Building My Legacy

Welcome to Episode 261 of Building My Legacy. Paul Spradling is the co-founder of Pacifica Advisors, which was named one of the top 25 investment banks in 2022 by Axial, the largest online platform for buying, selling, advising and financing private companies. Paul’s company works with small to medium-sized businesses, helping owners sell their businesses and, for those looking to grow, find capital investors. In this podcast Paul talks about exit strategies and new funding options for businesses. He understands the emotional connection owners have to their businesses. His advice will be helpful for business owners contemplating retirement as well as those who see growth opportunities and may want to take on an investor who will provide funding in exchange for a non-controlling interest. So if you want to know: About Paul Spradling The co-founder of Pacifica Advisors, Paul Spradling has helped hundreds of businesses exit and attract growth capital investors. A graduate of Cornell University, Paul raised more than $350 million in capital before the age of 30 and has worked with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs and other large names in the industry. With his business partner, a corporate finance professor, Paul established Pacifica Advisors to focus on lower middle market companies and today works with companies with an EBITDA from $1.5 to $25 million. By concentrating on this largely ignored market, Pacifica Advisors has grown and was named one of the top 25 investment banks in 2022 by Axial. More information is available on his company website, www.pacificaadvisors.com About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-261-paul-spradling-on-selling-or-getting-funding-for-your-business-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 260 of Building My Legacy. Artificial intelligence — or AI — is one of the hottest and most controversial topics today. Will it lead to disinformation? Cost us jobs? Or cause us to lose control? In this podcast AI strategist and consultant Tim Miner, president of By The People Technologies, talks about the risks AI presents but, more importantly, how we can turn those risks into opportunities for individuals and organizations to grow. Tim explains how, because AI represents a real fundamental change in the way humans interact with computers, it revolutionizes what computers can do for us. Using ChatGPT as an example, he explores in depth how this AI chatbot can turn learning into a completely interactive function. So if you want to know: – How to guard against disinformation and use AI to help you find the truth – Why we shouldn’t worry that AI will cause humans to lose control – The real impact AI will have on labor – How to use ChatGPT to learn skills for a new job – How ChatGPT can help you build value in your communication About Tim Miner Tim Miner is the president of By The People Technologies, which helps clients achieve digital transformation through innovative AI-based solutions. An experienced AI strategist and consultant, Tim understands the need for organizations to set achievable goals for successful AI integration, and he empowers management teams to leverage AI to stay ahead in their industry. He has held leadership roles at Salesforce, IBM and Tact.ai and is a visiting professor at Pratt Institute, teaching how to build AI into design thinking. More information is available at his company’s website, https://bythepeople.tech/ About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-260-tim-miner-on-the-ai-revolution-and-the-opportunities-it-presents-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Tim Lupinacci is a self-professed “leadership junkie.” As the CEO of Baker Donelson, one of the 100 largest law firms in the country, he leads more than 1,300 individuals in 22 offices across the Southeastern U.S. In this podcast, Tim talks about his own leadership journey, which began 30 years ago when a significant error brought a forceful reprimand from his boss. Tim’s experience has much to teach us about hard work, being curious, learning from mistakes and trying novel ideas. A student of leadership, Tim understands that everyone leads regardless of their title or position. He also recognizes that people like to talk about themselves, and he uses this knowledge to listen to his employees’ advice to learn how he can get better. So if you want to know: About Tim Lupinacci As a young lawyer starting out in commercial restructuring and bankruptcy, Tim Lupinacci made a serious error that resulted in a loud, public reprimand from his boss. Fortunately, soon after that, the boss explained that his reaction resulted because he saw something in Tim that led him to believe Tim could become a leader. This encouraged Tim to step up to own his work, career and ambitions. Now Tim is the CEO and chair of Baker Donelson, one of the 100 largest law firms in the country. He has led the firm through significant organizational change, growth and the global pandemic as well as its five-year BakerVision 2028 strategy and the execution of its Diversity & Inclusion Compact. Tim also recently launched Everybody Leads, a non-profit that focuses on empowering individuals in underserved communities with basic leadership skills and confidence to lead themselves, others and the community. More information about Tim and his company is available at his company’s website, www.BakerDonelson.com About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-259-tim-lupinacci-on-his-leadership-journey-with-lois-sonstegardphd

What does it take to hire the right people, manage them effectively and keep good employees? In this podcast, Neil Mirchandani, founder and CEO of LLL Event Furnishings & Rentals, explores these critical topics. Neil’s company manages events and provides furnishings for film sets, music videos, sporting, corporate and other large events. He shares with us how he grew his company and what he does to hire and retain the best employees. Hint: It has to do with setting aside your ego and empowering the team around you … as well as “bonusing” employees in creative ways. So if you want to know: About Neil Mirchandani After Neil Mirchandani turned 30, he realized that he needed to do more than DJ at weddings. He wanted to use this experience to expand into a business where he wouldn’t be needed personally. Starting with two sofas, he began renting furniture and lighting to his clients and eventually grew his business, LLL Event Furnishings & Rentals, into the number one furnishing provider in the South for film sets, music videos, sporting, corporate and other events. Neil has worked with everyone from Sir Elton John to the NFL on parties after The Big Game. More information about his company is available at https://luxuryloungeatl.com. About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-258-why-neil-mirchandani-doesnt-want-to-be-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 257 of Building My Legacy. In this podcast we talk with Mark Slabaugh whose company, Slabaugh Coaching, specializes in coaching teams, particularly those in the nonprofit arena. Mark believes that, to accomplish what seems to be an insurmountable goal — such as a nonprofit that needs to raise $10 million — it takes a team, effective communication and a leader who can inspire that team to go forward. A student of teams, Mark is mindful of how leaders communicate as well as the importance of building trust. Ask your team questions, he advises, and then take the time to listen to what team members have to say. So if you want to know: – About the importance for leaders to invest in relationships – Why, for a leader, it’s not about being interesting as much as it is about being interested — in their team members and what they’re doing – How leaders need to be people-focused rather than task-focused – Why visionaries also need to look back and make sure everybody is coming with them – How effective communications — in which you eliminate the noise and have a crystal clear vision — can help your team stay focused About Mark Slabaugh Mark Slabaugh is a Certified Pinnacle Business Guide and executive coach. His company, Slabaugh Coaching, helps entrepreneurs and their leadership teams grow faster than they ever thought possible. Mark came out of the ministry where, as a pastor, he found himself constantly recruiting to build teams of volunteers to take on different initiatives. That background prepared him to help others leverage their skills for their teams, building on the five business pinnacles: people, purpose, playbook, performance and profits. More information is available at his website, https://slabaughcoaching.com About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-257-mark-slabaugh-on-building-teams-by-listening-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 256 of Building My Legacy. Imagine if you could choose company leaders who you know would improve the financial performance of your business. In this podcast, Christopher Skinner talks about what he’s discovered about how a company’s stock price correlates with leadership behavior. Based on the widely accepted theory of seven different mindsets, he has found a way to analyze word patterns to uncover how people think and arrive at decisions. Christopher founded Stealth Dog Labs to answer one fundamental question: Why do great businesses stay great? His work can help you discover your top performers, innovators and next leaders so you can make better choices for board of director members and your leadership team as well as allocate your resources more effectively. So if you want to know: About Christopher Skinner Christopher Skinner, the founder and CEO of Stealth Dog Labs, is a mathematician and neuropsychologist. With expertise in technology, sales and marketing, Christopher invented proprietary software that quantifies how people think — thus catapulting companies into hyperdrive. This software focuses on the business ecosystem to provide a psychological paradigm shift in how data are culled from customers, vendors and employees, making it possible to help companies expand much faster and more confidently than ever before. More information on Stealth Dog Labs is available at the company website, www.stealthdog.com. Christopher can be found on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/christopherjskinner About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-256-christopher-skinner-on-choosing-leaders-to-keep-great-companies-great-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 255 of Building My Legacy. In this podcast we talk with Linda Fisk, the CEO of LeadHERship Global, a community where women can meet inspirational leaders, create lifelong friendships and be surrounded by people who are truly invested in their