Your Working Life (Caroline Dowd-Higgins)

Bio/Website:

·       https://smartnotloudbook.com/

·       https://soulcastmedia.com/

Book: SMART, NOT LOUD: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons

Jessica Chen is an Emmy-Award winner, top virtual keynote speaker, and CEO of Soulcast Media, a global business communication training agency. Her client list includes Google, LinkedIn, the CDC, Medtronic, Mattel, HP, DraftKings, and many more. Prior to starting Soulcast Media, Jessica was a broadcast television journalist. She is also an internationally recognized top LinkedIn Learning Instructor where her communication courses have been watched by over 2 million learners and featured in Forbes, Fortune, and Entrepreneur. She lives in Los Angeles.

Ever wonder why the “loud” people at work get noticed, rewarded, and promoted? Do you worry that you need to be loud to succeed at work, too? When Jessica Chen entered the workforce, she felt like everything she had been taught growing up in a Quiet Culture household—where deference, humility, harmony, and dogged hard work were praised—failed to set her up for success in the “real world.” Her ingrained values were in direct contrast with what was actually needed to stand out in a Loud Culture workplace. The result? Feeling underappreciated, passed over for opportunities and promotions, and completely stuck.

Building on the lessons she learned as an award-winning TV news journalist, Chen—who now speaks at Fortune 100 companies and whose LinkedIn Learning courses have been watched by over 2 million people—introduces a new way of getting noticed at work, without being loud, aggressive, or boastful. In Smart, Not Loud, Chen teaches readers how they can look within, to the values they already hold, to more effectively show up. Packed with actionable tips, Smart, Not Loud unveils a new path to getting noticed and getting ahead at work. This is the road map readers need to authentically show up in the workplace and truly feel seen.

Topics:

·       5 tips for advocating for yourself at work—and why it matters

·       Why you don’t have to be the loudest one in the room to get noticed (at work and in life)

·       How to confidently say “no” with the TEF (Tone-Explain-Follow) Approach

·       Why avoiding conflict won’t help you to avoid conflict—and what to do about it

·       How to celebrate your wins at work (it may take practice!)

·       Why Western and global company cultures value and reward those with Loud Culture traits: they aren’t afraid to speak up and make themselves known

·       The differences between Quiet Culture vs. Loud Culture and why we can tell the difference the moment we start working

·       The way we were raised affects how we show up in the workplace—and the world—today

·        What to do when our Quiet Culture values mute us, and hold us back

·       Don’t underestimate Quiet Culture people – they are overcoming obstacles every day to show up

·       The Four Cultural Reframes and how we can use them for self-reflection

·       Why avoiding conflict won’t help you to avoid conflict—and what to do about it

·       How we reframe being assigned work we don’t want to do from a “waste of time” to “time well spent”

·       Don’t allow fear to derail you -- things to considering when circling back

·       How to set boundaries and set expectations at work—and in life

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·       Twitter: @jessicachenpage

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicachenpage/

Naomi Cahn is the Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, as well as the Co-Director of the Family Law Center. Cahn is the author or editor of numerous books written for both academic and trade publishers, including Red Families v. Blue Families and Homeward Bound. In 2017, Cahn received the Harry Krause Lifetime Achievement in Family Law Award from the University of Illinois College of Law and in 2024 she was inducted into the Clayton Alumni Hall of Fame. 

June Carbone is the Robina Chair of Law, Science and Technology at the University of Minnesota Law School. Previously she has served as the Edward A. Smith/Missouri Chair of Law, the Constitution and Society at the University of Missouri at Kansas City; and as the Associate Dean for Professional Development and Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good at Santa Clara University School of Law. She has written From Partners to Parents and co-written Red Families v. Blue Families; Marriage Markets; and Family Law. She is a co-editor of the International Survey of Family Law.

Nancy Levit is the Associate Dean for Faculty and holds a Curator’s Professorship at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law. Professor Levit has been voted Outstanding Professor of the Year five times by students and was profiled in Dean Michael Hunter Schwartz’s book, What the Best Law Teachers Do. She has received the N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity and the Missouri Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence. She is the author of The Gender Line and co-author of Feminist Legal Theory; The Happy Lawyer; The Good Lawyer; and Jurisprudence—Classical and Contemporary.  

Book: Fair Shake: Women & The Fight to Build a Just Economy

Simon & Schuster, May 7, 2024

A stirring, comprehensive look at the state of women in the workforce—why women’s progress has stalled, how our economy fosters unproductive competition, and how we can fix the system that holds women back. 

You hold in your hands a book that, finally, proposes how to fix the system, rather than how to fix the woman.  No more “leaning in,” no more “girl bossing.” FAIR SHAKE explains plain and simple how the American economy is rigged to hold women back. 

Legal scholars Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, and Nancy Levit have identified the winner-take-all economy as at the root of these problems. The WTA economy self-selects for aggressive, cutthroat business tactics, which creates a feedback loop that sidelines women. Cahn, Carbone, and Levit call this feedback loop “the triple bind,” and it works like this: 

1. If women don’t compete on the same terms as men, they lose.
2. If women do compete on the same terms as men, they’re punished more harshly for their sharp elbows and misdeeds.
3. When women see the rules of the new game, they don’t want to play on those terms.

With odds like these stacked against them, it’s no wonder women feel like, no matter how hard they work, they can’t get ahead. In an era of supposed greater equality, women are still falling behind in the workplace: even with more women in the workforce than in decades past, wage gaps continue to increase and recourse for discrimination and harassment become more difficult to obtain. But FAIR SHAKE suggests there is a countermovement and a way out of this. If women figure out what the nature of this new game is, they realize that the only way to fight back is to challenge the system itself. 

Sharlee Lyons shows you how to boost your coaching and mentoring success with emerging leaders to help bridge the leadership gap. Her book is, “Average to All-Star: Equipping Young Leaders to Start Strong and Go Further Faster”

Sharlee Lyons is a multi-dimensional professional whose entire career has focused on developing others. A former Division 1 athlete, Sharlee brought her love of leadership coaching to the corporate and non-profit, and higher education sectors, serving more than twenty years as an expert in developing authentic emerging leaders and leadership teams. She is a Certified-Certified Strengths Coach, a Master Consultant with Growing Leaders, a Fascinate Certified Advisor and an accredited coach by the International Coaching Federation. Sharlee serves as a speaker, coach, teacher and consultant with a passion for working with individuals and teams to develop future leaders in all settings. www.sharleelyons.com

KATE BRAVERY, an organizational psychologist, draws from her time living in China and the United Kingdom during the pandemic and working with global firms on their talent strategies. Leading on Mercer’s Insight and Advisory agenda, she is close to workforce trends and emerging people practices around the world. During this period, she also partnered with the World Economic Forum to help CHROs innovate and respond to the evolving Future of Work agenda as it reset overnight.

WORK DIFFERENT: 10 Truths for Winning in the People Age (Wiley; November 30, 2023). by Mercer experts Kate Bravery, Ilya Bonic, and Kai Anderson is an insightful and practical new guide on how to sustainably manage people in today’s global economy, with guidance on how to transform the way organizations recruit, hire, upskill, and retain their people.  WORK DIFFERENT explains how leaders can adapt their people agendas to create an inclusive work environment that fosters employees’ growth.  

Bravery, Anderson, and Bonic look ahead to what’s next and highlight how to weave sustainability and resilience into business priorities and make real progress on profits, people, and the planet.

Topics include:

·       Why you should think of employees as contributors instead of workers—people want to be viewed as true partners who are invested in outcomes and have autonomy surrounding their work.

·       How to effectively combat burnout by identifying unsustainable work practices and by managing your energy like you would your budget, with forecasting and discipline—especially relevant as we approach the holidays.

·       How to establish a new rhythm of work in our new hybrid / remote workplaces by thinking differently about working hours, building a social aspect into meetings, and guarding against inequities when it comes to access to tech.

·       How AI can help us flag gaps in inequities in healthcare and learning at our organizations.

·       How to use empathy to connect with workers to find out what issues they value and help ensure people-centric cultures and policies.

·       Why hybrid / remote working situations have led to distrust and isolation among workers, and how to instead create more trust and accountability through less oversight.

·       How to successfully focus on people, planet, and profit by creating well-being programs, growing upskilling opportunities, and promoting social equity.

·       How to pivot to become a skills-based organization that focuses on upskilling and reskilling before the current skills workers have become obsolete.

·       How to retain employees who have no problem jumping ship for better pay by focusing on pay equity, competitive rewards, and better career pathing.

“COVID was the ultimate test,” the authors write. “Suddenly the watchful eye of the public was on businesses worldwide, and one work truth became ever more self-evident: Companies that demonstrated genuine concern for all of their employees—not just those at the top—stood a better chance of coming through these successive shocks stronger than before.”

Kate’s expertise is extremely relevant in our world today for a few reasons: According to Kate’s research, more and more employees are being vocal about their desire for a workplace that aligns with their beliefs, allows for greater flexibility, and helps them prioritize their health.  For example, in 2022 one in three employees said they would sacrifice pay hikes for greater flexibility and one in four would do so for time to focus on CSR. As a result, employers in today’s workplace need to understand that individuals are *the* core assets in an organization and that their well-being is vital for success and longevity. I would love to talk to you about interviewing Kate about why the future of work needs to include treating people with empathy and creating environments that center employees’ mental, physical, and emotional health.

Roberta Matuson, The Talent Maximizer®

Matuson Consulting

LinkedIn Top Voice in Workplace and Leadership

For more than 25 years, Roberta Matuson, president of Matuson Consulting, has helped leaders in highly regarded companies, including General Motors, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and Microsoft, and small to medium-size businesses, achieve dramatic growth and market leadership through the maximization of talent. She’s the author of seven books including, the newly released, third edition of Suddenly In Charge: Managing Up, Managing Down, Succeeding All Around, a Washington Post Top 5 Business Book For Leaders, Can We Talk? Seven Principles for Managing Difficult Conversations at Work, and Evergreen Talent: How to Seed, Cultivate, and Grow a Sustainable Workforce.

Literally two books in one, Suddenly in Charge provides all of the tools necessary to be successful at managing up and down the line of any organization. With a foreword by Alan Weiss, bestselling author of Million Dollar Consulting, this handy little book is a must-have resource to help the new manager truly shine from day one.

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Maureen Dunne is a cognitive scientist, neurodiversity expert, global keynote speaker, board director, and business leader with over two decades of experience helping organizations build thriving cultures. She has served as a Senior Advisor to some of the world's top corporate brands, Fortune 500 companies, universities, venture capital funds, and government officials, including the LEGO Foundation, Cornell University, and Members of Congress. She also recently co-created the executive education program for business leaders on "Future-Ready Leadership" at the Harvard Kennedy School.

A member of the neurodiversity community, she is a frequent media commentator and contributor on neurodiversity and the future of work. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, Entrepreneur, MIT Sloan Management Review, Chicago Tribune, DiversityQ, Salon, New York Times, People Management magazine, USA Today, Inside Higher Ed, Unleash and Newsweek. A keynote speaker at Stanford University and the National Science Foundation, she was also a featured speaker at The Atlantic Festival where Neurodiversity was included as part of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion theme for the first time in history.

A successful entrepreneur and business leader, Maureen is CEO of Nodi.ai and a member of the Young Presidents' Organization, an invite-only organization for the world's top chief executives. At LEGO, Maureen helped launch a Social Impact Accelerator Fund to support innovation and entrepreneurship in neurodiversity. The first community college graduate to be named a Rhodes Scholar, she is also an elected official helping to build the talent pipeline with community colleges, representing over 12 million students at the national level. She received a joint BA/MA from the University of Chicago, MSc from the London School of Economics, and doctorate from the University of Oxford. She lives in Chicago with her husband and three children. 

Website: www.maureendunne.org

Book synopsis: 1 in 5 people are estimated to be neurodivergent (have a mind that works differently), but we are often wasting their potential. I’m very excited to be representing Dr. Dunne’s forthcoming book, THE NEURODIVERSITY EDGE: The Essential Guide to Embracing Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Differences for Any Organization (Wiley, March 12, 2024). Dr. Dunne is absolutely brilliant and can discuss what it means to be neurodivergent, how society often overlooks unique skills neurodivergent individuals can bring to the table (nonlinear thinking, advanced creativity, keen observation skills, and many more) and how we can do better to change the stigma outside the neurotypical script for working and living. 

Dr. Dunne will discuss:

• Why are neurodivergent employees the most untapped talent opportunity for organizations to compete?
• What exactly does neurodiversity mean and what are the nuances?
• How should we rethink “culture fit” as it relates to considering neurodivergent employees?
• What are some of the challenges neurodivergent employees face at work?
• What benefits do neurodivergent employees bring to the workplace?
• How have your own experiences as a neurodivergent employer, entrepreneur, board member, and CEO informed your decision to write this book?
• What is the “double empathy problem” and how do we bridge the gap between neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals?
• What is the largest misconception about neurodivergent employees?
• What is the best way organizations can avoid the pitfalls of the “check the box” mindset to neurodiversity and make meaningful change?
• How do neurodivergent workers compliment the growing AI focused workplace?
• Which companies are some of the best role models for tapping neurodiverse talent and what have they done to make an impact?
• What is something recruiters or HR personnel could start working on today to immediately improve workplace conditions for neurodivergent candidates and employees?

Social links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-n-dunne-ph-d-a2609a45

Sally Helgesen, cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership, is an internationally best-selling author, speaker and leadership coach. She has been inducted into the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame, which honors those whose ideas have shaped the field of leadership worldwide. She is also ranked number 3 among the world’s thought leaders by Global Gurus.

Sally’s latest book, Rising Together: How We Can Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace, offers practical ways to build more inclusive relationships, teams, and workplaces. It soared to Amazon’s number one top-seller in its field in the first week of publication.

Rising Together builds on Sally’s remarkable success with How Women Rise, co-authored with legendary executive coach Marshall Goldsmith, which examines the behaviors most likely to get in the way of successful women as they move forward in their careers. Rights have been sold in 23 languages.

Other books include The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership, hailed as the classic in its field and continuously in print since 1990, and The Web of Inclusion: A New Architecture for Building Great Organizations, cited in The Wall Street Journal as one of the best books on leadership of all time and credited with bringing the language of inclusion into business. For over 30 years, Sally has delivered workshops and keynotes for companies, partnership firms and associations, working in 37 countries around the world. She can be reached at sally@sallyhelgesen.com.

As a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches, Sally is part of the growing community of world renowned leaders providing leadership content through the Methods of Leaders platform. Sally’s online Women’s Leadership course takes you through the 12 habits or behaviors that routinely get in the way of successful women’s efforts to rise in their careers.

"If you are a high achiever and you know—you just know—that you could achieve even more

and be happier if you could wrestle your anxiety to the ground, this is your playbook."

— Whitney Johnson, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Smart Growth

"Morra Aarons-Mele gently and intelligently guides readers through the different facets of anxiety

and shows us how to tame negative self-talk and experience more joy and more success.

Wise and practical, The Anxious Achiever is a game changer."

— Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School; author, The Fearless Organization

Social channels:

·      https://twitter.com/morraam

·      https://www.linkedin.com/in/morraaaronsmele/

·      https://www.instagram.com/morraam/

Genevieve Piturro is all about Purpose and The Human Connection. She was a successful television marketing executive until a sudden inner voice challenged her direction and she dramatically altered the path of her life. She found her true purpose when a simple question from a six-year-old girl in an emergency shelter changed everything. In 2001, she jumped off the corporate ladder and founded the hugely successful national non-profit, Pajama Program. This year, the Program celebrates its 22nd anniversary, having delivered more than 7 MILLION magical gifts of new pajamas and new books to children through its 42 chapters across the U.S.

Genevieve is now an inspirational speaker and purpose consultant inspiring individuals, groups, and companies to find their purpose & embrace the human connection for success. She created the Purpose ACER business training program to help leaders create a shared culture by aligning the goals of the company and management with the goals of its employees.

Her first book, sharing life and leadership lessons she learned through her Pajama Program journey, is an Amazon best seller and the winner of five (5) awards. The book, Purpose, Passion and Pajamas: How to Transform Your Life, Embrace the Human Connection and Lead with Meaning, debuted during the Covid shutdown to rave reviews. The book’s message and Heart of the Matter life and leadership lessons after every chapter, dovetail perfectly with our Nation’s growing interest in finding purpose and rekindling our human connection. Her TEDx talk: “1 Idea + The Human Connection = 7 Million Pajamas” debuted with her book.

Genevieve has been interviewed on and in many local and national media including OPRAH, Hallmark’s Home & Family, The Huckabee Show, TODAY, GMA, The Early Show, CNN, Fox & Friends, O Magazine, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and Parenting Magazine. Genevieve rang the Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell in 2016. She has been the recipient of many local and national awards as she inspires others to listen to their heart-voice in pursuing their passions. Genevieve is a graduate of Fordham University and lives in Irvington, N.Y. with her husband, Demo DiMartile. If you can’t find them, check the beach.

Please visit www.GenevievePiturro.com for additional information.

Theresa Slater is the President of Empire Interpreting Service, which she founded in 2003. She built her company into a respected, award-winning organization with more than 300 interpreters and an array of customer-centric services. A speaker, author and advisor to new entrepreneurs, Slater’s love for business drives her on her path. Slater’s new book, The Language of Success: An Interpreter’s Entrepreneurial Journey (Business Expert Press, Aug. 30, 2024), is both autobiography and a how-to (or how not-to) guide for entrepreneurs.

Learn more at www.empireinterpreting.com. 

It’s Time for Women Entrepreneurs to Know They’re Worthy 

This segment is about how one woman’s journey from destitute teen to triumphant business leader is instructive for would-be women entrepreneurs.

