur that either wants to get into or get out of your business, you should reach out to Marv White at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvwhite/. @Bizprofitpro

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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Figuring Out How To Fill Or Empty Your Bucket To Create A Sustainable Business. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Lucy Hoger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyhoger/) who is a successful corporate board member CEO and senior operating executive. She has continuously provided vision and propelled profitable business growth to take organizations and companies to the next level of achievement within competitive markets.

Lucy has proven herself repeatedly as a leader for spearheading the turnaround of potential failures into successes, reengineering operations for optimal results, and innovating technology solutions and business strategies that open the doors to new and expanded markets with long-term viability and growth prospects, even in volatile economies.

If you recognize that you have a leaky bucket and that you need to figure out not just how to fill or empty it, you should reach out to Lucy Hoger by visiting her website at https://lucyhoger.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucyhoger/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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Figuring out the blind spots of the companies in order to make it run smoothly. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Edie Okamoto (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edieokamoto/), who is the Chief Strategy Officer of eagleONE. She provides advice to C-level managers on how to organize their companies internally to have their operations match their messaging for customers and stakeholders.

Edie has held roles in business development, marketing, advertising and media relations experience, setting up distribution internationally, as part of an internal team or on a consulting basis.  Edie has experience with advising companies through rapid growth periods, receiving funding, international expansion, and adding new product lines or divisions. She also provides guidance as a change agent when a company wishes to adapt to new industry conditions or a changing competitive landscape. She has brought together and managed, audited PR, Market Research, and Advertising in over 33 countries.

If you recognize that your company has blind spots, you should reach out to Edie Okamoto by visiting her website at eagle1group.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/edieokamoto/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

To view the video interview click here.

To learn more about Thought Leadership and how it can help you be successful, visit https://thoughtleaderlife.com/.

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Dare to be great, quantum leap your success and elevate your business through the Maverick Way. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Paul Finck (https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulfinck/), also known as the Maverick Millionaire, a strategic business consultant, bestselling author, and counter-intuitive life coach. He has moved over $20 million in real estate transactions, sold over $30 million in informational products, and ran over 250 live events.

Paul has coached entrepreneurs and small business owners from around the world to build their businesses. He has created success in a multitude of industries including medical, dental, speaking, coaching, training, publishing, real estate investing, financial world, informational marketing, distribution, network marketing, and joint ventures.

If you’re an entrepreneur with unfulfilled potential, consider reaching out to Paul Finck by visiting his websites www.maverickoffer.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulfinck/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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Generate growth by making the best even better. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Brian Bogert (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbogert/), a human behavior and performance coach, keynote speaker, business strategist, author, and community leader.

When he was a young bloke, he was run over by a truck which severely severed his left arm. Physicians had to reattach his arm with 24 surgeries. This traumatic occurrence did not define him nor deter him from accomplishing his goals. Instead, it became a learning experience for him, as he used pain as a critical part of success.

Brian Bogert helps growth-minded individuals achieve the best version of themselves– their true authentic selves. As a result of his innovative and dynamic leadership, Brian Bogert was acclaimed as one of the “40 Under 40” by the Phoenix Business Journal.

If you are an entrepreneur and deep down, you don’t know who you really are, it is best to reach out to Brian Bogert by logging on to www.brianbogert.com or by visiting his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbogert/.

Here are several AHA messages from this episode:

To view the video interview click here.

To learn more about Thought Leadership and how it can help you be successful, visit https://thoughtleaderlife.com/.

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Scale up your business with innovative HR consulting strategies. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Joey Price (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeyvprice/), a human resources small business CEO, HR subject matter expert, business podcast host, and social media influencer.

Joey Price is the CEO of Jumpstart:HR, an organization that aims to grow small businesses and start-ups through innovative cutting-edge HR consulting solutions. He has earned numerous recognitions, one of which is “Top 30 HR Professional Under 30” by SHRM’s HR Magazine.

If you’re in a small business and you acknowledge the essence of ascending the HR higher to elevate your people to the top, it is best to reach out to Joey Price by logging on to https://jumpstart-hr.com/ or by visiting his profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeyvprice/.

Here are several AHA messages from this episode:

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Discover your mind type to ameliorate your culture, messaging, and marketing. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Ridgely Goldsborough (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ridgely-goldsborough-2b315831/), an author and international keynote speaker.

Ridgely Goldsborough is the founder of Mind Types and Avatar Formula, an innovative messaging and marketing program, which is deployed into their system to attract ideal customers based on the establishment’s “why”. He believes in getting around challenges and sharing breakthroughs.

If you’re a spiritual entrepreneur and you find yourself to be invisible, consider reaching out to Ridgely Goldsborough by emailing him at [email protected] or by visiting http://ridgelyg.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/ridgely-goldsborough-2b315831/.

Here are several AHA messages from this episode:

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Redefine public relations at the speed of news. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Jeff Crilley (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-crilley-7922871/), the CEO of Real News PR.

Jeff Crilley is a former Emmy award-winning reporter. A best-selling author, he sold well over 100,000 copies of his book “Free Publicity”. Throughout his illustrious career, he had made hundreds of national news appearances including CNN, CNN Headline News, FOX News, The Discovery Channel, Good Morning America, and The CBS Early Show, just to name a few.

If you are a professional or organization that seeks exposure and PR, consider reaching out to Jeff Crilley by visiting https://www.realnewspr.com/ or by shooting him an e-mail at  [email protected].

Here are several AHA messages from this episode:

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To learn more about Thought Leadership and how it can help you be successful, visit https://thoughtleaderlife.com/.

