All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett

Sometimes you have to throw out the script and get down to business.Today’s guest, Scott Akerley, knows about that first-hand. He worked his way up from the bottom of the escrow business to employing more than 300 people across several companies. Scott is the CEO of Pango Group, a company focusing on escrow and real estate in southern California. He tells Jeffrey their origin story, what it means, and how its growing. They also talk a lot about the importance of technology and values in business. He adds that when companies live by their values, it makes tough decisions easier to handle.Connect with the Pango Group: https://pangogroup.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are many topics that are considered taboo -- sex, politics, and religion are the most notable. However, there is another topic that we're still not talking about: wealth! Many associate as a domain for only those with money, but that couldn't be further from the truth. On today's episode, Jeffrey speaks to Frank Cooper III, Chief Marketing Officer at BlackRock, and he's a believer that more people should experience financial well-being. With money being the #1 stressor, he believes people aren't being taught to talk about money and how to manage it, spend it, or save it.They also spoke about Frank's career trajectory -- from DefJam, Motown, PepsiCo, Buzzfeed, and now BlackRock. He talked about the nuggets he took from each of these companies and how influential culture is to everything from culture to branding. After all, culture eats strategy for lunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of the 4th of July, we're re-releasing a discussion from the C-Suite Network High Stakes Leadership Forum with Jim Rowley.Jim Rowley serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Crunch Fitness. A veteran of the fitness industry since 1992, Jim leads the executive team responsible for day-to-day operations, franchising, development and marketing of the brand’s 315+ locations across its Crunch Signature and Crunch Franchise portfolio.Before beginning his fitness career, Mr. Rowley proudly served his country for eight years as a U.S. Marine, including a three-year assignment with the State Department, Marine Security Guard Battalion and a combat tour with “Task Force Ripper” during the Persian Gulf War.Become a C-Suite Network Executive Member: https://c-suitenetwork.com/executive-membership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s an All-American success story on this episode of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett. Just in time for the 4th of July, Stacey Moore the Commissioner and Founder of the American Cornhole League, joins Jeffrey to talk about the #1 sport on TV right now. Cornhole has moved from backyards and bars, to primetime on ESPN. Stacey talks about how he got inspired by tailgating, how many Americans play the sport, and why he decided to take it pro. He even admits that the idea of a professional cornhole league may sound silly, but it’s becoming a big business. Grab your bags, your boards, get to the backyard, and start throwing.The American Cornhole League: https://www.iplaycornhole.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’ve ever been hemp or CBD curious, this episode of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett is for you.  The world of hemp can be an alphabet soup of confusion for the outsider: CBD, CBG, THC to name a few. Not to mention, it seems that hemp products are everywhere -- from the gas station to the fashion boutique. Then in some states, hemp products are lumped in with legal marijuana which adds to the confusion.Today’s guest on All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett helps clear the air in the hemp vs. marijuana debate. Gus Hanger is the CEO of Industrial Hemp Farms, a Colorado-based firm that grows and processes hemp from seed to scale. Beyond CBD oil, Industrial Hemp Farms is one of the largest processors of hemp flowers. Gus explains to Jeffrey what a hemp flower is, how it’s used, and how the hemp industry is like the Wild Wild West.For more information: www.industrialhempfarms.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes you just need to reach out, either across the aisle or to someone else to get things done.From Harvard Business School to Capitol Hill, our first guest is a trailblazer. Barbara Franklin served five presidents, most notably as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President George H.W. Bush. Barbara talked about arriving in Washington in the early 1970s and the women who helped reshape gender roles in government. She also talked about why promoting and championing women is a bipartisan issue and why measuring progress is more than just counting. Barbara also enlightened Jeffrey on an important equal-rights milestone coming up many of us may not know about. Kimberly Roush joins Jeffrey in the second part of the show. She is the founder of All-Star Executive Coaching. While she is a coach herself, Kimberly admits she continues to lean on her coach for advice. In fact, she’s relied on her coach for nearly a quarter of her life. Kimberly is also a big believer in being BIG and explains what that means. Kimberly and Jeffrey also talk about the importance of networking. In fact, Kimberly calls it NETplaying, because she wants to take the work out of it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the C-Suite Network, we continue our commitment to keep the difficult conversations at the forefront. Today’s episode of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett featured two insightful, candid conversation.We start with Corey Pegues – who went from a crack dealer to a decorated veteran of the NYPD. Corey and Jeffrey talk about the “Blue Wall” of police culture, why all police officers shouldn’t be lumped together, and what he thinks needs to change with our police force. Corey talks about why he feels that this moment is different for the Black Lives Matter movement and what needs to be done to change the overall culture of justice in America.The topic may have switched to connections for the second half of the show, but the conversation is just as real. Kelli Richards, the president of All Access Group, is known in Silicon Valley as a “super connector.” She has worked with some of the biggest names in tech and music throughout her career; and while Kelli hates to drop names, Jeffrey does coax a few out of her, and your jaw might drop. Beyond her client list, Kelli gets real about how hard it is to stay positive and why it’s important to lean into your communities during times like these. Become a C-Suite Network Member: https://www.c-suitenetwork.com/executive-membership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're replaying one of our recent favorite episodes featuring Andrew Zimmern and Peter Shankman.From eating bugs to breaking bread across cultures, our first guest today knows a lot about food. You likely know Andrew Zimmern from his long resume of cable TV shows including Bizarre Foods. Lately Andrew is using his platform to talk about the inequities in our food supply chain. Andrew says there’s an ugly truth that we don’t see in our food delivery system from the fields to the table. Andrew also mentioned the hidden agenda of all his shows and where Jeffrey can find the allusive “Black Lobster” that may not be black at all.   Old friend Peter Shankman joins Jeffrey for the second part of the show. Peter is the Futurist-in-Residence at Epic Marketing Consultants Corporation, he’s best known for creating HARO (Help a Reporter Out) a platform to help journalists find expert sources for their stories. Which we find out he sold 10 years ago this month. In this frenetic conversation, Peter and Jeffrey talk candidly about neurodiversity and the gifts of truly thinking different. The men cover marketing, how companies are responding to COVID-19 and BLM, if privacy is a myth in the digital age and even get into dad jokes. Buckle up, these two old friends cover a lot of ground.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're replaying a conversation a few weeks ago with Rolanda Watts. She's had a varied career including being a writer, speaker, journalist, voice actor and comedienne just to name a few. With all that’s going on in the U.S. today Jeffrey and Rolanda had an honest and respectful conversation into race relations. Rolanda says it’s important to have an open dialogue between races and we have to confront societies demons head-on. For as bad as things are, Rolanda believes we will come out the other side of this unrest better adding “Crap makes gardens grow.” She also channeled a conversation she had with the late poet Maya Angelou who reminded us all to be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Rowley serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Crunch Fitness. A veteran of the fitness industry since 1992, Jim leads the executive team responsible for day-to-day operations, franchising, development and marketing of the brand’s 315+ locations across its Crunch Signature and Crunch Franchise portfolio.Before beginning his fitness career, Mr. Rowley proudly served his country for eight years as a U.S. Marine, including a three-year assignment with the State Department, Marine Security Guard Battalion and a combat tour with “Task Force Ripper” during the Persian Gulf War.Become a C-Suite Network Executive Member: https://c-suitenetwork.com/executive-membership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices