Powerful at Work Radio

Are you so busy checking things off your to-do list that you lose sight of the big picture? Are you more interested in your own personal gain that you ignore the good of the company? Or, are you so set in your ways and married to your plan that you can’t think outside of the box?

While most leaders don’t like to admit it, Jennifer Thornton knows it’s normal for leaders to get so caught up in the day-to-day that they forget about the long game. Tune into this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode to learn how you can switch gears to focus on how the organization functions and create a culture that supports growth and change…

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About Jennifer Thornton:

Jennifer has developed her expertise in Talent Strategy & Leadership Professional Development over her exciting 20+ year career as an HR Professional. She’s led international teams across Greater China, Mexico, the U.K., and the U.S. to expand into new markets, managing franchise retailers, and developing key strategic partnerships - all while exceeding business objectives and financial results.

The rapid growth of her consulting firm 304 Coaching has been largely due to Jennifer’s unconventional approach to building innovative workforce development solutions for companies who are facing breakthrough growth and accelerated hiring patterns.

She is a sought-after business strategist, specializing in start-ups and large value-based organizations. She assists her clients in building talent strategies that complement their business strategies to ensure exponential growth.

She lives in Texas with her family and rescues. In her free time, she enjoys reading, historic preservation, remodeling her lake home, and spending time with friends.

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Having a favorite is a natural human tendency, but what happens when an employee is brown nosing and how do you tell the difference? In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, learn why it all comes down to a person’s motives…

When you have a self-serving employee, they're not looking out for you, even if it appears that they are on the surface. Tune in to hear why you as the leader need to address brown nosing as quickly as possible to avoid creating a culture of dysfunction in your workplace…

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About Rosa Ponce de Leon:

Rosa Ponce de Leon is a master leadership consultant, public servant, and business adviser. As a 20+ year law enforcement veteran, Rosa has risen through the ranks to Sergeant, leading teams through critical situations with operational mastery. Rosa combines her tried & true leadership experience with her business consulting background to help small business owners build resilient teams & bulletproof work cultures.

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A quick Google search on favoritism will yield results on why favoritism is bad, but can favoritism be good? In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, Rosa explores why acknowledging that we all have favorites can actually help us succeed as leaders.

Tune in to hear why having favorites and playing to your team’s strengths is not only human nature but important in building a strong culture…

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About Rosa Ponce de Leon:

Rosa Ponce de Leon is a master leadership consultant, public servant, and business adviser. As a 20+ year law enforcement veteran, Rosa has risen through the ranks to Sergeant, leading teams through critical situations with operational mastery. Rosa combines her tried & true leadership experience with her business consulting background to help small business owners build resilient teams & bulletproof work cultures.

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How often have you felt riddled with anxiety or stress? Have you felt so frustrated with your workplace culture that you didn’t know how to start bringing about change? Dana Kaplan encourages you to stop waiting until you need mental health services, to go ahead and create a mentally healthy environment within yourself, and for the people you support.

In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, Rosa and Dana talk about why it’s so important to have self awareness to become mentally healthy so that you can create a healthy environment for everyone. We can’t bring change to our workplace without first changing ourselves…

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About Dana Kaplan:

Dana Kaplan, Founder and Owner of Developing Empathetic Education with Dana (DEED)®, is an award winning Gifted and Early Childhood Educator and Social Emotional Intelligence expert, pioneering DEIAB - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging for birth to 12th grade. Dana's niche approach propels rich self-awareness while purposefully empowering children and adults to masterfully and confidently communicate and create the world they crave. Dana leads small and large group workshops, and speaks internationally on how to empower and engage in hard conversations.

Mission: I believe Emotional Intelligence is the driving force behind self-awareness, compassion, inclusivity, and bridging humanity through actionable steps, regardless of age. I purposefully empower, enlighten, and lead with flexibility, curiosity, and feedback while propelling each person to access and utilize their positively powerful voice and create the world they desire!

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You know you’re caught up in the hustle culture when there are never enough hours in the day, your friends and family are wondering if you still exist, and you’re just downright exhausted. Kimberly Smith is all too familiar with what happens when we don’t give ourselves enough space to rest and recover. We get caught up in that fight or flight mentality, and some of us even freeze up.

Tune into this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode to hear how you can escape the hustle culture and ditch your feelings of guilt and shame…

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About Kimberly Smith:

Kimberly Smith is a Resilience & Life Transition Coach and the founder of Encompass Coaching. She is a native New Yorker, proud Houstonian, truth seeker, DEIJ and mental health advocate, yogi, and mother.

Through coaching services, speaking, and writing, Kimberly helps busy women, mothers and entrepreneurs stop stressing and focus, so they can flourish within their careers, families, businesses, and relationships. Kimberly’s clients move through self-doubt, build a positive and resilient mindset while increasing energy and confidence, and crushing their personal and professional goals.

Kimberly is degreed in Sociology and Psychology, is an internationally certified life and career coach, and spent over 10 years in corporate talent acquisition for a variety of industries. She is a servant leader passionate about dissolving the stigma around mental health, and dedicated to empowering others to live more authentic lives full of passion, purpose, courage, freedom and adventure.

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How many “hair on fire” moments could you avoid in your business if you spent more time fireproofing instead of firefighting? Jeff Schwisow is a Strategic Consultant with years of project management under his belt.

One of the best ways to fireproof your business? Have an adaptable strategy that includes everyone on your team. This gives them something to be engaged in that’s meaningful. And when they are a part of the strategy, they know what’s needed to support the plan.

Tune in for Jeff’s secrets for creating a collaborative environment where you can focus on the vision of your company, while your team executes the plan…

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About Jeff Schwisow:

As a speaker, strategic consultant and author of PROJECTIFY, Jeff Schwisow helps businesses become more adaptable and resilient by tapping into the rich diversity of knowledge, experience, thought and perspective that exists within every organisation.

He shows business leaders how valuing difference can help them leverage their leadership and ‘make strategy’. His clients have included: Shell, Chevron, PetroChina, CPB Contractors, Downer Utilities, Powercor/Citipower and many more.

Your responsibility as a leader? Developing other leaders. Let’s face it, your role as it exists today isn’t going to be there forever. Who is going to continue the legacy of your company or your business? And will that person be happy doing it?

Lou & Sherri are leadership coaches with a passion for creating workplace cultures that equip other leaders. Instead of pointing the finger and asking “Who did that?”, strong leaders take the time to understand the “why” behind what happened. Your role as a leader is to find and fill the gaps.

Tune into this Powerful at Work Radio episode to hear Lou & Sherri share their principles that every leader must follow to lead with influence…

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About Lou Everett & Sherri McManus:

As seasoned leadership coaches and trainers with over four decades of combined experience we love serving people and companies throughout their growth transitions. Regardless if you are a solopreneur or at the C-Suite level, Leadership is Influence. Nothing more, nothing less.

