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Legal Needs Are Not Something to DIY E33

December 16, 2020 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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Leah Martin Law is a fast-growing business law firm that currently serves businesses in the Southern Nevada community. The firm offers a full range of business law services, including formation, licensing, registered agent, drafting and reviewing contracts, collections, and litigation.

In 1999, Leah graduated summa cum laude from UNLV with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies and Political Science. In law school, she was Editor-in-Chief of the Nevada Law Journal and a judicial extern to United States District Court Judge Phillip Pro. She graduated summa cum laude from UNLV’s law school in 2002. At graduation, she was recognized as the William S. Boyd Outstanding Graduate.

Tune in to hear Leah give some great advice on success and failure and lessons she’s learned along the way.

Leah Martin Law, founded in 2011, is a fast growing business law firm which currently serves businesses in the Southern Nevada community. The firm offers a full range of business law services, including formation, licensing, registered agent, drafting and reviewing contracts, collections, and litigation. They are a proud team of committed, positive, and successful people who are always striving to be balanced, innovative, and honest. They work to ensure that each client of Leah Martin Law will benefit greatly and achieve their personal or legal goals.

Leah Martin Law strives to make every client feel like their most important client. They do this by promptly responding to client inquiries, providing complete and accurate information (even when it is not what the client wants to hear), and treating every client with the respect that they deserve.

They actively monitor each case to ensure that the optimum result is achieved in the most efficient manner possible. Leah Martin Law clients can also rest assured that the firm will keep them apprised of any important developments every step of the way.

In 1999, Leah Martin graduated summa cum laude from UNLV with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies and Political Science. In law school, she was Editor-in-Chief of the Nevada Law Journal and judicial extern to United States District Court Judge Phillip Pro. She graduated summa cum laude from UNLV’s law school in 2002. At graduation, she was recognized as the William S. Boyd Outstanding Graduate.

Following her graduation from law school, she immediately began employment at Lionel Sawyer & Collins, at the time the largest law firm in the state, which specializes in a variety of business matters. While at that firm, and subsequently at Bailey Kennedy, she gained experience on complex matters while being mentored by a variety of top professionals in Nevada.

In 2011, she made the choice to establish her own firm. She brings to her firm many years of experience in all areas of business law, including preparing formation documents; drafting operating and shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, purchase and finance agreements, leases, surrender agreements, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, and employment agreements; contract litigation; shareholder derivative suits; business dissolutions; and appellate matters.

Follow Leah Martin Law on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Any information provided in this segment is general legal information, not legal advice directed to a particular situation. It is recommended that you seek legal counsel prior to taking legal action.

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-3363518-120920

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.

Brooke Lively with Cathedral Capital

December 14, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Cathedral Capital provides fractional CFO and strategic business consulting to small- and mid-size firms across the country. Cathedral Capital’s team of CFO’s and Profitability Strategists help entrepreneurs turn their companies into profitable businesses.

Brooke Lively is the Founder and President of Cathedral Capital, a team of CFO’s and Profitability Strategists who help entrepreneurs turn their businesses into profitable companies. After earning her MBA in Investments and Corporate Finance, Brooke built a seven-figure company in under two years. As a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), she and her team work with Hall of Famers, INC 5000 businesses, CEO’s, and Small Business Owners.

With expertise in growth management, creative problem solving and profitability strategy, Brooke has been named 2016 – 2020 Diversity Journal ‘Women Worth Watching’ and ‘Fort Worth’s 2016 CFO’s of the Year.’ She is a highly regarded speaker and the author of several books including her 2020 International Best Seller, From Panic to Profit. Brooke has been featured in international media including CNBC, Forbes, US News and World Report, and on podcasts such as Mission Matters, The American Bar Association Modern Law Library, and The Entrepreneur Way.

