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Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan E14

November 24, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan E14

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Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan E14

Collaborative Connections Radio Show and Podcast features entrepreneurs, local businesses, and community organizations to bring people together and foster collaboration in our community.

In this episode, host Kelly Lorenzen had the pleasure of featuring special guests Dena Patton, CEO of Dena Patton Coaching and Training, Marisa Benoit, Ph.D. Founder of Corinthian Spirit Consulting, and Suzanne McDonald, CEO of Angels & Insights, ROIinU, and Newport Interactive Marketing.

If you are looking for sales and marketing tips, entrepreneurship insights, and/or coaching for your business or college-age child, you won’t want to miss this episode of Collaborative Connections.

Here are a few of Kelly’s takeaways from the show…

1) Sales is different from marketing
2) Plan early and often whether it is for college, a new career, or growing your business
3) Work on your business, not just in it if you want to grow
4) Set short-term and long-term goals for schooling and in business
5) Hire people/Outsource for the things you are not good at
6) Stay in your brilliant lane to grow
7) Growing your network one of the keys to growing your business

For the past 20 years Dena Patton has been a leading coach and speaker on the topic of greatness mindset and business growth. Her unique Greatness Methodology has changed the lives of thousands of leaders who are building epic things they never dreamt were possible.

She focuses on working with business owners to take their sales, leadership and systems to new epic levels of success. She also coaches executive leaders in their mindset and leadership to help them elevate their results to become the leaders they were born to be.

When it comes to training programs she is the ‘un-corporate’ trainer who takes teams to NEW levels of communication, innovation and greatness. She is passionate about companies winning with their culture, their teams and their bottom line.

She opened her coaching and training company in 2001 in NYC and moved to Phoenix in 2002. Since then she has worked with clients from every industry from tech, hospitality, construction to education, including celebrities and top founders.

Dena Patton started her first business, a PR & marketing company serving the entertainment industry, at the age of 24 while she was living in New York City. In 1999 at the age of 27 she experienced a minor stroke, and during her recovery had to learn how to speak again.

In her year of recovery, Dena realized her calling was much bigger than her marketing company. So she sold her business to a start-up Internet company and became their Director of Marketing as she recovered. It was the first year of the internet and they built a community of 70,000 subscribers which has since become the #1 global leader in its industry. In 2001 she left that start-up to start her coaching and training company and has been helping people do epic things ever since.

She speaks about greatness mindset and leadership nationwide and has garnered 9 business awards and over 90 media stories including CNN, Entrepreneur magazine, First Women, NBC, and Business Journal.

Her book, The Greatness Game, hit #1 on Amazon Best Seller list which support people’s greatness mindset while pushing them out of their comfort zone to accomplish their biggest goals. She spends her extra time traveling with her family or helping her nonprofit The Girls Rule Foundation 501c3 that offers empowerment and leadership programs for teen girls.

Connect with Dena on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

ROIinU, a skills-packed, live-interactive course to guide aspiring digital marketing professionals to career success.

ROIinU enables more students to learn from experts and is built on the successes of the digital & social media courses Suzanne launched & taught at several universities as well as Angles & Insights’ Student-to-Employment program.

Listen to Learn from Suzanne’s podcasts, including: Digital Marketing Career Success: Experts Tips to Guide You Learn from experts to grow your career faster with fewer struggles. From job-searching to career growth, your success doesn’t have to be a mystery. Listen in for unique opportunities, insights & tips from top industry experts & more.

Hosted by former Boston Globe journalist and serial entrepreneur Suzanne McDonald, connect with a wide network of pros from the Interactive Marketing Insights podcast & beyond. Brought to you by ROIinU.com.

Suzanne McDonald improves lives: from her clients’ customers and colleagues to her students and vast network of expert partners.

As CEO of Angles & Insights, the former Boston Globe journalist and her team customize digital marketing solutions for brands, from solopreneur to corporate sales-marketing teams.

Suzanne also founded and curates Newport Interactive Marketing networking-learning community — bringing expert speakers’ insights to local businesses, agencies & nonprofits — and has developed & hosted 120+ in-person and virtual events, backed by an intern.

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

The transition between high school and college, and then college and joining the workforce or further education, can be difficult and it often feels like there isn’t an adequate roadmap.

Corinthian Spirit Consulting works with students and parents to develop a passage plan through these uncharted and often turbulent waters by focusing on clear communication of goals and accountability.

Using a personalized approach built on the Oxford model of tutorial teaching, Marisa Benoit works with students to develop time management, goal setting, writing and presentation skills, and improved communication. Building confidence and honing executive function skills equips students to successfully navigate through the challenges of higher education and life itself.

Corinthian Spirit Consulting has recently branched out to include translating expert knowledge into teachable material for online course design and delivery. Working with solopreneurs and small businesses, CSC identifies and bridges the gap between expert and novice in order to make subject expert knowledge teachable and accessible for students.

Marisa Benoit, Ph.D. grew up in a in a small town on the coast of Maine and attended Yale University, graduating with a B.A. with Honors in History in 2005. After Yale, she worked as an analyst and consultant for a healthcare company while saving for graduate school. She then moved to the U.K. to pursue her dream – a M.Sc. in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology and Ph.D. in the History of Medicine from Oxford University.

While at Oxford, she taught undergraduates and devoted much of her time to strengthening relationships between current Oxford students and alumni societies in Europe and North America.

Marisa has worked in different industries, but her true love is education and working with young people, which led her to start her own business, Corinthian Spirit Consulting. Her time at Oxford made her realize that she was interested in helping her students make a plan for ‘what’s next’, whether it was their first jobs or graduate school.

Learning from her personal educational journey and work history (always intertwined), she works with students to articulate their goals and make detailed plans about how to achieve them. A lifelong sailor, her own journey towards her goal of a Ph.D. included ‘shipping out’ for two years and living and working onboard yachts in between degrees. Marisa learned how to adapt and adjust to challenges along the way and make changes in her plan but not lose sight of the overall goal.

Connect with Marisa on LinkedIn.

About Collaborative Connections

Kelly Lorenzen started the “Collaborative Connections” show to bring her clients and favorite charities together to meet each other, connect and collaborate in life and business. She hopes to build a stronger community one show at a time.

About Our Sponsor

KLM Consulting is a business concierge and project management firm. They help small business owners and non-profits build, brand and brag about their businesses.

About Your Host

Kelly Lorenzen, CEO of KLM Consulting, is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 15 years of business-ownership experience. She is also a certified project management professional.

Kelly’s expertise is in business development, customer service, marketing, and sales.

Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn, and follow KLM Consulting on Facebook.

Heartbeat Leadership: Keeping People First, with Dawn Kirk, BestU4Life, LLC

November 4, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Heartbeat Leadership: Keeping People First, with Dawn Kirk, BestU4Life, LLC

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Heartbeat Leadership: Keeping People First, with Dawn Kirk, BestU4Life, LLC (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 304)

Dawn Kirk discusses her new book, Heartbeat Leadership, with host John Ray, and the whys and hows of keeping people first as a core leadership principle. She also describes the six pulses of Heartbeat Leadership: priorities, preparation, people, processes, performance, and promotion. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Dawn Kirk, BestU4Life, LLC

Dawn Kirk is a Speaker, Best-Selling Author, and Consultant. She has coached, trained, and developed thousands of people in Fortune 100 companies. She has over 25 years of working with #1 Consumer Packaged Goods Companies. For 16 of those years, Dawn worked in senior executive roles with Frito-Lay, Inc and The Coca-Cola Company. She led teams as large as 5,000 associates with revenue responsibility of $3B. She holds certification as a speaker, coach, and trainer with The John Maxwell Team, life and health coaching certification with The Health Coach Institute, and Career Consultant certification with Career Direct.

Dawn also serves in the community as a family/budget mentor for HomeStretch and is a member of C-Suite Network, Business Network International, The Kettering Executive Network, and Network of Executive Women.

BestU4Life LLC is premier executive coaching and consulting firm. They help corporate executives and their teams take a people 1st approach to unleash untapped potential and translate strategy into best-in-class execution. Their services include executive and business coaching & consulting, and leadership development.

In her new book, Heartbeat Leadership, Dawn reveals her unique, people-first approach that has helped countless leaders build real-world influence and impact. For more information and to order, go to http://www.heartbeatleadershipbook.com.

Dawn resides in Roswell with her husband and 2 teenage boys.

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Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

How would you describe the message behind your book Heartbeat Leadership?
What inspired you to share your unique take on people-first leadership?
Does the current state of affairs in the post-COVID world with more people working virtually change anything about your Heartbeat Leadership approach?
Who would you recommend this book for?
What do you see as the greatest barriers to someone reading this book and putting it to work?
Can you share a story of how this approach was effective for you in the real world during your decades of corporate leadership?
Tell us a little bit about each of the six pulses of Heartbeat Leadership: priorities, preparation, people, processes, performance, and promotion.

North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show can be found on all the major podcast apps by searching “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 grown to 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.

Joseph Rosales with The Performance Group of Arizona and Cathy Droz with HER Certified

November 3, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Joseph Rosales with The Performance Group of Arizona and Cathy Droz with HER Certified

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Joseph Rosales with The Performance Group of Arizona and Cathy Droz with HER Certified

The Performance Group of Arizona is a business consulting and coaching firm specializing in the development of high performance leaders, managers and teams.

Joseph Rosales is the Founder and CEO and has provided services in over 26 countries and is a highly sought after consultant, coach and mentor.

He is published author and recently released his 4th book and digital course titled: The Leader of YOU.

Connect with Joseph on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Cathy Droz is the Founder of HER Certified and Co-Founder of Smart Women Series USA based in Phoenix, Arizona. An author of a book ” A Woman’s Guide to Buying a Car with Confidence and Street Smarts” for the everyday consumer with women in mind.

She has designed a training program for the auto industry teaching from the top down how to sell to women and how to raise the customer service index from women a very crucial component for the success and growth of a dealer organization.

Cathy has most recently joined forces with Joseph Rosales, the President of The Performance Group of Arizona, a seasoned professional in teaching auto dealers how to best serve their customers. With a long and successful history with Manufacturers around the globe, Joseph and Cathy combined their expertise to give a “full assessment” and evaluation of a business and have the tools to make them even more successful. They can zoom a successful plan including one on one with top management.

Connect with Cathy on LinkedIn and follow HER Certified on Facebook and Twitter.

E63 Building Global Project Management Communities with Priya Patra

October 7, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

E63 Building Global Project Management Communities with Priya Patra

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E63 Building Global Project Management Communities with Priya Patra

How do you connect PMI chapters from around the world sharing industry trends and insights? Do you wonder about cultural differences delivering projects in different regions and countries? We explore these questions and more with Priya Patra who joined us live from India.

Priya is a mother of two, Author, Blogger, Women Empower believer, Dreamer, Creator and a Futurist, An Agile Evangelist and a Program Manager. She is also a community builder establishing the Women PowerUp Network and the PMI Chapter Xchange.

Priya shared the challenges of working in a global community as well as the benefits of building these communities. She shares her story of personal growth and the many benefits of supporting and joining industry groups. Listen to hear our conversation and learn more about her influence in the global project management industry.

Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn to Empower People to Deliver Results and assist your PMO as you evolve in the new post-COVID business world.

Check out all prior episodes and upcoming guests by visiting www.projectmanagementofficehours.com.

Priya Patra is a mother of two, Author, Blogger, Women Empower believer, Dreamer, Creator and a Futurist. An Agile Evangelist and a Program Manager spearheading digital transformation, digital quality assurance and quality engineering program for a large conglomerate in Lifesciences domain.

She leads Agile Community of Practice within the organization of 546 members, across 40 countries evangelizing Agile practices across all levels in the organization and is
a speaker for national and International conferences on IoT, Agile and Project Management.

She is also a faculty member of The PM Circle, an unique community of project leaders, agilists, coaches and consultants. A circle of competence, knowledge and unique global perspectives.

Since Jan 2020, she has been building a women’s community, Women PowerUp Network, a virtual community of around 300 women across the globe. #BeingGoodEnougIsAmazing #WePowerUP

When she is not working, she dreams about the future of work, and its impact on projects. Her views are expressed through blogs on projectmanagement.com.

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

ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE HOURS SERIES

Project Management Office Hours is intended to provide Project Management professionals a place to drop in and discuss Success Stories, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned. Project Management Consultant Joy Gumz has shared with us, “Operations keep the lights on, strategy provides the light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward.”

Each of us has a unique story to tell, but collectively we share a message that organizations who embrace Project Management Best Practices perform better than those which don’t. Organizations which align Projects to Strategy perform better. Organizations with Engage Executive Sponsors deliver better results. Organizations which measure Project Management performance outperform those which don’t.

During our Project Management Office Hours, we hear directly from Industry leaders how to make an impact in our profession. How we, collectively, will Advance Project Management Best Practices, One Listener at a time!