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Create a life that you love and a business that gives you time and financial freedom. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Sherri Coffelt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherricoffelt/), entrepreneur, consultant, and coach with over 30 years of experience as a “corporate survivor.” She has an MBA in Marketing, a Coach University coaching program, and an NLP Results Coach Certification.

Sherri supports women who left the sure thing of a successful career to create business that allows them to live their bucket list. Her mission is to be a catalyst to support business owners to identify and implement effective plans and strategies that will streamline businesses, all while designing a life full of joy and contribution.

If you’re not doing all the things you want or living the life you thought you would live, consider reaching out to Sherri Coffelt by visiting her websites https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherricoffelt/ and https://www.connectwithsherri.com/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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Project management for SMBs to help manage business effectively. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Gordon Glover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/goglover) who is an Experienced software professional seeking Project Management or Scrum Master positions.

Gordon is a Software professional with 10+ years’ experience of project coordination supporting and leading complex, cross-functional engineering projects. He has a solid understanding of the entire software development life cycle (Waterfall and Agile methodologies). With a technical background, he brings strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to balance and prioritize tasks.

If you have a small to medium business and you don’t have the right approach or methodology, you should reach out to Gordon Glover by visiting https://www.linkedin.com/in/goglover/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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To learn more about Thought Leadership and how it can help you be successful, visit https://thoughtleaderlife.com/.

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Be a high performance rockstar and recalibrate your view on stress to fuel productivity. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Dr. Erik Korem (https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-korem-phd-19991734/), founder/CEO of AIM7 and high performance expert and thought leader who spent 15 years working as a sports scientist and high performance director in the NFL and with major college and Olympic athletes.

Dr. Erik teaches others to be their best without burning out or stressing out. His company’s mission is to revolutionize the consumer wearable technology industry. Dr. Erik has a doctoral degree from the University of Kentucky in exercise science with a research emphasis in the power of sleep and how it affects our brain’s ability to adapt to stress.

If you want to know more on how to turn stress into an asset, not a liability, consider reaching out to Dr. Erik Korem by visiting his website https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-korem-phd-19991734/ and his instagram @ErikKorem.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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Improve your workplace with improv theater techniques to advance personal self-actualization. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Izzy Gesell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/izzygesell/), organizational alchemist, workshop leader, internationally known facilitator, keynote speaker, and communication coach. He authored the book “Playing Along: Group Learning Activities Borrowed from Improvisation Theater,” and co-authored “Humor Me: America’s Funniest Humorists on the Power of Laughter.”

Izzy is one of the first to bring the concept of improv theater into the business world. He teaches people to change negative self-talk to positive, using humorous programs to help individuals and organizations to thrive and become more confident, spontaneous and effective instead of commonplace or ordinary.

To learn more about incorporating the improv model in promoting a focused, enjoyable and adaptable organizational culture, visit Izzy Gesell’s websites at https://linkedin.com/in/izzygesell/ and https://izzyg.com/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

To view the video interview click here.

To learn more about Thought Leadership and how it can help you be successful, visit https://thoughtleaderlife.com/.

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Keeping your career by acquiring creativity and not acting like robots. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Maher Mezher (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maher-mezher-6131b1a/) who is a Global Innovation Speaker, Inventor, Innovation Advisor and Founder of Innovators League Training and Consulting.

Maher is regarded as one of the top experts in innovation and his ideas have been widely used throughout the world. He has launched the Fertility Loan, the first of its kind, gaining international exposure. He is a pioneer in the field of innovation as he launched 3 innovative Retail Banking products, which were worth being included as case studies in Harvard’s Business Review and Professor Philip Kotler’s “Principles of Marketing”, a textbook that will inspire future marketers during their university studies. The creative products were recognized by receiving several awards from financial & academic parties.

If feel like you or your employees act like robots, consider reaching out to Maher Mezher at https://www.linkedin.com/in/maher-mezher-6131b1a/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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Inspiring trust, initiative, And passion by understanding that everything depends on relationships. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Yonason Goldson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonason-goldson/) who is an Ethics warrior, Keynote and TEDx speaker, a Leadership coach, trainer, Podcast guest, An Author and a Hitchhiking rabbi.

Yonason helps business leaders build a culture of ethics, create an enthusiastic workforce, and make their brand image shine. He blends together entertaining stories from a lifetime of service and adventure, adds in compelling insights from 3000 years of wisdom, and provides a road map to reinvigorate your organization and help your community thrive.

If you want to inspire trust, initiative, and passion, you should reach out to Yonason Goldson by visiting his website at yonasongoldson.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonason-goldson/

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

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How to make small and medium business owners grow by not leaving money on the table. This episode features #ThoughtLeader and #Expert Jennifer Glass (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyglass/) who is the founder of BGSICoaching & BGSIAcademy.com networks which supports small and medium businesses, regardless of their products or services, to rapidly implement proven high-growth strategies across the spectrum of marketing, sales and strategic business, finance and innovation management.

Jennifer Glass is a highly sought-after business growth coach with a demonstrated track record in bringing her clients, customers and profitability. She has more than 15 years of experience supporting CEO’s of small-to-medium-sized businesses in bringing about strategic growth and transformation. Jennifer is always thinking of ways to continue making her clients more money and introducing them to people who would be catapults to even greater value, while helping her clients regain their quality of life and more. Jennifer’s toolkit incorporates the spectrum of the business and leadership value chain to maximize value.

If you recognize that they’re leaving money on the table, you should reach out to Jennifer Glass by visiting her website at  https://bgsicoaching.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennyglass/.

Here are a couple of AHA messages from this episode:

To view the video interview click here.

To learn more about Thought Leadership and how it can help you be successful, visit https://thoughtleaderlife.com/.

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