Connect with Brooke on LinkedIn and follow Cathedral Capital on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The Evolution of Customer Experience E12

December 14, 2020 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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In this episode, Chris Yap featured the Co-Founder and CEO of FBC Asia Pacific, Siva Subramaniam. Siva described the evolution of the customer experience industry from his early years in Pan-Am Airlines working as a booking agent 40 plus years ago to leading an outsourcing operation of over 14,000 employees. Siva emphasized the importance of customer service transformation to keep customers happy and how advantageous it is for companies to operate customer service from the Philippines.

This episode will provide leaders in the Customer Experience role key principles to keep employees motivated and loyal while keeping customers not only happy but converting them into raving fans.

FBC Asia Pacific, stands for Faster, Better, Cheaper. We are a Customer Experience Specialists helping companies transform to support the future generations using Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots.

Siva Subramaniam has 35+ years in the Customer Experience Industry and has led major companies like United and American Airlines, American Express, Samsung, UPS, Comcast to achieve their CX Goals.

Connect with Siva on LinkedIn.

About From Zero 2 Revenue

FROM ZERO 2 REVENUE is an avenue for successful entrepreneurs around the world to tell their stories on how they transformed their vision into reality. We’ll learn about their products and services; and, the passion and character behind the leadership of the organization. The show is designed to inspire and encourage struggling and future entrepreneurs to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.

At the end of each episode, our listeners can expect plenty of takeaways! As the late Stephen Covey said, “All things are created twice – first in the mind, then in reality”.

About Our Host

Chris Yap is a seasoned BPO executive with over 17 years experience in the industry. Chris came to the US in 2005 to actively promote the Philippines, a preferred outsourcing destination of the world. In doing so, Chris was able to help generate over 40,000 jobs in the Philippines for companies like Dell, Covergys and West Teleservices, which are now consolidated with other large BPO companies in the world.

Chris has been happily married to Eizel for over 16 years and is blessed with 3 wonderful boys. In addition to his passion for business, Chris is also very passionate about helping to solve the child poverty problem. He is doing this by partnering with Food For The Poor where his company sponsors the feeding of children ages 5 and below on a monthly basis.

Connect with Chris on LinkedIn.

About Our Sponsor

Gabtech Global is a business process outsourcing company based in Glendale, Arizona with a fulfillment center in Bohol, Philippines.

Gabtech Global specializes in providing affordable outsourced customer support, after hours and overflow call center services, link building and Virtual Assistant Services.

They work with companies making $100,000 a year in revenue to companies making $100,000 a day in revenue.

Tales from the North: How a Handful of ESGR Volunteers Support Northern Arizona’s Citizen Soldiers E3

December 11, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Arizona ESGR has volunteers across the state who support local businesses and those in the Guard and Reserve. In this episode, we get together with Larry Jacobs, the northern Arizona section chairman for ESGR and longtime volunteer Larry Gray. They discuss the unique makeup of northern Arizona and the challenges of serving such a large and diverse region.

Northern Arizona is one of the most unique and diverse areas of our nation. Learn about the businesses that employ and support Guard and Reserve members in this sprawling area and how ESGR assists them and our Citizen Soldiers.

ESGR, a Department of Defense program, was established in 1972 to promote cooperation and understanding between Reserve Component Service members and their civilian employers and to assist in the resolution of conflicts arising from an employee’s military commitment. ESGR is supported by a network of more than 3,300 volunteers in 54 committees located across all 50 states.

Larry Gray was raised in Albuquerque and came to Phoenix after high school and joined the Marines in 1965. He served four years including 18 months in Vietnam with a mortar battery. He served 37 years with the Phoenix Police Department retiring as a lieutenant in June 2006. He became a part-time police officer for the Prescott Police Department in 2009 and retired in 2019.

Larry volunteers as a delivery driver for Prescott Meals on Wheels and also delivers items for People who Care. Earlier this month, Larry was named Prescott Area Leadership’s Man of the Year for his volunteer activities.

