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The Future of Company On-Boarding with Lisa Glenn Nobles E22

February 1, 2021 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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In this episode of The Future of Work: Water Cooler Conversations we are joined by Lisa Glenn Nobles Operations Navigator for Journeyage. We discussed Lisa’s path to leadership, how to cultivate company cultures of belonging and how on-boarding can actually be made to be fun and customized for the learner. Lisa also let us in on what on-boarding and company culture looks like at Journeyage.

If you are looking for ways to increase a sense of community within your company culture, this episode has some great things to consider. Including where to start if you haven’t looked at your on-boarding process in awhile. Lisa talks through the components that should be included to help your new employees understand what the company is really like. For anyone who is looking to build a diverse, innovative and welcoming company culture – this is a must listen!

Everyone knows exactly what bad training experiences feel like. Fluorescent lighting, bad coffee, a disinterested presenter, and PowerPoints with templates that explore the full spectrum of beige. It’s painful, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Journeyage helps you to create engaging, personalized, and highly relevant training that your employees and users will actually learn from and love.

They are on a mission to co-create the world’s most transformative workplace experience, and we believe that this starts with their company first. They are building an employee-first corporate experience designed to change the world.

50’s housewife by interest and intersectional feminist by passion, Lisa Glenn Nobles is just as likely to be whipping up strawberry jalapeno preserves as crafting a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging action plan for Journeyage.

Her professional passions include building systems, creating strong cultures that value humans over profits, and making Slack a fun place to be. When she’s not working on operations at Journeyage, she can just as likely be found:

Hiking in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve
Binge-watching Queer Eye while having a good cry
Planning her next international trip (South America, Japan, Kazakhstan and New Zealand are on the short list)
Hanging out with her husband throwing the ball to Labrador Clarence or cuddling with ragdoll cat Honey

Lisa came to Journeyage after a journey through the nonprofit, operations, and education sectors, finding her true home at Journeyage (where she gets to do all those things!). She volunteers regularly with ConstellateAZ, a local nonprofit dedicated to getting high risk youth involved in entrepreneurship. If you’d like to share a recipe or an idea for generosity initiatives, Lisa can be found at:

Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn, Twitter and by email. You can also follow Journeyage on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WORK: WATER COOLER CONVERSATIONS

Welcome to Future of Work: Water Cooler Conversations Radio Show and Podcast – where business leaders share how they integrate humanity and technology through innovative approaches, healthy culture, flexible workspaces and seamless virtual technology.

ABOUT YOUR CO-HOSTS

With a background in marketing, in various for profit and not for profit companies, Kyle McIntosh wondered, “How can I pair the passion and commitment to community progress of a non-profit with the sustainability and reach of a for profit company?” From this question and perspective a mission evolved to tear down the false distinction between the two sectors and to promote companies with Conscious Capitalism® business models through MAC6.

Kyle is the President and Creative Excitant of MAC6. Day to day, his main operational role is on the “spaces” side of the business, focusing on creating thriving communities in the commercial office buildings, the co-working space, and the co-manufacturing space. The other role that he plays is that of EOS implementer, working with clients to bring the Entrepreneurial Operating System, from the book Traction® to their businesses. Additionally, he sits on the boards of Conscious Capitalism Arizona, telling the stories of good businesses in Arizona, and The Tempe Chamber of Commerce, sustaining Tempe’s quality of life and keeping our community and economy vibrant.

Kyle loves Arizona and wants to see us all collectively find great success based on the awesome things that are happening here every day.

Follow MAC6 on Facebook and Twitter.

Jennifer Burwell, joined MAC6 in 2013. Jennifer is their VP and Director of Programs.

She uses her experience in real estate, team development and management to seamlessly integrate each of the MAC6 business units to assure they are all focused on the long-term company vision. She is also a student of human behavior.

As a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst, she uses her knowledge to facilitate culture-focused leadership programs with organizations of all sizes to integrate the company’s values and create higher-performing teams.

To learn more about MAC6 Communities, call 480-293-4075 or find them on Facebook

ABOUT OUR SPONSOR

MAC⁶ offers flexible spaces and programs to help your team grow, and a community of thriving businesses, just like yours. Advocating Capitalism as a Force for Good, MAC6 is Accelerating the shift to Conscious Capitalism (where Purpose and Profit Unite) through Creativity, Collaboration, Community and Change.

