The Self Aware Leader with Jason Rigby

My Boss is terrible! My Boss won't make a decision! My Boss takes all the credit! My Boss won't ever listen to me! Let's as Leaders solve this now... Today's podcast shows you how to lead UP. Resources: John Maxwell Book Link and Leif Babin Link Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on Instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Do you get angry or hurt when you hear threatening news? How often do you subtly self-sabotage yourself and those you lead? In today's episode, we go into... 12 ways to self-diagnose how you are being insecure with your team. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on Instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Neuroscience and Emotional Intelligence are the keys to understanding the sales process. How do you teach this? Why do so many salespeople fail? Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on Instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

How do you build a successful business? I had an amazing 1-hour talk with Kevin Kehoe a veteran entrepreneur that wrote a book on "real life" ABOUT: Kevin R. Kehoe (Scottsdale, Arizona, born in NYC) is an inspiring Author ("One Hit Wonder"), Aspire Software Co-Founder, Entrepreneur, "Risk Taking Maverick" & Cancer Survivor, who was born and raised in New York City, and lived most of his life in Southern California with stops in Florida and Texas, along the way. After doing small business consulting for 30 years, Kehoe's personal "One Hit Wonder" was co-founding Aspire Software in 2013, which was sold in 2021 to ServiceTitan. Kehoe is the grandson of Irish immigrants, oldest of six children, who has survived catholic schools and nuns, two marriages, six job terminations, motorcycle crashes, and Stage IV cancer. His life experiences have included being an altar boy, choir boy, business consultant and entrepreneur, motorcycle racer, surfer and marathon runner. As a graduate of SUNY Stony Brook, Southern Methodist University and ASU Thunderbird School, Kehoe now lives in Arizona with his wife, Lorraine. Kevin has one daughter, who lives in St. Louis. As fun facts, Kevin likes coffee in the morning and tequila in the evening. His personal goal and mission for "One Hit Wonder" is to "leave the earth a better place than I entered it." For more information, follow Author Kevin Kehoe on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-kehoe/ and/or visit https://onehitwonder.site Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on Instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Scary words to dwell on! What happens this year and next? How do you respond as a leader to these? This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig. Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weaknesses, strategies, systems, and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on Instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

How many times have we said, "I need to start holding my people accountable!" What if you flipped that? This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig. Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weaknesses, strategies, systems, and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on Instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Meetings are not for YOU! 80% of the talking is usually the leader. So guess who owns the meeting, the problem, and the solution? Teamwork is letting your team do most of the communicating you listen and ask questions ONLY! When they come up with the solution then they own the problem, and the way to solve it by agreed-upon execution. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig. Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weaknesses, strategies, systems, and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on Instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

How do you harness your ego to work for you? What does humility genuinely look like? Why is it essential to create honesty in feedback? In today's episode, we will get into self-assessing yourself and when you should use humility in leadership situations. Here is the book I talked about today Get it now here. In Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin share hard-hitting, Navy SEAL combat stories that translate into lessons for business and life. Jocko and Leif served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Through those difficult months of sustained combat, Jocko, Leif and their SEAL brothers learned that leadership - at every level - is the most important thing on the battlefield. Now they teach these same leadership principles to companies throughout the business world that want to build their own high-performance, winning teams. Extreme Ownership explains the SEAL leadership concepts crucial to accomplishing the most difficult missions in combat and how to apply them to any group, team, or organization. It provides the reader with Jocko and Leif's formula for success: the mindset and guiding principles that enable SEAL combat units to achieve extraordinary results. It demonstrates how to apply these directly to business and life to likewise achieve victory. Take Extreme Ownership. Lead and win. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig. Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weaknesses, strategies, systems, and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on Instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

How do you become great? What are the steps to becoming great? Who gets to have greatness? Why do we always think that "greatness" is a future word? In this podcast, I go into detail on how to be great. It's not what you think! Greatness is a present action done daily with compounding interest earned through discipline and hard work. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig. Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weaknesses, strategies, systems, and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on Instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

When is the right time to move and make a decision? Can I mess up my life by moving too fast? Success many times for our lives stalls over just a few small things we procrastinate on. Today let's learn how to move fast and solve problems effortlessly! Here is the link and info of the book I talked about today! Atomic Habits by James Clear The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 4 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; design your environment to make success easier; get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Relationships are the linchpin to your Leadership! You are responsible as a leader for those you serve. The way you respond when leading is a direct reflection of your emotional intelligence in handling your employees and home life. The better you are as a leader the better your personal relationships will be. Being self aware of how you response is in situations (i.e. Do you play passive aggressive victim or angry authoritative narcissistic?) This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Part 2 of this leadership journey with you in an amazing book called One Mission by Chris Fussell here is description from Amazon. Too often, companies end up with teams stuck in their own silos, pursuing goals and metrics in isolation. Their traditional autocratic structures create stability, scalability, and predictability -- but in a world that demands rapid adaptation to a new reality, this traditional model simply doesn't work. In Team of Teams, retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal and former Navy SEAL Chris Fussell made the case for a new organizational model combining the agility, adaptability, and cohesion of a small team with the power and resources of a giant organization. Now, in One Mission, Fussell channels all his experiences, both military and corporate, into powerful strategies for unifying isolated and distrustful teams. This practical guide will help leaders in any field implement the Team of Teams approach to tear down their silos improve collaboration, and avoid turf wars. By committing to one higher mission, organizations develop an overall capability that far exceeds the sum of their parts. From Silicon Valley software giant Intuit to a government agency on the plains of Oklahoma, organizations have used Fussell's methods to unite their people around a single compelling vision, resulting in superior performance. One Mission will help you follow their example to a more agile and resilient future. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Starting a leadership journey with you in an amazing book called One Mission by Chris Fussell here is description from Amazon. Too often, companies end up with teams stuck in their own silos, pursuing goals and metrics in isolation. Their traditional autocratic structures create stability, scalability, and predictability -- but in a world that demands rapid adaptation to a new reality, this traditional model simply doesn't work. In Team of Teams, retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal and former Navy SEAL Chris Fussell made the case for a new organizational model combining the agility, adaptability, and cohesion of a small team with the power and resources of a giant organization. Now, in One Mission, Fussell channels all his experiences, both military and corporate, into powerful strategies for unifying isolated and distrustful teams. This practical guide will help leaders in any field implement the Team of Teams approach to tear down their silos improve collaboration, and avoid turf wars. By committing to one higher mission, organizations develop an overall capability that far exceeds the sum of their parts. From Silicon Valley software giant Intuit to a government agency on the plains of Oklahoma, organizations have used Fussell's methods to unite their people around a single compelling vision, resulting in superior performance. One Mission will help you follow their example to a more agile and resilient future. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list where I drop business & marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Do you get tired of the constant interruptions? Everyone needs YOU! Your having to make 100 decisions an hour, and from sunup to sundown your living the business. What does freeing yourself to have a real life look like? This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

We all "have" or "know" someone that's passive aggresive with a negative attitude toward everthing. How do you deal with that person? This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Part 2 - We got into details of Tram incident, and also why Companies have Toxic Culture. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

