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Chic Perspectives

Elizabeth Gordon interviews Holly Green – CEO and Managing Director of The Human Factor and author of More Than a Minute: How to Be an Effective Leader and Manager in Today’s Changing World

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In this Chic Perspectives episode, I talk with Holly Green – CEO and Managing Director of The Human Factor and author of More Than a Minute: How to Be an Effective Leader and Manager in Today’s Changing World

Holly Green has over 20 years of executive level and operations experience in Fortune 100, entrepreneurial and management consulting organizations. She was previously President of The Ken Blanchard Companies, a global consulting and training organization as well as LumMed, Inc. a biotech start up.

She has a broad background in strategic planning, organization design and development, process improvement, leadership assessment and development, and the integration and alignment of business strategies. Experiences include working as both an internal and an external resource for multinational corporations including The Coca-Cola Company, AT&T, Dell Computer, Bass Hotels & Resorts, QUALCOMM, Expedia, Microsoft and Google.

Holly is known as someone who gets things done and has led turnarounds as well as hyper growth organizations. In this Chic Perspective Holly shares best practices in the strategic planning process and how to translate company goals to individual responsibilities. She also discusses how to use communication as a strength in your organization, what it takes to create a context of excellence and how to sustain alignment.

Elizabeth Gordon interviews Wilma Simons consultant for Coca-Cola Company

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Wilma is founder and President of Silver Link, Inc. a marketing execution firm that assists companies in implementing marketing programs. Its client list includes The Coca-Cola Company, Jansen Advertising, and Merge Agency.

Elizabeth Gordon interviews M. Miche Suboski – Executive Advisor, Suboski and Company

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In this Chic Perspectives episode, I talk to M. Miche Suboski – Executive Advisor, Suboski and Company

Miche Suboski talks about the importance of mood crafting and how to use it as a management tool to influence the moods of those around you. Listen to Miche’s Chic Tip

Elizabeth Gordon interviews Ajax Greene, Co-Founder of On Belay Business Advisors

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In this Chic Perspectives episode, I talked to Ajax Greene, Co-Founder of On Belay Business Advisors

Ajax knows how to be productive and have more fun than most. He has traveled the US and the world as a world class rock climber, and helped launch a successful manufacturing company which made a highly innovative rotating climbing wall. As part of his product promotion plan, Ajax appeared on CNN, Lifetime Television, Regis & Kathy Lee and countless other media & magazines. In this interview he talks about corporate social responsibility, and why it has become a topic of interest and importance to every company. Listen to Ajax’s Chic Tip.

Elizabeth Gordon interviews Joy Johnson – Partner and Co-Founder, GrowthMindset and CEO, The Mills Group

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In this Chic Perspectives episode I talked to Joy Johnson – Partner and Co-Founder, GrowthMindset and CEO, The Mills Group

Joy Johnson is a seasoned executive, business owner and certified business coach with ActionCOACH. She has a proven track record of driving revenue growth of multi-site operations, startups and mergers and acquisitions. In this interview Joy explains how business owners can get their business to work without them. She addresses the fundamental flaw in most small businesses and gives business owners practical advice on how they can be more strategic as they build their company. Listen to Joy’s Chic Tip.

Elizabeth Gordon interviews Christine Comaford-Lynch – CEO, Mighty Ventures and Author of Rules for Renegades: How to Make More Money, Rock Your Career, and Revel in Your Individuality

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In this Chic Perspectives episode, I talked to Christine Comaford-Lynch – CEO, Mighty Ventures and Author of Rules for Renegades: How to Make More Money, Rock Your Career, and Revel in Your Individuality

Bill Gates calls her “super high bandwidth.” Bill Clinton has thanked her for fostering American entrepreneurship.” Newsweek says “by reputation, Christine is the person you want to partner with.” Christine has built and sold 5 of her own businesses. She writes a column for BusinessWeek SmallBiz. In this interview New York Times Bestselling Author Christine Comaford-Lynch shares the keys to her entrepreneurial success by explaining how to build a business that you can leverage beyond you.

