Her Success Story Ivy Slater, Slater Success Coaching

This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Megan McShane. The two talk about owning the power of your femininity in the professional world, working with strengths for success in partnerships, and the key to remaining in balance and continuing growth.


In this episode, we discuss:
 
How she became involved with Tony Robbins’ team, and how her business has evolved from there
 
The value of self development in the younger generation


What challenges she met in her transition into running her own business in personal development


Megan thoughts on respect, collaboration, communication, expectations, and trust in partnerships


Why she says that continuing to work on yourself is the key to a healthy balance in life


Megan McShane’s journey through life has been nothing short of extraordinary. With a profound dedication to personal and leadership development, she’s left an indelible mark on the world. For 13 years, Megan was a pivotal member of Tony Robbins’ Executive Team, globe-trotting and orchestrating world-class events for high-profile clientele, a role that honed her negotiation, coaching, and team-building skills.


Megan is not only a seasoned business owner but also a Certified Yoga Teacher, boasting 13 years of experience and the proprietorship of her own studio, Grace Yoga. Her spiritual journey led her to study under luminaries like Bryan Kest, Krishna Das, and Preetaji from O&O Academy. Academically accomplished, Megan holds a B.S. in Marketing, Advertising & Public Relations from Emerson College, coupled with a Ph.D. in Metaphysics from the University of Sedona.


As a co-founder and owner of “Your Best Life Now,” a high-level mastermind focusing on Faith, Family, Fitness, and Finance for global entrepreneurs, Megan continues to inspire and elevate those around her with her unwavering passion and dedication.


Website: https://yblnow.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-mcshane-15b46526/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourbestlife.community
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Yourbestlife.now/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcLe6WDPuG9y2wFYGYgQrpw

This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Stacey Ryan. The two talk about creating a culture that feels like home, the importance of collaboration in partnership, and the impact that School of Rock has on the children and parents involved in their community.


In this episode, we discuss:
 
How her journey brought her to the C-Suite in School of Rock
 
How her first mentor shaped her career
 
Why School of Rock is so revolutionary to the children and parents involved


What challenges, lessons, and surprises she’s found in running a global organization


What she values so much about  her company’s culture


What Front Women does, and how Stacey’s passion project is evolving into a movement
 
Stacey Ryan is the Chief Operating Officer of School of Rock, the most revolutionary music education school in the world. Stacey and her team are responsible for all safety and compliance matters for the system, ensuring the successful operation of a complex environment that weaves talented artists, children, and parents together in a safe, creative, and educational environment. She has led the organization and students to music events across the globe, blending music education with existing industry experts. She has witnessed the impact music has on changing and saving lives.


Stacey is passionate about leaning into and navigating complexities specific to women in leadership roles in corporate America. With this passion, she developed and launched a Community Resource Group, Front Women, which meets quarterly. Discussions are focused on women empowerment and how to develop strong leadership skills in a predominantly male-driven industry. In her personal time, Stacey is an advocate for animal rights and social justice reform often volunteering her time at sanctuaries and with exonerated individuals.


Website: https://www.schoolofrock.com/
Website: https://www.frontwomen.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.schoolofrock.com/franchising/leadership-team

This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Alan Cohen. The two talk about the transparency, honesty, and authenticity of his work, what he loves about professional coaching, and why maintaining intelligent communication is so imperative.


In this episode, we discuss:
How he pivoted into professional development from a public relations and communications background
 
What Alan loves about professional coaching, and what obstacles he has overcome along the way
 
How the industry has changed throughout his career, and what he finds so exciting within the changes
 
What issues and challenges are being presented by the external environment, and why maintaining intelligent communication is so helpful through it all
 
How to build leadership teams that continue to grow, even in the midst of roles changing
 
How to coach for successful succession planning
 
Why we should be conscious of the mark we mean to leave in the world early on, and how early we should begin planning for that
 
What Alan is doing to help others become better speakers, and understand how to clearly communicate and craft the story they want to tell
 
Alan Cohen is an international speaker, Executive, Team and Public Speaking Coach, and author. As a human connection and emotional intelligence expert, he speaks about the power of connection in business. Among his notable achievements, Alan led the publicity team responsible for the launch of the Harry Potter book series, which is the subject of his TedX talk on “The Magical Power of Shared Purpose."
 
Alan inspires audiences with ideas to help become a leader that can guide even the most difficult teams in working together successfully. Alan is the author of The Connection Challenge: How Executives Create Power and Possibility in the Age of Distraction. His workshop topics include: “Share Your Story, Change The World,” and “The Emotionally Intelligent Leader." Alan is a native New Yorker, currently residing in Miami, Florida, with his spouse of 35 years and their adorable Wheaten Terrier, Bentley. He loves to paint, draw, travel and binge-watch thrillers on cable television.

