Built For This with Coach Dezi

Our special guest is proving that age is just a number when it comes to chasing your dreams. Meet Emerie, a remarkable 9-year-old with a heart full of creativity and a thriving business that's capturing hearts and wrists everywhere. She is the force behind her very own custom bracelet enterprise, and her story is a testament to the power of passion, determination, and, most importantly, believing in oneself. In this episode, we dive into her journey. You'll be inspired by her dedication, passion, organizational systems, and her unwavering belief that no dream is too big, even for a 9-year-old. So, grab your favorite snack, a cozy spot, and listen into this heartwarming conversation that's bound to leave you feeling inspired, motivated, and ready to chase your dreams. #Entrepreneur #YoungEntrepreneur #Young Talent #DreamBig #PodcastInterview #SmallBusinessOwner #SuccessStory #KendraScott

In this episode of "Unlocking Leadership Potential," we're diving into the world of leadership and personal growth with Guest Host, Bernice Goldsmith aka 'Coach B." to help build understanding and application of the DISC assessment. Picture this: you, your unique strengths, and a roadmap to becoming the leader you've always wanted to be. Our special guest, Gilbert Valdez, Coach, Speaker and Trainer with the Maxwell Leadership Team, will be your guide, sharing practical tips and real-life stories to make the journey relatable, whether you're a seasoned leader fine-tuning your skills or just starting out. Discover how the DISC assessment can be your secret sauce to leading with confidence and making a real impact. Stay with us to uncover your leadership potential! #LeadershipStyles #LeadershipPotential #NewManagers #WomenInLeadership #Communication #LeadershipStories #PodcastEpisode For more information on Live2Lead mentioned in the episode, visit: www.excellencebydesign.us/live2lead2023 To Get Your Oct. 6, 2023 LeaderPass: ⁠Click Here

In this episode, we're honored to introduce you to two extraordinary women, Dr. Dara Lemite and Cherise Irons whose personal and professional lives have been a testament to the transformative power of communication. As they climbed the ladder of leadership, their communication styles evolved, adapting to the demands of their roles. Their stories serve as a beacon of inspiration for anyone looking to enhance their own communication skills and navigate the exciting landscape of leadership. So, sit back, relax, and join us as we explore the art of communication and hear from our remarkable guests about their unique journeys. Together, we'll uncover the secrets to effective communication in leadership and personal growth. #LeadershipPotential #NewManagers #WomenInLeadership #Communication #LeadershipStories #PodcastEpisode For more information on Live2Lead mentioned in the episode, visit: www.excellencebydesign.us/live2lead To Get Your Oct. 6, 2023 LeaderPass: Click Here

In this engaging podcast episode hosted by Coach Dezi, Dr. Yvette Harris Founder of EDR Consulting Inc. and Bernice Goldsmith Founder and CEO of The Other Side of Yes Consulting, share their inspiring individual journies from being individual contributors to successful leaders, offering valuable insights for new managers. Listen as they share some of the challenges and triumphs of their leadership transitions, discover the importance of cultivating an authentic leadership style based on pillars of trust such as integrity, self awareness and supportiveness, and explore how coaching can accelerate your personal and team growth. Tune in to unlock your leadership potential and embark on your own journey to greatness. #LeadershipPotential #NewManagers #LeadershipJourney #PodcastEpisode For more information on Live2Lead mentioned in the episode, visit: www.excellencebydesign.us/live2lead To Get Your Oct. 6, 2023 LeaderPass: Click Here

In this episode Coach Dezi shares personal insight that took her through a path of negative self-talk into giving herself room to grow every day. She also provides five critical questions to ask yourself about who is allowed into your personal boardroom. By the end of this episode, you'll have a toolbox of skills that will help you improve your relationship with yourself. Tune in for an inspiring and reflective conversation! "You've got to know yourself to grow yourself." ~ Law of Awareness Executive Leadership Coach Riverside, California Growing businesses. Changing lives.™ I work with Women Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners & High-Performing Professionals who want more clarity, freedom, and meaning in their work and business. She helps women to build their mindset and mission with values-based leadership and transformational coaching so they can accelerate their growth and build a life & business they love. CONNECT WITH ME: Facebook: @desireefostercollins Instagram: @desireefostercollins LinkedIn: @desireefostercollins To learn more visit: https://www.desireefostercollins.com https://www.excellencebydesign.us

