My Quest for the Best with Bill Ringle

Entrepreneurship

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68: Bouncing Back – Interview with Donna Marie Thompson

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How Donna bounced back from losing her mother, her fiancé, her home and her retirement funds.
  • The 5 E’s that will provide you with a map to bounce back from loss.
  • A few of the unexpected benefits of writing a book for an expert looking to break into a larger arena.
  • The key to overcoming the shame of loss.
  • A surprising distinction between a life or business loss and the feeling of grief.
  • Important things NOT to say when someone you care about is bouncing back from loss.

Donna Marie Thompson talks with Bill Ringle about bouncing back from loss.

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61: People in Progress – Interview with Terry Hawkins

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How getting new business can often be an indirect process, fueled by enthusiastic outreach
  • The benefit of focusing on improving the client’s situation
  • Using cartoon characters Pitman and Stickman to explain change to business teams
  • What happens to groups where the incentive system is out of synch with the company values
  • How effective business growth starts with effective hiring

Terry Hawkins talks with Bill Ringle about being a positive inflluence in organizations.

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56: Career Mapping – Interview with Ginny Clarke

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How to adjust to the change from working in a corporate environment to launching a business.
  • The new world of work and what skills both companies and business owners will need to hone to succeed.
  • Three techniques that Ginny has used to differentiate her business in a crowded industry.

Ginny Clarke talks with Bill Ringle about taking one’s own advice to chart a career with greater satisfaction and fulfillment.

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36: Small Town Rules – Interview with Barry Moltz

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • Reasons why entreprenuers are good at control
  • How one entrepreneur learned to really let her employees do their job and how it helped her business grow
  • Tips on hiring well in a small business
  • What all entrepreneurs can learn from how farmers do business (e.g.: they had multiple streams of income long before real estate investments were popular)
  • The importance of being able to operate anywhere and any when (with a nod to Chris Brogan)

Barry Moltz talks with Bill Ringle about what entrepreneur leaders need to do in order to grow.

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27: Smart Woman Solutions – Interview with Joy Chudacoff

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How entrepreneurship can be a pathway for women to earn more money and freedom.
  • Some of the best lifestyle benefits of being a successful business owner.
  • When to move on from a business or career path to embrace a new direction.
  • What focus can do to help you become more efficient in your business and lead a more satisfying family/personal life.
  • Networking secrets for women in business.

Joy Chudacoff talks with Bill Ringle about accelerating the careers of women entrepreneurs and integrating family and work.

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26: UpFront Presentations – Interview with Marilyn Sherman

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • The choice to not participate in a negative economy
  • Gladys Holm, who left a $18 million gift in her will on a $15,000 annual salary
  • How the right kind of business opportunities lead to great exposure and more business
  • The surprising value of being outrageous with goal setting

Marilyn Sherman talks with Bill Ringle about how different forms of fear keep people from having more success.

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24: Time Tamer Consulting – Interview with Christine Giri

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • Key questions to ask to shift yourself and others to a more productive track.
  • How Christine uses her “advancer” strengths to help leaders and managers come up with creative ways to be more productive.
  • What to do about your own “level of distraction” to be more productive.

Christine Giri talks with Bill Ringle about how personal productivity is not about the tools, but about individuals and groups focusing on what’s important.

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17: Greater than Yourself – Interview with Steve Farber

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • How you need to reflect on your experience and abilities to identify where you can make a valuable contribution
  • Position isn’t a requirement to express, exert, or exude leadership
  • The LEAP framework for extreme leadership
  • What makes a great leader can be cultivated
  • The micro-organizational level of leadership is where immediate changes can be noticed
  • How extreme leadership occurs in business, education, and across all industries

Steve Farber talks with Bill Ringle about the characteristics and behaviors that allow anyone to become an extreme leader.

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13: Dream, Inc. – Interview with Bob Cooper

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Listen to this interview to learn:

  • Where to look to identify cutting edge business trends.
  • The significance of a freemium model for market testing.
  • A case study of a company that learned the benefit of selling ancillary products to accommodate customer space constraints.
  • The need for a safe space to explore ideas and new ways of doing business.
  • How important leadership is in supporting or diluting the success of a project.

Bob Cooper talks with Bill Ringle about principles and examples of how innovative design helps service businesses create and maintain ongoing revenue streams.

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