Building Your Way Up with Avi Klinger: Lead to Succeed 86

How does one get back up after a huge failure? Does starting your own company at a late age determine the level of success that you will eventually reap?

Lead to Succeed 86 with Avi Klinger addresses these questions as well as the importance of taking failure head on and starting all over again.

Avi is the CEO of Homecore Site Safety, a New York-based safety audit company that provides outside inspection services on construction sites. This ensures that developers and contractors won't face unforeseen work stoppages. Homecore is also the largest provider of Superintendents, Competent People, and Site Safety Plans which are New York City requirements for mid-size construction projects. Through Avi's talent and visionary leadership, Homecore has expanded its operations into Florida. Avi's passion for business is contagious and is a big factor behind his successes. Despite his busy schedule, Avi maintains a community presence and seeks to help others.

The Power of Words with Nicole Malachowski: Lead to Succeed 85

Finding success in a field that is mostly dominated by men does not come easy.

What difference does it make when one surrounds herself with motivating people and focuses more on encouraging words?

Lead to Succeed 85 featuring Colonel Nicole Malachowski shows how words are infinitely powerful in making or breaking someone’s dream. Having transitioned from being a fighter pilot to being an entrepreneur, she also shares her journey as well as the challenges she faced.

Leadership Investing with Leib Bolel: Lead to Succeed 84

Investing in startups can both be risky and rewarding.

To ensure a strong investment, it’s critical for venture capitalists to be able to distinguish a good investment from a bad one.

How can one tell when something is of high growth potential?

In this episode, Leib Bolel addresses this question as well as why it is important to invest in great leaders first.

Leib is a Partner at Grayhawk Capital, Arizona’s largest Venture Capital firm with a focus on investment in early growth stage software companies. Leib also serves as President of the Arizona Israel Technology Alliance overseeing the facilitation of growth in bilateral trade between the technology communities of Arizona and Israel.

With over a decade of experience in the area of new business development, startups, marketing, funding acquisition and general operations management, Leib has been instrumental in building organizations from the ground up.

Listen in and learn why investing in great leaders is more important than investing in great products.

Simplifying Success with Hillel Fuld: Lead to Succeed 83

Wise investments, in technology and in people, can greatly optimize a company’s success. Entrepreneur and influencer Hillel Fuld discusses this relationship between tech-savviness and people development in this Lead to Succeed Episode.

Named Israel’s top marketer, Hillel is a tech journalist, startup marketer, and technology expert. Hillel works with technology companies and accompanies them from idea to revenue. He also works with many leading tech brands as an influencer, including Google, Oracle, Huawei, and many more.

Hillel was recently named the 7th most influential tech blogger on the Internet, and among the top 100 most influential social media personalities across the globe.

Listen in and learn how technology optimizes success.

Read and Lead with Danny Brassell: Lead to Succeed 82

Developing a good reading habit is important for children and adults alike. Not only does it improve one’s communication skills, but it also serves as a catalyst in becoming an effective leader.

This episode, which features Dr. Danny Brassell, delves into the profound relationship between reading and leading. Danny, who is an educator, an advocate for reading, and a leader, believes that effective leaders are always good readers.

Danny has spoken to over 3,500 audiences worldwide and authored 16 books, including his latest, “Leadership Begins with Motivation”. He is the co-founder of www.theREADINGhabit.com, the world’s top reading engagement program.

Listen in and learn how good readers make good leaders.

Paying Attention with Scott Sandland: Lead to Succeed 81

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize many industries. By integrating AI, businesses are presented with different opportunities to improve their day-to-day operations.

But what potentials does AI bring into the mental health area? Can it help cultivate meaningful conversations that will lead to solutions?

In this episode, Scott Sandland explains how AI can improve meaningful conversations. Scott is the CEO of Cyrano.ai, a company focusing on artificial empathy and strategic linguistics.

As a former head of a mental health clinic and longtime technologist, Scott has experience leading purpose driven organizations. He has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, Psychology Today, Forbes, and Entrepreneur Magazine.

Scott has presented his AI work at the United Nations AI for Global Good Conference and is a frequent guest lecturer at various universities.

Listen in and learn how talking solution is better than talking problems.

Leadership in the AI Age with Neil Sahota: Lead to Succeed 77

AI is rapidly changing the world, and the leaderships space is not an exception. People are living in anxiety because they do not know what the future holds for them. The good news is, no matter how much AI we adopt, the world will always need human creativity and imagination.

This episode features Neil Sahota. Neil is an IBM master inventor, United Nations AI advisor, and Chief Innovation Officer at UC Irvine. He is also a global speaker and author of the award-winning book, own the AI revolution. Neil is an expert in out-of-the-box thinking and has over 20 years of business experience working with organizations and advising entrepreneurs on building strategy, establishing target markets, structuring companies, and developing next-generation products and solutions. Neil’s expertise spans all industries.

Listen in and learn how to prepare for the future world.