On the Front Lines of the Pandemic: A Conversation with Arizona Adjutant General Michael McGuire E4

January 28, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Covid 19 is the greatest health crisis of the past century. Arizona Adjutant General Michael McGuire has helped lead the state’s response to the pandemic. He discusses the challenges of the past year, the accomplishments of our National Guard and health professionals and what lies ahead in 2021.

The year 2020 was a year like no other — it stretched our health and safety systems and changed our economy. Arizona Adjutant General Michael McGuire discusses the front line response to the pandemic and how those experiences will change us moving forward.

The Arizona National Guard is the National Guard of the American state of Arizona. It consists of the Arizona Army National Guard and the Arizona Air National Guard.

Both components are part of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs. The Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) consists of the Army and the Air National Guard, the Division of Emergency Management, and the Joint Programs Division. As of Sept. 10, 2013, the department is headed by Major General (Arizona) Michael T. McGuire.

The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the United States National Guard with dual federal and state missions. Those missions range from limited actions during non-emergency situations to full scale law enforcement of martial law when local law enforcement officials can no longer maintain civil control. The National Guard may be called into federal service in response to a call by the President of the United States or United States Congress.

Follow the Arizona National Guard on Facebook.

About Your Co-Hosts

Dan Irving is Arizona State Chair of Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve. During a 38-year career in the Arizona National Guard, he served as the Arizona Air Guard’s Command Chief Master Sergeant and the senior enlisted advisor to the Arizona Adjutant General.

Today, Dan owns and operates Irving Management Solutions, a consulting company specializing in aviation Part 145 FAA repair stations.

Mike Phillips is the public affairs director for Arizona ESGR. He is a Marine Corps veteran who spent a career in journalism and municipal communications.

Mike is a freelance writer and co-founder of the Arizona Baseball Legacy and Experience, an organization that celebrates the state’s rich baseball history.

About ESGR

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is a Department of Defense agency run almost entirely by volunteers. Its mission is to support Citizen Soldiers and those who employ them. It seeks to promote a culture in which all American employers support and value the military service of their employees.

About the “We All Serve” Podcast Series

Members of the National Guard and Reserve are making a difference every day near home and around the world. The ESGR podcasts celebrate that service and the employers who support our “Citizen Soldiers” and their vital contribution to our national defense.

Celebrating Women in Agile with Padmini Nidumolu and Diana Larsen E5

January 27, 2021 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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The Lurnist Show E5 with Padmini Nidumolu and Diana Larsen generated powerful conversations that ranged from topics about mentorship, coaching, Agile, women in the Agile space, and important advice for young adults.

Are you struggling to find your path or don’t know where to start? Listen to The Lurnist Show E5 and find your light at the end of the tunnel! These ladies have all the answers we have been dying to hear!

Lean In Agile is a movement for women, by women and of women designed to amplify the voices, talents and experiences of women within the Lean and Agile communities across the globe. As an international alliance, LIA connects women worldwide so that their experiences and expertise’s as Lean and Agile practitioners can be leveraged for these women to make a difference in the world for themselves and for each other.

Padmini Nidumolu is a results driven, collaborative and a passionate Enterprise Lean transformation coach.

As a lifelong learner with a strong commitment to the Lean Agile community, Padmini co-created “Lean In Agile” for Women which is an initiative to amplify the voices of women and celebrate the journeys of thought leaders.

She is a mentor, trainer and a keynote/TEDx speaker. Her expertise and focus is in building learning organizations and delivering value by leveraging diversities as enablers leading to an enterprise culture of continuous improvement.

Connect with Padmini on LinkedIn.

The Agile Fluency® Project helps coaches, consultants, and change agents put the insights of the Agile Fluency® Model into practice. We serve clients and colleagues with coaching and training using our Suite of materials. We provide services in all aspects of effective approaches to strengthening software development teams and their leaders. Diana Larsen and James Shore co-founded the Agile Fluency Project with the goal that every team should work at the level of fluency that best fits their business’ needs.

Visionary pragmatist, Diana Larsen, is co-founder, Chief Connector and a principal coach, consultant, and mentor at the Agile Fluency® Project. Diana co-authored the books Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great; Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams; Five Rules for Accelerated Learning, and an upcoming new book.

