Podcasts about executive development

 Today, we're heading to Laguna Hills in California to chat with the founder of ELAJ, Suhein Beck. Suhein is affectionately known as the culture cultivator. She's a dynamic speaker, author, and entrepreneur, a proud Circassian with roots tracing back to the legendary Amazon women. Heck, we may have even traced her lineage back to Leonardo da Vinci. Currently, Suhein has launched an international speaking tour and campaign that draws on her rich heritage to challenge mainstream narratives and ignite transformative leadership to develop their own higher standards and adopt a personal code of honor.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we were meant to be in Dubai, but we've been diverted to Lithuania so we could catch up with Ben Cena, co-founder and CEO of High Value Author. The company helps entrepreneurs and thought leaders gain market footholds through expertly crafted book writing, publishing, and marketing. As Ben shares, every entrepreneur and leader has a unique story that deserves to be told. At High Value Author, they take that story and transform it into a powerful tool for authority building, lead generation, and long-term business growth.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today, we're heading to Silicon Valley and connecting with business psychologist, entrepreneur, and speaker Marina Morgan. Marina is the founder of Morgan Impact, an organizational psychology agency, and with over 15 years of experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments, Marina specializes in combining psychological principles, neurophysiology, and business strategies to help leaders and organizations thrive in today's dynamic world. A Stanford alum, Marina has had the opportunity to collaborate with UC Berkeley and Econa on global research examining the influence of mental health on entrepreneurial success. This research has deeply informed her approach to leadership as well as business development. As an entrepreneur, Marina founded her first business at age 19 and has since advised over 50 companies across various sectors. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're in Boston, Massachusetts and visiting Aryo Consulting Group's founder and CEO, Justin Abrams. Originally started as McKinsey for small businesses, Justin believes small businesses deserve proper strategy, growth and excellence. His company, ACG, structures itself into three pillars of success – strategy, growth and optimization. With strategy, they bring you the research, data and principles that are typically provided by the large consulting firms, but at 1/100th of the price.   Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies

Today, we're back in Gainesville, Florida and catching up with best-selling author and serial entrepreneur, Betsy Pepine. Betsy has established herself in the real estate industry, owning a real estate brokerage, property management firm, title company, and real estate school. The Wall Street Journal has consistently recognized her real estate team as one of the top producing in the United States. Betsy's brokerage Pepine Realty has been named as an Inc. 5000 fastest growing private company in the United States multiple times and has earned spots on the top 50 Florida companies to watch and Florida Trend best companies to work for lists. Betsy is endorsed by her mentor, real estate mogul and Shark Tank shark Barbara Corcoran, as well as leading media personalities Dave Ramsey and Glenn Beck.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies

Today, we're heading back close to home, landing in Melbourne, Australia, to chat with Mr. Amit Khanna. Losing his father at the age of 14 with only 425 Indian Rupee, that's close to five US dollars, in the bank and huge debts to clear off, urged a young Amit to work odd jobs as a factory worker, salesperson, cashier, and bartender to bring in cash until graduation. Struggling to speak fluid English and battling with facial paralysis multiple times throughout his life was no cakewalk, early into his IT career, he realized his affinity towards people management and transitioned to corporate leadership roles by mastering the communication game, now with over a decade of experience as a certified project manager working in seven countries, today Amit is an international TEDx speaker, thought leader, master storyteller and mentor in leadership and communication, during our conversation we explore Amit's book, ‘CORPORATE CIRCUS,' which offers proven personal strategies to become confident as a corporate communicator, enabling you to win big in your corporate career, the step-by-step techniques introduced enhance your communication skills, allowing you to articulate your ideas with clarity and impact, as well, there's a host of insider tips and practical exercises to conquer your fear of public speaking and deliver compelling presentations that captivate any audience. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies  

Today, we have something special, a panel discussion with several members of the global training and coaching company, Adaptive Leaders. Our panel guests include managing partner, Mr. Ray Chow, managing director for India, Aditi Malik, and executive coach and author of the book that we're going to be discussing at length, Albert Wolfe. We're coming together for this discussion on the subject of performance leadership, which is also the title of their newly released book. With the guidance from this insightful expert panel, you'll learn why the focus on performance is central to driving engagement and talent retention, as well as achieving the results organizations are seeking.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're back in Tampa, Florida, chatting with the acclaimed author, dynamic speaker, and insightful consultant, renowned for her groundbreaking work in leadership, critical thinking, and change execution, Dr. Mary Lippitt. Dr. Lippitt has a passion for empowering organizations and specializing in guiding clients through today's most pressing business challenges, delivering innovative solutions that drive success. Her extensive research, encompassing insights from over 6000 leaders, has unveiled the critical business mindsets essential for overcoming blind spots and fostering effective leadership. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're back in Florida in the township of Coral Springs, which is a short drive north of Fort Lauderdale, and we're here chatting with Mr. Scott Trumpolt. Scott's career is defined by a seamless evolution from corporate leadership to independent consultancy, reflecting over 30 years of expertise in compensation planning, HR leadership, and reward strategies. For 18 years, Scott excelled in the corporate world, holding HR and compensation leadership roles across the United States and Germany.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

In this episode of the NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area Podcast, host Drew Hess, Principal at Layline, sits down with 2025 Chapter President Adam Voelker, Market Leader and Principal at Trammell Crow Company. From industrial to life sciences, Adam brings a purpose-driven approach to leadership—and in this conversation, he shares his personal and professional vision for the year ahead. You'll hear Adam's thoughts on collaboration across chapters, elevating NAIOP's Executive Development and YPG programs, and why building strong political action committees is essential to the future of Bay Area real estate. We also go beyond the boardroom—Adam opens up about his love for basketball, his go-to espresso habit, and how mentors shaped his leadership style.

Today, we're in Worcestershire, England, and chatting with Michelle Davies, an internationally acclaimed brain care expert, healer, osteopathy and health consultant, mentor, biofrequency specialist, speaker, and author. Michelle's work has been delivering the highest standards of care, professionalism, and the most excellent results in healing since 1997. Michelle has a Bachelor of Science degree in osteopathy awarded by Anne, Princess Royal, following four years of full-time training in London at the British School of Osteopathy.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're visiting Phoenix, Arizona, to meet with an extraordinary individual, Dame Clarissa Burt. Clarissa is an internationally acclaimed award-winning media personality, producer, director, writer, author, public speaker, former supermodel and winner of Celebrity Survivor. With hundreds of television and film credits to her name, this who's who of international American women brings over 35 years of entertainment industry experience in both international and American markets. Clarissa is the founder and CEO of In the Limelight Media, a multimedia platform consisting of TV, video, a podcast, and a digital magazine.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies  

In this episode, host Munir Haque's guests are members of the ActionEdge team who work in ActionEdge Business Development, ActionEdge Executive Development, and ActionEdge Coach. Munir talks with managing partners Kevin Simpson and Jarrod Stanton about the origins of ActionEdge and the passions they instill into the business. He speaks with Cory Dyrland, Ester Pike, Kris Segmeth, and Bertha Taylor to learn more about each of them, what they bring to their roles, and what clients can anticipate with ActionEdgeJarrod and Kevin talk about their working history together and highlight the culture and values that make ActionEdge the powerhouse company that it is. Jarrod shares stories of his aunt, who really inspired and inducted him into the world of coaching, and Kevin highlights not only the valuable structure of the coaching but also the honesty that drives real results. Cory tells Munir details of his journey from being an ActionEdge client to becoming one of their coaches. Ester explains how her business psychology background informs her work and how key action takeaways form the foundation of client success. Kris discusses her work history, the variety of clients she has worked with, and how she defines success through the ActionEdge lens. Bertha shares how her roles, including quality control and quality assurance, help contribute to the ActionEdge difference and what she learns in client follow-ups. This episode shines a light on why ActionEdge is such a powerful business and how the individual team members contribute to the company's quality and visible positive changes for clients.About Action Edge: Kevin Simpson: Managing PartnerKevin Simpson is an award-winning coach and professional presenter with the #1 business coaching firm in the world – ActionCoach and is ranked globally in the top 50 list of best business coaches.Jarrod Stanton: Managing PartnerJarrod is the co-founder and managing partner of Canada's number one performing business coaching firm, and has been coaching, presenting, facilitating, and training business leaders, executives, and owners for 14 years. Cory Dyrland, SCMP: Executive Business CoachEster Pike: MSc.Occ.Psy, GMBPsS, Executive Business Coach, Organizational Psychology and Psychometric Assessments Lead | Senior FacilitatorKris Sigmeth: Executive Business Coach, Performance Catalyst and FacilitatorBertha Taylor: CODA, Director of Client Results—Contact Munir Haque | ActionEdge Executive Development: Website: AEEDNow.comLinkedin: Action Edge Executive Development Inc.Contact ActionEdge: ActionEdge Business Coaching: ActionEdgeBusinessCoaching.comActionEdge Executive Development: AEEDnow.com—TranscriptEster Pike: [00:00:01] The higher up that you get in a lot of these corporate organizations, or larger entities, the harder it is to have somebody there in your corner that you can bounce ideas off of, that you can have some form of feedback with, and somebody who can look at you from that external perspective and provide you their experience and their perspective on how you're doing. So that is the one area of business psychology where, individually, it assists.Munir Haque: [00:00:33] Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of The Boardroom 180 Podcast. I'm your host, Munir Haque, an executive coach and senior board strategist. I have partnered with Action Edge Executive Development to lead their governance and political acumen division. In each episode, we meet with governance leaders and step into their boardrooms where decisions shape the world around us.Munir Haque: [00:00:53] Hello everybody, today I thought we'd do something a little bit different on the podcast. I wanted to turn the tables and talk a little bit more about Action Edge business coaching, Action Edge Executive Development. They are the sponsors of this, and I want to tell you a little bit more about my team, the people I associate with that are responsible for bringing this podcast to you. Right now I have with me the, I think your terms are, managing partners and owners of Action Edge Executive. Jarrod Stanton is with me, and Kevin Simpson. Welcome to the podcast, gents. I'm a little bit light on the history of the company, so I thought I'd have you guys on, first to talk a little bit more about that. Jarrod, you've been doing this for a long time. You're nearing the 20 year mark or so?Jarrod Stanton: [00:01:50] Yeah, that's right. Coming into my 19th year here.Munir Haque: [00:01:52] I want to talk a little bit about our origin story at Action Edge, so why don't you tell us a little bit about how you got into the business and how you launched Action Edge and what you've seen over the years.Jarrod Stanton: [00:02:09] Taking it back even further than that, our parent company was founded in 1993, in Brisbane, Australia. So we're over 30 years now. My aunt was one of the pioneer business coaches in North America under that brand. She started telling me about what she did for a career. I think she knew I was somewhat entrepreneurial, had a little bit of an inkling towards teaching and coaching through school and sports growing up, but also a strong interest in business. It was 2005 we started discussing the idea and I started learning a bit more, and it was September of that year that I reached out to Action Coach to get the certification.Munir Haque: [00:03:03] What was happening in the world at that time that made you think it was the right time to launch something like this?Jarrod Stanton: [00:03:09] Nothing, actually. It was a bunch of worry and fear and concern and "what am I doing?" A lot of my friends at the time were starting families and buying houses. I spent all the money I had and borrowed all the money I could to try to convince my family to lend me some money to buy a piece of paper that said I was able and certified to help business owners in this community. I wouldn't say nothing was really aligning, I had a bit of a sense of adventure. I desperately wanted to get into business, and it was mainly just on account of my aunt's confidence in me and her showing me the attributes I had, the skills I had, and how it related to what she did day in and day out with her clients. She allowed me to shadow a few sessions, and I instantly was amazed at how revered and respected and admired she was, and the sentiments I was hearing from the clients on how the course of their life had been changed. It really gave me an added depth of understanding and appreciation of what she did.Munir Haque: [00:04:28] You're talking about clients a little bit here, so in the early days, what kind of clients did you have and what were the services that you were providing?Jarrod Stanton: [00:04:38] Not a lot different from today. We have never really targeted clients in terms of industry or specialty. I think we're pretty strong minded about the difference between a mentor and a coach. We often joke, but are also often dead serious in the sentiment that one of the biggest benefits we bring to a company is being outside of their industry. There's never...

