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Breakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode #45: Clint Pulver Shares How Great Leaders Create Organizations People Never Want to LeaveIn this episode I interview Emmy award winning speaker, Clint Pulver-(AKA the undercover millennial) – shares insights he gleaned from thousands of undercover interviews with employees across the country, revealing the best method for identifying talent, building a sense of ownership, and developing a successful workplace culture that employees will love. You’ll also learn the number one driver of employee turnover… It has everything to do with you!, What you can do to stop an exodus, and how to build a team that really works. Soon, you’ll be recognizing possibilities or others see problems, and capture in the power of...
2022-02-0120 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode #44: Wisdom from Creator of World’s Largest Online Blinds Retailer: Jay SteinfeldIn this episode I interview a remarkable entrepreneur, Jay Steinfeld, who launched a business from his garage and turned it into the largest online business in his industry. Jay’s story is for anyone who’s interested in learning what it takes to build a successful business and find meaning, joy and purpose from your work regardless of your product or service. JAY STEINFELD founded and was the CEO of Global Custom Commerce, which operates the world’s number one online window covering retailer Blinds.com. Boot-strapped in 1996 for just $3,000 from his Bellaire, Texas, garage, Global Custom Commerce was acquired by The...
2021-10-0824 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 43: Interview with Genevieve Bell: A New Branch of Technology Teaches Safe & Sustainable AIIn this episode I interview Genevieve Bell, PhD. It’s ideal for anyone who’s interested in how to make AI responsible, sustainable and safe. Also, it’s thought provoking for those interested in learning about the intersection between cultural practice and technology. To learn more about Genevieve’s work you can watch her TED and read the articles below.https://3ainstitute.org/genevieve-bell* TED talk (I know you are across this one)* Griffith Review article written by Genevieve* https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/boyerlectures/2017-boyer-lectures/8869370 (transcripts are available and explain why she decided to come back to Australi...
2021-08-1929 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth#42: Powerful Inspiration & Resilience from Paralympic Gold Medalist/15-Time World Champion SwimmerI’m excited to have Mallory Weggemann as my guest on “Breakthroughs”... She joined Delta’s CEO, Ed Bastian, to deliver an incredibly inspiring Townhall about representation & inclusion via a closed circuit stream to Delta's 75,000 employees. Bastian is one of Mallory’s biggest corporate sponsors as well as a huge supporter of inclusion and representation of disabilities in the workplace.Mallory is a world-class athlete, business owner and speaker. She is a Paralympic Gold-Medalist, 15-Time World Champion Swimmer, ESPN ESPY Award winner, TV Sports Commentator, and founder of social impact agency, TFA Group. Mallory knows firsthand that the words and images we...
2021-05-2522 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth#41: What Color Is Your Parachute?Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work & Career SuccessMy guest is Katherine Brooks, EdD, the co-author of “What Color Is Your Parachute? 2022: Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work & Career Success”With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world’s most popular and best-selling career guide is fully revised and expanded for 2021 and 2022.In today’s challenging job market, and as recent grads face a shifting economic landscape and seek work that pays and inspires, as workers are laid off mid-career, and as people search for an inspiring work-life change, the time-tested advice of “What Color Is Your Parachute...
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2021-04-1607 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth#39: Rich Diviney Explains: 25 Hidden Attributes that Drive High PerformanceRich Diviney is a retired Navy SEAL commander and author of “The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance “. In a career spanning more than twenty years, he completed more than thirteen overseas deployments—eleven of which were to Iraq and Afghanistan. As the officer in charge of training for a specialized command, Diviney spearheaded the creation of a directorate that fused physical, mental, and emotional disciplines. He led his small team to create the first-ever “Mind Gym” that helped special operators train their brains to perform faster, longer, and better in all environments—especiallyhigh-stress ones. Since his retirement in early 2017, Diviney has worke...
2021-03-2630 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode #38: Adam Bryant: “The CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders”I’m delighted to have Adam Bryant on Breakthroughs today to discuss some key insights from his new book, “The CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders” .ADAM BRYANT is managing director of Merryck & Co., a leadership development and senior executive mentoring firm. Prior to this role, he was a journalist for 30 years, including at The New York Times, where he created and authored the massively successful “Corner Office” column for which he interviewed more than 600 CEOs and other leaders. He is the author of two previous books and is the senior adviser to the Rueben Mark Initiat...
