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This inspiring episode highlights a 2x successful social entrepreneur who lives by three words: "inspiration from frustration." Hear how she started her first business at 19 by following her gut and intuition. She shares how challenges led her to success, why the beginner phase is always tough, and the value of making mistakes your own way. Tune in to hear her thoughts on giving advice vs. sharing experience and get a sneak peek into her upcoming EmpowHER session. It's packed with great reminders for anyone ready to embrace showing up in your own unique way!

In 2012, with a $300 grant, Jess Ekstrom founded Headbands of Hope, providing headbands to kids with illnesses. The company has since donated millions of headbands globally and partners with the NBA, WNBA, and Kohl’s.

As a Forbes Top Rated speaker, Jess has addressed clients like Zappos, Netflix, and Harvard, and in 2018, she founded Mic Drop Workshop®️ to empower more women as public speakers and authors. She’s a bestselling author of Chasing the Bright Side and Create Your Bright Ideas, and has been featured on major platforms like the TODAY Show and Vanity Fair.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jess-ekstrom-speaker-author/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessekstrom/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jess_ekstrom/
Website: http://www.jessekstrom.com

Hear from Jess about:

• An extended tour living in an Airstream for 3 years.
• Following your instincts or going to YouTube.
• The importance of making mistakes in our own way.
• The difference between giving advice and sharing your experience.
• Helpful tips to add value to conversations.
• How energy dissipates through a screen.
• How she started Headbands for Hope and the impact it's made.

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Streamline Website: https://www.streamlinemultifamily.com
EmpowHER Website: https://empowhermultifamily.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empowhermultifamily https://www.instagram.com/streamlinemultifamily

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Streamline Multifamily Group is your specialized consulting partner for multifamily operations, training, and more! We offer consultative support in project management, construction, development, renovations, auditing, and also organize industry events. Remember, no matter how well your property is doing, it could be doing better. Contact Leslie at LMathis@StreamlineMultifamily.com for more information.

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At 28, with two young children, our guest felt exhausted and was told by her doctor that it was normal. She refused to accept this as her reality. In this inspiring episode, she shares her journey of reclaiming her energy and health and reminds women that it’s never too late to reach their fitness goals. We dive into how to create plans that fit into your life, shift your mindset from sacrifice to empowerment, and how motivation can reshape the way you show up in life.

Coach Katie Woodall is 43 years old, and hasn't always loved eating healthy and exercising! When she was 28 and had only 2 young children at the time, she had zero energy to care for her family. She remembers going to the doctor concerned and him looking at her in the face and telling her this was normal. She refused to accept that as her new norm!

A friend started a personal training business around that time so she signed up and trained with her once a week. Slowly, she started noticing muscles she'd never seen before and her energy dramatically increased! It lit a fire in her! She wants to encourage other women to move their bodies and eat healthier!

So she started teaching group fitness and that was over a decade ago! Now, she trains women from her home studio and obtained her transformational macro coaching certification last summer and started her own coaching business - Aspire Fitness and Nutrition!

She wants women to know it's never too late to reach their health and fitness goals!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aspirecoachkatie
Website: https://www.aspirefitnessandnutrition.com

Hear more from Coach Katie about:

• Why we must step out of our comfort zones.
• Shifting our mindsets to what are we willing to do for ourselves.
• Showing up as if we've already achieved our goal.
• How even coaches need coaches.
• The importance of how we speak to ourselves and how we show up differently if we are motivated.
• Why 5 minutes is better than nothing at all.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliemathis
Streamline Website: https://www.streamlinemultifamily.com
EmpowHER Website: https://empowhermultifamily.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empowhermultifamily https://www.instagram.com/streamlinemultifamily

Subscribe and leave a review for the Multifamily Streamlined Podcast here.

Streamline Multifamily Group is your specialized consulting partner for multifamily operations, training, and more! We offer consultative support in project management, construction, development, renovations, auditing, and also organize industry events. Remember, no matter how well your property is doing, it could be doing better. Contact Leslie at LMathis@StreamlineMultifamily.com for more information.

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In this episode, Leslie chats with a seasoned multifamily industry veteran who has spent 20 years as a speaker, trainer, and consultant. He emphasizes the importance of uninterrupted training for service technicians and supervisors—not just to maintain, but to enhance their skills. Listen in for his take on addressing gaps in industry training, his solutions for hiring and retention, and his belief in helping people achieve success in all aspects of life.

Mark is the President of Plus One Consulting, Inc. and founder of Service Team Training and maintenance videos.com. Mark is a national speaker and a leading resource in the field of service team development and training.

His certifications include CAPS, CAMT I, CAMTII, CPO, CPO Instructor with the PHTA, EPA proctor for the NEW 608 certification as well as all HVAC Excellence courses. Mark is also a NAAEI Instructor and worked on the development of the new CAMT program. Prior to Starting his own company, he was the Director of Service Team Development for Colonial Properties Trust, Inc, a New York Stock Exchange traded company with 148 properties and over 48,000 apartment homes.

On a personal note, Mark is also a professional Jiu Jitsu Coach and owns and operates a Martial Arts Academy in Harrisburg, NC.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-cukro-9500902/
Website: http://www.serviceteamtraining.com

Hear more from Mark about:

• How he started as a Groundskeeper and now owns 2 businesses.
• His first client that was so meaningful.
• Why finding solutions for your teams equate to better performance and longer tenure.
• Helping people win at life - in and out of the workplace.
• Asking yourself, "Why would someone want to work for you?"
• Statistics showing that 50% of employees leave their jobs within 120 days.
• The companies who have a waiting list and why that is.
• How no other sector of the service industry trains less than the multifamily industry.
• His recommendation on training hours needed per year and why.
• Which generation will be the one that saves the trades.
• The importance of uninterrupted work and more great insights.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliemathis
Streamline Website: https://www.streamlinemultifamily.com
EmpowHER Website: https://empowhermultifamily.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empowhermultifamily https://www.instagram.com/streamlinemultifamily

Subscribe and leave a review for the Multifamily Streamlined Podcast here.

Streamline Multifamily Group is your specialized consulting partner for multifamily operations, training, and more! We offer consultative support in project management, construction, development, renovations, auditing, and also organize industry events. Remember, no matter how well your property is doing, it could be doing better. Contact Leslie at LMathis@StreamlineMultifamily.com for more information.