MSMP 131: Tasneem Ali on The Power of Authentic Leadership Presence and Harnessing LinkedIn for Hiring Great Staff

My guest for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast is the ambitious introvert Tasneem Ali. Tasneem is an authentic leadership coach at Fervent Living. As an ambitious introvert herself, Tasneem loves helping her fellow introverts grow in their way while growing in their career by creating an authentic leadership presence. Most of the time, new business owners will … Read more

MSMP 130: Eric Spencer on Leadership Development and Relationship Management

Today’s guest for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast is Eric Spencer. Eric is the COO for SkyeTeam, a boutique leadership development consultancy based in Denver, Colorado. Although the company has been around since 2007, it wasn’t until 2011 when Eric came on board. He has worked for several companies, including technology, hardware and software, startups, and … Read more

MSMP 127: Paul Rodney Turner on Social Entrepreneurship and Building Confidence and Turning Your Mind into Your Best Friend

Today, my guest for the Mads Singers Management Podcast is Paul Rodney Turner, social entrepreneur, author, and food yogi. Paul is the CEO of the Kindly Ecosystem (also known as the Kindly Coin), intended to be the world’s first social-impact cryptocurrency simultaneously sold on the Ethereum (ETH) and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) Blockchains. He is also the founder and president … Read more

MSMP 126: Sinead Kearns on Sharing your Ideas and Starting a Business from Scratch

Joining me today from Dublin, Ireland, for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast is the owner of Arlo Blue, Sinead Kearns. Initially, a teacher who worked in a school for the disadvantaged, Sinead loved her job. However, being an ambitious person made her seek better opportunities. Remembering her father’s advice on being your boss, Sinead went … Read more

MSMP 125: Sheri Miter on Finding your Strengths and Creating a Well-Rounded Team

Joining me in today’s episode for the Mads Singers Management Podcast is none other than entrepreneur-at-heart, super mom of 3 boys is Sheri Miter! Before finding her calling, Sheri joined her husband in his chimney cleaning business for ten years. While she was helping her husband on his side gig, Sheri eventually got into network marketing, where she … Read more

MSMP 122: Renata Porter on Understanding and Communicating with Your Employees

My guest today for the Mads Singers Management Podcast, is Renata Porter, the Founder of Renata Porter Limited and a motivational speaker. Renata calls herself a “serial fixer” because she is the one people call when their teams or managers are not working how they intend to. She also helps small business owners and non-profit youth sports clubs … Read more

MSMP 121: Itai Sadan with the Right Chemistry in Hiring Employees

Joining me today on the Mads Singers Management Podcast is Itai Sadan, CEO, and Co-Founder of Duda, the leading white-label website builder for digital marketing agencies and SAAS platforms. Trusted by over 15,000 and counting agencies, SaaS platforms, freelancers, and even small businesses use Duda on a day-to-day basis to build their businesses and their digital presence. … Read more

MSMP 119: Joseph Fung on Finding the Right Fit for Your Business

Today, joining me for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast is Joseph Fung, the CEO, and Co-Founder of Uvaro, an online sales accelerator that helps sales professionals be more successful regardless of their specialty is. Based in Canada, Joseph is a lover of all things tech, software, and entrepreneurship. We begin this episode … Read more

MSMP 118: Allan Milham on Making an Impact as a Leader

Joining me today on the Mads Singers Management Podcast is none other than Allan Milham. Allan is the founder of Questage®, a leadership development company based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Allan has been working for the last 25 years with entrepreneurs and leaders with organizations worldwide. He has helped people elevate their impact as a leader and understand … Read more

MSMP 117: Michelle A. Mercier on Facing Adversity and Building Resilient Teams and Unlocking The Power of Habits and The Right Mindset

Today, joining me for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast is none other than the resilient entrepreneur Michelle A. Mercier. Michelle is a business coach, motivational speaker, and host of The Resilient Entrepreneur Podcast. Michelle is on a mission to bring back humanity in business because she believes that keeping things personal is suitable for businesses. Michelle … Read more

MSMP 113: Julian Goldie on Creating Effective Processes and Hiring Freelancers

Julian Goldie is joining me from Bangkok for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast. Julian runs his link-building agency where he builds backlinks to help clients rank higher on Google, get more traffic, and be seen easily. Julian has clients worldwide and has worked with several freelancers and contractors alike. But Julian didn’t get … Read more

MSMP 112: Julia Collins on Servant Leadership

Joining me for today’s episode in the Mads Singers Management Podcast is Julia Becker Collins. Julia Becker Collins is the COO of Vision Advertising, a 100% woman-owned, woman-run full-service marketing agency based outside of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States of America. Like myself, Julia is crazy about people management and leadership (if you’re crazy about management … Read more

MSMP 109: Andrea Overend on Building Teams and Hiring the Right People

Joining me today on the Mads Singers Management Podcast is Andrea Overend, founder and owner of Globetrot Pro and Dream Vacations Cruise and Land Vacations travel agency. Andrea had an early start on entrepreneurship and has had many ventures since then, including her restaurant and travel agency. Now, unlike most travel agency owners, Andrea thrived during the pandemic despite being … Read more

MSMP 108: Ryan Shekell on Building and Cultivating Relationships

Joining me today is Ryan Shekell from Every Breath Counts Podcast. Ryan had his humble start as a 5th-grade special education teacher in upstate New York, where he had several eye-opening experiences during his teaching days. However, Ryan felt missing and decided to change careers and ventured into the medical field as a sales agent, specifically in … Read more

MSMP 107: Richard Matthews on Building Systems and Working Remotely

Joining me today on the Mads Singers Podcast from the comfort of his bus is none other than TheAlchemist, Richard Matthews of Pushbutton Podcast, and The Hero Show. Unlike most people today, Richard works from home and traveling around in his bus, together with his whole family and their pet dog. Like myself, Richard has his podcast … Read more

MSMP 106: Erin Young on Picking Your Niche and Simplifying Your Business

Today, joining me is none other than Erin Young, the founder, and principal consultant for SlideUX. This family-run consultancy provides practical and measurable approaches to business rather than quick and fancy hacks to unlock a magical way to get rich and earn money. Erin is a user experience architect who shares the same passion as I … Read more

MSMP 105: Karena Calhoun on Finding Your Purpose and Leading People

Welcome to another episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast! Today’s guest is Karena Calhoun. Karena is a mindset, life, and purpose coach whose passion is to help people find their purpose in life and live out their dreams. Like many people, Karena started in the corporate world, but she decided to take a different path later on … Read more

MSMP 104: Carrie Cardozo on Management and Effective Communication

Welcome to another episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast. Joining us today is none other than the bubbly business psychic, Carrie Cardozo! Like most of my guests, Carrie had her start in the corporate world until she decided to start her own business. Now unlike most people, Carrie is a psychic. While this may make … Read more

MSMP 103: Ceri Hurford-Jones on Hiring the Right People and Teaching Skills

Welcome to another episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast! Joining us today is Ceri Hurford-Jones. Ceri has had humble beginnings by working on a farm but eventually made his way up and worked by being the managing director of Spire FM and finally starting his own business. Ceri and I share the same passion for helping … Read more

MSMP 102: Navin Jaitly on Providing Value to your Sales and Service People

Welcome to another episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast! Today, we are joined by Navin Jaitly! Navin is an expert in a field where I don’t make well – sales! Navin works with business owners, business executives, and even business leaders. A firm believer in seeing the good inside of people rather than the outside, Navin has … Read more

MSMP 101: Pablo Gonzalez on Networking and Discovering Positive Black Swans

Welcome to another episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast. Today, Pablo Gonzalez joins us. Pablo is the host of the Chief Executive Connector Podcast, an expert and specialist in networking, and a good friend of mine. Pablo and I sat down together to discuss how many business owners and managers don’t utilize networking a lot … Read more

MSMP 100: Jeremy Lunnen on Training and Developing People to be Leaders

Welcome to the 100th episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast! It’s been quite a journey, and I couldn’t have gotten here without your support! Joining us today for our 100th episode is none other than Jeremy Lunnen. Jeremy is the global leadership development programs manager of Qualfon that runs contact centers around the world. Jeremy has been … Read more

MSMP 99: Lindsay Sutherland on Helping Your Employees Grow

Today’s guest in the Mads Singers Management Podcast is none other than Lindsay (Hauptman) Sutherland! Like myself, Lindsay had an early headstart in her career (she had her start in the automotive industry) but also had to learn many things the hard way, but because of this, Lindsay was able to have and live the life she wanted … Read more

MSMP 97: Nicolene Elhadad on Having a Super Team to Help Your Business Grow

Joining us from Cape Town, South Africa, today’s guest on the Mads Singers Management Podcast is none other than self-made millionaire, franchise business coach, and entrepreneur Nicolene Elhadad! Nicolene and her husband started from their garage and have worked their way up to several franchises and businesses all over South Africa. However, it’s not all about earning … Read more

MSMP 96: Justin Varuzzo on Putting Customers First

The proliferation of podcasts in all spheres means that occasionally one of my guests also hosts a podcast. My guest for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast, Justin Varuzzo, hosts the Marketing and Service podcast. Here he interviews guests who share, through different techniques and strategies, his focus on exceptional customer service. Justin shared several … Read more

MSMP 95: Ravi Sharma on Growth-Focused Entrepreneurship

My guest for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast, Ravi Sharma, is currently based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, but this time last year, that wasn’t the plan. His digital agency, Webomaze, which does marketing, SEO, web design, and mobile apps, just to name a few things, was solely based in India at the time. He and … Read more

MSMP 94: Alain Hunkins on Asking Better Questions

My guest for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast is Alain Hunkins who has trained individuals and teams in 2000+ businesses in over 25 countries over the last two decades. He is originally from NYC but currently lives in the Netherlands. Fascinatingly, Alain’s curiosity about how people interact with each other is informed by an … Read more

MSMP 93: Jonathan Baldock on LinkedIn Tips

LinkedIn continues to be an even more relevant part of networking and sales and it’s not often that you can speak with someone who’s been on the inside of that company, helping businesses use the platform to get outstanding results in recruiting and sales. My guest for this episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast, Jonathan Baldock, is … Read more

MSMP 92: Isaac Smith on Team Dynamics

I recently had a chance to appear on the Next Level Ecommerce podcast and had such a great conversation with the host, Isaac Smith, that I invited him to come and share some of his wisdom on my very own Mads Singers Management Podcast. Isaac has been in E-commerce since 2014 and worked through a number of different … Read more

MSMP 91: Lindsay Tjepkema on Growing in a Pandemic

While many people struggled to survive when the Covid-19 pandemic began (and continued), Lindsay Tjepkema and her team at Casted have had a very different problem: managing growth. The company is only two years old and half of that has been in the middle of a series of lockdowns and restrictions that no one ever … Read more

MSMP 90: John Vuong on Becoming an Entrepreneur

Yellow Pages was a dominant advertising paradigm for many small businesses for so many years and it worked well for many of them. Put up an ad and the sales would roll in. Today’s guest for the Mads Singers Management Podcast, John Vuong, lived in that universe for ten years before transitioning to the digital advertising world. … Read more

MSMP 89: Jesse Jackson on Team Communication

It’s always nice when our guest for the Mads Singers Management Podcast is familiar with hosting a podcast. In this episode, I’m chatting with Jesse Jackson (no, not that Jesse Jackson) about best practices when it comes to managing and communicating with teams. Jesse has spent most of his career in the call-center business, working in various divisions, be … Read more

MSMP 88: Timothy Colson on Trusting Your Team

Today’s guest for the Mads Singers Management Podcast, Timothy Colson, has spent many years in leadership, first in a big box retailer for almost a decade, then for a nationwide insurance company. Today he runs his own insurance and financial services firm in New York, about an hour outside Manhattan. Part of why Timothy runs his … Read more

MSMP 87: Phil Drinkwater on Team Building

Believe it or not, there was a time when there was nothing like Google Ads on the Internet. All you could find were documents and PDFs floating around explaining how to “improve traffic” to your website, but there was nothing like the SEO industry that exists today. One of those early pioneers (with one of … Read more

MSMP 86: Mark Herschberg on the Career Toolkit

We often complain about the fact that there’s so much that “they” don’t teach us in school that we need not just for our careers, but for life. Turns out that instead of just adding one more voice to that chorus, someone decided to address those challenges by writing a book. Today’s guest for the Mads … Read more

MSMP 85: Genesis Amaris Kemp on Diversity and Equality

We hear a lot in the news these days about “diversity” and “inclusion” and it’s often best to speak to someone who is working on these issues each day to get a sense of the state of affairs. Today I welcome one of those people, Genesis Amaris Kemp, to the Mads Singers Management Podcast. Genesis is … Read more

MSMP 84: Mark Webster on Hiring Practices

Hiring is one of my favorite topics to discuss, and my guest for today’s episode of the Mads Singers Management Podcast, Mark Webster, had so much good information to share about that topic. Mark is Scottish but has spent enough time in the US that his accent is somewhere in the mid-Atlantic. He currently runs Authority Hacker, which … Read more

MSMP 83: Matt Diggity on Better Management

It’s often said that a business is a way for the founders and employees to bring their theories to life. Sometimes those founders have enough energy and vision to drive multiple businesses. Today’s guest for the Mads Singers Management Podcast is Matt Diggity and he is very much one of those types of founders. His businesses include … Read more

MSMP 82: Martin Ebongue on Building a Team

Seven years ago Martin Ebongue was living in France, working at a job that he enjoyed. But he wanted more freedom, and since he had already built some online businesses with good revenue streams, he was able to quit that job and go on a world tour for 18 months. He ended up settling down … Read more