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Nile Harris, a seasoned leader with two decades of experience in the MedTech industry, is the founder and CEO of HVG Executive Solutions and currently serves as a director in the life sciences practice at Alvarez & Marsal. Nile shares her diverse career journey from financial services to MedTech, including roles at Medtronic and Abbott, and her current work in management consulting. Emphasizing the value of lifelong learning, Nile discusses her philosophy on leadership, blending strategy with tactical execution, and the importance of adapting rapidly. She also reflects on pivotal moments, like nearly quitting due to the emotional challenges in medtech sales, and her passion for closing healthcare disparity gaps.  Guest links: https://gapdemystified.com | https://hvg.llc Charity supported: Opportunity International Interested in being a guest on the show or have feedback to share? Email us at podcast@velentium.com.  PRODUCTION CREDITS Host: Lindsey Dinneen Editing: Marketing Wise Producer: Velentium   EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Episode 043 - Nile Harris [00:00:00] Lindsey Dinneen: Hi, I'm Lindsey and I'm talking with MedTech industry leaders on how they change lives for a better world. [00:00:09] Diane Bouis: The inventions and technologies are fascinating and so are the people who work with them. [00:00:15] Frank Jaskulke: There was a period of time where I realized, fundamentally, my job was to go hang out with really smart people that are saving lives and then do work that would help them save more lives. [00:00:28] Diane Bouis: I got into the business to save lives and it is incredibly motivating to work with people who are in that same business, saving or improving lives. [00:00:38] Duane Mancini: What better industry than where I get to wake up every day and just save people's lives. [00:00:42] Lindsey Dinneen: These are extraordinary people doing extraordinary work, and this is The Leading Difference. Hello, and welcome back to another episode of The Leading Difference podcast. I'm your host, Lindsey, and I'm so excited to introduce you to my guest today, Nile Harris. Nile is a highly skilled and versatile leader who has made significant impact in the medtech industry for two decades from the C suite to the operating room and companies such as Medtronic and Abbott. Her agility was forged through a successful cross functional career, spanning corporate strategy and development, product marketing, field sales and marketing, strategic market insights, commercialization, market access, and executive coaching. Nile is an expert advisor and mentor for Life Science Tennessee and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center focused on early stage startups. She is the CEO and Founder of HVG Executive Solutions and currently serves as Director in the life sciences practice at Alvarez and Marsal. All right. Well, thank you so much for being here, Nile. I'm so excited to speak with you today. [00:01:48] Nile Harris: Thank you. I'm happy and excited to be here as well. [00:01:53] Lindsey Dinneen: Awesome. Well, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind starting off by telling us a little bit about yourself and your background and what led you to MedTech. [00:02:03] Nile Harris: Yeah. Interesting story. Happy to share my journey to MedTech. I tripped into it and loved it. I began my career out of undergrad in financial services, actually interned all through undergrad and financial services. And I loved being on a trading floor-- I was actually a licensed broker at one point-- loved working on trading floors. I'm originally from Chicago, worked at the Board of Trade, Chicago Board of Options Exchange, but it wasn't a cultural fit. And I felt like I wanted to give more or put more out into the world other than making more money, essentially. And I went to business school at the University of Michigan and did my internship at Lily in Indianapolis and absolutely loved healthcare. And it had never occurred to me that healthcare was an option. And I spent my summer there as IT Project Manager supporting clinical trials. And I was like, I thought this was just amazing. And so I was recruited to Medtronic coming out of Michigan and they had an IT rotation, leadership rotation program. They're sort of a internal consulting group. And I was in that program for two years. And when I came out of that program, I went to the strategy and corporate development group within Medtronic. And that's when I really saw what we did as a company there. I really have more exposure to the products, the lives that we were saving, and the impact that we were having. And I had really no idea what it took to get a product from bench to bedside. Like, what does it take to get a product designed and into a patient? And I decided to go from corporate strategy and development to field sales and marketing. So I was like, I thought that there was no better way to learn it than just to roll up my sleeves and get into it. And so I went from making PowerPoints and Excel spreadsheets to being out in the field. So I went from being in Minneapolis to Nashville, where I was doing Therapy Development Specialist. So it was a hybrid between sales and marketing. And I spent a lot of time in hospitals. And the part of my job was essentially to grow the pie for thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm stent grafts, and then grow our piece of the pie. So I was in surgeries, but I was also doing strategy and sort of marketing and attracting customers and refer referral patterns. And it was great. This was like, this was magical to me. And I had no idea before I got into Medtronic that this was a world that was even open to me. And so I just got deeper into it. I did product management, did value based healthcare and pricing. I did a stop for a couple of years in K 12 education. I'm very passionate about closing the health, wealth, and education disparity gap in America. And so I was a Broad Resident for the system management of school systems. And so I led strategy for a charter school system in Nashville, but went back into working with, with life science companies at a small consulting firm, and then was doing some independent consulting, started doing executive coaching, specifically within medtech for those people who are trying to get to that next level of leadership and trying to figure out how do you run multi generational teams? And then I was at Abbott for a little bit as a Global Director there and built a team there. And now I do management consultant. And so I've been in medtech now for 20 years. And what I love about being a consultant is that I get to take all of those experiences and how companies bring innovations to life. [00:06:20] Lindsey Dinneen: Wow. Yeah. Well, first of all, thank you for sharing about your background. What an amazing breadth of experience you have. And also I love the thread of your lifelong learning and curiosity. And, oh my gosh. I mean, so I looked at your, LinkedIn profile and I was like, okay, so you have a BA, a BS, an MEd, and an MBA. So clearly education. [00:06:50] Nile Harris: I do I believe education is important and so the BS in finance and the BA in communications happened because at the University of Illinois, you can get a BA in Finance or a BS in Finance. And so I went the BS route, but it was very technical. We had these highly technical economic classes, statistical modeling, all these things. There weren't a lot of soft skill classes, and I wanted to incorporate that into my experience. And then I realized, well, if I earned a certain number of hours, I could be a dual degree versus dual major. And my junior year, I had no idea, but my junior year, I got this letter from the university saying that all of my advanced placement classes from high school transferred and I had a semester's worth of additional hours. So I spent an additional summer after I finished one degree and then I was able to finish the second degree. So I did both in four years. [00:07:52] Lindsey Dinneen: Wow. Holy cannoli. Okay. [00:07:54] Nile Harris: I'm a lifelong learner. I believe you need to always be learning. And the curiosity is, I think a lot of times I've gotten the feedback of, "Well, you're kind of all over the place." But not really. I am curious about what people do and how they do their jobs. And I would, when I was in strategy and development, my role was to lead the strategic planning process, and I had access to all of the business leaders, all of the presidents, all of the leaders that they worked with. And that was just awesome. That in itself was just a college education. I had ready access to ask them about their businesses. But I also asked him, "Well, how can I be a better partner for you? If I'm in corporate, how can I be a better partner for you?" And one of the things that came up over and over again was, "Understand my business better. I understand that you have to run the process and you're focused on getting all of the parts and pieces together. But what would help me is if more people in corporate understood my business." And I was like, "Okay, I'm going to go into sales." [00:09:04] Lindsey Dinneen: Yes. Wow, that is so incredible. And, leadership and management, and now with your executive coaching, obviously that's a been a running theme and will continue to be. And I'm really curious what is maybe your top couple pieces of advice for those who are looking to either become better leaders or to even start being a leader? [00:09:32] Nile Harris: That is a great question. I think, first of all, I counsel people to develop your personal leadership philosophy. What type of leader do you want to be? What is the legacy that you want to leave with people? What is it that you want them to remember you for? For me, it was being a servant leader. I see myself as, "People don't work for me. I work for them." My job is to remove obstacles, build them up, set a vision, set the container in which they work and then support them in that. Set the example, model the example and and I always say, you know, the book "Leaders Eat Last." Well, I say, "Leaders eat last and they're the first to the fire." And so you develop that philosophy and talk to people. Like I said, I had access to some amazing leaders and I watched them and I talked to them and I asked them and so, interview people, talk to people who you think are great leaders. The second thing I would say is learn from people who you think are not great leaders. Let them teach you about what you don't want to be as a leader. Right? And the third thing is talk to people. I had one mentor who used to say his version of a quote from Abraham Lincoln, which was, "You can't lead without the consent of the followers. Find out what the followers need and give them that." And leadership is for the people who are following you. Promotions or accolades or rewards are for you as an effective leader, right, for getting results. The leadership is what you are providing to others. [00:11:19] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, that's great advice. Thank you for sharing that. I think especially your middle point about learning from leaders that you don't look up to, but that have actually a lot to teach you is such a good point too, because, in general, we look up to the people that we go, "Oh my goodness, I love the way that this person leads. I really admire what they bring to the table." And then, that's great, but it is also such an experience to learn from somebody that doesn't have maybe the leadership qualities that you aspire to have. And so you're able to go, "Okay, so this is what doesn't work. Let me figure out what does." [00:11:58] Nile Harris: Exactly. And even the leadership style, even if it doesn't work for you, even if it doesn't work for 95 percent of the organization that person has been put in charge of, that there's something that they do that you might like. So don't necessarily throw the baby out with the bathwater and just say, "Oh, they're a terrible leader." What they're doing something, they did something to be able to get in that, into that position. Learn from that as well. [00:12:25] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Ooh, taking it a step further. I love it. You know, one thing I really enjoy-- oh, I very much enjoyed reading your LinkedIn profile, by the way-- but one thing that really stood out to me, and I would love if you could talk a little bit about was somebody at some point told you that you have an amazing ability to "seamlessly switch between strategy and tactical execution." Could you speak a little bit to that? That is so cool. [00:12:51] Nile Harris: So this is funny. This is a very funny thing. So that was a manager who I did not get along with. We did not see eye to eye. And we had a facilitator come into our team meeting one day and help us to figure out how do we work together and collaborate as a team. Like, how do we pull out the gifts right in each other? And so the facilitator went person to person and asked, "What's your gift? What's your gift? What's your gift?" And so when he got to me, I said, "Oh, my gift is my organizational skills. I'm very organized and I can connect all these dots." And so my manager, who I did not get along with, says, "Your gift is effortlessly going from strategy to tactical execution. You can be in the clouds and then on the ground. And it is a clear stream and it is effortless." And everybody in the room was like, "Yeah, well, where did you get organization from?" I was like, "Wait, where'd you get that from?" I didn't see that in myself. It didn't, it didn't occur to me that's what I was doing. When they pointed it out, I didn't realize it was a gift. Because I just do it. And then they were like, "Not everybody can do that." And I thought it was so odd that this person who I had sort of like this ongoing strife with was the one to point it out. [00:14:27] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, that's irony for you, but what a gift though, because then yeah, to understand, "Oh, this isn't something..." I think that happens a lot where you get to it's really helpful to have somebody who's outside perspective who can say, "Actually, this is your superpower because most people can't do what you think just comes naturally to everyone." If only. [00:14:51] Nile Harris: Yes. And 'cause a lot of times I actually got this question, somebody else was going through my LinkedIn profile and they were like, "Well, how did you develop that skillset?" And I told him, "You know, I didn't do it intentionally. I didn't set out to say,' I'm going to go from strategy to execution effortlessly.'" I think it was the act of doing it. So being able to say, "Well, I don't want to be in financial services, but now I have that financial skill and acumen. I'm going to leverage it to change industries." And then being in this tactical position of putting together models and PowerPoints. And I was putting together PowerPoints for like our executive committee. So I'm this very, I'm doing something very tactical, but at a strategic level. And then to go from that to say, "Well, I want to really understand how these things connect together." All right. And so I go to sales. And so I think it was just the, I followed the trail of the curiosity and I learned something along the way by doing that. And so it ultimately, it just sort of naturally, I think cultivated what I do know that I'm really good at is seeing patterns and connecting dots. And I think it just sort of came from that. [00:16:11] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense. And I think, to your point of you having demonstrated your willingness to continue to learn and to step into different roles, so that you were able to continue to expand your knowledge and your skill sets, I mean, you know, it's funny. And I know a lot of people talk about the idea of generalist versus specialist. And being a generalist does have a lot of advantages in terms of, when you have this crazy diverse skillset and even experience in multiple industries, then all of a sudden you can draw from, "Oh, you know what? I remember this really random thing back in when I was doing financial services that actually would really apply here. I don't, I wonder if anyone has ever thought about that!" And then you keep connecting those dots, like you said, so. [00:17:03] Nile Harris: Exactly. And that's exactly how it happens in my brain. Right? Like my brain will reach back to, "Remember when you worked on this project and you did this really random thing." And I'm like, "Yeah!" My brain's like, "It applies here." I'm like, "Okay." But I did Strength Finders and one of the strengths, it was described as, I didn't necessarily agree with the word that they use, but when I read the description, in the description, it said, "I am a collector of