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How Self-Awareness and Mindset Fuel Bold Moves in Business

Starting the conversation: Intentionally investing in your own and your team’s personal brand is the single most powerful advantage to scale your company — especially during the high pressure and rapid change you face today. Anne Candido and April Martini, Co-Founders at ForthRight People, share how self-awareness fuels BOLD moves in business. Achieving big ambitions […]

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event September 17, 2026

schedule 46:03

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The Decision-Making Architecture That Scales Your Business

by Jessica Dewell

The Driving Solutions Intensive framework gives you an adaptive, flexible, and customizable tool for you to use and have more certainty in business outcomes.

From Decision Overload to Strategic Clarity: Building Competitive Advantage

by Jessica Dewell

Your competitors aren’t smarter. They’re clearer. Discover the decision-making framework that turns strategic clarity into competitive advantage and frees your leadership team from bottlenecks.

The CEO Bottleneck Trap: Moving Mid-Market Enterprises from Reactive Firefighting to Responsive Architecture

by Jessica Dewell

The CEO bottleneck trap is the #1 killer of mid-market growth. Learn why your direct oversight is your biggest constraint—and how to escape it

Productive Struggle and Joyful Leadership: Redefining Success in Business

A conversation on redefining leadership success by embracing productive struggle, cultivating joy in challenging moments, and building organizations where people belong and thrive.

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event June 11, 2026

schedule 46:03

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Eliminate Distraction Debt: A CEO’s Guide to Reclaiming Strategic Capacity

by Jessica Dewell

The Problem: For many established, mid-market companies, that make it to the eight-year mark the greatest barrier to scaling isn’t a lack of opportunity — it’s the accumulation of Distraction Debt. Founders and management teams often find themselves trapped in the operational whirlwind, where growth serves only to increase complexity rather than impact. This results […]

The CEO Evolution: Re-Engineering Your Role to Unlock 10x Value

Starting the conversation: TheIf your job as CEO hasn’t changed in three years, your company might be outgrowing you. Jess Dewell, Red Direction, Christy Maxfield, Purpose First Advisors, and Dean Barta, Barta Business Group, talk candidly about you being the bottleneck holding your business growth back. To 10x your business, reassess your role as CEO, […]

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event January 29, 2026

schedule 46:03

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Lessons to Carry Forward Into the New Year

by Jessica Dewell

Reflection is more than a process; it’s a profound tool that allows us to understand our experiences better —acknowledging and learning from the peaks of our successes and the valleys of our challenges.

Turning Blind Spots into Business Strengths

Starting the conversation: Who actually owns the responsibility for your company culture — and does that person have the power to influence and direct development of culture (or, is it just talk)? Brett Hoogeveen, Co-Founder at BetterCulture, talks about what the invisible 20% of culture is and how to use it to outperform the competition. […]

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event August 14, 2025

schedule 46:03

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Time as Your Ultimate Advantage: Planning for Relevance in a Rapid World

by Jessica Dewell

Creating time is a path to engage in conscious adaptation with business levers, to build a growth strategy that ensures your company’s future.

Beyond the Quick Fix: The Long Game of Evolving Growth

by Jessica Dewell

Are you relying on proven methodologies that propelled you to where you are today? This article delivers a critical warning: even the most successful systems have a ceiling and the CEO is the one working to break through. Ignoring this limit can lead to burnout, declining performance, and, ultimately, a struggling business. Here are three key takeaways with actionable steps to proactively safeguard your company’s future.

Strategic Leadership in Uncertain Times

Starting the conversation: Legacy isn’t Just About the Money You Leave — It’s the Leaders You Build Right Now. Mark Mears, Founder & Chief Growth Officer at LEAF Growth Ventures LLC, shares his learnings and describes how paying it “backward” can shortcut pain, accelerate growth, and inspire future generations in your company. Building trust comes […]

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event May 15, 2025

schedule 46:03

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The Real Reason Smart Leaders Don’t Take Action — And How to Overcome It

by Jessica Dewell

Discover why your growth strategy isn’t just for good times — it’s your secret weapon in the storm. And, unlock the collective brainpower of your team instead of facing the abyss alone.

LEAD Model for Better Decision-Making and Problem-Solving

by Jessica Dewell

Owning a business, managing a department, and striving to do our best are ongoing challenges. Distractions constantly divert our focus, demand our time, and compete with our primary responsibilities and tasks that are the best use of our efforts.

Breaking Down Diversity of Thought and Innovation

Starting the conversation: Trust your gut! Your instincts are a culmination of experiences and silent calculations. When it nudges you, take a moment to pause and listen — you might uncover insights you hadn’t consciously realized. Elizabeth Bieniek, Author, Speaker, and Consultant, shares her thoughts on how to leverage the diversity of thought to find […]

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event April 10, 2025

schedule 46:03

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How To Beat Leadership Loneliness and Reach Your Goals

Starting the conversation: Do you embrace the following three tips to be successful? In conversation with Jess Dewell, Dr. Yaniv Zaid, CEO and Speaker at Dr. Persuasion, shares real world examples about how to reach success by being mentally strong, selling the problem before the solution, and building a direct community of peers to avoid […]

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event February 13, 2025

schedule 46:03

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