You have 28 days until 2020 is hindsight.  It's time to start setting the course for next year.   Are you going to improve your life, your family, your relationship, or your business?  If so, it's time to get started today.

We are living challenge times.  It's time to discuss leading through challenges.  This episode focuses on how to lead your family, your business and your community during challenging times.  Take these nuggets and make a difference. Be Bold Dave

Tiffani the Tipsy Artist is changing the way businesses think about team building.  She brings teams together to reinforce their company's Vision and Mission statements through art. We believe her approach will take corporate team building to a different level and improve company culture.  Join us today to talk about art, company culture and business innovation with the Tipsy Artist. Be Bold  Dave

Welcome to the Bold Leadership Podcast where we are continually working to build better business owners. Today's guest, Jennifer Webster, talks to us about growing a unique co-op business while challenging the rules.  She is focused, driven and persistent. If you own a business, you can learn a lot from Jennifer and all that she has done with the Conscious Community Co-op. Be Bold Dave

Alla Driksne is the Founder of Allasyummyfood Find out what happens when you leave your day job and start building something that fits your passion. Over the past 10 years, she has made it her mission to help women and men feel their absolute best by making delicious food. Because everyone’s skills are different, her focus has been on teaching simple, easy recipes + cake classes + masterclasses that are unique to each individual. Alla is a serial learner and loves the challenges of cooking...

Mark Masters is a tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and possesses nearly twenty years of industry experience. He holds a BS in Ecology from Oklahoma State University and a Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship from the renowned Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. During his eight-year career as a federal wildland fire and all-hazards incident responder, he held a variety of positions including as an aerially delivered firefighter (heli-rappeller). In 2009, he left his...

Liv-Runi is a 35, Norwegian, and a mum of two kids aged 1 1/2 and soon 3. She lives with my kids and boyfriend in Moss, about an hour southeast of Oslo (the capital of Norway).  Liv runs her own business with the name Digitale Historier (translated to Digital Stories) where she focuses mainly on content creation and content marketing. The art of storytelling is something that lights her up, and Liv thrives whenever she gets to help small to medium-sized companies with their digital content...

Ashley Harwood is a fierce advocate for introvert entrepreneurs. She is passionate about empowering introverts to be as successful as they choose to be, while still enjoying their lives, every day. She is the creator of The Quiet Success Workshop, The Quiet Success Programs, and the founder of The Quiet Success Retreat. Ashley teaches introvert entrepreneurs how their energy affects their bank account. She has taught hundreds of entrepreneurs throughout the country and loves showing business...

If you struggle with Quickbooks you are definitely going to want to listen to this podcast.  Courtney is a Quickbooks whisperer and see can help simplify your life. With 22 years of Quickbooks experience, Courtney is passionate about helping small business owners thrive through more strategic bookkeeping. In addition to keeping the books for an electrical contracting company she owns with her husband, Jeb, Courtney oversees accounting and bookkeeping for private clients of varying sizes. ...

Colonel Jon "BigDogg" Rhone was born into the Air Force and had the privilege of growing up and being influenced by parents and siblings who loved the Air Force.  After graduating from the USAF Academy, he was honored to serve and lead Airmen for 24 years. He hopes to continue serving by enthusiastically unlocking others’ full leadership potential. Through his experiences and relationships with young servicemembers, He has learned many yearn for a stronger connection to, and with, senior...

Colonel Jon "BigDogg" Rhone was born into the Air Force and had the privilege of growing up and being influenced by parents and siblings who loved the Air Force.  After graduating from the USAF Academy, he was honored to serve and lead Airmen for 24 years. He hopes to continue serving by enthusiastically unlocking others’ full leadership potential. Through his experiences and relationships with young servicemembers, He has learned many yearn for a stronger connection to, and with, senior...

If you find your niche you can change the world.   For 20+ years Carolyn O'Byrne worked with people supporting their physical and emotional health. About 7 years ago she turned her focus toward truck drivers. Her husband is a second-generation truck driver. His dad passed away hundreds of miles from home from a preventable health condition (when her husband was 20). Carolyn doesn't want that to happen to anyone else, unfortunately, it happens very often. Overall as a society, our health...

