Madeleine Niebauer, CEO and Founder of vChief, helps overwhelmed leaders get on top of their to-do list and spend their time where they can have the most impact. The virtual chief of staff service supports leaders from all sectors and domains, who are looking for high-level strategic support on a part-time basis.

We discuss:

• How to create focus for yourself
• When to hire an executive assistant, a chief operating officer or a chief of staff
• How virtual work boosts your access to talent
• Ideal skills for a chief of staff
• How you should address your personal vs. your company’s strategic priorities

Prior to founding vChief, Maddy spent 5 years as a Chief of Staff at Teach For America. She enjoyed being a strategic thought partner and project manager who could truly leverage a leader’s time so they could be more productive and successful. She knew many leaders could benefit from this type of support on a part-time basis, which inspired her to launch vChief. Maddy has more than 20 years of professional experience, including eight as a chief of staff, and has her MBA from Columbia Business School and Bachelor’s Degree from Stanford University.

Access special resources at www.virtualchiefofstaff.com/smashingtheplateau.

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Today we welcome Derek Lewis, Business Ghostwriter and author of The Business Book Bible.

Topics include:

• Why everyone should always be writing a book
• The biggest advantage of writing a book (and why it makes you smarter)
• How written work has outlasted even the biggest changes in technology
• Why reading for fun keeps you grounded in the reality of the human experience
• Why being a ghostwriter is often like taking a confessional
• How to build personal trust yet keep a professional objectivity with your clients
• Why the strategy to move the needle forward in your success is in your own heart
• How to start writing your first book

Derek Lewis is a business ghostwriter and authority architect. He earned a degree in economics from Louisiana Tech and then a Master’s in economic development from the University of Florida. Derek’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to leave corporate America and start an IT services company with a coworker and during the startup phase, Derek supported his family by taking on copywriting projects. Once he realized he could make a living combining his two loves of business and writing, he decided to pursue a full-time career as a business writer.

Today, Derek is one of the foremost authorities on business thought-leadership books, having authored the leading guide to the subject, The Business Book Bible. He is also the host of The Business Book Podcast. He has worked with authors on five contents, including a Texas oil tycoon, a Turkish economist, and IT startup millionaire, a Brazilian Federal Judge, and a military governor. His authors work with the International Monetary Fund, General Electric, DaimlerChrysler, SAP, Pixar, Disney, the US Marine Core, and the Red Cross.

Learn more about Derek Lewis at dereklewis.com, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

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Today’s guest is Mamie Kanfer Stewart, Founder and CEO of Meeteor and author of Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings.

Topics include:

• Why Mamie’s family business was instrumental in her own entrepreneurial journey
• The common mistakes most people make when it comes to meetings (and how to fix them)
• How Mamie’s company was founded on a personal pain point she experienced
• Defining a meeting; the characteristics that Meeteor uses to classify a meeting
• Using alternative methods and tools of communication
• How to determine when a meeting is an absolute requirement (and when it’s not)
• Recognizing when conversations should be turned into a meeting

Mamie Kanfer Stewart is the Founder and CEO of Meeteor, a collaboration company that is on a mission to build strong, healthy teams in which people thrive and succeed. Mamie is also the author of Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings. She learned about effective meeting practices from her family’s business, GOJO, the inventors of PURELL hand sanitizer. Early on in her career, she had an “ah-ha” moment that led her to launch Meeteor. Not enough people leverage good tools and processes to manage themselves and their teams. She has been interested in the interplay of people, process, and technology her entire life and has turned that passion into a consulting and training business.

Prior to founding Meeteor, Mamie consulted with non-profit organizations on staffing and strategic planning. Her entrepreneurial spirit led Mamie to found her first business at the early age 12, a summer camp for children in kindergarten through third grade. In her work, she brings an unusual combination of strategic thinking and personalized consulting, making her a pleasure to work with and an effective coach for any personality. Mamie received an MBA from Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute.

Learn more about Mamie Kanfer Stewart at mamieks.com, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

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On today’s show we welcome Carissa Baquiran, Educational Professional and Operations Lead at Circles.

Topics include:

• An overview of Carissa’s background and how she came to be at Circles.
• Creating change by making people’s work transparent to their co-teachers.
• The results and impact of a professional learning community within a school.
• How collaboration between teachers changed the future of the students.
• Overcoming resistance during the implementation process of a learning community.
• Using teacher leaders as a powerful tool for implementing change for success.
• How to use the power of peers to provide support with your professional life.

