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Bob & Lyn Turknett and Tino Mantella with Turknett Leadership Group

October 25, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Bob & Lyn Turknett and Tino Mantella with Turknett Leadership Group

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Steven Julian, Bob Turknett, Tino Mantella, Lyn Turknett, Ashley Mengwasser

Lyn & Bob Turknett/Turknett Leadership Group

Turknett Leadership Group‘s expertise is Leadership. They are Atlanta’s premiere resource for Executive Coaching, Leadership Talent Assessment, Executive Team Development, Cultural Assessment, Executive Selection, and more. Through an approach grounded in science and guided by the Leadership Character Model, they help organizations hire the best people, identifying and developing high potentials, and creating an ethical culture.

TLG is a boutique consulting firm focused on providing personalized guidance and support to their clients. Their professional staff brings both depth and breadth to their clients by combining expertise in the behavioral sciences with practical business and executive management experience.

Tino Mantella/Turknett Leadership Group

Tino J. Mantella became the President and CEO of Turknett Leadership Group on October 29, 2018. TLG is one of the nations top leadership development companies, driven by its proprietary Leadership Character Model and grounded in science. TLG has supported hundreds of CEO’s and their teams over the last 32 years.

Mantella brings over 30 years of leading some of the nation’s largest and most distinguished not-for-profit including the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, the National Arthritis Foundation, and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). Leader, innovator and versatile are three descriptors that collectively provide a framework for Tino’s career. He has supervised a team of over 4,500 employees during his years at the Chicago YMCA Programs ranged from gang intervention to foster care to being the largest provider of SRO’s (Single Room Occupancy Housing) in the state of Illinois. The YMCA and Mantella, during his tenure, were one of the first not-for-profits ever recognized for the prestigious George Land award for Innovation. At the Arthritis Foundation, during Mantella’s tenure, the organization disseminated over $50 million dollars to help find cures for debilitating diseases. And, at TAG (Technology Association of Georgia), over the 12 years Mantella was at the helm, the organization grew from less than 500 members to over 36,000, becoming the largest organization of its kind in North America.

In January of 2017, Tino was appointed President and CEO of Tier4 Advisors. This for-profit company helps senior leaders optimize decisions around their IT expenditures. In 2018, Tier4 was recognized as an Inc. 1,000 company for the first time in its history. Tino will remain a partner at Tier4 and equity owner.

Mantella resides in John’s Creek, Georgia with his wife Deborah.

Mary Brown with Elite Senior Placement Services and Tommy Morris with CrossFit Faded Glory

October 18, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Mary Brown with Elite Senior Placement Services and Tommy Morris with CrossFit Faded Glory

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Mary Brown/Elite Senior Placement Services

Elite Senior Placement Services looks forward to serving families with their complementary service, helping them navigate through the process. With over ten years of experience in the senior care, Elite Senior Placement Services assists in finding the appropriate care for your loved one and that is tailored to their specific needs.

Tommy Morris/CrossFit Faded Glory

At Crossfit Faded Glory they train incredibly hard, harder than most think they are capable of. Everyday their athletes set new personal records and accomplish improvements in strength and endurance. The workouts are intense, challenging, fun and never boring. They consist of varied movements (like pushing, pulling, jumping, lifting, squatting, rowing and running) executed at a high level of intensity – scalable for any fitness level. Everyday is a different workout focused on movements to help you build endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed and improvement of coordination. Groups workout together to achieve personal goals. CrossFit Faded Glory focuses on improving functional movements that are necessary and common in our daily activities. At Crossfit Faded Glory they have certified and experienced coaches who lead each workout and make sure you are using the correct form for each movement. They are here to push, encourage and motivate each member.

Natasha Lisin with Smile Creations Dental, Ashley Lail with Benco Dental, and Vonya & Kareem Hodrick with WellSource Integrative Health Solutions

September 27, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Natasha Lisin with Smile Creations Dental, Ashley Lail with Benco Dental, and Vonya & Kareem Hodrick with WellSource Integrative Health Solutions

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Vonya Hodrick, Kareem Hodrick, Ashley Lail, Natasha Lisin

Natasha Lisin/Smile Creations Dental

Dr. Natasha Lisin and the experienced staff at Smile Creations Dental are dedicated to helping you improve your smile. Together with their highly trained staff, Dr. Natasha Lisin is committed to meeting all of your dental needs and goals! The dental team at Smile Creations Dental is eager to help you and your family achieve optimal oral health. They are proud to provide comfortable, painless dental care to all of their patients, and they are pleased to offer both cosmetic and restorative dentistry. Whether you are in need of a simple cleaning or a complex treatment, Smile Creations is certain that they can meet your needs to restore your oral health. They invite you to browse their website, call them, or visit them in Suwanee, GA to learn more about the dental practice and their services. Dr. Natasha Lisin and her highly skilled team are always ready to help you maintain and improve your smile!

Ashley Lail/Benco Dental

Benco Dental is now the largest privately-owned full-service distributor of dental supplies, dental equipment, dental consulting & dental equipment services. The company has remained family-owned and is in its third generation of leadership. During the company’s 80-year history, Benco Dental has grown from a single storefront location in Wilkes-Barre, PA into the nation’s fastest-growing dental distributor, with 50 regional showroom locations and five distribution centers servicing over 30,000 dental professionals across the country.

