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Ashley Bernardi is an award-winning podcaster and author, media relations expert and trainer, and founder and CEO of Nardi Media LLC, a full service media relations firm that specializes in media placements and training for authors, thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, non-profits, and more. Ashley served as a network television news producer for nearly a decade, with credits including CBS News, energyNOW!, a nationally syndicated energy and environmental show on Bloomberg TV, and Washington Post Live. She has a passion for helping authors grow from zero exposure to household names, and has helped multiple authors to launch their books and become on the New York Times Best Sellers, including Mel Robbins, Dr. Susan Pierce Thompson, and Dr. Gabrielle Lyon. Her clients have been placed in top-tier publications and media outlets including The Washington Post, The New York Times, TODAY, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, NPR, Fortune, Business Insider, USA TODAY, PEOPLE, TIME, CNBC, Bloomberg, Real Simple, and hundreds more. She is a regularly featured expert in the media, including Forbes, The Washington Times, Good Morning Washington, Great Day Washington, and Good Day DC. She is also the author of the award-winning book, Authentic Power: Give Yourself Permission to Feel.More Info: Ashley BernardiSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Ley is a dynamic speaker, consultant, and coach who champions the concept of Fulfillment ROI—the powerful idea that when the value created exceeds the energy invested, we unlock fulfillment and sustainable success. Whether he's working with executives, teams, or entire organizations, Matt helps reduce energy drains and elevate value-driven results.He's also the creator of The Triple A of Change: Attitudes, Activities, and Accountability—a proven framework that ensures every learning moment delivers a tangible return. Matt shows up with the mindset that your time, talent, and energy are treasures—and he's here to help you multiply them.From captaining a national championship Ultimate team, to leading churches, responding to global crises, and managing corporate operations, Matt's journey is anything but ordinary. He's taught at DePaul, authored Manage Your Gaps, and delivered over 200 talks—but what sets him apart is his passion for empowering people with real tools for real change.More Info: IPNAdvisors.comBook: Manage Your GapsSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jennifer Swanson is the Founder and CEO of Tuckpoint Advisory Group, a collective of digital transformation experts helping world-class organizations integrate digital technology into all areas of their business, significantly improving how they operate and customer experiences.More Info: Tuckpoint Advisory GroupSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deanna Jones is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in the technology sector, specializing in sales and operations roles. Her career includes a 25-year tenure at Cisco Systems, where she transitioned to her authentic self in 2019. She serves as the President of the Harmony LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce and is an active member of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and NC Chamber of Commerce; she is also a member of both the Raleigh Metro and Triangle Society of Human Resource Management. Deanna is a proud member of the National Speakers Association of the Carolinas.Drawing on her personal and professional experience, She helps organizations attract capable candidates, support their growth, and keep them engaged. Deanna shares her insights and advocates for inclusive environments across various platforms. Her transition at Cisco inspired her to become deeply involved with the LGBTQ+ community, leveraging her extensive experience and knowledge to assist companies in creating more diverse workplaces.Deanna has spoken at many companies and conferences in the local area. She holds an MBA from Elon University and a Master's in Instructional Technology from the University of Maryland University Global Campus.Deanna enjoys speaking at the Monti, a storytelling group in Durham, and coaching T-Ball in her spare time.More Info: Deanna JonesSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vera Cherepanova is the Executive Director of Boards of the Future, a global non-profit advocating for increased representation of ethics and compliance professionals on corporate boards. She is also the founding partner of Studio Etica, a boutique consultancy advising companies worldwide on corporate ethics and compliance programs. Vera serves on the Advisory Council at Ground Truth Intelligence, a global due diligence platform, and the Steering Committee of ComplianceNet, an interdisciplinary network focused on compliance research. She is the author of Corporate Compliance Program, the first book on compliance in Russian, widely used as a textbook in Russian-speaking countries, as well as a contributor to The Transnationalization of Anti-Corruption Law and other guides on business ethics, compliance, and risk management. A prolific writer and speaker, Vera is a columnist at Corporate Compliance Insights and has been featured in publications like the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Law360. She has delivered keynotes, panels, and workshops at leading organizations and events, including The World Bank, OECD, and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. Her work has earned her recognition as a thought leader in the fields of ethics, compliance, and corporate governance.Executive Director: Boards of the FutureContact Vera: vera.cherepanova@newboards.orgSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Amrita Subramanian is a former Fortune 500 VP who has devoted 22+ years of her career to helping organizations thrive amid crises. Currently, she teaches at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on post-traumatic growth through the pandemic.As the world faced COVID, the first collective trauma/crisis disruption in modern-day history, Amrita launched a first-of-its-kind study to explore how pain leads to growth and analyze our ability to heal ourselves during an unparalleled crisis.Her work is dedicated to providing education and practical solutions for individuals and communities worldwide. Her lessons draw from the evidence-based practices of everyday people who have shown heartfelt humility and wisdom in the face of crisis and devastation.The research study has amassed global participation, showing that the pandemic strengthened us and renewed our sense of identity, purpose, and community.Amrita knows well that there is growth from trauma based on what she's endured in her own life. At the age of five, she was abandoned in a convent. The trauma and abuse she endured throughout that time resulted in selective mutism (among other things) until she was 11 years old. Amrita is now using her voice to help guide humanity and speak out about the many facets of pain and what good could come from them.More Info: GrowBeyondPain.comSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Greg Stewart lives in Rockwall, TX and is currently a full-time telehealth counselor, executive coach, and consultant. He has a BA in Organizational