Access Your Leadership is a podcast that examines what it means to be a leader in the world today and how to maximize your own leadership potential. In this weekly show, Hakim Lakhdar, Florida's #1 Transformational Leadership Coach, gives you access to world-class guests who are willing to share their inspiring leadership journeys, revealing all the valuable hurdles and triumphs along the way. Through this podcast’s interviews and topic-based episodes, you’ll explore leadership skill develop ...
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Are you in construction? Get ready to be inspired by Nicole as she goes one-on-one with the movers and shakers in the industry as they tackle leadership, sales, and most of all, inspiring and influencing others.
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The Power of Your Brand: Strategy, Design and Leadership for Business Growth
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Laura Sauter is a speaker, fractional CMO and the Owner and Senior Brand Strategist with Agency Bel, a boutique agency that develops identities and visual elements for print and digital communications focused on conscientious organization with a strong sense of corporate responsibility. She joins Access Your Leadership to share how she’s spent the …
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Community, Connection and Leadership in the Craft Beer Industry
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Andrew Coplon is the Founder of Craft Beer Professionals, a national network dedicated to the growth and betterment of the Craft Beer industry and Founder of Secret Hopper, a mystery shopping and consulting company for craft beer businesses. Andrew joins Access Your Leadership to talk about his journey that’s led him to developing a community of ov…
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The Winning Formula: Corporate and Sports Leadership Coaching
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Kathleen E.R. Murphy, an Executive Sports Coach and CEO of her company Market Me Too out of Boston, Massachusetts, joins Access Your Leadership to talk about her transition from corporate to coaching. Kathy shares how throughout her career she had a feeling that there was more she could be doing to align with her purpose. She initially explored pro…
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Life and Leadership Through Collaboration
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Dr. Heidi K. Gardner, an old friend and Harvard colleague, joins Access Your Leadership to share her incredible journey around the world, leading her to being an expert in the area of collaboration. Dr. Gardner is a Distinguished Fellow and Lecturer at Harvard Law School, a Co-founder of Smarter Collaboration International and CEO of Gardner & Co.,…
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Thriving Beyond Cancer: A Realtor's Inspiring Leadership Journey
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Rhonda Kohn, a Real Estate Advisor with Keller Williams Realty, joins Access Your Leadership to share her inspiring story about life after cancer and serving her clients. Rhonda helps buyers and sellers in both the Florida and California markets and she is also a three-time cancer survivor. In this episode, Rhonda shares what it was like finding ou…
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Realizing Your Leadership Potential: Embracing Choice and Transformation, Part 2 (The Journey)
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Al Kenny, an internationally respected coach, joins Access Your Leadership again for Part Two of his story of transformation that he shared back in March 2024. As you may recall, Al works to help people achieve their goals and dreams without stress and pressure. In Part One of this conversation, Al shared how he received some rather sobering feedba…
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Permission to Evolve: Supporting Business Success Through Leadership
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Russ Katzman, a Strategist, Coach, Mentor, Author and International Speaker and the Founder and CEO of Progeny Coaching and Consulting LLC, joins Access Your Leadership to talk about how purpose and evolution are two key ingredients for success in leadership and business. Russ shares some of the details on his own journey, starting from his early y…
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5 Minute Guided Meditation for Inspiring Leaders
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In this special Mental Health Awareness Month episode of Access Your Leadership, Hakim guides you through a brief 5-minute medidation dedicated to creating peace, power and passion in who you are as a leader. Hakim wants ever leader to absolutely love their leadership journey, both for what that creates for the life and career of the individual as …
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Leadership and the Family Business: Putting Relationships First
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Angel Gonzalez, the CEO of Millennium Benefits, joins Access Your Leadership to share his journey learning about and then ultimately leading his family insurance practice. Starting in the business in 1996, Angel worked closely with his mother and (then) step-father to support them in building the business. Never expecting to stay in the business lo…
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Bald Really IS Beautiful: Leadership, Advocacy and Authencity
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Deirdre Nero, an immigration attorney and owner of Nero Immigration Law, P.L., joins Access Your Leadership to share her incredibly inspiring story about her life and career after being diagnosed with alopecia at the young age of twenty-one. In this episode, Deirdre shares how you came to learn of her disease and how it impacted and also didn’t imp…
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Corporate Exec. to Franchise Owner/Consultant: Caring About People as a Common Thread
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Jim McEleney, a franchise consultant with FranNet who helps people look at their options for business ownership in the franchise model, joins Access Your Leadership to share some of his amazing stories and lessons from his international work and how that all led him to what he’s doing now. In this episode, Jim explains what it was like and what he …
