Thrive Loud With Lou Diamond

Chris Westfall has created multi-million dollar revenue streams for companies on four continents, with innovative new strategies on leadership communication.  However recently, Chris has birthed something new into this world.  His latest book "easier: 60 Ways to Make Your Work Life Work for You" covers, employee engagement, the myths and realities of entrepreneurship, and how to access resiliency in the midst of a crisis. Chris catches up with Lou and shares what inspired writing this book, why it's actually a written as a 'business fable' and how there are so many great lessons to help the working professional. Click the image to grab yourself a copy and click the play button to learn from the great Chris Westfall. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Alison Conigliaro-Hubbard is a former technology executive, who sees the world with the straight up honesty and spirit of a Brooklyn-native, combined with California wellness-cool, and at a global scale. Her style is classic, with a fire, and a bit of edginess. She is the Founder of The Lens Leadership, providing leadership coaching and consulting services to organizations, executives and individuals who want to step up to a bigger game. Alison is a coach who sees the strengths in every individual, helping each player to leverage their own personal magic to maximize success. With over 26-years in corporate Sales and Product Marketing Leadership within large and mid-sized enterprises, start-ups and emerging technology areas, Alison is known to be obsessively customer-focused, and has driven and experienced business growth from a wide range of perspectives. This episode is decades in the making as Alison & Lou are childhood friends who have recently reconnected. Alison shares her personal ups & downs th

Karen Mangia is an internationally-recognized thought leader whose TEDx appearance, keynotes, blogs and books reach hundreds of thousands of business leaders each year. She is the author of Working from Home: Making the New Normal Work for You (Wiley), Listen UP! How to Tune Into Customers and Turn Down the Noise (Wiley) and also Success With Less  (Marie Street Press). A prolific blogger and sought-after media interview, she has been featured in Forbes and regularly contributes to Thrive Global and ZDNet. As Vice President of Customer and Market Insights at Salesforce, she engages current and future customers around the world to discover new ways of creating success and growth together. She serves on the company’s Work from Home Taskforce, where she is helping the company’s 50,000+ worldwide employees to better adapt to a work-from-home environment. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, she also serves on the company’s Racial Equality and Justic

After years practicing the law, Carl Ficks left to pursue new goals in life to help others. Carl helps busy professionals, and their teams, reclaim their wellness. He has run 27 marathons and a 50k road race. He is on the programming committee for the Institute of Well-Being in Law. Listen in as Carl shares with Lou  easy ways to implement strategies and get back in the game. Spoiler Alert: a diet of Snickers and Red Bull are not part of the solution. *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

The rockstar team of Thrive LOUD interns (Adele Williams, Liam Monahan, John Coffey & Zoe Gordon) have compiled a special episode to recognize this milestone episode. They went back and identified ONE guest from each century of episodes from the Thrive LOUD archives and created minisodes for each one of them.  Call it a minisode on steroids ...with hilarious intros and commentary by legendary, voice-artist Steve O'Brien. Here are the featured guests with a link of their original episode: Monique Nelson:  The CEO of the uni-cultural ad agency UWG shares how they highlight the uniqueness of the people at the agency. (Produced by Liam Monahan) Bob Burg:  The "Go-Giver" and hall of fame speaker shares his strategy for listening to others with your eyes and how to serve others. (Produced by Zoe Gordon) Hank Phillippi Ryan: The best-selling & award winning author shares how she prepares for investigative journalistic pieces vs. her fiction novels. (Produced by Adele Williams) Nik Wallenda: "K

Josh Bernstein is extraordinary individual that has traveled more than 1 MILLION miles to over 75 countries in pursuit of knowledge and discovery. Audiences in over 220 countries and territories around the world know him from his roles hosting series for the History, Discovery, Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic channels Currently he is putting together incredible content for a cool new STEM education program with NASA called Project Ianos. Josh catches up with longtime friend Lou Diamond in this fun conversation about a man that lives his passion every day.

