Build an Authentic Life with a Business to Support It Featuring Dr. Andy Garrett
With a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett has created a revolutionary personal development protocol – with his Authentic Growth Blueprint signature course. Dr. Andy also has a successful private practice in Newport Beach, CA – where he lives with his wife and two children. We…
Read Full PostHow to Thrive after Being Fired Featuring Robin Merle
Robin Merle has been a senior executive for billion-dollar nonprofit organizations. She’s raised more than a half-billion dollars in philanthropy during her nearly forty years in the field. We discuss: How to be resilient in the face of major career challenges [02:42] The path to adding meaning somewhere to somebody’s life [05:48] Why involuntary exit…
Read Full PostWhat Business Are You Really in as a Consultant Featuring Doug Brown
Doug C. Brown is the CEO of Business Success Factors, international best-selling author of the book Win-Win Selling: Unlocking Your Power for Profitability by Resolving Objections, and a nationally recognized sales revenue growth expert and consultant. We discuss: Lessons from the nonlinearity of careers [02:02] The dots that make career transitioning easier [06:11] What the…
Read Full PostReinventing Your Career Midway Featuring Tamara Lashchyk
Tamara Lashchyk is a Career & Business Coach who helps mid-late career professionals reinvent their careers. We discuss: Struggling with the culture of HR [02:38] Why you can’t outsmart your boss [04:52] Reasons to quit a job even when you’re the top performer [09:08] The number one reason for job dissatisfaction [12:54] Life is a…
Read Full PostLaunching a Solid Creative Business After 2 Months of Unemployment Featuring Wayne Pelletier
Wayne has helped some of the world’s best brands with award-winning design and customer experiences. Unemployment found Wayne in October 2019 and by January 2020 his business was up and running. We discuss: How to springboard into creating opportunities [02:23] A few push-ups away from what’s obvious [04:27] The opportunity behind offering a multichannel strategy…
Read Full PostHow to Name Your Consulting Business Featuring Brad Flowers
Brad Flowers co-founded Bullhorn, an agency that builds impact brands with language and design. Brad leads naming and language generation at Bullhorn. He has a degree in literature, which he finds more useful than he expected. He co-founded the non-profit bike shop, Broke Spoke. Brad is also the author of The Naming Book. He lives…
Read Full PostBecoming a Sales Consultant After the 3rd Severance and a Personal Tragedy Featuring Rock Robinson
Rock Robinson is an accomplished Sales Executive with 40 years of achievement growing revenue with the likes of McGraw-Hill, Sallie Mae, Stericycle & the Univ. of Phoenix. We discuss: The right time to apply for credit [03:24] The five questions you need to ask during networking [05:47] How to store and save good intelligence [12:22]…
Read Full PostHow to Not Live with Regret Featuring Neil Thompson
Neil Thompson is a product development engineer who decided he didn’t want to be in the cubicle anymore, so he went solo. His company, Teach the Geek, works with STEM professionals who want to improve their speaking skills so they can communicative effectively with non-technical people. He also hosts a podcast, the Teach the Geek…
Read Full PostWhy Respect, Collaboration and Communication Drive post-COVID Success Featuring Mark Monchek
Mark Monchek is the Founder and Chief Opportunity Officer of Opportunity Lab, a strategy consulting firm focused on conscious growth. We discuss: Why everybody is going solo today [03:50] The going solo mindset: employer vs worker [07:15] Rockstar successes from Covid going forward [10:05] The keys to make companies responsive [11:30] Unexpected changes as a…
Read Full PostHow to Become the Top Startup Coach in the World Featuring Alisa Cohn
Named “Top Startup Coach in the World” at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards, Alisa Cohn has coached startup founders into world-class CEOs for twenty years. Rated the number one Global Guru of Startups in 2021, she’s worked with Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch. We discuss: The music in your head [02:12]…
Read Full PostTurning Your Side Project into Post-Employment Impact Featuring Dena Grushkin
Following a 36-year career as a public-school teacher, Dena is continuing her love for education as a humanitarian educator, running a non-profit organization she founded 18 years ago. The Dream School foundation supports public education in Nigeria with infrastructure and resources to teach and learn. We discuss: Opportunities are often unexpected [02:13] Taking a chance…
Read Full PostHelping STEM Professionals Be Happy Featuring Gina Covarrubias
Gina Covarrubias is the founder of Deliberate Doing, an exclusive STEM coaching service dedicated to teaching engineers and other technical professionals how to defeat career despair. We discuss: Engineers are famous for figuring things out [02:45] How to get out of the corporate bubble [06:33] How college teaches you to be an employee [11:10] A…
Read Full PostWhy You Should Not Go Solo Alone Featuring Judy Schoenberg and Linda Lautenberg
Judy Schoenberg and Linda Lautenberg are the co-founders of EvolveMe. We discuss: Paying it forward to women in their 50s [1:55] How to make a pivot after taking an 18-year-break from work [03:57] An opportunity to take ownership of your career [07:43] The key to putting one foot in front of the other when times…
Read Full PostTrauma, Healing and Hope After Being Fired Featuring Julie Erickson
Julie Erickson is an executive and career coach who started her own business 15 years ago after being fired from a job and realizing she needed to take another path. We discuss: A Monday morning get going meeting [02:48] How to go where it’s warm [05:39] The dark hallway in-between they never tell you about…
Read Full PostHow to Use Curiosity to Build Your Business Featuring Gail Robertson
Gail Robertson has a degree in Journalism and a Masters in Curiosity! After building a background working in Media, Fundraising, Advertising, Public Relations, and even as the owner of a Bed and Breakfast on Pelee Island, Gail uses her diverse skills to build and grow brands that last a lifetime and beyond. As the owner…
Read Full PostHow to Turn Your Experience into a Business Featuring Bob Goodwin
Bob Goodwin is the founder of Career Club. We discuss: Making job search your job [01:21] You can’t shoot a target you can’t see [03:02] How come the job candidate is unarmed [06:11] A back door entry into companies of interest [09:09] The best learning is the unexpected one [11:20] How people should manage their…
Read Full PostWhy Personal Growth is Integral to Entrepreneurship Act Featuring Josepha Vanderstoop
Josepha started Strathos Coaching and Consulting in January 2021. It was a big leap after working for an employer for her entire 30-year career. Josepha is passionate about helping people and organizations see possibilities, leverage strengths, and achieve goals. We discuss: There is more to life than the financial side [02:07] A very clear North…
Read Full PostHow to Find Work That Makes You Feel Great Featuring Sarah Baker Andrus
Sarah Baker Andrus is the founder and CEO of Avarah Careers, a career coaching business. We discuss: What makes it really hard to plan the next move [02:23] An introspective experience that helps you do what you do [05:25] Why you should say “no” to temporary gigs and interim roles [06:55] What to call yourself…
Read Full PostHow to Recover from Your Role as a Corporate Executive Featuring Melissa Carson
Recovering corporate HR executive turned activator for leaders who want to show up as the best versions of themselves and advisor for organizations focused on creating workplaces that people want to be part of. We discuss: All of the things you [don’t] want to do [01:38] Not necessarily a money maker right up front [04:17]…
Read Full PostI Used to be Somebody Featuring Carl Landau
Carl Landau has started 3 media companies and 5 magazines. He also has created hundreds of live conferences and trade shows. Probably more importantly he has sold his 3 companies. His media companies were in the Software Development, Craft Brewing and Niche Media industry. He sold his last business 2 years ago and has started…
Read Full PostWhy You Need to Connect with Younger Professionals Featuring Charlotte Japp
Charlotte Japp is the founder of CIRKEL, a company that connects older and younger professionals for mutual personal and professional growth. We discuss: A mentorship that works both ways [01:58] A framework for intergenerational spaces [05:38] Splitting energy between a regular job and entrepreneurship [08:48] How the people who want to be helped will…
Read Full PostJust Get Started Featuring Ingor Van Rooi
Ingor is passionate about people. She’s known by many as a storyteller and power-connector. She uses storytelling to share her thoughts and helps others to connect with people and resources to help them flourish. We discuss: The fear of the unknown as a trigger to get into entrepreneurship [01:30] How to transfer your corporate skills…
Read Full PostHow to Become a Profitable Coach When You’ve Been Squeezed Out of Employment Featuring Ed Evarts
Ed Evarts is a leadership coach, team coach, strategist, podcast host, and author who helps successful leaders build their self-awareness so they can self-manage more effectively. We discuss: The difference in people you hire versus those you inherit [01:20] How helping others succeed makes you successful as well [06:05] How to survive the 5-year critical…
Read Full PostHow to Launch Your Second Act Featuring Andy Levine
Andy Levine is the creator and host of “Second Act Stories.” A fascination with storytelling and second acts, triggered the launch of this podcast. He lives in Ocean Grove, New Jersey about five blocks from the Atlantic Ocean. He is always on the lookout for a good story and has traveled across the country to…
Read Full PostEmpowering Your Side B Featuring Paula White
Paula White is a globally recognized sales leader focused on shifting perspective through music. She is experienced in scaling Inside Sales Teams into multi-million stand-alone sales channels. We discuss: The times we choose faster income rather than building a company [02:03] Why corporate work culture makes you want to sleep [03:40] How promotion takes away…
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