Carissa Baquiran is an Educational Professional and Operations Lead at Circles. Carissa has devoted her life’s work to creating spaces that bring about positive change through the intersection of education, entrepreneurship, art and activism. Carissa has worked as a school leader, consultant, coach, educator, program director, and writer in K through 12 schools in the Juvenile Justice System, art organizations, community organizations, colleges, public agencies and international youth organizations. Currently, Carissa heads up Customer Experience at Circles and works to ensure a positive learning experience for participants.

Circles is part of this larger movement to restore depth and meaning to our relationships. It is for people who understand that it’s through these deeper relationships and deeper conversations that we unlock new levels of personal, professional, and purpose-driven growth. Carissa leads sourcing and matching at Circles and makes sure that users get the most out of their Circles experience. She helps create groups with enough common ground to click while also making sure they are diverse enough to bring valuable insight to the table.

Learn more about Carissa Baquiran at Circl.es and LinkedIn.

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Today’s guest is bestselling author and CEO Whisperer Cameron Herold.

Topics include:

• The most important strategies for scaling a business
• Using systems that are already created for your own business’ success
• Investing in yourself through mastermind groups and connecting with other entrepreneurs
• Three key components for being able to achieve exponential growth
• The importance of getting PR for your company to leverage your brand
• Scaling a new company vs. one that is already well established
• Why it is critical for businesses to adapt to changes in the industry

Cameron Herold is known around the world as The CEO Whisperer, and is the founder of COO Alliance. He is the mastermind behind hundreds of companies’ exponential growth. Cameron’s built a dynamic consultancy and his current clients include a ‘Big 4’ wireless carrier and a monarchy. What do his clients say they like most about him? He isn’t a theory guy; instead, Cameron speaks only from his own experience. Cameron is also the author of the global bestselling business book Double Double as well as Meetings Suck and The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs.

Cameron is a top-rated international speaker and has been paid to speak in 26 countries. He is also the top-rated lecturer at EO/MIT’s Entrepreneurial Masters Program and a powerful and effective speaker at Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer leadership events around the world. Look for Cameron’s two new business books on public relations and how to get your team to see your vision for your company in 2018.

Learn more about Cameron Herold at cameronherold.com, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Today’s guest is Dr. David Berg, Co-founder and Chairman of Redirect Health.

Topics include:

• Why we need to separate insurance from healthcare
• Alternative ways to pay for healthcare outside of insurance
• How Redirect Health assists small business owners
• Paying the real price for healthcare in the most efficient way
• Find out how Redirect Health was born
• Companies that can benefit from Redirect’s solutions
• Why insurance is like going to Vegas
• Small breakthroughs and the value of changing the way you think
• And much more

Dr. David Berg is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Redirect Health, a national leader in healthcare innovation. Dave is focused on creating an amazing healthcare customer experience, and he does this by simplifying traditionally complex systems that most believe could not be changed. With deliberate and strategic, outside-of-the-box thinking, he innovates new ways to deliver easy and affordable healthcare to people everywhere.

Dave is driven by his uncompromising belief that everyone in America deserves easy and affordable healthcare. With more than 20 years of healthcare leadership experience, he has a successful track record for smart system design and has pioneered Redirect health – a new healthcare model that provides affordable healthcare without adding more cost by systematically eliminating healthcare waste, unnecessary administration, and confusion. Companies in 40 states have adopted this solution, and they are now doing exactly this because of Redirect Health.

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Today’s guest is world-renowned Naturopathic Physician and bestselling author Dr. Trevor Cates.

Topics include:

• How Dr. Cates chose her niche area of expertise and unique client base
• The key aspects of implementing health and wellness within your life
• Cates’ 4 health strategies: clean plate, clean slate, clean body, and clean mind
• Learning to identify your trigger foods through an elimination diet
• Recognizing harmful ingredients within our personal care products
• Shifting your mindset and reducing stress through forgiveness and mindfulness
• The importance of listening to your customers in order to evolve and advance your business

Dr. Trevor Cates is the author of the bestselling book, Clean Skin from Within. She became known as the Spa Dr. after working in world renowned spas, was the first woman licensed as a naturopathic doctor in the state of California, and was appointed by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to California’s Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine Advisory Council. Dr. Cates received her medical degree from the National College of Natural Medicine and has a master’s degree in spiritual psychology from the University of Santa Monica.

