Best Jaime Taets, Owner, President & Founder Podcasts (2024)

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Never Settle, Dig Deeper 35:38

1d ago35:38

35:38

Kelly Veit is the CEO of Veit & Company. She joins us to share her non-traditional career path that has allowed her to use her superpowers to become the leader the organization needs at this phase of their growth. Kelly’s deep commitment to her own growth has helped her ensure she has the skills necessary to lead the 90+ year old organization it’s …

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Leaders are Dealers of Hope 32:08

2M ago32:08

32:08

Kelly Aronson joins the podcast for a second time to share more wisdom and how she is re-inventing herself to keep her passion and energy as a leader. As our career progresses, it can be easy to get caught on auto-pilot, focusing on issues and what next problem you need to solve. But you can’t outwork the job of being a leader, it will always be bi…

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Finding Your Internal Source of Motivation 36:38

2M ago36:38

36:38

David Strohsack has led a successful corporate career, rising through the ranks to now leading a newly acquired company through significant change and transformation. Through it all he has leaned on his internal motivation to be better and do better to help him become a truly conscious leader. Listen in to hear more about his journey and the wisdom…

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Everyone Can Impact Through Story 35:05

3M ago35:05

35:05

As leaders we tend to lead and persuade people with data and logic, but brain science tells us that people are not persuaded by that, they are persuaded by emotion. Sally Zimney, Speaker, Coach and Author helps us understand the impact of sharing simple stories to connect with people and inspire them to take action. You can find out more about Sall…

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1% Happier 30:43

3M ago30:43

30:43

Chelsey Paulson, the queen of culture and leadership, and one of my fantastic team members joins us to talk about Happiness. Not from a fluffy perspective, but from a scientific, find the source and focus on it perspective. Our world needs more leaders, more humans who have the tools to find more joy and happiness. It doesn’t mean we live in it eve…

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The Life You Lead Is the Lesson You Teach 48:43

3M ago48:43

48:43

So…this one is a deep one. Be prepared to laugh, maybe cry a little, but truly be impacted. I’m so grateful to have Mick White, a dear friend of mine on the podcast to share his story around finding his purpose and how he is living into it every day. Find out more about Mick’s 100 year manifesto work here: https://www.100yearmanifesto.com LinkedIn:…

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Humility as a Success Superpower 27:20

4M ago27:20

27:20

How do you embrace a beginners mindset, how can humility help you create a career and a journey that leaves a legacy? Kanthi Yalamanchili has had a very unique path to success, one that has forced her to use her humility as a superpower to step into new roles where she had no experience and figure out how to create success. Her journey is one that …

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How Strong is Your Strategic Thinking Muscle? 31:52

4M ago31:52

31:52

Many of us spends are days in full execution mode, answering emails, attending meetings and heads down working through issues. We don’t spend much time thinking strategically or planning for the future. And, even if we are given time in our schedule to think, it’s sometimes hard to know where to start. Mary Rapaport, the creator of The Strategic Pl…

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The Beauty in Getting “Kicked Off the Wheel” 33:57

5M ago33:57

33:57

So many times, in life, circumstances happen to us that make us question our worth, deplete our confidence and sometimes knock us down all together. But what if that “kicked off the wheel” moment is there to help you find strength in new places? What if it’s there to help you build muscle for what’s next. Heather Boshke joins us to share her journe…

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Navigating the Seasons of our Careers 36:41

5M ago36:41

36:41

Any successful person will tell you that their career has had many different seasons. Seasons when you hit the gas and focus on your career and seasons where you are braking and focusing on your own life or your family. It’s normal and being able to make the right choices for you at the right time is what leads to sustainable success as a leader. J…

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Permission to go off the Trail 39:17

6M ago39:17

39:17

Leaders of all types and experience levels are feeling restless right now. We all feel kind of stuck and as our guest Sarah Line describes it, Creating Cages of Comfort. We know there’s more out there, we know there’s growth we want to have, and we don’t know how to gain the courage to do it. Sarah shares her life experience and her mission with he…

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The Impact of Restlessness 28:56

7M ago28:56

28:56

There is a new tension evolving in the business world. This tension of restlessness on the side of the employees and frustration from leaders. We each want more, but we aren’t sure what we need. Our energy is low and it’s compounding the issue. Dena Mayne, COO of Keystone discusses her perspective and guidance on how to overcome restlessness – as a…

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Joel Malick - Financial Advisor, Co-Author of After Work. 46:52

9M ago46:52

46:52

Joel Malick is a financial advisor and co-author of the book Afterwork. In Joel's professional experience, he found many retirees were ill-prepared to experience a meaningful and satisfying retirement. In our interview, Joel breaks down what he calls the "retirement lie". From there, he addresses the paradigm shifts and disciplines involved in maki…

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What Does it Take to Write A Book? 27:31

10M ago27:31

27:31

Stephanie interviews CEO and Founder Jaime Taets, and Chief Strategy Officer, Chelsey Paulson about the pure joy as well as agony of writing a book. What it takes to start with an an idea and bring it to life in the form of a book. They share their mindset and details on the writing and process, the high and lows and and how much Jaime and Chelsey …

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Tim Niver - Restaurant Owner and Entrepreneur 49:57

10M ago49:57

49:57

Tim is the owner of Mucci's Italian and Saint Dinette restaurants, located in St. Paul, MN. In addition, started a frozen food business about five years ago. We talk about Tim's roots, growing up in Jamestown, NY. We learn about his amazing experiences around food while traveling Europe, and the process and passion it takes to run restaurants in a …

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Lean into the Edge 34:19

10M ago34:19

34:19

How often does fear impact our approach and decisions as leaders? Matt Schwandt joins us and shares his wisdom and approach around leaning into the edge of fear and how it can shift your perspective. Learn more and connect with Matt at https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-schwandt-360aba243/ Matt is a seasoned entrepreneur with nearly 10 years of exper…

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Kristin Printon - Co-Founder & Vice President, Moxie Wealth Management 46:41

11M ago46:41

46:41

Kristin is an industry leader in financial services. In her relatively short 12 year career, she has won numerous awards and is regularly asked to give presentations to a national audience. She also happens to be Joe's business partner at Moxie Wealth Management. Kristin shares what it was like growing up with modest means. She also explains how sh…

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Be Kind to Yourself 28:33

11M ago28:33

28:33

Leadership is hard sometimes, but when you figure out that your job is to be the coach and not the doer, things get a lot easier. Andy Dulka has honed his leadership skills over his entire career and continue to learn and evolve as a leader. He shares his leadership wisdom with us in this podcast and leaves us with the message that as leaders, we n…

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Creating The Space for Culture to Thrive 32:16

12M ago32:16

32:16

Kelly Kolar has spent her entire career creating spaces that support growth and comfort. As the Founder of Kolar Design, she has built office, healthcare and other spaces around the world. She shares her leadership journey and what she has learned about how spaces truly create environments where people can thrive. Learn more about Kelly and the wor…

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If You’re Not Sure, You’re Sure 40:49

1y ago40:49

40:49

Eric Harkins is the President and Founder of GKG Search & Outplacement, a Minneapolis-based consulting firm that helps organizations Get talent, Keep talent & Grow talent. He is also an Amazon #1 best-selling author of: Great Leaders Make Sure Monday Morning Doesn’t Suck; How to Get, Keep & Grow Talent. His goal is simple: Help every company he wor…

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Jaime Taets - Chief Vision Officer and Founder of Keystone Group International 45:21

1y ago45:21

45:21

Jaime shares how her career path led her from a large fortune 500 company to shift mid-career to build her own firm, Keystone Group International, a business and leadership consulting company. In this episode, we discuss how leaders can help or hinder the growth of an organization. We also hear about her transformative perspective change as a resul…

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Design the Life You Want 38:34

1y ago38:34

38:34

Missy Chicre, CEO at Menttium joins us and shares her story of how she constantly strives to design the life she wants, not the life that others want for her. And while that is always a struggle, and takes hard work, she has proven in her career that people will support you and you can still achieve success – on your terms. Find out more about Miss…

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Growth Happens In Reflection 37:31

1y ago37:31

37:31

Marney Andes is an Author, Keynote Speaker and Leadership Coach that has taken her Fortune 50 experience and turned that into a career that helps others leaders build their best lives. In this episode we talk about as leaders how important it is to recognize your own bias and how to use the day to day learnings to grow as a leader, through the time…

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Courtney Godfrey - TV Reporter, Growing Through Tragedy 34:54

1y ago34:54

34:54

Courtney Godfrey is a TV reporter for Minneapolis Fox affiliate KMSP. In 2017, while water skiing with her family, she was involved in a tragic accident resulting in having to amputate part of her leg. We learn how she and her family mentally deal with the loss and how the accident has sparked a better version of herself. We also learn more about C…

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Do What You Want To Do, Not What You Have To Do 33:47

1y ago33:47

33:47

Michael Levin has been responsible for ghostwriting close to 1000 books. He helps people bring their message to life to share with the world. In this this podcast he shares his story and his leadership wisdom with us around how to focus on doing what you want to do and not what you have to do to create more positivity in your life. Michael Levin is…

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Show Up To Listen and Not Be Heard 30:42

