Breakfast Leadership Show

Interview with Zach Dugger

I started a business in 2013 out of my home working with children with autism. Over 8 years, we had grown to 150 employees across 8 counties. We had opened 3 clinic locations and were in the process of opening two more. I was still buying the toilet paper and paper towels for the local center and administrative office. I was doing all of the online purchasing for all locations, integral in payroll, contracts, oversight of HR, billing, and our Chief Clinical Officer (she diid not carry the title at the time, but functioned in that capacity).
I was on my knees often in my office in prayer. COVID had increased administrative demands and I was sharing the responsibility with HR on monitoring this and maintaining compliance. I was our CEO and functioned as the CFO as well. Balls were starting to be dropped and the excellence I pursued was not what I was witnessing. I saw the sails flagging and decided to call in support. I had been courted by another organization for 3 years in regards to a potential acquisition.
They are much bigger and have substantially more resources. Within 4-5 months of getting a quick LOI from them in regards to a potential sale, we had closed the deal and they took over control of the business. I lost a lot of sleep in the process, including one night with zero sleep due to the immediacy and overwhelm of an issue that delayed closing.I  talk about challenges of starting, managing, growing, hiring/firing, keeping everything in balance, keeping employees happy, moving through COVID, or selling the business and shifting, including the post-sale overwhelm when you go from 200mph down to 20mph and your productivity feels like it has gone to pot due to not having the activities as clearly defined as they once were.
My main goal now is to help take the leap to get started and find success in business, as well as the resources needed to do so. I also started a company to raise capital to provide people with the opportunity to invest in larger real estate deals allowing them passive income and better returns. Freedom and success.I am also a franchisee for IMAGE studios and will be opening two locations within the next 12-24 months, have my first Christian fiction novel in process, and love being able to have time with my wife and two children.
Social Media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zach.dugger.freedom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachdugger Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zach.thefreedomfounder Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/onfirefreedom YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@zachdugger

Interview with Kent Ingle

9 Disciplines of Enduring Leadership: These 9 essential principles will help you discover and develop your life purpose. After abruptly changing course in his life for a higher-calling, Dr. Kent was compelled to transcribe the lessons he’s learned along the way. In turn, developing a framework that has helped countless figures build successful organizations and a successful life.Transforming Your Organization: The President of a University is not chosen by a popular vote of the masses, but rigorously filtered by previous merit and track record. Dr. Kent shares his secrets on how to turn the operations of your organization around 180 degrees.Changing the Perception of Higher Education: The arguments for and against the modern college system are infinite, but what can’t be debated is that more guidance is needed in helping maximize the higher education experience so students, at all stages of their life and career, can afford to grow in their careers without massive debt and contribute to society with a skillset directly applicable to their employment.
KentIngle.com
 
IG:@kent_ingle Tw:@kentingle

Be A Better Team By Friday - Interview with Justin Follin and David Greenspan

JUSTIN FOLLIN is a lifelong student and teacher of what brings out the best in people and a trusted advisor to leaders in fast-growth business sectors. Along with co-author and founder DAVID BUTLEIN GREENSPAN, Justin is the co-founder and managing partner of BLUECASE Strategic Partners.
Drawing from David’s PhD in high-performance psychology and their combined twenty-five years of organizational consulting expertise, Justin and David specialize in solving leadership cultural problems that inevitably come with scale. They have successfully coached CEOs and leadership teams in publicly traded companies and in rapidly scaling, private-equity backed businesses ranging from $20M to $2B in revenue.
Book:  https://amzn.to/44zJHij
 

Become Superbold! -Interview with Fred Joyal

Fred Joyal is the Co-Founder and Former CEO of 1-800-DENTIST, the most successful dentist referral service in the country. Since 1986, they have generated over $1B in revenue.
Fred has written two bestselling books, Everything is Marketing: The Ultimate Strategy for Dental Practice Growth and Becoming Remarkable: How to Create a Dental Practice Everyone Talks About, on his experience growing 1-800-DENTIST from 0 to $1B in revenue.
He has also written a third book, Superbold: From Under-Confident to Charismatic in 90 Days, which offers readers a systematic way to increase their boldness and confidence so they can succeed in their business, career, and life. The book, released in October 2021, is an Amazon and Wall Street Journal bestseller.
As a speaker for 20+ years, Fred has spoken many times to audiences of 5,000+ on his entrepreneurship journey and what inspired him to want to be more bold in his life.
Because of his business success and generous giving, the University of Rhode Island awarded Fred an honorary doctorate.
Also, he once beat Sir Richard Branson in chess, was a question on Jeopardy, and blew the last question as a contestant on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, which saw him miss out on $250,000.
Social Media Links:
Website: https://www.1800dentist.com/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/1800dentistTwitter https://twitter.com/1800dentistYoutube https://www.youtube.com/user/1800DENTISTLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredjoyal/Twitter https://twitter.com/fredjoyalInstagram https://www.instagram.com/fredjoyal/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/realfredjoyal