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Ep. 26 Crafting Excellence: How Communication and Method Build Success
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I sat down with Bill Rupert, President of RCS-CM LLC the leader for construction management and he shared the evolution of his company from inception in 2015 to present day. Bill has recently joined forces with Dave Hellman to form his company today. They both had different areas of passion in growing their businesses, that complimented each other,…
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From Sales to Coaching: 25 Years of Elevating Lawyers and their Business
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Phyllis Sisenwine, aka The Lawyers Coach, joins Access Your Leadership to share how she got into coaching over 25 years ago and how she has successfully led herself and her clients during that time. Phyllis is a Certified Master Coach, a speaker and author and she works with clients (mostly lawyers) to help them develop themselves and build their b…
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Ep. 25 Blueprints for Growth: Mastering the War Over Talent Acquisition in the Construction Industry
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Hmm? The importance of marketing to attract talent rather than to attract clients? Yes! I talked to Ryan Kovach, fractional CMO, about how important marketing is to attract the right talent. With so many years of experience, Ryan only felt it appropriate to write a book to help others. This is no ordinary book, it’s meant to be a guide. You can ski…
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Mastering Self-Leadership: Quieting Your Inner Critic
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In this solo episode, Hakim shares some food for thought pertaining to the harsh voice that sometimes shows up in all of our heads - our inner critic! In our younger years, our inner voice was much less critical and there to truly keep us safe. However, as we get older, gain experience and collect our stories, that inner voice turns into our inner …
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The Power Within: Self-Awareness, Leadership and Law Enforcement
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Dan Truex is a military veteran, a Lexington, KY law enforcement officer and the CEO of GuardLogic, a security company that provides top-notch security by pairing great people with real analytics to build out a custom program that focuses on constantly improving. He is also a devoted and loving husband and father. In this episode, Dan shares how, w…
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Ep. 24 Turning a Layoff into a Launchpad and The Advantage of a Supportive Network
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It’s so easy to let your identity to get lost your career. And also dangerous. Brandon Clements, Principal at FQF Advisors, joined me today and discussed how he moved forward from a lay off. And that afternoon in his car while he was hiding from his family so they didn’t see him at his lowest, this is when he got a call from someone in his network …
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The Leadership Blueprint for a Thriving Law Firm: People, Culture, and Values
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Jeff Bast, a well-respected bankruptcy lawyer and cofounder of Bast Amron, joins Access Your Leadership to share his story and the leadership insights that allow him, his partner and their employees to thrive! Since launching the firm in 2008, Jeff and his partner, Brett Amron, have grown the firm to 25 employees and have a total of 6 partners at t…
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Realizing Your Leadership Potential: Embracing Choice and Transformation, Part 1
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Al Kenny, an internationally known coach, joins Access Your Leadership to share his story and insights that he incorporates into his work with clients to help people achieve their goals and dreams without stress and pressure. Last year, Hakim had the opportunity to spend time with Al at a coaching intensive in Santa Monica, California, and that is …
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Tough Turns and Strong Bonds: The Business of Partnering
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It made sense for these two to partner, John Lenker and Assaf Arrie, but that doesn't mean it was easy. There were so many changes that Assaf knew needed to take place, that now they joke that Assaf "came in like a wrecking ball." John knew that he needed Assaf's skill set to grow his business and he shared that this year, in fact, the business has…
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Unlocking Your Inner Leader: Embracing Self-Love and Compassion
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In this short solo episode, Hakim reflects on his own start to 2024, the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday and how both of those relate to self-love or self-compassion. In this episode, he talks broadly about how the challenging start to the year made him feel about and care for himself. Hakim shares why Compassion is not only one of his 3 Cs in ter…
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Leadership: from Disney to Design with Erik Chrestensen
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Dive deep into the world of design and leadership with the visionary Erik Chrestensen, President of Chrestensen Design, on our latest podcast episode. Erik opens up about the magical influence of Disney on his foundational business philosophies and how it has sculpted his approach to creativity and innovation. But that's not all - Erik goes beyond …
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The Power of Desire: Finding Harmony in Motherhood, Business, and Leadership
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Kim Auker, a Transformational Coach for revolutionary mothers, joins Access Your Leadership to share how deeply connected she is to supporting women (and men) who are juggling the roles of powerful parent and ambitious entrepreneur. In this episode, Kim talks about the power of desire and how what we personally want to create in our lives and in th…
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Finding Your Path of Purpose Through A Strong Sense of Self