Leadership (Cornerstone U), a Master of Divinity (Grand Rapids Theological Seminary), a MA in Counseling (GRTS), and a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision (Regent U). His dissertation was The Relationship of Emotional Intelligence to Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment. He was a pastor for 15 years in Portage, MI (youth, associate, senior), and was an Organizational Development Strategist for an assessments company working with dozens of organizations across all industries and coaching hundreds of executives. He is the author of I3: Unlock the Inner Strength Behind Your Negative Emotions, and I3 for Couples: Facing Our Negative Emotions to Build Intimacy in Marriage. He is currently working on his third book, The Leadership Quotient, which will be available Fall of 2025.More Info: BecomingMore.comBooks: I-Cubed I-Cubed for CouplesSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Organizations around the world struggle to implement dramatic change. That's where Jeff Skipper comes in. An expert in accelerating change, Jeff guides corporate leaders to plan and implement successful change initiatives. Leaders discover how to ignite engagement, convert grudging compliance into deep commitment, and realize their strategic goal. Based in Canada, Jeff is an international change leadership consultant, speaker, and author of Dancing with Disruption: Leading Dramatic Change during Global Transformation.He works with organizations in energy, finance, technology, and other industries to develop the strategy that precedes effective change.Clients, such as Bayer, BP, and The Salvation Army, have engaged him to achieve dramatic results during strategic transformation. Backed by deep expertise in leading change, Jeff guides leaders to develop effective change plans based on the twelve proven strategies he presents in his book. This empowers leaders to reach their goals faster with greater buy in throughout the entire organization.For more than twenty-five years, beginning with a twelve-year career at IBM, Jeff has guided change projects by focusing on the people side of change. He holds a master's degree in organizational psychology and is a Certified Change Management Professional. As CEO of a transformation services company, he grew it to seven figures in just five years. Jeff and his family live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. When he isn't traveling, you might find him driving a Zamboni at the local community arena.More Info: Jeff SkipperBooks: Dancing with Disruption High Impact Workshops for Leading ChangeSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laurie McGinley is just MAGIC. She leads world changers through the fears that prevent you from waking up and walking around in your dreams. She has been obsessed with how humans make transformations for the last 34 years and has been up and down this path many times; she'd start the journey at night, holding a baby, in a rainstorm, with an armful of kittens. She has helped corporate executives get better results, startup founders raise $51M and counting in funding, and politicians get clarity on their mission so that it is implemented faster. More Info: Via LucentSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a leadership advisor, best-selling author, podcast host, and speaker, Tony Martignetti combines over 30 years of business and leadership experience with an insatiable curiosity. His aim is to elevate and transform leaders, and equipping them with the tools to navigate change and unlock their true potential.Before becoming the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Inspired Purpose Partners, Tony was a finance and strategy executive with experience working with some of the world's leading life sciences companies. Along his journey, he also managed small businesses and ran a financial consulting company.Tony host The Virtual Campfire Podcast and is the author of Climbing the Right Mountain and Campfire Lessons for Leaders. He has also been featured in many publications, including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, Life Science Leader, CEOWORLD, and CEO Today.More Info: ipurposepartners.comBook: Climbing the Right MountainSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Lisa DeFrank-Cole is Director and F. Duke Perry Endowed Professor of Leadership Studies at West Virginia University, widely known for her academic and practical expertise in women's leadership. A leadership coach and author of the award-winning textbook Women and Leadership, Lisa overcame many stereotypes as a first-generation college graduate from Appalachia to reach where she is today. WV Living magazine named her a “Wonder Woman” in 2019, celebrating her for defying barriers and working towards uplifting West Virginia. She has 20+ years of experience working with academic and government institutions in West Virginia, including the Governor's Office. As a Fulbright Specialist Scholar, she taught women in Bahrain about leadership and empowerment. Lisa has also conducted leadership workshops for women in Saudi Arabia. Lisa's insights on leadership have appeared in outlets including Forbes, London School of Economics Blog, La Razon daily newspaper in Spain, and KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh.More Info: Dr. Lisa DeFrank-ColeBook: Women and Leadership: Journey Toward EquitySponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Sylvia Rohde Liebenau is an EMCC-accredited senior executive coach with 30 years of experience, known for helping C-Suite leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers excel in today's fast-paced and complex world. She founded the SMART Power Method, a revolutionary approach that empowers leaders to achieve greater impact with ease.Sylvia's clientele includes global heavyweights like UNHCR, the European Central Bank, Allianz Global Investors, the Red Cross, and Amazon. She's also set to release her new book, "Who's in Charge," a practical guide for leaders looking to build resilience, harness their power, and blend success with fulfillment.Sylvia's coaching is uniquely enriched by her background as an artist, dancer, and singer, giving her a deep, embodied understanding of key leadership qualities like presence, authenticity, connection, and communication.More about Sylvia:●Holds a PhD in international relations.