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How do you grow a service company when your whole staff could easily leave you to take a top position at another firm? That’s the story we’ll hear today. Our guest, Wayne Pinnell, found the secret to motivating his staff so well that his firm is the fastest growing CPA firm and winner, two years running, as the best place to work in Orange County.

Wayne dives deep in to how communication, engagement, skill building and passion for the client motivate the firm members. We don’t stop there though. Since it’s early in the year this is a great time for an update on some of the regulatory and compliance issues business will face this year. Along with some practical advise every business needs to know to just get to the finish line.

Rarely do you hear passion and commitment from a CPA like you’ll hear on today’s interview with Wayne Pinnell. Read More

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Stuart Ross hails from Nottingham, England as head of the High Growth Academy and top selling author. Stuart’s successfully consulted with over 500 firms to produce over £3bn in company revenue in the UK alone. He’s here to break down the nine habits to reaching high growth personally as a leader and reveals the five aspects for a company to reach the true and rare high growth pace.

Join us for this very clear and practical interview.

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Visionary leadership development master for the top leaders of our day, Will Marré, joins us. He is the emmy-award winning writer, speaker and expert on 21st century leadership to Cisco, Nike, GE, GAP, Disney and more.

Will’s message is simple, Purpose drives leadership. You’ll hear about the real, measurable results achieved when a leader answers the Why Question with everyone first. Will’s stories of the founding of the Covey Leadership Center with Stephen Covey and other stories of leading organizations enthrall us. And it’s not just business, hear how the entire way of conducting military campaigns was changes through leadership. Leadership methods which apply just as well for business and non-profits. Will concludes with some of the most practice advice ever on effective engagement and leadership for today’s work force. Advice which everyone can use today to see immediate growth.  Join us for this fast-paced and deep interview. Read More

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We have a rare treat for you on this show. We’ll explore leadership in the fast lane and on a world scale. Today we’re taking on motorsports racing, rising above your education, avoiding being thrown overboard on oil tankers, meeting world leaders and feeling the inspiration of leaders like Nelson Mandela. Are you intrigued? Then join me as we talk with Alex Robertson. Read More

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Leadership comes from many sources and angles. Grassroot movements based on passion is one of those sources. Today we talk about grassroots organizing for scientists with Mary Canady.

Mary Canady, Ph.D., is the founder of Comprendia, a firm specializing in helping biotechnology and life science companies grow through the creation, commercialization, and communication of value. Dr. Canady was a research scientist for ten years and worked for eight years in biotechnology marketing and business development at Life Technologies, EMD Millipore, and startup companies. Read More

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PART B.  Change is hard for most everyone. Dave Chaudron shows us how lead critical changes in an organization which have lasting success.

David has 30 years of practical experience working with a variety of manufacturing and service firms, assisting them in assessment, strategic planning, team-building and leadership development.  He has published over 15 practical articles on surveys, teamwork, re-engineering, TQM and organizational change and recently released books, “Nailing Strategy Jelly to your Business Tree: Plan the Future, Develop a Plan, Manage Change”,  “Master of all you Survey: How to use Surveys to improve Organizations, Teams and Leaders”, and “No More Darn Buzzwords: Keys to Successful Organized Change”. Read More

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PART A. Change is hard for most everyone. Dave Chaudron shows us how lead critical changes in an organization which have lasting success.

David has 30 years of practical experience working with a variety of manufacturing and service firms, assisting them in assessment, strategic planning, team-building and leadership development.  He has published over 15 practical articles on surveys, teamwork, re-engineering, TQM and organizational change and recently released books, “Nailing Strategy Jelly to your Business Tree: Plan the Future, Develop a Plan, Manage Change”,  “Master of all you Survey: How to use Surveys to improve Organizations, Teams and Leaders”, and “No More Darn Buzzwords: Keys to Successful Organized Change”. Read More

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Can you image being able to think out your strategy in leadership, communications and even networking? That’s what today’s guest, Michael Young, has done. And it changed his life.

Michael is an accomplished, pharmaceutical and biotech executive with award-winning marketing and commercial operations credentials. He is Vice President, Alliance Management at a global Contract Research Organization (CRO) which provides clinical trial and strategic drug development services to clients worldwide. He specifically directs the company’s corporate collaborations. Read More