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LIVE from HAVEN 2022: Lena, Flipping Gorgeous

November 10, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

LIVE from HAVEN 2022: Lena, Flipping Gorgeous

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LIVE from HAVEN 2022: Lena, Flipping Gorgeous (Organization Conversation, Episode 49)

Lena from Flipping Gorgeous joined host Richard Grove in the Wall Control Booth LIVE at Haven Conference 2022. Attending her first HAVEN, Lena talked about transitioning from real estate to DIY during the pandemic. She and Richard talked about being real on social media, how it all came together for her, what creativity really is, working on her dream home, and much more.

This show was originally broadcast live from the 2022 HAVEN Conference held at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia.

Organization Conversation is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Lena, Owner, Flipping Gorgeous

Lena is a realtor turned renovator on a mission to help inspire people to create a beautiful life with their own hands.

A few years ago she stepped away from her real estate career to focus on raising her three small children. She started to tackle projects around her house and refinish furniture. It allowed her to reconnect with her creative passions.

Lena began documenting her new passion for DIY on TikTok, which has become her largest platform. Sharing her authentic approach has empowered her audience to take on projects that previously felt intimidating. She loves producing instructional videos that take the end user through a project step-by-step.

Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | TikTok

About Organization Conversation

Organization Conversation is hosted by Richard Grove and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

About Richard Grove

Richard Grove, Host, *Organization Conversation*

Richard Grove‘s background is in engineering but what he enjoys most is brand building through relationships and creative marketing. Richard began his career with the Department of Defense as an engineer on the C-5 Galaxy Engineering Team based out of Warner Robins. While Richard found this experience both rewarding and fulfilling, he always knew deep down that he wanted to return to the small family business that originally triggered his interest in engineering.

Richard came to work for the family business, Dekalb Tool & Die, in 2008 as a Mechanical Engineer. At the time Wall Control was little more than a small ‘side hustle’ for Dekalb Tool & Die to try to produce some incremental income. There were no “Wall Control” employees, just a small warehouse with a single tool and die maker that would double as an “order fulfillment associate” on the occasion that the original WallControl.com website, which Richard’s grandmother built, pulled in an order.

In 2008, it became apparent that for the family business to survive they were going to have to produce their own branded product at scale to ensure jobs remained in-house and for the business to continue to move forward. Richard then turned his attention from tool and die to Wall Control to attempt this necessary pivot and his story with Wall Control began. Since that time, Richard has led Wall Control to significant growth while navigating two recessions.

Outside of Richard’s work at Wall Control he enjoys helping other business owners, operators, and entrepreneurs along their own paths to success by offering personal business coaching and advising through his website ConsultantSmallBusiness.com. Richard has developed an expansive and unique skillset growing and scaling Wall Control through a multitude of challenges to the successful brand and company it is today. Richard is happy to share his knowledge and experience with others who are looking to do the same within their own businesses.

Connect with Richard:

Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Richard’s Website

About Wall Control

The Wall Control story began in 1968 in a small tool & die shop just outside Atlanta, Georgia. The first of three generations began their work in building a family-based US manufacturer with little more than hard work and the American Dream.

Over the past 50+ years, this family business has continued to grow and expand from what was once a small tool & die shop into an award-winning US manufacturer of products ranging from automobile components to satellite panels and now, the best wall-mounted tool storage system available today, Wall Control.

The Wall Control brand launched in 2003 and is a family-owned and operated business that not only produces a high-quality American Made product but sees the entire design, production, and distribution process happen under their own roof in Tucker, Georgia. Under that same roof, three generations of American Manufacturing are still hard at work creating the best tool storage products available today.

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Ed Mysogland, Indiana Business Advisors, and host of How to Sell a Business Podcast

November 10, 2022 by John Ray

Business Leaders Radio

Ed Mysogland, Indiana Business Advisors, and host of How to Sell a Business Podcast

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Ed Mysogland, Indiana Business Advisors, and host of How to Sell a Business Podcast

On this episode of Business Leaders Radio, Ed Mysogland joined host John Ray to discuss his work at Indiana’s largest business brokerage. Ed discussed how Indiana Business Advisors works with business owners looking to exit, the firm’s long track record of successful transactions (about 2,200!), what a business owner should do to prepare for a sale, and more. Ed also announced the rebranding of his podcast, Defenders of Business Value, into the How to Sell a Business Podcast, which will be produced and distributed by Business RadioX®.

