
Thought Leaders - Talk Business
Host, Debbie Fliehman, addresses topics at the forefront of businesses today. Follow along as she interviews professionals who share insights into their successes. They'll provide suggestions on how to improve business practices and expand knowledge in a variety of business disciplines and scenarios. Listen to thought leaders talk about issues that impact employees, customers, clients, stakeholders, and consumers. We'll explore strategies that create awareness, gain exposure, influence, and encourage others to take action.Thought Leaders Talk Business taps into the creative minds of successful business professionals and consultants to help you gain a competitive advantage. Your host is Debbie Fliehman, the president of Creative Technical Resources, a marketing communications, advertising, and sales promotion agency. For over 30+ years, Creative Technical Resources has worked on thousands of projects with hundreds of clients ranging from small to large divisions of Fortune 100 corporations.Debbie Fliehman is the author of two business books - Make Success Happen, a book designed to help you become a game-changing marketer. Customer Retention through Quality Leadership - the Baxter Approach, provides a viable model for the design and implementation of successful customer retention programs. This book was made possible after Debbie's in-depth involvement in the implementation of the quality improvement process at Baxter.Through this podcast, Debbie Fliehman is excited about sharing her extensive knowledge and experience in marketing communication; advertising; sales promotion; public relations; conventions and trade shows; special events; management consulting; strategic planning; publications; training and education; audio and video production; social media; and budgeting. She is excited about the initial podcast lineup of professionals. These amazing individuals have stories to tell, experience to share and tools, tips, and techniques you can walk away with and apply at your workplace. Among many exciting topics, we'll include marketing, communication, strategy, implementation, execution, planning, marketing research, enterprise transformation, business development, becoming a game-changing marketer, lean, quality leadership, customer retention, sales techniques, gap analysis, employee recruitment, data analytics, employee retention, incentives and motivation, and a lot more.We're looking forward to having you join us and taking an active role in our content development. If you'd like to be a guest on Thought Leaders Talk Business, or if you know of someone who has an exciting story of success and achievement, call Debbie at 847-902-4175 or email her at DebbieF@Creativetechresources.com. A special acknowledgment and thanks go to Matthew Ferraro composer and producer. If you are interested in commissioning original music for your next production, contact Matthew at Matthew@matthewferraro.com.
Episodes
19 episodes
Luis Gonzales Speaks on Building Trust with Remote Teams with Debbie Fliehman
Luis Gonzales is a communications consultant, coach, and trainer with more than 25 years of experience helping improve business outcomes for organizations. He has successfully driven learning initiatives by incorporating effective ...
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Episode 19
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23:39

Donna Smith Bellinger, Speaker, Author and Coach, Shares Strategies for Increasing Revenues in an Interview with Debbie Fliehman
Donna Smith Bellinger is an internationally known speaker, author and award-winning business coach whose corporate experience in sales, leadership and business development enables her to create and implement strategies that ELEVATE her clients'...
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26:54

Catherine Johns, Communication Consultant and Speaker, Talks About Her 5P Approach to Magnetic Introductions with Debbie Fliehman
The Catherine Johns 5P Approach to Magnetic IntroductionsHave you ever walked away from a networking group knowing you didn't make the connections you'd hoped for? Do you ever wonder if people know - or care - what you ca...
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Episode 17
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36:55

Steve Bellinger, Science Fiction Author, Speaks with Debbie Fliehman About Fake News
Steve Bellinger's first novel, The Chronocar: An Urban Adventure in Time, won the 2018 Best Indie Book Award for Science Fiction; the 2019 Independent Author Network's Outstanding Science Fiction Award; and the 2019 Reader...
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Episode 16
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18:30

Bob Mobley, Senior Executive Leadership Coach with a Razor-Sharp Mind, and Past Yale All-American Football Player, Speaks with Debbie Fliehman About the Power of Pause in Conversational Language
Bob Mobley, a senior executive coach, and a mentor, has been described as having a razor-sharp mind and a deep curiosity about people. His highly successful one-on-one and group coaching programs are based upon his thirty years of mentorship an...
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Episode 15
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46:16

Mike Whisman, Business Executive Experienced in Operational Improvement in Military and Manufacturing, Speaks with Debbie Fliehman About Striving for World-Class Leadership
Mike Whisman is a business executive with 40+ years of progressive experience in Fortune 500 manufacturing operations and quality leadership in military, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. Mike has held high levels of responsibiliti...
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30:27

