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September 6th – Which Comes First: Career or Book – 2nd Edition

September 1, 2011 by angishields

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September 6th - Which Comes First: Career or Book - 2nd Edition

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We reprise a theme from June 21. We engage again in an intentional play on which came first the chicken or the egg. And similar to our guests from June 21, today’s guests also answer with an emphatic “Yes!” John Mulkey is the author of Shrewd Homebuying soon to be available on Amazon as a Kindle book. John also has an active website and blog as the housing guru. He receives emails, phone calls and enquiries from all over the U.S.from folks seeking insight on home buying. Greg Vetter is president of Vetter Productivity, an organizational training and consulting firm in Atlanta and author of the book Find It In 5 Seconds. Greg’s business grows steadily and his book on organization and productivity helps to grow the business.

Leverage your Invested Network: Michael Esposito. Patouillet Consulting LLC: Dr. Lee Patouillet. Barnes & Thornburg: Stuart C. Johnson

August 31, 2011 by angishields

BRX National

Leverage your Invested Network: Michael Esposito. Patouillet Consulting LLC: Dr. Lee Patouillet. Barnes & Thornburg: Stuart C. Johnson

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Michael Esposito

Michael Esposito is a native of East Rockaway, New York, having moved to Marietta, Georgia, from Coral Springs, Florida, with his wife Ann (a Registered Yoga Teacher) and two teenage children. He moved to Georgia to join The Home Depot’s Northern Division as its Director of Associate Relations in 2005.

Mike’s career started in Human Resources and then migrated to law after he earned his Juris Doctorate degree nights from The Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey. He worked in private legal practice and in-house as a labor and employment attorney before serving as the Chief HR Officer for two multi-billion dollar organizations. Michael’s current job allows him to integrate his legal and HR experience to help promote employee engagement to drive customer service for a division generating over $25B in sales and boasting of 800 stores and 100,000 associates.

Mike currently serves on the Alumni Board of The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business and on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Dr. Lee Patouillet

Dr. Lee Patouillet, president of the firm, brings more than 30 years of full-time institutional advancement experience in higher education and nonprofit management to his consulting practice. Patouillet has led three different alumni associations: the University of South Florida, the University of Pittsburgh and most recently the University of Florida. At all of these institutions, he served on the senior leadership team responsible for all aspects of advancement including two different capital campaigns in excess of one billion dollars each. He is a faculty member at Nonprofit University and a consultant for the Georgia Center for Nonprofits.

Patouillet began consulting in the 1980’s and contracts with other professionals as needed for given projects. The firm works with public and private colleges and universities of all sizes as well as the social sector. Patouillet Consulting LLC enjoys the involvement and support of an advisory board comprised of industry leaders.

Lee earned a B.A. in American Studies with Honors from the University of South Florida, a M.S. in College Student Personnel from the University of Tennessee and a Ph.D. in Administrative and Policy Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.

He is a charter member of the Council of Alumni Association Executives (CAAE) and is a long-time active volunteer leader for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). He is also a charter member of the editorial board for The International Journal of Educational Advancement. The associations led by Patouillet have received more than 10 CASE Circle of Excellence awards.

Stuart C. Johnson

Stuart C. Johnson is the managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg’s Atlanta office, a member of the firm’s Management Committee, the chairman of the firm’s Private Equity Practice Group, and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department. He is a corporate and transactional lawyer, and has assisted clients with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate financing transactions, and general business matters in a variety of industries such as telecommunications, manufacturing, plastics, home building, business services, chemicals, logistics, food services, life sciences medical devices, and healthcare.

Stuart has authored and been quoted in numerous articles relating to mergers and acquisition trends and activities, particularly those related to growth-oriented businesses and private equity transactions. He has organized and participated in business growth and business expansion programs sponsored by institutions such as the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, the Georgia Society of CPAs, the Atlanta Business School Alliance, the Technology Association of Georgia, Lorman Educational Services, and the Academy of Management.

Stuart Johnson is also actively involved in community activities and organizations. He is a member of Junior Achievement of Georgia, Inc.’s board of directors and is chairman of its finance committee. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, where he presently serves as Vice President of Finance. He is also a member of the advisory Board of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the Board of Governors of the City Club of Buckhead.

Stuart received his B.A. with distinction in 1982 from the University of Virginia and his M.A. of Economics in 1986 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 1987, he earned his J.D. from the University Of Virginia School of Law, where he was named to the Order of the Coif. He is admitted to practice law in the state of Georgia.

