My guest today is Michael Zalle, Founder and CEO of YellowBird, an AI-powered platform that helps companies find, manage, and deploy elite safety and risk talent across the USA.

He might be described as a serial entrepreneur, with over 25 years of experience with leading edge technology, including building and scaling multiple ventures focused on solving complex, high-risk business challenges.

He also hosts The Canary Report (link below), a podcast featuring conversations with top EHS leaders on emerging safety trends and risk strategies.

In our chat, Michael talks about the highs and lows of entrepreneurship and how, like almost anything in life, it's all about perseverance and grit to get to where you want to be.

If you want to know more, reach out to Michael - contact details below:

• Website: goyellowbird.com
• Personal LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michaelzalle/
• Company LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/goyellowbird/

You can also tune in to Michael's podcast, The Canary Report: Safety and Risk Management Podcast here.

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My guest for this episode is Jessi Beyer, a Mental Health Professional, an international TEDx speaker; the #1 best-selling author of 'How To Heal: A Practical Guide To Nine Integrative Therapies That Can Help Release Trauma'; a crisis mental health professional embedded with law enforcement in Snohomish County, Washington; and a negotiator with Region 1 SWAT.

Jessi talks passionately about how we can support each other in the workplace and reduce the stigma associated with mental health. And she reinforces the fact that whilst some organisations may think they don't have any mental health issues amongst their teams, the reality is that the actual rate of affliction is something like 1 in 5 people.

Listen for Jessi's description of what represents a 'crisis' for each of us as individuals - because it is different for all of us. She then follows this up with some great indicators that may suggest a colleague is having some coping difficulties.

This was a fascinating discussion - please do invest the time to listen. You may just save a colleague a lot of pain and suffering by thinking about things slightly differently.

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Here's an interesting topic you might not know a lot about, but it underpins a lot of today's major projects - it's Surety Bonds!

And today's guest, Gary Eastman will explain all. Gary is an attorney turned entrepreneur who has built a seven-figure national surety bond brokerage in what might be the most overlooked industry in America.

And if you aren't in the USA never fear - these bonds are used globally (in Australia they are often referred to as Performance Bonds).

There are some very compelling reasons for using surety bonds - for a start, better use of your organisation's finances on growth not guarantees!

For the other compelling reasons, you'll need to take a listen to this episode.

You can also touch base with Gary via his email address:

gary@swiftbonds.com

Enjoy the episode!

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