The Big Idea: Statistics on failure rates for women-owned businesses would give would-be women entrepreneurs pause. Some 20 percent of startups fail in the first year, and nearly 50 percent by their fifth year. Further, women must battle feelings that they don’t “measure up” and that they’re not worthy of becoming business leaders.

The So-What: Theresa Slater’s personal journey from starting at below bottom to being a successful business leader is unorthodox, but instructive. It began when she left home at age 15 with just a ninth-grade education and only babysitting jobs for work experience. Her desperation in just being able to survive day-to-day greatly shaped her life and how she eventually came to run her own business. She came to realize that women tend to worry too much about what others think and lose opportunities “sitting in the corner worried about whether we’re worthy.”

Key Messages: Reflecting on the ways that grit, drive, and purpose got her through hardships and led her to become a successful business leader, Slater addresses:

• How to overcome imposter syndrome and self-doubt

• How to bootstrap your business and attract clients

• Why businesswomen must learn to stop apologizing

• How to move through the stages of doing everything yourself, to pulling away and becoming the strategic thinker

• Why entrepreneurs must commit to self-care

• How the drive for self-improvement never ends 

SOCIAL MEDIA: 

https://www.facebook.com/Terre.Slater/ https://www.facebook.com/empireinterpretingservice/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresaslater/

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Regina Lawless helps high-achieving Black women find purpose beyond their paycheck in order to experience more bliss in their lives and sustainable success at work and at home. Before starting Bossy & Blissful, a community for Black women executives and business owners, Regina served as the head of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Instagram (parent company Meta).

Prior to Instagram, she served as the global director of diversity, equality, and inclusion at Micron Technology, where she led the creation of their diversity curriculum and spearheaded talent initiatives to mitigate bias in interviews and performance discussions. Lawless has more than 18 years of HR experience working for Fortune 500 companies across various industries, including Target, Safeway (Albertsons) and Intel.

Lawless spent the early part of her career as an HR business partner, working closely with business leaders to translate their goals into effective people strategies. Her DEI focus is the culmination of her varied HR experience and personal passion for social justice that was fostered at an early age. Lawless grew up in an underserved community that bordered some of the most affluent zip codes in the country. Growing up experiencing inequality firsthand fuels her determination to work toward creating equal opportunity in the workplace and the world. 

In 2021, Lawless was appointed to the Board of the World Women Foundation and serves as an Advisory Council Member for the University of San Francisco’s Engineering Program. She is a graduate of California State University, Sacramento, in Communication Studies and holds a Master of Science degree in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco. Lawless is a Bay Area native and currently resides there with her partner, her teenage son and their dog, Rocket. She is an avid reader and loves yoga and listening to music and podcasts.

Do You: A Journey of Success, Loss and Learning to Live a More MeaningFULL Life  is Lawless’ first book published by Greenleaf Book Group in partnership with Fast Company

Social media links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginalawless/

https://www.instagram.com/regina.lawless/

Mia Baytop Russell, PhD talks about reframing burnout to focus on engagement to inspire your team. Her book is, “Fired Up! A Guide to Transforming Your Team From Burnout to Engagement”

Mia has served in various roles across nonprofit, academic, and corporate sectors. Currently, as lecturer in the Center for Leadership Education at Johns Hopkins University, she teaches leadership and management courses. Drawing from personal interests and challenges with work-life integration and work-family conflict, Mia has spent decades exploring well-being in multiple contexts. Her research focuses on the sustainability of well-being, specifically family economic well-being and career/work-related well-being.

Lisa Bragg is the award-winning entrepreneur behind MediaFace, one of Canada’s first content companies and the soon-to-be-published author of Bragging Rights: How to Talk About Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion.

Lisa is on a mission to help people talk about their successes. Put your head down, do good work and eventually, someone will notice you is the lesson many of us learned to get ahead, but in reality, it’s a lesson in staying stuck while opportunities slip away. Lisa’s also conducted the most extensive research study into bragging and self-promotion and would be thrilled to share the research, stories and tips with your audience.

Select consulting clients include BMO, Raymond James, Sun Life, RBC, CAA, Ontario Government (VOR), UHN, Children's Aid Societies, Learning Disabilities Association Ontario, everywoman (UK organization), Dentons, and Canadian Defence Lawyers.

Lisa is also the host of the podcast Bold(h)er: Stories of and for Women Who Stand Out, for BMO for Women.

How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life with Joann S. Lublin

 Website: www.joannlublin.com  

Joann S. Lublin is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal following her award-winning career there. She shared its 2003 Pulitzer Prize, long covered management issues and initiated the Journal’s coverage of career topics by launching an advice column in 1993.  Her career column ran until May 2020. She also won the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Loeb Awards, the highest honor in business journalism. She has written two popular books about executive women.  Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World,’ appeared in 2016.  Her latest leadership book is Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life.  It was hailed as one of 2021’s best books for working mothers. 

Social media: 

@joannlublin for X (formerly Twitter)  

LinkedIn via my full name: Joann S. Lublin 

Colin Coggins & Garrett Brown discuss the power of influence and redefining what it means to sell. Their book is, THE UNSOLD MINDSET: Redefining What It Means to Sell”  

Colin Coggins & Garrett Brown are authors of The Unsold Mindset, to be published by Harper Business on February 21, 2023. Thy are longtime sales leaders, practitioners, teachers, and best friends. They met at software startup Bitium, which they helped lead to an acquisition by Google. They teach the popular course they created, Sales Mindset for Entrepreneurs, at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. They are also investors, corporate advisors, and co-founders of Agency18, a firm that helps mission-driven companies adopt the Unsold Mindset. Sought-after as keynote speakers and guest lecturers, they love connecting with audiences from diverse industries, professions, and backgrounds and showing them that it’s possible to successfully sell without being someone you’re not.

Website: https://herminiaibarra.com/

Thinkers50 profile: https://thinkers50.com/biographies/herminia-ibarra/

Herminia Ibarra is an authority on leadership and career transitions. She is the Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School and is ranked among the top management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. She is a member of the World Economic Forum's Expert Network, a judge for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, and a fellow of the British Academy. She is the author of the bestselling book, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, and she writes regularly in leading publications, including Harvard Business Review, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.

Book: WORKING IDENTITY: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career

Popular advice cautions against making a career move before we know exactly what we want to do next. However, since its initial publication almost two decades ago, London Business School professor Herminia Ibarra’s WORKING IDENTITY has helped tens of thousands find the clarity they need to reinvent their careers by offering counterintuitive advice that flies in the face of conventional wisdom. Based on Ibarra’s research of hundreds of successful job changers, she argues that career transformation is not an event; it’s a transition process that takes time and is built from small changes.

Now Ibarra is poised to help a new generation of workers emboldened by the pandemic and the Great Resignation to find a new career paths by testing their assumptions. In the book, she writes, “We learn who we are—in practice, not in theory—by testing reality, not by looking inside. We discover the true possibilities by doing—trying out new activities, reaching out to new groups, finding new role models, and reworking our story as we tell it to those around us. What we want clarifies with experience and validation from others along the way…. To launch ourselves anew, we need to get out of our heads. We need flesh-and-blood examples, concrete experiments. We need to act.”

According to Ibarra, in looking to make a career move, she discovered people no matter their age, will find themselves progressing through three stages:

Possible Selves - Although most of us would prefer to begin with a firm answer to the question, “Who do I really want to become?” for Ibarra, the best way to start questioning old working identities is by asking, “How can I widen the set of possibilities that I might explore?”

Between Identities - The transition period when we start testing new possibilities is the “messy middle.” During this time, our sense of identity lingers in a limbo-like state, Ibarra explains, because we are not yet ready to give up our old roles and networks and are still trying out various options.

Deep Change - The milestone that will show you that you have arrived, Ibarra argues, is not moving into a new career, but achieving greater alignment between who you are and what you do. The key to this process is small wins, which reduce fear, clarify direction, and encourage further action.

Ibarra then discusses the concrete things we can do to propel through the three transition phases:

Crafting Experiments - Testing the future means transforming abstract possibilities into tangible projects we can evaluate. Whether taking courses or agreeing to do a side project, these critical efforts allow us to gain knowledge, skills, resources, and relationships. Even better if we can take on several things at once, Ibarra adds, in order to compare and contrast.

Shifting Connections – Finding kindred spirits, mentors, role models, and new professional communities help us figure out what we want to do next. Sometimes, these people who provide psychological support or encouragement can matter more than contacts that produce actual leads for new roles, Ibarra reveals.

Making Sense –Arranging our life into a coherent story is one of the subtle yet demanding challenges of career reinvention, Ibarra declares. We all need to process what we learn and rewriting our story is essential to help us think through new activities and relationships against the backdrop of our life.

Social media:

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·       https://www.linkedin.com/in/herminia-ibarra-4455411a/

Anna Papalia is the author of Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing and a career influencer with over 1.5 million followers across social media platforms.  She has consulted with Fortune 100 companies, taught at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and coached over 10,000 clients to interview better. Her groundbreaking discovery of Interview Styles revolutionized the way we teach and understand interviewing. She is also a public speaker at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and DisruptHR. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Anna Papalia, TikTok’s “Interview Expert” (1.5M social media followers). In her upcoming book, INTERVIEWOLOGY: The New Science of Interviewing (Harper Business; January 30, 2024), Papalia reveals a new language, backed in science and grounded in four unique interview styles, which helps both hiring managers and job seekers to name and understand their unique interviewing tendencies.

Because 90% of hiring managers aren't trained on how to interview, they fall prey to their implicit bias when judging candidates and making hiring decisions. Job seekers, equally as mystified by the process, follow stale advice, memorizing rote answers that aren't true to who they are. Having consulted with Fortune 100 companies and taught over 10,000 clients how to improve their unique interview skills, Papalia is determined to improve the process for both hiring managers and job seekers alike.

In a podcast interview, Papalia can discuss the four different interview styles, what their priorities are in an interview, and what they say about the person:

1. Charmers who think, “I want to be liked”
2. Challengers who think, “I want to be me”
3. Examiners who think, “I want to get it right”
4. Harmonizers who think, “I want to adapt”

Sample TikToks:

3 Things NOT to Do When Negotiating a Job Offer

When You’re Asked in a Job Interview, Why Do You Want to Work Here

When You Receive a Job Offer, Don’t Accept it on the Spot!

Social media:

https://www.tiktok.com/@anna..papalia?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

https://www.instagram.com/annapapalia/

https://www.facebook.com/careercoachannapapalia

Megan Carle spent 30 years rising steadily through the ranks at Nike, finishing her career there as Vice President/General Manager of Basketball for North America, where she drove businesses featuring superstars like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Kevin Durant. She was elevated multiple times to roles no woman had ever held, including stints leading international teams in London and Amsterdam. She founded Carle Consulting LLC, where she gives workshops on handling workplace bullying and creating an inclusive culture of connection and trust. You can learn more at www.megancarle.com

Megan Carle worked at Nike for over 30 years, rising up the ranks to eventually become head of North American Basketball. But she left shortly after attaining her dream job due to a toxic workplace culture that allowed and left unpunished workplace bullying.

Carle isn’t alone, and Nike isn’t an outlier among employers. Workplace bullying is called “the undiscussable” business topic, despite affecting 80 million Americans a year—that’s 1/2 of the U.S. workforce. This behavior costs employers in terms of lost productivity and lost talent, but many companies don’t recognize the markers that indicate this unhealthy workplace culture exists. In our era of “quiet quitting” and the “great resignation,” it’s clearly critical for employees and businesses to shine a light on workplace bullying.

In her book WALK AWAY TO WIN: A Playbook to Combat Workplace Bullying (McGraw Hill; on sale May 16, 2023; hardcover; $26.00), Carle tells her own story, and those of other real men and women she interviewed for the book. But more importantly, she pulls back the curtain to offer a clear description of what workplace bullying is, what it might look like, what targets can and should do to try to combat their bullies, and how colleagues and mentors can help when they see someone at work being treated in this terrible fashion.

IG: @meganmcarle 

LinkedIn: @megan-carle

Twitter: @MeganMCarle

Marianne Lewis talks about the paradox of oppositional choices and the value of both/and thinking. Her book is, “Both and Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems”

Gina Battye is the Founder and CEO of the Psychological Safety Institute. Her mission is to create work environments where people thrive. Gina’s expertise has been sought after by the world’s largest multinational corporations, spanning countries and cultures. As the visionary behind the 5 Pillars of Psychological Safety, the Hierarchy of Psychological Safety and Lux, the psychological safety diagnostic tool, Gina’s contributions have earned widespread recognition.

Her work has been featured extensively in global press outlets, and she serves as an advisor for TV and film. Gina is also the author of The Authentic Organization: How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace

Mastering Psychological Safety: Your definitive guide to cultivating a psychologically safe workplace

In The Authentic Organization: How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace, CEO of the Psychological Safety Institute Gina Battye, delivers a hands-on manual to create work environments where people thrive. You’ll discover actionable strategies to establish a psychologically safe workplace; challenging and transforming workplace attitudes and outdated workplace cultures. Expect to experience a paradigm shift where psychological safety is at the core, enabling an inclusive culture and catalyzing organizational success. This book goes beyond the mechanics of creating a safe workplace, it also empowers individuals to unleash their authentic selves, not just surviving, but truly thriving, both professionally and personally. You’ll gain valuable insights and practical guidance to bring your authentic self to work, effectively navigate workplace interactions and create a highly conducive environment for teamwork and collaboration. Ultimately, you will have everything you need to drive cultural change and take an active role in creating a psychologically safe environment that empowers your team and transforms your entire organization.

Gina masterfully navigates you through her distinctive approach, the world-renowned 5 Pillars of Psychological Safety framework, meticulously designed to cultivate an environment where your organization and people thrive. Within these pages you will encounter:

• A transformative process that empowers individuals to bring their Authentic Self to work, tapping into hidden capabilities to excel in their professional lives.
• A comprehensive communication framework that equips individuals to effortlessly master effective workplace interactions.
• A ground-breaking methodology that cultivates an environment where teams thrive and collaborate effectively in a calm and focused workplace setting.

Social media:

·      https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ginabattye

·      https://x.com/ginabattye

·      https://www.facebook.com/gina.battye/

Jenna Fisher is committed to finding transformational leaders who can guide companies forward in a changing world. Over the past 20 years, she has developed strong relationships with a broad cross-section of global business leaders and the companies they shape. Having completed more than 400 CFO and board searches, she has a deep understanding of what professional and personal experiences, as well as the personality traits, are needed at the top. She knows that the most successful companies—in terms of any metric—are led by diverse teams who understand and reflect their products, services, employees, and audiences. She is also the author of  To the Top: How Women in Corporate Leadership Are Rewriting the Rules for Success 

In the United States, women account for 51% of the population and 70% of high school valedictorians. Yet, only 9% of the largest 100 companies in the S&P500 index are led by women. The math does not add up. So, what’s causing the disparity?

In her book, TO THE TOP: How Women in Corporate Leadership are Rewriting the Rules for Success, Russell Reynolds Associates’ leadership advisor Jenna Fisher identifies the roadblocks that stop women from reaching higher levels of career success while emphasizing the need for a fundamental shift in how organizations understand leadership.

Combining cutting-edge research with the stories of powerful women executives at the top of corporations today, including Nike, Visa, IBM, Salesforce, Atlantic Records, and more, Fisher provides a data-driven roadmap for both current and aspiring leaders of all demographics to achieve greater levels of success in an evolving workforce.

Fisher explores ways in which the world of work is changing—and how this opens up new opportunities to accelerate the path to parity—while offering detailed descriptions of what leaders and organizations are actively doing to retain, attract, and build high-functioning teams of capable, diverse leaders.

Cynthia L. Bentzen Mercer, PhD, MBA, BCC, SPHR

Founder / CEO, Bentzen Performance Partners, LLC

Co-Founder / Managing Partner, The Zeal of the Heel, LLC

Strategic Executive, Sociologist, Servant Leader, Speaker, Author, Board Certified Coach

Dr. Cynthia Bentzen Mercer is an elite talent and organizational development strategist, social

psychologist, and author with three decades of experience transforming company culture through her nationally recognized approaches to identifying, unleashing, and actualizing human potential. She is a leading authority on premier workforce cultivation rooted in integrity, passion, service excellence, and diversity. Cynthia’s unique ability to inspire professional growth galvanizes a flourishing culture of innovation and discovery. Known as a visionary in organizational design, succession planning, leadership advancement, and executive coaching, she assembles top-tier teams with deep, balanced bench strength.

A stalwart professional, Cynthia’s experience traverses domestic and international, public and private, for-profit and not-for-profit, start-up, and aggressive growth companies within the real estate, gaming, hospitality, and healthcare industries. She has been recognized as one of Ingram’s 50 Missourians You Should Know, among Becker’s 143 Women Leaders of Hospitals and Health Systems to Know, a St. Louis YWCA Leader of Distinction, and one of St. Louis’s Most Influential Businesswomen.

Before starting Bentzen Performance Partners, LLC, and The Zeal of the Heel, LLC, Cynthia was executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Mercy, overseeing human resources, government relations, community relations, philanthropy, and other support functions for the ministry. A true catalyst for change, Cynthia launched Mercy’s first diversity, equity, and inclusion program and advisory board. With a passion for advancing women’s careers in business, she founded Mercy Women in Leadership. Before Mercy, Cynthia served as chief human resources officer for Ameristar Casinos, Inc., a national gaming and hospitality organization; vice president of human resources for The Cheesecake

Factory restaurants; and vice president of international human resources for Oakwood Worldwide.

Book: Now, Near, Next: A Practical Guide for Mid-Career Women to Move from Professional Serendipity to Intentional Advancement 

For some women, mid-career feels like a merry-go-round. You begin your career eager to jump on. You pick the pink pony and hold on tight. You might move to the purple pony during the first stop. Look, Mom, no hands! However, a few years later, you look up and are still belted into the same saddle, on the same ride, following behind a new group of riders, going in circles. You need a bigger amusement park and a more challenging ride! A must-read for all women trying to find or fight their way to what is possible. The methodology outlined in Now, Near, Next debunks the myth that just putting your head down, enjoying the ride and working hard is the best way to realize your fullest potential.

LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
www.zealoftheheel.com

www.nownearnext.net 

https://youtu.be/EUihG4cziQI

Jhaymee Tynan is an award-winning strategist, culture leader, and wellness champion. She is a board-certified healthcare strategy executive and thought leader known for her values of empathy and kindness in the workplace. A former Assistant Vice President of Integration at Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC, she is currently an active member of Egon Zehnder’s global Health Services, Public and Social Sector, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices in Washington, DC. Her book is, INCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP: A Bold Vision to Advance Women of Color In The Workplace

Tynan is the Creator and Founder of 100×2030, an initiative aimed at increasing sponsorship for women of color in healthcare over the next decade. Tynan is dedicated to amplifying the voices of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) to change the narrative on diversity in senior leadership. She believes that her fundamental responsibility as an executive is to champion the next generation of diverse leaders. Her thesis is that the lack of diverse representation in C-Suite roles is due to lack of active sponsorship for underrepresented groups.

Elaine Lin Hering is a facilitator, speaker, and writer. She works with organizations and individuals to build skills in communication, collaboration, and conflict management. In her career, Elaine has worked on six continents and with a wide range of corporate, government, and nonprofit clients. She has trained mental health professionals, political officials, religious communities, and leaders at companies including American Express, Capital One, Google, Nike, Novartis, Shell, Pixar, and the Red Cross. Elaine is a former Managing Partner of Triad Consulting Group and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, specializing in dispute resolution, mediation, and negotiation.

Book: UNLEARNING SILENCE: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully

Throughout life, we’re often encouraged to just speak up! But it’s never that easy. Race, gender, sexuality, identity, and power are instrumental factors that decide who feels comfortable sharing their thoughts— and as many of us know, having a seat at the table doesn’t mean that your voice is actually welcome. Why speak up if you know that it won’t be received well, and in fact, often makes things worse?

This groundbreaking handbook tackles questions including:

•       What does silence look like? Silence is not always literal. Sometimes we feel pressured to conform to dominant ideas, or we hedge and sugarcoat our needs until no one can hear them.

•       Why do we self-censor? Whether our livelihoods are at stake, we don’t want to upset our loved ones, or we’ve absorbed unconscious beliefs, there are valid reasons we feel the need to be silent.

•       How do we find our own voice? Maybe we’ve played by others’ rules for so long that we don’t remember our values and strengths. Hering offers tips to rediscover your voice and use it well.

•       How can we support others? Even the most well-meaning of us unintentionally silence others, but there are practices we can implement to foster equity and collaboration.

Social media:

https://elainelinhering.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainelinhering/

https://www.instagram.com/elainelinhering/

BREAKING THROUGH

Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World

“The world was depending on us. But vaccine skepticism, suspicion around Big Pharma’s motives, economic insecurity, political polarization, civil unrest, and just plain fear were challenges we had to recognize and respect. We had to address those challenges in a way that didn’t alienate people but, instead, brought them into the conversation. Was I up to the task? I’d have to be,” declares Sally Susman, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Pfizer. In 2020, she found herself at the helm of one of the most urgent, high-stakes public dialogues of our times. Based on her flash of insight, she and her team found ways to break through the noise and fear and persuade millions to change their assumptions about Big Pharma, make complex science accessible, and build confidence in the lifesaving technology.

In BREAKING THROUGH, Susman shares hard-earned lessons not only from the pandemic but from her life and distinguished career, from growing up in St. Louis, to the steps of Capitol Hill, to the corridors of corporate America, including senior positions at American Express and Estée Lauder. The vivid stories, from her own and other high-profile successes and missteps, provide a masterclass for communicating with authority and authenticity. As she explains:

·         Communications is not a soft skill.  It’s a rock-hard competency.  A communications skill set is as crucial as sales, manufacturing, technology - or any other discipline - to business success. 

·         Brilliant communications begin with a clear intention.  What do you want to convey?  Why are you talking?  How do you want the listener to feel?  Answering these questions and sharpening your focus is essential to delivering your message with clarity and impact.

·         Being a powerful communicator is the first step to being a great leader.  Having worked with nine chief executive officers across three companies, Susman has seen that only exceptional communicators can inspire people, create momentum, and drive meaningful change.

·         It’s harder today to break through the static and noise.   However, anyone can be an outstanding communicator, Susman declares. Her ten simple principles provide the tools to break through the cacophony to feel both heard and understood.

·         Seeking Harmony is more important than ever.  In our highly divided, often acrimonious world, we don’t all see things the same way.  Rather than argue, she says, let’s commit to disagree agreeably, to co-exist with varying views, and to demonstrate respect.

In BREAKING THROUGH, Susman demonstrates that, at every level, communications and leadership are no longer merely entwined, but inseparable. Her guidance is for anyone who needs to be heard and understood above the noise and confusion of the modern world.

Sally Susman is Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Pfizer. She is also Vice Chair of the Pfizer Foundation. Sally leads engagement with all of Pfizer’s external stakeholders, overseeing communications, corporate responsibility, global policy, government relations, investor relations, and patient advocacy. Before joining Pfizer in 2007, she held several senior communications and government relations roles at Estée Lauder Companies and the American Express Company.

Barbie Brewer, author of Live and Let Lead began her career in Silicon Valley during the dot.com boom of the ’90s and is now an industry-leading expert in developing critical areas of modern business performance and culture, including remote and hybrid workforces. As Chief Culture Officer at GitLab Inc., Brewer contributed to the all-remote SAS company’s growth from 150 employees to over 1,000 in more than 60 countries. She was Vice President of Talent for Netflix when the streaming service expanded from 20 million subscribers to over 150 million. Learn more at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjbrewer/ ,www.barbiejane.com

Why Remote Work Can Change Both the Workplace and the World

This is a segment about why remote work, and the diversity it allows, is good for business—and good for the world.

The big idea: Remote work might have been a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, but forward-thinking companies now recognize its potential to transform the workplace by helping employees achieve better work-life balance and by breaking down boundaries.

The so-what: All businesses benefit from diversity, and the remote workplace, by eliminating geography in hiring decisions, can open the entire world of talent to hiring managers.

Key messages:

•  Rather than pushing back against remote work now that the pandemic has eased, forward-thinking companies recognize its benefits to their business and the world at large.

• Remote work allows employees more time to nurture their lives outside the workplace, bring those talents to their community, and live happier, more balanced lives. 

• Remote work means that rather than relying on talent within the business’ geographic area or potential employees’ willingness to relocate, companies can hire the best people regardless of where they live.

•  This also means that businesses can bring opportunities to all corners of the world, allowing employees to remain engaged with and keep their talents in their communities, strengthening those as well.

 SOCIAL MEDIA:

·       https://www.facebook.com/barbiejane/

·       https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjbrewer/ 

·       https://twitter.com/BarbieJBrewer

·       Hashtags: #LeadandLetLive

·       www.barbiejane.com

Buki Mosaku is Founder and CEO of London-based DiverseCity Think Tank, a workplace-bias and diversity-and-inclusion consultancy. He is one of the world’s foremost bias-navigation experts. Mosaku has cracked the code for calling out unconscious workplace bias and stopping it in its tracks, which he details in his new book, I Don’t Understand: Navigating Unconscious Bias in the Workplace (Business Expert Press, Sept. 8, 2023). Learn more at www.bukimosaku.com  

Segment Idea: Calling Out Unconscious Bias in the Workplace  

This is a segment idea about how to effectively equip staff to call-out and navigate career-stifling unconscious bias on their own in a way that removes tension and builds trust.  

The Big Idea: Unconscious bias in the workplace must be addressed in the moment. Left unheeded, the detrimental compounding effects not only damage the victim, but perpetuate the problem for others and drastically reduce team productivity and effectiveness. When staff members have the right skills to navigate inevitable workplace bias, it removes tension, builds trust and cohesion, and drives high-performing winning teams.   

The So-What: When a staff member falls victim to a bias-related incident, utilizing the simple question, “I don’t understand?” provides a gateway for non-confrontational dialogue. The question isn’t accusatory, aggressive, or petulant, yet it cuts to the core of the problem and unearths the issue at hand. It gives the perpetrator the benefit of the doubt. Simultaneously, the victim asking the question can wield a level of control regardless of the perpetrator’s seniority. Because the line of enquiry is developmental, non-accusatory, dispassionate, and impartial, it allows the unconscious bias infraction to be discussed and resolved collaboratively.   

Key Messages: Buki Mosaku draws on personal experience, along with situations from clients’ workplaces, to illustrate why his “I Don’t Understand?” method offers an effective solution. He addresses:  

·       How perceived implicit bias affects employees  

·       What multidirectional strategies staff can utilize to tackle career-stifling workplace bias  

·       How “defensive fragility” differs from “white fragility”  

·       What assumptions are involved in unconscious reverse bias  

·       Why a collaborative approach enables victims to right the wrongs of bias 

The Source: Buki Mosaku is Founder and CEO of London-based DiverseCity Think Tank, a workplace-bias and diversity-and-inclusion consultancy. He is one of the world’s foremost bias-navigation experts. Mosaku has cracked the code for calling out unconscious workplace bias and stopping it in its tracks, which he details in his new book, I Don’t Understand: Navigating Unconscious Bias in the Workplace 

Malissa Clark is an associate professor of industrial and organizational psychology at the University of Georgia, where she leads the Healthy Work Lab. She is one of the world's leading scholars on workaholism, overwork, burnout, and employee well-being. In addition to serving as an expert consultant to many organizations on these issues, Clark and her work have been featured in outlets including the New York Times, the BBC, Time, Glamour, The Atlantic, HuffPost, and others. She is the author of the new book, Never Not Working, available now wherever you buy books. 

Book: NEVER NOT WORKING: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business–and How to Fix It

University of Georgia professor and self-proclaimed recovering workaholic Malissa Clark presents a startling exploration of the phenomenon of workaholism. Supported by rigorous research and real recovery stories of Workaholics Anonymous members, readers will become empowered to face and fix their own issues with overwork. Clark, one of the world’s leading scholars on workaholism, gets to the root of the issue, encourages the first steps of recovery, and urges company leaders to mitigate the issue within their own organizations.  

Workaholism Myths and Realities: Clark builds the foundation with the facts – work hours are surprisingly not a strong predictor of workaholism. And it turns out workaholics are not the ideal workers and aren’t necessarily more productive. Workaholism isn’t the same thing as work engagement, and contrary to popular belief, there are no “good” types of workaholics. She ends this section with a look at the negative effects of the phenomenon on health, relationships, and work.  

Kicking the Habit: Full of assessments and exercises, Clark provides a roadmap every workaholic needs to begin to put an end to their workaholic tendencies. With matrixes built to redefine to-do lists and urgent matters, workaholics will feel able to approach the days ahead with more mental clarity.  

Are You an Enabler? This section serves as an eye-opening look at the outside forces that drive workaholism. Clark argues that if an organization is not actively discouraging the issue, they may be enabling it. She encourages a concerted effort to look at — and address — an organization’s cultural DNA to begin to undo damage and create sustainable change.  

Workaholics exist in every industry — they could be us, our friends, family, or direct reports.

Throughout NEVER NOT WORKING, readers will learn that the “work-above-all” mindset is not just a mindset but a serious affliction that can no longer be ignored. Clark’s blend of scholarly and personal research illustrates how the negative effects of workaholic behaviors will always negate any temporary positive results. It’s time to break free from the clutches of work obsession.

SOCIAL MEDIA:

LinkedIn -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/malissa-clark-0387991a/

Twitter -- https://twitter.com/clarkmalissa

Anne Morriss is an entrepreneur, leadership coach, and founder of the Leadership Consortium, a first-of-its-kind leadership accelerator that works to help emerging leaders thrive. Her collaborators have ranged from early-stage tech founders to Fortune 50 executives to public-sector leaders building national competitiveness. Her recent TED talk, which has had over one million views, focuses on the move fast and fix things approach.

Co-Author

Frances Frei is a professor at Harvard Business School. She served as Uber's first Senior Vice President of Leadership and Strategy, helping the company navigate its crisis in leadership and culture. Frei regularly works with companies embarking on large-scale organizational transformation. Her TED talk on the topic of building trust has had over six million views.

https://www.theleadershipconsortium.org/team

Book title: Move Fast and Fix Things (by Anne Morriss and Frances Frei)

Key Messages:

Over a decade ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared they would, “Move fast and break things.” The phrase, legitimizing recklessness, became an informal motto at the tech giant, as well as for thousands of businesses who aspired to be like them. However, leadership experts Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, cohosts of the TED podcast Fixable, are upending that Silicon Valley ethos with a new mandate for businesses: move fast and fix things.

Over the past decade they have helped countless companies create the speed and trust necessary to generate momentum and results. In MOVE FAST & FIX THINGS (October 3, 2023) they share the unique playbook they have developed, from their work with companies from Uber to Riot Games to Walmart. They have helped an exceptional range of businesses become impatient for progress, tackle hard problems, and take decisive action, elevating performance as they go. Their week-long approach lays out a distinct agenda for each day:

Monday: Identify the real problem holding you back – Far too often, companies don’t tackle the root issues but instead focus on surface problems that mask what’s really going on. The solution, for Frei and Morriss is to ask tough questions, build a team of problems solvers, and surface major roadblocks to progress. Then, gather new data and listen, really listen, with the curiosity of an anthropologist and the accountability of a leader.

Tuesday: Build and rebuild trust in your company – With the confidence that comes from knowing the right problem to solve, running smart experiments to steady trust “wobbles” helps strengthen relationships with key stakeholders.

Wednesday: Create a culture where everyone can thrive (aka “make new friends”) – Creating the conditions where everyone can thrive as complex, multidimensional humans can lead to a better change plan—and better performance—by including more and more varied perspectives.

Thursday: Communicate powerfully as a leader – Creating change means developing a powerful narrative honoring the past (both the good stuff and the not-so-good), articulating a compelling change mandate, and describing a rigorous and optimistic way forward. Then, telling that story with emotion, again and again, makes it impactful.

Friday: Go fast by empowering the team and removing roadblocks. – Leading change with a sense of urgency means empowering others to execute quickly. Clear strategy and a culture of speed are keys to unlocking rapid, enduring change.

Frei and Morriss’s larger message is to: “operate with urgency, be wildly ambitious, fix as much as you can along the way. And while the work of change is sometimes deadly serious, you can avoid the trap of taking yourself seriously.” They explain that while their playbook is meant to create momentum, some steps may take longer than one day to complete, but they provocatively point out how much can be accomplished in even a single day of focused work.

When companies move fast and fix things, they can look forward to Monday again and to solving their problems with optimism, creativity, even joy.

FIXABLE Podcast

Leadership coaches Anne Morriss and Frances Frei host the hit podcast, FIXABLE, where they offer fast and actionable insights and solutions for addressing critical workplace questions of today. Season two of FIXABLE is available August 28, 2023 on Apple, Spotify, or wherever listeners access podcasts. For more information, go to: https://www.ted.com/podcasts/fixable

Website/social media:

https://www.theleadershipconsortium.org/team

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-morriss-b1238b8/

https://www.instagram.com/annemorriss/

https://twitter.com/annemorriss

Brigid Schulte is the author of the bestselling Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time and an award-winning journalist formerly for the Washington Post, where she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize. She is also the director of the Better Life Lab, the work-family justice and gender equity program at New America. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and two children.

Over Work Talking Points:

●      Redesigning Work to have Time for Quality of life. How to more deliberately prioritize quality of life in our hectic day to day lives, focusing on meaningful work, caring for and connecting with others, and time to rest and play?

That’s why it’s so critical we create smart and effective work cultures. Drawing from the change agents featured in the book, Brigid can show that, while they use different methods to redesign work for more quality of life, there are key strategies that are universal. The first is articulating a vision of a different future and believing it’s possible. The second is recognizing that change happens in a variety of ways, and that individuals, organizations, and policymakers all play a role. (With key takeaways for each)

●      Defining what “Good Work” is - a combination of meaning, fairness, and cooperation - and why it’s better for everyone – including businesses and the economy.

The U.S., the richest country in the world, ranks 5^th among advanced economies in the share of low-wage workers in the workforce – 44 percent. Americans are working harder and harder and feeling like they’re falling farther and farther behind. And far from the lazy worker trope, 70 percent of those who receive Medicaid or SNAP benefits work full time. How we can make all jobs good jobs. How one venture capitalist will only invest in companies that provide good jobs. And why, beyond human wellbeing, our economy – and our democracy -  depend on it.

●      Why Americans work such long hours, what it’s costing us and how we can change. Are short work hours the answer?

Knowledge workers work around the clock - even on vacation - in one job and low-wage and hourly workers are taking on multiple jobs and side hustles to survive. U.S. laws and policies that make it hard for workers to organize and demand better reinforce the overwork culture. Surveys show Americans choose more work and money over time off, and that we’d work even if we didn’t have to.  Brigid can share what she’s learned from reporting on efforts to change Japan’s work-til-you-die or “karoshi” culture, and how Iceland improved both gender equality and wellbeing - and productivity - with shorter work hours. (Hint: long hours don’t make work more productive, time off does.)

●      How addressing 10 psychosocial stressors at work - like long work hours, work-life conflict, and toxic work cultures - will make work and life better for employees and employers alike. Work stress is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. and something we all need to be taking more seriously.

Brigid can talk about how short work hours movements are operational excellence missions in disguise and can boost productivity as well as wellbeing and gender equality., and how organizations and the entire country of Iceland have transformed as a result of working shorter, smarter hours.

