Recognized by Nonprofit Times Magazine as one of the most influential philanthropic leaders in America, Michael Chatman is the CEO of The Community Foundation: The Global Center for Generosity located in Cape Coral, Florida.

He also previously worked as a Global Corporate Marketplace Ministry leader. In this interview, Dr. Karen speaks with Michael Chatman about his visionary leadership, commitment to generosity, and how he got the names, “The Christian Beer Man,” “Black Hippie,” and “The Love Leader.”

Listen to learn and apply his success secrets for caring about people and bringing resources together for life impact.

Reach Michael Chatman at CapeCoralcf.org; 239-542-5594 

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Dean Niewolny, Chairman of the Board and Ambassador of Halftime Institute, spent 23 years in executive roles with three of Wall Street’s largest financial firms.

Inspired to go beyond success to serving others, he and his wife began trips to South Africa and now provide orphan and hospice care in Durbin.

The author of “Trade Up: How to Go From Just Making Money to Making a Difference,”

Dean speaks with Dr. Karen about what he has learned on the journey and how the Halftime Institute creates life transformation for the marketplace executives they serve. 

Reach Halftime at halftimeInstitute.org and Dean at Dean.niewolny@halftime.org 

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If you have ever wanted to use your gifts, talents, and abilities to lead change in your community, then today’s show is especially for you.

Pastor Ben Anderson, Senior Pastor of Solid Rock Christian Center and his wife, Pastor Wanda Anderson, Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Risk Management for the Navigators, share with Dr. Karen about how God led them to use different legal structures, government entities, and corporate partnerships to build their community and create capacity for future generational abundance.

Solidrockcdc.com; srcdc@solidrockcdc.com; benanderson@solidrockcdc.com

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Ame-Lia Tamburrini is the founder and CEO of Hum Consulting based in British Columbia, Canada. She moves organizations and communities beyond diversity, equity, and inclusion into cultures of belonging.

Her clients include non-profits, corporations, those in government and education sectors, and rural, remote, and Indigenous communities. Ame-Lia holds a Master of Science In Epidemiology, a BSc in Kinesiology, and she is a certified facilitator of restorative justice, circle dialogue, and trauma-informed practices.

Today she speaks with Dr. Karen about cultures of belonging, self-knowledge and understanding, vulnerability, the value of feminine leadership for all genders, and the lessons she learned from her cancer journey. 

Reach Ame-Lia at Ame-Lia@humconsulting.ca or on LinkedIn or YouTube

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Learning to create and live as a community is difficult when there is a history of oppression and disenfranchisement.

Today Dr. Karen speaks with return guest Jeff Rasley about the responsibility of the United States to Native American Nations.

Listen to discover why community development may be more powerful than reparations, and how local community ownership is important to success.

Jeff is the author of many books including, “America’s Existential Crisis: Our Inherited Obligation to Native Nations.”

His blueprint for working with the Basa people of the Himalayas also has implications for partnership with US Native Nations, other under-resourced communities, and the decisions of corporate leaders.

Reach Jeff at Jeffreyrasley.com

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Barnaby Wynter is the founder of The Brand Bucket Company, a UK based business that serves a broad range of clients from the Fortune 500, the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 (FTSE), to start-ups. As a brand creation expert with over 457 brands to his name, he helps organizations to “sell more stuff profitably.” 

Barnaby works with C-suite leaders to ensure everything in a business is marketing-led. He leads organizations to generate long-term commercial relationships, identify their ideal target audience, and build their operations and culture. 

The author of “Become the GO-TO BRAND– Mastering Inbound Marketing Strategy,” Barnaby is also a global public speaker who has spoken to over 17,000 businesses. Earlier, after a fast-track career, he became the youngest Managing Director (MD) of a UK Top 200 fully integrated advertising agency in London where he spent 10 years developing the proprietary Brand Bucket Program.