Diana co-originated the Agile Fluency® model and co-authored the eBook, The Agile Fluency Model: A Brief Guide to Success with Agile. For 20+ years, she led the practice area for Agile software development, leading & managing teams, and guiding Agile transitions at FutureWorks Consulting.

Since 2015 she has devoted her energy to the Agile Fluency Project’s programs for training, mentoring, and supporting agile coaches and consultants. As company leader and co-founder, Diana shares the wisdom she’s gained in over 30 years of working with leaders, teams, and organizations.

About The Lurnist – Celebrating Women in Agile

We highlight fantastic women who are doing great things in the Agile field, all the while creating role models to inspire young women in high school and college to want to have a career in Agile.

Who do you know that leads scrum teams? Builds great products as a product owner or product manager? Coaches leading agile transformations? Or, is an agile teacher or trainer? We’d love to get to know her with the hope to feature her story and journey to success on The Lurnist Radio Show & Podcast.

About Your Co-hosts

Debra Hildebrand is the Founder and CEO of LurnAgile and has over 20 years’ experience in project management; including consulting and training in the public and private sector and teaching in higher education.

She is one of the architects for the Project Management Certification program at the University of Washington, where she received the Team-Teaching Excellence Award and currently instructs in the online portion of the program. Additionally, she developed and currently teaches traditional and agile project management courses at Stanford University.

Her passion projects include Celebrating Women in Agile through her Business RadioX Show, The Lurnist Show, and helping veterans transition into meaningful careers in project management after service disconnection through her work on the board of Veteran Project Manager Mentor Alliance (VPMMA).

She is a certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC 5.0), Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute and has an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York, NY.

Lauryn Jenne is a senior student at University of Washington Bothell (UWB), majoring in Management Information Systems with a minor in Computer Science IT. Lauryn currently works for UWB School of Business and is also the Digital Marketing Manager at Veteran Project Manager Mentor Alliance (VPMMA), a non-profit that assists veterans and military spouses in gaining careers in project management.

Additionally, she is the Vice President of Fundraising for Delta Sigma Pi, a professional business fraternity at the University.

Lauryn aspires to work for an organization as a project manager and eventually create her own brand and startup company.

Lauryn currently lives in Seattle, WA

About Our Sponsor LurnAgile

LurnAgile is a Boutique, Woman Owned Small Business that delivers top quality Agile Certification courses and Agile Coaching. We are a Scaled Agile Silver Transformation Partner, which shows our clients that we have invested in and are committed to the Scaled Agile training standards and coach offerings.

Each of our team of Elite coaches/instructors have over 10 years of leading and coaching Agile Transformations in some of the largest Fortune 100 and 500 companies in the world. This means that your organization is learning from someone who has “been there and done that”.

Beards toupees and SEO E38

January 27, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Brett Farmiloe is the founder of two companies: Markitors and Terkel. Markitors is a SEO company for small businesses. If you Google “digital marketing company,” you‘ll find Markitors on the first page of search results.

Terkel is a knowledge platform that creates community-driven content featuring expert insights. Small businesses can answer questions and get published on more than 50+ partner websites.

If you don’t really understand SEO or how it can help you grow your business, you will want to tune in to this episode to hear Brett’s advice on what you can do and what is most important in your marketing approach, what to be aware of and what to watch out for.

Brett has built a very successful company around helping other privately held businesses to thrive.

Markitors is a SEO company for small businesses. Google “digital marketing company” and you may see Markitors on the first page of search results.

Terkel is a knowledge platform that creates community-driven content featuring expert insights. Small businesses can answer questions and get published on more than 50+ partner websites.

Brett Farmiloe is a founder of both companies.

Brett Farmiloe is the founder & CEO of Markitors, a digital marketing company in Old Town Scottsdale that connects small businesses with customers…and has a good time doing it.

Brett’s first company, Pursue the Passion, was a career education startup that took Brett and three friends on two cross country roadtrips to interview people about how they found passion in work. Since getting off the road, Brett has delivered over 100 speeches from Alaska to Miami Beach and authored the book, Pursue the Passion. Learn more at www.pursuethepassion.com.

About Your Hosts

Austin Peterson is a Comprehensive Financial Planner and owner of Backbone Financial 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.