information." And I'm like, yes! I have every notebook that I used to take notes for work. I have every notebook going back to my first job out of college. And I use Evernote to collect, literally collect articles across the internet. If I'm like, "Oh, this is interesting," I'll clip it into Evernote. And so now I've got sort of this encyclopedia of information. And so if I want to, think about, "Oh, I read this article about this medtech company that was doing this thing," I can search my little encyclopedia and find out. So that also is the whole connecting the dots. And Steve Jobs had a, and I'm going to butcher the quote, but he had a quote about "being innovative and being creative is about having enough experiences that you can connect." [00:18:32] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh, I love that. Oh my goodness. Yes. I cannot agree more, and I think the ability to be creative does often come from being able to draw from lots and lots of different sources and then putting them together in a new way. So, oh my gosh, I love this So, you know another thing that stood out in your profile was, you have a wonderful ability to "plan meticulously and then adapt rapidly," and obviously your career path has really demonstrated that but I'm wondering is that in particular a skill set that you developed over time, or have you always had a tendency towards very careful planning, but at the same time holding those plans loosely enough that you can adapt quickly? [00:19:21] Nile Harris: Yeah, there's a little bit of both. It's inherent in me to want to plan, want to know where things are. That just gives me a sense of comfort. I did not always adapt rapidly. That was working in the strategy and corporate development, working with a bunch of C suite, the CEO, the COO, the presidents of all the businesses, adapting rapidly was a requirement. And things would change super fast. The meeting might start off about one topic and then it ends on a totally different topic. So having to pivot, having to go. But then that also helped me with, "Okay, I'm going to have a plan a and plan B and a plan C," because then I started to learn how to anticipate and I would know, "Okay, if we're going to go through this particular presentation, which is about this piece of the strategic plan, it could go one of three ways. And I want to be prepared for all three ways." And so over time, I became known for my ability to pivot real quick or have something in my back pocket. So people would always then be like, "Oh, Nile, we know that you have a plan B. We know that." And we were doing a sales meeting. I worked under the president of the cardiovascular business, and we were doing a sales meeting and his video or presentation clip, whatever was on this sort of --this was a long time ago. So it wasn't transferred digitally. It had to physically be burned onto a tape or a CD or some medium. And I had to physically transport it with me from Minneapolis to Las Vegas, where the meeting was. And I said, " Could you make another one so I have a backup?" And the guy was like, "Come on." And I was like, "Nope." So I gave the first copy to the person I was supposed to hand it off to. Get to Las Vegas, and they called me over to the hall for rehearsal. And they're like, "Hey, we can't find the first copy." And I was like, "No worries." I pull out the second copy out of my little bag. And the president of the business was like, "Yep, that's Nile." And they were sitting there and they said, "Yeah, the president, he wasn't worried at all. Like we were freaking out and he was like, 'Nah, just call Nile.'" [00:21:36] Lindsey Dinneen: Oh. [00:21:37] Nile Harris: And they were like, "Wow." And he was like, "I told you." And so then being in sales is nothing but adapting rapidly. That is what, that is all day, every day. So that adapting rapidly was, it was taught. But I think being planful was my natural inclination. [00:21:57] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Well, what a great reputation, too, to have. "Just call Nile. It'll be great. It'll be fine." [00:22:03] Nile Harris: "It'll be fine. Nile's got covered." [00:22:05] Lindsey Dinneen: I love that. Yeah. So what are you really looking forward to maybe both personally and professionally in the next couple of years? [00:22:15] Nile Harris: Now that I'm in a bigger management consulting firm not doing the independent piece, but I'm part of this bigger entity, there is so much happening in medtech and medical device and life science in general, with generative AI, health care equities, just so much happening. And I think that we are reaching a really a big pivot point also with like digital health care and collecting data and on patient care, predictive medicine. We are at this next evolution of care, and I'm really excited to help usher that in by working with other, with companies, with innovators in this space. The AI with imaging and streamlining workflows and helping to close healthcare disparity gaps, to be able to contribute to that in a much deeper way that you can't when you are a independent consultant. The other piece is, I really love helping to build those high performing teams. And I, there's like with coaching, I love that aha moment, that moment when somebody is like, "Oh, wow." That moment I had when my manager said my gift is going from strategy to execution. I love helping other people have that moment. So I'm looking to help build that next level of leaders that will be better leaders than I am, better leaders than I had. And then that the next stage for me is how do I again, take everything I've learned and pay that forward. , leave a legacy. That's, and I might be talking about like, it might seem like I feel like I'm old because in two years I'm still going to be working. I'm still going to be doing things, but that's when I feel you start to get into the part of your career where you're leaving that mark, you're leaving that legacy. That's the thing that we want to know Nile for in the medtech space. And then really also outside of work, more personally is, I feel very strongly about the health, wealth and education disparity gap and America and being able to contribute to health and equity where we have two demographics of people who get a disease at the same, same rate, but they don't have the same outcomes, the same treatment outcomes. Like, why is that? So how can I contribute to that? [00:24:57] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Those are all wonderful things to be thinking about and working towards. So yeah, I really appreciate just-- you talked about how you are a servant leader, but you just have such a beautiful heart of service. And I mean, I could see that throughout even your volunteering and your mentorship and things that you do. So, gosh, yeah. Thank you for sharing about that. [00:25:21] Nile Harris: Yeah. [00:25:21] Lindsey Dinneen: So I'm curious. Along this journey, especially in medtech, have there been any moments that stand out to you as really clarifying to you, "Wow, I am in the right place, at the right time, in the right industry?" [00:25:36] Nile Harris: Oh, oh. There is a moment where I almost quit and it was when I was in sales. And again, it was a hybrid sales marketing role, but I was, it was doing my field training and I'm so excited to be out there. And I, you know, completely committed to the mission and we help people in these devices. They go in people and they restore health and they do all of these things and these things are great. And I was, In the hospital one day with one of my training reps, and we got a call to the E. R. There was a patient in there with a ruptured aneurysm, aortic aneurysm, and he was, I don't know, in his eighties, mid eighties. And we looked at the film to see if the device, the stent graft, it's minimally invasive. The other way you repair an aortic aneurysm is to open somebody all of the way up and take out their aorta and put in a different type of graft. And when we looked at the film, this was a ruptured something like a 10 centimeter aneurysm. And this patient was actively bleeding out. And the rep asked me, " What do you see?" And that's what I said I saw. And she said, "Well, okay, so what are we going to do?" And I'm like going through my training, flipping through my training and everything in my training said, "There's nothing that we can do for this patient." And so I say it to her and she was like, "Correct." And so essentially once you've ruptured to this point, they were just making him comfortable at this point and he was going to expire. And I conceptually understood that people pass away. We can't save everybody, but to have to sit there in that moment and look at looking at this film and you are dealing with a human, is a human being on the table and you are saying it's "Wow. This is the moment where you can't do anything." So we left there and I just went back to my hotel and I was like, " This is stupid. Like, why am I doing this?" And my manager called me and I told him, I was like, "You know what? I don't think I'm cut out for this. I can't do this. I can't not save people. I got into this to save people." And he said, "If you had any other reaction, I would be worried about you." He's like, " Give it 48 hours and call me back." So I gave it 48 hours. I called him back and I was like, " No, I'm supposed to be here. I'm in the right place. I love this work. I love what I do. I would not have been so upset if I didn't. If I didn't love what I do, if I wasn't in the right place, I would not have been so upset. So that was to me was a defining moment of that's why I love this work." [00:28:41] Lindsey Dinneen: Wow. Oh my goodness. What a powerful story. Thank you for sharing that. [00:28:46] Nile Harris: Yeah. You're welcome. [00:28:47] Lindsey Dinneen: You know, I really appreciate-- that's such a human moment to have. And of course we all have them, but we don't always talk about them because it doesn't always feel good, but that is so powerful that you were able to take what, it was such a difficult moment but use it as a little bit of motivation for your why as well. Wow. Yeah, that is amazing. Thank you. [00:29:09] Nile Harris: Yeah. And yeah, you're welcome. And I had two primary trainers in Tennessee. They were like in different parts of Tennessee, and the primary trainer told me when I, first day of training, he said, "If you always do what's right for the patient, everything else will come. [00:29:24] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, there you go. That's "great. [00:29:27] Nile Harris: Yep. [00:29:28] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, well, pivoting the conversation just for fun, imagine that you were to be offered a million dollars to teach a masterclass on anything you want. It can be in your industry, but it doesn't have to be. What would you choose to teach and why? [00:29:44] Nile Harris: Oh, this is such a great question. I don't know how I would do it. But I would teach people how to, how do I put this? I would teach people how to go from like strategy to execution but in a, I think maybe in a broader way, I would teach people like how to connect thoughts or how to be curious or how to always be learning. I don't know exactly how I would do it, but I would teach people to be explorers their life. [00:30:13] Lindsey Dinneen: Yes. Oh, I love that so much. Yes, amazing. Yeah, well, whenever you put that together, let me know because that sounds incredible. [00:30:24] Nile Harris: Yeah. I mean, I just wrote it, like I wrote it down, right? Like, I like, that's what I would do. I would teach people to be explorers, because then if you teach people to be explorers of their own life and curious about their own life, they're going to end up where they're supposed to end up eventually, right? So whether it's medtech or whether it's this or that, like you're going to end up where you should be because you've been curious about your life. And, yeah, that's what I teach. [00:30:52] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, I love it. And also, I think the benefit of the explorer mindset is that you are, because you are choosing to view life as an adventure and you're constantly learning and growing, there really isn't such a thing as failure. You're exploring. So if something doesn't go the way that you hoped it would or planned it would or whatever, you go, "Okay, that exploration didn't go as planned. What did I learn from it though?" And then let's move forward. [00:31:21] Nile Harris: Yeah, that's exactly how I look at it. Somebody asked me If I have a fear of failure, and I said, "I don't." And they're like, "That's crazy. Everybody has a fear of failure." And I was like, "No, because I tried something didn't work out. And now I know." Right? Or, "I didn't do it the right way. Now I know the right way, you know?" So I was like, "I don't have a fear of failure. I have a fear of doing things badly, not performing well." But failure? No, it's all exploration, it's all learning." [00:31:46] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah. Ah, perfect mindset. I love it. So, and then you touched a little bit on this, but just to dive a little bit more into it, how do you wish to be remembered after you leave this world? [00:32:01] Nile Harris: As a servant. Yeah, I, that's a, yeah, I don't think there's more... I want people to remember that I contributed, that I gave more than I got, that I helped others, and I'll be happy with that. [00:32:22] Lindsey Dinneen: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, and then final question. What is one thing that makes you smile every time you see or think about it? [00:32:32] Nile Harris: Dogs! Dogs! [00:32:36] Lindsey Dinneen: The end. [00:32:37] Nile Harris: The end! See him on the street? Smile. Go to the dog park? Smile. Look at my own dog? Smile. Dogs are our partners in life. They are like four legged dopamine molecules. They are just amazing. And, they're always such a good energy boost, mood boost. Somebody asked me this, " If you quit MedTech tomorrow, what would you go do?" And I'm like, "I would open a doggy daycare." [00:33:06] Lindsey Dinneen: Amazing. I love it. Yeah, they're just little bundles of joy. I mean, how can you not just be so excited to see... Well, I view it that way. How could you just not fall in love? I fall in love all the time with dogs. [00:33:17] Nile Harris: Yeah, the dogs are amazing, I always feel like they make a family complete. I love, and you specifically said "see," so when I see dogs, but I think what gives me energy, I'm kind of, I'm kind of adding a part B to this. I think what personally gives me energy is being around my family. I come from a really big family. And so being able to share that family energy is energizing. But when I see a dog, I'm insta happy. [00:33:46] Lindsey Dinneen: I love it. And I love your part B too. That's a really compelling secondary answer too. So yeah. Thank you for that. So, yeah. Well, Nile, this conversation has been amazing. You are amazing. You're such a powerhouse, and it's, it's such a joy to get to talk with you today and learn from you. So thank you so, so, so much for your time. And we are so honored to be making a donation on your behalf as a thank you for your time today to Opportunity International, which works to end global poverty by creating and sustaining jobs while also providing small business loans, savings, insurance, and training to more than 14 million people in the developing world. So thank you so much for choosing that organization to support. And we just wish you the most continued success as you work to change lives for a better world. [00:34:40] Nile Harris: Thank you so much. I enjoyed our conversation. This was so much fun. Thank you for the invitation. [00:34:46] Lindsey Dinneen: Absolutely. Yes. And thank you so much to our listeners for tuning in. And if you're feeling as inspired as I am right now, I'd love it if you'd share this episode with a colleague or two, and we will catch you next time. [00:35:01] Ben Trombold: The Leading Difference is brought to you by Velentium. Velentium is a full-service CDMO with 100% in-house capability to design, develop, and manufacture medical devices from class two wearables to class three active implantable medical devices. Velentium specializes in active implantables, leads, programmers, and accessories across a wide range of indications, such as neuromodulation, deep brain stimulation, cardiac management, and diabetes management. Velentium's core competencies include electrical, firmware, and mechanical design, mobile apps, embedded cybersecurity, human factors and usability, automated test systems, systems engineering, and contract manufacturing. Velentium works with clients worldwide, from startups seeking funding to established Fortune 100 companies. Visit velentium.com to explore your next step in medical device development.