2021-02-1829 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthNow’s the time to focus on your career growthIn today’s fragile, competitive workplace most everyone could benefit from smart career strategies: In my new podcast, Breakthroughs, I’ll help you get more out of your career and help you achieve dramatic breakthroughs at work. I’ll share strategies to help you; find the right job fit and give you tips to stand out, get hired and get promoted. I’ll also share strategies to build your executive presence and for building motivated and effective teams. You’ll learn leadership skills essential to helping your organization adapt, compete, and succeed in crisis situations and much more. If you have a gro...
2021-02-1002 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthIntroduction to inaugural podcast, BreakthroughsIf you have a growth mindset, “Breakthroughs” will help your career soar.
2021-02-1000 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 1: Three communication tools to build effective teams & stronger relationships3 Communication Tools for building effective teams:Conversational competence is an important but overlooked skill that can make or break your career. Because so much of our conversation is impersonal and filtered through our many technological devices, it’s not surprising that many of us have lost several aspects in the art of interpersonal communication.If we truly want to have motivated and engaged teams were people want to come to work and contribute we have to recognize the people are motivated when they feel heard and seen. Every manager can do this by using these tips:1.(Create a Psychologically safe en...
2021-02-1012 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 2: How to cultivate a motivated, innovative teamThis episode is a three-part series. The first segment I’ll share some shocking examples of companies & leaders who failed to cultivate a motivated, innovative team & the heavy cost they paid for it. Segments 2&3 will provide specific strategies to avoid these costly mistakes and benefit from cultivating a motivated, innovative team.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
2021-02-1009 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 3: How to Cultivate a motivated, innovative teamIn this segment I’ll share 2 strategies that great leaders have used to cultivate a motivated, innovative team that increases employee engagement &boosts their company’s productivity and bottom line. I’ll give you examples of companies that successfully implemented these strategies and the research to back why these approaches are effective, quoting motivation expert Daniel pink and Dr. Linda Hill. You’ll see that both strategies are realistic and could help your organization achieve greater success.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
2021-02-1008 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 4: How to cultivate a motivated and innovative teamIn this segment I share two strategies to cultivate a motivated, innovative team. We discussed the value of experimentation, exploration and play where the focus is more on coming up with fresh ideas and testing them then on maintaining the status quo. I provide examples of companies that are afforded talented team members to devote time to side projects and how those projects became extremely successful, dramatically increasing the company’s brand recognition & bottom line. I also explain the value of hiring diverse teams; people from different backgrounds and experiences and skills sets as well as different personalities who share a...
2021-02-1012 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 5: Power Vs Influence: Knowing the difference could make or break your companyIn this episode I discuss two distinctive types of leadership; power and influence. These two styles are often considered synonymous, as if you have one, it’s assumed you probably have the other. But a closer look at these two forms of leader ship shows they work and wildly different ways. One can spread your influence and the other can lead to your downfall. I show how those power driven who are primarily focused on financial gain and winning at all costs ultimately fail. I contrast this with a concise description of influencer leaders, those who build motivated, engaged teams by...
2021-02-1009 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 6: How to Become an Influencer LeaderIn this episode we’ll explore what it takes to become an “influencer” leader, the type of leaders who attracts great people to her cause & inspires them to support their vision. We’ll take a close look at the make up of these leaders and then I’ll share a stellar example of person who exemplifies all aspects of this high character leadership style. You’ll see that leadership is a skill like any other and it can be learned. I’ll give you the tools to become more effective at inspiring others to follow your initiatives and more skilled at building mo...
2021-02-1011 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 7: How to inspire loyalty from employees during difficult times?In this episode we’ll discuss how to inspire loyalty from employees during difficult times? To quote Simon Sinek, one of the most widely esteemed leadership experts, “the world is filled with danger, things that are trying to frustrate our lives or reduce our success or reduce our opportunities for success… It could be the stock market economy, the restraints that result from a pandemic or it could be a new technology that renders your business model obsolete overnight, or I could be your competition that’s trying to put you out of business or at the very minimum is working...
2021-02-1012 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 8: How a small business with a HUGE heart becomes a deli empireIn this episode I’ll share how two dedicated restaurant tours turn the one small business, Zingerman’s deli, into a deli empire. Owners Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinsweig have a cult like following for over 25 years. Their creative/compassionate management style makes Zingerman’s an irresistible place to work. You’ll hear how the owners scaled wisely with the help of dedicated employees to become a $50 million a year business. Hear why thousands of other businesses have modeled themselves after Zingerman’s.
