The Business Power Hour with Deb Krier

CEO, board member, best-selling author, and acclaimed international speaker, Adam Coffey is a visionary leader who drives transformative growth and fosters high-performance cultures. With 21+ years of experience as CEO, Adam built three national service companies for nine private equity sponsors. Completing 58 acquisitions, his track record includes notable outcomes measured in billions. Adam is a respected mentor to MBA candidates and a sought-after speaker at top business schools. He brings diverse expertise from commercial and industrial service businesses, alongside being a licensed general contractor, pilot, former GE executive, and US Army veteran. As an author, Adam's books The Private Equity Playbook, The Exit Strategy Playbook and Empire Builder all became #1 Amazon Best Sellers. He founded the The Chairman Group in 2021, providing consulting services to private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and to founders seeking to scale, do M&A, and exit.

Known for helping attorneys and professionals become bestselling authors and get positioned as experts in their practice area, Melanie Herschorn wants to help you step into your spotlight as an authority. As a publisher and book marketing strategist and founder of Big Impact Books, she's on a mission to empower new authors to make an impact and grow their income with their signature book. With her comprehensive background of over 20 years as a celebrity publicist, award-winning journalist in radio, print and TV, as well as a clothing designer and entrepreneur, Melanie is uniquely positioned to support authors to step into thought leadership and make a big impact with their book. She earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California where she graduated first in her class. Melanie grew up in Canada has lived on both US coasts and now resides in Arizona with her husband, daughter and son, her dog Marty and her cat Phoebe. Her award-winning book, Make a Big Impact with Your Book, is now available. Click here to purchase.

Starting out at age 25, Tanya Alvarez self-funded her first New York ad agency, using credit cards, and achieved zero to 1 million in revenue in the first year. Along the way, she traveled to 42 countries, completing the Boston and NYC Marathons and a Half Ironman, all while battling a rare brittle bone condition. Tanya is a classic underdog story, and she's on a mission to help you own your life, not just your business. Through OwnersUP, Tanya aims to empower you to win at work without losing at home, utilizing facilitated accountability sprints to scale your business sanely and enable you to live your ideal life now.

Dr. Ravi Iyer, MD, TEDx speaker, author, coach, and President of Reston Towncenter Toastmasters Club, is a renowned expert in personal and professional transformation. As CEO of IR FocalPoint, Iyer Clinic, and ActivPower Inc., he helps high-achieving individuals, including C-Suite executives, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and athletes, unlock their full potential through mastery of inner silence. His acclaimed programs, such as “Art of Living Leadership” and “Cognitive Alignment Workshop,” empower clients to break free from limiting patterns, achieve clarity, and cultivate purpose-driven lives. Specializing in rapid mindset shifts, Dr. Iyer guides individuals from a consumer mindset to a creator's perspective, enabling decisive action and freedom from mental clutter. As a podcast guest, Dr. Iyer delivers actionable insights on mental clarity, work-life balance, and aligning life with core values, inspiring listeners to embrace change and achieve deeper fulfillment and success.

METAL.MEN partner/CEO Will Henshall is a veteran start up entrepreneur, inventor, and an artist. He's an experienced personal growth leader, specializing in men's work and is an equal left/right brain thinker which means he can imagine, create, and then build big picture visions. He founded the UK band Londonbeat in the early 90s and wrote the global #1 hit song ‘I've Been Thinking About You'. In 1995, he founded San Francisco based Rocket Network (pro audio cloud collaboration), and sold it to Avid in 2003. In 2010, he started up Focus@Will, music streaming for work, with 2 million users today.

The entrepreneurial journey for Dennis Balonze began when he was 12, sweeping floors in his uncle's barbershop in Paterson, New Jersey. He was inspired by the sense of community and business hustle, eventually earning his hairdresser license while still in high school. After graduation, Dennis worked in salons to master his craft and, in 2001, he purchased an 80-year-old barbershop in Montclair, New Jersey. That shop grew into multiple locations and sparked his interest in real estate investing. At 22, Dennis bought his first two-family investment property in Belleville, New Jersey. Managing and renovating it taught him the power of passive income and appreciation. In 2005, he used a 1031 exchange to expand, which led him to Huntsville, Alabama, and the founding investment career. He later invested in Fort Benning, Georgia, and partnered with firms like Borland Capital to underwrite deals and scale his knowledge. After two decades in the barbering business, Dennis sold off his shops to focus fully on real estate—specifically real estate investing. Check out Dennis' YouTube channel, BarberUPP!

Margie Oleson, Ed.D. helps leaders crush their goals with better clarity and alignment among teams. As the founder and CEO of Oleson Consulting, she is a dynamic speaker and leadership expert who shares knowledge from her education and decades of experience in corporate America – from a variety of industries, including American Family Insurance, Ameriprise, Cargill, Catholic Charities, Ecolab, Securian Financial, St. Jude Medical, Target HQ, UCare, Lockheed Martin, and more. Leaders aren't set up to develop or adopt the right leadership skills and behaviors. Left to ‘make it up as they go', most learned from past leaders… who were also making it up! Dr. Oleson helps leaders develop the right leadership capabilities to grow and maintain high-performing teams, which is the single greatest strategic advantage for any organization.

Cheri Quinn is a brand and marketing strategist who specializes in asking open and honest questions and listening with an open heart and mind. As the Director of Brand Strategy at Mercury Creative Group, Cheri is a master at discovering and communicating an organization's essential value. With a wealth of experience in brand strategy, strategic planning, marketing, and communications, she has helped numerous organizations discover their unique value and voice.

Vance Morris helps business owners get, serve, and keep clients for life through creating experiences and response required marketing. He is a former birth control factory security guard turned Disney leader, turned bankrupt out-of-work executive, turned carpet cleaner, turned successful entrepreneur. Now, he's the founder of DSN Institute, helping businesses create customer experiences that drive extraordinary customer referrals and profits. Vance has a gift for our listeners. Click here to receive 52 Low Cost Ways to Wow Your Customers.

Kara Kenan is the founder & CEO of the Cancer Wellness Institute, where she trains and certifies cancer coaches globally. A passionate advocate for cancer survivorship, Kara has developed evidence-based programs that empower patients, survivors, and health professionals. She also serves as the Executive Director for Going Beyond the Pink, a North Carolina-based breast cancer support nonprofit, and Marketing & Communications Manager at the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS). Kara is actively involved in cancer policy and advocacy with NCCS and the Society for Integrative Oncology, and has been a treatment guideline reviewer with American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Leveraging AI, she has scaled her online courses, enhancing accessibility and support for cancer coaches worldwide. With over a decade of experience in coaching, advocacy, and curriculum development, Kara is dedicated to bridging gaps in survivorship care through education, innovation, and policy work.

Bianca Best is a woman of impact. She is an award-winning global business leader, best-selling author, founder and CEO of  The Burnout Business and Energy-SCAPE™ method, certified coach, keynote speaker, and solo parenting mother of four who is passionately eradicating the world's burnout epidemic at scale. She is the author of Big Impact Without Burnout: 8 Energizing Strategies to Stop Struggling and Start Soaring. Click here to purchase.

Rich Horwath is the founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute where he facilitates strategy workshops to help executive leadership teams think, plan, and act strategically to set direction, create advantage, and maximize their leadership performance. He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking, including his new book: STRATEGIC: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence. Click here to purchase STRATEGIC.

Bofta Yimam is an Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, International Speaker and the Founder of StoryLede®, a fractional marketing and communications agency that uses storytelling to position companies and their CEOs as industry leaders so they can skyrocket their visibility, impact, and growth.  Before launching StoryLede, Bofta worked as a local and national TV correspondent for more than a decade, including reporting from the White House for CBS News. She is the first Ethiopian-American newscaster to receive an Emmy award and is a sought-after speaker who's spoken in London, Africa, as well as across the U.S. Bofta is the recipient of multiple awards, including the 2023 Women Enterprising Women award. In 2025, Bofta was selected to be on the national forum for WBENC - the largest certifier of women-owned businesses.

Marcey Rader is a multi-award-winning speaker, consultant, coach, and author who helps individuals and teams reclaim their workdays with health-powered productivity™. As the founder of RaderCo, she works with companies to reduce burnout through sustainable habits. She is a TEDx speaker and one of only 900 Certified Speaking Professionals® globally. Marcey's books include Work Well. Play More! and her latest, Reclaim Your Workday, Sustainable Productivity Strategies for the New World of Work. Marcey's energy doesn't slow down offstage—when she's not watching her husband perform as a professional drummer, she's doing walking meetings, sipping iced coffee, or jumping rope in Raleigh, NC. Click here to purchase Reclaim Your Workday.

From a professional basketball player to (probably) the world's tallest social media guru, Adam Constantine has been a creative pioneer for over a decade in various industries. He has consistently created dynamic, unique, inspiring, and humorous digital content that engages audiences, keeps them talking, and builds successful brands. This led to the launch of ACE Creatives, a social media and full-scale production agency. With clients from top global content creators to Fortune 500 companies and a variety of other verticals, his goal for each is to effectively position them in front of their audience to maximize ROI and brand affinity. He's been on the national speaking circuit for several years, teaching the importance of storytelling in the digital age and hosting workshops on building a dynamic social media presence; serving as an event MC and social media thought leader, his unique skill set of simultaneously entertaining while educating a crowd is rivalled only by his 6'8″ frame, impressive beard growth, and ever-growing collection of shoes.

Sergey Leshchenko is the founder of Beverly Production, a podcast production agency, and the host of BE Yourself, where he explores transformational changes in life and business. Over the past year, he's built a thriving business despite the challenges of war in Ukraine, proving that resilience and creativity can flourish even in the toughest times. Click here to watch Deb's interview on Sergey's podcast.

Dr. Melissa Robinson-Winemiller is an author, speaker and leadership coach. Spurred on by personal experience and a deep love of learning, Melissa has conducted in-depth research into the use of empathy in leadership and how that connects to emotional intelligence for better profit, productivity, and innovation. Her groundbreaking findings and compelling stage presence delight and inspire audiences in the US and abroad. Driven by a passion for sharing what she has learned, Melissa is on a mission to change the world of leadership for the good of humanity.

Rick Yvanovich is a true master of the business coaching craft. His proven track record of helping companies and individuals achieve unprecedented levels of success is a testament to his unparalleled ability to combine business experience with coaching interventions. Through systematic processes and unwavering commitment to employee empowerment, Rick translates vision into actionable steps that propel his clients forward towards their goals and milestones. He is the founder and CEO of TRG International. Click here to purchase Business as UnUsual: How to Thrive in the New Renaissance.

Richard Branson said entrepreneurs in the 21st century have to be storytellers. Cathy Goodwin says, “But they have to tell the right stories.”   Cathy is a copywriter and marketing strategist, focusing on small service-oriented businesses. She uses storytelling as a tool to carry out business strategy - not as a way to express yourself or entertain prospects. She's also the author of Your Mess is NOT Your Message.   Cathy Goodwin, PhD, spent 20 years as a college professor before starting her online business. She has also performed standup comedy at open mics. So she's well-qualified to communicate serious ideas and have fun along the way.   She has lived all over North America, including Alaska and Canada. She now makes her home in Philadelphia with one rescue cat who refuses to share her story.   Click here to purchase Your Mess is NOT Your Message. Click here for Cathy's gift to our listeners on finding your story archetype.

Meet Bersabeh Ray, the driving force behind Harmonic Wealth Global—a legacy born where grit met grace. Alongside James Arthur Ray, a fearless trailblazer who conquered life's heights and rose from the ashes, they forged a vision of harmony and abundance. Tragically, James passed in January 2025, but his dream endures. Now, Bersabeh—an intuitive powerhouse whose own path from hardship to healing inspires—carries the torch. Honoring James' mission, she guides you to break free from fear, align with purpose, and transform struggles into strength. Ready to rewrite your story and embrace true wealth and well-being? Bersabeh lights the way.

Amy Rasdal traded her corporate job for consulting 15 years ago and makes more money than most executives. The advantages are freedom, flexibility, control, interesting work and excellent pay. She has been running her own multiple 6-figure consulting business for more than 15 years. As the founder of Billable at the Beach®, Amy has helped hundreds of people start their own successful consulting businesses through speaking, workshops and various programs over the past 10 years. Billable at the Beach® liberates 6-figure earners by empowering them to build 6-figure consulting businesses. Click here for Amy's free course: “3 Action Steps to Generate Revenue Now”.

Gary De Rodriguez is the CEO of Peopleistic USA, an associate professor at the Business Education Institute, a master trainer of Humanistic Neuro-Linguistic Psychology, an Extended DISC trainer, and a Talexes facilitator. Known as the People Mechanic, he is recognized as an international expert in the science of human excellence and a published author on leadership through Bloomsbury Publishing.

Fahad, a 15-year-old student and interview captain at Rehan School Online Academy in Pakistan, is very dedicated regarding his work. He has conducted over 300 podcasts of different individuals, including many TEDx speakers, successful podcasters, and amazing authors. His goal is to become an expert in AI and to create his own AI tools that will create a positive impact on 10 million lives. Click here to connect with Fahad on LinkedIn or here to connect with him on Facebook.

Bold Type Co-Founder Grace Aldridge Foster has been training writers for over a decade. She has worked with organizations including Capital One, Johnson & Johnson, Biogen, the U.S. Special Operations Command, the Aspen Institute, and the DC Public Education Fund. She has taught professional writing at Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies and McDonough School of Business. Her own writing has appeared in academic publications, Smithsonian Insider, and Forbes, where she is a Careers and Leadership Contributor.

Meet Brian Basilico, the founder of B2B Interactive Marketing. Brian is a seasoned thought leader with over 45 years of experience with traditional, digital, and relationship marketing.   Brian is an internationally known author, podcaster, and speaker respected as an expert in using content marketing and distribution technologies to supercharge sales and prospecting efforts. He is the author several books, including It's Not About You, It's About BACON!   Brian and his team of experts understand the powerful synergy between compelling content and strategic networking on LinkedIn. This includes websites, social media, email, SEO, Google, artificial intelligence, and LinkedIn advertising and utilizing current business relationships within your accounting and CRM systems integration. His unique systems and approach have helped companies turn every $1 spent on marketing into a 10-15 times return on investment for sales to current and prospective customers.

Are you tired of unpredictable income in your business? Gina Carr, a serial entrepreneur, has the solution. With an MBA from Harvard and an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, this marketing maven is the expert in leveraging artificial intelligence to create stable, recurring revenue streams. Terry Brock works with his clients around the world to help them build their business. He does this by helping them with Relationship Marketing, using AI and other tools. He has been a professional speaker for over 41 years. He has earned the prestigious Certified Speaking Professional designation. He has also been inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame (only five per year) which includes people like Brian Tracy, Ronald Reagan, Bob Burg, Randy Gage, and Jim Rohn. Terry has also received the National Speakers Association's highest award with only one per year, The Cavett. Together, they are Stark Raving Entrepreneurs and they make tech solutions doable and fun. Gina and Terry have two free gifts for our audience. Click here for AI Tools for Business Building and here for their AI training.

Brynne Tillman is the CEO of Social Sales Link and The Modern Banker and the new personalized AI platform askSSL.ai. She teaches professionals how to leverage LinkedIn and AI to start trust-based conversation without being salesy. She is also the co-author, with Jeb Blount, of the upcoming book The LinkedIn Edge.

Lauren Capwell and Lauren Shaw—better known as "The Laurens"—are the powerhouse duo behind a groundbreaking approach to high-ticket sales and AI-driven business growth. With a unique blend of expertise—a rocket scientist with Stanford AI training and a sales expert who has scaled multiple 6- and 7-figure businesses and sold over $5 million in high-ticket programs—they've cracked the code on how to consistently attract and close premium clients. As the creators of The AI Sales Accelerator™ and Clarity Playbooks™, they help coaches, consultants, and online service providers transform their messaging, automate content creation, and build sales systems that convert. Their mission? To make AI simple, powerful, and practical—so business owners can scale with ease, reclaim their time, and achieve lasting financial freedom. Today, they're here to share the real truth about AI in sales and marketing—what's working, what's not, and how to use AI to streamline your business without losing your voice, authenticity, or personal touch. Click here to join The Laurens AI Community!

Tori Begg is a dynamic leader and innovator specializing in integrating artificial intelligence into sales and marketing processes. As the Head of AI Enablement and Strategy for V Digital Services, she focuses on empowering the sales team to operate more efficiently and effectively through cutting-edge AI tools and systems. With nearly two years of experience driving inventive solutions in AI, Tori has established herself as an expert in transforming workflows to enhance productivity and results. With a passion for efficiency, creativity, and problem-solving, Tori continues to lead forward-thinking initiatives that shape the future of sales and marketing in the AI era.

Over the past 30+ years, Kim Garst has built not one, but seven 7-figure online businesses (and a few 6-figure ones!). She's a go-to authority on online marketing, especially when it comes to AI marketing and social selling. Kim knows that authenticity is key. Whether it's social selling or the cutting-edge realm of AI-driven marketing strategies, staying true to who you are makes all the difference. Kim's book, Will the Real You Please Stand Up: Show Up, Be Authentic, and Prosper in Social Media, is an international best seller. It's a testament to the power of authenticity in marketing. But here's where it gets exciting: authenticity and AI have an exciting connection! Kim's mission is to help businesses understand how to train AI to reflect their unique voice and brand message. Imagine an AI that not only works smarter but also resonates with your audience because it's imbued with your genuine voice. By marrying authenticity with AI's capabilities, we can foster connections that are real and drive growth like never before.

Denise Wakeman, founder of AI Success Club and Marketing Trailblazers, helps solo business owners amplify their online reach and revenue with practical, AI-driven strategies. A pioneer in digital marketing since 1996, Denise specializes in simplifying complex tactics, empowering entrepreneurs to build visibility, connect with their audience, and confidently grow their businesses.

Cristina DiGiacomo is the Chief AI Philosophy Officer of the C-Suite Network Technology Council, blending her expertise in Philosophy and generative AI to help business leaders and coaches navigate the transformative potential of AI. With 14 years of philosophical study and certifications in ChatGPT and Generative AI, Cristina brings a unique perspective to integrating AI with wisdom and human values. As the founder of Everyday Philosophy, she delivers workshops, masterminds, and retreats that connect timeless philosophical principles with AI applications for strategic growth and leadership. Cristina is also an Advisor and Chief Philosophy Officer for “Loving Is AI”. She holds a Master of Science in Organizational Change Management, is a #1 Best Selling Author for her book Wise Up! At Work, is a 2x New York Times Publishers Award Winner, and a Canne Cyber Lion Award short-list winner.

Kelly Meerbott is an acclaimed TEDx keynote speaker, author, podcast host, and award-winning certified leadership coach. With a unique trauma-informed approach and PTSD training, Kelly has transformed the leadership landscape for executives, C-Suite members, and senior military officers. Her proven strategies help 90% of her clients overcome burnout, become more resilient, and achieve their goals. Kelly's insights on burnout are featured in her bestselling book From Burnout to Bliss and her latest release, Meerbotts Fables. Click here to purchase Meerbotts Fables.

Adam Goldman is a franchise consultant who is an experienced investor, serial entrepreneur, franchisee, and Master Franchisor. Over his 20-year career as a business investor and franchise consultant, Adam has founded three successful companies on two continents. These include an IT company in Poland and a real estate investment company in Texas. Most recently, he has grown the Vanguard Cleaning Area Developer concept in Houston into a multi-million dollar a year enterprise with over 30 franchisees and 300 customers which he recently sold.

Molly McGrath, founder of Hiring & Empowering Solutions, LLC, is committed to serving the legal community in staffing, employee engagement, intrapreneurship, and employee retention initiatives. She's proudly delivered results for more than 5,000 law firms over the past 25 years across the country. In addition, she's a top 10% legal podcaster, 16-year legal blogger, a 3 time #1 Amazon Best Seller author. Her books are Fix My Boss: The Simple Plan to Cultivate Respect, Risk Courageous Conversations, and Increase the Bottom Line, Intrapreneurs in an Entrepreneur's World – How to Empower Your Employees to Step Up and Lead, and Don't Be a Yes Chick: How to Stop Babysitting Your Boss, Transform Your Job and Work with a Dream Team Without Losing Your Sanity or Spirit in the Process.

Angela Fowler is a popular coach, consultant and speaker who shows organizations how to increase their bottom line by leveraging the power of accessibility to tap into the $2.1 trillion buying power of people with disabilities. As a businesswoman who is also totally blind, she has a unique insight into what it takes for regular every-day businesses to tap into a market which they may not fully understand or readily think is available to them. With humor and straight talk tempered with patience, she shows organizations how to make the necessary adjustments, often with a lot less effort than they think. Angela's courses offer common-sense, cost-effective solutions to help businesses make their products and services accessible to people with disabilities and more user-friendly for everyone. Her philosophy is that most people want to do the right thing, they just don't know what the right thing is.

Ashish Kothari is an executive coach, author, consultant and founder of Happiness Squad, a company focused on helping individuals and organizations make flourishing their competitive edge and operate at their fullest potential. Ashish is the author of the bestselling book Hardwired for Happiness in which he outlines an easy-to-follow recipe that can help anyone increase joy, health, love and meaning in their lives. Prior to starting Happiness Squad, Ashish was a Partner at the global management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company and spent over two decades helping thousands of leaders and their organizations achieve breakthrough performance through increasing their effectiveness, building more human centric cultures, and transforming capabilities at scale. Ashish has a master's in business administration (MBA) from Chicago Booth and a bachelor's and master's degree in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India. He is married and lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, Lizzie, his son, Ashwin and their pug, Hufflepuff.  Click here to purchase Hardwired for Happiness.

Bob King literally wrote the book on closing for salespeople, closers, and anyone else who wants to know why they said yes on a day they were “just looking”. His book, The Joy of Closing, reveals the secrets to earning the customer's business and getting them what they want. Click here to purchase The Joy of Closing.

Whitney Isola, MS, RDN, MBA is a dynamic female entrepreneur and at Archer Review, she drives growth and innovation in medical and nursing test preparation. Originally trained as a Registered Dietitian, Whitney's career began with impactful work in community hospitals and award-winning, plant-based nutrition programs. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to co-found a supportive care platform for oncology patients, which she successfully later sold. She now leverages her experience to help Archer Review expand its offerings and maintain high standards in a rapidly growing industry.

Shimrit Nativ is a success and freedom mentor, and CEO and founder of Master Your Path Academy. Having built a 6-figure business in a matter of months when she first started out, with no prior experience, Shimrit is the perfect example of what's possible when you have a desire and drive to create a significant impact. As a transformational and success coach and mindset expert, Shimrit has helped hundreds of driven and creative individuals across the globe create and sustain a consistent baseline of confidence, success, and fulfillment. Shimrit has a special offer of a workshop for our listeners. Click here to learn more.

Nolan Bradbury, founder of Bradfield Accounting & Advisory, is a seasoned financial professional who is passionate about helping business owners achieve their dreams. Leaning on two decades of experience in both the public and private sectors, he helps entrepreneurs minimize the unknown and remove operational uncertainty from the equation so they can concentrate on what they do best, lose less sleep, and increase profitability and cash flow.

Lida Citroën is an executive coach, personal branding, and reputation management authority helping global executives, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders manage how they're perceived and drive them toward ideal opportunities. She has helped thousands of individuals in more than 30 countries gain a fresh perspective on how to position themselves for success. As a professional keynote speaker and presenter, Lida's popular TEDx Talk, and numerous courses on LinkedIn Learning showcase her empowering coaching style and message. Lida has authored several award-winning books, and her most recent book just launched, The New Rules of Influence: How to authentically build trust, drive change, and make an impact. A passionate supporter of the military community, Lida volunteers her time to help veterans transitioning to civilian careers. Click here to purchase The New Rules of Influence.

Bob Bowdon is the founder of VidaFair. He has his mechanical engineering bachelor's degree from Purdue and his engineering management master's degree from Stanford. Bob has been a television professional for 18 years, including entertainment and talk shows, a reporter for Bloomberg Television, host/executive producer for American Public Television, as well as an on-camera comedy reporter for the Onion News Network. Additionally, he is a documentary filmmaker of "The Cartel," about corruption in public education, which was a winner of 12 film festival awards, national theatrical release and distribution by Warner Brothers and Netflix.

Michael Silva was the president and founder of FOUNDATIONperformance Sports Medicine for 20 years before selling his practice and exiting successfully. They were a leading outpatient physical therapy practice in New England with three offices in two states. He is also the creator of RUNstrong®: A comprehensive conditioning program for runners and coaches. After exiting the clinical setting, Michael's mission is to be a resource to small business owners and entrepreneurs. Helping them thrive optimally in business is his mission; he knows that a good business is built on relationships and self-awareness. And that business will succeed when the customer experience is optimized! He is committed to helping his clients not only meet personal and business goals, but to surpass them.

Michael Hill is the CEO and Co-Founder of Well Groomed Pets, spearheading innovation in pet care. Michael's passion for animal welfare grew after the loss of a beloved family pet that succumbed to cancer—a loss that may have been avoided with early intervention. Combining his desire to provide preventative care for pets with his business acumen, he launched Well Groomed Pets, knowing that pet groomers touch and see family pets twenty times more often than a veterinarian does. Under his leadership, the franchise has revolutionized pet grooming services, prioritizing quality and convenience while providing a comprehensive nose-to-tail wellness check for every pet seen.

Wendy Watson, a Spiritual Relationship Mentor and CEO at TBR Spiritual Health, is dedicated to guiding individuals through transformative journeys towards healing, personal, and spiritual growth. With a focus on helping people overcome the trauma of divorce, cultivate healthy relationships, and address a range of mental and emotional challenges, Wendy is committed to empowering her clients to reclaim their inner peace and fulfillment. As a 5th-generation entrepreneur, 2023 Finalist for the BBB Torch Awards for Ethics, author of Verbal Turbulence: The 70/20/10 Rule, and a seasoned speaker, Wendy brings a wealth of expertise and insight to her work. She specializes in nurturing inner relationships, establishing self-worth, finding peace in relationships, and strengthening intuition, offering practical tools and compassionate support to facilitate lasting change. Click here to purchase Verbal Turbulence.

Carrolee Drummonds is an award-winning speaker, writer, and content marketing consultant with over 15 years of experience. As Principal Consultant at CMCG, she helps experts and consultants become magnets to their ideal clients using the power of Other People's Podcasts (OPP). Beyond her work as a marketer, she is an active volunteer in her community - serving on several nonprofit boards, and founding the Care Moore Initiative, an annual award given to a nonprofit that provides them with creative and fundraising services. The initiative has provided over $60,000 in services since 2022. Click here to download Carrolee's Podcast Pitch Guide.

Elle Ballard's experience includes building a successful international career in leadership where she led the team on the oil and gas $3.2 billion crude oil system CPC project, as well as her marketing projects for software companies where she helped build brand equity and positioning to prepare for successful acquisition. Today, she is an accomplished author, speaker, and founder of a community of global women entrepreneurs representing women from 23 countries. With her goal of impacting 50,000 women in the next 5 years, she guides busy women entrepreneurs in embracing all aspects of life. She's also a podcaster, hosting Empowered Global Women in Business. Click here for Elle's gift for our listeners.

Kris Ashley is a dynamic coach, author, speaker, podcast host, and television host with a passion for personal development, spirituality, and science. She has spent over two decades immersed in the research and teachings she shares. Following her passion for personal development, Kris trained with renowned life coach Mary Morrissey and began her coaching business, Change Your Mind with Kris Ashley. She also launched her podcast with the same name. In 2022, she published her first book, Change Your Mind To Change Your Reality, which received endorsements from spiritual and self-help heavyweights Michael Beckwith, Marci Shimoff, Bob Doyle, John Gray, and Anita Moorjani. Today, Kris is a regular panelist, speaker, and trainer at personal development events. Whether it's energizing a crowd at a conference or distilling wisdom into a podcast microphone, she's a force that captivates and inspires, always ready to motivate and lead others to their best selves. Click here to purchase Change Your Mind To Change Your Reality.

Jan Southern is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) and Business Advisor for Ferguson Alliance in Houston, Texas. The Alliance is a boutique family advisory firm with clients throughout the U.S. Jan has a remarkable talent for guiding businesses through managing process improvement and creating a culture of continuous improvement. One of her most memorable success stories involves a family-owned business that was struggling to stay afloat. Through her strategic approach, she not only helped them streamline their operations, but also instilled a mindset of continuous growth and innovation. This transformation led to a significant improvement, showcasing Jan's ability to balance flexibility with structured processes. Jan can help family business owners turn challenges into opportunities for lasting success.  

Martie McNabb sold her apartment in Brooklyn over six years ago and hit the road in her 21-foot campervan (named Brooklyn) to host story-sharing gatherings and interactive art/history exhibitions for individuals, families and organizations all over the country. She's a legacy artist on a mission to build deeper connections, community and legacy through the stories of the Things that Matter. She's been written about in the Wall Street Journal and featured in three books. She splits her time between her wife and mom-in-law in Albuquerque and her Mom in Vermont. And when she can she meets her wife, a marriage over 30 years in the making, on the dance floor where they met a lifetime ago. She's launching a series of multi-author books all about the Things that Matter in 2024.