Bombshell Business Podcast with Amber Hurdle

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The 5 Step Formula to Moving Past “Failure” with Tiffany Napper (138) Sep 15, 2022

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Today our guest is going to teach us one of my favorite things: how to lead with curiosity. She will reveal how recognizing that failures are part of the process and will actually unlock more success. And it’s also a special guest because she is a very, very close friend of mine who knows my secrets, my dreams, my insecurities and even the successes I don’t publicly share. Tiffany Napper, the Holistic Business Coach, is a blessing to me and I know you are going to adore her, too. In this episode Tiffany is going to ask you to start acting more like a scientist and get really curious with their next goal or project. She challenges you to ask five questions as you look at a future challenge and notice how it unlocks new paths for success. Tune in so you can hear her unpack the deeper context to each of the questions: 1-What did you learn? 2-How much of that was within your control? 3-What could or would you do differently next time? 4-Is that valuable information to you moving forward? 5-Where would we be without this experience? So join us in our conversation as we learn about creating awareness and acceptance, then taking aligned action, not shaming ourselves. Real talk? As I watched this back I needed it! I hope it blesses you, too! About Tiffany Napper With five successful ventures under her belt, Holistic Business Coach and decade-strong entrepreneur, Tiffany Napper, is no stranger to the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. Once she sustainably learned how to go from stressed and exhausted to aligned and energetic, she launched the Upleveler Society, determined to pass her wisdom along to others. Soon after, Yahoo Finance! named her one of the most inspiring coaches helping women during the pandemic. Her mission now is to reignite the spark in creative CEOs so that they can run empires that bring them abundance and joy. Connect with Tiffany Napper Website: www.tiffanynapper.com Download "Empowering Affirmations for Leaders": https://bit.ly/ceoaffirmations Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiffanynapper LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanynapper/ http://bit.ly/workwithTiffanyNapper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Future of Business Communication: Synthetic Media and AI with Jill Schiefelbein (137) Sep 08, 2022

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In this episode I tap into my guest, friend and colleague Jill Schiefelbein’s expertise on the importance of personalization, customization, and agency or choice in consumer communication. Together we discuss how synthetic media and artificial intelligence is the new frontier of business communication improving sales, decision making, and relationship building. If you desire better brand loyalty, increased sales and faster decision making, then this episode is one to take in! It will either make you eager to dive into more tech-focused communication channels or even simply rethink how you can leverage personalization in a more compelling way with your existing communication. Tune in on your favorite listening app, go to AmberHurdle.com/podcastS and look for episode 137 or check it out on YouTube. Oh, and share this episode, too, please! You can be so hipster about knowing about this emerging technology in the future! About Jill Schiefelbein Jill Schiefelbein is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and recovering academic with a passion for integrating communication, education, and technology for businesses. She taught business communication at Arizona State University for 11 years before venturing into entrepreneurship. Jill’s business, The Dynamic Communicator®, helps organizations navigate the physical and digital communication spaces to attract customers, increase sales, and retain clients. Her latest book, Dynamic Communication: 27 Strategies to Grow, Lead, and Manage Your Business hit stores March 2017. She's also Chief Experience Officer at new tech startup Render Media--a leader in the synthetic media space. Connect with Jill Schiefelbein Website: thedynamiccommunicator.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dynamicjlil Instagram: instagram.com/dynamicjill Facebook: facebook.com/dynamicjill Twitter: twitter.com/dynamicjill Leave a Rating & Review If you’ve found value in this episode of the Bombshell Business Podcast, I would love to hear about it! Please head on over to wherever you listen to it and subscribe, then leave me an honest Rating and Review, so other driven professionals can find the show and strengthen their business acumen and resolve! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up Your Leadership Game with EQ with Kathleen Riessen (136) Sep 01, 2022

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High Emotional intelligence (EQ) is directly related to your ability to lead and connect with others. In this episode my friend and colleague, Kathleen Riessen, shows us how EQ can actually help us with our strategic planning, a critical component of a successful business. People with higher EQs sell more, earn more and lead more joyful lives. Together we cover the three key principles of EQ: vision, a focus on intention over mechanism and accountability. Tune in on your favorite listening app, on the website or on YouTube! About Kathleen Riessen Kathleen Riessen is a sought-after business advisor focused on teaching emotional intelligence to small and mid-sized service-based businesses. Using her background as a former Certified Public Accountant, owner of seven service-based businesses and master trainer in emotional intelligence, Kathleen created the 10 principles to building an emotionally intelligent company. Now she teaches them to executives and their teams all over the world. Connect with Kathleen Riessen Website: kathleenriessen.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-riessen-6b25773/ Email: kathleen@kathleenriessen.com Kathleen’s Podcast: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/author/kathleenriessen/ *Also on itunes, spotify and all major podcast carriers Mentioned Resources Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman https://amzn.to/3dWCEuM (affiliate link) Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want from Your Business by Gino Wickman and Mark C. Winters https://amzn.to/3CHuTDi (affiliate link) What the Heck is EOS?: A Complete Guide for Employees in Companies Running on EOS by Gino Wickman and Tom Bouwer https://amzn.to/3wFpiJM (affiliate link) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Banish Organizational Burnout with Janice LItvin (135) Aug 25, 2022

