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Episode 70: Mariela Dabbah’s Building an Alliance Process

November 11, 2019 by Mike

Business Infrastructure

Episode 70: Mariela Dabbah’s Building an Alliance Process

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“al·li·ance – a union or association formed for mutual benefit.” Mariela Dabbah says every leader should have 10-15 strong alliances to assist in career navigation and professional development. As a leadership and career development expert, she has built an entire movement around this principle. In this episode, she describes the 5-stage process her company, Red Shoe Movement, implements to empower and steer upward-bound women within large organizations toward success. Learn how the pillars of mutual mentoring and self-leadership can take your relationships beyond networking and yield more fruitful results.

Special Guest: Mariela Dabbah, Founder & CEO – Red Shoe Movement

Location: New York City, NY USA

Show Notes:

Find Your Inner Red Shoes: Step Into Your Own Style of Success: Mariela’s book.
Step Up Plus Program: the Red Shoe Movement’s program to support women in progressing to the next level of their careers. Includes one-year access to online resources for professional development plus ongoing support thereafter.
What is Executive Presence? Do You Need Executive Presence Training?: an insightful article on overcoming stereotypes and developing the skills and qualities to stand in your power and command a room – important info for EVERY entrepreneur.
Ring the Bell + Annual Red Shoe Movement Events: in the NYC area or visiting and want to get involved with people who support upwardly mobile women? Register for FREE to learn about events year-round.

Watch the Video Version of this Interview (COMING SOON!):

Episode 69: Calvin Williams’ Service Delivery Process

November 4, 2019 by Mike

Business Infrastructure

Episode 69: Calvin Williams’ Service Delivery Process

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Calvin Williams, Jr. is on a mission. He believes wealth management services should be accessible to everyone, not just the uber-rich. As such, he started Freeman Capital – an award-winning FinTech company with rapid expansion goals and high visibility. In this episode, Calvin details the service delivery process he implements to maintain a positive customer experience while managing a 100% remote team. He also shares the different technologies he leverages to keep it all together.

Special Guest: Calvin Williams, Jr., Founder & CEO – Freeman Capital

Location: Charlotte, NC USA

Show Notes:

Behind the Façade: How to Structure Company Operations for Sustainable Success: book by Alicia Butler Pierre. Ch.6 features the service delivery blueprint Calvin referenced during interview.
Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen: book by Donald Miller.
Secret Service: Hidden Systems that Deliver Unforgettable Customer Service: book by John R. DiJulius III
Trello: a visual, kanban-style project management tool that facilitates task tracking.
Slack: an app that facilitates real-time/on-the-go communication and efficient teamwork; particularly useful for remote teams.
Zoom: a web-based tool that offers audio and video recording of webinars, conference calls, presentations, meetings and more. Also includes screen sharing for enhanced collaboration.
MS Excel: design and track the stages of your service delivery process with a spreadsheet.
Google Sheets: collaborate in real-time on the progress of your service delivery process.
Zapier: a middleware tool that connects your apps and software so that data connects and flows as seamlessly as possible to enhance process productivity and efficiency.
Loom: video recording software that can bring your whiteboarding or other demonstrations to life with your virtual team.

EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER: Breast and Diagnostic Center

October 31, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER: Breast and Diagnostic Center

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Sharon Mitchell, Dr. Michael Aho, Sharon Felder

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this month’s Eastside Medical Center episode of “Gwinnett Business Radio” will feature a round-table discussion with:

Dr. Michael Aho – Radiologist, Medical Director, Eastside Breast & Diganotistic Center, Physician Liaison for Eastside’s Cancer Committee
Sharon Mitchell – Manager, Eastside Breast and Diagnostic Center
Sharon Felder – Eastside Food and Nutrition Services Employee and Breast Cancer Survivor who was cared for at Eastside

Eastside’s Breast and Diagnostic Center is located on the Eastside Medical Center Main Campus in Medical Plaza 1, which is located at 1700 Tree Lane in Snellville.

About Eastside’s Breast and Diagnostic Center

About 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. While the cause of breast cancer is still unknown, we do know that it can be easier to treat breast cancer when it is found early.

