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Seat Time and Pipeline SSC

October 5, 2026 by Garrett Ervin

BRX National

Seat Time and Pipeline SSC

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David Lopez | Pipeline Sales Staffing and Consulting

Pipeline Sales Staffing and Consulting provides consulting and recruiting resources to assist in overall development of any organization. The approach is by building the fundamental infrastructure to provide a system for teams to operate within, training to exceed, and support through execution.

Camacho, Sheppard, and Brizi on Building Business Legacy

June 9, 2026 by John Ray

Dr. Sarai Camacho, Luma Health and Chiropractic, Todd Sheppard, Inspired Mortgage Brokers, and Rebecca Brizi, R G Brizi Consulting, on Chiropractic Care, Mortgage Options for Self-Employed Borrowers, and Family Business Succession Planning (Family Business Radio, Episode 77) with host Anthony Chen

Family Business Radio

Camacho, Sheppard, and Brizi on Building Business Legacy

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Dr. Sarai Camacho, Luma Health and Chiropractic, Todd Sheppard, Inspired Mortgage Brokers, and Rebecca Brizi, R G Brizi Consulting, on Chiropractic Care, Mortgage Options for Self-Employed Borrowers, and Family Business Succession Planning (Family Business Radio, Episode 77)

On this episode of Family Business Radio, host Anthony Chen welcomes three guests who each built their own practice from the ground up and share what drives them, what sets them apart, and the kind of legacy they want to leave behind.

Dr. Sarai Camacho, founder of Luma Health and Chiropractic in Alpharetta, traces her path to chiropractic through a transformative experience working in a chiropractor’s office, her own health recovery, and chiropractic mission trips to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. She explains why she views chiropractic care as neurological work rather than pain management, pushes back on the idea that pain is a normal part of aging, and describes the first-time patient experience she intentionally creates to demystify and personalize care.

Todd Sheppard, founder of Inspired Mortgage Brokers, left over 25 years in the corporate mortgage world to build a firm focused entirely on the customer experience. He walks through how independent brokers differ from big banks, how self-employed borrowers and real estate investors can access loan programs that fit their actual financial picture, and how he helps clients near and in retirement navigate the mortgage process in ways that avoid unnecessary tax consequences.

Rebecca Brizi, founder of R G Brizi Consulting, spent 12 years developing an internal operations and management system inside a software startup before taking it out on her own. Her consulting work focuses on helping small and family-owned businesses clarify how decisions get made, how teams are managed, and how the business will function when its founder is no longer in the room. She shares the story of working with a husband-and-wife business partnership of 10 years who, when asked about their 15-year plan, gave two entirely different answers, and she explains why succession planning is not about exit timing but about building a business that can outlast any one person.

Anthony closes the episode by connecting legacy to retirement planning, arguing that the most important question is not how many dollars and cents are needed to maintain a current lifestyle but what kind of life and impact a person wants to build in the chapters ahead.

Family Business Radio is underwritten and brought to you by Anthony Chen with Lighthouse Financial Network. The show is produced by John Ray and the North Fulton affiliate of Business RadioX®.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

Dr. Sarai Camacho approaches chiropractic as neurological work, not pain management, shaped by mission trips to Haiti and her own recovery through chiropractic care.
Tech neck and sedentary habits are producing spinal problems in younger patients that used to appear only in middle age.
Todd Sheppard founded Inspired Mortgage Brokers to facilitate holistic financial conversations that big banks and online lenders cannot handle.
Self-employed borrowers and real estate investors have more mortgage options than most realize, including bank statement loans, asset qualifier programs, and DSCR loans.
Rebecca Brizi helps family-owned businesses turn unspoken assumptions into explicit plans, work that becomes especially critical when multiple family members are involved.
Succession planning is not about timing an exit; it is about building a business that does not depend on any one person.
All three guests defined their legacies around people rather than outcomes: restoring health, earning referrals from clients’ families, and making people’s work enjoyable again.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

00:25 Anthony Chen introduces the show and Dr. Sarai Camacho of Luma Health and Chiropractic
00:54 What drew Dr. Camacho to chiropractic care and opening her own practice
02:44 A memorable patient story from chiropractic mission work in Haiti
07:21 What first-time patients can expect, and the role of the nervous system in chiropractic care
09:09 Tech neck, posture, and why pain is a warning sign rather than a normal condition
13:04 The role of movement, stand-up desks, and whole-body habits in spinal health
15:18 How to reach Dr. Camacho and Luma Health and Chiropractic
16:03 Anthony introduces Todd Sheppard of Inspired Mortgage Brokers
16:19 What led Todd to start Inspired Mortgage Brokers after 25 years in the industry
18:01 Why the mortgage conversation should start with the borrower’s story, not an online calculator
19:28 Mortgage options for self-employed borrowers, real estate investors, and near-retirees
28:23 How to reach Todd Sheppard and Inspired Mortgage Brokers
28:52 Anthony introduces Rebecca Brizi of R G Brizi Consulting
29:07 What led Rebecca to operations consulting and how she developed her system
31:44 The communication gaps common in family businesses, and a couple with two different 15-year plans
36:00 Succession planning, legacy versus day-to-day management, and reducing owner dependency
41:29 How to reach Rebecca Brizi and R G Brizi Consulting
41:50 Legacy question: what do all three guests want to leave behind?
43:18 Anthony’s Financial Takes on retirement planning, purpose, and legacy

Dr. Sarai Camacho, Founder, Luma Health and Chiropractic

Dr. Sarai Camacho is the founder of Luma Health and Chiropractic, a patient-centered chiropractic practice in Alpharetta serving individuals, families, and children of all ages. A graduate of Life University, she takes a neurologically focused approach to care, helping patients understand how spinal health affects the nervous system and overall function rather than treating pain as a standalone symptom. Her passion for chiropractic grew while working for a chiropractor and watching patients move from pain and limitation into better health, an experience that was deepened by her own recovery through chiropractic care. She has completed four mission trips to Haiti and the Dominican Republic through ChiroMissions, work she describes as foundational to her practice philosophy and her commitment to serving the Alpharetta community.

Luma Health and Chiropractic offers family and pediatric chiropractic, Webster-certified prenatal care, spinal decompression for disc and nerve issues, on-site digital X-rays, same-day appointments, and walk-ins. Dr. Camacho is bilingual in English and Spanish.

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Todd Sheppard, Founder, Inspired Mortgage Brokers

Todd Sheppard is the founder of Inspired Mortgage Brokers and a hands-on loan officer with more than 25 years of experience in the mortgage industry. After spending his career at national banks, regional banks, and correspondent lenders, he launched Inspired Mortgage Brokers to deliver the personalized, customer-first service he found impossible to provide inside large institutional environments. As both founder and loan officer, Todd is directly involved in pre-approvals, rate quotes, and program recommendations for his clients. He brings a background as a former registered representative to his mortgage work, giving him a broader view of clients’ overall financial situations and enabling a more holistic approach to finding tax-efficient and cost-effective financing solutions.

Inspired Mortgage Brokers works with first-time homebuyers, self-employed borrowers, real estate investors, executives, and clients navigating retirement and senior transitions. As an independent broker, the firm offers conventional, FHA, and VA loans, as well as non-agency options like bank statement loans, asset qualifier programs, and debt service coverage ratio loans for real estate investors.

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Rebecca Brizi, Founder, R G Brizi Consulting

Rebecca Brizi is the founder of R G Brizi Consulting, a business consulting practice based in Atlanta focused on helping small and family-owned businesses build better systems for management, decision-making, and long-term planning. She holds dual Italian and American citizenship, grew up in Switzerland, and studied at Vassar College and in London, bringing a multilingual and multicultural perspective to her work with business owners. Before launching her consultancy in 2017, Rebecca spent 11 years in an early-stage software company where she developed and refined the internal operations, strategic planning, and management systems she now brings to clients. That experience included two fundraising rounds, bootstrapping a U.S. operations office, and achieving a customer retention rate above 90%.

R G Brizi Consulting helps with strategic planning, team alignment, and succession planning, especially for family-owned and multi-owner businesses where unspoken assumptions and undefined roles create hidden friction. Rebecca is the author of Phrases for Business Success and publishes a newsletter, Working On Your Business, with practical guidance for small business owners.

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Anthony Chen, Host of Family Business Radio

Family Business Radio is sponsored and brought to you by Anthony Chen with Lighthouse Financial Network. Securities and advisory services are offered through OSAIC, member FINRA/SIPC. RAA is separately owned, and other entities and/or marketing names, products, or services referenced here are independent of OSAIC. The main office address is 575 Broadhollow Rd., Melville, NY 11747. You can reach Anthony at 631-465-9090, ext. 5075, or by email at anthonychen@lfnllc.com.

Anthony Chen started his career in financial services with MetLife in Buffalo, NY, in 2008. Born and raised in Elmhurst, Queens, he considers himself a full-blooded New Yorker while now enjoying his Atlanta, GA, home. Specializing in family businesses and their owners, Anthony works to protect what is most important to them. From preserving to creating wealth, Anthony partners with CPAs and attorneys to help address all of the concerns and help clients achieve their goals. By using a combination of financial products ranging from life, disability, and long-term care insurance to many investment options through Royal Alliance, Anthony looks to be the eyes and ears for his client’s financial foundation. In his spare time, Anthony is an avid long-distance runner.

Follow this link to access the complete show archive of Family Business Radio.

Pineapple and Profits: Kelly Townsend on Business Blind Spots

March 17, 2026 by John Ray

Kelly Townsend, Leaders Team, on Pineapple and Profits, Leadership Alignment, Business Blind Spots, and Separating Yourself from Your Business (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 946). with host John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Pineapple and Profits: Kelly Townsend on Business Blind Spots

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Kelly Townsend, Leaders Team, on Pineapple and Profits, Leadership Alignment, Business Blind Spots, and Separating Yourself from Your Business (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 946)

Kelly Townsend, with Leaders Team, joined North Fulton Business Radio host John Ray to discuss her newly released book, Pineapple and Profits: Why You Are Not Your Business and Why That Matters, co-authored with financial educator Peter Frampton.

The book grew out of a moment of personal reckoning. Kelly explains that for nearly 18 years she ran her consulting practice as a technician, never separating herself from the business. After sitting in on Peter’s color accounting class, she found herself in tears in the first hour, recognizing that a story she had told herself since age eight, that she was not good at math, had quietly limited the growth of her business for decades. That clarity became the spark for the book and for a wider conversation Kelly is now having with entrepreneurs about the cost of letting personal beliefs and blind spots drive business decisions.

Leaders Team focuses on leadership development and culture alignment, working with organizations whose teams are misaligned, whether that misalignment is visible or not. Kelly notes that most misalignment goes undetected until performance declines, and even then, the instinct is to find fault rather than diagnose what is missing. Among her current client engagements is one of the largest hospital construction projects in the country: a million-square-foot facility that, with Leaders Team’s help aligning contractors, designers, and the health system, is currently seven weeks ahead of schedule and under budget by $20 million.

John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is produced by John Ray and North Fulton Business Radio, LLC, an affiliate of Business RadioX®, and is recorded inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

Kelly traces her motivation for co-authoring Pineapple and Profits to a personal blind spot: a childhood belief that she was bad at math that quietly kept her practice small for nearly two decades.
The central argument of the book is that business owners who conflate their personal identity with their business bring limiting personal conversations into decisions that the business needs made differently, from taking on debt to managing finances.
Peter Frampton’s RELAX framework (Revenue, Expenses, Liabilities, Assets, Equity) reframes accounting as a communication model rather than a numbers problem, making it accessible to people who have long avoided the financial conversation.
Leaders Team’s engagement process starts by asking clients what is happening now that, if the work is successful, would no longer be happening. Most of what surfaces is a lack of alignment that people have normalized without realizing it.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