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According to this week’s guest, burnout is a two-way street, meaning it is incumbent upon business leaders to make sure their employees are mentally healthy and happy. It’s within a leader’s purview to ensure their culture and environment is NOT a leading driver of potential burnout. That’s why I’m excited to share my interview with my friend and colleague, author and speaker Janice Litvin, who helps us take a realistic hard look at our organizations and lives in terms of how we impact our teams, our families, and ourselves. About Janice Litvin Janice Litvin, Burnout Speaker, is on a mission to help leaders and teams banish burnout in their organizations. What makes Janice unique is her twenty years of experience in recruiting, ten years in IT, and her study of psychology. Her book, Banish Burnout Toolkit teaches readers how to change the way they react to stress. She is the president of National Speakers Association (Northern CA) and member of Welcoa, MPI, and SHRM. Connect with Janci Litvin Website: https://www.JaniceLitvin.com Free Download: "Top Tips to Banish Organizational Burnout" https://janicelitvin.com/Banish-Organizational-Burnout/ Website URL: https://www.JaniceLitvin.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janicelitvin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaniceLitvinSpeaks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jlitvin/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janicelitvin/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creating Superfans with Brittany Hodak (134) Aug 18, 2022

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As we continue to move into season 7 of the podcast I am sticking with the theme of interviewing my incredibly smart, talented friends. This week’s guest? She’s bringing her SUPERFAN formula! Everyone has the power to create superfans: loyal, enthusiastic customer advocates. In this episode my friend and Nashville neighbor, Brittany Hodak, shares her memorable, five-part framework that teaches actionable steps businesses must take to turn customers into superfans. Here’s a sneak peak at her “superfan” framework: S: Start with your story. U: Understand your customer story. (“No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care” – President Theodore Roosevelt.) P: Personalize. (Super fans are created at the intersection of your story and your customer stories in a way that’s memorable and meaningful to them.) E: Exceed expectations. R: Repeat So whether you are a larger business or a soloproneur, by using this framework you can go from commodity provider to a category of one in the minds of your prospects and customers. About Brittany Hodak Brittany Hodak is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and customer experience speaker who has delivered keynotes across the globe to organizations including American Express and the United Nations. She has written hundreds of articles for Forbes, Adweek, Success, and other top publications; she has appeared on programs on NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN; and she has worked with some of the world’s biggest brands and entertainers, including Walmart, Disney, Katy Perry, and Dolly Parton. She originated the role of Chief Experience Officer at Experience.com, and she founded and scaled an entertainment startup to eight figures before exiting. Entrepreneur magazine calls her “the expert at creating loyal fans for your brand.” Brittany’s debut book, Creating Superfans, will be in stores on January 10, 2023. Connect with Brittany Hodak Website: https://brittanyhodak.com Pre-Order Her FULL COLOR Book: https://brittanyhodak.com/book/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyhodak/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittanyhodak/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrittanyHodak Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrittanyHodak Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where Business Strategy Meets Economics WITH Dr. Mary Kelly (133) Aug 11, 2022

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In this episode of the Bombshell Business Podcast I chat with one of my girl crushes, the brilliant, crazy smart Dr Mary Kelly CSP, CPAE, PHD, CDR US Navy (ret), an in demand professional speaker and leadership economist who shares how executives and business leaders can be more thoughtful about their organizational and talent strategy by understanding economic market forces. Together we discuss: Strategies for flexible leadership How leaders can guide their teams step-by-step through the constant change we are experiencing The importance of Highly Visible Leaders and much more! Tune in on your favorite listening app, check out the show notes at AmberHurdle.com/podcastS or watch it on YouTube. About Mary Kelly CSP, CPAE, PHD, CDR US Navy (ret) Mary improves productivity and profit growth for medical groups. As a corporate strategist, Mary works with medical teams to make the right decisions to grow their practices. Mary is a Naval Academy graduate who served 21 years on active duty in intelligence and logistics, mostly in Asia. With a PhD in economics, Mary taught at the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy, SMU, and in the graduate school for CSU. Best-selling author of 15 business and leadership books including The Five Minute Leadership Guide and Why Leaders Fail and the 7 Prescriptions for Success. Mary loves travel, coffee, and wine. Connect with Mary Kelly Website Mary@ProductuveLeaders.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mary.c.kelly LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmarykelly/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/marykellyspeaks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmarykelly/ Free Resource Download Mary’s The Five Minute Leadership Guide at: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wmha2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy 6-Year Anniversary to the Bombshell Business Podcast (132) Aug 04, 2022

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It’s the 6-year anniversary of the Bombshell Business Podcast this week! Here are six things I’ve learned from the past year of podcast that I want to share with you! #1: You make it totally worth making this podcast happen. My peers hear me talk about my audience and some of them have been inspired to start their own just because of the relationship they can build with listeners like you. They see how much I treasure you. Truly. #2: There are things out of my control and there are things within my control. I thought I knew this before, but I feel like in the past year I have learned the art of letting go. Want to experience more about growing through the hard stuff? Check out Pauline Nguyen’s episode. Personal Development Cannot Happen Without Personal Disruption with Pauline Nguyen (120) #3: Focus, focus, focus. (Simplify to amplify.) In business, having a core focus is imperative. With the world being so wonky right now it is harder than ever to find and keep that focus, but I’ve been trying! My episodes with Orsy Herbein and Chrisa Grasso are great episodes to listen to for that! The Secret to Making Marketing Work with Orsolya Herbein (123) How to “Lean Out” Your Business for Next Level Growth With Christa Grasso(116) #4: Trust the process. There are so many things going on in our businesses, lives and MINDS. To learn to trust and let go and not let others live rent free in your head, tune in to my episode with Andrew McConnell. Get Out of My Head with Andrew McConnell #5 Women REALLY need to be there for each other. Like really. We aren’t there, yet. At the publishing of this episode, I’m so incredibly grateful for the professional women who have been there for me in this week, especially. My fantastic interview with Jane Finette will send shock waves through you and hopefully convince you to make #womensupportingwomen a priority. Gender Equity and Empowering Women with Jane Finette (124) #6: Believe in your calling. You were given unique gifts and talents that you can use in service to other people, which will bring you JOY. The first step in this process is to develop self awareness. So to go deeper in your studies at “You University,” listen to my episode on the short cuts you can take with personality assessments: My Top 4 Personality Assessment for Self-Awareness: Two are FREE! (111) Happy 6-Year Anniversary to the Bombshell Business Podcast This has been quite a year for us all! I’m ever grateful to have this platform to learn and to share, to connect and to connect my guests to you. I love the emails you send and the ways you engage with our guests. While I have to eat my own cookies when I struggle in the same areas, I’m even more motivated to eat those cookies because I know I have the opportunity to set an example while being open and vulnerable about how hard and how amazing it can be to be a professional woman these days. It’s truly a special experience to be a host and to have a community of Bombshells: bold, brave, unwaveringly confident women (and men) in business. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making the Bombshell Business Podcast what it is today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emotional Intelligence - The Human Side of Leadership with Robin Hills (131) Jul 21, 2022

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Do you want to build resilience, increase self awareness and improve your understanding of others? -Today more than ever I believe the entire world could benefit from all of these things. Well it’s a good thing this week I was lucky enough to have Robin Hills on today’s episode of the Bombshell Business Podcast. We discuss defining emotional intelligence and how hard it is to work with emotions and that they are not fluffy, but rather hard to work with! Robin explains the importance of identifying your individual feelings and using that data to inform what you are going to do next. You can then use that data to interact with your team, and show them much needed empathy. Part of this journey includes strengthening your self awareness by using feedback and failures as your guide, and remembering to do what feels right. Later in the episode we focus on strengthening leadership skills by recognizing our impact on others. We need to remember that people are the sum of their past and present experiences, honor that, and know that if our engagement is misaligned we must have hard conversations in order to adjust. So if you are ready to dive deep, look within, and ultimately increase your empathy and understanding for others, tune in on your favorite podcast app, on the website, or watch it on YouTube. About Robin Hills Robin Hills is the director of Ei4Change, a company specialized in emotional intelligence, positive psychology and neuroscience. He has taught more than 250,000 students how to build resilience, increased self-awareness and understanding of others. He is the author of two books and has developed the experiential coaching methodology: Images of Resilience and sits on the North West Committee of the Association of Business Psychology. Connect with Robin Hills Robin’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EI4Change/ Robin’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ei4Change Robin’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ei4change/ Robin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ei4change/ Robin’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBBxGskYxL0wnRfuyz_wHZA/feed Download Robin’s free book – Developing your Emotional Intelligence https://courses.ei4change.info/courses/free-book Enroll in Robin’s free online course – Managing with Mindfulness https://courses.ei4change.info/courses/working-with-mindfulness Subscribe, Rate & Review Be sure to tune in on your favorite listening app or watch the show on YouTube. While you are there, we would treasure your honest rating and review so more Bombshells like you can find the show. And if you are feeling super generous, share the most recent episode with a friend! Subscribe to the Bombshell Business Podcast on iTunes Subscribe to the Bombshell Business Podcast on Google Podcasts Subscribe on the Bombshell Business Podcast on YouTube Subscribe to the Bombshell Business Podcast on Stitcher Radio Subscribe to the Bombshell Business Podcast on Spotify Subscribe to the Bombshell Business Podcast on TuneIn Subscribe to the Bombshell Business Podcast on Audible Subscribe to the Bombshell Business Podcast on Amazon Music Or simply tell Alexa, "Play Bombshell Business Podcast with Amber Hurdle.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abundant Leadership with Mark Monchek (130) Jul 07, 2022