Lou and Sherri are your thinking partners offering dedicated and customized continuity plans that are designed to, not only resolve your current struggle, but provide proactive support, training and accountability with the goal of avoiding negative impacts on the growth of your business. Our clients have experienced measurable return, increased productivity, and up to 500% revenue growth.

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When was the last time you sat down to complete a task and weren’t interrupted by a ding of a new message? Or got so overwhelmed with your massive to-do list that you let distractions get the best of you?

Maura Thomas knows that now more than ever our teams are being interrupted and inundated with distractions. And it’s not just a problem for the people we support, leaders are subject to the same habit of distraction. Not only are we less productive, our ability to produce quality work suffers.

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, Maura shares her tips for how you can regain your patience and focus. Because if you can’t control your attention, you can’t control your life.

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About Maura Thomas:

Maura Nevel Thomas is an award-winning international speaker and trainer on individual and corporate productivity and work-life balance, and the most widely-cited authority on attention management. Her proprietary Empowered Productivity™ System has been embraced by the likes of NASA, L’Oreal, and Dell. She is a TEDx Speaker, founder of Regain Your Time, author of five books, and was named a Top Leadership Speaker in Inc. Magazine.

Maura is frequently featured in major business outlets including Business Insider, Fast Company, and Washington Post, and she’s also a regular contributor to both Forbes and the Harvard Business Review, with articles there viewed over a million times.

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In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, Maureen Ross Gemme shares her personal story of overcoming addiction. With over 35 years of sobriety, Maureen knows what it takes to help employees feel safe and connected at work.

Whether someone on your team has an addiction to alcohol, gambling, or even work (yes being a workaholic is an addiction), there are ways that you can support them. It starts with building a culture where people aren’t scared of you. Leaders can also use assessments, such as DISC, to understand their strengths and to play to the strengths of their employees.

Tune in to hear more from Maureen about why she wishes people would stop contributing to the stigma of addiction and help make a difference instead…

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About Maureen Ross-Gemme:

Maureen Ross-Gemme was a drug addict and alcoholic as a teenager and into her early 20s. She got help and achieved a complete transformation which led to an amazing life.

With over 35 years of sobriety, she had a corporate career and now coaches and trains leaders on how to improve their culture at work by doing their own deep inner work. Maureen loves to ride her motorcycle, play with her grandchildren and helps people develop a solid inner support system. Maureen is an Authorized Partner of Everything DiSC and helps leaders to create a culture of caring at work.

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In business we often forget that people are multidimensional. We all have dreams of experiencing new things. Rarely do people like to stay put in the same position. If you’re not offering your employees a way to experience new things, how are you contributing to their growth or happiness?

Imagine the employee that dreams of becoming a pilot some day. Does your company offer something to that effect? It could be as simple as letting that employee leave an hour early every day to take flight lessons.

In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, Kimberly Young shares her journey of self-discovery and uncovering her passion. Tune in to find out how you can help your employees in their own journey and create a win-win for everyone…

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About Kimberly Young:

Kimberly F. Young, CEO & Founder of Forever Young Management Services, LLC, empowers career driven women breakfree of an unfilled life and discover their passion and purpose.

Overcoming abuse, teen pregnancy, and homelessness, Kimberly went on a journey of self-discovery and uncovered her passion of helping others and seeing them succeed in their own life. She uses her CORES method to teach women the various ways to unleash their highest level of potential and talents.

As business owners, we often feel like we have to do everything ourselves. But imagine a workplace culture where your employees are practically begging to take work off your plate…

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, Lily Woi explains how investing in your people gives you the freedom to focus on the strategic parts of your business. When your people are engaged, motivated, and when they are connected to you, they become your first continual and your last line of defense.

Tune in to hear how by making it about your employees, they become committed to your vision and eager to help your business succeed…

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About Lily Woi:

Lily Woi has reshaped her career by 180 when she hit her limit and could not imagine living another day not achieving her full potential. Her journey has been an inspiration to many people, from naively letting her company mould her into another corporate consultant to breaking free, taking charge of her career and carving out a role for herself in her company that fits her passion.

She’s now on a mission to do the same for others and to help leaders understand the value of having people on the team who are truly fulfilled, and how to get there. Lily helps corporate professionals to get purposeful and intentional, to break the glass ceiling and to unleash their full potential. The bottom line is they will get excited about their careers again.

Lily holds a Diploma of Transformational Coaching, is a member of the Institute of Leadership and Management, a trained facilitator for #IamRemarkable workshops and trained in optimizing team dynamics. Lily is also an Executive Contributor with Brainz Magazine.

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Are you taking the time to really get to know your employees? Dana Kaplan, Education Consultant, recognizes that upfront it can feel like a large time investment. But what is the cost of not investing in your employees?

You might be surprised to learn that being curious about the people on your team doesn’t take a lot of time. By giving your employees just a few minutes a day to feel seen, heard, and understood, it has a huge impact on the fulfillment of that employee, while also elevating your entire team!

Tune into this Powerful at Work Radio episode to learn how you can create a space where curiosity leads to more joy, courage, and compassion in your business…

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About Dana Kaplan:

Dana Kaplan, Founder and Owner of Developing Empathetic Education with Dana (DEED)®, is an award winning Gifted and Early Childhood Educator and Social Emotional Intelligence expert, pioneering DEIAB - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging for birth to 12th grade. Dana's niche approach propels rich self-awareness while purposefully empowering children and adults to masterfully and confidently communicate and create the world they crave. Dana leads small and large group workshops, and speaks internationally on how to empower and engage in hard conversations.

Mission: I believe Emotional Intelligence is the driving force behind self-awareness, compassion, inclusivity, and bridging humanity through actionable steps, regardless of age. I purposefully empower, enlighten, and lead with flexibility, curiosity, and feedback while propelling each person to access and utilize their positively powerful voice and create the world they desire!

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Society often defines success as having the dream job, the model home, the fancy car, and the picture perfect family. But what if you have all of that and still feel unhappy?

Michael Seaver, Leadership Coach, experienced this unhappiness firsthand. It’s how he learned to transform his pain into his purpose. His trick for breaking free from the pain? Instead of waiting years and building on all of those painful moments, learn to release the pain in a short burst of time. He wants everyone to understand that even if you feel at a point of hitting rock bottom, it’s okay, it’s not the end.

Tune into this Powerful at Work Radio episode to learn how you too can transform your pain into your purpose…

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About Michael S. Seaver:

Michael S. Seaver is an award-winning executive coach, leadership consultant, keynote speaker, and author. He’s on a mission to unlock human potential to help people uncover and live their purpose, and live a more meaningful and authentic life. His unique methodology has revolutionized how leaders can live authentically and how organizations engage employees. He offers no-nonsense strategies to help people find confidence in their life’s narrative, commonalities across generations working today, and ways to communicate with emotional intelligence.

For more than 25 years, Michael has led teams and has coached global leaders. He’s invested thousands of hours in the “arena” managing personal and organizational change, guided others to uncover their lives’ missions, and taught leaders how to create psychological safety by inviting employee life experiences into the workplace.

