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Steve Smith With GrowthSource Coaching

May 24, 2021 by Jacob Lapera

Coach The Coach

Steve Smith With GrowthSource Coaching

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Steve Smith is the owner of GrowthSource Coaching, an Orange County, CA-based business and executive coaching company that specializes in helping business professionals become extraordinary leaders, savvy business owners, and confident marketing strategists.

After a stellar 30 year career in the consumer products manufacturing industry, Steve began coaching as a way to help business people develop the skills and attitudes to perform at a world-class level.

To date, he has worked with over 500 business professionals. Steve co-hosts a business podcast called The Business Wingmen and is the author of, ‘Leadership Axioms’- Timeless Principles for Leading in Business and Life.

Connect with Steve on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

Why change is so difficult and how to overcome it
Why is change so difficult for people even when the outcome is more promising
What must be addressed before any meaningful change can begin
How do you know if the changes you want to make are right for you
What behavior strategies can help your changes be more successful

Keith Weaver With Weaver Business Coaching

May 24, 2021 by Jacob Lapera

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Keith Weaver With Weaver Business Coaching

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Keith Weaver, CEO of Weaver Business Coaching, has spent a long career helping individuals and teams improve their skills and lives. Mr. Weaver has practiced as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Attorney, as well having been CEO, COO, Director of Operations, Director of Training, and Program Director, among other roles.

Coach Weaver has been through the struggles that small business owners go through every day. Having owned 8 businesses (some started from scratch and some purchased), he knows how owners think and act. Coach Weaver had to learn some things the hard way, while other skills he developed with the help of mentors, teachers, and coaches. He has experienced the life of a business owner and worked to improve his businesses with strategic processes, mindset, and practice.

For more than 7 years, Coach Weaver has been consulting and coaching business and organizational leaders. He has been an adjunct professor for ethics, counseling, and health management. He also holds several certifications including certification in the Strategic Mindset Process®, a unique and proven process to help business owners grow their business while balancing their lives.

He blends his business and counseling skills to provide client-focused coaching; whether you need to develop systems and processes, overlook personal issues and habits, or just need to be more focused and accountable his coaching can help you.

He has a passion for helping successful leaders committed to continuous improvement be more of who they are, dream bigger dreams, and accomplish more than they realized was possible. As a business coach, he helps businesses and professionals accelerate develop, and achieve more.

Connect with Keith on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

Some of the most common problems for business owners
Strategic Business Plans – why and how
How to keep employees from being disengaged

Jacob Engel With Yeda LLC/The Prosperous Leader

May 21, 2021 by Jacob Lapera

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Jacob Engel With Yeda LLC/The Prosperous Leader

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Jacob Engel founded Yeda LLC, a Leadership and training organization over 10 years ago, which has given seminars, taught courses, and coached hundreds of entrepreneurs, business owners, Non-for profits, and family businesses.

Currently, most of his work is consulting and training inside these organizations that are looking to implement best of class leadership and management practices.

Jacob was featured in a weekly newspaper in a year-long column of leadership and management and is now a member of the Forbes coaches council with many posted articles on forbes.com. He has been interviewed on many podcasts as well.

Jacob is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and business owners succeed in their businesses. His mission is to empower leaders and managers by giving them the knowledge to change and helping them implement the changes in their organizations.

Jacob is a Certified Myers Briggs Evaluator, Certified Covey – 7 Habits for highly effective people facilitator, Certified Positive Psychology coach and trained with Roy Cammarano, Author and Consultant on his Entrepreneurial Transitions theory.

Previously Jacob was the COO of a 200MM family food and real estate enterprise.

Jacob is the author of: The Prosperous Leader – How Smart People Achieve Success, The Ten Commandments of Family Business Succession, The Ten Commandments of Highly Effective Leaders, The Ten Commandments of Strategic Planning.

Recently he created The Prosperous Leader online training, courses, and coaching framework, as well as for The Ten Commandments of Family Business Succession, and is now doing national and international training, seminars, and coaching.

