52 Weeks of Empowerment

As we close our program, our host Andrea Pagnozzi will end the year as powerfully as it began talking about ways to sustain the momentum of growth, development, and moving forward with career change.  It may be taking longer than you had hoped, but you might be really close to attaining your career potential, so listen to some tips to keep your journey going strong in 2023.  Andrea shares an easy 6-step focus for you that clears your mind, body and soul whenever those resolutions start to lose their luster and you start to falter.  Go out with a clear plan for next year and tune in to set those career goals on a great trajectory ahead.  Thank you for listening to our program and share it with others looking to thrive next year by making it a habit to listen from episode 1 to 52.  Happy New Year!

This month has been all about setting our listeners up spiritually, tactically, and emotionally for 2023, but sometimes a solid business plan or healthy mindset is not enough to secure success. Sometimes people need to visually focus on the plan ahead and map it out. As we close in on the end of this year, we introduce the  practice of vision boarding as another option to ensure they follow their goals.  Our guest, Gail Burns, has used them over the years to manifest career changes, life changes, moving to new places, and so much more. As a career success coach specializing in real estate, Gail helps new realtors manifest an entrepreneurial mindset in starting their business, and vision boards are just one way to do it. Gail will walk our listeners through best practices in creating vision boards, discuss the intentions behind them and walks us through how they have helped her and her clients amass success over the years.  Learn how to visually plan for the year ahead in this powerful episode about success, focus and all those positive things.

Tony Castronovo, Founder & Managing Partner of Novo Multifamily Group, joins 52 Weeks of Empowerment this week to discuss the importance of business planning. Tony is a seasoned multifamily real estate investor with experience in building several successful businesses. His "super power" is attracting capital through his strong value proposition and transparency - which are two great aspects to the business planning process. At this time of year, its time to reflect on what went well, what you can learn from, and plan ahead for 2023. Tony provides listeners with simple wisdom such as continuous connection with one's stakeholders, holding oneself accountable and enjoying the experience of conducting business. Start next year off right with a powerful business plan, and let us help take away some of the struggle in putting one together. Tony is also a success coach for entrepreneurs and can be found on his website: https://grit-to-growth.com

Steve M. Beauchamp is all about balance - as a Certified Ikigai Tribe coach , he applies Japanese wisdom & philosophies to Western professionals as many companies in the US are trying to adopt in their culture. In this informative episode, Steve helps our listeners tap into the practices of the samurai; a very disciplined group who followed the 8 virtues of the Bushido code - Righteousness, Loyalty, Honor, Respect, Honesty, Courage and Consistency. All of these virtues lend themselves in today's professional world toward a more balanced approach to work and life. As we close 2022, this helps us end the year as we began, with a mindset of abundance and a better way to move forward toward 2023.

While there is no guarantee in business that you will succeed, the one sure fire way to ensure you won't, is to give up.  Perhaps 2022 isn't ending with the economic health you had planned for - that is okay. The important thing is to plan ahead, get crystal clear on your why, and take steps to safeguard your assets during a volatile time - which by the way, can also be very lucrative.  Jill Dulitsky is our guest this week, who has both the financial know-how and the business entrepreneurship experience we need to hear from during unknown times like this - to finish this year strong and empower us to be successful in 2023. It comes from taking simple steps and super clear on your WHY.  Listen in to this week's pearls to chart your course for success in 2023. 

Everyone should be treated with respect in the workplace, and Erin Meadows made that her mission as leader in the corporate setting and now, as a coach, empowers people to build businesses where leaders do the same, and career seekers look for these qualities in a new employer.   We welcome her to 52 Weeks to champion the humanity of people and the respect and compassion that leaders can offer that makes for a much stronger culture and work force.  For more info on Erin's coaching check out her website at: https://erinmeadowscoaching.com!

At this time of year, the feedback of an annual review can seem daunting, especially if the feedback is harsh and ambiguous. Clarity and specificity is incredibly easy to deliver, and it is critical to change and maintenance of empowerment for valued employees.  Life coach Amanda McPherson joins the program to shed insight on how feedback, when done right, can be a smooth, successful process.  

One way to safeguard your top talent is to support their career potential, charting a course for them to thrive in.  Sharissa Sebastian works with Fortune 100 companies to help build that mindset and enable leaders to think differently about career pathing that transcends the typical up-and-to-the-right mentality.  Instead, Sharissa shares ways of empowering employees through coaching and developing in role or in new ways to re-engage them.  Its a winning mindset shift you will want to hear about!

