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    WHY LISTEN? Because what you don’t know about business can really hurt you

    WHAT DO YOU GET? Interviews with experts and thought leaders on topics you need to succeed

    WHAT ELSE? Curated Playlists to zero in on topics you’re most interested in

    WHEN? Every Thursday

    WHERE? Available wherever podcasts are streaming

    WITH?  Your no nonsense host, Hanna Hasl-Kelchner

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Recent Episodes of Business Confidential Now with Hanna Hasl-Kelchner

How to Crush Your Next Zoom Presentation with Jess Todtfeld

How to Crush Your Next Zoom Presentation with Jess Todtfeld

Zoom presentations & other forms of video enabled conference calling can feel intimidating, but these tips will help you present yourself professionally.
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Seizing a Golden Business Opportunity – The Krisspi Story with Derrick Butler

Seizing a Golden Business Opportunity – The Krisspi Story with Derrick Butler

Seizing a golden business opportunity is every entrepreneur’s dream. But how do you do it? Derrick Butler shares his remarkable business success story.
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How to Really Deal with Implicit Bias at Work with Laura Huang

How to Really Deal with Implicit Bias at Work with Laura Huang

Implicit bias is an uphill battle for those laboring under its burden & for organizations trying to eliminate it. Discover how to defuse it & use it proactively
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Three Management Leadership Traps You Need to Avoid with Barbara Mitchell

Three Management Leadership Traps You Need to Avoid with Barbara Mitchell

Do you secretly feel like the cat who finally caught the mouse and are not sure how to avoid common management leadership traps? This HR pro has helpful advice for building trust and high performance teams.
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How to Improve Your Judgment Recovery Success Rate with Joe Dickerson

How to Improve Your Judgment Recovery Success Rate with Joe Dickerson

Judgment recovery is not as easy as asking “show me the money” after you win a lawsuit in the U.S.. Getting a judgment in a court of law gets you a piece of paper and the right to now go and collect on it. It doesn’t mean you’ll necessarily...
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How to Reliably Improve Workplace Trust and Collaboration with Jill Ratliff

How to Reliably Improve Workplace Trust and Collaboration with Jill Ratliff

Trust and collaboration are essential business leadership skills. Fortune 100 human resources expert Jill Ratliff shares how to get more of it.
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Quick and Easy Stress Relief for Hard-Driving Leaders with Peter Alexander

Quick and Easy Stress Relief for Hard-Driving Leaders with Peter Alexander

Hard-driving leaders experience tremendous levels of stress that can often lead to serious health problems. After landing in the hospital with stress related diabetes and minutes away from being in a coma, Peter Alexander developed a stress-relief formula for hard-driving leaders like himself.
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Shrewd Invoicing Tips Every Smart Business Needs to Know About with Mary Schaeffer

Shrewd Invoicing Tips Every Smart Business Needs to Know About with Mary Schaeffer

If your business invoices aren’t being paid fast enough you might benefit from today’s invoicing tips so that you can improve your cash flow and get money rolling in sooner rather than later. And you’re in luck, the episode show notes include a link to FREE invoicing tips check...
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Why Leaders Need to Beware of the Silo Effect with Sarah Siwak

Why Leaders Need to Beware of the Silo Effect with Sarah Siwak

The silo effect is when one group’s expertise walls off the department from everyone else. It's a costly consequence of growth that can be avoided.
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Business Bottlenecks Entrepreneurs Need to be Aware of with Laurent Notin

Business Bottlenecks Entrepreneurs Need to be Aware of with Laurent Notin

Business bottlenecks are like flat tires. They slow you down and happen at the worst times. Discover the most common business bottlenecks and how to avoid them.
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How to Improve the Strategic Value of Workplace Violence Prevention with Felix Nater

How to Improve the Strategic Value of Workplace Violence Prevention with Felix Nater

Workplace violence prevention is urgently needed in today's workplace. It's much more than keeping someone from going "postal" as expert Felix Nater explains.
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What You Absolutely Need to Know About Selling to Skeptical Buyers with Jeremy Miner

What You Absolutely Need to Know About Selling to Skeptical Buyers with Jeremy Miner

Skeptical buyers are everywhere, sorting through mountains of information coming at them from all directions. Discover what you need to know to be successful.
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A Leadership Guide to More Cultural Agility with Prof. Paula Caligiuri

A Leadership Guide to More Cultural Agility with Prof. Paula Caligiuri

Cultural agility is a skill many leaders don't typically think about; but it's growing in importance as businesses become more diversified at home and abroad
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The Keys to Transitioning From Corporate to Entrepreneur with Doc Wright

The Keys to Transitioning From Corporate to Entrepreneur with Doc Wright

Transitioning from corporate to entrepreneur sounds like a dream come true for many. But what’s the best way to do it? What do you need to look out for? Doc Wright, founder of The Wright Edge shares the lessons learned from his successful journey. 
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Business Planning Secrets for More Entrepreneurial Success with Carl Baumann

Business Planning Secrets for More Entrepreneurial Success with Carl Baumann

Business planning can feel like an intimidating process. If the very thought of writing one makes your eyes glaze over, fasten your seat belt as SCORE mentor Carl Baumann explains why crafting a business plan is a dynamic roadmap to more business success.   
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The Most Badass Leadership Skill You Need to Succeed with David Wood

The Most Badass Leadership Skill You Need to Succeed with David Wood

Badass Leadership sounds dangerous, but David Wood author of Mouse in the Room: Because the Elephant isn't Alone, say playing it safe could be worse.
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What All Aspiring IPOs Need to Know to Conquer Capital Markets with Adam J. Epstein

What All Aspiring IPOs Need to Know to Conquer Capital Markets with Adam J. Epstein

Initial public offerings (IPOs) sound glamorous, but are financial minefields for the unvitiated whose pre-IPO mistakes haunt them after the fact.
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How Smart Leaders Successfully Conquer Fear of Conflict at Work with Dr. Debra Dupree

How Smart Leaders Successfully Conquer Fear of Conflict at Work with Dr. Debra Dupree

Conquering the fear of conflict at work is one way smart leaders and good bosses set themselves apart from the rest. Dr. Debra Dupree, aka The Mindset Doc, explains how.
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How to Confidently Beat Sales Quotas with Steve Weinberg

How to Confidently Beat Sales Quotas with Steve Weinberg

Sales quotas can often feel like the brass ring that's just out of reach but they don't have to be. Steve Weinberg, author of Above Quota Performance explains.
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The Smartest Way to Transform Customer Frustration into Satisfaction with Janelle Barlow

The Smartest Way to Transform Customer Frustration into Satisfaction with Janelle Barlow

Customer frustration is something we can all relate to. Janelle Barlow say they're really gifts and has tips for turning lemons into lemonade.
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