Transformational Women Highlights Becky Blalock, CIO Southern Company

August 30, 2011 by angishields

Transformational Women

Transformational Women Highlights Becky Blalock, CIO Southern Company

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Becky Blalock is SVP and CIO of the Southern Company. She directs information technology strategy and operations across the 120,000 square miles and all subsidiaries of the company. She leads more than 1,100 employees in information technology delivery to one of America’s most respected companies. In this segment she talks about what it takes to be successful as a CIO and her mentoring advice for others.

In her 33 years at Southern Company, Blalock has held 12 different positions ranging from financial analyst to her current role as SVP and CIO.

Under her leadership, Southern Company has been consistently recognized as one of the 100 Most Innovative Companies by CIO Magazine and one of the 100 Best Places to Work in IT by Computerworld Magazine. Over the years she has been named CIO of the Year by various organizations including Energy Biz Magazine, Computers or Youth, the Georgia CIO Leadership Association.

Blalock’s leadership in the corporate world includes serving on the advisory board for Oracle and AT&T.

Here are Becky’s tips for being a transformational leader:

1) Believe in communication – in the absence of communication, there will be miscommunication

2) Build the best team. Surround yourself with talent and motivate them.

3) Being a leader begins and ends with integrity.

Entrepreneur 2.0 With Jim Deupree and Kim Wallace

August 30, 2011 by angishields

EA Spotlight

Entrepreneur 2.0 With Jim Deupree and Kim Wallace

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EA is joined by Jim Deupree and Kim Wallace

Interview with Richard Sims: REITs – What are they and how do you make money from them?

August 29, 2011 by angishields

CFO Radio

Interview with Richard Sims: REITs - What are they and how do you make money from them?

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Richard Sims, is a geologist and environmental engineer.Â From a career consulting to the industry and managing real estate, he has been a real estate investor for many years.Â He believes the time is right for further investment and is continuing to invest in real estate.Â He describes how his philosophies have helped him manage multi-family residential properties and continue to do so.

Through his consulting engagements, Richard has helped several Fortune 50 companies develop and execute real estate strategies beyond their existing potential.Â Listen as Richard discusses various insider tips.Â He develops this discussion as it relates to finance leaders who manage financial aspects of real estate. So listen in and learn!

Listen to Richard Simsâ€™ CFO Tip of the Month

Entrepreneur Advisors 2.0 With Kent Gregoire and Charlie Jones

August 29, 2011 by angishields

EA Spotlight

Entrepreneur Advisors 2.0 With Kent Gregoire and Charlie Jones

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EA takes the air with Kent Gregoire and Charlie Jones

Transformational Women Highlights Shaunti Feldhahn, Best-Selling Author

August 25, 2011 by angishields

Transformational Women

Transformational Women Highlights Shaunti Feldhahn, Best-Selling Author

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Shaunti Feldhahn is a groundbreaking social researcher, consultant on women’s leadership issues, best-selling author, and speaker. A former Wall Street analyst, with a master’s from Harvard, Shaunti took the path less taken and now applies her analytical skills to the startling research of what men and women each privately think in the workplace and at home; perceptions that we rarely hear but that affect each of us every day whether we realize it or not.

This information is game-changing for women in business, as seen in Shaunti’s latest book The Male Factor: The Unwritten Rules, Misperceptions and Secret Beliefs of Men in the Workplace. Based on nearly 10 years of interviews and surveys with more than 3,000 men, Shaunti uncovers what high-potential women need to know about the secret, unfiltered thoughts and expectations of their male bosses, colleagues and customers – high-leverage information that allows women to be far more influential and effective in accomplishing every one of their own goals in the workplace.

Shaunti’s findings are equally eye-opening in personal relationships; her books, such as For Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men, have sold 2 million copies in 20 languages. Currently consulting and speaking globally for women leadership audiences, Shaunti has appeared on media outlets as diverse as The Today Show, CNN, Fox, PBS, Soap Talk, Focus on the Family and Family Life Today.

Shaunti’s tips for being a transformational leader:

Know yourself. If you don’t truly understand your strengths and weaknesses, you cannot play to your strengths, and you certainly will not compensate for your weaknesses. But if you know who you are, and what you can do, and rigorously focus on that, while turning down seductive opportunities at which you will not shine, you’ll not only be great at what you do, but you’ll be very fulfilled! And a positive, fulfilled leader is a transformational leader.

Know and manage how you are perceived . One of the great missing pieces of the puzzle for many potentially great leaders is not recognizing how they are perceived. The most important issue is not just that you have excellent leadership gifts, and a lot to offer. Rather, the most important issue is whether others see you that way! You can only be a leader if others see you as someone to follow. And so you need to know how you are perceived and take charge of that perception.