Dr. Cates lives in Park City, Utah where she helps patients from around the world achieve graceful aging and glowing skin. She has been featured on The Doctors, Extra, First for Women, and Mind Body Green. Dr. Cates has her own PBS special, Younger Skin from Within, and is host of  THE SPA DR. podcast. She believes the key to healthy skin is inner and outer nourishment with non-toxic ingredients. Dr. Cates’ The Spa Dr. skincare and supplement lines are formulated with natural and organic ingredients designed to help you achieve the clean and natural path to confidence and beautiful skin.

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Today’s guest is Seth Kahan, founder of Visionary Leadership and bestselling author of Getting Change Right and  Getting Innovation Right.

Topics include:

• Visionary leadership; self-transformation, change leadership, and strategic foresight
• Understanding the motivation behind becoming a visionary leader
• How to make a real impact in the world
• How Seth was able to break through his plateaus by changing his mindset
• The value of having a mentor to push you to achieve your business goals
• The idea that triggered Seth to write his new book, Grand Challenge
• Why articulating your mission and having a collaborative mindset is the key to success
• Overcoming the challenge of communication when technology is limited

Seth Kahan is widely recognized as being on the forefront of Visionary Leadership and a trusted advisor to over 100 CEOs. He is a sought after business strategy specialist, a respected thought leader, and convener on Grand Challenges. Seth founded Visionary Leadership as the umbrella organization under which he works with visionary leaders, helping them achieve remarkable results that transform the world and grow their organizations. His proven results working with CEO’s to achieve their large-scale change, innovation, growth, and strategies have earned him the designation of Thought Leader and Exemplar in Change Leadership by the Society for Advancement of Consulting.

Seth is a man on a mission; a mission to accelerate visionary leaders’ success through impact and profitability on a grand scale. Executives tasked with high-value change, innovation, and growth have relied upon him to help them achieve remarkable results that transform the world and grow their organizations. Seth is also the author of the business bestsellers Getting Change Right and  Getting Innovation Right. His next book,  Grand Challenge: How Leaders Grow their Businesses by Addressing the World’s Most Intractable Problems , is a collaboration with Julie Jordan Avritt, and will be available soon.

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Today’s guest is Lawrence Baird, Vice President of Operations at Mosaic Learning.

Topics include: 

• How healthy work environments increase company margins
• Identifying whether or not you’re on the edge of growth
• Understanding the contagious nature of motivation and morale in an organization
• How to strategically deal with bad influences within organizational teams
• Operational steps to take within an organization to create the ideal environment for success
• The importance of unity amongst leaders
• How to eliminate us vs. them attitudes
• Finding that balance between customer focus and employee focus
• Creating and communicating a compelling vision that encourages buy-in from others
• Why it is important for leaders to listen and find the root problems

Lawrence Baird is the Vice President of Operations at Mosaic Learning. At Mosaic and other organizations, Lawrence has overseen hundreds of product launches and improved internal processes for numerous higher education institutions. Over the years he has developed and taught courses in organizational behavior, operations management, marketing, communication, and negotiations at Stevenson University in Maryland, Walden University, Colorado Technical University, and the University of Phoenix. How people learn has always been at the core of everything Lawrence has done.

Prior to his work in education, Lawrence was in sales in the software and advertising industries. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Acts4Youth, a non-profit organization supporting the advancement of underprivileged youth in Baltimore City. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Maryland and his MBA from Walden University. Lawrence sees operational efficiency as a core factor in the success of any project. He also believes that a healthy and happy team is essential for the continued success and growth of any business.

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Today’s guest is Richard Chapo, an Internet Lawyer and founder of Socalinternetlawyer.com. 

Topics include:

• Everything you need to know about Internet law and the online legal practice
• Benefits of being proactive as it pertains to the online business legal world
• Common mistakes that business owners make specific to the web
• How Richard’s time in Russia gave him a new perspective for practicing law
• What business owners need to consider when it comes to copyright laws
• When to hire an Internet lawyer as an online business owner
• Richard’s journey, moving from burnout to finding his work-life balance

Richard Chapo is a business lawyer in San Diego and founder of Socalinternetlawyer.com. He is part Internet business lawyer and part business owner. With 20 plus years of experience, Richard helps businesses transverse the minefield of laws and regulations associating with operating online, including copyright privacy and FTC affiliate disclosure requirements. He has been operating his own firm specializing in cyber law, with an emphasis on providing legal advice on topics such as copyright infringement, trademarks, privacy, user-generated content, section 230 defamation, COPPA, FERPA compliance for private companies, and a host of other topics.

