LeaderTHRIVE with Dr. Jason Brooks

Ash is a marketplace connector, executive leader and professional services expert. He is President and CEO of Lionheart Partners, a premier consulting firm serving clients through Business Advisory, Leadership Development and Executive Coaching services. Ash is also a regular speaker and contributor on the topics of relationship management, workplace trends, resilience, diversity, human resources and risk management. Connect with Ash at https://lionheart.partners/

Dr. Doug Brackmann is one of the leading psychologists to some of the most successful and Driven entrepreneurs, pro athletes, executives, and other top performers and creator of the Driven Assessment and Driven Shooting Meditation (it's as crazy as it sounds). By combining the components of meditation, long-range shooting, and therapy, Dr. Doug helps those with Driven characteristics (often wrongfully diagnosed as ADD, ADHD, OCD, or other) to harness their hunter abilities so they can stop self-sabotaging, find fulfillment in life, and achieve the ultimate success. You can connect with Dr. Brackmann at www.iamdriven.com

Today's guest, Eliot Popkin, is the multifaceted author behind Circle: Letters to My Younger Self. Eliot is an award-winning singer-songwriter who has overcome many obstacles to find success. He is a fighter who loves and enjoys the simple beauties in life: a good laugh, a good cry, awesome food, the setting of the sun and the rising of a new day three thousand miles away. All of these components are included in his new coming-of-age memoir, Circle: Letters to My Younger Self. You can connect with Eliot a thecircleletter.com and www.eliotpopkin.com

Today's guest, Dr. Trevor Blattner, is a podcast host, author of the book Redefining The Top 1%, and a leading thinker on Shepherd Leadership—a modern approach to leadership designed to encourage leadership that guides, supports, and uplifts. With over 20 years of research and coaching, Dr. Blattner has developed a model of leadership that breaks free of the antiquated and regressive notions of what it means to lead. His enlightened approach to leadership is based on behavioral science, personal experience, and a strong commitment to personal values.  Connect with Dr. Blattner at www.trevorblattner.com

Today's guest, Rick Maurer, is a speaker, author, consultant, and expert on helping leaders avoid resistance to change. Since the publication of his book Beyond the Wall of Resistance in the 1990s, Rick's opinion has been sought by The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, Fortune, and many other media outlets. Some of the largest companies in the world ask for his advice on ways to avoid resistance to change and ways to build strong support for changes and other big projects. Connect with Rick at www.RickMaurer.com

Cory Lee is an entrepreneur, business builder, and leader developer. He was trained and mentored by the world-renowned leadership expert John Maxwell and is now an executive director with The John Maxwell Team. In 2012 Cory and his wife opened their first business, a physical therapy clinic located in a town of only 1,100 people, Within 5 years they were billing over $2 million per year from that one location and had opened and successfully sold 2 physical therapy clinics and 4 gyms. Cory is an accomplished speaker and is often invited to speak and train employees at companies looking to develop a culture of leadership. He also provides individual leaders with opportunities to maximize their own growth through one-on-one coaching and mastermind groups. Cory is most passionate about helping entrepreneurs navigate business growth but not at the expense of their faith, family, and fitness. Connect with Cory at www.CoryLeeLeadership.com

Today's guest, Keziah Robinson, is a business strategist, CEO coach, and investor. Described by her clients as a “shapeshifter” who “can coach business owners through any challenge at any stage of their business,” Keziah helps small business CEOs navigate the operational and existential challenges of scaling up, pivoting, and/or selling a business they've put their blood sweat and tears into. Keziah holds a BS in Physics from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and she serves on the advisory board of Private Packs, an innovator in the fast- growing femtech industry.  Connect with Keziah at www.cassia-partners.com

Experts estimate that in most companies, 70-90% of their investment in learning and development is wasted because participants don't apply what they learned. This means they don't get the return-on-investment they hoped for. Meredith Bell knows why this happens and what you can do to improve your ROI. She's spent the past 30 years working to create products and books that help people master communication skills. She has a deep understanding of what you can do to ensure that your learning  and development programs stick.   Connect with Meredith at www.GrowStrongLeaders.com 

For 25-years Jim Kukral has been writing books, keynote speaking, and building successful lifestyle businesses as a marketing entrepreneur. But the pandemic and a near-death diagnosis of colon cancer changed everything for Jim in 2020, so he threw away all his past success to start something completely different, a new brand called Life Apocalypse. What's a Life Apocalypse? Well, get ready because Jim is going to tell you and also help you create your very own. Learn more about Jim and his work at LifeApoc.com

