Decision-making under pressure

Why Guilt and Shame Affect Your Business Strategy

A candid conversation on how guilt and shame hide behind metrics and distort decision-making under pressure. Learn the framework to resolve these emotions, make intentional new choices, and ensure your past successes don’t blind you to what’s needed next.

Audio Podcast
event April 16, 2026
schedule 46:03
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UNCHARTED: The Real Power of Knowing What You Can Control and Influence

UNCHARTED: The Real Power of Knowing What You Can Control and Influence

Starting the conversation: Are you underestimating what you actually control? Discover why shifting focus from uncontrollable obstacles to what you can influence changes everything for business growth. Apollo Emeka, Apollo Strategy Group, shares that it is BOLD to become the best at the basics to feel fulfilled as you take action on your big decisions. […]

Audio Podcast
event February 12, 2026
schedule 46:03
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UNCHARTED: How to Maximize Your Business Potential For Lasting Success

UNCHARTED: Navigating Forks in the Road: Path to Confidence and Persistence

Starting the conversation: From building self-confidence by keeping promises to yourself, to embracing the unknown at every fork in the road, bravery is how you grow. Tessa Thomas, Co-Founder at Pipeline Solutions, shares how to tap into the power of persistence and resilience while facing uncertainty every day. What happens if you take the less […]

Audio Podcast
event August 21, 2025
schedule 46:03
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Change as a Chance for Sustainable Growth

Change as a Chance for Sustainable Growth

Starting the conversation: To stay hyper-focused on your goals, there are key principles which lead to remarkable achievement both professionally and personally. Aim small, miss small is a tenet of Justin Goodbread, CEO at Financially Simple, as he shares his insights on the results of the relentless pursuit of success. Belief in yourself is the […]

Audio Podcast
event May 1, 2025
schedule 46:03
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The Adaptable Entrepreneur's Guide: Measuring What Matters and Mastering Risk

The Adaptable Entrepreneur’s Guide: Measuring What Matters and Mastering Risk

Starting the conversation: Dynamic goal-setting and decision-making support the necessary action needed for achievement. Uncertainty is normal, and at times heightened by what is going on within your world — in addition to what may be happening nationally and globally. Shaping your risk comfort zone will help you navigate during times of high pressure and […]

Audio Podcast
event March 20, 2025
schedule 46:03
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Share Your Priorities

Do The Right Thing at the Right Time, More Often

When you set a short- or long-term goal, you have identified an expected outcome. By the time you complete the goal, does the outcome look anything like you initially planned? The answer was unanimously NO from the 100 people I asked. Every single person said the starting goal looked nothing like the expected ending … […]

Time Management and Strategy, Leadership, Thought Leadership

Productivity Isn’t About Time Management It’s About Achievement Strategy

When we are driven to get to our goals, we try to do more in the same amount of time and zero in on improving our time management skills. Setting clear goals is also important to building confidence and results. Yet there is a piece that ties both together: Achievement. The capability to achieve is the result of clear goals and an understanding of time management.

Business Growth Event

Weave Value Into Your Business Growth

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.15″] Let’s face it, our companies experience ongoing challenge and change. We might have different business paths, maybe even goals (apart from profitability). Also, we would all like to remove frustration, reignite stalled projects, and get faster results along the way. In fact, businesses with a clearly-outlined and useful plan are consistently, […]

Podcasting, #BizapaloozaChat + Voice Of Bold Business Radio

My friend and colleague, Ivana Taylor, asked me to stop by her weekly DIY Marketer Twitter #BizapalooaChat to talk about the experience of building and using podcasts as part of the Red Direction business model. I am a continual student of podcasting – a learning viewpoint Ivana thought would bring an interesting view to her DIY […]

Three Skills To Leverage in Team Building

For the last several years, businesses have spent tremendous energy and resources on efficiency. Tightening up processes, removing actions lacking returns, and even combining responsibilities into fewer roles. The big question is what to do in an always-changing market where we are overloaded, and often have more than our job – specifically, the people looking […]

Step into Your Badass Shoes

Even though our paths  are separate, we are connected. We are connected by the fact we live on the same planet. We have people in our life. We have problems. We have joy, sadness, anger, frustration. These experiences shape our view and offer a unique perspective no one else has. How we chose to use […]