Interview with Cybeats COO Justin Leger

Software Bill of Materials: SBOM Studio
Get transparency into your softwares reputation, nature and popularity with cybersecurity insights for the entire product lifecycle using SBOMs.‍Gartner estimates that 70 to 80 percent of modern software incorporates open source libraries (OSS) or components from third-party upstream suppliers into product design. These pre-made constructs increase productivity and shorten development time—but they also carry risk into the final product. Like any software module, these software ingredients can have vulnerabilities that emerge at any time, making the overall software product less secure over time.
Product owners, managers, and security officers have an imperative responsibility to keep track of their software supply chains. Corporations need to leverage technologies to continually improve their secure-by-design processes. Product teams can use SBOMs to identify vulnerabilities early in the process and produce solutions that reduce corporate and customer risk.
At every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), Cybeats can extract the characteristics and attributes from software, even without access to source code, to deliver deep insights into the quality and security of software components.
About Justin:  A results-focused leader with over 10 years of senior management experience in national/international business operations coupled with an MBA and executive roles in the military. Expertise in strategic planning, change/operational/resource management, quality & continuous improvement, communication, consulting and mentorship/training. 
 
https://www.cybeats.com/investors
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-leger/
 

Interview with Dr. Christopher Avery

Dr. Christopher Avery is the Founder and CEO of The Responsibility Company, one of the go-to organizations for executive leadership development and change management training. They have been in business for over 30 years.
What makes them different is they teach their clients The Responsibility Process, a unique and thoroughly researched approach to teamwork and leadership, which they can use to lead themselves and others to results that matter.
The Responsibility Process has been used by leaders at top companies, including Microsoft, Whole Foods Market, Verizon, PayPal, eBay, and Wells Fargo.
Dr. Christopher is an author who has written two books, Teamwork Is An Individual Skill, which shows readers how to develop skills that will enable them to thrive in any team and under any circumstances, and The Responsibility Process: Unlocking Your Natural Ability to Live and Lead with Power. This book offers practices obtained from 25 years of applied research on responsibility-taking and leadership.
Dr. Christopher is also a speaker who is popular with audiences interested in agility, effective leadership, and results that benefit an organization and its employees.
Social Media Links:
Website: https://responsibility.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopheravery/Twitter: https://twitter.com/responsproFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ResponsPro

Interview with Mark Drager

Mark is the Founder of Phanta Media, a branding and creative agency that helps entrepreneurs, speakers, and coaches create can’t ignore brands, events, and content that lands them bigger opportunities and grows their audience.
To achieve this, Phanta Media helps its clients challenge limiting public perceptions of who they’re or who they can be to unlock their true potential.They have been in business for 15+ years and have worked with 300+ clients, including the Toronto Raptors, Evan Carmichael, and billionaire Michael Lee-Chin, in 4 countries. Revenue wise, they make over $1M annually.Mark started Phanta Media while on social assistance and through grit and hard work grew the business to the multi-million dollar company it is today.He’s also a pro-conversationalist who has hosted conversations on stage and virtually with leading authors, entrepreneurs, and speakers such as Tom Bilyeu, Grant Cardone, Les Brown, and Evan Carmichael.
Social Media Links:
Website: https://www.phanta.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/mark.drager/LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdrager/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkDragerYT

Interview with Dave Molenda

After almost 30 years of starting my own company and growing it to $10 million in annual sales before selling it, I realized that my passion was helping companies thrive by overcoming their natural tendencies to retreat, not talk about the hard stuff and spin their wheels on the wrong things.
My current company, Positive Polarity, is a Midwest business coaching firm that acts as the opposing force against the easy way of doing business – the way it’s always been done – with a positive and encouraging approach.
My recent book, "Growing On Purpose", was an instant #1 Amazon Best Seller in three categories and will help strengthen your team and improve your customer’s experience!
My latest project, Positive Polarity Podcast has just hit 100 episodes! On this podcast, we discuss the intersection of business growth and personal growth. Each week we invite guests that have found their passion in their business and together, we talk about how this looks in business and how successful the outcome actually can be!
Social Media Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmolenda/https://www.facebook.com/Positivepolarity