Have you ever had a roommate from hell? Maybe the situation was with a former lover, a friendship or a partnership that went sour and now you're just trying to get along until things change? Something shifted in a major way and now you have a roommate from hell! Have you had a dream or wish for yourself that you really wanted to happen, and it dies before you got started or were you too scared to try again after failing? Whatever the reasons, life has a way of throwing crap at you. But if we're honest, a crisis isn't a crisis until it happens to us. How do you navigate grief after a major loss? How do you handle the grief while inside of the loss? IN THIS EPISODE: Coach Dezi shares lessons she learns in the middle of healing through her grief. =============================================== A new segment of the Built for This™ Podcast made for kingdom -focused, purpose-driven women, high-performing professionals, and small business owners. We talk about the lessons we've learned from real life experiences to help you navigate what success looks like in today's world. Business & Leadership Development Coach Desiree Foster-Collins of EBD COLLECTIVE, LLC. Growing businesses. Transforming Culture. Changing lives. We offer solutions to create non-dependent high functioning teams, sustainable growth and results-based environments through Executive Coaching, Business & Teamwork Development, Communication and Technology Coaching & Training. I work with purpose-driven Founders, Innovators and Creative Entrepreneurs who want more clarity, freedom, and profit in their business to have global impact and influence. I'll help you articulate your vision, align your brand, attract dream clients, and accelerate your growth with the technology and transformational coaching you need so you can build your life and your bank account. CONNECT WITH ME: Join The L.A.B Global Community on Facebook Follow Me: @desireefostercollins Instagram: @desireefostercollins LinkedIn: @desireefostercollins To learn more visit www.excellencebydesign.us

In this episode: Coach Dezi talks about trying to let go and starting again around her health and wellness. Whatever is not transformed, is transferred. Coach Dezi shares some insights and reflections on her health journey, choosing to live differently and active forgiveness. Through behavior, actions, and inaction, what we do not transform in our minds is created in our reality and we transfer to those we love most. They will see and they will do what they see before they do what they hear. A new segment of the Built for This™ Podcast made for kingdom -focused, purpose-driven women, high-performing professionals, and small business owners. We talk about the lessons we've learned from real life experiences to help you navigate what success looks like in today's world. Business & Leadership Development Coach Desiree Foster-Collins of EBD COLLECTIVE, LLC. Growing businesses. Transforming Culture. Changing lives. We offer solutions to create non-dependent high functioning teams, sustainable growth and results-based environments through Executive Coaching, Business & Teamwork Development, Communication and Technology Coaching & Training. I work with purpose-driven Founders, Innovators and Creative Entrepreneurs who want more clarity, freedom, and profit in their business to have global impact and influence. I'll help you articulate your vision, align your brand, attract dream clients, and accelerate your growth with the technology and transformational coaching you need so you can build your life and your bank account. CONNECT WITH ME: Join The L.A.B Global Community on Facebook Follow Me: @desireefostercollins Instagram: @desireefostercollins LinkedIn: @desireefostercollins To learn more visit www.excellencebydesign.us

New segment that is all about empowering and inspiring women from all over the world to reach their fullest potential for kingdom focused women entrepreneurs and professionals. We talk about the real stuff ~ culture to kids to dream building mindset, sharpening your skills. We're going to talk about all of it. We believe that it's time for women to discover their infinite potential. Develop their strengths and design their success their way. It's all about unlocking your potential. We promise you to bring you straight talk and thought-provoking insight, and a place where you can think differently. Join us as we explore the depths of what it means to be a powerful and successful woman in today's world. It's time to get unlocked

Making a difference is at the heart of being a purpose-driven entrepreneur, and these steps will help you succeed in your endeavor. How do you know if you will succeed as an entrepreneur? In this episode Coach Dezi shares the 7 steps that purpose-driven entrepreneurs or social entrepreneurs need to transform their lives, start a business you love and change the world. Being a business owner is more than just running your own business. It is important to make money and it is equally important to live and align your life's values (your heart's desires) at its core. It's about being a leader. As John Maxwell says, "the hardest person to lead well is myself." If you want to change the world, there are several learnable skills you need to have. Listen as Coach Dezi shares a tool that can help you in your own personal success when used and done the right way. To discover more about the power of coaching, contact info@excellencebydesign.us #GurlAskMeAnything #BuiltForThis #ExcellenceByDesign #TheLAB

Dedication often spells the difference between failure and success. Passion for helping vulnerable children and families by meeting them where they are, helping and working with them to establish new foundations, and secure “forever homes”  led our special guest, Lisa Holman-Marsh over a 30+ year social work career journey. She has served in the California Public Child Welfare System with experience spanning the areas of Emergency Response, Family Reunification, Family Maintenance, Court Services and Adoptions in both public and private/non-profit sectors. Currently she serves as a Title IV-E MSW Liaison and Adjunct Faculty for California State University. In this episode Dezi & Lisa chat about Lisa's journey to becoming a powerful catalyst in the lives of families she served and the colleagues she has worked with throughout her career. Learn how understanding the difference between your purpose and calling can lead you to making impactful change and how a nickel made all the difference in finding her calling. Most importantly, finding her identity and realizing the gaps filled with grace by God she is excited to continue to make the difference in the lives of the next generation of Social Workers. To discover more about the power of coaching, visit www.excellencebydesign.us or contact info@excellencebydesign.us #GurlAskMeAnything #BuiltForThis #ExcellenceByDesign

As her husband lay lifeless in a coma with the prognosis of death evident, she wondered could God really be the Healer, Waymakers and Miracle Worker? Join Dezi as she chats with Author, Educator and Director of Student and Family Support Services ~ Cassandra Willis ~ as she shares her story through the lens of a faithful wife living through tragedy and inspires you with hope and the truth that God NEVER fails.

