All Things Hip Hop Episode #1

When mega successful people have an impossible problem they can’t solve, they call Nic for help. Nic is a lifelong student, visionary and entrepreneur. He also loves to take naps every day. He’s had the privilege of being accused of having multiple overnight successes while giving off the appearance of barely trying and making it look easy.

Chris is a natural born leader and communicator who is passionate about helping those in his community. He is a 1999 graduate of the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he was Vice President of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity. Chris has served as a Big Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters, as a local youth football and baseball coach, and President of the Tampa Gator Club. During his collegiate years, he organized and executed over 100 community service projects, accounting for over 5,000 volunteer hours. His desire to better his community has definitely molded his career choices. After award winning careers in both Television and Education, Chris now works tirelessly to ensure the financial well-being of his clients. Chris is licensed in both Securities (Series 7) as well as Life, Health & Variable Annuities (2-15). He is passionate about helping clients acquire, manage and preserve wealth so they can truly enjoy the best things in life. The best things in Chris’ life are his wife Felicia,

Frank's beauty career spans more than 48 years starting as a shoeshine boy in a New Jersey barbershop and includes studying with Vidal Sassoon Academies and the Jingles Schools of Advanced Training in London. Frank and his wife, Belinda, started Salon Visage in 1986, which has grown into a nationally recognized company with 170 employees spread across six unique brands including Gambuzza's Barbershop, which has been voted Best Barbershop in America multiple times, and serving more than 600 clients per day in Knoxville, Tennessee. Recognized by Self magazine as one of the top 20 hairdressers in America, he is the former President and Vice-President of the exclusive Intercoiffure American/Canada organization based in Paris and has served on its board for over 25 years. A partner and board member of the Summit Salon Business Center, he is highly a sought after speaker and co-founded the Strictly Business series of seminars. Salonvisage.com

Retired Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jason Redman electrifies audiences with his high-energy presentations on leadership, failure, redemption, catastrophic injury and his breathtaking journey to “overcome all” in the aftermath of wartime enemy ambush and in the face of what he calls life ambushes during the years that followed. During his 21-year Navy career, Jason spent 11 years as an enlisted SEAL and 10 years as a SEAL officer leading teams in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today he puts his vast experience and expertise to work as speaker, coach, author and trainer, helping individuals, teams and organizations of all types and sizes to implement lasting change, even in the wake or face of failure, crisis and adversity. He’s lived through all these things at the highest level in his Navy SEAL career. From failure as a young leader and almost being kicked out of the SEAL teams, to redemption and leading teams in intense combat operations in Iraq, to being shot eight times including a round to the face

David Meltzer is the Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. His life’s mission is to empower OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy! This simple yet powerful mission has led him on an incredible journey to provide one thing…VALUE. In all his content and communication that’s exactly what you’ll receive. He is a three-time international best-selling author, a Top 100 Business Coach, the executive producer of Entrepreneur‘s #1 digital business show, Elevator Pitch, and host of the top entrepreneur podcast, The Playbook. His newest book, Game-Time Decision Making, was a #1 new release, David has been recognized by Variety Magazine as their Sports Humanitarian of the Year and awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. davidmeltzer.com

SHANNEL MARIANO-is not only the best and most sought after hair cutting educator in the professional beauty industry, she has been my personal favorite for years! Don’t let her humble persona fool you, she is serious about her business , with over 350k sold out followers on Instagram and an average of over 120k views on every video she posts, SHANNEL has made her dreams become her reality. She is ruthlessly connected to her “WHY” and that is to empower people to be themselves through LOVE, and make to make sure that anything she does that her family is always #1!SHANNEL will captivate you with her MASTERY of her craft while capturing your heart with her humble spirit and servant mentality! Stop now and get a pen and paper and get ready to fill up your soul with this episode! SHANNEL you inspire me!!! shannelmariano.com

Art Barter Founder and CEO, Servant Leadership Institute Owner and CEO, Datron World Communications, Inc. Using his passion for Servant Leadership Art Barter was able to demonstrate the power of this leadership technique, not by lecturing or writing about it, but by doing it first. After purchasing Datron World Communications in 2004, he began to dismantle the company's traditional power-led management style and replaced it with the SL model. After years of hard work, not only were the employees of Datron happier, they were more efficient. As a result, Datron grew from a $10 million company to a $200 million company in just 6 years. In order to spread his passion for SL, Art founded the SLI in 2010. Since its inception, the Institute has developed a powerful curriculum with over 45 hours of training, more than half a dozen books and booklets, as well as webinars, podcasts and articles all geared toward empowering others to become effective servant leaders. https://www.serva

ROB ROVETA is successful at everything thing that he does because he is focused on the most important thing... RELATIONSHIPS. In addition to being DUSTIN POIRIER’s manager he is a husband, father and a relentless entrepreneur! Rob will inspire you with his humble spirit but don’t let the smooth taste fool you! This man is a juggernaut in every arena that he steps into!

On this episode I had the opportunity to be on “THE NO STYLIST LEFT BEHIND PODCAST” If you are ready to take control of this year and really dive into the depths of your business... THIS IS YOUR PODCAST EPISODE. Thank you to Nina Tulio and J Ladner for having me on the podcast! Be sure to check them out!!! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-stylist-left-behind/id1465470771

ROBERT CROMEANS is and has been a prolific leader in the professional beauty industry for years! His mindset in all circumstances is uplifting in a time when so many are hurting!! He shares his humble view of 2020 and I promise that you won’t want to miss one second of this episode!!!