Welcome to Geek Week! For this episode of The High Ground powered by Premier Companies, Jeff Jarrett and Sal Sama are joined by James Driscoll and Matt Persinger in the podcast room.  James is the Chief Technology Officer, and Matt is the IT Project Manager, both of Premier Companies.You'll learn about Premier's IT department and the variety of adventures that come at them on a daily basis.  From last-minute trips due to router failures to everyone's favorite question, “Is it plugged in?” you never know what you'll get in Premier's IT department. You'll learn more about why Premier takes cyber security seriously and the types of tests they give their internal employees to make sure they're not just clicking on any old link.  From learning about the team's protection against hackers and ransomware to protection against credential harvesting, you'll learn about the steps Premier Ag takes to keep their information and their customer information safe.

Welcome to Geek Week! For this episode of The High Ground powered by Premier Companies, Jeff Jarrett and Sal Sama are joined by James Driscoll and Matt Persinger in the podcast room.  James is the Chief Technology Officer, and Matt is the IT Project Manager, both of Premier Companies.You'll learn about Premier's IT department and the variety of adventures that come at them on a daily basis.  From last-minute trips due to router failures to everyone's favorite question, “Is it plugged in?” you never know what you'll get in Premier's IT department. You'll learn more about why Premier takes cyber security seriously and the types of tests they give their internal employees to make sure they're not just clicking on any old link.  From learning about the team's protection against hackers and ransomware to protection against credential harvesting, you'll learn about the steps Premier Ag takes to keep their information and their customer information safe.

In today's episode we're rounding out our three-guest series focused on learning more about psychic abilities and other non-mainstream modalities that can help validate our intuition and guide us in various areas of our lives.Joining Marianne today is Julie Speetjens. Once an IT Project Manager, Julie's intuitive abilities blossomed spontaneously in her early 40s during her Reiki training. Now, she is a Reiki Master and Teacher, specializing in multiple types of Reiki, as well as a professional Psychic Medium.Episode HighlightsJourney from IT to Intuition: Julie shares her inspiring transition from corporate burnout to discovering her psychic abilities during Reiki training. Learn how this pivotal moment transformed her life and career.Understanding Reiki: Learn more about how Reiki works and different types of Reiki. Virtual Reiki and Psychic Readings: Marianne and Julie discuss the efficacy of virtual Reiki sessions and psychic readings. Julie shares her experiences and insights into how these remote modalities can be just as impactful, or even more impactful, as in-person sessions.Embracing the Woo: For those skeptical about psychic abilities and other non-mainstream spiritual practices, Julie offers thoughtful responses and personal anecdotes that highlight the real benefits of embracing these modalities.LifeSpark Cancer Resources: Discover the incredible work LifeSpark is doing to support cancer patients through holistic practices. Julie talks about the profound impact of Reiki and psychic services on health and wellness.Developing Your Intuition: Marianne's Facebook community often wonders about their intuitive "spidey senses" or potential connection to the metaphysical world.  Julie provides practical advice for anyone looking to explore and develop their psychic abilities and intuition.Julie's Current Offerings: Julie provides a rundown of her current services and training programs. From psychic and mediumship development to various levels of Reiki certification, Julie's offerings are surprisingly affordable and accessible. Whether you're in Colorado Springs or joining a virtual class, Julie's teachings can help you unlock your potential.For more information on Julie's services and to connect with her, check out the links provided in the show notes.  https://www.soaringheartenergies.com/https://www.souljourneysundays.com/ Keep the conversation going - Join us for more insightful conversations in the Message in the Middle Private Facebook Community & subscribe to Message in the Middle podcast on your favorite listening platform. Connect with Marianne:Website: Message In The Middle with MarianneMessage In the Middle Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/422430469323847/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MessageInTheMiddle/playlistsEmail: Contact | Message In The Middle with MarianneSubscribe to Message In the Middle: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Join host Abi Stokes in this episode of Evo Nordics as she explores "The Challenges Of Auditing - Internal & External" with industry experts Jorgen Mellberg, CISO at Inwido; Johan Arvidsson, IT Project Manager at WSP Sverige; and Ola Ponten, CISO at SCA. They discuss the complexities of auditing in the Nordic region, addressing both internal and external audit challenges, compliance requirements, and strategies for effective risk management. Tune in for valuable insights from seasoned professionals in the field

JESS VON BANK, and Jason Averbook are joined by special guests: Sarah Mink, Principal Consultant & Advisor, Mercer; Traci Tenkely, IT Project Manager at City of Chandler, Arizona; Kristen Poe, IT Project Manager at City of Chandler, Arizona. On this episode of the Digital Meetup, we discussed how the City of Chandler has successfully built and maintained a strong organizational culture, as well as exploring the potential benefits of a new ERP system in enhancing employee engagement and connectivity. About the City of Chandler: Chandler, Arizona has built a reputation as a Community of Innovation. Life in Chandler goes beyond a thriving and dynamic business community with progressive entrepreneurship. Known for its rich diversity, the city offers an outstanding quality of life for all generations with great schools and recreational opportunities. Chandler has grown to become the state's fourth largest city with a population of more than 285,000. Chandler has been named one of the nation's Best Places to Find a Job and Best Cities for Women in Tech. The city also is one of the safest communities in the nation and boasts AAA bond ratings from all three national rating agencies, one of only 40 communities to achieve this distinction. For more information, visit the city website, or connect with Chandler on social media.

Join us for an inspiring episode of the PowerShell Podcast as we sit down with newly crowned Microsoft MVP, Clayton Tyger. Clayton shares his remarkable journey from being a PowerShell novice to achieving MVP status, highlighting the importance of a growth mindset and perseverance along the way. We delve into recent developments to his 365AutomatedLab module, exploring how it streamlines lab creation processes for PowerShell users. Additionally, Clayton discusses his adventures with ProxMox and PowerShell, offering valuable insights and practical tips. Tune in for an engaging conversation filled with personal anecdotes, professional insights, and a deep dive into the world of PowerShell with Clayton Tyger. Bio: A Microsoft PowerShell MVP, who has been in IT for over 17 years and grew up loving technology. I've handled everything from level 1 Help Desk to IT Project Manager roles. My current title is Systems Administrator, but still do a little of everything. I enjoy learning and talking IT with others, so feel free to reach out. Resource links: Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvV4KqB5yw4 https://github.com/nerdstaunch/easy_packetloss_tracker https://discord.gg/pdq https://www.powershellgallery.com/Packages/PSSharedGoods/0.0.278 https://overpoweredshell.com/AWS-PowerShell-Intro-to-PowerShell-Lambdas-Creating-An-Automatic-Shutdown-Policy-for-EC2-Instances https://techbloggingfool.com/2024/02/19/powershell-find-remote-desktop-servers-on-a-domain/ https://clatent.com/about/ https://github.com/DevClate https://www.instagram.com/clatent/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/clayton-t-0b60b658/ https://twitter.com/clatent https://github.com/dfinke/PSWeave https://github.com/Corsinvest/cv4pve-api-powershell

As a philanthropist, how can you do more than just “give back” to a charitable cause? How do you make a real impact with your time, skills, passion, and money? Should you become a board member for a non-profit? Let's dive into it.    In this Off the Wall chat, hosts David B. Armstrong and Jessica Gibbs welcome Meera Pillai, a retired IT professional turned philanthropist, to talk about the ways you can make an impact through philanthropy and board membership. Jessica also picks Dave's brain about his own philanthropic endeavors, as he has many of them!    Meera shares her thoughts on what it takes to serve as a member on a non-profit board, the benefits and challenges of board membership, and how to make the most of your philanthropic efforts.    Plus, they discuss other (lower commitment) ways to volunteer your time, skills, and money to make an impact in local non-profits and community foundations.    “All you need is passion. If you have passion and you have an interest in a mission area, that's all you need to serve on a non-profit board, in my opinion.” – Meera Pillai    So, which type of philanthropy is right for you? Tune in for ideas from an experienced philanthropist.    Episode Timeline/Key Highlights:  [00:53] Introducing Meera Pillai & the topic of today's episode.  [02:37] Dave's philanthropic background.  [03:11] Meera's & Dave's transitions from philanthropist to board member: Why, when, and how they made the leap.  [08:34] How to choose which charity to support.  [09:41] What are the expectations/roles of a non-profit board member?  [14:08] Signs you should not be a non-profit board member.  [16:58] Surprising benefits and challenges of serving on a board.  [22:01] Important things to understand about your non-profit's culture.  [28:22] Other ways to work with non-profits and get involved in local philanthropy.  [31:35] The key difference between restricted giving and unrestricted giving.  [38:53] What is a community foundation? + Why you should consider supporting one.    Please see important podcast disclosure information at https://monumentwealthmanagement.com/disclosures.      Resources Mentioned:  Giving USA 2023: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the year 2022: https://givingusa.org/  Give us your feedback! Take our survey: https://bit.ly/3RZp77h  Subscribe to our blog: https://bit.ly/MonumentWealthBlog    About Meera Pillai:  Meera is a retired IT professional turned philanthropist. After an 11-year career at Booz Allen Hamilton, she left industry to focus on raising her children and shift her life purpose towards philanthropy and impact. Now with grown children, she is fully focused on local philanthropy supporting the Northern Virginia area through Board membership and outreach.     She currently serves as Board Chair of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of DC whose mission is to ease the hardship of childhood illness on families. She has also served as Chair of their annual fundraising 5K event. During her tenure, she has raised on average $15k annually for the organization.     Meera also serves on the Board of the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia, whose mission is to advance equity through support of local philanthropy and community leadership and outreach. She currently serves on the Nominating Committee and Gala Committee. Meera served as Emcee of the 2022 “Raise the Region” Gala, which raised nearly $650,000 for the organization. She recently helped launch the Scholarship Fund for Northern Virginia, dedicated to supporting local students pursue higher education at a Virginia public college.     Most recently, Meera joined the Board of Educate Fairfax, the charitable foundation supporting Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), whose mission is to engage the community to invest in educational excellence and prepare FCPS students for the future. Meera currently serves as the Lead of the Community Engagement Committee.     Meera was with Booz Allen Hamilton in Mclean, VA for 11 years, serving in roles of IT Project Manager and Business Analyst to develop web-based applications for internal company operations. For 2 years prior to that she worked at OneSoft Corporation in Mclean in the roles of IT Project Manager and Business Analyst to develop e-commerce websites for clients such as WeightWatchers.com.     Meera earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia and her MBA at George Mason University. She lives in Fairfax, VA with her husband, two sons, and one dog.    Connect with Meera Pillai on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meerapillai  Contact directly: meeravpillai@yahoo.com    Connect with Monument Wealth Management:  Visit our website: https://bit.ly/monumentwealthwebsite   Follow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/MonumentWealthIG   Follow us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/MonumentWealthTW   Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/MonumentWealthLI   Connect with us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/MonumentWealthFB   Connect with us on YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTubeMWMFit    About “Off the Wall”:  OFF THE WALL is a podcast for business professionals and high-net-worth investors who want to build wealth with purpose. A little bit Wall Street, a little bit off-the-wall; it's your go-to for straightforward, unfiltered wealth advice on topics that founders, business owners, and executives care about.    Learn more about our hosts, Dave and Jessica on our website at https://monumentwealthmanagement.com.   

What story are you telling yourself about your life? Do you every question it?Meet Deanna Moffitt!Deanna is a CEO, KeyNote Speaker, Leadership Consultant, Coach and Author of The Rewrite now available on Amazon. She is a Transformative Storyteller who helps her clients live life on their terms. In her early 30's, while working as an IT Project Manager and having her soul sucked out of her one drop at a time, she knew something had to change. So, she took an improv comedy class on the suggestion of a friend; a decision that would change her life forever. She started asking herself a different set of questions.Deanna now helps people elevate their experience in life and leadership through the power of their conversations, questions, and decisions. She has helped folks at companies including Google, American Express, DocuSign, Microsoft, Viacom, Marriott as well as 100's of individuals outside of the corporate world. Listen as Deanna shares her journey from taking a leap of faith into the unknown, questioning the story she had been telling herself and making the decision to rewrite her own story. The tangible result for her clients is gaining clarity in whom they want to be in this world, having better, more powerful conversations, asking better questions and raising their emotional intelligence to become more persuasive.Key Points:- how to ask yourself the right questions- how to identify which path to pursue- taking a leap into the unknown- when last did you question your story?- are you aware what story you keep telling yourself?- how did your life get here?- how does improv help with leadership skills?- your comfort zone and your belief system...and so much more!Connect with Deanna:Website: https://deannamoffitt.comAdditonal Resources:"The Rewrite: Change Your Life One Story At A Time" by Deanna Moffitt on AmazonFREE 30-Minute Call (https://deannamoffitt.com/book-consult/)Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rewrite-your-story-w-deanna-moffitt/id1614151066?i=1000639667984Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/725seZZvMKUWIafjwIu7KUYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Z06QV886I

On this week's Throw Back Thursday I had the opportunity to interview and nerd out with one of my co-workers and friend, Skylar Hunter. Skylar is an IT Project Manager by day and a Script Kiddie at night. Please LISTEN

In the latest episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we dove deep into the world of guest Clayton Tyger, a rising figure in the PowerShell community. Clayton shared his intriguing journey into the world of PowerShell, shedding light on his first steps and his continuous involvement in the community. Of particular significance was our discussion about his experience developing the impactful 365AutomatedLab module. Also, Clayton's "Getting Started with 365AutomatedLab module" blog received special attention, serving as a fantastic resource for fellow developers. The episode provided remarkable insights, demonstrating Clayton's expertise and his dedication to sharing knowledge with the community. BIO: Clayton Tyger is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience spanning various roles from Help Desk to IT Project Manager. He is currently an IT Engineer, maintaining a broad skill set in the industry. Always open to learning and discussing IT, Tyger encourages dialogue with others in the field. His passion for technology continues to fuel his career, and he always welcomes networking opportunities. Resource Links: See The PowerShell Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqhlgCM7mfE https://github.com/DevClate/365AutomatedLab https://mikefrobbins.com/2023/10/12/securing-api-keys-with-powershell-secrets-management-in-azure-key-vault/ https://office365itpros.com/2023/09/27/monitor-new-teams-members/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=monitor-new-teams-members https://github.com/alagoutte https://github.com/SamErde https://github.com/potatoqualitee/kbupdate https://www.asbuiltreport.com/ PDQ Discord https://discord.gg/pdq  

What You'll Learn From this Episode:Learn the advantages of incorporating AI into your teamDiscover how you can use AI as another helpful virtual assistant for your businessUnderstand what are the steps for you to build an AI specifically catered to your business needsResources/Links:Want to find out how you can transform your marketing in just minutes? Click here: https://www.aipersonamethod.com/SummaryHave you and your employees been feeling overworked, uninspired, and tired of all the work?With the growing technological advances made available yearly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been one of the most powerful tools to be created. The potential AI holds could help lessen the stress and workload while understanding your business and target market. You could stop doing what you hate, and start on what you love.Jeff J. Hunter is a successful entrepreneur and former Fortune 500 IT Project Manager with a passion for helping businesses achieve success by leveraging AI and building remote teams.Take a break and listen to Jeff's amazing insights on how AI can supercharge your business and unlock its full potential while targeting the right audience. He also shares his tips on how you can start creating a human-like AI fitting to your business needs and goals.Check out these episode highlights:02:17 – Jeff's ideal client: Well, my ideal client is somebody who either is a business owner or maybe, a digital marketing consultant, agency owner, maybe they're a coach consultant. And they're tired of trying to find people to do things for them.04:40 – The problem he helps solve: The problem is that we're in an ever-growing space where it's always hard to find the right talent and technology is complicated.06:29 – The symptoms of the problem: Some of the common things to notice are if you always feel overworked, don't have enough resources, or have repetitive things. That's going to be the easiest thing to get off your plate.06:29 – Clients' common mistakes before consulting Jeff: Some of the common mistakes that people use are they'll download those like prompt packs. You can't go on Facebook without seeing somebody's “Download my 3000 prompts” or whatever.07:20 – Jeff's Valuable Free Action (VFA): I'm going to go back to what I just said– treat the AI like a human, build it like a human. Think about what the elements are. Here are six things that everyone should know.08:25 – Jeff's Valuable Free Resource (VFR): Want to find out how you can transform your marketing in just minutes? Click here: https://www.aipersonamethod.com/09:18 – Q: Why the heck do you have all these hats back there? A: As an entrepreneur, we wear a lot of hats. So every single one of these has to be on my wall.Tweetable Takeaways from this Episode:“If somebody really can replace a lot of their team with AI, it means that their team probably wasn't that valuable in the first place, or you built the wrong team.” -Jeff J. Hunter

Jeff J Hunter is a successful entrepreneur and former Fortune 500 IT Project Manager with a passion for helping businesses achieve success leveraging AI and building remote teams. As the founder of VA Staffer, he has built a company with over 150+ virtual assistants, specializing in executive assistants and remote teams. Jeff's a master at leveraging AI and human capital to build things fast (and smart). He's a contributor to top business publications such as Entrepreneur and Forbes, and he has been featured on major news networks including ABC and CBS. Website: www.jeffjhunter.com Twitter: @jhunter101 Facebook: www.facebook.com/JeffJHunter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffjhunter/ Find out more about what Jeff offers: www.savagemarketer.com 0:56 "How can anyone know you are anymore credible then anyone else?" -Brian Keith 1:59 "AI is just another tool." -Jeff Hunter 3:11 The AI Persona Method 4:46 "If I have one of these AI personas setup, what kind of stuff will I be able to hand it?" -Brian Keith 6:12 "I was immediately afraid that AI was going to replace my human team." -Jeff Hunter 7:28 "But to your question, what can you actually use the AI personas to do?" -Jeff Hunter 8:57 "Here is what the event planer AI persona did today..." -Jeff Hunter 10:49 Where Is the Money in This? 13:41 "What is the personality of this AI persona?" -Brian Keith 18:50 The Digital Rights Problem

When James Bingham the IT Project Manager left for London in 2014, little did he know that he would come back to Australia almost 8 years later with a new career in an industry that to this day, you can't do a degree or course in.   Yet in a post COVID world, is now one of the most talked about subjects.   Workplace strategy.   James was working with NBCUniversal in London when he was offered the chance to relocate to New York and keep his overseas adventure alive. In New York, he helped NBCUniversal set up their offices all over the US and Canada.  This led him to WeWork, which at the time was leading the world in re-inventing co-working communities and spaces.   Here, James was allowed to dream and create a new future of work - at a time when the world need to pivot its thinking about work with the offset of the pandemic.  It was also here where he met some kindred spirits and the idea of Alidade, a real estate and workplace strategy advisory company was born.    James came home mid-pandemic and has spent the last three years leading Alidade's presence in Australia and the Asia Pacific. We talk about the challenge of bringing his overseas experience home and the challenge of adapting big market strategies it to a smaller market like Australia - that approaches innovation in a much different way to the Americans!  He offers some great advice for Aussies coming home and wanting to start a business in an industry that may have been going at a different speed and scale to Australia.

Ian Westmoreland has been an IT Project Manager for 42 years, working for Australian and New Zealand telecommunications and energy sectors. He's also the Founder of Mentoring Men and Kintsugi Heroes, an avid volunteer to non-profit organisations and a successful coach.In this enlightening episode, Nikki and Ian discuss:How can collaboration help strengthen your cause and mobilise resources for the greater good of your community?Learning from biographies of great and successful peopleThe power of committing to your goalThe importance of sharing your storyAttracting resources to help you achieve your goalsReflecting on your life's purposeWhat is the definition of success?Finding our best lifeIdeas to inspire you when planning to start a knowledge businessThe hidden value of adversityListening intently and asking questionsLooking beyond the symptoms and addressing the real issueConnect With IanIf you have any questions or ideas, reach out to Ian through the following channels:Kintsugiheroes.com.au Mentoring MenSupport the showIf you loved today's episode, please subscribe and drop us a review! It's how we can keep the podcast going and growing with your favourite content! Connect with us! Facebook: WiseDomePodcast Instagram: @wisedomepodcast Website : wisedomepodcast.com **LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM TO HELP YOU SHARE CONTENT, BUILD YOUR MEMBERSHIP, AND TEACH YOUR COURSES?**DID YOU KNOW?!!Wisdome is also a Gold winner in the International Titan Awards for Best E-learning Platform? Check us out and learn more at https://wisdome.com.auSTART FREE HERE: https://offer.wisdome.com.au Discover the all-in-one place to share content, grow your community, deliver coaching programs, and teach life-changing courses! Learn how to start sharing your knowledge online, from planning your knowledge business and clarifying your message to building trust and growing your brand. Join us for special offers and unlock access to Wisdome – the all-in-one solution for managing your content. Register ...