Website: https://www.alansamuelcohen.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.cohen.750
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansamuelcohen/

In this episode, Ivy Slater chats with us about understanding the growth of the front end of the business, along with the back end as well. She tells us, “We cannot scale if we don’t have both areas - the front and back end of the business - working in a growth mode.”
 
 
In this episode, we discuss:
What Ivy means by the front end and back end


How to better understand what is generating sales and profitability from the front end


How to best see what pieces of the back end are truly making things happen
 
How to align the two parts, and ensure that your business is operating in the most effective and efficient way
 
How to adjust from what you’ve learned, and implement from that


Ivy Slater is a professionally certified business coach, speaker, best-selling author and podcast host. After owning and operating a 7-figure printing business, having been in the industry for 20 years, she started Slater Success which focuses on developing great leaders and facilitating business growth and expansion. Ivy holds masterminds and retreats with her private client base and corporate training on communication and strategic planning. She speaks nationwide on the topics of leadership, sustainable growth, relationships and sales.
Best Selling Author of From the Barre to the Boardroom
Website: https://slatersuccess.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivyslater/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slatersuccesscoaching
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivyslaterssc/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/slatersuccess/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SlaterSuccessCC
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ8b1sGnADlpFE2NrqUfToQ?view_as=subscribe
 

This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Leah Miller. The two talk about the importance of knowing your numbers, staying connected with the heart in your relationships, and how to use your P&L to make operational decisions to help with marketing, with your people, with culture, and everything else you do. Leah tells us, “I really just want my clients to win, and feel confident in their finances.”


In this episode, we discuss:
Where she fell in love with the legal field,
What her goals looked like in the beginning, and how fantastically that has evolved 
What challenges and fears she has faced along the way
How Leah has gone about building LNM Financial Services
What question she asks to start every financial assessment 
How to use your P&L to make operational decisions to help with marketing, with your people, with culture, and everything else you do
Advice for anyone starting or scaling a business
 
After almost a decade as the Firm Administrator and CFO of a personal injury law firm, Leah understands the unique challenges law firms face when it comes to managing financials within the firm. In 2023, Leah decided to take this experience to help law firm owners across the Country reach their growth goals. Through LNM Financial Services, Leah provides Fractional CFO Services to law firms who have growth goals and need extra help with financial analysis.
 
Website: https://www.lnmfinancial.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lnmiller01
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leah_lnm_financial/

This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Shirley Lopez. The two talk about her interesting path into process serving, creating efficiencies in your business, building great processes and systems, and the opportunities that can be found in unlikely collaborations.


In this episode, we discuss:
 
What led her into the process serving business, and how she has made it her own
What she has seen shift in the industry, as far as marketing and business development
How Shirley manages to juggle so many things, while in a constant flow of continuing growth
What’s the ‘Beer for Life’ NFT
Why we should be looking for the problem
Her inspiring perspective on starting small and working backwards
Advice from Shirley on how to start, how to scale, and how to invest your time
 
Shirley Lopez is currently the CEO of L&L Process. Shirley likes to say, “I’m an entrepreneur that just so happens to be a process server.” Shirley has been in this role since 2014, branding, strategizing and managing nationwide service of process to new levels. Shirley also specializes in “hard to serve” cases where the person is hard to find, high profile cases or a very specific circumstance where there is only a minute opportunity to serve someone at a specific time and place, usually not at a residence. In 2020, Shirley launched virtual notarizations at L&L Process, seeing the opportunity to innovate and offer new solutions to our clients, this side of the business is now called Notary Force. Notary Force offers international notarizations and urgent requests.

Shirley loves networking and meeting new people. She currently sits on the board of the Doral Bar Association as the Secretary. She is a Committee Chair on the Law and Technology Committee at the Miami Dade Bar Association. She is also the current President of her BNI Chapter, Synergy and a current Chapter Success Coach in BNI Miami Dade, helping 3 chapters grow and launching the first 100% Virtual Spanish Chapter in BNI Miami. In the last 2 years, she also has been working on a startup, Metadigm with her brother, Daniel Lowe. Shirley’s past experience consists of being a financial advisor for 4 years, a marketing account manager for 2 years and working on political campaigns. She has an International MBA from Florida International University in Miami and a Political Science/International Relations Bachelor's Degree from Northeastern University in Boston.


Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shirley-lopez-metadigm/