1y ago30:42

30:42

Tricia Timm, lawyer, venture investor, author and speaker joins us to share her journey as a Latina in the corporate world and as an immigrant who has worked to find her own voice. Her guidance is so impactful and can help all of us as leaders creating greater belonging in our own teams and organizations. Learn more about Tricia, her speaking and h…

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Be The Change You Want to See 37:45

1y ago37:45

37:45

Simon Bray is a change agent and innovator who has worked with global brands to help them evolve. He also just happens to be a part of the group that Jaime climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with. They discuss their passion around leadership and the change that leaders need to be prepared to lead as well as their lessons from the mountain and what they learne…

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Christi Krautbauer - President, Marketing Essentials & Board Chair, Diaper Bank of MN 36:57

1y ago36:57

36:57

Join us for a chat with Christi Krautbauer, President of Marketing Essentials, a company that specializes in employee incentive and reward packages. Not only is Christi an expert in her field, but she also serves as chair of a nonprofit called Diaper Bank of Minnesota. She has also started personal coaching, team consulting, and speaking engagement…

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Shift Your Perspective 26:40

1y ago26:40

26:40

Jaime Taets, CEO, Visionary, and Founder of Keystone Group International talks about her summit to Mt. Kilimanjaro and her lessons learned along the way. Jaime talks about shifting your perspective and putting yourself in situations that make you think differently. In this raw, and authentic podcast, Jaime shares some of her vulnerabilities and exp…

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Andrea and Megan Wagner - Mother and Cancer Survivor, Founders of Reading4Research 50:18

1+ y ago50:18

50:18

In this episode, I interviewed two amazing and resilient people, Andrea Wagner and her daughter Megan. A little over four years ago, when she was eight years old, Megan was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. Since then, she's had to become the ultimate fighter, going through two rounds of chemo, and as a result, a heart transplant.…

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Create The Space For People To Learn 26:47

1+ y ago26:47

26:47

Andy Risvold is the owner and founder of Forgotten Star Brewing. He is a serial entrepreneur and shares his leadership lessons and how he focuses on the new leaders to ensure they have the space and support to learn as they transition to leading others. So many organizations and leaders don’t take the time to train and mentor leaders in their organ…

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Chris Kelly - Founder and President, AssetHR 28:35

1+ y ago28:35

28:35

Chris is the Founder and President of AssetHR, a human resource, payroll, and benefits company. He hails from New York City. His first professional career was managing fine dining restaurants in Manhattan. We learn how he found his way to Minnesota and started a business in an entirely different industry. Further, Chris tells us about his relations…

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Sit In Your Mistakes 37:36

1+ y ago37:36

37:36

Alyza Bohbot James, Owner and CEO Alakef Coffee Roasters and City Girl Coffee As owner and CEO of Alakef Coffee Roasters, Alyza leads the specialty coffee roasting company that her family founded in 1990 in Duluth, Minnesota. Alakef Coffee Roasters today provides responsibly sourced and produced coffee to grocery stores, co-ops, coffee shops, Unive…

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How Can I Be Useful? 37:07

1+ y ago37:07

37:07

Organizational effectiveness expert Teresa Sande joins us to talk about her own leadership journey and those pivotal moments that shaped her as a leader. She also brings a wealth of insight into getting back to the basics of leadership to be able to lead into this new era, starting with asking yourself how can I be useful vs what do I need to do? C…

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Joe Roedler - Owner of Baby Grand 45:34

1+ y ago45:34

45:34

Joe explains the history behind Baby Grand, which started with his parents in 1985. Further, he discusses how he got involved with the business after college, the experience of developing his own store with his wife, and the serendipity involved in merging all their stores into a historic West Side location. Joe went on to discuss lessons learned a…

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Keith Miller - Co-Founder of Bubbly Paws Dog Wash and Grooming 50:16

1+ y ago50:16

50:16

Keith and his wife, Tricia, started Bubbly Paws in 2011. Since that time, they have experienced signicant growth and have begun franchising their business. In this episode, Keith talks about how they transitioned from their prior careers to becoming business owners. He shares how they position the Bubbly Paws service and experience to be different …

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Managing Your Own Energy 28:23

1+ y ago28:23

28:23

Kelly Aronson Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer Kelly is responsible for enterprise information technology strategy and implementation and providing strategic partner support to each of Andersen’s divisions and functions. Previously, she was vice president of information technology (IT) responsible for Andersen enterprise customer ex…

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Learning to Surrender 37:35

1+ y ago37:35

37:35

David is the founder and CEO of multiple businesses. Most prominent among them is his longest-running company, ISU Corp. ISU is a custom software solutions company with clients ranging from start-ups to multi-million-dollar conglomerates like General Electric and Heinz. Located in Canada’s Silicon Valley, ISU Corp increases entrepreneurs’ net profi…