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Nicole Miller is the Founder & CEO of WERRK Creative Brand Strategy, a strategic branding and marketing agency supporting businesses in brand awareness resulting in significant sales growth. Nicole joins Access Your Leadership to share her own story as well as her recent and exciting updates regarding her business and new personal/professional focu…
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Heart-Driven Leadership: Elevating Legal Recruiting to New Heights
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Aida C. Rodriguez, CEDS, the CEO and Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer of Ascension Global Staffing and Executive Search, joins Access Your Leadership to share her amazing style of leadership that has allowed her to build a world-class team of professionals and a thriving business. In this episode, Aida talks about how her people truly ar…
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Unleashing Courage: The Key to Exceptional Leadership (and Self-Leadership)
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In this episode, Hakim briefly shares what courage has meant to him in the context of leading himself, his family and his business. He shares the difference between bravery and courage and discusses the various ways harnessing our courage within can make us more effective as leaders of teams and/or our own business. There have been numerous events …
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The Legacy of Mr. Rogers: Love and Leadership for the New Year
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In this episode, Hakim carves out some time on NYE 2023 to share a deeply moving and powerful quote from Mr. Rogers’ that has always made such a big impression on him. He talks about the impact of such a quote on the way in which we lead ourselves and others and why it’s not talked about more often. Hakim offers up a few areas where embracing the m…
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CEO to Chief Everything Officer: Lessons from 20 Years of Business Leadership
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Kevin “The Title King” Tacher, CEO & Founder of Independence Title, Inc., joins Access Your Leadership to share his amazing comeback story and he has secured his success 20 years into running his business. In this episode, Kevin talks about the power of relationships and how not only making them, but nurturing them over time has been such a key ele…
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The Santa Effect: How Believing Can Enhance Your Leadership Abilities
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In this episode, Hakim reflects on the spirit of the holidays, specifically what it means to believe in Santa and how believing in Santa may unlock a powerful approach to leadership and self-development. He examines and explains approaches he’s adopted from working with his own coach that address creating/manifesting as a part of leadership. While …
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Leading with Heart: Friendship, Business and Compassionate Leadership
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Ian Blei, the founder and CEO of Moonshine Media Group and Executive Producer at Moonshine Pictures (not to mention a childhood friend and the co-best man at my wedding), joins Access Your Leadership to share the ups and downs of his journey that’s taken him to where he is today. Ian talks about his time at Florida State University studying under a…
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Beyond LinkedIn: Early Chapters of My Life and Leadership Journey
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In this episode, Hakim openly shares some less widely-known stories that helped shape him into the professsional, leader and coach he is today. From an early age, he's felt a sense of connection and purpose when it comes to helping others. Hakim shares some of the activities, clubs, priorities, etc. that he chose to focus on to develop himself as a…
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Understanding Your Animal Influencers to Transform Leadership
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Jo Andrews, a Leadership Transformer and Co-Founder of The Training Rock, joins Access Your Leadership to share some details about the twists and turns she navigated in her own career that ultimately led her to building a business aimed at transforming leaders globally. Jo talks briefly about her early days as a pianist turned professional and the …
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The Power of Ego: Navigating Leadership with Awareness
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In this episode, Hakim discusses ego and the way in which it impacts leadership. He highlights what ego is, where it comes from, how to identify and manage it and its effect on how we lead ourselves and others. Hakim shares some personal stories about his own experience managing his own ego and working in an industry and at institutions that create…
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Fil Ip, Restaurateur/Owner of Golden Marquess and Baoshi, a new Asian food hall in South Florida, joins Access Your Leadership to share some details about his family’s background and journey into the restaurant industry, his transition from corporate to restaurant ownership, personal challenges he and his wife had to overcome after the loss of thei…
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The Network Effect: Leading a Community of Leaders
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Erika Buenoventura, the South Florida Regional Director at ProVisors, joins Access Your Leadership to share her journey from Peru to the U.S. and from strong individual contributor to being a leader of leaders. She talks about her move to the U.S. at the age of 12, her parents’ work ethic and her own leadership development that’s led her to where s…
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Unlocking Leadership: The Importance of Self-Awareness
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In this episode, Hakim helps to define exactly what self-awareness is and what it is not, differentiating it from self-confidence and self-esteem. In addition to sharing some of the benefits of self-awareness, Hakim talks about how important emotional intelligence is as a building block to creating greater self-awareness. Lastly, he gives some exam…