Business Leaders Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton Studio of Business RadioX® in Atlanta.

Indiana Business Advisors

Indiana Business Advisors is the leading and largest business brokerage firm in Indiana specializing in marketing and selling Main Street and Lower Middle Market businesses. With more than 175 Indiana businesses available for acquisition and more than 220 franchisers seeking to expand in the state, their access to a network of 10,000 businesses of all sizes nationally and internationally keeps them at the forefront of business brokerage. Your success is their success.

Since 1981, Indiana Business Advisors has taken the mystery and confusion out of buying a business. Because they possess the depth of knowledge, experience, and key business relationships required to give you discreet, full-service, investment banking-level professionalism through every step of the transaction. IBA’s experience covers a wide variety of industries, including business services, consumer services and products, manufacturing, and distribution.

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Ed Mysogland, Managing Director, Indiana Business Advisors, and host of How to Sell a Business Podcast

As its Managing Partner, Ed guides the development of the organization, its knowledge strategy, and the IBA initiative, which is to continue to be Indiana’s premier business brokerage by bringing investment-banker-caliber of transactional advisory services to small and mid-sized businesses. Over the last 29 years, Ed has been appraising and providing pre-sale consulting services for small and medium-size privately-held businesses as part of the brokerage process. He has worked with entrepreneurs of every pedigree and offers a unique insight in consulting with them toward a successful outcome.

The development of his experience stems from appraising many types, sizes, and interests. He has valued businesses in 28 states over his career. He has saved buy-side clients millions and successfully defended the business value of his sell-side clients. He has served as an expert witness and has taught about business valuation and exit planning.

Ed is a graduate of the distinguished Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Series; chapter President of the Exit Planning Institute and has served several not-for-profit organizations.

Find Ed’s podcast at howtosellabusinesspodcast.com.

Questions and Topics

Indiana Business Brokers
When to begin exit planning
Kinds of buyers
Clean up your books
Value Drivers
About How to Sell a Business Podcast

Business Leaders Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. The show can be found on all the major podcast apps and a full archive can be found here.

Brian Slack, Vistage International

November 9, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Brian Slack, Vistage International

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Brian Slack, Vistage International (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 561)

On this edition of North Fulton Business Radio, Vistage International Chair Brian Slack joined host John Ray to discuss the CEO mentoring groups he leads. Brian discussed the value CEOs find in surrounding themselves with like-minded peers, his own journey as a CEO, success stories, and much more.

North Fulton Business Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Vistage International

Vistage is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize business leaders. We offer the most effective approach to achieve better results, grow your company faster and maximize your impact as a leader.

For more than 65 years, Vistage has helped CEOs, business owners and key executives reach new levels of success.

Your Vistage group gives you the perspective you need to make better decisions.

A Vistage peer advisory group is made up of 12-16 other CEOs or local business owners. It’s like having a confidential, private advisory board to troubleshoot problems, vet ideas, and identify blind spots.

The local business leaders who make up the peer advisory group are always from non-competing industries and have no agenda but to help each other succeed. Vistage offers different programs for CEOs, small business owners, key executives, and emerging leaders.

When you’re a Vistage member you’re part of a group of other CEOs, business owners or key executives who are committed to helping each other make better decisions, get better results and become better leaders.

After coaching 100,000+ CEOs for over 65 years, Vistage has identified a proven approach for making better decisions and getting better results for your business.

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Brian Slack, CEO Peer Advisory Board Chair, Vistage International

Brian Slack is an accomplished business executive with a consistent record of meeting and exceeding goals. Specific areas of focus, general corporate management, Sales and Marketing Management, Sales Development, and National and Key Account Expansion. Strategic and analytical thinker; able to plan and implement complex programs to penetrate new markets and customer types for increased revenues; demonstrated leader of world-class performing teams; results driven for success in highly competitive markets.

He is retired from Pro-Link, a national full-service janitorial supply, marketing, distribution, and buying organization. Pro-Link has more than 100 member companies and over 120 distribution points throughout the United States.

Questions and Topics in the Interview

What is Vistage?
What types of companies and people are involved with Vistage?
What are the goals of Vistage Groups? How do Vistage Groups Work?
Tell us about your qualifications
Why do you believe in the concept the way you do?

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Special thanks to A&S Culinary Concepts for their support of this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. A&S Culinary Concepts, based in Johns Creek, is an award-winning culinary studio, celebrated for corporate catering, corporate team building, Big Green Egg Boot Camps, and private group events. They also provide oven-ready, cooked-from-scratch meals to go they call “Let Us Cook for You.” To see their menus and events, go to their website or call 678-336-9196.

Cindy Allen-Stuckey, Author of The Shift Café: How to STEP into the POWER of your POTENTIAL

November 9, 2022 by John Ray

Hello, Self . . .

Cindy Allen-Stuckey, Author of The Shift Café: How to STEP into the POWER of your POTENTIAL

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Cindy Allen-Stuckey, Author of The Shift Café: How to STEP into the POWER of your POTENTIAL (Hello, Self… Episode 6)

Cindy Allen-Stuckey, speaker, coach and author of The Shift Café: How to STEP into the POWER of your POTENTIAL, joined host Patricia Leonard. Cindy shared her personal path, the Hello, Self.. moments that led her to start her own company and then write her book, how she gets creative working with clients, the “sips” in her book, and much more.

Hello, Self… is presented by Patricia Leonard & Associates and produced by Arlia Hoffman in association with the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®.

Cindy Allen-Stuckey, Speaker, Coach and Author of The Shift Café: How to STEP into the POWER of your POTENTIAL

Featured in O, the Oprah magazine; Entrepreneur; Fortune and Forbes, Cindy is an international speaker, coach and educator whose mission is to serve people determined to create positive changes in their lives.

As the first-ever female Director of Knauf Insulation of North America, she was responsible for Human Resources and Organization Development.

She is now founding President and CEO of Making Performance Matter® – home of The Shift Café™. The Shift Café – How to STEP into the POWER of your POTENTIAL, leads you on a creative pathway to self-discovery that helps you identify what you want in life, why you want it, and, most importantly, HOW to develop the courage to achieve it. Cindy believes in your POTENTIAL to live your best life – now. To do this, you need to CREATE a shift. This SHIFT begins with you

And talk about shifts! She knows just how powerful these shifts can be as she has successfully maneuvered huge shifts in all areas of my life – both personally and professionally.

In her coaching, Cindy brings a plethora of expertise to her clients. Her first career was as an educator, elementary and post-secondary, so she knows how people learn and how to measure performance. When her son was born, she stayed home to be a mom and found herself divorced when her son was 2-years old. When money ran out, Cindy took an office job.

She then had an extremely successful career in senior management level positions at 3 global manufacturing organizations, where she helped leaders design a path for high performance; she was also the first Female Director in the United States at one of these organizations.

But Cindy knew that her skills were needed by smaller organizations. That’s when she had her next breakthrough, and she left the corporate world to start her own company, Making Performance Matter®, where she worked with organizations to develop them and their people.

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About Hello, Self…

Hello, Self… is a biweekly podcast focused on inspiring stories of turning dreams into reality. Join coach and author Patricia Leonard and her guests as they share life-changing Hello, Self… moments.

Hello, Self… is brought to you by Patricia Leonard & Associates and is based on the new book by Patricia Leonard, Hello, Self.., available here.

The show is produced by Arlia Hoffman in association with Business RadioX®. You can find this show on all the major podcast apps. The complete show archive is here.