In 2001, Scott Sunderland found himself going from a 35-year-old athletic father, husband, and business owner to lying in a hospital bed unable to move. Using visualization techniques over the course of a year, Scott was able to heal himself. However, old limiting beliefs, past traumas, and disempowering mental habits came back to haunt him when, in 2012, he watched his best friend drown in front of his eyes. Blaming himself, he was broken once again. Standing in a room on fire, Scott was faced with running through those flames to end up at the empowered life that he lives now. Today, he shows others how to run through their own flames to find freedom from their own minds and limitations in order to live a life of passion and purpose. Connect with Scott at www.TheFreedomProject222.com

Today, we welcome Deborah Coviello. After 25+ years in Quality and Operational Excellence roles, Deb has a deep understanding for what's important when it comes to creating solutions for CEO's by assessing the landscape, solving their technical business issues and elevating their people for a lasting impact and ultimately – peace of mind. She is here today to help share a bit of how The CEO's Compass can bring you “Peace of Mind”. Learn more about Deb's great work at www.DropinCEO.com

Just a few years ago, Zack Boothe was a window cleaner. You can even find his window cleaning tutorial videos on youtube with millions of views. However, Zack always dreamt of being a real estate investor. Taking a leap of faith, he walked away from window cleaning, and within a handful of years, he was making over a million dollars per year from real estate investing. With his successful business, he now spends his time helping others see how simple it is to make money with real estate. Zack is here today to share his insider secrets to finding massively discounted properties regardless of your experience level. Connect with Zack Boothe  

Joining us today is Cliff Oxford, founder of CliffCo., an international think tank symposium, to discuss his third book, Redneck Reverie: The Rationale for the Trump Phenomenon. which combines data-driven insights and real life experiences to explain Donald Trump's election to the White House and the intersection with rural cultures across America. Having lived his life among both country folk and the elite, Cliff has the exact insights needed to not only help explain how we got here, but to provide guidance on the road moving forward.

Today's guest is Kris Kelso. Kris is a keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and is the author of “Overcoming The Impostor: Silence Your Inner Critic and Lead with Confidence“. Trained and certified as an executive coach, Kris has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, business owners, and their leadership teams. He is a faculty instructor at the Professional Christian Coaching Institute, an advisor and instructor at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, a Facilitator / Coach with The Alternative Board, and is a contributing writer for publications including Fast Company Magazine, Yahoo Finance, and  The Nashville Business Journal. Contact Kris to learn more about his work at www.KrisKelso.com

Steve Cockram is dedicated to empowering the leader in everyone. He is an international speaker, author, and consultant to top-level executives and leaders around the world. He is a subject matter expert on personality and wiring, organizational leadership, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal communication. Steve is the co-founder of GiANT Worldwide, a global leadership consultancy. He is also co-author of the books 5 Gears and 5 Voices and their newest book, The 100XLeader. Steve’s passion for leaders, team communication, change management and work/life balance is clearly echoed through his books, speaking and executive consulting. He is the coach to a number of CEOs and is a sought after speaker both in the US and in his native UK. He inspires audiences to create better organisations through his heart-level stories, use of humour and expertise in human interactions.

Corey began his storytelling career as an actor, starring in one of the 50 greatest super bowl commercials of all time (Mountain Dew, Bohemian Rhapsody) and in campaigns for American Express, Miller Beer, Mitsubishi, Wrigley's Gum, Hasbro, and other name brands. Today, Corey is the founder and CEO of Round Table Companies (RTC). He has been featured on the cover of the Wall Street Journal and his work in storytelling has been quoted/featured in the New York Times, USA Today, and Inc., Forbes, and Wired Magazines. Corey pioneered the business comic book, packaging and publishing dozens of titles—including best sellers by Tony Hsieh, Marshall Goldsmith, and Robert Cialdini—and has spent over a decade guiding CEOs, founders, and thought leaders to set up a storytelling ecosystem around their brand, including writing the book they were born to write.  He is an avid supporter and sponsor of Conscious Capitalism, and the publisher of Conscious Capitalism Press. His work has yielded 15 Independent Publisher Awards, a Belding, a Bronze Lion, and a London International Advertising Award. His articles have been published in Writer Magazine, and on FastCompany, Forbes.com and The Huffington Post. He is also the creator of the Vulnerability Wall—whose clients include Microsoft, ADP, Marketo, and Workday—and the Vulnerability is SexyTM card game. His documentary of the same name won 2017 ADDY and HERMES awards for branded content. Corey travels around the country delivering keynotes and facilitating storytelling workshops for organizations of all sizes.

