Accelerate Your Business Growth

Dana Lindahl joins me to discuss the importance of lead generation and how to use it effectively. Dana is the founder of Legendary Leadgen - one of the first outbound focused marketing agencies. He and his team have been helping B2B service companies and marketing agencies grow since 2014. His specialty is in helping companies set sales appointments with their ideal prospects, as well as establishing them as an authority within their industry. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Dan Neiweem, co-founder and principal at Avionos, discusses how to meet customer demand quickly by marrying the digital tools customers are using to make purchases with the personal touch of the salesperson to provide the strategic lens that buyers crave. Dan Neiweem is a business consultant with over 15 years of experience in running IT/business strategy, mobile, eCommerce, user experience, digital marketing, and operations projects. He is currently the co-founder and principal at Avionos, a digital agency that delivers differentiated connected solutions and extends the brand promise beyond traditional expectations. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

These are strange times for many business owners - they are planning for an uncertain future, moving their operations onlineand trying to find a new normal for “business as usual.” How can they solve difficult problems during difficult times? Innovation expert Stephen Shapiro says business owners shouldn’t be focusing on trying to figure out the solutions to the problems they are having. Instead, they need to make sure they are focusing on the right problem - so they can solve them the right way -- by thinking innovatively.  Stephen started his innovation work over 20 years ago while leading a 20,000 person innovation practice at Accenture. Since then he has written six books on innovation. His latest book, Invisible Solutions: 25 Lenses That Reframe and Help Solve Difficult Business Problems was released March 2020. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Leadership during disruption is different than during traditional successful leadership. Maureen Metcalf joins me to discuss the behaviors leaders need to demonstrate during disruptive times. Maureen, Founder, CEO, of the Innovative Leadership Institute is a highly sought-after expert in anticipating and leveraging future business trends. She helps leaders elevate the quality of their leadership and transform their organizations to create sustainable impact and results. She has captured her thirty years of experience and success in an award-winning series of books that are used by public, private, and academic organizations to align company-wide strategy, systems, and culture with innovative leadership techniques.  Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Glain Roberts-McCabe joins me to talk about the importance of peer leadership groups. Glain, named one of Canada’s top women entrepreneurs at the 2018 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards, is the founder and president of The Roundtable, an award-winning company where leaders cultivate their leadership, together. A self-professed leadership junkie, Glain has written for publications including The Globe and Mail, HR Edge, and Canadian Manager and is a popular speaker to audiences across Canada, the US, and Europe. She is the author of The Grassroots Leadership Revolution (May 2020). Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Nothing will drive change in all sectors of business like a global health crisis and its resulting economic catastrophe. Paul Cuatrecasas addresses how acquiring technology can equip long-established businesses with the needed resources and strategies to meet these challenges and adapt to the demands of our future. Paul is an experienced facilitator of over 50 large-scale mergers and acquisitions and many corporate finance advisory and strategic consultancy assignments. He’s helped established companies plumb the crucial connection between the acquisition of technology and dominating their industries to make amazing gains in market share In his book, Go Tech, or Go Extinct, he shares his revolutionary approach to transforming legacy companies into forward-thinking industry leaders through the strategic acquisition of disruptive technology companies. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Tamara Ghandour shares how to get off the crowded hamster wheel of "better" and into an ownable and differentiated place that wins. Tamara, author, podcaster, keynote speaker and founder of innovation training company, LaunchStreet, used to believe that innovation was the domain of a select few, exclusive to certain industries or relegated to a specific job role. But, as Tamara discovered in her 25 years of work and research, everybody has the capacity to innovate. It's a person's unique innovation style (which can be assessed and channeled) that can transform inertia into innovation. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.  

