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Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Jessica Blasingame about how entrepreneurs should not overlook finances when structuring their business and setting their goals. What are the top areas most entrepreneurs tend to overlook when it comes to finances? How can entrepreneurs structure their business to be able to forecast better? How do you help your clients financially? How can entrepreneurs use financial reports to make key business decisions? What information is most important to review in a financial report? If you want to hire someone, what do you need to do financially to make sure this goes smoothly? How can entrepreneurs best prepare for tax season? Jessica Blasingame Jessica Blasingame is a CPA who specializes in financial services for creative entrepreneurs. She founded Beam Financial Group after working a corporate accounting gig that eventually took a toll on her health. She initially left accounting altogether and worked as a certified health coach and yoga teacher. Jessica came full circle when he

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Arthur Woods about being where you need to be with the knowledge of diversity hiring. How can companies reduce bias when hiring? What are the biggest problems you see in most companies’ diversity hiring efforts? What are the advantages of workplace diversity? What is the difference in approach to diversity in Europe and in the US? What personal experience has led you to focus on this area? How can HR teams improve their job descriptions to be less biased? What valuable insight can you share from work with YouTube’s Education division? Arthur Woods Arthur Woods is a social entrepreneur, LGBTQ+ advocate working at the intersection of equity and technology. He is the author of the up & coming book Hiring for Diversity and most recently co-founded Mathison, a venture-backed technological platform equipping employers with all they need to manage their diversity hiring efforts. He is a three-time TEDx speaker and has advised brands such as Disney, Sonos, the Smithsonian, and

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Emily Ransome about establishing priorities so that you can achieve your goals for your business and your team. How do we get more done? How do we know what to say no to? How can I run a better business, instead of feeling like the business is controlling me? How do I get more accountability and self-discipline from my team? How do I leverage Social Styles to get more out of communication with others? Emaily Ransone Emily Ransone loves to say she is enjoying a very multi-faceted career these days. As a business owner, EOS® Implementer (business coach), Peer Group Facilitator with Twelve Mavens, published author, sought-after speaker and workshop facilitator, and active community volunteer, Emily has developed a passion for helping clients, friends and colleagues get more of what they want from life. As an entrepreneur and business owner, Emily and her two partners have been experimenting with new business models for the furniture industry since 2014. While running their 35

Do you struggle with the use of YouTube? What are the 3 keys to getting the YouTube Machine to Promote Your Content? What is the process to get people off of YouTube? How can you get paid to post content on YouTube? What are some strategies to help you on your YouTube journey? Drew Hitchcock Drew Hitchcock is the Owner of a YouTube Strategy Agency, focused on helping Authors, Speakers, and Entrepreneurs grow their audience and vision on YouTube. Drew has been featured in Forbes as well as the Evan Carmichael YouTube Channel. He is a guest instructor for Evan Carmichael's Movement Makers and Brandlytics Programs. Drew works with a wide range of clients from small business owners to Celebrity Authors, Speakers with over 1MM+ Subscribers. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to iTunes. We would love a review on iTunes or other platform. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be wit

Are you a complacent leader? What is complacency and why is it so dangerous to leaders and businesses? Why did you get involved in law enforcement and what did you learn? How does past success make us vulnerable? Isn't the opposite of complacency just paranoia? What are some things we can start doing right away to identify complacency and fight it with vigilance? Len Herstein Len Herstein has over 30 years of experience in business and brand marketing. Prior to founding his marketing and events company (ManageCamp Inc.), Len innovated, managed, and grew brands for major consumer packaged goods marketers, including Coca-Cola, The Campbell Soup Company, and Nabisco. Since 2015, Len has served as a Reserve Deputy Sheriff in Douglas County, Colorado. In his book, Be Vigilant!, Len combines all his experiences to provide a detailed roadmap for individuals and organizations to stop complacency, improve performance, and safeguard the success they’ve worked so hard to achieve. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast I

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews LaTonya Wilkins on how to become more inclusive. How do we truly create cultures of belonging in our workplace? What are organizations getting wrong when taking on diversity, equity, and inclusion? How do you distinguish between diversity, equity, and inclusion? What recommendations do you give leaders to be more inclusive? Why were we all born to exclude? What are the three biases that are destroying our relationships at the workplace? LaTonya Wilkins Founder of The Change Coaches and Author of Leading Below the Surface, LaTonya Wilkins partners with executives, upwardly mobile professionals, and teams to build cultures of belonging through highly customized coaching and learning experiences. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and has inspired audiences all over the world. She built her career working in HR, talent management and learning & development at Fortune 500 companies before teaching and taking on progressive leadership roles at the University of Illinois’

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Dan Hill answering the following questions about the importance of having facial expressions that truly reveals your thoughts. Which of the 7 emotions revealed through facial coding are the dominant ones? Which emotions are most likely to predict failure vs. success? From your work evaluating world leaders how do you identify a tendency to be either autocratic or inclusive? What emotional pattern suggests a bully or a dictator? What emotional combinations evoke attention, allow you to be memorable, and attract followers? How do you define contempt and what does it tell us about a person? Dan Hill Dan Hill, PhD, is the author of nine books, including Emotionomics, which was an Advertising Age top 10 must-read selection and features a foreword by Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons. In 1998, Dan founded Sensory Logic, Inc. whose clients represent over 50% of the world's top 100 advertisers. Dan pioneered the use of facial coding in business to capture and quantify consumer

Learn how to make life-changing, career-building, and truly unforgettable presentations as Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Patricia Fripp. What does it take to give a memorable presentation? How to get more results by speaking in public. How to be persuasive. What does it take to connect to every audience? How to build credibility. Patricia Fripp As a presentation skills expert Patricia Fripp helps leaders, engineers, and technical experts develop presentations that drive results. She is a Hall of Fame keynote speaker, executive speech coach, and sales presentation skills expert. Her online learning program, FrippVT.com Powerful, Persuasive Presentations, is embraced as a “must-have” by speakers and companies worldwide. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance wrote that learning presentation skills from Patricia Fripp is one of the best ways to invest in you. She is the author of three books and co-author of another three. Named “One of the Top 30 Women in Sales” and “One of the Top 30 Global Gurus.” Excellent Exec

Roll up your sleeves and get ready to tackle your workplace challenges as Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Laurie Sudbrink. What does GRIT stand for? How did you decide to write your book on GRIT? What is the biggest challenge you see in leadership development? Do you see any differences in coaching on GRIT with an individual leader verses with a team? Laurie Sudbrink Leadership expert and author, Laurie Sudbrink. has seen effective leadership that makes people want to step up and do more. She has also seen down-right terrible leadership that only inspires people to tell stories of the monstrous boss they have! Laurie developed the GRIT® system (Generosity, Respect, Integrity and Truth), which has participants to take control of their own happiness and productivity at work. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to iTunes. We would love a review on iTunes or other platform. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from

Find your financial freedom as Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Jennifer Love, CEO of The Living Wealthy Institute. What got you into Money Therapy? Why do you think it’s important for business leaders, even those who may not be company founders, to work through their limiting beliefs about money? Can you tell me a little about the typical money mindsets you see across your various clients? What does Living Wealthy mean to you? If you could give your top 3 tips for business leaders and owners going into 2022 regarding money mindset, what would those be? Jennifer Love Jennifer Love is a wealth philosopher, money therapist and the founding CEO of The Living Wealthy Institute. She is a sought after advisor to world leaders and an international speaker, author and educator weaving the aspects of our humanity into her garden conversation about the nature of wealth. She’s an award winning, 5x career entrepreneur with 20+ years under her comfy Keds, Jennifer Love is a thought leader with a heart that matches her

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, interviews Finka Jerkovic, President of FINKA Communications Inc. How is love the antidote to the fear that is holding us back in our business? How do you align what you LOVE to do with what is most valuable to your client to grow your business? How do you help your clients align with what they love? How can you transform your introversion into an asset in your life? Finka Jerkovic Finka Jerkovic is an author, international speaker, workshop leader and coach. As President of FINKA Communications Inc., she consults with clients in areas of personal branding, leadership, sales, client experience and employee engagement. She brings over two decades of experience in corporate Canada in the financial services industry, with an expertise in sales, leadership, communication, and coaching. Finka believes when you bring authentic leadership and a mission-based mindset to business, you can achieve inner fulfillment, outer success and leave a transformational impact. Excellent Executive Coachi

Pamela Hackett, a management consultant is interview by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC. What is employee engagement all about given the post-pandemic environment? How to raise your head from technology and connect with your people using simple yet innovative practices. How to systematically address the festering employee gripes that cause teams to disengage. Simple principles you can start using today to boost workplace connectedness. Pamela Hackett Pamela Hackett has advised, led, and supported people through major change within some of the world's most prominent companies and brands throughout her 35 years in management consulting. She is the Global CEO of the international consultancy Proudfoot. Hackett is on a quest to help all companies build engagement. Her new book, Manage to Engage: How Great Managers Create Remarkable Results (Wiley; April 6, 2021), is a compendium of ideas and resources. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to iTunes. We would love a review on 

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Milli Brown about her vision and goals to provide responsive publishing solutions for entrepreneurs, executives, thought leaders, and corporations. What is your story? How did you get into publishing? What is the most rewarding aspect of this job? How do you develop award-winning books for those who wish to retain the rights to their intellectual property? What is a hybrid Publishing system? What is the benefit to authors? Where do you see the business going in the next five to ten years? Milli Brown Ms. Brown forged a New Era in Publishing® in 1994 by launching a fiercely independent publishing house with an innovative business model that is now recognized by the industry as The First Hybrid Publisher. Milli Brown’s commitment to authors--building successful relationships and developing award-winning books for those who wish to retain the rights to their intellectual property—is the cornerstone of her company. This dedication has resulted in a roster that includes CEOs, b

