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The Optimized MindThe Optimized MindOvercoming Fear and Building Success with Kaneshi HartIn this episode of The Optimized Mind, Kate talks with Kaneshi Hart. The discussion focuses on Kaneshi's journey from the corporate world to becoming a successful podcast host and speaker. Central take-aways include the importance of building robust systems, the power of authenticity in achieving success, and practical strategies to overcome fear and enhance resilience. Kaneshi emphasizes the significance of client retention, having a solid client onboarding process, and the value of continual personal and professional development. Additionally, she shares her insights on maintaining optimism and gratitude as foundational principles for a resilient lifestyle....2025-03-1141 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Multiply Your Sources of Income with Tracy V. AllenRunning multiple businesses takes tactics, systems, support, and most importantly, business plans. Tracy Allen runs over five different companies and does so because she creates plans for each of them. in a time when starting a business seems as easy a creating a social media page, setting up a payment system, and creating content to attract your audience, having a well thought out plan for your business seems like an ancient practice. However, that ancient practice is still relevant today and is often the difference between a business sustaining long t...2025-02-251h 12Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessSales Without the Sleaze with Andrea DanielsYou know you need sales to grow your business, but let’s be real—traditional sales tactics can feel cringey. Today, I’ve got Andrea Daniels, CEO of Rookie Terrain Maker, here to show you a better way. She’s all about relationship-based sales—no scripts, no pressure, just real conversations that turn into business.Andrea didn’t set out to be in sales, but after learning how to truly serve people first, she built a thriving business helping others double their conversions—without being pushy. If you struggle with prospecting, cold calls, or follow-ups, this episode is for you.2025-01-3140 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Find Partnerships to Grow Your Business with Dr. Cree ScottLess than three years in business and Dr. Cree Scott has built a multi-six figure coaching business. How did she do it?In this episode, we explore:⇒ Her conversation strategy for developing business⇒ Her method for gathering market research, and simultaneously building a pipeline of prospects⇒ How to develop multi-streams of income in your business through partnerships⇒ How to gain access to clients and contract opportunities for work you may never have otherwise known about⇒ What true connectedness actually looks like within yourself⇒ And more...Tune in...2025-01-241h 06Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessSilence Your Perfectionist Tendencies That Paralyze Your Progress with Kaneshi HartDoes it take you a long time to compose an email to send because you read over it 10 times before hitting the send button to make sure it sounds just right? Do you hesitate to reach out to someone to make an offer to them of your services because you don't have just the right words to say? Or you're not 100% sure you have practiced overcoming every objection they may throw at you? Do you second guess if your work is good enough? Sounds...2025-01-1819 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessMasterclass: Communication That Converts More Clients with Gary WhiteCommunication is part of the lifeblood of your business, and Gary White knows exactly how to keep it pumping. In this episode, Gary shares powerful insights on how effective communication can convert more clients into your coaching business. Gary's gift of getting others to communicate and his ability to communication his message well has resulted in him working all over the globe with clients and organizations in a variety of industries and specialties. This is proof that exceptional communication is key to growing your network and business. What you'll...2025-01-101h 05Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Get Published and Attract More Clients with Dawn JosephsonBeing a published author gives you credibility and authority. It puts your name in front of readers who may be potential clients. It can be a game changer in marketing your business. And no, you don't have to write a book. Dawn Josephson, a Master Writing Coach, shares in this episode how she has built her business helping coaches and speakers write articles, books, and book contributions that get published, which brings them exposure and leads. Dawn breaks down:Why there is a plethora of opportunity for you to get publishedHow to find...2024-12-311h 11Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow To Restore Faith In Yourself with Kaneshi Hart & Sandra ChaneyFear will hold your future hostage and not care one bit. The decision is ours whether we let it or not. In this conversation with Sandra Chaney, Business and Empowerment Coach, we discuss how to find your faith again so you have the anecdote to fear in your life. If you find you aren't moving forward in your life as you want to, if you feel stuck and frustrated and worried whether you're ever going to achieve what you truly want, this conversation is for you. 2024-12-2443 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessThe ONLY Social Media Platform You Need to Grow to Six Figures w/ Coach Alli RizacosYou don't need a websiteYou don't need a funnelYou don't need a webinar, freebie, or ebookAccording to Coach Alli Rizacos, you ONLY need a LinkedIn profileAlli turns corporate leaders into successful coaches using LinkedIn. She has found and proven that with LinkedIn, the ONLY platform she uses, building business to multiple six figures is doable. She's done it and now she teaches others to do the sameIn this episode, she shares how she:Grew her following on LinkedIn to over 20,000Attracted clients to...2024-12-2052 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessMake Your Employer Your First Coaching Client with Coach Amy LevineThe employer you have now can become your first coaching client. Have you thought about that possibility before? Imagine getting paid your employee salary + your coaching fee from the same company. Amy Levine is an expert at this. Currently, her coaching/consulting business is employed by her employer. She handles her job responsibilities while also handling a niche area of business for her employer that her particular company is best suited to handle, and she gets paid for both. Listen in to find out...2024-12-101h 15Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessPt. 4 with Devin Scott: Increase Your Sales Conversion by 1280%📌This is Part 4, the final installment, of my interview with Devin. Guest Devin Scott reveals the secrets behind helping clients generate five- and six-figure sales through product and service launches.In this episode Devin talks about:🛠️ How to grow your business and revenue by 1280% in very straightforward steps💡 Reinventing the use of AI to create more intuitive interactions with your clients to increase engagement and conversion🎙️Iterating a current product/idea with your genius to make it fit your target audience and make it stand out from others' productsIf you’re r...2024-12-011h 09Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessPt 3 with Devin Scott: Without AI, Why You'll Continue to Lose Clients📌This is Part 3 of my interview with Devin. Guest Devin Scott reveals the secrets behind helping clients generate five- and six-figure sales through product and service launches.In this episode Devin talks about:🛠️ How to increase the conversion percentage of your sales - with only ONE simple change - by up to 394%💡 Why client continuity is the key to generating regular monthly income🎙️ The role AI can, and needs, to play in growing your business and increasing your sales conversion . If you’re ready to stop spinning your wheels and st...2024-11-2935 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Generate a Year's Worth of Sales in Just ONE Day with Devin Scott, Part 2📌This is Part 2 of my conversation with Devin. Guest Devin Scott reveals the secrets behind his incredible success in helping clients generate five- and six-figure sales through product and service launches.In this episode Devin talks about:🛠️ Messaging that converts. Why your messaging needs to be clear, not cute. 💡 The four ONLY ways to build a business and how to master them for long-term growth.🎙️ How to get things done, even the hard things you don't want to do. . Devin’s break down of the only 4 ways to build your busi...2024-11-2738 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Generate a Year's Worth of Sales in Just ONE Day with Devin Scott, Part 1What if you could generate a year’s worth of sales in just ONE day?Guest Devin Scott reveals the secrets behind his incredible success in helping clients generate five- and six-figure sales through product and service launches.In this episode: 🛠️ Discover what it truly takes to run a thriving business—and why most people get it wrong.💡 Learn the four ONLY ways to build a business and how to master them for long-term growth.🎙️ Hear Devin’s inspiring journey of finding his calling and making the bold decision to bet on himself.2024-11-2534 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessYour First Million is in Your Backyard with Kirsten GrahamWhat’s really holding you back from hitting your first six figures?In this episode, we dive into strategies that transform how you approach your business. From leveraging video marketing to build trust faster to breaking free from the trap of endless Canva graphics (that you love to do while avoiding making actual money), this conversation will challenge you to rethink your time spending habits.Kirsten Graham has built multiple six figure businesses, and now helps business owners scale their businesses through the power of outsourcing and massive organization. With such knowledge in securing success, Ki...2024-11-1857 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessExpert Segment, Part 2: Can Podcasting Make Your Coaching Profitable? w/ Greg WassermanHow much profit potential are you're missing out on if you don't have a podcast to accompany your coaching business? 💵 If you do have a podcast to accompany your coaching business, are you treating it like a brand and a business, or a side project which is costing you money rather than making it? 🎧Podcasts can catapult the profits and the exposure of your coaching business. But done the wrong way, it will gain you no exposure and more expenses.⇒ You're listening to Part 2 of this conversation. Be sure not to miss Part 1 as well...2024-11-1538 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessExpert Segment, Part 1: How Podcasting Can Explode Your Coaching Business w/ Greg WassermanHow much profit potential are you're missing out on if you don't have a podcast to accompany your coaching business? 💵 If you do have a podcast to accompany your coaching business, are you treating it like a brand and a business, or a side project which is costing you money rather than making it? 🎧Podcasts can catapult the profits and the exposure of your coaching business. But done the wrong way, it will gain you no exposure and more expenses.⇒ You're listening to Part 1 of this conversation. Be sure not to miss Part 2 as well...2024-11-1247 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessExpert Segment: LinkedIn Growth Secrets with Sybil StewartIn this episode, Brand Architect and LinkedIn Top Voice Sybil Stewart pulls back the curtain on LinkedIn organic growth—and the surprising strategies that make all the difference. Did you know that commenting strategically on LinkedIn can be as powerful as posting? Sybil shares how just a few thoughtful comments can help you reach the right connections and build influence. Plus, she’s got tips on going global by connecting internationally, leveraging LinkedIn’s search features, and launching a newsletter to boost your organic reach. But there’s a twist: there’s a “sweet spot” in your connection count to make these...2024-11-0539 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessTransforming Data into Dollars: How Tracking Can Transform Your Sales Conversion with Sarah Jolley-JarvisAre you measuring your business results effectively? In this episode, Sarah Jolley-Jarvis and I dive deep into why tracking your success is critical to selling your offers with confidence. We explore how intake surveys capture valuable data, providing the insights and selling points your clients need to say "yes" to your offers.We also address the hidden roadblocks in your schedule. Struggling to grow your business? Time tracking might reveal why. It’s not just about working hard—it’s about working smart. Learn how to avoid the pitfall of wasted time and boost productivity by actually planni...2024-11-021h 03Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessSilence or Strength: Which Will You Choose? with Kaneshi HartWhat if the fear of being wrong is holding you back from being right? 🤔In this episode, we dive deep into the paralyzing fear of standing your ground. How many times have you stayed silent, worried that you might be wrong? But what if, by not speaking up, you’re missing out on the chance to make a real impact? It's time to challenge the status quo, confront your fears, and learn how to stand firm in what you believe. In this episode, you'll learn practical steps to do just that. Don’t let the...2024-10-2329 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessShe Hit Six Figures in Under Two Years Doing This | Coach NetraCoach Netra helps peri/post menopausal women optimize their health and reclaim their energy to live a healthy, full life. In the very (some say over) populated world of health and fitness coaches, carving out the niche of helping women with this specific health challenge helped Coach Netra grow her coaching business to over six figures in just her second year of business. Riches are truly in the niches. Discover the strategies and structures Coach Netra used to scale her business so quickly. Then take those strategies and apply them to your business plan...2024-10-151h 01His Grace and GloryHis Grace and GloryEpisode 32: Saved by Grace with Special Guest Kaneshi HartJoin us as our guest Kaneshi shares her testimony and God’s unfailing love. How He pursued her in His love, guiding her to draw closer to Him so she could know Him and understand the true meaning of salvation. LinkedIn: Kaneshi Hart IG. @theconnecrioncollaborator     Interested in being a guest on our podcast? Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/hisgraceglorypodcast/guest-application   Where to follow the hosts:   Taylor Johnson is an alignment coach who has a passion for sharing the love and li...2024-10-1342 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessPart 2: How to Get Consistent Sales into Your Ecosystem with Coach Jordan WilliamsDo you have a framework to get consistent leads?   Every business needs leads, but every business doesn't know how to get consistent leads.   Without leads, the business won't last long.   Jordan Williams, real estate investor turned coach, had to learn how to attract leads even as an investor. He needed a pipeline of individuals who wanted to sell their houses so that he could find deals to build his real estate portfolio. At first, he was not successful when he started attempting to attract leads.   2024-10-1126 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessPart 1: How to Get Sales Into Your Ecosystem with Coach Jordan WilliamsDo you have a framework to get consistent leads?   Every business needs leads, but every business doesn't know how to get consistent leads.   Without leads, the business won't last long.   Jordan Williams, real estate investor turned coach, had to learn how to attract leads even as an investor. He needed a pipeline of individuals who wanted to sell their houses so that he could find deals to build his real estate portfolio. At first, he was not successful when he started attempting to attract leads.   2024-10-0940 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessTestimonial: The Power of Change a Good Coach Brings with Nakia SmithHow do you know if a coach is really worth their value? Their clients' results. How can you know a clients' results? Ask them. So I did. This episode is a bit different from the norm in that it's a testament to the influence a good coach can create in their client's life. I hope it inspires you as a coach to continue to pour into people because you're impacting lives and legacies. I also hope it inspires you as a coach to find a coach for yourself if...2024-10-0121 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessFinally Stop Fearing Disappointing People with Kaneshi HartHave you ever felt the heavy burden of disappointing someone? Maybe it was a friend, a loved one, or a colleague, and the thought of letting them down left you paralyzed with fear. It’s a feeling we’ve all experienced, and it’s not something you want to go through again. But what if you could learn to navigate that fear and make decisions that truly serve everyone involved, without the crushing weight of guilt? In this episode, we dive deep into the uncomfortable but necessary topic of forging through the fear of disapp...2024-08-2827 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessConquer Your Fear of Speaking| The Two Tips That Work with Kaneshi HartAre you one of the 74% of people who have a fear of public speaking? Would you like not to be one of those people? Just like with any fear, there are mental adjustments you can make and practical steps you can take to learn how to forge through the fear of public speaking when it comes. In this episode, we talk about two top steps you can implement that will move you through your fear of public speaking into a space of confident conversation. ...2024-07-3042 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessYour Antidote to Fear with Kaneshi HartOne of the antidotes to fear is... accountability. It doesn't seem like accountability would help us forge through our fears, but it does. When fear attacks, in the forms of anxiety, worry, desperation, procrastination, anger, etc., we often get sucked into the feelings with little idea how to climb out of the hole. Our usual response is to close into ourselves in shame or confusion of how to move through the fear and sit with it alone until it either passes or is pushed down by some other more pressing matter in...2024-07-0232 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessFear Fatigue with Kaneshi HartEveryone fears something at one point in time or another in our lives. Some fear something everyday. Whether it is a fear you are going to lose your job and not be able to pay your bills, or fear of your children being in an accident, or fear of rejection, or fear of failure, fear creeps into our lives on a regular basis and it derails our lives every time. Fear takes us off course and out of focus from the future we desire to have. It makes us cautious, hesitant, and sometimes even...2024-06-1823 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessRewind: The Big Marketing Mistake Almost All Businesses Are Making with Coach Mike MollIs it possible that 70% of your marketing efforts are not working and you’re wasting time and money on the wrong activities? How would you know? Do you want to know if your marketing is working or not? Or how to get better at it? One way to know is if you aren’t getting the return on the monetary or time investment you are pouring into your marketing. The other is to hear how marketing should really be done from Coach Mike Moll.  In this episode, Mike shares how i...2024-05-141h 24Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessYour Fear Is Making You FatYou call it anxiety, nervousness, doubt, hesitancy, uncertainty, and a host of other adjectives. They all have one basis and one commonality - they are all founded in fear of something. Fear is one of the top factors that derails our futures from how we dream it to be. It is also one of the biggest contributing factors to our obesity in life. And even if you are in tip top share or carry the perfect BMI, if you have any of the adjectives I named above in your life that is a persistent companion, you are also fat because...2024-03-2631 minSpeaking From The HeartSpeaking From The HeartEpisode #96 Part 2 - Seeking Our Accountability Partner To Share Our Hearts: An Interview With Kaneshi HartHave you found your accountability partner to help you stay on track and be focused with your goals? Similar to a coach, finding someone that can fill the void of making sure that you stay on track is vital to the success of the day-to-day, let alone the dreams that you set out to create. In this exciting conclusion to our interview with Kaneshi Hart, we discuss the importance of this concept, along with finding the "crazy, undeniable love" that we wish to have in the pursuit of what we truly enjoy. Not only do we find our true...2024-03-2151 minSpeaking From The HeartSpeaking From The HeartEpisode #96 Part 1 - The Power Of Persuasion From Unlikely Sources: An Interview With Kaneshi HartWhat would happen to both your physical and mental states if you were laid off three times from various jobs you held? Do you think you would be able to overcome the waves of negativity resulting from that, which would stymie your grown in various areas of your life? What if you are able to shift your mindset, bypass the bad messaging, and find ways to connect with meaningful people to get "a leg up" on the competition? Today's guest, Kaneshi Hart, exemplifies and embodies all of these traits and shares her intimate story of how she was able...2024-03-2041 minBump In The RoadBump In The RoadKaneshi Hart: Security, Insecurity, Risk and RewardWhen life throws a curveball, some see a setback, but others like Kaneshi Hart see an opportunity. Five years ago, Kaneshi was climbing the corporate ladder, enjoying the fruits of a successful career, and traveling internationally. Life seemed set on a promising trajectory. Yet, as many of us have experienced, stability can be fleeting. A series of layoffs, a toxic work environment, and a global pandemic later, Kanesha found herself at a crossroads. She decided to take an entrepreneurial route. The episode unfolds Kaneshi’s story with raw honesty and vulnerability. She talks about being laid off not once, but tw...2024-03-0643 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessSolo Ep Kaneshi 8.3.23Solo Ep Kaneshi 8.3.232024-02-0235 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessClient Retention Strategies to Increase Profits with Coach Sarah DaviesDid you know that increasing your customer retention by 5% can increase your profits by an average of about 35%. Did you know that your success rate of closing a sale with a current client is about 60% versus the success rate of closing a new client is about 15%? Which would you rather bank on?    