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Empowering Women in Business with Maggie Ishak, Focal Point Coaching

January 8, 2025 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Empowering Women in Business with Maggie Ishak, Focal Point Coaching

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Empowering Women in Business with Maggie Ishak, Focal Point Coaching (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 834)

In this episode of North Fulton Business Radio, hosted by John Ray, the featured guest is Maggie Ishak, Focal Point Business Coaching. Maggie shares her journey from a 28-year corporate career to becoming a business coach specializing in helping women business owners and leaders. She discusses the unique challenges women face in both corporate and entrepreneurial settings, emphasizing the importance of time management, delegation, and setting boundaries. Maggie also highlights the value of coaching in providing accountability and strategic direction. She shares success stories, explains the differences between coaching and consulting, and outlines her various offerings, including one-on-one and group coaching, as well as specialized assessments.

John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced by the North Fulton affiliate of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Maggie Ishak, Focal Point Coaching

Maggie Ishak is a Certified Focal Point Business and Executive Coach and a Certified Trust Edge Partner.

Maggie educates and empowers her clients to reach their professional and personal goals: to grow their businesses, to engage their teams, to manage their time, and to maintain a healthy work/life balance.

Before launching her business coaching practice, Maggie enjoyed a 28-year corporate career at Michelin North America, holding senior leadership roles including VP of Supply Chain, VP of Operations and Director of Customer Experience. Maggie left a lasting impact not only on the business results but also on the teams she coached and managed and the customers she served.

Maggie has a BS in Chemical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Wake Forest University. Maggie lives in the Atlanta area with her husband and three teenage sons.

Topics Discussed in this Episode

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to North Fulton Business Radio
00:30 Meet Maggie Ishak: Business Coach for Women
01:58 The Corporate Journey: From Engineer to Business Coach
03:23 Navigating Corporate Challenges as a Woman
10:08 Balancing Work and Family in Corporate Life
17:58 The Transition from Corporate to Entrepreneurship
20:04 The Three Eyes of the Business Owner
22:50 The Role of Coaching vs. Consulting
25:21 The Importance of Celebrating Wins
33:27 Success Stories and DISC Assessments
36:53 How to Connect with Maggie Ishak
38:20 Final Thoughts and Announcements

Renasant Bank supports 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 become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, with over $17 billion in assets and more than 180 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices throughout the region. All of Renasant’s success stems from each banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way to better understand the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray

With over 800 shows and having featured over 1,200 guests, North Fulton Business Radio is the longest-running podcast in the North Fulton area, covering business in our community like no one else. We are the undisputed “Voice of Business” in North Fulton!

The show welcomes a wide variety of business, non-profit, and community leaders to get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession. There’s no discrimination based on company size, and there’s never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates business by sharing positive business stories that traditional media ignore. Some media leans left. Some media leans right. We lean business.

John Ray, Business RadioX - North Fulton, and Owner, Ray Business Advisors — **John Ray, Business RadioX – North Fulton, and Owner, Ray Business Advisors**

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

The studio address is 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.

John Ray also operates his own business advisory practice. John’s services include advising solopreneurs and small professional services firms on their value, their positioning and business development, and their pricing. His clients are professionals who are selling their expertise, such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers, marketing professionals, and other professional services practitioners.

John is the national bestselling author of The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices.

Amber Baird, Principal and Co-Founder of McLaren Accord Consulting

July 26, 2024 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Amber Baird, Principal and Co-Founder of McLaren Accord Consulting

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

Amber Baird/McLaren Accord Consulting

With over 15 years of experience in product marketing, strategy, and consulting, Amber Baird excels in transforming positive customer experiences into tangible business growth. Having served in leadership roles in several consulting firms and in corporate America, Amber brings a unique perspective on what drives success. As Head of Product Marketing & Strategy at Ware2Go, a UPS-backed logistics and technology start-up, Amber maximized growth and market penetration through customer-focused strategies and innovative go-to-market initiatives.

Now, as Principal and co-founder of McLaren Accord Consulting, Amber specializes in bridging the gap between high-level strategy and ground-level execution. She prioritizes open communication and strong relationships to ensure alignment from C-suite executives to frontline teams, delivering practical and impactful results. Her customer-centric approach combines analytical thinking with a human touch, essential for sustainable growth in today’s competitive landscape.

Outside of work, Amber finds inspiration exploring Atlanta’s mountain trails and planning travel adventures with her husband. Their 2 cats must sadly remain at home. Balancing professional dedication and personal creativity fuels her ability to think outside the box and drive exceptional business outcomes.

Celebrating Powerhouse Women is presented by

Hosted by Amanda Pearch

Produced by Dan Braverman

DeeDee Trotter, Olympic Champion and Owner of Taste of Gold Bakery

July 12, 2024 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

DeeDee Trotter, Olympic Champion and Owner of Taste of Gold Bakery

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

DeeDee Trotter/Taste of Gold Bakery

DeeDee Trotter, Olympic Champion and Owner of Taste of Gold Bakery, exploded on the Elite Track and Field scene in 2004. That year, she would win the prestigious NCAA title and become an Olympic finalist in the 400 meters, finishing fifth overall. Her Olympic debut was capped by a gold medal in the 4x400m relay, and she concluded the year ranked fourth in the world. DeeDee is a three-time World Champion in the 4×400 meter relay, a three-time 400 meter U.S. Champion, and a three-time Olympian, accomplishments that rank her amongst the greatest female athletes in the world.

