Lauren Davis is an expert on all things social media and business. She helps people with personal brands or businesses to develop their authentic “voice” on social media.

On Creating Your Encore Career, I obviously talk a lot about Encore Careers. I teach you how to create your own. I bring on guests who have built Encore Careers (or pursued entrepreneurship in any form) to share their insights with you.

Tasha Wilmore is the owner of Help On Deck, a firm that supplies support work for entrepreneurs. She has a remarkable story about creating her business. She is a military spouse and helps other military spouses have a remote work career.

On Creating Your Encore Career I had the opportunity to talk with Dennis McIntee of the Leadership Development Group. Dennis literally wrote the book on drama-free teams. It is titled The 8 Qualities of Drama Free Teams: Do More. Stress Less. Zero Drama. He still does this kind of work today as he helps organizations and leaders eliminate the drama from work and get more results.

Duane Zingale has made an interesting pivot in his life. He went from working in ministry to working in marketing. In making this transition, he looked deep inside his own life to build his understanding of how he wanted to do marketing.

Last week on Creating Your Encore Career I talked with Michele Nevarez. In our conversation, we discussed her recently published book, Beyond Emotional Intelligence: A Guide to Accessing Your Full Potential.

What is it that we all desire? Control of our time (personal freedom), control of our income (not being controlled by our pay grade and 3% raises), and control of our lives (getting back to being in control instead of being controlled by someone else’s arbitrary system).

I met Ernie Svenson at a conference and have always been intrigued by how he developed his new business. He used to practice law the “traditional way,” handling complex business litigation cases. This meant he juggled countless boxes of paper organized by many team members.

David Norris began his banking career in 1981. For the next 25 years, he helped his bank grow from a two-location company with $20 million in total assets to a bank with 35 locations in 24 communities and nearly $3 billion in total assets. It is now the 18th largest bank in Texas.

Last week on Creating Your Encore Career, I spoke with Tony Saccardi. Tony worked at Fintech for more than 25 years as a consultant and technical director. For years, he loved his job. However, when he began falling into the trap of chronic stress, he knew he needed a change.

Curt Burnett was the Enterprise Manager of Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering at John Deere for several years until he retired in November of 2016. Before retiring, however, he took up a special assignment as a Loan Executive. He spent three years starting the Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub. This opened many Encore Career doors for him.

Marc Miller literally wrote the book on Encore Careers. That book is called Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life.

Amy Nelson has been a coach for several years as well as a colleague and great friend of mine. We both enjoy working with local entrepreneurs to help them get started and grow their businesses.

Cory Peppler is a teacher, friend, and colleague. He has also had a great experience getting started in his Encore Career, something he did before even leaving his existing career. On Creating Your Encore Career, Cory and I discussed this journey. He learned great insights from starting his side business and has amazing tips and tricks for those of us wanting to do the same.

If you want to get good at marketing, you must get to know your customer. Understanding who your ideal clients are, what they enjoy, what they do on a daily basis, and what their pain points are is the only way to attract them.

Last week on Creating Your Encore Career, I got to talk with Jodie Vee. Jodie has been a friend and colleague of mine for several years. She is also a nutrition, wellness, and business coach.

As I’ve talked about before, some of the key “perspectives” you need to adopt in an Encore Career are growth mindset, own your expertise, be an apprentice, develop your value proposition, and balance your human skills with your technical expertise.

Geoff Kullman is a direct response copywriter and brand strategist. He helps personal brand businesses build deep connections with their audience and launch significant digital businesses.

The pandemic has created a unique set of circumstances inviting us each to examine how we’ve been living our lives.​ As we each attempt to strike a healthier balance between work and home, between our many responsibilities and cultivating our own mental and physical wellbeing, emotional intelligence may be the very thing we need.

Last week on Creating Your Encore Career, I talked with Chelsea Brinkley. I have known and admired Chelsea for several years now and she is a very smart and amazing person. Every day, she helps entrepreneurs and freelancers create efficient businesses so they can create the life they desire on their own terms.