●      Real Wellbeing at Work, and why it matters. Why workplace wellness programs that focus on the individual as both the problem and the solution aren’t working, and why the solution to the burnout epidemic isn’t lunchtime yoga or a meditation app, but managers and organizations rethinking the way we work and acknowledging that those “right sizing” layoffs are part of the problem.

Real wellbeing is about systems-level solutions like reasonable workloads, having more choice, control, and autonomy over time, and being rewarded fairly for one’s efforts. Brigid can talk about the lessons learned from the pandemic and, beyond the Return to Office fights, can share the strategies that successful organizations are using to remake work so that workers are happier and healthier and work itself is better.

●      Why we need to make room for care at work.

More than 70 percent of the workforce has care responsibilities. Yet caregiving falls most heavily on women, who spend anywhere from 2 to 10 times more time than men on the unpaid work of care and home. More than 2 million women were forced out of the workforce because of care duties during the pandemic. The numbers have been rebounding largely because of the widespread adoption of flexible work and a better understanding of how care is work. There’s still a long way to go, but the changes we’re making now are making work and life better for everyone - including businesses.

●      What would it take to create lives of work-life enrichment, rather than work-life conflict, and changing our focus from time scarcity to time serenity?

Brigid can share stories of how work is changing in Scotland and other countries seeking to create “Wellbeing Economies” and measure their success by how happy and healthy their people are at work and in their lives.

●      What does the future of all work look like?

In a rapidly changing future of work, when AI, automation and technology will destroy jobs, create others and where there may not be enough work to go around, how will humans survive – and find meaning? Three possible futures, and why it’s critical to redefine what work itself is, and how it shapes our identities. (The key is tying it to the common good and how we make the world a better place – which was the point of the Protestant Work Ethic from the outset.)

Social media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brigid.schulte

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brigidschulte

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brigidschulte

Mindy Vail has more than two decades of experience in leadership development, change management, education, and public speaking. Working with emerging leaders to veteran executives, her focus is cultivating a growth mindset and fostering resilience. Her new book, The Mindshift Effect: Where Change Management Is Redefined and Leadership Is Defined (April 16, 2024), provides a wellspring of inspiration for leading meaningful organizational change. Learn more at themindshifteffect.com.

GUEST WEBSITE: www.themindshifteffect.com

Segment-- Creating a Supportive Environment for Organizational Change

 This segment is about what leaders can do to promote a growth mindset, organization wide that embraces change. 

The Big Idea: Today, change management is an integral part of organizational strategy. Yet change in any form or context tends to disrupt our sense of stability and security. Whenever new concepts, methods, or ways of thinking are introduced, they inevitably come up against resistance. Apprehension about the future impedes progress and undermines well-conceived change efforts. Yet leaders who turn a blind eye to these issues erode trust and morale, while triggering defensiveness and opposition.

The So-What: Effective leadership during times of change involves recognizing and empathizing with the responses of others. It requires that leaders acknowledge employees’ struggles, facilitate open communication, and offer support. Adhering to a thoughtful approach throughout any change initiative enables leaders to strengthen their own and their teams’ resilience. In doing so, they promote change not as a disruptor of stability, but as a catalyst for the organization’s necessary growth and evolution.

Key Messages: A seasoned change management consultant, Mindy Vail applies her expertise to address:

·      What neurological processes and instinctual responses get in the way of effectively navigating change

·      How to support employees who perceive change as a threat to their sense of stability, competence, or identity

·      How to embrace change as a natural and necessary part of organizational growth and evolution

·      How to promote collaboration and cross-pollination to build agile teams

·      How to foster a culture of creativity and experimentation to drive innovation

Kim Dabbs, Founder: To Belonging

Book: You Belong Here: The Power of Being Seen, Heard, and Valued on Your Own Terms.

Kim Dabbs is a global leader in Belonging and Purpose, whose unique life story informs her passionate advocacy for inclusion and understanding. Born in Korea and adopted by American parents, Kim's journey has taken her from feeling perpetually out of place in different cultures to becoming an influential voice in creating spaces where everyone feels they belong. 

As the Global Vice President of ESG and Social Innovation at Steelcase, she applies her extensive experience in social innovation, honed through roles like the Executive Director of the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology and a residency at Stanford's d.school, to foster more inclusive and equitable environments. 

As a sought-after speaker, Kim has delivered keynotes to organizations and institutions such as Google, Microsoft, MIT, The Drucker Forum, and The Guggenheim. Her debut book You Belong Here: The Power of Being Seen, Heard and Valued on Your Own Terms, reflects her transformation from a cultural chameleon trying to fit in to a thought leader who champions the idea of belonging to oneself.

Everyone feels like an outsider at some point in their life—when we walk into a room and think to ourselves, “I don’t belong here.” To avoid these feelings of exclusion, many of us hide our authentic selves and allow others to define our identity.

You Belong Here offers a new framework that allows each of us to define how we want to be seen, heard, and valued on our own terms so we feel a sense of belonging in any situation. Further, it serves as a launchpad for organizational leaders and culture builders to create safe spaces for individuals to show up as their authentic selves.

Readers will explore our four identities:

• Our Lived Identity is made up of the aspects of our identity we inherit when we are born into the world.
• Our Learned Identity includes the parts of our identity that we’ve chosen or claimed as we make our way through the world.
• Our Lingering Identity is the identity we default to when we feel like an outsider and fall back into as a survival mechanism.
• Our Loved Identity is where we find our authentic selves and see ourselves through a lens of empowerment.

In the journey to understand our past experiences and how society has established barriers to entry, we can design our own future, rooted in our Loved Identity. We learn to rewrite the stories that aren’t serving us and embrace the ones that do. Rather than look for a seat at someone else’s table, we find the tools to build our own.

When we fully leverage this and live with authenticity and purpose, we can be seen, heard, and valued in a way that gives us a sense of belonging at home, at work, and in society. Belonging is realized when we understand everyone is an outsider and it’s the power to create space for those differences that unite us all.

Social media:

·      https://www.facebook.com/104175065145280

·      https://www.instagram.com/tobelonging

·      https://www.linkedin.com/company/tobelonging/

·      https://www.youtube.com/@tobelonging

Barbara Rosenblat: Actor. Audiobook Narrator.

One of the most sought after voice artists worldwide, Barbara Rosenblat is London-born, New York City bred and carries performance credits from the US to the UK. From Broadway to London's West End. From network television to Netflix, Showtime, Marvel, and more! While acting in London’s West End, Barbara began what was to become a long career in voice work. On her return to New York, she honed her craft with the Library of Congress and Talking Books for the Blind, continuing her work in theatre, television, and film, and as a gifted dialectician and coach.

Her notable portrayal of the cancer-ridden prisoner 'Miss Rosa' in the groundbreaking Netflix original series 'Orange Is the New Black' continues to attract critical acclaim. Barbara’s television credits include House of Cards, Homeland, Gotham, Veep, Better Call Saul, Viola Davis’s First Lady, and Marvel’s Moon Knight, among many others. She has recorded over 600 audiobooks in a distinguished career that has garnered 8 Audie Awards®, more than 50 Audiofile Magazine Earphones Awards for exceptional recordings, and has been inducted into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame. A legend in audiobooks for her extraordinary range, Rosenblat’s stellar body of work and shape-shifting gift with dialects prompted one critic to write, 'Barbara is to audiobooks what Meryl Streep is to film.’

Audiobooks

Social media:

·       Website: https://www.barbararosenblat.com/

·       Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosenblat_actor/?hl=en

·       X:  https://twitter.com/rosenblat_actor?fbclid=IwAR3X0

·       Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbara.rosenblat

Related project:

Richard Fish and Tom Dukeman, authors of The Amber Knight Saga, are hoping to secure Barbara Rosenblat to narrate the first two books in the series: Amber Knight and the Eye of Penumbra and Amber Knight and the Hand of Penumbra. Learn more about the campaign.

Jessica Calarco is a sociologist and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an award-winning teacher, a leading expert on inequalities in family life and education, and the author of Holding it Together: How Women Became America’s Social Safety Net (Portfolio/Penguin, June 2024). Jessica has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and CNN. She also blogs at ParenthoodPhD and is a mom of two young kids.

Book synopsis:

Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society together at the seams and fixing it when things fall apart. In this tour de force, acclaimed Sociologist Jessica Calarco lays bare the devastating consequences of our status quo.

Holding It Together draws on five years of research in which Calarco surveyed over 4000 parents and conducted more than 400 hours of interviews with women who bear the brunt of our broken system. A widowed single mother struggles to patch together meager public benefits while working three jobs; an aunt is pushed into caring for her niece and nephew at age fifteen once their family is shattered by the opioid epidemic; a daughter becomes the backstop caregiver for her mother, her husband, and her child because of the perceived flexibility of her job; a well-to-do couple grapples with the moral dilemma of leaning on overworked, underpaid childcare providers to achieve their egalitarian ideals. Stories of grief and guilt abound. Yet, they are more than individual tragedies.

Tracing present-day policies back to their roots, Calarco reveals a systematic agreement to dismantle our country’s social safety net and persuade citizens to accept precarity while women bear the brunt. She leads us to see women's labor as the reason we've gone so long without the support systems that our peer nations take for granted, and how women’s work maintains the illusion that we don't need a net.

Weaving eye-opening original research with revelatory sociological narrative, Holding It Together is a bold call to demand the institutional change that each of us deserves, and a warning about the perils of living without it.

Questions/topics of discussion:

·       What is a “DIY society” and how does it differ from a society with a safety net?

·       How does women's labor maintain the illusion that we don't need a social safety net?

·       Why shouldn’t we celebrate the fact that mothers are back at work in a post-pandemic world?

·       Why won’t advising women to make traditional “good choices,” like obtaining a college degree, securing a job with a high salary, or working in STEM, help solve the gender pay gap?

·       How does denying women access to paid leave, and affordable, reliable childcare force them to stand in for a safety net?

·       How do women keep the economy from crumbling?

·       How would businesses benefit from universal paid family leave and universal childcare?

·       What would a robust safety net actually look like?

Social media:

·       Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessicaCalarco

·       Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesscalarco/

·       Threads: https://www.threads.net/@jesscalarco

·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-calarco-93085928/

Website: https://www.jessicacalarco.com/

Book - HOW WORK WORKS: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead without Losing Yourself:

https://www.michellepking.com/how-work-works/

Dr. Michelle P. King is a globally recognized expert on inequality and organizational culture. Based on over a decade’s worth of research, Michelle believes that we need to learn how workplaces work, so we can make them work for everyone. She is the host of a popular podcast called The Fix. Michelle is the author of the bestselling, award-winning book: The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers that are Holding Women Back at Work. Her second book, How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself, publishes internationally on October 10th, 2023 (HarperCollins). 

Michelle is an award-winning academic with five degrees including a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a Master of Arts in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a Master of Business Administration, a Postgraduate Degree in Journalism and a PhD in Management. Michelle is pursuing a post-doctoral research fellowship with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom.

In addition, Michelle is an award winning speaker, having spoken at over 500 events worldwide including conferences like the Nobel Peace Prize Conference, Ellevate Network Conference, The Massachusetts Conference for Women, Texas Conference for Women, SXSW, She Summit and the Pennsylvania Conference for Women. Michelle is represented by London Speakers Bureau and regularly hosts keynotes, fireside chats or masterclasses with companies like, Amazon, FIFA, Guardian, Dior, FedEx, Netflix, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Met Life to name a few. Michelle is the founder of The Culture Practice, a global consultancy that provides leaders with the assessment, development, and inclusion coaching needed to build cultures that value difference. In addition, Michelle is a Senior Advisor to the UN Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign, where she leads the NextGen Leadership Development Program, which enables young women to navigate and overcome the barriers to their success. Before this, Michelle was the Director of Inclusion at Netflix. Before that, she was the head of UN Women’s Global Innovation Coalition for Change, which includes managing over 30 private sector partnerships to accelerate the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Michelle has two decades of international experience working in the private sector.

Book highlights:

The new world of work requires a new way of working. Whether it's a question of leading a remote team, earning a promotion in a world of tightening belts and corporate cutbacks, branding yourself as a rising star, getting that first job offer through Zoom, or becoming a part of the new generation of career hopefuls who worry about how they’re supposed to get ahead, How Work Works has the answers. These include:

·       Navigating informal networks—recognizing the importance of informal networking (e.g., dinner with bosses after work) for building professional advancement support.

·       Developing self-awareness and awareness of others—you won't be able to read a room until you have a good grasp on your own personality and how others might perceive you.

·       Discovering how to learn on the job and develop the skills you need to adapt to changing conditions—we create our job security by continuously learning and developing new skills to maintain our 'employability.'

·       Learn how to manage your career in the world of hybrid work—understand how to cultivate a career advocate, someone who has a vested interest in your career to give direct feedback, highlight your achievements and make a case for your promotion.

·       Finding meaning and fulfillment at work—understanding the why behind your investment of time and energy to stay motivated and contribute beyond a job description.

Social platforms:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellepking/ 

Instagram: @michellepenelopeking 

Twitter: @michellepking 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michellepenelopeking 

Website: https://www.michellepking.com/about/

Rebecca Ward talks about how to transform your stressors into growth and resilience to reconnect with your true self. Her book is, “The Paper Tiger Syndrome: How to Liberate Yourself from the Illusion of Fear”

Karen Dillon is a former editor of Harvard Business Review and coauthor of The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems — and What to Do About It. She is also coauthor of three books with Clayton Christensen, including the New York Times bestseller How Will You Measure Your Life?

She and her co-author, Rob Cross interviewed 300 people from 30 global companies, evenly split between women and men, from 2019 to 2021.

Article in Harvard Business Review: The Hidden Toll of Microstresses

Microstresses are small moments of stress that seem manageable on their own — think a vague, worrying text from your teen flashing on your phone while you’re in a meeting, the appearance of a colleague who always wants to vent to you, or having to tell your team that the project you’ve all been grinding out extra hours on is no longer a priority. But these microstresses aren’t as harmless as they seem. Because they’re so small and brief, they don’t trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us cope; instead, microstress embeds itself in our minds and accrues over time. The long-term impact of this buildup is debilitating: It saps our energy, damages our physical and emotional health, and contributes to a decline in our overall well-being. But once you understand the science behind microstress and where it comes from, you can fight back. Fresh research will teach you how to recognize and manage microstress’s most common forms.

A coach, facilitator, speaker, consultant, author, and the founder of Create WorkJoy, Beth Stallwood has an impressive track record of enabling people to achieve their career and life goals. She’s spent 20 years developing her signature practical, passionate approach, and excels at getting to the heart of what’s actually going on. Her clients range from global corporations to tech scale-ups, sports governing bodies, charities, and higher education institutions.  

Beth’s “WorkJoy: A Toolkit for a Better Working Life”, highly commended by the Business Book Awards 2024, is a practical and immediately actionable blueprint empowering readers to take ownership of their working lives and unlock the joy in work again. It is the ultimate guide to help individuals craft their personal WorkJoy, as it is different for everyone.

Social media links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-stallwood-415a0928

https://www.linkedin.com/company/create-workjoy

https://www.instagram.com/createworkjoy/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/createworkjoy/

Thriving Women Leaders in Higher Education

https://www.thrivingwomenleaders.com/

Imagine a safe space to talk about your career, life challenges and aspirations with fellow high-achieving women leaders in Higher Education.

Imagine an intimate cohort of national women that distinctly understand the challenges you face - a group who inspires and supports you to achieve your unique goals to live a meaningful life and career.

Thriving Women Leaders is a virtual executive coaching program specifically designed for successful women leaders in the field of Higher Education.

Rising Women Leaders

This program is designed for high potential women on the rise. Leaders at the Director/Senior Director, Executive Director, and Assistant/Associate Vice President level with an eye towards career growth. We’ll tackle managing and leading, influencing and negotiating, delegating, and giving/receiving feedback – plus communicating up, down, and across the organization, so you can lead with confidence.

Executive Women Leaders

This program consists of high achieving senior women leaders at the Vice President level and above in higher education. Exclusive programming that tackles the scenarios unique to senior women leaders like leading transformational change, leading from the inside out, navigating challenges your male colleagues don’t face, and leading with coaching.

Kim Van Lue, ACC, MBA, Founder Northspring Leadership and Co-Founder Thriving Women Leaders

Kim has lead teams for more than 20 years in a wide variety of environments. She has learned from some incredible mentors who taught her how to gain trust, manage competing priorities, address conflict in healthy, productive ways, make decisions despite insufficient or incomplete information, and motivate others around a common vision. She has experienced firsthand how great leadership can act as rocket fuel propelling everyone on the team to new heights.  And, she knows that weak leadership and toxic cultures can be soul-crushing and can drive even the most resilient talent to burnout.

Kim has executive roles in diverse organizations ranging from the VP of Talent Management for a large industrial distributor to the chief HR leader for a non-profit with a large public higher education institution. For two decades, she has partnered with senior leadership teams to deliver strategic HR and talent solutions that enable the business. From being voted employee of the year by her peers at a family-owned software company to receiving multiple CEO Awards as an executive in a Fortune 500 company, Kim has been consistently successful no matter the industry, size, ownership structure or culture.

She has been a culture chameleon who quickly identified the unspoken norms that were key to success in each environment. As a strategic HR leader, she is eager to champion and model the healthy organizational or group norms, and other times, she has worked to shift or alter group norms in ways that more fully aligned with the intended business culture and outcomes.

https://northspringleadership.com/

Chastity Carrigan, Vice President of Development, Texas A&M Foundation

Chastity Carrigan has built her career on her passion for higher education

philanthropy. Currently serving as Vice President for Development with the Texas

A&M Foundation, she has more than 22 years’ experience matching donors’

passions with university’s needs. Ms. Carrigan provides development leadership

for Texas A&M Health (including the School of Medicine, School of Dentistry,

School of Public Health, and the School of Pharmacy), Texas A&M University -

Galveston, the School of Law, the School of Engineering Medicine and the School

of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. Prior to this position, she served

Mays Business School as well as led the development teams at the School of

Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and the University of Tennessee

College of Business Administration. Ms. Carrigan, a Lexington, Kentucky native,

earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida in Advertising and her

master’s degree in higher education administration from Texas A&M University

but considers herself a Kentucky Wildcat and Texas Aggie at heart.