Today we're journeying to Clearwater, Florida, that's just west of Tampa and right on the Gulf of Mexico, or if you prefer, the Gulf of America. Regardless, we're here to chat with Mr. Richard Lowe. Richard is a professional ghostwriter, photographer, programmer, and leader, and as Richard says from the outset, he has journeyed through many career paths, each twist and turn shaping him into the individual he is today.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're journeying to Middletown, Delaware, and chatting with Mr. Xan Hong, the lead consultant for Drive Phase Consulting. Xan helps clients leverage no-code and artificial intelligence technology to scale their companies. He's a start-up veteran with over 15 years of experience and helps other founders with their start-up idea validation. During that time, he has generated over $15 million in revenue in a variety of industries, including marketing, communications, food and beverage, e-commerce, financial services, real estate development, and technology.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies  

Vera Quinn, CEO and President of Cydcor, a face-to-face sales outsourcing firm, is the first woman to become President of Cydcor. She has taken the company to 300% growth through her business savvy and people-centric leadership. Vera creates compelling opportunities and fosters growth and potential in others. She also creates a positive culture of learning, … The post Vera Quinn, CEO of Cydcor: People-Centric Executive Development (Episode # 487F) first appeared on TRANSLEADERSHIP, INC®.

Today we're journeying to Dallas, Texas, and we're connecting with former NASA computer scientist Mrs. Mayim Vega. Mayim transitioned early in her career to devote more time to being a mother and, in parallel, commenced an entrepreneurial journey helping businesses with their digital product needs. Later, after facing a personal health crisis that conventional medicine could not resolve, Mayim pivoted again to found Arukah.com.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're journeying to Los Angeles to chat with Mr. Nick Whitney aka Keeper Catran-Whitney, the keeper of an incredible secret for decades and who has now shared the devastating story of family sexual abuse. Yet from the outside looking in, this was a blessed family with a musical gift that propelled them to national stardom as the band, The Whitneys. During this conversation, Keeper shares the real story that tormented him and his seven siblings throughout their childhood and adult lives. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies

Hello and welcome to our final episode for Qtr 1 of 2025. It's recap time where I'm in the cockpit alone, ready to fly solo across the world, reconnecting with our gracious guests. By now you may be familiar with the approach: we chunk our episodes into 4 groups, i.e., clusters of 3 or 2 guests, as it happens this time. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today, we're in Kirkland, Washington in the US and chatting with Mr. Nuri Cankaya, VP of AI Marketing at Intel. With such a rich background spanning two and a half decades in marketing and innovation, Nuri is dedicated to helping customers overcome their business challenges and surpass their goals through the transformative power of AI. As a futurist at heart, he derives great joy from delivering presentations on the subject of AI in the future at numerous customer and community events. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today, we're heading over to London and meeting up with the CEO of First AI, Ms. Christina Chen. First AI is a company dedicated to helping enterprises effectively adopt AI, and Christina, who has a computer science background from the University of Cambridge and over 20 years in technology, is a recognized thought leader in AI adoption as well as AI talent. She's passionate about fostering diversity in AI, particularly in increasing representation and inclusivity for women in the field. Team, as you might imagine, with the daily developments occurring in this space, DeepSeek, Quin, Tulu, just to name a few examples in this one area alone, this is a very timely and interesting discussion. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today, we're heading to Los Angeles to chat with entrepreneur and philosopher, Mr. Sid Mohasseb. Sid is a best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, venture investor, university professor, and innovation leader. Following the success of his books, ‘The Caterpillar's Edge' and ‘You Are Not Them,' he has been actively involved in high-level advisory, early-stage investments, and speaking engagements. An adjunct professor at USC Marshall Business School and the Viterbi School of Engineering, Sid focuses on AI, data analytics, and dynamic business strategy. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're in the capital city of Boise, Idaho, located in the northwest of the United States, and we're here to connect and chat with Ms. Rhiannon Albert, founder of My Trusted HR. Rhiannon offers executives and HR teams tailored HR strategies, leadership, and training. With more than 23 years experience serving multiple industries, Rhiannon is passionate about people being proactive in guiding positive partnerships with leaders to strengthen their ability to create lasting change. Rhiannon is certified with both the Society for Human Resources Management and the Human Resources Certification Institute. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

In this episode, Amy and Des sit down with executive coach Ora Shtull, who has worked with leaders at American Express, Pfizer, and Meta—and now helps them tap into new ways of thinking through plant-based medicine.

