484: Unblocking Greatness

Melissa talks about the importance of clarity, the Collaborative Entrepreneurship Incubator, having a collective growth mindset, and much more! Melissa helps impact-driven entrepreneurs align their values, unlock clarity, and build meaningful, collaborative businesses. She’s also the founder and co-leader of the Collaborative Entrepreneurship Incubator - a playful, trust-led incubator where entrepreneurs reimagine what’s possible when they create intentional partnerships for greater individual and collective impact.

Radim Malinic is a creative director, designer and bestselling author. Living and working in South West London, he runs Brand Nu Studio, an award winning branding and creative studio + Brand Nu Books an independent publishing imprint. Radim talks about his journey from music production to being an entrepreneur, the importance of creativity in branding and marketing, strategically scaling down your business, and much more!

Jake Stahl is not your average consultant. He’s a former top-tier sales trainer turned psychological strategist, the inventor of Neurostrategy™, and the visionary founder and CEO of Orchestraight—a first-of-its-kind intelligence platform that rewires how companies train, sell, and scale. With a voice that blends boardroom precision with street-smart empathy, Jake doesn’t just teach transformation—he engineers it. He’s trained thousands across industries in the science of high-conversion conversations, decoding human behavior with surgical accuracy. When Jake speaks, people don’t just nod—they shift. His sessions are described as part masterclass, part awakening. Jake talks about neuro-strategy, nuero-linguistic programming, sales psychology, and much more!

Chris Carr is the founder of Farotech, a comprehensive digital marketing agency specializing in lead generation, automation, and conversion since 2001, as well as the founder of Dynaimix.ai. Chris discusses how AI is transforming the way businesses operate and it's practical applications in businesses while also providing a live demo of it's capabilities!

Jim Heininger is the Rebrand Man. He leads the efforts of The Rebranding Experts, which he founded in 2017, after 30 years of business and brand strategy experience for P&G, McDonald’s, Anheuser-Busch and others. Rebranding Experts was purposefully designed to be the only agency with the comprehensive services necessary to rebrand organizations. Jim talks about the differences between rebranding and brand refreshing, planning a rebranding, trademark approvals, and much more!

Chris discusses the nuances of group coaching, selling your brand as an entrepreneur or executive, how masterminds differ from group coaching, the upcoming release of his book, “and much more!

Michael has a passion for understanding how the human mind works to drive our decisions. Over the past 12 years, Michael has created a fresh and counter-intuitive insight of how people can use targeted language to rapidly create trust and the decision to buy. Michael talks about the neurological principles behind effective messaging, branding, building client trust, and much more!

Oakland McCulloch is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and the author of the 2021 release, Your Leadership Legacy: Becoming the Leader You Were Meant to Be. His leadership talk is based on his 40+ years of leadership experience (23 years as a combat arms officer in the United States Army) in combat, peacekeeping operations, disaster relief operations and in the boardroom.   Oakland talks about the importance of leadership, trust, and communication. He also talks about his new book, “Your Leadership Legacy”.

Jon is a media professional specializing in making your content 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 in a crowded digital space. Working as a Video & Audio Production Specialist with his company, 𝗝𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀, he produces radio and online ads, as well as training courses and audio books.   Jon talks about the impact of podcasting on your business, hosting vs. guesting, importance of sound quality, niching, and much more!

In this deep dive, we explore key actionable strategies from David Newman's book 'Market Eminence.' Targeted towards CEOs, founders, and professional services firm owners, the episode focuses on boosting professional standing and business growth. Key strategies discussed include defining a unique perspective (slant), positioning as a visionary (future), owning industry thinking, resisting detrimental industry practices, building brand certainty through proof, and cultivating brand gravity to attract high-quality opportunities.