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WHY Healthcare? E34

July 25, 2022 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Inspirational stories, leadership styles, life lessons, pivotal moments, business tips, and more were shared on this episode of Collaborative Connections Radio Show and podcast, sponsored by KLM Consulting, Marketing, and Management.

Host, Kelly Lorenzen was on-air with Judy Smith of Smith Hager Bajo, Inc., Madeline Frederick with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), and Megan Duffy with DLR Group.

They also shared why they chose healthcare, their BIG WHY, brands, values, culture, and what collaboration means to them.

It was such a dynamic conversation with these amazing business leaders and worth the listen.

Smith Hager Bajo, Inc., is a consultant-owned firm committed to making a difference in the health care of women and children.

Since the firm was founded by three women in 1995, it has become recognized nationally for helping hospitals improve their services and environments for women and children.

Collectively, consultants have completed more then 2,000 projects ranging from strategic business planning of women’s health services to facility planning for state of the art children’s hospitals.

Judy Smith started her hospital career at WakeMed in Raleigh, NC. She worked with several health systems before moving into the world of managment consulting and facility planning.

As a consultant, she has successfully completed more than 1,000 women and children’s hospital projects in six countries, and is an active lecturer, author and strategist.

She has devoted her career and significant personal time to improving the health environment for women and children.

Connect with Judy on LinkedIn.

Founded in 1901, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is a worldwide leader in pediatric and adolescent health.

Madeline Frederick is a hospital executive, with expertise in strategic planning, operational improvement, and aligning resources with organizational goals.

She has twelve years of experience in healthcare administration, including roles with the VA Health System, academic health systems, an NCI-designated cancer center, and currently, a children’s hospital.

While she has built her career in southern California, she is originally from Kansas City, and earned her Master of Health Services Administration from University of Kansas Medical Center.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse.

Their promise is to elevate the human experience through design. This promise inspires sustainable design for a diverse group of public and private sector clients; local communities; and the planet.

DLR Group is 100 percent employee-owned and fully supports the initiatives and goals of the 2030 Challenge, and is an initial signatory to the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Megan Duffy is a Principal at DLR Group and has over 20 years of experience in interior design and planning services for public and private sector clients including healthcare clients.

As Senior Interior Design Lead, she takes pride in her role as a mentor, leader, and creative spirit. She takes on every project with an eye toward expressing the goal and mission of every client.

About Collaborative Connections

Kelly Lorenzen started the “Collaborative Connections” show to bring her clients and favorite charities together to meet each other, connect and collaborate in life and business.

She hopes to build a stronger community one show at a time.

About Our Sponsor

KLM is a one-stop support shop for small business owners who are starting, growing, or trying to sustain. Our purpose is to foster the growth and prosperity of small businesses in our community.

Entrepreneurs & small business owners come to KLM for support in all areas of business. KLM clients think of us as a concierge, business snuggy, another arm, or duplicate for the business owner; They call us when they need us. Business owners can continue to do what they love while having the support they need when they need it.

About Your Host

Kelly Lorenzen, CEO of KLM, is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 15 years of business-ownership experience. She is also a certified project management professional.

Kelly’s expertise is in business development, customer service, marketing, and sales.

Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn, and follow KLM Consulting on Facebook.

Drive More Enterprise Value E114

July 21, 2022 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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The Tycoons welcomed Chase Birky, CEO of Dark Horse CPAs to the show. After a few existential crises early on in his career, Chase developed the idea of the Dark Horse platform. Chase is breaking the mold of a typical CPA firm and is offering an unparalleled service. The platform allows business owners to focus on building their revenue without being sidetracked by everything not related to client service.

It’s safe to say that Chase hit it out of the park with Dark Horse CPAs. Platform members are a part of a collaborative community that contributes to the growth of the enterprise, which drives more value. They genuinely want to provide resources to your success. This idea was born out of the personal struggles Chase faced as a business owner and he wants to share the Dark Horse solution with you.

Dark Horse is a platform CPA firm that has created the infrastructure, resources, technology, staffing, coaching, marketing and administration that accountants need to be able to build and scale a profitable accounting practice that doesn’t run their lives and allows them to focus on their core strength of client service.

Regarding client service, Dark Horse CPAs provide integrated tax, accounting and CFO services to small businesses and individuals across the U.S. Their mission is to save small businesses (and their owners) from subpar accounting and tax services and subpar client experiences.

These small businesses are Dark Horses among their larger and more well-known competition. Being a Dark Horse CPA means advocating for small businesses by bringing to them the tax strategies and accounting insights previously reserved for big business.