Here is what a recent participant of his coaching had to say: “When I met Jacob Engel over a year ago I had already run a successful business for many years and “thought” I knew a lot – until I met Jacob.” Through our conversations on EQ and Leadership, he transformed how I think and gave me a fresh perspective on business leadership, structure, organization, and planning. I feel lucky and privileged to have been guided to him – and would advise anyone who is lucky enough to get to know him to lock in the opportunity. It will transform how you think – give you a renewed passion and energy to pursue your goals – it will open talent you never knew you had – and most importantly how to utilize your talents in the most productive and correct manner.

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Peter McNally With Global Executive Group

May 20, 2021 by Jacob Lapera

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Peter McNally With Global Executive Group

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Peter McNally works with senior executives and their organizations in the areas of business strategy and organization development in Global Executive Group. With over 30 years of global marketing, sales, and general management experience, Peter McNally has a track record of delivering breakthrough results and helping businesses and teams get unstuck.

During Peter’s 14-year tenure at PepsiCo with the Frito-Lay, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut divisions, he led breakthrough initiatives that included: Taco Bell’s value strategy repositioning, the introduction of Tostitos Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips, and the turn-around of the Frito-Lay single serve business. Peter has held positions as the SVP & General Manager, Au Bon Pain Choices, CMO for American Security Group, SVP Strategic Planning for Assurant Group, Managing Director at Cyberstarts, CEO of Sunaro Inc., and President and co-founder of Purpose Growth Partners.

For the past sixteen years, Peter has been consulting with organizations that include Ocean Spray Cranberries, T-Mobile USA, B&G Foods, Coca-Cola, Walmart, Subway, Heineken USA, Yahoo!, Metlife, Equifax, Georgia Pacific, Walgreens, Neenah Paper, d-Bar Restaurant, Purchasing Power, DAOU Vineyards, Allegis Group, and Mailchimp. He has also worked extensively with mid-market private equity firms driving investment due diligence.

Peter earned a bachelor’s degree in Management from Babson College in 1980. He received the Babson Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 1999. He is on the Board of the Atlanta Urban Fellowship for Christian Athletes. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife of 36 years, Charlotte. They have two grown children: Virginia and Benjamin.

Peter loves reading Daniel Silva novels, cooking or in the event he been asked to stop creating chaos in the kitchen you can find him hiking or fly-fishing.

Connect with Peter on LinkedIn.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

What is Developmental Coaching
the best advice to a leader who wants to have an impact tomorrow in the office environment, using the developmental coaching practices

Collette Portis With RED Development Group, Inc.

May 19, 2021 by Jacob Lapera

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Collette Portis With RED Development Group, Inc.

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As CEO and Founder of RED Development Group, Collette Portis, M.Ed. is a serial entrepreneur proving that the entrepreneurial spirit of her parents and grandparents certainly rubbed off on her.

With 20+ years of experience as a master business coach and strategist, she has helped business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives through the process of developing their roadmap to business expansion, growth, and sustainability ultimately leading to a lasting legacy.

In line with her business accomplishments, she has earned 6 degrees including a Masters and is completing her Doctorate in Transformational Leadership. She’s been recognized by the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as a Women in Leadership, honored with the Career Mastered Leadership in Action Award, and has been featured in ValiantCEO, Authority Magazine, Voyage Dallas Magazine, Mira Largo Magazine, and on countless podcast.

In addition to authoring the G.O.A.L.I.E. business strategy bundle, Collette is the host of REAL-Eyez Destiny Radio and a contributing writer and influencer for Prime Women Magazine. After founding three businesses and achieving high educational success, Collette contends that her greatest accomplishment is being the mother of her son who’s an entrepreneur and soon-to-be lawyer Thomas.

It is her heart’s desire to help business owners realize the full potential in their business, gain their freedom, and implement the steps to generational wealth and legacy in their lives.

Connect with Collette on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

The impact to make on the coaching industry

Leslie Jones With SpiralMethod

May 18, 2021 by Jacob Lapera

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Leslie Jones With SpiralMethod

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Leslie Jones is the founder at SpiralMethod. She’s also a master executive coach for leaders seeking a balanced, holistic approach to life and business while having a huge impact in the companies and people they lead.

