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Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out269: Ordinary Resilience: Rethinking How Effective Leaders Adapt and Thrive with Luis VelasquezLuis Velasquez coaches leaders worldwide, guiding them to turn challenges into opportunities. He is the author of the best-selling book “Ordinary Resilience: Rethinking How Effective Leaders Adapt and Thrive.” Luis shows how to unlock and strengthen innate resilience, preparing you to face whatever life throws your way. He’s helped hundreds of leaders thrive throughout change, and now he’s sharing his framework to help you do the same. With client accounts, personal anecdotes, and professional insight, Luis provides a roadmap you’ll return to in every challenge you face. His strategic thinking is regularly published by the Harvard Business Re...2025-02-2646 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out267: Give in to Your Curiosities and Experience All You Can With Optimism with Scot SafonStarting from his childhood fascination with media, Scot Safon shares his professional journey starting in the advertising agency world and moving to executive marketing roles in major media companies such as CNN, TNT, HLN, The Weather Channel, and more. He recounts anecdotes from his formative years, explains his career transitions, and outlines his current consulting practice.Scot grew up in a diverse, working-class neighborhood in Bay Shore, New York, a town on the south shore of Long Island. He is a long-time friend of Tammy’s going back to junior high school. Scot appreciated the variety of ha...2025-01-291h 16Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out200 Episodes: Accountability, Support, Persistence, and Consistency with Tammy Gooler Loeb and Jenny LiskThis week I hit a milestone in my podcast journey, reaching episode 200! My friend, trusted advisor, and accountability buddy, Jenny Lisk joined me this past Friday for a live stream broadcast of today’s podcast episode. Jenny and I have been on this journey together since we started our podcasts on the same exact day four years ago in November 2018. We have supported one another as we developed our podcasting muscles and later, as we each authored books. During this special episode, Jenny and I discussed the importance of consistency, persistence, support, and accountability as keys to success along wi...2022-11-0247 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out170: Focus on Your Strengths with Anwin MbahThe oldest of four sisters, AnwinMbahalways thought she should set the example as the responsible one.Growing up in a sheltered diplomatic household, her father worked for the Cameroonian embassy and her mother was a homemaker, who received a stipend to run the household wherever they lived across the globe. Anwin shared that her parents slotted her and each of her sisters into four careers. She was the designated medic, her next sister was the designated lawyer, the one after that was an engineer, and the last one was an architect.Anwin went to university in London, and began...2022-04-0645 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out169: Be Curious and Be Out There with Janine MacLachlanJanine MacLachlan is on a mission to get ideas heard. She’s a communications strategist with deep experience in brand positioning and business storytelling. Janine works with executives and aspiring leaders in the areas of executive visibility, thought leadership and essentially helps them get out of their own way. How many of us would like a little help with that?Growing up in Saginaw, Michigan with three siblings, she admits that they have different childhood memories than she does because while they were outside in the yard playing ball, she was in her room absorbed in her re...2022-03-3047 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out167: Do Your Homework and Then Go For It with Eric VernstenEric Vernsten was a kid when the OJ Simpson trial was on TV. He and his older brother would watch it daily and on Friday nights, along with his family, he consumed a lineup of crime programs, such as Dateline. Eric was a talker. He liked to tell jokes and argue with people too. It occurred to him that law school might be in his future, but as he moved through high school, and then college, he turned his attention towards pro sports management. During the summer between his junior and senior college years, he got an unpaid marketing...2022-03-1657 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out163: Jump from Your Heart with Jens HeitlandJens Heitland is an entrepreneur, connector, innovation culture expert, business adviser and the CEO of Heitland Innovation. In 2019, he stepped out of his role as Global Head of Innovation for IKEA Centres with the goal to find ways to empower people to innovate in large organizations. Jens founded Heitland Innovation on the basis that it would not be the usual consulting company. His mission is to build approaches to engagement that inspire people to innovate while delivering business results.Having worked in large corporations for over fifteen years, Jens experienced a wide range of ways (positive–negative) th...2022-02-161h 03Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out162: Unlock the Secrets of High Achievement and Success with Ruth GotianDr. Ruth Gotian is one of the most interesting women I have ever gotten to know. I could tell you about her extraordinary academic and professional accomplishments, and you might agree with me, but I am not even referring to that. What really strikes me is how she describes her grandmother and the profound impact their relationship has had on her life. Even though they were two generations apart, Ruth shared that she and her grandmother were like sisters. Her grandmother was a pharmacist, having attended Columbia University's pharmacy school as one of 13 women in a class w...2022-02-0944 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out161: Honesty Unpacked: Look Under the Hood with Ron CarucciRon Carucci has spent his whole career holding up mirrors to leaders and organizations to ask them to be more honest with themselves, with the story that they're telling about who they are and what they're doing. He is the author of nine books, including Rising to Power, and the recently released, To Be Honest, Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice, and Purpose. This is Ron’s second visit to the Work from the Inside Out podcast. I am so compelled by his work with organizations and the depth of his investigation into the topic of hon...2022-02-0245 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out160: Tammy’s Book Launch! Work from the Inside Out with Darcy and TammyYesterday I did something BIG. I launched my first book! Ok, enough about me … let me tell you about the book. It's titled Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You. The book highlights twenty-two real-life stories of career transitions, many of which are from my podcast guests. The stories profile people who made meaningful professional transitions under circumstances that others might perceive as obstacles to moving into a more satisfying career. Concerns such as age, financial responsibilities, investment of years in a career path, or deal...2022-01-2632 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out159: It’s Not too Late To Be Happy with EvolveMe Linda & JudyThe moment I met Judy Schoenberg and Linda Lautenberg, the co-founders of EvolveMe something clicked within me. It actually gave me goosebumps. I was inspired by the synchronicity of how they met, and the way they blended their strengths to create EvolveMe. The impact they are having on the careers and lives of mid-career women is tremendous. EvolveMe is a multi-faceted program for mid-career women who are re-entering the workforce in the social impact sector. Linda and Judy developed EvolveMe’s proprietary DARE© Method of Career Reinvention to help cohorts of high achieving women attain clarity, gain conf...2022-01-1956 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out158: Stop Overthinking and Trust Yourself with Melody WildingAs far back as she can recall, Melody Wilding remembers feeling different. She was always very observant and tuned into her environment, feeling affected by all the stimuli around her while other kids seemed unfazed by most of it. Melody was an excellent student all the way through to college where she was valedictorian of her class, yet she still felt disconnected most of the time. As a corporate working professional, she pushed herself so hard that in her late 20s she experienced a serious period of burnout. As Melody took the time to recover, she began writing, discovering...2022-01-1245 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out157: Be Still and Listen to What You Want with Carol Parker WalshDr. Carol Parker Walsh’s early life was split between two narratives. Her parents divorced when she was twelve, then Carol and her mother moved from Menlo Park, California to the south side of Chicago. Carol described her father, with whom she remained in close contact, as “a feminist before his time”. He encouraged her to seek a vocation she loved and not let anyone else make choices for her. Her mother painted a different picture for her future, urging her to find a husband to take care of her. Carol always leaned more toward her father’s sense of indep...2022-01-0551 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out156: Do Something and Do It Consistently with Kim CantergianiDr. Kim Cantergiani has been called Unstoppable Kim for her consistent ability to turn tragedy into triumph. An expert in human behavior and transformation, she “walks the walk” of overcoming obstacles, putting strategic and massive plans into action. Born to teenaged parents, Kim ran away from her chaotic home life at 15. By 18 she was a divorced mother of two children. What followed were fearful years of struggle, always trying to make ends meet. Kim had four more children whom she parented alone. At 40, Kim returned to school and proceeded to earn five degrees, including a Ph.D...2021-12-2959 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out155: Work Made Fun Gets Done with Dr. Bob NelsonWhen Dr. Bob Nelson was in sixth grade, he was living in France, where on January 6 they celebrate Three Kings’ Day by eating a cake that has a special trinket hidden in one piece. That year, Dr. Bob got the piece with the trinket, making him king for the day. He remembers feeling important and that everything he did that day seemed extra special. Reflecting on that experience he says reminds him to make the most of every opportunity to have a positive impact. He was raised in a family with strong work ethics and people who have worked wi...2021-12-1535 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out154: Building Leaders and Dream Teams with Roxana RadulescuRoxana Radulescu grew up in Bucharest, Romania when it was in the communist bloc. She said that meant you couldn't be who you wanted to be because you had to conform to a way where everybody was supposed to be equal. As we know from the novel 1984, some were more equal than others ... a different definition of equal. Roxana was a painfully shy kid. Her kindergarten teacher sent a report to her 1st-grade teacher, labeling her antisocial. She had no school friends either and hated going there. That summer she went to camp and things opened up f...2021-12-0847 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out153: Doctor on a Mission with Isabel HunsingerWhen Dr. Isabel Hunsinger was five, her mother gave her the game Operation. We talked about the buzzer sound that occurred if the game’s tweezers touched the sides of the openings in the “patient”. And the nose would light up in red too. It was either a game you loved or found unnerving. Isabel loved it.Isabel had an uncle from Cuba who was an anesthesiologist and she absolutely adored him. She said he would walk into the room and light it up. Isabel’s love for her uncle sparked her interest in medicine from a very you...2021-12-0145 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out152: Find Role Models Who Take You Forward with Susanna HarkonenSusanna Harkonen grew up in Finland and close to the Russian border. It was a time when there was limited exposure to the outside world unless you knew someone who was traveling. Susanna’s father traveled for work and he would come home sharing stories, wonderful gifts, and an openness to the world. At a time when people did not hop on planes so easily, she found herself eager to travel and explore new places. Susanna was fascinated by history, loved poetry, and aspired to study Egyptology until one of her university professors told her to “get real”...2021-11-2452 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out151: Manifest the Real You with Leslie EhmLeslie Ehm told me she came into the world kicking, screaming, and was “a lot of human”. She was a challenge from day one, didn't like to follow the rules, and was precocious, doing everything early and fast. Fortunately, Leslie had an amazing mother who encouraged her to embrace her energy, passion, creativity, and wild child nature. And Mom never talked to her about the benefits of putting herself in a box. Both of Leslie’s parents were entrepreneurs. Her father was a Holocaust survivor. She was taught to do what she felt, to recognize her power, her purpose, to go...2021-11-1752 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out150: Follow Your Curiosity with Kathy OnetoAt 15, Kathy Oneto was going through those big, thick college guides trying to figure out what she wanted to do with her life. Now, she thinks she was just trying to understand herself. Yet, how many of us started on that path thinking we had to figure out what direction we wanted to go in, what major to declare in college, or even what we were passionate about? Kathy told me,  “I don't think the best advice is to tell people to follow your passion. Most of us do not have a singular passion. Some of us do...2021-11-1053 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out149: Networking Across the Generations with Charlotte JappCharlotte Japp grew up in a tight-knit family, the oldest of three kids, on the upper west side of New York City. They moved to the US from France when she was two years old. She describes having had a colorful New York cultural upbringing with a lot of museum visits, watching old movies as a family, dining in New York City restaurants, as well as opportunities to travel back to France and other destinations. Her father, who was British, worked in advertising and her mother was in the auction business. Charlotte recalls engaging in a lot of visual...2021-11-0354 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out148: Start With Doing it Wrong with Michael LeckieGrowing up in Billings, Montana, Michael Leckie was one of those kids that everyone would seek out when they needed to talk about important issues. This sparked his interest in psychology and he thought he would eventually become a psychotherapist. In college, he prepared for that path, but for reasons he cannot explain he lost interest in it. Upon graduation, Michael got what he called the “worst job in the world” working for the county welfare system in Southern California which he experienced as a horribly dysfunctional department. Interestingly, Michael wondered if he applied his psychology degree to he...2021-10-2755 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out147: What You Do Matters with Simone KnegoThe moment I met Simone Knego, I was in awe of her. We were in an intensive public speaking class together earlier in 2021. One of our first assignments was to craft a ‘big idea’ for the speech we would be scripting early in the course. Simone is a walking example of her big idea:We do not need to change who we are, we need to change the way we see ourselves.I discovered that Simone is a best-selling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and mother to six multicultural children. To add to the mix, she climbed Moun...2021-10-2049 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out146: Listen to Your Heart with Ellen SneeEllen Snee grew up outside of New York City, the oldest of five kids in an Irish Catholic family. On Wednesday nights their parish priest, who was a family friend, would join their family for hot dogs and play cards. One night, Ellen’s devout father asked the priest to bless his children. They all closed their eyes, and he said some prayers. As they were praying, and all was calm, twelve-year-old Ellen decided what she wanted to be. When they were done, she stood up and declared, “When I grow up, I'm going to be a priest!” The room w...2021-10-1345 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out145: Don’t Discount Your Previous Experience with Elaine BennettStrategic messaging consultant Elaine Bennett never thought of writing as a career even though she had a teacher in high school who ushered her toward an extracurricular class on writing stating, “You're going to be a writer”. Elaine had no intention of becoming a writer. She went off to college, majored in theater with the goal of moving to New York and becoming a director.Arriving in New York, Elaine relied on a skill she had developed in fifth grade, typing. As much as she abhorred it, it eventually opened up some