Ian Westmoreland has been an IT Project Manager for 42 years, working for Australian and New Zealand telecommunications and energy sectors. He's also the Founder of Mentoring Men and Kintsugi Heroes, an avid volunteer to non-profit organisations and a successful coach.In this enlightening episode, Nikki and Ian discuss:How can collaboration help strengthen your cause and mobilise resources for the greater good of your community?Learning from biographies of great and successful peopleThe power of committing to your goalThe importance of sharing your storyAttracting resources to help you achieve your goalsReflecting on your life's purposeWhat is the definition of success?Finding our best lifeIdeas to inspire you when planning to start a knowledge businessThe hidden value of adversityListening intently and asking questionsLooking beyond the symptoms and addressing the real issueConnect With IanIf you have any questions or ideas, reach out to Ian through the following channels:Kintsugiheroes.com.au Mentoring MenSupport the showIf you loved today's episode, please subscribe and drop us a review! It's how we can keep the podcast going and growing with your favourite content! Connect with us! Facebook: WiseDomePodcast Instagram: @wisedomepodcast Website : wisedomepodcast.com **LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM TO HELP YOU SHARE CONTENT, BUILD YOUR MEMBERSHIP, AND TEACH YOUR COURSES?**DID YOU KNOW?!!Wisdome is also a Gold winner in the International Titan Awards for Best E-learning Platform? Check us out and learn more at https://wisdome.com.auSTART FREE HERE: https://offer.wisdome.com.au Discover the all-in-one place to share content, grow your community, deliver coaching programs, and teach life-changing courses! Learn how to start sharing your knowledge online, from planning your knowledge business and clarifying your message to building trust and growing your brand. Join us for special offers and unlock access to Wisdome – the all-in-one solution for managing your content. Register ...

Olyasha is a tall blondie who has always been an extraordinary person and always stood out. Olyasha was born in Eastern Ukraine. She came to the US when she was 17 along with her family. She had finished modeling school when she was 13 and has taught belly dance in the past. She has done rhythmic gymnastics from the age of 6 until 14. She started blogging in 2017. Before that, she was doing a 9-5 job as an IT/Project Manager. She was working for very known telecom companies and managing large scale projects. She is a fashionista since childhood. Her mom would always dress her so fashionably that she would get in trouble in school. She would always get asked by people in public about her outfit purchase location, hence, she decided to blog so that she could share her passion for fashion with the world.  She has partnered with large nationwide brands such as Cartier, TooFaced, Tarte, Covergirl, Venus et Fleur, PrettyLittleThing, Cirque du Soleil, Steve Madden, DryBar, IGK, WinkyLux, Coola, Audible, HaloTop, HUM, BeachBunny, Boxycharm, Juvederm, Botox, Patchology, Skinfix, Shein, Teami, Delsey, FaceHalo, PrimeVideo, and many more. Best Known for: her modeling career and partnerships with nationwide brands her celebrity NotBasicBlonde podcast Her acting career in which she has appeared in Let's be Cops and Satisfaction TV series Being an Instagram fashion, beauty, travel, and lifestyle Influencer with over half a million followers Her blog NotBasicBlonde.com Personal Trainer Olyasha has been doing hot yoga and Power Yoga for more than 10 years. Also, she has done the Orange Theory for over 5 years. She usually works out 2-3 times a week, and switches between yoga and Orange Theory. She doesn't like some bad foods naturally so it's easy for her to stay in shape. Her diet consists of a lot of seafood, and she eats red meat rarely. Olyasha doesn't like to eat late, so she usually doesn't eat past 7 pm. She doesn't diet but eats 2-3 times a day. Book - Olyasha Novozhylova Cutie the Unicorn It's Okay to Be Different  ____________________________________________________________________ Check out my FREE Live webinar, the 3 MUST HAVE Secrets to Communicating with Narcissists RIGHT HERE Learn more about the SLAY Your Negotiation with Narcissists program right here:  www.rebeccazung.com/slay Read the transcript of this episode right here. ____________________________________________________________________ For more information on REBECCA ZUNG, ESQ. visit her website www.rebeccazung.com and follow her on Instagram: @rebeccazung and YouTube!   GRAB YOUR FREE CRUSH MY NEGOTIATION PREP WORKSHEET RIGHT HERE!   SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL RIGHT HERE. PREORDER YOUR COPY OF REBECCA'S NEW BOOK, SLAY THE BULLY: HOW TO NEGOTIATE WITH A NARCISSIST AND WIN RIGHT HERE  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eliza Gregory: Strategies for Dealing with a Misaligned Product Owner Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. The Great Product Owner: Caring, Committed, and Capable: Traits of a Great Product Owner In this episode, Eliza emphasizes that a great PO genuinely cares about the team, the product, and the project. They have a strong desire to perform well and ensure the success of the team. Eliza mentions the importance of reminding the PO to take breaks and rest, if they may have a tendency to shoulder too much responsibility. A great PO should be able to say "no" when necessary, demonstrating their care for the team's workload and effectively prioritizing tasks to align with the product's goals. Overall, a great PO is someone who combines a genuine concern for the team, a passion for the product, and the ability to make informed decisions for the project's success. The Bad Product Owner: Strategies for Dealing with a Misaligned Product Owner In this episode, Eliza discusses the challenges of working with a bad Product Owner (PO) who was new to the company, and exhibited behaviors that were not in the team's best interest, despite claiming to support change and act as a catalyst for it. In meetings, the PO constantly fought against change and advocated for the status quo. Additionally, they frequently interrupted and spoke over the team, and even asked the Scrum Master for more command and control.  Eliza found it confusing that the PO seemed to be fighting against Agile principles and stepping on the team's autonomy. Eventually, Eliza left the company, but learned that the PO had conflicts with other Agile coaches and managers as well.  She provides tips for dealing with such situations, including having one-on-one conversations with the PO and coaching them as part of the Scrum Master's role. Creating a safe space for the team to express themselves without interruptions is crucial, and understanding the perspective and background of the PO is also important. Eliza suggests getting training to better understand the PO's job. Overall, the episode highlights the challenges posed by a bad Product Owner and offers strategies for managing and coaching them effectively.   [IMAGE HERE] Are you having trouble helping the team work well with their Product Owner? We've put together a course to help you work on the collaboration team-product owner. You can find it at bit.ly/coachyourpo. 18 modules, 8+ hours of modules with tools and techniques that you can use to help teams and PO's collaborate.   About Eliza Gregory Eliza Gregory has worked as a Project Manager, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach for U.S. Defense and the German automotive industry. She uses teachings from Agile to hone her writing process, and has a new novel out this May about an IT Project Manager coping with burnout and work stress. Originally from Virginia, she now resides in Bavaria, Germany. You can link with Eliza Gregory on LinkedIn and connect with Eliza Gregory on Twitter, and you can read about her novel Painting the Whiskey Blue.

Eliza Gregory: Unlocking Team Autonomy, and Achieving Success through Difficult Conversations Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. In this episode, Eliza explores success for Scrum Masters and discusses a situation where success was achieved when her team no longer relied on her. She describes an anti-pattern where teams still ask for permission as if she were their boss, indicating a lack of autonomy. Eliza shares an experience with a team that was initially closed off to change. A manager's demoralizing comment caused the entire team to shut down. However, during a retrospective, Eliza was able to facilitate a discussion by getting one team member to open up, leading to the team collectively sharing their feelings about the manager's comment. This retrospective proved to be a success as it allowed for an open conversation about a difficult topic with a little prompting from Eliza. The team then took the initiative to address the issue themselves. Eliza provides tips, noting that when the entire team realizes they are on the same page, they gain the courage to bring up important topics. She also highlights the significance of shared experiences within the team, as it contributes to their overall growth and effectiveness. Featured Retrospective Format for the Week: Letter From the Future, predicting the future in your Agile Retrospective In this segment, Eliza introduces the concept of the "Letter From the Future" and shares her experience of implementing it for the first time. She advises that it may require explaining the concept multiple times before being able to successfully conduct it. The retrospective follows a specific format, beginning with setting up a digital whiteboard. Eliza then assigns a postcard to each developer. To engage the team, she appeals to their culture. The main activity involves writing a letter to oneself from the future. Eliza highlights that the different format of this retrospective helps the team think differently and encourages fresh perspectives.   [IMAGE HERE] Retrospectives, planning sessions, vision workshops, we are continuously helping teams learn about how to collaborate in practice! In this Actionable Agile Tools book, Jeff Campbell shares some of the tools he's learned over a decade of coaching Agile Teams. The pragmatic coaching book you need, right now! Buy Actionable Agile Tools on Amazon, or directly from the author, and supercharge your facilitation toolbox!    About Eliza Gregory Eliza Gregory has worked as a Project Manager, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach for U.S. Defense and the German automotive industry. She uses teachings from Agile to hone her writing process, and has a new novel out this May about an IT Project Manager coping with burnout and work stress. Originally from Virginia, she now resides in Bavaria, Germany. You can link with Eliza Gregory on LinkedIn and connect with Eliza Gregory on Twitter, and you can read about her novel Painting the Whiskey Blue. 

Eliza Gregory: The Power of Crucial Conversations, Helping Resolve Conflicts in Change Management Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. In this episode, Eliza discusses a specific experience in a new company where processes were not yet solidified. She describes a situation where an external person, known as the "JIRA god," had access to her team's backlog and re-opened an item without consulting the team. This led to an argument and conflict, prompting Eliza to apply the Crucial Conversations techniques to resolve the issue. She emphasizes the importance of understanding different expectations and avoiding judgment during such conversations. Eliza shares tips, including clarifying the desired outcome and the benefits of the proposed change, as most people are unlikely to change unless they see the benefits. She also suggests taking a break from the computer, seeking feedback and support from other scrum masters, and giving the situation time to evolve. Ultimately, she highlights the significance of effective communication and patience in navigating conflicts.   [IMAGE HERE] As Scrum Master we work with change continuously! Do you have your own change framework that provides the guidance, and queues you need when working with change? The Lean Change Management framework is a fully defined, lean-startup inspired change framework that can be used as the backbone of any change process! You can buy Lean Change Management the book at Amazon. Also available in French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.   About Eliza Gregory Eliza Gregory has worked as a Project Manager, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach for U.S. Defense and the German automotive industry. She uses teachings from Agile to hone her writing process, and has a new novel out this May about an IT Project Manager coping with burnout and work stress. Originally from Virginia, she now resides in Bavaria, Germany. You can link with Eliza Gregory on LinkedIn and connect with Eliza Gregory on Twitter, and you can read about her novel Painting the Whiskey Blue. 

