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Work smarter, not harder.  Are you ready for this challenge? Jon Darbyshire believes a shared vision of “helping teams be more productive by working smarter” enriches culture, promotes accountability, and empowers collaboration through automation.   In 2021, Jon Darbyshire and his team launched SmartSuite, a work management platform that manages any process, from any industry, on one platform.  This podcast is different for David, our host, because he chose to ask questions about SmartSuite to confirm how well it aligns with his own best practices.  This is not a product demo or pitch.  The conversation weaves Jon’s experience with David 50 years in business.  Although the framework of the conversation is SmartSuite, Jon and David discuss many of the best practices they have learned through their decades of experience and hundreds of companies they have helped. Jon has invested in over 400 startups, and it has been a learning process.  David has advised over 1,000 organizations through his consulting and work

Many leaders want employees who are a good cultural fit for their company, but few take the time to establish a culture of psychological safety for employees. Chuck Mollor emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership so you can have proactive employees who fully embrace your culture, and you provide them the psychological safety they need to thrive in your organization. Chuck is a recognized expert in leadership effectiveness.  He has authored a best-selling book on Amazon titled, The Rise of The Agile Leader: Can You Make the Shift?  He trains companies how psychological safety is a competitive advantage that can maximize employee engagement and innovation. Where did Chuck gain his EQ and realize an X-Factor to hyper-growth? It started back in 1999, when Chuck received feedback from people he was leading.  He tells us how those harsh comments allowed him to see his "blind spots" in leadership, which at the time were not pleasant to learn.  However, his courage in embracing the perspecti

Can you imagine watching a video of your day in the last 24 hours? If you are humble enough, it will be clear you could have used better words, a different tone of voice, and had a better attitude as you interacted with others to achieve a result.  Even if that result was something simple, like agreeing to a request someone else made.  Sean Mahar believes the world will get better when we became more conscious of how our communication affects other people. In this episode, Sean shares examples of leaders who overcam bad communication habits and the results were better relationships, increased financial success, and tremendous time savings. His book, Stop Wasting Words, can help anyone improve how they communicate with others.  In today’s podcast, you get to learn some of Sean’s most powerful tips on how you can adapt your interactions with others to improve the outcomes of those conversations.  His wisdom applies to both personal and professional situations. Could you communicate more effectively?   Join this

“It took me 28 years to realize that I needed to change my life, that my leadership skills were no longer enough,” Tom Hardison explained to our audience. His role at Hewlett Packard had changed and his youngest son had decided to drop out of school.  His very fulfilling life and successful career had diverted onto a rocky road with difficult to navigate potholes.  Things were not working as easily as before.  Tom knew he must make changes, but where?  One of the first mistakes he identified was the fact he was not really listening to his son or his wife, and fully considering what they had to say.  To breakthrough his challenges required a new set of leadership skills that would allow him to resolve new, or previously overlooked, complexities in his life.  This was true even though as an engineer, he had very strong analytical and problem-solving skills. But how to change? Tom was caught in a system of processing information and making decisions that blocked him from receiving and evaluating critical data, a

We have been told that, "Your personal life stays at home."  But seasoned leaders know this is fable, not fact.  For some, this lesson is learned when their personal lives (including our past traumas) directly, but unconsciously affect their workflow as entrepreneurs.  Have you seen someone’s personal habits spillover into the workplace, or experienced it yourself?  For instance:  Have you ever felt guilty for eating your lunch rather than just working nonstop?   Do you struggle to lead a team because you want to avoid confrontation, or it is more comfortable to make assumptions rather than communicate more and get ahead of your people and lead?   In this episode with Vena Sterling, we talk about how she has discovered the importance of recognizing these factors and working on them.  Vena explains life doesn't get better just by becoming a great entrepreneur, it vastly improves when you learn to develop the skills that give you freedom.  Vena learned her lessons the hard way.  She was very successful as a rea

