How to Communicate Your Transition Featuring Joan Rodman Smoller
Dr. Joan Rodman Smoller met a guy named Ben, on a park bench, who was looking to make a career transition from contracting to diplomacy. She wrote his resume and cover letter. In a month, he had a job in Washington. We discuss: An internship at 70: Shaping programs for successful transitions [2:13] How to…
Read Full PostWhy Your Own Business is Better than a Job Featuring Kindra Walker
Kindra Walker is a CPA, CDFA® professional and a Ramsey Solution Financial Coach Master. We discuss: The space between working at a corporate job and working for yourself [2:20] When solopreneurs need to deal with the infrastructure of a business [6:27] The things you loved about your previous jobs [7:12] The Pumpkin Plan: How to…
Read Full PostUnderstand Your Vulnerability Featuring Knute Kallander
Knute Kallander is a coach and facilitator with over 20 years’ experience providing leadership development and communication training to over 10,000 managers, directors and sales associates in diverse industries such as biotech, technology, banking, real estate, manufacturing, media, higher education, and non-profit. He has coached over 300 employees who were in transition from being individual…
Read Full PostDiscarding Outside Expectations to Fulfill Your Dreams Featuring Maki Moussavi
Maki Moussavi is a transformational coach, speaker and author. Her mission is to help professionals who are overwhelmed, stuck or unfulfilled despite the outward appearance of success. We discuss: Why you may feel unhappy despite achieving all you ever wanted [1:55] The risk of dealing with the urgent rather than with the important [3:42] True…
Read Full PostCourage Leading to Professional and Personal Transformation Featuring Ann Louden
Ann Louden is founder and CEO of the Ann Louden Company following three decades in Texas as a senior administrator in higher education. We discuss: A job offer that switches gears [1:48] An empowering awareness for going into the unknown without a preparation [7:36] Why you should take the opportunity to leave [9:20] A sounding…
Read Full PostCreating Viral Stories Featuring Justin Breen
Justin Breen is CEO of the PR firm BrEpic Communications. We discuss: Cornerstones to measure whether entrepreneurship is a good fit for you [1:45] You can’t find the great things unless you experience the bottom [4:13] The two-year mark [6:47] Newsworthy stories for the best of the best [8:03] Why you should pivot all the…
Read Full PostMenopause Education Featuring Teresa Isabel Dias
Teresa Isabel Dias is a pharmacist with over 25 years of professional experience in community pharmacy and drug information in Toronto. We discuss: Nobody gives bad news over the phone [2:06] Old and unemployable but courageous enough to follow a dream [3:37] Opportunities that appear based on unexpected circumstances [6:24] How business owners can stop…
Read Full PostFind Your Hybrid Identity Featuring Sarabeth Berk
Dr. Sarabeth Berk is a hybrid professional who also researches hybrid professional identity. She calls herself a creative disruptor because she blends her artist/researcher/educator/designer identities to lead and create innovation strategies that radically connect resources and people in new ways. We discuss: How job titles can cause a professional identity crisis [1:53] The spectrum of jobs…
Read Full PostGet Your Story Straight Featuring Scott Perelstein
Scott is a change management specialist who closes the gap between strategy and implementation. His years of experience translating between planners and doers aids in shepherding teams in the same direction – especially in times of change. We discuss: Hiring for fit, or why life at work might become hard [2:00] How to have a…
Read Full PostMore Leads Through Focus Featuring Jürgen Strauss
Jürgen Strauss is Owner and Chief Innovator at Innovabiz. They partner with innovative, exceptional business coaches and consultants to enable them to increase visibility, build professional credibility and reaching their target ideal audience with their message. The result is more targeted leads and more business. We discuss: Going local after years of international travelling [1:45]…
Read Full PostJump Start Your Consulting Business Featuring Elizabeth Borelli
As the founder of NextCareer Coaching, Elizabeth Borelli has remained a top-ranked career counsellor for multi-national talent conglomerate Lee Hecht Harrison since 2016. She leverages a BA in Psychology and ICF Coaching Credential with multiple accreditations to help her clients find their niche, build their brand and reach their business goals. We discuss: A windy…
Read Full PostWorkplace Culture Consultant Featuring Jenean Perelstein
As a Sociocultural Anthropologist, Jenean Merkel Perelstein has studied behavior change across many different cultures. From the markets and prisons of India to the boardrooms across America, Jenean has learned and implemented change strategies that have saved lives and made fortunes. We discuss: Why we start resenting what we used to love [2:39] Broadening the…
Read Full PostSimply Processes Featuring Sharon Cully