Eastside’s Breast and Diagnostic Center partners with their patients to detect and treat breast cancer as quickly as possible and at its earliest stages by using the latest state-of-the-art technology and an experienced care team. Eastside’s Breast Center offers digital mammograms, the latest 3D mammography technology, breast ultrasound and breast MRI, breast biopsy, and genetic risk assessment and testing.

Eastside’s Breast and Diagnostic Center is an accredited Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiation for achieving high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs. The center is also accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. Eastside’s Breast Center care team works alongside their comprehensive oncology program, which has been accredited with commendation by the Commission on Cancer since 1998. During the month of October, Eastside bands together with their community to increase awareness of the disease and honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

About Eastside Medical Center

Eastside Medical Center has been a healthcare leader for more than 39 years, providing quality care to patients in Gwinnett and surrounding counties. Nationally recognized for patient safety, Eastside focuses on delivering quality care with exceptional outcomes by utilizing the most advanced technology and experienced physicians. Eastside is a 310-bed, multi-campus system of care offering comprehensive medical and surgical programs including cardiovascular, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, robotic surgery, rehabilitation, maternity with neonatal intensive care, behavioral health, bariatric, urgent care, and 24-hour emergency care at two locations. Their medical staff of 500 board-certified physicians, 1,200 employees and 400 volunteers is committed to providing the community a healthcare system of excellence.

Franchise Marketing Radio: Dustin Distefano with A Place at Home Senior Focused Care

October 23, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Franchise Marketing Radio: Dustin Distefano with A Place at Home Senior Focused Care

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Dustin Distefano is an experienced, goal-oriented entrepreneur with 10+ years of management, sales, marketing, operations, and training experience. With a knack for building businesses, he focuses on achieving growth, profits, positive customer experiences and more for his A Place at Home Franchise Partners.

From his early managerial experience in customer-focused businesses, he developed an ability to recognize customer needs and anticipate concerns while providing fair solutions and became recognized as a trusted resource. Over the years, he relied on all of these while building two start-up businesses, A Place at Home, a senior-focused care company and NorEast Franchise Group, the holding company that is currently developing A Place at Home franchises nationwide.

Currently, Dustin is focused on coaching A Place at Home franchise partners to become successful while holding them accountable to brand standards of care and operations. Every franchise partner creates their goals and he assists them in achieving those goals through accountability, measures, and inspiration.

Personally, Dustin is married to Jana and has two daughters named, Easton and Camila, with a third baby girl on the way. Dustin enjoys travelling with his family, camping, husker football (even though it can be tough right now) and he takes pride in all his franchisees accomplishments in the system that he and Jerod built out of his basement.

Connect with Dustin on LinkedIn and follow A Place at Home on Twitter and Facebook.

Lane Jones – Community Business Leader

October 22, 2019 by Beau Henderson

Business RadioX® Community

Lane Jones - Community Business Leader

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Lane Jones is ready to enjoy life!! How did he get there? That’s what most of us want to know… check out the link and find out how he is able to “retire and enjoy”! Lane has made such a huge impact in our community and the way we serve one another not only personally but also, professionally. From coffee, to construction and bottled water, Lane has contributed so much for all in the North Georgia region.

Scott Tekesky and Jason Smith with Bunker Labs, Terrie O’Hanlon with GreyOrange and Conrad Meertins with MyAbilities

October 15, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Scott Tekesky and Jason Smith with Bunker Labs, Terrie O'Hanlon with GreyOrange and Conrad Meertins with MyAbilities

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Scott Tekesky is Bunker Labs Atlanta City Leader. He enjoys making connections for others and building supportive communities. Scott has a strong background with talent acquisition and operations, specifically focused on the military to civilian transition process.

As a former Infantry Officer, he still prefers to be out in the woods or with people as opposed to behind a desk.

Jason Smith is Bunker Labs Atlanta City Leader. He is a Sales Expert, Business Coach, Trainer, & Military Veteran Community Leader. Jason helps businesses grow predictable revenue by applying his years of professional experience to his clients’ business development goals. He can personally augment your sales team to conduct business development campaigns.

Jason can train your sales teams to implement tailored strategies he will develop in partnership with you. He will engage his network of partners and experts to meet your needs.

Follow Bunker Labs on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

In her role as CMO of GreyOrange, Terrie O’Hanlon is responsible for global brand positioning and influencer strategies as well as for leading GreyOrange’s market development, communications and demand generation programs.

O’Hanlon brings extensive expertise to her role, including leading marketing for emerging and established companies in supply chain, healthcare, financial ecommerce, enterprise applications and cybersecurity.

Her supply chain experience includes orchestrating a successful brand transformation for Manhattan Associates, a global leader in supply chain commerce, inventory optimization and omnichannel solutions, and for Steelwedge, a supply chain planning company acquired by e2Open in 2017.

Follow GreyOrange on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Conrad Meertins attended St. John’s University in Queens, New York for his Bachelor of Science (B.S) in Computer Science and Master of Science in Mathematics (M.S). After moving to Georgia, he received his Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) from Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Conrad also have many technical and leadership certifications such as Oracle DBA Masters and CCNA.

While living in New York, he was an Assistant Vice-President at Citibank/Citicorp Brokerage and Manager at Salomon’s Brothers Brokerage on Wall Street where the software he helped to write traded billions of dollars on a daily basis. In Georgia, Conrad held various leadership roles at Sprint, Center for Disease Control (CDC), Internet Security System (ISS) and HD Supply to name a few. His love for the community led him to be on the board of directors for South DeKalb Churches Federal Credit Union for many years.

As CEO of FamTeck and 25 years in Information Technology, Conrad brings a wealth of experience in disruptive technology as it relates to Database Security, optimization and doing more with less.

Conrad’s spiritual faith, love for the community and members of his family with different types of disabilities allowed him to embark on developing MyAbilities. Conrad encourages business leaders to look at ways to give back to the community outside of their core solutions. Together, we will make a difference.

Connect with Conrad on LinkedIn.

Nate Smith with BIP Wealth, Gordon Morse with Morse Corporate Advisors and Mitch Hughes with ViZZ

September 9, 2019 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Nate Smith with BIP Wealth, Gordon Morse with Morse Corporate Advisors and Mitch Hughes with ViZZ

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Nathan “Nate” Smith is the chief operating officer (COO) at BIP Wealth, one of the Southeast’s leading wealth management firms. Prior to bringing his leadership skills to BIP Wealth, Smith completed a nine-year tenure at Hire Heroes USA, where he held C-level positions within the nation’s most effective veteran employment organization.

A former officer in the U.S. Marine Corps with deployments to Iraq, he served from 2003 to 2010 with ranks spanning second lieutenant to captain. He is the recipient of a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, both with Valor devices.

Smith holds a bachelor’s degree from the Virginia Military Institute and a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Georgia. Additionally, he is a member of the board of advisors for the National Association of Veteran Serving Organizations.

Connect with Nate on LinkedIn and follow BIP Wealth on Twitter and Facebook.

Gordon Morse, Founder of Morse Corporate Advisors, spent over thirty years successfully building and leading critical businesses for a group of the most prestigious investment firms in the world. He is now dedicated to aiding entrepreneurs in the growth and cultivation of their enterprises.

Connect with Gordon on LinkedIn.

Over the course of forty years of experience, Mitch Hughes has been owner or partner in no fewer than ten successful technology, engineering, and construction organizations, where he has consistently shown himself to be an effective leader and forward-thinking innovator.

As the inventor of ViZZ, Mitch is currently realizing his greatest passion as he leads a unique and talented team to challenge the status quo of technology, with a focused vision of improving lives where we live, work, and play.

Mitch holds multiple board-of-director and committee seats, including formerly held seats or advisory positions with highly acclaimed groups such as the National BIM Standards Committee of the National Institute of Building Sciences, and president of the nation’s largest chapter of the Cold-Formed Steel Engineering Institute.

In addition to civil engineering, Mitch’s education and experience includes an emphasis on business management and computer science. These foci have equipped him with the skills to integrate innovation with positive personal interaction, impacting the individual, advancing business, and providing benefit to the community at large.

Connect with Mitch on LinkedIn and Twitter and follow ViZZ on Facebook.

MARKETING MATTERS WITH RYAN SAUERS: Art Wood with the Legacy Mortgage Team at Goldwater Bank

August 22, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

MARKETING MATTERS WITH RYAN SAUERS: Art Wood with the Legacy Mortgage Team at Goldwater Bank

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Art Wood/Legacy Mortgage Team at Goldwater Bank

Art Wood is not your typical mortgage guy…

With a passion for people and for making things happen, Art takes the mortgage process from what could be scary, overwhelming and intimidating, to a seamless and rewarding experience.

Art wants to be your mortgage guy, and not just the guy that worked on your mortgage. “I believe in getting to know each and every client as family, sorting through available options, and finding the right mortgage fit.”

Art loves to make people happy and he will go out of the way to make that happen. He has been in the mortgage business since 2005, and is currently Branch Manager of Legacy Mortgage Team at Goldwater Bank, N.A., in downtown Tucker, GA.

Art grew up in Tucker, attended Erskine College in South Carolina, and lives in nearby Stone Mountain with his wife Karen and their two young children, Trace and McKenna.

He is the founder of Fuse Networking at Smoke Rise, an active member of the Lilburn Business Association, the Tucker Business Association, and a board member at Smoke Rise Country Club.

Art is also very involved with the community. He leads Sunday worship at Tucker First United Methodist Church (Table 153), and organizes a quarterly event, “Pints and Praise,” to benefit NG3, an organization focused in developing character and providing spiritual growth for high school athletes.

Additionally, Art is one of the main organizers of two acclaimed community events, Taste of Tucker and Tucker’s Chili Cook Off, both benefiting local charities.

It’s all that he does that makes Art Wood who he is: family guy, community guy, and definitely…not your typical mortgage guy.

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 and 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 25 years leading and/or consulting with visual communications and marketing related organizations. Ryan is President/Owner of the consulting firm, Sauers Consulting Strategies; Our Town Gwinnett Magazine (2 monthly magazines); and its parent company End Resultz Media.

Key areas of focus of the consulting firm include: sales training, marketing strategy, personal branding, leadership development, and organizational change.

Sauers is a frequent national speaker and columnist. He has been recognized as one of the top 80 CMO’s in the world and achieved the top designation of Certified Marketing Executive through Sales and Marketing Executives International.

Sauers is an adjunct university professor teaching leadership, marketing, and communication courses to current and aspiring leaders. Ryan is a Certified Myers Briggs, DiSC, and Emotional Intelligence Practitioner.

Ryan is working on his Doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership and is host of the radio show Marketing Matters. Sauers is author of the best-selling books Everyone is in Sales and Would You Buy from You? More info at: RyanSauers.com or OurTownGwinnett.com.

Show Overview

Marketing Matters with Ryan Sauers 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.

The UnAmerican Dream Author Carlos Hidalgo and Normanie Ricks with Achieve Vision Center

August 20, 2019 by angishields

The UnAmerican Dream Author Carlos Hidalgo and Normanie Ricks with Achieve Occupational Therapy Solutions

Atlanta Business Radio

The UnAmerican Dream Author Carlos Hidalgo and Normanie Ricks with Achieve Vision Center

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Carlos Hidalgo, Author of The UnAmerican Dream, is a 25-year business veteran who has held various corporate roles, started his own entrepreneurial ventures and served in non-profits. Hidalgo co-founded his first company in 2005 leading it to two consecutive Inc. 5000 Awards before departing and launching his second company VisumCx.

In addition to his current role as CEO at VisumCx, Hidalgo also serves as a managing partner in a health care platform start-up and serves on the board on a tech start-up in addition to writing often on the intersection of business and personal success.

Carlos and his wife Susanne have four grown children and live in Colorado Springs, CO.

Connect with Carlos on LinkedIn and Twitter, and follow The UnAmerican Dream on Facebook.

Normanie Ricks is the owner and operator of Achieve Vision Center which is a service of Achieve Occupational Therapy Solutions, Inc. Normanie and her team treat conditions that are most prevalent in children with Cerebral Palsy, Down’s syndrome, Autism, ADHD and Developmental Disabilities.

These children may have problems reading and copying from the board, have double-vision, have dyslexia, have constant headaches, erases excessively, skips lines or words when reading, knows the material/information but scores poorly on standardized tests.

Follow Achieve Vision Center on Facebook and Instagram.