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Annamarie Saarinen - Co-Founder of The Newborn Foundation and Bloom Standard 57:01

1+ y ago57:01

57:01

Annamarie's daughter, Eve, was born with a critical congential heart defect (CCHD) that presented no symptoms. By chance, the doctor screened her while still in the hospital and it ended up saving her life. That experience inspired Annamarie to create the Newborn Foundation, which focused on making initial CCHD screening (pulse oximetry) a standard…

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You Will Never Outperform Your Identity 32:44

1+ y ago32:44

32:44

Michael W Kithcart is a high-performance leadership and business coach, speaker, and creator of the Wynning Your Way method. She helps business leaders and sales teams redefine success, re-engineer thinking and re-align actions so they can elevate their wellbeing AND deliver next level results. Her 25-year career of leading, coaching and developing…

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Brian Oake - Twin Cities Radio Personality and Music Icon 52:04

1+ y ago52:04

52:04

For almost 30 years, Brian Oake has been a radio host. Based in Minneapolis, he has become known as a legendary curator for local and national music. His sweet, deep voice and musings about the evolution of sound and musicians who create them, has guided a generation of listeners. In this episode, Brian shares how radio and music found him, the ori…

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Redefining Success 30:34

1+ y ago30:34

30:34

Jen Tregarthen is a military veteran, purple heart recipient, huge supporter of veterans and one of the most vulnerable leaders I know. She brings a sense of logic and vulnerability to her leadership approach and through her work is able to help bring those same skillsets to her clients. You can connect with Jen here to learn more about her and her…

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It’s All About the Relationships 30:19

2y ago30:19

30:19

Aaron Eggert Founder + CVO : Coalition9 This Minnesota professional has a history of turning small business into big business and connecting the brains of the Twin Cities community. With roles in several businesses as both an advisor and investor, co-founding a non-profit called Minneapolis HOPE, and proof of his incredible ability to grow an organ…

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Howie Zales - Founder of HJZ Productions & Viridity Entertainment Services 33:12

2y ago33:12

33:12

Howie Zales is an Emmy Award-winning Camera Operator who turned his passion for broadcasting into several entrepreneurial endeavors. He is the founder of HJZ Productions, a multi-million dollar nationwide provider of top talent in the broadcasting field. In addition, during the pandemic, he pivoted and created a high-quality live-streaming service …

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Are You Future-Fit For Success? 33:50

2y ago33:50

33:50

As a child born in a third-world country and living in four continents by the age of ten, Haydee learned not only to survive but thrive in disruption. Today, we need this ability more than ever as our world becomes more volatile and uncertain. For twenty-two years Haydee’s high-energy, power content and practical solutions has impacted thousands of…

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Tap into Something New 31:15

2y ago31:15

31:15

Barb Patterson partners with entrepreneurs and leaders across the globe to help them understand their purpose and impact and tap into their unlimited human potential. She joins us to talk about tapping into something new to solve issues and shares her own leadership journey and the pivotal points along the way. Connect with Barb to learn more about…

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Jake Blumberg -- Executive Director of GiveMN, A Life of Service 52:36

2y ago52:36

52:36

Jake talks about the origins of "Give to the Max Day" for GiveMN, how RaiseMN eventually developed to support smaller non-profits, and lastly, we learn how the Jewish concept of Tikun Olam shapes Jake's view of public service.By Joe Burgess

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The Journey is never a Straight Line 36:07

2y ago36:07

36:07

Since joining Reell in 2004, Shari Erdman has worked across many areas of manufacturing including sourcing, customer account management, accounting support, manufacturing process improvements, HR management, quality and overall office administration of Reell’s Spring Technologies division. Her unique story of HR leader to president, is one filled w…

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Joe Cavanaugh - Founder and CEO of Youth Frontiers, Parent Academy - Part 1 32:27

2y ago32:27

32:27

On this episode, we welcome back Joe Cavanaugh to the podcast. For 35 years, Youth Frontiers has been teaching character to teenage kids. Over the last handful of years, their programs have expanded to different audiences. Most recently, they have developed a Parent Academy. The focus is to give parents the tools to add stability for their children…

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Culture is the Leaders Choice 37:11

2y ago37:11

37:11

John Schwanke is the President of Lakeview Industries. To say that Lakeview has been transformed over the last few years is an understatement. John talks about his own leadership growth and how his evolution has helped the entire Lakeview organization evolve, grow and transform into a business that is stronger than ever. Connect with John Schwanke …

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