success. Linda founded LeadHERship Global to bring together mission-driven leaders who come together to share their ideas, work with one another and support each other in whatever ways they can. She shares with us why this international community of women has been so successful and what it can teach us about collaboration, addressing challenges and the characteristics that are now being embraced by the most effective leaders — regardless of their gender. True meaning, Linda believes, “never comes from what you get. It comes from what you give.” So if you want to know: About Linda Fisk Linda Fisk is a multi-award-winning CEO, TedX speaker, international best-selling author, keynote speaker, and university professor dedicated to amplifying and extending the success of other high-caliber business leaders. She is the CEO of LeadHERship Global, a community of unstoppable women enhancing their leadership blueprint and embracing their power to be the best version of themselves — in work and life. LeadHERship Global supports and guides ambitious, creative women to move in the direction of their purpose, their mission and their dreams with powerful connections, critical support, practical tools and valuable resources to show up, speak up and step up in their careers and personal lives. More information is available at https://leadhershipglobal.com About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-255-linda-fisk-on-women-helping-women-become-more-effective-leaders-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 254 of Building My Legacy. In this podcast Matt Kirkegaard talks about his fascinating journey … from living in his car while pursuing his music dreams in Nashville … to becoming a top real estate agent … and eventually starting his own company, Movement Property Group, which helps real estate buyers, sellers, investors and developers across middle Tennessee. Along the way, Matt has never abandoned his first love — music — and shares with us how it is possible to keep your dreams alive. “Don’t give up. Fight for it,” Matt advises, and, when you succeed, pay it forward by supporting the community you serve So if you want to know: About Matt Kirkegaard Matt Kirkegaard has been a professional musician since the age of nine. After working side gigs in Nashville — and being homeless for a year and a half — Matt took a 90-hour real estate course and quickly became a top-selling agent by putting his networking skills to work. He founded the luxury real estate firm, Movement Property Group, now the fastest growing real estate agency in Nashville. He has been featured in CEO World Magazine and Realty Today. Currently Matt is leveraging himself back into music full time. More information about Matt’s company is available at www.movementpropertygroup.com. At www.mattkirkmusic.com, you can learn more about his music, which is available on Spotify, Apple Music and everywhere you listen to music. About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-254-matt-kirkegaard-on-overcoming-hardship-earning-success-and-giving-back-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 253 of Building My Legacy. In this podcast author and entrepreneur Chris Masiello shares with us his fascination with how humans — as a species — are adverse to change. Chris explains, “Change is how we got here,” and he believes that change is how we’ll get to where we’re supposed to be. He questions why change is so hard for us when it’s really the only constant we know. As we come out of Covid, so many people are concerned about the changes we’ve experienced and what happens next. Chris advises not to get trapped in our own thought process and to recognize the connection between change and curiosity and how, when change occurs, there’s almost always opportunity. So if you want to know: About Chris Masiello Chris Masiello has built a successful, nearly 40-year career in real estate and financial services. His nationally recognized businesses account for more than $2 billion in annual sales. He is also a personal empowerment speaker and has received numerous industry recognitions including being named one of the most influential trend-setting leaders in the real estate and home services industry. He is the author of Change Short and Simple: Your Guide to Personal Transformation. More information about Chris, his book and his “Mindful Monday Series” is available at www.chrismasiello.com. About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-253-chris-masiello-on-finding-opportunity-in-change-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 252 of Building My Legacy. Mark Oristano has led a life sports fans dream about, spending 30 years in the NFL broadcasting football games and, much of that time, working in the Dallas Cowboys front office. Mark worked under legendary Cowboys president and general manager Tex Schramm who created a front office system that was the envy of the pro sports world. In this podcast, he talks with us about why the original Cowboys franchise was so successful on and off the field and why Schramm’s management style is still a model for today. So if you want to know: About Mark Oristano Mark Oristano’s company, Lead with Principle, was founded on the first rule of Dallas Cowboys president and general manager, Tex Schramm: Nobody does their best work in a climate of fear. Mark’s 30 years career with the NFL — broadcasting games for the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers and in the Dallas Cowboys’ front office — taught him the keys to increasing employees engagement and reducing turnover to create a true team feeling in the workplace. More information is available at www.leadwithprinciple.com About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-252-mark-oristano-on-a-more-thoughtful-leadership-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 251 of Building My Legacy. In this podcast we talk with the cofounders of GIOSTAR — the Global Institute of Stem Cell Therapy and Research — the world’s leading stem cell research company. Deven Patel, who manages the business side of GIOSTAR, believes it is possible — through collaboration with governments — to make stem cell based therapies affordable to the victims of degenerative diseases who are unable to afford today’s high cost treatments. Dr. Anand Srivastava, a pioneer who started the modern field of stem cell science 22 years ago, shares with us how the work he’s doing with GIOSTAR can treat degenerative and genetic diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, autism, diabetes and cancer as well as spinal cord injuries and burns. So if you want to know: – The current status of stem cell research and how it has progressed in the last two decades – How fetal surgery may offer hope to fight genetic diseases – How collaboration with governments could represent the best chance to successfully treat certain diseases – The role stem cell therapy has played in treating COVID – The unique advantage stem cells have over manufactured chemicals About Deven Patel and Dr. Anand Srivastava Deven Patel and Dr. Anand Srivastava have worked together for more than 20 years. When they cofounded GIOSTAR, their goal was to take mankind’s most elite, expensive and advanced scientific knowledge and make it available, accessible and affordable to the masses. They’ve worked toward this goal by building their own stem cell research institute in addition to stem cell treatment hospitals to deliver an integrated “research bench to bedside” approach that treats many diseases previously regarded as incurable. More information is available at their company’s website, www.giostar.com About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-251-deven-patel-and-dr-anand-srivastava-on-bringing-advanced-scientific-knowledge-to-market-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Lois Sonstegard continues her discussion about collaboration with host Steve Harper on the Podcast Business News Network. In this podcast Lois outlines the process for collaboration — the steps you need to take to implement collaboration successfully. Lois believes that collaboration offers businesses more options because it’s what other people bring to the table that allows you to think differently and find new opportunities. Lois also tells us that collaboration is “part of her DNA.” She attributes some of this to the fact that she grew up in Japan, which is much more of a collaborative society. Collaboration can be the solution for many of the challenges facing businesses today. But, as Lois explains, “We need a process.” So if you want to know: About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-250-lois-sonstegard-phd-explores-the-collaboration-process-with-steve-harper-and-lois-sonstegardphd

In this continuing series of podcasts with host Steve Harper on the Podcast Business News Network, Lois Sonstegard further explores the advantages of collaboration. Specifically Lois talks about how recent layoffs by large corporations have eroded trust within organizations and how collaboration may be able to “put the pieces back together again.” Lois believes, however, that collaboration can only be effective if it’s done in a very thoughtful and intentional way. You have to have the right relationship before collaboration can begin. And, if you don’t know the other partner well enough, you need to get to know them so that you can come together around a common goal. Lois also encourages us to ask ourselves, “What would you dare to dream if you could partner with anybody to accomplish your dream?” So if you want to know: About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-249-basic-framework-for-collaboration-with-steve-harper-and-lois-sonstegardphd

Lois Sonstegard continues her discussion with host Steve Harper on the Podcast Business News Network about the challenges facing businesses today. In this podcast they concentrate on collaboration and why it’s so important in today’s business environment. Lois defines collaboration as two or more people coming together to work together and develop a relationship to accomplish a common goal. She talks about why we don’t collaborate, detailing the flaws in our thinking that prevent us from collaborating with others. She also outlines the critical components for successful collaboration. So if you want to know: – How to choose the right partner for a collaborative effort – Why mutual gain is so critical in collaboration – The importance of turning “What am I going to lose?” into “What am I going to gain?” – The keys to managing a successful collaborative relationship – Why you need a process that brings out the best of everybody About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-248-whats-needed-for-successful-collaboration-with-steve-harper-and-lois-sonstegardphd