Today, we're back in Toronto, Canada, to meet and chat with speaker, brand strategist, marketer, writer, designer, and creative director, Mr. Henry Wong. Henry has guided small startups and SMEs to Fortune 500 companies. He has been a brand guru for politicians, professional athletes, as well as company leaders, and he's a frequent speaker on branding and creativity. Henry grew up in the back of a Chinese restaurant, but would entertain customers at the front of the house with stories, little jokes, and big fish tales. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're back to one of my favorite locations and chatting with our guest, Ms. Tracy Irwin, in the area of Volotea, Valencia, Spain. Tracy is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, coach, business mentor, world traveler, and lover of all things crafts and anything salted caramel. In 2002, Tracy founded an award-winning bookkeeping and accounting practice in the UK, and then in 2016, after moving to a Spanish home, she oversaw the practice from a more hands-off strategic level, eventually selling the business in 2024.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're in Toronto, Canada, for the very first time, and we're speaking with an immigration lawyer. And no, I'm not looking to venture to North America to work or live. However, if I were, then our guest, Mr. Andy Semotiuk, would certainly be the person I'd be speaking to right at this moment, given the current events in the US. Andy has an incredible law pedigree. Since 1974, he's helped over 10,000 clients with various legal problems. He's an authority on the topic of US and Canadian immigration, writing articles for Forbes, as well as speaking internationally on the subject.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're in Johannesburg, South Africa, speaking with our guest, Ms. Monika Malan. Monika is a passionate leadership coach dedicated to helping emerging female leaders develop authentic confidence and thrive in their careers. With over 18 years of experience in the corporate and IT sectors, Monika has transformed her own journey through resilience, emotional intelligence, and a commitment to personal growth. She believes that women can be powerful leaders while embracing their unique strengths and authenticity. No need to conform to traditional, often male-dominated leadership styles.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're visiting the shores of Bali, Indonesia, to chat with our guest IT and Blockchain legend, Mr. Roberto Capodieci. Roberto is a true powerhouse in this technology space, having sold his first software program at the age of 10, later commissioned to assist the FBI and the NSA and being recognised for his contribution by President Clinton. However, it's in the field of Blockchain where Roberto has really made his greatest impact.  Starting in 2013 by founding ventures to explore its application in secure document management and international trade to creating systems that leverage Blockchain for secure online agreements. Roberto has been pivotal in designing decentralized solutions across multiple sectors. His strategic insight is driving the advancement of layer 1 Blockchain technologies and secure custodian ecosystems. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're in the city of Chicago in the state of Illinois and situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. We're here today chatting with our guest, Ms. Rupali Kumbhani, a global strategic leader who leverages technologies to solve complex enterprise challenges. With experience spanning both B2B and B2C environments, she merges innovative thinking with proven strategies to drive impactful transformations. Known for forging strong stakeholder relationships, Rupali builds collaborative, high-performing teams that deliver measurable results. Her data-driven mindset and forward-thinking approach consistently unlock new opportunities for sustainable growth, positioning organizations at the forefront of innovation. It's a great conversation as we touch on some of the topics near and dear to my heart around global leadership, strategic thinking as well as leadership styles, and how we can tackle the challenges of business complexity and uncertainty. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links.  Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're back in Melbourne, Australia, and we're chatting with Ms. Wendy Alexander. Team, it's early in the new year, and I suspect many of you are working towards that career transition or job change, and therefore, you're likely to find this conversation particularly valuable. Wendy is an interviewer and career coach who helps people look so good that hiring managers just can't ignore them. She was stuck once, not knowing how to get out of a financial and emotional mess after a relationship. Breakup left her a broke single mom drowning in debt, but things changed when she changed. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're in Cork, Ireland visiting our guest, Dr. Michael O'Grady. Dr. O'Grady is a STEM leadership and productivity coach and the founder of Be Wise and Rise, a company dedicated to helping leaders and managers in STEM industries achieve high performance without burning out. With diverse experience spanning semiconductors, medical devices, and construction, Mike empowers STEM managers to design systems that help them regain control, reduce stress, and focus on what truly matters. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Robert Moment was born in Virginia and basically has spent his entire life there except for college which took him to Maryland. Robert received a degree in Business and, after college, he went to work in corporate America. He worked for a number of large corporations including Xerox in the 1990s. He tells us some of his experiences in the corporate world and how they eventually caused him to shift gears and start his own coaching and consulting business.   Today he is a recognized authority and he has authored several books. His newest one coming out shortly is "Believe in Yourself You Got This".   What I like about talking with Robert is his down to earth direct manner of presenting ideas. As he says fairly early in our discussion, his parents taught he and his brother to believe in themselves. Robert discusses with us this concept of self belief and how it differs from ego. As he says, his father taught him that “ego” stands for “edging God out”. Pretty clever. Robert gives us a number of practical tips and lots of advice we can put to use in our daily lives. I hope you will like what Robert Moment has to say.       About the Guest:   As a sought-after authority in leadership development, Robert Moment draws upon a wealth of Fortune 500 experience and certified coaching expertise to unlock the extraordinary in leaders and organizations. 1. Leadership Development Authority: Robert Moment is a leading authority in executive coaching and leadership development. Leveraging over 15 years of experience and deep insights from Fortune 500 environments, he empowers individuals and organizations to reach new heights. As an ICF Certified Executive, Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Career, and Peak Performance Coach, his expertise spans diverse leadership domains. 2. Startup Success Catalyst: Robert holds unique expertise in nurturing cybersecurity, healthcare, fintech, and critical infrastructure startups, guiding them through scaling challenges to achieve revenue growth. His tailored approach fosters sustainable success for these firms within competitive markets. 3. Peak Performance and Emotional Intelligence Focus: Specializing in peak performance coaching, Robert works with CEOs, executives, and high performers, empowering them to lead empathetically with high emotional intelligence. This creates collaborative and thriving work environments. As a certified practitioner, he utilizes the Social + Emotional Intelligence Profile-Self (SEIP) ® Assessment to facilitate targeted development plans. 4. Author and Comprehensive Coaching Methodology: Robert's books, including "CEO Coaching for Cybersecurity Growth" and "Believe in Yourself You Got This," offer practical strategies for professional growth. His comprehensive coaching methodology uniquely blends experience with modern assessment tools for results-driven, transformative experiences. 5. Executive Development and Career Coaching: Robert collaborates with executives and rising leaders to refine leadership skills and drive organizational success. He assists individuals at various career stages through fulfilling transitions. By identifying strengths, clarifying goals, and aligning values, he ensures informed decisions for long-term career satisfaction.   If you're ready to unlock your potential, achieve peak performance, and create the leadership legacy you envision, Robert Moment is the coach to guide you there.   Ways to connect with Robert:   Robert@LeadershipCoachingandDevelopment.com The Moment Leadership Coaching Group 2200 Wilson Blvd. Suite 102, #158 Arlington, VA 22201 LinkedIn  https"//www.linkedin.com/in/robertmomentleadershipcoach      About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. 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The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Well, hello to you all, wherever you happen to be, I am your host, Michael Hingson, and this is unstoppable mindset. We're really glad that you joined us today. Our guest is Robert moment, and Robert is a sought after authority and leadership development he's written a number of books. He's a coach, and all sorts of other kinds of things. Talking to coaches are is always really kind of fun. I learn a lot. I got all this free coaching. What can I say? It's It's always interesting and relevant to hear different points of view and get to put everything in perspective. So I'm really glad to have the opportunity this time to talk to Robert, and he does a lot of leadership development, and interested in getting into that and talking about him as well. So enough of that, Robert, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here.   Robert Moment ** 02:15 Well, thank you, Michael for the opportunity. I'm excited.   Michael Hingson ** 02:20 Well, we're really looking forward to talking with you and learning a lot. I hope Tell me a little bit about the early Robert, kind of growing up. And let's start with that just kind of where you came from and all that stuff. Well,   Robert Moment ** 02:33 the early Robert, I grew up about 30 minutes outside of Charlottesville, Virginia, and I graduated, really, I would say I'm a country boy at heart humble beginnings. And my father, he was ex military, and one of the things he taught my brother and I, I'm two years younger than my brother, was self disciplined, and to always believe in yourself. That's something that my parents ingrained in us, you know, early on, and that's something, you know, it's like, it's in my DNA, and that's what I communicate to my clients. And even when I was in corporate America, I was in corporate America for over 20 years working for Fortune 500 companies, like your Xeroxes of the world, Citigroup, manpower. And then then I transitioned into leadership and executive   Michael Hingson ** 03:21 coaching. So where did you go to college? I   Robert Moment ** 03:24 went to college. Now it's called Washington at Venice University. It's about, I would say, 20 minutes outside of Washington, DC, in a place called Takoma Park, Maryland. And my degree is in business administration. But   Michael Hingson ** 03:39 you're mostly stuck in a rut, aren't you? You've lived in Virginia basically all your life.   Robert Moment ** 03:43 Yes, I have now. I've traveled globally, but yes, my, my my home base is, yes, Virginia. Now   Michael Hingson ** 03:52 I have to tell all of you listening that before we started this, Robert was saying that he loves the spring and summer and is not a winter person. So I'm not quite sure I totally understand the paradox, but there you are. But no, it's it's fine. You could be further north in Massachusetts and Maine and New Hampshire, and get a whole lot more snow than you get in Virginia. You   Robert Moment ** 04:16 know what, Michael, when I see when I watch TV, whether it's, you know the weather channel, or CNN, and I see the snow in Boston, upstate New York and Rochester and Syracuse. I am glad I'm in Northern Virginia.   Michael Hingson ** 04:31 Boy, it was interesting, if you remember from the Weather Channel, last year here out in Southern California, we had crazy, crazy weather in Mammoth and some of the areas around here, they had, you know, overall, more than, like, 50 feet of snow, and it eventually went away. But we had incredible amounts of snow in Tehachapi and Wrightwood, the snow was so high that a. Cover the roofs, and some roofs collapsed because they couldn't take all of the snow, and the roads were blocked so people couldn't get in and out, which also made it very interesting. And we here in Victorville, were down in a little valley. We're about 20 850 feet above sea level. We had two or three inches of snow one Saturday afternoon, and that   Robert Moment ** 05:23 was it. Wow, I did see that. I saw that. And I said, you know, I couldn't believe it. Yeah, it was, it was dangerous, treacherous. Yeah, it really paralyzed a lot of people, because they couldn't leave the house, homes.   Michael Hingson ** 05:38 Yeah, they couldn't at all. And the the thing is, like mammoth, I think it was mammoth didn't even close their ski season until last August. Well, this year, it's different. They're closing Sunday. Still, it's a while. Well, it is, it is, yes, so you said you worked for a lot of corporations for quite a while. So you started that, I assume, right out of college, because you had the business background, and what did you do for them?   Robert Moment ** 06:07 Well, I was like, for instance, corporate executive, sales, business development, account manager, a lot of titles, but I learned a lot, especially back then, like Xerox Corporation, you went through a lot of training, yeah, and that training that really, I was able to leverage it and, you know, transfer to other corporations. And one of the things I learned, it really wasn't so much that when I transferred to other organizations, because that was in telecommunications. I was in insurance. Manpower is more about human development. It was really about building people skills. Yeah, people skills, and then business acumen, because you can learn the products and the services, but to be able to build relationships. That was really my, one of my strongest suits.   Michael Hingson ** 07:04 Well, Xerox information systems, back a long time ago, in part, began because they acquired a company. I worked for Kurzweil Computer Products. So I I was sort of assimilated into Xerox, because I worked for Kurzweil, and then Xerox bought Kurzweil. They wanted the technology, though, they didn't really have as much interest in the people as demonstrated by the fact that within a couple of years, all the salespeople who worked for Kurzweil pre Xerox takeover were all invited to leave. And you know those those things happen, and I think it's a serious mistake when companies do that, because they lose all the tribal knowledge and all the information and the background that people have. And like you talk about the fact that you learned so much about people skills and interpersonal dynamics as you went along. And I think the companies really lose a lot of that when they buy a company and they assimilate it, and then they get rid of the people,   Robert Moment ** 08:10 you know, I'm glad you wanted you touched on that, because I'm working with a potential client and they want to buy the smaller cybersecurity startup. And when you do that, a lot of times, you know, you gotta look at the culture, and when you mention that, they let people go, you know, a lot of times good people who've been there, whether it's, you know, five years, 10 years, you know, that's a lot of intellectual property that's walking out the door, and a lot of times, for instance, they know that customer is better than the person who's acquiring them. Why do companies do that? You know, sometimes you know they want to cut costs, but cutting costs sometimes is not good business sense, because usually the company who takes over is the one who's going to let the existing employees go in, right? Because they want to bring down people. But when I want to talk to the CEO, you know, if he becomes they become a client. That's something I want to warn and caution, caution him, you know, don't go into, oh, I want to clean house and want to bring all of my people in, because this company does have some major business with several major hospitals, and you know, that's relationship building. And that relationship building took years for them to when I say years, maybe about, I think they said five or six years. So, yeah, go ahead. So that's important. You know that relationship, the existing company has that relationship, and I told him, I would tell him, you want to make a smooth transition.   Michael Hingson ** 09:57 Well, and the reality is, it's. Some point, you can bring your own people in, but you're going to have to hire people to replace the people you you move and other things. At some point, it would make a lot of sense to really evaluate people and their skills and look at what they bring to the company before you just let them go. I was the last sales guy to be let go from Kurzweil and I had been relocated, actually, in late 1981 from Boston. Well, I lived in Winthrop and we worked in Cambridge. Then I was relocated back out to California because I knew that area better and and it was pre Xerox takeover, but the discussions had begun. But in 19 late, 1983 into 1984 was clear that Xerox had had taken the company, and some people were leaving. I was the last of the sales guys to be let go. I don't know whether that had to do with blindness or whether I was just so far remote because I was cross country, but they did it nevertheless. And I think that they made a serious mistake by losing, if you will, so many people, it just isn't a bright idea to do.   Robert Moment ** 11:25 You know, it isn't, because even when I was there, Michael Xerox was losing a lot of market share. Yeah, yeah. When I was there, they was losing when I went, when were you there? I was there like in in 1992 and they was losing a lot of market share to,   Michael Hingson ** 11:46 it's canon, yeah, and IBM.   Robert Moment ** 11:49 IBM, yes, they was losing a lot of market share. And, you know, they got became complacent. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 11:58 they did and and didn't, and probably never really had a clue about why they were losing so much market share. But nevertheless, it happened, yeah,   Robert Moment ** 12:08 I mean, Xerox was, I mean, in terms of, I mean, too top heavy, in terms of, I mean, it seems like every quarter they was hiring people, but in terms of market share, yeah, they was losing market share. And then a company called OSE came in Rico, the Japanese, the Xerox almost went under, yeah, yeah, yeah. I   Michael Hingson ** 12:37 one of the reasons I was asked to relocate to California. And like I said, they just started the discussions, but because I had spent time on and lived on the west coast for most of my life, the other thing they wanted me to do was to interface with the more technical parts of Xerox. Namely, they had a facility called Park Palo Alto area Research Center. Yes, I wonder if that's still there. Do you know? Yeah, I don't know. You know, yeah, I don't either. But I, I did a lot of work to integrate some of the information from Kurzweil into Park, which is part of what I did. And it was, it was fun. Got to meet a lot of and know a lot of the people there, and I would have thought that they would have been a little bit smarter about how they how they dealt with me, but and other people, but it, you know, it goes the way that it goes. I hear it a lot in the broadcast industry. Somebody comes in and they buy a radio station or a television station, and they phase out all the people who are already working there, which is so crazy.   Robert Moment ** 13:46 Yeah, it, yeah, I've heard that. I've heard that too, and I've actually here, I can't think of what, what station, but yes, I've heard that, and that's consistent, I think across the board, yeah, it is   Michael Hingson ** 14:03 well, and I think it's a little bit different, not necessarily totally, but a little different, because what they're doing is they're probably changing formats and other things, and they want to bring in people who are familiar with but I also Do think that they don't look at the value that, if you will, tribal knowledge, even in a radio environment, can play. So what do you do? Well, you said something earlier, interesting. You said that your parents brought you up being very self assured, self confident, and so on. I think that's that's an important feature and skill that we ought to have. Do you? Do you ever find, though, that you're too self confident, and it go in a kind of transitions over into arrogance, as opposed to just self confidence?   Robert Moment ** 14:55 You know, one of the things my father, you. Taught us you have to be careful about ego. Because he said, ego, you know that can be blind, blind confidence and blind confidence. You know that's tied to external validation, you know. And he said, you know, really, self belief is about trusting, you know, trust in your inner knowing. And not only trusting your inner knowing, it's you know your instincts and and just know deep down, you know you are capable of overcoming challenges and achieving goals. And you know, he even taught us, even said this, and I don't know he didn't invent this, but he said, you know, ego is edging God out, and you want to focus on just trust and believe yourself. You're going to have challenges, but you really have it's a fine line, that ego confidence is great, but that ego that goes beyond confidence, that you know sometimes you don't even really look at reality like you feel like you're invincible. And I think when you think you become invincible, that's when arrogance and ego come in.   Michael Hingson ** 16:17 If you're really invincible, you don't have to show it. It is just the way it goes. Well. Have you ever had a time in your life when you experienced something that really caused you to face a major challenge and doubt yourself, and how did you deal with that?   Robert Moment ** 16:37 My first corporate executive position that inner critic came up. An inner critic is, do I have what it takes? Am I good enough? And how I acquired my inner critics? And it is still comes up, sometimes even now, with opportunity, but I have to say to myself, I have to take inventory. Look at your past successes, look at your past wins, and look at the skills that you bring to the table. And those skills are transferable, whether it's a client that I'm coaching now or a future client, bigger client, but just because sometimes you know, when the opportunity comes, we excited. We get excited about the opportunity, Michael, but then, like I said for me, that inner critic is like, Okay, are you ready for this? And I have to remind myself, Yes, you are you. You have more than enough. You are enough, and you can do this.   Michael Hingson ** 17:39 So what really happened that caused a lot of self doubt with that first job,   Robert Moment ** 17:45 the responsibilities, the revenue that I needed to generate, that I had never had that kind of revenue before, and and the people who I was going to manage, but at the end of the day, you know, I said, You know what? They would not have given you this position, and if they didn't think you could do it. And then look at your look at the skills that you have. And once again, I took audit in terms of the skills, my transferable skills, and I was able to succeed. But still, that inner critic, inner voice that happens even now as a coach, how do you   Michael Hingson ** 18:24 how do you get past that inner voice? Doing that,   Robert Moment ** 18:28 I created an acronym. An acronym is B, line, B, E, L, I, E, and it starts with I begin self awareness and I understand my strengths and I understand my weaknesses. And then E, I embrace my imperfections, and because everyone has them, but what makes me unique? And then L, I learned from my setbacks. I know there's obstacles and opportunities for growth. And then I invest in self care, I prioritize my physical and mental well being, and in E I empower that inner voice to silence any negative self talk, and I just focus on the positives,   Michael Hingson ** 19:11 one of the things that we talk about on unstoppable mindset. And I've said it a number of times, so I hope people don't get too bored, but I think it's important to say, I used to always say, I'm my own worst critic. I listen to speeches when I give them. I did it some when I was program director at the campus radio station at UC Irvine K UCI. I've done it a lot of times. I listen to myself, and I always used to say, you know, I'm really hard on myself. I'm going to be harder on myself than anyone else. Anyone else, because I'm my own worst critic. And actually, only the last over the last year have I realized wrong approach. I'm not my I'm not my own worst critic. I do believe in, and have always believed in the kinds of things that you're talking about, introspection on. Self analysis and so on. And what I realized is that, in reality, no one can teach me anything. They can provide the information, but I'm the only one who can teach me, and I've changed from saying I'm my own worst critic to saying I'm my own best teacher. And the reality is that just totally reshapes the attitude, and I will will tell you that it also helps in dealing with that inner voice. Because when I start to think about that, I think about, okay, how do I teach me? Well, it goes back to self analysis. It goes back to introspection. What worked today? Why didn't that go as well as I thought that it should, and it could be I was just too, too confident, and I've got to be open enough to acknowledge that, and okay, so what do you do to make sure that doesn't happen again? So I love the approach of I'm my own best teacher, because it's such a a positive and more constructive way of helping to guide you into introspection and real self analysis.   Robert Moment ** 21:06 You know, I love the concept, you know, I would say, Isn't that owning your power? Sure, yeah, I would say that's Michael, that's owning your power. It   Michael Hingson ** 21:17 is owning it's owning, well, it's owning your power, and it's owning your actions and what you do, and when you acknowledge that, then you can sit back and look at it and go, Okay, so let's discuss brain what happened. But that's exactly right, and I would rather look at things with something that will really move me forward. Rather than saying, let's criticize other people can criticize me, but then ultimately, I have to go back and listen to and look at what they say and decide, okay, where's the merit they're saying it, maybe there's something to it, but is there really, or how much? And take it to heart, but come to a decision and move forward. You   Robert Moment ** 22:11 know that, you know, I call it, I would, you know, reframe it, and that that was a, that's a major pivot shift in terms of your mindset and your thought process. Yeah, because, you know, a lot of times people, we can be our own worst enemy, and, like you said, our own worst critic. But how you're reframing it from a positive more so than a negative because most people want to, they start with the negative instead of the positive. Yeah, yeah. So I like how you're reframing that. Because just like this is that self talk, you know, you can say, you know, I'm not good enough. Well, say I am good enough, just that slightly framing, because I always words have power, and you continue to repeat something, you will believe it,   Michael Hingson ** 23:09 and you can also say, How can I get better? Yes, and take the time to really analyze it, because I believe that ultimately, when we look at ourselves, we can, if we practice it and develop that mind muscle, we really know the answers, but we have to listen to get them to come to the surface so we can deal with them. The fact of the matter is, we know a lot more than we think we do. We underestimate ourselves. And so often something comes up, and suddenly we think of an answer, but we go, oh, no, that's too easy. Or no, that can't be it. And we go back and, yeah, you see what I'm saying. And we go back and overthink it, and then come up with what turned out to be the wrong answer, because we wouldn't listen to ourselves with the right answer. You   Robert Moment ** 24:05 know, I feel as though the universe is always talking to us, and sometimes we have to be still. And for instance, you know, if I'm coming up with a book title, like you said, if it's too easy, it's like, well, that's too easy. Well, no, that's probably the book title that you need, yeah, or the article title. You know, a lot of times we think, if it's too easy, that's not the solution. But here's something that was, I learned in corporate America, we would, here's an example, a client had a problem. Let's say it could be any problem. And we, you know, meet with the client. The client, they have five people, you know, representing our company, and maybe we have three or four, and they said, you know, they've had this problem. Six. Months, and I'm listening to the client, and I said, you know, this is the solution. And I remember telling a VP, I wasn't at the VP level yet. We we had a debrief, you know, like in the lobby after the meeting, and I said, this is the this is a solution. This is the solution to the client problem, and this is what he said. He said, That's he said, No, that's to he said, not. The meeting lasted maybe almost almost two hours, and he said, No, that. He said, You know what a client, we can't go back to the client and say that's the solution because they had the problem. He said, for over six months, and what we want to charge the client, we got to drag this out. And I said, Why drag it up? They got a problem. And he said, they will not believe that we solve this problem within two hours. So I you know he was a VP, yeah, Michael, it we went through, I want to say this is years ago, five or six meetings and the solution, it was this, right solution, six meetings, and then finally, we tell the client, okay, we have come up with the solution. And that's when I think I said, you know, I don't think I'm going to be in corporate America too long after that,   Michael Hingson ** 26:35 you know? And I've, I've talked about it a few times after leaving Kurzweil because I was dismissed, as it were, or Xerox. Actually, at that point, I couldn't find a job because people wouldn't hire a blind person. And it's still way all too often the case, the unemployment rate is, you know, incredibly high. Depending on where you are. It could be 60 65% significantly higher, and I was looking for a job and wasn't finding one. And so what I eventually did was I started my own company selling computer aided design systems to architects, a blind guy selling cat systems. Why not? You know, I didn't need, I didn't need to work the system, but I did need to know how to work the system so that I could describe it to people. Well anyway, as we started working with architects and so on, they would say, well, we can't as much as this system works and all that we can't take on this system because we charge with our by our time, with our with our effort and our time, and if we use the CAD system, we'll get done in a fraction of the time, and so we'll not make as much money. Well, you know, my response was, you are looking at it all wrong. You're bringing in new technology. You're bringing in so much more capabilities, because you could bring a customer in, and you can do walk throughs and fly throughs and show them exactly what it looks like looking out a window from inside a building and all sorts of stuff. They can say they want to change something, and they can make the change, or you can make the change as they suggest it. You're not charging for your time anymore. You're charging for your expertise. You don't need to charge less, but you're charging for all the expertise and the skills and the added value that you bring to the sale. And the architects who got that, and there were some who did and some who didn't, but the architects who got it really began doing extremely well, because they could also then go off and look for more customers more quickly, quickly, yeah, and we, we really, we really need to remember that there are, on a regular basis, new and better solutions coming up, and it's hard to keep up with everything. But by the same token, if we can be aware of what we need to do to make everyone's lives better with whom we work, we're going to do better, because they're going to do better.   