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC talks with Elaine Bennett about the importance of “being you” in all communication as they answer the following questions. What are the top communications mistakes that keep executives from advancing? How can clients position themselves for growth through speaking? Why you shouldn't try to be Oprah (unless you're Oprah) Why do you hate bullet points so much? What kind of humor works best in a business setting? Elaine Bennett Elaine Bennett’s name may sound familiar. She is an award-winning speechwriter and definitely not the lady from Seinfeld, whose last name was Benes. Elaine is a strategic messaging consultant. She advises clients from Fortune 50 CEOs to entrepreneurs on their messaging. She also creates and delivers trainings on how to improve the writing of everything from internal communications to speeches. Her 2019 TEDx Talk tackles the topic of how language can change the world. She began her career on Wall Street 25+ years ago, as speechwriter for the CEO of Salomon Brother

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Meredith Bell about the importance of sharpening your communication so that your leadership skills improve as well as the cohesiveness of your team. I’ve noticed that the name of your company is Performance Support Systems. What is the No. 1 thing organizations should be focused on improving to boost their performance? Which communication skills are most essential for effective leader-team interactions? Why is it that most learning and development programs don't produce lasting improvement in performance, and what's the solution? Frustrations are inevitable while learning a new skill, so what will motivate people to stick with it? What do you mean by “peer coach” and what does it take to be effective in that role? Meredith Bell Meredith Bell is co-founder and President of Performance Support Systems, a global software company providing assessment and development tools for the workplace. Their award-winning software and books guide leaders and team members to make the shift

Vikrant Shaurya shares his expertise in how to get a book published as he answers the following question during his interview with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC. Why should anyone write a book? How do you build authority in your area of expertise? What do you need to do to create a best-selling book from scratch? How do you go from writing a book to winning high-value clients? What can your business do to help my listeners to get a best selling book? Vikrant Shaurya Vikrant Shaurya is the CEO and founder of BestsellingBook.com and is also a bestselling author. Back in 2017, Vikrant wrote P.O.W.E.R: The Success Mantra, which became a number one bestseller in one of the most competitive categories on Amazon, the Entrepreneurship category. It basically talks about how success has a lot to do with loving your job. Vikrant's latest book How to Write a Bestseller came out in 2020 and it became a number one bestseller in the electronic publishing category. This covers our whole process of ideation, writing, publishing,

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Sean Ryan as he shares his success in guiding organizations to develop strategies that lead to results. How do you align everyone in the organization? What are the seven gears that help organizations outperform? How do you help someone develop their strategy to create unique value? How do you help leaders engage their team to get results? Sean Ryan Sean Ryan is a world-renowned business consultant, speaker, trainer and executive coach. As the founder of Whitewater International Consulting, he has worked internationally with companies such as Disney, Nucor Steel, FedEx and Nestle Waters of North America/Perrier Group of America. With more than two decades of industry experience, Sean is highly regarded for his ability to guide organizations through complex transformational change in what he describes as “a world of perpetual whitewater.” His new book is Get in Gear: Seven Gears that Drive Strategy to Results (Productivity Press, Aug. 20, 2020). Learn more here. Excellent Ex

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Matthew Mottola as he explains how entrepreneurs will be shifting to the “Human Cloud” to conduct business in the future. What are the benefits and drawbacks of building your business with freelancers? What will the world of work look like in 5 years? How to gain control over your career by hiring freelancers? How can companies reinvent themselves through hiring freelancers? How do you hire freelancers? Matthew Mottola Matthew R Mottola is a leading voice and entrepreneur building the ‘Human Cloud’, the remote and independent model of work that over half the US workforce will transition to within the next five years. As the author of #1 New Release The Human Cloud, he sets the standard for the Future of Work. As the CEO of Venture L, he enables freelancers and clients to execute remote outcomes at scale. As a Forbes Contributor, he shares the stories and operating insights driving our shift to the human cloud. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this e

Robert Mixon shares his strategies of empowering leadership styles in his interview with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC. What has your leadership journey been like since you entered West Point in July of 1970? What did you learn by working for the army 33 years, then you worked for corporations for 22 years and now you are an independent for the last 5 years? What are your “Big 6” Leadership Principles? What are the leadership development program that Level Five offers individuals and teams? Tell us about your latest book," Who Saw This Coming: Now What Do We Do?" Robert Mixon Major General Robert W. Mixon, Jr. has achieved over three decades of extraordinary leadership success in diverse organizations, including the United States Army where he commanded the 7th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, Colorado prior to his retirement in 2007. Subsequently, he served in executive leadership positions in both for-profit and not-for-profit companies prior to starting his own leadership company, Level Five Associates, in 2

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Janet Fouts about how individuals often get in their own way of reaching their full potential. You transition from being a digital marketer for 20+ years to being a Mindful Coach. What instigated this transition? How do you define mindfulness-based emotional intelligence? As a marketer, how has mindfulness helped you? What do you mean by "Microdosed Mindfulness"? How do those small moments impact the day-to-day of running of a business? How does compassion affect leadership skills and how is it different from empathy? Janet Fouts After 20+ years in the digital marketing industry, Janet's seen some things. She combines her love for entrepreneurship, communication, leadership, and community to offer approachable and real-world ways to deepen engagement in the workplace through mindfulness-based emotional intelligence. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to iTunes. We would love a review on iTunes or other platform. The EEC podcast