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 ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€

๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, "๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ" ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด. ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ-๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:

โญ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€

โญ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€

โญ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น-๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€

โญ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

In ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ: ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, you'll embark on an extraordinary journey through the minds of accomplished leaders who have redefined the very essence of entrepreneurship. This thought-provoking anthology brings together a diverse group of trailblazers from various sectors, offering their invaluable wisdom and time-tested principles to guide you on your own path to success.

Drawing on the collective experiences of these visionary entrepreneurs, "Lead from Within" reveals the remarkable traits and strategies that set them apart. From technology innovators to social change agents, each contributor shares their unique insights into leadership, resilience, innovation, and more. You'll discover the common threads that unite these extraordinary individuals and the secrets behind their enduring success.

The Trailblazers: The Authors

kim Kleeman

Kim Kleeman is a seasoned entrepreneur and founder of Accelerate Successfully, a business coaching practice dedicated to leaders in startups to $150 million enterprises achieving sustainable growth and scalability. In 2018, Kim, alongside her sister Joy Poli, established Inner Circle Business Network, uniting B2B CEOs, trusted advisors, and referral partners. These accomplishments led to Kimโ€™s new role, CEO of her family's Bakery Business, SBB Labs. Kim's reputation as a public speaker, strategic networker, sales leader, and business maven garnered her prestigious awards including Inc 500 and Chicago Crain's 40 under 40. Kim's leisure time includes enjoying live concerts, theatrical productions, and travel adventures.

Lynn E. Miller

Lynn E. Miller is the founder of Straight Talk Writer LLC and author of the 10x Your Expertise strategic consulting process, with the mission to help seasoned professionals who want to transform keynotes, presentations, workshops and consulting materials into online programs that are available, accessible, and affordable and transformative to an expanded audience. Lynn is a learning technology and business development expert with the innate ability to listen for the bigger purpose behind peopleโ€™s expertise, capture how they want to be known, and turn that intelligence into compelling online learning experiences that lead to a mindset shift and behavior change. In her free time, Lynn plays tennis, spends time with friends and family and travels with her husband to visit their grandson and his parents. https://linktr.ee/lynnmiller6

Catherine Mcneil

Catherine Mcneil

As an IO Psychologist and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Catherine McNeil is nothing short of a phenom. This Author | Speaker | Coach became a parent at the age of 20, causing her to drop out of Penn State University prior to entering her sophomore year. She leveraged her unique educational and occupational journeys to help find her purpose and support her now, three children. Occupationally sheโ€™s worked across a variant of customer service-oriented industries ranging from real estate, transportation and most recently, as a Talent Development Consultant for one of the largest utilities in the country. Catherine has authored or contributed to SEVEN published personal, professional and leadership development-related literary works (available on Amazon) and is the former host of the "Let's Chat!" w/ASKCat Radio Show. Sheโ€™s been featured in variant publications and as a guest across both local and international airwaves. Her most recent features are replaying on her own podcast streaming across Google Podcast, iTunes, and Spotify. Visit https://linktr.ee/CHBMServices

 

Gloria Cotton

Gloria Cotton is an author and Leadership Optimization Consultant, speaker, coach and facilitator. I help people fall in love with themselves for the first time or again so that they can be more authentic and optimally successful at home, at work and in their communities by helping them understand and apply pragmatic models and processes and real-world how-to tips. She is a contributing author in Lead from Within, a book written by different authors who provide their proven wisdoms on how to build your brand as an effective and respected leader. On her podcast, The Delicious Truth Podcast with Gloria Cotton, she interviews business and community leaders about issues that impact our daily lives and how to discuss them in ways that build awareness and trust when those conversations are easy or challenging. Having worked with global organizations and teams, โ€œGloโ€ is respected and sought after for helping people create environments and relationships where everyone can be and do their best. A native of Chicago, โ€œGloโ€ now lives in Elgin, Illinois.

Dan Gershenson

Dan Gershenson

A Fractional Chief Marketing Officer+, Dan Gershenson has made an impact at advertising agencies and marketing firms (and, of course, their clients) for over 25 years. Since 2012, he has been the head of Caliber Brand Strategy + Content Marketing. Dan focuses on coming to the rescue of multi-generational businesses with little or no Marketing Department, giving them the invaluable asset they need when it comes to positioning their brand in the marketplace, creating more soundly strategic and compelling content for digital media, discovering real insight from customer interviews and identifying the tactics that make the maximum amount of sense for their audience, goals and budget. That way, they can focus on a myriad of other day-to-day responsibilities, such as the business of running their business. Dan lives in Chicago with his wife Linda, daughter Emma and a Mini-Labradoodle named Boo.

Anna Cillan

Anna Cillan is a Chicago-based photographer specializing in headshots and portraiture, with a primary focus on personal branding. With a diverse clientele spanning across the nation and around the globe, her portfolio showcases a wide range of subjects, including corporate executives, artists, actors, musicians, models, and more. Anna's objective is to deliver high-quality visuals that leave a lasting impact on any platform, enabling individuals to genuinely present themselves in the digital and marketing world. In her free time, you can find her singing for Old St. Pat's Choir, taking group exercise classes, traveling or simply enjoying a stroll with her canine bestie, Coco.

 

Joy Poli

Joy Poli of Strategic Talent Resources is a highly acclaimed Human Resources professional with over 20 years of expertise in talent acquisition. As the founder of Strategic Talent Resources, she has established herself as a trusted partner for businesses seeking effective recruitment and retention strategies. Joy and her team build the infrastructure necessary to attract and retain top talent. One of Joy's notable achievements is the creation of the Inner Circle business network, a vibrant community that promotes collaboration and support among business professionals. This network provides a welcoming environment for individuals who may feel uncomfortable in traditional networking events, facilitating meaningful connections and growth opportunities. Joy's creation of the Inner Circle network demonstrates her dedication to facilitating genuine connections and providing valuable leadership development to professionals. Strategic Talent Resources, along with the Inner Circle Business Network, provide comprehensive solutions and opportunities for businesses and professionals looking to thrive in today's competitive landscape. Joy is mother to three wonderfully smart and vibrantly strong daughters ages 11, 9, and 6. She has been married to her husband, Chris, for over 18 years. In her free time you can find Joy volunteering at her daughters' school, attending the nearest venue to watch anything musical, singing with her choir at Old St. Pat's Church in Chicago, or even enjoying a game night with her sister, husband, and brother-in-law.

Karen Kimsey-Seward

Karen Kimsey-Sward has spent most of her career working with organizations and leaders helping them move to the โ€œnext levelโ€ of performance. Karen brings a unique perspective as a business owner who has been through all stages of a companyโ€™s life from its founding through the various levels of growth. She has extensive experience as a sales person, sales leader, internal and external coach, and business owner. Karen has a passion for helping leaders unlock their untapped potential and to figure out what is getting in the way. She helps her clients create a plan to meet their personal and professional goals and supports them through their journey. Karen uses assessments to help identify the gaps and to help her clients better understand themselves and how they show up to others. Karen is currently Chief Operating Officer for Dale Carnegie Chicago. She leads a talented team providing training and consulting focused on the โ€œpeople sideโ€ of the business. She is also a certified Coach and a faculty coach with the University at Buffalo School of Management.

Sierra Melcher

 

๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ and embark on a transformative journey toward your own extraordinary success.

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