For over 20 years, Jim Roddy has educated business and non-profit leaders (and future leaders) through books, national magazine articles, podcasts, and presentations at national conferences. 

We discuss:

• Stories of ordinary people who became extraordinary [02:34]
• The five steps of the Walk-On Method [04:39]
• The three things you can’t get a coupon for [10:34]
• How to find people who are a good fit for starting a business [13:19]
• The biggest struggle for coaches and consultants [14:20]
• How to keep people awake by being an evangelist [16:14]
• The value of things that means more than any award could mean [17:38]

Jim is one of the most popular speakers in the technology industry because of a presentation style that is “infotaining” — a combination of informational and entertaining. Jim is author of two books: “The Walk-On Method to Career & Business Success” and “Hire Like You Just Beat Cancer.” He’s been published in several business publications and websites including Entrepreneur and Nasdaq.

Learn more about Jim at www.JimRoddyCBA.com, LinkedIn and Twitter. 

Brief Description of Gift

a free chapter from The Walk-On Method to Career & Business Success

URL for Free Gift

Jim@JimRoddyCBA.com

In Milt’s last contract as a VFX producer with a large International VFX company, he managed a diverse team. It consisted of internal Los Angeles based artists as well as an external team of international artists. 

We discuss:

• The many faces of execution of creativity [01:44]
• The insecurities that creatives often struggle with [03:27]
• The strength to put yourself out there for the world to comment on [06:53]
• How to build a healthy creative attitude [09:07]
• The one thing that separates a great creative executive from a bad one [12:17]
• The connections that help you get on the path you’re meant to be [15:26]
• More than just a black-and-white coach [20:00]

After his last contract concluded, Milt came to realized that there was a lack of support for creative people in the film and entertainment arts. 

He proceeded to get the necessary certifications to go solo in his new career as a coach for the creative industry.

Learn more about Milt at https://www.miltalvarez.com/. 

Brief Description of Gift

A complimentary initial consultation

URL for Free Gift

https://www.miltalvarez.com/

Kimberly Weitkamp is a marketing strategist, podcaster and conversion copywriter. 

• We discuss:
• The seed for the audience conversion method [01:44]
• A travel writer’s journey to the world of copywriting [04:32]
• The best way to understand your audience’s needs [05:37]
• How to make marketing sound like an extension of working with you [06:18]
• Seven layers deep of why you do what you do [08:55]
• Communities we might think are not communities [12:50]
• The basic steps to building a community [16:10]
• The benefits of joining a community for business owners [17:29]
• The importance of having a platform that’s your own [18:55]

As creator of the Audience Conversion Method and host of the Audience Converter Podcast for Community Leaders, Kimberly helps community leaders, coaches and course creators convert their audience from strangers to loyal fans.

Kimberly works with her clients to put the right message in front of the right person at the right time (especially in emails!). She loves talking marketing, travel and all things sci-fi.

Learn more about Kimberly at https://theaudienceconverter.com. 

Brief Description of Gift

A free guide to create memorable emails “Crafting the Perfect Welcome Series” 

URL for Free Gift

https://theaudienceconverter.com/giveaway

Jean-Yves Laguillez has authentic China expertise with over 10 years of direct experience in China as a top executive. 

We discuss:

• The feeling of being an entrepreneur without the risk of running your own company [01:43]
• Why it’s good to acquire an existing company rather than launching your own from scratch [05:49]
• A roadmap to entering the Chinese market [07:48]
• Why it is so hard for Western companies to sell in China [09:58]
• The importance of having both Western and Chinese customers [11:30]
• The difference in the business development process between China and Europe [14:20]
• The challenges of having a partner from the other side of the world [16:49]
• The best opportunity to get started [18:40]

Jean-Yves is the co-founder and CEO of Emotion Digital, an agency located in Shanghai and Paris, which helps western brands get into China through WeChat marketing and other social media platforms particular to the Chinese digital landscape. 

Learn more about Jean-Yves at https://emotiondigital.fr and LinkedIn.

Brief Description of Gift

A free 30-min consulting call

URL for Free Gift

https://bit.ly/33oADAg

Jaime Jay is the founder and managing director of Bottleneck Distant Assistants.  

We discuss:

• How to deal with getting asked the same questions over and over again [02:13]
• A business plan never fails on paper [05:06]
• A starting point to make a breakthrough [08:45]
• The barriers to having a culture that will help you grow [10:15]
• Reasons why you would want to have systems in place [13:22]
• An eight-month long journey with a hybrid publisher [15:55]

Jaime has been sourcing DA’s from the Philippines since 2006.  BNDA is a team of remote-based professionals dedicated to assisting ambitious leaders to identify, hire and cultivate remote-team members.

Jaime is currently writing his first book, Quit Repeating Yourself. This book celebrates the effort for building sustainable growth into your business model that explores the intersections of culture, leadership, systems, processes, workflows, recruiting and hiring.

Learn more about Jamie at https://bottleneck.online/.

Michael Ryan is known as the “Inventory Iceberg Crusher” unlocking cash frozen in inventory for manufacturers. 

We discuss:

• Accidentally falling into consulting [02:03]
• How to do the business development once you know how to do the delivery [04:12]
• The best prepared consultant [05:50]
• How to keep the sales pipeline always full [07:24]
• Beer networking at Good Times [08:33]
• Why it’s easier to niche down than to start really broad [11:17]
• The benefits of working on multiple projects concurrently [15:47]
• Your time equals cash flow [17:52]
• The “No, and” method to finding the best fit for the job [19:09]

Michael’s clients are committed to finding the balance between “too much” and “not enough” inventory while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction and cash flow.

As a GE trained & certified Six Sigma Black Belt with more than 25 years of experience, he has solved inventory issues for both middle market and Fortune 500 businesses, translating into customer satisfaction, improved cash flow and increased EBITDA.

Learn more about Michael at www.mryangroup.com and LinkedIn.

Dave Lukas is a serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, investor, and Founder of the Misfit Entrepreneur Podcast.  His companies have been on the Entrepreneur 365 and INC 5000 List 7 times and currently do business in over 50 countries. 

We discuss:

• No, thank you, we’re Canadian [02:17]
• How to build a Fortune 500 business [04:33]
• The way 21-year-olds can be great leaders [06:48]
• How entrepreneurs can use the DCP formula to understand where the breakdown is [08:32]
• Structure equals freedom [11:21]
• A horrible recipe for disaster [16:00]
• A beautiful, wonderful, crazy misfit world in entrepreneurship [19:22]

Dave Lukas is the author of the amazon best-seller “The Ten Year Career, The Fast Track to Retiring Young, Wealthy and Fulfilled.” Dave founded the Misfit Entrepreneur, a weekly podcast devoted to giving the audience incredibly useful and unique insight from the world’s top entrepreneurs and highest performers. Dave is also the co-founder of the GROW.THRIVE.REVIVE event and an accomplished investor in real estate and stock investing.  Through his 12 Minute Trading System, Dave has mentored, educated, and trained thousands of students worldwide on how to create income from the stock market. 

Learn more about Dave at www.MisfitEntrepreneur.com and www.12MinuteTrading.com.

Jennifer Fondrevay is the Founder and Chief Humanity Officer of Day1 Ready™, a consultancy that advises forward thinking business leaders, owners and C-Suite executives on the people challenges of business transitions, particularly Mergers & Acquisitions.

We discuss:

• The people challenges of Mergers & Acquisitions [03:29]
• A premortem: getting all senior leaders on the same page [07:50]
• Taking into account the future that employees envision for themselves [09:48]
• The stages that employees go through during a merger [12:05]
• How to let go of past achievements and pivot how you can contribute to the future [15:30]
• The part about Mergers & Acquisitions no one’s talking about [18:04]
• If you’re passion about it, that can make you a force for good [20:58]
• Drilling down on a niche [22:51]
• Why you need to be a good consultant [24:27]

As a Fortune 500 C-Suite “survivor” of three separate multibillion-dollar acquisitions, Jennifer authored the satirical survivor’s handbook, “NOW WHAT? A Survivor’s Guide for Thriving Through Mergers & Acquisitions”, which became a #1 new release in six categories on Amazon when launched.

She shares her expertise as a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Inc., Forbes and Thrive Global.

Learn more about Jennifer at https://jenniferjfondrevay.com and LinkedIn.

Brief Description of Gift

A sample chapter of Jennifer’s book “NOW WHAT? A Survivor’s Guide for Thriving Through Mergers & Acquisitions” can be found at https://jenniferjfondrevay.com/resources.

URL for Free Gift

https://jenniferjfondrevay.com

Carolyn Kiel is a learning design manager at a Fortune 500 company. Prior to working in learning & development, she held roles in change management, risk management, and data governance in the financial services industry. 

We discuss:

• How to prepare yourself for career pivots [01:58]
• How to overcome the tendency to be too comfortable on the status quo [03:30]
• Company culture as an obstacle or an opportunity for career development [07:44]
• Beyond those first 6 seconds impressions [11:39]
• The many faces of creating an impact on society [14:34]
• The surprising number of people having a side hustle next to a corporate job [18:07]
• The unspoken expectation about employees’ focus at work [21:21]
• Every interview is a new opportunity [22:28]

Carolyn also hosts the Beyond 6 Seconds podcast, where she has interviewed more than 120 entrepreneurs, CEOs and media personalities about how they’ve overcome obstacles to build their careers and achieve their goals. Carolyn has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Vassar College and a master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Learn more about Carolyn at www.beyond6seconds.net, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter. 

Mark is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. Educated at MIT, Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 500s, and academia. 

We discuss:

• The feeling of being stuck without knowing how to get to the next level [01:58]
• Building lots of relationships instead of collecting lots of business cards [03:46]
• The necessary frequency of going out there [05:22]
• Why you can’t give away too much [07:16]
• The range of methods to create content and attract a larger audience [09:32]
• How to frame your solution to fit into how your clients model the problem [11:21]
• Whenever there is a large type of change – massive opportunity [12:57]
• How to set yourself up as a known expert during a pandemic [14:09]
• The challenge is to change the mindset not the skillset [15:54]

Mark has developed new software languages, online marketplaces, new authentication systems, and tracked criminals and terrorists on the dark web. Mark helped create the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, MIT’s “Career Success Accelerator”, where he’s taught for twenty years. Mark also serves on the boards of non-profits Techie Youth and Plant a Million Corals.

Learn more about Mark at https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com.

Emily Simas helps her clients strengthen the core of their organizations by focusing on people and process. An expert in program management and a facilitator by nature, Emily knows how to organize and mobile teams to get exceptional products and services to market. 

We discuss:

• The moment when your client gives a title to what you do [02:40]
• The benefits of doing program management as a consultant versus as an employee [05:22]
• Creative solutions to building efficiency, accountability and inspiration within organizations [07:22]
• Common language as a way to break through barriers [10:47]
• Your ideal client is always evolving [14:38]

Emily draws 25 years of experience leading large-scale initiatives for technology companies and non-profits to support a wide range of clients including Adobe, DocuSign, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and SF CASA.

Learn more about Emily at https://www.emilysimas.com/. 

Sam Gupta has been an ERP thought leader in the digital transformation space for nearly two decades, with the primary focus on financial systems and ERP. 

We discuss:

• The pros and cons of getting your first job before the age of five [02:05]
• An exploration of new shiny things away from the family business [04:30]
• How to extrapolate the knowledge you get from different industries [07:03]
• Figuring out a core business idea after ten years as an entrepreneur [08:57]
• The secret sauce to running a successful venture [10:55]
• One of the most important skills that we can all have [15:07]
• How to measure the value in an initial conversation [18:00]

Sam has been part of large transformation initiatives for fortune-500 corporations but now spends his time consulting with SMEs as a Principal Consultant/CEO at ElevatIQ. Sam regularly speaks at industry conferences and contributes his experiences through many popular blogs and publications. He also hosts a podcast called WBSRocks focused on business growth through digital transformation and ERP where he interviews top influencers and executives from ERP, Supply Chain, Digital Transformation, Supply Chain, and Accounting.

Learn more about Sam at www.elevatiq.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and WBSRocks.

Michele Molitor is the CEO of Nectar Consulting Inc., a certified Rapid Transformational Therapist (RTT), Executive Coach (CPCC) and co-author of the best-selling book “Breakthrough Healing.” 

We discuss:

• A combination that creates a truly rapid transformation [01:49]
• The feeling of [not] being enough [04:38]
• Situations when coaches and consultants may be held back [07:05]
• Why successful employees may develop imposter syndrome when becoming entrepreneurs [09:57]
• Another fun fact they don’t tell you when you’re getting trained as a consultant [11:21]
• Your greatest source of pain is your greatest source of power [12:30]
• How to dissolve fear into nothingness [15:43]
• An external sounding board to sort out the internal dialogue [16:50]
• A pattern interrupt to start you moving towards the goal [18:48]

Working with executives and entrepreneurs, Michele is an expert at helping you remove the blocks created by imposter syndrome so you can achieve greater success, well-being, and career satisfaction.

Michele’s unique Rapid Rewiring™ approach is a culmination of years of study to help you catalyze shifts in your thinking and eliminate mental/emotional blocks to rapidly rewire your brain for greater confidence and peace of mind.

