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Innovation Secrets: What Successful Companies Do Differently
with Vanessa Thompson
Is your business struggling to keep up in today’s fast-paced, competitive market? Leaders everywhere are asking the same critical question: How can I make my business more innovative? If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to foster creativity within your team, this episode is for you.
🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we welcome globally recognized innovation expert Vanessa Thompson to uncover the secrets to driving innovation, building a culture of creativity, and staying ahead of the curve.
About Vanessa
Vanessa Thompson is a globally recognized expert in innovation, sustainability, and ESG strategy. With a career spanning roles at The United Nations Foundation, the World Bank, and leading climate tech startups like Joby Aviation, Vanessa brings a unique blend of expertise in financial analysis, strategic planning, and sustainability consulting to every project she undertakes.
As a driving force in the field of sustainable innovation, Vanessa has served on several boards and collaborated with organizations like The Nature Conservancy, NASA’s OMEGA Project Earth, and JLL Spark Ventures, where she conducted due diligence and led investments in breakthrough technologies. Her work has been featured in Forbes, and she has contributed thought leadership on topics ranging from renewable energy to ESG reporting, positioning her as a sought-after voice in the climate and venture capital sectors.
An accomplished public speaker, Vanessa hosts "The Sustainability Experts," a podcast where she interviews industry leaders, including figures like Venus Williams, Raj Shah, and Eric Schurenberg. Through these conversations, she explores the intersection of innovation, leadership, and sustainability, inspiring audiences to rethink what it means to create lasting impact.
Vanessa holds an MBA with a specialization in Finance from Santa Clara University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She combines her academic rigor with hands-on experience, leading multi-disciplinary teams across five countries and seven time zones to address pressing global challenges. Her work at the cutting edge of sustainable business practices has helped organizations integrate ESG metrics like GRI, SASB, and CDP into their core strategies, unlocking both financial and environmental value.
Connect with Vanessa
- Speaker Website: https://www.vanessathompson.com/
- Consulting Website: https://www.the-sustainability-experts.com/
- Podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-sustainability-experts/
- Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessathompson5/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSustainabilityExperts
- Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5PLmkmxJLJQ5BJ2Kgluxku?si=4fb696fdd84847c2&nd=1&dlsi=bf5bae8fcd2e448c
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
AI for Leaders: Shift Your Thinking, Boost Your Impact
with Andrew Davis
Most leaders are using AI like it’s a super-powered Google—and it’s costing them big time.
🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, Author & Keynote Speaker Andrew Davis explains why that mindset is outdated, thanks to something called Lumière’s Law.
You’ll learn how to unleash AI’s true power: mimicry, not memory. Intelligence augmentation, not automation. This episode walks you through how to break old habits, build a digital doppelgänger, and turn your business into an idea machine.
👉 If you’re tired of AI giving you mediocre results, this conversation is for you.
About Andrew
Andrew Davis is a bestselling author and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker. Before building and selling a thriving digital marketing agency, Andrew produced for NBC’s Today Show, worked for The Muppets in New York and wrote for Charles Kuralt. He's appeared in the New York Times, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and on NBC and the BBC. Davis has crafted documentary films and award-winning content for tiny start-ups and Fortune 500 brands. Recognized as one of the industry's "Jaw-Dropping Marketing Speakers," Andrew is a mainstay on global marketing influencer lists. Wherever he goes, Andrew Davis puts his infectious enthusiasm and magnetic speaking style to good use teaching business leaders how to grow their businesses, transform their cities, and leave their legacy.
Connect with Andrew
🔗 Learn more about Andrew Davis: https://www.akadrewdavis.com
📌 Follow Andrew on LinkedIn: / tpldrew
#AIforBusiness #AndrewDavis #MarcHaineLive #LumiereLaw #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalDoppelganger #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #innovation
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Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
From Fear to Fierce: Becoming an Activated Leader
with Angus Nelson
What if the confidence you’re waiting for never comes?
🛎In this episode of Marc Haine Live, leadership coach and strategist Angus Nelson reveals how waiting to “feel ready” is the biggest threat to your business. We explore how to take action despite fear, why confidence is built—not found, and how being “Activated” can transform your leadership.
Whether you’re a manager stuck in indecision or a business owner tired of playing small, this episode will challenge your mindset, ignite your courage, and give you the tools to finally move forward.