Chase Birky grew up in the gloomy Pacific Northwest before being lured to sunny southern California for his undergrad studies at Point Loma Nazarene University.

Originally making this move to advance his baseball career, he soon realized the improbability of making it to the big leagues and so began to focus on gearing himself up for his business career. With a proclivity towards numbers, he was encouraged to declare a major in accounting.

Back in 2008, jobs for recent college graduates were difficult to come by so accounting felt like a safe haven. Thus, Chase began his career at Deloitte working as an auditor where he earned his CPA license.

Desiring to work for a smaller firm with clients in the areas of tax and client accounting services, he left Deloitte to join a boutique, local San Diego firm working with small businesses and individuals as opposed to large, public corporations.

Fast forward a few years later and he founded his own firm, Dark Horse CPAs, that would serve small businesses, individuals, and CPAs in unprecedented ways which created a sense of purpose for him that few accountants experience. It is giving other CPAs this same opportunity to self-actualize that has become his mission in life.

Connect with Chase on LinkedIn and Twitter.

About the Show

Tycoons of Small Biz spotlights the true backbone of the American economy, the true tycoons of business in America… the owners, founders and CEO’s of small businesses. Join hosts, Austin L Peterson, Landon Mance and the featured tycoons LIVE every Tuesday at 1 pm, right here on Business RadioX and your favorite podcast platform.

About Your Hosts

Austin Peterson is a Comprehensive Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners in Scottsdale, AZ. Austin is a registered rep and investment advisor representative with Lincoln Financial Advisors. Prior to joining Lincoln Financial Advisors, Austin worked in a variety of roles in the financial services industry.

He began his career in financial services in the year 2000 as a personal financial advisor with Independent Capital Management in Santa Ana, CA. Austin then joined Pacific Life Insurance Company as an internal wholesaler for their variable annuity and mutual fund products. After Pacific Life, Austin formed his own financial planning company in Southern California that he built and ran for 6 years and eventually sold when he moved his family to Salt Lake City to pursue his MBA.

After he completed his MBA, Austin joined Crump Life Insurance where he filled a couple of different sales roles and eventually a management role throughout the five years he was with Crump. Most recently before joining Lincoln Financial Advisors in February 2015, Austin spent 2 years as a life insurance field wholesaler with Symetra Life Insurance Company. Austin is a Certified Financial Planner Professional and Chartered Life Underwriter. In 2021, Austin became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses.

Austin and his wife of 23 years, Robin, have two children, AJ (21) and Ella (18) and they reside in Gilbert, Arizona. He is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in French and of Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in sales and entrepreneurship.

Connect with Austin on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Landon Mance is a Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He rebranded his practice in 2020 to focus on serving small business owners after operating as Mance Wealth Management since 2015 when Landon broke off from a major bank and started his own “shop.”

Landon comes from a family of successful entrepreneurs and has a passion and excitement for serving the business community. This passion is what brought about the growth of Backbone Planning Partners to help business owners and their families. At Backbone Planning, we believe small business owners’ personal and business goals are intertwined, so we work with our clients to design a financial plan to support all aspects of their lives.

In 2019, Landon obtained the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation through the Exit Planning Institute. With this certification, Backbone Planning Partners assists business owners through an ownership transition while focusing on a positive outcome for their employees and meeting the business owner’s goals. Landon is also a member of the Business Intelligence Institute (BII) which is a collaborative group that shares tools, resources and personnel, and offers advanced level training and technical support to specifically serve business owners. In 2021, Landon became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses by counseling owners about exit options, estimating the value of the business, preparing the business for exit and tax considerations.

Landon enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, stepson, and new baby twins. He grew up in sunny San Diego and loves visiting his family, playing a round of golf with friends, and many other outdoor activities. Landon tries to make a difference in the lives of children in Las Vegas as a part of the leadership team for a local non-profit. He regularly visits the children that we work with to remind himself of why it’s so important to, “be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.

Connect with Landon on LinkedIn.

Gary Braun is a Founder and co-owner of Pivotal Advisors. In his role at Pivotal, Gary is primarily responsible for business development but, he’ll gladly take on few clients in a consulting role. Gary speaks with and partners with other firms that help drive top-line growth.

Gary, helps organizations define where growth is coming from, helps them hire and/or develop the sales team, identify ideal clients and markets, and leverage true differentiators (even in commodity markets). He also implements sales processes, targets specific KPIs, increases activity, creates and applies sales compensation plans, and develops sales leadership skills.

