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The Ascending Change Podcast features Jennifer Ayres, host, and co-Founder of Senscient. With over 20 years leading large-scale global transformation programs for Fortune 500 companies, her purpose is to help the conscious leader create meaningful and sustainable change by helping companies realize their most ambitious goals. The Ascending Change Podcast will highlight ideas, learnings, and stories about organizational and personal transformation, by featuring clients, and other notable leaders.
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The founder of LeBrun Advisory Group and Get It Done Entrepreneurs podcast host, Rich LeBrun. He has been in the commercial real estate business for 30+ years and has managed over a billion of dollars of real estate for his institutional clients all throughout the country. Then transitioned over to helping small and mid-sized companies by coaching their executives on business skills, leadership, and management principles to help them grow. He has been on multiple podcasts as a guest himself ...
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Join us in this inspiring episode featuring Shana Francesca, an entrepreneur dedicated to ethical leadership and community empowerment. Shaina discusses the importance of curiosity, respect, and accountability in shaping leadership and relationships. To learn more about Shana Francesca’s work, visit: https://www.concinnate.world/. If you think you’…
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In this episode of Ascending Change, host Jennifer Ayres sits down with innovative AI expert Lori Mazor to explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing creative problem-solving in the business world. Lori shares her experiences and insights on integrating AI into businesses to enhance creativity and productivity. They discuss her book, Te…
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Join us in this captivating episode featuring Chris Majer, the visionary founder of The Human Potential Project. Chris shares his journey from athlete to successful entrepreneur, emphasizing the importance of mental and physical performance improvement, customer understanding, and modern management practices. Key Highlights: - Entrepreneurial Inspi…
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Kara Brown is the Founder of LeadCoverage, a team of marketing and sales enablement consultants specializing in all the pieces of the B2B conversion cycle: mar-tech stack building (CRM/Automation), sales/marketing operations and enablement, inbound/outbound content, SEO/SEM, social conversion, and measurement. Kara Brown was one of the first employ…
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Zachary Green is the Founder of WARRIOR Enterprises LLC. Zachary is an International best selling author of WARRIOR Entrepreneur. Lessons From the Battlefield to the Board room. Zachary and his team lead you on an unforgettable leadership and team building experiences. Zachary experiences range from serving as a US Marine Corps infantryman to worki…
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Welcome to "Ascending Change," the newly rebranded podcast now aligns closely with our mission to elevate meaning at work and empower conscious leaders to foster positive and sustainable change. This series, we delve into the transformative potential of AI for business good. Join us as we explore how generative AI is set to revolutionize various in…
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Simon Severino is an author, CEO of Strategy Sprints and Host of the "Strategy Sprints" podcast. He has interviewed powerhouse entrepreneurs like Rita McGrath, David Allen, Nir Eyal, Perry Marshall, Verne Harnish, Brian Kurtz, and hundreds more on business, productivity, and growth. He helps business owners in SaaS and Services run their company mo…
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Whitney Elkins-Hutten is the Director of Investor Education at PassiveInvesting.com, and her remarkable journey into real estate, marked by triumphs and setbacks since 2002, provides a unique perspective on the industry. From overcoming a near-loss on her second deal to becoming a partner in over $800MM in real estate, Whitney's story is both inspi…
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Mark Murphy is the founder and CEO of Northeast Sequoia Private Client Group, a national financial planning and wealth management firm. As the Chief Executive Officer of Northeast Sequoia Private Client Group, Mark is a highly sought-after key business strategist and critical thinker. Mark is an accomplished CEO, author, speaker, motivator, and pod…
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Nicole Grinnell is the Founder and CEO of Bosun Solutions. Nicole comes from a long line of entrepreneur and small business owners, with childhood memories of Christmas resembling episodes of Shark Tank. For most of her career she served as an Executive Assistant in the corporate world. She excelled with her small business background and work ethic…
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Rebecca Monet is the President & Chief Scientist of Zorakle Profiles. Zorakle is a franchise-specific solutions provider offering a suite of customizable assessments. She is fascinated with neurology, neuroeconomics, and human performance as it relate to business success. Monet is the inventor of the meta-analysis methodology used in Zorakle’s Spot…
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Drew McWilliams is the founder of Ivybrook Academy. In 2007, Drew and his wife founded Ivybrook Academy, a thriving network of children's preschools. Under his leadership, Ivybrook Academy has flourished, expanding to 80 locations across 17 states in the U.S. Ivybrook has also secured a place on Entrepreneur Magazine's prestigious list of the top 5…
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Sebastien Lagree is the CEO and Founder of Lagree Fitness. He developed the Proformer to be paired with his method in 2006. Over the next 15 years, Lagree would go on to invent the Megaformer, the Supra, the EVO, and the EVO II. The Mega is a patented piece of fitness equipment that uses varying degrees of tension. The Supra is the first digitally …
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Marco Tores is the founder of Marketing Boost.com. Marco Torres is an expert in the power of using "incentives" to sell more without discounting. He has helped thousands of business owners worldwide boost sales and scale their businesses by as much as 5-fold through the use of incentive-based marketing. He teaches entrepreneurs how to soar sales & …
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Bill Simmons is the Founder and CEO of Thrive Business Operations for the past 17+ years. The firm provides Fractional COO Services helping growing businesses that struggle with operational challenges succeed by integrating a Fractional Team and optimizing business through The Thrive OpsCycle. Their primary mission is to help businesses unlock grow…
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Timothy Shaffer, the CEO & Co-Founder of SearchTires.com, the world’s first tire price comparison search engine. He is changing the way we buy tires for the better. Tim is a dynamic sales and operations expert with over three decades of industry proficiency. He is a visionary at heart and he spearheaded SearchTires.com with a core mission: to empow…
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Jeff is the founder of Pay Proudly and his mission is twofold: to provide business owners with payment clarity and to support communities through charity. Throughout his career, he saw that there was a gap in the marketplace for relational support in payment processing. Payment processing is the lifeblood of a business and Jeff and his team are pas…
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Chuck Leblo is the founder and CEO of Interact one. Chuck has served as the CEO and Chief Strategist at Interact One for over 17 years. His journey in business and as an entrepreneur began during his time in the US Army Signal Corps. After the army he eventually worked his way up the corporate ladder to Vice President at various Telecom companies, …
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Artem Semjanow is the co-founder and CEO of Neatsy.ai, the world's first app that utilizes AI and AR to detect orthopedic and podiatry health issues with only an iPhone camera. The platform raised $1.4M. In June 2023 Neatsy was one of the 13 selected startups for the Techstars Accelerator program, which has a lower acceptance rate (only 1-2%) than …
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Gerry Foster is the founder of The Big Brand Zone or better known as the Branding Evangelist. Gerry Foster is a highly accomplished Brand Strategist. He is the creator of the Big Brand Formula which shows small business owners how to create a big brand, and a strong message that sells, so you can excite, delight, and ignite your market and make it …
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Jermaine Edwards is the CEO and Founder of Jermaine Edwards. Jermaine loves sales, business and his growing family... So much so that he spent almost two decades in sales, account management and leading teams before co-launching his first business in 2013. Then founding multiple companies in manufacturing, events, commercial, technology and consult…
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Beate Chelette is the Growth Architect and Founder of The Women’s Code and provides visionaries and leaders with proven strategies, blueprints and growth maps that provide clear steps to improve business systems, strengthen leadership skills and teams so that our clients and audiences can maximize profits and scale their impact. Beate went on a ent…
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Whitney Elkins-Hutten is the Director of Investor Education at PassiveInvesting. com. She is the host of the Passive Investing Made Simple YouTube show, and podcast, and a partner in $800MM+ in real estate — including over 6500+ residential units (MF, MHP, SFR, and assisted living), 7 express car washes, and more than 2200+ self-storage units acros…
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Suman Cherry is the CEO of Cherry Talent Group. Suman has 20 years of experience in recruiting and has successfully placed 500+ employees in industries such as medical, oil/gas, construction, and real estate. She is dedicated to understanding the needs of her clients and candidates and takes pride in being a hiring " match makerCherry Talent Group …