A disengaged workforce … employees feeling overwhelmed and stressed … “silent quitting” … businesses face so many employee-related issues now that threaten their success. So how can we motivate employees to feel better about work? Lois Sonstegard is interviewed by Podcast Business News Network host Steve Harper about the disconnection so many employees feel today, why this issue is so critical and what employers can do about it. So if you want to know: – About the importance of making sure workers are connected – How loyalty is a two-way street – How our culture teaches us how to compete, not how to collaborate – What we’ve learned from the pandemic about remote and hybrid workers – How collaboration can help with many of the major problems facing companies today About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-247-the-benefits-of-promoting-employee-loyalty-with-steve-harper-and-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 246 of Building My Legacy In her continuing discussion with host Steve Harper on the Podcast Business News Network, Lois Sonstegard talks about how today companies need a breath of fresh air — to change some of the discouragement and overwhelming stress into a new approach where employees are enthused and companies continue to grow. Research shows that today only 24% of employees trust their leaders and that 82% of Gen Zers are “quiet quitters.” But, as Lois explains, we don’t have to be in this position. We can move in a very different direction. We can get back to employees being engaged so that we have innovation, creativity and productivity — the foundation of a successful business. So if you want to know: – How to avoid building a “bland culture” where employees are afraid to ask questions – Why mistakes aren’t bad because they can help you build – The danger of silos within an organization and only consulting with “the experts” – What we can learn from the TV show, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” – About the importance of employees knowing that, when they show up for work, it makes a difference About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-246-breathing-new-life-into-companies-with-steve-harper-and-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 245 of Building My Legacy. In this podcast Maria Santiago, Founder and Director of the Home Health Aide Training Institute, talks about compassion. Although Maria’s focus — through her organization’s role in training home health aides — is on the need for compassion when caring for the elderly and disabled, her message is important for all of us. It will be particular value for organizations that need to hire health care aides and for anyone who has ever tried to find help for an elderly or disabled family member. Maria talks about the type of training that’s needed for today’s home health aides, how it is possible to train for compassion, and the current struggle of home health care workers for equitable compensation. So if you want to know: – About the importance of building trust — in home health care and in business in general – How compassionate caring can help seniors maintain their dignity – The challenges today’s home health aides face – About career opportunities for compassionate home health aides – The effect the pandemic has had on the home health care industry About Maria Santiago Maria Santiago learned about compassion for the elderly firsthand growing up in Trinidad and Tobago where she enjoyed talking with her older neighbors. This experience taught her the importance of companionship for seniors, and she founded the Home Health Aide Training Institute to “put the care back into healthcare.” In addition to practical skills, her students — who come from all around the world — learn compassion, empathy and mindful service and often use their training and experience as a stepping stone to careers in nursing and other health care professions. She has been featured in New York Weekly and Healthcare Business Today and recently received The Presidential Tribute of Excellence Award from President Joe Biden for caring for the community and the world. More information is available at her website, www.hhati.com About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-245-maria-santiago-on-the-need-for-compassion-with-lois-sonstegardphd

In this podcast we talk with Steven Adjei, the founding partner of BlueCloud Health, a United Kingdom-based healthcare firm that helps health businesses in sub-Saharan Africa by facilitating investment and financing for viable African healthcare projects and companies. Steven shares with us the struggles BlueCloud faced in its early years and what it took to rejuvenate the business. We also hear about Steven’s unique perspective on legacy as well as how he views business partnerships. It’s a fascinating and valuable discussion for entrepreneurs and anyone concerned about leaving a legacy. So if you want to know: – About what can go wrong with an entrepreneurial endeavor and the lessons you can learn from these struggles – The three kinds of partnerships and the role each can play in your business – The four kinds of legacies and the one you want to avoid – The phases you need to be prepared for when you start a business – About “red flag” and other types of pain entrepreneurs may face About Steven Adjei Steven is a British-Ghanaian author, poet, healthcare consultant and