In this episode, we are kicking off the new year celebrating small business leaders with BOLD goals for 2020. Steven Whitney is an energetic inspirational human being. He loves to get other people excited about becoming healthy, re-wiring their brains or simply to go throw a Frisbee.  He loves music and is very supportive of the Colorado music scene. Steven has a wonderful dog named Memphis. He loves being outdoors and is an adventure freak. If it's tough he does it. Steven loves to laugh...

We are ready to release season 4 and we are focused on solopreneurs and entrepreneurs.  2020 is almost here and we will be interviewing BOLD business owners, telling their stories and motivating you for the rest of the year.

It's that time of year again.  Work is slowing down and you have time on your hands.  Over the next few weeks, reflect on your performance over the last year then focus on the future.  Define your BHAG!  

https://www.businessknowhow.com/startup/badpartnership.htm If you're in a business partnership or a longstanding working relationship that isn't working, ask yourself these questions. Then, if you need to change or end the partnership, follow these five steps. A client, we'll call her Susan, had a business that was struggling financially and operationally. She was totally disgusted because her partner of 10 years was no longer carrying his weight and didn't seem to understand the gravity of...

The Story Exchange Is Your Business Ready for Summer Vacation Time? Ask These 3 Questions It's that time of year, when sunshine beckons. If you or your employees plan to take time off, now's a good time to assess your vacation policy. May 21, 2019 By Barbara Weltman It’s vacation time, for you and your employees. (Credit: Lance Asper on Unsplash) In the next several weeks and months, employees will be taking time off from work for summer vacations. According to a survey by Bankrate.com,...

“Kids watching television tend to accept it as a reflection of reality anyway,” Dr. David Hill, a pediatrician who is program director of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Communications and Media, told Healthline. “Until they’re about 8 years old, it’s very difficult for them to do any significant reality testing. That’s why kids under that age are much more accepting of Santa Claus. Kids already struggle with testing what’s real or not, and then reality television is advertised...

Inc. Magazine sat down with Chamath Palihapitiya a former VP of user growth at Facebook. Have you ever created something that you thought would help people, only to discover that it would harm them afterward? In an unexpected turn of events, the former Facebook executive spoke with the Stanford Graduate School of Business about his feelings of guilt and regret of helping found a company that has been fundamentally detrimental to the way people interact today. Palihapitiya first began at the...

Trust is the foundation of any great team.  If you want to build a successful team you must create an environment of trust.  You must be vulnerable and willing to listen and you must eliminate behaviors that force a lack of trust in the organization. If you don’t trust your teammates or your leadership you are destined to fail.   Today we are going to discuss the five behaviors of a cohesive team and give you some tips on how to build a stronger organization. The five behaviors of a...

Do you feel like nobody you work with every listens to you?  We see it all of the time. Great ideas stifled because someone is afraid to offer their ideas to the team.  Company cultures managed by Dominant leaders inhibit the free flow of communication. Don’t be held back because you are afraid to speak.   Today we are going to discuss how to work with Dominant leaders and be heard. How can you improve the culture in your organization? How do you deal with a dominant leader? What...

Great salesmen are great communicators.  Every good salesperson must be able to quickly assess the environment, understand their client's tendencies and adapt their personality in order for the client to listen. If you don’t know how to effectively communicate you are never going to be a great leader. Today we are going to look at the sales process and how your ability to communicate in another person’s type will improve sales and build lasting relationships. Why is it so important to be...

Communication is the key to effective leadership.  Do you understand your personality tendencies and how they affect your interaction with others?  As I was once told you must know yourself to be yourself. More importantly, you must know how you are perceived by others and how they receive information to communicate effectively. If you don’t know how to effectively communicate you are never going to be a great leader.   Over the next 4 episodes, we are going to help you understand your...

Today we have the privilege of discussing leadership with Gregory “Heady” Coleman. Heady is extremely passionate about seeing people going further better in their personal and professional lives. In that, he loves growing communities that leads to wins for everyone. Over the last 13 years, He has managed to serve the Oklahoma City Metro area in several capacities while playing an intricate role in the awesome town he lives in Guthrie, Oklahoma; however, He is most proud of the relationships...