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 quick transition from being an employee to becoming an entrepreneur [4:20]
• Why it’s important to schedule time for personal work [7:57]
• Bullets of successes to rely on [10:16]
• Why talking to yourself out loud in the woods is beneficial for your self-confidence [12:26]
• The importance of investing in a cup of coffee [13:29]
• When you know you’ve waited too long to start [15:17]
• The difference between 4% and 74% [17:53]
• How the best plumber becomes the best supervisor [19:23]
• Augmenting live consulting through automated delivery system [22:01]

Scott draws on his Business Management degree from Cornell University as well as a broad book of experiences to build success. From creating new and innovative businesses to shaping the culture within teams and organizations, his work is informed by his various roles as an entrepreneur, supervisor, and board member. 

In 2018 Scott found himself once again developing an entrepreneurial role after leaving higher education facilities, and uses his experience helping others develop leadership and communication skills.

Learn more about Scott at http://alchemieacademy.com.

Brief Description of Gift

A 30-minute consultation call to help listeners develop their own story; A sales personal strengths inventory

URL for free gift

https://mdom9ijm.pages.infusionsoft.net

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 road to a purpose-driven role [1:55]
• Why getting sales as quickly as possible is key to pivoting [5:20]
• How to speed up a start-up business if you have been laid off [7:20]
• The mechanics of prioritizing in networking [9:41]
• The mistake a lot of people make when reaching out to people in their network [13:07]
• A confused mind always says “no” [16:20]
• How to approach an introduction to a second-level decision maker [18:47]
• The [in]credible power of referrals [19:53]
• The more you connect, the more likely you’re going to be connected [21:21]

Learn more about Elizabeth at  www.nextcareercoaching.com.

Brief Description of Gift

A complimentary coaching consultation

URL for free gift

https://nextcareercoaching.com/gift

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 horizon of what success means as a way to solidify your self-confidence [6:11]
• The problem of an anthropologist when dealing with his/her own workplace culture [8:11]
• The feeling of being on a fast train for which you don’t have a ticket [9:39]
• Why you need to get out of your own way [10:57]
• Conflicting beliefs that hold you back from finding clients [13:00]
• How to make change stick before reaching a level of frustration [15:44]
• The commonalities that mess up with productivity [18:20]
• The type of leadership required for “fixing” workplace culture [20:11]
• How to sustain a level of positivity to sustain a level of productivity [22:02]

Jenean is a Business Anthropologist, U.S. Patent holder, and revered speaker who worked as a medical anthropologist before becoming CEO of Alchemie Academy where she has enriched workplace culture for clients ranging from solopreneurs to Fortune 100 companies. When not speaking, she mentors organizations to grow their workplace culture, develop their leadership skills, and achieve a higher level of positivity, productivity, and profitability.

Learn more about Jenean at https://standinyourstrength.com/.

Brief Description of Gift

Your Personal Strength’s Declaration – steps to help you stand in your strength

URL for Free Gift

http://standinyourstrength.com/goingsolo  

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 emotions of transition [9:00]
• The freedom of having a temporary contract [11:17]
• Creating the possibility where you don’t see it [13:24]
• The craftsmanship of online sales [16:30]
• The key to getting unstuck of daily operational details [18:09]
• How to increase income and decrease stress levels by putting processes in place [19:31]
• How a smooth supply chain process could significantly change success levels [20:56]

With 15+ years’ experience working with leading global brands, Sharon has helped companies around the world increase performance, minimize costs and meet customers’ needs. She now helps entrepreneurs scale up by gaining control of their business processes. Sharon was made unexpectedly redundant from a corporate role in 2013, starting a long journey of discovery, which eventually led her to setting up her consulting business.

Learn more about Sharon at www.simplyprocesses.com and LinkedIn.

Brief Description of Gift

Two gifts: a free 45-minute session called Scale Up Your Business, and access to my white paper called Leading your team through a big change with confidence

URL for Free Gift

www.simplyprocesses.com/goingsolo

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 first client cold call you [9:04]
• The pillars of positive mind and maintenance during tough times [11:48]
• The success and monetary value in saying “no” [14:25]
• The ideal client of an HR consultant and executive coach [15:59]
• The most important thing to do after a job loss [17:23]

Leveraging her experience in the chemical and life sciences industries especially DSM and Dow Chemical Marion develops people and organizations globally. Marion is a Certified Master coach and an Everything DiSC national partner. She received her MBA in Human Resources from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Marion believes that everyone has a story that deserves to be heard and she enables leaders and teams to find their potential

Learn more about Marion at https://www.fivebehaviors.com/witteconsultinggroup andLinkedIn.

Brief Description of Gift

Complimentary one hour coaching session

URL for Free Gift

Message Marion on LinkedIn or send her an email at marion@witteconsultinggroup.com

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 calling [2:28]
• The long-term positive effect of being laid off [4:26]
• The psychological process of producing material even if it doesn’t have any monetary reward [7:13]
• The key to going solo: making your bed and wearing your shoes [9:23]
• [12:43]
• The two biggest ingredients to being able to get through a crisis [15:46]
• What smart people need to possess to turn dreams into reality [19:43]

Learn more about Andrew at https://flyhopscotch.com/.

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 question yourself [5:11]
• The positive framework to make lemonade out of lemons in times of economic devastation [8:10]
• How to turn feedback from your network into paid business [9:14]
• The hidden opportunity in honing your skills during major disruptions [14:10]

As he was going through the last downsizing, (3 in five years) he struggled with what he was going to do, and needed to gain some clarity as to what that was going to be. This prompted Jim to reach out to Michael, a former VP he worked for who is now an executive coach. He helped Jim clear the clutter and to realize that he has choices. He helped him see that with Jim’s life experiences and working knowledge of business that he has a lot to offer others who are going through challenging times in their personal and professional life. 

Learn more about Jim at https://www.forwardfocusedcc.com.

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 own [1:33]
• Unexpected opportunities show up to an open heart and mind [4:39]
• The degree of intention once your business starts growing [10:01]
• A blessing that comes after a long frustrating career [12:11]
• The trap of becoming a victim of the worst boss in the world [13:54]
• The power of like-mined people to help you clarify your mission and fulfill it [15:43]
• The financial questions that help life go [17:17]

After 30 years of successfully managing money for institutional investors including Citicorp and Para Advisors, Laura found her definition of abundance shifting. As she reviewed her own financial landscape, Laura realized that abundance wasn’t just about accumulating more wealth, but about employing her wealth to do the things she most valued. Her mindset changed from “I must use my life to make money,” to “I can use my money to make a life.” 

Laura is passionate about sharing her financial planning process, which guides her clients toward decisions that integrate the attainment of both financial security AND life satisfaction as they near retirement.

In addition to her work as a financial life planner, Laura serves as Treasurer of Impact100 Westchester, is on the Professional Advisory Council of the Westchester Community Foundation, and is a member of the finance committee of the Hebrew Free Burial Association.

Learn more about Laura at https://trueabundanceadvisors.com/.

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 have to happen [6:53]
• The relativity between your success and getting to “yes” [9:31]
• All the things that will make you like me will make me like you [10:34]
• [11:51]
• The power of asking over telling [12:47]
• If you’re not feeling well, you feel better talking to a doctor rather than a relative [14:44]
• Why we would take far more actions to avoid losing than we would to gain [16:24]
• A 24/7/365 skill that underlies almost all of the communication we have [18:09]
• How to persuade people to come on board when you’re a new organization [19:17]
• Why you should never underestimate who might be someone who could help you [20:32]

Brian is one of only 20 individuals in the world who currently holds the Cialdini Method Certified Trainer designation. This specialization was earned directly from Robert Cialdini, Ph.D. the most cited living social psychologist on the science of ethical influence.

Brian’s book, Influence PEOPLE: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical, is an Amazon best-seller. His LinkedIn courses have been viewed by more than 90,000 people.

Learn more about Brian at https://www.influencepeople.biz/, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Brief Description of Gift

A 15-minute video on the topic of pre-suasion

URL for Free Gift

Email booklaunch@influencepeople.biz

Marc Miller is the founder of Career Pivot, which helps those in the 2nd half of life design careers that they can grow into for the next 30 years. 

We discuss:

• Businesses which are immune to creative destruction [2:04]
• Why making stuff up won’t get you a job if you’re over 40 [5:03]
• The solution to retire when you want to retire [8:56]
• Going into your 60s with a student loan debt is not a healthy thing to do [10:32]
• If you are going to fail, you better fail fast [12:06]
• Why you should leave behind some of the things you are good at [14:30]
• The ways to make money now that didn’t exist before [16:51]
• Going from a fixed to a growth mindset [19:58]

Marc authored the book Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life published in September 2019. He is a recovering engineer, a multipotentialite and a professional career changer as he has made 6 career pivots over the last 35 years. Marc is also the podcast host of the award winning Repurpose Your Career Podcast. 

Learn more about Marc at https://careerpivot.com/, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Boudewijn Bertsch helps clients bring out the best in themselves and others and originated the Direct Path to Inclusive Leadership Development. 

We discuss:

• What’s common between being unemployed, an entrepreneur and an independent contractor [1:49]
• The relief that comes with having a financial buffer [5:56]
• How to change your internal narrative and work with clients you want to work with [9:09]
• Price strategies that we can control and the ones we can’t [11:03]
• Leadership development: transitioning to Train the Trainers format as a successful practice [12:34]
• The most common problem people deal with [15:24]
• How to know whether you are (and stay) on the leading edge of the field in which you operate [16:57] 
• Bringing out the difference between inclusive leadership and the conventional leadership paradigm [19:26]

Boudewijn facilitates leadership workshops for companies around the world. His approach draws on insights from modern science including, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, systems and complexity theory. He is a Strozzi-certified somatic coach, an executive and life coach. 

Boudewijn was born in the Netherlands and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. He was educated in the Netherlands and Japan. He is married to Riva and loves to play the piano.

Learn more about Boudewijn at http://www.spimanagement.com, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Brief Description of Gift

Two articles – one on The Leadership of Change and one on Flourishing with Diabetes

A free thinking-partner session with Boudewijn

URL for Free Gift

https://www.spimanagement.com/download-gifts

After a long successful career in retail at huge global companies like the Gap and Old Navy, Anne suddenly and unexpectedly got laid off.  She was devastated. Her entire identity was associated with her fancy corporate job. After struggling to land another job, Anne decided enough was enough. She decided to bring a box of art supplies up from the basement and explore her creative side. She discovered surface pattern design and was HOOKED. Anne now has a thriving business that brings her joy every day.

We discuss:

• When the Universe is telling you this is no longer your path [1:39] 
• An art class that changed everything [5:20]
• Why it’s important to take some time off before starting a new job [6:59]
• How to create a structure to keep your sanity while being unemployed [9:35]
• How to turn your doodles into dollars [12:05]
• Helping women manage through change and diversity [16:18]
• Breaking myths: Everything is figureoutable [18:22]
• It’s never too late to create [21:24] 

Learn more about Anne at https://www.annelafolletteart.com/, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Brief Description of Gift

A free 3-part video series on getting started in surface design

URL for Free Gift

https://members.artwithanne.com/Free-Video-Series-Get-Started-in-Surface-Design

Diana George is the founder and president of By George HR Solutions. She has worked with global companies such as BOSE and the luxury watch brand OMEGA. 

We discuss:

• Estimation of effort: Lessons learned from having been an entrepreneur before [2:10]
• Going global when sky is the limit [4:46]
• Your employees are your best brand ambassadors [6:21]
• The kinds of mistakes companies make when it comes to hiring [7:11]
• Why you should set other people for success [10:44]
• When your ideas and vision extend beyond the company you work for [12:12]
• The importance of not chasing money once you get unemployed [13:57]
• Temp agencies as a means to relieving stress in case of a sudden job loss [15:54]
• How to find the right people for your business early on in the process [18:58]
• Ways in which LinkedIn could be useful besides just having a good profile [21:42]

With over three decades’ experience in a career that has encompassed leadership in retail, non-profit, health and wellness and the private sector, Diana works with companies to realize and strengthen the resources they have in their employees. 

Diana consults with organization when they are ready to hire reliable employees so that they can increase their productivity, profitability and improve retention in the workplace.

Learn more about Diana at http://www.bygeorgehr.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Brief Description of Gift

A workbook for entrepreneurs with the 5 questions that every new entrepreneur should consider before they start their business.

URL for Free Gift

http://bit.ly/onpurposeworkbook

Lori Ames has been involved in book publishing and book publicity since the early eighties. After receiving her degree from Hofstra University she began her publicity career at a boutique book publicity agency in New York City. 

We discuss:

• How to start a business from a hospital room [1:44]
• How to use your time efficiently when trying to create a semblance of normalcy [3:20]?
• The successful combination of reputation and knowing what you want [5:24]
• A badge of honor: Why losing your job is losing its stigma [7:34]
• The scariest part of starting a business [9:35]
• Best friends as a means to relieve overwhelming responsibilities [13:13]
• Book publicity as being more than selling books [15:16]
• What book authors need to think about when building a platform [17:36]
• Don’t be a lawyer who lost their job and opened a bar [19:08]

In late 2010, Lori’s son was diagnosed with an inoperable malignant brain tumor, so she left the fast-paced world of Manhattan to care for her son and in the process set up her own agency (her son Robert is doing very well and plays an important role at the company).

Learn more about Lori at http://www.ThePRFreelancer.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

David is a litigation attorney in New York City. His experiences in viewing the criminal justice system from nearly every perspective led him to advocacy to legalize marijuana. He is the Executive and Legal Director of Empire State NORML and a founder of the NYC Cannabis Industry Association. 

We discuss:

• The luckiest person there is [2:04]
• Fighting for a cause that seems inconceivable to achieve [4:21]
• How to overcome disappointment as a challenge in times of transition [5:30]
• A social revolution: The day that no one thought would come [7:04]
• Going all the way back in order to move on [8:42]
• The most important piece of capital you could own [11:30]
• Why you should never stop networking [14:54]
• The essentials of effectively investing in relationships [16:24]
• The rewarding experience of being able to change lives [18:28]

Learn more about David at http://www.HollandLitigation.com, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Martha Sue Yeary is on a quest to find executives and professionals who are golfers or aspiring golfers and love the game but are frustrated at it! 

We discuss:

• How to transition from a non-profit to for-profit company when everybody wants to feed their family [1:41]
• Learning new skills versus starting all over again [7:10]
• Why it is important to have access to what the world is doing [8:18]
• How to partner and network to become known [10:25]
• Happy words for grown-up people [11:40]
• Creating a golf game based on self-belief [13:03]
• How Martha made teaching a sport online possible [14:47]

After over 30 years of bringing fun into golf, Martha’s focus now is to leverage that fun into financial access by showing students how to own their game and create the plan to have it solve their 6-figure income problem!

Learn more about Martha at http://www.EmpoweredGolfers.com, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Brief Description of Gift

A free e-book to reflect upon and improve your golf game

URL for Free Gift

marthasue@bionicgolfpro.com