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As women leaders, we have a lot of responsibility on our shoulders. We’re raised to believe it’s our job to take care of everyone. We’re balancing raising children, taking care of our homes, and finding time for ourselves. And when we get to work, we’re expected to check our home lives and emotions at the door.

Blake Schofield wants to see more humanity brought into the workplace and into Corporate America. We are not robots and our employees aren’t either. We each have our fears, doubts, and anxieties. When we can’t express our emotions, we create environments where people are constantly redoing things and afraid to make a move.

In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, tune in to hear how embracing emotions in your company opens the door to greater success…

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About Blake Schofield:

Blake Schofield is the Founder of Connections Illuminated, a mom of three and former corporate executive who spent 18 years in Corporate America building, growing and turning around 8 and 9-figure businesses.

Despite her success, Blake constantly found herself feeling unsettled, chasing the next job or promotion to "make it better" so she could finally do fulfilling work and be able to have the time she wanted to have a less stressful and more present family life.   Blake's personal journey through three career changes, years of seeking the right path for her life, overcoming the fear and doubt of forging a new path, and successfully building and running her own multi six figure business is the basis of the work she does everyday.

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In the world of social media marketing, Kara Hoholik believes that building a true connection with your audience takes research, vulnerability and authenticity. When it comes to creating a team of high performers, the same principles apply.

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, Kara talks about how she built a team of nine employees in just two years. Her secret to building a rock star team? It starts with embracing humanity in the work and understanding that we all have lives outside of work.

Tune in to hear how giving a little grace can benefit your business tenfold…

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About Kara Hoholik:

Kara Hoholik helps social impact business leaders create compelling content to build community around their work. As the founder of Social for Good, she works to amplify positive messaging, connect others online, and spark belief in a vision for a better future.

Kara lives on a farm outside of Grand Rapids, MI with her husband and 3 bright and wild children. When she’s not wiping muddy feet, you can find her reading with a cup of cold coffee still sitting in the microwave. Growing up in New Jersey, Kara studied sociology and Spanish, and made time to travel to Costa Rica. She then moved to Michigan to pursue a Master’s Degree in Education, fell in love with the slow vibe (and a guy), but stayed for the craft beer.

Kara feels most like herself when she travels - immersed in a new culture and place. She openly struggles with anxiety, though she admits it often fuels her passions in a good way.

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The expectation used to be that someone would stay working in one industry throughout their entire career. But today’s workforce has changed and Paula Cowan knows it’s commonplace for people to change careers, maybe even more than once or twice!

While some people may see this as starting over, Paula sees this as a way to bring a valued skill set to a new industry. In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, learn why hiring someone who has changed careers isn’t a bad thing and why it can be advantageous to your business…

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About Paula Cowan:

Paula Cowan is a Career Transition Strategist and Energy Clearing Practitioner.

She became the resource she needed 20 years ago when she was navigating her first career upheaval along with her own mental health struggles.  Drawing on her background in Human Resources and Behaviour Therapy, she now helps the 47% of employees who are really unhappy with their job to finally do something about it with her customized Career Shift and/or Jumping Ship programs.

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Playing sports takes drive, determination, and discipline. It also means being coachable, humble and resilient, all of which are core qualities in any great leader.

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, Lee Hackett shares his journey from soccer player to CEO. He shares why being the “tough as nails” leader was not the way, but becoming obsessed with what he didn’t know and staying curious was what transformed him into a stronger leader and business owner.

Tune in to hear more about Lee’s journey and why it's always about the team, not an individual person...

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About Lee Hackett:

Lee is the CEO of BluprintX, responsible for their strategic growth. He specialises in straight-talking consultancy for C-Level at some of the largest organisations in the world.

Lee was a professional footballer with Wigan Athletic FC before turning to the world of business.

As a seasoned operator and investor of start up businesses, Lee specialises in how to drive revenue and improve scalability through the power of data and technology. He has played a leading role in the creation and scaling of 7 startups in 3 continents over the last 10 years, driving over £50 million in net new revenue without a single penny of outside investment. Several became market leaders within 1-3 years, leading to trade sales to FTSE 200 organisations and global companies.

A leading practitioner of BrandTech for amazing customer experience, Lee is a popular public speaker on marketing, big data, people transformation, entrepreneurship and how to grow profitable business quickly. He is a firm believer in using technology and innovation to drive modern organisations, speaking around the world in key cities such as London, Tokyo, New York and more.

Lee hosts BluprintX's podcast series, Level Up, which documents a raw look into real business issues. If you’re interested in featuring as a guest on the podcast or having Lee speak at your event, contact Lee at speaking@thisisbluprint.com.

Lee is currently working on his first book, which will show entrepreneurs and startups how to master data to scale up their business.

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As entrepreneurs, we often take pride in how busy we are, but are we busy doing the right things? It might sound counterintuitive, but slowing down is one way to speed up and accomplish more in your day.

Teri Karjala is a thought leader who knows that “powering through” is not the secret to success. In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, Teri shares her recipe for time management and why multitasking is actually one of the biggest “time sucks” in your day.

Find out how you can be more intentional with your time, stay focused, and get some time back into your day...

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About Teri Karjala:

Teri Karjala is a Transformational Life Strategist, the founder of Creative Counseling Center,  host of her podcast, Talking With Teri, and the bestselling author of Be The Magic of You: Tools to Transform Your Life with a foreword written by Jack Canfield. She is a Premier Success Coach with eWomen Network and a coach with Forbes. She has been featured on many television shows, podcasts, and radio shows, including Hay House.

Teri is a thought-leader in female empowerment and entrepreneurship. Teri has combined her counseling background with energy psychology and applied the principles of quantum physics to transform people’s lives.

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Imagine if instead of paying employees for their time, they were paid for the results they produced. How would that shake up your culture? Elinor Moshe knows it would be one way to identify the real high performers on your team.

You might hear “high performer” and think of the charismatic, cheerleader type. That might not be the case, your high performer might actually be the quiet, “boring” employee who has a silent power. A high performer is that person who consistently and continuously produces results that exceed what the company expects.

Tune into this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode to learn why listening to your high performers is so important...

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About Elinor Moshe:

Elinor once stood at the periphery of her own career, feeling lost, invisible, confused. She gave away power and agency over her own trajectory, feeling dulled and limited. She then realized diminishing herself to fit in will never work.

Elinor took back control over her career, maintained extreme ownership and unwavering self-belief in her vision and her purpose.

This led to Elinor founding Australia’s first ‘construction coach’, The Construction Coach. As a Thought Leader, Elinor is also the host of the leading industry podcast, Constructing You and Author of Constructing Your Career.

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If you asked your team the mission of your company, would each person have a similar answer? Or would their answers be all over the place? As a serial entrepreneur, Jeff knows that if you want to get your team moving in the same direction, it takes a well-defined culture -- one that is put into practice daily. If your team doesn’t know who you are, why you're there, where you're going, and what you stand for, you could be setting your company up for failure…

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, Jeff also talks about the future of remote work and why leaders should be open minded when considering this as an option for their team. He urges leaders to be cautious about jumping to conclusions before researching the facts.

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About Jeff Wald:

The world will make room for you when you show up for yourself. Lauren Saunders has experienced rapid growth in her business and knows one thing for sure: Having a successful business starts with setting intentions around what it is that you want to create, and then following the next thing that comes your way. When you take a position of inquiry rather than fear, it leads you to where you want to go faster than anything else.

How are you creating the space for the next great thing in your life? Start by doing the mindset work. If you don’t believe in the product or service you’re selling, how do you expect it to be wildly successful?

Tune in to this week’s Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode to hear how you can be in alignment with your inner narrative to create success in your life and business...

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About Lauren Saunders:

Lauren Saunders is a business and manifestation expert who teaches heart-driven business owners how to align their thoughts, actions, and beliefs to create the success they desire.

At the age of 28, she left her career as a high school art teacher for a life of entrepreneurship, and she’s built two full-time businesses by implementing mindset, marketing, & manifestation strategies that actually work. Her experience and massive success has allowed her to coach business owners all over the world into full-time entrepreneurship.

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Are you a leader who struggles with getting your employees on the same page? Jacqueline Wales knows it’s normal for leaders to feel this way. She also knows that you don’t have to take months and years to change things, that you can change things in a matter of weeks. It’s all about how you show up…

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast, Jacqueline shares how you can transition from something that’s not working for you to something that is working for you. And if you want your team to bring about change, start by meeting their three innate needs. When they are met, people will do what they need to do and give you their best.

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About Jacqueline Wales:

For more than 35 years, Jacqueline Wales has explored human behavior and asked tough questions to discover hard truths. She believes in the power of fearlessness to create the career and life you want.

As a motivational speaker, professional coach, author of The Fearless Factor and other books, Jacqueline has helped countless people become more empowered, confident, and resilient.

Her work focuses on leaders who will dig into self-discovery, take accountability for their actions and responsibility for their decisions. She challenges herself daily to be better and challenges her clients to do the same—pushing boundaries and breaking through excuses to achieve results.

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As leaders we often do our best to champion our employees, giving them extra encouragement when they need it most. Unfortunately when it comes to Imposter Syndrome, this type of positive reinforcement might not be helping in the way we intend. So what happens when you give someone positive reinforcement only for them to be met with self doubt and feelings of imposter syndrome?

In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, Victor Mosconi shares why positive reinforcement may not be helping your employees overcome their feelings of inadequacy. Tune in to hear Victor share what you as the leader can do instead.

Together you can make a world of difference with your employees and how they internalize their accomplishments and achievements.

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About Victor Mosconi:

Victor has had a life-long experience with imposter syndrome and has learned how to recognize it, reframe his thoughts and make it work for him. He is a PhD Candidate in Psychology, with a MS in Psychology of Leadership Development and Coaching, and an MA in Industrial & Organizational Psychology. Former history/social science middle school teacher, and he is the founder of Imposter Solution coaching. He uses his experience, knowledge, training, and coaching skills to help women leaders and entrepreneurs overcome their self-doubt and imposter thoughts to develop the mindset to achieve the goals and life they desire.

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Are you clear on what direction your company is headed? Have you established which values are going to take it where you want it to go? Kristen McAlister knows that if you’re not clear on your company’s values, that your team will create their own culture and that often leads to conflict.

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, Kristen shares why leaders should lead with humility and be comfortable with not knowing every facet of their business. Learn how you can put more trust into your team and get the right people to come to your organization. Hint, you don’t need to have all the answers, just know what questions to ask.

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About Kristen McAlister:

Kristen McAlister is co-owner for Cerius Executives. Kristen has spent most of her career helping companies establish and improve their infrastructure for high growth. She has grown companies and created optimal infrastructure from both an operational and client management perspective. Kristen has spent the last ten years teaching companies how to leverage executives for transitional situations such as high growth and turnarounds. She is a national speaker and is published on topics ranging from operations and productivity to talent management and the contingent workforce.

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As a Technology Executive, Keith Murley knows that getting your team to love and embrace new technologies and processes can be challenging. Oftentimes people fear that the new way of doing things will actually complicate things or even take longer than doing things “the way we’ve always done them”. And leaders are met with resentment.

The best way to get buy-in? Have strong relationships with people. Are you implementing a new idea without doing the research to see if it’s a true help and not a hindrance? Are you listening to feedback or are you too focused on completing the project? How you show up for your team is what ultimately builds trust and gets them to support new technology and processes.

In this Powerful at Work Radio, tune in to find out how you can do work differently...

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About Keith Murley:

Keith Murley is driven by an innate curiosity of life, endless hunger for learning, and empathy to serve.

Keith’s great-grandfather was head of the Department of Classical Languages at Northwestern University, whose work has been memorialized in the U.S Library of Congress; his grandfather, an early member of IBM Corporation, was employed as a programmer and mathematician, authoring and co-authoring many scientific and technical journal articles, as well as being the grantee of three US patents; his father, a software developer, designer and entrepreneur, contributed to the manufacturing industry utilizing robots, electronic monitoring equipment and logic controllers.

“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”

Keith is a multi-talented entrepreneur, business and technology leader, and philanthropist, with a proven track record of exceptional performance. Graduating early from high school, he studied computer information systems and completed further specialized training in the areas of strategic business management, disaster recovery / business continuity, and network administration. Keith speaks English and Spanish fluently, having had the privilege of living with his family as a child in Ecuador.

For nearly two decades, he has successfully completed progressively larger business strategic initiatives and technology projects across diverse industries and globally extended teams. Keith has been celebrated by many colleagues, clients, and partners as the best of his kind.

Today, Keith Murley serves as the CEO of MAAPPEN, a strategic technology consulting firm, and the Founder of The Center for Good, a global philanthropic organization.

Keith is passionate in helping individuals and businesses to define, optimize, and keep score of their goals, both personally and professionally.

It starts with people, always.

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Now more than ever, people are bringing their whole selves to work. Long gone are the days of keeping home life and work life separate. So what does that mean for you as the leader or business owner?

It means showing your employees that you care and are invested in them both professionally and personally. Margo Fowkes knows one way to help your team feel seen and understood is to touch base with your team consistently. Check in regularly so you can tell when something is out of the ordinary and they might need some time off or a little extra encouragement.

Tune into this Powerful at Work Radio episode to hear how being a caring leader can create an empowered culture where employees feel safe, comfortable and ready to work together...

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About Margo Fowkes:

Margo Fowkes (pronounced “Folks”) is the founder and president of OnTarget Consulting Inc., a firm specializing in helping organizations and individuals act strategically, improve performance and achieve their business goals. Margo works with clients to solve problems of productivity, morale and innovation.

Before founding her own consulting firm in 1994, Margo held positions in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. A former budget analyst for the United States Budget Committee, she has worked for all levels of government – federal, state and local. She has also worked with a range of businesses from Fortune 500 companies to sole proprietorships.