Pivotal Advisors LLC is dedicated to creating a community of people who strive for excellence in sales and leadership. A Sales Operating System is the model for how to achieve excellence. Leadership is the First Factor of success in any sales organization. Therefore, building and developing leaders responsible for generating revenue is critical for growth.

Follow Pivotal Advisors on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Austin Peterson and Landon Mance are registered representatives of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. Gary Braun and Pivotal Advisors are separate from and not affiliated with Backbone Planning Partners/Lincoln Financial Advisors.

Securities and investment advisory services offered through Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp., a broker/dealer (member SIPC) and registered investment advisor. Insurance offered through Lincoln affiliates and other fine companies. Backbone Planning Partners is a marketing name for registered representatives of Lincoln Financial Advisors.

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. and its representatives do not provide legal or tax advice. You may want to consult a legal or tax advisor regarding any legal or tax information as it relates to your personal circumstances.

The content presented is for informational and educational purposes. The information covered and posted are views and opinions of the guests and not necessarily those of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.

Business RadioX® is a separate entity not affiliated with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.

Resiliency The Ability to Overcome Life Challenges E7

July 21, 2022 by Karen

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Changing the Perception of Blindness

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Motivational Speaker and Author Steve Welker discussed with host David Steinmetz the concept of Radical Resiliency which he and his wife developed after a horrific automobile accident

The Radical Resiliency concept is ability to recover from difficult challenges and live the life of your dreams. He demonstrates this by utilizing a resiliency triangle: attitude, commitment, and support.

Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired has been empowering people with vision loss since 1947. Our highly skilled and experienced multi-disciplinary team of professionals offers individualized training utilizing state of the art technologies and proven rehabilitation practices.

ACBVI assists clients in coping with vision loss – with courage and dignity and a “Can Do” attitude. We are proud to provide the resources our clients need to achieve independence and a full participation in the spheres of life they choose.

We celebrate each and every blind and visually impaired person who develops the skills and a tenacity to go to work, go to school, and actively participate in society.

Steve Welker is a Motivational Speaker and Author who developed the Radical Resiliency training program. He has presented to dozens of groups and organizations throughout the country over the last 15 years.

The program motivates and teaches audiences to be resilient and overcome any challenge.

Concept:
The more resilient a workforce or team is, the happier and more motivated they will be in their private and professional life.

Publications:
Author: ‘The World at my Fingertips- My personal story of triumph over tragedy’
Co-Author with Dr. Kristina Welker: ‘Radical Resiliency- Steps for climbing to
new heights regardless of life’s challenges’

Current Activities:
• Motivational speaker and Resiliency Trainer- 20 years+
Chandler, AZ
• Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired- Chair
Phoenix, AZ
• Guide Dogs of the Desert- Diplomat/ Advocate
Palm Springs, CA
• Lion’s Club- Board of Directors
Chandler, AZ

Experience:
• 2006 to present- Radical Resiliency- Founder and Owner
Chandler, AZ
• 1996 to 2006- Valley of the Sun United Way- Volunteer Spokesperson
Phoenix, AZ
• 1996 to 2016- Universal Business Insurance of Arizona- Founder and Owner
Tempe, AZ, Phoenix, AZ
• 1993 to 1995- Schaefer/Smith/ Ankeney Insurance- Commercial Producer
Phoenix, AZ
• 1986 to 1993- Transamerica Insurance- Marketing Representative/ Manager
Phoenix, AZ
• 1982 to 1986- Westfield Insurance/ Commercial Underwriter, Marketing Rep Westfield Center, OH, Santa Ana, CA, Tucson, AZ, Phoenix, AZ
• 1980 to 1982- Arizona Financial Services- Branch Manager
Sedona, AZ

Education:
• 1986- Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC)
• 1980- BS Business; Arizona State University Tempe, AZ

Hobbies:
• Guitar, snow skiing, yoga, weight training, and walking my dog, Orbit

Favorite Quote:
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be”
Abraham Lincoln

About Your Host

As the manager of Community and Public Relations, David Steinmetz uses his expertise, education, and personal experiences to “change the perception of blindness.”

Diagnosed with RP, a blinding retinal disease, at the age of 19, David uses his personal story to drive change that leads to improved employment outcomes and community integration for people who are blind or visually impaired.

Mr. Steinmetz graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Economics. Additionally, Steinmetz has continued his education by graduating from the Business Management Training (BMT) program provided by Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia.