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Joe Pusz started THE PMO SQUAD to bring real world PMO Leadership experience to the consulting space and to advocate for Project Management through his blog PMOJOE.com. The old saying is “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Following this mindset Joe left Corporate America in 2013 to start THE PMO SQUAD and work with fellow Natural Born Project Managers to advance Project Management Best Practices.

ABOUT OUR SPONSOR

THE PMO SQUAD focuses exclusively on PMO and Project Management consulting. Corporate America is full of Accidental Project Managers running projects who haven’t been trained to be PMs. To help solve this problem THE PMO SQUAD is on the Leading Edge with PMO As a Service. PMO As a Service allows our clients to focus on their respective core competencies while THE PMO SQUAD delivers Project Management expertise. Contact Joe at 678-591-7868. Follow The PMO Squad on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Three Mistakes Leaders Make in Developing Other Leaders, with Beth Armknecht Miller, Executive Velocity

September 29, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Three Mistakes Leaders Make in Developing Other Leaders, with Beth Armknecht Miller, Executive Velocity

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Three Mistakes Leaders Make in Developing Other Leaders, with Beth Armknecht Miller, Executive Velocity (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 291)

Beth Armknecht Miller of Executive Velocity joins host John Ray to discuss how leaders can increase their energy, develop other leaders, improve their succession planning process, and much more. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Executive Velocity

Executive Velocity is a leadership development and succession planning advisory firm committed to building and strengthening your leadership pipeline through coaching, custom training, and assessments.

Beth Armknecht Miller, CEO, Executive Velocity

Beth Armknecht Miller is CEO of Executive Velocity, a top talent and leadership development advisory firm. Beth is a trusted executive consultant, Vistage Chair Emeritus, and committed volunteer. She is certified in Myers Briggs, Hogan, EQi and Business DNA. And, she is a Certified Managerial Coach by Kennesaw University.

Beth’s insight and expertise have made her a sought-after speaker on hiring, leadership development, and succession planning. Her book, Are You Talent Obsessed? was published in 2014 and is available on Amazon. She is a frequent contributor to Entrepreneur Online, About.com, and TalentCulture to name a few.

She is a graduate of Babson College and Harvard Business School’s OPM program.

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Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

What advice would you give leaders as they move forward?
How can leaders maintain their energy during these difficult times?
What techniques can you share leaders to up their leadership capacity?
Hiring Best Practices
Succession Planning for Small Businesses
Developing Future Leaders

North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® 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, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

East Valley Leader Lab with Timm Esque and Amanda Stradling

September 28, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

East Valley Leader Lab with Timm Esque and Amanda Stradling

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East Valley Leader Lab with Timm Esque and Amanda Stradling

East Valley Leader Lab is a unique local resource focused on helping leaders see the power of personal commitment and the role embodied practices play in cultivating commitment to support a future that will surely need more true leaders – in other words people who others choose to follow.

The Leader Lab offers seminars, courses and a membership option where leaders meet regularly with the same cohort of peers to improve their resilience under pressure, and examine and break unwanted patterns of perception and behavior in order to build their embodied leader capacity.

Timm Esque spent 15 years at Intel Corporation before going on to consult to Fortune 500 companies and startups for the last 20 years.

He is the author of 3 books and numerous articles in the fields of management and performance improvement.

He is certified to coach through the Institute for Generative Leadership.

Amanda Stradling is a professional Tai chi instructor who has been teaching for 18 years. She teaches in many settings, such as retirement communities, after school programs, gyms, churches, weight loss groups, dance studios, and many private lessons.

Her passion is health. In her years of teaching she has found that improving someone’s physical health elevates every part of that person’s life. She loves to help her students achieve that type of personal growth.

Now she works with the East Valley Leader Lab to help bring health and harmony to people’s work life.

Follow East Valley Leader Lab on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Invest in Your Greatest Asset, with Nicole Simmons, Nicole Simmons Leadership

September 23, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Invest in Your Greatest Asset, with Nicole Simmons, Nicole Simmons Leadership

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Invest in Your Greatest Asset, with Nicole Simmons, Nicole Simmons Leadership (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 288)

Through her firm, Nicole Simmons Leadership, Nicole coaches women on seizing the confidence to take a bold first step, silencing the negative voices in their heads, and advancing their professional and personal development as leaders. The host of “North Fulton Business Radio” is John Ray and the show is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Nicole Simmons, Founder, Nicole Simmons Leadership

Nicole is passionate about helping people unlock their potential and develop themselves so they can thrive in life and business. She is President of Nicole Simmons Leadership and an Independent Certified Coach, Teacher and Speaker with The John Maxwell Team. She has over 10 years’ experience in the personal, leadership and program development field. Nicole has traveled across the country to provide trainings for non-profit organizations, government agencies, education institutions and small businesses.