Austin and his wife of 21 years, Robin, have two children, AJ (19) and Ella (16) 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 founder of YourFuture Planning Partners out of Las Vegas, Nevada. His firm came to life in 2020 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 YourFuture Planning Partners to help business owners and their families. At YourFuture, 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, YourFuture 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.

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 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.

About The Tycoons of Small Biz Sponsor

Whether you’re an established local company, or a brand new start-up, you can count on GBS to be a part of your family.

We’re not just any benefits consulting firm, we’re GBS. We have nearly 30 years of experience in group benefits, a strong sense of purpose and it shows.

Austin Peterson and Landon Mance are registered representatives of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. 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 Financial and Your Future Planning Partners are marketing names for registered representatives of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. CRN 3416469-012121

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.

Family – Carrot Lasik and Eye Center: A Continuous Growing Family Supporting People E4

January 26, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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This is a show that we have been wanting to do for a while now. We love highlighting the secret companies that have a great company culture. The companies that are doing amazing things that might not be the companies that people think of as having a great culture- these companies are our favorite to showcase to the community.

Have you ever had a doctor give you their personal number so that you can reach out after a procedure? Well then you have not been to Carrot Eye Center to have your eyes taken care of.

Dr. Hammond and Dr. Herion do amazing things when it comes to LASIK, Cataract surgery, and more. What sets them apart from other practices that focus on these same areas is the attention they provide to their patients and their staff. The people come first. Yes, they work on eyes, but the eyes are attached to a person, and that person is what comes first.

They had the chance to talk about the practice, how it all started, the focus on the staff, the focus on the patients, and the ups and downs through COVID-19 over the past year. Even through it all they are now continuing to grow their “family” at the practice.

These exceptional values lead the way for the Carrot team:

See the future
Have fun
Collaborate and educate
Do the right thing
Be authentically human
Be exceptional

This conversation was a very fun and honest conversation. These two amazing doctors, veterans, and ophthalmologists are changing the world of eye care and what culture looks like in a growing eye care practice. This is an episode from everyone to listen in and hear how to bring amazing culture to the center of your company and why it is important to focus on your people first.

At Carrot LASIK & Eye Center, we believe in personalized medicine. We’re a practice owned and operated by doctors who really care about you, and most importantly, we approach each patient as a completely unique case. “One size fits all” solutions don’t belong in eye care, and we believe that you deserve better than that.

Our doctors want to know about your life, your interests, and your hobbies so that any eyecare recommendations we make support and improve your unique lifestyle.

Dr. Michael Herion, M.D. is a Lt. Col. in the United States Air Force Reserve, representative of the desire to serve that motivated his choice to go into the eld of eye medicine. During his service time, he received an Air Force Commendation Medal for his service in The Global War on Terror.

Dr. Herion attended Arizona State University for undergraduate studies before getting his doctorate from Saint George’s University School of Medicine. His residency in ophthalmology took place at Saint Louis University before he completed a retina fellowship with The Retina Group Ltd.

Dr. Herion enjoys spending time outside, including skiing and scuba diving. On fall Saturdays, Dr. Herion can be found in the stands of Arizona State Sun Devils football games.

A refractive and cataract surgery specialist, Dr. Matthew Hammond, M.D. attended Utah State University for his undergraduate degree and George Washington University for medical school. His internship, as well as his residency in ophthalmology, took place at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C.

Like Dr. Herion, Dr. Hammond also comes from a military background, serving nine years on active duty as an Ophthalmologist. He served during the Global War on Terror and feels like the greatest honor of his career will be the time he had taken care of America’s nest. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and the Humanitarian award for his relief work after Hurricane Katrina
and served as Chief of Ophthalmology and Director of Warfighter Refractive Surgery at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

If there’s one thing that Dr. Hammond strives to demonstrate to the patients who come to Carrot LASIK & Eye Center for their eye care, it’s that he and his team go the extra mile to ensure that patients get the results they want, rather than just what’s expected.

Connect with Matthew on LinkedIn and follow Carrot Eye Center on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Culture Crush

Culture Crush is officially relaunched! We are thankful to Debra Caron who launched and hosted the show originally. Culture Crush is back with a new host but the same focus- highlighting what makes a great company culture and how it affects the overall success of a company.