Shortly after the 2008 Olympic games, DeeDee would have a knee surgery that would ultimately set her back three years, and many thought her career was over and done with. Trotter continued to push on despite her inability to compete at the level she once achieved with grace and ease. She set her sights on the 2012 London Olympics and refused to take anything less than a victory back home. Step by step, she climbed her way from the bottom to the top, having the most consistent season of her entire career and once again earning a chance at the Olympic gold. In London, Trotter unleashed her inner warrior on the track to clinch her first individual Olympic medal, bringing home the bronze in the women’s 400m race. She would also lead the United States 4x400m relay to a Gold medal, giving her team an almost 10-meter lead over the entire field as the USA’s first leg.

DeeDee has been sharing her motivational message all over the world. She uses her personal experiences as a 400 meter sprinter and her journey to the Olympic podium to motivate others to pursue and achieve their dreams. DeeDee believes that encouraging others to believe in themselves is one of her greatest gifts and purpose of her life.

After competing 13 years as a professional athlete, DeeDee pursued her dream of becoming a professional pastry chef. At the age of 39, she graduated from the art institute of Atlanta with a perfect 4.0 GPA, which earned her Valedictorian and Top Pastry Students honors. Deedee is now living her dream as the Head Pastry Chef at one of the top golf clubs in Atlanta and she is also the Executive Chef of her own bakery, cleverly named “Taste of Gold”!

Celebrating Powerhouse Women is presented by

Hosted by Amanda Pearch

Joy Monroe, Founder/CEO of SPARC (Single Parent Alliance & Resource Center)

June 14, 2024 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Joy Monroe, Founder/CEO of SPARC (Single Parent Alliance & Resource Center)

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

Joy Monroe/SPARC (Single Parent Alliance & Resource Center)

Joy Monroe, the Founder/CEO of SPARC (Single Parent Alliance & Resource Center), has dedicated her professional life to ensuring equity for single parents and their children. She founded SPARC after moving to Atlanta from New York and experiencing firsthand the challenges single parents face without extended family and community support. SPARC was born as a support group in Joy’s living room to provide support, social capital, and parenting education to single moms in her neighborhood. Over the years, SPARC has grown into an award winning, internationally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Joy has been recognized by the White House as well as locally for her work with single parent families. SPARC serves hundreds of families each year ensuring that single parents know that, although they are single, they are not alone.

Celebrating Powerhouse Women is presented by

Hosted by Amanda Pearch

Robin Mauck, Executive Director for Obria Medical Clinics

June 7, 2024 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Robin Mauck, Executive Director for Obria Medical Clinics

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

Robin Mauck/Obria Medical Clinics

Robin Mauck is the Executive Director for Obria Medical Clinics. She is a native of Georgia, resident of Gwinnett County for the past 24 years and has always had a passion to serve those around her. She is mom to six daughters, Marmee to 7 grandlittles, and married to her husband, Stacey, auctioneer by trade, for 34 years. Robin has earned a BS in Education, an MS in Education Administration, and an MBA in Healthcare Management. After graduating college, she worked as an Interior Decorator for a couple of years and as an Administrative Assistant for the Resolution Trust Corporation. After beginning a family, she chose to stay home and homeschooled their daughters for 15 years. During this time, she volunteered with the youth in her church for 9 years, served as the Race Director for The Gwinnett Life Run for 3 years, volunteered at Obria for 9 years, and served on the Council at Archer High School. In 2013, she began working part-time for the Chick-fil-A on Scenic Highway in Snellville as their Marketing Director, and then became the Executive Director of Obria in 2015 after serving on the Board for few years.

Robin remains actively plugged into her community. Currently she serves on the Compassion39 Board, Women’s Leadership Council for Northside Gwinnett Hospital, The Infant & Maternal Mortality Action Team for Gwinnett, is a member of the Gwinnett Chamber Chairman’s Club, is a graduate of Leadership Gwinnett class of 2020, and the winner of the 2023 Moxie Enlightened Employer Award for Gwinnett County! She and her husband host a small group for young married couples, hoping to instill in them the qualities of a successful marriage. She wears many hats and loves to help others navigate the challenges of maintaining a healthy balance in their work, home and friend relationships.