Vonya & Kareem Hodrick/WellSource Integrative Health Solutions

WellSource Integrative Health Solutions, formally Holistic Healing Avenues (HHA), services the Greater Metro Atlanta area and the online community. Originally, HHA provided Outpatient Mental Health Clinic services from 2010 to 2016 and was
groundbreaking with integrating Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) with professional counseling to improve client therapy treatments. Furthermore, HHA attained a state certification in drug and alcohol treatment from 2010 to 2016 and was a partner of the Mental Health Board to provide outpatient mental health and addiction services in another state.

Proudly in 2018, WellSource has been developed to service the residents of throughout the Atlanta area and the online community to provide transformative health and wellness serves through professional coaching strategies, leadership programs and educational workshops. Wellsource facilitates coaching sessions through a Holistic Integrative Model emphasizing the nine dimensions of wellness: Environmental, Spiritual, Financial, Social, Purpose, Occupational, Intellectual, Emotional and Physical.

Pat Weatherly with Atlanta Kustom Wear and Tarshish Jordan with Red Door Consulting

September 20, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Pat Weatherly with Atlanta Kustom Wear and Tarshish Jordan with Red Door Consulting

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Pat Weatherly/Atlanta Kustom Wear

Atlanta Kustom Wear is an Atlanta-based, family-owned, direct to garment printing company. Their motto is “Life is better in a T-shirt”. They love designing custom artwork for special events, printing company logos for work-related shirts, and making an idea come to life with their printing. Atlanta Kustom Wear specializes in small print jobs and specialty designs. Life really is better in a t-shirt – your custom designed t-shirt!

Tarshish Jordan/Red Door Consulting

Red Door Consulting is a boutique professional development company that prides itself as an innovative leader in people transformation. The company offers over 80 soft-skills training courses covering topics such as leadership, effective communication, team building, and professional presence. Each course is based on an innovative and strategic approach to professional development that works at all levels – individuals, team, group, and organization.

Titania Huff with L².I.F.T Professional Services and Cindy Pitts Gilbert with Sister Knowitall

September 13, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Titania Huff with L².I.F.T Professional Services and Cindy Pitts Gilbert with Sister Knowitall

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Steven Julian, Cindy Pitts Gilbert, Titania Huff, Mike Sammond

Titania Huff/L².I.F.T Professional Services

L².I.F.T Professional Services is a coaching and consulting firm which enables entrepreneurs and small business owners to establish a strong foundation in business start-up and growth through Millionaire Mind shifting Masterclasses, Wallet-Whippin’ Workshops, WOW-Worthy One-on-One Programs, Tantalizing Trainings and Limitless Living Empowerment Events.

Cindy Pitts Gilbert/Sister Knowitall

A thirst for knowledge and genuine interest in people led her to where she is now; a certified trainer with over 30 years of corporate, small business and personal development training. Cindy’s has a wide range of experience as a district manager, national trainer , project manager, marketing specialist and system sales specialist for both National and International corporations. Ten years as a small business owner of a local coffeehouse and special event planner. Her desire to help others succeed stemmed from her role as a corporate trainer in corporate America. Cindy is a certified trainer and her personal journey as a advocate for health and wellness lead her to use her passion as a trainer to become “Sister Knowitall” helping others build better relationships and become healthier by teaching whole food nutrition, disease prevention, and natural alternatives to live a happier simpler healthier life.

Joe Noonan with Southwestern Consulting, Pam Santoro with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties, and V. Lynn Hawkins with P3 Academy of Social Entrepreneurship

September 6, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Joe Noonan with Southwestern Consulting, Pam Santoro with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties, and V. Lynn Hawkins with P3 Academy of Social Entrepreneurship

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Pam Santoro, Joe Noonan, V. Lynn Hawkins

Joe Noonan/Southwestern Consulting

Southwestern Consulting is a division of the Southwestern Family of Companies, a 163-year old company and the oldest DIRECT Sales Company in the world! Joe Noonan is one of 147 certified Sales and Leadership Coaches spanning the globe, including Canada, Estonia, UK and the United States. By way of introducing one-on-one coaching and SWC, Joe will inspire your sales team of three or more with a complimentary workshop called Immediate Results Workshop. This means every attendee will walk away inspired and be able to incorporate new tools, habits and ideas to enhance sales immediately.

Pam Santoro/Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties is the leading real estate company in Metro Atlanta, the Southern Crescent, and the North Georgia Mountains. When looking to buy or sell a home in the North Atlanta area, Pam can take care of all your real estate needs. Success comes from knowing your new destination before you get there. As someone who has relocated twice, she can help you in the process with relocation services, learning about North Fulton, or taking a look at your new city.

V. Lynn Hawkins/P3 Academy of Social Entrepreneurship

The P3 Academy of Social Entrepreneurship is a coaching and consulting enterprise, helping entrepreneurs grow rapid, sustainable business using innovative strategies and funding options, including crowdfunding and equity crowdfunding. When you want to increase your global visibility, impact and revenue, your business will see the results through the 5 Tiers of Accelerated Business Development and you will determine if Crowdfunding WORX for your business.