Mila Grigg is passionate about brand, leadership and image. Her consulting firm, MODA, was born out of Mila's passion to help others succeed by sharing what she has learned in the world of business, fashion, brand, sales and marketing. Her career began in the insurance industry with a quick transition to the music industry; and then to a firm where she worked with athletes, entertainers, professionals and businesses in the area of brand and marketing. She has even spent a tremendous amount of time working in the ultimate branding sport of NASCAR, and has worked with some of the top stars bringing together their corporate sponsorships. She was working with BRAND before it became the word of the century. As a business owner and someone who has worked in and up the leadership, image and brand business, Mila brings something of added value to every client she has, sharing her strong faith, hard work ethic, values, integrity, extensive relationships and business savvy with everyone she serves. She is often a guest contributor to numerous publications, speaking to groups and associations across the U.S., while being an expert consultant on television and hosting seminars and training thousands. She has been honored as a Forty under 40 recipient and a Woman of Influence by the Nashville Business Journal.

Jonathan Keyser is the founder and thought leader behind Keyser, the largest commercial real estate tenant brokerage/consulting firm in Arizona. Through his disruptive focus on selfless service, Jonathan is re-shaping the commercial real estate industry, and his firm has quickly become one of the fastest-growing firms of its kind in the country, representing companies globally across multiple industries. Jonathan is thrilled to share his journey and mission of selfless service through his highly-anticipated book, You Don’t Have to Be Ruthless to Win, anticipated to release this summer. A strong supporter of the Conscious Capitalism movement, Jonathan is working toward the upcoming launch of The Keyser Institute to inspire and equip the next generation of selfless leaders.

A “Top 10 Executive Coach on LinkedIn,” John Murphy is a results oriented business coach and mentor to senior executives and CEOs around the world. He’s a great communicator with broad experience and is skilled at discussing issues that make businesses and individuals grow and thrive. John is a #1 Best Selling Author on Amazon. His book, 10 Key Traits of Top Business Leaders is a must read for any executive with leadership aspirations. Living and working in the south of France, John is originally from Ireland. Before starting his own business John enjoyed a highly successful career in the corporate world. He began as a door-to-door life assurance salesman and culminated as the CEO of a Pan European Life Assurance Company in Ireland. John started his business, John Murphy International, in 2004 and has worked worldwide across a broad range of industries. His clients include Pfizer, Airbus, State Street Bank, Vodafone and Johnson & Johnson. Your entrepreneurial audience will benefit from John’s succinct and pithy insights into emotional intelligence, leadership, team success, mindset, strategy and more. John is absolutely passionate about helping people to win in their careers and to win in their personal lives!

Matt Malouf is a passionate business coach, entrepreneur, speaker, author, and podcast host on a mission to help entrepreneurs around the world break the shackles of mediocrity and reach new levels of personal and business success. Matt has experience at every stage of the business lifecycle, from conception to exit strategy. His business coaching methodology is simple: understand your current position, map out your journey, and establish measurable goals to track progress along the way. By focusing more on accountability than quick fixes, Matt’s coaching has helped his 1,000+ clients add millions of dollars in turnover without adding pressure on internal resources. Matt takes a holistic approach to uncovering business roadblocks, then utilizing a hybrid of tools to creatively overcome challenges by implementing and fine-tuning proven business systems. Whether working with startups or established businesses, Matt refines every detail from the ground up, ensuring each business is both efficient and profitable. Matt’s coaching program, Profitable LIfestyle Business, incorporates strategies outlined in his best-selling book The Stop Doing List, inspiring entrepreneurs in any industry to address their most crucial business needs and build a thriving business allowing them to live a 500/40/30 lifestyle ($500,000 annual profit, working no more than forty x 30-hour weeks per year).

Joe Calloway helps great companies leaders and companies get even better. His workshops and interactive keynote presentations help develop leaders, create more effective teams, and improve performance for successful businesses who know that they can, and should, be doing more with the people and resources that they already have. Joe’s client list reads like an international Who’s Who in business, ranging from companies like Proctor & Gamble and Coca Cola to Cadillac and American Express. Joe also works extensively with small to mid-sized businesses, franchisees, and a range of professional services organizations. Joe is the author of seven books on business performance, including Becoming A Category of One, Be The Best At What Matters Most, Magnetic: The Art Of Attracting Business, Keep it Simple: Unclutter your Mind. Uncomplicate your Life, and his latest book The Leadership Mindset: How Today's Successful Business Leaders Think.

CEO and Founder of DiversyFund, Craig Cecilio’s mission is to disrupt traditional alternative asset investing and empower the average investor by giving them the same wealth building opportunities available to the 1%. Craig’s visionary approach to democratizing alternative asset investing combines the power of crowdfunding with cutting-edge technology through DiversyFund’s online platform. As CEO, Craig oversees the daily development and strategic execution of DiversyFund. This includes delivering the messaging and branding to the public, hiring the best people and constantly innovating to break down the barriers that prevent the average investor from participating in alternative asset investing. Craig is also an experienced fund manager and manages DiversyFund’s no-fee real estate fund that has returned over 10 percent since inception. Prior to founding DiversyFund in 2014, Craig worked for nearly 20 years in real estate as a joint venture equity partner, lender and sponsor. A natural entrepreneur, Craig has utilized his networking skills to lead the development of over 1,000 single family residences, financing more than $1 billion worth of real estate assets.

Businessman and Life Coach, Aaron Walker, has inspired many through his leadership, mentorship, and consistent pursuit of excellence. He enjoys helping others and believes experience is a great teacher. 36 years of entrepreneurship and marriage have given Aaron a wealth of experience. Aaron continues to reach new heights and broaden his perspective of the terrain by examining his experiences and growing from them. Aaron has two life mantras: Fear missing an opportunity more than you fear failure Can’t couldn’t do it, and Could did it.

With nearly two decades experience in traditional corporate jobs (including time in investment banking, consulting and industry), Kristen Zavo understands the frustrations, fears and challenges that come with realizing you’re in the wrong profession – and figuring out what to do next. As a recovering workaholic and former consultant and corporate strategist, she understands the frustrations, fears and challenges that come with realizing that you’re in the wrong profession. She believes everyone deserves a career that excites and inspires them – and the feeling of happiness and fulfillment that comes from meaningful work. Through her work as an executive coach, speaker, workshop facilitator and as the author of Job Joy, she has formally and informally helped thousands of clients, colleagues and friends find job satisfaction – whether they chose to stay put, find a new job or completely change careers.

Jeremie Kubicek specializes in getting leaders to a higher level through his speaking, consulting and books. He takes complex concepts and adapts them into powerful tools that are practical and scalable. Jeremie speaks worldwide to audiences of all sizes across various industries and sectors. In addition, Jeremie is a best-selling author of the books Making Your Leadership Come Alive; 5 Gears: How to be present and productive when there is never enough time; 5 Voices: How to Communicate with everyone you lead; & The 100X Leader.  

Dr. Gus Vickery is a committed family physician with extensive experience working in the medical field. He specializes in helping people with a wide array of chronic health conditions to take the actions necessary to reverse these conditions and feel their best. By providing comprehensive health assessments based on extensive biometric data and intensive personal engagement, Gus helps his patients create a detailed lifestyle and medicinal health optimization plan built around their unique needs. Gus is passionate about healing people, not just treating their symptoms, and he’s radically changing the way we view health. His mission today is educating people to transform old habits into new patterns for living by mastering stress, increasing movement, practicing meditation, improving willpower, maximizing sleep, and enjoying nutrition. In his book Authentic Health, Gus dives into each of these themes, inspiring us all to dig a little deeper and reclaim the good health that’s within each of us.

Biagio Sciacca, or Bill as his friends call him, is one of the most dynamic speakers on the planet. He has a way of melding social sciences, humanities and plain old common sense into a unique, action packed message that resounds with self motivation and enthusiasm. Over the years, Bill has owned an award winning consulting and training organization, a chain of donut and ice cream franchises, and several businesses in the automotive/car care industry. Bill’s consulting company touts several thousand clients from locally owned firms to multinational Fortune 500 companies. Now he’s empowering leaders of all levels to grow through an experiential leadership training program in Costa Rica.

John Fairclough founded The Resicom Group to help retailers optimize the way they improve and maintain their store environment. Under his leadership, the company has evolved from a local construction company into an international provider of facility maintenance and construction services. Now John enjoys sharing his story to inspire others. John leans on his faith to help him persevere through the difficulties of overcoming the status quo. He values people and understands the balance needed between the strength and consistency of process and the value of personal dignity. He relishes the oxymoronic tone to solutions. What people quickly discard is often the best course of action. His best virtues were incubated by extreme poverty and forged through his unlikely business success. Humility and justice are the invisible stains of his diverse and adverse experiences. Naturally, people come first for him and finding a way to see their good, wanting them to obtain their missing good, staying hopeful for them are the things he works very intentionally on.

It’s 100% certain that everyone listening to this podcast is experiencing some kind of change or transition in their life or business. How you navigate these transitions determines your ultimate success. Today’s guest is John Hinkle, an author, speaker, and personal growth coach who’s empowering men and women to navigate those changes and find their “second-half purpose.” John’s experience working with Fortune 500 companies has equipped him with unique tools to help others reach their own personal and business success goals. He’s here today to share 5 practical and transformational principles from his book, Shift: Moving from Where You Are to the Life You Want, to empower you to move from your current unfulfilled status to a future of success and purpose. Welcome to the show, John! After a successful career as a global corporate leader responsible for building some of the world’s most notable brands, John Hinkle began his own SHIFT journey. It began when his career was unexpectedly upended through a corporate merger. The event became a pivotal time of questioning and reflection, which led to the discovery of five core principles he developed to master his own life and career change. It was during that same time that John began sharing these principles with many other mid-career people, who he describes as the ‘working worried:’ men and women who no longer feel vital or safe in their careers, who (like John himself) want to take control of their futures, yet feel stuck not knowing what steps to take to achieve the career and life they’ve longed to have. What started out as a personal discovery has now developed into a powerful and life-changing program called SHIFT Principles. SHIFT Principles is teaching men and women around the world how to navigate and master their own SHIFT journeys and to realize their success and purpose on their own terms. John is the co-founder of SHIFT Principles, LLC, a personal coaching organization. He is also co-author of Shift: Moving From Where You Are to the Life You Want, in which he empowers readers with big dreams to chase their goals and achieve success.

Krister Ungerboeck is a keynote speaker, CEO Coach, and global expert in The Language of Leadership. Prior to retiring at age 42, Krister was the award-winning CEO of one of the largest family-owned software companies in the world. His expertise in the Language of Leadership is based upon his unique experience as a global CEO leading teams in three languages while observing and doing business with executives in over 40 countries, building businesses in six and living in three. As a corporate keynote speaker, Krister is passionate about sharing the secrets that his team used to win 5 consecutive Top Workplace awards and achieve remarkable employee engagement levels of 99.3%. His upcoming book, The Language of Leadership: Words to Transform How We Lead, Live and Love, will be published in spring 2019.

Dr. Daphne Scott, the founder of DS Leadership Life, specializes in creating mindful leaders and mindful organization through leadership coaching programs that focus on mindfulness, positivity, creativity, and fun. Daphne has developed her coaching programs throughout two decades of real world coaching and corporate development experience. She draws on her unique background in improv theater and physical therapy to bring engaging embodiment and team-building elements to her coaching, along with strong leadership abilities and highly-trained facilitation skills to bring individuals and teams into greater relationship, creativity, and ultimately, success. Daphne holds a Masters Degree in Applied Positive Psychology and a Doctorate of Science in Physical Therapy, as well as multiple accolades in the field of professional coaching and development. She’s studied with top-level executive coaches, consciousness experts, and organizational psychologists, and she’s here to share her insight to help us all take our work and lives to the next level.