00:20 John Ray introduces the show and guest Kelly Townsend
02:24 Kelly Townsend introduces Leaders Team and their focus on leadership development and culture alignment
02:53 Kelly’s career arc: from IBM and Minolta sales to transformational leadership consulting
04:15 The origin of Pineapple and Profits and Kelly’s partnership with co-author Peter Frampton
05:45 How attending Peter’s color accounting class became a turning point for Kelly
06:55 Why personal conversations and limiting beliefs keep business owners stuck
09:14 The book’s argument that everyone belongs in the financial conversation, with a focus on women
11:27 The cost of seeing yourself and your business as the same entity
13:20 Treating a business as its own distinct organism with its own needs
14:32 Peter Frampton’s RELAX framework for understanding accounting
17:09 Value-generating activity versus value-sacrificing activity
18:22 How Kelly’s personal experience gives her empathy and credibility with clients
20:01 How Leaders Team engages with new clients
22:02 Why misalignment is the most common underlying issue Leaders Team finds
23:36 How misalignment becomes invisible until performance declines
24:35 Symptoms that signal it is time to call Leaders Team
26:14 Client success stories, including a Florida development company and a major hospital project in California
27:54 The meaning of the pineapple in Pineapple and Profits
29:23 How to find the book and learn about the Leaders Team program coming to Atlanta in May

Kelly Townsend, Transformational Management Consultant, Leaders Team

Kelly Townsend is a Transformational Management Consultant and co-founder of Leaders Team, a boutique consulting firm specializing in leadership development and culture alignment. With a 35-year history working with both large enterprises and small-to-medium-sized businesses, she brings deep experience across sectors including healthcare, construction, legal, and financial services. Her methodology focuses on helping leaders recognize the blind spots and limiting conversations that constrain organizational performance and on creating the alignment that enables teams to do their best work.

Kelly is also the co-author of Pineapple and Profits: Why You Are Not Your Business and Why That Matters, written with financial educator Peter Frampton. The book draws on the workshops she and Peter have led with small business owners and addresses the personal beliefs that keep entrepreneurs from engaging fully with the financial side of their businesses. She is based in Naples, Florida.

Leaders Team

Leaders Team is a boutique consulting firm focused on leadership development and organizational alignment. The firm works with leadership teams across a range of industries, including healthcare, construction, and financial services, helping them surface and address the misalignment that quietly limits performance. Leaders Team’s approach draws on the field of ontology, the study of being, to listen for the underlying conversations and assumptions shaping how an organization operates, then opens new possibilities for action and collaboration.

In addition to organizational consulting, Leaders Team co-developed the Pineapple and Profits workshop program for small business owners, now available as a book and as a live program being offered in Atlanta in May 2026.

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Renasant Bank supports North Fulton Business Radio

Renasant Bank has humble roots, having started in 1904 as a $100,000 bank located in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown into one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, boasting over $26 billion in assets and more than 280 offices offering banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services throughout the region. All of Renasant’s success stems from the commitment of each banker to invest in the communities they serve, which in turn helps them better understand the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, their banking professionals understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Beyond Computer Solutions supports North Fulton Business Radio

Whether you’re a law firm, medical practice, or manufacturer, there’s one headline you don’t want to make: “Local Business Pays Thousands in Ransom After Cyberattack.” That’s where Beyond Computer Solutions comes in. They help organizations like yours stay out of the news and in business with managed IT and cybersecurity services designed for industries where compliance and reputation matter most.

Whether they serve as your complete IT department or simply support your internal team, they are well-versed in HIPAA, secure document access, written security policies, and other essential aspects that ensure your safety and well-being. Best of all, it starts with a complimentary security assessment.

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About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray

With over 900 episodes and having featured over 1,400 guests, North Fulton Business Radio is the longest-running podcast in the North Fulton area, covering business in our community like no one else. We are the undisputed “Voice of Business” in North Fulton!

The show invites a diverse range of business, non-profit, and community leaders to share their significant contributions to their respective markets, communities, and professions. There is no discrimination based on company size, and there is never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates businesses by sharing positive stories that traditional media ignore. Some media lean left. Some media lean right. We lean business.

John Ray, host of North Fulton Business Radio, and Owner, Ray Business Advisors — **John Ray, host of *North Fulton Business Radio* and Owner, Ray Business Advisors**

John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. John and the team at North Fulton Business Radio, LLC, an affiliate of Business RadioX®, produce the show, which is recorded inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

The studio is located at 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.