2021-02-1012 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 9: Companies who care for employees during times of adversity cultivate loyaltyIn this episode will explore how high character leaders prioritize caring for employees during this pandemic and in doing so lay the groundwork for cultivating their loyalty once the storm subsides. I’ll share four examples of companies who practice their values by putting their employees first. These organizations serve as models for all companies whose goal is to do well by doing good. This empathetic leader ship style during a crisis offers enormous opportunities for companies to advance their reputations as well as mend tarnished ones. Rest assured, when the pandemic is behind us, it’s the organizations who put...
2021-02-1006 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 10: “Courageous cultures”: How to build high performance, highly engaged culturesSince the onset of COVID-19,people are more anxious than ever about their current employment situation. For those who are fortunate to have jobs, they want to keep them. They’re less likely to open up & share ideas that could help their firm for fear speaking up could peg them as complainers. In this episode I interview leadership experts, Karin Hurt & David Dye who devote their practice to helping leaders build cultures where people feel safe to speak up. Karin and David help leaders achieve breakthrough results with easy to implement strategies that get people to share their ideas & become mo...
2021-02-1015 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 11: Six strategies to become persuasive and get your ideas to spreadMany people have great ideas but let’s face it, few bring them to the masses. The truth is that ideas only reach the masses when influencers help spread them and when they’re properly presented. In this episode I give you six strategies to help you spread your idea and become more persuasive with your audience. I share multiple examples of people who employed these strategies & by doing so were remarkably successful at getting their ideas to spread.
2021-02-1012 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 12: Make Storytelling Your Competitive AdvantageIn this episode I share Why storytelling inspires people and moves them to take action. I share many specific examples of people who achieved remarkable success and who attribute a great part of their success to having mastered the art of storytelling; Entrepreneur Richard Branson, Pastor Joel Osteen, Warren Buffett, Barbara Corcoran, Amy Cuddy, Howard Schultz and Mark Burnett all tell transformative stories. These peoples’ stories inspire all of us to become better at telling our stories. Whether your goal is to: pitch an idea, as a job interview, build a company, improve teamwork and employee engagement, give the presentation of...
2021-02-1007 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 14/Lessons from Simon Sinek: How to build high performance teams that will sacrifice for youIn this podcast we’ll discuss Simon Sinek’s recently released book, “The infinite game” with Simon’s right hand man, fellow igniter and head of brand experience at Simon Sinick Inc., Stephen Shedletzky. Stephen is personally trained by Simon and stands shoulder to shoulder with him to share his message. Stephen guides leaders and organizations around the world in most every industry to adopt the mindset and actions needed to lead in the infinite game. He cohosted the “Start with Why” podcast with more than 715,000 downloads in over 180 countries. My interview with Stephen will uncover what it takes to develop an “in...
2021-02-1019 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode 15: Bob Chapman explains how treating employees like family is key to business successIn this episode I interview Bob Chapman, CEO of St. Louis based, Barry-Wehmiller, a $3 billion global, capital equipment business with more than 12,000 plus employees. Bob is committed to building a better world through business.When the financial crisis hit in 2008, Bob Chapman was faced with an impossible choice: layoff thousands of his workers, or go out of business. A few years prior, Barry Weymiller – had publicly committed to “measure success by how they touch the lives of people”. Determined to not break that promise, Chapman came up with a third seemingly impossible option that would allow his companies to survive the re...
2021-02-1039 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth16: Margaret Heffernan: How to Liberate the Collective Genius in TeamsMargaret Heffernan is an entrepreneur, CEO, author & keynote speaker. She’s the former chief executive officer of five businesses, is the author of five books that explore business and effective leadership; “Willful Blindness: Why we ignore the obvious in our peril”, “A Bigger Prize: Why competition isn’t everything and how we do better”, “Beyond Measure”, and “Woman on Top”. She’s a leading voice for decades on social connectedness and engagement at work. Using humor, story-telling, and her own research, Heffernan makes a strong case for making small changes to engage ourselves and our co-workers differently—ultimately reshaping the cultures around us and d...
2021-02-1037 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth17: The Power of Thinking Like a Child: Reclaiming Your CreativityIn this episode I have the pleasure of interviewing Nir Bashan.Nir Bashan is the founder and CEO of The Creator Mindset LLC, where he teaches business leaders around the world, how to harness the power of creativity to improve profitability, increase sales, and make work more meaningful. His clients include AT&T, Microsoft, Ace Hardware, The NFL Network, EA Sports, and JetBlue. He’s also the author of newly released book, The Creator Mindset: 92 Tools to Unlock the Secrets to Innovation, Growth, and SustainabilityIf you Think creativity is just for “creative types”? Think again! Nir Bashan reveals why every busines...