Today Barnaby speaks with Dr. Karen about the difference between branding and building a brand and between selling proposition and value proposition. Watch today to learn how to maximize the buyer and paying prospect relationship with your products and services.

Contact Barnaby at www.barnabyWynter.com

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Pastor Canisius Gacura is the senior pastor of Nyabugingo Worship Center in Rwanda, Africa, and the author of two books, “Unlimited: Conquering on My Knees” and “Discover Your Destiny: And Become a Destiny Helper.

“Pastor Gacura grew up in war torn Uganda and had many hardships to include nearly dying from a poisonous snake bite, measles, and then polio that left him permanently unable to walk.

Dr. Karen spoke with Pastor Gacura about how God used his hardships to prepare him for his destiny to help heal a post-genocide nation.

She also spoke with him about what God is doing today through executive business leaders, God’s ambassadors in the workplace. 

Give to the Nyabugingo Worship Center ministry at: https://give.y360.org/give/canisius  Specify Rwanda

Follow the ministry on:  bit.ly/unlimitedrwanda

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Mr. Antonio (Tony) Colon successfully founded and sold three businesses, Martinelli Realty, Inc., a commercial real estate company; Splat Master’s Paintball, Inc. (SMP) known worldwide for engineering and design innovation in the paintball industry; and Combat Training Solutions, Inc. (CTS), a company specializing in Special Effects Devices to enhance military training and save the lives of warfighters nationwide and in sixteen foreign countries.

CTS received numerous awards to include the Military Technology Magazine’s Top Innovator Award for five consecutive years. Tony, among other awards, received the 2010 Colorado Small Businessperson Award and the ColoradoBiz magazine’s 2011 Top 50 Colorado Minority Owned Companies.

A service disabled 20 year US Air Force veteran who served as a jet engine mechanic and an Astronautical Engineer, Tony received his degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Mississippi. He leveraged his military experience, education, and business experiences to create each successful company.

Today Mr. Colon speaks with Dr. Karen about the ins and outs of business exits with lessons that apply to both entrepreneurs and larger Corporate companies as they execute mergers and acquisitions. Watch and listen to hear how to increase the value of your company prior to sale and how to structure the deal to benefit both the seller and employees.

Reach Tony at TC@Colonfam.com

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Bob Kulhan, known as a master improviser, is the Founder and CEO of Business Improv and adjunct professor at Duke Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. He is also the author of the book “Getting to Yes And: The Art of Business Improv.”

With more than 27 years of studying, performing, and teaching improv, he works with blue chip companies like Mazda, CISCO, Pepsi, Ford Motor Company, Glaxo Smith Kline, and Bristol Meyers Squibb.

Today Bob speaks with Dr. Karen about how to bring empathic communication, relationship building, and Psychological Safety to today’s virtual, hybrid, and face to face workplaces.

Reach Bob Kulhan at www.businessimprov.com

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Deke Copenhaver served as Mayor of Augusta, Georgia from 2005-2014.  As mayor he helped recruit over $1 billion in investment to the local economy and created thousands of jobs by building on the strengths of Augusta’s diverse labor force and bringing in major employers such as Automatic Data Processing, T-Mobile, Starbucks, and Unisys. Among many other awards and honors, Deke has on seven occasions been recognized as one of Georgia Trend Magazine’s “100 Most Influential Georgians”.

As Principal of Copenhaver Consulting, LLC, a niche consulting firm in Augusta, Georgia, Deke serves the needs of businesses, nonprofits, and local governments. He is the author of the Forbes Books Amazon #1 bestseller “The Changemaker: the Art of Building Better Leaders” and he hosts “The Changemaker” podcast.

As a Founding Partner of Starts With Us, a newly established national nonprofit, Deke inspires a movement to foster the daily habits of curiosity, compassion, and courage.

Today he speaks with Dr. Karen about how to use listening, curiosity, positive grass roots leadership, and Christian values to create powerful communities that transcend polarization, blind tribalism, and dehumanization.

Contact Deke at www.copenhaverconsulting.com

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