work opportunities that she never woul...2021-10-0647 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out144: Build Your Promotability with Amii Barnard-BahnWhen Amii Barnard-Bahn graduated from college with an English degree, she didn’t know what she wanted. So she applied to law school. Amii said, “It was kind of a crazy, interesting thing to do.” Attending Georgetown Law School, she tapped the advocate within wanting to impact social change. She worked as an ACLU fellow and took the first LGBT sexual orientation class ever taught at a law school. Amii was the T.A. for Dr. Anthony Cook, a well-known scholar in critical race theory, and served as editor on her law journal. Amii’s piece on the black women’s...2021-09-2951 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out143: Take Time to Discover your Real Interests with Jeff HullWhen Dr. Jeffrey Hull was a little kid he wanted to be Elton John but he realized he could not play the piano well enough. In high school, he took a class called the history of ideas and fell in love with looking at how Western thought and Buddhist Eastern thought had developed. Jeff went on to college, continuing his interest in different worldviews, what is also known as the perennial philosophy. He loved philosophy and wanted to become a university professor, but when he came home on a break and shared his idea with his mother she responded, “Ar...2021-09-2250 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out142: Get Clear on Where You are Going with Dave FanoAt age 9, Dave Fano started collecting comic books because his big brother was into them. Then, he discovered that different editions and collections had value. By 14, he got a job at a comic book store where he also bought and traded his own comic books. For Dave, it was mostly about having fun, and of course, he enjoyed making money.The son of Cuban immigrants, Dave grew up in Miami. In high school, he worked for his Dad’s construction company as an estimator. At graduation, he told his Dad that he wanted to go to art sc...2021-09-151h 10Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out141: Become a Self Evolved Leader with Dave McKeownAs the founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership, Dave McKeown speaks, coaches, and trains organizations to build cultures of authentic, results-driven leadership, moving from execution to excellence. When I heard the name of Dave’s business, I immediately thought of baseball, but then I wondered what would the outfield have to do with leadership? So, of course, I asked him. The first thing you need to know is that while Dave lives in California today, he grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, towards the back end of the turmoil there. Those early years probably influenced his views of leadership an...2021-09-0851 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out140: Become Forever Employable with Jeff GothelfIn his twenties, Jeff Gothelf wanted to be a rock star. After college, he spent a year as a sound and lighting tech for the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus. Then he started a band and he worked as a touring musician, playing the piano. For the next few years, he formed and managed several bands.Once he realized that his music career was not going to cover his bills, Jeff, then 26, migrated into the tech world. In those days, you could learn on the job. He was trained in HTML and web design. Over the next...2021-09-0157 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out139: How to Work Alone with Rebecca SealRebecca Seal is a recovering people pleaser. In her teens and early twenties, she made choices that were based on what she thought other people expected of her. Whether those perceptions were true or not, Rebecca had no idea, but she did feel pressured to get into a prestigious university. She was an excellent student which enabled her to land a spot at the London School of Economics (LSE) to study international relations, which she found challenging for several reasons. At eighteen, Rebecca did not know what she wanted to do, had never been away from home, and was...2021-08-2557 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out138: Take on New Challenges with Dawn GrahamEarly in her career, Dr. Dawn Graham experienced her first wake-up call (and it wasn’t a friendly voice calling from the front desk). Working for the large management consulting company, Arthur Andersen, equipped with her master's degree, she had just taken a new role when the Enron scandal erupted. Dawn was doing everything right but still got laid off along with tens of thousands of others. Then, she did all the wrong things. She only did online job applications and didn't network. Dawn is an introvert by nature. She believed that just doing great work was enough. But no...2021-08-1847 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out136: Design a Life You Love with Michele LamoureuxMichele Lamoureux has always had a love for people and a deep curiosity about their stories. As a kid, she loved to watch Merv Griffin, Phil Donahue, and later Oprah, thinking she wanted to be a talk show host. Michele knew she wanted to help people and once in college, thought a career in law would meet that goal. She ‘tried it on’ as a paralegal in a major law firm in Boston. She loved it, the people and culture of the firm were vibrant and she felt valued. Then Michele reached a turning point. Should she go to law...2021-08-0437 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out135: Live and Lead with Greater Purpose and Grace with John BaldoniJohn Baldoni is a globally recognized leadership educator, a highly sought-after executive coach, and author of fifteen books that have been translated into ten languages. Impressive, right? John grew up in Perrysburg, Ohio where his mother served as Mayor and today at 92 remains very involved in the community. His maternal grandfather was a Detroit-based news photographer who fueled John’s lifelong love of photography. His father was a physician who went to medical school in Ann Arbor, Michigan where coincidentally John has raised his family for the past thirty years. When his Dad was a fourth-year med student he ph...2021-07-2836 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out134: Follow Your Energy with Gen GeorgetGen Georget grew up as an only child of a single mother learning that work was a means to an end. After earning her degree in communications, she’d taken a job at an ice cream shop on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. One day a young woman came into the shop and she recognized Gen from high school. She told her she was leaving her job with one of the members of Parliament and suggested that Gen apply for the role. Three months later, Gen was offered the job, although she claims that she landed it “by accident”. Ironically, her st...2021-07-2158 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out133: I'll Always Bet on Me with Alison ArnoffWhen Alison Arnoff was in fifth grade her teacher called home to discuss an issue with her parents. Apparently, Alison was making the boys angry because she was always raising her hand in math class before them. Her mother responded by suggesting that she be placed in the advanced class. The teacher said Alison is already there. Her mother had nothing more to offer. Alison shared with me, “...how grateful I am to have been raised by parents that didn't discourage me from being bright and quick, exploring the things that made me happy.” In high school, her physics and...2021-07-1440 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out132: Ask Yourself the Big Questions with Prina ShahPrina Shah was born in Kenya and started her education at a school there that primarily focused on the Indian community as that was how people maintained their safety. At home, however, there were other issues. Prina’s father was an alcoholic and there were traumatic circumstances that caused her mother to move her and her sister to the UK. Prina reflects on that time as her younger self, noting the life lessons she learned about how to build better relationships and thus began her growing fascination with people.Once Prina entered university, she studied sociology and so...2021-07-0736 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out131: Follow Your Journey of Discovery with Michael FreedmanMichael Freedman told me, “I didn't know what I wanted to do until I was 55. I was walking through life. I'm a reasonably intelligent, hardworking guy. ...nothing special. Right? I was good at communicating, collaborating. I was a project manager as an operational manager. None of that really challenged me or fed my soul. I liked