The Start, Scale & Succeed Podcast

In this down-to-earth episode, Kyle Gillette, Founder and CEO of Blue Shirt Business Coaching, shares the lessons he’s learned coaching clients how to succeed in the real world of business. You’ll learn the key to leading and inspiring others well, the power of writing things down, and how to ask great questions.
Kyle Gillette, Founder and CEO of Blue Shirt Business Coaching, has helped small business owners and leaders around the world to take their businesses from good to great. He is an ICF-certified coach, behavioral analyst, and creator of the Blue Shirt Leadership Framework that helps leaders and small business owners become the leaders they’re meant to be.
Want to learn more about Kyle’s work at Blue Shirt Business Coaching? Check out her website at https://blueshirtcoaching.com/.

In this insightful episode, Victoria Pelletier, Managing Director at Accenture, shares how she has leveraged the lessons she has learned from 20 years of executive leadership and 18 mergers and acquisitions.You’ll learn how to effectively manage change by proactively investing in your personal brand and fostering authentic relationship within your organization or division.Victoria is a 20+ year Corporate Executive and Board Director – she is currently a Managing Director at Accenture. Nicknamed the “Turn Around Queen” by former colleagues and employers, Victoria inspires and empowers her team and clients to change mindsets and drive growth in business, leadership and culture.Victoria was recognized as one of the Top 30 Most Influential Business Leaders in Tech by CIOLook, 2021’s Top 50 Business Leader in Technology by Insight Magazine and a Mentor of the Year by Women in Communications & Technology in 2020. HSBC bank awarded her the Diversity & Inclusion in Innovation award in 2019 and she was IBM’s #1 Global Social Seller ranked by LinkedIn in 2019 and 2020.Want to learn more about Victoria Pelletier,? Check out her website at https://victoria-pelletier.com/.

In this truly tremendous episode, Rachel Turner, Co-founder and Principal of VC Talent Lab, shares how she turned her own struggles scaling her businesses into a powerful tool for Founders.You’ll learn what it means to scale yourself while you scale your business so you don’t get left behind with lack luster results or worse.Rachel Turner is a founder and ‘Alpha Whisperer’ with more than twenty years’ experience as a transformative coach and leadership, team and culture consultant. Her superpower is coaching entrepreneurs who need to scale themselves to scale their businesses and her new book, The Founder’s Survival Guide is the go-to book to help founders to scale and adapt their leadership style as their company grows.Want to learn more about Rachel's work at VC Talent Lab? Check out her website at https://www.vctalentlab.com/ or grab a copy of her book, The Founder’s Survival Guide at https://www.thefounderssurvivalguide.com/Mentioned in this episode:Find Out How a Scale Architect Can Help YouMy team of Scale Architects and I enjoy the privilege of helping leaders like you achieve even greater results through our Individual Coaching and team Acceleration Program. If you’d like to scale your business or nonprofit, boost your profits, build a strong leadership team, or even simply become a better leader with less stress, schedule your free 15 minute call with me, at www.scalearchitects.com/15. 15 Minute Call

In this fascinating episode, Tom Henschel’s, Executive Coach and Podcast Host at Essential Communications, shares how he uses his decades long career as a Hollywood actor to help leaders develop their look and sound of leadership.We dive into the true sign of authenticity in leadership, how COVID has shaped the current leadership challenge, and how to create deep trust in a remote work environmentFor more than thirty years, Tom Henschel has helped hundreds of senior leaders achieve The Look & Sound of Leadership.His expertise as a communications coach has taken him into executive offices at companies such as Amazon, CitiGroup, CoreLogic, Dole, HP, KONE, Netflix, Toyota, and Warner Bros.In addition to coaching executives, Tom facilitates team events and delivers interactive trainings in the areas of presentation skills, effective communications, and influence skills at companies such as Disney, Nissan, Taco Bell, Transamerica and Symantec.Want to learn more about Tom Henschel's work at Essential Communications? Check out his website at https://essentialcomm.com and his podcast at https://essentialcomm.com/podcast or on your favorite podcast platform.

