Rise Up For You

Rick Miller is an unconventional turnaround specialist, a servant leader, and a go-to Chief. He is also an experienced and trusted confidant, an author, a sought-after speaker, and an expert at driving sustainable growth. For over 30 years, Rick served as a successful business executive in roles including President and/or CEO in a Fortune 10, a Fortune 30, a startup, and a non-profit. In each case, he was recruited from the outside to turn around poor performance in difficult times. Rick Miller is a Chief not because of his many high-ranking titles, but because of his ability to bring out the best in others—and in himself—using the choices he developed in his Power Compass, a road-tested sustainable growth model he created over the course of his successful career, and which he shares in this book and continues to use with his clients. Rick has been in demand for the past ten years as a confidential adviser to many of today’s most senior executives, and is extensively connected within the global business and

"Hello! I'm Michele, founder of Scarlet Thread Consulting, former soft treatment fabricator, and wife/mom always. I could tell you that I have a B.S. in Business Administration, but I'm just as proud of the diploma in Christian Life Coaching I earned through Light University. Additionally, I am one of the few certified Profit First coaches in the United States - and I am a creative on top of that! You see, I wasn't always a coach for interior designers and creative entrepreneurs. I wasn't even in the home industry at the beginning. I began my career in financial software development with Management Science America and Dun & Bradstreet Software. It may sound as if it was a boring experience, but I can assure you that the experience helped my tech, testing, and organizational skills truly blossom. I opened my soft furnishings company, The Scarlet Thread, in 2000. It was a welcome change of pace with challenges that any new business owner might face. In 2009, I began teaching business classes with an emphasis

ABOUT: Dr. Rob Mathews (rob@elprofile.com) is the Director and Operations Manager of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise at Ball State University. He is also an Instructor of Management in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship Center in the Miller College of Business. He currently teaches the introductory entrepreneurship course, “The Entrepreneurial Experience”. Mathews has also led courses in market research, the business plan, entrepreneurial design, entrepreneurial decision- making, entrepreneurial consulting, management ethics, marketing for new ventures, and entrepreneurial finance. In his role in the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise, Mathews maintains the Institute’s budget and leads faculty, staff, K-12, adult, and community entrepreneurial leadership and problem solving training and facilitation programs. Mathews previously served as the Assistant Director of the Entrepreneurship Center in the Miller College of Business. His primary role was to mento

ABOUT: Fueled by her gratitude for Holistic Nutrition and Standard Process’ amazing products, plus her desire to give others the gift of life and good health she has experienced, Kristi earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Holistic Nutrition from Clayton College of Natural Health in Birmingham, Alabama. She’s been practicing Holistic Nutrition for over 15 years in Newport Beach, CA. Kristi’s main objective is to find the root cause of her clients’ ailments and address them through nutrition and supplements. STAY CONNECTED: https://hncnewport.com/about-me/ _____________ Thank you again for joining us today please check out our webpage at www.riseupforyou.com for more podcast episodes, webinars, articles, free resources, and events to help you get to the next level in your life! You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, and Youtube @riseupforyou If you know anybody that would benefit from this episode please share it with them and help spread the knowledge and motivation. Please

ABOUT: Marc Lesser is a speaker, facilitator, workshop leader, and executive coach. He is known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the author of 4 books, including Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, and CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company. www.marclesser.net. Marc helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. He founded and was CEO of 3 companies, and has an MBA degree from New York University. Marc was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for 10 years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world. He leads Mill Vall

ABOUT: Dr. Daphne Scott, the founder of DS Leadership Life, specializes in creating mindful leaders and mindful organizations. Daphne has been working with organizations since she had her first official job at the ripe old age of 15. Today, she supports other leaders and organizations to take their work and their life to the next level. It isn’t all hard work, but it is work. Daphne brings to her consulting work two decades of real-world coaching and corporate development experience. She draws from her unique background in improv theater and physical therapy to bring engaging embodiment and team-building elements to her coaching. She combines these unique skills with her strong leadership abilities and highly-trained facilitation skills to bring individuals and teams into greater relationship, creativity, and ultimately, success. As a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, certified Hendricks Coach, a founding member of the Conscious Leadership Group, and a member of the International Coaching Federation,

ABOUT: He is a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine and the President and Co-Founder of Innovative Medicine. The New York Center for Innovative Medicine is a one-of-a-kind biological medicine facility that serves patients from around the world, including top CEOs and celebrities. Caspar has trained practitioners across 6 continents in a new integrative and personalized approach to medicine that has garnered the attention from top medical minds including Nobel Laureates, the former head of Merck, and one of the personal doctors in India for the Dalai Lama. STAY CONNECTED: https://innovativemedicine.com @casparszulc on Insta, FB and twitter Thank you again for joining us today please check out our webpage at www.riseupforyou.com for more podcast episodes, webinars, articles, free resources, and events to help you get to the next level in your life! You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, and Youtube @riseupforyou If you know anybody that would benefit from this episode please

ABOUT: Nada Lena is the founder and CEO of Rise Up For You, a company that fosters personal and professional growth amongst individuals and companies. She is an Executive Leadership and Career Confidence Coach, Post-Secondary Educator, and Motivational Speaker. With over 10 years experience as a college professor and former top executive for an education corporation, Nada understands the importance of fusing education, empowerment, and leadership together as she works with her clients and speaks to audiences worldwide. She has toured the world as a singer, has a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership, and has coached and mentored close to 50,000 individuals around the world on self-empowerment, career strategy, and leadership. She most recently had the opportunity to share her expertise at Google's largest conference of the year Cloud Next ‘19, where she worked with tech industry participants and C-Suite executives on Career Confidence, Leadership, and Career Strategy. She was awarded the Chief's Award

ABOUT: Laura Gassner Otting helps people get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results. Through Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes. Laura’s 25-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com; and founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission-driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. She is the author of Mission-Driven, a book for tho

ABOUT: For almost 20 years Christine Lang has assisted people in nearly every profession, including executives, professional athletes, and celebrities. As a young lawyer, Christine was plagued by constant allergies. Determined to find a cure, she voraciously studied different forms of alternative medicine. She cured her allergies, and along the way discovered her amazing gift – to see people’s energy and hear their spirit! Christine learned that our spirits use symptoms as a type of messaging system, alerting us to issues that are ready to be healed. What she learned was so profound that she left the practice of law so that she could help others hear the wisdom offered by their spirits - guidance that helps people heal their relationships, physical health, and careers. Christine helps her clients uncover the core emotional issues that create chronic physical symptoms, unhappy relationships, and negative self-talk. Her ability to hear a clients spirit enables her to reveal details about his/her life with amaz

ABOUT: Catherine Orer is an award-winning Business & PR Strategist and founder of The Artist Entrepreneur, where she counsels professional visual artists and creative entrepreneurs who want to build sustainable businesses and careers. After working as a PR professional for multinational corporations, Catherine began studying the business of art at Christie's Education and working in contemporary Parisian art galleries. She later worked in a critically acclaimed gallery serving the North American art market, where she represented artists at international art fairs and worked with them one-on-one. This experience gave her the versatility and network to create The Artist Entrepreneur. She is known for giving her clients the reality check they need to get the results they want. Her clients say that she “totally gets it” and “makes things happen” by “bridging the gap between creativity and being business savvy.” One artist even called her “the best investment in her career.” Catherine holds a degree in Communi

ABOUT: Despite her successful and demanding legal career, Andie Kramer has helped thousands of women navigate both the obvious and subtle gender biases they encounter in all career settings. Because mentorship opportunities for young executive and professional women are often limited, she co-founded the Women’s Leadership and Mentoring Alliance (WLMA) to recruit senior women to mentor and support younger women on their way up. Andie is also the co-author of the popular book Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Women to Succeed at Work. Partnering with her husband, attorney Al Harris, Andie is able to bring a unique holistic perspective to the work of raising awareness of gender bias and what to do about it. Today she’s helping us understand the glass ceiling - that still exists - and what we can do to keep moving forward while working together. STAY CONNECTED: Website: AndieandAl.com, Twitter @AndieandAl, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/breakingthroughbias/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedi

ABOUT: The Founder and CEO of Strong Coffee and a celebrity trainer who starred in NBC’s STRONG and Versace’s Dylan Blue campaign, and has been a leader in the health and fitness industry for more than a decade. Adam Von Rothfelder, born in 1982, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, is a former professional MMA fighter, personal trainer and owner/lead trainer at Drench Fitness Boutique. At 22 years old, Von Rothfelder immersed himself into the world of amateur and professional fighting and kickboxing. He began fighting and participating in kickboxing matches throughout Wisconsin. In 2006, he won the “Milwaukee Rumble,” an amateur kickboxing competition, and in 2007, he took second place in the Natural Bodybuilding Midwest competition. In 2008, he took second in the Midwest N.A.G.A Championship, which prompted him to enter the world of mixed martial arts. STAY CONNECTED: Website - https://strongcoffeecompany.com/, LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vonrothfelder. Twitter - https://twitter.com/VonRothfelder _

ABOUT: Kelly Resendez is a mom, business executive, best selling author and influencer. She loves helping others with strategies to overcome self-sabotage and find more joy. Author of the new and already popular book Big Voices, is also the founder of the movement the book is named for, Big Voices a woman- empowered network. Kelly is passionate about helping people increase joy, reduce suffering, and learn to think differently. Her own journey has helped her create the strategies and tools that she shares throughout her books. Currently, Kelly is the Executive Vice President of Paramount Partners Group, which is a division of Loan Pal. She uses the same concepts of mindfulness, self-discovery, and goal setting to help those in the mortgage and real estate industries create a successful business. STAY CONNECTED: www.bigvoicesrise.com; https://www.facebook.com/bigvoicesrise; kelly@kellyresendez.com __________________________ Thank you again for joining us today please check out our webpage at www.riseupfo

ABOUT: Ellen Grace O’Brian is the author of The Jewel of Abundance and director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment in San Jose, CA. Ellen is a yogacharya (an esteemed yoga teacher), a radio host, and an award-winning poet who weaves poetry into her teachings on spiritual matters, pointing to the mystical experience beyond words and thought. Ordained by a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, she has been teaching Kriya Yoga philosophy and practice nationally and internationally for over three decades. STAY CONNECTED: Visit her online at http://www.ellengraceobrian.com. And here are her social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EllenGraceOBrian/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/yogacharya_live Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellengraceobrian YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmhm0HJM1Vcs9uLbnt25pIw ___________________________ Thank you again for joining us today please check out our webpage at www.riseupforyou.com for more podcast episodes, webinars, articles,

ABOUT: Christina Reeves is a Holistic Life Coach, Energy Psychologist, accomplished author, speaker, and facilitator. She offers clinics, trainings, workshops, seminars and lectures in North America and internationally. Dimitrios Spanos, CEQP, cofounded the Eudaimonia Center with Christina Reeves, a learning center for transformational change, core healing and personal development. He is a Certified Practitioner of Six Seconds EQ and Certified in Heart Initiation. Their new book is The Mind Is the Map: Awareness Is the Compass, and Emotional Intelligence Is the Key to Living Mindfully from the Heart. Learn more: https://themindisthemap.com/ STAY CONNECTED: WEBSITE: https://themindisthemap.com/ Social Media : @TheMindisTheMap (All Platforms) ___________________________ Thank you again for joining us today please check out our webpage at www.riseupforyou.com for more podcast episodes, webinars, articles, free resources, and events to help you get to the next level in your life! You can also follow us on T

ABOUT: Ariel Garten: Ariel is the co-founder of Muse: the brain sensing headband that gives you real-time feedback on that activity so you see what’s going on in your mind while you meditate therefore allowing you learn how to truly achieve a deep state of focus and increase mindfulness. Muse is used by researchers and clinicians at over 100 hospitals and universities all over the world including Harvard, NASA, MIT, and Mayo Clinic, as well as by famous athletes such as tennis star Novak Djokovic. She’s been featured multiple times on CNN, Forbes, Fortune, and her TED talk has over 400,000 views. STAY CONNECTED: Website - https://choosemuse.com/, LinkedIn - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arielgarten, Twitter - https://twitter.com/ariel_garten ___________________________ Thank you again for joining us today please check out our webpage at www.riseupforyou.com for more podcast episodes, webinars, articles, free resources, and events to help you get to the next level in your life! You can also follow us on Twitt

ABOUT: Shannon Jaccard is a behavioral health consultant and adjunct professor in the field of health care services at Alliant University. She was the CEO of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) San Diego and Founder of Compeer San Diego. Shannon serves on several boards including RI International, The Meeting Place Clubhouse, and San Diego County Behavioral Health Board. Shannon has received numerous awards such as; the Rona and Ken Purdy Award to End Discrimination and the Channel 10 News Leadership Award. She was named one of San Diego’s “50 People to Watch” by San Diego Magazine. Shannon has published several articles bringing to light the experiences siblings share when a loved one has a mental illness and is an international speaker on stigma, labels, and mental illness. Her book, The Forgotten Survivors, is due to be published in 2019. Shannon has a blog for siblings on grief, loss, and shared experiences. Shannon earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Cali

ABOUT: AmyK Hutchens Speaker. Author. Trainer. Business Strategist. A former executive of a billion dollar global consumer products company and awarded the Vistage UK, International Speaker of the Year, (World’s Leading CEO Membership Organization) AmyK is a dynamic, energetic catalyst for producing sustainable solutions to a leader’s most pressing challenges. Thousands of executives in 10+ countries have benefited from her keen insight and intuitive understanding of the issues leaders face. With clients including AT&T, Expedia, Lockheed Martin, Securian Financial, IBM, Wells Fargo, Walmart, John Paul Mitchell Systems, Dematic, Brighton, Cyber AdAPT, Digitech Systems, Herman Miller and hundreds more, AmyK travels the world helping senior executives lead, innovate and collaborate more effectively. AmyK is a featured contributor for Entrepreneur magazine, and her latest book, The Secrets Leaders Keep, is an Amazon bestseller. AmyK received her M.S. from Johns Hopkins University and has been a featured guest on

ABOUT: Eric Satz knows that investing is no longer just for the wealthy. Together with his team at AltoIRA, Eric is living out his mission of delivering 21st-century investment opportunities to everyone, including non-accredited investors. Through the AltoIRA platform, Eric is making alternative asset investing available to all by giving people the support they need to choose and make their own investments using their IRA savings. Eric is a serial entrepreneur with both wins and losses on his scorer’s sheet. He is a former investment banker and early-stage investor with a passion for nurturing startups and raising capital. He served on the Board of the Tennessee Valley Authority from 2015-2018, and he teaches an entrepreneurship class to high school students. A Miami native and diehard ‘Canes and Dolphins fan, Eric went to Amherst College. After years in NYC and then San Francisco, he and his wife moved to Nashville, her hometown, to raise their kids. When he’s not breathing life into startup companies, Er