Building from the Culture Out with Joel Lieberman: Lead to Succeed 76

If your business failed today, would you be willing to start again? And what would you emphasize most to ensure long-term growth and success?

In this episode, I have the privilege of hosting a great man who had to start again and now his business has over 100 employees. Meet Joel Lieberman! Joel’s entrepreneurship journey perfectly displays the power of starting again.

Joel is the CEO of Mint Capital. His motto of “all you need to do is sign” has made him home buyers’ favorite. Joel derives personal satisfaction when a client closes on their dream home with minimal involvement and hassle. This accessible, honest, and proactive culture filters down Joel’s desk to every mint capital loan officer, processor, and associate.

Besides hearing Joel’s story, you’ll also get tips on building a company culture and a productive team.

Listen to this journey of starting again with Joel Lieberman.

Scale Your Leadership with Naftali Tessler: Lead to Succeed 70

As a leader, your primary purpose is to serve. In this episode, I have the pleasure of hosting Naftali Tessler on the show. He’s the chief of staff at Hamaspik of Kings County. He has a strong passion for activism, success, creating an environment of team collaboration, and is very influential in motivating people to do their utmost in service to others. Also, he is dedicated to teaching leaders how to scale and grow.

According to Naftali, he learned leadership through giving from his family. There was never a day they had a meal without sharing with the less fortunate. In this episode, Naftali will be sharing his leadership journey, soft skills that every leader should possess, how to impact as a leader, among other exciting topics around leadership.

Don’t Make Your Passion Your Profession with Jason Feffer: Lead to Succeed 69

Do you agree with Jason Feffer when he says, “Do not make your passion your profession?”

According to Jason, if you take your passion and make it your profession, you will spoil both. In this episode, Jason shares his entrepreneurship journey, nuggets of wisdom that he has learned along the way, and some mistakes that he made in his journey that we can all learn from.

Jason Feffer serves as a board member and trusted advisor to multiple technology-based businesses after growing and exiting three online start-ups. He founded SodaHead in 2006, which operated numerous business lines, including digital advertising and SaaS solutions for media companies.

Jason launched MySpace in 2003 and served as the Vice President of Operations and on the executive committee. Jason oversaw the day-to-day and strategic execution of advertising, revenue reporting, safety, policy enforcement, government relations and managed over 300 FTEs. Jason helped grow the company to 100M users and transitioning it to News Corp after its sale for $580M.

Are you ready to get challenged and motivated by Jason? Listen to this episode.

Why Mattering Matters with Angela Maiers: Lead to Succeed 65

You matter. And your people matter. As leaders, we have the unique opportunity to impact the emotional health of those we guide. Whether you are an educator, an entrepreneur, a nonprofit or community leader, you provide oxygen to your people by believing in them and nurturing their essence. In turn you will have the gift of healthy and superbly productive individuals. Get ready to be inspired and elevated as you listen to Angela Maiers, acclaimed author, lecturer, educator and entrepreneur, as she delivers these motivating messages all rooted in her famous “You Matter” movement.

The Power of Purpose with Steven Burg: Lead to Succeed 64

Rabbi Steven Burg is CEO of Aish Global, an international educational organization focused on drawing Jews closer to their heritage. Due to COVID, Aish had to close its doors. Yet it continues to impact the Jewish world. How did Steven and his team accomplish that? Listen in and learn about the importance of revamping, refocusing, and of being relentless. Discover the power in purposeful leadership for non-profit and profit organizations alike.

Fire Up Your Leadership Success with John Lee Dumas: Lead to Succeed 63

What does a superbly successful leader’s mindset and morning routine look like? Get tips and strategies that will fire up your leadership success from John Lee Dumas, founder and host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, a premier podcast that features entrepreneurs daily. Listen in as John Lee shares his philosophy on taking full responsibility for mistakes, praising your team for successes, prioritizing excellent self-care, and maximizing during the current health crisis.

Human Leadership with Billy Samoa Saleebey: Lead to Succeed 62

What does the human side of leadership look like? How is it possible to tackle all your work and stay afloat? How has Covid-19 benefited leaders? Listen in as Billy Samoa Saleebey offers his insight into these topics and others. Billy runs 2 companies, Podify and Insight Media, and hosts 2 podcasts. Learn from Billy’s insights and from his example to optimize, prioritize, and be innovative, all while leading with warmth and sensitivity.

Become Indistractible with Nir Eyal: Lead to Succeed 61

Being productive depends on our ability to stay focused and undistracted. But how do we overcome the urge to check our email, to scroll through newsfeeds, and send endless text messages? In short, how do we regain control and not become overwhelmed? Uncover the root of distractibility with Nir Eyal. Nir has spent much time researching and publishing the topic in his best-seller, “Indistractible.” Listen in to Nir’s passionate messages of leading by example, scheduling tasks, managing emotions and pain, and delaying temptation, are timely and strengthening during these pandemic times.

Lead to Succeed dives deep into personal leadership journeys, seeking to understand how leaders got to where they are today, and the challenges & successes that they experienced along the way