With COVID-19 and a looming recession, many businesses are facing an uncertain financial future – how can entrepreneurs and business owners maintain revenue? Rob Ristagno share ideas on how to use data to grow. Rob Ristagno is the founder and CEO of Sterling Woods Group and a keynote speaker focused on sharing new ways to use data to drive business results. Ristagno combines his expertise in data science with proven sales and marketing strategies to help established middle-market companies quickly generate new revenue by improving the way they gather and utilize data. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

In today's conversation with Ben Krueger, we dive into some exciting topics around podcasting, fundamental principles of business and how to plan, start and grow a podcast that generates amazing business results using the 8 Podcast Principles. Ben Krueger is the Podcast Educator, founder & CEO of Cashflow Podcasting and he's dedicated to helping Industry Advocates to start, launch and grow world-class podcasts for their businesses. He believes podcasting is one of the best tools to help leaders reach more people, connect more deeply and make an impact because it allows them to educate, motivate and advocate at scale like nothing else. Ben has had the privilege of collaborating on 100s of podcasts since 2012, applying his Podcast Principles and service systems to help clients easily host shows that make a deep impact while reaching millions. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Startups and new businesses can protect their futures and their financial goals by securing their intellectual property with patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Devin Miller joins me to share how important this is and how to go about it. Helping Fortune 100 clients with their intellectual property, Devin realized that there weren't many good intellectual property legal resources for start-ups and small businesses. As an entrepreneur himself, he wanted to help other small business owners learn about patents, trademarks, and copyrights so they can build value into their businesses and protect their assets. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Daneille Hayden shares some great tips and insights around effectively investing in your business as well as how to know when you should. Danielle Hayden is a reformed corporate CFO who is on a mission to help rule-breaking female entrepreneurs understand their numbers so they can gain the confidence needed to create sustainable profits. After spending 10+ years in the boardroom as a corporate finance officer, Danielle is now in her sweet spot as the co-owner of Kickstart Accounting, Inc. where she helps business owners with bookkeeping, financial analysis, and education and as the author of the Profit Planner book series. When Danielle isn’t crunching numbers on her clients’ behalf or crafting the next iteration of the Profit Planner, you can find her hanging with her two kids as she inspires them to lead their fullest lives or doing any, and almost every fitness-related activity ranging from Spartan races to pilates. Danielle is sharing her financial goal setting worksheet with you! Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

70% of all initiatives fail to meet their objectives, only 25% of all employees are engaged.  The leadership approach that has brought us success for the last century, has reached its limitations and will not create success in the future.  There is a new leadership approach that will not only create success but allow you to create extraordinary impact with less effort and less resources. And Norman Wolfe joins me to discuss this new paradigm. Norman Wolfe, founder and CEO of Quantum Leaders, is a leading voice in bringing about a transformation of the core paradigm of business. He is a 15-year veteran of Hewlett Packard, has lead and consultant with companies large and small, Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Much of your professional success and personal happiness depend on getting others to say yes to you. Brian Ahearn helps us explore scientifically proven ways to ethically influence others using decades of research from social psychology and behavioral economics. Brian is the Chief Influence Officer at Influence PEOPLE. An international keynote speaker, he specializes in applying the science of influence in everyday situations. Brian is one of only 20 individuals in the world who currently holds the Cialdini Method Certified Trainer designation. Brian’s book, Influence PEOPLE: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical is an Amazon best-seller and his LinkedIn courses have been viewed by more than 90,000 people. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

You can't wait to get noticed. To become a leader, make more money, and have more impact, you must forge authentic, mutually-beneficial connections that lead to personal and professional growth. Amira Alvarez joins me to explain how to confidently own your worth and value and connect comfortably with others using The Impression of Increase. Amira is the Founder and CEO of The Unstoppable Woman, a global coaching company helping thousands of entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals achieve financial and career breakthroughs. Amira offers a lot of free resources. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Dr. Michael Colburn joins me to discuss how as a company grows, it needs to build its capacity to perform.  Investing in new equipment, technology and marketing is not enough.  A self-managed and accountable organization provides the underpinnings required to increase the leadership capacity at all levels of the organization. Michael has built his career on performance improvement at the organization, team and individual levels for a broad range of clients in the private and public sectors for more than 30 years.  He recently retired as an Associate Professor of Management at Ashland University where he taught Organization Development, Operations Management, Strategic Management and Self-Management & Accountability.   Michael has authored numerous papers in academic, professional and trade publications.  Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.