Leadership engagement could be the difference between someone leaving a job or staying.  This episode begs leaders to lean in before people walk out, and make the commitments necessary to engage with people where they are. Natasha Kehimkar of Malida Advisors helps us wrap our heads around trying to meet people at their needs with empathy, compassion and a good dose of healthy conflict to stop people form taking the leap.  

This month our podcast has dug into how to achieve the next stage of your career boldly.  From consultancy, to opening your own business, and today we tackle the subject of what it takes to become a leader.  We have boiled it down to 6 essential skills that based on extensive research - all great leaders possess. Some are stronger at certain skills than others, but they execute all of them.  If you are thinking about throwing your hat in the ring to attain a leadership role - strengthen these skills and continue to do so as a leader.

This month we have been helping overcome the fear of leaping forward into career pivot, by figuring out what people truly want, determine whether to become a contractor versus a permanent employee and this week we tackle the apprehension of becoming an entrepreneur.  Our guest, Richelle Jessey, helps us walk through how she helps coaches open their own businesses and introduces us to a 4-step process that is equally effective for any new business owner.  Consider this a valuable  case study in being a private business owner.  

If you are considering whether to go contract or stay as a permanent employee, this is the show for you.  Career coach and 20+ year veteran of IT corporate and contract experiences - Mahmoud Abou-Elneel (Coach Moe) shares his journey and his insight on everything to consider in going the consultant route professionally.  From wage considerations to tax implications - Moe provides thoughtful perspectives on this episode.

You can't be silent in a job search - whether its networking or interviewing, whether you are the candidate or representing the hiring company - show up and speak up.  Ask for the things you are seeking by example, don't simply assume it exists because they say it does. In this episode, career empowerment coach, Andrea Pagnozzi, provides an analysis of what people seeking their next best career are truly looking for and how to uncover what exists versus what is advertised.  Andrea shares some wisdom as far as asking the right questions on both sides of an interview and how people should hold themselves and companies accountable to what is desired.  Its a great 30 minutes of straight talk you won't want to miss!

If you are someone who is employed by a company or boss who is unable to motivate you to succeed and cannot seem to make expectations clear, it may be time to find someplace that will.  For organizations looking for that perfect fix for turnover and skill set to invest in your leaders - you have come to the right podcast. We bring Ellen Miller - corporate consultant and growth mindset coach - to talk about the importance of setting clear, attainable goals that people are a part of not only beholden to. Simple strategies to keep business blowing at an uncertain time in our economy, and that can truly turn an abysmal culture or team into a powerhouse.

Everyone wants to be successful, but most don't know how to make it happen. Professional leadership coach Jane Gertler has this down to a science and is sharing to helping her clients take the bull by the horns and build advocacy at work by making your co-workers your advocates. We have spoken many times about the importance of having anchors or advocates who can support your success, yet most are still waiting for a ticket to the dance; an invitation to success. Stop waiting, be bold and put yourself into the mix with people. There is strength in advocacy and you will emerge from our latest episode with some creative ways to tap into the leader within.

Georgie Komeiner spent a good portion of her career helping other in the workplace as an employee relations specialist.  She began to realize that what held people back from opportunities to advance or to explore further, were deeper than the surface. Becoming a coach that enabled people to get to the root cause of their fear of striving for next level opportunities is what she brings to her practice and this episode.  If fear is what drives you away from opportunity, believing you aren't qualified, or not good enough, this is an eye-opening episode you won't want to miss!

A very empowering episode about how people can hit rock bottom and use that experience to rebound toward the best opportunities professionally. Join Matt Hogan, professional who is living proof of the possibilities that can happen. After attempting suicide at 18, he recovered to build a life of purpose, working towards a vertical growth career, eventually leaving corporate America to start his own successful coaching business and inspire others.  Tune in to hear his tips on turning it around, and realizing your true career potential. 

In a world full of unique people embracing diversity has been the talk of the corporate dynamic.  Suddenly, our uniqueness of experience, and overcoming adversity has also helped to differentiate people through experience and our guest Michelle Kuei, has built a successful business by telling her story and encouraging others to do the same. In this week's episode, Michelle tells our listeners her incredible story that set her apart from others and her secret to getting ahead of such adversity was simply being normal. This is a refreshing story for those who are struggling to find what sets them apart and want to find their niche professionally. Don't miss Michelle's insightful discussion!