Learn more about Michele at www.MicheleMolitor.com.

Brief Description of Gift

Masterclass – Keys to Cultivating Your Confidence or a free e-book: Tapping Into Your Power & Presence

URL for Free Gift

www.MicheleMolitor.com

Raj, from Series A Photography, is a personal branding photographer in NYC, helping entrepreneurs tell their beautiful, multifaceted stories on camera. 

We discuss:

• A journey from a data scientist employee to a photography entrepreneur [02:12]
• The different types of identity reinvention [08:53]
• What worked for them might not work out for you [13:46]
• The difference between general business coaches and niche-oriented coaches [16:53]
• The “surprising” effect of a mindset shift [18:43]
• Why there is no prescribed path for first-time entrepreneurs [20:04]
• Why Raj is changing the way personal branding looks [21:43]

Raj is originally an immigrant from India, a former data scientist who worked in tech startups for over a decade, a trained sex/relationship coach, and a straight guy married to a queer transgender man. He brings all of this life experience to create a space for his clients to fully express themselves, resulting in authentic, vulnerable, powerful images that resonate deeply with their audience.

Learn more about Raj at https://seriesaphotography.com.

Brief Description of Gift

A self-guided exercise to create your own Mood Board and unearth insights about your personal brand

URL for Free Gift

https://seriesaphotography.com/find-your-brand

Jeremy Pollack is a leader in the field of workplace conflict resolution and peacebuilding. He is the Founder of Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, an international conflict resolution consulting firm.

We discuss:

• The solution for coaches and consultants who don’t like marketing [02:17]
• The one thing that stays consistent among the many types of marketing [03:18]
• Why content is so important for consultants and coaches [05:07]
• The importance of SEO as part of the content marketing strategy [05:58]
• How to do SEO without even thinking about it [07:15]
• A way to find peace with yourself and each other [08:40]
• The inner warrior approach to finding your niche [11:46]
• What young coaches can do to become trustworthy professionals [15:11]
• From thirty years of employment to becoming a self-employed consultant or coach [17:39]
• The philosophy behind framing everything through value [22:00]

Jeremy is a master coach, master trainer, mediator, and author. He coaches and trains executives and employees at a variety of levels and industries, from Fortune 500 companies to major non-profits. Jeremy is a regular contributor on the topics of leadership and organizational conflict management to publications such as Forbes, Fast Company, and many more. He is also the author of the recently released book The Conflict Resolution Playbook.

Learn more about Jeremy at https://pollackpeacebuilding.com/ and https://coachjeremypollack.com/. 

Andrea is the founder of CTP Solutions, LLC where she helps companies put their ideas into action by creating solutions to their process and training gaps. 

We discuss:

• Not a matter of “if” but a matter of “when” [02:01]
• The moment when you’re going to sink or swim [04:13]
• The things you can do as a consultant that you can’t do as an employee [05:15]
• Sometimes the problem is not really the problem [08:00]
• The hardest part about going into a business for yourself [10:10]
• The first thing to do when you’re going out on your own [13:12]
• The people to surround yourself with so you don’t feel like you’re on an island [14:39]
• Becoming a consultant mid to late in your career [15:40]
• Building a product first versus trying to sell it first [16:36]
• Building a team: start with the things that are the hardest [18:02]
• How people you don’t know yet could be referrals for you later [19:02]

Andrea has over 20 years’ experience in coaching, training, facilitation, process development, strategic direction, and project management. She believes that how people communicate, how they interact as a team, how they address and solve problems together are all critical to achieving their desired outcomes. Andrea facilitates this understanding by guiding the organization in enhancing communication, establishing processes and protocols, and providing the strategies often needed to effectively operationalize those processes and assure their long-term success.

Learn more about Andrea at www.ctpsolutionsllc.com. 

Bobby Klinck is a Harvard Law Grad turned online entrepreneur but he’s NOT your typical lawyer. 

We discuss:

• Being here on behalf of the United States of America [02:06]
• Not sad, not depressed, but not happy as well [04:19]
• How giving changes you as a person [08:18]
• The difference between tactical giving and a giver [12:10]
• People don’t buy information but transformation [15:26]
• How coaches can stay ahead of the curve [18:32]
• A weekly walkthrough of Bobby’s wacky life [20:32]

Bobby has built a thriving online business by doing things a bit differently than other people, making the legal and business stuff simple, with a focus on building real connections with real people, instead of thinking of people as potential transactions.