On this episode I surprise Jen Horter by recording our phone call without her knowing because she is one of the most inspirational business owners I know!!! She shares with us how to thrive in down times! She can be found at bombshellhairsalon.com

The author of 24 books, Chip's newest book, "Inside Your Customer's Imagination: 5 Secrets to Creating Breakthrough Products, Services, and Solutions,” is due out in the fall of 2020. He is also of such bestsellers as "Kaleidoscope: Delivering Innovative Service That Sparkles,” "Sprinkles: Creating Awesome Experiences Through Innovative Service,” "The 9 1/2 Principles of Innovative Service,” "Take Their Breath Away" (with John Patterson), "Managers As Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning" (with Marshall Goldsmith), “Customers as Partners,” "Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service" (with Ron Zemke), and “Magnetic Service” (with Bilijack Bell). He has served as keynote speaker, consultant, and trainer on innovative service to such major organizations as GE, Microsoft, Nationwide, Marriott, Lockheed-Martin, Cadillac, Ultimate Software, KeyBank, Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Caterpillar, Eli Lilly, Verizon, Best Buy, USAA, Hertz, Accenture, Home Depot, and Harley-Davidson. He is a keynote speaker on topics such as

On this episode I had the opportunity to be on a virtual summit with Rebecca McGuicken and share on a topic that all of us are going through! https://www.facebook.com/therebeccafaith/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

*charles insists you know that he did not write this bio & rather dislikes bio’s in general. charles ressler began his career as a child actor in new york city. he is a graduate of the prestigious Professional Children’s School, studied acting at the T. Schreiber Studio and was the youngest person to ever be admitted into legendary actress Betty Buckley’s masterclass. he has studied voice with Don Lawrence, Mike Mitchell, Bob Marx, and Jimmy Lockett. in 2015 charles sold out the Smith Center for the Performing Arts (a 2000 seat concert hall) with his self-produced one-man-show, Brave. his performing career is juxtaposed by his work as a c-suite executive guiding the creative, marketing, and brand strategy of some of the worlds most recognizable brands. Bergdorf Goodman, ABC Carpet and Home, ABC Kitchen, ABCV, and Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project are just a few of the iconic companies ressler has helped to shepherd. charles is the executive producer of critically acclaimed record Resonance, which featu

Golden West, hailing from Southern California, hot off last year’s Bonnaroo performance, isn’t planning on slowing down any time soon. Their recent release, The Fall, was added to Apple’s Hot 100 the day it came out. As writers, they continue to garner cuts in the USA, Canada, and Australia. Be on the look out for new music in 2021 with London based Audio Network. https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-fall/1539916470?i=1539916474

KRIS SORBIE Recognized as a world-renowned leader in cutting-edge hair color concepts – such as the ombré technique now worn by millions – as an expert in the field of long hair and up styling. Kris equips stylists with the mastery to grow professionally and to profit from their role behind the chair. Recognized as a world-renowned leader in cutting-edge hair color concepts – such as the ombrétechnique now worn by millions – as an expert in the field of long hair and up styling, she raised the bar in the art of finishing among the Redken Artist network. She is lead stylist on many shows for NY Fashion Week and is a regular guest speaker at TeenVogue Fashion University. Kris Sorbie is currently one of the Education Artistic Director at Redken and President of Kris Sorbie the brand. London born Kris has achieved international star status in the hairstyling industry. Her accolades include seven-time nominee and two-time winner of the prestigious (NAHA) Master Hairstylist of the Year; 2004 and 2005 Canadian In

TREVOR HAWKINS is a Yoga therapist with a theory and system that will help you to be present in all that you do. His simple yet profound approach never allows you to focus on him as a person rather the lessons that you can learn through the situation! Trevor, although he shuns the title, is a true Master of his craft! This episode will help you to slow down and realize that presence in all things starts with your breath and once you realize that it will lead you down the road of the Right thing as opposed to the Easy one! You can connect with Trevor at breathcentricyoga.com

THOMAS CARDENAS- “POPS” as he is known by so many is one of the most encouraging lights that this world has ever experienced. Starting from humble beginnings and experiencing the top of his industry in safety from NASA to power plant construction all over the world, he has kept a simple approach in all of it.... FOCUS ON PEOPLE and everything else will fall in line. POPS’ wisdom transcends business, life and relationships, and anyone that has ever spent time with him walks away on fire! He is truly one of a kind and I am so honored to have him as my Dad and best friend!

Touching people hearts and souls has become my dream job. I never thought that a decision I made in beauty school would change my life. Meeting Paul Mitchell and John Paul DeJoira set not only my talent but my responsibility for the future. From education to shows events and connecting to hairdressers Distributors and future professionals is easy when you follow the systems. Traveling the globe has allowed me to learn in every language and every color. Today I pay it forward by being Vp of key customer relations for John Paul Mitchell Systems, making sure the future generations feel the love and success that has shaped my career. As a hairdresser at A Robert Cromeans Salon, I have the pleasure to give 5-star service service to clients and express the goals and limitations that they have and make them fall in love all over again with themselves. Inventing new ways to color/cut and style hair for this generation. Excited to share my journey with you, mostly to see you go further than you own mind can think ab

This episode is because of the graciousness of the Servant Leadership Institute Podcast. I had the honor of interviewing one of my literary heroes KEN BLANCHARD! Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant, Dr. Blanchard is respected for his lifetime of groundbreaking research and thought leadership that has influenced the day-to-day management and leadership of people and companies throughout the world. With a passion to turn every leader into a servant leader, Ken Blanchard shares his insightful and powerful message with audiences around the world through speeches, consulting services, and bestselling books. When Ken speaks, he speaks from the heart with warmth and humor. No matter how large the audience, he is able to communicate with each person as if the two of them were alone and talking one on one. Ken is a sophisticated storyteller with a knack for making the seemingly complex