Unshakeable Influence Podcast

Julie Garlikov, Chief Commercial Officer of Sherlock Biosciences that is responsible for driving commercial strategy, product innovation and go to market plans to bring novel diagnostic products to the consumer market. Here are some key moments from our conversation: Brief introduction of yourself and what you do. (00:40) What did your transition look like that led you to this company? (02:54) You have an atypical background for what you do. What is your background and how do you think it serves in your current role? (05:37) How do you approach leadership? (07:15) How do you lead now in terms of the VUCA nature of the world today? (15:33) How do you support your people be successful and to be more resilient? (16:56) How would you describe your true north as a leader? (19:36) What are your style and tips to help others to do their best work? (33:30) What are some of your biggest challenges in your leadership journey? (35:05) How do you navigate disappointment? (36:42) How do you do your best as far as keeping yourself ready for a potential disruption in the market place? (40:29) What do you do to help yourself recharge and rejuvenate to stay on top of your game? (44:06) What one key piece of advice you can leave to our listeners? (46:16)

Kendall Holbrook, Chief Executive Officer of Dev Technology Group, Inc. Dev Technology is an information technology services company delivering mission-critical applications and systems that protect and serve American citizens. Here are some key moments from our conversation: Brief introduction of yourself and what you do. (00:39) Where did you start your career and how did you get to where you at today? (03:50) How did you know if you were ready to make the transistion from Business Development to CEO? (10:05) How did you make the transition and get the right person in place to cover your role? (15:21) What are the challenges you face now today after 5 years as CEO? (18:24) What do you and Dev Technology do to help attract and retain and get the most out of the people that you have? (20:16) How do you describe your true north as a leader?(21:52) How do you make sure that your organization and yourself follow the organization's stated values? (24:01) What do you do to do to make sure you have the highest functioning team? (35:35) What are you trying to be as the role model to people? (46:11) What do you do to help yourself recharge and rejuvenate and be at your best day-in and day-out? (49:00) What is one key piece of advice you can leave to our listeners? (50:13)

Jeffrey Harris, Co-Founder & CEO of SpringBig, Inc. Springbig is the leading provider of CRM and loyalty marketing solutions for cannabis dispensaries and brands. Here are some key moments from our conversation: • Brief introduction of yourself and what you do. (00:43) • Can you tell us how you handle the growth, attract the right people, fill the right roles while maintaining the organization's culture? (09:49) • How do you describe your culture and how has it changed over time? (12:11) • What are some of the challenges you have faced along the way? (15:25) • How would you describe your true north as a leader? (17:20) • What do you do to make sure your employees are happy and satisfied consistently? (19:36) • What are your thoughts about the impact of VUCA on leadership, teamwork, and culture and what steps are you taking to lead in today's world? (25:09) • What's been your experience as you've change from private company to public company? (42:58) • What do you do to help yourself recharge and rejuvenate to stay on top of your game? (45:42) • What one key piece of advice you can leave to our listeners? (50:33)

John Holly, Chairman, CEO and President of Davidson Technologies Inc. For 25 years, Davidson has distinguished itself in the aerospace and missile defense industries with an outstanding reputation for excellence. Here are some key moments from our conversation: • Brief introduction of yourself and what you do. (00:41) • What was your experience of leadership development within the army? (05:30) • What is your true north as a leader? (15:10) • What are some specific examples you might share about how you help the organization as far as the culture and leadership goes? (16:50) • What did you learn in the military and how did you apply that to the VUCA World today? (21:40) • How do you do your best to navigate disagreements within your team? (27:55) • What are some of your biggest challenges along your leadership journey? (31:13) • How did you know that it make sense to fire and find a team that was going to look for the right solution and accept the deadline? (39:03) • What do you do to stay on the top of your game? (47:33) • What's one key piece of advice you can share with our listeners? (49:08)

Clint Rusch is passionate about helping his teams achieve breakthrough success, often in areas they didn't realize were possible. NorthPoint Logistics is a values-focused full-service international freight forwarder, customs broker, and domestic freight broker. It offers logistics management services and systems which centralize provider networks, automate shipment planning and tracking, and provide world-class service and expertise to help their clients navigate the uncertain waters of supply chains around the world. Here are some key moments from our conversation: • Brief introduction of yourself and what you do. (00:41) • What has the growth curve of the company looked like? (02:18) • How do you create a company and culture that was well prepared to succeed in the chaos of COVID? (05:37) • Why did you choose Northpoint and why at this point of the time? (09:10) • How do you do your best to assess, ahead of time, that the culture was everything you thought it was before accepting the CEO role? (11:43) • How would you describe your true north as a leader? (13:40) • How do you translate consistent day to day operations? (17:48) • What does psychological safety means to you? (20:53) • What inspired you to join the army and how was it a formative experience for you? (27:03) • What did you learn about leadership in the Army that you use in your day-to-day now? (30:37) • How do you make sure that amongst your team and organization you have clarity around communication and shared understanding? (42:37) • What do you do that to keep yourself at the top of your game? (54:01) • What one key piece of advice you can leave to our listeners? (01:00:13)