After trying what the “expert” online entrepreneurs were telling him to do, Bobby threw out the “online marketing” rulebook and started marketing his way… by giving, connecting with his audience, and building his brand.

Learn more about Bobby at www.bobbyklinck.com, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Brief Description of Gift

BADA$$ Online Marketing University

URL for Free Gift

www.bobbyklinck.com/bomu

Jamy Bechler is the host of the “Success is a Choice” podcast and author of three books, including “The Bus Trip”. He spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and high school AD. Jamy now works with high-level corporations and sports teams helping them maximize their potential in the area of leadership, culture, and teamwork.

We discuss:

• Self-employed or unemployed depending on the day [01:32]
• How having a platform to host a podcast could change the dynamics of your business [03:38]
• Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal [05:53]
• The entrepreneur’s internal battles with discipline [07:11]
• How to avoid having the business running you instead of you running it [09:15]
• Why having a rainy day fund is not enough to go from a paycheck to self-employment [12:45]
• Don’t lose relationships over sale [14:54]
• Coaching coaches and leading leaders [17:39]
• Seek first to understand, then to be understood [20:09]
• Great teams have great teammates [21:19]

Learn more about Jamy at https://coachbechler.com/ and Twitter.

David is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies. He built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for life coaching and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries around the globe.

We discuss:

• Why working with entrepreneurs is fun [02:26]
• The best clients don’t need help [04:41]
• How to overcome the shiny object syndrome [07:51]
• How important it is to agree what not to care about [10:00]
• Why people gravitate towards overwhelm [13:21]
• How to sort out and implement an outside input [16:46]
• Monkey say, monkey do [19:20]
• How to find the best fit possible in a time when there are more coaches than ever [22:38]

As well as helping others, David is no stranger to overcoming challenges himself, having survived a full collapse of his paraglider and a fractured spine, witnessing the death of his sister at age seven, anxiety and depression, and a national Gong Show! 

He coaches high performing business owners to double revenue, and their time off by focusing on less and being 30% more courageous in their business or career.

Learn more about David at http://focus.ceo/, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.

Brief Description of Gift

A preview of David’s training for self-assessment and a cheat sheet on how to double your revenue 

URL for Free Gift

http://www.myfocusgift.com/

As a speaker and small business consultant, Jeffrey Shaw helps self-employed and small business owners gain control of their business in what seems like otherwise uncontrollable circumstances. 

We discuss:

• The courage to leave a steady paycheck for fulfillment [03:26]
• Why companies don’t hire coaches to bring the best out of their employees [06:22]
• One of the most underrated things we can achieve in the world [10:25]
• Life can turn on a dime [13:40]
• Terry has a way of cutting to the chase [15:26]
• The profile of the self-employed versus that of a freelancer and an entrepreneur [18:32]
• The business model of multiples [21:13]

Drawing on his experience as a renowned portrait photographer, Jeffrey shows business owners how to see business through a different lens and strategies to compose the often-chaotic pieces of life and business into sustainable success.

Jeffrey’s TEDxLincolnSquare talk is featured on TED.com and he’s the host of the top-rated podcast, The Self-Employed Life, author of The Self-Employed Life: Business and Personal Development Strategies That Create Sustainable Success and LINGO: Discover Your Ideal Customer’s Secret Language and Make Your Business Irresistible.

Learn more about Jeffrey at  https://jeffreyshaw.com and theselfemployedlife.me.

Tony Martignetti is a leadership development expert, entrepreneur, idea generator, and people connector. He brings together practical experience, formal training, and extreme curiosity, to elevate leaders and equip them with the tools to navigate through change and unlock their true potential.

We discuss:

• Leave the room to change the room [02:04]
• The magic world of art, business and science brought together [05:02]
• All about managing the way people see themselves from the core [08:00]
• If you’re willing to feel everything, you can have anything [11:32]
• You have to prepare for a longer hike [12:54]
• That someone who can help you get on the other side [15:27]
• The difference between what employees need versus what entrepreneurs need [16:18]
• It’s not about changing who you are but amplifying who you are [17:50]
• How to create a real focused audience of people who you want to work with [19:07]
• The things that wait to be unleashed [21:14]

Before becoming a coach, Tony was a finance and strategy professional with experience working with some of the world’s leading life sciences companies. Along his journey, he also managed small businesses and ran a financial consulting company.

Tony is the host of The Virtual Campfire podcast and is currently writing his first book, “Climbing the Right Mountain.”

Learn more about Tony at  https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/ and LinkedIn.

