Lauren Schieffer, CSP  is a keynote speaker and the author of the new book “Colonels of Wisdom Vol 2: A Daughter’s Reflection on Significance.”   The daughter of a career Air Force officer shares lessons learned from her father that can help anyone in the corporate environment, association leadership and direct sales.     Lauren was a recent guest on Rounding The Bases Live and has been a keynote speaker and storyteller providing inspirational, insightful and relevant content to all types of audiences for years.  Her new book is now available.

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Ep. 413 Lauren Schieffer| The Colonel's Daughter

Kevin Puckett is a business owner and practicing trial attorney at the age of 25. He founded On The Top Search in 2015 while earning his Juris Doctor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Despite being up-to-his-knees in law studies, Kevin’s desire to innovate, learn, and add value to the market quickly allowed him to spot a huge demand in the marketplace for an ethical, data-driven and results-focused digital marketing agency. On The Top Search is a a full-service digital marketing agency that uses data-driven, engaging, and innovative strategies to help its clients generate more leads, brand awareness, and traffic that results in conversions. Kevin founded his first successful business, Capital Recovery Services, LLC in high school.  

Ep. 412 Kevin Puckett| On The Top Search

Sandy Kemper is Chairman of the Board and CEO of C2FO, the largest working capital market in the world.  C2FO is the first working capital market in the world. Their ability to create a seamless match between A/R and A/P has enabled efficiency in the riskless provisioning of working capital between suppliers and buyers, allowing suppliers to take control of their cash flow. C2FO believes Working capital is water for commerce and it’s as important to business life as water is to biological life.  Risk underwriting of working capital is a relic of the world’s broken credit system and that everyone’s A/P is someone else’s A/R.  Efficient markets are good for business and a marketplace solution for the distribution of working capital has the potential to open the floodgates of liquidity for hundreds of millions of businesses around the world.   Kemper is an active angel and venture investor and currently serves on the corporate boards of C2FO, UMB Financial, UMB Bank, NIC and Dwolla. He previously served on the board of AXA Art and the regulatory boards of BATS and CBOE   Kemper and his family are active in academic, civic and philanthropic endeavors and Kemper serves on the board of the Agriculture Future of America (AFA), a non-profit scholarship and leadership development organization which he co-founded. Kemper is a Trustee of the Kemper Family Foundations and a Trustee of the Kemper Museum of Art. Kemper co-founded YEPKC, an organization devoted to developing young entrepreneurs. In 2017, the Henry W. Bloch School of Management named Sandy and Christine Kemper its Regional Entrepreneurs of the Year. 

Ep. 411 Sandy Kemper| C2FO

Brock Stechman and Brody Dorland founded Divvy HQ in 2011.  The award winning content marketing platform makes it easy for global marketing and content teams to get organized, plan, produce and publish high-quality content more efficiently.   Divvy serves small and large companies, including Afflac, Lowe's, Mercedes-Benz. H&R Block and the Chicago Cubs.   The Content Marketing Institute has named Divvy the number one marketing tool for four straight years while also ranking Divvy  number one in team collaboration tool,  project management tool a and social media analytics tool.    

Ep. 410 Brock Stechman and Brody Dorland| Divvy HQ

Rob Hughey co-founded a startup called Team Cura with his mom Karen.  As a former golfer at the University of Central Missouri, Rob understands the needs of prospective college athletes. Team Cura aims to dramatically improve high school athletes recruiting readiness by improving their character advantage with interpersonal skills training, confidence building and performance improvement.  Team Cura developed a program called Skills Beyond Drills to help scholarship seeking athletes and their parents of tackling the challenges to get to the next level.   Rob and his company give athletes the resources to succeed in school, sports and in life.  They can be reached at www.teamcura.com

Ep. 409 Rob Hughey| Team Cura

Benjamin Anderson is Vice President, Rural Health and Hospitals at Colorado Hospital Association.  Prior to working at his current position, he helped turn Kearney County Hospital in Kansas from an institution that was losing $100,000 a year into the county's largest employer by developing a model that recruited young doctors to work in a rural setting and to make an impact by practicing family medicine.   In a world where rural hospitals struggle to stay open due to financial constraints, Anderson has succeeded in Kansas and now Colorado.  Featured nationally on CBS Sunday Morning and in Politico , Anderson met Joel at a fundraiser in Kansas City last winter to benefit Angel Flight Central, a non-profit organization that relies on volunteer pilots to serve people in need by arranging charitable flights for health care or other humanitarian purposes.  

Ep. 408 Benjamin Anderson| Colorado Hospital Association

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker and best selling author of numerous books, including Duct Tape Marketing, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine The Referral Engine, and SEO for Growth. He is the creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System and Duct Tape Marketing Consulting Network that trains and licenses small business marketing consultants around the world.​  He also hosts The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. The Duct Tape small business marketing success system aims to get people who have a specific need or problem to know, like, trust, do business with, and refer to others who have the same need or problem.

Ep. 407 John Jantsch| Duct Tape Marketing

Barb Teicher has been motivational, inspirational and educational, sharing her talents as a professional speaker both across the US and internationally. For the past 13 years, she has spoken to over 400 audiences in multiple corporations, government agencies, conferences and associations. Barbara brings 25-plus years of experience developing leaders in Fortune 50-500 companies. She specializes in strategic leadership development and effective business communication. Barbara has been seen or quoted on ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX and has worked with officers of the most recognized brands in the world. She’s the creator of the PropelHer® System, which has a focus on women in business and brings them through a critical and systematic three step approach, “Accelerating Women to be Influential Leaders with Greater Impact.”

Ep. 406 Barbara Teicher | Speaker and Author

Toriano Porter is an author, journalist, speaker, and the youngest member of the Kansas City Star editorial board.  He grew up in a tough St. Louis neighborhood, relying on a thirst to learn and athletics to escape a culture of violence.  He's experienced personal tragedy, losing his son and more than a dozen acquaintances, many to gun violence.  He shares these  experiences and those of the Kansas City community for the KC Star and he's written multiple books while helping mentor African American youth. Website: www.torianoporter.com  

pisode 405 Torinao Porter| Kansas City Star

Chris Giuliani is the CEO of Spring Venture Group , a company that was started in 2009.  Chris joined SVG in 2011 as one of 15 employees.  Nearly ten years later, he runs the company and employs nearly 1000 people. SVG's focus is senior citizens and medicare and they use a comparison shopping model focused on the consumer.  Culture and work environment are critical at SVG and they successfully moved their full staff home during COVID-19 and continued to deliver without missing a beat.   Under Chris' leadership Spring Venture Group has earned recognitions in INC. magazine’s Inc. 5000, Business Insurance’s Best Places to Work, The Kansas City Business Journal’s Fast 50, and earned Chris a place on Ingram’s 40 Under Forty list in 2014 and induction in the Ingram’s 250 in 2017. To learn more about SVG or to apply for a job, go to www.springventuregroup.com Or consumers can visit www.unitedmedicareasvisors.com or www.smartmatchinsurancesolutions.com

Episode 404 Chris Giuliani | Spring Venture Group CEO

Josh Levin is one of the more upbeat and energetic entrepreneurs in Kansas City.  He founded Empowered Electric, a local company that focuses on relationships and people.  Josh also hosts a podcast called "Empowered People," shining a light on people contributing to Kansas City.  His company also maintains a heavy social media presence, with more than 14,000 Instagram followers.  The description on their Instagram page tells the story of Josh and his company.  People > Profit

Episode 403 Josh Levin | Empowered Electric Founder

Lindsey began working at Hallmark in 2000 and continues to work for the legendary Kansas City company, refusing to let a life-changing moment deter her career. Lindsey shares her personal story of overcoming adversity with Joel in an episode everyone can take inspiration from. Links: www.lindseyroy.com Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/IUw8z7laPuI

Ep. 402 Lindsey Roy | Hallmark Chief Marketing Officer

Ray Kowalik began working for Burns and McDonnell in 1987 and became the company’s third CEO in 2017. Joel sat down with Ray to talk about the culture of an organization that was founded in 1898

Ep. 401 Ray Kowalik | Burns and McDonnell CEO

A little peek at what is coming in Season 4 and who I am kicking things off with as guest speakers!  

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Susana Eshleman grew up in Argentina and has followed a path that took her from a student at the University to Nebraska where she was washing dishes to make money to Harvard Business School, Hallmark and eventually Children International as CEO where she leads 1,500 employees and nine thousand volunteers. She sat down with Joel to talk about leadership, culture and her journey.   Learn more about Children International: www.children.org

Ep. 333 Susana Eshleman | Children International CEO

In depth interviews with successful entrepreneurs and leaders that compare the winning traits of sports to business. A long time television sportscaster looks for similarities in teamwork, championship culture, diversity and relationships needed in between and outside the lines.

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