The Faces of Business

Inspiring Literacy in Children - Lisa Caprelli

In this The Faces of Business Episode, our guest speaker was Lisa Caprelli. Lisa Caprelli is the Author, Storyteller, Virtual Storytime, and song presenter at Lisa Caprelli. She is also the author of Color Your Message; The Art of Digital Marketing and Social Media.

Lisa is the creative force behind Unicorn Jazz, a children’s series dedicated to inspiring literacy in children.

We discuss how Lisa and her Unicorn Jazz series inspires literacy in children.

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Effective Human Resource Management – Todd Russell

In this The Faces of Business episode, our guest speaker was Todd Russell. Todd is a Professional Employer Consultant at Oasis Outsourcing. The conversation begins with Damon asking Todd about the current employment market and its dynamics today. Todd explained how the current employment market makes it difficult for employers who are not adapting to the market conditions to find good talent but employers who are adapting and have great cultures are not experiencing as much turnover or trouble finding new talent.

Todd went on to mention to explain several things he sees companies do today to manage their human resources effectively to find and retain the talent they need.

 

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Networking Into Your Next Opportunity - Dan Bigger

In this week’s The Faces of Business Episode, our guest speaker was Dan Bigger. Dan is the Senior Manager of Sales Business Development at Optessa and the Co-Host of USAMfgHour Twitter Chat.  Dan has held senior business development and sales roles in manufacturing companies for over a decade.

 

Dan shares his experience suddenly losing his job and his decision to immediately start looking for his next opportunity by using the wide business network he created over the years to find his opportunity. 

Dan did not want to use the traditional route of finding and applying for jobs.  It would take too long and he was searching for the RIGHT opportunity. 

 

Dan leveraged his nexto to meet with people to talk about opportunities and help others find opportunities.  In 3 weeks utilizing his network, Dan completed many calls with hiring managers, had multiple interviews, turned down opportunities, and ultimately secured his new position at Optessa.

 

Dan shares the way anyone can leverage the people they know, instead of the normal applying to jobs, to find the right opportunity faster!

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Business Owner Development for Success – Scott Lesak

In this week’s The Faces of Business Episode, our guest speaker was Scott Lesak. Scott is the Chief Visionary at Inspire You, and CEO of Kasel Rocks Landscape Company.  Scott’s motto is to lead, motivate, and inspire a passionate landscaping industry. At Inspire You, he provides passion, a positive mindset, and positive communication.  

 

Soctt talks about how his personal development has helped his business and person life.  He also covers why business owners should not think they "are born with" the skills to run a successful business.  Scott explains it takes reading, coaches, peer groups and personal development to gain the skills necessary to be successful in life and business.

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Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

On Twitter as @dpistulka with inspiration and sharing thoughts. 

 

Find out more about Damon when he's not working.  @dpistulka on Instagram, or Damon Pistulka on Facebook.   

 

More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

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Helping Executive Moms Find Their Path – Michele Gunn

In this week’s The Faces of Business Episode, our guest speaker was Michele Gunn. Michele is a trained strengths coach that helps people unlock their true strengths and achieve significant life goals.  Michele helps people harness their strengths to find more purpose and happiness in their lives.  

 

Michel helps executive moms find their path with her coaching in Cultivate and Thrive and she helps people with portable life insurance coverage as an Independent Insurance Agent at the B.I.G Agency of Global Life Liberty National Division.  

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Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

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More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

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Improving Customer Experience with Product Sorts – Cris Young

In this week’s The Faces of Business Episode, our guest speaker was Cris Young. Cris is the Owner of Product Genius Technology.   Product Genius simplifies the selection and presentation of high SKU/attribute count items for ecommerce sellers.   Product Genius shows similar items on one page and reduces ordering to a one click process.

Cris Young is the owner of Product Genius Technology. Before this, she founded an ran the Fastener New Desk for almost 12 years. First as an Editor at Large and then as EVP. Currently, she is also the Board Member of the US Women’s Chamber of Commerce.

She has been the President of The American Small Business Chamber of Commerce. In between these roles, Cris was also the Co-Chair of Women in Manufacturing. Moreover, she was also the EVP at Hudson Fasteners.

 

Among her initial roles, she was the Assistant Manager at Mass Hardware and Sales associate at Allied Bolt and Screw as her first job.

Cris also has a Streetwise MBA from Youngstown State University and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial studies.  


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Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

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Connecting Digital Strategy to Financial Results – Ken Novak

In this week’s The Faces of Business Episode, our guest speaker was Ken Novak. Ken is the Owner at HATCH Quantified. Before this, he was the Global Director, Digital Marketing and Ecommerce at Parker Hannifin.  His experience gained from growing B2B and B2C ecommerce brands as a part of an agency and as an ecommerce manager to execute digital strategies that drive real world results.  Kevin helps companies connect their digital marketing efforts with financial results and drive business growth.   We also discuss how his degree in rhetoric and communications has helped him to look at marketing differently. 

 

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More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

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Creating Success with Your Inner Voice – Tricia Livermore

In this week’s The Faces of Business Episode, our guest speaker was Tricia Livermore. Tricia is the founder and Coach at Soul Business Advisor. Aside from this, she also holds other roles including Mental Fitness Coach at Positive Intelligence and Heart-Centered Business Coach at Collective Brains. 

Tricia is an accomplished finance executive that decided one day that she wanted to follow her true passion to help people improve their lives. We are talking with Tricia about her journey and how she is helping people lead fuller lives.

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Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

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Developing the Leader Inside of you – Jody Lenes

In this week’s The Faces of Business Episode, our guest speaker was Jody Lenes. Jody is the Principal of Eos Outdoor Services. Before this, he was the Regional Manager at GroundsCare Landscape LLC.  Jody has been an entrepreneur in the green industry since starting his first lawn mowing business out of high school.  Jody recently decided to dedicate time to personal development and is seeing the results in his life and business.  We talk about what he has learned and how working on personal development has affected his life.

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Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

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More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

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Achieving Satisfying Business Results – John Lamy

In this week’s The Faces of Business episode, our guest speaker was John Lamy. John is the Principal Consultant at Lamy Consulting. John grew up in a small town in Missouri, graduated from MIT with a degree in Electrical engineering, and later went to Cornell University to receive his MBA. 

John worked at Hewlett Packard for more than 33 years then at OMEP as a senior consultant.  John spent the first part of his career in technical roles and then transitioned into human behavior and organizational performance-based roles.

John now helps companies improve performance by getting the right people in place and organizing their efforts.  John has a highly effective human-based approach developed from his passion for understanding human nature and personal performance.  I hope you enjoy learning about his background as much as I did!

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Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. 

 

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Find out more about Damon when he's not working.  @dpistulka on Instagram, or Damon Pistulka on Facebook.   

 

More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website

 

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