Lisa Winton with the Winton Machine Company

September 5, 2018 by Mike

Case In Point

Lisa Winton with the Winton Machine Company

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Lisa Winton/Winton Machine Company

In 1997, George and Lisa Winton founded Winton Machine Company. Winton Machine designs and builds tube and semi-rigid coax fabricating machinery. Their machines are designed to meet specific production demands and have the highest safety standards for both domestic and global markets. Winton specializes in providing engineered solutions in major industries such as HVAC/Refrigeration, Aerospace, Electronics, Microwave and Military. Winton Machine also works with clients to create custom engineered solutions. Their plant, located in Suwanee, GA, employs over 30 employees plus apprentices and interns.

Nicole Steele with Diamond in the Rough Youth Development and Estebon Watson with E.M. Watson

August 23, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Nicole Steele with Diamond in the Rough Youth Development and Estebon Watson with E.M. Watson

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Estebon Watson, Justin Daniel, Dr. Nicole Steele

Dr. Nicole Steele/Diamond in the Rough Youth Development

Diamond In The Rough (DITR) is an award-winning, faith-based, non-denominational, youth development and leadership program dedicated to “Transforming the world… one child, one family, one community at a time”. DITR offers a variety of preventative programs and enrichment activities designed to build self-esteem, character, and leadership among girls of all ages.

Their mission is to provide preparation, inspiration, nurturing and knowledge to girls ages 4-18 through group mentoring, leadership training, career coaching and family enrichment activities. DITR invites you to view their web site for details on how you can become involved with their awesome life-changing youth program. Diamond In The Rough Youth Development Program is a 501(c) 3 organization.

Estebon Watson & Justin Daniel/E.M. Watson

E.M. Watson is a multi-talented actor, writer, music composer, DJ, dancer, singer and the COO of a production company called Espeuté Productions. E.M. Watson received his B.A. in Cognitive Psychology from Georgia Gwinnett College. He is the co-founder of the Gwinnett Entertainment Meetup (G.E.M.), a non-profit dedicated to providing resources and connections to up and coming entertainers and entertainment enthusiasts. He has assisted Espeuté Productions on winning numerous business and film awards and has also acquired various film and music videos awards for his own projects. E.M. Watson continues to attend business workshops on leadership and entrepreneurship with the goal of spreading knowledge to those that lack the resources.

In 2013, E.M. Watson experienced a traumatic divorce that sent him over the edge. For 3 years he faced alcoholism, depression, near death and financial strain which all came to a screeching halt after being admitted into the hospital on October 15th, 2016. After a rapid decline in his health, E.M. Watson was forced to go to the hospital which consisted of a 3-week long fight for his life. This experience changed his life and motivated him to tackle all of his ailments with a more holistic approach. With the help of Espeuté Productions, he was able to create a multi-award winning experimental film that highlights his 3-year spiritual metamorphosis.

Yoshi Domoto with Japan-America Society of Georgia & JapanFest, Brittany Luiz with American Tombow and Masae Okura with Taylor English Duma

August 16, 2018 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Yoshi Domoto with Japan-America Society of Georgia & JapanFest, Brittany Luiz with American Tombow and Masae Okura with Taylor English Duma

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Brittany Luiz, Yoshi Domoto, Masae Okura

Yoshi Domoto/Japan-America Society of Georgia and JapanFest

The Japan-America Society of Georgia (JASG) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to promote mutual understanding between the people of Japan and the state of Georgia through establishing and promoting ties and programs in the areas of business, culture, customs, education, commerce, politics, and social networking. One of its biggest events is JapanFest Atlanta. JapanFest is the largest Japanese festival in the Southeast. Held September 15-16, 2018 at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Saturday and 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Sunday, the festival will celebrate the special economic and cultural bond Japan and Georgia share together.

Brittany Luiz/American Tombow

Tombow is today’s market leader for arts, crafts and office products. Serving consumers and businesses around the globe, Tombow was established in Japan in 1913 as the wood-case pencil provider for Japanese students. Since these beginnings, they have upheld a history of unparalleled customer service. Tombow has grown the company’s portfolio to a worldwide provider of art markers, liquid glue and adhesive tape, fine writing pens, correction tape, drawing pencils, colored pencils and erasers manufactured in facilities located in Japan, Vietnam and Thailand. Worldwide operating divisions distribute Tombow branded products in their respective geographies.

Masae Y. Okura/Taylor English Duma

Taylor English Duma LLP is a full-service law firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Built from the ground up to provide highest-quality legal services for optimal value, the firm combines the best aspects of a traditional law firm with seasoned attorneys managing their practices remotely throughout the United States. Their attorneys work each day to provide timely, creative, and cost-effective counsel to help clients solve problems and achieve goals. Taylor English Duma represents all types of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups to individuals. A 2018 recipient of Forbes Small Giants award, the firm is the Georgia law firm member of Geneva Group International (GGI), the leading worldwide alliance of accounting and law firms.