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The Journey from Selling Underwear to Leading Men
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Joel Gandara, Life & Business Coach and author of the 31 Days to Being a Better Man, joins Access Your Leadership to share some details about his background and journey to becoming the successful businessman, husband, father and leader of men that he is now. Joel built an empire buying and selling underwear, creating his own brand and selling his s…
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Welcome to Access Your Leadership with Hakim A. Lakhdar! In this intro episode, he gives you an overview of what you can come to expect and how this podcast will help you elevate your leadership. Feedback (I want to hear from you): You can connect with Hakim at https://lakhdarcoaching.com/ Did this podcast spark something in you or get you to take …
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A Visual Story Teller Pushing Design Boundaries through Brand Authenticity with Erik Chrestensen
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With authenticity as his goal, Erik Chrestensen, President of Chrestensen Designs, pushes boundaries to create a space that tells the story of the business. Erik collaborates with Architects as well as designers. He gave examples of working with each. In each example, he answered the question why work with an outside design firm in addition to the …
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Empowering Leaders with Self-Awareness and Emotional Intelligence with Hakim Lakhdar
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From Blueprint to Reality: How Ripple Intent is Transforming the Construction Industry Through Collaboration
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What if I told you there's a transformative solution when your business faces familiar challenges alongside others in the same industry? Enter Kyle Majchrowski, the visionary behind Ripple Intent, who not only recognized this common struggle but also dared to ask himself a crucial question: What can be done about it? Driven by a burning desire to f…
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Join me on a journey as I dive deep into the world of leadership with none other than Kristin Larson, the CEO of SouthWest Electric. In this episode, Kristin reveals her awe-inspiring journey to the top, sharing invaluable insights and advice for those striving to climb the corporate ladder. Discover the secrets behind Kristin's phenomenal rise as …
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From Mountains to Boardrooms: Developing Grit in Leadership
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In this episode of The Construction Influencer Podcast, the host Nicole Sanchez welcomes Wendy Cohen, President of Kitchell, to discuss leadership, perseverance, and personal growth. With over 25 years of experience in the construction industry, Wendy shares her insights on pushing through obstacles and building grit - learned through extreme feats…
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Credentials vs. Character: How Passion Trumps Experience With CEO Lori O'Keefe
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Discover the secrets to building and sustaining passionate teams in the latest episode of The Construction Influencer Podcast! Join host Nicole Sanchez as she engages in a riveting conversation with Lori O'Keefe, CEO of MAAS Companies, a program management firm specializing in the education sector in California. Learn how to identify passion in pot…
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Leaders have to grapple with the reality that they're never going to be able to control everything that happens at work. That's why it's so important to create an environment where everyone feels safe and comfortable speaking up, whether it's about a new idea or a problem they're experiencing. I've seen firsthand how companies can fail to foster th…
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We all have a story. A journey that has brought us to where we are today. But what about the messes? The hard times we experience along the way? I know that feeling well. I've been there, and so have many others, especially my podcast guest Jason Romero who happens to be a keynote speaker, ran 3,063 miles across the US, author, CEO, attorney, a Par…
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Successful leaders empower. But one of the biggest mistakes leaders make is not empowering their teams which really impacts team morale and the overall success of their company. Be it a lack of awareness, or fear of being vulnerable, most leaders end up holding back in this area. On this podcast, the President of MAAS Companies Lori OKeefe, and Jen…
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What Successful Companies Do To Scale Their Business
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Imagine, if you could build a company culture that would bring out the best from your employees. A culture where people would come to work excited and happy every day, knowing that they will accomplish something great. This is exactly what Chad Prinkey of Well Built Construction Consulting shares on this week's #podcast. He goes over some key strat…
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The #1 Must Have Quality To Have For Leaders with Sasha Carter
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On this podcast, Midstate Mechanical's Sasha Carter, shares some amazing insight on how different the work culture and leadership in America, compared to Australia where she was born and raised. Plus, she goes deep into why it's important to not let fear hold you back from taking the next step which could be the move that actually changes the whole…
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The King of Networking & Business Development
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If you were to look up the word #networking in the dictionary, the picture of one of P2S, Inc's finest and "The King of Networking & Business Development" Jesse Urquidi would pop up. Hands down. To be fair, Jesse did not give himself that title. However, if you were to ask his colleagues and clients if that were the case, it would be a unanimous ye…
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