What skills do Founders and Startup CEOs need in order to succeed?

Meet Andrew Poles!

Andrew Poles, Founder and CEO of Andrew Poles Growth Coaching.

He is a Transformative Coach for first time Founders.

With 20 years coaching over 10000 people, Andrew has guided leader transformations—revitalizing businesses, empowering teams, and boosting profitability.

Connect with Andrew:
Website: https://andrewpoles.com

Additional Resources:
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Why should leaders prioritize employee wellness?

Meet Tashia Martin!

Tashia is a Licensed Social Worker, Healing-Centered Executive Coach and Author. She has nearly 20 years of experience supporting individuals and organizations through meaningful change.

Tashia works with youth, adults, and executives, offering therapeutic interventions tailored to her client's needs. You may carry significant responsibility at home, the community, or workplace—an executive, leader, or caregiver who supports others while quietly holding a great deal yourself.

Tashia is on a mission to advance human-centered change that prioritizes wellness, aligns systems, and drives sustainable transformation. She works with leaders who are ready to reimagine what's possible for their teams and organization.

Tashia knows that wellness is not as an individual responsibility, but as a system-level design choice that sustains leaders, educators and strengthens organizations.

In her debut book, "New Leaf: Reflecting on Life's Transitions", Tashia offers a 52-week guide that integrates evidence-based strategies with ancestral wisdom to help individuals and organizations engage wellness while navigating life's challenges, including grief.

Listen as Tashia shares:
- self-care practical tools for burnout
- how to create supportive communities and systems
- wellness strategies for trauma-response workers
- how leaders can contribute to their team's wellbeing
- self-care strategies when feeling burnt
- mitigating stress from daily responsibilities
- how leaders can unleash their team member's unique gifts

...and so much more!

Connect with Tashia:
Website: https://linktr.ee/RestoringLegacy
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashia-martin/

Additional Resources:
"New Leaf" by Tashia Martin on Amazon

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAmqn63FxF4

Are you on the driver's seat of your career?

Meet Karen Ann Bulluck!

Karen is a transcendent leadership specialist, bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur who inspires women leaders to transcend conventional expectations and live more meaningful, authentic lives.

She is the founder of Daring to Transcend™, a boutique executive coaching practice focused on helping leaders EXPLORE what matters, INTEGRATE the whole self, and FLOURISH in new dimensions.

Karen is a Bestselling Author of the novels “Embracing Trust”, “Discovering Power” and “Pursuing Truth”. She is also a Master Storyteller and Speaker whose mission is to inspire change in business culture.

Karen writes bestselling novels about women leaders and the workplace experience. She explores the many conflicts and issues that women (and men) face in the corporate world.

Karen was the first woman promoted to Executive VP at AM Best Company. Her extensive corporate experience at an executive and board member informs her creation of situations that are relatable, realistic, AND inspirational.

On this episode, she not only shares her own corporate experiences and lessons, she gives a synopsis into corporate life through her characters.

Listen as Karen shares:
- men vs women in driving our careers
- why integrity is so key
- when an organization does not share your values
- identifying your skills as an individual contributor
- how leaders can empower their team members
- when you don't agree with the corporation's direction
- when caught up in corporate titles
- how to rebuild trust - at work and at home

...and so much more!

Connect with Karen:
Website: https://daringtotranscend.com

Additional Resources:
"Embracing Trust" by Karen Ann Bulluck (also on Amazon)

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/twH0-5rlE4U?si=evX5ThYn_7whLubr

Can a marriage survive infidelity or is it over?

Meet Kayla Crane!

Kayla is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who helps couples communicate, rebuild trust after infidelity, and feel connected again with research-backed approaches in Castle Rock, Colorado.

She is passionate about helping couples strengthen their relationships and create lasting change.Over the past several years, Kayla has supported couples through communication challenges, emotional distance, rebuilding after betrayal, and deepening connection.

She specializes in working with couples who are navigating infidelity or struggling to reconnect after trust has been broken.

Kayla draws from Relational Life Therapy (RLT) to help couples reach their goals. She is also trained in Systematic Affair Recovery Therapy (SART), an evidence-informed approach created specifically for affair recovery.

Listen as Kayla shares:
- what compatibility really means
- your relational trauma and relationship history
- how to rebuild after trust has been broken
- why engaged couples need counseling
- if there is any chance of staying married after infidelity
- whether kids are a good enough reason to stay married
- why your spouse feels unheard and unseen
- whether nagging is actual communication
- if reconnecting is possible after betrayal
- bringing trauma into a relationship

...and so much more!

Connect with Kayla:
Website: https://www.southdenvertherapy.com

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/fLhS5DjhMVQ

What are the Presenting and Writing Skills for Executive Communication?

Meet Michael deLisser!