In this incredibly practical episode, Kristen Ricupero, Personal Financial Coach and CEO of Financial Fitness Coaching, shares how she went from having a decent job and no money to helping business owners make more profit than they could ever have imagined.Fueled by her passion to help others succeed and become financially free, Kristen is a Personal Financial Coach & Profit First Certified Coach who specializes in helping small business owners, entrepreneurs and driven professionals develop and strengthen their money management skills, eliminate debt, and create cash flow systems to maximize profit and ultimately build wealth. By developing specific action plans that are tailored to each client’s needs, values and goals, it allows them to live and retire in ways they only thought they could dream.Want to learn more about Kristen Ricupero's work at Financial Fitness Coaching? Check out her website at www.financialfitnesscoaching.com.

In this thought-provoking episode, Otis McGregor, Executive Strategist and CEO of Tribe+Purpose, shares how he has used his experience of 25 years in the US Army to help leaders grow and develop as they grow and develop their teams.Otis retired from the US Army in 2009 as a Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel following 25 years of service. Where he discovered his passion lies in helping people succeed. And it is that same passion now drives him to create better leaders. Otis believes that better leaders create better organizations, better organizations create better communities, and better communities will create a better world.Want to learn more about Otis McGregor's work at Tribe+Purpose? Check out his website at https://www.tribe-purpose.com/.

In this tech-forward episode, Stefan Debois, Founder and CEO of Pointerpro, shares how he helps professional service providers overcome the inefficiencies that prevent them from ever truly achieving scalability.What I love about this episode, however, is that Stefan shares how tech isn’t always the right answer, how duct tape digitization is the right strategy, and most crucially, when you need to change tack to achieve true scalability.Stefan Debois is the founder and CEO of Pointerpro, an assessment software platform that helps professional services companies to automate their advisory processes. Stefan is passionate about the use of technology to build professional relationships with people, at scale.Before founding Pointerpro, Stefan worked for 15 years in several consulting companies as a consultant, project manager, and account manage contributing Entrepreneur, Capterra, CrazyEgg,… mainly in the areas of entrepreneurship and digital marketing. Want to learn more about Stefan Debois's work at pointerpro? Check out his website at https://pointerpro.com/.

In this passion-filled episode, Gary de Rodriguez, goes deep to help us step up as a consistent and congruent leader in every aspect of our lives.Recognized as an internationally acclaimed expert in the science of human excellence and known as the People Mechanic, Gary De Rodriguez has over a 35-year career in designing and integrating the most influential models of psychology-based systems of success in leadership, human behavior, relationships, communication, and team dynamics.Gary is the CEO of Peopleistic LLC USA. He has privately coached over 11,600 people worldwide and is internationally recognized as the go-to person for personal and professional breakthroughs. Recognized for his cutting-edge leadership training and the ability to instill value and motivation in teams, Gary has focused his career on the human aspects of organizational development.Get a $100 discount when you register for Gary’s e-course, Creating Incredible Relationships using coupon code HIGHDEMAND100 at https://garyscourse.com/ and head over to https://www.peopleistic.com/ to learn more about his amazing work!

In this revealing episode, Michele Molitor, the founder and CEO of Nectar Consulting, shares how she discovered she was not alone in the fight against self-doubt and decided to go on the offensive to help others to Rapidly Rewire their thinking and accelerate their personal and professional success.As co-author of the best-selling book “Breakthrough Healing,” Michele works with executives and entrepreneurs bringing over 30 years of experience, intuitive insights and strategic business savvy to your success.Want to learn more about Michele’s work at Nectar Consulting? Check out her website at https://michelemolitor.com and her company at  https://www.nectarconsulting.com.

In this masterful episode, Brigitta Hoeferle, Owner and Founder of the Center for NLP, shares how she nearly destroyed her business and the lessons she learned and now shares with ambitious leaders all across the world.As a powerfully engaging and professional international speaker, Brigitta is also known as the fast-tracked female trainer and retired lead coach of one of the largest self-development companies in the world.As leading mentor, business coach and author she has been invited to speak on stages around the world, to the certify and train executives in the leading methodologies of powerful communication, in form of Neuro Patterns of Communication for their personal and business life.Want to learn more about Brigitta’s work at the Center for NLP? Check out her website at www.centerofnlp.com and www.brigittahoeferle.com.