Denise Griffitts - Your Partner In Success™ Radio!

Perhaps the most important part of a business legacy is this: What do you want to be remembered for? Attorney Denice A. Gierach earned her J.D. at the IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law and has been assisting clients for over 30 years. In addition to her law degree, she is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has a Master’s Degree in Business Management from Illinois’ prestigious Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She joins us today to finish our recent discussion about why it is so very important to start your business with the end in mind and have an exit strategy or succession plan, particularly if you are a family-owned business. Denice will share questions you should be asking yourself: What is your vision of your business?Where do you see it long term?How long will you stay in the business?What are your strategies and goals?When should you have your business valuated?How can you increase the value of the business?How has the pandemic changed how you do business? Find Denice Gierach on the web: Website | LinkedIn | Facebook

Make your business more flexible and scalable using remote hiring. Nathan Hirsch is an entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring. Most recently, Nathan co-founded FreeeUp.com in 2015 with an initial $5,000 investment, scaled it to $12M per year in revenue, and was then acquired in 2019. Today, Nathan is a co-founder of Outsource School, a company working to educate entrepreneurs on how to effectively hire and scale with virtual assistants through formulas and playbooks. Nathan has appeared on 300+ podcasts, is a social media personality, and loves sharing advice on scaling remote businesses. Nathan will share: The key lessons he has learned from his entrepreneurial journeyInterviewing, onboarding, and managing a team of remote virtual assistants (VAs)Building a company culture remotelyDelegating tasks off your plate that aren't your expertise or that are taking too much of your time  Find Nathan Hirsch on the web:  Website | Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter

Dan Horwitz joins Host Denise Griffitts to finish up our previous conversation on Championship Culture. You can hear that conversation here. Daniel Horwitz serves as a leadership consultant and assists sports teams and companies to help improve and enhance productivity, trust, communication, accountability, teamwork, diversity & inclusion, culture, etc. Many life lessons can be taught using sports as a platform. As a coach, accumulating knowledge on culture and disseminating that knowledge to players can have a long-lasting impact. As a player, you have the ability to maximize your leadership skills, as well as help promote a team environment that will bring out the best in everyone, including yourself. Having a growth mindset—the ability to believe you can learn and improve from every situation—is important in building a championship culture. In his new book 'Help Them Up: 14 Principles to Educate, Energize, and Empower Your Team to Build a Championship Basketball Culture' Daniel says that if a team collectively takes these 14 Principles and implements them as the foundation of their culture, it will create an environment where: 1. Every player will feel safe, supported, and cared for by coaches and teammates 2. Every player will feel valued 3. Every player will have a voice 4. Every player will feel JOY 5. Every player will improve leadership skills

Marty Cooper - The Cell Phone has Transformed Humanity - Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur  Martin Cooper, inventor of the cell phone and technology visionary joins Your Partner In Success™ Radio to share how the cell phone has transformed humanity. While at Motorola in the 1970s, he invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone (distinct from the car phone) in 1973 and led the team that developed it and brought it to market in 1983. He is considered the "father of the (handheld) cell phone” and is also cited as the first person in history to make a handheld cellular phone call in public. Who did he call and why? I will ask him! That first cell phone began a fundamental technology and communications market shift to making phone calls to a person instead of to a place. Bell Labs had introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947, but their first systems were limited to car phones which required roughly 30 pounds (12 kg) of equipment in the trunk. Motorola gained Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for cellular licenses to be assigned to competing entities and prevented an AT&T monopoly on cellular service. People are Inherently Mobile  Mobility was halted briefly during widespread stay at home orders this year. But people won’t stay immobile for long. Why? Because people are fundamentally, inherently mobile. Mobile people require mobile networks for their devices. People are mobile. People of all types – any race, age, income level, geographic location – are on the go, moving from place to place.  Find Marty Cooper on the web: Website | Wikipedia | 

Julie Jones Hamilton - You are the CEO of your own life! Julie Jones Hamilton is a producer, entrepreneur and bestselling author, who brings over 30 years of experience in the human potential and personal development industry. With a career spanning over 25 years, she has supported thousands of women and families in recovery & personal transformation. She is the co-founder of "Think and Grow Sober" and co-founder of Kitchen Hamilton Productions, which creates international Positive Media Programing and the national cable television series "World's Greatest Motivators" a 13-Episode Television Series featuring Bob Proctor, Les Brown, Jack Canfield, Lisa Nichols, John Assaraf, David Meltzer, Sharon Lechter and others. Julie is the Co-Producer of Modern Day Millionaire, "Bob Proctor at Carnegie Hall" & "The Council of Wisdom" and the "Master Mentor Series" representing America's list of renowned thought leaders and speakers, currently creating National PBS Special Series. Creator and producers of video and programs for conscious CEO's, Consultants and Coaches.   Find Julie Hamilton on the web: Website | Website | LinkedIn | World's Greatest Motivators | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Why Do Entrepreneurs Fail (To Win)? It’s an obsession with Gary Polk, a Black businessman, CEO, business consultant, university professor, and author. His first book, Why Entrepreneurs Fail (to Win), is widely used as a textbook in college entrepreneurship programs. His recent book Why Black and Brown Entrepreneurs Fail (to Win), published December 2020, is intended for entrepreneurs and those who want to be. When asked how Black and Brown entrepreneurs are different, Professor Polk cited: Cultural differences that get in the wayThe self-doubt that holds them backAccess to capitalNot realizing the need to establish a strong network before needing itNot knowing their 'why'Not viewing entrepreneurship as a team sport He’s also a proponent of social entrepreneurship and will launch the Polk Institute of Social Entrepreneurship, on January 15, 2021. What is Social Entrepreneurship? Social entrepreneurship is a recognized business model that combines the disciplines of market capitalism with innovative approaches to solving societal problems. Social entrepreneurs have both a passion for business and compassion to make a positive impact. They understand the Triple Bottom Line, or the new 3Ps: People, Planet, & Profit which Gary believes align to drive success for everyone involved.   