We got into details of Tram incident, and also why Companies have Toxic Culture. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Drew is President of NM Angels a New Mexico-based group of individual accredited angel investors focused on investing in early-stage companies in the Southwest and cultivating an active investment ecosystem. Drew's Bio: Drew is very active with New Mexico start-ups. Most notably with Meow Wolf, serving as their first CFO, a New Mexico B Corp that creates immersive arts experiences to wow. His efforts there, among others, led to raising more than $125 million in investment, purchase of a new headquarters, and growth from 50 people to more than 400. He has also worked with Build with Robots, Electric Playhouse, and Parting Stone. Consulting has taken him across New Mexico, the U.S., to Native American nations, and more than 40 countries. He has contributed to 100+ business plans and dozens of start-ups to get going. His work has generated over $300 million in investment and 1,000s of jobs. Previous experience includes a Bluetooth wireless firm, as a lender, and program officer for Grameen Foundation. He began his career as a VISTA and AmeriCorps Team Leader in Oakland, California. Drew values community engagement. He serves on Pueblo of Acoma's Business Advisory Board, member of the Serve New Mexico Commission. He is a member of the national Social Venture Circle and Lifetime Member of Net Impact. Drew completed his MBA from the University of Washington in Seattle. He finished his BA, Cum Laude, in History and International Relations from Washington University in St. Louis. In his free time, Drew plays ultimate Frisbee anywhere he can, is learning tennis, hikes to get lost, eats food he doesn't recognize, and enjoys bad puns more than he should. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

The story in today's podcast shows what can happen when you focus on optimizing without taking the human perspective into consideration. Leadership is about Humans First! Rewards and punishments that we put onto our team has to be examined with humility and decentralized decision making. Goodhart's Law is expressed simply as: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

New Year 2022 another time to fail out our goals! We look at ourselves in the mirror in disgust; or maybe we haven't changed as a leader in 5 years? We feel lethargic and meaningless to the point of just existing! Let's CHANGE that together! Here is the book I was talking about here. This is our other Spiritual, Alien, and Conspiracy Theories Podcast here This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

When someone is not working or not doing their share! When they choose to skate by instead of help the team out! When they willfully do the least amount of work possible! We discuss as Leaders how to address these issues in your business. This is Jocko Willink Website here This is our other Spiritual, Alien, and Conspiracy Theories Podcast here This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Prefrontal Cortex, Limbic system, and Neuroplasticity with Consciousness. How does your brain respond to Leadership, Vision, and Problem Solving? This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

New Mexico has a long history with oil and gas. We discuss alternatives and why they work or don't for the state. Alexander also gets into Geothermal energy. We break down the budget and how the State allocates the monies earned. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

What happened on set? Why does New Mexico need the film industry? How can Albuquerque benefit from cinema? Alexander and Jason get into details of the shooting, tax breaks, and the business of New Mexico Film Industry. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

What does it take to get funding in ABQ? How do I network to other states? What should my deck be? How do I present to venture capitalist firms? Alexander is CEO of a successful start-up www.TARTLE.co that has received numerous fundings. We discuss his wins and losses and experience in being an Entrepreneur in New Mexico. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and What do I most love to do? What work do I do that doesn't seem like work? In my work, what products have the highest ratio of abundance and satisfaction to amount of time spent? What is my unique ability? These are self aware questions we go into detail on, and how we work through them mentally. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

"Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable." George S. Patton. History helps us to sharpen our sword in learning lessons to lead. We delve into General Patton's extraordinary leadership abilities in WW2. More details on General Patton here and here. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources, and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Embracing new technologies gives us the digital solution to revolutionize ABQ. Putting data to work for a Smarter City. Powered by TARTLE. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

We dive into New Startups in New Mexico, and what it takes to receive funding, support, and success. If you know somebody that is beginning the entrepreneurial journey in ABQ this is great podcast to share. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Whether you are right wing or left wing having an environmentally friendly free city that supports innovation, technology, and business is the cornerstone of growth in any city. Albuquerque's culture and ancient land is the fundamental building blocks of change we need in this city. To move forward we must look back. We go into detail about how we can make ABQ the best city in the USA. This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby and Alexander McCaig Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for ABQ Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or Alexander McCaig on LinkedIn here also sign up for our email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

