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LEADER DIALOGUE: Performance Excellence in the Age of Consumerism

April 19, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: Performance Excellence in the Age of Consumerism

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Hospital Governance Board Coaching

Pamela R. Knecht is the guest on this epsiode of Leader Dialogue Radio. Pam is an accomplished governance coach assisting not-for-profit Health Systems with strategic planning, governance, education, and organizational diagnosis and change management. Tune in to learn how to develop ideal board and management alignment, and how to enhance performance efficiency and effectiveness.

Pam Knecht/Accord Limited

Pam Knecht is President and CEO of ACCORD LIMITED, a national consulting firm based in Chicago and is an expert in not-for-profit healthcare governance. For over 22 years she has worked with hospitals, health systems, clinics, and health plans of all types and sizes.

Pam has long been recognized as a thought-leader in the field of governance. In 2007, she was named a Governance Advisor by The Governance Institute. She served as faculty for the former Center for Healthcare Governance of the American Hospital Association. Currently, she is a faculty member for The Governance Institute, iProtean, and multiple state hospital associations.

Pam regularly assists boards and CEOs with strategic planning; corporate and governance restructuring; system affiliation and integration; change management facilitation; and governance assessment, development and coaching. She also shares her extensive experience in governance frequently as a speaker and author.

About SOAR Vision Group

The SOAR Vision Group mission is to: Align People with Purpose to Achieve Exceptional Results. SOAR provides best practice strategy execution, business process optimization services, and a structured organizational development approach for organizations to effectively implement the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework. For more information, contact SOAR Vision Group at (888) 294-3303 or visit soarvisiongroup.com.

About the Baldrige Foundation

The mission of the Baldrige Foundation is to ensure the long-term financial growth and viability of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, and to support organizational performance excellence in the United States and throughout the world. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is presented annually by the United States President to organizations that demonstrate quality and performance excellence. For more information, contact the Baldrige Foundation at (202) 559-9195 or visit baldrigefoundation.org.

MARKETING MATTERS WITH RYAN SAUERS: Marcie Reif with Marcie Reif Photography

April 11, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

MARKETING MATTERS WITH RYAN SAUERS: Marcie Reif with Marcie Reif Photography

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Marcie Reif/Marcie Reif Photography

Marcie Reif is an in-demand kids, family, and commercial photographer in Atlanta, GA. In addition to running her portrait business she is also a photography educator. Marcie is the co-founder of The Photographer’s Retreat, and educational experience for female photographers, and the author of the best selling instructional resource Bringing Home the Story of the Beach. She started her professional photography career in 2010, transitioning from a hobbyist taking pictures of her own children to begin growing the Marcie Reif Photography brand into the commercial and portrait photography experience it is today. She speaks several times a year at conferences around the country leading other photographers by giving them the confidence and tools to create strong portraits of family and children, as well as motivational strategies on building their photography community. Her work has been featured countless times by industry-leading companies and has appeared in multiple highly-acclaimed magazines.

Jane Bishop/Take the Next Step

Jane Bishop, is CEO of Take the Next Step which emerged out of her passion to help others “go for their It.” She helps small business owners, entrepreneurs strengthen and align with their inner core for success by using her coaching and training skills. When you work with Jane you will experience accomplishing your “it,” and be a greater influence to those around you. Jane uses her E4U system to help clients get to the core faster to create and execute a plan for effectiveness. Jane is also a professional speaker and published author. Curious? Reach out and book a complimentary session and see where that leads.

Ryan Sauers/President of Sauers Consulting Strategies

Ryan T. Sauers has spent over 25 years leading and/or consulting with marketing, media, and related companies. He is also owner of two Our Town Gwinnett monthly magazines. Sauers is a frequent national speaker and global columnist. He serves as an adjunct university professor teaching leadership courses. Ryan is a Certified Myers Briggs, DiSC, and Emotional Intelligence practitioner. Ryan is working on his Doctoral degree in Leadership. He is author of the best-selling books Everyone is in Sales and Would You Buy from You?

Show Overview

Marketing Matters is a radio show discussing topics as they relate to marketing, communications, sales, leadership and more. Host Ryan Sauers, a best-selling author and national speaker, discusses how these topics play a role in every aspect of our lives. Each episode shares tangible nuggets of information that listeners can easily understand and apply to their everyday life, whether personal or business. The show challenges listeners’ current state of thinking so they can grow to new heights and see new opportunities in business, which is rapidly changing, multi-generational. and noisy in nature.