Active in community service, Margo has served on several nonprofit boards as well as founded and run her own nonprofit. During her tenure as an instructor at the Nonprofit Resource Center in Sacramento, Margo provided training through the BOARDLINK™ program.

Inspired by her son Jimmy who died in 2014 after an eight year battle with brain cancer, Margo launched Saltwater an online community that provides a safe harbor for those who have lost someone dear to them – a child, parent, spouse, sibling, close friend or pet. 

Connect with Margo:

If you want your business to grow or your idea to take off, you’ve got to innovate. Paul Sloane is an Innovation Consultant that encourages leaders and teams to use “lateral thinking”. What’s lateral thinking? It’s approaching a problem from new directions.

As a leader, are you empowering your team to experiment and take risks? Or have you become risk averse?

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, learn why it’s so important to show the destination but let your team choose the route...

Episode Outline:

[18:52] Why does your team need freedom and a budget?

About Paul Sloane:

Lateral thinking expert and pioneer of innovative leadership, Paul Sloane is a highly sought after motivational speaker. Blending puzzle challenges with authoritative business messages, Paul provides practical and memorable lessons. An innovative leader who specialises in creative challenges Paul can entertain an after-dinner audience, deliver a keynote speech, or facilitate.

No one wants to feel like a cog in a wheel, people want to feel valued. In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, learn how you can use empathy and vulnerability to connect with the people on your team.

Chuck and Ashley Elliott are Relationship Specialists that know that people make better decisions when they are in a positive space. So how can you as a leader help your employees switch from a negative mentality to a positive one?

We often feel like we shouldn’t blur the line between our professional and personal personas. But when you embrace the heart of a servant leader, and think about how you can best serve and develop your people, you’ll see it takes developing the whole person, not just the professional version. If you take a long term approach to drawing the best out of each individual, everyone wins!

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About Chuck & Ashley Elliott:

In addition to being a pastor and a professor, Chuck and Ashley Elliott are relationship specialists who help people build thriving personal and professional relationships. Their marriage, career, and grief content is available on many platforms including RightNow Media and YouVersion.

Understanding that building a legacy happens only with great intention, they speak, coach, and offer online programs to help individuals increase awareness of the cognitive and behavioral patterns that impact their work and family life.

How many times have you become frustrated when someone on your team didn’t deliver the result you were expecting? Did you pause to find out why that happened? Or did you assume it was an issue with your team? Jill Schiefelbein knows that miscommunication is one of the biggest problems leaders face.

When leaders miscommunicate, it’s often coming from a place of making certain assumptions about what our team knows. We assume that they understand our values, our mission and what we are hoping to accomplish.

Tune into this Powerful at Work Radio episode to hear how you can do an “assumption audit” and get your team working towards the same goal...

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About Jill Schiefelbein:

Jill Schiefelbein is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and recovering academic. She taught business communication at Arizona State University for 11 years before venturing into entrepreneurship.

Jill’s business, The Dynamic Communicator®, helps organizations navigate the physical and digital communication spaces to attract customers, increase sales, and retain clients. Her latest book, Dynamic Communication: 27 Strategies to Grow, Lead, and Manage Your Business hit stores March 2017.

We often hear about the high cost of workplace turnover, but what about the cost of a toxic workplace environment? A toxic workplace costs more than just money, it costs good people, creativity, and innovation, just to name a few.

Neil Schambra Stevens knows that having a kind, supportive environment is crucial to the success of any business. Because if you want to inspire people, if you want people to take risks, and if you want people to innovate, they have to be able to fail in the safety of their environment.

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, Neil shares his principles for creating a calm, and safe environment. They include kindness, resilience, momentum, and gratitude.

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About Neil Schambra Stevens:

Neil Schambra Stevens is a Founder, Advisor and People Strategist, focusing on well-being and productivity in the workplace, especially for the Next Generation of leadership.

He draws on over 20 years' experience as a CMO/VP with Fortune 500 brands and corporations, including Converse, Vans, Levi's, and Polaroid.

This experience has highlighted the importance of putting 'People First' and encouraging them to be their best selves, both individually and collectively as a team.

He believes in the importance of people to be seen, to be heard and to be valued and has created bespoke programs and strategies to enable leaders to achieve this whilst working remotely.

He enables this through practices in kindness, gratitude, momentum and resilience, which are the founding principles of Mercury Jam, his business consultancy.

Originally from the UK, his career path has enabled him to collect life and work experiences along the way across Europe, Asia and US.

Neil believes in simplicity and encourages the principle of "Working From Anywhere', and currently lives and runs Mercury Jam from a houseboat in Amsterdam.

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Are you a leader who feels trapped in your ways? Or have you embraced a growth mindset? Erin Jewell is an Executive Coach who knows that to be a successful leader, it requires being intentional. If you’re a leader who feels that it’s your responsibility to have all the answers, you could be limiting your team and on the fast track to burnout.

Tune in to find out why a learner’s mindset leads to innovation and creativity, the keys to sustainability for any organization. Hint: Be the leader who is okay with not knowing it all. Lean on your team to support you.

Episode Outline:

About Erin Jewell:

Erin was raised with the belief in the possibility that she could do anything, so she ended up

quite quickly having a successful career in Sales Leadership positions in the

pharmaceutical and medical device industry (Pfizer, Boston Scientific, Medtronic). She

jumped four positions from individual contributor to global director of 3 business lines, 80

million in revenue, 200 direct and indirect reports, and felt completely unprepared. After 15

years in the healthcare sector, she decided that it was time to take a big leap and Co-

Founded her own healthcare Start-Up, that built online wellness platforms. As it wasn't

scalable and IT wasn't their core competency half a million later and 3 years down the line

she stopped it. Now Erin is an Executive Mindset and Growth Coach, International Speaker

and Professor of Leadership at Villanova University. As a Coach, Erin works with high-level

executives to make the most out of their teams so they can have more impact.

In this two-part series of Powerful at Work Radio podcast, Rosa speaks to Dov Baron, Leadership Strategist. As someone with years of experience and a global leadership perspective, Dov has seen many companies experience the Peter Principle. The Peter Principle happens when someone has risen up through the ranks and is now in a leadership position, but without the leadership skills necessary to successfully lead. This ends up being a recipe for disaster for everyone involved.

In Episode 45, Rosa and Dov explore the deeper layers of emotional maturity and the deep work that is needed to achieve it.  Dov encourages leaders to focus on becoming a better leader by working on both their emotional intelligence and their emotional maturity. As a bonus, you’ll hear his example about empathy versus compassion.  Tune in to hear more about how you can approach leadership from a place of service and avoid the Peter Principle...

Episode Outline:

About Dov Baron:

Dov Baron is “The Dragonist”, Inc. Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker, #1 Fortune 500 Podcast Host, Entrepreneur Magazine contributor, Loyalty Authority. Guiding us in how to recognize and nurture dragons (the top talent) hidden in our organizations. A Dragon Leader is not a position, it’s someone who is always pushing to improve and wants those they serve to reach their full potential.