In 2008, David was the national recipient of the National Industries for the Blind Milton J. Samuelson Career Achievement award. This prestigious award recognized Mr. Steinmetz for his career achievements and community service work.

David Steinmetz is a member of the Governors’ Council on Blindness & Visual Impairments, is a Board Member at the Arizona Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired (ACBVI) and serves his community through the Chandler Lions Club.

Connect with David on LinkedIn and Instagram.

About the Show

Changing the Perception of Blindness; One Conversation at a Time is dedicated to breaking down barriers, de-mystifying blindness and promoting real world solutions that empower people who are blind to live a full and inclusive life.

Host, David Steinmetz connects with organizations, industry professionals and thought leaders who are working to bridge the gap that creates a world accessible for all.

About Arizona Industries for the Blind

Arizona Industries for the Blind is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating employment opportunities for people who are blind. It’s employees, more than half of whom are blind, deliver a variety of products and services, including a full-service Warehousing and Distribution Center, confidential Digital Data Scan (DDS) services for private businesses and government and the operation of Base Supply Centers located at each of Arizona’s three military bases under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Labor’s AbilityOne program.

Follow AIFB on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Blockchain & Digital Design with Tim Dufault of CONCERT E9

July 19, 2022 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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In this episode Robert and J.J. discuss with Tim Dufault, Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer with CONCERT, how design and construction can utilize Blockchain to facilitate digital delivery and authentication of construction documents.

He believes that real collaboration will only happen when each member of the team can understand and control how what they create is used.

Anyone that works within the built environment will “geek out” on our discussion of Blockchain, Web3, BIM, and Digital Design.

Concert is a digital design data platform built on Blockchain and focused on creating a authenticating, authorizing, and recording the authorship of digital design data to facilitate digital delivery in design and construction.

The platform creates a permanent record of the author of any form of digital design or construction information along with the capability to authorize how the information should be used and to certify to and sign it with professional credentials.

Concert is the first Web3 platform for design and construction, empowering the author to own their digital data and determine under their own terms who can use that data and for what purpose.

Concert is the foundation for realizing real digital collaboration and delivery for the built environment.

Tim Dufault is the co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) for Concert and is responsible for bringing the technology to design and construction professionals across the country.

He believes that real collaboration will only happen when each member of the team can understand and control how what they create is used.

Prior to starting Concert, Tim was the CEO of Cuningham, a large national design firm with offices throughout the West Coast, Southwest, Mountain West and Midwest. He was with the firm for 30 years and served as CEO of the firm for 15 years.

While leading the firm, he grew it from annual revenues of $15M to over $100M and personally oversaw the firms growth and acquisition strategies. Concert was created while Tim was CEO of Cuningham and he stepped down last year to focus full time on the Concert platform.

Tim is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a licensed Architect in Minnesota. He is a graduate of North Dakota State University and lives in the Minneapolis area.

Follow Concert on LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Your Hosts

Meet JJ Levenske

JJ Levenske is a seasoned construction executive with over 30 years of experience in the commercial and industrial sectors. From pre-construction services to complex quality controls and close-outs, he brings a commitment to delivering the highest levels of professionalism and customer service.

JJ’s dedication to construction has allowed him to become an industry expert which he aims to share with customers and investors alike. JJ does not believe in mediocrity and strives to see the “end at the beginning” for each project, effectuating a higher return on investment for the entire team.

Early on in his career, JJ worked as a cost engineer conducting feasibility estimates, strategic capital estimates, cost planning, and analysis of value engineering for the technology, petrochemical, and food industries. He went on to develop and implement a variety of systems for estimating, scheduling, resource management, and cost tracking while holding Project Manager and Senior Management Positions.

During his tenure, JJ has been involved in $1 billion worth of construction services. A strong entrepreneurial acumen allows him to be the perfect advocate for your facility based business solutions.

Meet Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson is a knowledgeable construction professional with over 40 years of experience. His experience ranges from residential to the commercial and industrial sectors.

Robert began working in the trades immediately out of high school and quickly advanced to Journeyman status. Robert went on to estimating, operations, senior level management and then business development.

Robert is consistently building relationships and networking with those associated with all aspects of development and construction. Robert has become a respected source for prefabricated construction solutions.

Robert enjoys spending time with Pam, his wife of 42 years, their 3 children, and 10 grandchildren.

About Our Sponsors

Bleuwave is a Phoenix-based general contractor with a specialty in land development & site improvement, pre-construction, design build, remodel and renovations, construction management, and post construction.

Bleuwave is passionate about what they do and takes pride in their partner’s success.