As a lifelong learner and entrepreneur, Leslie has started numerous businesses over the past 25 years including Leslie Jones Coaching, Jones Associates, Let’s Go Live, the InnerActive Institute, and SpiralMethod.

Connect with Leslie on LinkedIn.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

What is SpiralMethod
How can SpiralMethod help leaders and CEOs improve the communication and culture with their staff
Advice to leaders trying to cope with the cultural and operational issues presented by the pandemic
The most critical role of a leader during challenging times
The best way to boost morale
What can a leader do to inspire, motivate and engage their team

Nicki Keohohou With Coach Excellence School

May 18, 2021 by Jacob Lapera

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Nicki Keohohou With Coach Excellence School

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Nicki Keohohou began her career as a teacher and athletic coach. She has held executive positions of CEO, President, COO, VP of Training, and VP of Sales in a variety of companies. She has also been an entrepreneur most of her life.

Her most current positions include CEO of the Direct Selling World Alliance and Co-Founder of the Coach Excellence School. She also serves on the board of directors for both public and privately held companies.

She has spoken at conventions around the world and consulted to hundreds of companies.

Nicki recently was nominated for an “All Women Rock” award for Hawaii. She has also been recognized for the following: Top 25 Business Women of Hawaii, Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs in America, International Hero for Humanity, #2 in the International 30 Most Influential Women in the Direct Selling Profession, Women’s Information Network International Outstanding Service Award, National Advocate of the Year for Working Mothers.

Nicki lives in Kailua, Hawaii, with her husband, Saffery, of over 45 years and enjoys family time with her two adult children and grandchildren.

Connect with Nicki on LinkedIn.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

Coaching Skills for Life
Never Stop Learning

Christine Miller With Miller Sales Consulting

May 18, 2021 by Jacob Lapera

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Christine Miller With Miller Sales Consulting

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Christine Miller, owner of Miller Sales Consulting, focuses on helping companies grow their client base and increase revenue. She specializes in sales coaching, training, fractional sales manager services, and building high-performance sales teams.

Chris knows how to build an opportunity pipeline while maximizing client’s sales and marketing potential. The scope of her experience has spanned virtually all aspects of sales, marketing, advertising, as well as management and team building.

In addition to her consulting work, Christine spent many years as a Director of Sales in the corporate world. She is accomplished at recruiting, training and coaching salespeople and sales managers to success.

She is the author of Sales Geisha (available on Amazon). Christine is also a speaker and has presented on topics including: The Future of Sales: AI (Artificial Intelligence) and EI (Emotional Intelligence), Accelerate Your Sales: Key Actions to Take You from Preparation to Close, Strategic Account List Management and Sell Back, Utilizing LinkedIn for Sales Success.

Christine offers her services globally.

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What You’ll Learn in This Episode

The future of Sales: AI (Artificial Intelligence) and EI (Emotional Intelligence)

Jesse Cruz With H.O.P.E. Enterprise

May 18, 2021 by Jacob Lapera

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Jesse Cruz With H.O.P.E. Enterprise

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Jesse Cruz is the founder and CEO of Jesse Cruz Enterprise. He is a Professional Speaker, Grief, and Personal Development Coach, Best-Selling Author, Veteran, and Youth Advocate. He inspires others to overcome their challenges and achieve their goals.

Jesse speaks and coaches at events all over the world! His passion is to empower men to heal from loss and motivate people to achieve their true potential through his coaching programs. Jesse empowers his clients to overcome adversity and develop success in their personal and professional lives.

He is the author of “Live Your Dash” a book written to guide people to freedom by discovering their purpose. His latest book Losing Faith, Finding Hope is a guide to inspire hope and overcome loss through healing.

Jesse’s passion and ability to connect with his audience is unmatched and have made him a highly sought-out speaker for top organizations including the Ronald Mcdonald House. He was honored with the “#1 Dad award from his daughters. He and his wife Desire, believe in spreading H.O.P.E. by Helping Other People Everyday.

Jesse is a man of faith and a pleasure to work with. If you are an event planner looking for an inspiring, highly motivated, and passionate speaker for your next event, then Jesse Cruz is the speaker for you!

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What You’ll Learn in This Episode