Client retention in the coaching business is not often talked about or taught. Coaches too often think they have one transformation they can help their clients with, and then after that process, they are done with that client. This is a problem for th...2023-12-131h 18Mission Accepted plus GenZ is usMission Accepted plus GenZ is usEP 232: Expand Your Brand with Kaneshi HartIf it’s God, it is going to be big and impactful, and good things are in store. This Divine inspiration led Kaneshi Hart to start her podcast “Coach Up” not as a coach, but as a Connection Collaborator. She serves businesses by finding podcasts as a platform for advertising as well as making the connection. Her previous 20 years in corporate America helped her gain the skills to help and lead people and exceed goals and expectations. These skills translated well to the exploding platform of podcasts. Kaneshi’s top tips for less tears: write down and track details of what you...2023-12-0637 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessNimble Founder Jon Ferrara on the Secrets to Successfully Nurturing Your Network - Which Helped Him Build a $100M Company"Relationships are the new currency." A new saying but an old truth. Jon Ferrara, Founder and CEO of Nimble, has built his fortune on building and sustaining relationships and helping others do the same. In the coaching business, relationships are the cornerstone of your work. From your relationship with current clients to former clients to prospective clients to team members, how you interact with others, follow up, and reconnect all play a huge roll in the growth of your business - or the stunting of your business. Because Jon...2023-12-0554 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Get Consistent Coaching Clients Without Having to Do Sales Calles or Marketing with Coach Shereen ThorWould you like to know how you can make a six figure living as an independent coach without having to make sales calls or do marketing day in and day out? Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, Coach Shereen Thor does exactly that. And in this episode of the Coach UP Podcast, she shares precisely how she's built this business model. In this surprising, fun and raw interview, Shereen peels away a lot of the rose colored layers that the coaching industry is often pitched in, lays out the challenges she faced...2023-11-281h 21Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessLinkedIn Secrets You Likely Haven't Heard Anywhere Else to Scale Your Business to 6 Figures with Coach Danielle CoboWhether you are a coach, W2-employee, speaker, brick and mortar business owner, or college student, if LinkedIn is a place where you want to grow your presence or your business, this episode is for you. Danielle Cobo talks more than LinkedIn growth strategies in our conversation, but what she shared about the techniques she used to grow her LinkedIn following from 2000 to 25,000 in 2 years is too important to miss. LinkedIn is the connector for professionals to new job opportunities, business owners to clients, and companies to new talent...2023-11-211h 21Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessWhat it Takes to Play the Long Game as a Successful and Profitable Coach with Aleka Thorvalson, PCCThe coaching industry is still a fairly young industry but Coach Aleka Thorvalson has been in the field for over 20 years. If you are a new coach and want to know what it takes to achieve longevity in this industry, Aleka shares about evolution in the coaching world. If you're a seasoned coach who is struggling to maintain, or even grow, in your business right now, Aleka sheds light on strategies that have helped her sustain and thrive in the world of coaching. Aleka has done one to one, group, and corporate coaching. Over...2023-11-141h 25Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessThe Secret to High Converting Ads with Coach Marcus SvedinYouTube ads are powerful. They are one of the only ads (besides live TV) that you can't immediately fast forward through. For at least five seconds, you are required to listen to a part of an advertisement before you can skip through it to continue your entertainment journey. For no other reason than that, YouTube ads bring so much potential for conversion that other social medial platforms do not because you have a captive audience for at least 5 seconds. That is golden! But you probably don't use YouTube ads because you don't know how...2023-11-071h 34Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Overcome the Pain of Procrastinating with Kaneshi HartDo you tell yourself that you "work better under pressure" often? Do you put off unpleasant tasks until they just have to be done? Do you find you miss opportunities because you weren't prepared? Procrastination is likely the culprit of all these scenarios in your life and a habit that is not serving you well. You know it. I know it. But we still do it. Why? I think we don't recognize the pain it is causing in our lives and we don't consider the...2023-11-0124 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessYou Could Earn $199,000 in College Scholarship Money for Your Kids with Debt Free College Coach Denise ThomasCollege tuition and expenses in 2023 can seem astronomical. Paying back the loans for education in America takes decades for some people. This cost alone can hinder financial progress and delay financial freedom for year. But this doesn't have to be your reality. With the right kind of approach, a marketing strategy, and a dose of resilience, a college education can be had for free. Coach Denise Thomas helped her two children earn $199,000 in college scholarship money to pay for their educations. At the end of it all, her kids actually got paid to attend...2023-10-241h 27Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessStop Feeling Confused About What You Want and Finally Get Clarity About Where You're Going with Kaneshi HartIf someone asked you right now, "What do you bring to the table?" in a business sense, could you tell them? Or would you have to think about it to articulate an answer you'd be pleased with? Too often we do, do, do without knowing what the "big picture" outcome is that we want from all that doing. We "do" because it is expected of us. We "work", we "workout", we "eat right", we "hang out" with family and friends, we "spend quality time" with loved ones, but we don't really know where this...2023-10-1738 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Pivot Your Brick and Mortar Business Into an Online Business, Generating Passive Income, with Coach Jewels JonesDo you want passive income as a part of your business' revenue generation? Do you know that even if you have a brick and mortar or hands-on business that you can still create products for your business in the digital arena to add revenue to your bottom line? Coach Jewels Jones specializes in this area, with a focus on service providers in the hair industry. In this interview, she shares: The step by step process you must go through before even beginning to create content for your business How to use auditing to advance your success The breakdown...2023-10-101h 23Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessYour Child's School Funding Demystified w/ Coach Kathleen KennedyDid you know that you can help your child's school get more funding for better supplies, improved facilities, travel for the students, etc.? Did you realize that you can affect this change? Even more than that, did you realize that schools sometimes don't campaign to raise this funding on their own? That there is help available to run these funding campaigns in an effort to raise the most money possible for the betterment of the schools? There is help and Coach Kathleen Kennedy is that help. Kathleen has a unique business and coaching practice...2023-10-0354 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessThe Power of Customization to Build Your Business with Coach Caroline PassmoreCaroline Passmore has built a multi-faceted coaching and bookkeeping business by learning the art of customization. She shares unconventional steps she used to build her business that are only slight twists on the "normal" methods used to scale businesses but have profoundly impactful success. Some of the "special sauce" business building methods Caroline talks about include: A five day "themed" marketing system that ensures consistency in content creation and publication Unique packaging offers for her coaching clients Her success method for finding clients through LinkedIn and Facebook groups The...2023-09-261h 22Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Scale Up Your Sales with Coach Malla HaridatIf you aren't making sales in your business, you don't have one. You have an expensive hobby. But if you own a business, you started it to make money so figuring out how to make sales that eclipse and exceed your expenses is imperative. Coach Malla Haridat shares how you can increase your sales