Episodes

Erik Segall is the author of Not Yet , a literary, psychological novel imbued with social commentary and reflects on the depressive conditions that lead to suicide. Erik has taught for several years at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind. He currently serves as a contributing writer for the Pueblo Chieftain, Colorado’s oldest daily newspaper, and has volunteered as a Crisis Counselor at the Pueblo Suicide Prevention Center (Now Closed) and Pueblo Rape Crisis Services. To learn more about ...

Dr. Gordon (Gordy) Curphy is Managing Partner at Curphy Leadership Solutions and the Co-Author (with Dianne Nilsen and Robert Hogan) of Ignition: A Guide to Building High-Performing Teams . Gordy attended the United States Air Force Academy, taught leadership at the Academy, and obtained a Ph.D. in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Gordy has over 30 years of education and experience and helps C-suite, business unit, and functional leaders develop business s...

Diane Gillespie is an Educational Psychologist, Author, and Philanthropist. She is the author of Stories for Getting Back to Sleep . Diane is an Emerita Professor of Community Psychology from the University of Washington Bothell. She used her knowledge and understanding of stories to craft sleep scenarios designed to help people fall back to sleep in the middle of the night. Stories for Getting Back to Sleep is available in paperback, Kindle, and as an audiobook. 16 stories in all, they’re set i...

Dan Pegram is the author of Pop-Pop Airplane, How Do You Fly? Dan is joined by his nephew, Mike Richardson, who is the book's Illustrator. Dan is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel and command pilot. He also worked at Southwest Airlines, where he served as a Boeing 737 captain and chairman of the airline union's professional standards committee. Dan resides in Crowley, Texas, with his wife Suzanne. They are the proud parents of daughter Leslie, and sons Brian and Kevin. They ha...

Karen Briscoe is the creator of the 5 Minute Success concept, and the author of the groundbreaking book, Flip Time / Love Life: A Heroine’s Journey - A 5 Minute Success Story . She regularly speaks on a national and local level on the best of 5 Minute Success. She hosts the weekly 5 Minute Success podcast, interviewing guests who achieve success at a high level in business and life. She has completed the John Maxwell Team Certification Program for Coaching, Speaking, and Training. Karen is a fre...

Diane (Mumper) Klutz is an Author, Writer, and Speaker. Diane was an Army Nurse in Vietnam and a retired Assistant Professor of Nursing from Texas A&M University. Diane's debut story, Round Eyes: An American Nurse in Vietnam, was first published in 2012 and re-released in 2019 as a new Illustrated Edition. The book is a memoir about her experiences as an Army Nurse before and while serving in South Vietnam. Diane also authored "You Can't Sleep Here," a partly factual, mostly fictional story base...

Dr. Adah Kennon has multiple advanced degrees, including a Ph.D. in Psychology and Master’s Degrees in psychology, education and counseling. Adah has worked for 31 years as a School Psychologist and Counselor. She is also a Certified Mental Health Counselor. Adah has enjoyed traveling, gardening and helping her husband, Dr. Walter B. Hammond, with his stress management and self-hypnosis business. In the present day, Dr. Kennon has assumed an even more important role, She is the caregiver for he...

Ralph B. Alexander, Ph.D. is the author of Science Under Attack . It is Dr. Alexander’s belief that Evidence and logic are lacking in many areas of public debate today on hot-button issues ranging from dietary fat to vaccination. In Science Under Attack , Dr. Alexander shows how science is being abused, sidelined or ignored, making it difficult or impossible for the public to form a reasoned opinion about important issues. Readers will learn why science is becoming more corrupt, and also how it ...

Lori Vann, M.A., LPC-S is on a GLOBAL MISSION to PREVENT the start of Self-injurious behaviors (NSSI) and stop needless deaths by suicide. She is a Global Authority on Self-injury and a Suicide Interventionist. Lori holds a Master’s Degree in Psychology, she is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor (LPC-S), with over 20 yrs of Clinical experience, and she is an International Speaker. Lori has offered numerous books on the Amazon website, including: A Practitioner's Guide to the Treatment ...

William (Bill) Funnemark is the author of " Last Lunch ", his story of what it is like to lose your best friend, your wife, your lover, the mother of your children, and then pick up the pieces and go on living. It is a story of his faith in God and the love of family and friends. Bill invites you to reach out to him and learn more about his book and what he’s up to, on the Last Lunch Facebook page . Link to the SuccessInsight Podcast: https://www.successinsightpodcast.com/2019/09/william-bill-fu...

Tim Hicks has been a conflict resolution practitioner and teacher for 25 years. From 2006 to 2014, he was the first director of the conflict resolution Master’s degree program at the University of Oregon. His book, " Embodied Conflict: The Neural Basis of Conflict and Communication ”, explores how our brain’s capacity to encode and store experiences within the neural structure, inform what we know, think, create beliefs about, and understand the world we live in. This understanding enables us to...

