Make A Play

Join us today as we have Jonathan Wynn on again to talk life after Vanderbilt football and the NFL. We talk the NFL Draft, the pre draft process, what the NFL job scene looks like, and then life after football. Being an inspired writer, an entrepreneur, and serving non profits are all things he is passionate about. We explore a lot, have a lot of fun talking ball, and learn about his most recent article about Dave Stewart trying to bring Major League Baseball to Nashville. Jonathan is Making Plays and you should too! 

We're back with Linda Zelnik of ALTA Coaching. She is based right here in Nashville, TN. We discuss a lot of leadership topics such, is it about you or them, receiving and giving feedback, can leadership be learned or are you born with it.. If you need a life coach or your team needs some guidance on your business journey, give Linda a call. MAKE A PLAY and get better today with our conversation. Always enjoy our conversations with Linda! ALTA Coaching. 

Come join us today as we have Cory Sullins, Co Owner of two Servpro Franchises and former Tennessee football player join us. We talk a lot about owning a business, the highs and lows, and then the huge freeze that hit middle Tennessee on Christmas Day. We also talk a lot of ball from SEC football, Vols, Georgia, Bama, then we jump over to SEC baseball. Give Cory a ring at Servpro if you are in the Sumner county area and share/enjoy this episode! Thanks again to Cory for joining the show!

Are you in outside sales, B2B sales, and make cold calls? Then this episode is for you. We have Leadership and Sales expert Jeff Hancher back to discuss what it takes to be successful in outside sales! If you are in sales leadership, or an executive for your company give Jeff a look to speak to your group in person, at one of his sales academies or zoom him in for your sales/leadership meetings. There is so much to grow from in this episode! Thanks again to Jeff for a great time and lending his great voice to our network! MAKE A PLAY! 

We're back and I'm joined by Jonathan Wynn. Jonathan player football for Vanderbilt from 2013-2017 on the defensive line and then played in the NFL for a couple of seasons. We talk his time in the SEC and how Vanderbilt prepared him as a student of the game and a professional. He is now writing for multiple publications as is an entrepreneur working on multiple projects that you will hear about in this episode. So glad to be back! Make A Play and have a great start to 2023! 

Join us as we talk with former college basketball player Dr. Shira Ackerman, CEO of Creating Young Minds Academy in Texas. She is also the CEO of the Undiscovered League in Texas, and author of the book Creating Young Minds. She helps kids fulfill their dream to play basketball in high school, college, and beyond. CYM Academy helps prepare these young men for life and it's great to hear how the serve them. We talk so much on what they do in their program that can help us in business as we are continuing to grow our craft in Sales, Business, Continuing our Learning journeys to help our companies and families. Listen, Share, and MAKE A PLAY!

We are back with Linda Zelnik of ALTA Coaching out of Nashville, TN; (Activating the Limitless Thinking Advantage). Linda joins us to discuss her leadership coaching company, her new book Burnout to Boom, being coachable, being vulnerable, and how her life in teaching got her into leadership coaching. Join us today, MAKE A PLAY, and get a little bit better from our conversation. Love her thoughtful answers to the questions and the conversations we had. If you're in the Nashville, area look her up and get a copy of her book! MAKE A PLAY!

Today we are joined by Stuart Cooper who has been doing sales for 24 years in multiple industries; he's done it all! Stuart works for the Provisions Group in Franklin, TN as Client Development Director. We talk sales slumps, being adaptable to change, his goals for how many meetings each week to crush your sales goals, getting out of your comfort zone and so much more. Learn some stuff, listen to how we both got our first sales jobs, and enjoy our chat! He's also another Tennessee Volunteer! Enjoy, Subscribe, and Share! MAKE A PLAY! 

Join us today on MAKE A PLAY where we are joined by Cory Sullins, former starting offensive lineman for the University of Tennessee. Cory is Co-Owner of a couple of Servpro Franchises in the Nashville area and we talk his business story after his college football days. We also talk his days under Phillip Fulmer and starting offensive line under Lane Kiffin. Come hear some cool behind the scenes stories, locker room celebrations, and other stories from the field level from Cory. Join us as we talk SEC football, owning a business, and how he stays sharp in this crazy ever changing economy.

Please join me today as I visit with one of my former MBA professors, Dr. Amy Harris from Middle Tennessee State University. She teaches graduate level business analytics classes in the department of Analytics where she teaches on analytics, stats, information systems, etc. She is deeply involved in the Greater Nashville Tech community and President of Women in Technology Tennessee. We discussed so much from you should never stop your professional learning journey, the importance of Business Analytics, using stats and visualizations in solving complex business problems. She also listed some other learning outlets and online companies to learn by yourself on the side(Coursera, LinkedIn, Udemy, Udacity). Join in and get better today from this awesome conversation with Dr. Harris! MAKE A PLAY!

We keep getting better with each episode and that is definitely the case with Leadership Trainer and Sales expert Jeff Hancher all the way from Pennsylvania. Jeff is a Podcast host, Keynote Speaker, Leadership & Sales Trainer, corn hole pro, and he shares so much with us in just 35 minutes. I cannot wait to have Jeff on again. Great leadership tips and awesome sales tips from someone that was in sales for almost 30 years. He is extremely sharp and you'll be hanging on his stories wanting more. Enjoy your time with Jeff, MAKE A PLAY, and get better today! 