Michael returns to our show to explore a truth many professionals overlook:Your leadership potential rises or falls on your ability to communicate clearly.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
02:15 – Why communication determines leadership success
06:40 – The connection between writing and clarity of thinking
12:10 – Structuring powerful presentations
18:45 – Overcoming nervousness when speaking
24:30 – Executive presence and influence
31:20 – AI and communication: tool or threat?
36:50 – Daily habits to sharpen speaking and writing skills
41:00 – Final leadership insights

Key Points:
- professional writing, emailing and reporting strategies
- presentation skills for career growth
- how to structure your ideas clearly
- delivering your message with confidence
- tailor-making your presentation to your audience
- Build credibility• Establish authority• Inspire trust
- how writing is leadership in action
- is AI working against you when writing?
- how your writing affects your executive presence

...and so much more!
Additional Resources:
"Leadership Accelerators: High-Impact Communication Skills That Strengthen Relationships and Drive Results" by Michael deLisser on Amazon

Connect with Michael:
Website: https://www.delisserconsulting.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-delisser-62b4297/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deLisserLeadershipConsulting

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How do you become your stakeholders' whisperer?

Your data is talking, but is anyone listening?

Meet Bill Shander!

Bill is an Author, Speaker, LinkedIn Learning Instructor, Data Storytelling workshop leader and Stakeholder Whisperer.

With 30 years of experience in information design, data storytelling, and data visualization, he helps clients and learners communicate effectively with their audiences through engaging and insightful visual experiences.

Bill teaches teams and individuals how to transform data into compelling visuals, engaging narratives, and actionable insights — so they can cut through the noise, grab attention, and drive real impact.

As a LinkedIn Learning Instructor, Bill has created ten courses and counting on data visualization, storytelling, and information design. These courses have been highly rated by participants and have been viewed well over 1 million times.

Additionally, he teaches data visualization and communication at the University of Vermont.

On this episode, Bill shares his mission on data storytelling and why soft skills have become the main differentiator.

Listen as Bill shares:
- different information needed by different stakeholders
- why your presentations bore your audience
- understanding your stakeholders' needs
- why soft skills are not really soft
- career progression vs communication skills
- how to excel at data storytelling
- how to truly engage your stakeholders
- accessing the LinkedIn Learning Platform
- why the younger generation does not prioritise soft skills

...and so much more!

Connect with BIll:
Website: https://billshander.com

Additional Resources:
"Stakeholder Whispering" by Bill Shander on Amazon

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/yW4Veo3w3cY

Do you feel stuck in your career or leadership?

Meet Dr. Samuel Jones, CSP.

Dr. Jones guides growth-minded leaders and entrepreneurs in achieving aligned priorities and consistent execution to break through barriers, build momentum, and lead with purpose.

He is a Leadership Growth Innovator who helps you and your team to reclaim your power, renew your mind and rejuvenate your performance.

As a passionate thought leader and engaging speaker, Dr. Jones helps others learn to generate personal and professional accountability for immediate impact and lasting growth.

He knows that motivation alone won’t cut it when it comes to providing better service, attracting better customers, landing bigger sales, and developing long term growth.

Listen as Dr. Jones shares:
- how to build resilient leadership in times of transition
- communication skills required to build a resilient team
- self-awareness and why it is so key
- why experience is NOT your best teacher
- building momentum from moments
- the Pyramid of Possibilities®
- how to make each moment matter with purpose, passion, and power
- the fruits of embracing the Momentum Mindset

...and so much more!

Connect with Dr. Jones:
Website: https://transformnowinc.com/

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/fiHh56Ml6ms

Are you struggling with Sales?

How do you get potential customers to say YES?

Meet Patrick Van Der Burght!

Patrick is a Cialdini Certified Trainer in Ethical Persuasion, Author of 'How to Hear YES More Often', a Podcast Host who teaches professionals to be ethically more persuasive using Behavioural Science. He has been teaching Ethical Persuasion since the year 2000, is a Founding Member of the Cialdini Institute, and a Cialdini Certified Trainer and Coach.

One of his passions is to educate young adults about the life skills of ethical persuasion so they can benefit their entire lives and make the world a better place. School principals and School HR departments can approach him to make educational contributions to students ages 15-22.

Research shows that unethical use of persuasion science leads to long-term disaster, and ethical use leads to both short- and long-term success. This is why teams (and your audience) really embrace this way of communicating, and use it.

Success in your business and your private goals depends on convincing others about your products, services, or ideas. World-leading organisations urge businesses to develop their team’s persuasion skills, and that businesses seek persuasion skills in new employees.

On this episode, Patrick details why many confuse being persuasive vs being manipulative.

Listen as Patrick shares:
- why you are not making sales
- how to build stronger relationships
- what is Persuasion Science
- ethically applying the persuasion principles
- the 7 Principles of Persuasion
- if it's ethical to persuade
- manipulation vs ethical persuasion
- how we make buying decisions
- how to elevate your business communication
- how successful business skyrocket their sales

...and so much more!

Connect with Patrick:
Website: https://ethicalpersuasion.com.au

Additional Resoruces:
FREE Resources on Ethical Persuasion
"How To Hear YES More Often" by Patrick Van Der Burght on Amazon
"Ethical Persuasion Unlocked Podcast" hosted by Patrick Van Der Burght
"Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" by Dr. Robert B. Caldini on Amazon

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/jZotSe8zxmM