Are you struggling to find time to catch up with your to-do list?   Time management is an underrated skill, but it has always been the best secret held by the most successful leaders.   John Nieuwenburg has been trying to spread the word on this secret since 2004, when he started coaching business owners. He has helped over 320 small business owners increase profit, remove the stress and chaos from their businesses and get their lives back. Before becoming a business coach, John was president of BC Liquor Stores which currently does over 3 billion dollars in sales annually with a headcount of 4,000 people. In 2019, MacKay CEO Forums awarded John with Canada's CEO Trusted Advisor Award in the Small Business category.  In this episode John Nieuwenburg shares with us three important points about the big challenges small businesses owners are facing today: time, team, and money.  Leaders must have great time management skills, as “people are always reactive instead of proactive.”  So, the question today for all

Hate it or love it, remote work is not going away any time soon.  By now, most people are used to remote working. But what about hiring and leading?  Damien Filiatrault is fluent in both aspects. He is the founder and CEO of Scalable Path, a software staffing agency that matches leading companies and startups with vetted, remote software developers.   Since Scalable Path was founded in 2010, the company has amassed a freelance network of over 23,000 software developers in 177 countries. A powerful remote workforce.  Previously, he headed PHP development at SolutionSet, where he spent five months managing a team of developers in Goa, India. Damien has held sales and marketing positions at notable San Francisco technology companies, including Evite and CNET Networks.  Through his work at Scalable Path, Damien has helped developers in Latin America and other regions connect to the global talent marketplace and improve their quality of life. He also cares deeply for the environment and has pledged 10% of all Scal

“You HAVE TO build your network early.” Dig your well before you’re thirsty.  These are the words of Michael Yinger, a high-performance, forward-thinking executive with 20+ years of experience in building teams, managing global organizations, and providing strategic guidance to C-Suite and Board of Directors.  Michael is the founder and current board member of ResumeSieve, an AI-powered candidate evaluation platform designed to ignore biases and look purely at talent. Michael has been in the talent acquisition space for almost 20 years and he believes that by removing human biases in the recruitment process, companies are able to hire a more diverse and more effective workforce.  Join David as Michael spills some knowledge from his vast experience concerning networking and implementing the EID+B process when hiring.  How and where do you successfully network? How important is it to network? How do you successfully hire while considering the diversity of your company?   These are questions that at some point

While serving in the U.S. Army Rangers, he had a training accident which broke his neck. After overcoming his injury, he became the co-founder of a unique jewelry entrepreneurship.  Andrew Wolgemuth grew up in the jewelry business with two entrepreneurial parents who started a small jewelry shop when he was a child. Living above the store for most of his childhood Andrew was immersed in the industry.  He is currently the Founder and CEO of Wove. He previously served as a Platoon Leader and Deputy Commander in the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment, leading a team of 40 Special Operators in unconventional environments around the World.  Andrew started Wove while serving in the U.S. Army Rangers by sending realistic replicas to his friends overseas who were looking to purchase a ring while on deployment. This was the start of the Wove custom design process and home-try-on replica experience.  Would you send a multi-thousand-dollar engagement ring across the world?   This was the question for many of the men serv

Would you know how to change up your business strategy if you had to relocate to a Spanish speaking community?  No? Well, the U.S. is now the fourth country with the highest number of Spanish speakers worldwide. Can you really afford not to know the answer to a question like this?  Gabriela Pulido has worked with over 300 brands, on a global, Latin America and Hispanics levels, providing the ability to guide clients into implementing best in class branding and communication solutions. Her clients include Amerant, Endeavor Miami, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Shelton Academy, Insigneo, Lifeinvest, Gama, Empresas Polar, Mercantil, Puntored, Cafam, Avianca, Nestlé, Puntacana Resort & Club, among others.  She has served as a founding partner, CEO, director, advisor, and mentor in different companies as well as non-profit organizations. Graduated in industrial engineering from Columbia University in New York ‘92 and MBA IESA ’97. Recently she pivoted her company towards solving creative scalability challenges and