Robert Moment ** 29:20 I totally agree. Because, you know, when I'm working with clients, even if the first two sessions, I have a solution, I'm not going to say, okay, you know what? Hold on to this solution until coaching sessions. In six months into the coaching session, you know that? You know, yes, for me, it's integrity. That's one, but two, I want all my clients to succeed as fast as quick as possible. And you know, I remember, gosh, when I started out this client, he's I said, one of the questions I was asked, have you. Ever had a coach before? And he said, Yes, I had a coach before. And I said, Well, how did it work out? And he says, I felt as though he had solutions or could help me, but he dragged out the process. And I said, Okay, that's not gonna happen with me. Because then I thought, you know, I thought back in my experience when I was in corporate America, yeah, when you have the solution, but, you know, I think I really want to coach him for another six months, not for two days, or, you know, two weeks. So, yeah, well, you   Michael Hingson ** 30:35 could coach him for another six months. It's just that you're going to evolve and go in different directions, if that makes sense to do, yes, yes. And if it doesn't, you're going to have a very happy customer who's going to tell other people about you. Absolutely   30:51 yes. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 30:54 I want to get to your transition, but first, just following up on something we talked a little bit about, how do you really tell the difference between overconfidence, or what you call our inner critic and or whatever, and the whole real issue of healthy self evaluation? How do we really make those differentiations?   Robert Moment ** 31:16 I would say, in terms of, like I said, ego is self validation. I'm sorry, self validation, or external validation, when you're talking about self belief, that's trusting, that's a inner knowing, that's your inner being, your core. And I think that's the difference, and because when you're talking about self belief, you begin with self awareness. I don't know anybody who has a huge ego focuses on self awareness. They don't understand. They not want to talk about understanding our strengths, understanding our weaknesses, ego. They just don't but when you talk about self belief, self awareness, and then they embrace their imperfections, to me, that's, that's, that's very, very important. And then I can say, when you talk about investing in self care, you do prioritize your mental well being and also your physical well being. You take, really, you take inventory of self   Michael Hingson ** 32:21 as you should, and it's something that you, if you're doing it right, probably do on a regular basis. Yes,   Robert Moment ** 32:29 that's one thing I tell clients weekly. There's five questions I might give them depending on the individual to do what I call a mental coaching, self, self, mental coaching each and every week, because mental health, you know, it's, it's prevalent, and especially the higher you are as an executive, the pressure and self audit. Because even myself, I, you know, yes, I'm a coach, but coaching people, they said, well, that mental health, that's yeah, I have to still go out my mental health as well. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 33:10 well, and there's nothing wrong with asking yourself, did I really do that? Right? What can I learn? How do I move forward? But even just the whole concept of, did I do it right? Did I do what I really should do? Asking yourself that helps so much to assist you in becoming more self aware, because if you ask that with an open, curious attitude, you're going to get the right answers, and then you can use it to move forward.   Robert Moment ** 33:45 You know, you're right about one of the things coaching. As a coach, you I always say to myself after every session, did I asked the right questions, was I curious enough? And did I go deeper? Because sometimes a client might give me a response, and I try to make sure I don't gloss over that response. And I want to say, you know, what? Can we go deeper? And then sometimes, you know, I ask for permission. Can we go deeper? Because Francis, our client, a couple weeks ago, he's had some leadership challenges. And I said, How does transparency, how does empathy and how does trust show up in your leadership style? And he said he gave me some examples. And I said, Well, can we go deeper? And he said, Well, I just gave you some examples. And he said, Well, why do you want to go deeper? I said, I'm here to help you, because with the examples he gave me wasn't it didn't have a lot of substance. And you know, after the session. You, he did say this, and you know, I don't need someone to pat me on the back. But he said, You know what? Now, I appreciate you as a coach, because he said, You know what, these three things. So I said, journal this week, how does those three things show up in your leadership style? And I want to see examples on next session, and that's what I want to be curious. But also want to go deeper,   Michael Hingson ** 35:22 do you record your sessions?   Robert Moment ** 35:24 Yes, I do. Yes, yes, and, and. So   Michael Hingson ** 35:27 the reason for asking that question is, then, do you go back and listen to them as a learning experience for you as well? Yes, I do. Okay, yes, which is, which is the which is the point, yeah, because you're your own best teacher, yes, but it sounds like that that person had some definite trust issues and probably needed to show a little bit more empathy and vulnerability than than they were showing.   Robert Moment ** 36:00 Yeah, you know, one of the things I did tell him, I said, you know, vulnerability, it's not a weakness. And and then, you know, one of the things when I said, when I have to dig deep, a lot of times when clients, it's not just about coaching them on how to become the best executive, but a lot of times it's about the story that the story that personalized, because a lot of times, for instance, here's an example about this. Is after COVID, this company called me and they said, Well, this executive we bought on board. He's a high performer on paper, but he is creating a toxic environment here. And I said, Well, you know, I was talking to the Chief Human Resource Officer. I said, I'm not understanding this. You said he interviewed. Well, he was a high performer. He has a great track record, but why is he calls it a toxic environment in your organization. And she said, Well, we gotta one or two things that's gonna happen. One, if he doesn't turn things around, we don't want to put him on any kind of corrective action, but we will have to, because two people have threatened to leave, and they've been here longer than him. So long story short, they said we're going to offer him coaching. If he doesn't accept coaching and doesn't turn things around, then yes, we're going to put him on corrective action and we'll terminate him. And he accepted coaching. And the one thing the second session that we had, and that's why I always said, Yeah, I have to go deep. And I said, they said, you know, when you are in meetings that you are not able to accept constructive criticism and and he says, that's that perception. So I said, well, but these are some examples that they gave me, and he said, and I said, Well, what kind and I don't know, Michael, something said to me, and sometimes, like I said, it's your intuition, yeah, instinct. I said, What kind of relationship did you have with your father? And this is what he blurted out. All of my life, he's been critical, criticized. I could never do anything right in his eyes. And I said, Can we go deeper? And I said, right now today, what kind of relationship do you have with your father? He said, I haven't spoken to my father in over seven years. And I said, would you what? Could you tell me why? So he told me why. And I said, Well, would you believe this statement that I'm about to make. And I said, you've had this all in your life, not just at this company. And he said, Yes, he has. And I said, not able to be able to take constructive criticism. And I said, here's things. I said, I can help you on two levels. I can help you on a professional level and I can help you on a personal level. So you said, Well, I told him how I could help him on this professional level. But I said the personal level, that's optional, because the company is paying for the professional the personal, I want to help you on a personal level. And I said, one of the things are you willing to take this major step that I'm about to ask you to take, and that's to forgive your father? Mm, hmm. And he said, first he he resisted. And I said, you're going to have this problem you're in. Entire life. And long story short, he forgave his father. I walked him through the process. I spoke to his father. Actually, we all and his father had never seen his granddaughter. And his granddaughter, I think, was four or five, and he saw for the first time that year, that Thanksgiving, and   Michael Hingson ** 40:22 I assume that the client ended up hopefully doing okay, and stayed with the company.   Robert Moment ** 40:30 He stayed with the company. He turned things around. Now this is what I'd say to not just the listeners, even myself. That's why, that's one of the reasons why coaching is my calling. It's not just the results the business results. I want them. I want every client to be the best version of themselves, not just in a professional but also that personalized. And you know that to me? You know that probably made my coaching year, not how many clients I coach, but just that made my coaching year for for a grandfather to see his grand. Now his his wife have seen her granddaughter, but his father had never seen only, only pictures.   Michael Hingson ** 41:25 Well, I'm glad that the the father and son made peace, and that that is so important. I think there is a whole lot of of connection between the professional parts and the personal parts. One of the reactions I had when you started the story was that, in reality, the professional part isn't going to really improve unless the personal part does.   Robert Moment ** 41:48 Yes, you're absolutely right. And I like i i tell my client, you're going to have this your entire life until you resolve it and forgive your father and you know, when I talked to the Father, Michael, his father was like that, so the cycle was never broken. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 42:11 it so often happens in so many different ways, doesn't   Robert Moment ** 42:14 it? Yeah? And, you know, and you're talking about a father, you know, life is short, and you're talking those many years without speaking to your father, not seeing him. And you know, you know the worst thing, it didn't happen. But if he would have lost his father, yeah, I was just   Michael Hingson ** 42:33 thinking that, yeah, if he would have lost his father, man, what a blessing. That didn't happen. Yeah, yes,   Robert Moment ** 42:38 absolutely. And then, not only that, your granddaughter would have never saw her grandfather, grandfather, right? Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 42:47 Well, now let's, let's talk about you again a little bit. So you talked earlier. You told the story of what happened in corporate America, and you said that was kind of one of the things that started you to transition what, what finally was the the last straw, if you will, that led you to decide to leave corporate America, and how did you decide to go in and transition to just being a coach and, well, not just being but being a coach and starting your own business,   Robert Moment ** 43:15 we went, I can't think of, Wow, gosh, it was the year. It was a year where we was having, there was a lot of recession, was a recession and a lot of layoffs, and I had gotten tired of the politics, and I said, you know, I want something new, different, but I don't know what, but I want to become an entrepreneur. Because I was selling Christmas cards when I was like, in the fifth grade, you could get engraved personalized. I had a lawn a landscaping business sold T shirts. So I've always been an entrepreneur at heart, but I just didn't know what I needed to do to make that transition. So what happened was a lot of people colleagues were getting laid off, and they said, Well, can you help me find a job? I'm like, Well, I don't know if I can help you find a job. I don't have any connections like that, because the companies that I know they are laying off to Yeah. And they said, Well, you know, maybe you can help me interview. I'm like, okay, I can help you interview. Because I interview very well. I think because I got the copies I've worked for, I went through three or four interviews. So I started helping people get hired for jobs I wasn't charging. It was just, you know, pro bono. And I said, well, they said, you to get hired expert. And I said, not to get hired. They said, Yeah, because you I started getting referrals, and I wasn't. And I said, well, they said, Yeah. Know such and such. Said, you can help so and they said, you know, you're coaching us. I'm like coaching. Okay, I don't see myself as a coach. But then I realized I was coaching, I would mentor when I was in corporate America. So this is how, this is how I started to get paid, though, as a coach, a colleague referred this executive to me, and he said he had been with this company like for 15 years, and he said he doesn't know he really needs to help on job search interview, and he said he's going to give you a call. And I said, he said, Because I told him, You can help me, because you helped me get a job. So, long story short, he calls me up, and this is what he said. He said, I need your help, and I want to hire you as a coach. How much do you charge for years of coaching? I want you to help me find a job. Help me to interview. I need your help. And when he said, charge, I didn't know what this I said, Well, charge. I almost said, I've been doing this for free.   Robert Moment ** 46:27 Yes, Michael, and you're absolutely right, my friend. So I said, I threw out Michael. I threw out a number man for one year. I just, I don't know where that number came from. So I threw out the number, and this is what he said. He said, Well, how do how do I pay you? Do I pay you my check credit card? I didn't have no business account set up or anything, my personal checking accounts or money market. And I said, check. And he says, Well, how do you want me to mail you to check? And he's then he said this. He said, I am going to the bank because I'm getting my severance I gotta work things out. I'm getting my severance package, and I wire you the money. I said, Sure, you can borrow the money. So I gave him my account, long story short, and then when the money, I couldn't believe it. I said, you know, what did I charge? Did I overcharge it?   Michael Hingson ** 47:26 Yeah, you always ask that, or under charge, right, under   Robert Moment ** 47:29 charge. I said, because that was that. That was that transaction was too quick, too fast. And then I realized, after I did some research, I didn't overcharge and but then, you know what happened? When we came close to the first session, I said, Oh, my God, can I do this? Because this man has given me X number of dollars, and this is my first paying client, and that's when the inner voice came like, you know, this man may be asking you for a refund, so don't spend this money, you know, just put it aside in this account. And even I open a bit, and then I did open a business account, don't even touch this money. And you know what? Two months go back, and then, you know, I got past that point because I was telling my father. I said, Dad, I feel like the sessions are going great. And he got me, actually got hired, probably within four months, he had two offers. And then he said, I want you to coach me throughout for the year, of course. And I did not touch that money, Michael until I felt comfortable, maybe about six months. I moved it into, I think, I bought some stocks, and I said, you know, okay, but I, you know, I had some limiting beliefs that I had to get past. Yeah, I did.   Michael Hingson ** 49:06 Well, it was a new adventure. It was new all the way around for you. You had to discover that the Earth really is round and not flat, so it's fair.   Robert Moment ** 49:18 Yeah, you know, when you, you I tell even new coaches, when we all going to have, you know, limiting beliefs, and you have to, you have to fight through it. Yeah, you have to fight through it, because that, you know, like I said, my biggest fear was, don't spend the money, because he might ask for a refund. And, you know, I've had clients. No one has ever asked me for a refund. But that first client, I was kind of like, like I said not. I was confident in coaching him. But then I was that in a critic saying the. Spend that money because, you know what? Not that I needed to spend it. But then after that, I started to get more clients because referrals. And I said, You know what? Now is the time to make the leap. There you go. And I made the leap, yeah, and,   Michael Hingson ** 50:19 and and you've been doing it now. What about 20 years? Yeah, about 20 years. You know, I, I find it interesting. As a speaker, I was approached by someone who has an event coming up in June, and I quoted a number that I thought was high. But I also say I work with people in their budgets, which I'm I'm willing to do because the World Trade Center happened for me. And excuse me, in reality, while I do earn my living largely with it and speaking, I also want to be out there, inspiring and helping and educating so we negotiate. But I had this one customer, literally just this week, and they I quoted a number, and I figured it was high, and they came back and they said, Well, we really looked and that's a lot higher than we expected. We've actually had some comedians that we've been looking at possibly hiring, and they're quoting, like, maybe 20% of what you're quoting. And I said, I will work with you, but let me point out that I have the visibility, and you're hiring me for the inspiration that I bring in the expertise that I bring, as opposed to local comedians, and we'll see what happens, you know, and what's interesting is it's, it's a company that deals with the law. Lawyers don't negotiate a whole lot. Most of the time. They charge an hourly rate. You know, it's just interesting how people work at things.   Robert Moment ** 51:58 You know, one thing always feel as though my father said this. He said, communicate the value. If you communicate the value and they can see it, price does not become an issue. Yeah. And he said, you know, communicate the value up front as much as you can, and then price doesn't become an issue is when you don't, they don't see the value, then all of a sudden, you know, I gotta think about it. Let me talk to you know is this, but when they can see the value, and then, you know what? My coach told me this. One of my first coaches told me this. He said, you know, a lot of coaches want to charge just, just to get a client, they want to charge low fees. And he said, those will be your worst clients.   Michael Hingson ** 52:48 Yeah, absolutely, always will be your worst.   Robert Moment ** 52:52 He said they will probably. He said they will be, I've wanted you don't do it. They're   Michael Hingson ** 52:58 going to suck up your energy. They're going to do so much, many things, and they don't pay you for it, which is one of the reasons I'm resisting. We'll see what happens with this one. It isn't settled yet, and it'll work out. Yes, I have had other customers that I know didn't have big budgets. They're nonprofits and things like that. But again, we come to an agreement, both in terms of time and what's expected, as well as the money, and that's okay, but, but yeah, it is, you know, because not everybody is going to be able to pay what some bigger corporations will pay. That's okay, yeah, yeah. But the other thing that I actually always ask in my speaker contract is, if you like the speech, I want a letter of recommendation, and I want you to refer me to at least two other people. And   Robert Moment ** 53:59 that works, yeah. I love that. I love that strategy. It works pretty   Michael Hingson ** 54:03 well. Well, tell me, what are some practical techniques do you use to boost your self esteem and self belief, especially in difficult times? How do you psych yourself up in a good way? Well,   Robert Moment ** 54:19 one of the things self talk. It's, you know, to me, self talk is, you know, you can do this. I believe in you, you know, I look at and also, not only that, I look at my whether it's a big win or small wins. I look back over my life too. And I said, you know, 10 years, five years, even two days, you was able to do this and and then I surround myself with very supportive people. Mm, hmm, that's, that's key, because I believe, you know, they believe, not only do they believe in me, but self. Belief in self is contagious.   Michael Hingson ** 55:01 Yes, it absolutely is. Yeah, it's contagious   Robert Moment ** 55:03 and and how I challenge, like I said that inner critic is, I love how you reframe things. Is self talk, positive self talk, and focus on your accomplishment and celebrate small wins. It don't have to be big wins. It'll be small wins. But celebrate and then remember this too. I tell whether it's clients, colleagues, self belief, it's a journey. It's not a destination. It's like you. Every year you're building, like building muscles, your self belief muscles, whether it's five years, six years, but every year, you're building through life, lessons, failures, setbacks, but you're still building that muscle. Yep,   Michael Hingson ** 55:50 and when you understand that, that also will help give you the insight to continue to do it.   Robert Moment ** 55:56 Yes, because you know when you learn from setbacks, even obstacles or opportunities for growth. And you know, when you have a growth mindset, you realize through self awareness, you give a chance to learn and continue to grow. And then you know one of the things to you know, your dreams deserve a chance. It doesn't matter how big or small, but all of our dreams deserve a chance, and we all have unique talents, and just, you know, focus on your strengths and let them shine. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 56:39 what would you tell listeners who believe their self belief is at all time low. Where do they start?   Robert Moment ** 56:46 Well, first of all, you want to take inventory of the skills that you currently have and be grateful for what you have, because we all have unique talents, skills, abilities and gifts. And a lot of times I think what happens people underestimate what they already have, and start to take inventory of, like I said, the skills, the talents that you have, and embrace your own uniqueness and also your own imperfections. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 57:19 because if you don't recognize them, then you're never going to be able to deal with them. If you do recognize them, then you can deal with them   Robert Moment ** 57:26 absolutely and like I said, once again, give yourself credit for your small victories. You don't have to be big victories, but give yourself credit, because, see, when you give yourself credit for your small victories. Michael, that continues to build momentum.   Michael Hingson ** 57:43 Yep. Can you give me an example of someone who you believe has unwavering self belief and what we can learn from them? Yes,   Robert Moment ** 57:52 I do. I want to share this story. My name is Barbara Corcoran. She's the real estate for the Shark Tank. Yes, you know her boyfriend and business partner. She was in real estate. He left her for her secretary, right? And but you know what that split, what it did for her, I know it was devastating, but it was a catalyst for her success, because what it did, it fueled her determination to form her own company, which was a corporate group. And I think, if I'm not mistaken, she sold it for about $66 million so that, to me, resilience in her situation was key. She embraced a new beginning, and she looked at failure as a stepping stone, which   Michael Hingson ** 58:46 makes a lot of sense. I believe that we should get rid of the word failure from our vocabulary anyway. Failures are not failures. They are simply things that didn't work out as they should. And what are you going to do about it, right? It's we gotta get the negativity out of so much of it. Yeah, you   Robert Moment ** 59:05 know we do. We do because, you know also what I and her. She believed in herself fiercely, man, because she feel as though, you know, she had something to prove. I get that. And guess what she did.   Michael Hingson ** 59:22 You have a new book coming out entitled believe in yourself. You got this. Tell me about that.   Robert Moment ** 59:27 This is about I want the reader to really take inventory in themselves. This book is a coaching book. It's going to be real. It's real simple, but it's going to have questions where they take inventory and really focus on believing in themselves, and not only just believing But accepting themselves. You know you can believe in yourself, but I want them to really accept who they are and and know that worth, know that value. You and know that they have something to bring and add to this world.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:04 Well, if you could leave our listeners with one final thought about self beliefs, what would that be?   Robert Moment ** 1:00:10 Own Your Power. Own Your Power, and don't let any one hold you back and take control. Take control of your destiny. And then also remember that self belief is a journey and not a destination.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:27 I love that. If people would like to reach out to you and maybe talk to you about hiring you as their coach, or just learning more about you and your books and all that, because you've written several books actually, how do they do that?   Robert Moment ** 1:00:39 They can reach me at Robert at leadership coaching and development.com or they can connect with me on LinkedIn.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:48 And what's the LinkedIn? Do you know your LinkedIn? Uh, yes, it'll be Robert moment leadership coach, okay, and what was the website? Again, website   Robert Moment ** 1:00:57 is leadership coaching and development.com.   Michael Hingson ** 1:01:01 Leadership, coaching and development.com. Great. Well, I hope people will reach out. This has been insightful in a lot of ways, I will say, validating for some of my beliefs, but also very educational. And I said at the beginning, I always love speaking to people who coach, I learn a lot, and I've always believed that that I'm not doing my job unless I'm learning at least as much as anybody else who listens to the podcast. So I really appreciate your time today. So Robert moment, thank you, and I want to thank all of you for listening. I hope that you have found this helpful if you want to really become a better leader. Robert has lots of ways clearly that he probably can help you, and it's worth exploring with him. So I hope you'll reach out. I'd love to hear from you. Please give me an email. You can reach me at speaker at Michael hingson.com Michael hingson is m, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, s, O, N, just like it sounds actually speaker at Michael hingson.com love it. If you'd go to our podcast page, if you would, www, dot Michael hingson.com/podcast can listen to all of our episodes there, but wherever you're listening or watching, I would really value it greatly. If you would give us a five star rating and review us. We really appreciate people who do that. So any of that that you can do, I would really appreciate it. And as I've said many times on these podcasts, if you need to find a speaker to come and inspire and motivate. I'd love to talk with you about that. Email me at speaker@michaelhingson.com love to talk with you about that. And Robert, for you and everyone listening and watching. If you know of anyone who you think ought to be a guest on unstoppable mindset, please let us know. We'd love to meet people who want to be guests. So Robert, thank you again. I really appreciate you being here. This has been a lot of fun and definitely continued great success. Michael,   Robert Moment ** 1:03:08 thank you. I'm truly grateful and continued success to you as well.   Michael Hingson ** 1:03:18 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. 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Today we're heading to London to meet up with multi-award-winning luxury business consultant, author, and world-renowned cake artist, Ms. Elizabeth Solaru. As the CEO and founder of the Diversity in Luxury Awards, she's a pioneering voice advocating for inclusivity and representation in the luxury sector. An ex-microbiologist and headhunter who ran job-hunting workshops for C-suite executives. She began her luxury business journey as a celebrated cake artist. Earning international acclaim for her innovative designs and impeccable craftsmanship, Elizabeth's clients include ultra-high-net-worth individuals and royalty. While her creative talent and business acumen led to a successful transition into luxury consulting, where she now advises brands on how to navigate complexities in the luxury market.  Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies  