After significant life changes due to loss (death, layoff, divorce) or experiencing trauma (injury, abuse, depression), often people struggle to muster courage, confidence and choose instead to stay introverted because of the fear, the guilt, the imposter syndrome that may follow tragedy.  Our guest this week, Laurice Duffy is a skilled professional life coach who helps people through this time of personal doubt and gets them to a place where they can build again.  Laurice shares her own personal journey to success with her business, after losing her husband Kevin to ALS in 2018.  Since then, she has helped so many build back and dream big for themselves to thrive again professionally. Join us for this warm, poignant episode that can help you do the same. 

Very often leaders are chosen because they do a job well, but that job doesn't necessarily prepare them for leadership. Leadership requires confidence, the ability to coach and sustainably grow business and cultivate talent - which are facets that leaders need to be trained and coached to do. Adrian Trumbo, PCC, CPC, is a leadership and success coach whose mission is to enable leaders to allow themselves to be the leaders they wish to be and do the things that will enable their teams. This is a great conversation for those contemplating leadership pathways and want to further understand why some leaders aren't suited for such roles.  Adrian shares how coaching can play a role in building confidence and great habits.  

Krista Resnick was all about people-pleasing - at work, in life, in relationships - until she realized what it cost her in the process. After a period of personal reparation - identifying where this derived from and setting clear boundaries, Krista now takes what she has learned and has helped hundreds of people with her transformational coaching. In this episode, Krista brings some of those realizations to 52 Weeks, to empower others to set boundaries toward a more fulfilling career and life balance. Learn what is behind that tendency to overdeliver and people please, and how to set up boundaries to get back your time, and dignity. If you struggle with setting boundaries - reach out to Krista at www.kristaresnick.com 

We all have times of doubt and worry - rising costs and interest rates, investments suffering, market volatility, COVID numbers spiking - and while these can certainly trigger concerns in our careers, its our day-to-day confidence wavering that makes it even tougher to bear.  Jordan Tepfer is a former corporate leader who experienced this firsthand - working insane hours, wanting to prove himself, choosing work to the detriment of relationships and constantly riding the wave of worry, doubt and achievement. No matter how much he put in, did it really justify the sacrifices he was making?   If you are feeling that way on the daily and need some healthy work tips to simplify and need a little empowerment to bring your authentic self to the table - as so many of us do - this will be 30 minutes well spent.

Amy Kan is on a mission to make work better — for the people she works with and the companies that employ them. As the founder and lead coach at The Workplace Initiative, Amy works with executives, emerging leaders, and teams to increase self-awareness, shift mindsets, and build capabilities critical to leadership success such as trust, empathy, resiliency, collaboration, and the ability to influence. Come join us for a realization workshop on ways you can truly impact your career positively through simple, key steps that brings you closer to your why.  

You know the job you have is not the job you want. Maybe it is a job you once loved, but the spark has burned out.  Maybe its a new boss who you don't quite connect with.  You want more, better, But you can't quite get yourself from point A to B - its more comfortable to stay put, where at least you know you're stable,  With the economy in a shaky situation, and change being scary - our guest, Michele Saunders - professional life/career coach, CPC, ELI-MP - walks us through how to take the leaps in life that manifest your intentions to solidify change.  Join us for a frank discussion about how to move from thinking about change to making it happen.

Whether you do the hiring or are being hired, this episode is for you!  How an organization welcomes people in is critical to the inclusion, sense of belonging and community, and truly affects the morale and long-term tenure of a new hire.  In this episode, career empowerment coach, Andrea Pagnozzi, CPC, ELI-MP, shares the top 6 things to consider implementing that will make the onboarding process more successful. And give interviewing candidates things to consider inquiring about onboarding during the interview process.

People often overlook candidates with ample experience because they assume that the candidate is either too expensive and will get bored quickly, or because they are underperformers and lazy. 90% of the time neither is correct, they simply want to do something they enjoy doing.  In this episode, we empower the seemingly overqualified candidate with ways to position themselves favorably in the application/interview process and we also give hiring managers some food for thought to look at this candidates with a keener eye.

This episode is going to bring back the highlights of all 25 previous shows and make sure you haven't missed a beat.  Most importantly, it will reignite people's passion for success in their careers. This time of year is when people start to lose their focus on career success, we coaches like to call it the "Summer Slump".  This episode is going to recalibrate you, it will challenge you and will breathe life back into your drive and ambition.  Give us 30 minutes to restart your clock.  

