The Executive Appeal with Alex D. Tremble

Topic:Dr. Theresa R. Horne shares her strategies for dealing with challenging employees and finding the time to focus on your personal goals in addition to the responsibilities of your "day job."Free Strategic Networking Course worth $479If you would like to be entered to our monthly raffle for a online strategic networking course worth $479 all you have to do is:Step 1: Post a leadership or career advancement question on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or leave a comment on one of my YouTube videos (youtube.com/alextremble)Step 2: Tag meLinkedIn: @AlexTrembleInstagram: @AlexDTrembleTwitter: @AlexDTrembleFacebook: @AlexDTrembleGPS/Step 3: Add the following hashtag, "TheATshow" to your postToday's guest:Dr. Theresa R. Horne, CPTM, CSM, SHRM-SCPChief Diversity Officer for the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)Dr. Horne is an experienced senior advisor in DEIA, Human Capital, Training and Development who develops and aligns complex programs and business initiatives for the federal and private companies. She has a 15+ year history of contributions to the government, military and private industries in operations, diversity and inclusion, human capital and adult learning. Dr. Horne has researched and developed comprehensive leadership development, culture action planning and career development programs impacting leaders on a global scale. She is an award-winning novelist, industry columnist and government leader that has spoken at multiple federal agencies, private organizations on the intersection of culture, leadership and strategic alignment. She owns Dynamic Training Partners as a minority, veteran and woman-owned organization. She is a proud Army veteran and enjoys reading, traveling and coaching youth sports. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/theresa-r-horneAffiliated Websites: www.dynamictrainingpartners.orgwww.trhorne.com

Topic:CEO of the Cream City Conservation & Consulting firm, August Ball, shares the strategies that organizations can use to improve their culture and make difficult decisions when people do not fit into the culture. Free Strategic Networking Course worth $479If you would like to be entered to our monthly raffle for a online strategic networking course worth $479 all you have to do is:Step 1: Post a leadership or career advancement question on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or leave a comment on one of my YouTube videos (youtube.com/alextremble)Step 2: Tag meLinkedIn: @AlexTrembleInstagram: @AlexDTrembleTwitter: @AlexDTrembleFacebook: @AlexDTrembleGPS/Step 3: Add the following hashtag, "TheATshow" to your postToday's guest:August M. Ball is the founder of Cream City Conservation. Her two-prong social enterprise helps organizations attract diverse candidate pools and institute strategies that attract and retain top talent, making their workforce stronger and smarter and their programs more sustainable and relevant. Simultaneously, Cream City Conservation Corps cultivates the next generation of land stewards by introducing and training traditionally underrepresented teens and young adults in ecological careers.With over 15 years of youth program management experience and 10 years of supporting local and national organizations, including appointments to WI Governor Ever’s Climate Action Taskforce and the Milwaukee City & County Climate & Economic Equity Taskforces, August has connected thousands of youth and young adults to hands-on service to public lands, outdoor recreation and first time employment experiences in various ecological fields.August received her formal education from UW-Parkside and UW-Milwaukee, having studied Sociology, Community Education and Non-Profit Management.  She has also continued her education informally via organizations such as Center for Diversity in the Environment, Paradigm and the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)A native of Southeastern Wisconsin but citizen of the world, speaking three languages (Visayan pronounced “vee-sai-yan”, Tagalog pronounced “tuh-gah-log” – Filipino dialects, and English), when she is not teaching, August enjoys being a lifelong student and world traveler.

Topic:Peter Nguyen is the President of the national non-profit organization, Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC). During this conversation Peter will share some of the networking strategies he's used to work his way to the top and we will discuss the hard choices you will have to make to reach your personal and career goals. Free Strategic Networking Course worth $479If you would like to be entered to our monthly raffle for a online strategic networking course worth $479 all you have to do is:Step 1: Post a leadership or career advancement question on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or leave a comment on one of my YouTube videos (youtube.com/alextremble)Step 2: Tag meLinkedIn: @AlexTrembleInstagram: @AlexDTrembleTwitter: @AlexDTrembleFacebook: @AlexDTrembleGPS/Step 3: Add the following hashtag, "TheATshow" to your postToday's guest:Peter Nguyen serves as the national president of the Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC) and as a manager for the Office of Finance and Management Organization at the FAA. He is currently responsible for managing the Joint Resources Council Executives and Investment Process Management Division and Integrated Services Branch; the Information Technology and Information Systems Security management for various agency level Investment Decision-Making processes in support of the Executive Secretariat of the Joint Resources Council. He holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Science Degree in Information Systems from Strayer University. Mr. Nguyen is very active with APA organizations. He was the past President for the National Asian and Pacific American Association (NAPA) representing over 2000 members nationwide. He also served as the Program Committee Chair and the Scholarship & Internship Committee Chair for the Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC). In addition, he is a member of the Asian American Government Executives Network (AAGEN), and a member of the National Asian Peace Officers Association (NAPOA).