Personally, Chastity is an avid college sports fan and animal lover. She enjoys

traveling, reading, music, exercising, and celebrating her blessings of the closest

circle of girlfriends and family. She shares her home with her significant other,

Dennis and their 11 year-old Yellow Labrador, Gus.

LORI MAZAN is a distinguished 25-year executive coach who has provided tens of thousands of coaching sessions to top leaders, from Fortune 100 CEOs to venture-backed startup executives. She’s the co-founder, president, and chief coaching officer of Sounding Board, Inc., which offers a tech-driven, human-centric approach to leadership development. As the go-to leadership development firm for forward-looking companies—including Chevron, Sprint, Citibank, Intellikine, Tapjoy, and 10XGenomics—Mazan and her team develop capabilities that produce immediate, positive business results. Mazan packages these strategies in her new book, Leadership Revolution: The Future of Developing Dynamic Leaders (Wiley; October 3, 2023). Learn more at SoundingBoardInc.com

SOCIAL MEDIA: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorimazan/  

Hashtags 

#leadershipdevelopment #coaching #leadershipcoaching #soundingboard 

Adele Gambardella and Chip Massey are the co-founders of The Convincing Company, a crisis communications and training firm, and co-authors of Convince Me: High-Stakes Negotiation Tactics to Get Results in Any Business Situation  

Adele owned an award-winning PR agency in Washington, DC for 15 years, where she served as spokesperson for a variety of Fortune 100 companies, including DuPont, Deutsche Bank, Lockheed Martin, SAP, and Verizon. She has also served as PR strategist, corporate counsel, and crisis management for clients that include the United Nations, Facebook, Johnson & Johnson, and President Biden. She has taught crisis communications and business at Princeton, Cornell, George Mason, and Georgetown, and is a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Inc., and Entrepreneur. 

Chip is a former FBI hostage negotiator and special agent. In his 22-year career in the Bureau, he has led high-profile cases, spearheaded the New York FBI Office's Crisis Negotiations Teams, and won the prestigious FBI Directors Award. He is the co-founder, with Adele Gambardella, of the Convincing Company, a crisis communications and training firm, where he guides executives and their teams in how to apply the Bureau's negotiation techniques to business situations.

Book: CONVINCE ME: High-Stakes Negotiation Tactics to Get Results in Any Business Situation 

In the book, they share fascinating stories—including life-or-death scenarios from Chip’s FBI days—and blend the tactics of hostage negotiation and crisis PR to teach people how to persuade others in any business situation.

Learn how to master the art of convincing others in any business situation―with insider tips from a former FBI hostage negotiator and a top DC publicist.

From CEOs communicating with board members to managers negotiating salary increases and entrepreneurs looking to raise capital, it's impossible to overstate the role of persuasion in making your personal and professional goals a reality. The ability to convince others―respectfully and effectively―is one of the most important skills you can master, whatever your profession. In Convince Me, you'll find eye-opening, behind-the-scenes details revealing how some of the best in the business ply their trade.

Delivering compelling, real-life stories that give you an inside look at the kinds of techniques and strategies that prove effective in high-risk situations, former FBI hostage negotiator Chip Massey and top DC publicist Adele Gambardella show you how these tactics can be used in any business situation you'll face. You'll find fascinating tips on how a hostage negotiator reads people, rooms, and situations at a glance and gain insights from the neuroscience of convincing. Armed with useful, ready-to-use strategies and insightful advice as to how, when, and with whom each tool can best be used, you'll finish Convince Me feeling more capable and confident about your own powers of convincing others.

Topics of discussion:

·       The four essential elements of effective convincing: Timing, believability, likability, and repeatability.

·       How to use a technique called “forensic listening” to get better results when selling, negotiating, managing a crisis, interviewing potential hires, in board meetings, defusing a stressful situation, and more.

·       Tips from an ex-FBI hostage negotiator on how to get people to open up and reveal their “unstated narrative” – the thing they’re really after – so you can better persuade them. 

·       The five steps that FBI hostage negotiators use to defuse a situation – and how you can use them at work.

·       How to read people in just 22 seconds

·       Four FBI tactics for gaining someone’s trust

·       The FBI behavioral analysis tools that will help you master the art of reading people

·       The two convincing styles – heart (emotion)-led or head (fact)-led – and how to change your convincing approach depending on the situation and person

·       Business negotiation tips from an ex-FBI hostage negotiator

·       In a crisis, your instincts are your worst enemy. The most common mistakes leaders make when facing a crisis – and what to do differently

·       How to master your fear and make better decisions in a crisis

Social media:

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Convince-Me-High-Stakes-Negotiation-Situation/dp/126504757X

Company: https://convincingcompany.com/

LinkedIn (Adele) https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelecehrs/

LinkedIn (Chip) https://www.linkedin.com/in/chip-massey-23787b106

Christina Wallace, a Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School, angel investor, and author of The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build A Life Bigger Than Your Business Card.

A self-described "human Venn diagram," Christina Wallace has crafted a career at the intersection of business, technology, and the arts. After a decade as a serial entrepreneur, she joined the faculty of Harvard Business School where she is the course head of the first-year entrepreneurship class and runs the HBS Startup Bootcamp. Her latest book is The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build A Life Bigger Than Your Business Card (Hachette, April 2023). 



A frequent public speaker on topics including entrepreneurship, failure, and women in tech, Christina is also known for her viral TED talk on using a sales funnel for online dating and her TEDx talk about portfolio careers and the future of work. A business and creative non-fiction writer, she co-authored New to Big (Penguin Random House, 2019), a book about corporate innovation, with David Kidder and has been published in Forbes, Quartz, the Detroit Free Press, Time, and ELLE, among others. An enthusiastic-yet-mediocre marathoner and erstwhile mezzo soprano, Christina lives in Cambridge with her husband and two children.

WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA: 

·       http://www.christinawallace.com/

·       https://www.portfoliolife.com/

·       https://www.instagram.com/cmwalla/

·       https://twitter.com/cmwalla/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinawallace/

Lesley Jane Seymour is a media entrepreneur and founder of CoveyClub, a new club for lifelong learners launched in February 2017 (Covey is a small flock of birds). CoveyClub allows women 40+ to bond over issues of interest and concern through virtual salons (Coffee & Conversation Zoom calls) or topics in the CoveyClub blog which is written and produced by the best journalists around the world. CoveyClub also offers a weekly podcast called Reinvent Yourself with Lesley Jane Seymour with women who have done it, tight one-on-one networking groups called Covey Pods, a private social app (CoveyConnect) and special weekly coaching sessions called Positive Mornings. Seymour is a certified Tiny Habits coach.

In January 2008, Seymour was named Editor-In-Chief of More Magazine, the leading lifestyle magazine for women over forty with a readership of 1.5 million and Editor-in-Chief and Social Media director of More.com. In July of 2015, Seymour created history by having the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, guest edit an entire issue—leading to 8.5 billion media impressions worldwide.  In 2008, Seymour led More to its first National Magazine Award nomination. In 2012, Seymour was named Executive Director of Meredith’s Beauty Center of Excellence; in 2009 she was named number four on the 2009 Most Powerful Fashion Editors List by Forbes magazine.  

Before taking over More, Seymour served as the Editor-in-Chief for Marie Claire magazine, Redbook magazine, and teen book YM. She was Beauty Director of Glamour, and senior editor at Vogue. She is the author of two books: On the Edge, 100 Years of Vogue and I Wish My Parents Understood. In 2013 she was named Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for Duke Magazine and a Global Ambassador for Vital Voices. She is a trustee at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts. 

Danielle Grant is a Director at LeaderShape Global and talks about transpersonal leadership and leading beyond the ego for savvy modern professionals. Her book is, “Transpersonal Leadership in Action: How to Lead Beyond The Ego”

Danielle Grant’s career epitomizes embracing change. She held Director level positions in UK, US & European blue chip and executive search businesses, including Disney. In 2004 she gained her Advanced Diploma in Executive Coaching and embarked on a journey that fulfils her passion for growing transpersonal leaders.  Danielle is an accomplished coach and facilitator, and an expert in the development of neuroscientific based leadership programs.

Do you head to work every day feeling as if you’re living a lie, in fear of raising your authentic voice because you worry about how others will perceive you? If you’re stifling your hopes and dreams in your career—and feel yourself shrinking—you may be ready to embrace your Wild Hair! Tracy J. Edmonds struck out bravely into that uncharted territory in her role as Chief Diversity Officer at a Fortune 500 Company. Once she made the leap and literally let loose her “wild hair,” she never looked back. Tracy defines a Wild Hair moment as the point in your career when you hit a crossroad and ask, “Am I being true to myself? What do I really want in my career?” It’s the moment when you choose you—your authentic self. Wild Hair will resonate with all inquisitive, ambitious, and hard-working women—especially minority women—who sit on a mountain of untapped potential. You have a unique contribution to make in this world. So, what are you waiting for? Don’t ignore your authentic voice. Elevate to that next level by following this courageous woman’s guide to a bold and authentic career today.

Wild Hair, A Courageous Woman's Guide to a Bold and Authentic Career 

Nicole Gebhardt is the Founder and Chief Storyteller at Niche Pressworks (https://nichepressworks.com), a full-service publishing agency that works exclusively with mission-driven business leaders. She and her mighty team have helped over 200 speakers, coaches, consultants, and influencers expand their influence and grow their business through strategic book planning and publishing. 

In this episode we flip the script and Nicole interviews Your Working Life host, Caroline Dowd-Higgins about her new book, Your Career Advantage: Overcome Challenges to Achieve a Rewarding Work Life

Whether you are a mid-career professional, or a C-Suite executive, you know that navigating a career journey can be overwhelming with the challenges you face, and the blind spots you never see. Often living your best life becomes an afterthought. Discover the secrets to having a successful career while you enjoy a fulfilling life. With relatable examples, and actionable Pro Tips, Your Career Advantage reveals how to:

·       Advance your career and own your power

·       Deal with a difficult boss, or colleague

·       Implement practical solutions for overwhelm, exhaustion, and burn-out

·       Kick Imposter Syndrome in the ass and own your self-confidence for good

With savvy insights and actionable tactics, Caroline Dowd-Higgins helps you break through the disruption and elevate your influence. It’s like having her as your personal executive coach to guide you through relatable career scenarios to help you make the maximum impact. Your Career Advantage delivers innovative ideas, inspiration, and techniques that work in a smart and entertaining playbook.

https://carolinedowdhiggins.com/

Dr. Ella Washington talks about the need for transparency and bolder action for DEI initiatives in companies around the world. Her book is, “The Necessary Journey: Making Real Progress on Equity and Inclusion” 

Dr. Ella F. Washington is an organizational psychologist who finds inspiration through the intersection of business, diversity, and leadership. She has global consulting experience in financial services, sports and entertainment, oil and gas, higher education, and government and is the Founder and CEO of Ellavate Solutions. Both her research and client work focus on structural barriers to inclusion for diverse groups in the workplace and working with organizations to build inclusive cultures. She also works one-on-one with leaders to develop their inclusive leadership skills. Previously, Dr. Washington worked at Gallup as a Diversity and Inclusion subject-matter expert, where she provided insight to clients on issues of inclusion, culture, strategic diversity, and engagement. Dr. Washington is a on the management faculty at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. She earned her PhD in organizational behavior from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and BA in Psychology from Spelman College. 

DEI has evolved over the years, and I wanted to reach out about a new term being discussed and practiced — justice (aka DEIJ). Mary-Frances Winters, founder and CEO of The Winters Group Inc., a global DEI consultancy, focuses on this topic in her new book: Racial Justice at Work: Practical Solutions for Systemic Change. Justice is a newer concept in the corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion space, and there is a lack of understanding about what it means and how to actualize it.

Mary-Frances Winters (she/her/hers) is the best-selling author of Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit and We Can’t Talk About That at Work! How to Talk About Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics. She is the Founder and CEO of The Winters Group, Inc., a global diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice consulting firm. She came of age during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and is a passionate advocate for justice and equity. Named a top ten diversity and inclusion trailblazer by Forbes, Mary-Frances believes in opening doors and amplifying marginalized voices and their allies. She has received many awards and honors, including the ATHENA Award, Diversity Pioneer from Profiles in Diversity Journal, and The Winds of Change recognition from The Forum on Workplace Inclusion. As CEO of The Winters Group for the past thirty-nine years, Mary-Frances harnesses her extensive experience in strategic planning, change management, diversity, organization development, training and facilitation, systems thinking, and qualitative and quantitative research methods to work with senior leadership teams to drive meaningful organizational change. This is her seventh book.

Mareisha N. Winters Reese (she/her/hers)  is president and chief operating officer of The Winters Group, Inc. As president and chief operating officer, Mareisha’s primary responsibility includes leading the firm’s finance, human resources, information systems, marketing and branding, and client management operations. Prior to her role as president and chief operating officer, Mareisha served as vice president of The Winters Group where her contributions to supporting The Winters Group’s growth included significant enhancements to the firm’s technology infrastructure, web presence, social media platforms, and client service offerings. Before joining The Winters Group in 2012, Mareisha worked as Program Manager of a National Science Foundation grant focusing on diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) in Charlotte, NC. Mareisha worked for 6 years at Northrop Grumman where she gained a variety of experience working in their business management, supply chain management and engineering business units. Mareisha’s experience also includes time working at a small DC based software company and the US Patent and Trademark Office.

She was named to Diversity MBA’s Top 100 Under 50 Executive and Emerging Leaders and Diversity Woman Media’s The Power 100 List. In 2023, Mareisha was named a Who’s Who in Black Charlotte and was recognized in the Charlotte Business Journal’s Power 100 and Profiles in Diversity Journal’s Women Worth Watching. A graduate of both Spelman College and Georgia Institute of Technology, Mareisha holds undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. In 2009, she received her MBA and MS in Information Systems from University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Book: We Can’t Talk about That at Work! How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics (second edition)

Social media:

·       Mary-Frances’ LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryfwinters/

·       Mareisha’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mareishawintersreese/

The Winters Group, Inc. Website: https://www.wintersgroup.com/

Siobhan McHale has worked across four continents, helping thousands of leaders to create more agile and productive workplaces. She also has been on the “inside” as the executive in charge of culture change in a series of large, multinational organizations. One of these inside jobs was a radical seven-year change initiative at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) Bank that transformed it from the lowest-performing bank in the country into one of the highest-performing and most admired banks in the world. Professor John Kotter used her work with ANZ as a Harvard Business School case study designed to teach MBA students about managing change. Her book, The Hive Mind at Work: Harnessing the Power of Group Intelligence to Create Meaningful and Lasting Change, will be published on Sept. 3, 2024 from HarperCollins Leadership.

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Growing up on a farm in Finea, a small village in southern Ireland, McHale watched the bees as they swarmed in the orchard of her family’s farm. This fascination with bees led her to investigate the intricacies of human ecosystems and she would go on to spend three decades studying groups in the workplace. This experience taught her about the power of harnessing the Hive Mind and the group intelligence needed to create meaningful and lasting change. 

Over the past 30 years, McHale has helped thousands of leaders to create more agile and productive workplaces. Her approach comes – not from the ivory tower – but from her insider role as the executive in charge of transformation in a series of international firms. One of these inside jobs was a radical seven-year change initiative at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) Bank that transformed it from the lowest-performing bank in the country into one of the highest-performing and most admired banks in the world. Professor John Kotter used her work with ANZ as a Harvard Business School case study designed to teach MBA students about managing change.

In The Hive Mind at Work, McHale answers:

• What are some of the lessons we can learn from how bees operate?
• Why is group intelligence (GQ) more effective in bringing about workplace change than the traditional IQ and EQ options?
• What can leaders do when workplace change is too slow?
• What skills are necessary for navigating change in today’s more complex work environment?
• Why do so many workplace change efforts fail to deliver?

Social media:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mchalesiobhan/?originalSubdomain=au

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From the cornfields of Iowa, Jane Boulware defied expectations to lead billion-dollar businesses and rise as a top Microsoft executive. By 52, she'd launched three major ventures, navigated the US's largest merger, and left a trail of influential leaders behind her. Passionate about empowering others to recognize their worth, Jane now dedicates herself to mentoring, board service, and cherishing outdoor moments with her family. All proceeds from her book Worthy are committed to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Youth of the Year scholarships. She lives in Bellevue, WA. www.Janeboulware.com

In her honest and engaging debut memoir, Worthy: From Cornfields to Corner Office of Microsoft (January 23, 2024; paperback), former Microsoft executive, Jane Boulware, shares her story of growing up poor in the corn fields of rural Iowa where life was predictable and expectations were low...except for Jane. She knew that in order to change her circumstances and a life of government cheese and butter, it was going to take hard work and a determined spirit!

But Worthy is more than just a tale of personal triumph and achieving millionaire status by the age of 40.  Blending humor, introspection, and grit, Jane confronts societal norms and the demands of corporate America once arriving at that level. Diving deep, she shares not only her successes but also her personal struggles and a season of life where she battled with bulimia. Jane also challenges the conventional belief of success as an end goal, proposing its true essence lies in how many we empower and uplift along the way.

Beyond sharing her unconventional path from poverty to success, Jane has a loftier goal. All proceeds from Worthy will be donated to the Boys & Girls Club of America's Youth of the Year scholarships!

Social media:

·       https://www.janeboulware.com/

·       https://www.linkedin.com/company/janeboulware/

·       https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554463565081

·       https://www.instagram.com/janeboulware4/

Scott Anthony is a multidisciplinary expert who is passionate about helping individuals and organizations develop the capacity to thrive in today’s world of never-ending change. He has worked at Innosight, a growth strategy consultancy cofounded by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen, since 2003. As a senior partner there, he has advised leadership teams at top global companies on growth and innovation challenges. Anthony has given keynote addresses on six continents and is Harvard Business Corporate Learning’s most in-demand external subject matter expert. Anthony has been based in Singapore since 2010, where he served as a member of the Committee on the Future Economy and a board member of MediaCorp and NTUC LearningHub. Anthony has written eight books, including most recently Eat, Sleep, Innovate (2020) and Dual Transformation (2017), which describe how forward-thinking organizations can navigate disruptive change and own the future. In 2021, Thinkers50 named Anthony the world’s seventh most influential management thinker; Anthony has been nominated for the group’s innovation award three times and won the award in 2017.

Topics for discussion:

·       What Scott learned from Clayton Christensen: the basics of disruptive innovation, how to shape and develop ideas, and why the innovator’s dilemma has proven to be so persistent

·       The challenges of leading through disruptive change

·       A culture of innovation: what it is, how do you build it, what makes it hard, and how to encourage it?

·       The definition of innovation in the workplace

·       Great innovators take an idea from one place and bring it to another. if you wander, your brain starts to see dots you can connect. 

·       The role of failure in innovation and how successful companies have rituals around accepting failure

·       A tool called BEAN (behavior enabler, artifact and nudge) – what is it and how does it encourage innovation

·       The importance of using stories to change CEO’s minds instead of facts and figures

Social media:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdanthony/

Christie Garcia is a Leadership Coach, Speaker, Facilitator, Contributor to Forbes Coaches Council, and Founder of Mindful Choice Leadership Academy. She has 19 years of experience in sales, recruiting, and leadership development. For the last decade she has worked with current and upcoming leaders from fast growing organizations including Airbnb, Twitter, Movement For Life, Sunrun, and Oakley. Christie builds programs that help individuals and teams maximize their impact through self-awareness, ownership, communication, alignment, and accountability.

One of Christie’s super-powers is helping her clients identify and manage their Ego in real time. Her clients build authentic confidence so they can communicate more effectively and maximize their impact within their professional teams and personal relationships. This is a modern approach that is designed to be simple. You just have to choose to be 1% better every day.

Rebecca Ahmed is an award-winning speaker, business consultant, and an Energy Leadership IndexTM Master Practitioner (ELI-MP). She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Rebecca advises companies of all sizes on how to create a motivational workplace culture by transforming the energy and enthusiasm of their teams. Her new book is, The Energy of Success: Power Up Your Productivity, Transform Your Habits, and Maximize Workplace Motivation (Wiley, April 23, 2024). Learn more at energeticimpact.com.

·      https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaeahmed/

·      https://www.instagram.com/rebeccaeahmed/https://www.tiktok.com/@rebeccaeahmed

Breaking Free of Destructive Energy towards Work

This segment is about how to feel inspired and motivated about work rather than defeated and frustrated.

The Big Idea: Legions of workers consider their work monotonous or meaningless, and are just punching the clock. It’s no wonder that organizations are having a hard time attracting and retaining Gen Z workers. The most recent State of the Global Workforce Report found that less than one-quarter of the U.S. workforce is engaged at work. Lack of motivation leads to a loss of productivity and is reported to cost the economy over $8.1 trillion globally. Traditional methods to engage workers clearly aren’t working. But a NEW approach that looks at workplace engagement from an energetic perspective will not only enhance current employees at work, but will attract future talent and decrease turnover.

The So-What: Within the spectrum of workers’ positive to negative energy levels, the effects are directly associated with constructive and destructive attitudes. Destructive energy derives from stress or having a victim mentality. Constructive energy fuels growth, motivation, and fulfillment. The energy and vigor workers bring to their job directly correlates with their engagement and performance in their role. Whatever the situation, one’s connection with work is similar to one’s personal relationships — both require energy to keep the relationship exciting and stimulating. Everyone has the ability to employ specific energetic principles that will enable them to take back their power and remake their work into something that inspires and motivates them.

Key Messages: Rebecca Ahmed draws from an extensive career in People Services (HR) to reveal the practical steps that improve energy and transform workplaces. She addresses:

·      How to create energetic shifts that increase your own energy, as well as the energy of those around you

·      How to leverage five energetic success principles to propel you into higher levels of energy

·      How to shift your employees' focus from dwelling on challenges to innovating and communicating solutions

·      How to help your company attract and retain the talent that will catapult you into the future

·      Where to complete an assessment of your own, your team’s, or your organization’s energy level

The Source: Rebecca Ahmed is an award-winning speaker, a business consultant, and an Energy Leadership IndexTM Master Practitioner (ELI-MP). She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Rebecca advises companies of all sizes on how to create a motivational workplace culture by transforming the energy and enthusiasm of their teams. Her new book is, The Energy of Success: Power Up Your Productivity, Transform Your Habits, and Maximize Workplace Motivation (Wiley, April 23, 2024). Learn more at energeticimpact.com.

Amy Gallo is a contributing editor at Harvard Business Review. She is the author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict and a cohost of HBR's Women at Work podcast. Her articles have been collected in dozens of books on emotional intelligence, giving and receiving feedback, time management, and leadership. As a sought-after speaker and facilitator, Gallo has helped thousands of leaders deal with conflict more effectively and navigate complicated workplace dynamics. She is a graduate of Yale University and holds a master's from Brown University

Book: You Can't Make a Tomelette without Breaking Some Greggs

HBR's Antidote to the Logan Roy School of Toxic Leadership.

For four unforgettable seasons, Succession has riveted viewers inside and outside the business world. Too absurd to be true, too real to truly be fiction, corporate patriarch Logan Roy, his feuding children, and the executives of Waystar Royco have kept us rapt. Every week the show has dominated office chatter and flooded Slack channels with expletive-laden memes, quotes, and insults.

But does the series offer any insights of real-world value to leaders or organizations? Can the psychological power dynamics, nine-figure negotiation tactics, and intricate M&A maneuvers actually teach us something about succeeding in business? Definitely: whatever the Roys do, do the exact opposite.

"You Can't Make a Tomelette without Breaking Some Greggs": Toxic Management Lessons from Succession (and What to Do Instead) pairs advice from HBR experts and researchers with some of the most unforgettable, hilarious, and cringey moments from the show. Featuring an introduction by workplace relationship expert Amy Gallo, author of Getting Along and the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict, you'll learn about:

Topics:

• Giving pep talks that inspire (no f-bombs needed)
• Holding offsites that work (tip: don't play Boar on the Floor)
• Avoiding jargon and bizspeak (when the boss asks you to just feed him metadata)
• Leading with trust (what's Kendall's "wobble"?)
• And even improving succession planning (beyond never relinquishing control)

Social media:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyegallo

http://instagram.com/amyegallo

BETH FISHER-YOSHIDA, PH.D., CCS, is a global expert and educator in intercultural negotiation and communication. She’s the program director of Columbia University’s Master of Science in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, a negotiation consultant for the United Nations, and the CEO of the consulting agency Fisher Yoshida International. She works in the U.S. and worldwide, conducting workshops on leadership, culture, workplace conflict, and negotiation, and boasts a client list that includes Fortune 100 companies, nonprofits, military and security forces, governments, NGOs, and educational institutions. Her new book, New Story, New Power: A Woman’s Guide to Negotiation , helps women of all ages make successful negotiations a reality. Learn more at bethfisheryoshida.com

Website: www.FireUpInnovation.com

Helene Cahen, MS, is an innovation strategist, trainer, facilitator, and speaker with over 20 years of experience helping companies navigate innovation challenges. She is the founder and principal consultant at Fire Up Innovation Consulting (previously Strategic Insights), where she guides Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and non-profits to understand innovation, create innovative new products/services, build effective teams, and support a user-centered culture.

Cahen has been a facilitator and lecturer for the University of California Haas School of Business and is now coaching in their Executive Program. She was also the vice president of innovation for a startup and worked in and for package goods corporations in the beginning of her career. She is in demand as a speaker on the topic of design thinking and creativity, and recently did a TEDx talk on high-performance collaboration for teams.

Trained in creative problem solving and design thinking, Cahen received an MS in Creativity and Change Leadership from the Center for Applied Imagination at the State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo. She also has a business degree from Sciences Po Paris, a prestigious French business school. Born and raised in Paris, Cahen lives in Berkeley, California, with her family.

SPARK AND SUSTAIN HIGH-PERFORMING INNOVATION TEAMS

Innovation Is Iterative, Messy, And Nonlinear, Says Leading Innovation Strategist

Today’s challenges – whether individual, business-focused, or collective world problems – are complex. Solving them requires diverse skills and thinking, but also a common understanding of thinking processes. To create change, to adapt, and to innovate in organizations requires teamwork. Typically, teams are brought together because of their experiences, functional expertise, and background. Yet, they often don’t have a formal understanding and knowledge of how to work together as a team, particularly in high-stakes situations like innovation.

In FIRE UP INNOVATION: Sparking And Sustaining Innovation Teams, innovation consultant and strategist Helene Cahen provides a roadmap to support a journey of learning and a practice of new thinking and risk-taking. The book, with its multi-color energizing design, contains the keys to a self-guided journey to understanding one’s own creativity and developing innovation techniques, language, and tools to collaborate and innovate with others more easily and successfully.

Based on Cahen’s extensive experience working with organizations large and small, FIRE UP INNOVATION:

·       Outlines practical ways to support and sustain high-performing innovation teams

·       Stresses the importance of diversity in driving innovation

·       Explores AI’s role in the innovation process

·       Features actionable practices, including a five-week challenge

Cahen, whose expertise is in developing innovation teams, has seen firsthand how teams often lack a common process, tools, and language to be able to work together effectively. This often starts with teams not being aware of their diversity of thinking, particularly the different ways people solve problems, which can create friction and frustration.

Innovation is a learning journey. There’s no way to predict what can or will happen while moving through the process, and what we learn informs what we need to do next. Thinking about innovation as nonlinear helps adopt a mindset of being open to whatever may happen.

Here are the characteristics of an effective innovation process:

·       Start by understanding the environment and the challenges at hand.

·       Coming up with ideas (which is the easiest part of the process). The before (defining the right problem) and after (developing and implementing the ideas) are more challenging.

·       Integrate users throughout.

·       Be flexible, since the challenge itself may evolve and the solutions may not work, forcing the need to backtrack.

Exploring the unique ways of thinking and solving problems, addressing how teams operate, and providing practical frameworks and tools that can enhance teamwork, FIRE UP INNOVATION will instill greater awareness of how individuals and teams think, create, and innovate, and in the process make work easier, more effective, more collaborative, and, ultimately, more fulfilling.

Social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicinsights/

Book: Simply Put: Simply Put: Why Clear Messages Win - and How to Design Them 

Ben Guttmann is a marketing and communications expert and author of Simply Put: Why Clear Messages Win — and How to Design Them. He’s an experienced marketing executive and educator on a mission to get leaders to more effectively connect by simplifying their message. Ben is former co-founder and managing partner at Digital Natives Group, an award-winning agency that worked with the NFL, I Love NY, Comcast NBCUniversal, Hachette Book Group, The Nature Conservancy, and other major clients. Currently, Ben teaches digital marketing at Baruch College in New York City and consults with a range of thought leaders, venture-backed startups, and other brands. 

Social media: 

·       LinkedIn is the primary one: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benguttmann/ 

·       Instagram can be used for tagging: https://www.instagram.com/ben.guttmann/ 

·       Email newsletter: https://www.benguttmann.com/newsletter 

·       Free chapter download: https://www.benguttmann.com/simply-put-book/download 

Erika Ayers Badan is a digital innovator, disruptor, and seasoned executive on the cutting edge of content creation, distribution, and monetization of premier and culturally relevant content. As an early adopter of internet culture, Ayers has always been interested in what’s next, driving digital entrepreneurship and large-scale revenue growth within companies.

Ayers Badan was recently named CEO of Food52 after serving as a board member and advisor since 2019. Ayers Badan currently serves on the boards of the Premier Lacrosse League, and global public safety technology leader Axon Enterprise (AXON).

Ayers Badan is the author of forthcoming book “Nobody Cares About Your Career: Why Failure is Good, The Great Ones Play Hurt and Other Hard Truths.” Intertwined with anecdotes from her own career, Ayers Badan shares inspiring insight into how work really works, and how you can get it to work for you.

As the first-ever CEO of media magnate Barstool Sports, Ayers Badan led the company through explosive growth (+5000% in revenue and significantly more in audience), expanding the company from a regional blog to a national powerhouse brand and media company. During her 9 years steering the company, Barstool became a top ten podcasting publisher in the US, with the world's #1 sports, hockey, golf, and music podcasts, and a top 6 brand globally on TikTok. Ayers Badan has launched over 35 brands, including breakout franchises like Pat McAfee and Call Her Daddy.

Following Barstool’s exponential growth, Fast Company named Ayers Badan as one of its "Most Creative People in Business" in 2018, citing Barstool Sports' expansion into multimedia and merchandising during her tenure. That same year, Forbes ranked her 25th on its "Most Powerful Women in U.S. Sports.” In 2019, she was ranked #19 on The Big Lead's list of "The 75 Most Powerful People in the Sports Media Business." That year, she was also included on Crain's New York's "Notable Women in the Business of Sports.” Adweek named Ayers Badan as one of its "Most Powerful Women in Sports" in 2017 and 2020.

Ayers Badan has also held several senior roles at influential media and technology organizations, including President of BKSTG, CMO for AOL, VP of Branding at Yahoo! and Senior Director of MSN Branded Experiences for Microsoft.

NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR CAREER is for first-time job seekers who think no company will ever want them, people stuck in second or third jobs who don’t know how to move on to the next thing, and for those who have the job they thought was their brass ring but who discovered it’s not all that. In the book, Badan intertwines compelling stories from her own work experiences with straight-forward, no-nonsense advice. Peppered with humor, quick-wit, and compassion, topics in the book include:

• Work pays you to learn. It’s a privilege, so treat it like one.
• Do what makes you happy and f*ck anyone who says otherwise.
• Your career and your life don’t have to make sense to anyone but you.
• Know what your company is paying you to do.
• Don’t be an asshole at work. Run toward what scares you. Take risks and bet on yourself.
• Failure comes in all different sizes. Success is the worst teacher.
• Have a vision and stick with it.
• Nothing ever good happens after 11:00 P.M. 
• How to get feedback without having a tantrum.
• Remember, nobody cares about your career, and this is a good thing.

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Susan Drumm shares another important tool in her ongoing quest to help leaders be their best in both their professional and personal lives. Her book is, “The Leader’s Playlist: Unleash the Power of Music and Neuroscience to Transform your Leadership and Your Life”

Susan Drumm is on a mission to inspire and guide leaders to heal what holds them back and help them develop the capacity and mindset to lead in today’s increasingly disruptive environment. She has personally coached billionaire CEOs, high-profile political figures, prominent Fortune 100 executive teams as well as incredible entrepreneurs that set out to disrupt the marketplace.

She is CEO and Chief Empowerment Officer of her own firm, Meritage Leadership. She is also the host of the podcast and YouTube channel The Enlightened Executive, where she interviews founders and CEOs on the most cutting-edge programs, assessments, apps and techniques in personal and leadership effectiveness.

Patti and Jack Phillips discuss their six steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work effort. Their book is, “Show the Value of What You Do”

Mary-Frances Winters (she/her/hers) is the best-selling author of Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit and We Can’t Talk About That at Work! How to Talk About Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics. She is the Founder and CEO of The Winters Group, Inc., a global diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice consulting firm. She came of age during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and is a passionate advocate for justice and equity. Named a top ten diversity and inclusion trailblazer by Forbes, Mary-Frances believes in opening doors and amplifying marginalized voices and their allies. She has received many awards and honors, including the ATHENA Award, Diversity Pioneer from Profiles in Diversity Journal, and The Winds of Change recognition from The Forum on Workplace Inclusion. As CEO of The Winters Group for the past thirty-nine years, Mary-Frances harnesses her extensive experience in strategic planning, change management, diversity, organization development, training and facilitation, systems thinking, and qualitative and quantitative research methods to work with senior leadership teams to drive meaningful organizational change. This is her seventh book.

●      Facebook: The Winters Group, Inc.

●      LinkedIn: The Winters Group, Inc

●      Instagram: @thewintersgroup

●      #TheWintersGroup #LeadInclusively #RacialJusticeatWork

Laurie Robinson Haden is the President and CEO of Corporate Counsel Women of Color (CCWC). In 2004, Laurie founded CCWC to advance women of color attorneys and foster diversity in the legal profession. She formerly worked for 18 years in multiple leadership roles at the CBS Corporation (now media and entertainment juggernaut Paramount+), including Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Litigation. She has been recognized by Savoy magazine as one of the country’s “Most Influential Black Lawyers.” For seven years, she was a member of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund board. She now serves on the Board of Visitors of Indiana University Maurer School of Law at Bloomington and North Carolina Central School of Law, where she served as chair (2022-2023) and is on the Compensation Committee of the National Sales Network. Laurie earned her Bachelor of Arts from North Carolina Central University (magna cum laude) and her Juris Doctor from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law at Bloomington.   

Book: It’s Time to Shine: A Guide for Professionals of Color How to Advance Their Careers 

From press release: Laurie Robinson Haden, a highly acclaimed attorney and CEO of Corporate Counsel Women of Color, is thrilled to announce the release of her new book, "It's Time to Shine." The compelling piece is already ranked as a Best Seller on Amazon for Women & Business. 

This empowering guide aims to inspire readers to embrace their true potential, overcome obstacles, and live a life filled with purpose and fulfillment. "It's Time to Shine" is a captivating self-help book that delves into the depths of transformation and personal and career growth and transformation. 

Drawing from her own experiences, Haden provides readers with practical tools and strategies to break free from self-doubt, fear, and limiting beliefs. Through a combination of inspiring stories, thought-provoking exercises, and actionable advice, Haden guides readers on a journey toward self-discovery and empowerment. In "It's Time to Shine," Haden explores various aspects of personal development, including: 

1. Believing in Yourself 
2. Finding Workplace Mentors and Sponsors 
3. Building Strong Networks 
4. Investing in Yourself 
5. Advocating for Yourself 
6. Overcoming Adversity and Setbacks 
7. Achieving Work-Life Balance 
8. Handling Your Finances 
9. Being an Entrepreneur and Start Your Side Hustle 
10. Paying It Forward by Giving Back 

Laurie Robinson Haden's unique writing style and genuine passion for helping others make "It's Time to Shine" a must-read for anyone seeking personal growth and empowerment. 

Linda Ugelow (YOU-guh-lo) is a speaking confidence coach, podcast host, and author of the book, Delight in the Limelight: Overcome Your Fear of Being Seen and Realize Your Dreams  and hosts a podcast of the same name. Formerly stricken with public speaking fear herself, she now helps entrepreneurs, coaches, and business leaders transform their experience of speaking from dread to delight whether online or on stage, in the media or the meeting room.

Website: https://www.lindaugelow.com/

Book promo info:

It was a great opportunity…but stage fright made you pass. How does one get over their fear of speaking?

Linda Ugelow is a speaking confidence coach, podcast host, and author. With over 160K followers on TikTok, she helps people all over the world. She holds a Master’s degree in Expressive Therapy and Movement Studies. Having performed as a singer, bassist, percussionist, and principal dancer for over three decades, she’s experienced at being in front of people.

Yes, you can eliminate your nerves. This life-changing book is organized in three parts starting with how to uncover and resolve the root cause of your fear. This is not the usual “Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway” philosophy. Her methods are practical, sometimes funny, and healing.

You’ll learn how to:
Reveal and Heal the Root Cause of Your Anxiety
Transform the Inner Critic
Heal Your Self-Image
Reset Your Mindset
Enjoy the Sound of Your Voice
Relax into Your Confident Presence

When you’re done, public speaking, whether it’s in an online meeting with co-workers or on a stage in front of thousands, will become as natural as talking with friends. Are you ready to conquer your fear?

Questions/topics to discuss:

1. The mistakes people make in trying to deal with their fear of speaking
2. How did you first get over your speaking anxiety?
3. How to find and clear the root causes of speaking anxiety.
4. What are the best ways to handle the inner critic when you speak?
5. What about overcoming Impostor Syndrome?
6. Are the nerves speaking in person different than the ones on camera?
7. What is the role of the voice in speaking confidence?
8. What can people do to manage their nerves when they’re put on the spot?

Social Media Links:

https://www.facebook.com/linda.ugelow/

https://www.instagram.com/lindaugelow/

https://www.youtube.com/user/lindaugelow

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindaugelow/

https://www.tiktok.com/@lindaugelow

Today more than ever, leading with humanity and empathy is mission-critical for any team or organization seeking to achieve its highest potential. Yet too many leaders blunt their impact by confining their ability to inspire, allowing it to stay locked up inside themselves. They remain trapped in the outdated myth that they must be superhero leaders - infallible, unflappable, and fearless - even though the human leaders who embrace empathy, vulnerability, and authenticity are proven most effective.   

In THE UNLOCKED LEADER: Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead with Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World (Wiley, September 26, 2023), veteran executive leadership coach Hortense le Gentil combines real life stories, deep psychological insights, rigorous research, and practical tools to reveal how leaders can become more effective by learning to lead with palpable humanity.  Hortense examines prominent leaders from business and popular culture—from Marie Kondo and Ralph Lauren to Steve Jobs and Apple TV’s Ted Lasso—to explore what modern leadership can evolve to encompass.  

The Unlocked Leader reveals how to: 

·       Identify Mindtraps -- any mental obstacles that ground you in old ways of thinking, sap your energy, and hold back your company and employees. 

·       Operate a Mindshift -- find the courage to challenge your mindtraps and confront your fears.  

·       Achieve a Mindbuild -- reimagine the kind of leader you can be, and then strategically put this image into action. 

The journey from superhero leader to human leader will profoundly transform leaders and employees alike, and help companies function better as a whole. In fact, human leaders make an impact and shine their light in the world by changing the way they connect. This starts a chain reaction that reverberates throughout organizations and across their interconnected networks of human relationships. 

The Unlocked Leader* is a practical and impactful new guide for those who strive to lead not just with their heads, but with their hearts and souls—and in doing so, will inspire many others in the service of something bigger than themselves. 

About the Author 

HORTENSE LE GENTIL is a world-renowned executive leadership coach, speaker, and author. She guides CEOs and senior executives on their journey from hero leaders to human leaders.  Guided by 30 years in business, working across industries—including media consulting and advertising—and as an entrepreneur. Hortense was a 2021 and 2023 nominee for the Thinkers 50 Coaching and Mentoring Awards, and has been ranked #5 on the Global Gurus list by World Management Global Gurus. She is a certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered™ coach and a member of MG100 Coaches.  Author of THE UNLOCKED LEADER: Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead with Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World (Wiley, September 26, 2023), and ALIGNED: Connecting Your True Self with the Leader You’re Meant to Be (2019), Hortense is a contributor to Harvard Business Review and ThriveGlobal.com, and has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., and Business Insider.  She is based in New York.   

Michael Osborne is a podcast veteran, with over twelve years of experience as a podcast creator and host. He's the head of 14th Street Studios, a podcast production and marketing firm based in Austin, TX. Michael started his first show while he was finishing his PhD in climate science at Stanford, and, after completing his degree, he spent five years running a podcast incubator for Stanford. His most recent podcast is called "Famous & Gravy – a conversation about quality of life, one dead celebrity at a time." 14th Street Studios specializes in creative development and podcast marketing for individuals and organizations.

Websites:

14th Street Studios

Famous & Gravy

Socials:

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076654703402

LinkedIn links

Famous & Gravy 

Michael Osborne

Twitter handles

@famousandgravy
@osbornemc

Jane Frankel is a business author, lifelong educator, workforce consultant, and successful entrepreneur. Today, she serves as the managing principal of The Art of Performance LLC and as an adjunct professor in economics at Temple University. Her new book is “The Intentional Mindset: Data, Decisions, and Your Destiny” (Business Expert Press, August 2023). 

Big Idea: Why do some people consistently make good decisions—ones that drive them toward more and more success—while others seem to constantly derail themselves instead? Decisions are based on your mindset, and when you have an intentional mindset, you put yourself in control—fully free to navigate your life and work en route to your desired destiny.  

So-What: Mindsets are just facts of life. But when left to chance, they serve little purpose. More importantly, they can cause otherwise fine people to fail, especially in the challenging and chaotic 21st-century workplace, where things—particularly post-pandemic—are fast, often remote, continuously changing, and infinitely tech-driven. The bottom line: Only those who manage their mindsets and make good and relevant decisions reap the rewards.   

Key Messages: Frankel’s work focuses on the power of mindset, including why it is pivotal to how people think, act, behave, and make decisions at work. In addition to showing how to explore, understand, and manage your own mindset, she speaks to a sweeping array of related topics. Among them:  

SOCIAL MEDIA: 

·       https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002532742775 

·       https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-frankel-5967027/ 

Dr. Amy Mednick talks about transforming the virtual experience for the better. Her book is, “Humanizing the Remote Experience through Leadership and Coaching: Strategies for Better Virtual Connections”

Amy is a psychiatrist working in her own private practice. She earned her medical degree with Distinction in Research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Brain & Cognitive Sciences from MIT. She specializes in the overlap between the humanities and neuroscience and leads a lecture series for psychiatric residents in training, social workers, and psychology trainees. She’s been involved in both brain research and linguistic research and has authored articles in Clinical Psychiatry News.

www.webpsyched.com

Jessica Pryce-Jones is author of INTUITION AT WORK: Using Your Gut Feelings To Get Ahead. She started her career in finance where she learned about numbers, strategy, and leadership. After ten years in the corporate world, she completed a psychology degree – she wanted to understand why some of her bosses were brilliant and others were dismal. Those insights launched a new career facilitating, coaching, designing interventions and writing.

Clients include multinationals in healthcare, professional services, FMCG, banking, creative, education, manufacturing, publishing, and engineering industries as well as the public and not-for-profit sectors.

Pryce-Jones has also worked as adjunct faculty in leadership development at many business schools including Cambridge Judge, Cass, Cornell, Chicago Booth, Cranfield, London Business School, and Saïd (Oxford); she is a Fellow of Harvard’s Institute of Coaching.

She has written two previous books, Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success and Running Great Meetings & Workshops for Dummies. Pryce-Jones divides her time between France and the UK, but works all over the world.

Do you want speedier decisions? Better outcomes? And avoid costly mistakes? Your gut can help you. In fact, intuition is an essential tool that all leaders use to get to the top.

If you’ve ever made a choice that looked illogical but proved to be right or had a sixth sense about something, your intuition was at work. Those hunches play a critical role in everything from deciding which job to take, who to hire and what to focus on. Which means that summoning intuition on demand and listening to what it’s telling you are vital at a time of radical change and instability.

This ground-breaking book draws on the latest science, eye-opening anecdotes from senior leaders and the author’s own insights gained over 25 years’ coaching. It will show you that intuition is a practical, learnable, and immediately applicable skill that will accelerate your career.

Social media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-pryce-jones/?originalSubdomain=uk

Leigh Anne Taylor Knight is a resourceful, future-focused leader who currently serves The DeBruce Foundation in Kansas City as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer. A teacher at heart, Leigh Anne has also served as a K-12 assistant superintendent, advised learning institutions across the nation, and led a bi-state consortium providing powerful tools for data-driven educational research to inform practice and policy.

The DeBruce Foundation is a national nonprofit foundation based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Foundation’s mission is to expand pathways to economic growth and opportunity. 

The DeBruce Foundation just released a first-of-its-kind report on employment empowerment. The research shows that careers with higher salaries, increased job security, better benefits, and more can be built with two factors: career literacy and network strength.

In the study, individuals who were rated high in career literacy and network strength:

○      earn 55% more in annual salary

○      26% more of them are currently employed

○      they consider 17% more jobs outside their current career path 

The DeBruce Foundation offers access to career literacy resources at Agilities.org. We invite you to take the Agile Work Profiler ahead of the interview. It’s a 15-minute, online assessment that helps you identify your skills and interests in the workforce. As of this month, it has been taken more than 100,000 times by people of all ages and stages across the nation!

Website: www.haileymagee.com

Hailey Magee is a certified life coach who helps people around the world stop people pleasing and find their power. Her refreshingly nuanced perspectives on boundary-setting and self-advocacy have captured the attention of millions on social media, and her public talks and virtual workshops have welcomed tens of thousands of participants. Certified by Erickson Coaching International, Hailey is dedicated to offering clear, research-supported strategies for change, helping recovering people pleasers rediscover not only their power and agency, but their pleasure, joy, and sense of wonder. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

Book: Stop People Pleasing and Find Your Power

A viral life coach offers a practical, empathetic, and inspiring guide to breaking people-pleasing patterns that can harm our careers, relationships, physical, and psychic health.

For most of Hailey Magee’s life, people-pleasing came so naturally to her that she didn’t even have a word for it. When somebody wanted something from her—even a stranger—she gave it, no matter how uncomfortable, exhausted, or resentful she felt inside. People-pleasing, she learned, was a coping mechanism that had kept her physically and emotionally safe in the past, but wreaked havoc on her life in the present—and she was committed to breaking the pattern once and for all.

The solution that social media and self-help shelves gave her was to “Advocate for yourself! Speak up! Set boundaries!” But after years of ignoring her feelings and needs, Magee needed more than boundaries; she needed to reconnect with the “self” who was supposed to be doing the advocating. You can’t express yourself if you’re cut off from your feelings. You can’t fight for your needs if you don’t know what they are. And you can’t set boundaries with others until you believe you’re worthy of more than the bare minimum. Radically reconnecting with herself gave Magee the confidence and self-respect she needed to stand up for herself in her relationships. As she experienced a freedom she never thought possible, she became a certified life coach with the mission of helping others do the same.

Stop People Pleasing explains how anyone can break the pattern by learning their own feelings, needs, values, and desires; ending cycles of enmeshment and codependency; overcoming guilt; developing physical and sexual agency; and more. It is a refreshingly nuanced guide, exploring fundamental questions like:

·      How can I tell when my genuine kindness veers into people-pleasing?

·      How can I set boundaries while maintaining my empathy and generosity?

·      When is it appropriate to compromise on my needs, and when is it not?

Combining social science, psychology, and hands-on coaching exercises, Stop People Pleasing teaches you how to connect with your own feelings, needs, and dreams; courageously advocate for yourself in your relationships with friends, family, and colleagues; soothe yourself through the growing pains of healing; and dive headfirst into pleasure and play. With fresh insight, heartfelt empathy, and a keen personal understanding of the pitfalls of people-pleasing, Magee helps you say what you need and get what you deserve.

People-pleasing is a coping mechanism that kept us physically or emotionally safe in the past⁠, but wreaks havoc on our lives in the present. Hailey Magee will teach you how to break the people-pleasing pattern and master the art of self-advocacy.

STOP People Pleasing and Find Your Power shows you how to break the pattern by learning your own feelings, needs, values, and desires; setting empowered boundaries with friends, family, and partners; ending cycles of enmeshment and codependency; overcoming guilt; developing physical and sexual agency; and more.

STOP People Pleasing is a practical, inspiring, and nuanced guide for recovering people-pleasers who are ready to find their voice, speak their truth, and build the vibrant life that they deserve.

Social media:

Instagram - @HaileyPaigeMagee

Link to Instagram videos: https://www.instagram.com/haileypaigemagee/p/C35F50BPIMA/

Tina Opie and Beth Livingston explain how to dismantle inequities and build crucial alliance through vulnerability, trust, empathy, and risk-taking, so that all women can advance in the workplace and create systemic change. Their book is, “Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work”

 www.YourFinestWork.com 

Merideth Mehlberg is CEO of Merideth Mehlberg Group.  An ICF-certified Master Coach, she helps executives look forward to Monday mornings. For almost twenty years, she has walked alongside senior and high-potential leaders to define their career priorities, measure the gap with their current opportunities, and close the space between the two. Clients grow their professional satisfaction, impact, and success, transforming their careers and leadership styles from the inside out.  

Mehlberg blends a practical, action-oriented ethos with a deeply intuitive sense to help established and emerging leaders find their way through thorny career challenges. Her pre-coaching career in corporations and start-ups helps her relate to what her clients navigate daily; her recruiting, product and project management roles in the staffing, technology, and transportation arenas inform her pragmatic, results-focused style.  

Mehlberg partners with high EQ executives in strategic roles who need to turn their strategic muscle on themselves in service of their professional goals. She coaches C-suite, senior, and emerging leaders in service and product companies in leadership roles spanning technology, strategy, marketing and communications, operations, sales, and other strategic disciplines. An experienced facilitator and moderator, Mehlberg chairs the Bay Area chapters of the UCLA Anderson CEO Forum and serves as a Core Guide for Chief. She lives in Northern California and works with clients locally as well as globally. 

Book: NAVIGATING CAREER FULFILLMENT IN A COMPLEX WORLD 

Avoid The Traps And Learn The Strategies To Reach One’s Goals 

The journey to an ideal career is not a straight line, but one full of twists and turns. The complexities of these times and the scramble to come to terms with them are almost overwhelming.  More than ever people want their work to be fulfilling and count for something.  But how does one go about this without a playbook.  Career strategist and executive coach Merideth Mehlberg, MMC provides a clear roadmap in her new book, YOUR FINEST WORK: Career Fulfillment In A Complicated World. 

A Master Certified Coach, Mehlberg, CEO of Merideth Mehlberg Group, draws on nearly twenty years of working with emerging and established executives in Fortune 100 companies, startups, and nonprofits, to transform careers and lives. Using a practical and heart-based approach, she guides readers in their desired direction, regardless of whether they are growing in place or making a job or career change. “I have taken what I have learned on my journey, cut through the complexity, and crystallized it into an easy-to-read primer that will help you realize your full potential and do your finest work,” she says. 

The key to becoming the intentional architect of one’s career is making the decision to take charge. Regardless of the circumstances, people can make the decision right now to take the reins of their careers and turn them in the direction of their choosing. Whether growing in place, making a job change, or launching a career pivot, the aim is to increase one’s sense of control – taking responsibility for one’s professional life and being in charge of where one is headed. 

YOUR FINEST WORK delves into the major traps that prevent people from reaching their goals, and the strategies, practices, and tactics that will allow them to avoid or defeat these obstacles. 

People are trapped when they: 

·       Are asleep at the wheel 

·       Focus on everyone else’s agenda but their own 

·       Run on empty 

·       Fixate on doing things right 

·       Have a transactional focus 

·       Try to do it all themselves 

·       Don’t tell a compelling career story  

They thrive when they:  

·       Become an intentional architect 

·       Define their North Star 

·       Fill their tank 

·       Take imperfect action  

·       Fine-tune their powers of perception 

·       Broaden their base of support  

·       Sharpen their professional narrative 

Mehlberg also introduces CLEAR, a decision-making process to guide readers through refining a career trajectory, preparing for an important presentation, or anything in between. 

Social media: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meridethmehlberg 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meridethmehlberg/ 

Sam Horn, CEO of the Intrigue Agency, is a three-time TEDx speaker and the author of 10 books - including Tongue Fu!, POP!, SOMEDAY is Not a Day in the Week - and her latest TALKING ON EGGSHELLS. Her work has been featured in NY Times, Fast Company, Forbes and taught to hundreds of organizations worldwide - including Intel, Accenture, Oracle and American Bankers Assn. She was Exec. Director of the MAUI Writers Conference for 17 years and the pitch coach for Springboard Enterprises which has helped entrepreneurs generate $27 billion in funding/valuation.   

Book: Talking on Eggshells: Soft Skills for Hard Conversations 

https://samhorn.com/talkingoneggshells/  

Want to know how to speak up instead of shut down, face challenges head-on instead of running the other way, and keep your cool even when others don’t? Talking on Eggshells shows you how. This inspiring book shares everyday character-building situations and offers examples of what to say and not to say so you’ll never be tongue-tied or tongue-twisted again. 

Talking on Eggshells expands on concepts introduced in Sam Horn’s original book Tongue Fu!®– Which since being published 20+ years ago has been translated into over 15 languages and endorsed by leaders such as John Gray (Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus), Tony Robbins (The Power Within), and many more. With hundreds of new stories, quotes, and examples of what to say—and not say—in 20+ character-building situations you face almost every day. You’ll finally learn the social skills we all wish we’d been taught in school along with math, science, and history. In our increasingly divisive world, someone’s got to set an example of decency and diplomacy. Why not us?  

Social media links: 

·       https://www.facebook.com/SamHornPOP/ 

·       https://www.linkedin.com/in/samhorn/ 

·       https://twitter.com/SamHornIntrigue 

·       https://www.instagram.com/samhornintrigue/ 

·       #TalkingOnEggshells #samhorn 
 

Arishma Singh is an award-winning top performer, a ‘pocket rocket,’ and a woman to watch, with over 20 years of corporate experience working with such major brands as Nielsen Media, American Express, Google Australia, Pivot Software, and Experian Australia, After numerous health setbacks, Singh’s journey into mind-body solutions led her to EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). A globally certified and accredited EFT practitioner, she leveraged EFT to develop her own methodology, THRIVE, to enable high performers to achieve sustainable success without compromising their wellbeing. A keynote speaker, author, and edupreneur, Singh leads Thrive With EFT to empower clients to overcome inner blocks and achieve life-changing transformation. Her new book is The Respected Salesperson.  

WEBSITE: arishma.com and therespectedsalesperson.com  

The Psychology of Sales--The Complex Inner Game That Underpins High Performance 
 

This is about the internal work that must take place if you want to move beyond the negative “salesey” perception of a salesperson to become the Respected Salesperson. 

The Big Story: Everybody is a salesperson, whether they realize it or not. As humans we are always negotiating, pitching ideas, influencing, and changing people’s perceptions to convince them to buy into our ideas. From getting a raise or promotion at work, to landing a first date, or even getting your children to eat their vegetables, all of these desired outcomes spring from our ability to sell. If you want to sell your idea, respect is the strongest sales motivator you have. This means not only external respect, but self-respect. 

The So-What: In order to gain people’s respect, you must first look within yourself. People tend to be wary of salespeople precisely because we know that their main purpose is to influence – to change somebody’s mind, so that they think differently. If you want to THRIVE in sales, before you seek to change the minds of others, you first need to change your own mind through the interplay between your Thoughts, Habits, Reasons, Instincts, Values, and Emotions. 

Key Messages: Drawing on an evidence-based, self-help, therapeutic mind-body tool that she herself uses on a daily basis - Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), also known as Tapping – and the THRIVE methodology that she developed to create sustainable success, Arishma Singh weaves the personal with the professional, to equip you with the tools you need to grow respect for yourself and ultimately command respect from others. 

SOCIAL MEDIA:  

·       https://www.linkedin.com/in/arishmaspeaks  

·       https://www.youtube.com/@arishma.speaks 

https://instagram.com/arishma.speaks?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==

Website: www.juansilvera.com

Juan Silvera is a marketing, communications and digital product strategy executive and author with 30+ years real-life experience with some of the largest financial services firms in the world and with marketing agency startups.

He is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, a $45 billion lending institution. He has held executive marketing roles at Rabobank, Wachovia / Wells Fargo, Bank of America and MUFG Union Bank. In addition he was principal in three digital marketing startups, two in the U.S. and one in Europe.

During his career he has lived and worked in countries and cities from San Francisco, to Salzburg, Austria and from Charlotte to Mexico City, Miami, Utrecht, Netherlands and Caracas, Venezuela. 

His book, Improbably Successful: Proven Career Growth Strategies for the Rest of Us, provides real-life advice designed to propel careers at any stage of a professional’s journey. 

Juan is an alumnus from Cal State Los Angeles’ School of Business and Economics and from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School, where he earned his MBA. Juan and his wife Angela are originally from Medellin, Colombia and live in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Book: IMPROBABLY SUCCESSFUL: Proven Career Growth Strategies for the Rest of Us

​In today’s hypercompetitive global job market, the best planned career path, coupled with a great formal education, is not enough to get ahead. And if you happen to be a woman or a person of color, it is even tougher. The good news is that there is a set of proven career management strategies and best practices that can propel your career.

Starting in the mean streets of Medellin, Colombia and weaving through decades of startups and executive roles in financial services around the world, Juan Silvera’s Improbably Successful provides real-life advice designed to boost your career, whether you are mid-career, a seasoned pro, or a recent college graduate.

Simple, clear, and ready-to-use strategies and tactics for:

• Career goal setting
• Understanding non-linear career paths
• Moving for growth
• Effective networking
• Managing your professional brand
• Developing your executive presence
• Mastering communications
• Nailing job interviews
• Using your uniqueness to your advantage

Juan Silvera's book is a guide for career achievement for those who may not fit the stereotypical profile of a senior executive. It is a practical career management guide for the rest of us!

Social media:

·      X: https://twitter.com/juansilvera

·      LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juansilvera/

·      IG: https://www.instagram.com/juansilvera

From healthcare facilities to call centers, fulfillment centers to factories, and restaurants to retail stores, companies are struggling to find or keep workers, because the jobs they offer are low-paying, stressful, and provide little chance for growth and success.

In this follow-up to her previous book, The Good Jobs Strategy, Ton examines the “why” and “how” of the good jobs system—to help leaders and managers overcome the disconnect between recognizing a better model, and having the courage to implement it. Now more than ever— in a post-pandemic world, where baby boomers are retiring, people are having fewer children, and immigration is on the decline— employees and job seekers may have the cards in their favor for a while, a trend that will lead to rising wages.

·       Why market wages aren’t enough and the case for raising frontline worker pay

·       Employee turnover: what drives it and how it costs companies more than most executives

think. Various aspects of a high-turnover system including lack of trust between workers and

executives, work overload and understaffing, lack of autonomy, and low expectations

·       Why higher pay for workers doesn’t mean higher prices for customers. How H-E-B, Costco,

Sam’s Club, Quest Diagnostics and others have embraced the good jobs system to drive

competitiveness.

·       The good jobs system with two mutually dependent components: (1) heavy investment in

people, (2) an operational model that helps workers be more productive and serve customer

better

·       Differences in mindsets between good jobs and bad jobs systems

·       Why involvement of upstream functions such as product design, marketing, and logistics are

necessary to adopting a good jobs system

·       The biggest obstacles to adopting a good jobs system and how courageous leaders have

overcome them

·       How to make large investments in labor in stages so that they begin to pay for themselves

·       Why system change is less risky than what company leaders think

·       Why automation and trends in labor markets including rising minimum wage, fair scheduling,

an aging workforce, rise of employee voice make the good jobs system more attractive _____________________________________________________________________________

Given this, organizations that stay with the status quo—which is expensive financially, competitively, and ethically— will see labor costs rise with the market, but employee turnover won’t improve, and employees output will remain the same, since the job is the same.

With practical advice and case studies from companies that are doing this right, THE CASE FOR GOOD JOBS provides leaders with the blueprint they need to choose excellence by providing good jobs that offer a living wage, dignity, and opportunities for growth both for their employees and their organization.

Donna Griffit, author of STICKING TO MY STORY:  The Alchemy Of Storytelling For Startups, is a world-renowned Corporate Storyteller and Pitch Alchemist. She has helped over 1000 startups, corporates and investors raise over one billion dollars and accelerate their sales with a personal touch and unmatched messaging savvy, in any industry, at any phase. For more information, please visit www.DonnaGriffit.com

THE ART OF STORYTELLING FOR STARTUPS

Corporate Storyteller Donna Griffit Shares How To Deliver Winning Investor Presentations

Storytelling as an art has been practiced for thousands of years, but entrepreneurs focused on building their businesses often lose sight of telling great stories during investor presentations. In STICKING TO MY STORY: The Alchemy Of Storytelling For Startups, corporate storytelling expert Donna Griffit distills her experience from reviewing thousands of investor pitch decks into an easy-to-use guide for startup founders.

The human brain is hardwired for a structured story, says Griffit. Just as buildings need a foundation, frame, walls, windows, and paint, investor pitches require the proper structure. “When you see approximately 50 investor pitch decks a week over 14 years, you see a lot of repeat mistakes. And when you fix these decks, you see many successes,” she says.

A startup investor pitch deck is merely a story and the entrepreneurs are merely acting out the story. STICKING TO MY STORY provides a high-level outline of the four ‘chunks’, or acts, of a Startup Pitch Deck:

·       The Need The problem, or the villain of the story.

·       The Solution The hero of the story; what will solve the problem and slay the villain?

·       The Business Plan   What will happen after the hero takes action?

·       Moving Forward  The aftermath; hoping that the hero is triumphant.

Raising your game as a communicator is the best way to make a difference in your career and relationships, but it takes courage to find your voice, open up, and invite others to open up to us. As a life-long communication coach and top gun in her field, Michelle Gladieux has discovered four obstacles keeping us from becoming the best communicators we can be:

·      Hiding: Fear of exposing our supposed weaknesses

·      Defining: Putting too much stock into our assumptions, being quick to judge

·      Rationalizing: Leaning on pessimism to shield yourself from taking chances, engaging in conflict, or doing other scary but potentially rewarding actions

·      Settling: Stopping at “good enough” instead of aiming for something better in interactions

Improved communication requires taking smart risks to question our beliefs, take a leap of faith, and build our bravery to make a greater impact in our professional and personal relationships. Communicate with Courage helps readers confront psychological blocks and gives us the tools, Pro Moves, and exercises we need to become more fearless and peerless communicators.

Her book, Communicate with Courage: Taking Risks to Overcome the Four Hidden Challenges

Cancel culture. Wokeness. Privilege. When did talking to each other get so…. complicated? The good news: it doesn’t have to be this way. New York University scholars—and experts on tough conversations—Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow have literally written the book for people who are terrified of saying the wrong thing in conversations about our differences. 

In SAY THE RIGHT THING: How to Talk about Identity, Diversity, and Justice, Yoshino and Glasgow—who together direct NYU School of Law’s Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and have years of experience working with business and cultural leaders on these topics—offer seven research-backed, guidance-filled chapters about how to tackle tough topics with neighbors, friends, family members, co-workers, and anyone else you’re close to and care about.

“Ours is a pivotal moment in history,” the authors write. “Whether our societies advance toward an inclusive future or backslide toward an unjust past is up to us…. Our own answer is to begin not on some grand scale, but in our local spheres of influence—families, friendship circles, neighborhoods, social media platforms, educational institutions, and workplaces. It’s to hear those who speak of the inequalities in our world, and to raise our voices as allies in the quest for justice. It’s to say the right thing not in the sense of obeying the rules of etiquette, but in the sense of speaking up for what’s right. We’ve seen again and again that silences can find words, that words can become conversations, and that conversations can change lives. You have to start somewhere.”

LORI R. SACKLER is a financial advisor, senior vice president and family wealth director at a major financial institution where she leads a wealth management group. Her team is dedicated to helping individuals and families keep up with change, satisfying their financial security, addressing lifestyle and legacy concerns, and successfully guiding them through life’s transitions. Sackler is a certified investment management analyst, a certified financial planner and non-practicing certified public accountant. She is the author of The M Word: The Money Talk Every Family Needs to Have about Wealth and Their Financial Future, published in 2013 by McGraw Hill and The M Word Journal: How to Have the Money Talk released in 2016. She is the creator and former host of the radio show “The M Word” on WOR in New York City.

Book: THE M WORD: The Money Talk Every Family Needs to Have about Wealth and Their Financial Future, 2^nd edition

MONEY. It’s still the elephant in every family’s living room. Planning for a family’s future often prompts a total breakdown in communication, causing lasting damage. Statistics show most families fail to successfully transfer assets from one generation to the next, resulting in not only a loss of assets but a loss of family harmony.

In THE M WORD (Meridian Editions; April 4, 2023) first published in 2013, radio personality and financial advisor Lori Sackler introduced the concept of “Money Talks:”  mindful conversations that help families communicate dispassionately about money matters through all of life’s transitions — changes in financial circumstances, remarriage and merging families, retirement, preparing heirs, and transferring wealth. Since she introduced them a decade ago, Sackler’s “Money Talks” have become widely accepted throughout the personal finance industry as important and necessary. Today, the need for improved money communication has even become a meme in popular culture, finding its way into films and songs. But increased awareness of the problem she highlighted still hasn’t resulted in widespread adoption, and the public discourse only touches the surface without providing real actionable solutions.

In addition, the dramatic societal and economic changes that have taken place in the past few years have made the need for solutions even greater. In this new edition of her classic book, THE M WORD, Sackler has updated not just her exploration of the problem but her solutions in light of the rising costs of living, the pandemic-related changes in many industries, the prioritizing by many young people of work-life balance over income, the historic levels of anxiety among our youth, the stressful polarization of American society, and the increasingly uncertain global environment.

THE M WORD will change the way families view, spend, and transfer assets, wealth, and family values. Readers will learn how to approach the thorniest of subjects without anxiety or stress, and families will reap the benefits of secure financial planning for generations to come. Using the author’s five-step action plan to successfully prepare for, initiate, and execute the “Money Talk,” families will:

·       Understand why the money talk is so important and so hard,

·       Determine the transitions your family is facing and the topics and issues that need to be addressed,

·       Overcome the roadblocks that can keep families from communicating,

·       Prepare yourself and your family — logistically and psychologically — for the money talk,

·       Pick the right professionals to guide you through a complex financial world,

·       Create a process for repeated talks that can keep your families and finances intact.

THE M WORD destigmatizes conversations around money and provides a blueprint for families to communicate honestly and calmly about financial planning.

Selena Rezvani is a recognized consultant, speaker and author on leadership and self-advocacy. Named by Forbes “the premier expert on advocating for yourself at work,” she’s the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book Quick Confidence, and also wrote the award-winning Pushback and The Next Generation of Women Leaders, all about ways to make your voice heard and negotiate your needs at work. Selena addresses thousands of professionals each year at places like The World Bank, Under Armour, Microsoft, P&G, and many others. Today, she’s a columnist for NBC News’ Know Your Value. Selena is based in Philadelphia where she lives with her husband Geoff and 11 year old boy-girl twins. www.selenarezvani.com

Book: Quick Confidence: Be Authentic, Boost Connections, and Make Bold Bets on Yourself

In Quick Confidence: Be Authentic, Create Connections and Make Bold Bets On Yourself, best-selling author and renowned leadership speaker Selena Rezvani delivers an effective and eye-opening new approach to building confidence and presence for professionals. In the book, the author walks you through―and helps you leap over―the 9 most common obstacles that stand in the way of building authentic confidence. She offers digestible actions, behaviors, and exercises you can use to change the way you think and the way you present yourself to others.

Relying on sound, scientifically validated data, the book helps you zero in on one actionable method at a time, from making a memorable entrance to stoking confidence in those around you.

You’ll also find:

• Mental, physical, and interpersonal routines that will lock in your new and confident persona for lasting change
• Techniques for using silence strategically and refusing to overexplain to enhance your credibility and presence
• Ways to overcome the intimidation factor that goes hand-in-hand with dealing with powerful people

A hands-on playbook for professionals at all stages looking for effective confidence-building advice that goes beyond “fake it ‘til you make it,” Quick Confidence is a fun and rewarding journey to a renewed self-image and enhanced well-being.

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ALI GREENE is co-founder of Remote Works, an organizational design and consulting firm with a mission to liberate teams from the nine-to-five and teach them how to do their best work anytime, anywhere. Along with Tamara Sanderson, Ali Green has spent a combined two decades in distributed workplaces: Greene as the former director of people operations at DuckDuckGo and Sanderson as the director of strategic partnerships and corporate development at Automattic. Throughout their joint career history, they’ve worked in varied environments, including big tech (Google), startups (Oyster, LivingSocial), creative agencies (IDEO, Undertone), and management consulting and private equity (Oliver Wyman, Audax Group). Their new book, Remote Works: Managing for Freedom, Flexibility, and Focus (Berrett-Koehler Publishers; February 7, 2023), is the ultimate playbook for managing remote teams.

www.remoteworksbook.com 

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Remote Works: Managing for Freedom, Flexibility, and Focus  – by Ali Greene & Tamara Sanderson

Jim Citrin talks about how remote work continues to evolve and change the workplace and how leaders can use practical tools to achieve virtual success. His book is, “Leading at a Distance: Practical Lessons for Virtual Success” co-authored by Darleen Derosa

Jim Citrin leads Spencer Stuart’s North American CEO Practice and serves on the firm’s Board of Directors.  During his 28-year tenure, he has completed over 750 CEO, Board Director and top executive searches for leading media, technology, communications, consumer and PE-backed companies, and not-for-profit institutions. He is an expert on leadership and CEO succession.