Celebrating Powerhouse Women is presented by

Hosted by Amanda Pearch

Produced by Dan Braverman

JeJuan Stewart, Founder of EAGLE 7 Consulting

May 31, 2024 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

JeJuan Stewart, Founder of EAGLE 7 Consulting

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

JeJuan Stewart/EAGLE 7 Consulting & The John and JeJuan Stewart, Jr. Foundation

JeJuan Stewart is the CEO and Lead Consultant of EAGLE 7 Consulting which has been serving families in Metro-Atlanta for over 11 years. As a retired PA Anesthetist, and now small business owner, JeJuan has designed EAGLE 7 Consulting to address the needs of underrepresented communities through innovative solutions. Solutions that are committed to empowering all to give, lead & excel (EAGLE). She is a STEAMM Advocate and Parent Coach, who is determined to disrupt the why parents are engaged.

JeJuan is also the Executive Director for the John & JeJuan Stewart, Jr. Foundation. Their vision is to create a group of focused, empowered youth who make a positive difference as individuals in their families and communities. Through tutorship, learning programs, and leadership training, they aim to raise the bar in the community and impact the next generation.

As a mother of four amazing children who are now adults, and eight delightful grandchildren. JeJuan has worked in the Metro-Atlanta area for over 30 years and currently resides in the Stone Mountain area. She enjoys connecting-the-dots in her community and baking lemon pound cakes (her specialty).

Whether it is serving the marginalized parent community or aligning organizations to increase their impact, she remains committed to cultivating relationships through servant-leadership by the Power of One.

Celebrating Powerhouse Women is presented by

Hosted by Amanda Pearch

Produced by Dan Braverman

Dr. Marshauna Sagesse, Clinical Pharmacist and CEO of MGS Wellness Pharmacy Consulting and CPR Training

May 17, 2024 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Dr. Marshauna Sagesse, Clinical Pharmacist and CEO of MGS Wellness Pharmacy Consulting and CPR Training

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

Dr. Marshauna Sagesse/MGS Wellness Pharmacy Consulting and CPR Training

Dr. Marshauna Sagesse is a distinguished Clinical Pharmacist and the visionary CEO of MGS Wellness Pharmacy Consulting and CPR Training. Dr. Sagesse embarked on her academic journey at the University of Kentucky for her undergraduate studies, later pursuing her passion for pharmacy at Mercer University in Atlanta. She was recognized as a spotlight ambassador in 2023 for her contributions to the CDC Foundation’s “Live to the Beat” campaign, and her commitment to advancing public health through innovative initiatives has garnered admiration and accolades within the healthcare community.

Dr. Sagesse has held key leadership roles including pharmacy management positions at Publix Pharmacy and Walgreens, where she specialized in specialty pharmacy management. She served as a medical injectables Clinical Pharmacist for Anthem, laying the foundation for her entrepreneurial endeavor. Dr. Sagesse’s multifaceted skill set encompasses medication therapy management, specialty drugs, and navigating complex prior authorizations, reflecting her dedication to optimizing patient care. Additionally, she is a certified American Heart Association CPR Instructor and esteemed faculty member, imparting life-saving skills to healthcare professionals and the community alike.

Celebrating Powerhouse Women is presented by

Hosted by Amanda Pearch

Anitra Moodie, Experienced Financial Professional

May 10, 2024 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Anitra Moodie, Experienced Financial Professional

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

Anitra Moodie/Experienced Financial Professional

Anitra Moodie is a professional Financial Advisor. With a dedication to guiding individuals and businesses in wealth creation, preservation, and growth, Anitra’s innovative strategies have earned her esteemed recognition. Since the inception of her career, Anitra has consistently showcased her exceptional talents, earning prestigious accolades including the Bronze Eagle Award, Life Producer Award, and Career Success Award, among others.

Beyond the realm of finance, Anitra finds joy in exploring the far reaches of the globe and maintaining a healthy lifestyle through regular workouts. Looking forward, she envisions expanding her practice remotely while immersing herself in the diverse cultures and landscapes of the world. In Anitra’s philosophy, life is a fleeting journey, and money serves as a tool to enrich experiences and create lasting memories.

Celebrating Powerhouse Women is presented by

Jennifer DeLoach, Founder and Managing Attorney with The DeLoach Law Practice

April 19, 2024 by Mike

Celebrating Powerhouse Women

Jennifer DeLoach, Founder and Managing Attorney with The DeLoach Law Practice

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

Jennifer DeLoach/The DeLoach Law Practice

Jennifer DeLoach is the Founding Manager and Attorney with The DeLoach Law Practice. She is a Gwinnett native and graduate of Berry College (BA, history and English, ’01; MA, teaching, ’14) and the University of Georgia School of Law (JD, ’05.) She was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2005 and to the State Bar of Georgia in 2017. Jennifer’s professional background, which includes working as a public school teacher as well as an attorney, ensures that she is comfortable speaking with and working on behalf of people from all walks of life. All clients are welcome, and will be treated with the dignity and respect they deserve at her firm.

The DeLoach Law Practice specializes in providing compassionate, affordable legal representation to individuals and families. Whether you are navigating the challenges of divorce and co-parenting, building a new family through adoption, designing your estate plan to leave a legacy and ensure that all your loved ones have to worry about is missing you, or facing a dispute over the estate of a loved one, the DeLoach Law Practice will provide you with the best and most personalized legal representation.

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