Gary Hirshberg is the Chairman, President, and CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, the world’s leading organic yogurt producer and the author of Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World (Hyperion Books, 2008). Gary is a frequent speaker on topics including sustainability, climate change, the profitability of green and socially responsible business, organic agriculture, and sustainable economic development. He’s won numerous awards for corporate and environmental leadership…

Author Michael Gelb joins me to discuss his new book which takes a completely unique look at the universe of wine appreciation.

In this edition I’m joined by Woody Tasch—a remarkable man who is framing (and fueling) a whole new way of thinking about the relationship of money, economies and capital to the earth.

Every business that’s growing has issues around change management. Our guest on this edition is an expert in that area. Theresa M. Welbourne, Ph.D. is the founder, President and CEO of eePulse, Inc. and an Adjunct Professor of Executive Education at the University of Michigan Business School. As CEO of eePulse, Inc. she leads an organization that delivers web-based leadership tools and research for continuous improvement and change management. Using eePulse’s proprietary web-based, enterprise-wide software suite called Measurecom™.

Our guest on this segment spent more than 30 years as a top executive and business owner in the newspaper industry, ultimately starting his own company that published weekly newspapers in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Today, Tom Krekel runs the New Mexico franchise for Renaissance Executive Forums-an international company dedicated to helping top executives accelerate positive change in their businesses and in their lives.
This unique system revolves around a “peer advisory board process” and leverages the collective experience of and expertise of the Forum members to the benefit of a particular individual.

Our guest on this segment is the founder and CEO of Sogistics Corporation, an internationally-known firm focusing on sales productivity improvement. Over 20 years decades, Marc Miller has helped organizations to understand, connect, and add value to their customers’ strategies as a way to drive more profitable sales growth.

Our guest on this edition is a celebrated leader in the world of executive coaching. Terry Ostrowiak’s career in coaching, training and personal development spans over 40 years and includes experience in more than 26 countries.

He’s been a featured speaker at many international conferences, ran one of the most successful independent Dale Carnegie© operations in the world from his base, in Johannesburg, South Africa—-and he’s the founder of Quantum Leap—-the company provides Master Coaching services providing resources and coaching services to Small Business Owners around the globe.

Dr. Charles Ehin is a recognized management and innovation dynamics authority.
An Emeritus Professor of Management at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, USA, Dr. Ehin has authored several groundbreaking management books, including Unleashing Intellectual Capital (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000), which details how human nature supports or undermines workplace collaboration and innovation, and Hidden Assets: Harnessing the Power of Informal Networks (Springer, 2004), which explains why people can be physically controlled but not managed.

Our guest on this segment says that amidst the economic downturn in the real estate markets, there will be a new category of survivors, people who will use this down market to advance themselves and their businesses. Loraine Dyson has been a marketing expert in the Southern California real estate and business arena for the past 25 years, and she’s the author of Dare To Succeed as A Woman in Real Estate.

Dave Larson has spent nearly 40 years as an entrepreneur and worked for such major corporations such as DuPont, American Express, Kodak, Gerber Scientific and Agfa.

He’s the author of several books and sought-after for his expertise in marketing, promotions, sales, distribution and operations. Today David is the President and Co-founder of the Small Business Company. Founded in November 2002, —- the company provides affordable and powerful products (books and interactive CDs) and services to over 50 million small and home based business owners.