Join us as we talk with Amanda Banks, CEO of DeBanks, LLC and Sports to Suits, LLC. Amanda was a sales executive in life safety solutions based company and decided to branch out to start two companies. With Sports to Suits she interviews former professional athletes (NFL, college, Olympic athletes, etc.) and talks about their transition from sports to the business world. She talks sales tips, being relentless in your pursuit of your goals/getting better, enjoying your journey, finding someone that believes in you, and so much more. Amanda is Making A lot of Plays and I hope you get inspired by our conversation. MAKE A PLAY and Get Better Today! 

We are still on our series of executives, owners, and entrepreneurs. This week's guest is Larry Richards of TRG Roofing and Construction here in Nashville. We discuss so much from his life as a college football player, early work life, owning a small business and his road to recovery. It was great to hear his stories of how he is growing as a business owner, leadership coaching, what keeps him up at night owning a business, how he helps with roofers in recovery and so much more! .Join in today, MAKE A PLAY, get better from his stories and his encouraging words. 

Awesome episode with Dr. Kelly Manix of Middle Tennessee State University as we continue a run of leadership and executive series. Kelly was a classmate of mine back in my MBA days at MTSU. She was kind of enough to join us to discuss leadership, management, humility, and many other topics on becoming a better leader. Kelly gets challenge her students day in and day out on this; she's helping others get better. Listen and learn where you can become a better leader, and as she says, Never Stop Learning. Get Better and MAKE A PLAY! 

Listen in as we have Blake Oakley on with us today. He is the Vice President of Operations of Morrison Industries (Shipping rack manufacturer) and much more to discuss leadership, industrial engineering, operational excellence, how they support their customers, and develop their internal team. If you're looking for ways to improve your leadership, your routine, or a couple of leadership organizations that Blake uses this episode is for you. MAKE A PLAY & get better today! 

Listen in as we are joined by President & Owner of C&R Services, Tiffany Wondrow. She might be the Queen of networking in Nashville! C&R is a commercial painting company here in Nashville. Tiffany tells her story of how she got to Nashville, her property management career that lead to her start C&R with her husband Jason. She is in so many networking groups where she helps, mentors and guides others in their journey in business/construction circles. Guys you will love this episode, get inspired, be encouraged, laugh, and we even talk a little OZARK series. Enjoy, Subscribe, Share, & MAKE A PLAY! 

Join us as we host Shannon Hopkins, VP of Operations of R3 Contractors right here in the Nashville area. We discuss his background, being an executive and supporting his team, dealing with insurance claims, inflation, being an Arkansas fan and much more! Give R3 a look for your residential renovation or fire/water claims. MAKE A PLAY and get better today! 

Today we are joined again by University of Tennessee Pitcher Drew Beam. Beam was recently named the SEC Freshman of the Year. We have a lot of fun talking about his year, his favorite SEC opposing stadiums, what it's like to win the SEC tournament, being the #1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament, working hard in preparing  to face upcoming opponents and much more! Great insight from how hard they work and an inside look of a successful college athlete! Have fun listening to Drew and someone MAKE A PLAY!

Join John and Carlie Gianotti-Sessum as we talk the importance of networking, building your brand, entrepreneurship, and helping others. We discuss the many brands she works for and how she uses her influence to help others. We also add another valued sponsor, Music City Turf right here in Nashville. Enjoy, share and keep listening. Much more to come in the coming weeks with other business executives! MAKE A PLAY! 

Join us as John hosts David Ramsey of the SoBro Sports Agency firm here in downtown Nashville. We talk about NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) for college athletes, what it's like to be a sports agent for professional athletes and now college athletes. Learn about SoBro Agency and what to look for in agents/advisors in the sports world. MAKE A PLAY and get better today! 

Join John as he hosts Daniel Camp, the Director of Sales & Marketing at the Union Station Nashville Yards hotel in Downtown Nashville. You have to listen in and visit this hotel when you're in Nashville next! We talk about his history in the hospitality industry, the history of the Union Station hotel, how the hotel might be haunted, their new restaurant, the upcoming changes with their brand, the importance of Networking and much more! Subscribe, Share, get better, and MAKE A PLAY today! 

Join John as he hosts Bob Caputo, the president of American Fire Sprinkler Association. Bob shares he passion in our fire safety industry, how he got into the field, what is fun and unique in this field, and much more. It is a heavy dose of fire safety this week, but there is so much to enjoy and take from our talk with Bob. Bob has been Making Plays in  fire safety for over 40 years. Enjoy and Make A Play! 

John is  joined by Josh Jenkins of Hagan Jenkins Law Group here in Murfreesboro, TN. Josh recently returned from the Masters practice rounds and we discuss that as the Masters tees of today! If you're a contractor you need to listen in to Josh as we discuss things to prepare for on the legal side of things, starting a business, and much more. We also discuss a new potential Tennessee Titans stadium as well.  Someone do something awesome today and MAKE A PLAY! 

Join John as he talks with Drew Beam, Sunday's starting pitcher for the #1 team in the country the University of Tennessee Volunteers baseball team. Drew is fresh off of a complete game 2 hit shutout at Vanderbilt. He is the SEC's Pitcher of the week and Freshman of the week. We get to know Drew, what it's like to be a SEC athlete, what it's like to play for coach V, his main interests hunting/fishing and more. Drew is Making A Play and so should you! Enjoy, Subscribe, Share, and Make A Play!

Join John Wilson as he introduces some of the show's sponsors and Greg Davidson of Music City Outdoors in Nashville, TN. Learn about how they started their company, their awesome kayaks, products and services. You will want to shop here for your next yak. John also talks Sweet 16, and some other items. Get Better and Make a Freaking Play! 

Join John Wilson for the first of many MAKE A PLAY Podcast episodes. You get to know John, what the podcast is ultimately about, and upcoming guests. Make A Play and subscribe!