8 Qualities for Great Leadership

Dancho Dimkov – Founder of BizzBee Solutions

Dancho is an accomplished B2B outreach consultant, a serial entrepreneur, an avid enthusiast of growth, and a prolific author. He is passionately committed to assisting SMEs in their quest for expansion, while remaining mindful of their financial constraints. From a young age, Dancho has nurtured his entrepreneurial spirit, making a name for himself through sheer determination and an unwavering zeal for progress. At just 22, he was honored with the prestigious “Global Innovator for 2009” award, which opened doors to numerous speaking opportunities across the world, from Finland and India to Brazil and beyond. One of his most sought-after topics is “Designing Your B2B Growth Strategy.”

Yeukai Kajidori – Founder of Yeukai Business Show & Yeukai Publishing Services

Yeukai is a highly respected remote teams expert who has led and transformed remote teams for over a decade. With a mission to empower consultants, coaches, and business owners to do business on their terms, Yeukai is a trailblazer in the industry. He is an entrepreneur, business coach, founder, and executive producer of the highly successful “Yeukai Business Show” podcast, where he and his expert guests share actionable insights to help business owners triple their productivity. Yeukai’s chapter is “Leading Well Virtually And With Remote Teams.”

Trevor Stockwell – Founder of Trevor Stockwell Leader Development Services

Trevor is a leadership coach and a trainer with 20+ years of leadership experience, spanning both the corporate and the nonprofit sectors. He empowers entrepreneurs and business owners to raise their inner game by leading themselves well and maximizing their external results when leading others. He authored the first chapter, “Self-Leadership: Raising Your Inner Game Maximizes Your External Results.”

Elaine Slatter – Founder of XL Consulting Group

After 30+ years of corporate career as a leadership team member, Elaine founded a marketing consulting company, a small business advisory company, specializing in business strategy and all aspects of marketing, including branding, social media, and website design for companies and individual entrepreneurs. Elaine writes about “Improving Communication and Engagement.”

Kylie van Luyn – Founder and CEO of Elevated Coaching & Consulting

Kylie is a workforce development and social services subject matter specialist. She is passionate about building organizational strategies to foster greater emotional intelligence in leadership, workplace diversity, inclusion, and psychological safety. She writes an inspirational chapter on “Emotional Intelligence Drives Leadership Success.”

Kerry Wekelo – Chief Operating Officer at Actualize Consulting

In her leadership, Kerry blends her experiences as a consultant, an executive coach, an award-winning author, a mindfulness expert, and an entrepreneur. Her book and program, “Culture Infusion: 9 Principles for Creating and Maintaining a Thriving Organizational Culture” and her latest book “Gratitude Infusion”, are the impetus behind Actualize Consulting’s award-winning culture — including Top Company Culture by Entrepreneur Magazine and FORTUNE Best Small & Medium Workplaces™. Kerry’s chapter is all about “Intentional Leadership.”

Anastasia Neddersen – CEO at Whiznook, Inc.

Realizing that most entrepreneurs lack emotional intelligence skills that greatly undermine the success of their companies, she founded Whiznook to measure and cultivate collective intelligence. Whiznook offers fun online games that extract behavioral data in real-time and promote team development using adaptive training. Anastasia’s topic is “Leadership Resilience: Individual and Collective.”

Rick Mayo – CEO and Founder of the Alloy Personal Training Franchise

Rick is an accomplished fitness business entrepreneur who started his journey in 1992 with his original personal training studio. He later created Alloy, a personal training business platform adopted by leading health clubs and gym brands, serving over 1,000 licensed fitness facilities and millions of members worldwide. In 2019, Rick launched the Alloy Personal Training Franchise, and was named Fitness Business of the Year, by the Association of Fitness Studios. He now has over 100 franchisees. His keynote chapter is “Building Trust: The Secret Sauce To Building A Valuable and Successful Business.”