Do you think ZOOM would be every bit as successful if their domain name was “hurry.com” while their brand name stayed the same?  Andrew Rosener, who is responsible for the acquisition of Zoom.com by ZOOM is considered a domain name guru, and one of the largest domain brokers in the world.   He’s also a Domain Investor, Digital Asset Investor and pioneer in domain name valuation methodology.  He has completed more than $500 Million in domain name transactions and has been involved in Bitcoin and other crypto currencies since 2013.  The industry leader in third party escrow services, has recognized Andrew and his firm, MediaOptions.com, as the #1 or #2 Domain Broker in the World since 2013 when they began the Award.  He has also won and been nominated for many other awards, including Domain Name Hall of Fame and Domain Investor of the Year.  Furthermore, Andrew Rosener is the creator of the Rosener Equation, an algorithm that determines the full objective end user or retail value for premium generic .com domain

In 1970 the average life cycle for a family business was around 62 years.  Today it is only 24 years.  What went wrong along the way?  To get to the bottom of this, David talked to an expert on the topic, Rob Ferguson.    Rob has been a trusted advisor to family businesses since 2010.  Prior to becoming an advisor, Rob had a distinguished career in leadership – including ten years as a CEO at 2 different companies.    In his current role, Rob has led companies through 10x growth, helped turn struggling companies around, and has conducted more than $100 million in acquisitions.  Rob's company, Ferguson Alliance, is on a mission to increase the lifespan of family businesses.  Rob believes that with the right foundation in place, family businesses can live infinitely.  What mistakes shorten the lifecycle of family businesses by 38 years compared to 50 years ago?  And flip the question to ask, what are the strengths they should focus on?    David and Rob got into the weeds about family business so you can hear so

Dr. Lonnie Herman focuses on healing people from an “incurable” and progressively devastating disease, such as Lupus, Parkinson’s Disease, MS, or Fibromyalgia.     Can he actually do it?  This podcast does not confirm or deny the results Dr. Herman says he is achieving.  David simply talks with Dr. Herman about his process, the time it takes to see results, and whether his approach always works.  By the way, no medical approach always works because the patient’s issue might be too far advanced.  However, Dr. Herman is meeting with people of all ages from all over the world who feel they have exhausted all the possible medical alternatives, spent a lot of money, and not been healed or gotten worse.  David’s conclusion is part of Dr. Herman’s approach is his own adaptation of homeopathy.  Here’s a western medicine assessment of homeopathy, and a quick overview by the American Institute of Homeopathy.  Dr. Herman did not confirm this in this podcast.  This conversation is intriguing.  Dr. Herman is clearly pas

Fed-EX and UPS ship a combined 41 MILLION packages a day.  How much of an impact is this having on the environment?  James Malley is an expert in cartonization.  He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Paccurate, a company which focuses on helping the environment by utilizing technology to achieve cost-efficient packaging.  This is aiding to make a dent in the amount of carton used daily for packages all around the world.  James has been working in the logistics tech space since 2009.  He has helped create a variety of enterprise shipping technology.  He spearheaded the design of an award-winning multi-carrier TMS and has been evangelizing the use of AI to achieve cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable packing since 2015.  What can cartonization really do to help?  Join David to understand the challenges they have faced in a niche industry, as well as the specifics to what they are doing to aid the planet.   If you wonder why your box from amazon is 10-times larger than the product they have shipped you, list

20 years ago, everything that could have gone wrong in a person’s life did.  And what followed was a daily, pounding fear of death and failure.   John David Latta was a single dad with two children facing rock bottom, loneliness, and bankruptcy.  Hard work, arguments and logic were getting him nowhere, the competition was tough, and he was in over his head.   In his new book, The Synchronicity of Love, John shares the stories of what happened while at rock bottom.  His book seeks to inspire, uplift, heal, shock, awaken and transform people as he shares his journey of courageously battling the “negativity committee” in his mind to develop more powerful, positive, life-giving habits and beliefs.   Join David as John shares parts of his personal transformation.  (Yes, he did make it out of his dark hole.  But how?)  We are all wounded.  John’s stories may inspire you to revisit past trauma that is holding you back today – in love, business, money, relationships, health and so much more.   Even the most stuck, ri

Too many people are working hard... Instead of working smart.   Curtis Jenkins specializes in solving exactly that by helping small business owners develop strategies to grow their businesses from a small size to 7-8 figures.  He does this through a 5-step process called, The Realization Framework Experience, which allows owners of small companies to work as smart, large companies would.    Curtis is a graduate of the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration, and The Warton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a master’s degree in management of technology.  He is also an author, entrepreneur, and has been a project management executive for more than 20 years.    His latest book, Vision to Reality, Stop Working, Start Living, comes on the heels of his prior best-selling book, The Only Job Search Book You Will Ever Need.  It helps those seeking career independence avoid the pitfalls of entrepreneurship and m

Imagine a world where every team in your business is winning...  That’s the transformative power of getting #&*! done!  Jason Scott has been in the business of getting #&*!  done....  Sorry, In the business of helping leaders and their organizations get the necessary and expected results for quite some time.  He is the Founder of 120VC, experts in Transformational Leadership, which helps people to define and deliver the necessary and expected results by enabling team members to reach their full potential.  Since starting 120VC, Jason has personally overseen the global transformational efforts within companies like DirecTV, Trader Joe’s, Blizzard Entertainment, RIOT Games, Sony Pictures, ResMed, and others.  His team's unique, human-centric approach to change has generated breakthrough results and created meaningful jobs. In addition to being a successful entrepreneur.  “We are 100% people powered and outcome obsessed.” (Wouldn’t this make a great T-shirt?)  This people first approach to getting result

Women leaders often inspire people differently than men, yet too often they are not treated equally and or fully empowered.  What can be done to change this?  Manage 2 Win is not an expert on this topic, but today’s guest is – Lauren Zajac.   Lauren is a lawyer and the former Chief Legal Officer at Workhuman, a business whose mission is to help companies create corporate cultures driven by gratitude.  Lauren managed all of Workhuman’s legal needs and participates as a member of its executive team.  Lauren also serves as board chair for Leadermom and is on the board of The Soul Project.    Join David and Lauren to expand your understanding of how women are often forced to second guess their business thoughts due to consciously and subconsciously biased business cultures.  She has been there, done that.  As a result, Lauren has valuable advice for how men and women can work more effectively together.   Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Lauren’s insights into authentic leadership, the biggest opportunities and

After suffering a spinal cord injury as a teenager, Billy Price spent 18 years not being able to put on his own shoe.  He then met an old schoolmate, shared dreams, and they decided to create the fastest and easiest shoe to put on in the world. From 18 years old to 36 years old, Billy could not put on his own shoes.  Can you imagine that?  Someone had to do it for him.  Day after day after day…  Then, one day in his 36th year of life, Billy regained a bit of independence he had lost.  He zipped on his own shoes and no one has had to help him put on his shoes since. But BILLY Footwear is not just shoes for disabled people.  BILLY Footwear is stylish, comfortable, and quick to put on for everyone. Billy Price is the co-founder of BILLY Footwear.  The company is selling millions of dollars of shoes, with 20+ full-time employees.  Within 5 years of starting BILLY Footwear, their products are on the shelves of Nordstrom and Zappos, and sold by Amazon and other online shoe resellers. Join David as he discusses Bill

Do you want to save time?  Be more focused on what’s most important?  But you have too much to do and not enough budget to hire a full-time assistant?  I (David) was in that position a year ago.  We decided to try a virtual assistant working in another country.  It worked!  I now have more time to serve clients and work on our strategic initiatives.  The key is the company who provides the person, who you hire, and how you manage the person.    In this podcast, I interview Andrew Cohen  the CEO and Co-Founder of Work Better Now.  His company supports small businesses and entrepreneurs with affordable virtual assistants from Central and South America.  Andrew has owned a number of businesses, and this led him into a consulting position with both the Small Business Development Center and the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program.   His company now manages about 200 virtual assistants (“VA”) globally.  His company interviews VA candidates carefully and stays involved with the VA to help keep them focused a