I am inspired on a regular basis by the people I meet and work with in the marketing, advertising, and digital space. This podcast is dedicated to those that have inspired me in the hopes that it will do the same with you.
In this episode of The Conversational, Mark Pattison, Former NFL Player, Speaker, Mountaineer & Sports Illustrated Executive shares how he's overcome life threatening obstacles of snow blindness, a COVID outbreak, a cyclone plus ran out of oxygen on Mt Everest, YET still found the strength to conquer the highest point on earth to complete his Seven Summits goal all while raising funds to support his daughters battle with epilepsy. #theconversational #csuitenetwork #csuiteradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My Conversational podcast guest, Paul Caine, wowed me with his #HoShiMo's! The story of his childhood, meeting his wife, college journey (he lived in a lobby), career shifts, start-ups, death of a child, establishment of a program in honor of that child, industry awards, are just the tip of the iceberg. Be entertained, be inspired, listen in! #hoshimo #csuiteradio #csuitenetwork Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Kassan is truly a man who needs no introduction complete with his #HoShiMo‘s memorialized in Frenemy by Ken Auletto. Truly the most “networked” man in the advertising industry, a lawyer, entrepreneur, visionary and friend. You will be enthralled by his story. #csuiteradio #csuitenetwork Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jacki Kelley, CEO of Dentsu (Americas) is the American Dream personified. Her family settled in Colorado in the 1800's from Scotland..and stayed. But not Jacki. She's blazed a trail from California, to Texas, to DC, to NYC via USA Today, Yahoo!, Bloomberg, Universal McCann, Martha Stewart and Dentsu all while raising a family that includes 25 foster kids. Smart, inspiring and truly one of the good ones...meet Jacki. #hoshimo #csuiteradio #csuitenetwork Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meet Mark Ford. A Cleveland native, from a steel mill family, had a big dream to be the CEO of JWT. Life's #hoshimo's (loving in his car, dyslexia ) turned him into the “turn around guy” and eventually THE guy at Time Inc. AND still as genuine as ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do a Harvard grad, a 20-year publishing legacy, Double-Click founder, Yahoo! Chief Sales Officer, Media Link, Martha Stewart, and James Beard have in common? The incomparable Wenda Harris Millard of course! Listen in to the story of her amazing rise to the top of every industry she touched. #csuiteradio #csuitenetwork #HoShiMo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shelly Palmer, described as an American television composer and personality, a "top voice" in technology, and a self proclaimed member of the "lucky DNA Club" was born to musicians and expected to take over his father's music store. His biggest #HoShiMo forever shifted his trajectory. Listen in to hear why he chose NOT to join Marty Scorsese on the west coast and how he has built his tech consulting empire. #csuitenetwork #csuiteradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Reinert, lawyer, actor, music lover, philanthropist, survivor. He's represented radio and music recording artists, was the first on the jukebox scene, and he also bravely fights multiple myeloma cancer. He turned his story into two plays and gives all proceeds to the mmrf.org to fight this rare disease that he shares with people like Tom Brokaw. Listen and be inspired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Meet the “Dear Abby of Sex”, Susan Bratton. Her #HoShiMo's are epic...divorced parents, closeted parents, child molestation, abuse, escaping to become a pioneer and leader in AdTech..then on the cusp of divorce she found her calling...Intimacy expert, great sex goddess...this story has it all! #hoshimo #csuite #csuiteradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ed Brzychcy, former US army infantry staff sergeant, three combat deployments, finally found his purpose. Then an injury and PTSD changed all that. So, he took his life's #HoShiMo's and turned them into a thriving business coaching leaders to be more robust, agile, via his consulting firm, Blue Cord Management. #csuite #csuiteradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Merit Kahn wanted the American Dream. But #hoshimo's changed that picture. Divorce, a gay parent, a year wandering the world, starting a business, life altering medical diagnosis culminating in a stand-up comedy act made a much more interesting story. Listen in! #hoshimo #csuite #csuiteradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meet David Payne. Former Assistant US Attorney at Dept of Justice, turned lawyer for Atlanta's pro teams, turned CEO for digital tech co, turned creator and host of Somebody Somewhere, solving cold cases. #HoShiMo's throughout! You've got to hear his story! #hoshimo #csuite #csuiteradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How did Jeff Barnes become CEO of Angel Investors Network? Thru a series of unbelievable #HoShiMo's: homelessness, baseball dream- ending injury, on a sinking submarine, death, divorce... but still, he rises. Listen in! #hoshimo #csuite #csuiteradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brad Smith's dad, an Air Force pilot during WWII, was born in1919. So it made sense that Brad had a dream to be a pilot or an astronaut. He met Allan Shepard and Neil Armstrong, found out he was colorblind so had to pursue a new dream. Ended up being the guy giving the go, no-go to the shuttle missions, parlayed that into a tech job, finally becoming the most interesting Customer Experience(CX) Expert ever! Today, he owns and operates Vector Business Navigation and is widely lauded as one of the best CX professionals alive. Listen to his fascinating story. #hoshimo #csuite #csuiteradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Beth Comstock couldn't say no when Jack Welch called. Listen in to hear Beth's journey starting out as a quiet Southern girl all the way to the first female Vice Chair of GE and the #hoshimo she faced along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a town where the deer outnumbered the humans came a guy who got a law degree, joined a prestigious law firm, then left it, without a plan, created a start-up and eventually sold it and a few others for HUNDREDS of millions of dollars. Meet Dave Morgan, Founder and CEO of Simulmedia. #hoshimo #csuite Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lightening struck Jeffrey Hayzlett, celebrity speaker and entertainment mogul, both literally and figuratively. Listen in to a riveting story about a cowboy from South Dakota. #CSuite Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“You have 6 months to live..”. Those were the words that forever changed Indie Lee's life and turned her into a self-made, natural beauty care product mogul... but it was anything but easy. Listen in as Indie shares her story. #hoshimo #csuite Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amy Oestreicher, a PTSD specialist, Audie award-nominated playwright, performer, author and true survivor has made her mess, her message. Sexual abuse, literally becoming “gut” less, didn't stop her from her dream... but it did transform it. Listen in to this episode of The Conversational. #hoshimo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A short but special tribute to the wonderful, amazingly successful people who have made The Conversational possible in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brad Berens, an award-winning teacher of Shakespeare, an author of a science fiction book called Red Cross turned Hollywood story analyst at studios, agencies and production houses like Dreamworks, New Regency, CAA and Mirage wanted nothing more than to teach kids about Shakespeare for the rest of his life. He created websites for his students which turned into textbooks used all over the world and forever altered his path. Listen in to the brilliant Brad Beren's as he walks us through the #HoShiMo's that transformed his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ruth Zukerman was programmed to be the perfect princess pleaser. She pursued dance as a career and was constantly turned down which led to low self-esteem and no idea of what to do next. She thought marriage was the solution, but inevitably that failed. Her divorce judge told her to “get a job” and did she ever! Listen in to hear how this #HoShiMo led to the founding of Soul Cycle and FlyWheel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How did a teenager from Amish country become the countries premiere trend-spotter and wildly successful entrepreneur? Listen in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jennifer Gilbert, founder of Save the Date, serial award winner, speaker, author of I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag, and survivor of 37 stab wounds inflicted in a brutal attack. Listen in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Harry Cohen is the author of “Be the Sun, Not the Salt”. He's a shrink, coach, husband, father, restaurateur & entrepreneur with great stories and better truths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Robin was on top of the world...and then she broke...and breaking was a gift that led to true happiness. Listen to her story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trust your gut - literally. Take a risk. Two philosophies that define Carrie Kerpen's career, family, and life. Listen in to hear how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How does a guy who was kicked out of high school for his parents bad behavior become CEO and independent director, President and COO of Answers Corp, CEO of IAC Media and Advertising, CEO of about.com, CEO of allbusiness.com and more? Listen in and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listen in to hear how Lori finds inner strength and rises to the top of her game after being told that "I had the highest paying job I would ever have in his company as a woman." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tim Clevenger, VP of Marketing at Cambia Health Solutions, a kid who grew up in a rural ranching town of 200, wore a suit to the 2nd grade, had a life plan that was squashed in a college art class – shares his story of success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Katie O'Grady, acclaimed actress, owner of Alcove Productions LLC, Acting for Kids and Teens, The Studio Northwest, and native Oregonian was told to “Stop smiling” then found her truth, turned her life upside down and now helps teens find their truth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listen in as Carol Kruse, former CMO at ESPN and Cambia Health Solutions, shares how a small town girl from Pennsylvania who loves national parks, the outdoors and sports, rocked corporate America, found her way to Oregon, and now finds joy in the most incredible ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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