2021-02-1022 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth18: How AI combined with empathetic leadership can strengthen corporate cultureWith most of the population still working from home, there’s a gap in many companies’ ability to provide a sense of community, mentorship and support for their employees. It’s hard for employers to gauge how their people are adjusting and assess what could be impeding their innovation, morale and productivity? Just a few weeks ago, Netflix CEO read Hastings, known for his straightforward leadership style and for his radical candor spoke out on how working remotely is hurting the ability to collaborate with staff. He says it’s a pure negative and makes debating ideas even harder. Conversely, we also...
2021-02-1016 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth19: Gratitude as a strategy for creating & maintaining a thriving cultureIn this episode you’ll learn how infusing gratitude in your daily practice could transform your personal and professional life. My guest, Kerry Wekelo, MBA, is the COO at Actualize consulting a financial services firm. Her book and program, “Culture Infusion: Nine principles for creating and maintaining a thriving organizational culture” and her latest book “Gratitude Infusion” are the impetus behind Actualize Consulting being named “top company culture” by Entrepreneur magazine, a “top workplace” by the Washington post, and “great place to work-certified”. In her leadership, Kerry blends her experiences as a consultant executive coach, Award-winning author, mindfulness expert, and entrepreneur. She’s be...
2021-02-1017 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth20: Dr. Candace Steele Flippin: Understand the Multigenerational Workforce to SucceedIn this episode, Dr. Candace Steele Flippin, A multi-generational workplace scholar, discusses her research, insights, and strategies regarding accelerating women’s leadership development, Gen X, Gen Z, and millennials. Dr. Candace, for short, was recently Chief Communications Officer at First Horizon National Corporation. She was a member of the executive management team and lead internal and external communications, strategy, corporate social responsibility and reputation, crisis communications, and philanthropy. The First Horizon CSR strategy she established was recently named to Forbes Just 100 preeminent companies that highlight corporations doing right by their stakeholders while also generating profits for their shareholders. A nationally re...
2021-02-1016 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth21: Adventures of Women in Tech: Featuring Tech leader, Google’s Alana KarenIn this podcast I interview Google’s Alana Karen, a 20 year tech leader who brilliantly and systematically replaces what we think we know about women in tech with more than 80 women’s stories of what it’s honestly like to join, lead, leave and thrive in today’s top technology companies. Alana answers questions like what’s it actually like for women in tech? Are our diversity efforts even working? Should women avoid working for technology companies altogether? How do you navigate becoming a leader, motherhood, bad bosses and everything in between? These are just some of the questions Alana Karen help...
2021-02-1024 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth22: Fascinating behind the scenes interview with the star, producer & director of hit movie, TulsaIn this episode I interview Scott Pryor, a famed trial lawyer, former US marine, shares how his independent film, Tulsa, became an unlikely Hollywood success story by reaching number three all-time box office for self distributed movies, despite the pandemic’s effect on Hollywood and movie theaters. Not only the star, writer, director, and producer of Tulsa, Scott is a renowned trial lawyer and with this film he turns his real life court case into an award winning box office smash. Scott’s made an unusual but successful transition into filmmaking that’s paid dividends...Inspired by true events from one of...
2021-02-1017 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth23: From Hairstylist to ABC's "The Great American Baking Show", Chris Tucker’s StoryIn this episode, I’m happy to have Chris Tucker as my guest. Chris is known as a baker to stars and one of TV’s favorite bakers from ABC’s “The Great American Baking Show”. Chris has been described as a southern baker with a French twist who started learning baking techniques and secrets as a young child from his grandmother. Amazingly, before baking professionally, Chris worked as a hairstylist for 10 years. He shares his remarkable story of following his passion and leveraging his transferable skills as a hairstylist & how that led him to competing (in the 4th season) on ABC’s b...
2021-02-1018 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth24: Expert Paul Axtell shares his secrets for making virtual meetings matterIn this episode I interview Paul Axtell, Leadership consultant & author of, “Make virtual meetings matter: how to turn virtual meetings from status updates to remarkable conversations”. Paul gives practical, actionable advice on how to turn mind numbing meetings into thoughtful, respectful and focused conversations that lead to fruitful, high impact solutions.“Make Virtual Meetings Matter: How to Turn Virtual Meetings from Status Updates to Remarkable Conversations”(Ignite Reads) is available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Make-Virtual-Meetings-Matter-Conversations/dp/1728235839
2021-02-1015 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth25: Key Strategies to Attract, Engage & Retain Your Top TalentIn this episode I interviewed Andrew Scivally, the CEO of e-learning brothers, a business that became wildly successful and continues to grow, despite the Pandemic. Andrew has 20 years of experience in the learning technology space, including all aspects of course design and development, as well as leading Learning and Development teams for financial institutions such as JPMorganChase and Zions Bank. He holds a master’s degree in computer education and cognitive systems. Led by Andrew, eLearning Brothers has established an industry-leading brand and been featured in the Inc. 5000 for six consecutive years. As an executive career coach I find Andrew’s bu...
2021-02-1022 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth27: What you don’t know about cyber disinformation can hurt you and your companyIn this episode I’m thrilled to welcome two pre-eminent experts on cyber- security and misinformation on social networks, and AI, Pablo Breuer and David Perlman. They discuss how misinformation, disinformation and fake news threatens businesses not just government. Both Pablo and David share why Companies need to be prepared for cyber warfare and invest more in cyber security protection to avoid catastrophic outcomes. In simple language both of these scholars make clear cases and offer suggestions for what consumers and leaders can do to protect themselves from conspiracy theorists and bad actors. Pablo Breuer possesses a Ph.d from th...
2021-02-1020 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth28: Kara Goldin, CEO Hint Inc.,: How she built a $150 million business w/zero industry knowledgeIn this episode I’m delighted to have Kara Goldin as my guest. Kara is a disruptor, builder, thoughtleader, and successful entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award winning Hint water, an unsweetened flavored water. Kara has been named one of InStyle’s Badass 50, Fast Company’s most creative people in business, Fortune’s most powerful women entrepreneurs, Fortunes’s most innovative woman in food and drink, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California. The Huffington Post listed Kara as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zucke...
2021-02-1014 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth29: Learn How to Become a “Hyper-Learner”:Why it’s Critical for Staying Relevant in the Digital AgeIn this episode we’ll learn from Professor Edward Hess, about how to become our best selves. Hess discusses ideas from his new book, “Hyper-Learning” and shares fresh insights into how to learn, behave, and thrive in an era of unprecedented digital challenge and change. His ideas are psychologically astute, refreshingly pragmatic, and designed to help us move forward in a new and uncharted era. The digital age will raise the question of how we humans will stay relevant in the workplace. Hess emphatically says that to stay relevant, we have to be able to excel cognitively, behaviorally and emotionally in way...
2021-02-1022 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth30:Chobani’s Jason Rahlan Shares their Strategy to Help Reduce Hunger, Educate & Decrease SufferI’m pleased to have as my guestJason Rahlan, the Director of Social Impact and Philanthropy at Chobani. In this role, he oversees philanthropic investments and grants for the company. Jason manages the organization’s nonprofit and public sector partnerships on issue- and policy-related initiatives, advocacy campaigns, and natural disaster response efforts. In this work, he partners with senior internal leaders to define goals and priorities and seeks to drive meaningful change at the local, state, and national level through an effective use of the company’s voice, profits, and people. He also co-develops internal wellness initiatives that establish policies of gre...
2021-02-1019 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth31: “The Fearless Organization: For More Learning, Innovation & Growth” with Harvard’s Amy EdmonsonIn this episode I interview Amy Edmonson about psychological safety in the workplace, why it matters and how to build it. Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. She teaches and writes on leadership, teams and organizational learning, and is the author of more than 70 academic articles. Her most recent book, “The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth”offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. Her prior books, Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate and Compete in t...
2021-02-1020 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth32: Netflix star, Nick Liberato: What it Takes to Make it to the TopIn this episode, you’ll hear great stories and hard earned career advice from Chef Nick Liberato who has appeared on Bravo's "Top Chef Masters" and Spike TV's "Bar Rescue," is a world-renowned experienced restaurateur, business mastermind, and chef to the stars with over 28 years of culinary experience. He currently stars on one of my favorite shows, Netflix's "Restaurants on the Edge.”Rising from humble culinary beginnings working at local food stands in South Philly and growing up in the Italian Market, Nick discovered that along with cooking, he also loved surfing.Nick followed his dreams by moving to California and sta...
2021-02-1025 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth33: The Importance of Corporate Holiday Gifting: My Top Picks for 2020In this episode I highlight the importance of holiday gift giving and why some gifts have a greater impact than others. When it’s time to celebrate your employees or business partners, it’s easy to grab a stack of gift cards. After all, they allow recipients to pick out their own gifts. But how memorable is a gift card? When the holidays roll around, it’s time for your company to focus on solidifying the relationships you’ve built all year.Think about what you know about each of your employees, customers, and partners and tailor the gift to their pa...
2021-02-1009 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth34:Jeff Gothelf on “Forever Employable : How to Stop Looking for Work & Let Your Next Job Find You”In this episode I interview Jeff Gothelf on his newest book, “Forever Employable: How to Stop Looking for Work & Let Your Next Job Find You”. Jeff reveals some of his best tips, tricks and strategies that enabled him to become forever employable with the hope that these same tactics could help you reach this goal. About Jeff: He helps organizations build better products and executives build the cultures tha.t build better products. Jeff is the co-author of the award-winning book “Lean UX” and the Harvard Business Review Press book “Sense & Respond”. He works as a coach, consultant and keynote speaker help...
2021-02-1022 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth35: Pattie Sellers, award winning writer, interviewer, multimedia journalist’s career advicePattie Sellers is an award winning writer, interviewer, multi-media journalist and an expert on leadership here to talk about leadership, impact, and the art of telling a great story. Pattie co founded & chaired the “Most Powerful Women Summit”, and helped build it to become Fortune Magazines’s largest and most valuable franchise. Pattie left her position as Fortune’s Assistant Managing Editor after several decades of interviewing dozens of the most important people in the world to become an entrepreneur and is currently Co-CEO and co-founder of SellersEaston Media. SellersEaston Media captures and curates the stories behind the lives, times, and acco...
2021-02-1018 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth36: Career transition lessons from Brad Henke: From NFL player to an award-winning actorBreakout "Orange is the New Black" star and SAG Award winner Brad William Henke makes a statement in the star-packed limited series adaptation of Stephen King's iconic 1978 novel, THE STAND, which premiered on CBS All Access .Henke plays Tom Cullen opposite Whoopi Goldberg, James Marsden, Amber Heard and Alexander Skarsgård.Henke is an accomplished character actor in Hollywood, appearing in some of the most iconic TV series including "Lost," "Orange is the New Black," and "Justified," and in a number of films including the David Ayer films FURY and BRIGHT and opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal in SHERRYBABY and CHOKE with S...
2021-02-1016 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth37: Psychologist Ethan Kross: How to Get Rid of the Voice in Your Head and Why it MattersEthan Kross Ph.D. is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. As an award-winning professor in the University of Michigan’s top-ranked Psychology Department and Ross School of Business, Ethan utilizes and implements his research on how the conversations people have with themselves impacts their health, performance, decisions, and relationships, inspiring him to write his first-ever book, “Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It”. Ethan’s research has been published in Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, among othe...
2021-02-1028 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business GrowthEpisode #2/How to become an influencer leaderIn this episode we’ll explore what it takes to become an “influencer” leader, the type of leaders who attracts great people to their cause & inspires them to support their vision. We’ll take a close look at the make up of these leaders and then I’ll share a stellar example of person who exemplifies all aspects of this high character leadership style. You’ll see that leadership is a skill like any other and it can be learned. I’ll give you the tools to become more effective at inspiring others to follow your initiatives and more skilled at building mo...
2021-01-3112 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth#29:Chobani’s Jason Rahlan shares their strategy to help reduce hunger, educate & decrease sufferingI’m pleased to have as my guest
Jason Rahlan, the Director of Social Impact and Philanthropy at Chobani. In this role, he oversees philanthropic investments and grants for the company. Jason manages the organization’s nonprofit and public sector partnerships on issue- and policy-related initiatives, advocacy campaigns, and natural disaster response efforts. In this work, he partners with senior internal leaders to define goals and priorities and seeks to drive meaningful change at the local, state, and national level through an effective use of the company’s voice, profits, and people. He also co-develops internal wellness initiatives that establish policie...
2020-11-1800 minBreakthroughs: Smart Strategies for Career/Business Growth#17: The Power of Thinking Like a Child: Reclaiming Your CreativityIn this episode I have the pleasure of interviewing Nir Bashan.
Nir Bashan is the founder and CEO of The Creator Mindset LLC, where he teaches business leaders around the world, how to harness the power of creativity to improve profitability, increase sales, and make work more meaningful. His clients include AT&T, Microsoft, Ace Hardware, The NFL Network, EA Sports, and JetBlue. He’s also the author of newly released book, The Creator Mindset: 92 Tools to Unlock the Secrets to Innovation, Growth, and Sustainability
If you Think creativity is just for “creative types”? Think again! Nir Bashan reveals why every b...
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