The Slight Edge is a way of thinking, a way of processing information that enables you to make the daily choices that will lead you to the success and happiness you desire. Learn why some people make dream after dream come true, while others just continue dreaming and spend their lives building dreams for someone else. It's not just another self-help motivation tool of methods you must learn in order to travel the path to success. It shows you how to create powerful results from the simple daily activities of your life, by using tools that are already within you. In this 8th anniversary edition you'll read not only the life-changing concepts of the original book, but also learn what author Jeff Olson discovered as he continued along the slight edge path: the Secret to Happiness and the Ripple Effect. This edition of The Slight Edge isn't just the story, but also how the story continues to create life-altering dynamics--how a way of thinking, a way of processing information, can impact daily choices that will lead you to the success and happiness you desire. The Slight Edge is "the key" that will make all the other how-to books and self-help information that you read, watch and hear actually work. This is the bio of the book you can get it at Amazon here. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where This you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or sign up for my email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Should you take TRT right now? What does Testosterone realistically do to your body? Is it safe? These are all questions you may be asking as your curious with this hormone therapy. KC is an expert in testosterone therapy and as helped a ton of people gain back their health. You can always get it tested to just see where your levels are at. About Well Life ABQ: Well Life ABQ is your simple way to Solve your Healthcare Costs! This is from their website that you can go to here Are the costs of employee healthcare making you sick? We can help you fight back! Schedule a free business review. When we understand your healthcare needs, we can develop the best plan customized to your needs. For $75 per month plus tax, companies cover 80-90% of their employee's health needs. PROBLEM Prescription drug benefit costs has increased 1150% since 1987 Since employers are the main providers of health insurance benefits, they are bearing the brunt of these costs. Is there any other line item in a company budget, that has increased this much? Patient costs have also increased 182% since 1987 Both employees and employers bear the burden of these huge cost increases. (CEOs guide) All companies that provide insurance benefits, run a health care business. It is likely the 2nd biggest operating cost after payroll. And if you don't provide benefits, you have a tougher time recruiting top talent. As with all complex problems, there is not a single cause. COST DRIVERS There are two main drivers of increasing prescription drug prices. Pharmaceutical companies (most people know this) According to RealClearHealth.com "PBMS fail to pass $120billion back to consumers and retain another $30billion in additional out of pocket costs. Pharmacy Benefit Managers PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES Brand name drug prices are possibly justified Research and development has a wide range, but is around $985million Average cost of FDA approval for a new drug is $19million alone. PBMS History Originally processed prescription claims for a small administrative fee. Great system at first…then these middlemen began to exert more and more control. They developed formularies and controlled which drugs were "allowed" to be prescribed Began to concentrate their power. Larger PBMs gobbled up smaller ones. Some even merged with actual insurance companies or drugstore chains ie CVS Caremark. CVS Health just acquired Aetna. And Express Scripts was acquired by Cigna. OptumRx is affiliated with United Healthcare…and Im sure many of has noticed the DaVita clinics signs now say Optum. So now they are infiltrating the frontlines of healthcare. This is a disaster. It reduces competition and limits choice. Three major PBMs control 76% of the prescription drug benefit transactions in the US - ONLY THREE The largest PBM had a net increase of 70% in net profit in two years! Rebates. "kickbacks" Legal extortion - They negotiate with the pharma company to place their drug on a formulary, they demand a rebate. Pharma has to PAY TO PLAY or their drug doesn't get placed on the formular. PBMs even take this farther and say not only will we not carry your drug, we won't place ANY of your drugs on the formulary…even your generics. These PBMs pocket most and sometimes all of the rebate. EMPLOYERS BEAR THE BRUNT OF THIS COSTLY GAME 25% of the drug cost is attributable to rebates - this means we are paying 25% more than we should I see this 25% pretty regularly in practice. For about 80% of the prescriptions we write, we could save a company about 25%. More about this in solutions. As a prescriber, I have had MANY scenarios where the more expensive drug is the one on the formulary and the cheaper option was not "covered". I always thought "that doesn't make sense". Now that I have seen the light, I have no doubt that a rebate was the reason. Fees - They of course also collect fees for their so-called "services Spread - The PBM will reimburse the pharmacy a lower price and charge the plan sponsor (YOUR COMPANY a higher price). The company that is footing the bill, has no idea. There's more - specialty drugs are filled by a specialty pharmacy that is owned by the PBM and the consumer is forced to only use this pharmacy. So the PBM STILL wins. The consumer and the company lose. HOW SOLUTIONS Awareness Employers must demand price transparency and a flat fee systems that eliminates hidden and conflicting/perverse incentives Link up with a Direct Primary Care provider like Well Life ABQ. In many circumstances we can dispense at a lower cost. And when we can't, we are partnered with a pharmacy that can still direct bill and skip the insurance claim. This allows us to choose the most appropriate and economical option. STORIES Several years ago, one new member signed up after his cardiologist referred him to us. He had been on the generic Viagra, which is sildenafil 25mg. The usual effective dose is 25mg to 50mg. At the time, he was paying about $150 per month from a Canadian pharmacy. This member is

Do You love to take online personality tests? So do your employees! What if you could lovingly respond as a leader to your people with the right approach; that makes them feel safe and secure? How do you implement for free or very little cost this program? This alone can dramatically change your culture at work 1000%. Tests I mentioned: Briggs Meyers: https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/ 16 Personalities Test: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test DISC Assessment: https://www.discprofile.com/what-is-disc 36 FREE Tests: https://www.123test.com/ Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or sign up for my email list here where I drop life, business, and digital marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Do you want to be insanely productive everyday? What if you woke up feeling refreshed and ready to charge the day! Highly successful people have daily habits that are easy to follow that consistently leads them to wins. Here Is link to the article I talked about today: https://medium.com/change-your-mind/5-insanely-productive-habits-of-highly-successful-people-cf012d279306 Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or sign up for my email list here where I drop life, business, and digital marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

We have all been stuck in the fog! Sitting on a rock waiting for the sun to clear up the fog, so we can navigate and see out of our situation. Why do we let external things get to us? Why does emotions (fear,guilt,worry) keep us in the fog? How do we work past the negative emotions to gain clarity? What mental tools do we use? Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or sign up for my email list here where I drop life, business, and digital marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

How do you allow your employees to handle issues in your business? Why is it important for you to empower people? When should I reverse engineer my sales or marketing system? Chasing cars is what most entrepreneurs do daily and think that they did a full day of work. Being a chicken with your head cut off is a waste of energy and effort for nothing. Being Proactive is allot easier than you think it's just a mental switch you have to cut on. Some of this material was taken from an email from Daniel Levis Science of Client-Getting. Always like to give credit where it's due. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or sign up for my email list here where I drop life, business, and digital marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Insecurity is always about fear. The closer we get to someone at home or in the workplace the more our fear trigger "of not being good enough" comes to the forefront. How do you not allow the fear from taking over in your relationships? What is the steps and cure for stopping insecurity in your life? Shout out to Katie and Gay Hendricks for this article I read on this. You can go to their website here. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or sign up for my email list here where I drop life, business, and digital marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Returning guest Omar L. Harris, Former GM (GSK and Allergan), Award-Winning Author ("The Servant Leader's Manifesto"), Thought-Leader & Intent Consulting Founder has a new book out go grab it now!!! "Be a J.E.D.I. Leader, Not a Boss: Leadership in the Era of Corporate Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion" https://amzn.to/35E3YXv ABOUT: OMAR L HARRIS (Charlotte, NC, born in Pittsburgh, PA) is the founder of Intent Consulting and TYMPO.io (the world's first and best SaaS application for employee inclusion), a Former GM (GSK and Allergan), Business and Servant Leadership Thought-Leader, Speaker, Award-Winning Bestselling Author of 5 books, including "Be a J.E.D.I. Leader, Not a Boss: Leadership in the Era of Corporate Social Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion", Summer 2021, "The Servant Leader's Manifesto", 2020, and "Leader Board: The DNA of High Performance Teams", 2019). With 20+ years of global pharmaceutical executive experience building teams, Omar has worked on 4 continents (U.S., Middle East, Asia and Latin America) for Pfizer, Merck, Schering-Plough and more. As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, Motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur and Florida A&M University Alumni, Harris is passionate about leading teams, high-performance coaching, and inspiring future leaders of today and tomorrow to adopt the servant leader mindset and stop toxic leadership behaviors. Omar is also the Co-Author of "From Authors to Entrepreneurs F.A.T.E.: The Personal Side of Indie Publishing" (2015) and Author of "One Blood" fiction book (2011, pen name, Qwantu Amaru – currently being developed into a television series). Harris was a featured speaker at the 2021 International Institute of Leadership Conference with his compelling topic: "The End of the Boss – 7 Rules for the Modern Leader" (March 2021). His book and work have been featured by CNN HLN Weekend Express, WPXI-TV NBC Pittsburgh, Black News Channel, The Beating Alpha Podcast, The Living Corporate Podcast, Real Leaders, SHRM Blog, Thrive Global, CEO World Magazine, Human Capital Innovations (HCI) Podcast, VoiceAmerica and many more. As fun facts, Omar speaks 5 languages, plays 7 instruments, and started his first company at the age of 7. https://www.omarlharris.com/ Intent Consulting Founder https://www.intentconsultants.co/about LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarlharris/

This episode is full of Solid Branding Advice to help every CEO navigate 2021. We also touched on new updates with content marketing, and online presence. This was an amazing podcast and I loved having Marie on to talk branding & digital marketing! Here is her bio and website. Marie Parks, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of North Star Messaging + Strategy, got her professional start in the nonprofit sector as a grant writer, where she learned about the power of persuasion. She strives to make each client feel heard and understood, and her superpower is marrying heart and logic to create powerful copy. She believes messaging has the power to drive thought leadership, and then when business owners showcase their expertise, innovation, and influence, they inspire growth in others and ourselves. Her favorite kinds of copy to write are website copy, sales emails, and sales pages, plus she writes fiction on the side! Marie earned her bachelor's degree in English from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and lives in Albuquerque. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or sign up for my email list here where I drop life, business, and digital marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

One of my favorite interviews I have ever done! We got into biohacking, performance, and growing yourself as a human. Chris Mission is to help as many people as humanly possible tap into their own potential and unlock the growth in their business they deserve. You can see more of Chris at https://chrismichaelharris.com/ Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or sign up for my email list here where I drop life, business, and digital marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

We all had moments of self awareness and self reflection this past year. It's OKAY if you found out you were an introvert your normal lol. Quick podcast on how to deal with this new revelation. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or sign up for my email list here where I drop life, business, and digital marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Hugh Odom is a former AT&T attorney (for over 11 years) and the founder and president of Vertical Consultants, a telecom consulting firm that has provided consulting advice for companies like WalMart and Disney, and governmental institutions like the United States Postal Service; New York Housing Authority; Veteran Affairs; the City of Atlanta and the City of Charlotte. Hugh shared the evolving story of how the telecom industry (services, infrastructure, cell site locations) has and will become more crucial based upon the COVID-19 pandemic and the "new normal" that will result after COVID-19 has run its course. As the founder and President of Vertical Consultants, Hugh wants to demystify not only what is being reported in the news but what is going on behind the scenes inside companies like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. Hugh has been an expert to newspapers, podcasts, radio shows, and blogs for years. Topics We Discussed: -- Major telecom industry changes -- The 5G rollout -- The Sprint & T-Mobile Merger -- Wireless usage and connectivity Questions Hugh Odom Answered: -- Is it not more important than ever to have a stable wireless infrastructure due to the COVID-19 surges and the great need to handle emergency services, telemedicine services, and communications for local and federal first responders? -- Do the wireless networks really have the capability to maintain business requirements as tens of millions of people are forced to work from home? -- Should the federal government require companies like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to set up temporary cell sites (rural and urban) to handle increased wireless network needs? -- Does the COVID-19 pandemic change the outlook of wireless services from a luxury to a utility (much like electric, water, etc) that everyone should have unrestricted access to? -- How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted or, more particularly, expedited the need for the immediate buildout of 5G services throughout the United States? -- What is the potential impact of the Sprint / T-Mobile merger on competition for the wireless industry? -- What do you mean when you say that the cell tower industry is like the oil industry was 100 years ago? This is the ABQ Business Podcast with your host Jason Rigby. Each week we interview leading business leaders to inspire the vision and the spirit that is in every entrepreneur. We discuss strengths, weakness, strategies, systems and the problems we can all solve together to fulfill a shared vision of a new future for Small Business. Please go to www.abqpodcast.com where you can get show notes, resources ,and links to everything we talked about today to help you navigate your journey as an entrepreneur and business owner in ABQ. Follow me on instagram at @abqjasonrigby or sign up for my email list here where I drop marketing secrets to help your ABQ Business!