the interaction and being productive. All that was good. That's a job. When I left teaching high school, and I reflected on what I wanted to do, and it occurred to me that I wanted to do something else meaningful.”For 20 year...2021-06-3038 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out130: Choose the Work That is Best For You with EB SandersWhen she was 13 years old, EB Sanders worked her first job as a swim instructor. She enjoyed it so much she claimed that the teaching bug bit her. Her parents, who were not college-educated, were very supportive of her aspirations. She wanted to go to college and teach in higher education. She journeyed her way through a maze of several schools, eventually accomplishing her goal to become a teacher. She taught a variety of humanities courses at community colleges and universities over many years. EB loved teaching but she reached a point where she needed to make some tough...2021-06-2349 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out129: Plan for Your Success with Fawn GermerFawn Germer is the irreverent, beloved best-selling author of nine books including the Oprah book, Hard Won Wisdom. She has been a keynote speaker for more than 80 Fortune 500 companies and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize four times for her work as an investigative reporter. Fawn’s first book was rejected by every major publisher in the United States, but Fawn would not give up until it was the No. 1 nonfiction bestseller that Oprah loved. Her newest book Coming Back: How to Win the Job You Want When You've Lost the Job You Need, shows how to turbocharge your ca...2021-06-1637 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out127: Connect with Your InnerTech™ with Rusty GaillardFrom an engineering degree at Princeton to his first job at GE under Jack Welch to a Stanford MBA to the worldwide director of finance at Apple, Rusty Gaillard had walked the traditional path of success. Along the way, he learned that traditional success is not the same as being successful in life. Rusty left his finance role at Apple when he got more interested in developing his own InnerTech™ rather than chasing external success. Those upgrades to his operating system came through the challenges and opportunities of a voluntary demotion at Apple in order to spend more time at...2021-06-0248 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out126: Put Yourself with Interesting People & Opportunities with Laura Gassner OttingWhen Laura Gassner Otting was in fourth grade, her teacher said, “you’re pretty argumentative… you should become a lawyer.” Laura says she was a serious young person. At only nine years old, she would watch the news every night and with righteous indignation, make a mark on a pad each day the hostages were still in Iran. Determined, she decided that she would have to solve all the problems. Laura reasoned that politicians were charged with problem-solving and since most politicians were lawyers, then she knew what she had to do. Fast forward, Laura goes to law schoo...2021-05-2657 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out125: Don’t Rest on Your Past Success with Jennifer FondrevayJennifer Fondrevay told me something that I have never before heard from a guest. As a young child, she wanted to become the Ambassador to France and even more remarkably she continued to have that goal throughout her college years into graduate school. Jennifer’s father is French and her grandmother lived with them until she was three years old, so she learned French first, English second. She majored in French and political science undergrad and then continued with her graduate studies at the Thunderbird School Of Global Management where she studied international business, specializing in marketing and advertising. Je...2021-05-1954 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out124: Love Your Work with Darcy RobertsDarcy Roberts wants people to love their work. For more than 20 years she held administrative roles across a variety of industries, including the arts, law, finance, banking, and executive search, working with people at all levels of the corporate world. Darcy had a natural gift for the work, but she didn’t actually like doing it. She had some interesting experiences during those decades, sitting in the front row to witness a wide range of organizational and leadership dynamics. Darcy’s last admin job was in the executive search industry. For her 50th birthday, Darcy gifted herself with...2021-05-1245 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out123: Effecting Change From The Bottom Up with Jenean Merkel PerelsteinJenean Merkel Perelstein is a social-cultural anthropologist, who has studied behavior change across many cultures, from the markets and prisons of India to the boardrooms across America. She has implemented change strategies that have saved lives and made fortunes. This work is supported by her book, Finding Your Lighthouse, a Leadership Guide to Navigating Change.Jenean is no stranger to change. In her early years, she struggled to find her direction, hopping around to seven different schools over nine years. She eventually decided to take time away from school and find her spark, as she put it...2021-05-0533 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out122: Always Be Learning & Creating Opportunities with Mike SmithMike Smith still keeps in touch with his boss from Deloitte, his first employer after college graduation, 25+ years ago. How many of us can claim that? We know that most people, when they resign from a job, are actually leaving a boss. Remarkably, Mike's next move was to follow his boss as he became the CFO at the local NBC Philadelphia TV station. By the time he was 28, his boss was elevated to the national network and Mike filled his boss’s shoes.As a young finance leader, Mike felt he was in over his head but th...2021-04-2859 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out121: Whose Goals Are You Chasing? -with Manbir KaurManbir Kaur’s first job after graduating from a prominent university in India was in banking, yet her degree was in computer applications. She felt wholly unqualified at first. And, she was starting out at 19. Manbir credits her father’s influence as he was an action-oriented, focused, hard-working, very positive, optimistic person who encouraged her to “grab the job and make your career”. He was also in banking. So, Manbir dove right in from day zero as she put it, ”Age was on my side, spirit was on my side. The hard-working attitude was on my side. I started from scrat...2021-04-2159 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out120: The Power of Fearlessness with Jacqueline WalesJacqueline Wales is a motivational speaker, professional coach, and the author of three books. She has helped countless people become more empowered, confident, and resilient. Her work focuses on leaders who dig into self-discovery, take accountability for their actions, and responsibility for their decisions. Jacqueline challenges herself daily to be better and challenges her clients to break through boundaries, and excuses to achieve results.Jacqueline has explored human behavior and asked tough questions to discover hard truths. She draws on her own traumatic, abusive childhood in Edinburgh, Scotland where she experienced a great deal of fear and...2021-04-1453 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out119: Elevating Everyone to be Treated Fairly with Gary IrelandGary Ireland is an employment attorney. He helps executives in the areas of finance and banking, law, media technology, healthcare, and higher education maximize income and benefits when joining a company and enhanced severance, and asserting legal rights when leaving. He supports small businesses seeking to start and build companies saving money and solving legal problems by making strategic and smarter business decisions while limiting risk. Gary also represents hourly workers who have been denied pay and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law.Gary helped a senior executive in financial services...2021-04-0739 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out118: Turning Points and Mentorship with Keith McCormickIn high school, Keith McCormick drove his math teachers crazy because he never got his homework done on time yet he did very well on standardized tests. As he put it, he was the classic ‘over underachiever’. Keith’s teachers accused him of being lazy, yet unlike most teens who might have absorbed it as a strike to their confidence, he got more curious and started reading education theory books to better understand himself. He was annoyed by their mean-spiritedness. In his junior year, Keith had a religion teacher who did not judge his reading choices and even made sugges...2021-03-3148 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out117: The Vision of VisuaLeadership with Todd CherchesAs a 5 year old, Todd Cherches would tell adults he wanted to be Superman when he grew up. His backup plan? To be Batman. He loved television, describing himself as a ‘TV Guide’, memorizing everything he could. By the age of 18, he had read the complete works of Shakespeare. As he says, “that’s one of the good things about having OCD, you don't give up on something until you're done.” In college, he studied English Literature and went on to get a Master’s in Communications.Todd never lived away from his home on Long Island, New York exc...2021-03-2452 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out116: Closing the Gap: Strategy to Implementation with Scott PerelsteinScott Perelstein is a change management specialist who closes the gap between strategy and implementation by guiding teams of planners and doers to move in the same direction. As a facility specialist for over 20 years, he has been in the facilities world as a contractor and owner, and a director. Scott specializes in bringing about change, focusing on inclusion from the highest level of administration to the frontline workers. Scott has managed hundreds of employees and cared for millions of square feet of higher education facilities.Scott reflects on a conversation he had with his Dad as...2021-03-1752 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out115: Are you matching your words and actions? with Lynette ReedDr. Lynette Reed says it’s time for a reality check. Her mission is to help people and organizations feel more connected to the world around them and the relationships that are most important to them. She believes that when your expectations and reality connect, you will see an increase in personal self-awareness, improve relationships with others, and expand your understanding of how humanity impacts the world. On the ground level, Lynette teaches and coaches people to match their words and actions to improve their workplace connections.Early in her career, Lynette started as a speech pathologist in...2021-03-101h 02Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out114: Know Yourself, Not Just Your Direction with Mark HerschbergFrom tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark Herschberg has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,” where he teaches annually. At Harvard Business School, Mark helped create a platform used to teach finance at prominent business schools. Mark attended MIT for six years. He earned a B.S. in physics, a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science, and an M.Eng. in elec...2021-03-0349 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out112: Extraordinary. Intersecting remarkable and so, so ordinary with Dayna Del ValLike many young people, Dayna Del Val went off to college to fulfill dreams and ambitions. For her, it was to earn a theater degree, move to LA and become a movie star. There was no question in her mind that this was her plan. Instead, she ended up back in her hometown of Fargo, North Dakota giving birth to a beautiful baby boy. She was in the depths of despair, a young, single mother who had never even held a full-time job before. But Dayna is tenacious. She held onto threads of hope for her acting c...2021-02-1747 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out111: EdTech: Bringing People & Technology Together with Sher DowningSher Downing, PhD is an EdTech strategist who loves bringing people, learning, and technology together. As CEO of Downing EdTech consulting, her company provides eLearning design for entrepreneurial programs, affiliate partnerships with leading vendors, and professional coaching for those in the EdTech industry. Sher is a pioneer with over 32 years of experience in the digital arena during the evolution of online learning. She never would have expected things to turn out this way. Not only does Sher have a PhD, two masters and a bachelor's degree, she is a first-generation college graduate. Early on, she struggled because s...2021-02-101h 09Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out110: Don’t Take Too Many Short Cuts with Andy LopataAndy Lopata has been a specialist in professional relationships and networking for over 20 years. He was called one of Europe's leading business networking strategists by the Financial Times, and a true master of networking by the Independent and Forbes.com. He is the author of five books. Andy is a fellow and a board member of the Professional Speaking Association UK and Ireland, and a fellow of the Learning and Performance Institute, as well as a Master of the Institute for Sales Management. He is also one of just 26 recipients of the PSA's top honor, the Award of Excellence...2021-02-0355 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out109: The Future of Work: From the Inside Out with Jeff WaldJeff Wald has been frustrated with the way people talk about the future of work for quite some time. He says, “Too many so-called experts make predictions outside the evidence available in the world of work; specifically, the history of work, the data trends and patterns, and how companies actually engage workers. Predictions made without this ... can be, in many cases, harmful. I wanted to provide a framework for thoughtful conversations on the future of work for families, for companies, and for society.” He offers his framework in his recently released book, “The End of Jobs: Rise of On-Demand Worker...2021-01-2751 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out108: Reframe Your Perspective, Change Your Reality with Harsha BoralessaLike many young boys, Harsha Boralessa dreamed of playing professional sports and in his case, that was cricket. When he was nine, he played for one of England’s professional teams and by the time he was 19, he was playing top-level cricket at his university. While he thoroughly enjoyed cricket he knew that moving into another career would be best as he had no future in the sport. Yet, Harsha credits playing cricket with teaching him important life lessons, that he has applied to his professional career:Self-discipline – the motivation to keep practicing, even when things are not...2021-01-201h 04Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out107: 80% of What You Do Fails, Just Keep Going with Perry MarshallAt 26, Perry Marshall had a lot to look forward to in life. He was happily married, anticipating the birth of his first child and working as an engineer. Then, one day he was called into a meeting and was laid off. Perry quickly transitioned into a sales job as he didn’t want to “start all over” in another engineering role and felt it would be the easiest path to supporting his young family. Two years later, with bologna sandwiches, ramen soup, and lots of credit card debt, Perry realized that it was much harder than he thought it would...2021-01-131h 07Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out106: The Path Is Made By Walking with Kathy RobinsonKathy Robinson has been working since she was 11 years old when she had a paper route. She grew up in a middle-class suburban environment near New York City and had modest expectations for herself, thinking she might want to become a teacher. As a kid, she loved the arts. She went to college majored in business (a practical choice) and minored in the arts. Kathy went to work on Wall Street as an internal auditor. She had no idea what the role entailed, yet she knew she’d be able to pay off her student loans and tra...2021-01-0647 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out105: Using Money To Make A Life with Laura RotterAs Laura Rotter graduated college with an English Literature degree in the mid-1980s, the U.S. was in an economic recession. It wasn’t the best time to find employment and yet she was fortunate to land a role as editor of a business industry newsletter which opened her up to the business world. Laura was always naturally curious and found herself fascinated about different industries and how they work. She thought it was a lot of fun.From editing business publications, Laura moved into banking on Wall Street and spent the next decade switching jobs ev...2020-12-2342 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out104: The Human Element of Business with Jennifer NashWhen Jennifer Nash was just 3 years old, she took classical ballet classes and piano lessons. She studied piano through high school and dreamt of attending Julliard to study classical piano. But her Dad wanted her to have ‘more practical skills’ to lean on, so she went to college and studied liberal arts. She triple majored in French, German and International Business, spending one of her undergraduate years in Germany. The bug bit Jennifer. She was wildly curious about what made people tick, how they made choices and took different actions. After graduation, Jennifer went to work in the b...2020-12-1651 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out103: To Succeed, Don’t Do It Alone with Cassandra Shuckself-sufficient to find success. After living in a place she couldn’t call home, Cassandra had two options: stay miserable, or figure out how to create the life she knew she wanted. At 16, this motivation helped her leave a home stricken with verbal and physical abuse. After college and many years in a successful corporate career, she decided to pursue her own entrepreneurial interests. I thought that doing things all by myself was the right choice, the safe choice. Then, I found out that what had “worked” for so long, wasn’t actually working. I was in an...2020-12-0957 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out102: Success is the journey, not the destination with Michael ZipurskyAs a young child, Michael Zipursky recalls being surrounded by many different types of people, languages, and cultures. His family moved from Toronto to Israel when he was 2. They lived there for 4 years and then returned to Canada, this time to Vancouver, and again, he remembers being amongst people from different cultures and speaking many languages. So while it felt normal to a degree, Michael also felt like an outsider.He didn't speak English and worked hard to learn the language. Within himself, an early mindset was sparked that he needed to compete in order to stand...2020-12-0251 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out101: Share, Encourage & Inspire Gratitude with Chris PalmoreHappy Thanksgiving to my U.S. subscribers! While it may seem like a stretch to celebrate a holiday this year, I have spoken with many people who are clear about what they are grateful for. Chris Palmore is one of them and he has dedicated his life to the expression of gratitude.Chris Palmore has learned that gratitude is a powerful remedy for all the negativity that we encounter in this world. Giving gratitude opens people up to a better attitude, a more generous heart, and a greater ability to connect with others. As a result, Chris...2020-11-251h 00Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out100: Work From The Inside Out Celebrates Episode 100!Woo Hoooo! Episode 100 of the Work From The Inside Out podcast is here! This is a proud moment for me. I was joined for this special episode by my dear friend and podcast “twin”, Jenny Lisk. Two years ago, Jenny and I each launched our podcasts on the same day. We are each still going strong, whereas most podcasts stop broadcasting after 12 episodes.I am fascinated by serendipitous connections, and ‘small world stories’ that turn the direction of our lives. Case in point: Had Jenny not needed project management certification hours in her previous job, it is unlikely...2020-11-181h 08Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out99: Patience and Gratitude Every Day with Lizabeth Wesely-CasellaAs a kid in Phoenix, Arizona, Lizabeth Wesely-Casella did not dream about what she wanted to be when she grew up. In high school, while her friends were taking the SAT’s to apply for college, she was busy working as a hostess in a restaurant. Lizabeth simply believed that people work from the ground up, as this was what her family modeled for her. She was aware of the difference between her path and that of her friends, but she felt that her early career choices were relatable. In her early 30’s, Lizabeth attended college after a sol...2020-11-1151 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out98: From Stuck to Soaring with Demetria HendersonFor 15 years, Demetria Henderson worked as a contractor doing statistical programming for various companies. She studied math in college, but it felt that she wasn’t quite connected to what she was doing. Her work met some of her needs. She could pay her bills and bought her first home, but in the back of her mind, she thought she’d like to get a Ph.D.“You're working with folks, and seeing all these dynamics with people, how they're engaging and interacting with one another. And, being that black woman, you start to see things and I’m th...2020-11-0446 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out97: Your Intersectionality Distinguishes You with Tanvi GautamDr. Tanvi Gautam asks key questions: Are you working on your job or on your career? Are you playing at intersections or not? She says if you're not playing at intersections, you will be made redundant soon. The jobs that will get eliminated are single-domain jobs, which, don't need intersectionality. You can add value when you play at intersections. Dr. Gautam walks her talk. She earned her Ph.D. from the Business School at the University of Pittsburgh in the areas of Organizational Behavior, Human Resources, and Information Systems.Dr. Gautam is the founder-director of the transformational...2020-10-281h 02Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out96: Build Your Brand at an Instinctual Level with Leslie ZaneLeslie Zane began her career at blue-chip companies, where she witnessed the success of marketing initiatives as hit or miss. Her ideas about marketing differed from conventional wisdom and weren't always welcome inside the organization. She felt strongly that branding should be more than just pretty pictures and clever ad campaigns.So Leslie struck out on her own and founded Triggers® with the express mission of consistently increasing revenue for her clients. Over the past 25 years, her company has a track record of growth through its unique expertise in changing brand preference at the instinctual level.2020-10-2155 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out95: Instead of Networking, Try Netgiving with Cathy McCafferty- SmithWhen Cathy McCafferty-Smith was 5 years old, her kindergarten teacher told her mother, “I would feel comfortable leaving Cathy in charge of the class if I had to leave the room.” She was passionate about becoming a teacher but like many people as she became an adult, her life went in different directions. Her first career was motherhood. Cathy started college in her late twenties and by 39, she had earned 3 degrees.Over 25 years Cathy worked in education, healthcare, manufacturing, and banking. She has served in human resources and as a leadership development and organizational change consultant. At the indi...2020-10-1455 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out94: Make Yourself Necessary with Jeff MadoffJeffrey Madoff is the founder of Madoff productions based in New York City. His company produces branded film and video content for major brands such as Ralph Lauren, Radio City Music Hall, Harvard School of Public Health, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Madoff is an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design and authored a book about his class entitled Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas.Jeff Madoff began his career as a fashion designer, then switched careers to film and video production. He has since expanded his reach to include teaching, book...2020-10-071h 10Work From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out93: Show Up To Make Your Impact with John NeralJohn Neral has lived many lives. After a 16 year career as a middle school mathematics teacher, he leveraged his background to work as a state educational assessment specialist and the training and staffing director for an educational nonprofit. Today he leads John Neral Coaching LLC, an organizational coaching and public speaking firm. He is also the author of the new book, SHOW UP, Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career. John reawakens, energizes galvanizes, and innovates the mind think of employees, corporations, associations, and people.But wait folks… there’s so much more.A...2020-09-3041 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out92: Learning New Things, Living My Values with Holly Hester Reilly‘They’ say that most people will have at least two careers over the course of their lifetime. Holly Hester-Reilly is no exception. She retired from her first career as a competitive figure skater at 17 years of age. Holly pursued her dream to conduct drug development research by studying chemical engineering. Earning her master’s degree and on the path to a Ph.D., she was published in scientific journals, began teaching chemistry labs at a local college, and coached figure skating to make ends meet. Aiming to earn a Ph.D. she failed her qualifying exams, not once, b...2020-09-2342 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out91: Show Up Like You Mean It with Mary van der WielMary Van der Wiel helps people recognize who they are so that others can. With a knack for intuitively knowing how to scope out the landscape for her clients, she's always on the lookout for the invisible clues they might be missing.For her, the intersection of neuroscience, creativity, and innovation is always the most fascinating. Van consults, speaks, and takes her signature NY Brand Lab workshops across the USA, Latin America, and Australia. Currently working and living in Mexico, she's recently launched her Black Line Crazy limited edition collection of wearable art and homewares. ...2020-09-1643 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out90: You Can Choose Your Own Destiny with Jayne MattsonAt 14 years old, Jayne Mattson’s father gave her a copy of Dale Carnegie’s book “How To Win Friends and Influence People,” telling her, “you can choose your own destiny.” He was her biggest champion. His encouragement meant the world to Jayne, especially since she and her five siblings had lost their mother the year before. Jayne pursued a career in the medical device industry as a quality assurance documentation systems engineer, staying with the same company for 23 years. When an opportunity for a layoff package arose, she grabbed it. Jayne reinvented herself to step into work that she...2020-09-0938 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out89: Do Something That Makes You Uncomfortable with Ashwin KrishnanAshwin Krishnan describes his beginnings as a “typical Indian immigrant story”. He is an Engineer who became an Engineering Manager, growing restless and segueing into Product Management then rising to VP and SVP. While Ashwin was innovating and experimenting, he realized how constrained he felt by the insular mindset of his industry and the narrow definition of his job. He finally admitted to himself that he was dissatisfied.Then, Ashwin did something unusual for a man in his position: He stopped and examined his life and talents to identify what was fulfilling and had purpose. He discovered that...2020-09-0252 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out87: Corporate Employee with an Entrepreneurial Mindset with Mark HaywardMark Hayward describes himself as a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset and that is exactly who he is. With a background in economics, policy, and government, he started his career in public service economic affairs policy for the central government. Mark became restless in that environment and moved into the world of consulting and business. With the help of a mentor coach, he has grown to add value to his corporate work by developing a few side hustles. In addition to his day job, Mark is the host of the Absolute Business Mindset podcast. He also i...2020-08-1943 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out86: Curing Workplace Misery with Claire Chandler“Are you doing what you're passionate about? If you know the answer is no. You're obligated to do something about that. Because you're not meant to be miserable. That's not why you're here,” says Claire Chandler, president and founder of Talent Boost.Claire Chandler leverages over 25 years of experience in business leadership, human resources, and communications to boost leadership alignment and effectiveness in a wide range of organizations. She has extensive experience in organizational effectiveness, executive coaching, leadership development, communication strategy, employment branding, succession management, employee onboarding and engagement, talent, infrastructure, and strategic planning. After many...2020-08-1257 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out85: Manage Your Message with Jim KarrhIn our increasingly uncertain world, Dr. Jim Karrh helps businesses break through their doubts and grow through more effective and consistent customer conversations. But he knows you don't have to be a Ph.D., a professional speaker, an extrovert, or a brilliant conversationalist to bring your own business story to life.After several years on Wall Street and a few years in the radio and media arenas in his hometown of Waynesboro, Georgia, Jim realized that he wanted to help people more directly. After earning his Ph.D. in Business, he thought it would be rewarding to...2020-08-0555 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out84: Gratitude is a Motivator with Chris SchembraChris Schembra has few memories of his childhood. Growing up on Hilton Head Island, SC, he was diagnosed at 5 with ADHD, always had a lot to say, and many thoughts that he wasn’t allowed to express. While in college Chris sought a new identity, taking on leadership roles, philanthropic activities, and at the same time, abusing drugs and alcohol. That led to crashing cars, fights with police, going to jail a few times, and failed stays in rehab. After his last stay in rehab, Chris was medicine free for the first time in years. He moved hom...2020-07-2944 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out83: Tap Into The Power Of Excitement with Lei WangLei Wang grew up in Beijing, China. She was an excellent student and easily mastered most academic subjects. Lei told me that as a city child, she had no athletic training. So… you may ask, why is this important in a conversation about career transitions? After earning a B.S. in Computer Science from Tsinghua University in Beijing, Lei moved to the U.S. to attend UNC-Chapel Hill for her M.S. in Computer Science. She then worked in IT for a large banking firm and later joined a start-up. Lei’s start-up colleagues were Wharton Business Schoo...2020-07-2243 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out82: Add Tilt To Open The Next Door with Werner PuchertWerner Puchert told me that it is important to add ‘tilt’ to your story. A native of South Africa, I thought he was sharing a special term from his part of the world, but no... Werner adopted the term from a friend who shared it with him in the context of narrative structure in storytelling.  “If you don't add tilt into the story, nothing's ever going to happen. So you need to add tilt to your story. When I was working at the agency and then I decided to move to go on my own, I really could ha...2020-07-1550 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out81: Pivot to Your Next Move with Jenny BlakeJenny Blake says if change is the only constant, let's get better at it. She is the founder of the Pivot Method, a growth strategy company that helps forward-thinking individuals and organizations map what’s next through scalable Pivot programs. Jenny is the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One, which won the Axiom Best Business Books Award in the careers category. She also hosts the popular Pivot Podcast, which CNBC listed among 6 podcasts to make you smarter about your career, and Entrepreneur selected as one of the top 20 female-hosted business podcasts.Wh...2020-07-0832 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out80: Knowledge vs. Mindset with Kerrian FournierKerrian Fournier was originally trained as a classical violinist, she studied theater and worked off-Broadway, on Broadway, and even went to London’s West End. As exciting as all of that sounds, Kerrian says it was a lifestyle that drained her love of the performing arts. So she completely pivoted and walked in the opposite direction, leveraging her quantitative skills, and landing a job in the financial district on Wall Street.Kerrian tells the story of a job interview she attended for an equity compensation executive position. She was competing against candidates who had economics degrees or MB...2020-07-0143 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out79: Open Doors for Yourself with Nikita YajurvediNikita Yajurvedi grew up in the small town of Karnataka, India. She was always a good student, eager to learn new things, and energized about her studies. Nikita completed her B.Tech undergrad from a renowned university where she studied Electronics and Communication Engineering and like most soon-to-be graduates, she began the recruitment process. Yet, Nikita found herself feeling lost. She was interviewing for jobs but wasn’t getting the offers. Nikita by nature is a problem solver and this was no exception. She quickly asked herself what am I missing here? Nikita initiated a series of foc...2020-06-2443 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out78: Relentlessly Positive Difference-Maker with Matt ZinmanMatt Zinman is someone who never does anything half baked. When he takes something on, he goes all the way. Growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he went to Canada every summer laying the groundwork for his lifelong passion for ice hockey. Off the ice, he would spend time on the lake learning to water ski and eventually became a competitive water skier. He went to Temple University, became captain of their NCAA ice hockey team, and earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism. For many years, he worked in public relations agencies, progressing into management roles, and the...2020-06-1741 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out77: Mistakes Turn Into Business Models with George McGehrinat Seton Hall, and even went to Oxford in England to study Economics. When he graduated, he joined PwC and then moved to Ernst and Young a few years later. But as he told me “I was trading my life for money. I was miserable.” For one, he didn’t like the extensive traveling that his job required him to do. Then, one day he was recruited by a startup in Florida. He was so desperate to move on, he quit his job on Friday and landed in Miami on Monday. What do they say about youth being w...2020-06-1049 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out76: Stay Open to Reinvent Yourself with Dorie ClarkAs a child Dorie Clark loved to write and use her imagination. Back then, she wanted to become a spy and was intrigued by the character James Bond. Her parents would take her on beach vacations, but she preferred to stay inside and write. By age 12, she was submitting poems to New Yorker magazine, none were published, but that didn’t stop her from trying!  Dorie went to college at 14, studied philosophy, and went on to earn her Masters in Divinity at Harvard. She then launched a career in journalism as a political writer with a newspaper in B...2020-05-2748 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out75: Small Pond, Big Impact with Michael RoderickMike Roderick has always been interested in solving problems and looking at things differently. His elementary school teachers said he had an overactive imagination, creating entire worlds out of a box of crayons. Once he got to high school, Mike took a more entrepreneurial approach as he was often initiating and pulling things together. For instance, he noticed that the English department had far less funding that the sports department had, so he came up with the idea to have a battle of the bands’ fundraiser for his school’s English department, and filled the entire auditorium. Mike...2020-05-2057 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out74: Take The Guesswork Out Of Growth with Bill FlynnBill Flynn is not your ordinary author, speaker, coach, and student. As a kid, Bill Flynn wanted to be a professional ice hockey player. He played in college during his freshman year and some of his teammates even went on to the NHL, but at the end of the year, Bill felt that his love for the game had dwindled. He traded his time on the ice for a job at a pizza restaurant where he worked for several years, gaining increased responsibilities and developing a great work ethic. It was fun, but not his life’s work....2020-05-1343 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out73: Inside… Work From The Inside Out with Anne SugarToday, I am the interviewee. Executive Coach Anne Sugar graciously offered to interview me on Work From The Inside Out. You may recall that Anne was my guest a few episodes ago and at that time we decided it would be fun for her to turn the tables on me. As with many adventures, I stepped into the unknown, trusting Anne to take the ball and run with it. I hope you will listen and enjoy it!In this episode I share my experience of being a podcaster and soon-to-be author:"Here's an AHA. In my...2020-05-0645 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out72: Try New Things and Get Uncomfortable with Tony MartignettiTony Martignetti believes there are great meaning and value in getting uncomfortable. No, he is not sadistic. In fact, Tony is one of the kindest, most engaging people you will ever meet.He is a leadership coach who specializes in working with leaders and their teams to navigate through change and unlock their true potential. This often requires that they experience some discomfort in order to gain the clarity they need to make well-informed decisions, improve their skills, and ultimately increase their impact. Prior to becoming a coach, Tony was a finance and strategy professional i...2020-04-2938 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out71: Create The Context For What You Want with Norman WolfeAt 13 years old, Norman Wolfe celebrated his Bar Mitzvah and simultaneously was inspired to pursue a career dream. It’s not quite what you might think… he didn’t aspire to study Torah and become a Rabbi. Norman decided he wanted to join the Air Force and become a pilot.     His Uncle, who had been a Colonel in the Air Force, gave him his wings for his Bar Mitzvah and it meant the world to him. Norman wanted to follow in his uncle’s footsteps and become a pilot in the service, but unfortunately he did not qualify due t...2020-04-2246 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out70: Fostering Womxn’s Advancement in Business with FemilyFemily Howe, MA is a consultant who speaks at and advises Silicon Valley and other male-majority companies and teams, like law, finance, and engineering – on gender, equity, and building an ally culture to help them advance womxn, foster inclusion of all kinds and reduce workplace bias. In 2018, Femily founded the American Association of Corporate Gender Strategists to address a growing demand for rigor and best practices in the field. That same year, she launched San Francisco's Executive Womxn's forum at the Commonwealth Club. Femily serves on the board of Inforum, the innovation lab for the nation's oldest and largest pu...2020-04-1552 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out68: Be a Startup Superstar with Steve KahanSteve Kahan is the Chief Marketing Officer at Thycotic Software Ltd, which is the 7th startup that he has worked with. Steve inspires teens and their organizations to take on the impossible and succeed. He has just written a book published by Wiley and audible and available on Amazon.com called Be a Startup Superstar: Ignite Your Career Working at a Tech Startup. The book teaches those graduating college and young professionals how to earn a great living doing what they love by igniting their career at a tech startup.Steve started as a communications major in...2020-04-0142 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out010: From the Ministry to the FBI – Chip MasseyAs an ordained minister and an FBI Agent, Chip Massey saw how fears affected people’s abilities to think clearly and make good decisions.  Now that he has retired from the FBI, he has taken his focus to the business world where he consults to executives, leaders, and teams to manage their fears, weigh their options and make tough decisions. For 22 years, Chip Massey served as an FBI Special Agent and Hostage Negotiator.  Prior to his career with the FBI, he was an ordained minister. Today, he helps executives break through fears to become the best leaders, busi...2019-02-0654 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out001: From Corporate to Energy Medicine - Rachel RiceToday’s guest is the founder and CEO of Five Rhythms Consulting. She has spent the majority of her career in corporate leadership roles, including recently as the chief marketing officer for New York Life Retirement Plan Services, where she oversaw marketing, product development, web strategy, and creative execution. She is recognized as a dynamic, engaging, and effective speaker. She is also a Certified Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner, Authorized Energy Medicine Teacher, a Reiki Master, and a Meditations leader. What makes her unique is the way she integrates Energy Medicine and Energy Psychology techniques into her work an...2018-11-2834 minWork From The Inside OutWork From The Inside Out000 - Why I Care About Your Happiness At Work - Tammy Gooler LoebWe spend more time at work than most other important parts of our lives, more time than with our families, sleeping and attending to other priorities. Many of us have been privileged enough to be educated, blessed with talents, strengths, and supportive people.  Yet, some of us reach a point in our careers where we are just tolerating, if not dreading, the day-to-day pressures, tasks, and demands of our work environment that don’t really align with our values, interests or passions. Too often I see people who have resigned themselves to a job because they believe it...2018-11-2616 min