●Worked with the European Commission in the ‘90s, driving impactful change through her leadership skills, and preventing a Russian hack on the IT systems. ●Joined the European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2003, introducing innovative HR and leadership development practices. ●In 2021, began working as an executive coach and leadership expert.More: SMART Power MethodBook: Who's In ChargeSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Atherton is the Co-Founder of FirstHuman (firsthuman.com), where he's on a mission to help CEOs, leaders, and top executives hit leadership breakthroughs with a human-first approach that prioritizes happiness, empowerment, and communication. FirstHuman has worked with standout clients like Adidas, Volkswagen, Heineken, PwC, UNICEF, and the Olympics. Richard's leadership journey is rooted in his own story of overcoming personal addictions and healing trauma. For nearly 10 years now, he's been a transformative figure in leadership coaching, helping people make big shifts in their careers — whether they're leveling up within their organization or breaking out on their own to start something new. One of his standout achievements is an award-winning business transformation at the BBC, wherein he led a 6-person team that built a new global operation for 70+ journalists in just 3 months. He also notably helped leaders at CEVA close a $400M profitability gap. More Information: First HumanSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Melanie Bell is the Founder of Leaders Who Fiction, an online book club and community that offers a unique way for people to acquire and develop leadership qualities through reading and discussing novels. On this fast-growing platform, leaders meet on the last Wednesday of each month for intellectual, business-oriented conversations centered around a selected novel. Melanie is also the Co-Founder of Strategic Piece, where she works with C-suite executives at growth-stage companies to deliver exceptional revenue growth by bringing together their marketing, sales, and service teams around an information-driven customer experience built on the HubSpot platform. She has been an entrepreneur for almost a decade and witnessed a great deal of what works and doesn't work in leadership and how reading fiction equips leaders with the skills they need to achieve their professional goals.Sponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Gail Golden provides strategic advice and coaching to reveal what's really going on, so leaders can make rapid, accurate decisions to create breakthrough change. Drawing on her unique cross-background perspective, Gail helps senior executives and professionals, executive leadership teams, and organizations hit peak performance. As a licensed psychologist and an MBA-holding entrepreneur, Gail understands both the emotions and the economics successful C-suite executives and senior professionals must master. Her unique approach combines sports-influenced tactics of performance coaching with psychology-trained skills of empathy to bring the best out of businesses, leaders, and employees. One of her specialties is helping senior leaders identify and master key interpersonal skills so they can provide top value to their organizations. Gail's book, Curating Your Life, was published by Rowman & Littlefield in April 2020. The book is based on more than two decades of helping leaders of all types maximize their achievements. Curating Your Life is full of advice on how to identify and accomplish your most important goals. Gail's TEDx talk illustrated and elaborated on how to successfully curate your life.More Info: Gail Golden ConsultingBook: Curating Your LifeSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Cadigan is a top talent strategist and leadership expert with 30+ years of experience. He famously led LinkedIn's early hyper-growth phase as its first CHRO, building its world-class company culture from scratch, and scaling the organization from 400 to 4,000 employees. As one of the most provocative global thought leaders on the future of work, Steve is hired not only by top companies but by entire countries to help them navigate the talent landscape. His clientele spans all the way from Google, X, Slack, BBC, and Intel, to the City of Lisbon, which hired him to develop the startup incubator Unicorn Factory. His award-winning book: WORKQUAKE is considered a game changer for leaders and organizations on the future of work in a post-COVID world. He has also written for Forbes and Inc., will soon be writing for Business Insider, and frequently appears on Bloomberg and CNBC to talk about the evolving nature of work, talent management, the Big Resignation, and successful leadership. A sought-after keynote speaker, Steve has delivered commencement addresses at Stanford and University of San Francisco. He is regularly asked for advice by legacy institutions like Harvard, as well as top VCs and management firms including Accenture, Deloitte, and McKinsey. More Info: Steve CadiganBook: WORKQUAKESponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elliot Kallen is a #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author of DRIVEN: How to Elevate Your Success as an Entrepreneur, a book that provides invaluable insights, lessons, and strategies on how to succeed as a leader and entrepreneur. He has amassed a wealth of leadership experience over four decades running several companies he founded, including Prosperity Financial Group, an investment advisory firm with almost $1B AUM, and A Brighter Day, a nonprofit organization that provides scholarship funds and mental health resources to teens experiencing stress, depression, and suicidal thoughts.Elliot started Brighter Day in memory of his youngest son, Jake, who committed suicide at 19, and he has grown it to become a renowned national organization, helping 5,000 to 10,000 teens and their families monthly to understand, protect, and sustain their mental health.More Info: Prosperity Financial Group A Brighter DaySponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catherine Allen and Ed Offterdinger are the Co-Founders of AO People Partners, a conscious leadership and people development firm that helps create successful, world-benefiting businesses. They have a combined 50+ years of experience working collaboratively with elite business and nonprofit leaders to successfully scale their business and mission objectives.Ed helped launch Baker Tilly, now one of the top ten consulting and CPA firms in the US. As AO's CEO, Catherine writes and speaks regularly on altruistic leadership development.They co-authored the well-received book Conscious, Capable, and Ready to Contribute: How Employee Development Can Become the Highest Form of Social Contribution.Ed and Catherine are also active supporters of Conscious Capitalism Inc., a nonprofit organization building a movement of business leaders to improve capitalism into a practice of harmony, prosperity, and compassion. They exemplify their message of giving: Ed has helped raise $12M+ for leukemia and lymphoma research, and Catherine gives her time to organizations like Girl Scouts and Girls, Inc., where she supports activities that guide the next generation of young female leaders.More Info: AO People PartnersSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Shenbaum is the founder of Game On Nation, a nationally recognized communication firm that employs game dynamics and improvisation to teach high-performance teamwork as well as communication, story-telling, public-speaking and presentation skills. Game On Nation provides authentic and down-to-earth courses, keynotes, and custom training programs that are widely accessible and extremely successful. For over 27 years, Steve and his company have helped people at the highest level of every sphere in the country, including leaders at Fortune 100 companies, college and professional sports teams, all branches of the military, NASA, and the U.S. House of Representatives.Steve gained notoriety for his early acting career, with featured roles in popular comedy films and shows such as Space Jam, Will & Grace, and American Pie 2. He understands the immense power of positive humor, and his professional success allows access to high-level audiences and clients.More Info: GAME ON NATIONSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aslak De Silva has nearly 20 years of experience as a practitioner and instructor of Han Moo Do martial arts, competing in about 100 full-contact fights and winning the World Championship gold medal in Michigan, USA, in 2000. Martial arts has taught him the importance of leaders being life-long learners and coaching others.Aslak is the CEO of Selfly Store, where they use the latest developments in loT, machine learning, and AI to offer smart vending machines that make grab-and-go food shopping as easy as using your home fridge.He was recognized by Chief's Digest as one of the "10 Best CEOs to Watch in 2023" and has been leading teams and companies for 15+ years.Before becoming CEO at Selfly Store, he was the CEO of Nordic Business Forum, one of the world's biggest business and leadership conferences, with 7K+ attendees annually from 50+ countries and featuring world-class speakers like Barack Obama, George Clooney, and Steve Wozniak.More Info: Selfly StoreSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business coach and SEO expert, Luke Van Der Veer is the Founder of Website Rental Coaching (WRC), a digital agency that trains people to earn through the rank-and-rent website business model and find a better work-life balance.WRC financially empowers clients by teaching them skills in SEO, lead generation, and client sourcing to build high-ranking websites that can be rented to businesses. With WRC's program, clients have earned passive incomes to matchor even replace their 9-5 salaries.Luke's journey as a digital landlord started with his own search for financial independence as an unfulfilled corporate 9-5er. In 10 years, he has built 100+ rank-and-rent websites that generate thousands of high-quality organic businessleads each month across 73 niches.Besides his 7-figure website rental portfolio, Luke has also acquired local businesses and scaled them for a big exit later. In 2023, he notably purchased Mr. Ding-A-Ling for $1.7M, raising the ice cream company's valuation to $2.2M injust a few months.More Info: WRCSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eisha Armstrong is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Vecteris, where she works with B2B companies to productize their services. As part of this work, she advises executives on how to transform their cultures and processes to allow product innovation to flourish. She is the author of the best-selling book Productize: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Professional Services into Products as well as the book Fearless: How to Transform a Services Culture and Successfully Productize.Eisha has more than 25 years of experience launching new data and information service businesses and leading global teams of professionals. Previously, Eisha held senior product leadership positions both with E.W. Scripps, the diversified media company, and with CEB (now Gartner), the pioneer in productizing management consulting services.During her career, Eisha has spoken at more than 100 leadership development and executive education sessions around the globe. She has also been cited in numerous publications including The Financial Times and The Washington Post and she is a regular guest on podcasts about product management and innovation.Eisha earned her MBA at the Harvard Business School and her Bachelor of Arts in both Women's Studies and Economics at the University of Kansas. She lives in Cincinnati with her family. She is also a certified yoga teacher and believes that teaching yoga makes her a better executive.More Info: VECTERISDOWNLOAD COMPLIMENTARY BOOK: PRODUCTIZESponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Van Korn is the author of HEALTHCARELESS, a true story of a very special man whose life was suddenly and forever changed by a rare disease. Dealing with a severe backache for three days, he was taken to an emergency room. For five grueling months his world, his dignity, his very self was stripped away. Trapped in a system that all too often is not healthcare but healthcareless.Brian is a rare storyteller with a powerful ability to recall fine details. From the first word to the last, he will take you on an emotional roller coaster ride. His path began in a hell none of us would hope to experience. In the end, it ascends into a tale of triumph and inspiration. This is one man's journey to and from paralysis.MORE INFO: Brian Van KornEmail: Brianvankorn@gmail.comSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Watchen Nyanue is the Founder and CEO of I Choose the Ladder, an employee development and retention agency that helps Fortune 500 execs develop and retain their high-performing Black women talent.She and her team have worked with top companies like Nike, McDonald's, Best Buy, and Walgreens, empowering countless women to conquer imposter syndrome, master work-life balance, and unlock their career potential. As a result, the companies have created positive high performance work cultures, achieved reduced employee turnover, lower executive recruitment costs, and benefited from happy and motivated staff.Watchen was born in Liberia and immigrated to the U.S. in 1991 to escape the war in her country. She has spent the last 15+ years overcoming everyday workplace biases against Black women and immigrants to reach the pinnacle of corporate America. Before founding I Choose the Ladder, Watchen was a senior marketing and business development executive at renowned companies like Comedy Central, Hearst Digital, Yahoo!, Johnson Publishing Company, and the 2021 WNBA champions, Chicago Sky.More Info: I CHOOSE THE LADDERSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Jason is a partner at the alternative investment firm, Legacy Group, and a board member at the Green Coffee Company, Colombia's largest coffee producer. He is an attorney specialized in corporate finance, governance, securities regulation and international business transactions. He has advised Fortune 500 companies and investment banks, including JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citibank and Goldman Sachs, through initial public offerings (IPOs) and offerings of debt and equity securities exceeding an aggregate of $10 billion. Adam is based in Medellin, Colombia.More Info: Legacy GroupSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kerry Stover is a leader at Pariveda Solutions, a leading management consulting firm that specializes in developing extraordinary talent that helps hundreds of businesses, from small startup ventures to Fortune 500 companies, solve complex technology and business problems.The company has been recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US 10 times, a milestone less than 1% of all US-based companies have achieved. Fortune, Glassdoor, and Great Place To Work have also named them as one of the best places to work.Kerry has over three decades of management and technology consulting experience and is a strong advocate of investing in the growth of employees, so they're well-equipped to lead company transformation and growth initiatives.More Info: Pariveda SolutionsSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Jill Kushner Bishop is the Founder & CEO of Multilingual Connections, a Chicago-based company that provides translation, transcription, transcreation, multimedia localization