Topic:The Chairman of the Mandela Legacy Foundation and grandson of the great Nelson Mendala, Zondwa Mendala, discusses how great leaders are willing to make unpopular decisions and remain relevant. Free Strategic Networking Course worth $479If you would like to be entered to our monthly raffle for a online strategic networking course worth $479 all you have to do is:Step 1: Post a leadership or career advancement question on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or leave a comment on one of my YouTube videos (youtube.com/alextremble)Step 2: Tag meLinkedIn: @AlexTrembleInstagram: @AlexDTrembleTwitter: @AlexDTrembleFacebook: @AlexDTrembleGPS/Step 3: Add the following hashtag, "TheATshow" to your postToday's guest:ZONDWA MANDELAAs Chairman of Mandela Legacy, Zondwa is responsible for creating economically sustainable solutions that meet humanitarian challenges. He is also responsible for creating, communicating, and implementing the organization’s vision, mission, and overall direction.

Topic:Peter Kemp started two experiential agencies focused on connecting with, and serving, the high value clients of fortune 500 companies. To do this successfully Peter must build mutually beneficial and trusting relationships with some of the worlds most powerful and successful leaders. During this interview Peter will share how you can build the same powerful relationships regardless of what industry you're in.Free Strategic Networking Course worth $479If you would like to be entered to our monthly raffle for a online strategic networking course worth $479 all you have to do is:Step 1: Post a leadership or career advancement question on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or leave a comment on one of my YouTube videos (youtube.com/alextremble)Step 2: Tag meLinkedIn: @AlexTrembleInstagram: @AlexDTrembleTwitter: @AlexDTrembleFacebook: @AlexDTrembleGPS/Step 3: Add the following hashtag, "TheATshow" to your postToday's guest:Peter Kemp is the most known, unknown...

Topic:CEO/President, has led PathPoint shares his advice on successfully building coalitions with your "competition" and how new technology is being used to make the workplace more accessible to persons living with mental and physical disabilities. Free Strategic Networking Course worth $479If you would like to be entered to our monthly raffle for a online strategic networking course worth $479 all you have to do is:Step 1: Post a leadership or career advancement question on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or leave a comment on one of my YouTube videos (youtube.com/alextremble)Step 2: Tag meLinkedIn: @AlexTrembleInstagram: @AlexDTrembleTwitter: @AlexDTrembleFacebook: @AlexDTrembleGPS/Step 3: Add the following hashtag, "TheATshow" to your postToday's guest:Harry Bruell, CEO/President, has led PathPoint since 2017 and has been a leader in the nonprofit sector since 1991.  PathPoint annually supports 2,700 people in living the life they choose. The organization partners with people with disabilities, people with mental health diagnoses, and young adults to pursue their hopes and dreams through strengthening workplace abilities, building life skills, and developing meaningful relationships.  PathPoint’s nearly 500 staff operate employment, residential and community integration programs in five southern and central California counties — Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.  Harry currently serves on the Board of Directors of the California Disability Services Association as well as an appointed member of the System and Fiscal Reform Workgroup of the Developmental Services Task Force.Prior to joining PathPoint, Harry served for 26 years in the conservation corps field and transitioned to the I/DD field after losing his daughter to mental illness. From 2004 to 2017, he served as President and CEO of Conservation Legacy, during which time the agency increased its annual revenue from less than $1M to over $20M and started numerous new programs across more than 45 states from a base in Colorado.  Harry co-founded the national Public Lands Service Coalition and the Partnership for the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC). In 2011, the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar appointed Harry as Chair of the 21CSC Federal Advisory Committee. From 1994 to 2004, Harry worked for the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps (now The Corps Network) in Washington, DC as Chief Operating Officer and previously in other positions including Vice-President.  He graduated with honors from Rice University with a degree in civil/environmental engineering. 