Larry has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Administration of Justice from Arizona State University and a Masters of Arts Degree in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University. He holds a certificate from Arizona State University as a Certified Public Manager.

Larry T. Jacobs has been the Northern Arizona Section Chairman since June 2015 and prior to that served as an ESGR Employer and Military Outreach Coordinator. He also serves as an ESGR Ombudsman mediating issues between service members and their employers, USERRA trainer and ESGR Boss-lift Coordinator for the State of Arizona.

The Northern Arizona Section Chairman oversees ESGR activities in the Northern State of Arizona and supervises the activities of eight ESGR Employer and Military Outreach Coordinator volunteers. He is responsible for scheduling activities in the presentation of ESGR Statements of Support (SOS), Patriotic Supervisor Awards, ESGR Job Fairs, USERRA Briefings for Employers and Service Members and other activities that promotes programs and policies that address all family and employer issues for members of the National Guard and Reserve Programs in the Northern section.

In Mr. Jacobs previous positions in the active duty military for 4 years in the Air Force and 21 years in the Arizona Air National Guard as Traditional Guardsman has given him a great deal of knowledge and understanding in the mission of the National Guard and Reserve Components members. He also spent 34 years as a member of the Phoenix Police Department in senior leadership positions as a Command level Police Officer.

Mr. Jacobs completed 4 years of active duty service as a NCO in the United States Air Force as a Crew Chief and Flight Engineer on C-130 E aircraft and 21 years of service in the Arizona Air National Guard as a Crew Chief and Maintenance Supervisor on KC-135 A & E aircraft as a Senior NCO in the Maintenance Operations Center at the 161st ARW as a Traditional Guardsman with supervision, training and policy development responsibilities. He is a Vietnam and Desert Shield / Desert Storm Veteran.

Mr. Jacobs has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Industrial Technical Education from Arizona State University and a Masters of Arts Degree in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University. He also holds a certificate from Arizona State University as a Certified Public Manager.

Follow Arizona ESGR on LinkedIn and 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.

Anne McAuley Lopez with Agency Content Writer and Melissa Kovalesky with Families Raising Hope

December 11, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Agency Content Writer partners with Digital Marketing Agencies to provide written content to their clients. The goal is to make clients look and feel like rockstars while also gaining Search Engine Optimization, or, in other words, love from Google.

Since 2010, Anne McAuley Lopez has been a professional writer focused on small and medium-sized businesses. In September 2020, she launched Agency Content Writer which is focused on creating content for Digital Marketing Agency clients.

Her specialties include writing for financial services, real estate, home services, travel, and legal service clients. She was recently featured in the San Tan Sun News, Elephant Journal, and Thrive Global. A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a BA in Economics, she found a love of words from an early age, and made her passion a business.

She recently launched a book writing project which will be a guide for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) patients and their families.

Connect with Anne on LinkedIn.

Most of us know someone, care for someone, or are that person who has been affected by a cancer diagnosis.

This includes providing care and support, dealing with stress and grief, and managing finances. A cancer diagnosis is emotionally, mentally, and financially draining. Paying for basic needs like a roof over your head, food, and medical care can become overwhelming and impossible. Household bills like car payments, utility bills, mortgage payments, grocery bills, etc., become a source of unnecessary stress.

The mission of Families Raising Hope is to provide crisis funding to individuals in Arizona who are currently undergoing cancer treatment and in need of financial assistance. It is our hope that this assistance reduces the financial toxicity of cancer treatment and allows the individual to focus on their health, healing, and recovery rather than the financial burdens.

Melissa Kovalesky is a wife, mother of two, and a former kindergarten teacher. She is currently the Co-Founder and Executive Director of an Arizona non-profit called Families Raising Hope- which provides crisis funding to individuals in Arizona who are currently undergoing cancer treatment and in need of financial assistance.