You can find the entire archive of shows by following this link. The show is accessible on all major podcast apps, such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.

John Ray also operates his own business advisory practice. John’s services include advising solopreneurs and small professional services firms on their value, their positioning and business development, and their pricing. His clients are professionals who are selling their expertise, such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, CPAs, accountants, bookkeepers, marketing professionals, and other professional services practitioners.

John is the author of the five-star-rated book The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices, praised by readers for its practical insights on raising confidence, value, and prices.

Jon Wilhoit on EOS and Building Business Traction

February 10, 2026 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Jon Wilhoit on EOS and Building Business Traction

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Jon Wilhoit, EOS Worldwide, on Vision, Traction, and Team Health for Growing Businesses (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 936)

On this episode of North Fulton Business Radio, host John Ray welcomes Jon Wilhoit, Professional EOS Implementer at EOS Worldwide. Jon helps business owners and leadership teams strengthen their companies through the Entrepreneurial Operating System, focusing on three core areas: vision, traction, and health.

Jon brings over 30 years of business experience, including running his own executive search firm for 12 years. He shares how many business owners work hard to grow their companies but find themselves stuck, working 70-hour weeks instead of the freedom they envisioned. Jon explains how EOS provides tools and disciplines that help leadership teams step back from working in the business to working on the business. He discusses the importance of 90-day priorities, holding teams accountable through measurables, and addressing people issues that create friction. Jon also explains how implementing EOS can increase company valuation by demonstrating operational excellence to potential buyers.

In the interview, Jon mentioned “A Hidden Valuation Gap.” an article he wrote for Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth. The article examines how business owners can command higher valuations by pointing to well-run operations rather than relying solely on financial metrics.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

EOS helps business owners transition from working in the business to working on it by aligning leadership teams on vision, executing with traction through 90-day priorities and weekly measurables, and improving team health.
Over 80% of companies working with EOS face significant people issues, either employees who don’t fit company culture or who lack the skills to deliver in their roles.
Jon emphasizes that EOS is simple but not easy, requiring real discipline and commitment to the process rather than trying to augment it with other systems.
Implementing EOS can create a hidden valuation advantage when selling a business by demonstrating a repeatable, scalable operation that can run without the owner.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

00:20 John Ray introduces the show and guest Jon Wilhoit
01:51 Jon Wilhoit introduces EOS Worldwide and his work with business owners
02:28 Jon’s background in executive search and entrepreneurial software companies
04:02 The difference between starting a business and developing a company
06:49 Shifting mindset from working in the business to working on the business
08:22 Why EOS differs from traditional consulting and coaching
09:50 The three core components: vision, traction, and health
13:28 Traction: executing with discipline and accountability through 90-day priorities
16:51 Team health and addressing people issues in organizations
19:25 Why EOS is simple but not easy, and the importance of trusting the process
22:24 Jon’s article “A Hidden Valuation Gap” and how EOS increases business value
24:24 How to know when you’re ready for EOS
28:14 Success story: architectural firm growing from 15 to 120 people in four years
30:17 How to connect with Jon Wilhoit

Jon Wilhoit, Professional EOS Implementer

Jon Wilhoit has spent over 30 years helping companies elevate their performance. After receiving an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and MBA from the University of Texas, Jon helped small and medium sized Atlanta businesses with their commercial insurance programs. From there, he leveraged his insurance experience in providing technical staffing solutions to insurance industry carriers and agencies (EDS, Syntel, and IMR Global).

Jon felt the call to entrepreneurship and launched Elite Sales Professionals, an executive search firm that pulled all his experiences together. The firm specialized in high-level sales and sales management positions for boutique insurance software companies. He ran the company for 12 years before being recruiting himself to join the sales performance management solution leader CallidusCloud.

Jon was an award-winning leader with Callidus until they were acquired by SAP. Jon worked with three other entrepreneurial software companies (Medallia, Varicent, Uptempo) providing sales and marketing solutions to enterprise and mid-market clients.

Ultimately the desire to run his own show came roaring back and Jon started the company acquisition process. After evaluating many different opportunities, Jon had multiple people suggest he explore EOS, indicating his business, finance, insurance, staffing, and management experience could be valuable to SMB business owners. Once Jon dove into the EOS evaluation, the decision was easy and he launched his EOS practice.

EOS Worldwide

EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) provides growth-oriented businesses with a complete system (think operating model, not software) for orchestrating and harmonizing all the moving parts of their business, enabling them to get better at three things: Vision, Traction, and Health.

Getting better at Vision means aligning the entire leadership team on where the company is going and how it’s going to get there. Even small deviations in leadership alignment mean teams working on divergent priorities or even in conflict with each other.

Traction means executing on the Vision with discipline and accountability so that everyone is pulling their weight and delivering the dependable performance all team members expect.

Improved Health means teams are more open, honest, and collaborative. Company culture thrives and friction, stress, and poor communication evaporate.

As a Professional EOS Implementer, Jon uses a proven process, now deployed in over 30,000 companies across the U.S., to guide clients through the EOS journey. Jon acts as Facilitator, Teacher, and Coach to help clients’ leadership teams install EOS tools customized for their unique company and then press those tools down into their organizations to elevate performance from top to bottom.

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Renasant Bank supports North Fulton Business Radio

Beyond Computer Solutions supports North Fulton Business Radio

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About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray

The studio is located at 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.

You can find the entire archive of shows by following this link. The show is accessible on all major podcast apps, such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.

Jody daSilva, Leaders Team, on Breaking Growth Barriers

October 9, 2025 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Jody daSilva, Leaders Team, on Breaking Growth Barriers

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Jody daSilva, Leaders Team, on Breaking Growth Barriers (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 907)

Early in her career, when a McDonald’s location she managed flooded with a foot of water, Jody daSilva didn’t shut it down. She fixed it, reopened it, and never looked back. That same instinct to figure things out has powered her entire career.

Now with Leaders Team, Jody helps executives do the same inside their companies: fix what’s really broken. In her conversation with host North Fulton Business Radio host John Ray, she explains why so many mid-market firms stall out: not because of weak systems or bad hires, but because of the stories leaders tell themselves.

Jody and John dig into how those hidden beliefs shape culture, create silos, and kill growth. She shares what “ontological coaching” really means, why it’s not just pep-talk psychology, and how companies transform when leaders stop managing content and start changing who they are being.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

Why leadership transformation starts with who you’re being rather than what you’re doing
How personal stories and limiting beliefs can cap organizational growth
The role of ontological coaching in reshaping leadership effectiveness
How to recognize when a company culture or structure is holding back performance
Simple ways to begin dismantling silos and building alignment across teams

Topics Discussed in This Episode

00:00 Introduction to North Fulton Business Radio
01:52 Meet Jody daSilva: Leadership Insights
02:57 Jody’s Eclectic Career Journey
05:56 The Importance of Being in Business
07:32 Ontological Training and Its Impact
11:32 Transforming Company Culture
16:07 Exploring Company Silos
18:26 Identifying Symptoms of Dysfunction
21:38 Addressing Women Leaders’ Challenges
25:39 Success Stories and Transformations
27:50 Contact Information and Closing Remarks

Jody daSilva, Leaders Team

Jody daSilva is a senior manager and leadership consultant with more than 30 years of experience leading and advising across Fortune 500 companies and start-ups. Her career is defined by a track record of improving profitability, productivity, and organizational performance. Drawing on that experience, she now helps companies identify the unseen barriers that stall growth and performance.

Jody combines sharp business acumen with deep ontological training in the study of being and human nature to offer a distinctive approach to leadership development. Through her work with Leaders Team, she helps executives and teams uncover limiting beliefs, shift culture, and create alignment that drives sustainable results. Her clients credit her with breakthroughs that include doubling revenue, strengthening leadership teams, improving customer satisfaction, and building more cohesive, purpose-driven organizations.

Website | LinkedIn

Renasant Bank supports North Fulton Business Radio

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, with over $17 billion in assets and more than 180 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices throughout the region. All of Renasant’s success stems from each banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way to better understand the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Beyond Computer Solutions supports North Fulton Business Radio

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About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray

The show invites a diverse range of business, non-profit, and community leaders to share their significant contributions to their markets, communities, and professions. There’s no discrimination based on company size, and there’s never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates businesses by sharing positive stories that traditional media ignore. Some media lean left. Some media lean right. We lean business.

