“A Powerful Approach to Transform Dreams into Reality” with Teneshia Jackson Warner | Ep. 056
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About this Episode:
In this episode of The Transformative Leader Podcast, I’m excited to bring you a conversation with author, powerhouse entrepreneur, and multicultural marketing expert, Teneshia Jackson Warner. Teneshia left her cushy corporate job at IBM 16 years ago, with nothing but a dream, a box of her belongings and the certainty she wanted more. Her gamble paid off: through mindfulness, a tireless work ethic and exceptional tenacity, she grew her dream into an award-winning, multi-million-dollar multicultural marketing and communications firm, EGAMI Group, as well as a thriving empowerment conference and platform, The Dream Project. Through The Dream Project, Teneshia has spoken to more than 150,000 Dreamers across the nation and brought together nearly 200 leading business moguls and celebrities to share wisdom from their past failures and successes. Her new book (which I cannot recommend highly enough) is The Big Stretch: 90 Days to Expand Your Dreams, Crush Your Goals, and Create Your Own Success, a soul-searching, life-transforming, 12-week boot camp based on concepts from The Dream Project that reveals how to get from where you are to where you dream to be – in life and in business.
In our conversation, in which we discussed the principles and practices behind The Dream Project, Teneshia shared a wealth of insight relative not only to the amazing success she has achieved in her own life, but also the roadmap she has created so that others can achieve their own success. It is this approach that is the focus of The Big Stretch, which presents a customizable “career workout” routine designed to catapult Dreamers from where they are to where they want to be, whether it’s escaping the daily 9-to-5 grind, improving an existing business, or getting their dreams off the ground. Teneshia shares her proven process for turning dreams into a reality, as well as success stories from past Dream Project “All-Star Dreamers.” I must say, I was so blown away after reading through Teneshia’s book that The Ghannad Group is now looking at The Big Stretch as the basis for planning the growth we want to achieve this year.
Teneshia was a fascinating and powerful guest, and listeners are sure to find this episode empowering and inspiring—because I know I did! It’s right around now all those New Year’s Resolutions start wavering a little, so what better time to learn how to make those dreams into a reality! If this is the year you want to go for something big, then be sure not to miss this episode!
Some topics discussed in this episode include:
How Teneshia walked the Dreamer’s path from dissatisfied IBM corporate worker to the founder and CEO of the massively successful EGAMI Group.
Why Teneshia ended up creating The Dream Project, and how it led to her discovering the “universal blueprint“ that successful Dreamers seemed to share.
A breakdown of the 4 phases of the Big Stretch blueprint: Dream, Design, Dare, and Do.
The 5 Dreamer types that people fit into, how to figure out which one you are, and how to put that knowledge to use.
The most important thing listeners can do right now to begin the journey of making their dreams into a reality.
Teneshia Jackson Warner is an award-winning multicultural marketing expert, purpose-driven entrepreneur, founder, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of EGAMI Group, and creator of The Dream Project. EGAMI Group is a leading multicultural marketing and communications firm in Manhattan with clients such as Procter & Gamble, Target, Verizon Wireless, My Black is Beautiful, U.S. Army, Hennessy, Major League Baseball and Toyota. Since 2007, Teneshia has grown EGAMI Group from a dream concept into a thriving multi-million-dollar business. The Dream Project has hosted over 50 panel discussions, secured more than 10 Fortune 100 companies as partners, and presented nearly 200 business moguls, influencers and celebrity speakers, such as Shark Tank’s Daymond John; Earvin “Magic” Johnson; Rent the Runway founder, Jennifer Fleiss; Blogher co-founders, Elisa Camahort-Page and Lisa Stone; P&G Chief Marketing Officer, Marc Pritchard; and “Me Too” movement founder, Tarana Burke. Teneshia has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Adweek, Adage, Essence and Black Enterprise, along with guest appearances on ABC News and “The Steve Harvey Show.” Teneshia’s previous book is Profit With Purpose.
Guest Links:
You can learn more about Teneshia and EGAMI Group offerings at their website. To learn more about the book, visit the Big Stretch site, where you can also take the Dreamer Profile Assessment and read the blog. You can connect with Teneshia on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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