The One Broken Cog Podcast

It's always sunny in Providence

Melissa DaSilva founded East Coast Mental Wellness, a mental health agency in Providence, RI where members of the LGBTQ+ community can find safe and specialized therapeutic services. She is the author of The Profitable Practice: Helping Healing Professionals Build and Grow a Successful Business, which helps healers and new business owners succeed. She is also the creator and host of the successful LGBTQ+ podcasts Pride Connections and Chit Chat with a Therapist. Melissa joins the show to share her journey as a business owner and entrepreneur, and to shed light on the LGBTQ+ community. 

Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way

Dominique Brightmon is a certified coach and speaker of the John Maxwell Team, was the youngest Area Director for Toastmasters International, and authored "Going North: Tips & Techniques to Advance Yourself", and the follow-up bestselling book titled "Stay the Course: The Elite Performer's 7 Secret Keys to Sustainable Success."  He also hosts the Going North podcast, and was listed as one of the top ten self-help podcasters in the world alongside Brendon Burchard, Gretchen Rubin, Lewis Howes & Steve Olsher. Dominique joins the show to discuss the 7 E's of leadership and the 5 keys to elite performance. 

Tough times never last, but tough people do

Paul Moore is a contributor to Fox Business and BiggerPockets, the author of “The Perfect Investment - create enduring wealth from the Historic shift to multifamily housing, and is the managing director of 3 commercial real estate funds at Wellings Capital. Paul joins the show to share his incredible journey as a serial entrepreneur (owning 20 businesses),  and how he went from $1.5 million in the bank, to $2.5 million in debt, to being debt free 13 months later.  Get your notepads ready as Paul shares investment strategy, entrepreneurship wisdom and how to start a successful business from the ground up.

Everything's Gonna Be Alright

Michelle E. Dickinson is a passionate mental health advocate, a TED speaker, and a published author of a memoir entitled Breaking Into My Life. Her work and advocacy has lead her to be featured on ABC, Forbes and Fox. Michelle joins the show to share expert tips and strategies on how to manage anxiety when returning to the workplace after COVID, as well as how to be a culture change agent within your company.

The Sales Hot Seat

 Dave Kahle is widely considered to be the foremost authority on sales and sale systems as he has written 12 books on the subject and presented over 1,000 times in 47 states and 11 countries.  He’s trained literally tens of thousands of sales people to sell better, thousands of sales managers to manage better, and has worked personally and contractually with over 500 companies. On this special episode, Dave steps up to the plate to take on the questions the supposed experts don't have the courage to answer!

You're Hired!

Kris Holmes, author of the Amazon best seller "Ignite Your Career! Strategies and Tactics to Unleash Your Potential​" and partner at leading executive search firm O’Connell Group, joins the show to provide expert advice on how to land your dream job even during COVID-19 and how to negotiate the best package.  

Are Outside Sales Reps Obsolete?

Dave Kahle joins us to discuss the state of outside sales heading into a post COVID-19 world. 

The Truth Shall Set You Free

Michael P. Hamer joins us to discuss the rise of deceptive practices employers use during the hiring process, and the 7 biggest lies they use to trick you into working for them. 

Memory Lane

Brian shares experiences from his first sales job and how they relate to our mission at One Broken Cog.

Communication Breakdown

John and Brian discuss the most mind blowing stat ever uncovered on this podcast. Sales Managers beware...