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Season 1, Episode 5: The Blind Leading the Dined

February 22, 2024 by Mike

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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.

This episode, “The Blind Leading the Dined”, addresses the potential blind spots in the vehicles we choose to drive to our objectives. Joining host Jess Villegas is Justin Kalvitz, President of Spatula Consulting.

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

Tagged With: ACUITY Business Consulting, business consulting, Jess Villegas, justin kalvitz, Leadership, spatula consulting, The Leader's Commute, The Leaders Commute Podcast

Season 1, Episode 4: The Fog of Score

January 29, 2024 by Mike

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Throughout the “commute” of our lives we adopt and release, mostly subconsciously, experiences that inform our assumptions about how to conduct business. The Leader’s Commute Podcast, hosted by Jess Villegas, offers an informal strategy for how leaders can leverage their past impactful experiences in a more conscious way to result in better business performance.

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.

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The Leaders Commute podcast is presented by

Tagged With: ACUITY Business Consulting, business consulting, fog of score, Gilberto Moreno, Jess Villegas, Leadership, The Leader's Commute, The Leaders Commute Podcast

Shannon Brooks, Owner of Shannon Brooks Consulting

November 10, 2023 by Mike

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Amanda Pearch Marmolejo & Shannon Brooks

Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.

Shannon Brooks/Shannon Brooks Consulting

Shannon Brooks Consulting helps companies and entrepreneurs navigate the ever-changing landscape of business by turning their vision into action.

As a Fractional COO, Shannon Brooks helps businesses in transition grow sustainably and navigate change effectively. She has a proven track record of success in developing and implementing operational strategies, streamlining processes, and building high-performing teams. She believes that the best way to achieve company success is to create a culture where employees feel valued, respected, and supported. When employees are empowered to do their best work, they are more likely to be engaged, productive, and innovative. As Richard Branson said “Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you, give them everything they need to grow, and your business will thrive”.

Shannon has a deep understanding of business operations and how to improve efficiency. She has helped her clients reduce costs, streamline processes, and increase profitability. She believes that growing up on a farm in Indiana prepared her to understand the connectivity and consequences of every decision, while instilling a strong work ethic. Her dual degrees in Marketing and Psychology armed her with both a business-sense and people-sense to allow her to collaborate within any organization. Her over 20 years of experience working in mid-size, privately owned companies afforded her the opportunity to garner hands-on experience in a wide range of business functions. These various aspects of her journey helped her find a passion for supporting a company’s growth and success. She believes that every company has the ability to reach its full potential.

Celebrating Powerhouse Women is presented by

Tagged With: amanda pearch, Amanda Pearch Marmolejo, business consulting, Celebrating Powerhouse Women, powerhouse women, shannon brooks, shannon brooks consulting, subaru, women executives, Women in Business

Matt Blanton and Corwin Smith with Culture to Cash

October 19, 2023 by Karen

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Matt Blanton and Corwin Smith with Culture to Cash

Culture to Cash is a top-tier Business Coaching and Consulting Firm that provides expert guidance to clients across multiple industries. Culture-to-Cash-logo

Their dedicated team assists businesses in managing, scaling, and building company operations effectively through their 3S System (Source, Sync, Success)

They commit to cutting the day to day time put in by the business owner by 50% within the first 90 days and double net profit within 24-36 months.

They build successful exit strategies that align with the retirement goals of the business owner. Their focus is on maximizing enterprise value of companies through building successful cultures, proven systems and strong people.

Matt-BlantonMatt Blanton has built, sold and acquired multiple companies over the past 17 years. Coaching for the #1 transformational program for men, he’s developed the bridge of coaching the whole CEO from personal to professional.

Matt carries the belief that business can be a joyous endeavor if built the right way.

Corwin-SmithCorwin Smith believes many CEOs are frustrated because it feels like they’re dragging their team uphill and they’ve hit an invisible growth ceiling. And the latest “hacks” or best practices have given short term relief and only a few weeks of improvement then back to chaos.

As a coach, he has a proven system to get CEOs team aligned & on fire driving the company forward; so they can grow the company of their dreams, without burning out, and ultimately leave a legacy in the world.

Corwin comes with the experience of building and selling his own company and 7+ years of business consulting.

Follow Culture to Cash on Instagram.

Tagged With: business coaching, business consulting, EOS, strategic business planning

Leadership Across Generations, with Andy Kalajian, Founder and President, Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting

October 2, 2023 by John Ray

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Leadership Across Generations, with Andy Kalajian, Founder and President, Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 702)

Andy Kalajian, Founder and President of Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting, joined host John Ray on North Fulton Business Radio to share his work in leadership and character development. Andy discussed leadership and workforce challenges businesses face today, the proportion of the workforce millennials comprise, what that proportion suggests about successful leadership, developing a personal and professional development curriculum, and much more.

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

Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting

Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting, LLC is a professional education & training company that helps high commission sales professionals, small business owners, and entrepreneurs get the most out of their teams through character development, leadership training, and practical application.

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

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

Andy Kalajian is the Founder and President of Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting based in Alpharetta, GA. Andy founded Fort Leadership in 2019 after a 33-year career in Medical Device Sales and Marketing Leadership; 25 of those years were with Zimmer (NYSE ZBH) formerly a division of Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE BMY).

Andy’s journey began at 9 years old when he started in Cub Scouts with his dad and his younger brother. His parents constantly reinforced the Scout lessons of Character and Integrity. Andy continued in Scouting and at the age of 16 he earned the rank of Eagle Scout. At 17 his mom handed him the book, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Andy credits that book with igniting his passion for learning how to get along with people. From Hill, to Covey, from Peale to Ziglar and Maxwell, Andy became a voracious reader of books about Leadership, Character, Communication and Teamwork.

After 5 years working as a golf caddie, Andy was the recipient of the prestigious Evans Scholarship Award (www.wgaesf.org). This full academic and housing college scholarship is awarded in recognition of a strong work ethic as a golf caddie, and strength of character, integrity, and leadership. Andy used his scholarship to earn a B.S. in Medical Technology from Michigan State University.

In 1985, Andy loaded up his car with nothing more than his resume, a sport coat and tie, $2500, a big dream and faith that God was going to fill in the gaps. He moved to Atlanta GA in pursuit of a medical sales career where he could leverage his passion for medicine to serve people. Andy grew his medical sales business well into 7 figures by applying the leadership, character, communication, and teamwork lessons he learned from reading books and listening to thought leaders. As Andy continued to advance in his career, he was invited to speak to organizations and train teams on those lessons learned throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

Andy founded Fort Leadership to continue speaking, training, and coaching individuals and teams in leadership and character development. These skills foster growth in corporate leadership, communication, and teamwork. His corporate experience and insights train leaders to develop healthy corporate cultures with team members who are motivated, engaged, and purpose-driven, resulting in increased employee retention, team performance, and revenue growth!

Andy and his wife, Sherrie, live in Alpharetta, GA and have four adult children. They are members of Pastor Andy Stanley’s North Point Community Church (www.northpoint.org) where Andy is a small group leader in the North Point Men’s Ministry. Andy serves on the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors at Avalon (www.gnfcc.com) where he started the successful Member 2 Member Business Roundtable.

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Questions and Topics in this Interview:

  • What is your background and how did you come around to starting Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting?
  • How does Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting help businesses out there today?
  • What challenges are you hearing about in the business community?
  • What’s causing these business challenges?
  • Why is it so important for business owners today to understand the Millennials?
  • Can you tell us why it’s so important for Millennials to enroll in a personal and professional development curriculum?
  • What is the experience like to work with you and Fort Leadership?

 

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

RenasantBank

 

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 $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Since 2000, Office Angels® has been restoring joy to the life of small business owners, enabling them to focus on what they do best. At the same time, we honor and support at-home experts who wish to continue working on an as-needed basis. Not a temp firm or a placement service, Office Angels matches a business owner’s support needs with Angels who have the talent and experience necessary to handle work that is essential to creating and maintaining a successful small business. Need help with administrative tasks, bookkeeping, marketing, presentations, workshops, speaking engagements, and more? Visit us at https://officeangels.us/.

 

Tagged With: Andy Kalajian, business coaching, business consulting, Business Owners, character development, Entrepreneurs, Fort Leadership, Fort Leadership and Sales Consulting, John Ray, Leadership, leadership development, North Fulton Business Radio, professional development, sales consulting, teamwork

A Closer Look at Arizona’s Shifting IT Industry E40

July 28, 2023 by Karen

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A Closer Look at Arizona’s Shifting IT Industry E40

Should we build out our internal IT department or work with a managed service provider? Should we onshore or offshore IT support? How can we attract qualified IT talent?

The July 2023 episode of the Arizona Technology Council’s AZTechCast podcast featured experts including Alex Cole, CEO of Cole Technologies; Will Davis, director, Data & Analytics at Slalom; and Jackie Shipley, chief people officer at AccountabilIT. These leaders joined Steve Zylstra, Council president and CEO, and Karen Nowicki, president and owner of Phoenix Business RadioX, in discussing tips for how to enhance your IT strategy and better prepare for shifting trends in technology.

In this hour-long episode, the panel of three experts defined information technology, emphasized the importance of having an IT department, team or resource on hand and debated the pros and cons of having an internal IT department and working with a managed service provider. Throughout this entire conversation, the experts shed light on some of the IT challenges they regularly see Arizona companies struggling with and discussed how our state can better train, recruit and retain highly qualified IT talent.

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Cole Technologies is a managed IT service provider based out of Tucson, AZ serving businesses across the United States. They support business IT, Security, and Compliance under one umbrella even with complex security and compliance requirements like CMMC, FedRAMP, SOC2, and HIPAA.

Their background includes experience working with companies in healthcare, finance, defense contracting, and manufacturing.

Alex-ColeAlex Cole is the Founder/CEO of Cole Technologies. He is an accomplished IT and cybersecurity professional with extensive expertise in leading the implementation of next-generation IT solutions. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills by successfully managing and delivering large-scale enterprise IT projects in the healthcare, defense, and manufacturing industries.

His recent accomplishments have included revolutionizing the way SMBs handle their IT and cybersecurity through compliance with industry standard frameworks including CMMC, SOC2, HIPAA, and RMF (Risk Management Framework). By implementing strategy-first, holistic IT + cybersecurity solutions, he has been able to drive innovation and efficiency reducing the time to value for an organization to just 30 days.

Currently, his primary focus is serving SMBs and enterprises with a strong demand for cybersecurity, IT, and compliance across diverse industries.

Connect with Alex on LinkedIn.

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AccountabilIT is your all-in-one technology partner and leading managed security services provider. As a Microsoft Gold Partner and award-winning MSP and MSSP, they help you make the right technology investments and make the most out of that technology.

With their size and expertise, they hit a unique sweet spot that other providers don’t. You can leverage their enterprise-level operations and solutions while receiving tailored, personalized service from people who care about you and your business.

All aspects of your company—not just your technology—go into their partnership. To ensure your technology strategy is perfectly synced with your business strategy, they get to know your business at a holistic level.

Jackie-ShipleyJackie Shipley has over 30 years’ experience in the IT industry and is currently AccountabilIT’s Chief People Officer.

She manages all aspects of human resources including benefit administration, payroll, recruitment, and most importantly employee relations. Her primary focus is employee satisfaction and retention.

She holds a BS in Business from the WP Carey School of Business, Arizona State University.

Follow AccountabilIT on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. Their purpose—to help people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all—guides everything they do. And their north star is a world in which each person has the opportunity to love their life and work.

Since the consulting business started in 2001, Slalom has grown rapidly to 13,000+ team members in eight countries and 45 markets. They have close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, including AWS, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Snowflake.

From strategy to implementation, Slalom’s approach is fiercely human. They deeply understand their customers—and their customers—to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact.

Slalom operates on the model of local soul at a global scale. Their team members live where they work, and each office is committed to supporting their local communities – while tapping into the experience and expertise of a global organization. The Phoenix office has over 150 employees across the valley.

Slalom is honored to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For eight years running, and a best place to work by the Phoenix Business Journal for the last five years.

Will-Davis-cropWill Davis is the Director of Data and Analytics for Slalom’s Phoenix office. He leads a large and growing team that helps clients unlock the value of their data through analysis, visualization, and overall business strategy.

Will has been with Slalom for the last six years, and cumulatively has over a decade of experience in the technology consulting space, advising clients ranging from deeply impactful non-profits to Fortune 10 cornerstones.

Prior to starting his career in consulting, Will served as a Captain in the United States Air Force where he was a developmental engineer and mission manager for Satellite and Test Vehicle rocket launches.

Connect with Will on LinkedIn.

About Your Hosts

Steven-ZylstraSteve Zylstra serves as president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, a role he assumed in 2007. He is responsible for strategy, operations, finance and policy development. Zylstra is a vocal spokesman for the value technology can provide in raising social and economic standards in Arizona.

Zylstra serves on numerous councils, committees and boards, was named “Leader of the Year, Technology,” by the Arizona Capitol Times, and “Most Admired Leader” by the Phoenix Business Journal. In addition, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of science in technology from the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Ariz.

Zylstra earned a bachelor’s degree in automotive engineering technology from Western Michigan University.

KarenNowickiv2Karen Nowicki is a successful author, speaker and the creator of Deep Impact Leadership™ and SoulMarks Coaching™. She is a two-time recipient of the prestigious national Choice Award® for her book and personal development retreat. Karen was crowned the first-ever “Mompreneur of the Year” Award in 2010 for the southwestern states. She was recognized for her leadership, business acumen, and work-life balance.

Karen has been an expert guest on regional TV and radio shows, including Fox Phoenix Morning Show, Sonoran Living, Good Morning Arizona, The Chat Room, and Mid-Day Arizona. She has been a regular contributor to many print and online magazines – publishing articles and blogs for business and education.

In addition to working with private coaching clients, Karen is also the Owner & President of Phoenix Business RadioX. The Business RadioX Network amplifies the voice of business – serving the Fortune 500,000, not just the Fortune 500. Phoenix Business RadioX helps local businesses and professional associations get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, profession, and community.

Of all the experiences Karen has had the privilege of participating in over her vast career, she shares that Phoenix Business RadioX is a pinnacle adventure!

Connect with Karen on LinkedIn and follow Phoenix Business RadioX on Facebook and Instagram.

bianca-buliga-aztechcastBorn in Phoenix, Arizona, Bianca Buliga is a trilingual first-generation American of Romanian ethnicity. A marketing professional with experience in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, Bianca currently works as Director, Marketing & Communications for the Arizona Technology Council.

Previously, Bianca worked as Marketing Communications Lead at Proctorio, a learning integrity platform that offers remote proctoring software ensuring exam integrity for learners around the world.

Bianca also worked as Senior Marketing Manager at SEED SPOT, a social impact incubator that educates, accelerates, and invests in impact-driven entrepreneurs creating market-based solutions to social problems. In January of 2020, Bianca was selected as an awardee of the Mandela Washington Reciprocal Exchange Program and traveled to the African island of Mauritius to run entrepreneurship programming for 15 impact-driven ecopreneurs on behalf of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Bianca has also completed comprehensive consulting projects for IBM, ESAN Business School, and the Peruvian government, and interned at the Arizona House of Representatives and U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania.

Bianca earned her Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from Northern Arizona University in 2014 and her Master’s degree in Global Affairs and Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in 2017. She is an avid reader, yogi, and world traveler always planning her next trip.

Connect with Bianca on LinkedIn.

About Our Sponsor

The Arizona Technology Council, Arizona’s only statewide organization serving the technology sector, fosters a climate of innovation to enhance technology in Arizona.

A trusted resource in strengthening Arizona’s technology industry, the Council proactively eliminates impediments that companies face, accelerates the entrepreneurial mindset in the state’s expanding innovation ecosystem, and works to create a destination for companies to be, thrive and stay.

Follow Arizona Technology Council on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Fractional Consulting for Small Businesses, with Robert Burke, Sobo

June 26, 2023 by John Ray

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Fractional Consulting for Small Businesses, with Robert Burke, Sobo (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 674)

Robert Burke, Founder and CEO of Sobo, was the guest on this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. He and host John Ray discussed Sobo’s new product platform which facilitates the ability of small and medium sized businesses to access quality consultants. They talked about challenges business owners are experiencing, how Sobo got started, how the company is leveraging AI to democratize the consulting industry, how fractional consulting can serve these businesses, and much more.

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

Sobo

The team at Sobo knows what it’s like to spend countless hours on advisors who ultimately ghost you, or to burn resources on consultants who are not aligned with your company’s culture.

They built something to change consulting for business leaders. No more guesswork. No more DIY-ing. Just results.

Sobo connects companies with the top 1% of fractional advisors so that you can level up and move your business forward.

Sobo was born in 2009 when Robert Burke launched Sobo Networks, an IT Managed Services Provider, in Atlanta. He imagined Sobo becoming a “Deloitte for Small Business.”

In 2015, the name was changed to Sobo, and became a multifaceted management consulting firm for small and mid-size business. In 2023 they will launch the Sobo Platform to realize Robert’s goal.

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Robert Burke, Founder & CEO, Sobo

Robert Burke, Founder & CEO, Sobo

Robert Burke is the Founder & CEO of Sobo, an AI-powered fractional consultant platform built for small to mid-sized companies.

Robert has over fifteen years of experience building and leading an IT and management consulting firm, having founded the precursor to Sobo in 2008.

A Florida native, he currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two children.

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Questions and Topics in this Interview:

  • How fractional consulting saves time and money for businesses looking to improve
  • How fractional consulting can help small business owners compete with larger corporations
  • Leveraging AI to accelerate the consulting process from months to virtually instantly
  • How they’re democratizing the consulting industry by using AI and people-first approach
  • The importance of working on rather than in the business
  • The areas that small businesses struggle with the most when starting out and scaling

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

RenasantBank

 

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 $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Since 2000, Office Angels® has been restoring joy to the life of small business owners, enabling them to focus on what they do best. At the same time, we honor and support at-home experts who wish to continue working on an as-needed basis. Not a temp firm or a placement service, Office Angels matches a business owner’s support needs with Angels who have the talent and experience necessary to handle work that is essential to creating and maintaining a successful small business. Need help with administrative tasks, bookkeeping, marketing, presentations, workshops, speaking engagements, and more? Visit us at https://officeangels.us/.

Tagged With: AI, business consulting, fractional consulting, IT, management consulting firm, medium size business, Office Angels, renasant bank, Robert Burke, scaling, small business, Sobo

Nick Bruner – Rushton and Company

May 8, 2023 by Rose

North Georgia Business Radio
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You’ve got sales. You’ve got marketing. You’ve got production. But does any of that matter if you don’t have your accounting right?

Phil Bonelli and special guest Nick Bruner from Rushton and Company talk about how working with an accounting firm can help business owners make more informed financial decisions, reduce the risk of financial errors and penalties, and improve the overall financial health of their business.

And if you are a young person considering a career in accounting, you want to listen in to learn more about how Rushton helps young accountants get started on the path to a very fulfilling career in accounting. Rushton has been recognized as the #1 BEST firm for young accountants.

 

Connect with Nick Bruner:

https://www.facebook.com/rushtonandcompany/

https://www.newleafls.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/rushton-&-company-llc/

https://www.instagram.com/rushtoncpa/

Connect with Phil Bonelli:

https://www.facebook.com/Hopewell-Farms-GA-105614501707618/

https://www.instagram.com/hopewellfarmsga/

https://www.hopewellfarmsga.com/

Connect with Beau Henderson:

https://RichLifeAdvisors.com

https://www.facebook.com/RichLifeAdvisors

https://www.facebook.com/NorthGARadioX

Tagged With: accounting firm, audits, Business Advisory Firm, business consulting, Nick Bruner, Rushton and Company, Small Business Services, tax services, wealth management services

Eric Whitmoyer with My Biz Coaches and Jim Wilkerson with Wilkerson Consulting

September 15, 2022 by Karen

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My Biz Coaches is a business consulting firm that takes a personalized approach to help our clients achieve their goals. We specialize in sales and marketing, operations, finance, and leadership and personal development.

Our team of experienced consultants provides practical solutions that get results. We understand that business owners need a sounding board to help them navigate the ever-changing landscape of business. Let My Biz Coaches be your guide to success!

At My Biz Coaches, we have garnered the knowledge and experience of many successful business people, captured their best insights and knowledge, and provided this information to our clients to help them build, re-build, scale, acquire and even sell their businesses.

Eric-WhitmoyerEric Whitmoyer is a highly accomplished “no-nonsense” executive, speaker, author, & business coach. He is an entrepreneur who has owned over a dozen different businesses and spent 20 years as an executive leader of two $100 million companies and been responsible for generating over $1.6 billion in sales during that time.

After working his way up the corporate ladder to become an executive at two $100 million companies and achieving exceptional results in sales and operations along the way, as well as starting or acquiring more than a dozen businesses of his own, Eric decided to start coaching others on what he had learned.

Eric leverages his skills and experience to lead companies to peak success. Among his many achievements, Eric is recognized as an Advanced Certified Trainer in the Success Principles, a certified instructor of the Barrett Values Centre, has certifications in multiple Sales and Leadership programs, and has authored books on Goal Setting, Time Management, & Business.

Despite his professional success, Eric is most proud of his role as a husband, father, and grandfather. Eric was also a Professional Kickboxer and held the US Light-Heavyweight title from 94 to 96. He is an avid weight lifter, strength competitor, and fitness enthusiast. A die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan and served in the US Army National Guard from 1989 till 1996.

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Jim-WilkersonJim Wilkerson, Founder of Wilkerson Consulting, is a third generation Phoenix native who has a background based in financial services and education.

Jim has a 34 year tenure providing financial services and consulting to fortune 500 corporations, utilities, municipalities and business owners. These services include financial forecasting, business finance, corporate cash management, pension plan and 401-K investment management.

Jim has also worked with local businesses to scale and grow their operations through marketing and sales programs designed to get the business ready for sale, and implementing existing ownership exit strategies.

Jim has worked in the non-profit world succesfully designing and implementing donor engagement programs such as planned giving and traditional fundraising for Habitat For Humanity Central Arizona Chapter, and holds the American Fundraising Professional Certification.

Jim is married to his college sweetheart for over 42 years and has two lovely, successful daughters and 3 grandchildren. He attended Northern Arizona University on a full ride track scholarship setting both the school and conference records in the pole vault.

Post college, he worked his way into the world class vaulting arena where he eventually was invited to attend the 1980 Olynpic Trials.

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