EP901 - Karen Yankovich on The importance of being REAL and authentic in a profitable personal brand
Release Date: 02/28/2026
Chasing The Insights
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Alex Brockway. Alex talks to us about running AI agents like a workforce. Alex Brockway is the founder of AI Code That Works, where he teaches non-technical founders and operators how to ship real, production software with AI. A lawyer by trade — not an engineer — Alex builds live SaaS products used by real businesses, and is currently building RevAStack in public: a platform that puts your brand on autopilot, producing and publishing your content end-to-end — video, images, posts, ads, and email — from one automated production...
info_outlineChasing The Insights
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Rita Rai. Rita talks to us about The Knowledge Gap - Exploring the space between what leaders know and what they need to know, and the conversations that close it. Rita Rai is the founder of discussIt.co and a senior executive with deep roots in management consulting. She's spent her career working with Fortune 500 leadership teams on strategic planning, operational improvement, digital transformation, and change management - the kind of work where the difference between a plan that sits on a shelf and one that transforms a business...
info_outlineChasing The Insights
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Janylène Turcotte. Janylène talks to us about entrepreneurs exiting and search for identities. Janylène Turcotte spent 25 years as a senior HR executive, the last stretch at Deloitte. She served as an integrator on several deals — inside the due diligence, close to the moment a business changes hands — guiding people and organizations through transition and transformation. Then her own role ended — not on her terms. She walked out of that meeting feeling like she'd left a coat at the door. Over the emptying weeks that followed,...
info_outlineChasing The Insights
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Dr. Theresa Pantanella. Dr. Theresa talks to us about Marketing Misdiagnosis: Why Treating Symptoms Is Killing Your Business (And the Systemic Cure). Dr. Theresa Pantanella is Your Doctor of Marketing. She spent 24 years in healthcare as a doctoral-level occupational therapist, building a seven-clinic outpatient business in South Florida on a single service and scaling it into high six figures through pure operational systemization. Today, she applies that exact same diagnostic rigor to business growth. Where most marketers treat...
info_outlineChasing The Insights
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Aaron Hendon. Aaron talks to us about how mindfulness and meditation are undervalued as the easiest path to performance, success, and happiness. Aaron Hendon is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and real estate veteran turned mindfulness provocateur who has made it his mission to help people stop outsourcing their sanity to the market, their inbox, or their own over-caffeinated anxiety. As the creator of The Mindful CEO and author of How to Live a Grateful Life in a Fckd Up World, Aaron blends 13 years of real estate experience with...
info_outlineChasing The Insights
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Hadley Nightingale. Hadley talks to us about How I built and scaled a remote team across New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Hadley Nightingale is the Director of New Zealand Property Buyers, founded in 2020. Through his leadership, the business has scaled rapidly in just five years! Today, NZPB manages hundreds of properties and has helped hundreds of clients successfully secure investment properties across New Zealand, operating with a remote team across New Zealand and Southeast Asia. New Zealand Property Buyers provides a fully...
info_outlineChasing The Insights
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Kelly A. Norton. Kelly talks to us about Why Administrative Professionals Are the Biggest Untapped Opportunity in AI. Kelly A. Norton is an AI-enabled executive operations leader, international best-selling author of Silent Streets: A Visual Chronicle of the Las Vegas Shutdown, and founder of MonetizeU AI, a global learning community dedicated to helping Administrative Professionals harness the power of artificial intelligence to transform their careers. With more than 15 years of experience supporting CEOs, boards, and executive...
info_outlineChasing The Insights
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Kurt Bush. Kurt talks to us about why is burnout SO pervasive in leaders? Kurt Bush is a certified Internal Family Systems Practitioner, trauma-informed coach, and co-founder of Brimstone Coaching Group. With a background spanning corporate leadership, pastoral ministry, and coaching, Kurt helps leaders break free from self-doubt, embrace authenticity, and lead with confidence. Through Brimstone’s unique E + R = T approach (Encounter + Reflection = Transformation), Kurt equips individuals and teams to move from exhaustion and...
info_outlineChasing The Insights
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Dr. Christian Komor. Dr. Christian talks to us about staying motivated when outcomes are long-term and complex Dr. Christian Komor is an Earth Systems Science advisor, clinical psychologist, author, educator, and candidate for Governor of Colorado. His career has been shaped by solving complex human and systemic challenges in environments where outcomes matter. Dr. Komor has led a multidisciplinary clinical practice, managing budgets, building teams, and overseeing the design and construction of a major office complex. He also spent five...
info_outlineChasing The Insights
In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Kenneth Kollasch. Kenneth talks to us about The Small Business Flight Plan Are you a small business owner going crazy in the "Mom N' Pop" stage of your business? Get ready to meet Kenneth Kollasch – a certified business coach. He's a 3rd-generation entrepreneur, former franchise operator, author, and pastor that understands exactly how exhausting it is to run a business on pure instinct, caffeine, and chaos. But he doesn't believe you need to stay there... In his 12-month program, The Small Business Flight Plan, Kenneth helps you...
info_outlineIn this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to Karen Yankovich.
Karen talks to us about The importance of being REAL and authentic in a profitable personal brand.
Karen Yankovich is the CEO of Uplevel Media and host of the top 2% Good Girls Get Rich podcast.
She helps accomplished professionals turn credibility into cashflow and visibility into impact using modern LinkedIn and PR strategies.
With a blend of smart positioning and soulful confidence, Karen guides her clients to land premium opportunities, media features, and partnerships that elevate both income and influence.
A former corporate leader turned thought leadership strategist, she’s known for helping experts be seen, valued, and paid like the powerhouses they are.
Off the mic, you’ll find her recharging by the ocean in New Jersey—coffee in hand, grandkids in tow, always dreaming up new ways to make success feel effortless.
You can connect with Karen here:
Website: https://KarenYankovich.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenyankovich/
Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/karenyankovich
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenyankovich/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karenyankovich
LinkedIn For PR: http://LinkedInforPR.com