Elizabeth Gordon interviews Jennifer Bouani, author of the #1 Amazon Kindle Bestseller and Award Winning Book Tyler & His Solve-a-Matic Machine (Future Business Leaders’ Series) on the Chic Perspectives Show

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Jennifer Bouani, author of the #1 Amazon Kindle Bestseller and Award Winning Book Tyler & His Solve-a-Matic Machine (Future Business Leaders’ Series)

Jennifer Bouani is the author of a new and unique set of adventure books that teach kids about capitalism, entrepreneurship and business. She mentors parents, educators, community leaders on how to empower and prepare kids for tomorrow’s world by teaching them how to think creatively, explore products and services around them, set realistic goals, and overcome obstacles — the keys to turning what they love to do into business ideas and realizing their dreams. She started the Future Business Leaders’ SeriesTM series in 2006 with Tyler & His Solve-a-Matic Machine, which won the 2007 iParenting Media HOT Product Award. Her second book, Tyler Passes the Golden Key, was recently published in June 2008 and is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Children’s Fiction category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards.

In this Chic Perspective, Jennifer talks about why it is so important to have kids learn about entrepreneurship today. She explains how her books teach basic business principles to kids and what parents can do to get their children interested in business.

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Bill Williams, Executive Vice President of Murphy Business and Financial Corp

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In this Chic Perspectives episode, Bill Williams is the Executive Vice President of Murphy Business and Financial Corp, and a certified business coach talks about how to choose a franchise.

For more than 30 years, Bill was an executive with technology companies, responsible for training, support, operations and IT.

Bill analyzes the factors that hold people back from entrepreneurship, talks about how to assess the risk of your venture and how to choose the right type of business for you.

Elizabeth Gordon interviews Jackie Adams, Franchise Consultant, FranChoice

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In this Chic Perspective episode, I interviewed Jackie Adams, Franchise Consultant, FranChoice about picking the right franchise and making it successful.

Jackie Adams has 18+ years of franchise executive-level experience and offers a vast array of knowledge to every to the prospective franchisees she works with. Her work as a franchisee, an international franchise executive, and working with a start up franchise business, helps her match potential franchisees with the right franchise company. Jackie served as Director of Franchise Operations for Regus Business Centres, where she was responsible for the initial set-up and launch of the franchise division for this successful global company. At The Athlete’s Foot, Jackie was Global Director of Franchise Operations, overseeing 450+ franchised locations in 50 countries.

In this Chic Perspective Jackie explains the benefits and drawbacks of owning a franchise, how to evaluate potential opportunities and compare their potential. Jackie explains how much you need to invest in a franchise, financing options and what to expect in terms of support from the system. She also talks about how to do your research and what questions to ask existing franchisees and how to think through such issues as personal exit strategy and where the franchise company is in terms of its expansion strategy.

Elizabeth Gordon interviews Jennifer Remling, author of Carve Your Own Road: Do What You Love and Live the Life You Envisionand founder of CarveYourOwnRoad.com

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In this episode of the Chic Perspectives Show, I interviewed Jennifer Remling, about her new book, Carve Your Own Road: Do What You Love and Live the Life You Envision.

Jennifer Remling runs her own accomplished and fulfilling recruiting firm, in addition to Carve Your Own Road. With a book in the works due to be released in April 2009 by Career Press, Jennifer has been featured in media outlets like MSNBC.com and The New York Post. She is also a frequent speaker at corporate training seminars, professional development workshops and other industry events.

In this Chic Perspective, Jennifer shares the keys for developing the mindset of a successful entrepreneur. We’ve all heard about just how powerful our mind can be when we put it to good use, but many entrepreneurs get so caught up in day to day to-do’s and stresses, that they don’t tap into the vast power source located right between their own two ears.

Jennifer illuminates strategies and best practices she used when starting and building her successful recruiting company as well as how she turned her entrepreneurial dream into a chic reality, complete with a $70,000 Airstream to travel in style.

You’ll learn how to use what’s between your ears in a systematic way to reach your goals on a daily and weekly basis and achieve greater success, certainty and satisfaction in your life.

Jennifer shares insights she got from traveling all over the country interviewing successful entrepreneurs as research for her upcoming book: Carve Your Own Road. Jennifer has a passion for understanding the entrepreneurial spirit and is helping people everywhere redefine how and where they work to achieve career fulfillment on their own terms.