Culture is not just a tag word to be thrown around. It is not something you throw in job descriptions to draw people to applying for jobs within a company.

According to Marcus Buckingham and Ashely Goodall in their book Nine Lies About Work, “Culture is the tenants of how we behave. It’s like a family creed. This is how we operate and treat each other in the family.”

On this long form podcast we will highlight companies local to Arizona and beyond that are crushing it with great culture!

We will talk with company leaders to learn about real-life experiences, tips, and best practices for creating a healthy work environment where employees are finding joy and satisfaction in their work while also striving and growing within the company.

About the Host

Kindra Maples is your new host taking the lead on the relaunch of Culture Crush! She is spartan racer, past animal trainer, previous magician’s assistant, and has a weakness for Oreo cookie shakes. Her journey working with people actually started working with animals as a teenager (don’t worry we won’t go that far back for her bio).

She worked for over 15 years in the zoo industry working with animals and the public. Her passion of working with animals shifted into working with people in education, operations and leadership roles. From there her passion of leadership and helping people develop has continued to grow.

Then came the opportunity for relaunching the Culture Crush Podcast and she jumped on it. Leadership, growth, and strong company cultures are all areas that Kindra is interested in diving into further.

Shout Outs

We want to thank a few people for their behind the scenes effort in helping this relaunch to come to life. James Johnson with Tailored Penguin Media Company LLC.– It is a small, but powerful video production company with a goal to deliver the very best by articulating the vision of your brand in a visually creative way. Gordon Murray with Flash PhotoVideo, LLC. -Flash Gordon has been photographing since high school and evolving since then with new products that will equip, encourage, engage, and enable. Renee Blundon with Renee Blundon Design – She is not only one of the best free divers (that’s not how she helped with the podcast) but she is great with graphics design and taking the direction for the vision that you have while also adding creative ideas to bring to your vision to life.

These are just a few of the folks that supported the relaunch of the podcast. If you would like to be part of the Culture Crush team or would like to support underwriting the show- please reach out: culturecrushpodcast@gmail.com

WebPT- Another Unconscious Conscious Capitalist Growing Strong E6

January 26, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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What an amazing woman that is helping to lead an amazing company! We were so thankful to have Dr. Heidi Jannenga on the show, with hosts Sarah McCraren and Kindra Maples (filling in for Jeremy Neis).

There are ways to grow a great business, support the staff, put the members first, and still continue to expand, ALL while focusing on great company culture! WebPT is doing all of these things!

We know this past year has not been great to all companies, but we love to hear when companies are growing during the pandemic, making the most of it, and creating something new from it all. This conversation highlighted some of the amazing work that WebPT has done over the past year, including creating programs that support the members and the patients in getting the PT support they need, and making change beyond the state with big decisions.

Along with the great work that Heidi is doing with WebPT, we are happy to highlight her for her support on the board for CCAZ. We look forward to what this year will bring with her support to the chapter.

WebPT is s great example of a company that was an “unconscious conscious capitalist.” They were already doing all of the things that aligned with Conscious Capitalism before they knew there was a name to go along with it. There are still numerous other companies out there like that too. This is a great episode to listen to if you are working for or leading a company that aligns with the four tenants of conscious capitalism but haven’t really gotten involved yet. You can hear about the ways that WebPT aligned with Conscious Capitalism and transitioned to getting involved.

With a 40% market share, WebPT is the leading rehab therapy platform for enhancing patient care and fueling business growth. WebPT’s product suite provides a robust end-to-end solution covering the entire rehab therapy business cycle, from billing and managing a practice to delivering quality, evidence-based care.

With a 99% retention rate and an uptime rate in excess of 99.9% across its entire platform, WebPT is the most-trusted and most-reliable solution in the industry, regardless of practice setting, specialty or size. WebPT’s growth has earned it a spot on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing companies seven years in a row as well as inclusion on the 2018 Healthcare Informatics list of the top 100 U.S. healthcare IT vendors. Learn more at webpt.com.

Dr. Heidi Jannenga, PT, DPT, ATC, is the co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of WebPT, an eight-time Inc. 5000 honoree and the leading software solution for physical, occupational, and speech therapists.