Eliza Gregory: Addressing Communication Issues by Building Trust and Safety With The Scrum Team Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. In this episode, Eliza shares a story about an international team that faced trouble with communication and escalation issues. The team initially attempted to create team agreements using a shared whiteboard. However, Eliza later discovered that team members were escalating concerns directly to management without involving her. This raised concerns about whether the team felt safe communicating with her. Eliza offers the tip of addressing this issue through one-on-one conversations, emphasizing the importance of creating a safe space for team members to express themselves. She found that these coaching conversations had the most significant impact. Eliza advises making it clear to team members that you are there to listen and understand their concerns. Additionally, she recommends setting up one-on-one meetings and allowing individuals to define the cadence that suits them best. Eliza also suggests conducting more workshops, especially for teams that are not yet mature, to facilitate better communication and collaboration. Featured Book of the Week: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Grenny et al. In this segment, Eliza describes the book "Crucial Conversations." She highlights that the book is dense and cannot be read in one sitting. Although it is not specifically focused on Agile or Scrum, it delves into conversations that occur when emotions are high and people feel unsafe or threatened. The book emphasizes the importance of creating a safe space and presents essential skills for effective communication with one's team and others. Eliza emphasizes the significance of recognizing within oneself when entering a crucial conversation.   [IMAGE HERE] Do you wish you had decades of experience? Learn from the Best Scrum Masters In The World, Today! The Tips from the Trenches - Scrum Master edition audiobook includes hours of audio interviews with SM's that have decades of experience: from Mike Cohn to Linda Rising, Christopher Avery, and many more. Super-experienced Scrum Masters share their hard-earned lessons with you. Learn those today, make your teams awesome!     About Eliza Gregory Eliza Gregory has worked as a Project Manager, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach for U.S. Defense and the German automotive industry. She uses teachings from Agile to hone her writing process, and has a new novel out this May about an IT Project Manager coping with burnout and work stress. Originally from Virginia, she now resides in Bavaria, Germany. You can link with Eliza Gregory on LinkedIn and connect with Eliza Gregory on Twitter, and you can read about her novel Painting the Whiskey Blue.

Eliza Gregory: From Project Manager to Scrum Master, a first person story Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. In this episode, Eliza discusses an anti-pattern when her project management background interferes with her scrum master role, causing her to insert her opinion instead of allowing the team to fix the problem. She emphasizes the importance of acknowledging mistakes publicly and showing vulnerability. Eliza also talks about the challenge she faced when transitioning to a new company and culture without enough time to adjust. She advises being prepared for changes in terminology when moving industries. Feeling the need to improve her skills, Eliza went back to the basics by reading more books and seeking opportunities to gain knowledge. Additionally, she shares the challenges of working with teams that don't speak English as their native language and suggests learning the working styles of the team. Eliza emphasizes the significance of asking for feedback from the teams and highlights that adapting to new teams is a personal journey.    [IMAGE HERE] Recovering from failure, or difficult moments is a critical skill for Scrum Masters. Not only because of us, but also because the teams, and stakeholders we work with will also face these moments! We need inspiring stories to help them, and ourselves! The Bungsu Story, is an inspiring story by Marcus Hammarberg which shows how a Coach can help organizations recover even from the most disastrous situations! Learn how Marcus helped The Bungsu, a hospital in Indonesia, recover from near-bankruptcy, twice! Using Lean and Agile methods to rebuild an organization and a team! An inspiring story you need to know about! Buy the book on Amazon: The Bungsu Story - How Lean and Kanban Saved a Small Hospital in Indonesia. Twice. and Can Help You Reshape Work in Your Company.   About Eliza Gregory Eliza Gregory has worked as a Project Manager, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach for U.S. Defense and the German automotive industry. She uses teachings from Agile to hone her writing process, and has a new novel out this May about an IT Project Manager coping with burnout and work stress. Originally from Virginia, she now resides in Bavaria, Germany. You can link with Eliza Gregory on LinkedIn and connect with Eliza Gregory on Twitter, and you can read about her novel Painting the Whiskey Blue. 

Ogni CTO sa bene che il suo lavoro sta diventando sempre più prorompentemente un crocevia che fa da collante tra il settore tech e la parte business dell'azienda.Ma come può una piattaforma essere un fattore abilitante per un processo sociale e diventare poi motore d'accelerazione per un processo lavorativo? Perché una piattaforma è la risposta alla velocità della trasformazione digitale? Ma sopratutto: cos'è una piattaforma DevSecOps? Che caratteristiche deve avere?Per capire meglio il mondo del DevSecOps, ho deciso di intervistare Roberto Previtera, manager della DevSecOps platform di Eni, nello specifico ci siamo soffermati su:Caratteristiche di un ambiente enterprise;Da DevOps a PlatformOs;Le "challenge" principali affrontate;Dev experience;Problemi riscontrati e "lesson learned".

Quali sono i 3 elementi fondamentali per rendere produttivo un team tech a lungo?1) Un approccio basato sulla sostenibilità produttiva e del lavoro2) "Trattarsi da adulti"3) Definire un career pathDurante questo CTO Show ho approfondito questi temi con Bruno Bellissimo, CTO di UFirst, affrontando insieme più temi riguardanti la gestione di un team tech (e non solo), come: ✔️ costruire un team tech da zero: come scegliere i giusti compagni di viaggio; ✔️ Scalare il team con l'innovazione; ✔️ Gli errori da non commettere.

Unisciti a Alex Pagnoni e ai membri del CTO Mastermind su Telegram per un pranzo tecnologico in cui confrontare esperienze e opinioni, migliorando continuamente le tue competenze.Come si fa a scegliere lo stack tecnologico perfetto per la propria azienda? Linguaggi di programmazione, Cloud, architetture: come capire qual è la combinazione ideale per la propria realtà? E quali sono i vantaggi di ognuna di queste opzioni?Ne parliamo con Francesco Panina, CTO di Fido.Entra nel CTO Mastermind, la community italiana per CTO, VP/Director/Head of Engineering, Engineering Manager e IT Project Manager. Iscriviti per accedere alla community gratuita e a risorse riservate quali contenuti, eventi, corsi e molto altro: https://www.ctomastermind.it/community/

Come implementare correttamente una strategia di Growth Hacking? Quale approccio metodologico seguire? E quali sono i vantaggi che questa strategia può portare al business?Ne abbiamo parlato con Francesco Capozzi, CTO di Marshmallow Games.Entra nel CTO Mastermind, la community italiana per CTO, VP/Director/Head of Engineering, Engineering Manager e IT Project Manager. Iscriviti per accedere alla community gratuita e a risorse riservate quali contenuti, eventi, corsi e molto altro: https://www.ctomastermind.it/community/

Sicuramente avete già sentito parlare di Hardware connesso, in un mondo dove IoT, droni e robot la fanno sempre più da padrona. La fabbricazione di droni e robot non è cosa semplice. Servono conoscenze in ambito di programmazione e componentistica.Durante questo episodio del CTO Show Lorenzo Rizzello, CTO di Skypersonic, ci ha aperto le porte di questo mondo affascinante portandoci dietro le quinte di un'azienda operante nel settore dell'hardware connesso. Insieme a Giovanni Scioni, Tutor del CTO Mastermind e Pod Lead di Axelerant, Lorenzo ci parla di: ✔️ Dall'IoT al pilotaggio di robot attraverso internet; ✔️ Elementi strategici necessari nel settore dell'hardware connesso; ✔️ Team design.

Attrarre investitori in Italia è davvero così complesso come dicono? Oppure esistono dei modi, strumenti e step che rendono questo processo più fluido, lineare e semplice? Durante questo CTO Lunch ci facciamo rispondere da Francesco Cerruti, direttore generale di Italian Tech Alliance, scoprendo insieme quali sono gli enti più propensi ad investire in Italia in questo 2023 e i settori con maggior prospettiva di crescita.Entra nel CTO Mastermind, la community italiana per CTO, VP/Director/Head of Engineering, Engineering Manager e IT Project Manager. Iscriviti per accedere alla community gratuita e a risorse riservate quali contenuti, eventi, corsi e molto altro: https://www.ctomastermind.it/community/

Anche se a volte vengono emarginati, i temi di business, marketing e strategia sono fondamentali anche per un CTO. Durante questo CTO Show con Francesco Capozzi, CTO di Marshmallow Games, abbiamo approfondito temi come: ✔️ Growth Hacking: come creare un processo di crescita basato sui dati; ✔️ Evolvere un prodotto da migliaia di utenti e clienti;✔️ Organizzazione basata su growth squad.

Join me as we chat with Shannon Vought, a 31 year old IT Project Manager living in Charlotte, NC trying to figure how to live her best life with Bipolar II. Shannon gets into how to find a treatment plan that works for you, how she discovered hers and how to identify when you need help. We will learn what coping skills have worked for Shannon along with what her experience was like in the psych ward and how she manages thought spirals. Connect with Shannon here on her Tik Tok account called "shewearsgrippysocks." Shannon shares why this is the only form of social media she is active on and how her vulnerability with living with bipolar II helps others. Also..Join our community here! :) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/livewellbipolar/support

In this new Inside SAP S/4HANA podcast episode, our host, Yannick Peterschmitt, talks to André Rieb, IT Project Manager from the german non-profit organization Vorwerker Diakonie. André shares the company's experience with the adoption of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, the start of their journey, the challenges, how to manage the end user adoption, and their overall experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition. What topic would you like us to discuss next? Send an email to insides4@sap.com.

Register for Stoicon X Midwest: stoiconxmidwest.com Simon Drew and Scott Balentine discuss the Stoic path and the current yearning for community and shepherdship.  As President of the Board of Directors, Scott works collaboratively with Board members and Founding members to set organizational goals. Additionally, he is responsible for working with the Board to set short- and long-term organizational goals and evaluate progress of the planned outcomes and the strategic plan to grow organizational capacity while connecting daily work with the vision and mission of the organization. As Chief Financial Officer, Scott oversees finance, budgeting, cash flow and accounting for The Walled Garden. With over 20 years' of experience in healthcare and information technology, Scott currently serves as the manager of Methodist Le Bonheur's Disaster Recovery program in addition to his role with The Walled Garden. Previously, Scott managed the IT Project Management Office for Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare. Mr. Balentine began his career in healthcare with Transnetyx, a genetic research firm and later at Baptist Memorial Healthcare serving in a variety of technical and management roles. He has also worked as an IT Project Manager for ALSAC/St. Jude. Additionally, Scott has served on the Board of Directors for the MidSouth Health Care Executives for eight years and currently serves as its President. Scott is a graduate of Harding University with a B.A. and from Western Governors University with an MBA with an emphasis in Healthcare Management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi #smartcommunity friends! In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast I have a wonderful conversation with Russell Bennett. Russell has been the Manager of Business Systems at Southern Grampians Shire Council since April 2015. Prior to his current role he has 13+ years' experience working as IT Project Manager and Business Analyst across a number of industries both in the private and public sector. In this episode Russell tells us about his background in business, IT and Project Management, what sparked his interest in the Smart Communities space, and what has driven the Southern Grampians Shire's Smart Community approach. Russell then talks about the Digital Innovation and Smart Agriculture (DISA) festival the council has started to help educate the community, before he takes us through some use cases for the use of LoRaWAN and IoT in Southern Grampians. We then discuss the importance of embedding data into our decision making and educating the community about the use of data, as well as the importance of embedding the Smart Community approach across our organisations, and Russell tells us about his favourite project he has been working on. We finish our chat discussing the emerging trends of leveraging data to improve emergency services decision making. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community Connect with Russell via LinkedIn or via email: Rbennett@sthgrampians.Vic.gov.au Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community Connect with My Smart Community via LinkedIn or Twitter and watch on YouTube The Smart Community Podcast is produced by Perk Digital

Carrie Baquie explores a few pivotal crossroads she encountered on her road to recovery from sudden traumatic illness. We learn through her story that within us all is the power to transform our experience. Following the service at 11:15 am in the Angebrandt Room, we invite you to join Carrie for an After Hour GOING DEEPER session to explore the feelings and emotions around this topic. A 20-year IT Project Manager and spunky mother of three teens, in early 2019 Carrie experienced a stroke compounded by Lyme disease and Mold Illness. She successfully struggled through misdiagnoses and a lack of agency to emerge as a chronic illness coach. Carrie empowers others with long-term health challenges to rediscover hope, learn to advocate for their own needs, and build wellness at the physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Music by guest pianist-singer and activist Alice Mayne-Ashworth. Alice performs with Strangers That Clique, a DC-based fusion original funk-soul-hip-hop-rock band, and Joyous Voices carolers. Alice has worked with the Debt Collective and other causes to incorporate creative tactics including music and art in designing effective, imaginative collective actions. Delivered Sunday, July 10th, 2022. 

This week I am happy to finally be sharing my face to face conversation with Marta. We met back in May when we both got invited to the pop up opening month of beautiful Burgas Coliving in Bulgaria. I opened up about my podcast project and Marta volunteered :-) I am so glad she did because her story is worth sharing! It is an inspiration for anyone looking to start their digital nomad journey on their own. Marta is an IT Project Manager and Full-time Digital Nomad for 3 years now. She started working remotely and traveling before the pandemic - or how she likes to say: "before it was sexy";) . She loves traveling and she has always dreamt of being able to do it every day. In 2019 her dream became possible once she started freelancing and working remotely for the US company. At the same time she was intensively taking part in Erasmus+ projects which enables you to travel for free around Europe. After couple of months she decided to take a deep leap and see if she could equally well manage her work and travels from more remote destinations - and so she went to SE Asia where she spent 7 months traveling and, of course, still working remotely : ) Last year she discovered the world of colivings and immediately fell in love with the concept. For her colivings are all about the people - the great community of digital nomads, who share similar values, are open-minded, curious about the world, and who inspire her to develop both both professionally and personally. At the moment she is living a life that she has always dreamt of, and  she is proud to say that she created this life by herself and is the happiest that she has ever been. : ) Follow Mara's journey: https://www.instagram.com/karkosikmarta/ Erasmus + programme: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/projects Burgas Coliving: https://burgascoliving.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thehumansinsidethepods/message

How many Corporate Humorists do you know? Honestly I'd be shocked if you know any other than the one and only Andrew Tarvin. After all, he is the one that decided to create his own business cards with that title while he was working as an IT Project Manager at Procter & Gamble. From there he started adding jokes to the ends of my emails, volunteered to MC meetings he wasn't invited to, and got a nameplate for his cubicle wall.  Over his 10+ year career As the CEO of Humor That Works, Drew has helped people use humor to be more effective. He has been a part of more than 500 events for more than 70,000 people in all 50 states, 50-plus countries, 6 continents, and 1 planet (Earth). He has three books, including the best-seller Humor That Works: The Missing Skill for Success and Happiness at Work and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and FastCompany. In addition to his TedX talk being viewed more than 12 million times, he has performed in more than 1,000 shows all around the world, has appeared on VH1, WSJ Live, and - brace yourself - was a model, for one photo session, at the age of 6 years old. Enjoy learning how humor at work can help you be more effective with the hardest thing Drew found he had to manage: fellow human beings. Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn Andrew Tarvin's Website FREE Resources and Humor Assessment Looking to ignite a spark in your purpose? Book Katie for your Event  Connect with Katie on LinkedIn Follow the Podcast on Instagram

This week we meet Sheldon Neal from Irvine, CA. His vanity plate story was featured in an LA Times article, chosen from thousands of entries. He's a retired IT Project Manager who fills his time now with working on cars, lawn bowling and exploring the beautiful areas of the California coast. Sheldon grew up on a farm and shares some fascinating information about how farming has changed since his childhood. He also shares how a physical trait played a role in his self-worth growing up and led him to realizing one important thing we all share. This gave him self-confidence and I think you will agree, a good life.

Meet Jenna-Caer Seefried. Jenna, who never played sports as a kid, lost 50lbs after joining a gym and found strength training through a weight loss competition. She started racing super sport motorcycles but wanted to find a sport that would help me keep the weight off. After joining a running club, Jenna was injured shortly after trying to do too much too soon and was recommended to do biking and swimming as rehab. She learned how to swim, got a bike and ultimately did her first triathlon at IRONMAN Buffalo Springs 70.3. Jenna has gone on to win her age-group at the ITU Long Distance World Championships and then at IRONMAN Cork. After seeing what her body was capable of, Jenna changed her career from an IT Project Manager to become a strength and conditioning coach to help others discover what they are capable of working full time as a triathlon coach. You can find Jenna on Instagram at @jennacaer and her website is http://jennacaer.com/. She also created the Endurance Fit app (@endurancefitapp), which is available for iOS and Android. Disclaimer: If you take any advice or opinions from this podcast, you do so at your own risk. You can listen to the No Gimmicks Just Sweat Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast or wherever you get your podcast fix and don't forget to subscribe so that you are notified when the latest episode is coming out! Also, remember to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you are listening if you enjoyed this episode! Another way to support the show is to follow us on Instagram at @nogimmicksjustsweat and to follow me personally at @ericmlogan Music: Hip Hop Background Beat by Sugar Beats (used under license from PremiumBeat) Contact: eric@nogimmicksjustsweat.com

Tom shares his learnings and the power of professional learning networks, relationship building in a work setting and moving between education, corporate, international, and domestic work experiences. Tom has been a classroom teacher, a database trainer, professional learning specialist, and developer of strategic learning initiatives for Apple. He's lived and worked in international schools in Asia and Africa as a database administrator, technology director, and tech coach. Currently Tom is an IT Project Manager at the University of New Hampshire.   About Tom Adamick   Tom started his career as a classroom teacher in California. During that time, he developed a love for using the Mac computers (remember the colorful, bubble shaped iMacs of the late ‘90s?) to enhance teaching and learning. He worked by coaching other teachers on their use in the classroom and one day wondered, “what would it be like to work for Apple?”   After some perseverance, (and perhaps borderline stalking) Tom landed a job as a database trainer and consultant with Apple. Tom spent 5 wonderful years criss-crossing the United States, working with countless schools  through the change management process of a new student information system.   That role led to the opportunity to live and work overseas in Beijing China as the database administrator for the Western Academy of Beijing. What Tom thought would be one interesting year in Beijing turned into 6 wonderful years. During that time, he transitioned to a new role as a technology integrator, circling back to working with teachers to impact learning with Macs. He also met his wife, (at an art show in the artsy 798 area of Beijing) Elizabeth Meehan, while in Beijing.    From there, he moved on to the International School of Tanganyika with the multiple roles of secondary school technology director / technology integrator / Grade 10 technology teacher. The multiple roles kept him very busy.   After two years in Tanzania and six years in China, Tom and Elizabeth decided they wanted to be closer to family in the US, so with their newly adopted Tanzanian street dog named Zeiss, they repatriated to the United States. Neither Tom nor Elizabeth had jobs lined up which made for exciting times.   Utilizing old PowerSchool / Pearson contacts, Tom cobbled together a living for a few months as a contract technology trainer for Pearson which actually was a lot of fun.    A chance meet up with a former Apple  colleague led to a second  opportunity to work for Apple as a Professional Learning Specialist. In that role, Tom once again criss-crossed the United States, working with countless educators to turn iPads (and sometimes Macs) into meaningful learning tools. During this time Tom also began work on a masters degree in project management to help formalize a lot of the tools and techniques he'd been using over the years.   The combination of ed-tech experience and project management credentials led to the opportunity to join Apple's Worldwide Education Strategy team where Tom worked to develop new learning initiatives for educators on a global scale. Tom is still bound by non-disclosure agreements so he can only talk in generalities about this phase of his work with Apple, but he's very happy to talk about what he can.   After a couple of years at Apple corporate, Tom left to engage in work closer to home and is now an IT project manager for the University System of New Hampshire. He just started his sixth week in this role.   When Tom is not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and their (now) two dogs. After 15 years away from competitive cycling, he is now training for gravel and cyclocross races in the New England area.   Connect with Tom:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-adamick-714b9563/ https://500px.com/p/tadamick?view=photos   John Mikton on Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton Web: beyonddigital.org   Dan Taylor on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE Web: www.appsevents.com   Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube   Would you like to have a free 1 month trial of the new Google Workspace Plus (formerly G Suite Enterprise for Education)? Just fill out this form and we'll get you set up bit.ly/GSEFE-Trial

Author & Model Andrea Williams talks about the release of her new book "Fearless of the Inevitable". Andrea opens up about her life long struggle with depression, suicidal thoughts and losing loved ones to that very same fate. Andrea Williams is a model, bartender, and IT Project Manager born and raised in Cleve land, OH, who currently resides in Atlanta, GA. Her own experience with depression and survival of off and on suicidal ideation inspired her to give others a sense of encouragement in hopes that it may shift someone's perspective on using suicide as a method to escape or find relief from their current state of being. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/koolkard/support

Welcome back to The Prosperity Perspective Podcast! This week, host Liam Leonard brings on a fellow financial podcaster and investment expert, David Mulonas. David began his financial journey in the negative: his wife owed a mound of debt and he was trying to refinance his house after a divorce. Now, David has accumulated wealth from a variety of investment options, and he's ready to share it with you! Hop into their conversation and get tips on running side hustles for profit, the necessity of running a full-scale personal budget first and foremost, and where to even start investing in the first place. Don't miss the load of information David gives you this week here at Prosperity Perspective!3 Key TakeawaysThe number one thing people miss in businessWhy you shouldn't get caught in FOMOThe definition of an opportunity zoneAbout David MulonasDavid Mulonas an established corporate IT Project Manager and the host of the Something On My Mind Personal Finance podcast. He is also the author of I'm Not Flipping Burgers When I'm 70 (Personal Finance) as well as a financial coach who provides comprehensive planning for budgeting, debt management, home ownership and tools to invest for the future. He's also dabbled in side hustles from renting homes to making money with stock options. The Story Behind David's Podcast Venture:When I met Cindy she was destitute: bankrupt, in foreclosure, homeless and abused by her ex-husband–and she was paying him alimony! As for me, I was out of work and had to pretend to be the HR department by forwarding an 800-number to my phone at my former job so that I could refinance my home just before the financial crisis (during my divorce).We both had custody of our kids and we had a lot of "fixing" to do with our lives. We raised our kids successfully and built up portfolios for successful financial wealth over the last 10 years.In time, Cindy went from the processing department to COO of a national financial wealth management firm with no formal college, and I became a published author in personal finance. We have also survived the unexpected with Cindy being hit by a car walking across the street along with two bouts of COVID. So we've been through things. With our podcast, we cover all things finance, relationships and we mix-in personal and offbeat stories. So we are realists, but we're always mixing humor into the equation.Hence: we like to give back with our stories while helping people achieve their financial goals.ResourcesDavid's Podcast: The Something On My Mind Podcast (We love to read your questions!)Website: somethingonmymind.netCheck out their MerchandiseSocial Handle: @somm.podcastInstagramYoutubeTikTokFacebookTwitter