Today, it's the end of another quarter. But even bigger, it's the very last day of 2024. And it means only 359 days until we welcome Santa Claus again. WOW, what an interesting year it has been. Putting aside wars, international conflicts, crazy sanctions, and one of the busiest years I can recall with elections around the globe. In business and economics, we started the year with the World Economic Forum speaking about the Future of Growth Framework amidst a sluggish global economy. And we watched a noticeable growing trend—the increasing reliance on AI to make major decisions, particularly being utilized by governments, which may surprise many listeners. (worrying or not, only time will tell), but for business leaders, you will need to prepare yourself for a changing of the business rules; that much I'm very confident about. The question on every leader's mind is no doubt what will 2025 bring. Well, the wait is over, and tomorrow we find out. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're heading home literally within Stone throw of our place on the Gold Coast in Australia, and chatting with an extraordinary individual, a man who is an international marketing enigma. Today we have the pleasure of speaking with and learning from Mr. John Dwyer. John is a direct response customer attraction expert who thinks way outside the box. His marketing consultancy business is called The Institute of WOW. And John's mantra is that one's marketing needs to wow prospects. He's also the guy who shocked the marketing world some years back when he convinced Jerry Seinfeld to come out of retirement to be the spokesperson for an Australian banking institution. Jerry headed up a free vacation campaign, which broke home loan lending records and remains folklore in the global banking industry. John helps business owners understand how to exploit platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn by implementing incentive-based marketing offers that can be targeted specifically to certain audiences. His client list reads like a who's who of business and includes the likes of Rupert Murdoch's News Limited, 7-Eleven, Westfield Shopping Centers, Walt Disney, KFC, and BP, just to name a few. And his skills have been used by these companies because they acknowledge he is the master of creating incentives at work. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're back in Melbourne, Australia, to have a conversation with our guest, Mr. Tony Gruebner, a seasoned executive with over 15 years of global leadership experience. Half of this time has been in C-level roles across fast-growing, competitive B2C industries. Most recently, he served as chief marketing officer at a leading global FinTech company, driving year-on-year customer acquisition growth. Tony has also played a pivotal role in the development of AI-powered customer engagement strategies, scaling international teams, and transforming organizations through data-driven decision-making. As the author of AI for CEOs, Tony combines his deep expertise in analytics, AI, and digital transformation to simplify complex concepts for senior decision-makers. His insights empower leaders to harness AI's potential to enhance customer experiences, improve efficiency, and drive sustainable growth with a proven track record of working alongside boards, global organizations, and elite teams. Tony is here to share actionable advice on navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape. So team, in this episode today, we are delving into Tony's new book and discussing some of the essentials that all leaders need to be aware of as we find ourselves plowing ever deeper into automation, robotics, AI, and the whole digital space. It's a great conversation and one that any leader who has ever found themselves confused or overwhelmed on this relatively new journey will take an enormous amount away from. We hope you enjoy it. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're heading back to Melbourne, Australia, and meeting up with our guest, Ms. Bessi Graham, and chatting with her about a subject she's more than just passionate about; she's invested in. With nearly 25 years of experience working with business owners, governments, and large funding bodies to merge money and meaning, Bessi's experience spans from the grassroots of sitting in the dirt, working with business owners across the Pacific Islands, through to the United Nations in Geneva. This has given her an unparalleled perspective as an entrepreneur, business owner, angel, venture capitalist, impact investor, philanthropist, coach, and advisor. Bessi has done everything. From being a decision maker on Grant and Investment Committees, driving over $1 billion of capital into small and medium-sized businesses, to using her own capital for grants to dozens of organizations and investing directly with both debt and equity in 42 businesses.   Bessi has been engaged by governments and leading financial institutions to design capacity-building funds, servicing multiple countries to build investment readiness in businesses in emerging and established economies. And setting up and being the cornerstone investor in the first impact investment fund focused on the Pacific. Much of our conversation will be centered around impact investing and the term that I've come to understand more fully, blended value. With investors and businesses alike, turning their money, as well as attention, to this concept of finding the right formula to drive financial results while doing business in ways that benefit society. This is a hot topic that needs our focus as well. So please get yourself ready as we embark on this journey of discovery together. Visit the C4C website to gain full access to the transcript, show notes, and guest links. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're heading to Arizona and interestingly, not the hot plains we hear the most about, but a city in the northern ranges of the state called Flagstaff. And we're connecting with our guest, Craig Meriwether. Craig is a mindset coach, helping people eliminate negative emotions and trauma so they can reach their full potential. Craig is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, medical hypnosis specialist, neurolinguistic programming specialist, and founder of Arizona Integrative Hypnotherapy, helping people eliminate the limiting beliefs that may be keeping them from reaching their true potential. For over 12 years, Craig has been helping people heal from early childhood trauma, helping cancer patients with pain control, veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, students with test anxiety, children with nightmares, entrepreneurs with confidence, athletes with peak performance, and anyone who may be dealing with overwhelm fear and anxiety. One of the many very comprehensive and successful programs that Craig has created is called Ace Any Test. It's for test anxiety relief so people can eliminate stress around exams, auditions, job interviews and public speaking, as well as increased confidence and self-esteem. Visit the website to access the full transcript, guest links, and show note. Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're off to somewhere special, to a city called Lausanne, located on the northern shore of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, to chat with our guest, Ms. Kanchan Chanana. Kanchan describes herself as an observer, curious and a striving human who's actively broken given norms, rules and excuses for the past two decades to unlock the other side of being. She's a first-generation professional in STEM and management. However, growing up came with considerable challenges from the many norms, beliefs, and rules that she felt suffocated by. Mentions of money, for example, were simply out of the question. Her academic journey proved adventurous, starting in an all-girls government school and deciding to pursue mechanical engineering, where she was the only girl in a class of 50. Her professional career started in a male-dominated world of automotive procurement. She became the youngest buyer responsible for managing spending of more than $100 million, and this role enabled her to oversee successful and complex negotiations with top suppliers and to understand the link between money and authority. Three years later, she went on to pursue management studies in India and the United States and then joined a leading consulting firm where she worked in the US, Southeast Asia, and India, solving complex business problems for large multinational organizations. This role further expanded her understanding of money, authority, and decision-making. Some six years later, she joined the strategy function of a Global 500 corporation and found numerous systemic gaps leading to leakages in women's payslips every month, every year. This inspired her to speak up for equal pay for women at her workplace, which led to serial abuse behaviors, exclusion, non-transparency, baits, bribery, threats, and eventually a non-mutual separation. Kanchan's journey has revealed visible and invisible challenges to achieving equal and fair pay for women. She notes that in Switzerland alone, the women's pay gap amounts to more than $45 billion annually. Kanchan's story is to enable, educate, and engage women on the taboo topic of unfair pay. Team, I truly hope you're fully prepared for the conversation ahead and ready to practice some active listening because there's a powerful message that awaits all of us as listeners. Visit our website to access the full transcript, show notes and guest links. Coaching4 Companies

Today we're heading to Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles to chat with Mr. Chase Friedman. Chase is a brand strategist, coach and founder of Vanquish Media Group, a boutique digital media collective that collaborates with world-renowned brands, thought leaders, and digital influencers by championing premium branded content, digital storytelling, and integrated marketing strategies. Spanning multiple platforms and genres, including entertainment, lifestyle, and education, Vanquish has launched over 100 branded content campaigns, generating over 50 million in e-commerce revenue. But it hasn't always been this way. Chase moved to Los Angeles from South Florida some 14 years ago to pursue a career in filmmaking and found himself rising through the ranks from lowly production assistant to independent director-producer and everything in between. During his de facto film school, he gained exposure to every aspect of the production process from prep to post, and he fell in love with storytelling and the creative process.  After several years of wavering between starving artist and fledgling commercial director, Chase went corporate for the first and last time. Fast forward to today and Chase still believes telling stories is in his DNA, albeit now that stories relate to brands, products, entertainment and services.  Team, in this episode, you'll learn about conscious capitalism where passion, purpose and clarity take center stage, and the aim is to do good and do well in the process. Visit our website to access the full transcript, guest links, and show notes - Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're back in the USA and the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia to speak with our guests and my good friend, Mr. Robin Dreeke. Robin is a unique character for many reasons, not the least for his career, and you'll hear us speaking extensively about this during our conversation, but as a spoiler alert, Robin has gone from recruiting spies for the FBI to recruiting unbreakable alliances in business. He is a human behavior expert, best-selling author, professional speaker, and podcast host. Starting as a Marine Corps officer and now retired FBI Special Agent, he served as chief of the counterintelligence behavioral analysis program, where honed skills in recruiting spies in behavioral assessment. Serving in New York City, as well as Norfolk, Quantico, and Fredericksburg, Virginia, Robin received advanced training, as well as experience in the area of social psychology and the practical application of the science behind relationship development and trust, ultimately leading to the FBI's elite behavioral analysis program. Today, Robin has translated his expertise into his unique interpersonal communication strategies that focus on recruiting allies in business. Since 2010, he's been working with executives, corporations, entrepreneurs, the military, and law enforcement to help them forge trust, solve challenges and lead. Robin's people formula has helped countless individuals as well as teams achieve quick measurable results and maximum success. Whether you're a newly promoted leader, executive, sales team member, or customer relationship specialist, Robbin's proven strategies will help you excel. Visit our website to access and download the full transcript, show notes and guest links - Coaching 4 Companies

Today we're heading to a new location for me, at least, Tel Aviv Israel, and meeting up with Team Architect and aidra.ai founder and CEO, Ms. Daria Rudnik. Daria is a fellow systemic team coach, having studied together under the guidance of professors Peter Hawkins and David Clutterbuck. Today, Daria helps ambitious leaders scale their impact by elevating their teams. She does this through team and leadership coaching, organizational consulting, assessment, and her AI assistant. Through her 15-year career, Daria has helped leaders create high performing work cultures for more than 5000 people, ranging from fast-growing startups to Fortune 500 companies. Here are three examples of results Daria has helped to shape. First, a B2G tech startup established a high-performing distributed sales team across multiple countries and integrated a new CEO, leading to increased sales and a more cohesive team. Second, a telecom company accomplished a growth multiple of four without expanding its headcount by restructuring organizational processes and bolstering team communication and collaboration. And then finally, a hardware company successfully transitioned to become a market leader in the retail tech space by redesigning its organizational processes and providing leadership coaching for its tech executives. In our conversation, Daria supports us in addressing the question of what makes a high performance, value-creating remote team and unlocks the power of several tools that she integrates into her own process. Daria and I see a future of team empowerment at the core of successful company strategies.  Visit our website to access the full transcript, guest links and episode notes - Coaching 4 Companies