Richard has traveled extensively around the world. He took time off to live and teach in Siberia in Russia for a year and also spent time in much of Europe, Central America, and Asia. Richard enjoys working on Internet legal issues and advises large and small business entities on legal and regulatory obligations when operating online pursuant to laws such as the DMCA, COPPA, and Communications Decency Act. He regularly negotiates and prepares contract agreements, terms of service, disclaimers, and web development agreements as well as other legal documents for his clients.

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Today’s guest is cash flow expert and Money Ripples founder Chris Miles.

Topics include:

• Why everything you’ve learned about financial planning is wrong
• Business breath: how to make sure you don’t work harder for poor results
• What to take away from your personal challenges
• The most common mistakes people make when managing their money (and how to avoid them)
• Why cash flow offers you the best options (and the most freedom)
• How to get multiple streams of income
• The two worst investments everybody does
• The most important actionable steps to running your business (instead of having your business run you)
• Letting go of your ego kick
• Why it’s essential to always remember common sense

As founder of Money Ripples, Chris Miles is the leading authority on quickly creating wealth by increasing monthly cash flow. He has shown hundreds of entrepreneurs, and hundreds of thousands internationally, how to free up or generate tens of thousands of dollars each year. Chris was the VP of Coaching for the highly reputable Freedom Fast Track Company, and has been featured in US News, CNN Money, bankrate.com, and has a high reputation for getting his clients fast, life-altering results. Chris is also an author and host of the Chris Miles Money Show podcast.

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Today’s guest is Andy Molinsky, Professor of Business and Psychology at Brandeis University and author Global Dexterity and Reach.

Topics include:

• Empowering yourself to leap outside your comfort zones
• How to create the conditions that lead to success
• Psychological roadblocks that can prevent you from taking the necessary leap
• Why having courage is one of the keys to overcoming fear
• The conviction strategy: finding that powerful source of motivation
• Using customization to create authenticity in your approach to life
• Finding clarity and the importance of keeping catastrophic thoughts at bay

Andy Molinsky is a Professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. Andy received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and M.A. in Psychology from Harvard University. He also holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and a B.A. in International Affairs from Brown University. Andy’s work helps people develop the insights and courage necessary to act outside their personal and cultural comfort zones when doing important, but challenging, tasks in work and life.

Andy’s research and writing has been featured in publications such as  Harvard Business Review, Inc. Magazine, Psychology Today, the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, NPR  and  Voice of America. Andy was awarded as a Top Voice for LinkedIn for his work in education. His first book, Global Dexterity, received the Axiom Award (Silver Medal) for Best Business Book in International Business & Globalization and has been used widely in organizations around the world, including Boeing, AIG, the US Air Force Academy, and the Clinton Foundation, among others. His latest book, Reach, was published with Penguin Random House in January 2017. He teaches, consults, and lectures widely to university and corporate audiences.

Learn more about Andy Molinsky at andymolinsky.com, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

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In today’s special episode of Smashing The Plateau, we’re taking a look back at one of our favorite interviews – linguist and international keynote speaker Dr. Laura Sicola.

Topics include:

• How to get over your fears and command the room
• How to deliver an authentic (and persuasive) message
• Why public speaking isn’t about you
• How to use communication to create compelling content
• Why everyone is in sales (and why that’s okay)

Dr. Laura Sicola is an executive communication expert, who helps leaders communicate their message effectively and persuasively to any audience by showing them how to confidently and authentically master the 3Cs of Vocal Executive Presence: Command the room, Connect with the audience, and Close the deal. As the Founder of Vocal Impact Productions in Philadelphia, PA, she has spent nearly 20 years training, coaching, lecturing, researching and publishing on language, cognition, pronunciation, culture, the voice, and learning. She is a speech coach for the TED Fellows program, and has delivered TEDx talks, workshops, presentations and keynote addresses on topics ranging from the art of persuasive speaking to intercultural business communication for audiences across the US, in Egypt, Japan, Spain, China and Germany.

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• vocalimpactproductions.com/
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Today’s guest is Mark Levy, five-time author and Founder of Levy Innovation LLC.