Executive Black Belt, Greg Hohner, Speaks with Debbie Fliehman About the Integration of Lean Six Sigma Into an Organization
Greg Hohner is an Executive Black Belt with more than 35 years of experience working in business and quality, including lean six sigma. His role has been to drive the programs and projects necessary to integrate continuous improvement strategie...
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Episode 13
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31:35

Nicole Wolter, CEO of HM Manufacturing, Speaks with Podcast Host Debbie Fliehman About Her Strategies to Position Her Company as a Leader in the Power Transmission Components Industry
Nicole Wolter is the president and CEO of HM Manufacturing, a U.S. based company that manufactures gears, timing belt pulleys, splines, shafts, chain sprockets, sheaves, and related parts for power transmission and precision mechanical componen...
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Episode 12
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30:18

Matthew Ferraro, Award Winning Composer, Speaks on Igniting Creativity from Within in Interview with Podcast Host, Debbie Fliehman
Igniting Creativity from WithinMatthew Ferraro has composed, arranged and orchestrated music for everything from Academy Award-winning films The Insider, The Incredibles, Emmy Winning TV shows Futurama, Dune, Olive the Other Reindeer...
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Episode 11
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30:20

Bob Mobley, Senior Executive Coach and Mentor, Speaks with Podcast Host, Debbie Fliehman, on the Subject of Character Development and the Role It Plays in Leadership
Character Development and the Role It Plays in LeadershipBob Mobley has coached thousands of individuals over the years and has helped them build trust with their teams, and to excel on their own personal and professional leadership ...
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Episode 10
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19:16

Kristin Atlas, Senior Director of Sales for Live Nation Special Events, is Interviewed by Host, Debbie Fliehman, on Responsible Events
Kristin Atlas, Senior Director of Sales for Live Nation Special Events, is based out of the House of Blues in Chicago and also oversees events at Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom. Interviewed by podcast host, Debbie Fliehman, Kristin talks about Res...
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Episode 9
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13:05

Mike Whisman, Business Executive Experienced in Operational Improvements in Military and Manufacturing, Interviewed by Debbie Fliehman About the Quality Leadership Process
Mike Whisman is a business executive with 40+ years of progressive experience in Fortune 500 manufacturing operations and quality leadership in the military, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. Mike has held high levels of responsibi...
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Episode 8
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38:17

Donna Ritson, President of DDR Communications, Interviewed by Debbie Fliehman Speaks on Direct Response Methodology
Donna Ritson, President of DDR Communications, founded the company over 30 years ago. DDR's business is based on a direct response methodology that delivers market research, business development, strategic alliance, and actionable market intell...
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Episode 7
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19:55

Ryan Ripley, Principal, TMR Consulting, Interviewed by Debbie Fliehman Regarding Enterprise Transformation
Ryan Ripley is a lifelong manufacturing executive with a history of driving results. He has served in multiple capacities since beginning his manufacturing career as an engineering intern in 1995. In early 2020, he founded his own firm, TMR Con...
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Episode 6
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18:28

Summer Thompson, E&M Design Solutions, Interviewed Regarding Audit Prep - Performing a Gap Analysis
Summer Thomson is the Manager of Business Process and Senior Project Manager for E&M Design Solutions. She is a business consultant, technical writer, industrial services compliance expert, trainer, speaker and operations startup manager. I...
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Episode 5
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13:31

Debbie Fliehman, Host of Thought Leaders Talk Business, Speaks on Proven Steps to Communicate with Intention
Debbie Fliehman, host of Thought Leaders Talk Business, speaks on proven steps to communicate with intention. Debbie is the president of Creative Technical Resources, Inc. a marketing communication, advertising and sales promotion agency. For o...
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Episode 4
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4:52

Steve Garchow, President at Foresight Business Consulting, Interviewed Regarding His Proven Approaches to "Market Differentiation" to Help Organizations' Messages Stand Out from Their Competition
Steve Garchow is President at Foresight Business Consulting, a Chicago-based marketing firm. Steve is obsessed with making a difference in the way companies market their products and services. He believes any company can improve financial perfo...
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Episode 3
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15:14

Karen Morgan, President of Morgan Search International, Interviewed on the Impact Covid-19 Is Having on Employers and Candidates
Karen Morgan, President of Morgan Search International, is a thought-leader in talent acquisition and development across the United States and globally. Morgan Search specializes in the placement of marketing insights talent, working clo...
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Episode 2
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14:05

Welcome Episode - Thought Leaders Talk Business with Host, Debbie Fliehman
Welcome to the first episode of Thought Leaders Talk Business where we tap into the creative minds of successful business professionals and consultants to help you gain a competitive advantage. Your host is Debbie Fliehman, the p...
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Episode 1
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