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Pavel Shynkarenko is the Co-Founder and CEO of Solar Staff. Pavel is an experienced entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in financial and legal technologies, business development, and client-contractor relationship automation. Pavel has pursued his passion for law for over 10 years and founded his first business in the industry in 2006. As…
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Janelle Anderson is the of founder of Emerging Life Coaching, LLC. Janelle is a Certified Professional Coach, author, and renowned speaker who is on a mission to empower women of all backgrounds to embrace their greatness and know their true value. Having overcome a past of sexual trauma, Janelle is dedicated to challenging and encouraging her list…
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Over season five of the Survive & Thrive podcast, the show has covered various topics necessary for facilitating a healthy and positive workplace culture, including managerial support, community initiatives, navigating inflation, and investing in staff to build a recession-resistant culture in times of economic uncertainty. In covering the importan…
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Joe Rare is an “underground” serial entrepreneur, investor, outsourcing expert, father and husband. He currently owns four digital companies, five wedding venues, and real estate investment properties. Joe's journey began with a door-to-door product sales business, which grew from a team of two to 40 employees in under two years. He later sold the …
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Chad Zdenek is the founder of CSQ Properties. Chad Zdenek is a Licensed General Contractor, Professional Engineer, former CEO of Mobile Illumination, and triple Master's Degree graduate. He started out in Construction Management in the mid-1990s working for Swinerton Builders before moving into Structural Engineering working for Boeing on the Space…
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Bill Heinrich is the founder of True Life Purpose Now. Success isn’t always what it seems from the outside. Bill speaks from experience; He found success at a very young age. He was living in one of the most beautiful places on earth and from the outside everything looks perfect, but something was always missing. Surrounded by material success, wit…
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A healthy workplace culture is vital for a business’s success. However, leadership staff must possess the resources necessary to guide their teams to meet the organization’s objectives. That said, companies can create a positive workplace culture by investing in support for their managerial staff so that they can lead their teams on the path to suc…
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Creating a positive working environment is essential for supporting a team of engaged and productive employees. However, many leaders fail to recognize the importance of uplifting their management staff and providing them with the right resources to facilitate a healthy work culture for all. So how can leaders support their management staff through…
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Jeff Seckendorf is the founder of UTD Scuba Diving, LLC. Jeff learned to dive in 1990 in preparation for assisting with a series of underwater filmmaking workshops in the Caribbean. He went on to dive extensively in the warm waters around the Virgin Islands and the [very] cold waters of upstate New York lakes. After a long career in the film indust…
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Incorporating gratitude within your business model can positively impact your company's spirit and work culture. But while giving back to your organization can enhance your team members' connection to purpose within the workplace, connecting your company to the community can also motivate and inspire your employees to further improve your company c…
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As we face the financial realities of a potential economic recession, many small businesses are beginning to experience the effects of inflation and economic instability. However, company culture is always essential to company success. Businesses can retain a positive work environment and productive employees even during financial hardship. By cutt…
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Mary is a Transformational Leader and an internationally recognised Per sonal Branding and Online Business Specialist. Mary helps Industry Experts systemise digitalise and commercialize their knowledge, wisdom and skills into a scalable & profitable online business and brand so they become an authority in their niche. Mary has 22+ years of experien…
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Last week’s podcast episode discussed why facilitating a healthy company culture can make your business more resistant throughout an economic recession. And with a potential recession looming, leaders must act now to support their teams and reach solutions. So, what are some tangible ways for workforce leaders to improve their workplace culture dur…