As a member of the board and senior management team, Heidi advises on WebPT’s product vision, company culture, branding efforts and internal operations, while advocating for rehab therapists, women leaders, and entrepreneurs on a national and international scale.

Heidi has guided WebPT through several milestones, including three funding rounds: an angel round with Canal Partners, a venture capital round with Battery Ventures and a private equity round with Warburg Pincus; five acquisitions; and numerous national corporate and industry awards.

In 2017, Heidi was honored by Health Data Management as one of the most powerful women in IT, and she was a finalist for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2018, she was named the Ed Denison Business Leader of the Year at the Arizona Technology Council’s Governor’s Celebration of Innovation. She also is a proud member of the YPO Scottsdale Chapter and Charter 100.

Heidi is a mother to her 9-year-old daughter Ava and enjoys traveling, hiking, and practicing yoga in her spare time.

Connect with Heidi on LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Our Guest Host

Along with being a Spartan racer, past animal trainer and magician’s assistant, Kindra Maples has experience working with diverse crowds of all sizes, ages, and backgrounds to support them with engagement opportunities.

Kindra is a dynamic and engaging community engagement specialist with 10+ years of proven excellence across senior leadership roles leading partnership development and community outreach and engagement.

As an ambassador of Phoenix Business RadioX she is able to continue supporting community engagement through connecting business professionals to others in the community.

About Our People and Profit Co-Hosts

Sarah McCraren is an Arizona native with a strong sense of community. Sarah spent many years in the corporate finance world specializing in the operational analysis, measurement and accountability systems, project management and software implementations. However, Sarah wanted to do work which was meaningful and would positively impact her community.

She found that saving lives and reducing injuries through comprehensive safety programs fit that bill. Sarah currently leads the McCraren Compliance team by keeping everyone focused on their primary purpose, creating workplaces where we all watch out for each other, and balancing the needs of all their stakeholders.

Sarah serves on the Boards for Conscious Capitalism Arizona and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Tucson Chapter, and is also active with the Arizona Builders Alliance, Arizona Rock Products Association , Arizona Transportation Builders and Women in Mining Az.

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Creating Workplaces Where We All Watch Out for Each Other

No arm twisting is required to get Jeremy Neis, a CC Arizona leadership team member, to engage in conversation with impassioned business minds on the topic of leveraging enterprise to create long lasting advancements for humanity.

His two plus decades of entrepreneurial experience, leading strategic initiatives and tailoring solutions for organizations, families and individuals has led to a strong appreciation of the profound impact business wields over the people it serves and relies upon.

It is his delight to explore with inspiration, show guests their experiences, observations and approaches to doing business in a people centered manner.

About Our Sponsor – Conscious Capitalism Arizona

Business has the potential to be a powerful force for good.

Free enterprise capitalism has served to lift more people out of poverty than any other socio-economic system ever conceived – empowering social cooperation, human progress, and elevating humanity.

Good business is the answer to many of the global issues that humankind is facing. This is what we will dive into on the show.

We are working to change the capitalism narrative by shining a bright light on good business – telling the stories of conscious Arizona companies and encouraging others to follow in their footsteps.

E71 The Humanity and Personal Reality of Project Management with Amireh Amirmazaheri

January 25, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Imagine the impact to your life being born a girl in Iran during the height of the Iranian Revolution. Then as you reach school age the ravages of the Iran – Iraq war shake your very existence. These are the early stages of Amireh Amirmazaheri’s journey. She shared her story with us and how it has impacted her life as a leader in the Project Management industry.

As a first time mother in Australia forced by COVID to be confined at home with her daughter and husband, Amireh has had plenty of time to reflect on her early years. The home schooling, use of art and creativity and lessons learned from her parents in Iran.

In addition to her past we also discussed her role in the PMO industry and her dream, a world without war. Amireh is the Chief Project Officer for the PMO Global Alliance, Organizer for the PMO Sydney meetup and Founder of PMO Solutions. Take the time to listen to our chat and hear about the humanity and personal reality of project management for Amireh.

Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn about the Purpose Driven PMO and assist your PMO as you evolve in the new post-COVID business world.

Check out all prior episodes and upcoming guests by visiting www.projectmanagementofficehours.com.

Visit The PMO Leader global community site (www.thepmoleader.com) to get more amazing content from authors, bloggers and podcasters as well as find the Coaches and Trainers to help you advance your career.