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I don’t know about you, but there are times where leadership feels pretty heavy. We have a lot on us and the world seems to become an increasingly strange place to navigate, let alone lead. That’s why I was especially grateful for my conversation with Mark Moncheck. In this episode of The Bombshell Business Podcast Mark walks us through how to come from a place of “abundant leadership.” He then encourages us to understand the difference between being and doing, and how “doing” from a “state of being” is the most powerful form of leadership. After all, what is your legacy in the business that you are running? Throughout the episode, Mark challenges us to consider our impact on the world, our employees, and our communities. Then he walks us through how to pursue actual visioning of the future as he challenges us to define what we want our lives to stand for. Tune in to consider how “abundant leadership” is different from other forms of leadership and get a heaping dose of Mark’s positive and powerful presence! You can listen on your favorite podcast app, on the website, or watch it on YouTube. About Mark Monchek Mark Monchek is the Founder and Chief Opportunity Officer of Opportunity Lab, a strategy and facilitation consultancy helping mission-driven organizations grow thriving, resilient businesses. He is the author of the Amazon nonfiction bestseller Culture of Opportunity: How to Grow Your Business in an Age of Disruption. Mark has worked with leaders from Google, Apple, JPMorgan Chase, General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Adorama, TerraCycle, Feltsberg and the New York Times. He uses innovative but tested facilitation techniques to help leaders and teams identify their gaps and blindspots, lean into their strengths, and amplify their impact in a changing marketplace. Connect with Mark Monchek Website: https://opplab.com/ Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmonchek/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OppLabTV Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/opportunity_lab/ Get Mark’s Book, Culture of Opportunity: How to Grow Your Business In An Age of Disruption: https://amzn.to/3afH7qW Download Mark’s Free Guide: 5 Ways to Make your Strategy More Resilient (found at https://opplab.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pinterest Ad Magic for Your Business (129) Jun 30, 2022

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Fun fact: I don’t select our guests with the exception of the ones I personally invite. So when I got the information on today’s guest I have to admit, I was selfishly ecstatic. I know the power of Pinterest. If you SAW all of my secret boards, good lawd! I think I plan most of my life on Pinterest. But I’ve never used it as a business tool and with a new product we are launching, I was hungry to learn more. Enter: Lindsay Shearer (SHEERUR), CEO of Pins 4 Profit and BrandRanx Media. Her team focus is on running large volumes of Pinterest Ads and organic and mixed with a cross channel SEO strategy for ecom brands. Lindsay has been featured in Entrepreneur, Fox Sports, Social Media Explorer, Market Watch and has spoken at events and hosted masterminds around the world. With a background in using digital marketing for mergers and acquisitions and private equity, Lindsay’s team has helped hundreds of brands reach massive growth and scale. Each year she is spending over $35M+ profitably for clients and addicted to the results!! In this interview I ask: What kinds of brands are a good fit for Pinterest advertising? What does “cross channel advertising'' mean in simple terms? How does Pinterest fit into a cross channel advertising strategy? What are a couple campaign strategies for scaling to 4X return on ad spend on Pinterest? How do you create Pinterest shopping ads at scale? Connect with Lindsay Shearer Website: https://Pins4Profit.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lindsay.shearer.7 IG: @LindsayBShearer Clubhouse: @LindsayBShearer https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsayshearer/ Twitter @lindsaybshearer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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