in (some) unconventional ways in this episode of the Coach UP Podcast. Malla has over 15 years experience in sales, and the awards and accolades to go with that experience. She takes a different approach to building and growing sales that...2023-09-191h 51Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessWhy Your Consistent Social Media Posting Is Not Making You Money with Marketing Expert, Coach Tai GoodwinYou're frustrated because you post every single day on your social media pages, comment on other people's posts, engage on the platforms, have amazing content geared to fix your clients' problems BUT you're still not making any consistent money in your business. Unless things change, you're ready to either pull your clients' hair out or throw in the towel. Don't do either yet! Coach Tia Goodwin has answers for how to change your frustrations into fruitful endeavors and begin converting your content into customers. Coaches, if you truly want to learn to market your...2023-09-121h 26Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessThe Hard Truth of How to Rid (or at Least Reduce) Regret in Our Lives w/ Kaneshi HartWe make decisions to act, and regret it later. We make decisions not to act, and regret it later. Regret looms around us way too often and I bet you, like me, wishes it would not show up so frequently in our lives. We regret that extra dinner helping we had that we didn't need when our pants seem a bit snugger the next morning. We regret not making those follow up calls because we were scared of hearing no. We regret watching those mundane tv shows the night before when we're confronted with the same mound of...2023-09-0923 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessMindset Hacks to Create the Confidence You Long For with Coach Paul LevitinFitness Coach turned Confidence Coach, Paul Levitin realized that no matter how much free information we have access to (aka YouTube University, Podcasts, etc.) we often are not able to turn that information into consistent activity to achieve our goals and dreams. He saw this often in his work as a Fitness Coach and decided to take a different path to help his clients experience real change. Paul decided to tackle building the one thing that could help his clients achieve their goals, as well as be a result of achieving their goals, which was confidence. 2023-09-051h 15Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessAre These Four "Must Do" Corporate Coaching Techniques Incorporated Into Your Coaching?There are four principals of coaching that I learned in the corporate world as a coach that are integral for both entrepreneurial and corporate coaches to include in your coaching practices. You may think that the practice of coaching in a corporate space is vastly different from coaching done as an entrepreneur, and that may be the case. Yet, there are some similarities that should exists that you may not be implementing that can vastly improve the coaching experience for you and your client. Coaches, I know you want to provide an amazing journey...2023-09-0227 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow Your "Head" Decisions are Hindering Your Life and How to Change That with Coach Heather MahoneyWhat would you do if you realized your "head" decisions could actually be leading you away from your dreams and goals versus toward them? Would you want to understand how that's happening and how to correct it? Heather Mahoney, Life Coach, talks about the misguided actions you may be making by making choices from your headspace. She shares that there is a different way to make decisions that will inevitably lead you to your desired goals and results. The question is, do you want to make decisions for your success or sabotaging your success? 2023-08-2954 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessIs Your Brain Sabotaging Your Success? Coach Dominika StaniewiczIs procrastination delaying your dreams? Is anxiety holding you hostage? Do you wish you had the will power to do what you know you need to do, even when you don't feel like it? Would you believe these issues can all be addressed by improving the health of your brain? Don't believe it? When you listen in, you will... Dominika Staniewicz, Brain Coach and Elite Neurorecording Specialist, talks about how all these issues and more can be corrected by improving the muscle of your brain. But how is this possible? In this...2023-08-161h 24Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessThe Only 4 Steps You Need To Do to Build a Successful Coaching Business with Coach Dillan Taylor - Part 2It is Part 2 of the interview with Dillan Taylor. In this episode, Dillan covers four tried and true proven steps for coaches to use to source clients, screen clients, and secure paying clients. They are so simple and straightforward to follow, it almost seems unreal that a six figure coaching business can be built using only these four steps. Yet, Dillan is proof that it can. Dillan also divulges two of the most important questions you need to know and ask in closing the sale with a potential coaching client. 2023-08-081h 11Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessWRONG: Building Your Coaching Business Through Marketing, Sales Funnels, and Social Media with Coach Dillan Taylor - Part 1You've been told to massively market, post on social media three times a day, and have a proficient sales funnel in place in order to grow, scale and become a profitable coaching business. Is that working? Are you burnt out and find it seems impossible to keep up with all this, especially if you are running a "one-man band" coaching business? Is there a better way? There is! Coach Dillan Taylor debunks all the reasons why these activities will not net you a successful, profitable coaching business. It is because you are missing the...2023-08-0258 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessMaster Getting Media Exposure for Your Coaching Business with Dr. Paulette Harper, Best Selling Author and CoachDo you wish you could get your coaching business featured in magazines, on blogs, on the radio, on talk shows? Do you believe your business could go to another level if you had that kind of exposure? But do you not have a clue how to actually make this happen? Dr. Paulette Harper does! In this interview, she shares how she leveraged the power of media to propel her writing and coaching businesses to six figures and beyond. Dr. Paulette is a best selling author and coaches aspiring authors...2023-07-261h 38Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow Quitting Can Actually Help You Win - Coach Damon Parker Proves ItWhen you've done the impossible - coached both girls and boys school wrestling teams to state championships in the same year - you are a coach who knows how to win. So when quitting is the immediate decision after accomplishing such a feat, and you aren't 80 years old, some might consider that a bit confusing. Yet this is exactly what Coach Damon Parker did. In this starkly honest interview, Coach Damon shares why he quit at the pinnacle of his career, and how that decision turned out to be a courageously, life altering one...2023-07-181h 32Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessThe Secrets of Negotiating Lucrative Speaking Gigs Part 2 with Coach Erika McCarthyPart 2 of my interview with Coach Erika McCarthy is just as jam packed with practical, applicable business building tips as Part 1 of our interview. (If you haven't listened to Part 1, double back and check it out.) In this interview, Erika shares: Where she has most consistently and successfully found her coaching clients Why she recommends you use this method as well Strategy around approaching potential companies and organizations to whom you want to pitch your speaking services And more... Erika even shared some of the most effective technology platforms she uses and why, which have been a...2023-07-1341 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessThe Secrets of Negotiating Lucrative Speaking Gigs Pt. 1 with Coach Erika McCarthy Stages are the pathway to scaling your income. Coaches, if you want to expand your reach, increase your influence, and maximize your coaching client prospect list, you want to be on stages, speaking. A stage offers you an uninterrupted opportunity to introduce yourself, your expertise, and convey the reason people need to work with you all in the span of about 30 - 60 minutes. There are few opportunities as impactful, and yet so few people know how to access these opportunities. Coach Erika McCarthy does. She is an expert at teaching others how to line...2023-07-1239 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Protect Yourself and Your Business from Client Fallout with Coach Tywanna SmithProfessional basketball player turned international athlete business manager turned sports management industry breakthrough coach, Tywanna Smith's blazing trail of success is in no danger of cooling down. She is a force to be reckoned with in the sports industry world, helping athletes manage and secure their futures, while at the same time, now teaching others how you can break into the sports management world and do the same. In this episode, Tywanna shares why she has moved more of her business focus into coaching others on how to break into the sports management industry to build a brand for...2023-07-041h 28Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessReality Check: The Sacrifices You Haven't Been Willing to Make To Grow a Profitable Business with Coach Molly ClaireMolly Claire is a coach of coaches who built a multi-six figure business in less than five years, then shut it all down and started over. Who would do this? A business owner and powerful woman who knows that if she can do it once, she can do it again. But why would she do this? Sacrifice. In this episode, Molly talks about the sacrifices that she has been willing to make as a business owner and those she has been unwilling to make and the impact that has had on her business. It's...2023-06-271h 02Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better Business4 Truths You Must Learn, and Actually Apply, to Build a Six Figure Business Now w/ Dr. Viola PierceYou've been wondering what you don't know that you don't know about how to scale your business that is keeping you stuck where you are. Dr. Viola Pierce, affectionately known as Dr. V, breaks down four truths that will liberate you from this mud and catapult your business onto the fast track for success. Dr. V is a 30 years experienced nurse turned multiple six-figure earning entrepreneur who specializes in coaching nurses on how to build profitable coaching and consulting businesses. In this episode, she pulls back the veil on the powerful, yet simple and...2023-06-211h 16Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessTo Scale from Six to Seven Figures, You Need Strategy and Financial Savvy - Not More Customers or More Offers. Coach Lori SpillaneAll too often the guidance given to grow your coaching business is to create more offers, raise your prices, source more clients, get more specific on who your ideal client is, and conduct more webinars and challenges so that your ideal client will find you, like you, and hire you. These tactics work and have their place in the growth of your business, but there are other ways to grow as well. Lori Spillane coaches six figure businesses on how to scale to seven figures without the focus on any of these things. Instead...2023-06-131h 25Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessFrom $17 in Income to 12 Streams of Income in Under 12 Months - Coach Tim WindersTim Winders is an Author, Speaker, and Executive Coach whose "riches to rags to riches" journey has evolved him into a unique six figure coach who breaks the molds of the coaching world and has smashing success doing it. He's done coaching of all types, including real estate, business, leadership, and more, breaking the stigma that to "niche" down is required in order to be a success in the coaching industry. Tim has also gone through some very difficult days (years) in his coaching and entrepreneurial career. Having gotten wiped out in the mortgage...2023-06-061h 25Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessThe One Monthly Expense That Could Save You Millions That You Can't Afford Not to Pay - Coach Kimberly TaraToo often, people (yes, I may be talking about you) don't want to pay the expense that comes with employing a great CPA or even an exceptional tax preparer. But what if the cost of paying that person provided you with a return on your investment of 30% or more every year, from increased income in your business to a reduced tax bill yearly? Would the cost then be worth it to you? If you said YES, then these statements should also ring true... YES! - You should check out your CPA or Tax Preparer through state or local certification...2023-05-301h 36Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Become an Industry Authority Who Attracts Your Clients to You - Coach Dre BaldwinIf you could have clients coming to you because they saw you as an expert in your industry, would that improve your business? It absolutely would. The question is how do you become an expert? Dre Baldwin talks about one very effective way to do it in this episode. Having been in the YouTube space producing content since 2005, the start of YouTube, Dre knows how to develop a presence that people know and how to leverage that presence into income generation. Because of his consistent output of relevant material for his target audience for...2023-05-241h 30Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHacked - Lost All 55,000 IG Followers - And Still Broke $1M in Revenue Less Than 1 Year Later - The Shopify/Drop Shipping Coach Chelsea GuarrielloChelsea Guarriello is one of the few women in the drop shipping business that is crushing the game, having built a 7 figure business in the industry. She also now teaches women and moms, in particular, how to build successful online businesses. Chelsea's success was quick in the beginning and then she experienced some major setbacks. Her Instagram account was hacked not once, not twice, but three times, causing her to lose all her followers - 55,000 of them - the first time. Chelsea shares how devastated she was after this hack took place and then...2023-05-171h 45Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Get Your Finances Fixed Quick with Quickbooks Expert and Coach Sam HallburnDo you struggle to know what money is coming in and what money is going out of your business? Do you not really know your bottom line - the amount of money you make every month in revenue and profit (because they are two different things)? Do you know you desperately need help with sorting out the financial tangle of your business but just do not want to deal with it? Then you need to hear this episode and you need to reach out to Sam Hallburn. Sam helps businesses and accounting professionals learn...2023-05-101h 31Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Think in the Moment to Create Better Outcomes in the Future - Dr. Laurel Mines, CoachHave you ever heard the saying, "it's all mental"? Dr. Laurel Mines, a sports mindset coach, does a great job of breaking down what this phrase truly means and looks like when applied in our lives. Through her work as a physical therapist, and as someone who has worked with athletes on the spectrum of novice to professional, Dr. Laurel has a unique perspective of how our mind works in comparison to what our body does. (Think about your thoughts, now think about your habits. What do you repeatedly do in relation to what you repeatedly think - intentionally...2023-05-031h 08Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow Webinars Will Build Your Wealth: The $57 Million Dollar Launch Coach - Jason FladlienCalling Jason Fladlien the King of Webinars is not boasting. If you can back it up, it's not bragging. Jason has been in the webinar space for over a decade and had helped some of the largest names in the marketing and business space to build and scale their businesses well past the 8 figure mark based on his webinar knowledge, teaching, and formulas. If you subscribe to any form of social media or receive emails from any business owner, you've likely been invited to or sold the benefits of attending a webinar about something...2023-04-251h 28Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessWhy Your Clients Aren't Making Lasting Change - Coach Zac StuckiIn a world where influencing, marketing, sales, funnels, and social media are the main attractions when people talk about business, the operations part of business often gets overlooked and undervalued. BUT without running strong operations in your business, your business will ultimately fail. And your operations are based on know your client's job and what their progress on that job looks like. Many business owners are not comfortable or confident in creating, managing, and scaling the operations of their business because understanding what's truly necessary to make their business successful can often be confusing...2023-04-191h 30Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow the 1% Thinks Differently & How Learning to Think This Way Can Significantly Impact and Improve Your Life Too - Coach James SimpsonScaling to $100,000 in revenue takes specific planning and action. Then once you get there, scaling from $100,000 to multiple six figures in revenue requires a whole different set of plans and actions. Add on top of that the desire to scale quickly and effectively, and you need a coach who has done it multiple times, in multiple businesses, to get you there. That coach is James Simpson. As a High Performance Coach who helps entrepreneurs who are making a quarter million dollars or more in their business to 2X, 3X and 4X their revenue, James...2023-04-111h 33Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Create Messaging That Will Magnetize Your Client and Maximize Your Sales - Coach Royce KingContent is king in 2023 and Royce King not only produces exceptional copy, but she also coaches businesses on how to do the same. Her ability to create strong messaging for her clients that resonates with their ideal audiences paves the way for increased sales. In this interview, Royce shares the importance of nailing messaging for a business and how it can drastically improve business results. She also shares the advantages of having someone do for your business what they are great at so you can focus on the area of your strengths instead. 2023-04-0454 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow She Went From 300 Facebook Group Members to Six Figures in Sales in Just 2 Years - Coach Allison NelsonWith a toddler and an unexpectedly unemployed husband, Allison Nelson took her coaching business from the startup stage to "five figures per month" stage in just a few months. She then impressively scaled that business to six figures shortly thereafter. In this interview, Allison pulls back the veil on the pain points she had to work through to grow to this level and then how she ultimately overcame them to achieve the success she is enjoying today. She also reveals how YOU can start with a small audience and still build a highly successful coaching business. 2023-03-291h 30Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Build Your Business to Six Figures in 24 Months with NO Start Up Costs - Coach Steph GilliesIf I could tell you how to build your brand new business from zero revenue to over six figures in revenue in just 24 months, would you give me one hour of your time? If you said yes to that question, then this episode is for you. While I can't tell you how to do that, Steph Gillies sure can. Steph is a Career Story Coach and Resume Writer who lost her job due to covid in 2020, pivoted to begin her own coaching business helping people position themselves as experts in their field so they...2023-03-211h 10Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessAre You Simply "Managing" Your Life? How to STOP Now and "Mind Set" Out the Life You Want - Coach Trang NyugenImagine a snail changing your life. Yes, a snail. For Trang Nyugen, a snail literally altered the pathway of her life and propelled her to create, design, and build her six-figure plus coaching business that has only been in existence for about three years. Trang's ability to identify iconic shifting moments in people's lives, and then help them build the life they desire in the wake of those moments, is one of the reasons her work as a transformational coach for women in business and their careers is life altering.  In this episode, Trang talks about:  Th...2023-03-151h 29Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow to Stop Struggling to Find a Job and Finally Learn Strategies to Land the Job You Want Instead - Coach Eric B. HornWhen you have to find a new job, don't you just dread it? The whole process? Would you agree that finding a job can be a struggle? That it is burdensome, time consuming, filled with rejection and disappointment, and often takes much longer to do than we'd like? This is unfortunately the normal experience for job hunting and no one likes it. But what if....? What if you had a handful of strategies that could make the process shorter? What if you could find a job through your network versus having to submit your resume...2023-03-081h 37Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessHow Being Everywhere Will Take Your Business Anywhere You Desire - Coach Alison WheelerWhat do you need to do differently to scale your business to a different level? Be everywhere. But what does that mean? What does that look like? How do you even do it? Alison Wheeler, Business Coach, delivers the know-how on how to scale your business using this technique, as well as others. As one of the top leaders in the world in the network marketing industry before leaving to build her own coaching business, as an accomplished body builder, an author, and a business coach, Alison pulls from a wealthy knowledge bank in...2023-02-281h 07Build A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessWhat it's all about - The Coach UP PodcastWhy another podcast about coaching? What's different about this podcast from any other coaching podcast? Take a listen to this quick episode and find out.  The coaching industry is a $20+ billion dollar industry. It is a space that is still growing, still has so much to offer people, and still has room for you to become a part of it if you like.  The Coach UP podcast brings to you information from coaches in the industry who have found a way to successfully offer life changing value to their clients, allowing them to carve 6 and 7 fi...2023-02-1810 minBuild A Better BusinessBuild A Better BusinessCoach UP (Trailer)A new episode2023-02-1800 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsClosing Out Candid Corporate Conversations?When transformation occurs in our lives, in whatever form it happens, we are changed in a way that leaves us different from the way we were before. We are not the same. Other people often do not understand it. Some people may question it, criticize it, discourage it. But it is not their change, it belongs to us and we must walk in that transformation because we know what triggered it.  My transformation came the day I gave my life to Jesus Christ and He accepted it. That happened in November and I've not been the...2021-01-0337 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsCorporate Politics is Like Playing a Game of Spades - Do you have a winning hand? Find out with Monique A J SmithMonique A. J. Smith is a Leadership Strategist for Athletic Departments and Sport Organizations. She's found success in the athletic industry with an early start in her career in the often, highly coveted role of Interim Athletic Director at St. Paul's College. There are only 1022 Athletic Director positions in the entire country (U.S.A.) and she was one of them. Not only that, to date, women only comprise 19% of all athletic director positions in this country. And Monique earned this top position in the at the very impressive young age of 28 years old. She did it by taking...2020-12-121h 06Candid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsElizabeth Warren's Presidential Campaign, Pivots, and Productivity - How they all apply to Victoria Downes' journey to success in the midst of COVID 19Would you consider leaving a 14 year career with no plan? What if that plan led you to the exciting opportunity and privilege to work on a presidential campaign? Would you take the leap then? Victoria Downes did and it led her to leading the human resources team for Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign team.  But... to get there, she had to make a choice to pivot after experiencing an unexpected event in her career.  Then the end of the campaign and the surprising onset of COVID 19 caused her to have to unexpectedly pivot again...2020-12-0559 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsAnnouncing the NEW Candid Corporate Conversations Direction - Expanded, Enlightening, Exciting!So a couple of weeks ago I shared that I'd had a life changing experience and so my podcast would be changing as a result. Well, I've finally been blessed with the insight as to the direction of the podcast and today's episode share exactly what that is.  The podcast is evolving, as we ought to strive to do as we grow and study to change for the better in life. It will be more expansive, more inclusive, and focused on more growth than griping (which I may have been leaning toward in previous episodes...2020-11-2816 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsGodwinks to Government - Lobbyist and Advocate Erica Wright's jump to State Government even in the midst of Covid 19Have you ever looked around at where you are, where you work, what you get the privilege of doing every day and thought... "Wow, how did I get here?" or "Wow, thank you God I am here!"  If you have, or you'd like to be able to do so, you'll want to listen in! In this episode, Erica Wright shares how she unexpectedly landed in the sought after, influential world of lobbying at the State government level and what she's learned along the way. While the government is still a very male dominated area, Erica is...2020-11-211h 17Candid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsThe Podcast is Changing cause I CHANGED - Thank GodHave you ever had a shift in your lift that impacted every single thing? How you thought? How you moved? What you kept in your life? What you moved out of your life? I DID! I praise Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, for the change and it means change for Candid Corporate Conversations. So what does that change look and sound like...???  2020-11-1404 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsAn Uncanny Self Leadership Perspective that Can Turn Salvage Situations to Success with Regenia GravesWhat would you do if the first thing a man said to you upon meeting you in a business meeting is, "Oh, you're a girl!"? Can you even imagine? CEO of Break Limits Coaching, Regenia Graves, didn't have to imagine; it happened to her. She, however, used the unbelievable experience as a learning opportunity to add knowledge to her toolbox to utilize as she continued to advance up the ranks in her company. Her ability and skillset in being able to take ridiculous situations on the chin and keep going is what made her such a fascinating guest to...2020-11-0754 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate Conversations13 Sublte Ways You're Treated Differently In the Workplace as a Woman that You May Not Even KnowDid you know that your thoroughness in explaining things as a woman can make you seem incompetent? Did you know that showing anger, not just crying, makes you seem more emotional and less competent to some in the workplace? Were you aware of these subtle biases you are probably working against in your workspace?  These, and 11 other actions, that BOTH men and women partake in at work, often work in favor or men and against women. If you don't know what they are, you'll want to listen to today's episode.  The biggest challenge...2020-11-0152 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsForging New Territory for Women in the Lucrative Foreign Exchange Market with Lesley McDowellKnow anything about the Foreign Exchange Market or Industry? When you think about trading on Wall Street, do you more often envision men or women working there? These questions may not seem related, but they very much are and Lesley McDowell bridges that gap.  Meet Lesley McDowell - She owns her own company in the foreign exchange industry, which is not an industry that not many people know about or understand, maybe particularly in the U.S., and forging new territory for women in this industry that is predominantly male oriented.  Lesley is...2020-10-2448 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsThe One Trait that Ruins Leadership - Do You Have It?There is one common trait that everyone has that can ruin effective leadership for anyone. Do you have it?  It often shows up in ways and actions we do not even realize, but others see it and it can derail the mission, goal, and objectives we are trying to accomplish. It can decimate relationships, which we all know relationships are the fabric of leadership, without us even at times being aware it is happening. It is a trait that is deceptive in even identifying if we have it within ourselves because it can at times masquerade...2020-10-1821 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsHow Acting Like a Guy Just Might Be Necessary for Your ReputationHave you ever been standing in a group of men and women, a man walks up to join the group, and he shakes the men's hands in the groups but nods to the women? Have you ever wondered why this happened, or have you chalked it up to "that's just what men do"? This seems odd to me. I think it should to you as well. Have you ever wondered if or how that small action is perceived by those giving the handshake, those receiving it, and those not receiving it? Does the gift of the handshake...2020-10-1034 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate Conversations7 Things You May Be Doing That You Don't Even Realize That Are the Keeping You From Moving UpDo you feel like you are "stuck" in your job? Do you at times feel hopeless, held hostage, or simply unhappy because of where you are in your career? Do you sometimes feel like "what is the point?"  You are not alone.  We have all felt this way, whether it was for a season, all the time, or even right now. And we've all been stumped about how to get out of that space, or even find the strength to believe we can.  If you can relate to this, then...2020-10-0340 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsYour Education = More Money Right? ...Or Is It Less?How is it possible that more women in corporate America have at least a bachelor's degree than men but we are still paid, on average, $16,000 - $20,000 less than men in the same industries and fields? This is the wrong question to ask since these is current reality. The question now to ask: How do we close that gap? In 2019, women surpassed men in having more bachelor's degrees, or higher, in the workplace. But in order for us to surpass men in pay, we have to change how we approach education and get education - preferably without adding...2020-09-2641 minCandid Corporate ConversationsCandid Corporate ConversationsMillennial Women Are Right - You Should Feel Entitled at WorkHow often have you said or heard it said that Millennials are so entitled? How often was that statement accompanied by annoyance, or maybe even disgust? While it is not true of all Millennials, it is a trait that has been attributed to the generation, and you may need to take note actually. Why? Because as a non-Millennial woman, if you don't have a sense of entitlement in the workplace, you may be doing a disservice to your own success.  Come to find out, Millennials are not the only people in the workplace who feel entitled...2020-09-2017 min