When you need it done right the first time, call Bleuwave.

Follow Bleuwave on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Tori Contracting’s smaller, cohesive structure results in superior workmanship and economical solutions.

The Tori Contracting team has construction experience acquired by performing highly successful work for hotels and casinos, restaurants, retail stores, healthcare facilities and a wide range of commercial and themed projects.

We provide design assist capabilities from start to finish…from schematic design and development through construction documents with the aid of our full-time AUTOCAD staff.

Ending the Housing Shortage with Home Arizona E8

July 19, 2022 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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“We can’t grow and keep things the same at the same time” –Nico Howard

The greater Phoenix area is currently experiencing the greatest migration ever seen. This is a critically serious issue affecting people across all income levels. How can business and civic leaders come together to support the creation of more affordable housing for the workforce?

That’s why Home Arizona was born. Nico Howard (Founder & Chairman of Planning & Zoning Commission, City of Phoenix) and Elliot Pollack (Chief Strategist & CEO of Elliott D. Pollack and Company, an economic and real estate consulting firm in Scottsdale, Arizona est in 1987) join Carla to discuss the ins and outs of getting involved at local levels to affect positive change. The reality is that Phoenix will continue to grow and we can all get involved in how our communities look in the future.

Shocked by the 50% rise in home prices over the last 7 months? Listen in as Carla gets down to the nitty gritty of how we can all come together to help shape the futures of our local communities and help create housing for all with Nico Howard & Elliot Pollack of Home Arizona.

Home Arizona is a pro-housing advocacy group lead by Arizona’s top economists, business leaders, policy experts and developers who are encouraging policymakers to understand the housing shortage and potential remedies before it becomes a major economic-development problem.

Unlike other business or housing trade associations, Home Arizona focuses exclusively on housing supply’s role in economic development, corporate relocation, job creation and quality of life.

It has commissioned an economic impact assessment from Elliott D. Pollack and Company and has engaged with Arizona’s top employers to weigh in on the importance of quality housing to sustaining economic success.

Nico Howard is an investor and real estate developer specializing in land investment and multifamily development in Phoenix, Arizona.

He is the Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Phoenix, the Vice-Chairman of Central Arizona Shelter Services (the largest emergency shelter provider in the State of Arizona), and a co-founder of Home Arizona.

In addition to his many philanthropic contributions, Nico is very involved in municipal politics, and has been involved in over 15 municipal campaigns over the last 5 years.

Elliott Pollack is CEO of Elliott D. Pollack and Company, an economic and real estate consulting firm in Scottsdale, Arizona established in 1987. Mr. Pollack is widely sought after as a speaker for economic, policy, fiscal and economic impact, and real estate issues.

Through affiliate companies, Mr. Pollack has syndicated, master planned and brought to development numerous properties in Arizona. He is recognized for his expertise in both national and local real estate trends.

Elliott Pollack is one of the leaders of Home Arizona and serves as chief strategist for the group.

About the Show

Smashing Through Walls is geared toward a guide through complex commercial real estate and finance topics while adding humor and anecdotes along the way. Discover what is going on in the valley and beyond with host Carla Magee, broker at MHG Commercial.

About Our Host

Carla Magee’s background is designed with the investor in mind. After obtaining her finance degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, she worked for large corporations like Boeing and Microsoft. With a critical eye and flair for analytics, she was able to shave millions in lost profits, managing cross-functional teams by utilizing her Green Belt in Six Sigma and Masters Certification in Project Management.

Ultimately she realized that she couldn’t be contained in an office environment working for the corporate world. Being an investor herself, she came into real estate as an investment & multifamily property specialist, effectively applying her education & skillset. Carla excels in helping investors make sound decisions for their financial goals, in real estate negotiations, and takes deep pride in educating homebuyers and sellers.

On a personal note, Carla is a busy wife & mother to two daughters. In addition to an ever growing career and podcast, she also enjoys volunteering and being active in the community. She has a deep love for Arizona and although she travels whenever possible, she always finds her way back to the beautiful Sonoran Desert.

Connect with Carla on LinkedIn.

About Our Sponsor

MHG Commercial emerged from the highly successful and innovative residential brokerage: My Home Group. MHG Commercial’s vetted and experienced advisors have a wide range of complementary professional expertise that span over 100 years of cumulative experience.

Encompassing every aspect of commercial real estate from office to industrial development, raw land to luxury commercial, and multifamily to subdivision development. We excel at out of the box thinking and transactions that require a more hands-on approach and ingenuity.