Topics include:

• Thinking of books as plasma (and why it works)
• How to build self-belief in business
• Working on what’s most important to your client
• Knowing when it’s time to reposition yourself
• How to push people (and yourself) past what scares them
• Identifying a big, sexy idea and naming it
• How to shape your big idea by dispelling stereotypes

Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation LLC, a positioning and branding firm that helps consultants and other thought leaders increase their fees by up to 2,000%. His clients include a former department head in the White House, a speaker to the United Nations, CEOs of major organizations, a former head of the Strategy Unit of the Harvard Business School, performers on network TV and from the New York and Las Vegas stages, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling authors, TED and TEDx speakers. Before devoting his work full time to Levy Innovation, Mark served as Chief Marketing Officer at an Inc. 5,000 experiential branding organization whose clients include Bank of America, Gap, Samsung, Time Warner, Tivo, and Harvard and Stanford Universities.

Mark has written for The New York Times, and has written or co-created five books. His last book, Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content, has been published in ten languages. Mark has also taught research writing at Rutgers University. In addition to being a positioning consultant, Mark creates magic tricks and shows. His work has been performed in Carnegie Hall and Las Vegas, and on all the major TV networks. He also co-created the off-Broadway show, Chamber Magic, which has played for 16 years, and is the longest-running one-person show in New York City.

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• levyinnovation.com
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Today we welcome back Joan Sotkin, Founder of Prosperity Place, and author of the award-winning book Build Your Money Muscles.

Topics include:

• How your family origins affect your ability to succeed in business
• Why financially stable people still struggle personally
• Understanding the habits behind our decisions through brain science
• Joan’s Four Step Process to breaking habits
• Recognizing the connection between money and touch
• Why Joan teaches that “No” is a complete sentence
• The impact of childhood experiences on business practices
• How to create the habit of inner-peace

Joan Sotkin is the Founder of the popular website Prosperityplace.com, host of the Prosperity Place Podcast, and author of Build Your Money Muscles. For the past 30 years, Joan has been examining alternative ways of dealing with life on many different levels and guiding entrepreneurs and practitioners to build successful businesses and overcome money issues. Because defining success as merely making a lot of money and having social or career status has never made sense to Joan, Prosperity Place® is her contribution to those who want to experience the “more” of life.

Believing that it is not possible to separate career and business development from personal growth, Joan is known for her insightful understanding of the connection between money and emotion. She has delved deep into how family origins affect a person’s ability to succeed in business and employs methods from neuroscience in her teachings.

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• prosperityplace.com
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Today’s guest is Sarah Jones, Founder of Introverted Alpha.

Topics include:

• How to survive living paycheck to paycheck
• Discerning what programs are helpful and what are not worth investing in
• How to determine your unique offering that is valuable in the marketplace
• The secrets to building trust
• How to communicate with integrity and respect
• Making sure people benefit from all your communications
• Setting clear expectations and having structure
• How to make things happen for yourself

Sarah Jones is the founder of Introverted Alpha, the premier dating coaching company for introverted men. Introverted Alpha has become the strong alternative to “pickup artist” advice, an oasis for men who want genuine connections with women. Sarah has loved introverted men all her life, and she naturally brings out their best. She has been featured in Business Insider, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Ramit Sethi’s GrowthLab, Entrepreneur on Fire, So Money, and many more.

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• introvertedalpha.com
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Today we welcome back Dorie Clark, the bestselling author of Entrepreneurial You and Stand Out.  

Topics include:

• Why it is so risky to depend on one job
• The value of having entrepreneurial side projects
• Embracing experimental mindsets
• Challenging aspects of being an entrepreneur and an employee
• Why you should share your ideas and products early
• How to leverage your previous experience
• Why persistence sets you apart from the crowd
• How having a consistent schedule can grow your business

Dorie Clark is an Adjunct Professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the number one leadership book of 2015 by Inc. Magazine. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as “An expert in self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Dorie consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and The World Bank.

Her work has been published in the Harvard Business Review Guide to Getting the Right Job  and the  Harvard Business Review Guide to Networking , and she is quoted frequently in the worldwide media, including NPR, the BBC, and MSNBC. She is also a regular commentator on Canada’s CTV and was named one of Inc. Magazine’s “100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference.” 

At age 14, Clark entered Mary Baldwin College’s Program for the Exceptionally Gifted. At 18, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Smith College, and two years later received a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. As a former New England Press Association award-winning journalist, Clark directed the environmental documentary film  The Work of 1000  and was a producer for a multiple-Grammy-winning jazz album.