Michelle Seiler Tucker is a #1 best selling author, founder, CEO and leading authority on all things buying, selling, fixing, and growing your business goes into detail on the 6P Method to sell your business for huge profit and Exit Rich. If you are starting a new business or wanting to sell yours, this episode will give you huge insight and a foundation on the specifics for how to have a successful business. As a 20-year veteran in mergers & acquisitions, Michelle and her firm has sold over a thousand companies in almost every vertical. She owns and operates several successful companies and holds the following professional designations and certifications. Michelle is also the Best-Selling Author of the book "Sell Your Business for more than it's Worth", and her latest book "Exit Rich" is available now for purchase. In addition to being featured in INC, Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and USA Magazine, Michelle makes regular radio and TV appearances on Fox Business News and CNBC. She has spoken alongside many prominent speakers: Eric Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Ireland, Donna Karen, Stedman Graham, Randi Zuckerberg, Steve Wozniak, and more. Michelle also shares her wealth of experience with perspective M&A advisors by conducting multiple training, mentoring, and partnering programs. Michelle Seiler Tucker's remarkable track record proves her dedication to her clients and has solidified her as a formidable force in her industry. She closes nearly 98% of all written offers and, on average, obtains 20-40% above asking price for her clients. Through this process, she empowers her clients to afford the lifestyles they have always dreamed of and, most importantly, deserve! For more information please visit seilertucker.com. You can also reach her at [email protected] or 1-877-853-4227 or 504-525-1717

Finding oneness with nature; the lessons we learn through communicating with creation. Best selling author Chloe Rachel Gallaway shares her remarkable journey in her book, The Soulful Child: Twelve Years in the Wilderness. Chloe Rachael Gallaway is the founder of The Winged River Writer . She has studied the finer elements of writing under the New York Times bestselling author, Jennifer Lauck, for the past seven years. Her early years of study included writing classes and workshops with the Taos Writers Conference. She has been a speaker for, Southwest Writer's of New Mexico, and has hosted 18+ transformational writing retreats for clients both nationally and internationally. Please see her online writer's programs and her retreat schedule for 2021 and 2022. Learn more about Chloe at chloerachelgallaway.com or check out her book on Amazon, The Soulful Child: Twelve Years in the Wilderness.

Another round of cyber security for this new world we are living in. Business owners - how do you pay for this much needed service? What about budgets? Why is it the last thing you think of until there is an attack? If a company would take a cost effective, proactive approach to cyber security, it could save you from a lot of time and money being wasted. As CRI's Director of CyberAdvantage Services, Leo Cuellar, provides cybersecurity services from Assessment to Training, Managed Services to Consulting. We are familiar with government- and industry-related cybersecurity controls and associated services. Leo is an experienced Information Security professional focused in IT Security Operations, IT Governance, Secure Development, Compliance, Risk and Privacy. His experience blends a diverse mix of small and Fortune 100 companies and a real-world understanding of the challenges and opportunities of ISO 27001, PCI, SOC1/2, HIPAA, NIST, and International regulatory requirements.