Dov’s humour and no-BS style is contagious. As a master storyteller, he is considered to be the leading authority on actualized leadership. Actualized leadership means getting the result you set out to achieve in the most meaningful manner.

Working with diverse leaders and executive teams, Dov filters common bonds to create Fiercely Loyal cultures. You can’t achieve loyalty without “meaning” and talent only stay when they feel they are a part of something larger than themselves.

Besides being a bestselling author of One Red Thread and Fiercely Loyal: How High Performing Companies Develop and Retain Top Talent, Dov has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers to Hire and as one of the Top 30 Global Leadership Guru's. He has spoken to the United Nations, The World Management Forum (Iran), The New York National Speakers Association, and The Servant Leadership Institute.

In this two-part set of Powerful at Work Radio podcast episodes, Rosa speaks to Dov Baron, Leadership Strategist. As someone with years of experience and a global leadership perspective, Dov has seen many companies experience the Peter Principle. The Peter Principle happens when someone has risen up through the ranks and is now in a leadership position, but without the leadership skills necessary to successfully lead. This ends up being a recipe for disaster for everyone involved.

In Episode 45, Rosa and Dov explore the deeper layers of emotional maturity and the deep work that is needed to achieve it.  Dov encourages leaders to focus on becoming a better leader by working on both their emotional intelligence and their emotional maturity. As a bonus, you’ll hear his example about empathy versus compassion.  Tune in to hear more about how you can approach leadership from a place of service and avoid the Peter Principle...

Episode Outline:

About Dov Baron:

Dov Baron is “The Dragonist”, Inc. Magazine Top 100 Leadership Speaker, #1 Fortune 500 Podcast Host, Entrepreneur Magazine contributor, Loyalty Authority. Guiding us in how to recognize and nurture dragons (the top talent) hidden in our organizations. A Dragon Leader is not a position, it’s someone who is always pushing to improve and wants those they serve to reach their full potential.

Dov’s humour and no-BS style is contagious. As a master storyteller, he is considered to be the leading authority on actualized leadership. Actualized leadership means getting the result you set out to achieve in the most meaningful manner.

Working with diverse leaders and executive teams, Dov filters common bonds to create Fiercely Loyal cultures. You can’t achieve loyalty without “meaning” and talent only stay when they feel they are a part of something larger than themselves.

Besides being a bestselling author of One Red Thread and Fiercely Loyal: How High Performing Companies Develop and Retain Top Talent, Dov has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers to Hire and as one of the Top 30 Global Leadership Guru's. He has spoken to the United Nations, The World Management Forum (Iran), The New York National Speakers Association, and The Servant Leadership Institute.

Kelly Hoey gets the power of networking. She knows the importance of investing in the people you connect with is a huge factor in your career success. Kelly shares networking secrets she learned when she studied the success of people in organized networks.  If you can link arms and look for that mutually beneficial win-win, networking opens up the door for stepping out of your comfort zone, owning your expertise, and finding opportunities that you might not otherwise know about.

Tune in to hear how you can build your expertise, build your network and build your bank account (yes, invest in that ‘me fund’)...

Episode Outline:

About Kelly Hoey:

Have your own limiting beliefs prevented you from finding the right organization to work for? Sue Schultz knows that landing the right job takes more than luck, it takes planning and research. As an applicant, have you done your homework? How do you know the organization you’re applying to is a good fit for your talents?

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, Sue shares her insider tips on how you can connect your talents with the right organization. Hint: Be prepared to ask your own questions during the interview....

Episode Outline:

About Sue Schultz:

Sue Schultz is a coach and mentor. She has guided clients through the world of Talent Management for over 30 years.

From placing cold calls for various recruiting firms to running her own recruiting business, Sue understands what it takes to find your dream job and live your best life.

Learn about The Integrated Life Academy or personalized coaching opportunities that will help get your life and career on track.

As a child diagnosed with ADHD and Dyslexia, Alex was fortunate to get the help and resources throughout her years as a student. Unfortunately transitioning into the workplace wasn’t quite as smooth and resources were limited. Despite bringing her unique gifts and some pretty awesome talents to her employer, she didn’t have an environment that supported her disability.

In this Powerful at Work Radio podcast episode, learn what you can do as a leader or business owner to support those on your team who may need extra support. When you create a workplace environment that helps someone with a learning disability to thrive, you’ll be surprised at how everyone else will benefit too. Tune in to hear how you can have a win-win for your team...

Episode Outline:

About Alex Gilbert:

Alex Gilbert (She/her) is a New Yorker, a Mets fan, a yogi, and a brunch enthusiast. She also has dyslexia and ADHD.

After spending her career working in leadership development, she decided to start a consulting and coaching business that will help adults with learning disabilities and/or ADHD like herself who have been struggling in their careers. Her business, Cape-Able Consulting, was created to help them navigate their day-to-day workloads so that they feel supported and are able to reach their highest potential.

Her biggest goal in creating Cape-Able Consulting is to change the stigma surrounding learning disabilities/ ADHD by reminding people what they Cape-able of.

Being an entrepreneur doesn’t mean you have to burn the candle at both ends. There’s no gold star for working 13 hour days. Some of the best inventions have been created during times of rest and play. Your business needs that too!

In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, Kris Ward talks about the 3 D’s: damaging overhead, diminished opportunity and delayed income. Tune in to learn why it’s important to follow the 60-40 rule of divvying up the administrative and your creative work…

Episode Outline:

About Kris Ward:

As an accomplished software developer, Mark Hershberg is no stranger to the tech world. Like many of us have experienced, the people he was hiring had the technical skills for the job, but lacked the leadership and people skills. In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, Rosa and Mark talk about how you can use peer learning as a cost efficient way to give your people the training they need and desire. Mark also tells us why titles are important, and how regardless of our job titles, we can bring our different perspectives to work together to make a better solution. Tune in to hear how you can strengthen your team while getting them to work more efficiently...

Episode Outline:

About Mark Herschberg:

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. He’s 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 nonprofits Techie Youth and Plant a Million Corals.

In her engineering experience, Dr. Eva Lantsoght, uses research, tools and collaboration to determine if a bridge needs to be rebuilt or reinvented. In order for her projects to be as successful as possible, it takes a unique blend of art and science, sometimes even Artificial Intelligence! Tune in to find out how Eva is interacting with tomorrow's generation and working to equip them to take over...

Episode Outline:

About Dr. Eva Lantsoght:

Dr. Eva Lantsoght is a Full Professor in Civil Engineering in Ecuador and tenured assistant professor in the Netherlands. Her blog PhD Talk addresses the mechanics of doing research, PhD life, and general academic matters. Find her @evalantsoght.

Janet Birgenheier knows that finding your calling doesn’t happen overnight. Through her career in Corporate America, she’s learned that it takes a great mentor who is willing to stretch and motivate you. When you’re clear on your values, passions and strengths, you’re on the path to identifying your calling and feeling fulfilled. Tune in to hear what happened when Janet realized she had more than one calling...