Today, we're heading back to one of my favorite US cities, Boston, Massachusetts, to visit with technology expert Mr. Arnaud Lucas. Arnaud is a seasoned leader who inspires and leads high-growth, forward-thinking, technology-first organizations. He maximizes ROI and customer experience while driving sustainable product, revenue, and business growth. He bridges the gap between strategic ambition and technical execution by providing unparalleled clarity to translate abstract business goals into tangible technology and organizational roadmaps. With deep expertise in technology and architecture, he drives innovation, hires and scales diverse, high-performing, high-trust teams, and develops world-class products through strategic planning, operational development, and organizational excellence. During our conversation, we touched on many topics, from the significant changes that technology has led from before the turn of the century, to challenges many of these changes are creating as we try and strike a balance with maintaining operational efficiency. Visit our website to access and download the full transcript, guest links, and the episode notes - Coaching 4 Companies

CEO Roundtable Discussion: The Entrepreneurial Mindset to Drive Social Impact. The CEOs of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation - Australia (Peter Kaye), the Veddis Foundation (Murugan Vasudevan), Maanch (Darshita Gillies), and the MD of the Peter Jones Foundation (Bill Muirhead), join Alberto Lidji in his capacity as Visiting Professor at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Business School and Founder of the Do One Better Knowledge Hub and Podcast to discuss why an entrepreneurial mindset is invaluable in driving forward social impact. Alberto was formerly the Global CEO of the Novak Djokovic Foundation. The panel was also joined by Dr Phil Considine, Director of Executive Development at Strathclyde Business School. This discussion was held live on 4th October 2024 with a global audience. The panel was based in England, Scotland and India. Thank you for downloading this episode of the Do One Better Podcast. Visit our Knowledge Hub at Lidji.org for information on 250+ case studies and interviews with remarkable leaders in philanthropy, sustainability and social entrepreneurship.  

In this insightful conclusion to our Fresh Insights: The Future of Food Service series, we sit down with Julie Krivanek, President of Krivanek Consulting and a renowned expert in executive development. With over 30 years of experience, Julie has worked closely with leaders in the fresh produce industry to enhance their leadership skills and create succession plans that ensure long-term business success. Julie shares her deep knowledge on the evolving leadership challenges in the produce sector, particularly in the face of an increasingly complex and globalized market. From developing talent to navigating family-owned business transitions, this conversation is a must-listen for executives, professionals, and entrepreneurs in the fresh produce industry looking to sharpen their leadership edge.   This episode is brought to you by Kern Ridge Growers, Wiggins Farms, SunFed, and IFCO.   Don't miss out on Julie's transformative insights into leadership, coaching, and succession planning in an industry that's constantly evolving. Subscribe and visit www.thefreshcred.com for more exclusive content!

Shaun Rozyn has almost two decades of global experience developing enterprise leaders across the globe. Shaun is currently a Managing Director at Duke Corporation Education, the corporate education arm of Duke University based in Durham, N. Carolina. Duke CE has been consistently ranked number one in the world for delivering customized executive education.Shaun previously was a Managing of Custom Programs at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Before that, he was the Head of Global Executive Development at the Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), overseeing the development of the top 1,000 executives, and Executive Director of Executive Education at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in South Africa.  Before this, Shaun worked in the management consulting, defense, and higher education sectors.Shaun is also on the Board of the University Consortium (UNICON), a leading membership organization of business schools globally. His academic credentials include a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Stellenbosch, an MBA from GIBS at the University of Pretoria, and executive education programs at Harvard Business School and IMD in Switzerland.Shaun is deeply committed to empowering leaders to drive positive change in organizations and society.A Quote From This Episode"Are we thinking about how to proactively develop management capabilities as people enter first-line and second-line management roles?"Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeBook - Leadership Pipeline by Charan, Drotter,  Noel, & Jonasen Book - The First 90 Days by WatkinsTV Show - BeckhamAbout The International Leadership Association (ILA)The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals interested in studying, practicing, and teaching leadership. Register for ILA's 26th Global Conference in Chicago, IL - November 7-10, 2024.About  Scott J. AllenWebsiteWeekly Newsletter: The Leader's EdgeBlogMy Approach to HostingThe views of my guests do not constitute "truth." Nor do they reflect my personal views in some instances. However, they are views to consider, and I hope they help you clarify your perspective. Nothing can replace your reflection, research, and exploration of the topic.

Scott Saslow discusses his book “Building a Sustainable Family Office.” Scott is the Founder and CEO of One World Investments, a firm that provides investment capital and advisory services. He has founded or been on the founding team of seven startups. Previously, he led The Institute of Executive Development. Scott earned his MBA from Harvard and has a BA in Economics from Northwestern. You've seen his work in publications like Forbes and the Harvard Business Review. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? https://Everyday-MBA.com/guest

What if your ability to lead effectively hinged on a deep understanding of yourself? In this final part of our special 4-part series, I dig deeper into this critical question with CEO of the Year award winner, Kevin Ford of Calian Group. Kevin shares insightful personal anecdotes about how self-awareness has shaped his leadership journey and impacted his organization. We discuss the modern workforce's demand for higher standards in interpersonal interactions and the necessity for leaders to be mindful of their mindset, emotions, and behaviors. Personal and professional growth cannot happen in a feedback vacuum. On the contrary, feedback is the fuel that drives the engine of maximizing our potential. Kevin opens up about the humbling yet enlightening experiences of receiving candid feedback from trusted supervisors and colleagues. We highlight the value of formal feedback processes like 360 reviews and the role of supportive networks in nurturing self-awareness. As we round off the discussion, we explore the transformative potential of AI, including how tools like ChatGPT could revolutionize corporate behavior and decision-making processes. Kevin and I stress the importance of continuous learning and adapting to new technologies as vital elements of effective modern leadership. Join us as we conclude this thought-provoking series about the importance of becoming a Chief Awareness Officer and the secrets to getting there. What You'll Learn: • Effective Leadership Begins and Ends with Understanding and Managing Our Mindset, Emotions, and Behaviors. • Proactively Seeking Feedback is a Game-Changer for Executive Development. • Beware of the Power of Emotional Contagion. • Fostering A Culture of Feedback. • The Promise of A.I. for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness. • Where Do We Go From Here? The Future of the Chief Awareness Officer. Podcast Timestamps: (00:00) - The Power of Self-Leadership (10:03) - The Importance of Self-Awareness (15:11) - The Ripple Effects of Self-Awareness (27:50) – Feedback: The Fuel That Drives the Engine of Personal and Professional Growth (32:19) - Creating a Culture of Awareness (37:41) – The Future of A.I. in Organizations and Leadership (47:48) – A Final Word on this Special Series More of Kevin Ford: Kevin is the President and CEO of Calian Group, a solutions company with services in health, IT, systems engineering, and more. Leading the company since 2015, Kevin focuses on teamwork, integrity, and commitment. As you'll hear in this series of episodes, he's aware of how he works with others, affects them, and can improve himself. Kevin is also proud to shine a light on how we can improve our leadership by improving ourselves. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-ford-5426948  Key Topics Discussed: CEO Mindset, Chief Awareness Officer, Self-Awareness, Positive Leadership, Receiving Feedback, Emotional Contagion, Feedback Culture, Effective Decision-Making, Organizational Culture, Continuous Learning, Mindset, Emotions, Behaviors, Personal Growth, Professional Growth, 360 Reviews, Mentors, Social Network, Authenticity, Team Dynamics, Curiosity, Information Channels More of Do Good to Lead Well: Website: https://craigdowden.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigdowden/