Episode 860 – From Downturn To Disaster – Business Continuity with Erika Andresen

Erika Andresen, CBCP, JD, MPA, is a recovering lawyer after nearly two decades of experience in both the corporate finance world and the military. Erika became a subject matter expert on national security and disaster preparedness and response while advising different commands on their authorities and during high-risk situations in Afghanistan. Her work with actual…

Episode 859 – Are You Networking in a Hierarchical or Node Mode?

was listening to “The Square and the Tower”, subtitled “Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook” by Niall Ferguson. It argues that most organizations are hierarchical. “It’s about emperors, presidents, prime ministers, and field marshals. It’s about states, armies, and corporations. It’s about orders from on high.” Networks have nodes and have always been…

Episode 851 – Don’t Become An Expense – Become Invaluable

I luckily learned a lesson back in the 1980s when I worked at AT&T. During a performance review, my supervisor said, “Son, you are an expense. I can hire two people for what you are asking for and I would do better with that than with you alone. So the answer is NO!” Let me…

Episode 844 – Reinventing Sales Teams with Rent-A-Rep with Bill Guertin

Bill Guertin (pronounced like “13”) is a positive voice for change and is the leader of the “7 Voices” Movement, whose purpose is to hear, recognize, and minimize the effects of the negative Voices inside people’s heads and to implement simple strategies to make positivity a life-choice every day. As a sales trainer, he’s worked…

Episode 838 – Work Is Not Where You Work? It’s What You Do! with Stan Phelps

Stan is a Forbes Contributor, TEDx Speaker, IBM Futurist, Certified Speaking Professional, and best-selling author of the Goldfish Series. He is an Instructor for the ANA School of Marketing and Rutgers Business School. A show-and-tell speaker, Stan empowers audiences to take action that delivers bottom-line impact. He strives to change the paradigm of marketing by…

Episode 834 – Looking Back & Forth – Insights for 2023

Mark S. A. Smith designs and implements customer acquisition systems that find and recruit customers for disruptive products. He speaks at entrepreneurial events delivering pragmatic ideas to grow and succeed. He is an electrical engineer, media technologist, computer programmer, hardware salesman, software marketer, and business owner who works with leaders who must develop the best…

Episode 818 – How A Ping-Pong Table Could Save Your Business (or Maybe Not?)

Neil is a Certified Business Performance Advisor with Insperity. He is an HR professional for small businesses, specializing in employee engagement, loyalty, and retention. His business services include recruiting, hiring, onboarding, payroll, benefits, training and development, performance reviews, performance management, risk and liability management. Graduated in 2011 with two Bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Economics,…

Episode 810 – How To Hire Amazing Employees with Jeannette Seibly

Jeannette Seibly is The Leadership Results Coach. She has guided the creation of “people solutions” for 100s of companies while guiding the creation of three millionaires and countless 6-figure income professionals. During the past 29 years, she has become an award-winning international executive and family business management consultant, author, and keynote speaker. Her newest book,…

Episode 808 – How Interrogating Terrorists Can Help Sales with Colton Seale

Colton led the development of the Interview & Interrogation (I&I) training for the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) which is recognized as breaking the mold for interviewing training and bringing science into the art of interviewing. This was done in conjunction with the U.S. Intelligence Community but transfers perfectly into cutting-edge training and fact-finding systems…

Episode 807 – You Get What You Pay For… Some Assembly Required

There are many benefits to creating and maintaining a virtual workforce. There is also one big drawback. You have no one in your office to help you carry and assemble office furniture. No matter how small the piece of furniture, accessory, or even wall hanging, you have to follow the directions and allocate the time…