John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. John and the team at North Fulton Business Radio, LLC, an affiliate of Business RadioX®, produce the show, and it is recorded inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

The studio address is 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.

You can find the complete archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.

John is the author of the five-star rated book, The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices, praised by readers for its practical insights on raising confidence, value, and prices.

Season 1, Episode 12: Accidents Will Happen

May 12, 2025 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Season 1, Episode 12: Accidents Will Happen

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The Leader’s Commute Podcast reflects on the dynamic of recalling past experiences that persistently return to us over the “Commute of our Lives” and prompt us to acknowledge their influence on how we think about business and leadership today. The commute theme is intentional. Past episodes have referred to what we have collected, delivered, and mapped in our life’s journey.

On this 12th and final episode of the inaugural season, host Jess Villegas reflects on his podcast experience and outlines a few key messages. Two very good friends and colleagues of his, Ann Serrie and Mary Estes, join Jess in the second half of the program to discuss the implications of the messages he delivered over the course of the season.

Jess Villegas/Financial and Operations Executive, Business Performance Consultant, and Leadership Expert with ACUITY Business Consulting

ACUITY Business Consulting is a business performance consultancy working with leadership teams to translate their talent and resources into exceptional and sustainable organizational performance. They do this by surfacing actionable clarity and providing execution expertise in the areas of Strategic Design, Financial Management, Operational Excellence, and Leadership Development, so that leadership can confidently navigate their organizations toward next-level performance.

Jess Villegas is a Financial and Operations Executive, Business Performance Consultant, and Leadership Expert with track record of growing profitability in multi-site manufacturing, assembly, and distribution environments. He is skilled in the development of strong-accountability management teams, the design and execution of complex business strategies, and the optimization of resources to meet business objectives. Jess has managed in the roles of CEO, President, VP Operations, and Division Controller in diverse industries including water infrastructure technology, food-service packaging, and consumer products distribution. He’s recognized as an engaged and effective leader utilizing exceptional leadership and communication skills to achieve results.

The Leaders Commute Podcast is presented by

Season 1, Episode 11: The Seven Year Glitch

February 21, 2025 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Season 1, Episode 11: The Seven Year Glitch

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This episode “The Seven Year Glitch” presents a rationale for business leaders to evaluate outcomes over longer time horizons to provide better context for important decision-making. Host Jess Villegas is joined by Rick Albertini, the CEO of Phenix Enterprises, Southern California’s largest and most complete truck body and van equipment manufacturer and distributor. Rick also happens to be a great friend of Jees and one of the Liberty Boys, a basketball cohort often referred to in previous podcasts.

Jess Villegas/Financial and Operations Executive, Business Performance Consultant, and Leadership Expert with ACUITY Business Consulting

The Leaders Commute Podcast is presented by

Season 1, Episode 10: Sister Mary Silent Witness

September 25, 2024 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Season 1, Episode 10: Sister Mary Silent Witness

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On this episode, “Sister Mary Silent Witness”, host Jess Villegas offers a strategy for bringing more objectivity to the process of assessing the best course of action for the organizations we manage. His guest is accomplished guitarist Ulises “Sony” Galarza.

Jess Villegas/Financial and Operations Executive, Business Performance Consultant, and Leadership Expert with ACUITY Business Consulting

The Leaders Commute Podcast is presented by

Season 1, Episode 9: The River Rules

August 16, 2024 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Season 1, Episode 9: The River Rules

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On this episode, “The River Rules,” Jess offers a strategy for dealing with change in your personal circumstances, not by treating change as a nemesis but as an opportunity to strengthen the organizational aptitude for setting up success. Joining host Jess Villegas is Perry Anne Scott, Owner and Principal of Converge Coaching and Consulting. She offers evidenced-based tools and proven processes to build stronger leaders and healthier teams.

Jess Villegas/Financial and Operations Executive, Business Performance Consultant, and Leadership Expert with ACUITY Business Consulting

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