Robert and Kay Lee Fukui both experienced the hardships of growing up in households with parents who prioritized work over family.

After years of success in the business world of banking, family business, and major corporations like Coca-Cola, Novartis Pharmaceutical, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, this power couple translated their challenging family experiences into their consulting business, i61, inc.

Their mission is to leverage their combined business acumen and relationship tools to empower family businesses to grow flourishing family lives in “tandem” with their profits. On today’s episode, they share their approach for facilitating married entrepreneurs to get off the “hamster wheel” and cultivate rich personal and professional lives.

Their new book, “Tandem: The Married Entrepreneur’s Guide for Greater Work- Life Balance,” offers resources to equip business leaders to resolve both business and marital conflict, increase margins instead of volume, and to gain precious time for the relationships and activities they love most.

Learn more about the book at https://www.thetandembook.com/

Reach Robert and Kay Lee Fukui at www.powercouplesbydesign.com

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Dr. Cedric Williams is the founder and CEO of Legacy Consulting and Research Group. He and his group provide leader development models and services to help individuals, teams, and organizations to thrive. As a licensed clinical and consulting psychologist, Dr. Williams integrates psychology for the benefit of executives and leaders in Fortune 100 companies.

Dr. Williams’ research interests include multicultural humility and competence, occupational thriving, and leadership. His positive and fresh perspective on work with first responders, including the police, mobilizes organizational strengths and mutual learning to co-create the best approaches forward. 

In addition, for 22 years as an active duty and reserve United States Army soldier and officer, he served soldiers and their families. In his book “Brick by Brick: Becoming a Clinical and Consulting Psychologist,” Dr. Williams says, “We don’t just stumble upon careers and lives that fulfill us, we build them brick by brick.”

Contact Dr. Cedric Willliams at www.formationpublishing.com; www.legacycrg.com

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Chris Cooper builds highly engaged workforces especially in the insurance and financial services industries. He is the host of the Business Elevation podcast, a show that reaches more than 50 countries, and convener of the Elevation Collective, a global group of change agents committed to doing good in the world.

Today Chris joins Dr. Karen to talk about the business climate in the UK and Europe, lessons from his book, “The Power to Get Things Done Whether You Feel Like It or Not,” what businesses need to do now to thrive in a post-pandemic world, and a whole host of other success strategies for today’s business executive. 

Reach Chris at www.chriscooper.co.uk

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Guest Matt Manos, the Founder and Managing Director of verynice, a design and strategy practice shares how his company gives away half of its profits and services and remains profitable. 

Matt is also the author of two books including, “How to Give Half of Your Work Away for Free.”

With a mission to reduce expenses for nonprofit organizations and to increase access to design for all, they have already given away more than 40 million US dollars. 

Dr. Karen uncovers many golden nuggets from Matt on business purpose and why, reinvention, community service, and more.

Today’s Biblical Word of Wisdom is “The Generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters, will also be watered himself.” Proverbs 11:25

Reach Matt Manos at verynice.co and read his book at givehalf.co  

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Susan Ireland spent 30 years in business operations leadership roles at The Boeing Company. She was on the original leadership team that built and established a new digital aviation business for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

After Boeing, Susan played a strategic role in a start-up company that developed, manufactured, and installed hydrogen systems on diesel engines.

Now, as co-founder of Seasons Leadership, a professional coaching and services business, she and her business partner, Debbie Collard, leverage and share the lessons they learned from both complex global organizations and small technology start-ups. Their objective is to make leadership excellence the worldwide standard.

Susan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Washington and a Master of Science in Management from Antioch University. She is an alumna of the International Executive Programme at Insead University in France and the Executive Leadership Program at Seattle University.

Today Susan speaks with Dr. Karen about how to use business operations systems to manage your business, career progression for women in male-dominated fields, and how to use your values to take charge of your career.

Reach Susan Ireland at www.seasonsleadership.com

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Jane Gunn, also known as “The Barefoot Mediator,” is a trained mediator and expert facilitator in conflict resolution. She is listed as a Global Leader in Who’s Who Mediation and is featured in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame.

Jane is President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and is a former Director and board member of the Civil Mediation Council of England and Wales (CMC).

The author of 3 popular books “How To Beat Bedlam In The Boardroom And Boredom In The Bedroom,” “The Authority Guide To Conflict Resolution,” and “The Mole and The Mountain,” she has spoken at the United Nations, The White House, and the European Commission.

Jane helps people from all backgrounds to become ReSolutionaries who are able to deal with difference and diversity in ways that are non-adversarial and solution-focused.

Today she speaks with Dr. Karen about how to best manage change, challenge, and crises, Transformative Mediation, personal agency and choice, informed consent, linear and lateral thinking, and dilemmas that impact the practice of medicine, corporate executive leadership, and individuals.

Contact Jane at janegunn.co.uk

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Fred Sievert, retired President of New York Life, is the author of three books including, “Fast Starting a Career of Consequence: Practical Christ-Centered Advice for Entering or Re-entering the Workforce.”

On today’s show with Dr. Karen, Fred talks about how he lived his Christian values while serving as President of a Fortune 100 secular company of 65,000 people in 12 countries.

He also shares his corporate leadership journey, daily success strategies, business risk-taking, tough moments and decisions, and career and spiritual practices for winning in life and at work.

Also join Fred and Dr. Karen for the upcoming part II episode when they talk about the power and fulfillment of life after retirement.

Reach Fred Sievert at storiesofGodsgrace.com

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Dr. Clarence Shuler, President and CEO of Building Lasting Relationships, marriage counselor, speaker, life and relationship coach, diversity consultant, and author of more than 10 books joins Dr. Karen to talk about his new book, “Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships: How You Can Help Heal Racial Divides, One Relationship at a Time.”

Dr. Shuler shares some of the lessons he has learned from his 54-year relationship with New York Times best-selling co-author, Dr. Gary Chapman, author of “The Five Love Languages.” 

Get copies of his book “Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships” from his site or on Amazon.

Reach Dr. Clarence Shuler at clarenceshuler.com

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