Nicole founded Recharge Women’s Leadership Network with the goal to develop women leaders and build a community that provides training, mentorship, and coaching. She’s hosted events designed to bring diverse, out-of-the box thinking women together for the purpose of connecting, learning and growing in an uplifting environment.

Nicole is the host of a new podcast called “Take Action with Nicole Simmons,” inspiring listeners to make bold moves and be their best selves in life and business.

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Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

Women’s Leadership Development
Personal Growth for Life and Business Growth
Overcoming Fear and Stepping Out of Comfort Zones
Entrepreneurship

North Fulton Business Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® 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, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Don and Dina Ortiz with DEO Entertainment

September 14, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Don and Dina Ortiz with DEO Entertainment

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Don and Dina Ortiz with DEO Entertainment

DEO Entertainment Group is the corporate home to the Dina Preston Band, DEO Speaks, and DEO Publishing.

From performing as a street musician to meeting and starting with only 31 cents in their pockets collectively, Dr. Dina Preston-Ortiz and husband Don Ortiz have successfully performed in 43 countries and 26 global tours without management or record deal.

By working with the Department of Defense Armed Forces Entertainment Division, U.S. State Department, and Fortune 500 companies they bring a message of how-to guide and lead SUCCESS in dynamic environments.

Dina and Don are passionate about entrepreneurial thinking. As international speakers, they enjoy sharing their expertise on how to launch and grow companies in environments of constant change. They love coaching on how to capitalize on the unknown while finding solutions in difficult situations and growing the bottom line organically.

As global award-winning musicians, entrepreneurial leadership experts, speakers, and workshop moderators- Dina and Don bring a message of how-to guide and lead SUCCESS in dynamic environments!

Connect with Don and Dina on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know E19

September 10, 2020 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

You Don't Know What You Don't Know E19

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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know E19

Tune in to hear Alison Claerhout and Tom Goodman discuss valuable business tips and what they’re doing differently than other business leaders and why.

Claerhout and Goodman are passionate about what they are doing, but more importantly how they are doing it to make sure that they are the best they can possibly be in their field. If you are trying to grow or improve your business, you won’t want to miss this episode.

Arizona Tile & Stone Specialist is a family owned and operated company that has been serving the Phoenix Valley since 2001. They offer tile and grout cleaning and sealing services, and their specialty lies with restoring natural stone surfaces such as Travertine, Marble, Slate, Granite, Flagstone, and Limestone. Through honing and polishing with state of the art diamond pads, their highly skilled technicians can bring your flooring, counter tops, showers, and pavers back to life, and for a fraction of the cost to remove and replace.

Before becoming owner of Arizona Tile & Stone Specialist, Alison Claerhout served as the Director of Philanthropy for a bio-tech non-profit that restored sight to more than 8,000 people each year through corneal transplantation.

Responsible for fund development and community education, she chaired multiple non-profit boards, organized outreach campaigns, and managed a team of staff and volunteers, in conjunction with community partners, to bring awareness of eye, organ and tissue donation throughout the state of Michigan.

Claerhout holds a master’s degree in Administration and a bachelor’s degree in Integrative Public Relations, both from Central Michigan University. Her fields of specialty include marketing, event planning, management, and process improvement. Vistage is an organization that Austin Peterson and his current guests are members of. Vistage is not affiliated with Backbone Financial, YourFuture Planning Partners, or Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. CRN-3232551-090820A

Vistage is the world’s largest CEO executive coaching and peer advisory board organization, with over 24,000 members worldwide. Executives join Vistage groups to connect with other high-performing presidents & CEOs to help them become better leaders and accelerate their company’s growth and profitability.

Vistage members do three things differently compared with other CEOs and business leaders:
1. They step away from their day-to-day duties on a regular basis to think about and focus on their business, rather than work in their business. They get out of the weeds and are able to focus on strategy.
2. They connect with other leaders in like roles and share learnings to help each other make important, more informed decisions. They become better decision-makers and are more confident in the decisions they make.
3. They are constantly looking for outside perspectives for new and innovative ideas to bring into their businesses.

Vistage peer advisory boards work: a D&B study showed that Vistage member companies grew on average 2.2x faster than did other similarly-sized companies.