How do you create results in your life? In this episode Coach Dezi shares one of the steps she is taking as she is continues on her growth journey. Being a business owner is more than just running your own business. It's about being a leader. Who would think that playing "copycat" would ever be a benefit? Yet each and every person has done this and will continue. Listen as Coach Dezi shares a tool that can help you in your own personal success when used and done the right way. To discover more about the power of coaching, contact info@excellencebydesign.us #GurlAskMeAnything #BuiltForThis #ExcellenceByDesign

When a person transforms, it is rarely a huge event. The small consistent steps of doing the very next thing helps those who really want to succeed in any effort that matters most to them.  In Part I of this episode, I've invited Marla Matime, Media Executive & CEO of The MAR.M Agency to share the simple and powerful keys that help her every day. These tools guide her to lead her life and business with more clarity and with the freedom of designing life the way she desires to. From a Stay-at-Home Mom to Chief Operating Officer of one the nations longest running Black-Owned news publications, Marla shares insights of going from anger, frustration and not feeling good enough to becoming resilient and owning her voice.  In Part II of this episode, listen as Marla allows me to coach her through one of her biggest blocks.  To discover more about the power of coaching, contact info@excellencebydesign.us #GurlAskMeAnything #BuiltForThis #ExcellenceByDesign 

Being a business owner is more than just running your own business. It's about being a leader. However, what is a leader without any leadership skills? As an entrepreneur, you may have realized the responsibility that lies upon your shoulders, but do you know which leadership skills can help you in your own personal success. Listen as Coach Dezi shared what the 5 skills are that every business owner must have.

In this episode Coach Dezi shares her insight into why we give up so quickly as we are working towards our goals, dreams and desired success.

In this episode Coach Dezi shares her insight into why we give up so quickly as we are working towards our goals, dreams and desired success.

In this episode Coach Dezi shares her insight into why we give up so quickly as we are working towards our goals, dreams and desired success.

In this episode Coach Dezi shares her insight into why we give up so quickly as we are working towards our goals, dreams and desires success.

Which is most important to you to have the outcome and despise every moment of the process or to enjoy the process while gaining momentum towards your ultimate goal? In this episode, I share one of my blindspots and give you a tip on how to keep focused on the main thing. 

In this episode I talk about another reason why we give up on our goals, dreams, aspirations way too soon. Sometimes our motivation isn't enough to carry us through to the finish line. So what do you do? Your time is valuable, do you really want to waste any of it?

In this episode Coach Dezi shares her insight into why we give up so quickly as we are working towards our goals, dreams and desires success.

No matter how impossible you might think something is to accomplish, there's someone out there getting it done anyway. Most often, excuses are a way to justify fear of failure, fear of success, or a lack of resolve. Excuses get in the way of success and living fully. In this episode, Coach Dezi shares the 5 common excuses people use that stop them from achieving their success and a FREE RESOURCE to help GenX and BabyBoomer women entrepreneurs get over the tech overwhelm and establish the business processes needed to automate their business and get back to the work they love. Join the FREE 5-Day Beat the Busy Challenge

We care too much about the opinions of others. Why? In this episode Coach Dezi shares a tip on how not to give up so quickly when the going gets tough

Silence is golden! I rarely get a day... like an almost full day to myself where I can just be. Oh but when I do, it's how I get recharged.

Attitude is everything! In order for you to get your breakthrough NOW and every single day DECIDE to make it happen. You GET TO CHOOSE the attitude that will take you over the finish line. Listen in to a new tool that can help you get there!! The Daily Attitude Adjuster, created by Dr. Stan Harris AKA Dr. Breakthrough was designed as a mindset adjuster to help you get invigorated, motivated and determined to create the space for your success. Success is an intentional act and it happens by what we do DAILY.

In this episode Desiree shares her experience of growing through the grieving process. Pain is something we all want to get rid of quickly. How do you do that in a way that is healthy and for your good so that you can honor yourself through the journey of grief?

Inspiring women entrepreneurs to peak their performance through personal growth. If you are a women in your 40's, 50's or a seasoned sophisticate this podcast is to help you use your grow your gifts, talents and abilities to make an impact for good. You were made for this moment. #BuiltForThis