🎯 Topics Covered:
• Procrastination and the cost of waiting
• Action-before-confidence mindset
• Building “Activated” leadership
• Disrupting yourself and your business for growth
🛠️ FREE OFFER: DM “ACTIVATED” for a 30-minute clarity call with Angus Nelson
About Angus
Angus Nelson is a leadership coach, strategist, and keynote speaker known for guiding high-performing entrepreneurs and executives to break through plateaus and unlock extraordinary success. His expertise impacts high-achievers across startups, Fortune 500 companies, and celebrity circles. Angus has worked with executives from FedEx, Cisco, Bridgestone, Veeva, and Unbabel, and has delivered keynotes at the corporate headquarters of global giants like Walmart, Coca-Cola, BMW, Disney, Adobe, Swisscom, and Fidelidade.
As the founder of Evolve Leadership, Angus blends psychology, emotional intelligence, and proven frameworks to help clients overcome limiting beliefs, drive personal growth, and align purpose with profit. His transformative work empowers leaders to achieve clarity, wealth, and freedom.
Based in Lisbon, Portugal, Angus lives with his family and two larger-than-necessary dogs. He is the author of Confidence Comes Later and the host of the Evolve Leadership podcast, where he inspires listeners to become bold, aligned, and unstoppable.
🔗 Connect with Angus:
Website: angusnelson.com |
LinkedIn / angusnelson
Instagram / angusnelson
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Unlock Authentic Leadership: Aligning Your Purpose with Success
With Irene Riad
Are you a leader climbing the ladder, ticking all the boxes, but still feeling…disconnected and burned out? Join us as we tackle the real reason behind executive burnout and disengagement.
🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we sit down with Irene Riad, The Mosaic Integral Leadership Expert, to reveal why so many successful leaders feel empty despite reaching the top. Through her 7-lens MOSAIC Integral Leadership System, Irene guides us on how aligning with our core purpose isn’t just a “nice-to-have”—it’s critical to becoming a leader people want to follow.
About Irene
Irene Riad is a Global Talent Consultant, an ICF PCC Executive Coach, ICF Coach Mentor, Coach Educator, and Accredited Coach Supervisor who specializes in talent assessment and leadership development. Her consulting, coaching and coach supervision journeys weave in the growth of clients’ mind (thoughts), body (emotions), values/beliefs (culture), relations (systems), and soul (consciousness) within their personal /professional context, through different modalities that enable them to go through a deep transformation of their whole human system as leader, team, and organization. The outcome of her work is experienced as a renewal of sight to the inner mosaic power we hold within ourselves and collectively, to live into our big visions and legacy work. She is deeply fulfilled by empowering others to step into their light and see their unique magnificence in the world.
Connect with Irene
www.sightcet.com
Linkedin: / irene-riad
Instagram: / sightcet
Facebook: / sightcet
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Scaling Your Business with Effective Growth Systems
with Chris Goegan
Are you drowning in a sea of “shoulds,” constantly firefighting your business instead of growing it? You’re not alone—and you’re not broken. Effective business systems are the key!
🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, Customer and Employee Experience Strategist Marc Haine sits down with Chris Goegan—one of the world’s top experts in engineering business growth systems—to unpack why most businesses get stuck, burned out, and overwhelmed… and what to do about it. Chris breaks down the real reason your business feels like it owns you (instead of the other way around), and how to escape the chaos using just two key systems: Growth Systems and Freedom Systems.
Get Chris' Engineered Marketing 3 Systems Guide for FREE.
Chris' Engineered Marketing 5-Day Workshop for just $27 (you get the opportunity to get this right after signing up for the 3 Systems Guide)
About Chris
Chris Goegan, is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost experts in engineering growth systems for businesses. Chris has spent over 35 years transforming businesses through powerful systems, with deep expertise in engineering, sales, marketing, and operations. A former engineer who’s made over 100,000 cold calls (hating all but 3!), Chris began his career building high-volume manufacturing lines at Ford Motor Company, designing parts for the International Space Station, and even contributing to the engineering behind the real-world “Hunt for Red October” submarine.
He's worked with Michael E. Gerber, acclaimed author of "The E-Myth," and top industry leaders. His methodologies have generated over $165 million in revenue for small businesses across 100+ industries, freeing entrepreneurs from the grind and saving them over 1,000 hours annually.
Chris is the Founder and CEO of Engineered Growth Systems, dedicated to scaling businesses into the $10 to $50+ million range while giving owners their time back. He believes systems, not hustle and stress, are the true keys to sustainable growth.
He is passionate about helping good people build great businesses . . . and Exit Wealthy.
An Ironman finisher who raised money for cancer research in memory of his dad, Chris loves sports and the outdoors. He's originally from Canada, so expect a few “eh’s” along the way!
Connect with Chris
https://www.chrisgoegan.com/
/ chrisgoegan
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Episode 232: Why Your Business Model is Holding Back Your Business Transformation and Growth
with Dawn Holly Johnson
Is your business unknowingly stuck in the past? Leaders everywhere are relying on outdated business structures and industrial-era strategies—and it’s costing them trillions in lost revenue, disengaged employees, and declining customer experience. But what if there’s a better way?
🛎 In this episode of Marc Haine Live, I sit down with Dawn Holly Johnson, The Future of Business Architect, to expose the hidden forces quietly bleeding businesses dry—and reveal the game-changing strategies that will help you break free from these costly mistakes.
About Dawn
Dawn Holly Johnson has led enterprise-wide transformational efforts in every major industry and across all sizes of organizations - from startups to Fortune 100 companies - using her many years of experience to generate higher organizational performance with an impact of over $5.2 Billion in new revenue generation and over $1 Billion operational profit margin gains through focusing on value delivery and improved stakeholder experience.
Dawn Holly began to write her second book What CEOs Need to Know in 2016 after her eighth career layoff occurring one week after her divorce. During those trying times, she chose to bring positive change to the world. She published this short yet impactful book in December 2021.
Self-titled as The Future of Business Architect, she helps startup founders beat the odds to success, and leaders of established companies to quickly transform their organization from underperforming and non-collaborative into being Future Ready: creating purposeful, productive, and profitable organizations that are joyful to work in.
Connect with Dawn
dawnhollyjohnson.com
Dawn Holly Johnson on Linkedin, @dawnhollyjohnson on YouTube
Thursday May 22, 2025
Thursday May 22, 2025
🚨 Is poor management secretly draining your business? You promote your employees to managers. to a leadership roles—only to watch them struggle, your team disengage, and productivity slip. Sound familiar? Bad management isn’t just frustrating—it’s expensive.
High turnover, disengaged employees, and costly mistakes are all symptoms of a bigger issue: most managers were never trained to lead.
🛎 In this episode, customer and employee experience strategist Marc Haine sits down with management consultant Tara Landes. We put a spotlight on the costly mistake businesses keep making—and how to fix it.
We uncover:
✅ Why promoting top performers to management without training backfires 🚨
✅ How to tell if poor management is secretly hurting your business 📉
✅ The real reason most leadership training fails (and what actually works)
✅ How investing in management training can help businesses and careers leap forward 🚀
Need to brainstorm aspects of your business? Book your complimentary 30-minute brainstorm with Marc. Schedule a time that works for you at https://meetwith.marchaine.com
About Tara
For 25 years, Tara Landes has been the secret weapon 300+ small businesses leaders have used as they solve operational challenges. She is a certified change management practitioner from The Prosci Institute and a licensed influence trainer from The Cialdini Institute. She is the lead faculty member for the Bellrock management training programs, having graduated 950+ students and counting. She has also delivered almost 100 presentations to organizations like TEC Canada, MacKay Forums, Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC), and Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of British Columbia and Yukon (CPHR BC & Yukon).
Connect with Tara
🔥 Take Action Now!
💭 Reflect on today’s episode—write down the key lessons and revisit them in 6 months!
📅 Book a 15-minute strategy session tomorrow (yes, tomorrow!)
📩 Get a free coaching session: Email tlandes@bellrock.ca
📢 Sign up for Tara’s monthly management insights: www.bellrock.ca
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
Transformational Leadership for Modern Managers
with Joel Davis Brown
Leadership is costing businesses more than ever—money, customers, talent, and, at times, even their sense of community. But what if the solution isn’t in the usual playbook?
🛎 In this episode we dive deep into the transformative power of leadership wisdom from the LGBTQ+ community with leadership expert and “Awareness Agent,” Joel Davis Brown.
👉 In this episode, you’ll discover:
• Why traditional leadership approaches are falling short—and what’s really at stake.
• The concept of transformational leadership and how it can revitalize your organization.
• The role of cultural genius in leadership, and why it’s essential in today’s diverse workplaces.
• Tangible leadership lessons from the LGBTQ+ community that you can apply immediately.
About Joel Davis Brown
Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown is the Chief Visionary Officer of Pneumos LLC, a management consulting firm based in San Francisco and Nairobi, specializing in cultural intelligence, leadership development, and organizational change. He is also the co-owner of MetaPrinciple, a global training and certification company focused on systems change. With nearly 25 years of facilitation experience, Joel has worked across five continents, partnering with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and government agencies to drive sustainable growth and transformation. His expertise lies in fostering psychological safety, belonging, and innovation in workplaces, using a Gestalt-based approach to leadership and change.
A sought-after speaker and executive coach, Joel has collaborated with major organizations, including Apple, LinkedIn, the United Nations, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, among others. He is a certified Gestalt practitioner, an ICF-certified coach, and a Forbes Coaches Council member, working with C-suite executives, emerging leaders, and cultural creatives worldwide. His expertise extends to designing leadership programs on ethics, cross-cultural dialogue, LGBTQ+ inclusion, and men’s leadership.
Joel holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law and a doctorate in educational leadership from Saint Mary’s College of California, where he studied design thinking, global citizenship, and peace education. He is the author of the best-selling book The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice. Joel curates and facilitates the Queer Leaders Lens forum, supporting LGBTQIA2S+ leaders worldwide, and continues to make an impact through media appearances and keynote speeches.
Connect with Joel
🌐 Website: www.joeldavisbrown.com
💼 LinkedIn: Joel Davis Brown
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#Leadership #TransformationalLeadership #LGBTQLeadership #MarcHaineLive #LeadershipWisdom #CulturalGenius #BusinessSuccess #inclusiveleadership
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Thursday May 15, 2025
Thursday May 15, 2025
How Poor Communication is Costing You—And How to Fix It
with John Golden
Ever walked away from a meeting, sales call, or networking event thinking, “That could’ve gone better…”? You’re not alone. The truth is, ineffective interactions are costing professionals more than they realize—lost deals, missed promotions, and disengaged teams.
🚨 Here’s the problem: Most leaders and sales pros don’t recognize the subtle ways they undermine their own success. Whether it’s bringing baggage from a previous call, failing to be present, or letting emotional triggers take over, these small missteps add up to BIG consequences.
🛎 In this episode, globally recognized sales strategist, bestselling author, and CSMO at Pipeliner CRM, John Golden will share 5 strategies you can use today to recognize your emotional baggage and adjust your attitude and strengthen your conversations.
About John
John Golden is the Amazon bestselling author of Winning the Battle for Sales: Lessons on Closing Every Deal from the World’s Greatest Military Victories and Social Upheaval: How to Win at Social Selling. A globally acknowledged Sales & Marketing thought leader, speaker, and strategist, he has conducted over 1800 video interviews of thought leaders for Sales POP! online sales magazine & YouTube Channel and for audio podcast channels where Sales POP! is rated in the top 2% of most popular shows out of 3,320,580 podcasts globally, ranked by Listen Score. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM. In his spare time, John is an avid Martial Artist.
Connect with John
www.salespop.net
www.pipelinersales.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngolden/
Get a Free trial of Pipeliner CRM www.pipelinersales.com
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Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
Stop Losing Deals! Master the Art of Follow-Up
with Ursula Mentjes
💰 85% of sales close after the 5th follow-up… but guess what? 90% of business owners never follow up more than once! If you’re one of them, you might as well be lighting stacks of cash on fire. 🔥
🛎 In this episode, your host, customer and employee experience strategist, Marc Haine sits down with Ursula Mentjes, aka The Accidental Salesperson, to tackle the biggest (and most expensive) problem plaguing business owners: fear of following up. You don’t want to sound pushy. You don’t want to feel salesy. And that little voice in your head keeps whispering, “If they were interested, they would have called me back.”
And that's a problem.
About Ursula
Ursula Mentjes is a leading expert on success and business growth and a USA Today bestselling author of UpLevel NOW and five other non-fiction books.
She is a business strategist and coach who works with entrepreneurs to double their monthly revenue in as little as 30 days while working less! She is also a keynote speaker and certified as an NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Coach through the NLP Institute of California and helps her clients release the limiting beliefs and blocks that hold them back from their greatest success.
Her podcast, Quantum Revenue Expansion, is in the top 2.5% of podcasts worldwide and can be found wherever you listen.
Ursula has been named the SBA’s Women in Business Champion and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the President of the United States of America for volunteerism. Ursula spends her free time traveling with her husband Tim, son Lucca and she can often be found cheering enthusiastically from the bleachers while watching Lucca play baseball!
Connect with Ursula
🌎 Website: https://www.ursulainc.co/
📌 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ursulaincorporated
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/7figure_ceo/
📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MySalesCoachNow
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ursulamentjes
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@7figure_ceo