Taking a Stand for Herself and her Team Empowered Marissa Sams as she Grew Her 7 Figure Event Company!
RealTalk Podcast with Maureen Borzacchiello
Release Date: 12/17/2020
Leadership, Emotional Intelligence and Resilience with guest, Alicia Marie
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RealTalk Podcast: Episode 17 Guest: Alicia Marie Personal growth and development is critical to effective leadership. There is a huge misconception…Leaders are NOT born, they are trained, coached and developed to become great leaders. Leadership is relational, not transactional and has nothing to do with big personalities, charm or being persuasive. Those attributes are useful in interpersonal relationships, in sales but have nothing to do with what determines a great leader. Maureen’s guest is Alicia Marie, an expert in the field of leadership development. She has expertise...
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From Corporate Meeting Planner to Entrepreneur - Hear how a movie influenced a Game Changing Pivot for Gail Davis and led to successful, global Speakers agency.
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It’s so fascinating how one experience can be a turning point that shapes one's career, life, decisions! Hear how the movie Alive and the man who inspired the movie, Nando Pardo, became a catalyst for Gail Davis, corporate professional in the meetings and events space, to start her own company GDA Speakers. We’re discussing: Considerations to becoming a Speaker, Hiring and Managing People and Personal Growth and Mindset as a leader.
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Innovating a Product Category, Plus...Hear from Francine Glick of Water Journey as she shares some RealTalk about Patents and Selling to Big Box Retailers.
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Maureen interviews Francine Glick, the founder of Water Journey, who shares some RealTalk about the Pros and Cons of patenting your product, what the ideal timing is around filing your patent and what it takes to defend a patent once you are in the market. She also shares how she started out and went from a successful career as an expert in mergers and acquisitions… to innovator to mompreneur AND managed to get her product Hands2Go into some of the largest, Big Box retailers in the US.
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Hear how Lisa Song Sutton went from Lawyer to Entrepreneur to Beauty Queen, to a SERIAL 7 Figure Entrepreneur and how you can leverage some of her key tips and insights for success!
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With the precision and thoughtfulness of a surgeon, Lisa Song Sutton has approached Strategic Partnerships to grow and scale her businesses. Hear her fascinating story about how she transitioned from the law firm to the boardroom... not just one, but FOUR successful businesses! And while she was at it, added beauty queen, community advocate and even threw her hat into the political ring to boot!
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Hear how this Mother/Daughter dynamic team created a platform to help empower and inspire young women... as well as how they generated OVER 1 MILLION media impressions in a year!
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Hear how Heidi Ganahl, the founder of Camp Bow Wow, the largest pet care franchise in the US which grossed over $100 million sold that company and created a new company SheFactor with her daughter Tori Ganahl, to empower and inspire you women as they begin to navigate adulthood. Hear out how they've reached over 1 million women in one year, what has worked and what challenges they have overcome. Learn from the skills of the wise and the innovation of the youth!
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English is NOT the global language! Who knew? What you MUST know if you are Marketing Your Business Globally
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Who knew that the US does not have an official language? Well, our guest is an expert at all things Global Marketing, Language and Translation. Hear how you can use some key strategies and tips to market your business - whether you export to other countries or not! Also, learn how to leverage and use LinkedIn as a GREAT networking and connection tool as well as to position yourself as an expert!
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Taking a Stand for Herself and her Team Empowered Marissa Sams as she Grew Her 7 Figure Event Company!
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Hear how Marissa Sams left the corporate event world and created her own company where women and diversity were respected and appreciated, as well as how she took a big risk, standing up to a client who was mistreating her team...and it paid off! Owning her voice and her power paid off!
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How a Personal Trauma Led Kiki Rozema to Create a Movement...and an Apparel Company Based on Confidence and Inclusion
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Creating a brand around confidence takes courage - hear how Kiki Rozema took her life’s mission to help others, from being a middle school teacher...to a confidence business - that happens to sell apparel for women!
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Going from a Product Idea Made at Home, to Global Manufacturer Selling to the LARGEST Retailer in the WORLD!
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Lisa Harrington and Kimberly Martinez of Bonitas International and their newest company Bondy Worldwide, share insights about raising capital, managing cash flow, having remote teams, working with large corporations in addition to navigating crisis ...and what the most important, critical skill is that is necessary to do so. They share their biggest pieces of advice around business, success and taking time for yourself.
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How this entrepreneur used grit, resilience, determination {and LinkedIn!} to land some of her biggest, GLOBAL corporate clients!
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Marissa Sams
Her family's international work gave Marissa a multi-dimensional view of the world and a wider viewpoint for strategy building
Marissa’s mission: help people create spaces where all can feel comfortable and heard.
Key Takeaways:
- Create a professional sphere of influence and make sure that it’s a give/get relationship - give more that you are looking to get from the connection
- Be curious when networking, focus on meeting a few key people and have quality conversations as opposed to making contacts for the sake of contacts (it’s about quality, not quantity)
- Stand up for yourself, your team and what you believe is right
- Be willing to have uncomfortable conversations with clients or employees if there are issues of disrespect
- Evaluate your staffing needs in relation to the scope of work that you are providing and consider a blend of outsourced support vs. staff employees to find the right blend that works for you.
What do you feel is one of your keys to success?
Marissa: I think what makes me me currently and keeps me satisfied with where I am right now is just serving and really feeling that I have a unique set of experiences and a unique set of gifts that I'm really committed to sharing with the right people.
Perspective: In taking a looking back, Marissa would:
- Take time to have fun, work a little less
- Be more present
- Appreciate the small things
- Make time to just relax
- Celebrate and own your victories
- Don't worry about what other people think - their opinion is none of your business!
- It’s a marathon, not a sprint. So pace yourself and take care of yourself
Best Piece of advice Marissa ever received was from her grandmother: meekly, wait and murmur not. Have patience.
Guest:
Marissa Sams
Company: Marissa Sams Events
Website: http://marissasamsevents.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissa-sams-559642a/
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