This week's episode is one for leader we have, leaders we want to be, and leaders who want to be better. Have you lost your ability to empower others because you lack the feeling of empowerment yourself? Have you no idea how to empower others in a virtual or challenging environment?  How committed are you to helping your own career thrive let alone others?  Vicki Abelson and I will share some rejuvenating ideas for your empowerment that can reenergize the way you lead others. Don't miss this engaging episode with a true expert on how to help leaders take initiative in their own careers to empower others.

It is no one's job but yours to take action on your career - but you don't have to do it alone either. Ask for help!  Ask for advocacy!  Ask for advice!  Ultimately, you do the action that comes from the answers, but hire the coach, talk to the manager, build that network to overcome what may hold you back.  Career coach, former veteran, and business strategist, helps women startup their businesses and in this episode, she helps out listeners take ownership of their careers using the same techniques.  Its a refreshingly real conversation about not waiting for permission to take hold of your professional life, once and for all. 

Two-thirds of the reason why people leave jobs come down to poor management - but what makes them poor?  Too demanding? Lack of courtesy/empathy? Ultimately, they don't engage and align with their people and that stems from a lack of trust.  We connect the dots on this issue from a corporate solutions perspective and help individuals identify the things to look for in a new organization with organizational development guru and psychological safety expert, Jay Marks from The Jay Marks Group.  Listen as Jay talks about ways he has inspired companies to breed better managers and more trust with simple strategies, you too can implement as a people manager.  We will also identify ways to "manage up" as employees.  Don't miss this informative episode!

If you are a leader seeking to better connect, communicate, breed trust, enable, coach, and collaborate - they key is to be both self aware and aware of the needs of your teams.  Join us as we examine the path to awareness with talented leadership coach and keynote speaker, Stephanie Simpson.  Listen as Stephanie shares her successes in a variety of industries in terms of enabling leaders to bring better more authentic versions of themselves to the teams they lead and has a profound affect on performance, operational effectiveness and overall wellbeing.

People have options today in their career - to take what they know and parlay that into something that they truly love doing by applying previous experiences but don't know how, who to talk to, and where to start.  We talk perceptions in the workplace and the realities that exist through advocating for oneself, how and when to lean on managers and others who want to help you get ahead.  If you are operating in the pivot of your career - looking to get somewhere else - this is an episode you won't want to miss!

Layoffs can be daunting. Whether or not you saw it coming, the stigma of being unemployed, has a real emotional impact. While its important to process what has happened, and take time to be thoughtful about next steps, some don't know how to rebuild after this traumatic experience. As a career empowerment coach, our host Andrea Pagnozzi, shares her insight from coaching numerous clients through being laid off and motivationally enables listeners to use this time as one of rebuild and transformation.  

Do you have an interview coming and want the perfect questions to ask when they ask if you have any?  Listen to this insightful episode to learn 5 strong, insightful questions that will tell you more about your new role, new company and new manager in ways that will command respect and obtain the information you need to make an informed decision about your next career move! Listen as career empowerment coach Andrea Pagnozzi, CPC, ELI-MP, shares these questions as well as tips for managers who may be asked to answer them!  Don't miss the opportunity to nail your next interview!  For more career enablement, contact Andrea at info@flintcoachingllc.com

Companies may promise greener pastures, but very soon after accepting the job and acclimating to a new opportunity, most find that its the same old problems at a different place.  In fact, a recent report shows that 40% of people who migrated to new opportunities in the wake of the pandemic, are looking again. In this episode, our guest is Jen Laidlaw, proprietor of TeamWerks LLC.; an agency that works with companies to help them shift their culture toward betterment and not reverting back to old ways that don't work.  We will unpack why companies can't shift on their own, and discuss how her agency applies very integrative techniques to champion people in an ongoing and consistent basis.   If you are interested in finding out more about TeamWerks, LLC. you can reach Jen at https://www.teamwerksllc.com/.

In this transformative episode, international life and business coach, Nathalie van Haaren, walks listeners through her experience with burnout in a corporate environment and discusses the way she realigned herself using simple, yet game-changing techniques to be more present in her life and fulfilled in her career. If you are looking for the same type of alignment in your life - this is a show you won't want to miss!

Leadership, by design, in an evolutionary process that requires skill and knowledge; both of which need to be cultivated through training and development.   For almost 3 decades, Dave Davis and his company, ROMAR Learning Solutions,  have helped train and develop aspiring leaders, knowing that they are the driving force between people being successful and people leaving organizations - which is not only costly, but totally avoidable.  Join the conversation in this week's episode about why companies need to invest in their frontline leaders, and learn some of the necessary skills that need to be a priority in this week's informative episode.