Know your audience. But you can only do that if you know your audience. If you do not understand the inner, private thoughts, expectations and perceptions of those you are speaking to, you can never manage how you yourself are perceived. You won’t recognize a misperception and be able to head it off, and you also will miss great signals that tell you that you have an opportunity here on which you can capitalize. But once you are skilled at reading your audience – at getting inside their heads, at understanding their private expectations, you can speak to those expectations and position yourself as the person who always “gets it” in their eyes. The person who “gets it”, who reads others like a book, who is able to articulate back to them what they most desire, is a person who others will follow.

Eugeria! Radio Chats with Gwen Massey of Senior Care Finders and Janice Simien of Emeritus at Sandy Springs

August 25, 2011 by angishields

Eugeria

Eugeria! Radio Chats with Gwen Massey of Senior Care Finders and Janice Simien of Emeritus at Sandy Springs

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Gwen Massey was born and raised in Tyler, Texas. After completing her BSN at the University of Texas at Tyler, Gwen worked as nurse across many different disciplines. After experiencing the benefits of home health and hospice care firsthand with her grandmother, Gwen became a hospice nurse. After a number of years in hospice nursing, Gwen felt the tug of entrepreneurship, wanting to provide a unique service, filling a need she observed in the senior community. The result was the genesis of Senior Care Finder and Consultants two years ago. Recognizing that finding the proper services can be a challenge for seniors and their families, Gwen stepped in to fill this need.

With over 30 years of experience as an RN, Gwen assists seniors and their families identify their needs, helping them find the proper care and services to fit those needs. Gwen can be reached by phone at 214-546-1935 or by email at info@theseniorcarefinder.com. You can also visit their website at www.theseniorcarefinder.com.

Born, raised and educated in south central Louisiana, Janice Simien has spent a good bit of her career helping seniors as they transition from their own homes to independent and assisted living communities. She started this work as the result of a friend that invited her to investigate a career helping seniors. Today Jan is the Community Relations Director for Emeritus at Sandy Springs Place, a memory care community in Sandy Springs. Emeritus at Sandy Springs Place is a 52 room community with four wings that provide care for residents in each of the three stages of dementia. Jan tells us that she loves her job because she recognizes that families are delegating a very important role when they trust Emeritus with the care of their loved one.

To arrange a tour of the Emeritus campus, please call Jan at 770-650-8800. The community is located at 1262 Hightower Trail in Sandy Springs. You can also check them out on the web here.

Special thanks to Griswold Special Care, A Tradition in Home Care Excellence since 1982, for hosting today’s show!

Big Company Logistics for the Small & amp; Mid-Sized Business (08/23/2011 show)

August 25, 2011 by angishields

Corporate Conversations

Big Company Logistics for the Small & amp; Mid-Sized Business (08/23/2011 show)

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Think your business is too small to get sophisticated logistics support for your international exporting or expansion? Think again. Companies previously serving just the multi-million & billion dollar businesses are now specializing in serving the small to mid-sized businesses and their needs. Listen here to how.

08.23.2011 Show

Melanie Alavi is a Marketing professional who has worked for UPS for the past 12 years in various Marketing roles, including: International Marketing, Strategic Account Marketing, and Segment Marketing. She currently serves as the Small Business Marketing Manager for UPS’s South Atlantic District (servicing North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia).

Prior to receiving her MBA at Thunderbird in 1999, she worked and lived in Madrid, Spain for 4 years – working for the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service and later at a privately held telecommunications company.

Over the years she has travelled throughout Europe, to West Africa (Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Mali), Egypt, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. She speaks fluent Spanish. Melanie is married to Shahin Alavi, a first generation Iranian, and they have two daughters, Nadia (5) and Ariana (3). Melanie Alavi Segment

Lilia Postolachi is the Director for International Services and Membership since January of 2007 she has directed international marketing, strategic planning, program development, needs assessment, internal/external communications and implementation of joint go-to-market strategies for WTC Atlanta members.

Lilia has more than a decade of international experience, that includes being the Dossier Coordinator for the 2^nd largest facilitator of international Adoptions in the US and the Manager International Tourism Department for “Holiday Service” Largest Tour operator in Moldova. She is originally from Moldova and has an Associate Degree In Nursing, Medical College, Tigina, Moldova along with a BA in Psychology from the State University of Tiraspol, Moldova. She is also ISF Certified by the World Academy in Export Compliance, Documentation & Procedures. She is fluent in Russian, Romanian, English. Lilia Postolachi Segment