When Melissa is not busy with her growing children, organizing events for their non-profit, or participating in other fundraising events to assist her community; she is an avid weightlifter, and passionate about anything that keeps her active, strong, and healthy. She was diagnosed with leukemia in Sept 2013 and has made it her life’s mission to give back and raise cancer awareness.

Connect with Melissa on LinkedIn and follow Families Raising Hope on Facebook and Instagram.

Exploring Computer Science E9

December 10, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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In this episode of STEM Unplugged, we explore Computer Science to celebrate community partners and CSEd Week. Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) is an annual call to action to inspire K-12 students to learn computer science, advocate for equity in computer science education, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners to the field.

Our guests, Dr. Dave Bolman, Provost of the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) and Chuck Vermillion, CEO of AccountabilIT share insights regarding Computer Science, the current state of Cyber Security and ways to support each other in the community.

CSO Valentina, an 8th grader, leads the discussion on AI and a shift in styles of education through the use of technology. Dave and Chuck share why a career in Computer Science, especially Cyber Security is growing across the state. Tune in to learn about why being an accountant has also helped Chuck be a better CEO and how much of a tech geek Dr. Bolman really is on this episode.

Arizona Technology Council – Tech Connect and the partnership with the members has led to incredible opportunities for CSOs and SciTech Insitute as a growing STEM Ecosystem.

UAT is an elite, intimate, private technology University focused on educating students in advancing technology who desire to innovate for our future. Our technology infused, urban campus in Tempe, Ariz., is a technology nexus; a collection of technophiles, tech geeks and mavens of the digital world that evolve into top technology executives, master programmers, cyber warriors, forensic sleuths, robotic engineers, interactive filmmakers, and game innovators for entertainment and government animation applications.

UAT’s academic majors focus on expanding, new and rising technology such as the Advancing Computer Science degree, Cyber Security degree, Emerging Technology degree and Robotics and Embedded Systems degree. This technology College has the elite status of being among a select few 100 percent STEM-based universities in the nation.

Our unrivaled computer science degree programs are a benchmark of success within academia. UAT is an ideal environment for technology degree students who value uniqueness and the power of advancing technology as well as the rigors of a traditional education.

Provost Bolman has focused his career upon the profound need for a substantial and diverse workforce within Arizona and the nation. As its long-standing provost, Dr. Bolman has built the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) into a unique, all-STEM institution that marries the best of a traditional, small, private college with the genetics of innovation that come with agile technology organizations. As an educator, he has focused on cultivating a base of technology students and future inventors.

As a technologist, he has worked to create a University where the culture of innovation and creation is so regular and celebrated that the goal for each student is to graduate having worked on numerous teams and built complete solutions again and again.

Dr. Bolman has researched, written and spoken on the nature of technology and how to successfully lead innovation. He is an alumnus of Valley Leadership and currently serves as its Past Board Chair. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Arizona Technology Council and the AZPBS community board.

Connect with Dr. Bolman on LinkedIn and follow UAT on Facebook and Twitter.

AccountabilIT (pronounced as Accountability) is a Scottsdale based provider of Managed Information Technology and Managed Security Services. They focus on providing services leveraging mature and repeatable processes to ensure the highest levels of quality and customer satisfaction.

AccountabilIT is ranked number 88 in MSSP’s magazine’s top 200 Managed Security Services Providers in the World!

Chuck Vermillion is an industry pioneer in the Information Technology Managed Services space, as a CEO in the industry for over 23 years. In 2016 Chuck founded AccountabilIT as a MSP and MSSP focused in the Phoenix market. Since that time, AccountabilIT has grown by adding 2 offices in Arkansas and an office in San Diego.

Prior to AccountabilIT, Chuck was the CEO and Founder of OneNeck IT Services, a Managed Services Provider managing Enterprise Applications for large enterprises across the United States. In 2011, Chuck sold OneNeck to TDS Telecom, a Fortune 500 Telecommunications Company.