Topic:CEO & Co-founder of Dementia Alliance International, Kate Swaffer, shares strategies to overcome life's challenges & be an ally to those living with Dementia.Free Strategic Networking Course worth $479If you would like to be entered to our monthly raffle for a online strategic networking course worth $479 all you have to do is:Step 1: Post a leadership or career advancement question on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or leave a comment on one of my YouTube videos (youtube.com/alextremble)Step 2: Tag meLinkedIn: @AlexTrembleInstagram: @AlexDTrembleTwitter: @AlexDTrembleFacebook: @AlexDTrembleGPS/Step 3: Add the following hashtag, "TheATshow" to your postToday's guest:Kate Swaffer is a humanitarian and an award-winning campaigner for the rights of people with dementia and older persons in Australia and globally. She was named 2017 Australian Of The Year in South Australia, and the 2018 Global Leader, 100 Women Of Influence in Australia, and won the Emerging Leader in Disability award in Australia in 2015. Kate is also an Ambassador for the Australia Day Council (SA) and for Step Up For Dementia Research in Australia. She has a Master of Science in Dementia Care, a Bachelor of Psychology, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, all which were completed after being diagnosed with younger onset dementia. She also has a graduate Diploma in grief counselling and is a retired nurse and retired chef. Swaffer is a co-founder, and the CEO and past Chair of Dementia Alliance International, and an elected board member for Alzheimer’s Disease International. She is an Honorary Associate Fellow, Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health, University of Wollongong, International Fellow, Impact Research Group, University of East Anglia, and has played a key role in campaigning for the human and legal rights for people with dementia including equal access to the CRPD. She has been tireless in her work on reframing dementia as a disability, for rehabilitation for dementia, and is the first person in the world with dementia, diagnosed herself at the age of 49, to be a keynote speaker at the WHO. Swaffer has contributed to key national and global policy documents including work for the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Quality Rights initiative, and the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) for dementia. With two honorary university positions, has been very active as a researcher, and is a highly published author and poet. Her uncompleted doctoral work, and other research projects includes Dementia as a Disability, Disability Rights, Human and Legal Rights, Stigma, Quality of Life, and the Public Discourse of Dementia.  Her two published books, What the hell happened to my brain? Living beyond dementia (2016) and Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or Another Dementia (2016), are a must read, The first one reflects dementia from the inside out, and the second is what she wished had been available to her when first diagnosed – a one-stop-shop about dementia. Swaffer has also published two poetry books, and countless journal articles, and media appearances, interviews, publications, and blogs.Read more about Kate Swaffer on her website and very active blog.If you know someone with dementia living in the community, or in a nursing home, please tell them about Dementia Alliance International (DAI). Services and membership are free.Read about DAI here.

Topic:Dr. Jean Kanokogi (a federal law enforcement officer, author, and a Judo champion) shares the steps you should take to know when to break the rules and what questions you should ask yourself to identify your passion.Win a Free Strategic Networking CourseI would like to offer you an opportunity to win access to my 7-week Strategic Networking course which is normally $495. To be entered to win this free coaching session all you have to do is:Post a leadership or career advancement question on LinkedIn, Instagram, or in the comment section of one of my YouTubeTag me in the postAnd add the hashtag #TheATshowAt the end of each month my team will select a winner at random and we will schedule a time to connect. It's that easy. I’m looking forward to connecting with you.To reach out to Alex D. Tremble you can contact him below and use #TheATshow.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alextremble/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/alextrembleInstagram: https://instagram.com/alexdtrembleTwitter: https://twitter.com/AlexDTrembleToday's Guest: Jean KanokogiJean Kanokogi, Ph.D. is a Senior Special Agent for the U.S. Government with extensive experience in conducting criminal investigations. With a career spanning 23 years in law enforcement, Jean has been the lead investigator on several high-profile cases, including the attacks on 9/11 and many that focus on protecting public health. Jean is a 5th degree black belt in judo and a highly respected sensei. She was on the U.S. national judo team, now known as USA Judo, and won several medals in international tournaments. Most notably, Jean was one of the original signers of the American Civil Liberty Union suit to fight for women’s rights in the sport of judo.   Jean is the co-author of her mother’s story, Get Up & Fight: the memoir of Rusty Kanokogi, The Mother of Women’s Judo. She has authored numerous mental health and law enforcement related articles in various professional publications and also publishes a column in the Eighteen Eleven, the professional Journal of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA), with a readership of over 36,000. One of her treasured experiences includes consulting on the television program “Law and Order, Special Victim’s Unit.” She dedicates her time as a volunteer for the FLEOA where she is the Director of Mental Health and Peer Support Services. In this monumental role, she is building a peer support program to support the mental health of the federal law enforcement community. Additionally, this role allows her to comment on bipartisan bills that directly impact the mental health of law enforcement officers.Additional philanthropic work includes mentoring high-risk youths and serving on the evaluation committee for the Rusty Kanokogi Fund for the Advancement of U.S. Judo. Managed by the Women’s Sports Foundation, this annual scholarship provides financial support for women in judo nationwide who are training for national and international competition.Jean holds a B.S. and M.A. from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and earned her Ph.D. in the study of psychology in 2018, where she published her dissertation, entitled, “The Interrogation Experiences that Transition Novices from Beginners to Experts.” Her tenacity and courage to continue to deliver on positively impacting societal behaviors is truly an inspiration for all.

