Charge Podcast

Jennifer Shaheen is the founder and President of The Technology Therapy Group. She is recognized as an expert in planning, implementing, and translating digital marketing and technology. She is a digital transformation expert, user experience enthusiast and data insights specialist, expertly guiding business owners through the intersection of marketing and technology for the past 20 plus years.   With unique expertise that combines technical prowess, entrepreneurial insight, and marketing acumen, Jennifer’s marketing strategy, brand development, and small business operations skills have aided companies in the retail, manufacturing, hospitality, luxury, and travel industries. A highly sought presenter, Jennifer has appeared on MSNBC’s Your Business and writes for several industry publications. Jennifer has been a contributor to and quoted expert in notable publications such as Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, CIO, Newsweek, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. In June of 2020, Jennifer joined the boar

Beginning his entrepreneurial journey at age 19, Jeremy used his free time to interview hundreds of successful people across the country, learning from their expertise and acting on their advice.  As Jeremy's business development and sales expertise grew, he decided to write his first book in order to establish authority, generate leads, and increase his credibility.  The result?  His business exploded and Jeremy knew he had found his calling - empowering leaders to share their stories. Introducing Jeremy Brown What problem do you solve? I help people go from an idea in their head to a book in their hand. What three questions are you going to answer for us today? How important is your top goal? Your life is telling a story. What's that story telling? What questions are still in your mind from 2021 that you need to eliminate? Show Notes: How important is this to you? It's okay if it's not important. You need to identify that. It's not what can I do but what do I want to do. Your priorities may shif

The time has come again to do a recap. With the fourth quarter of 2021 just wrapping up we are going to do a season recap on the sixteenth season. It’s hard to believe that we have released more than 200 episodes! Each guest that we have had on the podcast has taught us something different. Below are just a few of the highlights from our sixteenth season of podcasts.  

For over 30 years, Richard Flint has been speaking and changing lives. Richards' has a passion for helping anyone who is tired of wandering through life and feels like they are lacking the clear understanding of what it takes to rise above normal and achieve a life of accomplishment, freedom, success, and a personal wealth of knowledge that will serve them for the rest of their lives. Richard is the author of 19 books and numerous webinar programs. He is also the host of his own podcast - Let’s Talk Human Behavior. Show Notes: Richard was prepared to be a person of presence and of value. He has a list of 16 laws that hold his life together. One of these is to never stay anywhere where his presence isn't appreciated. Richard has traveled and shared his research for the past 32 years. He calls it his crusade, and not his mission, because a crusade is where you go and make an impact. Life is continual education. You have to look for the opportunities and the moments that challenge you. Most people live fr

Adeyinka (Yinka) Adegbenle MBA, PMI-PMP is a former financial services professional turned Author | Excellence Strategist and Excellence Coach. Her goal and life’s purpose is to equip leaders with transformational habits and systems of excellence. Yinka believes that excellence is choosing to rise above average or mediocrity. A person or organization will start to see measurable improvements and results, once a concrete decision is made to rise above being average. She has helped many to obtain outstanding measurable results through teaching and equipping them with dynamic habits and systems of excellence. Show Notes: Yinka had a perspective change when her doctor told her that whatever it is that she was doing, she needed to stop because he'd be worried for her health. She thought to herself that she needs to do the best she can in the areas she has control in. Yinka helps others through the principal systems of excellence. She wants to help others with roadblocks so that they can get the momentum to chang

Matthew Turner is a British author who wrote his latest book, ‘Beyond The Pale’ on the back of interviewing hundreds of successful entrepreneurs, authors, investors, and thought-leaders. As well as writing his own books, Matthew ghostwrites both articles and books for other successful entrepreneurs and thought-leaders, in-between spending time with his two children. Show Notes: ATTN: Matthew has graciously shared copies of his new book, Beyond The Pale, with us. The first 5 individuals to email feedback@goascend.biz will get a free copy mailed to you. Matthew always struggled with writing in school which caused him to have a fixed mindset. Now Matthew is a writer, and he writes every day. Matthew interviewed 160 entrepreneurs about failure and how they overcame it. This spearheaded his business and inspired his writing. He wrote a fable because he wanted to combine his two writing styles. Matthew feels that his fiction writing is his art and that he can let his imagination roam and his non-fiction wri

With us today is Joe Sanok, author of the new book, Thursday is the New Friday: How to work fewer hours, make more money, and spend time doing what you want. In this book, Joe empowers readers with a practical, evidence-based methodology to create their own work schedule and dedicate more of their precious personal time to pursuing their hobbies and spending time with their family and friends. Show Notes: Are the institutions we hold dear stable or shaky? Joe talked about how the evolution of how we work and how we use our time. The old way of thinking is that there were only five ways to be more productive and that you had to do thing x. Joe said that he has shifted his perspective to view things more as a menu Start with your internal inclinations. Move outward into slowing down. Our best ideas don't come when we're stressed out and maxed out. A three-day weekend can help us do more when we're actually working. Don't delay it. You'll learn so much during the process. People overvalue work and how muc

Steve Hoffman (Captain Hoff) is the Captain & CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. Hoffman is also a venture investor, serial entrepreneur, and author of several award-winning books. These include “Make Elephants Fly” (published by Hachette), “Surviving a Startup” (published by HarperCollins), and “The Five Forces” (published by BenBella). Hoffman was founder and Chairman of the Producers Guild Silicon Valley Chapter, served on the Board of Governors of the New Media Council, and was a founding member of the Academy of Television’s Interactive Media Group. Show Notes: Steve has experience working in many different environments; he has worked in the U.S. and Japan. Steve began Founders Space by posting answers from people on his blog. He created a space to help others and help other entrepreneurs. If you can make a profit, you are self-sustaining, and if you can make

Gary Wilbers has been in business for over 30 years, has founded more than a dozen companies, has appeared on more than 200 podcasts and has been coaching business owners to success for over 10 years. He dedicates his time to helping small business owners move from success to significance.    He is the founder of The Ascend Mastermind, a speaker, author, trainer & coach. Gary knows the struggles small business owners face daily and believes everyone should reach their full potential in business and life. That is why he started the Ascend Mastermind group. This peer advisory group gives small business owners access to like-minded individuals to share their challenges and hold them accountable so they can move from stagnant to growth while obtaining freedom in business and life.   Gary is a best-selling author and has written the following books: The High Achiever Leadership Formula, 21 Ways to Attract, Retain & Engage Millennials, Positive Culture Wins, & Cultivate Positive Culture.   Gary lives in

Brian Roland is a social entrepreneur and Founder of Abenity, the 6x Inc. 5000 company that’s powering corporate perks for top brands like U.S. Bank and Mastercard. While Abenity provides millions of subscribers with private discounts, the company's social mission is fighting extreme poverty with every program they deliver. Abenity recently exceeded $1 million dollars of total giving and hired a CEO to accelerate growth with their fully remote team. Brian lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his family and enjoys roasting coffee, flying drones, and helping impact-driven entrepreneurs establish a social mission of their own. Show Notes: Be okay with taking a leap of faith. Entrepreneurs look for a blocker and then find a way around it. The more niche it is, the slower the ramp-up period. Your why should be outside your company, brand, and products and services. There is no place to put identity in those categories. They will eat you down. Brian build a fully remote team and found that it needed a foundation o

Dr. Ian D. Brooks, the CEO and founder of Rhodes Smith Consulting - a Personal and Professional Development firm specializing In behavioral transformations - and the Author of Intention: Building Capabilities to Transform Your Story. For over 24yrs, Dr. Brooks' career has taken him from working in a clinical ward to organizations and people - with the goal of helping individuals build skills toward achieving new heights. His clients include Netflix, Shondaland, Bank of America, Guitar Center, Nike Inc. Sony, and Warner Brothers. His passion for working with individuals seeking expansion and leaders within organizations to develop key skills toward navigating their organization and working with their teams is built on the mastery of intentions and consistency of capabilities. Show Notes: Dr. Brooks works with leaders seeking the pursuit of expansion. He helps people step into the limelight. Look inward and ask yourself what you're passionate about and what you've been good at. Write a letter to your future

Peter Docker, co-author of Find Your Why and formerly a founding Igniter at Simon Sinek Inc., is passionate about enabling people to unlock their natural talents. He believes leadership is about lifting people up and giving them the space they need so that, when the time is right, they can take the lead. Drawing on his 25-year career in the Royal Air Force, and over 14 years spent partnering with businesses around the world, Peter's goal is to inspire others to Lead from the Jumpseat. Show Notes: Peter has been a negotiator and a teacher. Learn what brings us together as human beings. A position is against something. It has to be. A stand is for something. Standing for something is more powerful than a position against. One of the toughest leadership challenges is being a parent. What's my underlying commitment? Context gives meaning to content. If you shift the context, it brings a new meaning. Get clear on what you believe. What's really important to you? When you can go deeper you can help others join

Mike "C-Roc" Ciorrocco is the Co-Founder of Blooprinted, best-selling Author of ROCKET FUEL Convert Setbacks, Become Unstoppable and the powerhouse behind the "What Are You Made Of?" podcast. He has been featured by Yahoo! Finance as one of the Top Business Leaders to Follow in 2020 and is on a mission to build people. He is driven to inspire others and he measures his success on how he is able to help others achieve greatness. C-Roc had a fire lit in him at an early age. That fire has ignited him with a fierce desire to compel people to see the greatness inside themselves using past life events to fuel their fire. Show Notes: Mike talks to himself because he always wants someone around him that thinks the same. What are you made of man? Let's go. Be prepared. When you believe in something, some people don't have the same wish as you and will try to talk you out of it. Stick to your guns. Mike realized that he was capable. "I'll show you." Convert your failures to success. Make them rocket fuel. Though

Deborah Johnson, M.A. has not only written multiple books and albums, but hundreds of songs, three full-length musicals and is the producer of the popular podcast, Women at Halftime. Her five books have been very well received (the 5th released Oct. 12 of this year) & she relishes the creative process. Deborah was past president of the National Speakers Association, Los Angeles and has written & produced multiple online courses. She enjoys being outside and traveling with her husband and also loves spending time with her children and grandchildren. Up for multiple GRAMMY Awards and spending over 20 years in the entertainment industry, she's built multiple self-driven businesses. Deborah speaks and performs for both live and virtual events.  Show Notes: At half-time you want to look at all your experiences and what you've loved to do and then focus on what you've done to create a strong message. Deborah's been an entrepreneur since she was young. She was just creating. Not everyone understands that th

Joe Pomeroy learned the hard way that helping lead an 8 figure business means nothing if your family is walking out the door. So he spent years studying family relationships and discovered a secret that would change his family forever. Now, his 3D Family Framework has become the new way business-minded men are becoming expert husbands and world-class dads.

The time has come again to do a recap. With the third quarter of 2021 just wrapping up we are going to do a season recap on the fifteenth season. It’s hard to believe that we are close to 200 episodes! Each guest that we have had on the podcast has taught us something different. Below are just a few of the highlights from our fifteenth season of podcasts.

Bill is the President and Founder of FiveTwo, a network that equips faith-based leaders and entrepreneurs to launch a variety of sustainable startups and nonprofits. Bill began leading FiveTwo in 2015 when they launched a “Mother Teresa meets a friendly Mark Cuban” training process that helps entrepreneurs to grow nonprofits and startups that make a difference in financially sustainable ways.

Dr. Angela Demaree is the CEO and Principal Consultant for PAWS Consulting, a public health and political consulting firm.  Angela recently retired as a Major in the United States Army Reserves, is a Certified High Performance CoachTM, author of "Candidate Survival Guide, Leadership for the Campaign Trail," and host of the hit podcast, Beyond the Stethoscope. She spends her free time with her horse, Tommy and teaching her Quaker Parrot the Purdue Fight Song. You can connect with Angela on Instagram and LinkedIn @DemareeDVM.

John is an advisor to major donors and strategic grant-makers who want to do the most good with their currencies. He’s also the author of Connected for Good: A Gameplan for a Generous Life and the creator of the Generosity Gameplan™. This is a step-by-step process for people of means and substance who seek to create real change using a new approach to generosity. John is also a consultant who provides management services to donors, foundations, and nonprofits that want to increase their impact by giving from the heart.   John’s goal is to bring generous people to a destination where each act of generosity comes from the true desires of their heart; where relationships are built an inch wide and a mile deep; where strengths of skills and character are spent from an inexhaustible well of care; and where giving financial and material resources feels like sharing from an abundance rather than giving from what is leftover.   John has served some of the nation’s most generous families and the nonprofits they care a

Michael Zipursky is the CEO of Consulting Success® where they specialize in helping entrepreneurial consultants grow profitable, scalable and strategic consulting businesses. He has advised organizations like Financial Times, Dow Jones, RBC, and helped Panasonic launch new products into global markets, but more importantly, he’s helped over 500 consultants from around the world in over 75 industries add 6 and 7 figures to their annual revenues. Over 35,000 consultants read his weekly consulting newsletter.