Two of the key principles of a Catalyst Leader is being “committed to growth” and a “builder of strong relationships”. Mastermind groups have been around since the beginning of time. Even Benjamin Franklin belonged to a mastermind. But it was Napoleon Hill who explained it clearly and encouraged people to gather together in a structured, repeatable environment for the success of all. Napoleon Hill wrote about the mastermind group principle as: “The coordination of knowledge and effort of two or more people, who work toward a definite purpose, in the spirit of harmony.” Today we’re going to unpack the idea of a mastermind in our conversation between Jay Sharp and Dr. Jason Brooks

Michael Melcher is one of America’s leading executive coaches and is an expert on leadership and career development. He is currently a partner at Next Step Partners, a firm based in New York and San Francisco. He is also the host of the podcast, “Meanwhile: A Podcast to Improve Your Life.” He previously held positions in business, law and the U.S. Foreign Service. His clients have included Google, Goldman Sachs, Doctors Without Borders, Ford Foundation, Population Services International, National Resources Defense Council, and many others.

Chris Aarons has helped launch dozens of companies and products using a unique mix of digital, sales, and marketing strategies.  Now, Chris has co-authored a powerful blueprint, The Digital Helix, to guide executives and business owners, and their companies, to thrive in the digital age. The power to act faster and do it better than before sits at the heart of truly digitally transformed organizations.

Terry A. Smith has served as lead pastor of The Life Christian Church (TLCC) for twenty-six years. TLCC is a non-denominational faith community in West Orange, NJ, serving the New York City metro area. Terry is a co-founder of Movement.org (formerly the New York City Leadership Center) and has previously served as an instructor in its Leadership Fellows program. He is passionate about challenging, developing, and encouraging leaders, whether they know they are leaders or not. He holds a bachelor of science in organizational management and a master of arts in organizational leadership. Terry is sharing his insight on leveraging the power of hospitality to be an effective leader through his book, The Hospitable Leader.

Jennifer is a former TV news reporter, wife, mother, desperate housewife, author, speaker, caregiver, widow, and now... a voice of resilience and rediscovery. With her effervescent personality and humor, she has channeled her grief into a passionate message of resilience and lessons learned through loss. Today, she lives out her passion of inspiring and empowering others through her motto “Live Large & Live Long.” Through her book Beyond Invincible, Jennifer moves her audience to discover the simple principles of creating a remarkable life and leaving a profound legacy. With her front-line perspective of the Alpha Entrepreneurial profile as a renegade widow, Jennifer channels her grief into passion as she tells her late husband’s story about a life lived large -- but not long enough! Jennifer is an avid snowboarder, wake surfer, cyclist, and yogi who loves to dance, travel, and entertain her lifelong friends with her storytelling. She is mother to Jessica (YouTube influencer) and Austin (pro hockey player), and lives in Scottsdale, AZ.

Jennifer Dawn is the owner of Jennifer Dawn Coaching. She began her entrepreneurial career selling apples off her grandfather’s tree because a lemonade stand was so “yesterday.” At 23, Jennifer founded a software company and grew it from nothing to seven figures and then went on to become the Software Division President for a $54M manufacturing firm. She was then asked to lead and mentor a national network of women entrepreneurs and discovered a love for coaching. Jennifer is a Mastery Level Profit First Certified Coach and a Provendus Growth Academy Coach. She has built two multi-million dollar businesses, is a published author, and accomplished speaker. Jennifer is dedicated to creating positive change in the lives of entrepreneurs globally. She uses heart-centered and authentic principles to guide business owners in building financially solid companies which in turn support and nourish overall wellbeing.

Callie Cummings is a best selling author and leading women's success coach and speaker. Working with clients, locally, nationally, and abroad, she helps individuals and teams become strategic action takers to further their careers, their professions, and their organizations. The majority of her professional career occurred within male dominant workforces where she became accustomed to being the only woman on the team. At a time when women in combat zones is still being debated, she is am among a small group of women to have led ground combat troops during an overseas combat tour and proven the abilities and positive outcomes of women on the front lines for future generations. Her coaching programs and workshops introduce a new, positive, and impactful way of playing the office politics game. Her clients walk away with practical tools and implementation strategies on how to create positive change within their organizations, and become influencers, without playing dirty politics.

Scott Beebe is the Founder and Head Coach of MyBusinessOnPurpose.com, and the host of the Business On Purpose podcast. He liberates Small Business owners from the chaos of working IN their business and helps to get their lives back by articulating and implementing intentional Vision/Mission/Values, Systems, and Processes. To do this, Scott created Four Steps To Business Freedom, a six month group coaching experience exclusively built for Small Business owners (under $25mm and under 25 employees). The program guides business owners through building the systems and processes they need to get their businesses and lives back on track. Scott personally serves as a virtual Operations coach for Dan Miller and the 48 Days organization.

Welcome to LeaderTHRIVE podcast with Dr. Jason Brooks. In this one year anniversary episode, I'm joined with my new guest co-host Jay Sharp. We talk about the year of Dr. Jason Brooks Leadership Podcast in review, where we are today, and the new season ahead for LeaderTHRIVE Podcast, LeaderTHRIVE Daily and more.

Jim Jubelirer is a seasoned executive, coach and public speaker. Jim’s mission is to help leaders improve their business performance and personal satisfaction. Jim speaks to a wide variety of audiences about leadership and business excellence and motivates people to achieve Breakthrough Results. He has designed and delivered custom training programs, and has delivered speeches, conference presentations and/or executive seminars to over 6,000 people from over 40 countries. Jim’s Massively Transformative Purpose is to create an equitable and sustainable world for everyone. His Moonshot is to see the transformation to 100% renewable energy worldwide in his lifetime.

Kelly Resendez, author of the new and already popular book Big Voices, is also founder of www.bigvoicesrise.com, a women-empowered network. She is passionate about helping people increase joy, reduce suffering, and learn to think differently. Her own journey has helped her create the strategies and tools that she shares throughout her books. We all long to experience the extraordinary, yet so many of us seem content to settle for mediocrity and suffering. Why? Perhaps because we’ve allowed our “little voices,” the ones who say we’re not smart enough, pretty enough, good enough, to lead our actions and temper our desires. Kelly Resendez is determined to change all that. She believes that life begins when you become aware of who you truly are. You can write a new story. You can have a Big Voice. Kelly’s uplifting message focuses on identifying and removing the barriers to self-actualization you have created. She’s spent years working on her own Big Voice, learning from the masters and she shares that hard-won knowledge with you.

Dr. Hans Finzel is a successful author, teacher, mentor and trusted authority in the field of leadership. He is the host of the popular “Leadership Answer Man” Podcast. Dr. Finzel has trained leaders internationally on five continents. He and Donna, his wife, founded HDLeaders in 2012 where he serves as President. Prior to that, Dr. Finzel completed twenty years as President and CEO of international non-profit WorldVenture. Dr. Finzel is the author of nine books, including his bestseller The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make, The Power of Passion in Leadership and his newest book Top Ten Ways to Be a Great Leader, His books have been published in over twenty foreign languages.

Wade T. Lightheart, host of the AWESOME Health Podcast, is a 3-time All Natural National Bodybuilding Champion, advisor to the American Anti-Cancer Institute and Director of Education at BiOptimizers Nutrition, one of the world’s most innovative nutritional supplement companies. He is also the author of several books including the best-selling books, “Staying Alive in a Toxic World” and “The Wealthy Backpacker.” The AWESOME Health Podcast is a big part of his mission to help others fix their digestion and transform their health with the daily practice of positive principles, rituals and optimizers. Few alive have traveled farther or crusaded harder on behalf of helping individuals transform their digestive health, wellness and overall lives than Wade T. Lightheart. After competing in Mr. Universe and his health failing him following a competition victory, Wade began to search for answers. In the process, he learned so much about what makes digestion work, along with other principles that form what he calls the AWESOME Health system. Wade’s journey into vegetarianism and bodybuilding took his health to new heights, empowering him to help others with a unique perspective. Wade also serves as an advisor to the American Anti-Cancer Institute, and is the Co-Founder and Director of Education at BiOptimizers, a digestive health company.

Shannon Miles is a master delegator. She and her husband Bryan grew a 2 person operation into a staff of 60 corporate team members by seeing where they were the strongest and delegating the rest. They lead with trust and have a thriving business built on the premise that adults are adults and can handle their business. The pair are also visionaries on the virtual workplace. Shannon’s passion, in addition to helping others realize the freedom they receive from delegating, is to bring to light the challenges women face in the workplace. From finding the courage to ask your boss for a flexible schedule, to deciding if there is an option for you outside 100% full-time onsite office work and a 100% full-time stay at home mom. Shannon has walked the walk and is here to lead other women on the journey to finding their own Third Option - which happens to be the title to her book.

David Quick is a “recovering bull in the china shop” who now uses his passion to help business leaders and their teams thrive. A 3-time CEO of rapid growth organizations, David now helps leaders thrive by sharpening their focus on Vision, Values, Expectations, Engagement. David puts executive coaching, live events, keynote presentations and group sessions all to work to help create powerful herds of high performing bulls. His no-BS communication style speaks to high performing leaders of all levels.

A self-proclaimed reformed Corporate Burnout, Michelle Gomez managed to find a slower pace of career that allowed her time and space to address the Impostor Syndrome in her own life. Michelle then turned her attention to helping other high achievers recognize and overcome their own Imposter Syndrome struggles, writing a book about her own journey, Own Your Brilliance. An accomplished business executive with nearly 2 decades worth of experience in the male-dominated transportation and logistics industry, Michelle is also a strong advocate for women in the workforce; mentoring dozens of women to personal and professional success.

Karen Walker is a consultant, author, and advisor to CEOs and senior leaders. She helps her clients grow their companies with successful outcomes that include IPOs, acquisitions, market share increases, and significant leadership development. Her clients include Inc. 500 start-ups and Fortune 500 firms. Prior to launching her consultancy, Karen was employee #104 at Compaq Computer - then the fastest growing company in American and fastest to $1billion in revenue. In her 14 years as VP/Operating Services, she helped spur the creation of more than $15 billion in value. She resides in Jupiter, Florida, although she can most often be found aloft in seat 2C. Her brand new book released October 2018 is No Dumbing Down: A No-Nonsense Guide for CEOs on Organization Growth, a book for a company’s senior-most leaders. It teaches them how to do a job only they can do: aligning the organization’s internal and external strategies for profitable, sustainable growth. Karen’s work with organizations from Fortune 500s to Inc. 500 start-ups, creating the infrastructure they need to start and sustain growth, substantiates the 5 strategies and keys for execution outlined in this book. Her motto truly is “no dumbing down.”

Karen Brown is an unconscious mind expert in the field of leadership and professional performance, world-class ultra-endurance athlete, successful corporate executive, professionally certified executive coach, keynote presenter and best-selling author. Karen tackles critical topics in today’s business environment. She utilizes the powerful mechanism of the unconscious mind, where all learning, behaviors and growth happens. After many years of coaching leaders, Karen discovered that the unconscious mind is the scientific key to elevated levels of success, with greater velocity and ease. This inspired her to found Velocity Leadership Consulting to bring this difference-making model and tools of success to all leaders. Karen realized her own transformation and discovered the keys to achieving greater success in her personal and professional life when she achieved a 28-year dream of competing in the toughest race in the world, the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, as an amateur, non-triathlete at age 46. She parlayed this experience to the business world and now helps CEOs, executives and managers connect with and realize their own goals, with greater velocity and ease. She has two published works, the most recent, Unlimiting Your Beliefs: 7 Keys to Greater Success in Your Personal and Professional Life. Karen earned Master Practitioner certification in Neuro Linguistic Programming and Mental and Emotional Release from the Association for Integrative Psychology. She’s also a certified Personal and Executive Coach through the International Coaching Federation and Coaching & Positive Psychology Institute. A consummate learner, Karen investigates the latest scientific findings that unlock elevated professional performance and leadership. She lives in Denver and finds happiness and personal expansion in training and competing on the international stage of ultra-endurance athletics.

A graduate of Canada's prestigious Royal Military College, Scott McCarthy has been exposed to leadership all his life. Since he was young, Scott has sought our leadership challenges wherever he could find them and constantly succeeded. From being a school council member when at high school to commanding Canadian Forces soldiers he has the experience level to help anyone learn about leadership. Coupled with his natural gift as a public speaker, Scott has developed into the ideal lecturer for leadership training among junior executives.  Scott is also the host of the podcast, Moving Leadership Forward, which is downloaded by leaders around the world. Scott lives by the mantra: keep pushing, keep trying, keep moving forward...and he inspires others to do the same every day.

Larry Winget is the best branded, most recognizable speaker in the business. He has established himself as an icon in the world of personal development and self-help. You won’t find many people who don’t know or who won’t recognize him as a result of his six national bestsellers, his thousands of on-stage appearances or his many regular television appearances. Larry was the first to be willing to take on the “positive attitude” motivational speakers and the Law Of Attraction bozos with his common sense, back to the basics approach. Larry still believes that hard work and excellence are the keys to success and communicates that like no other person on the planet can! Larry makes you think. He makes you uncomfortable. He offers common sense solutions that are impossible to argue with. On top of all that, he is hilarious.