Sharon Cully is the founder of Simply Processes, where she helps entrepreneurs find the time to grow their business, make more money and create more freedom. We discuss: The shock and the relief of a redundancy package [2:21] How a team leader helps their team let go of a job [7:34] How to face the…
Read Full PostHR Consulting After 25 Years in Corporate Featuring Marion Witte
After over 25 years in corporate HR, Marion established the Witte Consulting Group in 2019, an HR consulting, career/executive coaching and team facilitation business. We discuss: The “lucky” ones who are victims of organizational restructuring [2:00] Listening as a way to fine-tune the areas to work on [5:11] The power of referrals: having your very…
Read Full PostFrom Creating Corporate Brands to Chocolatier Featuring Milène Jardine
Milène Jardine is an innovative chocolatier and entrepreneur with a strong background in product development/sales. We discuss: Putting a childhood passion to the test [2:24] Touring kitchens to cook a sustainable business [5:16] Why having a business coach is good when transitioning to entrepreneurship [7:55] Going digital with a chocolate product [9:15] Creative ways to even out the peaks and valleys [10:48] …
Read Full PostFrom Media Job to Launching an Airline Featuring Andrew Schmertz
Andrew Schmertz spent 15 years in the media business, serving as a reporter for NY1 and business anchor for WABC-TV. He was a senior exec at WNET/PBS when he co-founded Hopscotch Air. He was laid off from WNET and was faced with running a new airline. We discuss: A laid-off pilot coming back to his…
Read Full PostMidlife Transitions Featuring Mary K. Rogers
Mary K. Rogers has served as leadership staff of two Chambers of Commerce, the National Association of Women Business Owners, and the Small Business Administration’s Michigan Small Business Development Center. She sold her company, Marigold Women in Business to a division of Pepsi in 2009. She is now self-employed, hosting The Experience 50 Podcast for…
Read Full PostYour Entrepreneurial Path Will Emerge Featuring Riva Greenberg
Riva Greenberg is a health researcher and coach, author, advisor and inspirational speaker. We discuss: Our history does not have to be our future [2:18] How having a supportive partner can be a game changer [6:20] From zero income to a hundred percent income [10:32] If it’s all about the money, you’re going to struggle…
Read Full PostUsing Alternatives to Overcome an Abrupt End to Your Job Featuring Dennis Boyle
Dennis Boyle has over 25 years of experience with large corporations such as E.I. DuPont, Dade Behring and Siemens AG as well as startup companies such as Exalenz Bioscience and MedTest Dx. We discuss: A daily habit to help you prepare for unexpected circumstances [2:12] The responsibility of delivering bad news that affects thousands of…
Read Full PostSelf-Leadership Featuring Jim Strother
Jim Strother leveraged his 25 years of experience in sales, business development, and management to transform businesses and professionals who are on their best path towards success in life. We discuss: How to survive three consequent lay-offs and build a business out of the clutter [1:56] How to “calm” the limiting beliefs that make you…
Read Full PostMe Too, What Now? Featuring Ed Squire
For over 20 years, Ed Squire was a strategic business consultant for Fortune 500 and global companies in the United States, Canada, and Europe. We discuss: There is a lot more to mental health than you think there is [2:15] The impact of the “What do you do?” question [6:51] Staying beyond the “Me too”…
Read Full PostEntrepreneurs Take Charge Featuring Mac Prichard
Mac Prichard is the founder of Mac’s List, a job board and career hub in the Pacific Northwest with a mission to create more human hiring processes for all. Mac is also the author of the book Land Your Dream Job Anywhere and host of the weekly career advice podcast Find Your Dream Job. We discuss:…
Read Full PostYour True Abundance Featuring Laura Rotter
Laura Rotter is a CFA, MBA, CFP™ and founder of True Abundance Advisors, a fiduciary, fee-only financial planning firm located in White Plains, New York with a satellite office in New York City. She helps people both locally, as well as across the country. We discuss: Self-exploration as a way to start working on your…
Read Full PostAuthor Coach and Consultant After 28 Years in Corporate Insurance Featuring Brian Ahearn
Brian Ahearn is the Chief Influence Officer at Influence PEOPLE. He specializes in applying the science of influence in everyday situations. We discuss: The effect of being active outside the walls of your company [2:27] The role of a true leader for employee’s engagement and satisfaction [4:45] The inkling when you know the change will…
Read Full PostThe Power of Human Connection Featuring Alan Cohen
TedX speaker, author, Executive and Team Coach, and proud dog-dad of a three-legged Wheaten Terrier, Alan Samuel Cohen has been called The Team Wizard after leading the successful publicity launch of the Harry Potter series. We discuss: Necessity is the mother of invention [2:40] The silver lining of being laid off from a successful job…
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