and research services in over 75 languages.Jill's early fascination with language and culture led her to pursue a BA in the Teaching of Spanish and an MA/PhD in Linguistic Anthropology. Her dissertation, More than a language, a travel agency: ideology and performance in the Israeli Judeo-Spanish revitalization movement, focuses on Judeo-Spanish, an obsolescing language spoken by descendants of Jews exiled from Spain in 1492.An unexpected opportunity brought Jill to the corporate world, where she worked as a user experience researcher for a business and technology consulting firm. She was later able to leverage her skills and background—plus her love of burritos—when she was hired to oversee language, culture, and diversity programs for Chipotle Mexican Grill.In 2005, Jill took the next step in her career by launching Multilingual Connections. She is passionate about creating a great work environment for her team and she is proud of the impact of their work in the community and across the world.When she's not working, Jill loves spending time with her husband and teen son, renovating houses, traveling around the world, and going for long walks around Evanston.More Info: Multilingual ConnectionsSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anne Brown is an experienced market research professional and serial entrepreneur. As founding partner in Gazelle Global Research she leads a global team with international data collection, data processing and total fieldwork management. She knows market research in multiple time zones, continents and languages. Anne Brown is a PRC certified member of the Insights Association and a long-time member of ESOMAR, WIRe, WBENC and WBE.More Info: Gazelle Global ResearchSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Angel G. Henry, The Inclusive Manager Strategist and "Ceiling Breaker!" Is also the author of Award-winning book Dents in the Ceiling: Tools Women and Allies Need to Breakthrough. As a 20-year veteran of Corporate America, she has amassed quite a few lessons learned. Angel has a background in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries and over 15 years in the project management discipline. As a Black woman in tech, she is often "The ONLY" in the room and has found herself struggling from Imposter Syndrome, feeling invisible, being bullied, suffered sexual harassment and more, so MUCH more! Angel is passionate for diversity in the field of IT. Her knowledge of why women and minorities are oftentimes missing from the C-Suite will enable IT leaders to help advance the conversation of inclusion and make REAL change. She is the founder of www.angelsspeaking.comSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Anderton is most well known for his TED talk, "Great Leadership Comes Down to Only Two Rules", that has been viewed 1.5M+ times and is now being used in MBA programs globally.He is also the Founder of Internal Alignment, where he helps leaders build processes so they can 10x their companies from inside out. He knows that if teams are at their best, pulling together, and heading in the right direction amazing things happen. That's what he does.Working with hundreds of companies, including giants like Jaguar Land Rover, 3M, Atkins, HSBC Holdings, Michels & Taylor, and Huntsman...and their programs typically deliver 1000%+ ROI.More Info: Peter AndertonTake the Inspirometer TestSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yasir Ali is the Co-Founder and CEO of Polymer, a no-code platform that prevents sensitive data leaks across SaaS apps such as Google Drive, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom without slowing down an organization's operations.With Polymer, organizations can redact HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, CCPA, PHI, and other sensitive data in near real-time. This enables their employees to communicate and collaborate on SaaS apps at full speed without the need to police documents ahead of time or the worry of inadvertent transfer of sensitive information.Polymer has received a total funding of $6M+, and they have revenues over $2M+. Their clients include Signify Health, Edward Jones, Medly Pharmacy, and Routefusion.Yasir is a former Wall Street and hedge fund trader who worked for several companies, including Barclays Capital. He is also the founder of Dvega, an enterprise data and technology strategy consulting firm as well as a developer for credit-sensitive analytics for Bear Stearns Mortgage trading desk.Sponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adeyemi Adeyosoye spent over 11 years learning about spirituality, quantum physics, and energy. He studied Mechanical engineering and has an extensive background in Business Development and Sales. He's helped companies accelerate their growth and build successful teams. Throughout his life, he has always had an insatiable appetite to gain a deeper knowledge about spirituality and the evolution of the human spirit. He's read hundreds of books, attended numerous retreats, and invested thousands of dollars into personal development courses, all with the single intention of accelerating the development of his soul. Now we don't talk about this much in leadership, but we should…and we're about to do just that. Adeyemi created The Soul School because, after his personal journey, he realized that the path to spiritual activation is unnecessarily complex for most people. It is filled with dense information and an endless amount of YouTube videos that repeat the same surface-level stuff while wasting your time. To put it mildly, if you are someone who yearns to go deep like me, you are forced to spend hundreds of hours of your precious time and obscene amounts of money researching while constantly feeling like you're missing something. Worst of all, most of the concepts can't be applied to improve your physical, financial, and emotional well-being. The Soul School, is a game-changer where you'll learn DEEP and HIDDEN spiritual concepts that are specifically designed to accelerate the Evolution of your Soul and as a result, supremely up-level your leadership. This is a place where you are able to advance your life financially, emotionally, and physically as you learn. So get excited because your true transformation starts right now!More Info: The Soul SchoolSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sheila Kloefkorn is the Founder and President of KEO Marketing, a top B2B marketing agency that helps Fortune 1000 companies and mid-market businesses in 100+ countries scale faster by executing well-rounded, goal-oriented marketing plans.Their team of experienced specialists includes email marketers, digital advertisers, social media managers, and copywriters, and they've won multiple accolades, including several Stevie American Business Awards for Marketing Campaign of the Year, for their outstanding work.For 25+ years, Sheila has helped companies in many industries prosper through her work in marketing.She began her career in the 1990s at a small marketing firm in New York City, where she assisted in its expansion into the biggest youth marketing firm globally. She takes pride in having been among the first online advertisers and witnessing the expansion of the digital marketing and advertising sector as a whole.Sheila has also received countless honors, most recently being recognized as one of In Business Magazine Phoenix's 2022 Women of Achievement and the Phoenix Business Journal's Top 10 Business Leaders of the Year and Top 25 Dynamic Women in Business.More Info: KEO MarketingSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Latten is the Head of Global Indirect Procurement and Supplier Diversity & Equality at Logitech. Lean in as he discusses what he's passionate about, his niche: As of today, despite all our best supplier diversity efforts, only 6.1% of the total US corporate spending goes to Black, women and other under-represented suppliers. The other 94% of corporate spend represents a vast untapped opportunity to positively impact equality. Most of this 94% of non-diverse spend is with very large suppliers. These large, non-diverse organizations employ millions of people across many countries and accrue trillions of revenue each year. These influential companies have the power to shape a gender fair future and in turn we have the power to influence them. We will not achieve gender equality without these large organizations taking a stand. Logitech along with Gender Fair co-founded The Coalition For Gender Fair Procurement with the simple aim of leveraging the multi-trillion dollar spending power of corporate procurement as a lever to provoke urgently needed progress towards gender equality. In coalition with GenderFair, Logitech has started assessing their high impact (high headcount and/or high revenue) suppliers for gender fairness using GenderFair/Ethisphere assessment based on the UN WEPs. We will continue to assess these suppliers each year with the hope and expectation of seeing progress in their gender fairness. We will also look to direct future spend decisions towards gender fair organizations. But this is not enough. We need others to take action with us. It is only by coming together that we can make meaningful progress towards gender equality. Only by uniting as an industry and with one voice asking one simple question; “Are you Gender Fair?” that we can fully unlock our influence for equality. None of us alone can be as influential as all of us together Our ultimate goal is to engender an industry wide change in procurement practices whereby all organizations assess all their high impact suppliers for gender fairness as a matter of course as we do today for risk, privacy, data security etc... and then make spend decisions accordingly. As a coalition we want to create a new procurement standard for gender equality. Finally, we are aware that to amplify the impact of this initiative, and to provoke industry wide change, we need allies. Our impact starts by extending an invitation for other progressive organizations to join Logitech, Gender Fair and Andela as founding members of the coalition.Sponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Naomi Bareket, MBA, is a speaker, NLP trainer, and specialist in “ice breaking” networking and communication. She is also an author of the “The Deep See” and the upcoming books: “NeuroSUCCESSology™ – Life Transformation”, & “The Jewish NLP”.Naomi has broad experience in linguistics, Time Line Therapy®, hypnosis, neuro-science, and the field of NLP. She has been certified by the American Board of NLP to train NLP and to certify others for practitioner and master levels. Naomi is also the CEO of Bareket Design, an international jewelry design company. Naomi and her Bareket Design sales team have closed business with accounts such as TJ Maxx, Sundance Catalog, Shop NBC, QVC, Beloro and others.Naomi's passion, charisma and experience in training groups and conducting workshops make her effective both in the private and business sectors.More Info: Naomi BareketSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon Severino is the Father of 3 and Scaler of Businesses. In 19 years of entrepreneurship, Simon has executed hundreds of go-to-market strategies with B2B teams around the globe. He's scaled his own consultancy and has retired from operations. He reached financial freedom and became an investor. Since then, he has helped thousands of entrepreneurs reach financial freedom and run their business without having to dependent on them…they now get to enjoy the fruits of their labor.Today, Simon shares his blueprints with B2B leaders like you. He's excited to help you scale faster than ever.More Info: Strategy SprintsSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brendon Baker is the author of the best-seller Valuable Change and has consulted on $10B+ transformational change projects across a wide range of industries and organizational sizes. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Valuable Change Co, a management agency that helps leaders keep transformation simple and ensure it pays off. Their clients include high-growth tech firms, well-known Australian household names like AGL and South32, and all three levels of the Australian Government.For many organizations, change often involves long meetings, lots of reports, confusion about the goals, and worry about how long it will take and cost.These complexities make 85% of change initiatives in companies worthless.Brendon has 12+ years experience in change management and believes the profession has over-complicated change management approaches. He has taken it upon himself to simplify it and in doing so help change leaders drive real value. He is also the author of the #1 new book release across multiple categories, Creating High-Value PMOs, which outlines the key reasons project managers keep failing and how they can break out of this administrative death cycle.More Info: Valuable Change Co.Sponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Nancy D. O'Reilly, PsyD, a passionate advocate for women's advancement. By founding Women Connect4Good, Inc., a 501(c)3 foundation, she has dedicated herself to supporting organizations that are working toward the advancement of women and girls. She also holds board positions in several social-profit groups, including the National Women's History Museum. Dr. Nancy writes impactful books that empower and equip women for success. Her recent titles, In This Together: How Successful Women Support Each Other in Work and Life (Adams Media/Simon & Schuster, January 2019), and Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share Their Secrets to Leadership, Business, and Life (Adams Media/Simon & Schuster, December 2014), have gained recognition and were both released as audiobooks in 2022. Driven by her commitment to advancing gender equity, Dr. Nancy and her team continue to gain momentum with the Lift Women Up campaign. Originally created to complement a PBS documentary highlighting her work championing women's equality and advancement, #LiftWomenUp emphasizes the daily actions we can all take to advance gender parity and support one another.More Info: Dr. Nancy O'ReillySponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sean Fahey is the Founder and CEO of VidCruiter, one of the fastest-growing remote recruitment platforms in the world, helping companies attract and hire better talent.75,000+ recruiters use VidCruiter to modernize their hiring. Their clients include organizations like Samsung, United Nations, Lionsgate, Chicago Bears, and US Foods.Sean has been in the HR industry for 10+ years, and he started VidCruiter after realizing how slow and inefficient traditional hiring processes were when he was tasked with hiring 200 people in 30 days in 2009.Since then, he has spent a lot of time talking to recruiters worldwide to better understand their unique challenges and find appropriate solutions to make them more efficient when hiring. More Info: VidCruiterSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Antonio Garrido is the author of My Daily Leadership: A Powerful Roadmap for Leadership Success. He is also the founder & President of My Daily Leadership, a leadership development organization with a mission to inspire one million of the world's best leaders to reach their full potential. He is an expert in leadership transformation: shaping high-performance leaders out of highly-stressed and overworked leaders. Antonio blends his own vast commercial experience with proven techniques to embed a unique brand of leadership development. He is a serial entrepreneur, successful business coach, charismatic speaker, and leader.More Info: My Daily LeadershipSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Master Leadership 360 CoachingSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For nearly 30 years Rick Tirrell, Ph.D., has helped leaders and mentors build their skills in publicly traded companies, nonprofits, and government organizations. His mastery of the art and science of leadership gives the aspiring leader an actionable toolbox for developing effective leadership skills. His seminars convert leadership theory onto useful and achievable steps every leader and mentor can take. His experience comes from frontline supervisors as well as the corner office. In addition, he has founded and led two companies himself. His Ph.D. is in psychology and has published his award-winning business book, Leadership Rite of Passage. Rick's most substantial previous work was the 2009 groundbreaking book, The Wisdom of Resilience Builders: How Our Best Leaders Create the World's Most Enduring Enterprises. It shows how great leaders use four variables to build firms that are impact-resistant growth generators.More Info: Navigator Group, Inc.Sponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Morgan Taylor is the Co-Founder of Jolly SEO, a HARO (Help a Reporter Out) link-building service that helps businesses increase brand awareness, find their audience, and build their executives' authority online. They specialize in getting high DR backlinks (60+) from publications like Business Insider, Ask Men, Forbes, and HuffPost, and have placed 3000+ backlinks for their clients, who include $100M annual recurring revenue companies and founders with $1B+ exits. The big difference between them and other link-building services is that they only charge you when they place a DR50+ link for your business. Nobody else comes close to this! Morgan has worked in marketing with a focus on SEO for 6+ years and, together with his Co-Founder at Jolly SEO, was among the first to truly productize journalist outreach for link-building purposes on platforms like HARO.He is also the Co-Founder of Pitch Response the first SaaS tool designed to help DIY HAROers achieve greater success in their link-building efforts.More Info: Jolly SEOSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leaders today have more resources, training, and support than they have ever had in history, yet leadership failures, dismissals and resignations are at an all-time high. Likewise, employees are receiving more benefits, resources, and flexibility than they've ever had before yet we are seeing alarming rates of depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues among employees, and many are quitting their jobs with an attitude that it's just not worth it.For years Caren Kenney, CEO of Evolve Leadership, C-suite executive coach, and former Executive Director at the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, has recognized the link between mental and physical wellbeing and leadership and human performance. Her work in this area began in 2001 as the co-founder of a company that developed the world's first direct-to-consumer digital behavioral health coaching programs – which were ultimately acquired by Johnson & Johnson.Six years ago, Caren led the creation of the world's first whole-person, whole-life C-suite executive coaching and development programs and today leads a global team of executive coaches, physiologists, dietitians and other leadership and human performance experts who are training leaders, teams and organization to develop higher levels of physical wellbeing, mental and emotional resilience, and character-centered leadership – which she sees as the key to developing strong, sustainable leaders who will thrive in allareas of their lives.More Info: Evolve LeadershipSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Goldberg is the Co-founder and CEO of Harper DB, a fast distributed database platform for developers looking to quickly build apps and save companies millions. They have 27000+ users and have raised $7.2M. Founded in 2017, they've also been able to scale rapidly with a small team of fewer than 20 people and are currently doing $6M+ in sales. The platform reduces the complexity and cost of database management while saving developers time with app development, data stores, ETL processes, and IoT projects. Before HarperDB, Stephen worked as a CTO and CEO of several other startups, held roles at larger organizations like IBM subsidiary software company Red Hat, and led digital transformation projects at several Fortune 500 companies across many verticals. He has been published on sites such as Tech Target and quoted in many articles and publications, including Forbes and ZDNet. Stephen has also been a speaker at IoT World, SAP's Sapphire, and Salesforce.com's Dreamforce. More Info: Harper DBSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sara Sabin calls herself a Career Chameleon. After nearly 10 years in the corporate world, she left for good in 2016. After leaving, she became the founder of two start-ups (one successful, one not), where she learned about the importance of great leadership the hard way through mistakes, successes, and trials. Since leaving the start-up world, she has built a multi six figure coaching practice, working with successful leaders and entrepreneurs of high-growth 6 and 7 figure businesses. She believes that a new type of leader is necessary for businesses to achieve long term sustainability, in an exponentially changing business world. Being technically brilliant is only the start. Balanced leadership is a delicate dance. For a leader to be truly successful, they have to understand how to motivate, inspire and push people to achieve more than they ever thought possible and approach business growth and challenges in a strategic, focused way, so that they become more influential, and effective, ultimately increasing their impact.Sara also writes regularly for Entrepreneur Magazine, as part of their Leadership Network, and The Fast Company and is a regular guest podcast speaker.MORE INFO: Sara SabinLinkedIn: Sara SabinSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lisa Druxman is the founder of FIT4MOM, the nation's leading company for pre and postnatal health, wellness, and fitness programs for every stage of motherhood. FIT4MOM has created business opportunities for moms nationwide, with