If you want the best possible answers to the typical interview questions, this episode is for you! Learn how to respond in ways that will get you hired.  And learn about how companies choose these questions and what they are trying to determine by asking them.  We will even talk alternative questions that might make better sense in today's employment process.

There are far too many people who can relate to the feeling of being unworthy at work.  People who are afraid of being a fraud, and believe themselves to be, which leads to anxiety, introversion, depression, and discontent at work. Join us as we speak to courage coaching expert, Shermain Melton as he walks through is own personal experience with imposter syndrome and teaches us credible ways to accept the imposter in the mirror and make peace with them once and for all.

So you have spent 20+ years in a job you thought was your calling and now, you are unfulfilled and wanting a change?  Over the past two years, numerous people have felt the same way and sought career coaching. In this pivotal episode, we will talk about the key steps that are necessary to seamlessly pivot from your current career to realize your true career potential. 

Melinda Dransfield is a gifted coach and inspirational speaker who works with corporations to help save their people by influencing them to take steps to avoid burnout altogether. On this week's episode she unpacks the power of her program Thrive 360, sharing wisdom and impactful insight on how individuals can apply the same techniques to their day-to-day to save themselves from the brink of burnout!  A must listen for anyone who thinks the only answer is changing careers! 

When you think of implementing better communication in the workplace, improv is probably not the first solution you gravitate to, but after this episode, you might.  Learn about ways to apply improvisational techniques to your culture to be better connected, communicate more effectively, and build powerful teams with Improv at Work founder, Heather Barnes.

Join us as we speak with Amazon best-selling author and "King of Clarity", Steve Woodruff, about the importance of communicating with clarity when you are looking for a new job.  Clarity about who you are, what you bring to an organization, and why you are the right candidate are essential points of differentiation in today's competitive job market.  Find out ways to maximize your potential during this impactful episode!

If you are career seeking and about to interview for a great new opportunity, this is the show for you! Get tips and learn best practices in interviewing from recruiting expert and career coach, Monie Yates, proprietor of TME Coaching.  Monie brings many years of results-oriented coaching and recruiting expertise to our program, where we discuss ways to enhance your interview conversations.   To find out more about Monie's services, check out her website at: https://themonieeffect.com/  

In Part 2 of our discussion on Having Difficult Discussions, we examine the perspective from the organizational leadership side of a challenging conversation. Learn how best to react, and how best to navigate the challenge.  By applying the proven ABCD method of positive talk, you will have a much more empowering outcome.

This is the first part of a two-part series introducing a credible way to approach toward having difficult discussions at work.  This week we tackle it from the employee's perspective, and how to empower these conversations to enable positive outcomes. 

People are leaving their jobs in droves, some without another job to fall back on, and while the pandemic is always to blame, often it comes down to 1) a lack of connection to the company or culture, 2) lack of feeling supported by management, and 3) a lack of fulfillment in their career overall.   In this episode, we will explore with Ronda Robinson, CPTD - founder of RetainMyTeam.com what organizations should be doing to turn the "Great Resignation" around to keep and cultivate talent. And for individuals looking to be part of great companies that operate under these auspices, this is a great listen to learn about solutions companies are implementing to improve employee satisfaction and reduce turnover.  You can reach out to Ronda at: www.robinsonalliancegroup.com

Calling all hard workers and martyrs, who cannot shut down, or take a breather!!  This episode is for you!  We talk the importance of the why and give tips on the how, of setting boundaries at work, so you avoid burnout and better time manage your workload. 

Its fine to operate with an abundance mindset and have an awesome personal brand - but if you don't know where you would rather be, its kind of hard to get there from here. In this episode, Andrea Pagnozzi, our host and certified Career Success and Empowerment Coach, helps guide us on our professional journey in a world of many unknowns. 

Last week, Part 1 of this series examined building and communicating your personal, professional brand outside of your company, and this week, Part 2 takes at look at building your brand equity internal to your present company of employment.

Employers want to hear who you are, what you do, and what differentiates you from everyone else - this is called a personal brand message.  Not everyone has a personal brand to share, but everybody should.  In this first part of a two-part series on building your own brand, we look at ways to build your brand to share with new organizations and prospective employers and position yourself favorably in the pursuit of your next best career.