Tommy Mello, CEO and Founder of A1 Garage Door Service Inc. As every entrepreneur, Tommy started out by doing everything himself from sales and marketing to accounting and hiring. But along the way, he learned that he didn't need to work 14-hour shifts and sacrifice his family and friends to get his business to where he wanted it to be. Here are some key moments from our conversation: • Brief introduction of yourself and what you do. (00:44) • What inspired you to put extra effort and extra time to get you where you at today? (03:44) • What sets you apart from other players in your industry? (05:33) • What inspired you to invest in your people so much? (07:54) • When and why did you start the path of continuous learning? (10:04) • How would you describe your true north as a leader? (15:30) • What do you do to recharge and rejuvenate? (23:42) • What led you to consider private equity investment and partnership? (34:03) • With your private equity investment considerations, how did you know that it was a good fit to partner with this private equity firm? (39:47) • What one key piece of advice do you have for our listeners? (41:58)

Krish Chopra, CEO/Co-Founder of NPHub. NPHub's primary focus is to automate and streamline the clinical rotation process required for Nurse Practitioner students to graduate. Here are some key moments from our conversation: • Brief introduction of yourself and what you do. (00:49) • What was your motivation to start a company? (07:56) • How would you describe your true north as a leader? (12:08) • How do you keep your organization heading the right direction as far as living and speaking the company values? (16:12) • How do you make sure people feel comfortable bringing their full selves to work? (20:22) • What have been the major inflection points along your company'sgrowth curve? (35:09) • What do you see in the next 3 to 5 years as far as the company and the growth curve? (40:09) • What have been some of your learning points and challenges along the way? (42:02) • What do you do to stay in top of the game? (52:07) • What one key piece of advice you can leave to our listeners? (54:51)

Christopher Marentis, Chief Executive Officer of Surefire Local. Chris is a technology entrepreneur and business leader on a mission to help small businesses leverage the power of digital transformation. As the founder and CEO of Surefire Local, he has focused the company's efforts to build powerful marketing solutions that give small businesses cost-effective, easy-to-use tools only available to the big guys. The motivation for Surefire Local was born out of Chris's background in a multigenerational small business home. Here are some key moments from our conversation: • Brief introduction of yourself and what you do. (00:41) • What led you to be more of an innovative person? (06:14) • What inspire you to start your company? (12:20) • What inspired you for writing your book? (17:40) • What is it that you're doing that is different and unique versus some of your competitors? (22:09) • What are the five core values of your company and how do you do your best as a leader to keep the culture on track? (25:05) • What steps do you take as a leader to make sure that these values are consistently lived into each day? (34:08) • What is your true north as a leader? (42:52) • What do you do to keep yourself rejuvenated and at your best? (45:15) • What one key piece of advice you can leave to our listeners? (46:19)

Daniel Kenary, Co-Founder & CEO of Mass. Bay Brewing Company, Inc. Daniel is passionate about their company and beer, and they work each day to create great beer drinking experiences. Here are some key moments from our conversation: • Brief introduction of yourself and what you do. (00:41) • What inspired you to start a beer business? (02:50) • For the first few years imagining probably with a lot of challenges, what was it like for the first three to five years? (08:17) • What do you think has changed overtime in your industry? (10:01) • As your company is now in a massive industry, what is your perspective on that? (13:23) • As a leader when you're leading the company, what did you consider to support the business as it continues to grow? (15:03) • What are your visions for the company? (22:23) • How do you do your best to make sure the culture is consistent and people are doing the right thing all the time? (28:11) • What do you do to help the company do their best in hiring? (30:45) • How would you describe your true north and key values as a leader? (38:50) • What key piece of advice you can share for listener's takeaway? (42:26)

Michelle Johnson is an Author, Racial Equity Educator, Yoga Teacher and Practitioner. She has years of experience facilitating various workshops, immersions, and retreats focused on dismantling racism, processing individual and collective grief, healing the collective, and working with people and groups who have experienced trauma. Michelle is the author of three books, with a fourth upcoming in 2023. Here are some key moments from our conversation: • Brief introduction of yourself and what you do. (00:57) • How you got started on this path and what are some of the inflection points along your journey? (02:55) • What is the common thread that runs through everything that you do? (07:17) • How did you cultivate your style of leading people? (21:15) • Do you agree that there is a certain level of dance and sometimes when facilitating you are not going to have the impact you are aiming for? (29:15) • What does it look like for you in cultivating and being in touch with your inner guidance? (31:14) • What advice might you have for people who still figuring out how to get in touch with themselves? (35:37) • What would you say to people who might want to improve their capacity to be with their own emotions more effectively? (52:27) • What are you focusing on as far as your next level of growth and impact to the world? (54:50) • What is one key piece of advice for the listeners on consistently becoming and being the best version of themselves? (1:00:06)