Legacy Roadmap Podcast

Vanessa Raymond and Robert talk about the legacy of performance, from performing on stage as a dancer to speaking on stages to audiences of business professionals Vanessa shows the importance of confidence and developing your self as a leader. Vanessa shares how to grow their confidence, improve relationships and create a powerful personal brand.

Our guest this week is a seasoned international speaker, author, confidence and success coach, as well as a multiple business owner.

After performing professionally on stages around the world for over a decade, Vanessa Raymond pursued a career in the fitness and wellness industry. She focuses on helping people improve their quality of life by becoming healthier and reducing pain. Vanessa understands the connection between movement and mental-emotional toughness for success in both life and business.

As an educator, Vanessa has created multiple national CEC-approved education programs that have impacted the success of thousands. Drawing from her experience in various industries, she created the Self-Image and Confidence Coaching Certification Program, known as The Victory Factor.

Vanessa is also a successful entrepreneur and serves as the COO for Achieve Systems, one of the largest entrepreneurial & business owner communities and coaching support systems in the industry. She is a devoted wife and mother of three.

Vanessa helps entrepreneurs, speakers, and leaders improve their confidence, create meaningful relationships, and establish a powerful business image, enabling them to achieve success personally, professionally, and financially.

https://linktr.ee/VanessaRaymond

https://www.achievesystemspro.com/

https://www.victoryinbiz.com/

https://www.facebook.com/victoryfactor

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-raymond-3a5897200/

Robert talks with Richard Weylman about the importance of customer service and how the companies that truly care about people recognize the experience that they create. Richard helps business owners and leaders think about the experience they are creating for customers and how to improve their customer experience. We share some good and bad stories of customer service and the impact it has on people.

Richard Weylman ( Pronounced  while-men )

Orphaned at age 6, Richard lived in nineteen foster homes and attended eleven different schools.

Rather than becoming victim of those circumstances he overcame them and has had remarkable business success including as an award-winning general sales manager of Rolls Royce to heading sales and marketing for the Robb Report- A Magazine for the Luxury Lifestyle from its inception until its record liquidity event. 

A Hall of Fame inducted Keynote speaker Richard has also been inducted into the Customer Experience Hall Of Fame for his legendary work helping brands engage with their customers and retain them. 

He is the author of two international bestsellers, the latest of which, The Power of Why: Breaking Out in a Competitive Marketplace is in seven languages and is also a CEO Reads best seller.

 His next book 100 Proven Ways to Acquire and Keep Clients for Life  just released this March is available on Amazon or at your favorite bookstore.

Finally, he is a Horatio- Alger nominee for his philanthropic work on behalf of orphans and widows. 

www.richardweylman.com

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Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-weylman-keynotespeaker/

Robert speaks with Don Yaegar, we talk about his corporate competitor podcast and the access the podcast has given him. He shares about how athletic success translate to business success and how so many successful leaders have sports background. He loves to share the greatness of the people he works with both on his podcast and in the books and articles that he writes.

As an award-winning keynote speaker, a twelve-time New York Times Best-selling author, host of the top-rated Corporate Competitor Podcast, Storyteller in Residence for National Geographic, Executive Leadership Coach, and longtime Associate Editor for Sports Illustrated, Don Yaeger has fashioned a career as one of America's most provocative thought leaders.

He is primarily sought after to discuss lessons on achieving Greatness, learned from first-hand work alongside some of the greatest sports and business legends in the world. Additionally, Don has been retained by companies and organizations to coach their leaders on building a culture of Greatness, using the framework built through his exhaustive study of Great Teams in sports and business, discerning the lessons we can learn from them. Throughout his writing career, Don has developed a reputation as a world-class storyteller, in fact, renowned thought leaders such as John Maxwell and Simon Sinek have called Don the best storyteller they have ever worked with! Because of these achievements, Don has been invited as a guest to every major talk show - from Oprah to Fox Business News, from CNN to Good Morning America.

In 2020 Don launched the Corporate Competitor Podcast, which Podcast Magazine quickly recognized as one of the Top 50 Podcasts in America. By 2022 Spotify had listed Corporate Competitor Podcast in the top five percent of the most followed and shared podcasts in the world. Among the guests interviewed by Don for episodes of the podcast have been former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the CEOs of Disney, Delta Airlines, Bank of America, Hendrick Motorsports, KPMG, FanDuel, Chick-fil-A, Insight Enterprises, TopGolf, Mayo Clinic, BET Media and Ritz Carlton.

Born and raised in Hawaii, Don has traveled extensively through his career. A graduate of Ball State University where he was selected as one of the university's “50 Graduates of Distinction” over its first century and subsequently was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2022, Don now resides in Tallahassee, Florida. He and his wife, Jeanette, have a son (Will) and a daughter (Madeleine).

Learn more at www.donyaeger.com or contact don at [email protected]

Subscribe to Don Yaeger’s Corporate Competitor Podcast and receive a free chapter of his best-selling book on the habits of Great Teams. https://donyaeger.com/corporate-competitor-podcast/

Connect with Don on social media @donyaeger

Kevin Lisitsin and Robert talk about impacting a community through connection. Kevin and his wife connect with foster children to help them with a foundation of love. Kevin connects with inmates giving them hope and sharing life principles. He desires to leave a legacy of love by touching lives with hope. 

Our guest this week is a  dynamic leader and seasoned entrepreneur, Kevin Lisitsin, is driven by a relentless pursuit of excellence and a commitment to community development. Rooted in the Central Valley by his parents Cindy and Keith, the son of a Russian immigrant, Kevin has been shaped by principles of diligence, resilience, and the importance of impactful legacy.

Kevin's career highlights his role as a catalyst for change, enhancing productivity and profitability across sectors. He owns a Farmers Insurance Agency in Fresno, providing tailored insurance solutions. His entrepreneurial spirit shone through co-ownership of Rocket Dog Gourmet Brats and Brew and co-founding Summer Fox Brewery, diversifying his portfolio and cementing his status as a visionary.

Deeply invested in social change, Kevin volunteers with middle schoolers and juvenile justice inmates and is active in non-profits for home ownership education. He co-founded 'Diligent Heart' to support foster youth, reflecting his dedication to community upliftment.

Family is central to Kevin, his source of joy and inspiration, sharing values and aspirations. His journey, marked by hard work, innovation, and community responsibility, underscores his belief that success is measured by our impact on others.

Robert and Jule Ann Ducharme have a wonderful conversation about empowering women to take control of their lives through business. She has created multiple companies and organized SHe Talks, a platform for women to share their stories and encourage each other. Julie is a force and you don’t want to miss this encouraging conversation.

As a change maker, Dr. Julie Ducharme has dedicated her career to empower and support people in their endeavors and dreams. People from all over, including the corporate sector and those returning to the workforce, have taken the advice and guidance of Dr. Julie and learned how to use their strengths to maximize their work/life success. Her unique speaking style ignites the passion inside us all and makes that tiny spark into a blaze of empowerment.

Since earning her MBA and Doctorate degrees in business and organizational leadership, Dr. Julie has become a 5x national bestselling author, recognized by INC magazine, hosts of SHE CEO podcast a podcast in the top 1% of podcast, numerous TV appearances with CBS, ABC, and Fox, a professional public speaker, and a serial entrepreneur. Her most recent book Authentically You Empowering Your Way to Success, is changing the way women approach their lives. Julie is also a serial entrepreneur with 5 companies.

Dr. Ducharme is the founder and creator of Lead and Empower Her She Talks, a platform for women to share their stories and fill the gap for women supporting women. Dr. Ducharme has launched the She Talks Mag that has been trending nationwide and the She Talks membership changing the way women network and support each other.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjulieducharme/

https://www.facebook.com/DrJulieDucharmeCOMMANDERINPINK

https://www.instagram.com/julietaylorducharme/

Robert and Jeff C, West talk about SALEs and Jeff’s new book coauthored with Bob Burg, a business parable about sales. Jeff’s down to earth style combined with his sales excellence creates a multi-layered story that brings sales training to a new level. Jeff’s work with Bob adds a sales leadership level to the story that is unmatched in most sales lessons.

For over 30 years, Jeff West coached and led sales teams in multiple industries and was among the top sales performers and leaders in the nation. For over twenty years, he was an entrepreneur in field sales management with the well known Fortune 500® insurance company, Aflac.

Now a sought-after conference speaker, Jeff is the author, along with international bestselling author, Bob Burg, of the business/sales parable, Streetwise to Saleswise: Become ObjectionProof™ and Beat the Sales Blues. He is also author and coauthor of two multi-award-winning sales parables, The Unexpected Tour Guide and Said the Lady with the Blue Hair (coauthored with Lisa Wilber).

Jeff has been on numerous national and international podcasts and been a quoted source for publications such as Sales and Marketing Management Magazine, the National Federation of Independent Business, and Peak Sales Recruiting.

Whether onstage or during interviews, he combines hard-hitting, take-to-the-bank sales wisdom with a folksy humor that engages the audience as have few others.

Main Website: https://jeffcwest.com

Streetwise to Saleswise: Become ObjectionProof™ and Beat the Sales Blues: www.streetwisetosaleswise.com

Said the Lady with the Blue Hair: https://jeffcwest.com/bluehairbook

The Unexpected Tour Guide: https://jeffcwest.com/tutgbook/

Leaders Who Would Like to Discuss the Potential of Co-authoring a Book with Jeff: https://coauthoryourmessage.com

Free Fusion Points® Consultation for Sales Team Leaders and Entrepreneurs: https://fusionpoints.com

Free 3-Video Sales Training Course: https://survivalskillsforcommissionsalespeople.com

Follow Jeff on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffcwest/

Follow Jeff on Twitter: @JeffCWestAuthor https://twitter.com/JeffCWestAuthor

Connect with Jeff on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/jeff.west.330

Robert chats with debbie Hart and Shawn Finnegan about Teen Preneur events that they have launched in Oren UT and the impact they are making in the lives of teenagers and their families. Their success is exciting and overwhelming and now parents want a program for adults to start and launch businesses too.

Shawn Finnegan is a serial entrepreneur and specializes in scaling businesses by scaling relationships. He hosts entrepreneurial events that bring people together to connect and collaborate. He co-hosts Ignition Point Podcast and founding investor of Tax Hive, helping entrepreneurs use the tax code to their advantage.

Debbie Hart is a business strategist dedicated to optimizing operations for more leads and increased profits. She is passionate about her family and helping her children to gain the entrepreneurial education that the schools aren’t providing. She is the co-host of Ignition Point Podcast and the founder and CEO of Ignition Point.

https://www.instagram.com/ignition_point_entrepreneurs?igsh=MW43YXNxYmphbm9mdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

https://www.instagram.com/finneganshawn?igsh=MTJ1ZDU1ZHZtbWhjbA==

https://www.instagram.com/_debbiehart?igsh=MXRkcGY1eWFnYTBkdA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

http://www.taxhive.com/ignition

https://ignitionpointacademy.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-hart-148961217?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-finnegan-03b254a?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

Robert and Thom talk about leaving a legacy through storytelling. We share conversations about faith impacting our journey and how it can impact your business. How do your personal values align with your business values?

Thom Van Dycke is a business advisor for solo and micro-preneurs. After 19 years as a pastor, he launched his business at the height of the pandemic in 2020 and grew it to six figures in the first year. Already a certified StoryBrand Guide, Thom expanded his services to include business development consulting in the summer of 2023. He helps his clients to scale to $50,000/month of recurring revenue.

Thom is married to Tara and they have 7 children. They are both advocates for foster and adoption and have welcomed 30 foster children into their home since 2011.

Website - www.thomvandycke.com

LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/thom-van-dycke

Robert chats with Karl Becker about icebergs, and we see many examples of how entrepreneurship and high performance are like an iceberg, but Karl applies it to selling. The real strength in the sales conversation is can you be curious, can you ask the right questions and truly want to learn the answers.

Karl Becker has founded and run numerous companies over the last thirty years and now runs Improving Sales Performance, a consultancy that supports sales organizations to build high-performing teams and achieve their revenue goals. He is the author of Set up to Win: Three Frameworks to a High-Performing Sales Organization and Sales & Marketing Alignment. He has a BA in economics from Colorado College and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

You can learn more about him and his work at improvingsalesperformance.com.

https://www.improvingsalesperformance.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlbeckeriii

https://www.linkedin.com/company/improving-sales-performance-usa

Robert talks with Tom Beal who is known worldwide as The Simplifier. He helps you reach your next level, regardless of obstacles or roadblocks that have prevented you from breaking through the plateau you've reached, up to this point.

"Success is easy...like Marine Corps Boot Camp!"

Tom assists you in understanding that it doesn't matter where you came from or where you may be right now; there are steps you can take TODAY which can lead you to fulfilling your dreams, personally & professionally.

After being born to teenagers, raised around 4 divorces & 6 marriages, going to 9 different schools by 8th grade, and raised on welfare...

Tom Beal was able to become a National Bicycle Champion, the #1 Honor Graduate in Marine Corps Boot Camp at Parris Island, recipient of 3 meritorious promotions in 4 years while in the Marine Corps, #1 in 5 sales organizations, Publisher of The North Carolina Home Book, and President of Kelly-Media, Inc (a Jim Kelly - NFL HOF QB company), working side by side with Mike Filsaime from 2006-2011, producing over $20 million in online results, and President of Strategic Profits for Rich Schefren for 2.5 years, from 2011-2013. Since then he travels the world sharing strategies to assist clients in simplifying their lives and results, and produces a lot of valuable content on several social media platforms regularly as well.

http://tombeal.com