Todd Fine with Wintellect and Emily Bridges with Choate Construction Company

April 10, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Studio

Todd Fine with Wintellect and Emily Bridges with Choate Construction Company

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Todd Fine/Wintellect

Wintellect is a software development, cloud, and developer training company founded by a team of technology experts renowned in the industry, with the goal of providing the highest level of custom software development, training, and architecture expertise to their clients. Wintellect’s mission is to help customers “build better software, faster,” and to do this they have structured their company as a dedicated team of technology experts accompanied by the top tier of software engineers. Their employees have published over 30 software technology books and hundreds of articles, and along the way have won a host of accolades, including the Worldwide Microsoft Channel Partner of the Year Award in 2018. Wintellect is one of the top trainers on the Microsoft platform in the U.S., including for Microsoft itself where they train their product team developers in Seattle and around the world. On the Consulting side, Wintellect is recognized as a leader in mission critical software design and development, and continually work with major companies on large enterprise systems around the country and worldwide.

Emily Bridges/Choate Construction Company

As one of the largest general contractors in the Southeast, 100% employee-owned Choate Construction Company considers its Reputation as its number one asset, with future success founded upon the strength of its client relationships. Choate Construction excels in both base and interior construction with office locations in Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh, and Savannah. Choate strives to lead the industry in financially viable, functional solutions and continually invests in the tools to do so, promoting advances in safety, virtual construction, sustainability, and risk mitigation. Please visit www.choateco.com for more information.

Michael Ehrler with Ehrler Coaching and Consulting

March 21, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

ePresence

Michael Ehrler with Ehrler Coaching and Consulting

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Michael Ehrler/Ehrler Coaching and Consulting

Michael Ehrler started his first business at 16. He has been developing people and businesses for over 40 years including 25 years in corporate America and over 15 years through his own coaching and consulting business. He is a national award-winning coach, speaker, author, University Adjunct Professor and Dale Carnegie Instructor. His clients have received national and regional growth and business awards. Michael combines his 40 years of business, speaking, teaching and coaching experience in a straightforward manner that focuses on his clients’ success. The value that he brings to his clients includes:

Analyzing businesses on sales, marketing, leadership and people management and providing assessments on how to move the business forward to meet stated goals
Sales training and coaching
Business coaching to focus business owners on effectively running, operating and growing their business
Outsourced hiring consultant to provide candidate review, interviewing and assessment to hire the right candidate

Michael coaches, trains and develops business owners and nonprofit leaders and their key people how to grow their business and become more profitable by inspiring, educating and coaching leaders to reach their potential. He brings out the best in his clients through:

Workshops on sales; small business marketing; leadership; people management and how to hire and train the right people; and how to prepare your business for sale
One-0n-one business coaching
Facilitation of hiring the right employees and assisting with firing the wrong employees

Mark Galvin/ePresence

ePresence provides personal branding services for individuals, executives and entrepreneurs. They leverage social media on an individual level since that is where the audience is most engaged. Mark Galvin, CEO and Founder of ePresence, is a personal social media expert with 29 years of business management and hotel industry experience including stops with Marriott, Hyatt, Omni and IHG.

Keith Millner with Coaching Catalyst

February 21, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

ePresence

Keith Millner with Coaching Catalyst

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Keith Millner/Coaching Catalyst

Coaching Catalyst is a boutique consulting firm dedicated to facilitating transformation. Their expert team delivers customized coaching, consulting, training and keynote addresses. Coaching Catalyst integrates decades of practical, real-world experience with current theories and research-validated methodologies to produce measurable improvements in your performance. They believe that through coaching, consulting and training every individual and organization has the capacity to perform better, smarter and faster.

Mark Galvin/ePresence

Taylor Anderson with Blue Landworks

January 30, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Case In Point

Taylor Anderson with Blue Landworks

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Taylor Anderson/Blue Landworks

Blue Landworks is a civil engineering, land surveying and consulting business located in downtown Sugar Hill’s new E-Center project. Founded in 2009, this year marks the 10th anniversary of Blue Landworks. They employ 9 individuals including 3 professional engineers, 1 registered land surveyor and 1 registered landscape architect. Blue Landworks provide services to a wide range of clients including entrepreneurial developers, Fortune 500 home builders, cities, community improvement districts and many more. They focus on private residential and commercial projects as well as public infrastructure projects that help make communities more desirable, economically prosperous and better places to live, work and play.