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Gary Garth is the Founder and CEO of Great Dane Ventures, The Accelerator Platform and Elev8 Media. Author of 'The Zero to 100 Million Sales Blueprint' book and 'The Goals, Grit & Greatness' planner. He also leverages his resources as a sales leader and angel investor, helping high-potential startups go-to-market, scale, and become profitable via 3…
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Company culture is key to surviving an economic downturn, and with a potential recession on the horizon, leaders must adjust their practices to ensure their teams can thrive. So how can leaders place focus on culture to prime their organization for future success? On this episode of the Survive & Thrive podcast, host Jennifer Ayres discusses how le…
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Sean Tyler Foley is the founder of Total Buy IN. Sean Tyler Foley is passionate about helping others confidently take the stage. As a lifelong actor and showman, he knows how to entertain, and has delivered hundreds of talks on everything from employee engagement to personal growth and achievement. To learn more about Tyler Foley’s work, visit http…
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James Grant is the founder of Georgia Trial Attorneys at Kirchen & Grant, LLC. James Grant is a premier personal injury lawyer representing injured victims throughout the southeast, predominantly Georgia. James and his partner started their law firm, Georgia Trial Attorneys at Kirchen & Grant, with zero clients, no plan, and no business experience.…
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Hiring employees with impairments can be advantageous to a business, and according to USA Today, 25% of job seekers and current team members have a disability. So how can organizations practice a human-centric approach to leadership and support all of their staff members to succeed by promoting disability inclusion in the workplace? On this episode…
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Simon Chan is the founder of MLM Nation. Simon is a Consistency Coach, speaker and author of the Amazon best seller, The Consistency Pill; The 7 Step System to Increase Sales and Transform Your Business. He helps network marketers earn a part time income of at least $1,000 a month by getting them to be consistent, defeat overwhelm and build a succe…
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Angela Ficken is the founder of Progress Wellness. Angela is a full-time psychotherapist in private practice. She specializes in OCD, eating disorders, and anxiety-related concerns. She started her career at McLean Hospital, which is one of the top-ranking psychiatric hospitals in the country and is affiliated with Harvard University. She was the h…
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Stephanie Downs CEO of Uncaged Innovations. Stephanie has over 20 years of experience founding, building, and selling businesses in a variety of industries. She also spent over a decade serving as a Corporate Social Responsibility Consultant advising companies on alternatives to animal materials. She founded her first company in 1999, an internet m…
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Work automation technology is gaining popularity across the business landscape and is known for saving people time and work. However, automated technology can also enable organizations to improve their company culture. Automated hiring systems are an example of this, as these solutions can be advantageous in onboarding new staff and building a bett…
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Encouraging a sense of belonging at work among employees can lead to higher retention, engagement, and profits. One way for leaders to achieve this is by leveraging pride. When workers feel connected to their organization’s core values and mission, this pride can drive them to greater success. Therefore by using internal communication to express th…
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Jason is a Christian Father, Husband, Investor, Endurance Athlete, International Best-Selling Author, and the owner of Smartr Commerce and Smartr Marketing. His brands and books have helped hundreds of businesses and thousands of entrepreneurs increase their revenue by millions of new dollars in recurring income. To learn more about Jason Criddle’s…
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Lisa Wohlleib is the founder of assetPARTNERS, Inc. (API), a company that works with law firms and high-net-worth individuals to help resolve complex financial disputes during divorce proceedings. Lisa understands how grueling, costly, and emotionally draining the divorce process can be for women. Her goal is to help her clients get through this di…
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Dean Wegner is the Founder & CEO of Authentically American, a Veteran owned, American made premium apparel brand. They are a company that celebrates patriotism, believes in the American worker, and honors our American heroes by intentionally donating 10% of profits to Veteran and First Responder charities. A West Point graduate, Dean served 7 years…
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