entrepreneur. He is the founding partner of BlueCloud Health, which works to form profitable and returnable investments by fostering open, long-term and trustworthy partnerships between prospective investors and bankable African healthcare businesses. Steven is also the author of Pay The Price, Creating Ethical Entrepreneurial Success Through Passion, Pain and Purpose and an award-winning consulting pharmacist who has worked with Britain’s National Health Service. Information about Steven, his book and the work his company is doing in Africa and the Middle East is available at www.stevenadjei.com. At this website, our podcast listeners who subscribe to Steven’s newsletter can get a free copy of his book, From Gory to Glory, A Collection of Poems, Contemporary African Art, and Photography. About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-244-steven-adjei-on-the-struggles-of-entrepreneurship-and-the-importance-of-leaving-a-legacy-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 243 of Building My Legacy. In this podcast we talk with Flavia Leal, the founder of the largest Brazilian beauty school in the U.S. Flavia shares her immigrant story with us — how she came to the U.S. at age 19 and was successful at a number of business ventures until her parents’ deaths and financial setbacks sent her into a serious depression. When she discovered that doing makeup for friends — for free — was good therapy, she found her life’s work: teaching other women how to change lives through beauty. So if you want to know: – About a success story that has helped thousands of women find a new path – Why the teachers at this beauty school ask their students, “What’s your story?” – How beauty can help people build their self-confidence – A healthy alternative to covering up skin with layers of make-up About Flavia Leal Flavia Leal is the founder of the Flavia Leal Beauty School and a champion for all women. Immigrating to the U.S. from Brazil with nothing more than a dream, Flavia built a beauty empire and, along the way, “brought up” thousands of women by helping them find entrepreneurship with beauty and beyond. She is working on a book about 19 women she has met through her school and the wonderful stories of their lives. Flavia believes that her school doesn’t just teach women a new profession, but shows them there is a way out of things they’re unhappy with. Find out more about Flavia and her beauty school at her website, www.flavialeal.com About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-243-flavia-leal-shares-her-story-about-changing-lives-through-beauty-with-lois-sonstegardphd

Welcome to Episode 242 of Building My Legacy. What’s been your experience with financial planners? Does the discussion start with a product the financial planner thinks is best for you? If so, you’ll appreciate this podcast in which Marc Bernstein explains why financial planning should have nothing to do with product but everything to do with your goals or the stage of your life or business. He shares with us his unique approach to financial planning, which is detailed in his book, The Fiscal Therapy Solution 1.0. We also discuss the importance of planning your legacy and how talking about your legacy can keep you focused on the future and put positive energy back into your business and your life. So if you want to know: – What they don’t teach you in MBA school – Why having a three-year vision is so important – The biggest hindrances to an honest discussion about money – How personal and business finances come together for entrepreneurs – The importance for business owners to know their “end game” About Marc Bernstein Marc Bernstein grew up in a family business, gaining first-hand experience about planning for closely held businesses. An attorney, Marc left the practice of law to do something that would really help people create the future they desired for themselves, their families and their businesses. He founded MWealth Advisors, which specializes in solving complexity in his clients’ personal and business lives. His book, The Fiscal Therapy Solution 1.0, takes a fresh look at the financial planning process by moving from the product-based methodology the financial services industry has used for decades to a process that helps people turn their financial dreams into goals and ultimately into reality. More information about Marc and his in-person think tank for manufacturers in Southeastern Pennsylvania is available at www.marcjbernstein.com About Lois Sonstegard, PhD Working with business leaders for more than 30 years, Lois has learned that successful leaders have a passion to leave a meaningful legacy. Leaders often ask: When does one begin to think about legacy? Is there a “best” approach? Is there a process or steps one should follow? Lois is dedicated not only to developing leaders but to helping them build a meaningful legacy. Learn more about how Lois can help your organization with Leadership Consulting and Executive Coaching: https://build2morrow.com/ Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show, and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now. Thanks for listening! Building My Legacy https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/building-my-legacy/ Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/episode-242-marc-bernstein-on-financial-planning-that-addresses-life-and-business-stages-with-lois-sonstegardphd