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Catching North StarsLeadership as generosity: Jill Rosenberg Jones on Philanthropy, Purpose, and ServiceToday's guest for Catching North Stars is Jill Rosenberg Jones - an inspiring leader in the financial services industry who has been called into philanthropy. As a servant-leader on Walls Street for many years, Jill has inspired many of her people to lead with empathy. She sees caring about and building the careers of her team members as the most important aspects of leadership - even in a notoriously tough industry. She is also the founder of the James Weldon Johnson foundation where she works to preserve the legacy of a great American thinker, writer, and civil rights leader while...2025-04-2345 min
Catching North StarsRe-thinking Assumptions - About Others and Ourselves with Corinna Freitag, PhDIn this episode of Catching North Stars, Alexis speaks with Corinna Freitag about her journey from Chemist to Coach. Corinna's first career was in the industrial chemical and automotive industries where she studied in worked in a number of different countries. She discovered that she cared more about helping make other people's work lives better and became a coach. Corinna shares openly about being "nerdy and her journey to overcome limiting beliefs. She shares some of the tools that she uses to help her coaching clients, including Positive Intelligence. Join for this intriguing conversation into overcoming limiting beliefs! Hosted...2025-04-0438 min
Catching North StarsRadical Self Care for Personal Transformation with Kalia GarridoIn Catching North Stars, Alexis Halkovic interviews inspiring individuals whose core values have driven their careers.In this episode, we speak with Kalia Garrido - entrepreneur and co-founder of Hike2, creator of Healthy Women Leaders, public speaker and author of "The Well Within: Unlocking Your Personal Power Through Radical Self-Care." Kalia shares her story of how she discovered a deep personal need to find alternative forms of self-care when her tried-and-true workout practice was no longer enough to manage all she was holding. Seeking out inspiration from other women, Kalia discovered her own reservoir of power...2025-03-2041 min
Catching North StarsCreating Joy for yourself and your communityIn this episode of Catching North Stars, I sit down with coach, researcher, professor, and author Pamela Larde, PhD - aka "The Joy Whisperer" or the "Joy Researcher" to talk about how she became a coach and built her own coach training program. We also dive into her new book, "Joyfully Single: A Revolutionary Guide to Enlightenment, Wholeness, and Change" - it's not just for single folks - exploring the practices of joy as well as the ethics of joy. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-11-2345 min
Catching North StarsLeading with EmpathyIn this episode of Catching North Stars, I sit down with psychologist, coach, CEO, and author Nadia Nagamootoo about her new book, "Beyond Discomfort: Why inclusive leadership is so hard (and what we can do about it)" which invites leaders to explore their own relationships to inclusion and creates meaningful ways for them to develop in this area. We also talk about her career journey into DE&I work, which spans 2 decades. Using empathy as a way in, Nadia's work inspires sustained work in this important field. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-11-0751 min
Catching North StarsEmbracing Emerging Technologies, Rethinking InnovationIn this episode of Catching North Stars I have a conversation with Charlie Oliver about her wide-ranging career in media and technology, starting out in film and television and moving into new media and tech as the technology - and the possibilities evolved. Charlie started Served Fresh Media in New York City in 2006, taking advantage of new media. Recognizing her ability to predict how emerging and disruptive tech would change industries, Charlie has been called upon by many major companies to provide guidance on how to think about and incorporate new tech into their operations. She developed Tech 2025 as a...2024-10-2552 min
Catching North StarsFinding Happiness in Solving the Biggest, Hardest Problem:In this episode of Catching North Stars, I speak with Susi Snyder - a Nobel Peace Prize winning, life-long activist working towards the elimination of nuclear weapons and greater possibilities for peace for all human beings. She shares about the path that lead to her following her passion to solve the biggest problem she could think of which she sees as a path to greater happiness. She also talks about her current area of expertise - the political economy of nuclear weapons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-10-1444 min
Catching North StarsBuilding Entrepreneurs for the Public Good in Slovenia and BeyondIn this episode of Catchng North Stars, I sit down with Matija Goljar - entrepreneur and mentor to many young entrepreneurs in Slovenia and all over the world to talk about how he became an entrepreneur and the possibilities for building the social good through entrepreneurship. We also talk about Matija's reality TV show that popularized entrepreneurship in post-socialist Slovenia and the "weird passions" that are so important in driving entrepreneurs and making the world more colorful and interesting.Matija's website: https://www.matijagoljar.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...2024-10-0859 min
Catching North StarsRaising Consciousness through Coaching:Jazz Rasool started his career as an astrophysicist, but moved on to study neurobiology, Chinese medicine, and mind-body medicine before landing on coaching-where he brings his expansive background to bear. In February 2024, Jazz founded the AI Coaching Alliance, with hundreds of coaches and researchers joining as members to promote adaptation to AI and its ethical, inclusive adoption in coaching. In our conversation, Jazz shares how he applies first principles from Physics to coaching, including the conservation of energy and the idea that nothing is created or destroyed, applying this to how uncertainty shows up in coaching and in life. H...2024-09-2456 min
Catching North StarsCrafting with the Psychology of RelationshipsOn this episode of Catching North Stars, I sit down with Ty Tashiro and talk about his journey from academia to becoming a writer. Ty is a psychologist, writer, speaker and consultant with a particular interest in the psychology of human relationships. He is the author of 2 books - The Science of Happily Ever After: What Really Matters in the Search for Enduring Love and Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why that is Awesome. Ty shares about professors and students who inspired and encouraged him on his career and provides advice for others who wish to...2024-08-2657 min
Catching North StarsCorporate Responsibility:In this episode of Catching North Stars, I sit down with Asher Jay - artist, designer, National Geographic Explorer and founder of Henoscene - a start-up that helps environmentally-conscious organizations build transparency into their end-to-end process. Asher discusses the philosophy of her business, how Henoscene helps companies, and what else we can do to steward our individual and the planet's well-being. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-08-1059 min
Catching North StarsFrom Cyborg to PatronusIn this episode of Catching North Stars, I sit down with Amber Case to have a deep conversation into the ways in which technology can be used to create protective identities, the use of Generative AI as a tool and the importance of Calm Tech. Amber Case is a Cyborg Anthropologist and serial entrepreneur. The recipient of many prestigious awards for her work in technology - particularly Calm Tech, Amber is the author of several books and a notable public speaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-07-2556 min
Catching North StarsThe Power of Play:Starting out as a fine artist, Eric Zimmerman recognized that game design makes important contributions to culture and decided to make a career out of game design. With over 3 decades of designing games on numerous platforms, including Sissyfight 2000 and Diner Dash, Eric is also an educator and an artist. In our conversation, Eric explores the power of play and game-design thinking beyond the world of games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-07-1548 min
Catching North StarsBecoming Anti-Racist:As her long career in the field has evolved, Kathy Obear, PhD, has made the shift from furthering diversity to advocating for anti-racism policies and perspectives and leading white accountability groups. Hear why as she shares her story of becoming an anti-racism educator, consultant and trainer—a journey of over 35 years and counting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-07-0852 min
Catching North StarsDare to LoveMany of the world’s most caring teachers have made a commitment to love every one of their students, regardless of racial background, but how does this work in practice? Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, PhD, has been exploring how racial literacy facilitates personal growth for educators and other professionals to attain this goal.A professor of English Education at Teachers College Columbia University, Yolanda shares her journey to developing her ideas about racial literacy, including her work on the Archaeology of Self, which is a pathway to overcoming racism in oneself and in the world around us. Her poe...2024-06-1944 min
Catching North StarsYouth Inclusion in Program DesignA Consultant, educator and a scholar, Asia Lyons, EdD works with organizations to create environments and programs in which young people of color can thrive. Dr. Asia Lyons develops onboarding systems, develops and assesses programs and curriculum, and provides coaching to organizations. in order to design programs with young people’s experiences at the core. Asia works with Black educators to overcome Racial Battle Fatigue, the topic of her dissertation, acknowledging how essential these educators are to future generations. Host of the Exit Interview podcast, Asia shares the stories of Black educators who are leaving the field. Her work is de...2024-06-0542 min
Catching North StarsPersonality Assessments for AllSelf-awareness is missing in many of today’s workplaces and can make a big difference for leaders of organizations and team members. While personality assessments are an important tool to help people better understand themselves, most come at high price points. In addition, the results are packaged for human resources professionals and consultants, who act as gatekeepers for potentially transformative information. Enter Reece Akhtar, PhD, who founded the personality assessment Deeper Signals to make personality assessments accessible to people beyond the C-suite. In this episode of Catching North Stars, hear Reece explain how he developed Deeper Sig...2024-06-0544 min
Catching North StarsEntrepreneurship as UNusual:I am Alexis Halkovic, PhD host of the Catching North Stars podcast. In this podcast, I aim to highlight the work of individuals who have identified their core values and developed careers/business rooted in those values. I have several goals: 1) to learn and share with others how deep purpose can be transformed into meaningful work, 2) to highlight the work of people engaged in inspiring work, 3) to take an Industrial/Organizational Psychology lens to focus on specific aspects of that work/journey, and 4) to engage in questions about the meaning of the work and its potential impact on society.2024-06-0543 min