Charge Podcast

MICHAEL A. BONVENTRE  Former Undercover Consultant to Citizens & Law Enforcement, Entrepreneur / New & Struggling Business Motivational Speaker / Author / Consultant / Business Coach   Michael Bonventre has consulted federal, state, county agencies, small businesses, large corporations, private groups, and families since 1982. Mr. Bonventre began speaking to business owners, corporations, and educational institutions about profit and loss issues that plague businesses and communities nationwide. In 1999 he developed Rapid Drug Test Systems which is currently a leader in the drug & alcohol testing industry.   In 2010 Michael self-published a book titled Drug Testing Exposed "Loopholes and Trade Secrets". Since that book was published Mike has been lecturing and presenting new and struggling business and franchise consulting nationwide. Michael is the founder of Failure Eludes Me "Success Simplified" consulting and seminars. Mike Bonventre reveals the secrets of success in everything he has accompli

Vikram Rajan is the co-founder of Videosocials.net, a community of everyday professionals who HATE being on camera, but overcome their excuses to get marketing results by "video blogging together, fun & done!" Vik has been on dozens of podcasts, has hosted Presenters Podcast, and presents often at regional Bar Associations & CPA Societies.

Earl is an accomplished corporate executive, entrepreneur and author. He is currently the Founder and Managing Partner of Richer Life, LLC.  Earl forged a successful and rewarding 34-year corporate career as a Systems Engineer, Project/Program Manager, and Corporate & Technology Executive. He has held senior technical and leadership positions within Fortune 100, Mid-market and Venture companies.   Earl has been honored with numerous national awards for professional achievement including the 1995 Black Engineer of the Year Award for professional achievement in industry.   He is the author of eleven published books. His first book on leadership development was released in November 2011 and is titled Focused Leadership: What You Can Do Today to Become a More Effective Leader. His newest book, The SMART Leader and the Skinny Principles: How to Lead and Win with Any Organization was released in October 2019.   He and his wife of 37 years, Dr. Charlotte Grant-Cobb, have authored four books together. Earl is als

Roderic Yapp is an experienced speaker, facilitator, and coach who specializes in developing leaders by changing the way people think and behave. A former Royal Marines Officer, Yapp was fortunate enough to lead Marines on operations around the world. The highlights of his career include leading thirty Royal Marines into combat on the front-line in Afghanistan and the evacuation of civilians from Libya during the Arab Spring. Roderic also led the recapture of the 55,000-ton MV Montecristo from pirate control in 2011, as part of a NATO counter-piracy task force off the Somali coast. Roderic joined the Urenco Group in 2012 where he was responsible for coaching and developing leaders using an Operational Excellence model. In 2015, he founded Leadership Forces which focuses on developing leaders within organizations. His clients include HSBC, Deloitte, Jaguar, Land Rover, Rolls Royce, and Nato.

Tom Morris, is a “Real World" Motivator that works as the Senior Director of Athletic Performance at Indiana University, He specializes in strength and conditioning for Olympic and collegiate athletes. He is not a “motivational speaker”. He is a motivator that takes time away from his full-time job to share his story to show people that anything is possible. For a large part of Tom’s life, he took for granted what a healthy strong body and mind play into your everyday life. Growing up as an athlete and being surrounded by sports led Tom to live a physically active and competitive lifestyle. Tom has raced in numerous cycling races, 12/24/36/72-hour adventure races, and triathlons of all distances. After suffering a spinal cord injury in May of 2012, he went from being on top of the world both mentally and physically to being what he refers to as “Zeroed Out”. Tom went from racing some of the toughest races on earth to not being able to push a wheelchair more than 5 ft. This life-changing event made him realize

Chris Chura is the owner of Chura Consulting LLC - St. Louis, Missouri. Chris grew up in St. Louis and lived there most of his life. After graduating from Missouri State University, he worked for companies like AT&T, Wireless Retail and RadioShack which gave him the “real” education in direct & retail sales, sales management and sales coaching.  For most of his career he has worked with small business and franchise owners. Chris is passionate about helping entrepreneurs get the most out of their business!   

Nathan Akpan is a speaker, life/ business strategist, and subconscious behaviorist who is passionate about helping people unlock the greater potential and free them from the shackles of mind conditioning. Dubbed the "young Wayne Proctor" by some of his peers (which is a play on being a hybrid of the Late Dr. Wayne Dyer & the Iconic personal growth teacher Mr. Bob Proctor) due to his marriage of high performance, psychological principles with timeless universal and metaphysical principles. He is unendingly fascinated about the mind and employs a variety of modalities like active and conversational hypnosis, NLP, handwriting analysis, Real-time advanced neurofeedback, Thought field therapy and others to help his clients achieve higher states of performance and consciousness. He possesses a talent for public speaking and a great ability to break complex ideas down to what is familiar to his audience of any age. His teaching style is definitely one to experience! He has taken up the mission of reaching 10 mil

Megan Dyer is a highly regarded digital marketer, social media & brand strategist, and sales trainer. She has been helping businesses and individuals grow their brands online (and off-line) for over a decade. As the CEO of Prosper Media, host of The Prosper Podcast, and a mom of 7, Megan brings something a little different to the table than the average digital marketer- she brings the Bible. In a world of manipulation marketing, Megan aims to help her clients prosper through sound Biblical principles.

In 1987, John O’Leary was a curious nine-year-old boy. Playing with fire and gasoline, John created a massive explosion in his home and was burned on 100% of his body. He was given less than a 1% chance to live.   This epic story of survival was first showcased in his parents’ book, Overwhelming Odds, in 2006. Originally printing 200 copies for friends and family, his parents have sold 60,000+ copies. It was this book that first invited John to embrace his miraculous recovery and share it with the world. John inspires 50,000+ people at 100+ events each year. He speaks to companies and organizations across industries, such as: sales, healthcare, safety, marketing, finance, faith, education and insurance. His emotional story-telling, unexpected humor and authenticity make each of his presentations truly transformational. John’s first book ON FIRE: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life was an instant #1 National Bestseller; 200,000+ copies have sold and it has been translated into 12 languages. Jo

Jack Randall challenges people to ask themselves a simple question each day: “Am I working on the important things that matter most to me?” With an extensive background in insurance and reinsurance, Jack is CVO and Co-founder of Randall Resources International. He works exclusively with people and organizations who want a clear picture of success and a road map to get them there.  As a professional speaker, executive coach, consultant, and author, Jack’s mission and passion is to help people discover, understand, and pursue God’s unique calling for them and their individual role as leaders. This became the driving force behind his first book, “Man In The Windmill: Perceptions, Choices, and Pursuing Your Calling.”

Jeff Schechter, aka “Shecky” has had the entrepreneurial bug his entire life. He started his first business right out of college, and over the years has been involved in numerous business ventures. His love for real estate investing began in the 1980s when he rehabbed 5 of his own residences, before the term “house-hacking” even existed. Since those early days of torn up kitchens and bathrooms, he’s bought and sold many properties and is an active investor to this day. In addition to investing, he operates a private consulting practice. He thrives on helping people realize their full potential...not just in business and investing, but in all aspects of life.

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker, and author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, and SEO for Growth.     His newest work, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur: 366 Daily Meditations to Feed Your Soul and Grow Your Business taps into the wisdom of 19th-century transcendentalist literature and the author’s own 30-year entrepreneurial journey to challenge today’s entrepreneur to remain fiercely self-reliant while chasing their own version of success.   In addition to his own writing, speaking and consulting career Jantsch is a podcasting pioneer, with a continuous string of weekly podcast episodes dating back to the summer of 2005. He has interviewed thousands of guests and appeared on the other side of the mic, as a guest, hundreds of times.

Jonathan spent the last Great Recession huddled in the fetal position on the floor of his office. He borrowed $250,000 from his mother-in-law to survive. Jonathan paid his mother-in-law back and is now  highly sought-after consultant (and, yes, he’s still married!).   The savvy entrepreneurs are the ones making plans now, so they can be buyers when opportunity knocks. They’re looking forward to purchasing failing companies and hiring top talent when others are caught unprepared by a recession.   Jonathan understands not only how to prepare your business for the next major recession but also how to turn it into a profitable opportunity.

Here is the recap of the ninth season of the CHARGE Podcast. Check out our show notes at CHARGEPODCAST.COM for more information. 

Jeff Butler is the author of two provocative books - The Authentic Workplace and The Key To The New You. Having written over 100 articles on workplace dynamics, his insights have been featured in dozens of media outlets such as Forbes and HR News. In addition, he has appeared on TEDx in both 2016 and 2017 with both talks focusing on psychology. Before Jeff founded his workplace consulting company, he spent almost a decade in Silicon Valley working as a Software Engineer which is where his initial interest in organization psychology began to develop. Since then, he has personally addressed over 100 organizations internationally on workplace dynamics issues such as Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, and Wells Fargo. He lives in Boston, MA with his family.

Larry Stevenson began helping people find and earn scholarships in 1984 when he read about one girl, with a 3.6 GPA, who earned $310,000 before the age of computers. He has spent the last decade helping thousands of students--from 13 to 62 years of age--to earn free money for college. As a professional trainer he taught 1,700+ groups in 22+ countries. He has authored 5 books including Get Free Money for College! Enjoy $100,000s in Scholarships--at Any Age! and How to Find 50-100 Scholarships Perfect for You!

Ron Carucci is co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries.  He has a thirty year track record helping some of the world’s most influential executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization and leadership. From start-ups to Fortune 10’s, turn-arounds to new markets and strategies, overhauling leadership and culture to re-designing for growth, he has worked in more than 25 countries on 4 continents. In addition to being a regular contributor to HBR and Forbes, and has been featured in Fortune, CEO Magazine, BusinessInsider, MSNBC, Inc, Business Week, Smart Business, and thought leaders.

For 30 years as a management consultant, executive coach, and facilitator, Liz Kislik has helped clients solve their thorniest problems while strengthening their top and bottom lines. She is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Entrepreneur, and a TEDx speaker on “Why There’s So Much Conflict at Work and What You Can Do to Fix It”.

As CEO of AddingZEROS, an executive development firm and one of the top coaches in ActionCOACH Business Coaching, Monte Wyatt brings over twenty-five years of remarkable leadership, business and personal development experience to executives and their organizations.   Monte’s brand promise is threefold – Advance a career. Transform a company. Achieve incredible results. To fulfill these promises, Monte defines what he does in four words:   Awareness: He helps you see things that you cannot see in yourself and your organization.   Education: He brings proven strategies in leadership and management, influencing up and down, hiring and training your team, strategic thinking and execution planning, communication adapting, business and personal development.   Implementation: He assists you in thinking through and putting the education into practice into your daily activities.   Discipline: Monte holds you accountable to your goals and actions that you commit to.

Dave Caperton speaks and writes about the benefits of a joyful mindset and the power of one person to effect cultural change with small actions that meet emotional needs, build trust and lead to more individual happiness and less stress. He has presented for over 800  business, healthcare, education and government organizations across the US and Canada. Before beginning his business as a speaker, executive coach and performance consultant, Dave was an award-winning educator and also wrote and performed stand-up comedy.