Win a Free Coaching SessionI would like to offer you an opportunity to win a free one-on-one coaching session with me which is normally $250. Last month's winner and I had an awesome conversation and I am looking forward to this month's winner. To be entered to win this free coaching session all you have to do is:Post a leadership or career advancement question on LinkedIn, Instagram, or in the comment section of one of my YouTubeTag me in the postAnd add the hashtag #TheATshowAt the end of each month my team will select a winner at random and we will schedule a time to connect. It's that easy. I’m looking forward to connecting with you.To reach out to Alex D. Tremble you can contact him below and use #TheATshow.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alextremble/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/alextrembleInstagram: https://instagram.com/alexdtrembleTwitter: https://twitter.com/AlexDTrembleToday's Guest: Elaine JacquesElaine Jacques is a leadership presence and leadership development coach who supports mid-career and senior level leaders to #BEMA Become Even More Amazing through dividing up their really big goals into +1% action steps that can be implemented starting today! 

Topic:The Republican National Committee (RNC) National Spokesperson, Paris Dennard, shares his advice for standing out when you are around talented and gaining the right mindset to reach your goals. Free Coaching Session worth $250If you would like to be entered to our monthly raffle for a free 1hr coaching call worth $250 all you have to do is:Step 1: Post a leadership or career advancement question on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or leave a comment on one of my YouTube videos (youtube.com/alextremble)Step 2: Tag meLinkedIn: @AlexTrembleInstagram: @AlexDTrembleTwitter: @AlexDTrembleFacebook: @AlexDTrembleGPS/Step 3: Add the following hashtag, "TheATshow" to your postToday's guest:Paris Dennard is a longtime GOP political commentator, writer, and strategic communications consultant with over a decade of private and public sector experience on all levels of politics and public relations.  In addition to his political work, for the past 20 years he has provided business development, brand and image consulting.  Paris has offered his unique perspective on networks such as Newsmax, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, OAN, BET, BBC, BNC, CBN, TVONE, and a host of local television, radio, and online programs. His opinion editorial writings can be found in publications such as The Carolinian, The Daily Caller, Real Clear Politics, The Hill, and the Washington Examiner.  He has been featured in articles in USA Today, AZ Republic, Diverse Issues, and the LA Times. Paris worked in The White House at the pleasure of President George W. Bush from 2005-2009, serving in the offices of Political Affairs, Legislative Affairs and Public Liaison.  Most notably he was The White House Director of Black Outreach. Additionally, he had the privilege of being appointed primary liaison to the families of former Presidents and Vice Presidents for the State Funeral of President Gerald R. Ford.  Paris served as the Associate Director for Coalitions at the Republican National Committee from 2009-2011 where he traveled across the country working with grassroots leaders and state parties, training, branding mobilizing leaders for various campaigns.  He founded The PD Consulting Group, LLC in 2012, providing political, strategic communication branding and public relations consultation to political, non-profit, and small business clients nationwide.  He is the National Spokesperson for the Republican National Committee as well as the Director of Black Media Affairs where he successfully increased GOP engagement with media outlets and Black journalists nationwide, conducting over 1,000 interviews in 2020. Paris has attended every Republican National Convention since 2000 in different capacities ranging from Delegate at Large to speaker.  At his first convention, he had the distinct honor of being the youngest featured RNC platform speaker to address the delegates.  He is a member of the American Enterprise Institute Leadership Network, provided strategic consultation as a member of the Black Voices for Trump Advisory Board, and was appointed by President Trump to serve as a Commissioner on the non-partisan President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. Paris was raised in Phoenix, AZ and graduated from Pepperdine University earning two degrees in Public Relations and Political Science.