Manage 2 Win

Do you want to know why it’s so difficult to run a business in California? One major reason is the complex, anti-business, State of California employment laws.  Alex Medina and Brandon McKelvey, founders of Medina McKelvey LLP, are California’s premier boutique law firm defending California businesses against employment lawsuits and equipping businesses to prevent lawsuits. They are also the founders of California Compliance Solutions (Cal Comply), an accountability and training system created to help protect California businesses from employment lawsuits and PAGA lawsuits. Listen to Brandon and Alex’s explanation of why California is such a difficult place to run a business, and how you can structure your company to thrive and avoid employment lawsuits.

Karen Casey, Head of People and Culture, at Canidae has 30 years’ experience in global talent management and human resources at Fortune 500 companies including The Gillette Company, Procter and Gamble, BJ’s Wholesale, and Primark, Ltd.   Karen thrives where she can translate sophisticated best practices from global organizations into simplified processes for nimble, fast growing startups.  She drives her team and the overall organization to focus on progress, not perfection. Join Karen and David as they talk about Canidae’s unique culture and market positioning in a very crowded market.  Are you making progress, or delaying profits, productivity, and progress by demanding perfection?  Chew on that Canidae dog biscuit to consider whether you might need to change your approach…

That Company might be that company you have been looking for.  Ken Knorr explains how they morphed their traditional digital marketing company into almost exclusively white label services in 2015.  That Company provides high quality SEO, PPC, Social Media, and Reputation Management services to over 500 agencies partners.  Ken and his team believe they are the most widely trusted name in white label services. Should your firm white label your services through other companies?  Should you engage with That Company or other white label organizations to expand your services and profits?  Listen to this podcast to consider your options and learn Ken’s radical RAD method of fully engaging employees and clients. Ken is a leader who believes that 1+1=3 because you cannot be your best when you fly solo.  Only team consensus through debate develops the best solutions.

Chris Yoko, CEO of Yoko Co., and his team exclusively support heroic nonprofit organizations in their quest to change the world.  They set a BHAG at the beginning of 2020 to positively affect the lives of 100 million people through their clients.  The result:  They reached 127 million people in 2020. Chris has worked with some of the planet’s largest and most impactful brands, such as Ritz Carlton, Pampers, and Living Social.  He’s equally adept at positively impacting smaller brands, like FHI360, Life Sherpa, and Genomic Health. In this podcast we explore The Yoko Manifesto.  It explains Chris’ belief that mankind must successfully continue our evolution and expand our knowledge.  The path is for people to navigate seven major transitions during our lifetimes. Listen to this podcast to learn more.

What if you could follow a system to change a significant habit and OTHER PEOPLE would notice a difference in as little as 1-2 weeks? For instance, you want to: Better manage that employee who has an issue, Create one hour of additional time in your day by saying “no” more often, or Get along better with that “other person. David Taylor-Klaus, a serial entrepreneur, executive coach to multi-millionaires, and author, has a proven system to change bad habits / behaviors in as little as 1-2 weeks He calls it, “The REWIRE Framework.”  Learn about it on this podcast.

Peter Grimm is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and has a unique blend of national security and strategy consulting experience.  He brings this to bear when helping companies identify, anticipate and prepare for market disruption. While Peter was at Deloitte Consulting, his clients relied on him to deliver competitive intelligence solutions to anticipate and capitalize on market opportunities.  As the President of Cipher, Peter leverages his national security and corporate strategy experiences with the latest AI and Natural Language Processing technologies to help clients better understand their buyers, competitors, and markets.   He is a regular speaker at industry and competitive intelligence conferences around the world and passionate about helping clients like Google, Olympus, CVS Health and Erie Insurance make smarter, faster decisions. Join us as Peter shares how to monitor your market for disruption, assess the competitive landscape and collaborate with your team on how to leverage your knowledge.

Jeremy Pollack is a leader in the field of workplace conflict resolution and peacebuilding. He is a master coach, master trainer, mediator, and author.  Jeremy coaches and trains executives and employees at a variety of levels and industries, from Fortune 500 companies to major non-profits. Jeremy has mediated conflicts between business partners, co-executives, and coworkers at all levels of organizations, aiming as often as possible to transform relationships and create Win-Win resolutions for all parties involved. Jeremy is a regular contributor on the topics of leadership and organizational conflict management to publications such as Forbes.com, Fast Company, Industry Week, and many more.  He is also the author of the recently released Conflict Resolution Playbook: Practical Communication Skills for Preventing, Managing, and Resolving, Conflict by Rockridge Press.  Join us as Jeremy shares best practices to create culture that mitigate conflict in the workplace and learn how to build positive relationships

Dean Hallett is a leadership expert and most well known for being the CFO for Twentieth Century Fox, where he was a key member of the executive team and instrumental in shaping the overall strategy of the studio. Prior to being at Fox, Dean was the Executive Vice President and CFO for The Walt Disney Studios, where he developed a unique and highly effective 9-month leadership training program for early and mid-career managers. Dean is a skier, runner, triathlete and golfer, and spends as much time as possible outdoors and with family. He is a firm believer that a balanced lifestyle is critical to success, and incorporates these values into his coaching and leadership training. Join us for an engaging conversation with Dean as he talks about innovative lessons learned from Fox and Walt Disney Studios and how to transform organizational culture and raise innovation in a company through leadership.

Joseph Sallustio is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Claremont Lincoln University. He is a strategic and innovative leader that has led a broad range of educational institutions. Joseph has a unique and effective breadth of knowledge in on-ground and online higher education administration.  They include a regionally accredited non-profit university (online), a regionally accredited for-profit university (online), and a nationally accredited for-profit college (online/hybrid). With nearly two decades of experience in higher education operations, Joseph has led teams in marketing, enrollment, finance, financial aid, student services, student affairs, human resources, accreditation/Title IV compliance, business-to-businesses relationships, and product strategy for on-ground/hybrid and online universities. Joseph’s expertise is in operating and growing colleges and universities through effective marketing, enrollment, student service, product strategy, and financial management practices has led to su

Sean has been training, mentoring, and educating all his life. An exceptionally well-regarded conference speaker and author, Sean has delivered talks for Fortune 50 companies and top tier conferences. He is the author of several books on technical as well as business topics and has been a professional services firm owner for over 20 years. Sean’s professional services work has spanned consulting engagements with the Fortune 50 and startups you’ve heard of, the sale of his first professional services company, and the growth of delivery, sales, marketing, and operational practices inside professional services firms. Sean has written three physical books and two eBooks, most recently the 6th edition of Going Beyond Google. He hosts the popular B2B Revealed podcast, now with more than 100 episodes on methodology, B2B tech, and interviews with thought leaders. Join us to learn valuable tips and strategies on how to survive and thrive as a service firm owner or a leader.

Jen Goldman, CFP® is a strategic Implementer helping Businesses Overcome Operation and Management Hurdles to Growth and Enjoyment.   As a CEO, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, and Business Transformer, Jen has consulted over 1,000 service businesses over the past 30 years. She has spent over 31,000 hours to uncover and solve business hurdles. Saved businesses $100,000+ by eliminating costs and wasted time. Jen is a problem solver and a process geek with over 30+ years of experience transforming service businesses within the finance industry.  She was featured in an episode of In the Suite where she reveals secretes and top strategies to grow a great business, build a strong brand, and lead teams in the 21st century.  She is a mom, wife, and schools activist with a huge heart for community, service, and volunteering. Additionally, Jen has been published in several magazines, taught workshops, and spoken at several national conferences such as T3 Technology Tools for Today, Journal of Financial Planning, Investment

Ben Ivey is founder and CEO of The Entrepreneur Lifestyle, an international speaker and mentor. He specializes in helping successful entrepreneurs reduce stress and overwhelm, so that they can live the lifestyle they thought they would have when they started their business, while boosting business success. It’s easy to be overwhelmed, when you’re being pulled in multiple directions.  Ben helps entrepreneurs start working SMART instead of just hustling on your business.  Eliminate noise, distractions, and competing priorities by identifying the most important strategically-aligned priorities to focus on now to drive maximum value for your customers and maximum profits for your business. Ben is the podcast host of Entrepreneur Lifestyle with Ben Ivey, where he interviews successful entrepreneurs to uncover the synergy of lifestyle and business.  He is a thought leader, business coach and has completed a TED talk in Mandarin Chinese. Join us to learn about proven strategies that has helped entrepreneurs just lik

Jon Schram is the co-founder & CEO of The Purple Guys.  He’s responsible for strategic management and the growth of their company.  25+ Years of business and IT experience has taught Jon the business of business.  He has built three successful startups and painfully learned powerful lessons from bad partnerships in the first two.  Jon not only maximizes growth of The Purple Guys.  He also mentors and advises other leaders on how to make tough decisions in their business.  One of his slogans is "It's not how fast you run, it's where you're going that counts.” Since 2001, Jon and his wife, Jill, have applied what they learned to rapidly grow The Purple Guys into a 7-digit business.  Their purple team has helped hundreds of companies grow by solving their IT problems and providing them with stress-free, bullet-proof tech support. Don’t miss this podcast to learn Jon’s story of pain through two bad partnerships, and what’s working now amidst our current crazy economic times. 

Jared Curry is the CEO and founder of Scope 16 Marketing. He is an 18 year old New Jersey native. At 16 years of age he read Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and it completely changed his life. He started learning everything about Digital Marketing through an online course together with his friend in his junior year at High School. Now, as CEO of Scope 16 Marketing, Jared oversees a team of completely remote digital marketing geniuses. Scope 16 has scaled clients from 6 figures to multiple 7 figures and he and his team are confident they can get those results because of their unique 8 Figure eCommerce Blackhawk System. Join us to learn more about how Jared helps companies maximize profits and scale aggressively while staying congruent to brand & image.

As the creator of both the Lean Out Method and the 90 Day Lean Out Planner, Crista has been helping businesses achieve accelerated results and increased profitability for two decades. Known as the "Business Optimizer", Crista helps leaders quickly cut through the noise and focus on optimizing the core things that will make the biggest impact to grow and scale a business.  She specializes in helping businesses identify the most important things they should focus on right now that will drive maximum value for their customers and maximum profits for their business. Join us to learn how Crista’s Lean Out Method eliminates noise, distractions, and competing priorities. This clears your mind and calendar so you can focus now on your most important, strategically-aligned priorities that drive maximum value for your customers and higher profits.

Ablorde Ashigbi is the CEO of 4Degrees, a Chicago-based technology company applying machine intelligence to help teams in relationship-driven industries manage their most important source of opportunity - their professional networks.  Ablorde speaks to audiences about the importance of relationship management in company building – with teammates, customers, investors, and advisors. Ablorde and his team are particularly experienced in helping finance and investment companies, real estate professionals, and consultants - they help automatically track their relationships & deal with actionable intelligence to move them forward.

Malorie Nicole is the founder of Malorie Nicole and host of the Abundantly Clear Podcast.  She’s not your typical entrepreneurial and executive coach, or what you’d picture when you hear “subconscious reprogramming specialist.”  She’s a survivor who’s thriving, and helping others do the same. Overcoming a traumatic brain injury, losing parts of her memory, and battling major health issues led Malorie’s to help leaders of established businesses experienced huge breakthroughs based on her laser-focused neuroscience-based process.   The subconscious mind accounts for 95-98% of all our decision making and reactive measures.  Removing the blocks in our thought patterns can completely change the trajectory of everything moving forward. Today most driven professionals and business owners find themselves in overwhelm in their efforts to reach their goals Malorie helps entrepreneurs, executives and driven professionals who want to:  • Decrease their stress • Create a more fulfilling life • Lead their teams more effic

Jennifer Chapman used to be a workaholic, known as the go-to person for getting things done and managing the most difficult clients at a Fortune 500 consulting firm.  She thrives in challenging situations, proving to others time and time again that she can be invincible. Today, Jennifer is the founder of Ambition Leadership, and an International Coach Federation (ICF) certified leadership coach, working with STEM leaders, team members, and college students to better understand their emotional intelligence (EQ).  She helps them increase their behavioral strengths and eliminate weaknesses so they can blast through any glass ceiling to maximize their personal fulfillment and career advancement.  (STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Some of her most typical work is helping STEM professionals “manage” their boss; develop a balance of humility, assertiveness, and confidence;  understanding why your attempts to get buy-in aren’t working, and what to do about it;  and why you must care about and fully eng

Jennifer Davis is an Executive Leadership Coach and Founder of Jennifer Davis Coaching. Her leadership coaching, speaking and workshops create an environment of curiosity that enables improved performance through changes in awareness, perspective, beliefs, actions and emotions. She helps high-performing individuals and teams–from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 executives to Executive Directors – find the inspiration and clarity needed to achieve meaningful personal growth.  Her areas of specialty include maximizing leadership, team and personal effectiveness, leveraging strengths, increasing resilience, becoming comfortable with conflict, and decreasing stress through mindfulness and emotional processing. In her leadership programs, Jennifer and her team use improvisation, play and fun, in addition to more traditional coaching and consulting, to challenge clients to step outside of their normal way of thinking and into a dynamic space of imagination in order to access intuition and creativity. Jennifer’s caree

Join us for our interview of Eric Partaker.  He is a Peak Performance Expert who helps CEOs, entrepreneurs, and leaders reach their full potential, become better leaders, and build better companies.  His approach draws from his time advising Fortune 50 CEOs at McKinsey, his experience helping build up Skype’s multi-billion dollar success story, and his own entrepreneurial journeys – together with behavioral science from Stanford University, as well as techniques from the worlds of elite sports and the military, areas where peak performance is key. Eric has been named “CEO of the Year” at the 2019 UK Business Excellence Awards, one of the “Top 30 Entrepreneurs in the UK”, 35 and under, by Startups Magazine, and among “Britain’s Most Disruptive Entrepreneurs” by The Telegraph.  His work has been featured on over 7 major TV stations, in the Wall Street Journal, and The Economist.  He has also appeared as a guest judge on The Apprentice with Lord Alan Sugar. Eric is also the author of the book, The 3 Alarms: A