Daniel Horwitz serves as a leadership consultant and assists sports teams and companies to help improve and enhance productivity, trust, communication, accountability, teamwork, diversity & inclusion, culture, etc. Many life lessons can be taught using sports as a platform. As a coach, accumulating knowledge on culture and disseminating that knowledge to players can have a long-lasting impact. As a player, you have the ability to maximize your leadership skills, as well as help promote a team environment that will bring out the best in everyone, including yourself. Having a growth mindset—the ability to believe you can learn and improve from every situation—is important in building a championship culture. In his new book 'Help Them Up: 14 Principles to Educate, Energize, and Empower Your Team to Build a Championship Basketball Culture' Daniel says that if a team collectively takes these 14 Principles and implements them as the foundation of their culture, it will create an environment where: 1. Every player will feel safe, supported, and cared for by coaches and teammates 2. Every player will feel valued 3. Every player will have a voice 4. Every player will feel JOY 5. Every player will improve leadership skills Find Daniel Horwitz on the web:Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Amazon | Instagram

Sharon Lechter is internationally recognized as a financial literacy expert and keynote speaker. She is a New York Times Bestselling author, successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, and has enjoyed a 35-year career as a licensed CPA. She has advised two US Presidents on the topic of financial literacy. Sharon co-authored the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad and 14 other books in the Rich Dad series. In 2008, when the economy crashed, she was asked by the Napoleon Hill Foundation to help re-energize the teachings of Napoleon Hill. Her best-selling books with the Foundation include Three Feet from Gold, Outwitting the Devil and Think and Grow Rich for Women and Success and Something Greater. She is also featured in the movie Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy and on the national television series World’s Greatest Motivators.  Sharon joins Your Partner In Success Radio to share:  The money mindset that holds us all backThe four ways you make moneyThe one thing all wealthy people have in common... and you can too!The power of associationThe power of leverage... using other peoples money, time, and resourcesIt is time to Play Big Find Sharon Lechter on the web: Website | Amazon | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

Gettin' (un)Busy with guest Garland Vance Dr. Garland Vance is an author, speaker, and consultant who joins us today to discuss the effects of 'busyness' on leaders and how to overcome both individual and organizational over-commitment. Garland has been helping people and teams get clarity about their life and leadership for over twenty years. He is an author, speaker, and consultant. Along with his wife, Dorothy, he cofounded AdVance Leadership to help high capacity leaders and organizations live and lead with Purpose, Productivity, and Peace. He has helped his clients (which span from Fortune 500 Companies to nonprofits) stress less, accomplish more, and fulfill their highest priorities. He is the author of Gettin' (un)Busy, which Forbes named as "one of the seven books everyone on your team should read." As a former Leadership Development Pastor and Director of one of Chick-fil-A's nonprofits, Garland has poured into influencers at all levels. He’s helped thousands of people discover and live out their life purpose, enhance their clarity and productivity, and impact the world around them.  In this episode of Your Partner In Success Radio we will learn: What IS busyness?How busyness hurts our productivityThe need to have definite steps to beat busyness 4 best practices highly productive [but (un)busy] people utilizeBenefits of Gettin' (un)Busy  Find Garland Vance on the web: Website | LinkedIn

How to Create Prolific Content for Your Business with guest Beck Power Beck Power is a content marketer, international speaker and the host of the Amplify Content podcast.  Beck helps small businesses to create more content and to make that content more effective, driving awareness, engagement, leads and sales. Beck is the founder of Power Creative Media, a done-for-you content agency, and Amp Content Academy, a free resource for DIY content hacks, concepts and frameworks.  Beck has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo, Entrepreneur, New York Mag and TheNextWeb. She joins Your Partner In Success Radio to share: Why should we be creating more contentWhat is social media all about now? What kind of content should we be posting? What is content repurposing?How to come up with good content ideas  Find Beck Power on the internet: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Podcast | TikTok: @thebeckpower     

November is National Diabetes Month and Dr. John Poothullil joins host Denise Griffitts to share 4 revolutionary ideas to prevent diabetes, lose weight, and enjoy food. Eat. Chew. Live. HOW you eat matters more than WHAT you eat. Dr. Poothullil has written articles on hunger and satiation, weight loss, diabetes, and the senses of taste and smell. His articles have been published in medical journals such as Physiology and Behavior, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Journal of Women’s Health, Journal of Applied Research, Nutrition, and Nutritional Neuroscience. His work has also been quoted in Woman’s Day, Fitness, Redbook & Woman’s World Dr. John became interested in understanding the causes of and interconnections between hunger, satiation, and weight gain. His interest turned into a passion and a multi-decade personal study and research project that led him to read many medical journal articles, medical textbooks, and other scholarly works in biology, biochemistry, physiology, endocrinology, and cellular metabolic functions. This eventually guided Dr. Poothullil to investigate the theory of insulin resistance as it relates to diabetes. He continued researching the linkage between obesity, diabetes, and cancer and developed additional insights into the causes of childhood and adult cancer and possible treatments involving low-carbohydrate diets to initiate starving of cancer cells by removing their main source of energy – glucose from grains. Find Dr. Poothullil on the web: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Amazon

Curve Benders - Why Strategic Relationships Will Power Your Non-Linear Growth in the Future of Work  A senior leadership/board advisor, researcher, executive educator, and best-selling author, David Nour is internationally recognized as the leading expert on applications of strategic relationships in profitable growth, sustained innovation, and lasting change. The author of eleven books, including best-sellers Relationship Economics® (Wiley), and Co-Create (St. Martin’s Press), as well as the forthcoming Curve Benders (Wiley, 2021), Nour serves as a trusted advisor to global clients and coaches corporate leaders. He is an adjunct professor at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management and was named to the Global Gurus Top 30 Leadership Professionals list. A Forbes Leadership contributor on the Future of Work, and an Inc. contributor on Relationship Economics, Nour’s unique insights have been featured in a variety of prominent publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fast Company, Huffington Post Business, Entrepreneur, and Knowledge@Wharton. He’s also the host of the popular Curve Benders podcast.  Find David Nour on the internet: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

A professional communicator, Devon Blaine is the founder of The Blaine Group, Inc. Blaine is experienced in all facets of the communications industry. Formerly an actress, model, and stunt driver, she founded the agency in 1975. Besides designing communications campaigns that help businesses maximize their success, she has long been active in numerous entrepreneurial organizations, including X-Celerate, thus earning a reputation as “the entrepreneur’s entrepreneur.” She has incorporated the knowledge gained from these ventures into the philosophy of The Blaine Group. The agency has an award-winning track record in serving the needs of emerging companies and major corporations alike. The Blaine Group specializes in developing and implementing public relations campaigns and marketing strategies as comprehensive communications campaigns or as stand-alone entities.  The firm represents many authors and fast-track, emerging-growth companies.  It also handles investor relations and financial public relations activities for its publicly-traded clients.   Blaine visits Your Partner In Success Radio to share: How to do your own PRHow to get covered in the pressHow to write a press releaseHow to be newsworthyHow to approach the media  I will tell you from the heart that Devon Blaine is my go-to expert when I have questions about press releases! Find Devon on the web: Website | LinkedIn | Mentors Program    

Meredith Bell has been an entrepreneur since 1982, and she’s an expert in helping companies develop the people side of their business. Meredith is co-founder and President of Performance Support Systems, a global software company based in Virginia. Their award-winning assessment and development tools have been used by organizations of all types and sizes to help leaders and employees become more effective performers.   Meredith is the author or co-author of two books published in 2020.  Her solo book, Strong for Performance: Create a Culture with Learning & Development Programs That Stick, came out in March. Today we’ll be discussing her new book, Connect with Your Team: Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills, which she co-authored with Denny Coates, her business partner of 30 years. Meredith will share: Why communication skills are hard skills, not soft skillsWhat’s required to master a skillThe characteristics of truly powerful listenersSteps for receiving feedback graciouslyHow to encourage someone most effectively Find Meredith Bell on the web: Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Amazon | Strong for Performance Podcast  

Rocky Lalvani - Growing up as an immigrant and learning about money and how to live the American dream.  Rocky Lalvani is an immigrant to the United States as his parents immigrated from India. They were only allowed to bring $25 with them and had to start over in life. While growing up, it was normal for all the parents to have conversations about money. How much things cost, how much they spent, and how much people earned. He observed the way they were making wise decisions, and how the community quickly achieved financial success. Rocky never realized this wasn't how everyone else talked about money. He learned most people don’t talk about money and are more likely to share their sex lives than their money story.  Putting profit first in your business doesn’t mean ditching everything you care about to only focus on the money. Instead, it’s one simple change to the financial equation. This ensures that everyone (including you!) gets paid along with all of your bills. No more running check to check and wondering why there’s no money in your bank account.  Find Rocky on the Web: Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram