The Self-Belief Podcast

Keith Baldwin & Jordanna Cheifetz
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The Self-Belief Podcast

We interview business leaders and people of influence in Metro Detroit to discuss their journey to a position of influence in their industries. The times where they had to draw on their reserves of self belief and the solutions they found are investigated with them. Overall, you will get to know our guests on a human level and understand the individual qualities they have that helped shape their behavior and choices on their journey.

  1. Awenate Cobbina - CEO of Shinola.

    07/02/2024

    Awenate Cobbina - CEO of Shinola.

    Awenate speaks about what made him leave a great role at the Whitehouse to come to Detroit with the Pistons initially before taking a role with the Bedrock Manufacturing group where he became CEO and is heading up the Shinola brand. His journey is one of always demanding more from himself and never accepting staying 'comfortable' whether that was in his role at the NFL, The Whitehouse or The Pistons. Take a listen to this episode with Awenate and you will understand why he is a respected le...

    54 min
  2. Cam Crowder - How to venture into the world of Venture Capitalism

    06/25/2024

    Cam Crowder - How to venture into the world of Venture Capitalism

    Cam shares his candid insights from leaving college early to help run his familys Tim Hortons franchises. While there he found more efficient ways to serve customers in the drive through and he also started considering other food related technologies that could increase efficiency. During COVID the decision was made to sell the franchises and Cam went full time into investing in start ups in the food industry, which was something he had been learning about the past few years. With the righ...

    54 min
  3. Connie Smith - From growing up in foster care, to becoming a foster parent.......and running a PR firm

    06/18/2024

    Connie Smith - From growing up in foster care, to becoming a foster parent.......and running a PR firm

    Hear Connie not only talk about her career but about what it was like growing up in foster care. At 10 years old she had to make a mature decision about her living arrangements and ever since Connie has been decisive in her choices and with her strong work ethic and drive she progressed in the news and TV industry. During COVID, she was home with her 6 kids and realized she didn't want to go back full time to the role she had built for herself in TV. She wanted more flexibility and that led ...

    59 min
  4. Terry McCarthy - Successfully working with your spouse while growing multi location animal clinics

    06/11/2024

    Terry McCarthy - Successfully working with your spouse while growing multi location animal clinics

    Hear Terry talk about how he and his wife Theresa decided to work together but in separate roles. Theresa is a vet and Terry runs the business side and that formula has seen them grow successfully over the past 30 plus years to where they now run; Dandy Acres in South Lyon Easthaven in Ann Arbor Shelter Bay in Novi If you want to run your own business in the medical space or are thinking about working with your significant, other then you need to listen to this episode We aim for you to enj...

    1h 11m
  5. Colleen Budde - Franchise owner of Office Evolution of Troy

    06/04/2024

    Colleen Budde - Franchise owner of Office Evolution of Troy

    Hear Colleen talk about the decision by her and her husband for her to leave the corporate world of being an engineer and decide to invest in a franchise. Hear how they chose and researched the franchise and came to the decision to go for it even though they had busy lives with a young daughter at home. Not only that but COVID hit shortly after they opened and provided more challenges. In this episode Colleen reflects on her successes and challenges since then and life lessons learned...

    1h 2m
  6. Dr Tony Capone - World Renowned Pediatric Eye Surgeon

    05/28/2024

    Dr Tony Capone - World Renowned Pediatric Eye Surgeon

    Dr. Capone is an internationally recognized clinician, surgeon and educator. He has authored or co-authored over 200 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals, book chapters, and publications from clinical trials. He is currently a Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Oakland University, and Professor at the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology, Lugano, Switzerland. He is also Chief clinical Officer for EyeCare Partners. EyeCare Partners is the nation’s leading provider ...

    1h 2m
  7. Chris Swanson - Sheriff of Genessee County

    05/21/2024

    Chris Swanson - Sheriff of Genessee County

    Listen to this fascinating and uplifting conversation with Sheriff Swanson where we talk about his personal story but also about the challenges facing police officers today and how he and his department are facing them. We also discuss issues affecting the community such as drugs, mental health, guns and jails. It is in the jails that Chris is championing the I.G.N.I.T.E. program to help give inmates skills and qualifications. Being a sheriff is more than enough for many but Chris also runs...

    1h 16m
  8. Kathy Skubik - Owner of Irene's Myomassology Institue in Southfield

    05/14/2024

    Kathy Skubik - Owner of Irene's Myomassology Institue in Southfield

    Kathy and her mother Irene opened this nationally acclaimed massage school in 1987 after so many people were requesting for Irene to teach them her specialized methods. Hear how Kathy and Irene had very defined roles and worked together as a great team to develop and hold extremely high standards. Standards that mean some spas will only hire massage therapists who have been trained at Irene's. Since Irene passed at age 90 in 2010 hear how Kathy has continued and built upon Irene's legacy. K...

    55 min
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    We interview business leaders and people of influence in Metro Detroit to discuss their journey to a position of influence in their industries. The times where they had to draw on their reserves of self belief and the solutions they found are investigated with them. Overall, you will get to know our guests on a human level and understand the individual qualities they have that helped shape their behavior and choices on their journey.

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    • Creator
      Keith Baldwin & Jordanna Cheifetz
    • Years Active
      2023 - 2024
    • Episodes
      40
    • Rating
      Clean
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      © 2024 The Self-Belief Podcast
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