Angela James is an Educator, Story Writer & Poet. Her book, Flower Among Ash , explores how, when faced with tragedy and unprecedented circumstances, and even the opportunity to throw in the towel, it is not enough to dissuade us from pursuing our dreams. Click here to find and connect with Angela on LinkedIn. Link to the SuccessInsight Podcast: https://www.successinsightpodcast.com/2019/09/angela-james-author-of-flower-among-ash.html

C. J. Jones is a true CCSU Blue Devil. "99 1/2% Won't Do" has been his mantra while earning a B.A. and M.A. at Central, and serving the university as a basketball coach, director of the Educational Opportunity Program, and director of athletics. He was inducted into the CCSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. He is also the author of A Method to March Madness: An Insider's Look at the Final Four, written in collaboration with Tom Hazuka. As of the 2017-2018 academic year, more than 2,000 students h...

Robena Egemonye, Ph.D is a retired teacher. Her first fiction novel, " The Fence Mender ," was published in December 2016. In 2012, she wrote a children's book about Alzheimer's called " When My Grandma Sings ," and years before that she wrote a teacher's classroom discussion guide. You can click here to communicate with Robena on her website. Link to the SuccessInsight Podcast: https://www.successinsightpodcast.com/2019/09/robena-egemonye-is-educator-and-author.html

Amor Traceski is a two-time cancer survivor. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 and then ovarian cancer in 2016. Not only did she NOT dwell on her negative circumstances, she embraced life and found a higher purpose: a mission of life for life! She believes that she survived so that she can share her knowledge and wisdom, borne from experience with others and help them cope and continue living life, despite the disease. Thus, authoring her first book, “Been There, Done That: Practical ...

Adi Tantimedh is the author of a Detective Crime Trilogy, The Ravi PI Series: Her Nightly Embrace (Book 1), Her Beautiful Monster (Book 2) and Her Fugitive Heart (Book 3). Adi has written radio plays and television scripts for the BBC and screenplays for various Hollywood companies, as well as graphic novels for DC Comics and Big Head Press, and a weekly column about pop culture for BleedingCool.com . He also wrote "Zinky Boys Go Underground," the first post-Cold War Russian gangster thriller, w...

Tulip Chowdhury is a freelance writer and a retired teacher. She has written features, short stories, and poems for newspapers and magazines from an early age. Though she often tackles difficult subject matter, her message is one of love and happiness. Tulip has published a collection of essays, Reaching Beyond Words; a compilation of fiction, poetry, and essays, Rainbow; a collection of short stories, Stars in the Sky; and two collections of poetry, The Raindrops and Nature and Love. She author...

Ron Simplified Myers is an Author, Creator of Simplified-U, highly sought after speaker and Uplifting Life Partner (meaning we are all partners in life and here to uplift each other) and the author of the book, The Relationship Success Handbook: Get Rid of Your Problems Not Your Partner . Ron Shares that his drive and desire to bring out the best in himself and those around him moved him into the financial services arena, where he became a Regional Vice President. Through that company, he had th...

Joe Duffy is the former President of the Catholic Charities Diocese of Paterson NJ and Executive Director of Straight & Narrow, Inc. Years in the making, Joe just published his new book, “ Being a Supervisor 1.0: A Handbook for the New, Aspiring & Experienced Supervisor ”. Joe chats with Howard how about his career trajectory and how this informed that the chapters and content in the book. Recognizing that resource material for supervisors was spread across many sources, Joe sent out to compile ...

Brian Sly is the Chief Content Engagement Strategist at Emblem, Inc. The team at Emblem help clients tell their inner story through making emotional connections, providing a platform which enables clients to share their core belief system with the right audience at the right time, enhance their cultural interactions in targeted communities, and aide them in rallying their audience behind a purpose-driven mission. Brian chats with Howard about what brand identify means for clients, why it's impor...

John Bentley, Founder of Power 2 Transform, returns to the #Success In Sight podcast to chat with Randy Ford about creating a safe environment when delivering performance feedback. After finishing a day giving appraisal feedback to his employees, John shares about the importance of setting-up an environment that creates meaning for the employee - unplugging the phone, turning off the computer and cell phone. John coaches other leaders to appreciate, that when giving feedback, show your team that...

Jack Finnell, CEO at Growth Accelerators, stops by the Success In Sight Podcast to chat about his new book, DO YOU WANT TO BE A LEADER OR A MANAGER?: If You Can Do One, You Can Do Both . Jack shares select insights on how his career as a leader and C-level executive with two highly successful start-ups, and with an organization like Gartner, Ameritech Communications, Xerox, and the U.S. Navy, informed the content in his book. Jack shares proved activities and techniques that anyone who wants to ...

John Bentley, Founder of Power 2 Transform, returns to the #Success In Sight podcast to chat with Randy Ford about influence. When you lose control, you lose the ability to influence, and influence is a two-sided coin. First of all, you lose the ability, when you lose control, to positively influence others, and then you lose the ability for others to positively influence you. John also shares his Insight2Go. For more info about John, you can find him on LinkedIn, or contact him via his website ...

David DuPont, President of Shure-Step, returns to the Success In Sight podcast to chat about how an acute medical condition caused him to think how he maintains his personal health and the health of his business. It doesn't matter whether it's your personal health or the health of your business, they both require ongoing and diligent maintenance and attention. David shares details about the changes he made in both these areas. For more info about David, you can find him on LinkedIn, or contact h...