Shiela and I get into the proper ways of hiring a Filipino Virtual Assistant. I was a guest on her show, Rockstar VA Podcast, which is where this episode is from. After graduating college, Shiela started teaching English as Second Language Teacher to foreign students. It wasn't a lucrative job so she looked to find a second source of income - that's when freelancing came into the picture. She genuinely enjoyed writing and not only that, but she was good at it. Eventually, she turned her part-time writing gig into a full-time job. After some time, Shiela discovered the world of Virtual Assistance and Freelancing, as well as of all the opportunities that it had to offer. Shiela has worked to build up her experience, knowledge and clientele and now has firm grasp on what it takes to be a VA. Check out her podcast here!

Jared is a 19 year old CEO. We got into mindset, discipline and what it takes to be a young entrepreneur. He is wise beyond his years and everyone can be inspired by his dedication, honesty and insane work ethic. Jared Curry is the CEO and founder of Scope 16 Marketing. He is an 18 year old New Jersey native. At 16 years of age he read Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and it completely changed his life. He started learning everything about Digital Marketing through an online course together with his friend in his junior year at High School. Now, as CEO of Scope 16 Marketing, Jared oversees a team of completely remote digital marketing geniuses. Scope 16 has scaled clients from 6 figures to multiple 7 figures and he and his team are confident they can get those results because of their unique 8 Figure eCommerce Blackhawk System. They are a Digital Marketer Certified Partner and Facebook Ads Certified Partner. Check them out here!

Dr. Richardson and I had a very honest conversation about "brand". Most companies don't know who they are specifically speaking to. How do you speak to your perfect client? Dr. Richardson is the founder of Premium Growth Solutions, a strategic planning consultancy for early-stage consumer- packaged goods brands. As a professionally trained cultural anthropologist turned business strategist, he has helped more than 75 CPG brands with their strategic planning, including brands owned by Coca-Cola Venturing and Emerging Brands, The Hershey Company, General Mills, Kraft Foods, ConAgra Brands, and Frito-Lay as well as emerging brands such as Once Upon a Farm, Peatos, Ithaca Hummus, Mother Kombucha, Rebel Creamery, zaca recovery, and others. James is the author of Ramping Your Brand: How to Ride the Killer CPG Growth Curve, the #1 Best-seller in Business Consulting on Amazon. He also hosts his own podcast—Startup Confidential, and his thoughts appear regularly in industry publications such as Foodnavigator. Visit his website, Premium Growth Solutions or check out his book, Ramping Your Brand!

Dr. Kevin Gazzara built the amazing Intel Leadership and Management system. We talked about leadership in 2021 and changes that affect our way of relating with people in this new world that we are operating in. Dr. Kevin Gazzara is the CEO of Magna Leadership Solutions, Management & Leadership Expert, Executive Positive Intelligence Coach, Professor at 5 Universities, Professional Speaker, & Author of The Leader of OZ. Kevin worked for 18 years at Intel Corporation in positions from Program and Product Management to Leadership Development. He holds a BS in Commerce and Engineering, an MBA and a Doctorate of Management in Organizational Leadership. Magna Leadership Solutions - "We are trusted advisors for executives who realize an investment in emerging leaders solves their growth and engagement challenges". Get in contact with Dr. Kevin Gazzara here!

Jon Schram is a husband, father, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of The Purple Guys, a Midwest-based information technology support company. The company has grown since 2001 to become the Midwest's premier IT support company with more than a 96% customer satisfaction rating. Jon and his wife, Jill, have three children and have founded two businesses. Get in contact with Jon on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram or visit his website!