Story-driven filmmaker, brand strategist & speaker Jude Charles is featured in a Thrive LOUD minisode. Plucked from his original appearance on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond, Jude shares a story of how he learned what could be possible in entrepreneurship from listening to one of his clients and her success. *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVELOUD

Jan Arendtsz is a veteran of the software industry with more than 20 years of experience in development, product management, client services, and sales roles. He founded Celigo in 2011 with the goal of simplifying the integration of cloud-based applications. He is responsible for overseeing all company operations. Jan and his team at Celigo allows IT and line-of-business teams to automate business processes,  enabling the entire organization to be more agile and accelerate business growth through their iPaas (integration Platforms as a Service). Jan shares with Lou the problem that Celigo is solving for their customers and his passion for making things easy for others. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVELOUD  

Sales and Business Coach Ryann Dowdy helps high-achieving women leave their 9-5 and build a 6-figure business by teaching them how to master sales conversations and the mindset work required to make a total identity shift. Before starting her own business, Ryann spent 15 years in the Corporate world building multi-million dollar sales organizations for start-ups in the marketing space. From sales rep and individual contributor to Director of Sales – Ryann has mentored, managed, and trained thousands of sales reps. Ryann is passionate about helping successful business owners take back control of the revenue in their business, their time, and their freedom by building a profitable sales team. She is on a mission to free CEO’s from the role of sales person in their business.  She is the host of the Daily Sales on Demand for CEOs Podcast AND She also hosts the Daily Sales on Demand for CEOs show on YouTube and hosts Daily Sales on Demand for CEOs LIVE every week in her Facebook community. Ryann connects wit

B. Dan Berger first joined NAFCU in 2006 and helped turn the association into the premiere advocate for the credit union industry. Since becoming president and CEO in 2013, Berger, who is also an author, economist, and one of Washington's top lobbyists, is credited with bringing national attention to key policy issues, while ensuring NAFCU's members meet policymakers at the highest levels of government. Under Berger's leadership, NAFCU has grown its membership by nearly 50 percent and the association now represents 56 percent of the industry's assets. Subsequently, total association assets have grown 59 percent and revenue has increased 40 percent. Dan is also an author, economist, and one of Washington's most influential lobbyists.   He is a recurring guest on Fox Business, CNBC and CNN. He is also regularly quoted in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Bloomberg. Dan shares all of this and more with Lou and how much he love fly-fishing and riding his Harley. *** CONNECT TO LOU

Peter Docker is passionate about enabling people to unlock their natural talents. He teaches leadership that is focused on commitment and human connection. This approach harnesses the collective wisdom of teams to generate extraordinary outcomes. He illustrates his insights by drawing on examples from his previous industry, flying, and military careers to explain powerful concepts that can be applied in any business. Peter worked with Simon Sinek for over 7 years and was one of the founding ‘Igniters’ on Simon’s team. He took his years of practical experience to co-author Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team, with Simon and David Mead. Published in September 2017, it has been translated into more than 25 languages and has sold over 420,000 copies. In December 2019, Peter stepped away from Simon’s team to focus on sharing his wider insights into how organizations thrive. His new book, Leading From The Jumpseat: How to Create Extraordinary Opportunities by Handing Over

Camera Confidence Coach, Facebook Live Ninja and "The Prepared Performer"  Molly Mahoney is known for energizing a room, and inspiring others to step into an elevated sense of their own awesome. Pulled from her original appearance on Thrive LOUD, Molly shares with Lou her "quesadilla of awesome" and the mis-spelled acronym (SAAVE).   MINISODE WARNING:  Molly Mahoney's energy is contagious and might cause you to smile, laugh and want to hear more! *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Mike Zeller is a business architect who strategizes with entrepreneurs on finding their deepest zone of genius.  He helps entrepreneurs & other high-achievers break through subconscious barriers & craft an Irresistible Offer that can produce 64% of their revenue. He has started 16 businesses across 6 industries [$100+ million in sales].  He is a mentor & coach to 800+ Top Entrepreneurs from 7 different countries & help them rewrite their Money Story, craft their ideal role around their Zone of Genius, & develop a clear pathway for scaling. Mike has been featured in Fox, Forbes, Business Insider, Thrive Global, Huffington Post, & Mentorbox. He is the author of Genius Within: Your Natural Pathway To Impact, Fulfillment & Wealth and he shares his genius on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

The Impact Authority & Founder at Grow Disrupt Stephanie Scheller catches up with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. Stephanie hosts an incredible annual event for entrepreneurs called "The Grow Retreat."  The theme for Grow22 is Connect. Stephanie shares with Lou all about why connection is so important within her world and how better understanding the power of connection will help launch entrepreneurs to the next level. Listen in to hear more about the backstory for the upcoming event (January 13-14, 2022) and other amazing happenings in Stephanie's world....plus a little musical ending to the show. **** To learn more about Grow Retreat 2022: Connect click the icon below or visit: https://www.thegrowretreat.com/  

In this Thrive LOUD Minisode, we feature Jen Grant, the CEO of Appify. Pulled from their original conversation, Jen shares with Lou why she made the move to head up Appify and how it brought together the right partners, a customer friendly product and a flexible platform that many other companies could utilize. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Stacey Hanke exists to equip leaders within organizations to communicate with confidence, presence and authenticity, day in and day out. Stacey is author of two books;  Influence Redefined…Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be, Monday to Monday® and Yes You Can! Everything You Need to Know From A to Z to Influence Others To Take Action. Her books provide practical and immediate skills and techniques that have given thousands the ability to enhance their influence Monday to Monday®. Stacey helps individuals eliminate the static that plagues communicative delivery  — to persuade, sell, influence and communicate face-to-face with a clear message. Recorded LIVE on October 29, 2021 (Facebook, LinkedIn & YouTube) Stacey and Lou cover the gamut of business communication in today's world -- virtual meetings, Zoom fatigue, the hybrid working environment and business interactions skills -- to help you understand how everyone can thrive today. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Paula White has an unwavering passion for music that she applies in order to bring new perspectives and open new possibilities for leaders. Her one-of-a-kind, forward-thinking approach starts with a foundation of heart and mind.  A globally recognized sales leader, Paula has leveraged her talents to scale Inside Sales Teams into multi-million stand-alone sales channels. She has helped organizations achieve 8% - 10% yearly compounded growth, demonstrating success in a wide variety of industries to include travel and tourism, investments, veterinary and healthcare distribution. Music is a passion for Paula in and out of work. Outside of her work, Paula is an avid concert goer and has found joy as both a lyricist and a co-producer on six songs. She details the transformative power of this in her book, Side B - Remix Your Leadership Style. Paula’s passion for life radiates through all those who work with her. She is a one-of-a-kind teacher who draws in the most powerful forces from both halves of the brain a

Ora Nadrich is founder and president of the Institute for Transformational Thinking and author of Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity, named in the 100 Best Mindfulness Books of All Time by BookAuthority. She is a certified life coach and Mindfulness teacher, specializing in transformational thinking, self-discovery and mentoring new coaches as they develop their careers. Ora's rare combination of insight, intuition, compassion and charisma has made her one of the most effective and sought-after coaches in Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in Women's Health Magazine, Reader's Digest, Conscious Lifestyle Magazine, Fast Company, Success Magazine, Spirituality & Health, Elevated Existence, NBC News, LA Yoga Magazine, Yahoo! Health, and many more. In her second appearance on Thrive LOUD, Ora and Lou discuss her latest book Mindfulness & Mysticism: Connecting Present Moment Awareness with Higher States of Consciousness. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & TH

Attorney, strategist, growth hacker and author of eight books Denise Gosnell is featured in a Thrive LOUD minisode. Pulled from her original conversation with Lou, Denise shares an incredible tactic called the Vacation Effect which increases productivity not by adding but by subtracting. A very helpful technique that many of us could use in today's forever busy work schedule. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD