Exit Coach Radio

John Ferris, CEO of inVision Edge, a management consultancy focused on helping organizations innovate and grow. John has a mission to help leaders and organizations do great things — whatever their definition of greatness is. He shares tips and ideas and explains the The Playbook Edge System, a do-it-yourself strategic planning framework designed to help businesses spend one day creating a plan and the rest of the year achieving their goals.  

Bruce McCombs, Mentor with SCORE in Orange County, discusses tips and ideas for building your business based on a solid marketing strategy.  

Did you know that most business owner relationships suffer from a lack of communication? However, with a proactive approach Business Owners can help preserve and protect their business value by addressing conflicts and lack of communication early. Michel Zelnick, Business Therapist and Founder of The Zelnick Group, offers valuable tips and insights from his many years of helping owners address their differences and "wear the right hats" while attending to business matters.  

                    Lynne Strang explains the benefits of being an entrepreneur at an older age. The main advantage? Who you know.     

Ed Eppley, Owner of The Eppley Group, has worked it from all angles, and he shares important information for leaders of all sizes of businesses. He's also got a book out called "Let's Be Clear"  

Morrie Shechtman is a Chairman of Fifth Wave Leadership, a company that deals the Human Capital Consulting. Today, he will discuss the topic of ending mediocrity in business.  Questions Answered:  1) What's the only competitive advantage left?  2) Why do most leaders and their companies underachieve?  3) Why are there no "business problems"? Contact Info:  Website: www.fifthwaveleadership.com Email: morrie.shechtman@gmail.com          

Doug Gray, PhD, PCC has always focused on outcome-based leader development.  He has worked with over 10,000 leaders in multiple business sectors, schools and colleges, families and non-profits.  Since 1997, as CEO of Action Learning Associates, www.action-learning.com, his consultancy guarantees results using the globally validated AD-FIT protocol in workshops, assessments and executive coaching.  Doug is also a consultant with the Family Business Consulting Group, a leading business consultancy exclusively devoted to helping family enterprises prosper across generations.  Doug speaks and trains leaders throughout North America.  His most recent book is Objectives + Key Results (OKR) Leadership; How to Apply Silicon Valley’s Secret Sauce to Your Career, Team or Organization (2019).  This is his third book, written because his clients asked, “What really works?”  Doug and his family live near Nashville, TN, USA. Here are some of the questions we discussed today: 1.  What is OKR Leadership? 2.  How are family

Get a pen and notepad ready for this next interview with Nada Lena, Founder of Rise Up For You. Nada is in the business of personal and professional development, and learned quickly that success is largely dependent on people. She began as a globally touring singer and dancer, eventually becoming an executive, and ultimately starting her company. Being in places where she didn’t speak the native language, she realized how important nonverbal communication is and she now applies her knowledge gained from being a successful performer to the corporate world.  In her interview, Nada discusses, in depth, the four pillars of emotional intelligence. Many of us want next level success, but not all of us are actually willing to make the changes needed to get to that next level, and change starts from within. Nada knows firsthand that sometimes the truth may be hard to hear, but will lead to exceptional results. A well-developed EQ will lead to the ability to adapt to your environment and ensure the audience will unde

Chuck Blakeman discusses re-evaluating our business structure to maximize efficiency and decision making.     

Chuck Gallagher is President of the Ethics Resource Group. Today, he will discuss our daily choices, and how every choice has a consequence.  Questions Answered:  1) How did your choices in life change your life? 2) If you had it to do over again, would you have made the same choices? 3) You are open about your prison experience, what have you learned from that experience?   Contact Info:    Website: www.chuckgallagher.com Email: chuck@chuckgallagher.com  

Chris Dirkers is an Action Coach and Solutions Expert. He shares some excellent ideas and tips for business owners who are thinking about preparing for their business transition and exit.  

  Click here to read this episode's transcript.   Stuart Friedman, President of PMA Progressive Management Associates, is an expert on improving workplace culture. After effectively helping a Fortune 500 company build a cohesive and strategic business model, he decided to start PMA. He now focuses on helping a number of the 10 million small businesses with 1-99 employees, as this is where he believes improved culture is the most important. Stuart knows firsthand that a company’s culture can make or break their lasting success.   Now more than ever people are concerned about what is in it for themselves. In order to appeal to everyone, we must speak in a way that they will truly hear. Stuart dives deep on his concept, “The Relevance Factor” and discusses how business leaders can use it to establish a more ubiquitously understood culture.  He also shares tips for people who may not own a business, but wish to enjoy their current job more. Stuart outlines some common misconceptions that lead to misunderstanding

Richard Munro of Newport Board Group discusses several obstacles to Growth that he sees in Companies he consults with.    

John Bly is a Co-Managing Member of LBA Haynes Strand, LLC. Today, he will be discussing the topic of Mergers & Acquisitions.  Website: www.lba-cpa.com  Email: johnbly@lbahs.com    

Vince Mastrovito of Prometis Partners, Inc. shares valuable information regarding some of the issues family businesses face and their solutions.  

Dyanne Ross-Hanson, Founder of Exit Planning Strategies, LLC, works with owners of privately held businesses to develop intentional ownership transition plans. She started Exit Planning Strategies, LLC, 10 years ago and has 30+ years of experience in the financial services industry. This work is Dyanne’s passion, and she considers objective expert consulting, independent of predetermined outcome or product, to be absolutely essential in exit planning. The sale of a business can be the single most significant financial event in someone’s life, the business owner needs to be prepared.  In her interview, Dyanne reasons that exit planning is not a single event, but rather a process. Without a plan, business owners who have put years of effort into their livelihood are leaving the transaction up to chance. She deep dives the notion that the most valuable component of the transaction are the key employees. Additionally, she shares valuable strategies for incentivizing key employees to stay post-transfer. Dyanne al

Sometimes growing sales is counterproductive to growing the sale value of your business. Ken Sanginario explains.      

              Jamie shares her incredible life journey with us and shares great lessons she has learned along the way. Dynamic Peak Performance training, consulting and speaking - with a unique integrative approach blending psychology, body-mind fitness, professional golf and martial arts expertise, and entrepreneurial energy. Questions answered: 1) Your work is very 'experiential.' What does that look like, and why do you feel that is such an essential element in your talks and trainings? 2) Can you tell us more about Somatics, and why both a mind and body approach to mastery is especially important in our cyber-age? 3) Do people have to be into martial arts to benefit from your work? Contact info: Email Address Jamiesensei@thekiaiway.com Website www.thekiaiway.com  

In this noisy digital world, you can’t break through the noise, you just add to it. Instead, you need to get in on the conversation where your ideal customers are already listening. As a Navy veteran who ran nuclear power plants, and an inbound marketing engineer, Tom Schwab has a refreshingly unique approach. He focuses on time-proven strategy, then supercharges it with today’s technology and podcast interview marketing. An author, speaker, and teacher, Tom helps you get more traffic, leads, and raving customer fans by being interviewed on targeted podcasts. The author of Podcast Guest Profits: Grow Your Business with a Targeted Interview Strategy, Tom is also Founder/CEO of Interview Valet, the category king of Podcast Interview Marketing. Here are some of the questions we discussed the answers to: What is the biggest challenge for any business? How can you find and get booked on the podcasts that matter to your business? How can you be an ideal guest & predictably turn listeners into leads? Tom and

Having advised numerous business owner families, Paul West shares his insight on some key personal mistakes business owners miss out on due to focusing on wrong activities. Paul received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and earned his MBA from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Paul and his wife, Courtney, have three children, twins Cecilia and Liam, and son, Louie. Paul enjoys golf, traveling, hiking and rooting for the Huskers. Questions we addressed: 1.  What are the top mistakes you see business owners making today? 2.  How do you help business owners know when enough is enough? 3. I see that you are a CAP (Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy) in addition to a CFP (Certified Financial Planner). Why do you think that's important?