Heartbeat For Hire with Lyndsay Dowd

David Kitchen/Coach Kitch is the Founder and President of Edge Leadership Academy.

He is a former Division 1 Coach, and a PhD Candidate with a master’s degree in sport psychology, who has a decade of experience building leaders, culture, and mindset at the highest levels of sports and business.

He is the author of The Pyramid: A System for Building Tomorrow’s Leaders Today, and The Scoreboard: A Self-Audit System to Help You Build the Life You Want.

As a speaker, consultant, and coach, Coach Kitch is trusted by 100+ CEO’s, coaches, and high performers to help them lead and win in business, athletics, and life.

To learn more about David, you can go to his website:

https://edgeleadershipacademy.com

or on Linkedin:

@dkitch

Derek Strokon is the 2x International Best-Selling Author of “Stop Stalling Start Selling” and “Human Being Human”.

He is a TEDx Speaker, Leader and Business Consultant whose practice focuses on Resilience Development and Process Implementation.

He is the Chief Inspiration Officer of Sacred Line Consulting, President of “Every Day Human”, “CEO of Polar Cold Caps Canada” & Founder of the “Kindness Cures”.

Derek spends the majority of his education development time, studying Resilience and Hero Culture, working on strategies to minimize the amount of time that life interferes with living.

You can learn more about Derek on his website:

https:// derekstrokon.com

or on Linkedin:

@derekstrokon

Kevin D. Turner is Managing Partner of TNT Brand Strategist, a technology and business-focused organizational and personal brand builder with deep expertise in visioneering, communications, culture building, and creating disruptive advantages.

Kevin has optimized 4.7K+ LinkedIn profiles/company pages & trained 12K+ people on best practices since 2005.

Achieved LinkedIn 5 Star Rating & 200+ written recommendations. He has lived in the US, Switzerland, Germany & Japan and has crowdsourced & fundraised $25.3M.

He has held Sales, Marketing, and Branding leadership roles with SONY, American Teachers, American Heart Association and more. 

To learn more about Kevin, go to his website:

https://tntbrandstrategist.com

or

on Linkedin:

@president

Heidi Ridley is the Co-Founder, CEO and Chair of the Board of RadiantESG Global Investors, culminating 30 years of leadership in asset management roles that encompass business management, investments, product development, institutional and intermediary business development and marketing.

Prior to establishing RadiantESG Heidi spent 18 years at AXA Investment Managers, rising to Global Chief Executive of Rosenberg Equities, and under her direction, Rosenberg Equities substantially added to its reputation by becoming the first ESG-integrated quantitative equity investor to be focused on the intersection of ESG insights and advanced factor solutions. 

Heidi earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics from UC Berkeley, completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program, and is a CFA Charterholder.

She is a member of the Advisory Council for the Center for Equity Gender and Leadership at the UC Berkeley HAAS School of Business, is a champion of ESG investing and a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, expanding the dialogue through speaking engagements worldwide.

Meredith Scott Lynn is a “familiar but not famous” film and television actress with an IMDB list a mile long.

You may recognize her as Enid Wexler, the “lesbian against drunk driving” in Legally Blonde, the Credit Vixen in A Night At The Roxbury, from any one of many other movies from smaller independent ones, she produced, and even directed, and countless television shows too many to mention here.

As founder & CEO of a WRiTE BRAiN WORLD, where her mission is to foster self-esteem in young people and a renewed sense of inspiration in the educators who support them, by offering innovative curricula and resources that help youth of all ages discover and develop their own ideas while engaging in joyful and meaningful literacy-building experiences that increase their capacity to connect while giving them voice & choice in their learning.

As a social entrepreneur, Meredith is sometimes more of a Curly Executive Officer than a Chief one, which makes for a good conversation in Podcasts.

To learn more about Meredith, you can go to her website:

https://writebrainworld.com

or Linkedin:

@ meredith-scott-lynn-7a344748

Olivia Atkin is a podcaster, author and successful entrepreneur. Her book, Achieving Success in Career Development, has inspired readers with her insightful perspectives and practical advice.

As an entrepreneur, she has built her own successful business, inspiring others to follow in her footsteps. Olivia creatively carved a path for herself from athlete to managing sports teams resulting in work with the New York Giants and the “FROZEN FOUR” National Champion Quinnipiac University Hockey Team.

Join us as we hear her story of resilience and how she’s built an incredible career for herself.

Olivia has countless degrees and certifications under her belt including a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and a minor in Sports Studies from Quinnipiac University, a Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Supply Chain, certification in Society for Human Resource Management Certified Practitioner and many more!

To learn more about Olivia, you can go to her website:

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or on Linkedin:

@oliviaatkin

David Meltzer is a legendary sports executive and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire.

He is one of the world’s top Entrepreneurs, Investors and Business coaches. David has been recognized by Variety Magazine as their Sports Humanitarian of the Year and awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

David is the Executive Producer of the Apple TV series 2 Minute Drill and Office Hours. He is also the executive producer of Entrepreneur’s #1 digital business show, Elevator Pitch.

David is featured in many books, movies, and TV shows such as World’s Greatest Motivators, Think and Grow Rich and Beyond the Secret featured on Netflix.

His life’s mission is to empower OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy! This simple yet powerful mission has led him on an incredible journey to provide one thing… VALUE.

In all his content, and communication that’s exactly what you’ll receive.

You can learn more about David at his website:

David Meltzer

or on Linkedin:

@davidmeltzer2

Dr. Joey Faucette is a Positive Culture Architect, Executive Coach, and best-selling author of numerous books including his latest, Small Hinges Swing Big Doors. 

Dr. Joey empowers individuals and companies to attract top talent, reduce team turnover and develop people, productivity and profits.

He hosts the Work Positive podcast weekly. Dr. Joey has appeared as a guest on hundreds of radio and TV shows across North America in most major markets.

As a prolific writer of over 1,000 articles, his content has appeared on the websites of Fox News, CNBC, Wall Street Journal Market Watch, MSNBC, Entrepreneur.com, and countless others and in more than fifty countries.

To learn more about Joey, you can go to his website:

https://workpositive.today

or on Linkedin:

@drjoeyfaucette

Yanik Silver has been called a Cosmic Catalyst, a Maverick Mischief-maker and a Galactic Goofball.

He redefines how business is played in the 21st century at the intersection of more profits, more fun, and more impact.

Yanik is the creator of the Cosmic Journal, author of Evolved Enterprise and the founder of Maverick1000, a global network of top entrepreneurs & visionary entrepreneurs making a serious difference in the world, without taking themselves too seriously.

In fact, it’s not unusual to find him dressed as a lemur, a showgirl or even in matching mermaid tails with Sir Richard Branson.

To learn more about Yanik, go to his website:

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or on Linkedin:

@yaniksilver

Dave Sanderson is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, philanthropist, and survivor of the Miracle on the Hudson.

For more than four decades, he has been a top producer for some of the largest sales teams in the world.

More than 250,000 people have enjoyed his business and personal leadership events, warmth, humor, and inspirational message.

He is an author and contributing author of three internationally bestselling books, including Moments Matter, Brace for Impact, 1 Habit for Success and From Turmoil to Triumph. 

After thirty-seven years in sales and sales leadership with roles in companies such as ADP, Peoplesoft, KPMG, and Oracle, Dave founded his executive personal leadership firm Dave Sanderson Speaks International.  

In addition to his 37 years in sales and sales leadership, he was the Director of Security for Tony Robbins for over ten years and was recently named one of the top 100 Leadership Speakers in Inc.com.

You can learn more about Dave at his website:

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or on Linkedin:

@davesanderson