No matter the property type or service need, our commercial advisors are committed to your objectives. Combined with business finesse and unsurpassed market intelligence, MHG Commercial brokers help you determine and surpass your business goals.

Follow MHG Commercial on Facebook and Instagram.

E106 Getting More from LeSS with Robert Briese and Konstantin Ribel

July 18, 2022 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, PMO Joe welcomed Robert Briese and Konstantin Ribel. They discussed Agile, Scrum, Large-Scale Scrum using LeSS and the practical application of these within organizations. Robert shares the history of his company, Lean Sherpas and we get to understand how we can often do more when we simplify.

Robert is the founder and CEO of Lean Sherpas GmbH. As one of only 23 certified Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) Trainers in the world he works with individuals, teams, and organizations on adopting practices for agile and lean development as well as improving organizational agility through cultural change. Lean Sherpas is a Germany-based Agile Coaching company that operates worldwide.

Konstantin is a Scrum Master – the first fomenter of the LeSS Huge adoption at BMW Group’s Autonomous Driving division. He is also one of the 23 certified Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) Trainers across the world. He is convinced that today’s organizations need a radical structural change to shift mindsets, and unleash collective intelligence. His strong desire to learn and question the status quo help him achieve his vision: organizations where human intelligence and efforts are highly respected.

Listen to the full episode to understand LeSS, Large-Scale Scrum, how it differs from SAFe, how to simplify to accomplish more. Also, you’ll get suggestions on books and training for large-scale scrum.

Connect with Robert:
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/robriese/

Connect with Konstantin:
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/konstantin-ribel/

To see the guest list for upcoming shows – https://www.thepmosquad.com/podcast

Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.

The PMO Squad is a leading provider of PMO and Project Management services in the US. They assist clients building and improving PMOs, provide Project Management Consulting services, deliver custom Project Management Training and provide Project Management staffing services.
Learn more about The PMO Squad – https://www.thepmosquad.com

Where do PMO Leaders go for Information, Learning, Networking and Services? The PMO Leader community has “Everything You Need to Become a Great PMO Leader”. One PMO World, One Community!
Learn more about The PMO Leader – https://www.thepmoleader.com

Lean Sherpas is a Germany-based Agile Coaching company that operates worldwide. In order to achieve higher levels of productivity, our clients aim to sustainably and quickly deliver value and innovation by creating learning organizations. With our deep knowledge of lean and agile thinking and organizational tools, we provide guidance and support to reach higher heights.

Robert Briese is a coach, consultant, and trainer in agile and lean product development and the founder and CEO of Lean Sherpas GmbH.

As one of only 23 certified Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) Trainers in the world he works with individuals, teams, and organizations on adopting practices for agile and lean development as well as improving organizational agility through cultural change.

He worked with (real) startups (Penta), Corporate Start-Ups (Ringier, Yello), and also big organizations (SAP, BMW, adidas) to create an organizational design and adopt practices that allow faster customer feedback, learning, and greater adaptability for change.

He is a frequent speaker at conferences and gives regularly training in Large-Scale Scrum. You can read more about him here:
https://less.works/profiles/robert-briese and follow Lean Sherpas on Instagram.

Konstantin Ribel is a Scrum Master – the first fomenter of the LeSS Huge adoption at BMW Group’s Autonomous Driving division.

He worked in various engineering fields such as complex hardware design, embedded SW development and project management in United Kingdom and Germany.

Konstantin is convinced that today’s organizations need a radical structural change to shift mindsets, and unleash collective intelligence. His strong desire to learn and question the status quo help him achieve his vision: organizations where human intelligence and efforts are highly respected.

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Joe Pusz started THE PMO SQUAD to bring real world PMO Leadership experience to the consulting space and to advocate for Project Management through his blog PMOJOE.com. The old saying is “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Following this mindset Joe left Corporate America in 2013 to start THE PMO SQUAD and work with fellow Natural Born Project Managers to advance Project Management Best Practices.

ABOUT OUR SPONSOR

THE PMO SQUAD focuses exclusively on PMO and Project Management consulting. Corporate America is full of Accidental Project Managers running projects who haven’t been trained to be PMs. To help solve this problem THE PMO SQUAD is on the Leading Edge with PMO As a Service. PMO As a Service allows our clients to focus on their respective core competencies while THE PMO SQUAD delivers Project Management expertise. Contact Joe at 678-591-7868. Follow The PMO Squad on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Where do PMO Leaders go for Information, Learning, Networking and Services? The PMO Leader community has “Everything You Need to Become a Great PMO Leader”. One PMO World, One Community! Learn more about The PMO Leader – www.thepmoleader.com

Headshot Photographer Duane Furlong

July 14, 2022 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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The mission at Duane Furlong Studios is to make certain that you don’t get lost in the crowd with our exclusive methods and coaching. This will immediately set you apart from the jam-packed pages on the internet.

Building trust and connection is exactly what a great headshot and branded photoshoot in Scottsdale can do for you. Harness your potential with a photograph, and make the impact you were intended to make.

Duane Furlong is a photographer who proudly serves Central Arizona including Scottsdale, Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa. He is well-known as a headshot photographer.

It is his job to ensure you never feel uncomfortable during your professional headshot session. Duane’s goal is to create images that make you feel and look like yourself.

Many people feel anxiety when having their headshots taken. Duane understands that being behind the camera may be overwhelming. He can ensure that he will make this experience fun and stress-free for you!

Through experience, educational courses, and inspiration, Duane has perfected headshot photography. He will use his previous experiences to help you relax and bring out your true personality. He will guide you every step of the way. You will get the perfect look, be more professional, and enhance your career.

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Educate Emotional Intelligence E113

July 13, 2022 by Karen

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The Tycoons welcomed Anthony Weinkopff, Director and Co-Founder of Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services to the show.

Anthony is an experienced educator, activist, and entrepreneur, most notably acting as the Director and Co Founder of Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services.

Education has come to the forefront and more and more businesses are being started that are geared towards furthering education and/or trying to create an educational niche. Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services specializes in college/career readiness and in-school programs. With distance learning being on the rise, tutoring programs are even more important and beneficial to schools, students and families.

Key takeaways from the show are emotional intelligence and chasing a purpose. Tune in to hear Anthony elaborate on these topics.

Embrace Tutoring specializes in one-to-one and small group prep academic tutoring for the ISEE/SSAT, ACT/SAT and other individualized tutoring for core academic subjects primarily for elementary and college students.

After speaking with families, The Embrace team creates a customized plan and connects students with experienced tutors in core academic subjects. Many families will utilize Embrace services to save time, enhance their chances of acceptance, or receive academic scholarships.

In addition to personalized tutoring, Embrace families may receive features such as free review sessions, college consultations, and/or diagnostics depending on the package they choose. The model is very analogous to having a personal trainer but then also having a nutritionist and the ability to come to exercise classes (as a bonus!).

Anthony Weinkopff is an experienced educator, activist, and entrepreneur, most notably acting as the Director and Co Founder of Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services. Anthony graduated from Lynchburg College (go Hornets!) in Biomedical Engineering and has since been involved in Education and Entrepreneurship for over a decade.

He has reached such milestones as earning National Teacher of the Week from Carney Sandoe and Associates, Publishing Content Materials related to Test Prep, and even being featured as the #1 SAT Prep influencer on TikTok for Spring 2020.

Prior to Co-Founding Embrace, Anthony was a college research liaison at Stanford University and high school teacher/ academic advisor. During his time in the classroom, you could say he wore many “hats,” and it’s no surprise he went into Educational Management.

Growing up, he was the first male in my immediate family to go to college, and he fondly remembers how overwhelming the application process could be without clear guidance. In this instance, necessity sparked invention. After a lot of deliberating, and getting his feet wet in the industry for quite some time, Anthony and his partners launched Embrace to create a network of experienced educators and advisors…all in a one-stop-shop.

Outside of Embrace, Anthony’s love to spend time with friends, family, and wife Breanna. He lives by the motto of finding joy in empowering others and to chasing his purpose.

Connect with Anthony on LinkedIn and follow Embrace Tutoring on Facebook and Instagram

About the Show

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Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.

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Thanks to War E2

July 13, 2022 by Karen

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Challenges, especially the most severe ones, are also our most powerful teachers, Zoya Lytvyn, leader of the Ukranian NGO Osvitoria, shares in this episode of Rooted & Unwavering. She discovers inner strength at a deeper level that comes online when her brain wants to give up and become a vegetable.

Her organization currently provides education to more than 500,000 secondary school students online all over Ukraine and as refugees in over 120 countries abroad. How does she access her strength and not give into depression and reactivity?

She shares with host Hylke Faber how she keeps choosing what’s most important to her: being happy and being of service: building and adapting education to meet the needs of children now living in times of war.

Osvitoria is an NGO that develops education in Ukraine. During the war, its mission now is to restore education process and access to quality education for more than 7 million of Ukraine’s children.

Areas of work and projects:

Restoring education during the war
Creating innovative schools
Providing equal access to education
Training and supporting teachers
Developing Educational Community

Osvitoria in numbers:

101 781 teachers were taught and inspired by Osvitoria last year
Every 4th Ukrainian teacher trained with NGO in 2021
4 million users read Osvitoria.Media
180 000 graduates have been trained on the iLearn platform

Zoya Lytvyn is a Ukrainian educator, reformer and impact entrepreneur. The founder of NGO Osvitoria and Ukraine’s top innovative Novopecherska School, which is recognized by Microsoft among the TOP100 most innovative schools in the world. Member of the Supervisory Board of UN Global Compact in Ukraine, Merited Educator of Ukraine, TED speaker.

With her team, Zoya Lytvyn works to improve school education in Ukraine by establishing visionary schools and projects, providing equal access to quality education, training and inspiring teachers, and implementing the world’s top educational know-hows.

In 2019 Zoya Lytvyn was awarded in the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge as the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in Eastern Europe and the title of the Merited Educator of Ukraine by the President of Ukraine. During COVID-19 pandemics, Lytvyn and her team created for Ukraine’s government the first national online education platform called “The All-Ukrainian Online School”.

The platform covers the secondary school curriculum and brings every student in front of very best Ukrainian teachers. After the Russian-Ukrainian war struck in 2022 this work continued and now more then 500.000 school students learn on this platform daily as it is the only possible way to continue their education. They connect from all over Ukraine, occupied territories and from more than 120 countries globally where they are refugees at the moment.

In cooperation with the UNICEF, Lytvyn and her team focused on helping Ukraine restore the educational process during the war: supporting teachers, schools, parents and schoolchildren, maintaining online education, and arranging education coordination centres for Ukrainian refugees. Zoya also is in charge of recovery strategy for school system of Ukraine for the Ukrainian Parliament. As a speaker at the Global TED 2022 in Vancouver, Lytvyn fundraised more than 2.5 million USD for the humanitarian needs of Ukraine.

Connect with Zoya on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

About Rooted & Unwavering

Peace, Compassion, Wisdom, Purposefulness, Creativity and Strength come online in us when we deeply connect with the true, unwavering greatness that lives within ourselves and others.

In this podcast and radio show, Hylke Faber, seasoned transformational coach and author of the award-winning Taming Your Crocodiles series, engages in deep inquiry with leaders from all walks of life about courageously connecting with our true selves, others and the world at large.

How do we stay connected to our true selves and our greatness, especially when we are challenged? How do we rest in the heart, also when our mind keeps us restless? What becomes possible when we truly stay committed to our own and others’ best selves, also when we don’t feel it? How do we practice staying connected to our true selves, in the midst of our busy lives?

Join us and leave inspired to act on your heart’s greatness and that of the people around you.

About Our Host

For as long as he can remember Hylke Faber has been curious about what this life is about. His ongoing inquiry has become his work: helping people individually and collectively to discover what is possible in life and express that authentically and fearlessly.

Hylke started his work life with Towers Perrin as consultant and then as Partner with Strategic Decisions Group, serving a wide range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, consumer electronics and life sciences companies. A major shift occurred during this critical phase of his life. He had become the typical, hard-charging, 16-hours-a-day strategy consultant, and was burning out at a rapid clip.

When he discovered meditation, everything changed. He was so taken by his new discoveries that he chose to bring to business what he was learning: that there is a way we can have it all – we can be fulfilled, do work we love, and create extraordinary results with others. He thinks of it as creating a sense of ease in business.

He learned how to coach and facilitate human transformation completing his coaching certification with Newfield Network and by working at Axialent, the culture and leadership company. After a few years, he founded Co-Creation Partners together with other leaders in the field of transformation and personal development. Then he formed Constancee to help people grow by creating the conditions where deep personal, interpersonal and organizational shifts happen routinely.

He leads Growth Leaders Network, the culture and team development consultancy. He has also taught coaching at Columbia Business School Executive Education and has contributed to Harvard Business Review. He is currently teaching a course on Climate Conscious Leadership at Arizona State University. His award-winning book, Taming Your Crocodiles: Unlearn Fear & Become a True Leader, was published by Dover in 2018.

His next book, Taming Your Crocodiles Practices for Leadership Depth, came out in 2020. Besides helping others grow, which he loves, he is a trained opera singer, enjoys hiking and writing, is an avid reader, in particular of biographies, and is always in the process of growing himself. He integrates all of what he learns in his work with executives.

Connect with Hylke on LinkedIn.

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