Before becoming a Vistage CEO Chair, Tom Goodman founded and led two technology companies that spearheaded commercialization and business development for clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies; frequently he embedded with the clients’ executive teams to develop and implement successful growth strategies for business, technology and manufacturing.

Prior to focusing on his passion for developing executives and their businesses, Goodman performed in a wide range of roles from R&D, product & process engineering and manufacturing, to sales & marketing and management. He was worked extensively developing international businesses and markets, particularly in Asia.

Goodman holds Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in science and engineering. His fields of specialty include business consulting, international business, product development, strategic development and technology. Vistage is an organization that Austin Peterson and his current guests are members of. Vistage is not affiliated with Backbone Financial, YourFuture Planning Partners, or Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. CRN-3232551-090820B

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn.

About the Show

Tycoons of Small Biz spotlights the true backbone of the American economy, the true tycoons of business in America… the owners, founders and CEO’s of small businesses. Join hosts, Austin L Peterson, Landon Mance and the featured tycoons LIVE every Tuesday at 1 pm, right here on Business RadioX and your favorite podcast platform.

About Your Hosts

Austin Peterson is a Comprehensive Financial Planner and owner of Backbone Financial in Scottsdale, AZ. Austin is a registered rep and investment advisor representative with Lincoln Financial Advisors. Prior to joining Lincoln Financial Advisors, Austin worked in a variety of roles in the financial services industry.

He began his career in financial services in the year 2000 as a personal financial advisor with Independent Capital Management in Santa Ana, CA. Austin then joined Pacific Life Insurance Company as an internal wholesaler for their variable annuity and mutual fund products. After Pacific Life, Austin formed his own financial planning company in Southern California that he built and ran for 6 years and eventually sold when he moved his family to Salt Lake City to pursue his MBA.

After he completed his MBA, Austin joined Crump Life Insurance where he filled a couple of different sales roles and eventually a management role throughout the five years he was with Crump. Most recently before joining Lincoln Financial Advisors in February 2015, Austin spent 2 years as a life insurance field wholesaler with Symetra Life Insurance Company. Austin is a Certified Financial Planner Professional and Chartered Life Underwriter.

Austin and his wife of 21 years, Robin, have two children, AJ (19) and Ella (16) and they reside in Gilbert, Arizona. He is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in French and of Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in sales and entrepreneurship.

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

Landon Mance is a Financial Planner and founder of YourFuture Planning Partners out of Las Vegas, Nevada. His firm came to life in 2020 after operating as Mance Wealth Management since 2015 when Landon broke off from a major bank and started his own “shop.”

Landon comes from a family of successful entrepreneurs and has a passion and excitement for serving the business community. This passion is what brought about the growth of YourFuture Planning Partners to help business owners and their families. At YourFuture, we believe small business owners’ personal and business goals are intertwined, so we work with our clients to design a financial plan to support all aspects of their lives.

In 2019, Landon obtained the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation through the Exit Planning Institute. With this certification, YourFuture Planning Partners assists business owners through an ownership transition while focusing on a positive outcome for their employees and meeting the business owner’s goals. Landon is also a member of the Business Intelligence Institute (BII) which is a collaborative group that shares tools, resources and personnel, and offers advanced level training and technical support to specifically serve business owners.

Landon enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, stepson, and new baby twins. He grew up in sunny San Diego and loves visiting his family, playing a round of golf with friends, and many other outdoor activities. Landon tries make a difference in the lives of children in Las Vegas as a part of the leadership team for a local non-profit. He regularly visits the children that we work with to remind himself of why it’s so important to, “be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.

Connect with Landon on LinkedIn.

About The Tycoons of Small Biz Sponsor

Whether you’re an established local company, or a brand new start-up, you can count on GBS to be a part of your family.

We’re not just any benefits consulting firm, we’re GBS. We have nearly 30 years of experience in group benefits, a strong sense of purpose and it shows.

Austin Peterson and Landon Mance are registered representatives of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. Securities and investment advisory services offered through Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp., a broker/dealer (member SIPC) and registered investment advisor. Insurance offered through Lincoln affiliates and other fine companies. Backbone Financial and Your Future Planning Partners are marketing names for business conducted through Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. CRN-3232551-090820

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. and its representatives do not provide legal or tax advice. You may want to consult a legal or tax advisor regarding any legal or tax information as it relates to your personal circumstances.

The content presented is for informational and educational purposes. The information covered and posted are views and opinions of the guests and not necessarily those of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.

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