Stephanie is the founder of The Verse Media. She was formerly a General Partner of growth equity firm, ABS Capital Partners, and is the wife of former Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter. 

We discuss:

• The icing on the cake [02:20]
• A job that really comes along once in a lifetime [04:17]
• What never gets talked about when one is striving for excellence [05:33]
• A waste of wisdom and experience [08:04]
• A playbook for your second half [10:03]
• A humbling necessity to rewire the way you work [12:54]
• Why businesses undervalue giving the time to think [14:57]
• By grownups for grownups [16:55]
• Strategies to regain your agency when it gets hard [21:00]
• The people you would have paid $100 for an hour spent on the phone with you [25:54]

At ABS, Stephanie was responsible for raising $1.6B for the firm’s funds, creating its Investor Relations function and leading all marketing, event and investment research activities. In support of the Department of Defense, she advocated for military families and veterans. She was awarded the “Distinguished Public Service Award” by the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2017.

Learn more about Stephanie at www.theversemedia.com.

Mickie Kennedy is an expert at helping small businesses, authors, and startups increase their visibility and credibility.

We discuss:

• What you do when you don’t like being told what to do [01:45]
• A hypothesis about changes in technologies [04:53]
• How a newswire works [6:15]
• Why your press release could use some strategies [08:20]
• Small companies with a great number of releases and milestones [09:36]
• It really comes down to relevant stories [10:39]
• Consultants and coaches that gained traction through the press [12:35]
• The challenges to getting noticed for business authors [14:14]
• What non-fiction authors may not know about gaining a following through media [16:14]
• Sometimes the right person to manage the business is not the right person to manage the people [17:17]
• Commitment will make you successful as quickly as possible [18:47]

Mickie founded eReleases twenty-two years ago, after realizing that small businesses desperately need a press release service they can actually afford, giving them access to the media and to a national newswire – all with a personal touch.

Learn more about Mickie at  https://www.ereleases.com.

Brief Description of Gift

A free video training on press release strategies

URL for Free Gift

https://www.ereleases.com/plan

Mike Smith founded Huddle Advisory, a human capital consulting firm, after 25 years as a sports and entertainment executive at the NFL, NBC, and Deloitte. 

We discuss:

• The value of a great boss at the early stage of one’s career [02:22]
• All the little things that people do in order to create big success at scale [03:34]
• Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable [08:06]
• The muscles that atrophy after spending 25 years in corporate [10:27]
• Why it’s essential to recognize the value of realistic optimism in the face of expected obstacles [12:57]
• The unsurprising amount of creativity that comes in the middle of a workout [17:06]
• How to deal with the constant drive to be productive [19:44]
• The umbrella of always learning [22:04]

Mike’s background centers around leading organizational service functions: Human Resources, Finance, Technology, and Administration. After multiple Finance leadership roles, he made a mid-career transition to Human Capital because of his passion for engaging people to drive business performance. Having served as both a CHRO and a CFO, he has a unique lens to view business and talent strategy alignment.

Learn more about Mike at https://huddleadvisory.com/ and LinkedIn.

Todd Cherches is the CEO and cofounder of BigBlueGumball, a NYC-based consulting firm specializing in leadership development, public speaking, and executive coaching, as well as a Founding Partner of the Global Institute for Thought Leadership. 

We discuss:

• How to get people to see what we’re saying [01:47]
• The “I can’t draw” syndrome [02:26]
• What if Superman and Batman are already taken [04:39]
• Twin bookworms separated at birth [06:18]
• The three B’s kind of guy [08:05]
• Standing on the shoulders of giants [10:04]
• How to accept defeat with grace [12:39]
• How we are all managers and leaders [15:45]
• It’s not a path, it’s a rollercoaster [17:15]
• The many ways in which one could use their literature background [19:32]
• You can’t coach people against their will [20:50]
• The combined wisdom of a millennial and a baby boomer [22:12]

Todd is also a three-time award-winning Adjunct Professor of leadership at NYU, and a Lecturer on leadership at Columbia University. Todd is also a TEDx speaker, and the author of “VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life” (Post Hill Press/Simon & Schuster, 2020).

Learn more about Todd at www.toddcherches.com.

Brief Description of Gifts

Free PDF download of Todd’s book recommends list, “Todd’s Top 52 Books to Help You Become a More Visual Leader.”

Free PDF download of a chapter from Todd’s book, the “Passion/Skill Matrix.”

URL for Free Gift

Book list link: www.toddcherches/subscribe

Passion/Skill Matrix chapter: www.toddcherches.com/passion