In this 20 minute interview, Russ Williams, Founder of the Passkeys Foundation and the Ethical Edge, discusses several thought and ideas about the importance of the business community adopting and teaching ethical behavior. A very thought provoking and brilliant interview. The interview was conducted by David Elliott, President and CEO of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, on "The Chamber of Commerce Corner" a feature of The Exit Coach Radio Show - the Information Station for Age 50+ Business Owners contemplating Business Succession and Exit Planning.   Join Bill Black for his weekly humor column at https://Blackpapers.substack.com  

Wayne Pinnell, Managing Partner of Haskell & White, one of Southern CA's largest independently owned accounting firms, shares tips, ideas and precautions for business owners on their way to exiting their business.   Join Bill Black for his weekly humor column at https://Blackpapers.substack.com  

                Quick tips from Tom Gledhill. Transcript: Bill: What are some of the major buyer types of businesses out there? It’s important to understand the differences, here’s Tom Glehill. Tom: Buyer types, that I’ve identified and I use, are: you’ve got your strategic buyers and then you’ve got your sophisticated financial buyers, which are basically pegs and small investment groups. And then you’ve got your lifestyle buyers, which basically are people that are buying a job. The bottom of the heap you’ve got your industrial buyers. Now these are people like you and me perhaps, that run a company and you’re looking for something that you can purchase, an asset you can purchase, and pay at a rock bottom price. And when they come knocking on your door, you have to be very careful. Best thing you can do is get professional help at that point in time, so those are the four buyer’s types that I’ve identified.   

TAB is a Peer Advisory Board that brings small groups of business owners together to discuss their most pressing challenges and in turn offer each other advice on how to overcome those challenges. Questions Answered:  1. What are Peer Advisory Boards? 2. How do Peer Advisory Boards help business owners? 3. What are the most common challenges business owners face?   Contact Info:    Website: www.tabhuntingtonbeach.com Email: vcsigmon@tabhuntingtonbeach.com   Join Bill Black for his weekly humor column at https://Blackpapers.substack.com    

Al Killeen is the President, CEO, and Founder of Integrative Mastery Programs. The business is a set of integrated programs and training for successful executives and organizations that focuses on Leadership, Management and Coaching to create empowered, zealous cultures based on values.   Questions Discussed:   1. What is different about IMP? 2. Who are typical IMP clients? 3. How effective is the IMP system?   Contact Info:    Email Address: alk@integrativemasteryprograms.com   Website: www.integrativemasteryprograms.com   Join Bill Black for his weekly humor column at https://Blackpapers.substack.com    

Questions Answered: 1. What is the biggest bottleneck in a business? 2. What toll has the last 5 years (since the global financial crisis) taken on the business owner? 3. What is the 1 thing that a business owner can do RIGHT NOW to begin growing their business? Contact and Offers: CarlGould@7StageAdvisors.com for a FREE Business Analysis or Call 1-877-GO-7-STAGES Carl's Book can be found on www.The7StagesOfSmallBusinessSuccess.com..and see Carl's video interview of each of the 7 Stages   Join Bill Black for his weekly humor column at https://Blackpapers.substack.com  

            Kathy Mondotte talks about her current projects, and the reward of following your passions with fervor and dedication.    Join Bill Black for his weekly humor column at https://Blackpapers.substack.com    

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  Susie Japs, Managing Director at Wejungo and esteemed Provisors member, is in the business of helping business leaders restructure their teams to get better results. She leverages her strategic, authentic, engaging approach and interactive style to challenge business leaders on common beliefs about recruiting, hiring, retention, and performance. We all know that our best assets go home each night and we must pay attention to our employees for the best results. On the people side of things, Susie has great insight into what we may be overlooking when preparing for an exit.  In her interview, Susie talks about three items companies commonly miss in their exit planning, and why having an exit strategy people plan is so important. She discusses various strategies that she uses at Wejungo to hire more effectively. Susie also details the areas to focus on when exit planning that you may overlook, but a buyer would certainly scrutinize. If the business couldn’t be handed over with ease, you may have a much harder time selling. She also walks through a valuable exercise for taking stock of your workforce and offers some powerful assessment tools. Susie’s expertise on working together more effectively could help your entire team’s performance, don’t miss out on her interview. 1-Minute Sections:  4:08-5:03: 4 Strategies Wejungo uses to help businesses hire better. 5:55-7:08: Common mistakes companies make in exit planning. 7:13-8:18: Examples of businesses that were doing well but may not be valuable to buyers. 9:34-10:37: Transferability and taking stock of key people. 11:51-13:06: Overview of the Strategic People Plan. Join Bill Black for his weekly humor column at https://Blackpapers.substack.com  

Barry Moniak is an Organizational Therapist at End In Mind. His topic is Synergistic Culture and he will discuss interdependence.  Questions Answered:  1) What does it take to have a synergistic outcome?  2) What is interdependence? 3) Why do we resist interdependence?  Contact Info:  Website: endinmind.com    Join Bill Black for his weekly humor column at https://Blackpapers.substack.com      

Terry Hawkins, Founder and CEO of People in Progress Global, has been helping businesses build and use powerful systems, as well as shape workplace cultures, for over 25 years. Terry has been listed as one of the top 60 motivational speakers in the world and is also the author of “Why Wait to be Great? It’s Either Now or Too Late.” Originally finding success in Australia, after moving to the US, she found her old ways weren’t working. This led her to essentially restart from the ground up, and she has since come out the other side with a stronger business and even greater sense of purpose.  Her passion is making a difference, and in Terry’s interview, she emphasizes the importance of having very clear goals and passions. She dissects the process of mastery and cites routines and well-structured processes as key players in goal achievement. While Terry’s personality helped her business growth in Australia, she found it to be exhausting and not effective in America, which sparked her to reconsider business as a system of processes. Rather than putting people on a pedestal, Terry encourages leaders to put tried and true processes on a pedestal, and let trusted people run the processes. A business may seem highly successful, but Terry’s information may help you break your own perceived glass ceiling and achieve levels you hadn’t previously thought possible.     Join Bill Black for his weekly humor column at https://Blackpapers.substack.com  

                      Mahyar Ghassemian, Ghassemian Law Group, APC  discusses common legal problems and protection strategies, as well as tips and ideas for Business Owners.   Join Bill Black for his weekly humor column at https://Blackpapers.substack.com  

John Ferris, CEO of inVision Edge, a management consultancy focused on helping organizations innovate and grow. John has a mission to help leaders and organizations do great things —whatever their definition of greatness is. He shares tips and ideas and explains the The Playbook Edge System, a do-it-yourself strategic planning framework designed to help businesses spend one daycreating a plan and the rest of the year achieving their goals.  

Bruce McCombs, Mentor with SCORE in Orange County, discusses tips and ideas for building your business based on a solid marketing strategy.  

Did you know that most business owner relationships suffer from a lack of communication? However, with a proactive approach Business Owners can help preserve and protect their business value by addressing conflicts and lack of communication early. Michel Zelnick, Business Therapist and Founder of The Zelnick Group, offers valuable tips and insights from his many years of helping owners address their differences and "wear the right hats" while attending to business matters.  

                    Lynne Strang explains the benefits of being an entrepreneur at an older age. The main advantage? Who you know.     

Ed Eppley, Owner of The Eppley Group, has worked it from all angles, and he shares important information for leaders of all sizes of businesses. He's also got a book out called "Let's Be Clear"  

Morrie Shechtman is a Chairman of Fifth Wave Leadership, a company that deals the Human Capital Consulting. Today, he will discuss the topic of ending mediocrity in business.  Questions Answered:  1) What's the only competitive advantage left?  2) Why do most leaders and their companies underachieve?  3) Why are there no "business problems"? Contact Info:  Website: www.fifthwaveleadership.com Email: morrie.shechtman@gmail.com          

Doug Gray, PhD, PCC has always focused on outcome-based leader development.  He has worked with over 10,000 leaders in multiple business sectors, schools and colleges, families and non-profits.  Since 1997, as CEO of Action Learning Associates, www.action-learning.com, his consultancy guarantees results using the globally validated AD-FIT protocol in workshops, assessments and executive coaching.  Doug is also a consultant with the Family Business Consulting Group, a leading business consultancy exclusively devoted to helping family enterprises prosper across generations.  Doug speaks and trains leaders throughout North America.  His most recent book is Objectives + Key Results (OKR) Leadership; How to Apply Silicon Valley’s Secret Sauce to Your Career, Team or Organization (2019).  This is his third book, written because his clients asked, “What really works?”  Doug and his family live near Nashville, TN, USA. Here are some of the questions we discussed today:1.  What is OKR Leadership?2.  How are family business leaders driving our economy?3.  How can leaders practice the HERO model during a global pandemic?

Get a pen and notepad ready for this next interview with Nada Lena, Founder of Rise Up For You. Nada is in the business of personal and professional development, and learned quickly that success is largely dependent on people. She began as a globally touring singer and dancer, eventually becoming an executive, and ultimately starting her company. Being in places where she didn’t speak the native language, she realized how important nonverbal communication is and she now applies her knowledge gained from being a successful performer to the corporate world.  In her interview, Nada discusses, in depth, the four pillars of emotional intelligence. Many of us want next level success, but not all of us are actually willing to make the changes needed to get to that next level, and change starts from within. Nada knows firsthand that sometimes the truth may be hard to hear, but will lead to exceptional results. A well-developed EQ will lead to the ability to adapt to your environment and ensure the audience will understand your message. Now is the time to start making positive changes in your life, and Nada’s expertise will surely help you become more successful. 1-Minute Sections:  5:34-6:44: Balancing introversion and extroversion - you have to understand the needs of the people in the room. 7:32-8:34: You don’t know what you don’t know - our assessment of ourselves isn’t always accurate. 11:56-13:00: Self-management is essential to emotional intelligence.  13:31-14:39: Having a game plan, but being ready and willing to adapt to your audience. 16:24-17:14: Discusses the amount of time and effort it takes to shift behavior and see sustainable results. Click the LinkedIn button to Share this interview with your contacts!