Ryan Sauers with Sauers Consulting Strategies & Our Town Gwinnett Magazine and Tom Pilotti with Tom Pilotti World

January 10, 2019 by Garrett Ervin

Gwinnett Business Radio

Ryan Sauers with Sauers Consulting Strategies & Our Town Gwinnett Magazine and Tom Pilotti with Tom Pilotti World

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Steven Julian, Tom Pilotti, Ryan Sauers, Mike Sammond

Ryan Sauers/Sauers Consulting Strategies & Our Town Gwinnett

Ryan Sauers is the President of Sauers Consulting Strategies, a consulting, speaking, and coaching firm that specializes in national sales, marketing and leadership. He is also the President of two monthly Our Town Gwinnett Magazines which focus on positive family and community happenings, events, and news in Gwinnett County and the surrounding areas.

Tom Pilotti/Tom Pilotti World

For over 23 years, Tom Pilotti has been teaching sales pros how to maser the art of the deal and to help them develop their most powerful gifts and talents. The development of presentations that close sales is the key in next level sales mastery. Tom offers on-site seminars designed specifically to double your company’s monthly billing quickly. He offers field training and hands-on experience that is designed to shave years off a sales persons learning curve. Speaking at nationwide sales events and rallies, Tom also offers one-on-one digital video coaching & learning designed to produce immediate results. It pays to work with the best!

Wayne Hauenstein with Learning Curve Consultants and Brian Whelan with Atlantic Capital Bank

November 13, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

North Fulton Business Radio

Wayne Hauenstein with Learning Curve Consultants and Brian Whelan with Atlantic Capital Bank

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John Ray, Brian Whelan, Wayne Hauenstein

Wayne Hauenstein/Learning Curve Consultants

Learning Curve Consultants® was founded in 2012 on the premise that, in order for an organization to be successful, it must have a skilled workforce. It is, therefore, the responsibility of both an employee and their manager to identify developmental needs and opportunities. That’s where Learning Curve Consultants® come in…

The focus of Learning Curve Consultants® is to partner with organizations to understand business needs and identify ways to make skill set development and improvement a part of their fabric. Learning Curve Consultants® is committed to identifying needs, uncovering gaps and making recommendations, taking appropriate action and assessing an initiative’s impact. Self-improvement is a team effort and a continuous process, not a one-time event.

Brian Whelan/Atlantic Capital Bank

Atlantic Capital is a $2.8 Billion Bank focused on serving locally owned, middle market companies in metro Atlanta, throughout GA and southeast TN. A true business to business bank, the company started in 2007 by raising $125 million in capital, the largest capital raise for a de novo bank in the country. Due to several acquisitions, ACB Leadership sought to fill the void for a home town business bank, with local owners and local decisions. In addition to serving locally owned commercial businesses, ACB has several specialty business areas including a national SBA program, Franchise Finance, Payments, Non-Profit, Private Equity, Private Banking, Mortgage and Treasury Management.

Anita Davis with Business2Banker Connection and Melanie Brown with Seacoast Commerce Bank

November 6, 2018 by Garrett Ervin

North Fulton Business Radio

Anita Davis with Business2Banker Connection and Melanie Brown with Seacoast Commerce Bank

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Anita Davis/Business2Banker Connection

Business2Banker Connection is a funding strategy consulting firm. They Educate | Rehabilitate | Navigate & Matchmake clients into safe funding solutions with safe partners. Using twenty plus years in banking and lending experience the firm knows the Inside Scoop on Funding options and resources.

Anita Davis has said too many companies are declined for Access to Capital because they simply don’t understand how to properly position themselves for a funding solution. The second reasons they are not successful is they don’t realize that every source has different risk criteria. There needs to be a match between the customer and the source.

Melanie Brown/Seacoast Commerce Bank

Seacoast Commerce Bank is a $1 Billion-dollar boutique National SBA lending institution out of San Diego CA. The company is currently #15 out of 3,000 participating SBA lending banks in the US funding over $276 million as of FYE 2017 and is on track to exceed that amount in 2018. They have loan officers in multiple states across the country and Melanie Brown is the first hire east of the Mississippi River, having joined the bank in September 2018.