more than 300 franchisees and 1,000 locations across the U.S. In addition to leading her team at FIT4MOM, Lisa is a noted speaker, author, podcaster and powerhouse of energy. A self-proclaimed mom boss, Lisa is passionate about paying it forward and empowering other women in life and business. Druxman is also the author of a new book with life strategies for moms—The Empowered Mama: How to Reclaim Your Time and Yourself While Raising a Happy, Healthy Family.Druxman earned her Master's degree in psychology with an emphasis in exercise adherence and weight control from San Diego State University. She created the weight management program, L.E.A.N. Mommy® (Learn Eating Awareness and Nutrition), which is also the name of her first book.Druxman has written on business for Entrepreneur and on motherhood for magazines such as Fit Pregnancy, Shape and more. Recognizing her entrepreneurship, Druxman has also been nominated for and received numerous honors from organizations such as the National Association of Women Business Owners for creating one of the most desirable businesses for moms in the country.Druxman has appeared on the Today Show, CNN, Access Hollywood and Home & Family, to name a few. She has also been featured in print publications including Entrepreneur, Woman's Day, Good Housekeeping, Self, Fit Pregnancy, American Baby, and more. Druxman lives and relishes the FIT4MOM mission statement every day, “Helping moms make strides in fitness, motherhood and life.” She resides in San Diego with her husband, son and daughter.More Info: FIT4MOMSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amelia Wilcox is the Founder and CEO of Nivati, a platform designed to make access to mental health solutions easier for employees. They have been recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US twice and have raised $5.7M to date. Nivati also provides flexible work to 1200 practitioners, including counselors and coaches, across North America and is used by 11,000+ employees in 60+ companies. Before Covid, Amelia ran Incorporate Massage, one of the fastest-growing companies in the US multiple years in a row, providing onsite massage services to 4,000+ corporate clients. Within ten days of the pandemic and their clients shutting down, Incorporate Massage revenues went from $6M to $0, and she had to think fast and find a new need to serve. After talking to Incorporate massage clients, she realized there was an enormous need around mental health, which her company was uniquely positioned to solve better and faster than anyone else, and that's how Nivati was born. Amelia has received many entrepreneurship awards, including being named one of the 2021 Women in Business to Watch by Startup Weekly.More Info: NivatiSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emmanuel Kulu, Jr. is an African American author and writer of Cameroonian descent. His father, Emmanuel Kulu, Sr., was a Career Engineer and his mother, Betty Kulu, was a Career MD History Educator. As a Career Social Worked, Kulu also had a deep passion for history and creative arts.Kulu tapped into film writing and acting with films like “The Rize and Fall of Tephlom Ent”, “Bug Love”, and “The 1st Purge.” In more recent years, Kulu turned his focus to embracing African linage. Upon deep study and research of Great African Kingdoms, he set his heart on Ancient Egypt as his first project as an author.Kulu questioned the validity of prior novel and film depictions of the imagery of the Ancient Egyptians who were in fact, African people. Based on his study and research, Kulu created a mythological story based off true events: I Black Pharaoh: Rise To Power.Contact Phone: 716-507-2694 / Contact Email: ibpmediagroup@gmail.comMore Info: AAARIASponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karl Hughes is the Founder of Draft.dev – where they create technical marketing content for companies. Within 2 years, they've hit: $250k MRR 15 full-time, 200 contract writers 90+ clients. They run their company in a rather unique way. They don't use Slack or other real-time communication tools. They are all remote and 90% asynchronous (meaning work can be done on employees' schedule/preferred time).More Info: Draft.devSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From as early as he can remember, Michael Trezza's world revolved around art, engineering and learning. He studied fine art and painting in college, still plays guitar every day and turned an early passion for programming and technology into his first business while still in college. Michael spent the next two decades as a technology entrepreneur, creating powerful software solutions and working with businesses from midsize to Fortune 500 companies to position them for exponential growth.Everything changed in 2017 when he found out he and his wife were having a baby girl. Michael immediately began to think differently, and to think about the world he was bringing her into. He began to wonder if today's educational system was really going to prepare her for what he imagined the future to look like. He wondered what the world was going to look like when she was his age... Being a technology innovator for his entire career, Michael has seen firsthand how rapidly the world has changed and specifically where the current educational system is no longer keeping pace. He believes that we're not preparing our children to be leaders in this increasingly dynamic world.Over the last 3 years, Michael shifted his entire life's work and mission to better prepare teens with self-awareness, global-awareness and 21st century critical thinking skills. His work and his company, Giant Leaps Learning, is fulfilling his promise to his daughter, to leave the world a better place than when he found it.More Info: Giant Leaps LearningSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Heaton is a comedian, author, and political satirist. He's the host of “The Political Orphanage” comedy and news podcast, and scifi deep dive podcast “Alienating the Audience.” He's a frequent Reason TV contributor and hosted the popular webseries “Mostly Weekly.” He's performed standup comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as a finalist in the China International Standup Competition, and throughout the United States and Europe.He once opened for William Shatner, who said he's “very funny.” So there.As a political comedian Andrew has entertained numerous think tanks and advocacy groups, student associations, and sinister political action committees. He's a regular at Electoral Dysfunction at the People's Improv Theater in New York, and the Totally Dishonest Media Show at Stand Up New York. He hosted the award-winning series EconPop, a comedy show which explained economics through popular culture.Andrew Heaton is a former congressional staffer and the author of the best-selling work of political satire Laughter is Better Than Communism, and two funny paranormal novels: Frank Got Abducted (about aliens) and Happier as Werewolves (a tender coming of age novel involving werewolves).More Info: www.andrewheaton.tvSponsors: Master Your Podcast Course: MasterYourSwagFree Coaching Session: Masterleadership.orgSupport Our Show: Click HereLily's Story: My Trust ManifestoSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/masterleadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.