First and Foremost

Organizations are more and more turning toward servant leadership to foster creative, trustworthy, and caring cultures.  Dr. Crystal Davis and I discuss her new book Bloom Where You Are Planted: Reflections On Servant Leadership. We discuss servant leadership from the trust to authentic conversations. Join us and then go to Amazon and purchase her new book. https://archive.org/download/DrCrystalDavisBloomWhereYouArePlanted/Dr%20Crystal%20Davis%20Bloom%20Where%20You%20Are%20Planted.mp3

Nate Essary - Business For The Right Reasons Do you know your "WHY" as a entrepreneur? Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance Nate Essary discuses his journey to discovering his "WHY" in his entrepreneurial pursuits.

Dr. Crystal J. Davis, CEO As an expert servant leadership consultant, author, and independent Certified Coach, Teacher, and Speaker with the John Maxwell Team, Crystal brings an “others-centered” approach to helping great leaders build great organizations. CJD Consulting Solutions, LLC is a firm that helps organizations and leaders to improve business results by empowering authentic conversations encouraging members at all levels of the organization to build trust, awareness and meaningful contribution. From working with leaders to working with teams and individuals, Crystal helps people to envision the future of their organization, coaches them to harness the skills needed to think future-forward, and assesses the organizational culture to develop frameworks that will create high performing teams. Crystal considers the comprehensive scope of an organization and its people. Crystal is the author of two books, Leading from Within: Th

Dave and Renee Chronister are founders of Parameter Security an ethical hacking firm that was born out of the need to better protect our businesses, government, health care, financial and educational institutions and various organizations globally from vicious hackers. Join me and this husband and wife duo as we talk about balancing Life, Love and Business! SCOPE OF THE INTERVIEW 1. Life a. Dave what was it like growing up in STL? b. Cutting your teeth on technology at the age of 5 what was the draw? c. What from your childhood attributes to your success? d. If given the opportunity what personal investment would make again? 2. Making the Jump to Entrepreneur a. Why did you go into business for yourself. b. Do you remember the day when you made a decision to strike out on your own? c. In your opinion what kind of preparations should we made before any entrepreneur makes  the big jump? d. What about fear, how do you man

CHRIS ROBINSON  FOUNDER OF R3 COACHING Chris Robinson is the founder of R3 Coaching, a company dedicated to the development of individuals and businesses. His speaker/leadership training as well as his one-on-one coaching has influenced his client’s trajectory towards success. Chris is an international speaker and executive coach, who has spoken before crowds as large as 4,500. On a weekly basis, he trains small groups within varied organizations. He has dedicated his life to enhancing others, by speaking/teaching on leadership, personal and professional development. Chris’s leadership beginnings started while he was a sales representative, for one the largest vehicle services contract service providers in the U.S. Within a five year period, he quickly advanced 4 positions to Senior Sales Manager. He continued to develop his leadership strengths while overcoming his weaknesses by helping to grow the company from a staff of 18 employees to over 700. While expe

Danny B. is a new era MC with the work ethic of  the greatest Hip Hop legends. His music is loaded with enough beats to get the party started or ride through the city bobbing your head with flawless lyrical and clever lyrics. Check out the first episode of First and Foremost as I sit down with Danny and talk about the his hustle and his dreams of moving the crowd with music. http://archive.org/download/TheHustleAndTheDream/The%20Hustle%20and%20The%20Dream.mp3