Patricia Leonard, Host of Hello, Self…

Patricia Leonard is President of RUNWAY TO SUCCESS, a division of Patricia Leonard & Associates located in Nashville, TN. She is a MESSAGE ARTIST speaker, career & business coach, author and magazine columnist. Patricia consults with clients on leadership, empowerment, career management, entrepreneurship and the power of language. Her work is focused on helping clients find their runway to success!

She has a professional background in management, human resources, corporate training, business consulting and talent development. Patricia has worked with companies in the service, music, banking, manufacturing, publishing, warehousing, healthcare, academic, retail and financial industries, and has taught management classes as an adjunct professor.

Patricia has a degree in Human Resource Management, is certified as a Career Coach and Consulting Hypnotist and is MBTI qualified.

Her volunteer energies are focused on Women in Film and Television-Nashville, where she is a Board Vice President; Dress for Success as the Advisory Board President; and International Coaching Federation-Nashville where she held Board roles for several years.

Patricia is the author of Wearing High Heels in a flip flop World, BECOMING WOMAN…a journal of personal discovery, THE NOW, HOW & WOW of Success, Happenings, a full year calendar of inspirational messages and a spoken word album titled, I AM…

She enjoys songwriting, creating poetry and has written a one-woman show and artistic speech she performs titled Hello, Self…, about a woman in midlife reinventing herself, which led to her new book by the same name, available here.

On the personal side, Patricia, describes herself as a woman, lover of life, mother, grandmother, career professional and message artist; AND in that order! Her goal is to continue inspiring others, of any age, to START NOW creating and expanding their Runway to Success.

She believes that life is a gift, the way we wrap it is our choice.

Connect with Patricia:

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Chris Smith, CB Smith & Associates

November 8, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Chris Smith, CB Smith & Associates

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Chris Smith, CB Smith & Associates (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 560)

Chris Smith made a return visit to the North Fulton Business Radio studio to discuss recent tax law changes business owners should be aware of, including an important change of pass-through entity elections which Georgia-based businesses can make for the 2022 tax year. Chris also chatted with host John Ray on his firm’s growth, the talent acquisition challenge which all accounting firms face today, what clients should look for if they’re thinking about selecting a new CPA, and much more.

North Fulton Business Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

CB Smith & Associates

CB Smith & Associates is a Georgia-based business advisory and CPA firm that delivers big-firm expertise and acumen with small-town thoughtfulness and warmth.

They help bring to light the stories that numbers tell — about the health of your business, the soundness of your financial or tax plan, and the options that can lead you to a path of success. They believe that awareness makes opportunity visible.

As trusted advisors, they have a partnership philosophy that is designed to help you better understand your financial outlook. Whether you have a small or midsize business or you need to enhance your personal financial strategy, the team at CB Smith & Associates is committed to providing you with responsive accounting consultation and business guidance that moves you closer to your goals.

Their mission is to be a strategic partner in the preservation and enhancement of your wealth. They listen first, take a personal interest in your goals and aspirations, understand your obstacles and challenges, and present and implement valuable solutions with integrity, quality of service, and professional expertise.

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Chris Smith, CPA, CGMA, Founder and Partner, CB Smith & Associates

With 30 years of financial experience, Chris Smith is passionate about his work. Since founding CB Smith & Associates in 2003, he has led the accounting firm’s growth from one to three office locations in Georgia. It now has 21 employees, including a solid team of certified public accountants and other tax professionals.

CB Smith & Associates is a business advisory and full-service accounting firm that works in tandem with its sister company, Reliance Payroll LLC, a full-service payroll and human resources outsourcing firm. Prior to starting his own firm, Chris was a corporate controller.

He earned a degree in accounting from Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business and is active in local community groups such as the Rotary Club and numerous CPA groups.

Questions and Topics in the Interview

Tell us about CB Smith & Associates
Where are your offices?
As a public accounting and business advisory firm, what do you do for businesses and individuals?
What are some tax Law changes in Georgia that individuals and businesses need to know?
Last year, the Georgia Governor signed House Bill 149 into law (resulting in Rule 560-7-3-.03 being adopted). Explain the law to us and tell us more about pass-through entity elections and what business owners need to know.
What should companies know about the new lease accounting standards?
Why is it important for a business owner to have a CPA (or team of CPAs) on their team?
Are you currently hiring/recruiting?

