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Acquiring the Psychological Edge in Negotiation with Al McBride

Optimal Instinct with Trish - October 27, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Wanting to avoid getting outplayed in your business negotiation deals? Do you want to have a greater ability to analyze situations that enables you to strategize effectively resulting in becoming unshakable during your cross-the-table negotiations? Al McBride is a negotiation coach and facil...

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Brand Ventriloquism – The Sound of Your Client’s Voice

Optimal Instinct with Trish - October 13, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
It’s tough to connect with your audience, right? Justin Blackman is obsessed with brand voice. Over the last two years, he’s written for more than 329 different entrepreneurs. Before that, he wrote 10,211 headlines for 100 different companies — just for fun — all during the hours he wasn’t cr...

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Product Launch Made Easy with Nicole de Larzac

Optimal Instinct with Trish - September 29, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Have you ever dreamed of running the business of your dreams – from anywhere? Of the flexibility to set your own hours and be there for your family when it matters most – all while doing work that truly feeds your soul? It’s absolutely possible to create this kind of life – while making a di...

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Negotiating Win-Win Outcomes with Your Customers with Nick Kane

Optimal Instinct with Trish - September 01, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Do you want to become a top sales performer? Have you evaluated how strong your negotiation skills lately? Would you consider yourselves ‘ultra-negotiator’ who is fluent in and aces negotiating? A common mistake that salespeople make when it comes to negotiation is not being as prepared goin...

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Cast Aside Decision Making Disorder with Deborah Zahn

Optimal Instinct with Trish - August 25, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Are you an accomplished professional transitioning to being a consultant? Have you wanted to take the leap but still undecided if you’ll dive into it? We make decisions every day from the trivial to the critical, such as changing careers or launching a business. But how do we know we are doing...

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Changing Difficult Client Relationships

Optimal Instinct with Trish - July 22, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
‘…There was this one woman that was very, very difficult to work with. She was always unkind and unpleasant.’ If you’re in the service business you’ve met them: difficult clients. Clients that are rude, hard to please, demanding, uncooperative, and micro-managers with tons of last-minute reque...

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Shifting Business Focus with Jon-Marc Seimon

Optimal Instinct with Trish - July 14, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Are you ready to take on the big challenges? Aside from business success, can a business leader like you craft solutions that will deliver sustainable growth while promoting the well-being of society and the planet? Jon-Marc Seimon is a founding partner at a boutique brand and design strateg...

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Control and Clarity for Leader and Teams with John Murphy

Optimal Instinct with Trish - July 07, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Are you ready to unlock your potential and drive yourself, your team, and your business forward with control and clarity? Your future success begins with clarity about what you want to achieve and the vision you have for your team. John Murphy is an experienced top team coach, executive coac...

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Effective Virtual Communication with Denise Harrington

Optimal Instinct with Trish - June 30, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Are you a virtual event speaker ready? You can be! Denise Harrington a Premier Communication Coach and Trainer- Denise prepares business executives to speak on some of the most visible global topics such as sustainability, disruptive innovation, global workforces, emerging markets as well ...

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Using Communities to Supercharge Your Business with Jono Bacon

Optimal Instinct with Trish - June 23, 2020 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
What if you discovered a blueprint that could grow your organization’s reputation and loyalty, dramatically reduce customer service issues, produce content and technology, and cement a powerful, lasting relationship between you and your customers? Jono Bacon is a leading community and collabor...

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Fire-Resistant Company Culture with Shelley Smith

Optimal Instinct with Trish - June 16, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Is your company ready to take the company culture wheel to decrease turnover, improve workflow, efficiency, and employee satisfaction? Why does or should anyone care? Is culture just the latest buzz word and hot topic or can an excellent one yield higher profit and purpose for the long haul? ...

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Focus on Your People to Make a Difference with Heidi Lynne Kurter

Optimal Instinct with Trish - June 09, 2020 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
In a world of technology, managers are leaning heavily into automating everything they can to increase efficiency. The problem is it takes away from the human-to-human part and widens the disconnect between manager and employee. Heidi Lynne Kurter is a Leadership Coach and Workplace Culture Co...

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You’re a Rockstar! Get Paid Like One with Paul Klein

Optimal Instinct with Trish - June 02, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
How does your pricing match up? Are you a Rock Start Pricer? As for Paul Klein, you want to price the client, not your solution.​ How you price is a direct reflection of your brand's position and value in the marketplace. Paul Klein is a Business Scaling + Pricing Strategy Consultant for Exi...

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Stop Leaving Big Money on the Table with Howard Shore

Optimal Instinct with Trish - May 26, 2020 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Every business is a “Leaky Bucket,” and most of those leaks can be contained—if you are willing to change your mindsets and lead your business a little differently. Howard M. Shore, founder, and CEO of Activate Group Inc. is a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur specializing in liberati...

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Less Clutter, More Productivity with Barbara Hemphill

Optimal Instinct with Trish - May 19, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Improving the quality of employee’s lives is one of the best things you can do for your employees and your business.  Unquestionably, clutter is bad for business. It not only slows your employees down, it weighs them down. They are less productive than they would like to be and as a result, le...

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Success is Easy with Debbie Allen

Optimal Instinct with Trish - May 12, 2020 10:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Debbie Allen is a Certified Speaking Professional, internationally-known business growth, and market positioning expert. She has been a professional speaker for over 25 years and has presented before thousands in 28 countries. Debbie is a bestselling author of nine books, including her newest bo...

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Imperfect Action Wins with Michael Zipursky

Optimal Instinct with Trish - May 05, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Don’t spend all your time fine-tuning your offer, value proposition, product, or service. Just put it out there Get clear on what you want to achieve. Make progress towards it and get closer to that goal by taking that 'imperfect action'. Recognize that if you’re going to go into a new indus...

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Refocus on the Customer with Jeff Gothelf

Optimal Instinct with Trish - April 28, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Focusing more on customer experience and customer satisfaction is a smart goal for any sales organization. Jeff Gothelf works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management, and human-centered d...

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Quality Over Quantity Gets You to Customer Diplomacy with Jeremy Greenberg

Optimal Instinct with Trish - April 21, 2020 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
How well do you know your customers' deepest needs? And, how do you address those? It is not enough just to create products. You need to know the people you are serving; and, most importantly, you need to know what they truly need. Having a comprehensive understanding of your customers is the ...

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Mergers & Acquisitions = Millions More with Linda Rose

Optimal Instinct with Trish - April 14, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
When a buyer comes knocking, will you be ready? If a buyer approaches you tomorrow will you be in a position to maximize and receive the greatest valuation for your business? Linda Rose is a seasoned M&A Consultant with more than 30 years of success across management consulting, cloud comput...

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People are not Sausage. Understanding Your Team with Yuri Kruman

Optimal Instinct with Trish - April 07, 2020 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Yuri Kruman is a corporate HR Strategy/Organization Design Consultant and expert on the Employee Experience (EX), board member, startup advisor, Forbes Coaches Council member, as well as a contributor to Forbes, among other top platforms. He is the author of “What Millennials Really Want From ...

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Giving Young Leaders a Good Start with Debra Angilletta

Optimal Instinct with Trish - March 31, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Debra Angilletta is the CEO and Founder of Angilletta & Associates whose focus is on working with Information Security &Technology companies to develop their young leadership teams. A former Wall Street executive, Debra’s executive leadership coaching is the result of her street smarts and bat...

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Using Improv to Build Leadership Skills with Amy Lisewski

Optimal Instinct with Trish - March 24, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Improv is truly a life-changing art. The key to improvisation is the “Yes! And…” principle, which teaches us to actively listen to each other’s ideas and add value to them in every moment. Amy Lisewski is a professional improviser, entrepreneur, and speaker based in San Diego and anywhere ad...

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Discover What Your Life is For with Noreen Sumpter

Optimal Instinct with Trish - March 17, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Noreen Sumpter is a ball of energy. She is passionate about her work. She sees people as amazing with amazing lives and as people who want to play big life games. Noreen only speaks to people from their awesomeness, which allows them to take risks and to move beyond limiting beliefs they might h...

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The Art and Science of Storytelling with Paul Smith

Optimal Instinct with Trish - March 10, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Paul Smith is one of the world’s leading experts on organizational storytelling. He’s one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers of 2018, a storytelling coach, and author of the Amazon #1 bestsellers, Lead with a Story (now in its 11th printing, and published in 7 languages around the...

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Growth Comes From Going Beyond with Gene Hammett

Optimal Instinct with Trish - March 03, 2020 11:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, Proven Business Consultant and Founder of  Growth Think Tank (formerly know as “Leaders in the Trenches”) recognized by Inc.com and Entrepreneur.com for being a top podcaster for leaders. We are speaking of Gene Hammett, of course. Over 1,000,000+ busin...

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Engagement MAGIC Creates Competency with Doug Fine

Optimal Instinct with Trish - February 25, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Doug Fine has led training and development sessions in hundreds of settings and with hundreds of audiences. He specializes in leader development, leader and team member engagement, and culture change. He provides ENGAGEMENT MAGIC Training which stimulates five-star performance, with research-p...

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What Success Looks Like with Anthony Taylor

Optimal Instinct with Trish - February 18, 2020 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Anthony Taylor is the principal and lead strategic planning facilitator at SME Strategy. He is an entrepreneur with over 10 years, running his own business while working with companies in various industries.   In 2016 he was chosen as a Global Entrepreneurship Week ambassador for Canada and ...

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Emotional Courage Means More than Speaking Up with Peter Bregman

Optimal Instinct with Trish - November 18, 2019 05:55 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Peter Bregman is a sought-after speaker and thought leader in the areas of leadership development, organizational change, productivity, and emotional courage. He is the host of the Bregman Leadership Podcast, which offers insightful conversations with industry thought leaders on how to become ...

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Use Accountability to Gain Respect with Liz Wiltsie

Optimal Instinct with Trish - November 18, 2019 05:55 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Liz Wiltsie is a professional business consultant and coach with diverse industry experience, ranging from documentary filmmaking, small business technology, and education administration. She has been mentoring and coaching Millennials and Gen Z for 13 years and brings a unique perspective bec...

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