PMO Solutions is a boutique services provider for Portfolio, Program and Project Management Oﬃce (P3MO) operations. In addition to our traditional advisory role, the global connections of our team facilitate knowledge transfer between domestic and international PMO professionals.

Our certiﬁed and experienced staﬀ can advise your team on tailored frameworks, methodologies, techniques and technologies to manage your PMO and add value to your organization.

Operationally, we provide integrated PMO services through our innovative, yet simple, PMO solutions framework. To fully leverage your existing staﬀ and resources, our training portfolio is speciﬁcally designed to build capabilities within your PMO and future-proof your team.

Amireh Amirmazaheri is the managing director and owner of PMO Solutions, a boutique PMO service provider for Tier One project delivery organisations. She created the PMO Solutions Framework, which moves beyond simplistic PMO models through a four-dimensional, wholistic examination of the current business structure to drive future synergistic growth. The Framework is currently implemented within several Downer Group business units and is resulting in significant cost and operational efficiency gains.

Amireh is a PMO professional with over 20 years’ industry experience. She holds a Master of Information Technology from Macquarie University and is currently completing a MBA from the University of Sydney as well as being certified in PMO-CC, PMI-PBA, PRINCE2 and P3O. In addition to her formal qualifications, she is also a certified project management instructor and mentor. She has worked across various PMO platforms in Australia and abroad and is well versed in the tailored PMO requirements to individual business needs.

Amireh is an expert in developing project-specific workshops and training programs. Previous work experience with blue-chip companies such as Leighton Holdings and Downer EDI, as well as public service statutory organisations such as Sydney Water and the NSW Government, has given her a broad understanding of the nuances inherent with both private and public operations.

Amireh is appointed as Chief Project Officer of PMO Global Alliance, the World’s largest community of PMO professionals.

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ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE HOURS SERIES

Project Management Office Hours is intended to provide Project Management professionals a place to drop in and discuss Success Stories, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned. Project Management Consultant Joy Gumz has shared with us, “Operations keep the lights on, strategy provides the light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward.”

Each of us has a unique story to tell, but collectively we share a message that organizations who embrace Project Management Best Practices perform better than those which don’t. Organizations which align Projects to Strategy perform better. Organizations with Engage Executive Sponsors deliver better results. Organizations which measure Project Management performance outperform those which don’t.

During our Project Management Office Hours, we hear directly from Industry leaders how to make an impact in our profession. How we, collectively, will Advance Project Management Best Practices, One Listener at a time!

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

Creating Business Through Collaboration E16

January 24, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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On this episode of Collaborative Connections Radio Show and Podcast, Kelly Lorenzen featured Kyle McIntosh with MAC 6, Felena Hanson with Hera Hub, and Sean Brown at Bliss Realty & Investments. They talked about everything from co-working, to business post-pandemic, to real estate, collaboration, and more.

If you are a business owner, entrepreneur, and/or independent contractor and wondering how to do any of the above, this episode is worth the listen.

Here were a few of Kelly’s top takeaways from the show…

Focus on your purpose
Find your community
Forge new relationships

Bliss Realty & Investments is a full service Commercial and Residential Real Estate brokerage with over 40 agents. George Bliss and Sean Brown handle the Commercial Real estate division representing Buyers, Sellers, Landlords and Tenants. George Bliss is the Principal Owner and has over 40 years experience in the Commercial Real Estate industry.

Sean Brown lived in Arizona for over 30 years graduating from ASU with a B.S. in Economics. He has extensive experience in Commercial Real Estate having negotiated hundreds of leases.

Prior to becoming a Commercial Real Estate Agent, he was a multi-unit Subway franchisee restaurant franchisee opening and operating 14 restaurants over a 25 years period. He was also a Development Broker for Cold Stone Creamery for a four state area. He handled the Franchise Sales and Real Estate Development; creating market development plans, handling site selection and directing lease negotiations. He also built operational teams to support the franchisees.

Sean enjoys being outdoors: hiking, golfing, kayaking, soccer and camping. He has coached both youth soccer and youth golf.

Connect with Sean on LinkedIn.

Hera Hub is a spa-inspired shared workspace and business accelerator designed for female entrepreneurs. This as-needed, flexible work and meeting space provides a productive environment for growing businesses.

Hera Hub is a certified Public Benefit Corporation.

Hera Hub was founded 10 years ago and has locations in San Diego County – Mission Valley, Sorrento Valley, and Carlsbad. They also have locations in Temecula, Irvine, and Washington DC.

The company is expanding via a collaborative licensing model and is building relationships with larger coworking companies to bring the company’s unique programming and virtual memberships to women all over the world.

Felena Hanson is the Founder of, Hera Hub, a spa-inspired shared workspace and business accelerator designed for female entrepreneurs.

She is also the president of the San Diego chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and serves on the board for Startup San Diego.

Felena is a published author and international speaker. Her book, “Flight Club – Rebel, Reinvent, and Thrive: How to Launch Your Dream Business” is available on Amazon.

Connect with Felena on LinkedIn and follow Hera Hub on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Located in Tempe, 10 minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and 15 minutes from Arizona State University, the MAC6 Entrepreneurial Center offers 150,000 square feet of space including traditional and non-traditional private office suites, a variety of coworking office space solutions, and a unique light co-manufacturing space; all in service to growth-oriented entrepreneurs, startups and mid-market enterprise businesses.

Kyle loves Arizona and wants to see us all collectively find great success based on the awesome things that are happening here every day.

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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 Consulting is a business concierge and project management firm. They help small business owners and non-profits build, brand and brag about their businesses.

About Your Host

Kelly Lorenzen, CEO of KLM Consulting, 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.

The Future of Trust Building with Brian Mohr E21

January 22, 2021 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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In this episode of The Future of Work: Water Cooler Conversations, Jen and Kyle are joined by Brian Mohr, the co-founder of anthym. Brian shares how his early business experiences including being one of the first employees at jobing.com shaped his belief around what makes a high performing team. He shared the two types of trust he has observed people on teams have and how to increase levels of trust within an organization.

He also shared updates on his latest venture, anthym. A unique trust building platform for teams to connect and share lived experiences through music. Brian believes meaningful team building activities for teams will be vital to the success of organizations as we move forward.

Anyone who is a part of a team, a manager or in a leadership role should listen to this jam packed episode. Brian discusses what he has seen teams and organizations do well and not so well. He also breaks down the two types of trust within a team and the role they both play. This is a thought provoking episode as we explore how to replace the organic “water cooler” moments that used to happen organically in the office with more intentional and trust building activities to ensure trust remains as we are not physically together each day.

anthym is a social wellness company focused on helping organizations unleash the relationship capital amongst their teams to create more value for their entire stakeholder ecosystem. They do this by helping each team member reflect on and catalog important moments from their lives and then bring the experience to life through an interactive virtual story sharing workshop.

Brian Mohr’s career is a learning-based journey with an intense focus on people, purpose, values, culture, and leadership while advocating capitalism as a powerful force for good.

Brian has had amazing career experiences at Jobing.com, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Y Scouts and Conscious Capitalism Arizona. Today, Brian is channeling his experiences and energy towards unlocking the power of authentic human connection through his new startup, anthym, a social wellness company focused on helping culture-driven organizations create and nurture meaningful relationships amongst their people to create more value, both for the business and the people.

Brian is on the national Board of Directors of Conscious Capitalism, Inc., he is a Board member and President, Emeritus of the Arizona Chapter of Conscious Capitalism, a member of the Board of Directors of the Better Business Bureau of the Pacific Southwest, a member of the Advisory Board of the Crumb Foundation, and the co-author of “Hiring on Purpose – How the Y Scouts Method is Revolutionizing the Search for Leaders”.

Brian’s most important and cherished responsibilities are being the lucky father to his 2 daughters, Taylor and Riley, and the proud husband to his wife, Jackie. In his spare time, you’ll find Brian practicing guitar and enjoying an occasional game of Texas Hold ‘Em Poker.

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

ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WORK: WATER COOLER CONVERSATIONS

ABOUT YOUR CO-HOSTS

Kyle loves Arizona and wants to see us all collectively find great success based on the awesome things that are happening here every day.

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Jennifer Burwell, joined MAC6 in 2013. Jennifer is their VP and Director of Programs.

To learn more about MAC6 Communities, call 480-293-4075 or find them on Facebook

ABOUT OUR SPONSOR