CONFESSIONS OF A TIME TRAVELLER : THE MAN FROM 3036. We will discuss this movie and the possibility of time travel with expert and author of Real-Time Travel Stories From A Psychic Engineer (The Time Travel and Parallel Dimensions. Martin's interest in the Paranormal, Spirituality, and much more goes back to his childhood. He has had many paranormal experiences and has been a student of Eastern Philosophies and Meditation for 35 years. Seeking Enlightenment; he knows that we are already all Enlightened. We just have to realize this deeply. His books are expressions of his creativity to help others understand what he has internalized through study, experience, and membership in different societies. Martin K. Ettington is an Engineer by training and has had multiple careers. These include technical sales, owns his own software and consulting business and working as a software engineer, software development manager, and IT Project Manager. Not many technical persons or scientists spend a lot of time in parallel studying the Metaphysical and have had many spiritual or psychic experiences too. Therefore, Martin believes that he can provide a unique vantage point to integrate Western Scientific thinking with Eastern exploration of the mind and spirit. Martin has also written a lot on Longevity, Ancient History, Science, and other miscellaneous subjects to provide an open perspective to many interesting and controversial subjects --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We have a blast learning about Andrea’s job as a Project Manager and her journey to becoming one. She outlines some amazing accommodation requests and leaves us with some great advice. Transcript Today we are talking to Andrea. Andrea is an IT Project Manager. And we are looking forward to chatting with her about her job. Hi Andrea, welcome. 00:14 Hello. Good morning. How are you guys? 00:15 Good morning, we’re doing great. 00:17 Good. Awesome, I’m excited to be here. Virtually. 00:21 Thank you, us too yeah. Alright, so Andrea tell us what an IT project manager does and what kind of what a day looks like for you. 00:30 OK sure, so an IT project manager, kind of in the generic sense, would help all the different technical teams and the business teams get on the same page about what we’re trying to do, what the goals are, and then work with each person and group to figure out the tasks. And then the project manager will literally put them all in order and figure out what has to happen in a certain order. And then the important thing is to figure out the super critical things that can’t be late, or the whole project’s in danger, 01:06 OK. 01:06 so that’s that’s called the critical path. So 01:09 Oh 01:09 it’s basically organizing a whole bunch of people and helping them not be stressed about what we’re trying to get done, ’cause we you know, breaking it down into bite size pieces. 01:19 OK, so you take the stress so everybody else can 01:25 do their part, right? 01:27 It doesn’t stress me out though 01:29 No? 01:29 because I like making order out of chaos 01:33 Yes. 01:33 so. So I I love it and I and I like UM when people feel relieved because now everybody is on the same page, so they count on me to bring up difficult topics. And you know, force conversations and get us to get to a common understanding so people 01:54 Yeah. 01:54 will tell me things outside of the meeting. And then I’m the one that brings it up and makes us get to a solution so. 02:01 That’s interesting, I like that. That’s awesome. What kind of projects do you guys work on? 02:08 Oh gosh, uhm. Well, I would say that I’m a project management generalist, 02:15 OK. 02:15 so any widget I could manage a project, so anything from like building a house to, like moving all of those things. But for work lately we’ve done some pretty big things like, we did we had to replace 24,000 computers for the Windows 7 to 10 migration. 02:38 Oh wow. 02:40 And so, uhm. I’m a senior program manager. Is my official title, so it’s a little bit different than a regular project manager because I’ve been doing this for 20 years. I actually design a whole system of communication and process 02:57 i 02:57 flow so that project was originally estimated to take two years and then I got involved and I helped us figure out ways to get it done in less than a year. 03:08 Wow fabulous. 03:09 So it’s basically that big systems thinking and seeing way more data points than most people can see. 03:17 Yeah. 03:17 And then my brain organizes it and I figure out how to communicate it and we do it. So that’s one example. Also, did we moved to a new building so I didn’t manage the construction part, but

In today's Business Analyst training we are talking about workflow statuses in Jira! If you are a Business Analysts, Product Owner, Product Manager, IT Project Manager, Quality Assurance (QA) engineer, scrum master or just anyone working in Jira - you will find this helpful!! In this video I will walk you through how I have my Jira project setup to use workflows. You will see the different statuses I have created and how I use these Jira workflow statuses to help me manage my user stories and backlog. This is great for those who have to manage an agile team and provides an insight into a real world agile processes. -------///----- Hi I'm Karaleise and I have over 10 years experience working as a business analyst and I help people to start and grow their business analyst careers. Get the Business Analyst Job Market Report Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3p9sM2m Schedule an appointment with me here: https://karaleise.com/book-a-call/ Get more resources on my website at: www.karaleise.com ---//--- This podcast the Business Analyst career in a real world way. You can find help here on Business Analyst interview questions and answers https://youtu.be/-VoLohvGliw Get a look into Business Analyst day in the life https://youtu.be/ObCOPm-7SmY Find out about Business Analyst roles and responsibilities https://youtu.be/uVaEjQMUXXg https://youtu.be/RRahCq3mWmw https://youtu.be/f2kgRIhr6Vs You can also answer questions on business analysis skills and job opportunities: https://youtu.be/f2kgRIhr6Vs I have done videos that help you prepare for the business analyst interview by giving you the questions likely to be asked when looking for a business analyst job. https://youtu.be/zKE20HRdpio https://youtu.be/JlYRRlw3Qug There is resume help so you can refine your Business Analyst resume https://youtu.be/bPMlT46p7-8 Also business analysis case studies and how to take a problem and apply your business analysis skills to solve it https://youtu.be/rNIuLecOY7Y https://youtu.be/O1-ow6yyGKk And a whole lot more... Thanks for listening Real World Business Analysis with Karaleise! --//-- Business analysis business analyst jira agile methodology business requirements documents Karaleise a day in the life of a business analyst what does a business analyst do what does a business system's analyst do Karaleise bsuiness analyst training karaleise business analyst karaleise business analysis karaleise business analyst interview questions and answers karaleise writing user stories --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karaleise-wahrmann/support

T Renee teaches to goes from survivor to thriver as you find your purpose. She helps you to move forward with her the stories of overcoming many trials. T Renee Garner - TRenee.org, is a lover of God first! Expert at creating in business development. including stage plays & entertainment, writing and real estate. ---------------------- How amazing would it feel if most every time you ask a potential client to meet with you, they give you an INSTANT YES!? Now you can get that awesome and amazing feeling over and over, anytime you want it. Download the INSTANT YES! Blueprint Today attheauthoritycreators.com/yes ---------------------- About T. Renee Garner T. Renee Garner is an Author, Speaker, Creator, Motivator, Mother, and Business Woman of God heart who is also a licensed cosmetologist and active real estate agent professional in Maryland as well as an Information Technology Graduate, IT Project Manager for over 17 years in the federal government. T. Renee's passion is her two loving children. As a motivational speaker, she inspires many with her stories as she encourages and enlightens about being a single mom raising kids, building businesses, and working those effortlessly and in balance. T. Renee was drawn years ago to the biblical story of John 4:7 of the Samaritan Woman at the Jacob well in Sychar who meet Jesus when he asked her for a drink. She realized why now that God desires all woman and people to come into their God given truth. T. Renee also have certification of ministry training and development and understand the balance between the “secular” world and the spiritual believer mindset. As T. Renee keeps it real in her messages which are unorthodox but truthful and anyone can relate and come see how they can also change their life to success and their God-given dreams. T Renee's 24 Hour Challenge This challenge is you have to pick a challenge that it has been like a thorn in your side. So this is challenge is a difficult one, because so that's how we know is working right. And so let's just say this challenge has been something you have just been putting off for some time, I want you to now be on purpose to complete the task. I want you to be on purpose. So make sure that you can check it off the list and say done, right. And in this, I'm going to ask that you complete a mission statement. Who are you? Okay, are you and what does this particular thing that you're going to complete connects with who you are. And that's the key. So for example, if this something is, you know, cleaning up your room, right does just, you know, there's always one thing, I leave out a couple things I leave out, but I would do that in every part of my life, like I will always leave something unfinished. So I began to make sure I checked off everything, the room is perfectly beautiful by the time I leave it. Right. That one thing gave me clarity in my mission statement. Okay, so it's a state of mind, right? And so this 24 hour challenge is taking that one thing that you need to do that's connected to your mission statement and completing that task. Let us know how the challenge goes by posting on our Instagram or Facebook page. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/authoritycreators/message

#SOULutionsForMen #DevoneStanfield #Podcast #SheemOne Stand Up Comedian at Stand-up comedy and IT Project Manager at Stanfield Management and Consulting LLC Studied at South Carolina State University Graduated in 2006 Devone Standfield is an Accomplished aviation fleet specialist, project management professional, data and reliability analyst, team leader and developmental coach. SOULutions for Men maintains the focus of character building through community life experiences. Multiple minds of men gifting multiple solutions of life journey.This Podcast brings awareness to the structure of goal setting, Vision planning, Financial literacy, Universal Affirmations and building your highest form of integrity. SUBSCRIBE :https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAb5... To the men moving in the dark with a flashlight. Allow the experiences of other men to guide your way. Take what you need for your tool belt. Arm yourselves with the answers before the questions arise.Single mothers raising a Young Boy, this Podcast will give you an inside view of the trials and fears we face on the way to MANHOOD. Check Out Our Facebook MAN-CAVE https://www.facebook.com/SOULutionsfo...Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/soulutionsformen/exclusive-content

Sometimes the path to a career change to start your own business after 40 is not a straight line... After a decade as an IT Project Manager and a few meandering streams Mel de Gioia has landed on a business that she thinks was destined to happen and Covid just accelerated the timeline... In her 30's she loved her career and would never have even considered starting her own business, but with hindsight can see how many of her eclectic experiences now contribute to how she has set up and runs her business. In this podcast interview episode Mel shares with Shandra: •How her husband opened the door to her entrepreneurial spirit - it involves a Ferrari •The unintended passion that opened up for her in her 40's •How NASA impacted part of her business •The Mission that inspires and drives her •How long it took her to really nail her idea •The identity questions that helped her refine what she really wanted to do - and what she didn't •Her tips for others wanting to explore starting their own business Mel has a fantastic mission that contributes on a local, national and global level and you can connect with her here: www.ramaley.com.au www.melaniedegioia.com.au https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaniedegioia/ Plus - if you're considering leaving a career to start your own business and want to know what to focus and work on in your first year in business you can download a brand new free eBook 'The Top 4 Priority Focus Areas for a Profitable First Year in Business'.... it's a summary of interviews and conversations with more than 40 successful women in business and what they now know are the most important thing for you to focus on to create a business that gives you the income and lifestyle you're looking for as quickly as possible. Get your free copy here Do you like this sort of food for thought? Want to make sure you are the first to hear every new episode? You can do both of those things - catch up on past episodes and subscribe for free right here on iTunes or Stitcher and now on Spotify! Also I would love it if you left a rating and review on iTunes which will help other people to find it... thank you!

In conversation with the fabulous Varsha Wadnikop, Owner and Operations Manager of Pür & Simple Restaurant located in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Varsha has her Masters degree in Computer Management and has been working in the IT Industry for 22 years. Her most recent experience has been working as a Sr. IT Project Manager delivering multi million dollar projects. Varsha's belief is to be successful you need to have a strong education combined with good work ethic. You have to be passionate about what you do and find the motivation that keeps you going. In her IT career she has led and coached several people and is seen as a strong leader that empowers and helps team members achieve their goals. After 22 years of IT work, Varsha decided to challenge herself and she ventured into starting a restaurant . She is the current owner and operations manager of Pur & Simple located in Saint John, New Brunswick. She is a big promoter of eating healthy and making the right choices when it comes to food. She decided to go with this chain as the concept and brand is exceptional due to the continuous investment into innovation, research and development. Although she is currently working in the Hospitality and Food Industry, technology plays a big role as data analytics and other tools are used on a daily basis. In this episode Varsha's shares how she pivoted from a successful corporate career to become her own boss. We discuss her journey; leadership style; infusing positivity in business; the importance of mentorship. In addition we explored the importance of having a sound money mindset to set you up for life challenges and the importance of believing in yourself. She did it and you too can pivot to fuel your dream. It is food for the soul! Enjoy this episode! To have your questions and stories featured in future episodes, visit the website: https://ireniaroussel.org to book your spot and come into the spotlight. You can also send me a voice message via my Anchor by Spotify Channel. Your feedback is very important to me, so remember to follow, rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts. The Canadian Side Hustle & Business Podcast was produced by Irenia Roussel including all branding, social media and artwork. Note: The audio on this one is rough but the content is great! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/irenia-roussel/message

Happy #WinningWednesday! Today, we have Andreis Norris from Shelby County {Tennessee} Schools to talk about making change in the environment. Andreis is a millennial IT Project Manager for Shelby County where he started a fun and engaging morale booster, Friendly Fridays. You won't want to miss this episode on how Andreis made change at his work with colleagues much older than him! Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook! Instagram/Twitter - @_MillennialWay Facebook - itsmillennialtalk.com/themillennialway