Andy Kalajian, Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting, LLC

November 7, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Andy Kalajian, Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting, LLC

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Andy Kalajian, Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting, LLC (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 559)

Andy Kalajian joined North Fulton Business Radio host John Ray to discuss the mix of generations in the workplace and its effect on corporate culture, millennials in the workplace, causes of poor employee engagement, why employees are seeking more meaning and purpose in their work, how he helps teams diagnose and solve nagging performance difficulties, and much more.

North Fulton Business Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting, LLC

Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting, LLC is a Personal and Professional Leadership Development company.

They believe in Transformational Thought in Action! Transformational thought in action means that your thoughts become your actions. Those actions invested in your life, over time, become your habits.

When you invest your habits in your life over time, those habits produce your Character. And your Character determines the destiny of your life. With this model, you can understand why Character development is so very important! And Character Development is Leadership Development. This is why we believe that at Fort Leadership We Create Healthy Corporate Cultures One Character at a Time! They do this by conducting Executive Leadership Group Training at 1000 Avalon in North Fulton or via Zoom!

The workplace is comprised of 4 working generations. All four of these Generations are working in the United States right now. “The young adults are taking longer to grow up, middle- age adults are taking longer to grow old, and the elderly are taking longer to leave this earth.” Tim Elmore author of A New Kind of Diversity “As a people, we are growing older, more unequal, more diverse, more mixed race, more digitally linked, less married, less fertile, less religious, and less confident” Paul Taylor Pew Research Center.

Further dividing us in the workplace is the music we listen to, the heroes we celebrate, and the villains we denigrate. We are divided by our use of technology, the news outlets we watch, the events that we celebrate, and the politics venerate In the 1960s and 70s, work was a place where the employees made a living. People got their purpose and meaning from churches or houses of worship. We lived within 15 miles from where we were born and raised and so we had family all around us. We had a sense of community from bowling leagues, card parties, and the Rotary or Kiwanis club.

Today, all of this social responsibility has fallen on the workplace. The workplace is where Gen Y and Gen Z expect to get their meaning & purpose, it’s where they get their friend groups and their sense of community. They want everyone to agree with their politics. When you add the emotion of fear exacerbated by Covid and their sense of the fragility of life itself, they want and need the workplace to be their therapist too.

Now with this as a backdrop, it’s easier to understand why there is such a large exodus from the workforce. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics reports that 38 million workers left the workforce in 2021. Furthermore, they indicated that another 4.4 million headed for the exits in February 2022. Clearly, some Boomers took early retirement after Covid or just decided the heck with it, it is not worth it anymore.

Like the aftershocks of an earthquake, Covid is still causing tremors in our workplace. This is why Fort Leadership believes that strong Character driven Leadership is vital to the workplace and to the nation today! It is time for Leaders to stand up and teach the next generation what it looks like to model servant leadership. It’s time for leaders to sharpen their leadership skills. It’s time for leaders to invest in their leadership teams so that they can lead the people safely through turbulent storms. It’s time to gather them one by one, by one, and teach them the necessary skills to help them not to just survive, but to thrive.

So do you have a leadership growth plan for yourself? If not, why not? And do you have a Leadership Development plan for your people? As the leader, it’s incumbent on you to make the right decisions. This is your call to action!

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Andy Kalajian, Founder & President, Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting, LLC

Andy Kalajian has been a highly sought-after public speaker for more than 25 years. He has received public acclaim for his brand, EnTheos, Latin for Spirit Within and predecessor to the word Enthusiasm. Andy enthusiastically delivers powerful talks and lessons steeped in wisdom literature and their practical application to busy lifestyles. His tagline, transformational thought in action, serves as a reminder to the participant that one can, indeed, permanently change the destiny of their life by changing the nature of their thoughts and actions.

Andy was born and raised in Detroit Michigan. As a young boy he discovered his passion for serving others in medicine and his gift for public speaking. At the age of 12, Andy, at the urging of his father, began to earn his own way as a Golf Caddy. His sense of adventure also led him, along with his father, to the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved the Rank of Eagle Scout. In High School, Andy was fed books from his mother, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

While a golf caddy, Andy was awarded the prestigious Evans Scholarship, a full academic and leadership scholarship, to study at Michigan State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology. In 1985, he coupled his lifelong passion for medicine and serving people with his gift of enthusiastic speaking and moved to Atlanta to begin his career in Medical Sales.

As a young professional, Andy’s Mom continued to fuel his desire for wisdom literature from authors/speakers Zig Ziglar, Earl Nightingale, Les Brown, Stephen Covey, and John Maxwell. Andy applied the character traits instilled in him from the Boy Scouts and the leadership skills taught to him by John Maxwell, Stephen Covey, and others to enjoy over 30 years in an award-winning medical sales career. It was during this time that Andy was asked to speak to groups as small as 4 or 5 and as large as 500+ all over the US and Puerto Rico.

Andy is very involved in the lives of his two children, Mallory and Drew. For 12 years they were engaging in monthly adventures with the YMCA Adventure Guides program where Andy volunteered in several leadership positions including Nation Chief. Andy and his wife, Sherrie, have four adult children and are active members of Pastor Andy Stanley’s congregation at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Andy enjoys time invested with his wife Sherrie, his family, and friends. He still has a voracious appetite for reading the wisdom literature and the biographies of the American Founders. He enjoys weight lifting, aerobics, golf and hiking the outdoors. Andy continues to have a passion for speaking, coaching, and training others to lead a life of significance.

Connect with Andy Kalajian on LinkedIn.

Questions and Topics in the Interview

Who is Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting, LLC and how are you helping folks out there?
Can you give our listeners some insights as to what you are learning about our nation’s workforce in this post Covid world we are ALL living in?
How are the Millennials impacting the workforce today?
Why are so many workers leaving their employers?
How can employers solve the problems with employee engagement and employee retention?

LIVE from HAVEN 2022: Trent and Jen Fancher, Noting Grace

November 4, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Studio

LIVE from HAVEN 2022: Trent and Jen Fancher, Noting Grace

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LIVE from HAVEN 2022: Trent and Jen Fancher, Noting Grace (Organization Conversation, Episode 48)

DIYers Trent and Jen Fancher own Noting Grace and offer tutorials for their projects. At their third HAVEN Conference, they sat down with host Richard Grove to talk about all their businesses. They discussed how they got into the DIY space, how they manage their time, how to stay organized, how to get inspired through the DIY community, and much more.

This show was originally broadcast live from the 2022 HAVEN Conference held at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia.

Organization Conversation is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Trent and Jen Fancher, Owners, Noting Grace

Trent and Jen are self-taught DIYers taking on each renovation project one room at a time. The phrase “Broke Musicians in Love” is what drives them to do what they do with the eye on the prize, which not only is a beautiful room, but also a gorgeous budget to go with it!

Through this learning process, they share the tips they find with you. They know that having the home of your dreams isn’t a reality for most, but you can create a home you love with a little bit of ingenuity.

When they share room reveals, or images of their home with you, know that the picture isn’t perfect.

Many hours, mess-ups, and redos were done to get create that look. If you could look behind the lens, you would see all the papers, shoes, and junk pushed aside to get that shot.

One question they often get asked is “How do you keep your house so clean all the time with 2 boys?” Well, they don’t!

That’s why they love finding items that are less than perfect– items with character. Life is meant to be enjoyed despite this constant goal, Jen battles to reach perfection. They hope to provide you with all the tools to help you create a home with intention that you love to live in while giving you grace when it’s not perfect.

Not only do they hope to inspire you, but Jen and Trent want to connect with you. They are honored to read each and every comment you leave. You can always find behind the scenes shenanigans over on Instagram or you can sign up for their emails so you don’t miss a post.

There is “Beauty in the Blemishes” and they hope to help you find it!

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