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• dorieclark.com
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Today’s guest is Adee Cazayoux, competitive athlete and Founding CEO of Working Against Gravity.

Topics include:

• Why success will never exceed personal development
• Triggering customer response and leveraging feedback for business growth
• Removing ego from business decisions to better serve customers
• Adee’s daily tips for personal development and meditation
• The importance of consistency and compliance in business and fitness
• Why we need to adopt practices from people we admire
• How a love coach helped push Adee’s business
• Why success is being proactive vs. reactive
• Why leaders need to fall in love with the process of their craft

Adee Cazayoux is a competitive athlete and the Founding CEO at Working Against Gravity. Known as the “Barbell Gypsy,” you can find Adee weightlifting, bobsledding, power lifting, or competing in the NPGL or the CrossFit Open. In her childhood, Adee struggled with her weight and found herself at 16 years old, 45 pounds overweight and leading an unhealthy and an unhappy life. After some encouragement from her mother, she decided to make a change. She gained control of her body and diet and discovered a new passion: nutrition.

Most recently Adee has gained an immense amount of knowledge from working with other nutrition consultants known for creating “macro-counting” diets and helping athletes lose fat. Continuously advancing her knowledge, Adee obtained her Precision Nutrition Level 1 and is constantly researching and studying to become better in her field. As an athlete, Adee has trained under many renowned coaches, most notably national champion Aimee Everet, world-champion powerlifter Travis Mash, and Hungarian national champion Steven Sandor. Adee is currently completing her Master’s in Nutrition and Human Performance.   

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• workingagainstgravity.com
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Today we welcome Robb Holman, Founder of Inside Out Leadership.

Topics include:

• How to increase sales
• Analogies between sports and business
• Why being specific leads to specific results
• Using your time efficiently
• How to work smarter, not harder
• Setting boundaries and getting comfortable with saying no
• Serving business leaders and lifting them up with inspiration
• Top, actionable steps to take to become a better leader
• How to determine when you need a leadership coach

Robb Holman is an internationally recognized leadership expert, executive coach, keynote speaker, and author who has a heart for authentic relationships and a true talent for equipping people with the skills and the knowledge necessary for their success. With passion and exuberance, Robb’s dynamic teaching style has successfully led countless business owners, executives, and leaders through his exclusive and proprietary method of Inside Out Leadership Coaching. In helping his clients learn how to connect with their unique life’s purpose, they are finding success in a way they never expected – from the inside out!

As a lifelong serial entrepreneur, Robb has founded numerous, highly influential organizations, both for-profit as well as non-profit. His current endeavor is as founder and CEO of Holman International, a global leadership consultancy revolutionizing the way business leaders operate. For the first time, Robb presents his proven and purposeful Inside Out Leadership principles as a practical guide to transform your leadership and help you lead the way, so be sure to check out his book Lead The Way.  

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• robbholman.com
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Today’s guest is Daniel Jordi, creator of The ChangeMakers’ Hub and Founder of LeadersBridge.

Topics include:

• Business problems disguised as personal problems
• The true importance of collaboration in business
• How to identify the biggest causes of problems
• Asking the right questions to determine where you are
• Formal and informal structures that focus on corporate collaboration
• The relationship between specificity and passion
• Being conscious about being a lifelong learner
• Sharing your vision and walking your own path

Daniel Jordi has always been a creator and connector. He started his first businesses at the age of 16 and went on to sell insurances and real estate, build a Search Engine Optimization company, a successful online shop, his current business at jordico and The ChangeMakers’ Hub. Since early 2013, countless things have happened. Daniel had the privilege to work with more than 200 extraordinary and inspiring leaders and entrepreneurs from more than 26 different nationalities. Jordico has developed into a central hub for ChangeMakers – leaders and entrepreneurs who build ventures that create disruptive, positive change. Additionally, he has the honor to be on the Steering Committee at the Trestle Foundation with the mission to empower 20,000 women entrepreneurs until 2020.

To top it off, in 2015, Daniel had the chance to fulfill a dream he had for many years. He was given the opportunity to speak at TEDx in Lugano to share his vision for a future we can be proud of. He believes every person has a unique superpower, a talent, skill, or perspective, something that they are great at and love doing. Daniel’s unique superpower is, and always has been, connecting people and helping other people connect. He is very grateful that he gets to use this gift every day to help ChangeMakers create the change they want to see in the world.

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• jordico.com
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