Becker Group Business Strategy Podcast Series

This episode features Lindsay Burton. Lindsay is the Founder & President of Kayo Conference Series. Kayo creates boutique conferences for women leaders in a wide range of industries. Here she talks about how she founded Kayo, advice for women, women she admires, her goals, and more. [...]

This episode features Domenic Rinaldi. Domenic is a Managing Partner at Sun Acquisitions, LLC. Here he talks about how he got into the business, being an M&A advisor, trends in the industry, and more. [...]

This episode features David Pivnick. David is a Partner at McGuire Woods and C0-Chair of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Team. In this episode Scott and David take a deep dive in to the business of sports. Here they discuss free agency, trades, offseason moves, building super teams and more. [...]

This episode features Jay Harrington. Jay is the Co-Founder & Chief Strategist at Harrington Communications. Here he discusses the transition from big law into starting his own law firm and ultimately opening his content marketing firm. He also talks about growing a team, successful rainmakers, motivation, and more. [...]

This episode features Melissa Szabad. Melissa is a Partner at McGuireWoods. Here she discusses what success means to her, her industry, what motivates her, advice for women leaders, and more. [...]

This episode features Kristin Fox. Kristin is the Founder of FoxInspires LLC, Independ Director at ManifestSeven, Co-Founder at 50 Shades of Green Capital, and Co-Founder of FinFoundHer. Here she discusses advice for women, what motivates her, what success means to her, being on an Iditarod team and more. [...]

This episode features John Jackson. John is the Executive Director at Samaritan House Ministries in Manitoba. Here he discusses running the food bank and homeless shelter and serving 5-6 thousand clients. Here he discusses his mission, responsibility, attitude, motivation, and more. [...]

This episode features Shweta Shyamani. Shweta is the Chief Inpowerment Officer and Bioenergetics Therapist at Personal Point of Power Holistic Therapies. Here she discusses how she went from an MBA from Kellogg School of Management to holistic therapies. She talks about what inspired her to enter the field, what motivates her, her industry, success, and more. [...]

This episode features Nancy Temple. In this episode she talks about when she was an in house attorney for Arthur Anderson during the Enron Scandal. She discusses the highly publicized scandal, how it affected her career and reputation, her worries of potentially going to prison at the time, being found innocent, and the rebuilding of her career after the trial. This is truly a story of redemption and perseverance. [...]

This episode features Grant Norland. Grant is the Founder and CEO of Inspired Athletx and Founder and Director of the Quarterback Institute. Here he discusses his career in training amateur to elite level athletes. He also talks what it takes to be an elite athlete, being featured as a trainer on NFL Network’s “Undrafted” TV Show, training professional cliff divers, advice for entrepreneurs, what success looks like to him, and more. [...]

This episode features Suzanne Koenig. Suzanne is the President and CEO of SAK Management Services LLC. Here she discusses how she ended up in social work, advice for women leaders, advice for her teenage daughter, and more. [...]

This episode features Laura Mero. She is the owner of Reach Yoga. Here she discusses her journey from being an instructor to buying and running a successful, nationally known, studio. She talks the industry, balance, competing against the major chains, motivation, and more. [...]

This episode features Emily Lonigro. Emily is the President and Founder of Lime Red. Lime Red is a woman-owned Certified B Corporation design firm that focuses on building brands and businesses that focus on social change. Here they discuss the industry, building a company with a conscience, their social justice efforts, and what they do and do not look for in a client. [...]

This episode features Amy Guth. Amy hosts talk radio on WGN, is Exec. Dir. of Midwest Independent Film Festival, and hosts a daily podcast for Crain’s Chicago Business. Guth is president of Assn for Women Journalists Chicago, and previously served as a sr. facilitator at The Op-Ed Project‘s Public Voices Fellowship, and as an adjunct faculty member at the Univ. of Chicago. She is also author of the 2006 novel “Three Fallen Women.” Here she discusses her career, the importance of the story, advice for women leaders, her mentors, and more. [...]

This episode features Sam Kean. Sam is the New York Times bestselling author of Caesar's Last Breath, The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, The Disappearing Spoon, and The Violinist's Thumb, all of which were also named Amazon top science books of the year. He is here to talk about his newest book: The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb. He also discusses what it takes to be a successful author, motivation, and more. [...]

This episode features Holly Buckley. Holly is a Partner at McGuire Woods. Here she discusses the business of law, going to college at age 16, advice for women and leaders, and more. [...]

This episode features Matt Silver. Matt is a Partner and Senior Partner at Urban Real Estate. Here they discuss how he went from a career in restaurants to real estate, the importance of relationships, the business of real estate, and more. [...]

This episode features Scott Adams. Scott is the Publisher of Repertoire Magazine. Here he discusses the business of media, the growth of Repertoire Magazine, how the brand has evolved, the importance of having a good niche, and more. [...]

This episode features Bill Horton. Bill is a Team Co-Leader and Birmingham Office Head at Jones Walker LLP. Here he discusses the business of law, his niche in the industry, trends in the industry, and more. [...]

This episode features Mikkel Bertelsen. Mikkel is the inventor of the hit tabletop game KLASK. Here he talks about the invention of the game, his first big sale, selling the rights to another company, the success of the game and more. [...]