Follow AccountabilIT on LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Our Sponsor

SciTech Institute™ was established as the Arizona Technology Council Foundation as the conduit for collaboration among STEM industry, academia, civic, and non-profit organizations in Arizona. Now, rebranded and named the SciTech Institute™ the goal centers around aligning assets and resources to motivate individuals to pursue STEM-related educational and career paths or find a passion while engaged in community events during the SciTech Festival.

The Chief Science Officer program highlights the 6th-12th graders that have been selected as leaders in their schools and communities to receive training to build a world-class community of diverse STEM-literate workers and knowledgeable, engaged citizens. Science For All allows for tax credit donations to provide engaging experiences for students while RAIN (Rural Activation Innovation Network) focuses on resources for the rural areas of Arizona.

As a STEM Learning Ecosystem, SciTech Institute™ focuses on collaboration and connecting individuals with opportunities! STEM Professionals are encouraged to engage with the future workforce by serving as a mentor, leadership coach, panelist, keynote and session trainer during a variety of conferences hosted or sponsored by SciTech Institute™ and The Arizona Technology Council.

Teachers and Administrators are invited to connect with the resources available while activating a large network of STEM champions for student projects, judges at events, volunteers, exhibitors and more. SciTech Festival Event Coordinators are supported during the planning and execution of community STEM events around the state by the SciTech STREET Team Members and the growing network of volunteers. The possibilities are endless! SciTech Institute™ looks forward to connecting with you today. Visit SciTechInstitute.org today for more information.

Follow SciTech Institute on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Your STEM Unplugged Host

After graduating from Bolivar-Richburg High School in rural western New York and joining the United States Army, Kelly Greene learned quickly to adapt to her surroundings to be successful. She attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio and played shortstop on the Tiger softball team while earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education.

After graduating from Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training, she traveled the world with the military. While stationed in Misawa, Japan, Kelly fell in love with learning about cultures around the world. Even as a deployed Soldier during Operation Iraqi Freedom for two tours, she found opportunities to connect with the local children to form the Victory Base Council Girl Scouts with her fellow servicemen.

In 2013, she was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and traveled the country by air and had the opportunity to utilize the most advanced technologies available to the tactical HUMINT operations in theater. Upon return from combat, she retired with 21 years of service and began teaching 6th grade Math.

After being selected as a Westside Impact Teacher of the Year and having her Fiesta Bowl Charities Wish Granted for a morning news studio, she was asked to begin a new class on campus – 7th grade STEM! Using her enthusiastic nature and combined with her strong classroom management she was able to design curriculum based on the Engineering Design Process to have her 7th graders complete a new project every 2 weeks!

She is excited to serve as the Director of Student Success for the rapidly expanding Chief Science Officers Program. Her goal is to push students just a bit outside of their comfort zone so they can see for themselves the power of their own ideas.

Valentina Lopez is a 3rd year Chief Science Officer currently attending Basis Goodyear.

She is passionate about STEM, as well as advocating for her peers and positively impacting her community.

Celebrating Women in Agile with Sally Elatta E4

December 10, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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The Lurnist Show had the honor of having Sally Elatta CEO/Founder of AgilityHealth. The episode is jam packed with valuable lessons one should learn about in the professional and personal side. Sally Elatta shares her story on how she got to where she is now and how she was so successful.

Sally Elatta is a thought leader in the space of Business Agility and Measurement. She advises top executives of leading global organizations through their Enterprise Business Agility (EBA) transformations using the Enterprise Business Agility Model. Sally strongly believes in measuring what matters, and that measurement without growth is effort without impact. AgilityHealth®, is the world’s leading measurement and continuous improvement platform, to help organizations accelerate their enterprise business agility transformations and thrive in ever-changing markets.

AgilityHealth offers the world’s leading measurement and continuous improvement platform designed to accelerate the enterprise business agility journey and make ‘New Ways of Work’ a reality – not just a statement.

AgilityHealth is passionate about turning data and insights into action, enabling teams to help themselves grow to scale and sustain the change. AgilityHealth brings together the 3 metrics that matter: Maturity, Performance and Outcomes, and its AgileVideos platform enables digital and Agile talent development at scale with short on-demand videos.

Sally Elatta is a thought leader in the space of Business Agility and Measurement. She is a dynamic and engaging speaker who advises top executives of leading global organizations through their Enterprise Business Agility (EBA) transformations using the Enterprise Business Agility Model. Sally strongly believes in measuring what matters, and that measurement without growth is effort without impact.

These guiding principles inspired the creation of AgilityHealth®, the world’s leading measurement and continuous improvement platform, to help organizations accelerate their enterprise business agility transformations and thrive in ever-changing markets. The online video library, AgileVideos, helps organizations scale Digital and Agile learning across their enterprises with 230+ lessons developed by Agile experts and practitioners.

She is also an activist and founder of the non-profit Sudan NextGen. Sally has three beautiful children, loves music and travel.

Follow AgilityHealth on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

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”.

Authentic Family – Highlighting Muscular Moving Men and Petsmart E3

December 10, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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This was definitely a full house, but a fun show highlighting Muscular Moving Men & Storage, M3 Commercial Moving & Logistic, and PetSmart. This conversation highlights very different revenue generating companies that have one common focus- growing companies with a strong culture.

Whether founded in 1986 like Petsmart or 2008 like Muscular Moving Men, growing a company with a great internal culture can be imperative in company growth. The culture of these two companies helped them both succeed and continue to grow through the pandemic as well.

We wish the listeners could see the guests picking up their dogs to share with the camera, but the conversation (even without the dogs) is worth listening. Although puppies and kittens are of course a perk of Petsmart, there are other parts of the culture that Dani and Lauren discuss. Petsmart has continued to progress through the pandemic, support their staff through working from home, and continuing to have passion for people and pets.

Jennifer and Justin gave insight into the culture of Muscular Moving Men from the beginning and through the pandemic. They have been able to keep a strong family culture, continuing to support the staff through motivation, while keeping the customers accountable and safe as well. Both companies have growth plans for the future that also include doing good for the community as well.

Founders Josh Jurhill and Justin Hodge started Muscular Moving Men to be leaders in the moving industry. Arizona natives, initially just local moving company, MMM added long distance moves, storage, commercial moving & storage and this year Junk Removal.

Over the last 12 years Muscular Moving Men & Storage has expanded and seen tremendous growth focusing on amazing company culture and advancement. The staff at MMM has grown with the company with most office members initially starting in the field. According to Justin Hodge Co-Founder, “Its important that our entire staff understand how a move works and how important it is we take care of our customers on moving day.”.

Fast forward to 2020 MMM has expanded into a 20,000sf warehouse, 20 trucks, a commercial & junk removal division and a staff of around 70 hard working and very talented individuals. The core values of the company have and always will be “Outstanding Service, competitive rates, Muscles for a Move Made Easy!”

Justin Hodge is a 2018 Phoenix Business Journal 40 Under 40 Inductee and graduate of the Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State University. He is an Arizona native and Co-Founder of Muscular Moving Men & Storage which opened their doors in 2008.

With sights set on nationwide expansion, Justin and his leadership team work to change the culture of the moving industry and stay in touch with the small business feel that made the company successful out of the gate. Justin is a Husband to an amazing wife and father of two beautiful kids.

Jennifer Villalobos is a first generation Latina who graduated graduated from the University of Arizona & received her MBA from the University of Phoenix.

Today, as an industry executive, Phoenix Business Journal 40 Under 40 recipient & board member of multiple non profits, and now VP of Marketing for Muscular Moving Men & Storage, Jennifer inspires others to achieve beyond boundaries, never forgetting to return gratitude to those who helped lay the foundation and being a role model to her community.

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Founded in 1986, PetSmart, Inc. is the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets. At PetSmart, we love pets, and we believe pets make us better people. Every day with every connection, PetSmart’s passionate associates help bring pet parents closer to their pets so they can live more fulfilled lives.

This vision impacts everything we do for our customers, the way we support our associates, and how we give back to our communities.
We operate approximately 1,650 pet stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico as well as more than 200 in-store PetSmart PetsHotel dog and cat boarding facilities. PetSmart provides a broad range of competitively priced pet food and products and offers unique pet services including training, pet grooming, boarding, PetSmart Doggie Day Camp and in-store pet adoptions.

Expert veterinarian care is available in many of our stores, where Banfield Pet Hospital®, operates full-service pet hospitals. These in-store pet hospitals operate independently of PetSmart and employ veterinarians who provide a full range of health care and emergency services.

PetSmart, together with non-profits PetSmart Charities and PetSmart Charities of Canada, partners with nearly 4,000 animal welfare organizations to bring adoptable pets into stores so they have the best chance possible of finding a forever home. Through this in-store adoption program and other signature events, PetSmart has facilitated more than 9 million adoptions – more than any other brick-and-mortar organization.

Lauren Givens is the Manager of Emerging Talent at PetSmart. Lauren has more than 9 years of progressive and strategic experience in learning, leadership and talent development, and talent acquisition. Lauren attended the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee where she received both her BA and MA in Communication.

Lauren has worked for both for profit and not for profit retailers before she found herself at PetSmart. She is responsible for the end-to-end early career talent recruitment process that begins with development of the recruitment strategy, design and development of program content, execution of non-traditional recruitment strategies and new hire onboarding for early career talent. She is passionate about helping others see their potential and developing internal and external talent.

Dani Kaufman has been with PetSmart for 5 years and currently leads the employment brand and recruitment marketing team. She is passionate about PetSmart and loves to give others a peek into #lifeatpetsmart. She also loves being a dog mom to Ace and Gizmo.

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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

Living the Golden Rule E32

December 10, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Living the Golden Rule E32

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Living the Golden Rule E32

Ed Taney has seen some high highs and low lows in the Las Vegas civil engineering industry, but he remains focused on what matters most to stay grounded. His team is dedicated to quality and efficiency, while always staying current to the needs and changes of the marketplace. It was interesting to hear about the shift in consumerism and how it effects the construction industry.

Ed talks about the constant need for our own personal growth and how it inevitably impacts business decisions. This is a true story of staying humble and focused to persevere through uncertain times and recognizing his deep appreciation for his team.

Taney Engineering specializes in providing civil engineering and design as well as construction-related services for private land development and public works engineering projects.

The firm possesses a hydrology department specializing in hydrology/hydraulics and their team of project managers are diverse in their expertise to deliver projects of all types including grading, paving, drainage, bridges, transportation including multi-modal design, and streets/roadway arterial design, intelligent transportation systems, (ITS), curb, gutter, sidewalks, ADA compliance, water and sewer systems, utility design, coordination and public agency approval processing. Public works engineering design services include preparation of studies and reports, plans (30%, 70%, and 100% Final Design), specifications, cost estimates, bidding services, and construction administration. Their project managers manage projects from the kick-off through construction completion.

Taney Engineering knows the approval processes for all of the local public entities and development services departments and will process projects through permitting and approvals quickly. They know the public works engineering departments and agency processes for project delivery and will work as good stewards of public funds to manage projects efficiently.

Taney’s experience in construction delivery includes Design/ Bid/Build, Design/Build, Construction Manager at Risk, [CMAR], and Design/Assist construction delivery methods.

Edward Taney, PE possesses over 30 years of experience in the development of civil engineering design and construction solutions for clients throughout the United States.

Mr. Taney’s diverse portfolio includes projects ranging from subdivision design and college campus master planning to urban arterial design and storm drainage facilities.

Mr. Taney’s dedication to efficiency, document quality, and client service guide the Taney team to excellence in design.

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About Your Hosts

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

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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