Jeff Hancher began his corporate journey as a blue-collar worker, and over 23 years, he rose through ten promotions to advanced leadership roles in a Fortune 500 company. Today, he is a leadership expert, executive coach, and keynote speaker focused on leadership development.
In this episode of Choose Africa, Valerie sits down with Jeff for a discussion about the importance of investing time into your team, asking the right questions, and earning the right to have the tough conversations.
Connect with Jeff:
Website: jeffhancher.com
Instagram: @jeff.hancher
Buy Jeff's Book: Firm Feedback in a Fragile World
YouTube: @jeffhancher
Kathleen Day has always had a natural drive for simplifying complex situations. In 2011, she officially became a professional organizer. After years of refining her methods, Kathleen launched 5outa5 in 2017 with a clear mission: to help clients achieve peak performance without stress, using simple, effective methods that lead to lasting results.
In this week's episode of Choose Africa, Kathleen shares some of her expertise and tips for eliminating backlog, banishing the bottleneck, and being deliberate with your time.
Connect with Kathleen:
Website: 5outa5.com
LinkedIn: Kathleen Day
Email: Kathleen@5outa5.com
Pre-Launch Discount: 5outa5.com/ondemand
Cahill Camden helps entrepreneurs and tech-founders build brand authority and influence with earned and owned media. He is the founder of Digital Vision Media Group, Press Jockey, and Echo Jockey, an AI podcast booking platform with 3M+ podcasts and 300,000+ new episodes added monthly.
Today, we’re talking all about guest podcasting, which is one of my favorite things to do. Cahill and I dive into the value of human connection, how to cut through the noise with authenticity, and the benefits of guest podcasting.
Connect with Cahill:
Website: echojockey.com
LinkedIn: Cahill Camden
If you are an entrepreneur, you may have your business finances down, but what about your personal finances? Today, I am joined by financial Mary Poppins, Isis Latham. Isis is a financial advisor, teacher, networker, and marketing expert who is dedicated to finding the right solutions for every financial dilemma.
In this episode, we talk about the seven areas of finance, replacing shame with empowerment, and working with a virtual assistant in a regulated industry.
Connect with Isis:
LinkedIn: Isis Latham
Facebook: Isis Latham
With over 25 years of fitness training and nutrition expertise, Robert Tipinski's journey has included natural bodybuilding, professional cage fighting, and training individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and fitness levels. Today, he's focused on helping executives and CEOs build and maintain sustainable health habits.
If you're looking to get fit, thinking about developing a corporate wellness program, or just want to know the secret to getting abs, this week's episode is for you.
Connect with Robert:
Website: beastbodytraining.com
LinkedIn: Robert Tipinski
Whether you're giving a presentation in front of a big audience or talking to potential clients, today's episode is for you. Mary Van Dorn has been helping executive leaders master the art of communicating from the stage for the past three decades. Her coaching style, knowledge, and training expertise have helped countless leaders move audiences to their feet and line up to take action.
This week, Mary joins me to talk about the power of storytelling, setting yourself apart, and why it's important to master public speaking.
Connect with Mary:
Website: maryvandorn.com
Instagram: @maryvandorn
We get a lot of questions from clients about working with virtual assistants, what tasks they can give them, and how to set it up. So today I wanted to share my personal experience working with my own virtual assistant. From onboarding to communicating to results, this episode will answer all your questions!
Dr. Douglas Scherer is a keynote speaker, professor, researcher, and bestselling author. His personal journey through the challenges of overcoming chronic pain and managing a global outage team led him to discover the transformative power of mindfulness and strategic thinking. With a passion for fostering trust, transparency, and collaboration, he illuminates the path to conscious leadership through his bestselling book "F.O.R.G.E.D.: Six Practices of Great Leaders in Volatile Times."
In this week's episode, Doug and I dive into creating engaging environments, encouraging innovation, and letting employees take ownership.
Connect with Doug:
Website: douglasscherer.com
LinkedIn: Douglas Scherer, Ed.D.
Books: douglasscherer.com/store
This week is a solo episode because I want to talk about one of our new clients who has had phenomenal results after only three weeks working with CRDLE. From interviewing to training to pivoting, I'm going to break down what good outsourcing looks like and why this client is doing so well.
Gregory Mohr is a former corporate climber turned consultant who has achieved financial freedom through franchising. Now, he helps clients find their own perfect franchise opportunity that allows them to create wealth, financial freedom, and security. In this week's episode, Greg shares some advice for entering the franchise world, what trends he has been seeing, and how franchises can utilize offshore talent.
Connect with Greg:
Website: franchisemaven.com
LinkedIn: Gregory K Mohr
Instagram: @franchisemaven
Facebook: Franchise Maven - Gregory K Mohr
Phone: (361) 772-6401
Email: greg@franchisemaven.com
In over 20 years of leading marketing and sales teams, Gary Schwartz has seen what bad looks like, but he's also seen what great looks like. Very often, there is a dysfunctional relationship between sales and marketing, in which sales relegates marketing to a simple service organization meant to deliver leads. In this episode, Gary shares his expertise on successful sales and marketing alignment, the buying journey, and what great looks like.
Connect with Gary:
Website: what-great-looks-like.com
Podcast: @What-Great-Looks-Like
LinkedIn: Gary Schwartz
Admira Adovic is an award-winning financial consultant with over 10 years of experience across financial analysis and change management with global institutions. Founder of KARE CFO, she is the go-to expert for small businesses in strategic financial management, quantitative analysis, and financial forecasting. She is also our amazing fractional CFO. In this episode, I get to sit down with Admira to hear about her experience working with a virtual assistant in a regulated industry and advice she has for others thinking of doing the same.
Connect with Admira:
LinkedIn: Admira Adovic
Website: karecfo.com
This week, I have the pleasure of sitting down once again with Nadiya Yohannes. The first time Nadiya was on, she was a guest. Now, she returns as CRDLE's very own Head of Account Management. Nadiya is an expert in building relationships with clients and team members. In this episode, you will hear just how important account management is, some common questions from clients, and our favorite success stories.
Connect with Nadiya:
LinkedIn: Nadiya Yohannes
Karen Brown is an author, keynote speaker, CEO, and founder of Badass Inc., a revolutionary movement transforming leadership by putting boldness, authenticity, and fearlessness at the forefront. Karen's mission is to build leaders who don’t just raise the bar—they set new standards of excellence and maximize their impact. This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Karen to learn more about becoming a badass leader, addressing blind spots, and her time in South Africa.
Connect with Karen:
LinkedIn: Karen Brown
Website: yourexponentialresults.com
Email: karen@badassinc.pro
Jenna Piché is a time management expert who teaches business owners how to prioritize high leverage work, increase productivity, and intentionally grow their businesses without sacrificing their health or most important relationships.
Her business, First Light Coaching, helps her clients find clarity, make meaningful progress in less time, and repurpose what they save to align their schedule with their values.
In this episode, I get to sit down with Jenna to learn more about understanding energy and productivity, making space for priorities, and working with a virtual assistant.
Contact Jenna:
Instagram: @jenna.piche
LinkedIn: Jenna Piché
Website: firstlighthealth.co
YouTube: @JennaPiche
Most of our clients truly never knew that their best cold caller might be in Ethiopia or that their best virtual assistant was living in Zimbabwe. The African continent is full of talent, so why is this not common knowledge yet? Well, in this episode, I'm going to give you five reasons why most people, especially in the U.S., don't know that they should be hiring from Africa.
As a global entrepreneur, Kerim Kfuri has spearheaded numerous ventures that have significantly impacted the supply chain industry, all committed to innovation and excellence. Kerim is CEO of The Atlas Network, founder and co-host of the “Supply & Demand Show” on YouTube, and author of the best-selling book "Supply Chain Ups and Downs."
There is a lot happening in the supply chain space right now, so today, I've invited Kerim to shed some light on what business owners should know, how to take advantage of the global economy, and what to look for in supply chains anywhere.
Connect with Kerim:
Website: kerimkfuri.com
LinkedIn: Kerim Kfuri
Instagram: @kerimkfuri
Website: theatlasnetwork.com
Elke Rubach is a sought-after speaker on wealth management, estate planning, and philanthropy. Her belief in the importance of financial planning was shaped early in life, when her father died at 50 years old with no plan or provisions for the wife and family he left behind. Elke founded Rubach Wealth in 2012 to guide and counsel her clients towards financial independence.
This week, I got to sit down with Elke to learn more about financial planning, delegating, and teaching our children to manage wealth.
Connect with Elke:
LinkedIn: Elke Rubach
Website: rubachwealth.com
YouTube: @rubachwealth
Through his work as a board-certified clinical psychologist, scientist, educator, and author, David H. Rosmarin, PHD, has helped tens of thousands of people transform the way they experience and handle anxiety.
If you’re a business leader or someone dealing with extra stress or anxiety, this episode is for you. This week, Dr. David joins me to talk about using anxiety in a constructive way, strategies to handle stress, and working with a virtual assistant.
Connect with Dr. David:
Website: dhrosmarin.com
Catie Campbell is an emotional intelligence expert, keynote speaker, and executive coach. She works with her clients to integrate emotions, curiosity, and authentic connection to drive engagement and high-performance in the workplace. This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Catie to talk about what makes an exceptional leader, how to effectively lead a remote team, and making magic in the workplace.
Connect with Catie:
Website: colibrimagic.com
TikTok: @thecatiecampbell
LinkedIn: Catie Campbell
Instagram: @thecatiecampbell