Episode Outline:

About Janet Birgenheier:

Retired from the field of change management in corporate America, Janet Birgenheier is now a  career coach. She guides her clients to realize their visions for meaningful work by living their  values, following their passions, and leveraging their strengths. Janet has written The Mentoring  Difference: Stories to Inspire Your Career Transformation.

Her own mentoring experience moved Janet to tell her transformation story. Entering  corporate America in a male-dominated industry, her mentor guided Janet to master important  skills and even more important life lessons. She gained the confidence, assertiveness, and courage that drove her later success.

Nine additional, true stories reveal how women and men in a variety of fields transformed  under their mentors’ guidance. The concluding chapters capture enlightening themes across  the stories and relevant, actionable advice on receiving a mentor and nurturing the  relationship.

During her corporate career, Janet led teams at major financial services, health care, and  technology organizations and advised others as a consultant. She has a Master of Science in  organization development from the University of San Francisco.

As an Israeli moving to America, Noa shares her experience with transition and how she overcame the feeling of being lost. As she adapted, she was called to help others navigate through transitions happening in their lives.

Even though the experience will differ from person to person, grief is present in most transitions. When someone's connection with a thing, place, or person they have associated affection towards is disrupted by change or transition – the feeling of grief takes place.

Tune in to hear how you can leverage your emotions to adapt through transition, or to help someone on your team deal with change...

Episode Outline:

About Noa Ronen:

Noa Ronen is your out of the box coach. She is also an author, vlogger, disruptor, and coffee lover.

She brings more than 20 years of experience in Change Management, Human Resources, Project Management, and coaching.

She encourages progressive and social business leaders and their teams to challenge the norms so they can create the change they desire.

Noa’s personal relocation experience resulted in a refreshing view of the world that invites you rather than looking for others' differences to open your mind and heart to see people and situations differently. This is what Noa calls BEyond Leadership where your new way of being inspires and influences others. If you would like to go to BEyond: Leadership check her book: BEyond: Leadership from AwareLess to AwareNess.

Dr. Benjamin Ritter knows that if you want your organization to change, you need to start with the people on your team. To get the change you’re after, start by asking yourself what type of culture you are creating.

Do employees enjoy room for creativity and change? And is everyone getting the training and support they need? Tune in to hear why it’s so important that you get to the heart of “why” and use that to cultivate engagement, growth, and a sense of purpose for everybody on your team.

Are you leading with purpose and clear on your intent? Find out more in this episode of Powerful at Work Radio!

Episode Outline:

About Dr. Benjamin Ritter:

Dr. Benjamin Ritter, is a leadership, career, and empowerment coach, national speaker, podcaster, author, mentor, and passionate about guiding others in finding, creating, and sustaining a career they love.

With over 10 years of experience coaching and a background in organizational leadership and adult learning theory Dr. Benjamin Ritter understands how to navigate any career path you decide you want to travel.

Since launching his coaching practice he has guided hundreds of professionals toward creating the career they love and has impacted thousands through his events and media content.

From empowering young professionals to take accountability and feel empowered over their own levels of job satisfaction and careers, to guiding senior leadership on how to stand out from the competition, develop executive presence, and discover meaningful work, Ben is an expert in his field that will guide you toward truly living for yourself at work and in life.

Alisa Cohn believes that leadership is an unnatural act; meaning all of us have work to do to become better leaders. One way to become a better leader? Have the self awareness to know if you really want to be a leader in the first place. Oftentimes as entrepreneurs, we get so caught up in our product or our ideas, that we have a hard time letting go and shifting that power to the people on our teams. Tune in to hear Alisa talk about why you need to start by managing yourself first...

Episode Outline:

About Alisa Cohn:

Named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards in London, Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. A one-time startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor, she was named a top 30 “Global Guru” and has worked with startups such as Venmo, Etsy, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch. She has also coached CEOs and C-Suite executives at enterprise clients such as  Dell, Hitachi, Sony, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, The New York Times, and Calvin Klein.

Alisa is a sought after speaker and has keynoted events for companies such as IBM, PwC, Dell, Standard Chartered Bank, and Citi. Inc named Alisa one of the top 100 leadership speakers.

Her articles have appeared in HBR, Forbes, and Inc, and she has been featured as an expert on Bloomberg TV, the BBC World News and in the New York Times. A recovering CPA, she is also a Broadway investor in productions which have won two Tony Awards and is prone to burst into song at the slightest provocation.

Betsy Kauffman knows that it takes courage and confidence to speak up. Most of us have had moments where we’ve looked back and thought “I should’ve said this…” Or have felt like we couldn’t share how we really felt, either because of fear or because we’ve been conditioned to stay quiet. You can form a culture where people have the courage to have honest and transparent conversations. Tune in to see what Betsy has to say about creating an environment where your team has the courage to speak their minds...

Imagine a workplace where you and your team feel comfortable communicating strengths and weaknesses, and where you can be transparent with your thoughts and ideas. As a retired FBI Special Agent, Robin has a knack for creating tight knit teams. In his journey, he learned that humility and self-awareness are key fundamentals to gaining trust within his team. Tune in to hear how you can gain trust and form amazing partnerships with the people you support...

As a Musician and Emcee, Alan is motivated by the smiling faces in a crowd, giving a piece of himself with each performance. But when performances were put on hold due to quarantine, Alan, along with the support of his wife, decided to do something for himself. He shares with us the creative journey and staying grounded in the industry.  With an impressive career in music, Alan put his heart on his sleeve and wrote a song about something many people struggle with: being in a dark place. Tune in to hear Alan’s inspiring story…

Be sure to pick up his latest release, NewSkin by Alan Meade where ever you find your music.

When it comes to being promoted through the ranks in the field of Engineering, Shelley Row, has seen new managers struggle in one common area: leadership. While they have the technical skills and experience needed to do the job, they lack foundational leadership skills. Shelley grew up in an industry where she was told there was no place for emotions in the workplace.  The solution is not just another change management class, it is getting them to realize the need for foundational skills that include empathy and self awareness in order to connect with people. Tune in to hear how Shelley is getting leaders to think beyond facts and figures to become more self aware…

When it comes to physical health, as a society, we have no problem talking about areas of opportunity. If someone needs to build muscle mass, we tell them to lift weights. If someone wants to eat better, they go see a nutritionist. But when it comes to mental health, talking about it is often taboo. Paul Marlow shares his personal story and why he’s become an advocate for changing the conversation around mental health. Tune in to hear Paul talk about why we shouldn’t feel shame around talking about mental health issues….

Are you guilty of making the same mistake that many new leaders make? Kevin Eikenberry has watched many leaders blur the line between being too friendly and being too focused on results with those they support. He knows the answer lies in your approach.  Kevin also provides us with real time insights into maximizing our distance teamwork while working from home.  Tune in to learn how you can find a balance between the results and the relationship with your team...

How are you being perceived in the workplace? Jill Lublin, Author and International Speaker, knows that your reputation matters. Being liked inside your company is a must when it comes to getting that promotion or climbing the corporate ladder. Tune in to hear what you can do to make sure others' perception of you is the reality...

Have you ever felt like you needed to change yourself to appease other people and to “fit in”? Genesis Amaris Kemp, an Author, Self-Development Advocate, and Visionary, was not having any of that! In her career, she knew one thing: That if she tried to be anyone but herself, she risked losing part of her identity and self worth. Tune in to hear what happened when Genesis stopped moving to the beat of someone else's drum and made her own notes instead...

You connect with Genesis on Facebook @Genesis Amaris Kemp or via email at genesisamariskemp@gmail.com

Larry Jacobson was faced with making a transition when it came to retirement. He knew that going from CEO to lounging around the house was not going to give him a sense of fulfillment. So he set sail around the world for 6 years uncovering a completely new adventure. Whether you’re facing retirement or another big transition, tune in to hear Larry’s inspirational story about how you can master your fears to live out your dreams...

JB Braden knows what it takes to become a champion leader. And it’s not about being the smartest person on the team. It is about having the vision to see the big picture, knowing when and how to pivot, and being able to trust your team to execute. Can your team “drive the bus” without you, or are you micromanaging them to ensure the job gets done? Tune in to hear how JB helps leaders empower their teams so they can work on the business, not in the business...

In life and in leadership, Bob Burg knows one thing to be true: If you want something, work toward it. If you fail, learn from it. And always keep going. The best leaders? Those who are inwardly motivated and outwardly focused. Not only do these types of leaders tend to grow the most, they also take everyone else along with them. Surprisingly, Bob was not a natural born leader. Tune in to hear how he prevailed and why those who are natural born leaders don’t always make the best teachers...

After years as a Labor & Employment Lawyer, Jathan Janove, J.D., knows a thing or two about toxic work environments and what it takes to avoid painful, drawn out litigations. He also knows that there’s one leadership mistake that most of us make: not listening to our people. When you follow Jathan’s tried and true approach, you learn that sometimes one of the best listening techniques involves being brutally honest. It’s that kind of honesty that allows you to come up with a plan or even course correction, rather than an emotional roller coaster where everyone feels wronged. Tune in to hear how you can create a win-win environment on your team...

While some leaders are born with the type of charismatic personality that draws people to them, it’s not the only requirement. An effective leader isn’t someone who tries to control people, it’s someone who shows up and puts in the work to understand their team. Robb Braun, Inspirational Keynote Speaker and Personal Success Strategist, uses his curiosity, experience and determination to support his people. It’s about showing up without apology! Tune in to hear how Robb uses his determination to show up and not quit...

What would happen if you let go of the idea of being the “perfect” leader? John Baldoni talks about why the pursuit of perfection is one way to kill your career fast. Instead he encourages leaders to have the courage to trust their teams. A good leader sets strategic intention while giving their team the freedom to execute in a safe place, free of judgment but with understanding and grace. Tune in to hear more about why you should incorporate grace into your leadership style...

After being struck by tragedy, Dena Betti, had a calling to become a life coach to help others heal. That calling, coupled with her friend Colleen Gianatiempo’s creativity, led to the launch of iSoulify. While both women shared a vision to support and uplift others, it wasn’t easy. They had to learn how to be open, be willing to learn, and most importantly, how to let go of their inner critics. Tune in to hear why you should “get quiet” and even personify your inner critic...

David Munford shares his story of how he overcame a dark period in his life. He had two choices: Keep going down the path of destruction and ruin his life or turn things around for himself. David shares what happened when he stopped comparing himself to others and got back to loving himself. Like David, you do NOT have to stay in a dark place or stay pushed down. Tune in to hear how David lives regret free despite having a troubled period...

Allison Francis Barksdale, CEO of RISE Leadership, LLC, starts her day by setting an intention. By staying focused on one very simple idea, you’re in charge and less likely to be derailed by something or someone else. You get to make the decision to let things go and remain focused. Allison, the self-proclaimed, The Speak Up Guru, and she says that if you’re going to speak up about something, you’d better be clear about who you are, and what your values are. Tune in!

It is much easier to see your own strengths in others, but you may be limiting your teenager's growth if you end there.  Jackie Martin, CEO of A Matter of Motivation, and Founder of the BMore Learning Student Program, realized there was a gap in how we prepare teenagers to join today's workforce and she transitioned in to help parents and students in this arena.  She shares how she learned of this need and how she has, herself an expert on change, navigated through this new calling in her life.

Let’s face it: You’re not going to love everything about your job. Jackie Martin, CEO of A Matter of Motivation, believes that when your strengths are aligned with your work, you’ll have greater success, happiness, and fulfillment. On the other hand, if you really don't love what you do, it starts to take a toll on you emotionally and even physically. Tune in to hear Jackie’s thoughts on how important it is to be in the correct role and how to navigate times of change to be happier at work...

Marli Williams wants people to play with a purpose. When people play ”full on”, they are willing to mess up and let go of being perfect. It’s called being “FUNcomfortable”. This leads to people feeling connected, being more likely to collaborate, more likely to stay on the team, and actually enjoy who they work with. Marli challenges us to let go of the idea that we have to be robots - we’re human beings! Tune in to hear more about how empathy and connection leads to collaboration and innovation...

Andrea Joy Wenburg shares what happened when she was able to identify and embrace her calling. By turning her purpose into fuel, she created something powerful that makes a difference in other people’s lives. She wrote and published her first book Unfrozen: Stop Holding Back and Release the Real You. It wasn’t an easy journey, but Andrea learned to embrace the pain and agony of the creative process. Tune in to Rosa’s interview with Andrea to be inspired to stop letting pain and fear hold you back from using your greatest gifts…

Becky Curran Kekula, International Motivational Speaker, shares her story about being born with dwarfism and being raised by supportive parents who wanted her to experience life to the fullest. Becky talks about why experiencing adversity is not a bad thing and why we need to find more ways to relate than differentiate ourselves. Becky shares her desire to help educate and level the playing field for people with disabilities. Tune in to Rosa’s interview with Becky, to hear why it’s important to look for ways to embrace resiliency gained from overcoming adversities...

Steve McCullar shares what happened when he found himself in a position that was NOT in alignment with his calling...or so he thought. In Rosa’s latest interview, you’ll learn why it is important to develop your gifts and calling from an early age.  A rowdy kid by nature, Steve’s parents challenged him but did not hold him back from being himself.  Steve reminds us that the value of hard work is fundamental to anyone’s success. And why no matter how old you are, you still have to be coachable, honest, and willing to adapt. Have flexibility and watch those doors open…

Are you really ever ready for life’s big changes? Rosa interviews Melinda Van Fleet, who shares her personal experience about what happened when she and her husband received the push necessary to pursue their vision. If we spend our whole lives waiting for the perfect moment to take that next step, we may never get off the “hamster wheel” long enough to reset for that next move.  Melinda’s story reveals how taking the leap starts with confidence and knowing yourself. It also means having the right people in your corner. Take a listen to see what happened when Melinda and her husband took a chance at living their best life…