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In this episode of Durable Value, Joe interviews Ed Sprague Jr., the Director of Baseball Operations for the Oakland Athletics. They discuss Ed's impressive career, starting from his achievements in college baseball and the Olympics to his successful stint in Major League Baseball. Ed shares insights into what it takes to be a consistent winner and how losing can drive an athlete to perform better. They also talk about Ed's transition from being a player to a coach and later to an administrator. Ed elaborates on his experiences at the University of the Pacific, where he helped elevate the baseball program and oversaw major developments including fundraising for a new stadium. The conversation moves to Ed's current role with the Oakland A's, detailing his responsibilities in player development across various minor league teams. They talk about the innovative approaches the A's are taking, such as integrating biomechanics and analytics into player development. They conclude with Ed's reflections on the challenges faced by the Oakland A's in securing a new stadium and the potential relocation to Las Vegas. Ed offers valuable advice to young people and business professionals on the importance of hard work, learning from failures, surrounding oneself with a supportive network, and maintaining a shared vision to achieve success. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 00:50 Ed Sprague's Winning Career 01:10 College and Olympic Baseball Journey 04:28 Professional Baseball Highlights 05:33 Transition to Coaching and Leadership 06:13 Building a College Baseball Program 09:38 Role with the Oakland A's 13:40 Innovations in Player Development 21:12 Future of the Oakland A's 23:37 Advice for Young People and Closing Remarks
Join NAB's April Carty-Sipp as she interviews EGOT Winner, Entertainment Icon, and Host of “The Jennifer Hudson Show” Jennifer Hudson at the NAB Show as they discuss Hudson receiving the 2024 NAB Television Chairman's Award. Hudson speaks on her career path, the success of her show, inspiration, the state of daytime TV and more, with the style and flair that only Jennifer Hudson can provide!
To learn more and support Fransi please visit: https://www.gofundme.com/f/I-need-your-help-paying-for-my-cancer-careAs always, thanks so much for tuning into Breaking Brave! If you like the show, please subscribe, review, and/or send us your suggestions or questions via the platforms below! For more from Marilyn Barefoot or to get in touch with her directly, please connect via:Marilyn's website: https://marilynbarefoot.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynbarefootbigideas/ Twitter: @MarilynBarefoot Instagram: @marilynbarefoot ABOUT Marilyn Barefoot, the Host of Breaking Brave:Breaking Brave is Hosted by Marilyn Barefoot, one of the foremost business coaches & creative ideators in North America - Marilyn gets hired by several of the world's biggest brands, companies, and organizations (the NHL, McDonald's, Deloitte, Coca-Cola, MTV, Viacom, The CFL, Forbes Magazine; to name just a few) to help them get unstuck and generate big, creative ideas.It helps us so much to have your feedback which goes a really long way in helping us shape the future of Breaking Brave and host the guests you're most interested in hearing from! So if you have the time, please subscribe, review, and connect with Marilyn on social media or through her website! And as always, thanks so much for tuning in!
In this conversation, Jonathan highlights a different pathway to stay in sport that doesn't require you becoming a coach. After several initial rejections, Jonathan found a way to become a player care consultant. He has provided guidance for several young premier league and championships stars. He now works for the International Tennis Federation as part of a new initiative to bring player care to some 20,000 tennis players.FOLLOW ►Instagram: www.instagram.com/wmbfdpod/Twitter: twitter.com/wmbfdpodLinkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/bayo-adeoshun-32583156/
Kathleen (Kathy) Glass, Ph.D. joined the Food Research Institute (FRI) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a food safety researcher in 1985, where she currently serves as Associate Director. Her primary duties are to assist the food industry in assessing and developing formulation-safe foods. In addition, she trains and oversees undergraduate and graduate student independent study research, and is a regular instructor at workshops on food microbiology, preventive controls, Listeria control methods, processed meat and processed cheese safety, and dairy Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP). Dr. Glass's research interests include the safety of low-acid refrigerated foods, ready-to-eat (RTE) meats, processed cheese, and dairy foods, focusing on the control of various bacterial pathogens. She earned her Ph.D. in Food Microbiology and Safety at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a Past President of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) and its Wisconsin affiliate. In addition to receiving the 2024 Distinguished Service Award from Food Safety Magazine, Dr. Glass is a recipient of the 2023 IAFP Honorary Life Member Award, the 2020 University of Wisconsin–Madison Academic Staff Award for Excellence, the 2019 Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame, the 2017 National Cheese Institute (NCI) Laureate Award, and the 2011 IAFP Fellow Award. In addition, she served four terms on the National Advisory Committee for the Microbiological Criteria of Foods (NACMCF), including two terms as Co-Chair; as an academic advisor for the Food Microbiology Committee of the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS); and is an active member of several professional associations and advisory committees. In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak with Dr. Glass [28:04] about: What led to her career in food safety, and how her research interests have evolved over the years in response to outbreaks, regulatory changes, and consumer demands Dr. Glass's work in challenge studies for food products and their impacts, such as evaluating new antimicrobial ingredients The critical importance of dairy pasteurization, especially in light of the ongoing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 outbreak, and the need to better understand the risk of contracting HPAI H5N1 from raw dairy Dr. Glass's past experiences as Chair of NACMCF's Subcommittee on Salmonella in poultry and as Co-Chair of NACMF's Subcommittee on Cronobacter in Powdered Infant Formula, and insights about the progression of these charges In her work as a professor, how Dr. Glass guides her students to become effective food safety scientists and leaders Highlights of Dr. Glass's career, and her hope that her work has influenced other food safety professionals to center the betterment of public health in their own roles. News and Resources Legislation Would Delay FSMA 204 Compliance Date, Ease Retailer Recordkeeping Requirements [3:18] USDA Finds HPAI in Muscle of Sick Dairy Cow; Study Shows Infectious Potential of Contaminated Raw Milk [11:57] Testing of Canadian Milk at Retail Shows No Presence of Viral HPAI [12:46] USDA Experiments Show Cooking Beef Patties to "Well Done" Kills HPAI Virus Baby Food Safety Act Would Give FDA Authority to Limit Toxic Heavy Metals in Food for Children [16:08] Only Three U.S. States Have Adopted Most Recent Version of FDA Food Code [23:25] Dr. Kathleen Glass to be Honored with Food Safety Magazine's 2024 Distinguished Service Award We Want to Hear from You! Please send us your questions and suggestions to podcast@food-safety.com
Careers come easily to many incredibly talented leaders. Until one day they don't. What happens when you find yourself without a job? Who do you talk to? Who can you trust? Most of us are completely unprepared. William (Bill) Cowan has coached over 1,000 professionals across the globe and has captured his incredible process in his #1 Amazon Best Seller, Building a Winning Career. Bill encourages us all to aim high, to be clear and concise and helps us work out how to stand out. Together Bill and I discuss networking, visibility, the key steps to follow, the no no's and he offers words of hope that it is not you, it is the process you are following that might be the problem. Come and be a fly on the wall as we pull apart the process with all the humour and wisdom that Bill is known for. ----------------------- Craving inspiration? I send an email each Sunday about leadership reflection, top tips to build an intentional & sustainable life and other things that have captured my attention and are too good not to share! Sign up here. Loving the podcast? Leave us a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds & will inspire like-minded leaders to join the conversation! Ready to take immediate action to manage your energy? Grab my new Activity eBook: 5 Simple Yet Powerful Techniques You Can Use to Elevate Your Energy & Performance - Even If You Don't Know Where To Start. Get access instantly here. Are we friends? Connect with Us. Instagram LinkedIn
How is it that some leaders win brilliantly and repeatedly, while others struggle to reach their full potential? Over a decade, Robert Jordan set out to answer this question, interviewing thousands of leaders, learning first-hand what separated the rockstars from the rest. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he wrote Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company. In this episode of the ‘Decisions' podcast, Jordan, who serves as the CEO of InterimExecs, explains why having the right leadership style is key to hiring and retaining top talent. And oftentimes the leadership a company needs is not the leadership it has…yet. He insists that placing the right leader, in the right role, at the right time is the key to greater career success while providing a blueprint for collaborative, intentional teams.
In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Robert Jordan about his book, Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company. Robert Jordan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjjordan/) is the CEO of InterimExecs, which matches top executives with companies around the world. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he and Olivia Wagner wrote Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company, and have launched the FABS Leadership Assessment, a free assessment at RightLeader.com designed to help leaders and organizations perform better. Check out all of the podcasts in the HCI Podcast Network! Check out the HCI Academy: Courses, Micro-Credentials, and Certificates to Upskill and Reskill for the Future of Work! Check out the LinkedIn Alchemizing Human Capital Newsletter. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Future Leader. Check out Dr. Westover's book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership. Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership. Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine. Each HCI Podcast episode (Program, ID No. 627454) has been approved for 0.50 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). Each HCI Podcast episode (Program ID: 24-DP529) has been approved for 0.50 HR (General) SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCPHR recertification through SHRM, as part of the knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™). Human Capital Innovations has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. Each HCI Podcast episode qualifies for a maximum of 0.50 points.
Jason shares recommendations for 14 leadership books you can grab for yourself or someone you care about this holiday season. These books cover a wide range of topics, from business acumen to culture, teams, personality & personal development, and personal stories.Business AcumenThe First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter by Michael D. WatkinsNegotiation Simplified by Jim ReimanImpact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact by Liz WisemanRight Leader, Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company by Robert Jordan and Olivia WagnerCultureHow to Work With and Lead People Not Like You: Practical Solutions for Today's Diverse Workplace by Kelly McDonaldThe Invisible Leader: Transform Your Life, Work, and Organization with the Power of Authentic Purpose by Zach MercurioCohesion Culture by Dr. Troy HallThe Great Revitalization: How Activating Meaning and Purpose Can Radically Enliven Your Business by Alise CortezTeamsCreating Effective Teams by Susan A. Wheelan, Maria Åkerlund, and Christian JacobbsonLead Without Blame: Building Resilient Learning Teams by Diana Larsen and Tricia BroderickPersonality & Personal DevelopmentQuiet Voice Fearless Leader: 10 Principles for Introverts to Awaken the Leader Inside by Terrance LeeUnleash Your Potential: How Artificial Intelligence Wants to Upgrade YOU! by Don SchminckePersonal StoriesAcceptance: A Memoir by Emi NietfeldCleared Hot: Lessons Learned About Life, Love, and Leadership While Flying the Apache Gunship in Afghanistan and Why I Believe a Prepared Mind Can Help Minimize PTSD by Brian L. SladeLeadership Voyagesite: leadership.voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.comyoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyagelinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/, https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-voyage-podcast/music: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com========== Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
Discover the incredible journey of Eddie Feldmann from his family's deli to becoming a five-time Emmy-winning comedy writer and producer. Eddie shares insights from his early days, including his transition from stand-up comedy to writing for shows like 'Dennis Miller Live' and 'The Showbiz Show with David Spade'. He reveals behind-the-scenes stories from 'The Chevy Chase Show' and discusses the differences between writing for talk shows and scripted series. His journey also includes leveraging a Criminal Justice Degree for a script writing opportunity on 'Law and Order' and his long-standing collaboration with Dennis Miller. My guest, Eddie Feldmann, and I discuss: Introduction: Introduce Eddie Feldmann, highlighting his unique journey from working in his family's deli to becoming a renowned comedy writer and executive producer. Deli Days: Discuss Eddie's early life working at his family deli, including fun anecdotes and his views on sandwiches and mayo usage. Comedy Roots: Explore Eddie's transition from a comedian to a comedy writer and executive producer, detailing his work on shows like "Dennis Miller Live," "The Orlando Jones Show," and "The Showbiz Show with David Spade." The Chevy Chase Show: Delve into Eddie's experiences writing for "The Chevy Chase Show" and share behind-the-scenes stories of this short-lived show. Genre Shifts: Discuss the differences and challenges between writing for talk shows versus scripted shows. Utilizing a Criminal Justice Degree: Talk about how Eddie leveraged his Criminal Justice Degree to secure a writing position on "Law and Order." Meeting Dennis Miller: Share the story of how Eddie met Dennis Miller and the ensuing collaboration on Miller's first three post-SNL shows: "The Dennis Miller Show," "Dennis Miller Live," and "Dennis." You Don't Know Jack: Reflect on Eddie's experience working on "You Don't Know Jack" with host Paul Reubens, recorded before Reubens' passing. Collaboration with David Spade: Share anecdotes and experiences from working with David Spade on "The Showbiz Show." Award-Winning Talent: Highlight Eddie's remarkable achievement of winning 5 Emmy Awards and delve into more stories from his illustrious career. You're going to love my conversation with Eddie Feldmann IMDB Follow Jeff Dwoskin (host): Jeff Dwoskin on Twitter The Jeff Dwoskin Show podcast on Twitter Podcast website Podcast on Instagram Join my mailing list Buy me a coffee (support the show) Subscribe to my Youtube channel (watch Crossing the Streams!) Yes, the show used to be called Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show Love the books I talk about on the show? Here is my Amazon store to shop
On the next episode of The Leadership Communication Show, I speak with Robert Jordan, co-founder and head of the leadership team at InterimExecs — a leadership executive matching firm that matches organizations with the right leaders to step in during times of trouble or stagnation. Robert and I were introduced earlier this year and when we first met, we talked a lot about different leadership styles — and why some leaders just seem to have that magic sauce that makes them stand out above the rest. I've learned that Robert's research and writings can help understand why that is seemingly the case. In fact, he's even written a book about it called, Right Leader, Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career. We talk about good leadership, terrible leadership, leadership styles (and how to assess yours), and essentially what Robert's research has determined makes an exceptional leader. We also discussed my personal results from the FABS Leadership Assessment. It was a great conversation and I hope you find it helpful. Get this episode on our website, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you subscribe to podcasts. Learn more about Robert: • InterimExecs Web Site • Right Leader, Right Time Book • FABS Leadership Assessment • LinkedIn And learn more about your host, Michael Piperno, here: https://www.WeAreComvia.com/about/ and here: https://www.michaelpiperno.com/about-michael-piperno/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leadership-communication/support
Long regarded as one of the most influential women in NASCAR, decorated auto racing engineer Alba Colón came to Hendrick Motorsports as Director of Technical Partnerships after a storied career with General Motors that spanned more than two decades. . Under Colón's leadership, Chevrolet was the most dominant manufacturer in the NASCAR Cup Series, amassing 286 race wins, 12 driver championships and 14 manufacturer titles. Since joining Hendrick Motorsports in 2018, the team has won 48 races and 2 driver championships. If history is any guide, many more are in store. . From her early years in Puerto Rico to taking part in her first Formula SAE competition, we sat down with Alba to discuss her passion for motorsports and her dedication to advancing women in engineering which won her the prestigious Rodica Baranescu Award for Technical & Leadership Excellence from SAE International in 2022. . SAE Awards honor the very best in mobility, recognizing the extraordinary achievements of executives, engineers, students, and educators. If you want to learn more, serve on a selection committee, or nominate a deserving colleague---or yourself---send an e-mail to awards@sae.org. . We'd love to hear from you. Share your comments, questions and ideas for future topics and guests to podcast@sae.org. Don't forget to take a moment to follow SAE Tomorrow Today—a podcast where we discuss emerging technology and trends in mobility with the leaders, innovators and strategists making it all happen—and give us a review on your preferred podcasting platform. . Follow SAE on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Follow host Grayson Brulte on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
Building a Winning Career: A complete guide to securing and thriving in your ideal senior role by William Cowan https://amzn.to/3PVGfsl Buildingawinningcareer.com Finalist in The Australian Career Book Award 2022 - Hosted by The Royal Society of Arts Oceania Do you know how to seek out and win your next executive role? Are you well prepared to take the next steps in your career? If not, you may fail to reach your full potential and miss out on building a winning career. Most career advice available today does not address the needs of senior job seekers. Building a Winning Career sets out a proven process that has worked for hundreds of senior executives, delivering superior results for those considering their next career move. In Building a Winning Career, William Cowan describes strategies that best position you for success while avoiding common traps. Filled with Practical examples, this book will help you: prepare and manage your job search for best results build your network to be an exponential multiplier for you be confident and ready when you meet recruiting teams launch yourself in a new role and nail it take active steps to think through how to manage your career
Are you looking to craft a successful career path? Seeking to understand what makes you stand out in the job market? Look no further! In this episode of the KAJ Masterclass LIVE, join host Khudania Ajay as he sits down with William Cowan, career-building maestro and author of "Building a Winning Career." Dive deep into the intricacies of crafting a successful career, understanding what truly makes one stand out, and navigating through various career stages. Whether you're just starting out, mid-career, or seeking guidance post-50, this episode is packed with golden nuggets for everyone.
This podcast has three main sections, a painfully successful start to a career in a male dominated industry, a fitness journey and…a literal near death experience! Bethany who I met at a haunted castle experience 4 years ago seems to be forward for awards consistently and always is knocking down barriers to progress in what is the biggest construction company in the country, Balfour Beatty! She also has set her sights on bodybuilding and was really getting there with stage performances looming, Covid caused an issue at first and then a major challenge came her way! At the start of the year a friend of Bethany's won a like, tag and share competition on Instagram to head to Base Camp of Everest…I'm entering the wrong ones clearly!! With three months training they headed off and we're doing fine until Gorakshep (the last town before Base Camp). Try to remember that Gorakshep is still 5100m up! At this stage Bethany started to have some major issues…you'll have to tune in to find out what! An insane story with someone who hasn't ruled out an attempt at Everest itself one day! What a gal! Enjoy!
In this episode of Owning Your Legacy, Laurette is joined by serial entrepreneur, business expert, and author Robert Jordan. Robert is renowned for his tech start-up expertise and launching the first Internet-coverage magazine in the world, Online Access, which landed him on the Inc 500 list of fastest-growing companies. Now as the CEO of InterimExecs, he's using his 30+ years of business acumen to bring record growth to owners and investors across industries.Laurette and Robert discuss the modern landscape of executive knowledge and innovation, his experience guiding businesses through common pain points in order to achieve major breakthroughs, and the four key FABS Leadership Assessment styles he developed that inspired his book Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company. In this episode of Owning Your Legacy:*Robert's four tried-and-true FABS Leadership Assessment styles*What today's top organizations are looking for when hiring leaders*Robert's RED (Rapid Executive Deployment) Team formula for success*Why decision-makers shouldn't be precious with their brilliance*How Robert inspired founders to embrace their powerful legacyIf you enjoyed the episode please share it with others, and rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more about me and how I am Owning My Legacy, you can find me on Instagram @LauretteRondenet and online at lauretterondenet.com.
In today's episode we're chatting with Scoot McNairy. Here's a storyteller who's genuinely humble and genuinely extraordinary. He's an award winning actor and a producer. He's worked on numerous award-winning films such as “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood,” “Gone Girl,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Argo,” and “Killing Them Softly.” He's starred in critically acclaimed series such as “Narcos: Mexico,” “Godless,” and “Halt and Catch Fire.” The list of legendary directors he's worked with will blow your mind. Steve McQueen, Quentin Tarantino, and Gus Van Sant to name a few. Scoot's own story begins in Texas as a kid who was fascinated by how movies were made. Dozens of commercials, TV shows, independent projects, and major studio films later, his fascination for the process of filmmaking has only deepened. But he's also someone who admits there are things he loves doing just as much as acting and there are times when he's left the industry to explore them. He's candid about the working relationships and friendships that have impacted his career. You'll hear what Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy winning actor has inspired him the most. And you'll see how everyone's process coming to the craft is unique—it's important to build your own bag of tricks. THAT ONE AUDITION'S LINKS: SLAYTEMBER WITH CASTING: Join us today (class limited to 30 students) THE BRIDGE: The Bridge for Actors TNTT ACTING MEMBERSHIP: The New Triple Threat Membership PATREON: @thatoneaudition CONSULTING: Get 1-on-1 advice for your acting career from Alyshia Ochse COACHING: Get personalized coaching from Alyshia on your next audition or role INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher CREDITS: Host/Producer: Alyshia Ochse WRITER: Erin McCluskey OUTREACH: Elle Powell WEBSITE & GRAPHICS: Chase Jennings SOCIAL: Imani Love
A physicist and computer engineer, Edward M. Lerner toiled in the vineyards of high tech for thirty years, as everything from engineer to senior vice president. Then, suitably intoxicated, he began writing full time. His novels range from near-future technothrillers, like Small Miracles and Energized, to futuristic mysteries, like The Company Man, to such traditional SF-adventure fare as Dark Secret, Deja Doomed, and his InterstellarNet series. Collaborating with Larry Niven, Lerner also wrote the space-opera epic Fleet of Worlds series. But Ed doesn't limit himself to novels. His writings on science and technology centerpiece Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought: Essays and Stories on The Big Questions. In Trope-ing the Light Fantastic, he examines the science *behind* the fiction. Finally, much of Ed's short fiction has been collected in Creative Destruction, Countdown to Armageddon / A Stranger in Paradise, Muses & Musings, and -- most recently -- in The Sherlock Chronicles & The Paradise Quartet. Lerner's 2015 novel, InterstellarNet: Enigma, won the inaugural Canopus Award for interstellar-themed fiction. His writing has also been nominated for Hugo, Locus, and Prometheus awards. Make sure to check out this author at: https://www.edwardmlerner.com You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com
Welcome to The Profit Talk! In this show, we're going to help you explore strategies to help you maximize profits in your business while scaling and creating the lifestyle that you want as an entrepreneur. I am your host, Susanne Mariga! I'm a CPA, a Fractional CFO, and a Certified Profit First Professional Mastery Level providing tax strategies to 7 and 8-figure entrepreneurs. Let's dive into strategies to maximize profits in your business! In this episode, I interview Robert Jordan. He is the CEO of InterimExecs, which matches top executives with companies around the world. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he and Olivia Wagner wrote Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company, and have launched the FABS Leadership Assessment, a free assessment at RightLeader.com designed to help leaders and organizations perform better. Jordan also authored How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America, and helped publish Start With No, Jim Camp's bestseller on negotiation. Check out this episode to learn more about a business exit strategy and essential steps to optimize your company's sale potential and achieve a top valuation multiple because people don't buy businesses that are failing. To learn more about Robert and the services he provides, visit his website at https://interimexecs.com/ Visit my FREE Facebook Group, The Profit First Masterclass, where I'll be sharing additional exclusive trainings to members of the community. If you're excited about what's next for your business and upcoming episodes, please head to our itunes page and give us a review! Your support will help me to bring in other amazing expert interviews to share their best tips on how to powerfully grow in your business! DISCLAIMER: The information contained within these videos is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute, an accountant-client relationship. While we use reasonable efforts to furnish accurate and up-to-date information, we assume no liability or responsibility for any errors, omissions, or regulatory updates in the content of this video. Any U.S. federal tax advice contained within is not intended to be used for the purpose of avoiding penalties under U.S. federal tax law.
What makes a start-up company great? Robert Jordan has been launching and growing companies for over twenty years. He is also co-author of the book Right Leader, Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company. Guest Contact Info: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/interimexecs/ Guest Bio: Robert Jordan created Online Access, the first Internet-coverage magazine worldwide, landing on Inc's 500 fastest-growing company list. After the sale of the magazine, he launched InterimExecs RED Team (Rapid Executive Deployment), matching rock star leadership with companies seeking to achieve extraordinary results. As the CEO of the Association of Interim Executives he helps launch and grow companies and helps other entrepreneurs do the same. Thanks for listening to the show! It means so much to us that you listened to our podcast! If you would like to continue the conversation, please email me at allen@drallenlycka.com or visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/drallenlycka. We would love to have you join us there, and welcome your messages. We check our Messenger often. If you loved the podcast, be sure to subscribe on your favorite platform, share it with friends and leave a review! Dr. Lycka wants you to live your best life. Visit coachingwithdrlycka.com and book your Discovery call today. His bestselling book, "The Secrets to Living a Fantastic Life" can be found on Amazon.com. Get your copy today! We are building a community of like-minded people in the personal development/self-help/professional development industries, and are always looking for wonderful guests for our show. If you have any recommendations, please email us! Dr. Allen Lycka's Social Media Links Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/drallenlycka Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_allen_lycka/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/drallenlycka LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenlycka YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/c/drallenlycka Subscribe to the podcast We would be honored to have you subscribe to the How to Live a fantastic Life show – you can subscribe to the podcast app on your mobile device. Leave a review We appreciate your feedback, as every little bit helps us produce even better shows. We want to bring value to your day, and have you join us time and again. Ratings and reviews from our listeners not only help us improve, but also help others find us in their podcast app. If you have a minute, an honest review on iTunes or your favorite app goes a long way! Thank you!
Preparing Yourself to Manage Your Job Search in the Most Effective WayAre you considering how to achieve your true career potential? Do you have relatives at school or university who need help finding a great job to launch their winning career? Yes? Then this podcast will catapult your thinking into a new and productive gear. Very importantly, the podcast covers a range of essential life skills not taught at school or university. First, you'll learn the seven guiding principles which underlie any successful job search. Then your host, Bob Gerst, and his guest William Cowan will discuss why it is vital to: Understand what makes you unique and how to communicate this; Build your network and seek warm network connections for life;Prepare and practice your answers to three common questions;Conduct thorough research, identify issues, and rehearse before an interview;Be sharp, to the point, and passionate during an interview.This podcast also covers many other significant ideas, including resumes, resources, and LinkedIn. You must understand these areas to be successful in today's job market. PLEASE – share this with others who need support and guidance to make their job search more successful. William Cowan has over 30 years of experience in CEO and Board positions worldwide. As a leading career coach, he has provided practical career guidance to over 1,000 senior executives. His new book - Building a Winning Career - describes the strategies that will best position you for success when looking for a new job. It will also help you avoid common mistakes in building your career. The book has received over 150 five-star reviews on Goodreads and Amazon.
In this episode with Cynthia Pong, we discuss: - The model minority myth, and how it pits marginalized communities against each other. - The importance of recognizing the differences in AAPI communities, and recognizing our unique history, including Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian groups. - How Black, Indigenous, and people of color can get the money, power, and respect you deserve. - Why divesting yourself from a career path takes time and why it's important to have compassion with yourself. - How to recover after your soul dies from oppression, discrimination, and White supremacy. - What individuals and employers can do to create environments that are psychologically safe. - How to respond when people say hateful things like you're a sell out. - Why it's important to ask for help. Connect with Cynthia at https://www.embracechange.nyc/ or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/embracechangenyc/. Connect with Samorn on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/samornselim/. Get a copy of Samorn's book, “Belonging: Self Love Lessons From A Workaholic Depressed Insomniac Lawyer” at https://tinyurl.com/swpc578c. Get weekly career tips by signing up for our advice column at www.careerunicorns.com.
On this episode of The Open Talent Report, Connor Heaney talks to Robert Jordan, book author and CEO of InterimExecs, which matches top executives with companies around the world. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he and Olivia Wagner wrote Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company.During the episode Connor & Robert cover: Robert's StoryWhat problems Interim Execs is solving?Leadership Roles Expiration DateInspiration behind the book4 Leadership StylesCompany Culture in the Remote EraWork During PandemicLabour Market Paradox - How to solve it?USA Companies - Hiring Remote WorkersPrediction for the Future of WorkConnect with Robert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjjordan/Connect with Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrmconnorheaney/Visit Interim Execs website: https://interimexecs.com/Find out more about Robert's book: https://www.amazon.com/Right-Leader-Time-Discover-Leadership/dp/1722505672/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3GVQQN375PN6F&keywords=right+leader+right+time&qid=1644364968&s=books&sprefix=right+leader%2Cstripbooks%2C72&sr=1-3 Visit CXC website: https://www.cxcglobal.com/
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You are who you are, but what kind of leader are you? Bringing yourself to awareness of your leadership style helps you to know where to stand to become more productive. In this episode, Robert Jordan, the CEO of InterimExecs, touches on your leadership style to create better performance for a winning career and company. He identifies and explains each of four styles: Fixer, Artist, Builder, and Strategist. Rober also defines what productivity is for him. Learn your leadership style and act in your best mode to power yourself to success. Tune in now!RightLeader.com Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://pennyzenker360.com/positive-productivity-podcast/
We talk to Chris Mulkey about his long award winning career and his music. Award-winning American actor, writer and director, Chris Mulkey has a long and diverse career in film, television and stage. Chris is best known for On the Basis of Sex (2018), Whiplash (2014), Captain Phillips (2013), Twin Peaks (1990), Castle Rock (2018), Broken Trail (2006), Any Day Now (1998) and Boardwalk Empire (2010).Chris grew up in the Midwest, majored in acting at the University of Minnesota and spent four years as a company member of the Children's Theatre of Minneapolis. While in Minnesota, Chris starred in Loose Ends (1975), the Grand Prize winner at the USA film Festival. Chris moved to Hollywood 1975, married actress/artist Karen Landry and they moved to Venice Beach. The couple wrote and starred in Patti Rocks (1988), an independent film that won the Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival. Chris and Karen often worked together in film and on stage in LA, New York, and the Twin Cities.Chris is also a songwriter with original songs featured in films and television and can be seen playing around the country with his band Chris Mulkey and Deluxe. Learn more about Chris here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611889/?ref_=nmbio_ov_i --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moviemakingpod/support
On August 19th of last year in Episode 50 of Unstoppable Mindset we all got to hear an Interview with a brand expert, Ben Baker who was introduced to me by a colleague. The circle now continues as this time I get to talk to Catherine Altman Morgan who was suggested as a podcast by, you guessed it, Ben Baker. Catherine is an author; coach and we all get to hear what else. She grew up in New York City. She lived two years in North Carolina and then moved back North to New Jersey. She attended Vassar College and graduated with a B.A. degree in Psychology. As a young person just out of college she took the suggestion of her father in Chicago and moved there to work at the Chicago Stock Exchange which she did for five years. She then moved back to New York because she realized that as a phone clerk at the stock exchange, and since she wasn't great at math, she wasn't going to make much money. Her next job was as a market analyst at a Technical Analysis software company in New York. She sold and supported trading systems since she knew how to talk to and work with stock traders. She did that for a bit then moved to a company back in Chicago doing the same kind of work. Through work with several firms she continued to do similar work as well as risk and flow analysis. In 2010 she quit working for other companies and formed her own coaching firm, Point A to Point B Transitions Inc. During our interview Catherine provides many insights about job searches, how to seek a job in today's technological world and how to interact with prospective employers. Lots of good information to hear whether or not you are looking for a job. Catherine shows us that we can choose to be unstoppable and move forward. Her advice is sound, but even more important, she is not just talk. Her coaching firm has helped many, job seekers or not. I hope you will check it out. Finally, just wait until you hear the news about her newly published book “This Isn't Working”. Not going to give the news away. About the Guest: Catherine Altman Morgan is an award-winning career transition expert who has been coaching clients and colleagues through job and life transitions for more than 20 years. Catherine is the author of the recently released book, This Isn't Working! Evolving the Way We Work to Decrease Stress, Anxiety, and Depression. She also speaks on topics related to career transition, workplace mental health, and small business/entrepreneurship. Catherine graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in Psychology. Before starting her consulting business in 2010, Point A to Point B Transitions Inc., she was employed by KPMG, Arthur Andersen, and Deloitte. She also has been a contractor for Protiviti, Navigant Consulting, and RGP. With a background in job search, career transition tactics, and business strategy development, Catherine works with clients who have been laid off, believe their situation is unsustainable, or find that whatever they've been doing isn't working for them anymore. Catherine's clients have frequently experienced a perfect storm of challenges in their life, including a layoff, health diagnosis, death in the family, divorce, extended time in transition, or financial collapse - often several at the same time. Catherine and her team work with the whole person to get them relaunched. Links for Catherine: Facebook business https://www.facebook.com/PointA.PointB Facebook personal https://www.facebook.com/tapcat LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/pointatopointb/ Twitter https://twitter.com/PointA_PointB Website https://www.pointatopointbtransitions.com/ About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes Michael Hingson 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson 01:16 Well, hello, once again, I'm really glad you're here to attend and listen to another episode of unstoppable mindset. Today, we get to interview Catherine Morgan and I met Catherine through another guest that we had on the podcast some time ago, Ben Baker. And Ben said you ought to talk to Catherine and we chatted and it just seemed like it made good sense to bring Catherine on and she's got some new news to share with us in the course of the day. But Catherine is an author. She's a speaker, she does a lot of different kinds of things in terms of coaching and teaching. And we'll get to all that. So Catherine, really, I really appreciate you being here and welcome to unstoppable mindset. Catherine Morgan 02:06 Thank you so much for having me, Michael. Michael Hingson 02:10 It's a pleasure to have you here. Well, let's start. Like I always like to. I got it from an Alice in Wonderland TV show once at the beginning. So tell us about you growing up and a little bit just about your life and, and all that and how you got to where you are, or at least got to somewhere? Catherine Morgan 02:29 Sure. Well, I started my early childhood in New York City. Very, very happy city girl. I was there till I was about 10. And then we had a little detour to Blowing Rock North Carolina, which couldn't have been further from New York City for this girl, who was a little shock to the system. After that, I spent Middle School in high school in the middle of New Jersey near Morris town, which was your very typical suburban existence. We walked everywhere. We rode bikes, the everybody had to come home when the ackermans rang their bell for dinner like we were free range children back then. So it was, you know, sort of the normal American upbringing in the 70s. Michael Hingson 03:23 Okay, so how long were you in Carolina? Catherine Morgan 03:28 We were just in Blowing Rock for a year and a half, two years. I don't remember. It's kind of a blur. It was. It was lovely. I mean, this so stunningly beautiful there. But yeah, the school system from going from a private, very, very small private school with 24 kids per grade to four classes per grade of 24 kids. Each was a little bit of an adjustment for me. Michael Hingson 03:57 You survived though. Catherine Morgan 03:59 Yeah, I came out and I did. I was a good student. I did well in middle school in high school and I went to Vassar College, which when I was looking at colleges, I applied to a bunch of them but faster was the only school I wanted to go to and conveniently they agreed that they wanted to have me Michael Hingson 04:19 well that worked out well. So but when you left Blowing Rock Where did you guys go Catherine Morgan 04:26 to Mendham New Jersey outside of Morris town in the middle of the state. Michael Hingson 04:31 Right. So what took you to North Carolina in the first place that job for your one of your parents or what? Catherine Morgan 04:38 Yeah, my my mother remarried and my stepfather was running a factory in just over the Tennessee border making one who's in what was he making, making men's pants Michael Hingson 04:54 and then why New Jersey? Catherine Morgan 04:58 Once again, we we follow To my stepfather's jobs he got a job in New York. And that was a very commutable city because of where how the trains worked. So a lot of people commuted into the city for their work, Michael Hingson 05:14 I must say, from a transportation standpoint, and having lived in New Jersey for six years, taking the trains into the city, most every day, I very much got used to the trains and love the New Jersey Transit and train systems of New York City. My biggest challenges were getting, oftentimes, from the Westfield train station to home, we used what's called paratransit under the ADEA. And it was run by New Jersey Transit, but in separate sort of organization, and they were a times they were a little bit of a challenge. But mostly it worked out pretty well. And I was able to get to and from the train station without too much grief or difficulty. But getting on the trains and going into the city was always a wonderful thing, because you could go without needing to worry about driving or any of those kinds of things. And I know people who took Amtrak, even from Bucks County in Pennsylvania, and they would just be on the train for a couple of hours. And they form groups and they worked on the trains or they just had conversation groups and did other things on the train going to and from the city. So trains are wonderful things. Catherine Morgan 06:30 I agree. I find them very relaxing my system sort of down levels and gets very relaxed on trains. Michael Hingson 06:39 So what did you get your degree in from Vassar? Catherine Morgan 06:43 Psychology? Michael Hingson 06:44 Right? Okay. Did you go beyond a bachelor's degree? Catherine Morgan 06:49 No, I didn't, I had always intended to go back and get a masters or something, you know, in my 40s. And that just isn't how my life ended up. So I do something that's sort of related. And certainly my interest is very sight, the psychological side of business, but I did not pursue further education. Michael Hingson 07:16 So what did you do once you left faster? Catherine Morgan 07:21 Well, like most people just out of college, if you're not going directly into law school, or med school or something, you have no idea what you're doing. And my father was out here in Chicago, and he was working on the Options Exchange. And he said, Well, why don't you come out here and try that since you don't know what else you want to do. And it was 1984 before the crash of 1987. And those three years, everybody was getting rich, and it was fast moving and fun and young, and just with open outcry was really a great place to work and in your 20s Let's just put it that way. And I had way too much fun that I'm not willing to share about. Michael Hingson 08:11 And besides that, you went to a place that had great hotdogs and great pizza. Oh, yeah, gotta have your priorities, right? Catherine Morgan 08:20 Absolutely. Michael Hingson 08:22 I always love when I go to Chicago going to UNO's among other places and getting their deep dish pizza, my relatives who live there, always insist that we should go to UNO's and I have to agree it's pretty good. It's pretty good. So what did you do in Chicago then? Catherine Morgan 08:40 So I was a phone clerk on the Options Exchange, which meant I was down there with 1000s of people screaming in the pits, executing orders I was on the side actually taking the orders and making sure that the runners got the orders out to the brokers in the crowd. It was it was it was crazy times back then I can't really describe the noise level and the close proximity because I had about a foot and a half of personal space where I was I had a foot and a half of desk standing right next to somebody else who had the other foot and a half and I had my order pad and my phone and that's it there was me a foot and a half of space ordered pad phone on the phone all day long taking orders recording orders it was it's kind of hard to explain. But it was it was fast paced and and like I said in your 20s Young and fun. Michael Hingson 09:41 Yeah, it's it's probably fair to say you haven't lived until you've observed a stock trading for close up there. They are crazy places. Catherine Morgan 09:54 Yes. Back in the day with open outcry the noise level we is just something you can't have Yeah, I guess if your staff, you've been to an arena show and somebody makes a shot and the crowd goes nuts, that was not an unusual noise level on the floor. Michael Hingson 10:09 Yeah, constantly as opposed to just when somebody makes a shot. And there's just so much going on and so much activity and as you said, you're taking orders. And then people have to run them out to the traders, to the brokers and the people actually on the floor who do the things that they do. And the constant byplay, it's, it's an amazing place to be. It's a pretty incredible and last, Catherine Morgan 10:34 yeah, it's really fast. So that was made an indelible impression on me. Michael Hingson 10:41 Also, you didn't dare make a mistake, because one mistake could cost people incredible sums of money. I know I was in the business of selling the products that people used, and attached to their networks to backup data. So we sold the hardware. We were actually at a while we were out at Salomon Brothers at that time, they existed still in New Jersey, and Rutherford, and one of the people was talking to us about backups and the fact that if anything happened, at the trading floor in New York, they actually had two additional backup sites in Florida, somewhat underground, so hurricanes couldn't get to them. But they said, We don't dare even be down for a second, we would lose millions of dollars a second if we weren't able to stay up all the time. So the pressure had to be even for you incredible. Catherine Morgan 11:41 Yes, it was. And obviously, we're humans and mistakes were made. But they were rectified quickly. And you made as few of them as possible. Michael Hingson 11:53 Yeah. And the people who could deal with it and fix whatever needed to be fixed, could stay around, and the people who made too many mistakes would be gone. Quickly. But you still have your hearing. So you survived. Did you have any way to protect your hearing? Did you have a headset or anything? Catherine Morgan 12:12 No, we didn't really think that back then there were some people who are on headsets? I did not. And my my hearing is a little wonky. It might have been the rock concerts, though. I can't necessarily blame the trading floor. Michael Hingson 12:30 Okay. Well, so how long did you do that? Catherine Morgan 12:35 Almost five years. Wow, Michael Hingson 12:36 you did it for quite a while. What caused you to switch? Catherine Morgan 12:41 Well, oddly enough, I'm not good at math. I have a really good memory. And I'm a really good parent. So I was an excellent phone clerk. But I was never going to make that jump to the next level because I'm terrible with math. So I left that. And I went to work for a technical analysis software firm in New York, selling or supporting trading systems and traders because I understood how to talk to these people. And they, they do need somebody who understands their personality types and their language. So I did quite well with that spent the next phase of my career in market data and trading systems and that sort of thing. Michael Hingson 13:25 So did you do that from Chicago? Or did you move back to New York? Catherine Morgan 13:29 I moved to New York, and stayed there for four years, and then came screaming back to Chicago and I left. Michael Hingson 13:38 All right. So which place has better pizza Chicago or New York? Catherine Morgan 13:43 They're utterly different. I almost think they should have different names. Yeah. They're utterly different. A New York just flat white pizza, is God's gift to pizza, in my opinion. And then, you know, there's the deep dish or the stuffed or the, I don't know, there's so many different kinds of Yeah. Michael Hingson 14:04 Yeah. And they are different and it is unfair to compare the two. I agree. So we should just have both of them around. It's okay. So you went screaming back to Chicago, and did what Catherine Morgan 14:21 I was still in the market data. I went to work for a company selling trading systems and market data. And I was selling down on this the CBOE floor and the Chicago Stock Exchange and the Merc so I was very comfortable going down and talking to traders on trading floors or going into trading rooms, which, you know, as a woman in especially in the ad, well, that was nowhere in the 90s. You know, I was the only woman in the room almost always throughout my career, because it was a back then quite a male dominated industry. Yeah. Michael Hingson 15:02 So, you How did that work out for you, though? Did were there challenges? So you worked out pretty well. And it worked Catherine Morgan 15:10 out really well, because I could often get in the appointment. And I, you know, they would try and do the rough and tumble thing with me. And I was just right there with them. So I was not once you worked on a trading floor, nobody can intimidate you. So you would they would, they would come at me. And, you know, because I looked really young and I was young. But they couldn't intimidate me. What kinds of Michael Hingson 15:37 things that they tried to do. Catherine Morgan 15:39 Um, I don't know, you know, just the coughing of a very successful trader, there's a little proving and posturing. And, you know, I, I made a million dollars yesterday and type of swagger II things like, you know, good to be you. Like, I hope your wife is happy, did you buy a boat, like I just wasn't faced with that sort of thing? Michael Hingson 16:07 Yeah, it's all about intimidation. And, and they do have that kind of an ego. As I've mentioned, Salomon Brothers before, of course, the traders were even at Salomon considered the Cowboys. And I don't know whether there were any women or not, but and cow girls of Wall Street. And they did a lot of things that were risky, not in an illegal or wrong sense. But for example, they were one of the first to adopt Sun Microsystems products as workstations. And people really didn't know much about Unix, or whatever. And they're going, these are faster computers. And they, they were the, the innovators. So there's something not to be said, for having that ego, but for having the courage to explore, taking risks, and trying to improve a process, which also meant what they were trying to do is to get an edge up on their competitors from other companies, but they did it for a while. Catherine Morgan 17:08 Exactly. Sun was the workstation of choice for all the risk management systems, it was the only one that really had the computing power needed for those types of systems that touched every aspect of the organization. Michael Hingson 17:21 Right, because they were so fast and so versatile. And doing it in Unix gave them an operating system that had a lot of flexibility that that they needed. And I remember after September 11, we were involved with getting Wall Street back up and running. Because quantum made the backup products default standard, the ATL libraries and the super digital Linear Tape products and so on. So we, we saw a lot of things that people did, including IBM and sun cannibalizing employees, workstations, just to get them over two firms on Wall Street, so that within six days, they got Wall Street back up and running completely. Catherine Morgan 18:06 Oh my gosh, that was a hot mess. We could spend the entire episode on that. But Michael Hingson 18:11 yeah, yeah, I remember helping Morgan Stanley and they actually found a place over in Jersey City. They said they found a floor of the size of a football field. And they made that their new trading floor and they got workstations and everything. And within 36 hours, they had a complete replica of their original trading floor up and running, because we were able to give them the product so that they could restore all of their files, which is of course, one of the wisdoms of the Security Exchange Commission, you have to keep data for seven years. So all they had to do was to go to their site off site, get their tapes, bring them in and get everything set up. And when in fact they were all ready to go when Wall Street opened on the 17th of September, and all went pretty seamlessly. That's incredible. Yeah, it was an amazing feat to see all of that get done. But it's what they needed to do. And then that's, that's part of their skill sets. So well. So you you worked at all of that for a while and you continue to market and then what did you do? So you're in the 90s and partway through the 90s. Catherine Morgan 19:25 Then I flipped so I spent about 15 years and in financial services doing what we just talked about. And then I went to work for the professional services firms. The consulting firms servicing the Financial Services vertical. So I worked for KPMG Arthur Andersen, Deloitte and working primarily with financial services but some other industries. Michael Hingson 19:50 So when you say working with financial services, what does that mean? Catherine Morgan 19:54 So I would go into one of the major exchanges and help with an opera ational risk assessment I would go to, you know, a large bank and look at the order flow process I would go to we did a bunch of random projects, our group was like a little SWAT team that mostly was focused on the capital markets, because that was our, where our senior manager had connections. So he was, that's where he was selling business. Michael Hingson 20:27 And so what you were doing was to try to improve processes and make their their systems work more efficiently and more effectively. Catherine Morgan 20:37 Some of that, and some litigation support work. So, you know, one company was suing their insurance company, or the insurance company was suing their client for whatever, and we would go in and dig through documents, but it was related to trading and to have pricing, you know, how they price the portfolio? So they needed people with expertise in the financial markets. No, I'm not a commodities person that was always on the equity side. But the people I worked with on my team were commodities experts say Michael Hingson 21:15 it. Again, it's the kind of thing that has to be within the infrastructure of the system to help things work. Yes, but so you did that. And then what? Catherine Morgan 21:32 Well, and then I decided that it was time to start my own business. And I was working with a coach. And my coach said, you know, that resume interview question coaching job search to help that you do to with friends and family and colleagues, you can get paid for that. And I saw, Michael Hingson 21:56 what, what a concept, Catherine Morgan 21:59 it hadn't occurred to me that that was a legit way to make a living and people would actually pay me for that service. Michael Hingson 22:06 And so when did you start that? Catherine Morgan 22:10 So in 2010, I left Deloitte in May. And I started point A to point B transitions, Inc, which is my company. And we have been helping professionals and financial services, professional services and technology, find new opportunities, great jobs, they love and not stop gap positions. Michael Hingson 22:37 So as our technological infrastructure and environment grows, and so on, how is that really changed the whole process of job searches, looking for jobs, applying for jobs, and so on. Catherine Morgan 22:54 And to some extent, it's everything old is new again, because the technology has made it so easy for people to apply for basically anybody to apply for anything, I jokingly call it spray and pray. But to spray and pray is there which means that employers are receiving, you know, tremendous amounts of applications, and may or may not, depending on the size of the organization, may or may not have the people in house to wade through this. So they may outsource it, which is the long way of saying that spray and pray mostly doesn't work. So it might work. If you're looking for a similar type of job in a similar industry, that's when the online application process is efficient. But you need to reach out to organizations, you need to reach out to people you need to get recommended in, you need to set up your profile. So you look magnetic for the type of role that you want. There's a lot of additional ways that you can source opportunities or be the one that's chosen. Because you have to keep in mind that depending on the size of the organization, someone is targeting, they may or may not have the responsibility of posting it publicly. So they may if they're a small organization who could not deal with the quantity of resumes they've received by posting a job publicly, they may just reach out to their network and say, Hey, we're hiring a sales manager, hey, we're hiring a marketing director, hey, we're hiring an intern and good people, no good people, and they'll they'll fill it that way. So you have to make sure that your top of mind for people so that if opportunities are uncovered, somebody thinks of you and sends it your way. Michael Hingson 24:56 So in a sense, the process overall really hasn't changed. Catherine Morgan 25:03 That's where I was going with SES, the technology has helped. And but the people who are going who are looking to make bigger changes, who are not just round peg, round hole candidates need to make the extra effort to reach out and find people touch people follow companies interact with companies cold, do cold outreach, those are the people who get good results. Michael Hingson 25:31 And the advantage of technology is, it makes it easier to reach out, you don't have to put a stamp on an envelope and send it somewhere. Now you can do an email, but you also have to put the appropriate efforts into it to make sure that what you send will be seen. Catherine Morgan 25:55 Yes, exactly. You have to make sure that you're relevant to the person that you're reaching out to. So it's not, hey, I have all this experience data. Why should they care? Yes, you're a leader. Like all of us, we're overwhelmed. We have a bunch of people reaching out for things. Why should someone care? Why are you the right candidate? Why are you interested? Why is are you a great fit for this position. So you always have to make sure you're positioning it for why the other person should care, because they're also busy, and they don't know you. So you have to, you have to make it seem like you're worth their time. Michael Hingson 26:40 Yeah, it's, again, it's no different job interviews are sales presentations, by any standard by any definition. And so you have to learn to be the best at selling yourself. Otherwise, you're going to be left behind. And that's not a bad thing, because it's all about you looking at yourself and realizing what you can do. But it also means you have to research who you're applying to, to make sure that that you are a good fit. And again, that's not different than it used to be. It's just that now, there's so many ways to perhaps make that easier to do if you do it, right. Catherine Morgan 27:19 Yes, I completely agree with that. But there's a bunch of people who just heard that and when act sales. So let me let me give you a door in so it sounds a little more doable and a little less scary. The way someone who comes to me and says, I don't feel comfortable talking about myself, I'm not positioning myself well. And I'll say, Well, if you don't do it, nobody's going to do it. So it's your job to present yourself as the best candidate, you're giving them the information, they need to see that you are highly qualified, and a strong candidate. If you do not present them with that information, you are doing them and subsequently you a disservice. Yeah. So if I just say you're presenting the information about your skills, why you're excited about the opportunity, why you're going to hit the ground running, why you've done something similar or you can come up to speed quickly. You need to do that so that they have the information they need to make the right decision that you are the right candidate or not. Michael Hingson 28:39 Right. And I appreciate that. A lot of people Miko IQ sales. The problem is that the sales industry oftentimes hasn't done the right thing to teach people what sales is all about. Because real salespeople, good salespeople, and I come from a sales background. Real people do all the kinds of preparations that you're talking about. But also, the better salespeople know that, ultimately, their teachers and advisors and counselors and they look for what the customer if you will, or in this case, the person looking at job applications need and then have to make the decision about how and if they can make a presentation that will work. And it's also important and I've done it on a number of occasions and selling products, you have to look at will my product work? Will my product do what the customer needs because if it won't, I'll be doing everyone more of a disservice by trying to convince them to buy something that won't work. So again, I take a different view of sales and probably a lot of people do but it still is the real right way to do it. Catherine Morgan 29:56 I completely agree and an unhappy cause Sturmer is burdensome to the organization and a reputation risk. Michael Hingson 30:04 Yeah. And and people will hear about it if you do that kind of thing no matter who you are. Because even though there's a lot of technology, and there are a lot of people out there looking for applicants, ultimately, in any given industry, the network is relatively small, and people will hear about it if you don't do it, right. Catherine Morgan 30:28 That was my experience, the Chicago trading community is very small. Miss rep, presenting our data on AI, you would have big problems. Michael Hingson 30:40 I know as a person who happens to be blind, the other factor that we oftentimes see is though, the prejudice that exists on the part of people looking for employees or people to fill jobs, oh, you're blind, you can't possibly do that. How are you going to get to work. And today, we still see that kind of thing. But it used to be that it was probably even worse. And I know that oftentimes, I would debate do I say I'm even blind in a cover letter to go with a resume. Because if I didn't say I was blind, I might get a call back, the odds would be about the same as for anyone else. But if I did say it, I could probably be pretty much guaranteed I wouldn't even get a response. And there are so many ways to still do that today. And it still happens to a great degree, because the unemployment rate for persons who are employable with disabilities is still in the 65 to 70% range. So we tend not to really be too excited when we hear an unemployment rate of 3.5%. Because we know how hard it is for us, and how few of us actually get hired to, to do a job. And, and so the prejudices are still there. And so then, for me, what i i Come back to as a default is something I learned in a Dale Carnegie sales course, you have to turn that perceived liability into an asset, which if you do it, right also gains you a lot more attraction and a lot more likelihood of visibility with excuse me with the the potential people who are looking to to fill a position. And so for me, in a sales position, what I would say is, hey, look, I sell 24 hours a day to convince people to let me buy a house or fly on an airplane with my guide dog or even go grocery shopping. So do you want to hire somebody who just comes in for a few hours every day and sells? Or do you want to hire somebody who truly understands sales for the science and art that it is, and who sells 24 hours a day as a way of life? And that that actually got me a job interview and hired. And it because it worked? And it's true. It also separates you from virtually everyone else? Catherine Morgan 33:11 Yeah, it gets you it makes you memorable, which in some cases is half the battle. How do you distinguish yourself as a piece of paper? Yeah, you know, I've had, I've had a similar situation with some clients who had Ms. And had summers obvious tremors and walked with a cane. So my suggestion to them was to just answer the question upfront, because what the employer really cared about is can you do your job? Is your your physical, you know, I can see the tremors? Is that going to affect your ability to do your work? And to just answer it flat out? Because that's what they're thinking? Like, it's the elephant in the room. Just talk to it? Michael Hingson 33:58 Absolutely. And, and for me, the prejudice runs very deep, because the presumption is you're blind, you just can't do it. In fact, I went on an interview, and went by bus up to Los Angeles from where I lived at the time, and deliberately went on my own to the interview, because I didn't want someone driving me there. And the first question, even after all, that was, well, how are you going to get to work? So well, and I got that, right. So the answer is, hey, if I need to move closer, that's my responsibility. If you hire me, I need to be able to be here. And I recognize that I will make that happen. And I've proved or should have been able to prove to you today that I can do it. The problem is that the prejudice does run deep and it's a big challenge that we we all do face and even now today as a speaker. A lot of times I've got I've got a story about being in The World Trade Center on September 11, it helps but still, how do I distinguish myself from so many other speakers who are out there that are always looking for probably the same job of why should they hire me? I was very fortunate, about a month ago to read about someone who heard me speak in 2014. At an event in Nevada, the event on safety, preparedness and emergency preparedness and management. And just this January, he wrote an article specifically about that event, talking about how much he remembered and how much he valued. What he heard that day from my presentation. What, what an amazing kind of thing, how often are you going to hear from somebody who heard a speech nine years before and remembers it? Catherine Morgan 35:54 Oh, my goodness, isn't that a speaker's dream, though, to inspire their audience and to, you know, be memorable and make a change like that? That's amazing. Michael Hingson 36:06 Absolutely is true. And it was, it was a wonderful article. So I, I now tell people about that when we talk about the possibility of speaking, which is pretty cool. Catherine Morgan 36:15 Course, it should be part of your packet. Yeah. Michael Hingson 36:19 So you, you talk about the whole idea today of work and hiring, and, and so on. So the industry in some senses has changed a lot because of technology. But in some senses, the process is still ultimately the same. How do we get people to learn the process when they think that technology is just going to solve all their problems? Catherine Morgan 36:49 Isn't that the question you should see the look of horror on my on people's faces, when I tell them, they should only be spending 20% of their time doing online applications? Because they think that they can sit behind, you know, in the relative piece of their house behind their laptop and get this job search done. And, and maybe, but it's unlikely. So when I tell them my time allocation on how you should be spending your efforts, the responses is generally Ack. Michael Hingson 37:23 Yeah. But still, it's what they have to do. Catherine Morgan 37:29 If they want to good results, if they want to, you know, have the equivalent of scratch off tickets, maybe they get lucky. Michael Hingson 37:37 Right? Oh, about different age groups are you are you seeing as we have an aging population and more seniors or more people approaching seniors who want to continue to be in the workforce? How is all of this working for them, as opposed to younger people and in the next generation or later? And their more comfortable with technology? But still, how does it work between different generations? Catherine Morgan 38:07 That is a juicy question. I joke that, you know, old dogs can learn new tricks and new technology, which sort of breaks the ice a little bit. A lot of my people I work with generally 45 to 62. So we are on the more experienced side of the spectrum. And mostly I have not found a technology barrier for them. You know, pretty much everybody says they should be better with Excel. But other than that, they're comfortable with with computers, they're there on them, they they get it. That may not be the perception of younger workers, they may need to go in and prove that or specifically talk to it, because to your point, it is a bias. But it the types of clients who are drawn to my work because of the industries I serve, don't tend to have that issue. But I recommend that people talk to it if they're really good with data analysis or if they know any types of coding or you know, whatever software CRM systems anything that they're mentioned it to just poke poke that balloon right there. Like that's not in the room anymore. I get that it ageism mostly isn't. And a lot of times it's self inflicted, which generally galvanizes a room when I say that. Michael Hingson 39:43 Tell me more about that though, if you would, please. Catherine Morgan 39:47 I will. Well, most of the people I work with are white collar professionals, who have a lot of jobs function expertise or industry experience. And I try to tell them that having more experience doesn't make you less valuable. So, is there ageism in the workplace? Some? If you want to get into Google or Facebook or one of the young sexy tech companies, yeah, maybe it's a problem. Other companies? No, it's not. The the real issue when you sort of pull it part is, is it an age issue or a wage issue? Meaning is your 1015 20 years of experience worth 2050 100 grand more to the employer? Now, if a more junior person could adequately perform that job function? It is not. ageism is a money question. And if you were the hiring manager, you would make the same decision. So the trick is to apply for jobs for which your experience is important. Your negotiation skills, your judgment, your years of industry expertise, you're having watched multiple market cycles there apply for the jobs where you're not competing against very junior resources, because that's usually what's going on and everybody's it's ageism, they didn't pick me. It's ageism. No, it wasn't it was a money question. And it's a junior role. Don't call it what it is. Michael Hingson 41:38 Or you have to work to find a way to Well, one of two things justify a higher salary because of your experience, or recognize that you may not get as much money as you would like. But as you said, that's the the amount of money that the job will pay. Catherine Morgan 42:02 Yes, and people who switch industries, for example, financial services, and technology tends to be paid better than other industries. So we have a very honest conversation, that should they want to switch industries, they are likely going to have to take a pay cut, once again, not ageism. It's just what the market value in that industry is. Michael Hingson 42:28 But do you find that there are though age biases in anywhere in the workforce, I'm not going to hire older people, I want younger people who are more energetic, who are going to stay longer, or whatever the case happens to be? Catherine Morgan 42:44 Sure there are, then you don't work for that company. It's, you know, how the pendulum swings from one side to the other. That was certainly the case, you know, several years ago, but we have an aging population, just the demographics of the population, the younger generations are not going to be able to fill in all the jobs, they're going to need to keep the workers in there longer. And the value that a more experienced worker can bring some times as the ability to participate in multiple job functions, is, you know, add value to this team, this team and this team and be good with it can be a very smart decision for employers. And I think that savvy employers are really starting to get that. Michael Hingson 43:40 And savvy employees are starting to get that they need to make that point. Catherine Morgan 43:47 Exactly. I joke because that's who I am, that you need to be applying for positions where the gray hair of experience is valuable. Michael Hingson 43:58 Right. And that's really, ultimately it. The fact of the matter is that there's a lot of value in experience. But you have to make the case, just like with anything else, like as I talked about the issue of turning perceived liabilities into assets. And when you're dealing like with disabilities, one of the facts that can be very relevant. And again, you have to understand whatever environment you're applying for, but the one of the facts that could be very relevant is I know that the unemployment rate among employable blind people is in the 65 to 70% range. The fact of the matter is, if you are willing to give me a job, and you hire me, I'm going to be much more apt to not want to leave and jump ship like younger people often do because they just think they're getting a better opportunity. I'm going to stay somewhere that well. comes me and demonstrates that they value me for who I am, even though I happen to be someone who is blind, and there are actually a number of studies and a lot of statistics that show that to be true. Catherine Morgan 45:13 Well, turnover is extremely expensive for companies. So making that point that I will be your dedicated, committed employee, if you are committed and dedicated to me, I think that's a great point to make. Michael Hingson 45:28 It is, again, one of those things where it takes savviness on both sides. And some employers, as you say, do get it. And I think more and more people will perceive that over time. But I think also, for example, employees with disabilities need to be the ones to make that point. And to create that conversation. Catherine Morgan 45:53 Yes, you need to have your talking points, practiced. Because, yeah, we were not used to having those conversations. Like I honestly think, Michael, that you are the first blind person that I've that I know, I know, people who have, you know, lost major portions of their eyesight. And I'm actually working with a client who's sort of navigating through that now. But I don't know anybody who was born, born blind. Michael Hingson 46:23 So for you, well, well, in the the issue is that even if you have some eyesight, if you're low vision, then I use that as opposed to what most people use visually impaired, because I don't regard myself as impaired and I don't want to be equated to eyesight. And visually, I'm not different, because I just happened to be blind. So low vision or blind, it's like deaf or hard of hearing, as opposed to deaf and hearing impaired, Hard of Hearing is a much more appropriate term that's become accepted. And we haven't done that yet, with eyesight, but low vision, people will oftentimes find if they look at it, that if they learn some of the techniques that totally blind people use, and if they accept their low vision, nature, and use that as an advantage, they can be very valuable employees wherever they go. Catherine Morgan 47:18 I totally agree. And I'm working with a woman in this situation right now. And she's fully functional, nobody would know anything different, as long as she's home with her setup. You know, the right kind of monitors the right kind of kind of things, her anxiety is if she has to go back into an office environment, she's not going to have the equipment that she needs to succeed. And that's, you know, a valid question. But remote working is happening available more and more. And companies, you know, may be willing to make, you know, accommodations, more and more, I keep trying to tell her that it's possibly less of an issue than she thinks, but we'll work on our talking points, and we'll make sure that she's comfortable and presenting herself and I just don't think it's gonna end up being a problem for her. Michael Hingson 48:08 Well, it doesn't need to be if even if she wants to go or if she's willing to go back into an office environment and needs certain kinds of equipment. The reality is, there are a lot of ways to get that in one state rehabilitation agencies are tasked with making people employable, and can help purchase equipment to, and I think philosophically even more important, whether it always can be used is why should the cost of business be any different conceptually for bringing a person with low vision into the employment environment? Why should that cost of business be any less or any different than what you do for sighted people by giving them computer monitors, computers, coffee machines, electric lights, so they can see how to walk around? The fact of the matter is that you know, in reality, so a person needs a magnifier or closed circuit, television type device. Catherine Morgan 49:10 It's too new for her. It's still very raw. But should she'll be fine? Michael Hingson 49:15 Yeah, but all of that is true, but there are places and ways to get the funding. The fact is that under the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is appropriate to explore with companies providing alternatives to what most workers use, and it should be part of the cost of doing business. We never view it that way, though. But that's a growth area for employers to work on to. Catherine Morgan 49:42 I'm hoping that that's changing. I'm hoping that we're going to augment what is quote unquote normal and you know, with neuro diversity and people with disabilities, you know, I It's my hope. Michael Hingson 50:01 Yeah, it's, it is a process. And it's new for her because she's not used to operating in a different environment or with different tools and with a different mindset. But that is still now part of her life. And here's the other part. And I don't know anything about what causes her eye condition. But she may lose the rest of that eyesight. And then she's going to have to learn all over again, which is another reason that I talk about the fact that this is the time, people should learn the techniques of what blind people use, because the odds are, if she started to lose eyesight, she's gonna lose the rest of it. And then you go through another psychological crisis again, unless you deal with it sooner rather than later. Catherine Morgan 50:46 Maybe it maybe at some point, I can ask you to give some of your hard won knowledge to her. She's a very nice woman. Michael Hingson 50:53 Sure, we can we can talk about that without doing it on the podcast. So nobody else needs to hear. But we could, we could certainly do that. But the reality is that, that eyesight or lack of eyesight isn't the problem. On either side, its attitude. It's philosophy, it's our perceptions, and misconceptions that create most of the problems. I agree, which is always a different issue. So you know, we talk about working and so on. And this reminds me of a situation just recently, I did another podcast interview with someone. And we were talking about work. And specifically, we were talking about work in the United States, as opposed to work in other countries, where in other countries, this person said, it would appear that people aren't so focused on just working, that they, they appreciate relaxation, they appreciate time away from work. And in the United States, it's all about just working and earning money. And that has to be an extremely stressful thing. Catherine Morgan 52:10 It is an extremely stressful thing. And perhaps you're referring to Europe, when you're talking about well, among Michael Hingson 52:17 other places. Yeah, it was she happened to be referring to Europe, she actually originally lived in the Soviet Union. And another observation she make made is that when the Soviet Union fell, people were presented with a crisis that now they had to make choices for themselves, whereas within the Soviet Union, they didn't have the opportunity to choose anything for themselves, which created another crisis. But she was observing with Europe and other been a number of other places, but primarily, I think she was referring to Europe. Catherine Morgan 52:48 Yeah, well, this American hard work ethic, I think, has come back to bite us. Hard work is good. I am pro hard work I. But the badge of busyness or overworking added as a status symbol is a big problem right now, in the United States, as witnessed the rise of just stress, anxiety, depression, autoimmune disease is just, it's not working for us anymore. We need to respect the fact that we are humans, and we need to recharge. We're not just people who work we have a personal lives and family and hobbies and other things that we should do. I just this, we have a big problem here and we need to reorient how we think about the place work has in our lives. One survey I saw said 65% of people felt that the pandemic meaning 2020 and 2021 made them stop and rethink the place that work has in their lives. And going forward. A lot of people are recreating something different. They're willing to work, they want to work, but they also want to see their kids. They also want to spend time with their partner. They also want to be able to cook dinner and workout. Michael Hingson 54:24 So you think we'll see that pendulum kind of switch a little bit? Catherine Morgan 54:29 I think we have I think that's a big part of what caused the Great resignation and the great reshuffling in 2022. Michael Hingson 54:35 How about employers? Are they recognizing the value of doing that? I mean, like as I understand it, in France, for example, in August, people basically are supposed to take the month off and in other countries over there, do these these kinds of things. Are we going to get to the point where we'll more value the idea of as employers having people be able to take more time off, or I think this is something that we're starting to see a little bit, being able to work more remotely, which gives us some of that opportunity. Catherine Morgan 55:13 Yes, smart remote working as opposed to never fully disconnecting, we need to make a distinction between the two of those, because I'm, I'm all about remote work. But what that can mean is that you feel like you're on 24/7. So if you're replying to emails at 2am, this remote word thing isn't working in your favor. But your point was around taking time off. And I think employers who want people to stay and to not have to replace and retrain workers will need to adopt that to keep their highest performers, because the highest performers can go anywhere. And they're going to stay at organizations that support, you know, a more robust work life balance. Michael Hingson 56:08 Do you think in our environment, there is room for both sides, employers and employees to recognize that, although one needs to earn a living money, isn't everything and there are other qualities such as working remotely or having more time off? Or having ways for people to relax? Do you think that that there is room for us to recognize that that kind of thing is relevant to and it isn't all just about money? Catherine Morgan 56:43 Well, how about if I was able to try, unplugging, rejuvenating, resting, recreating to money, meaning if we don't have time and white space, to clear our brain? Great ideas don't come creative innovation doesn't come. Now, what makes companies money these days is innovative ideas. Well, if people are just on the hamster, wheel, Hamster, Hamster, Hamster, treadmill, treadmill, treadmill, they are not getting their best ideas. They're not thinking about different ways to change processes to leverage technology to scale to come up with the next iPhone or whatever. So I think if we can somehow slip the idea into C, C, the C suite, that if you let your employees rest in play, they're going to be more productive and come up with more innovative and creative ideas. Maybe we make it work. Michael Hingson 57:52 Do you think we're seeing some of that or that we will see some or more of that. Catherine Morgan 57:58 We're seeing it and lip service for sure. You're starting to see website copy that talks about wanting employees to have work life balance. I have a former client who's working at an at an ad agency, which is that's an industry that's notorious for beating up their people. And she says that her agency is insists that employees keep to a 40 Max 45 hour week. And if they report too much time, they ask the employee what kind of help they need to get the workload back to something manageable that can be completed in a reasonable work, then she almost fell off her chair. Michael Hingson 58:42 Wow. That's that is pretty unusual. But refreshing, isn't it? Catherine Morgan 58:47 Oh, that made that lighter future forward. Wouldn't that be great, Michael Hingson 58:52 wouldn't it though? How about retirement? We've got a lot of places a mandatory retirement age at 65. And I don't know whether it's as mandatory as it used to be but should should everybody, everyone retire? Or how about that to go? Catherine Morgan 59:14 Well, I think like everything one size doesn't fit all. So the people who are excited about their retirement and are planning to do whatever they're planning to do should go do that. But retirement for a lot of people is not a great idea. Example, somebody whose identity is very much tied to their work and their position or their title or their you know, if you're a doctor, if you're a lawyer, you're known as Dr. So and so you're known as so and so the lawyer. If you no longer have that in your life, you can feel untethered and lose your identity and Don't be bored out of your mind, or sink into clinical depression fairly quickly. So if you love your work, and you are energized by it, and it's a big chunk of your identity, a traditional retirement can, can be adverse for you like, I don't recommend it. But you know, there may be a balance to be struck once again, maybe you don't want to be working full time. My cousin was a doctor, a pediatrician, her whole career. And now she's working two, two and a half days a week. And that's the nice balance that she wanted to strike. But she's got to be in her mid 60s. So you know, that's what she wanted to do. My grandmother sold real estate until she was 87. She said it kept her young and out of doctors offices, all her friends were rich and didn't have to work. And she said, they spent all their time going to doctors. So there's something to be said, you know, if you're that type of person, and you like what you're doing, you might want to keep doing it. Michael Hingson 1:01:05 Of course, there is the other side of it, which is maybe some people should retire for one reason or another. Catherine Morgan 1:01:11 Absolutely. Like I am not. I don't think there's one prescription that's going to work for everybody. I have a couple friends who are like I'm never retiring and another couple of friends who are really looking forward to it. And they have, you know, specific plans for travel or grandchildren or mentoring or teaching or, you know, whatever. It's great, but I don't I don't think we can prescribe. Okay, you're 65 your value in the marketplace just ran out? No, you're likely it didn't. Now someone who has a physical job if they're lifting heavy cabinets and stuff, yeah, you might have to adjust and maybe be the project manager or the foreman or something. Those aren't generally people I work with. But you know, if there's physical constraints, that's a little different conversation, but as a sprain renters, I have had a lot of people who stayed at their company for 20 years, were eligible for their pension rolled out and call me six weeks later saying, Oh, my God, I'm so bored helped me get a job. Michael Hingson 1:02:17 I have a nephew who worked for Kaiser Permanente for oh my gosh, oh, well, more than 30 years and retired in 2021, or 2020. stayed away for most of the year and decided that he was bored and went back to work. We didn't think it would last and it didn't he really he just retired again at the end of 2022. But he his situation is that he had to drive like 4550 miles to work every day, up over Cajon Pass and come down and the driving is horrible. And now especially after a pandemic, it's even worse, because he'll take two hours sometimes to get to work each day. So he's decided that now it's pretty good. And he went back to work because they asked him to come back. And they'd like him to come back again. And he said Not unless I can do it here. Yeah, well, not only remote, but there is a facility. There isn't a Kaiser hospital and he was administrator of portable hospital. But he could do most all of his work from the the Kaiser clinic here in Victorville. Or he could do it remotely. You're right. Catherine Morgan 1:03:32 Okay, so that's just, let's be smart about this. Would you rather have somebody who's really good at their job that you trust? Who can you know, do it? I don't know, companies are going to have to get a little smarter about who really needs to be in the office who wants to be in the office, because some people are natural extroverts, and they're dying to go back to work. And then there's, there's some people like me, who are super happy to be working remotely, and always have been. Michael Hingson 1:04:03 I'm used to remote to a large degree. So it doesn't, it doesn't bother me and getting to do the podcast is great to be able to do remotely. So I'm, I'm comfy with that. Well, we have to talk about the fact that you have a book and it is now out. And tell us about that, please. Catherine Morgan 1:04:21 Well, my book is called this isn't working, evolving the way we work to decrease stress, anxiety and depression. So the question is, how do you make a book that has the words stress, anxiety and depression and the subtitle not make people run for the door going ACC? So how do you make where's the door and how do you make it, you know, friendly, helpful, engaging, and I got very lucky because my designer did a tremendous job. And it's, it's funny, people look at the title and just burst out like Laughing. So that was that's one way in. The other way in is my signature, empathy, snark and storytelling, which is what people people say that the book is just like having a conversation with me. So if you liked this conversation, you'll probably like the jokes. Michael Hingson 1:05:20 Nothing wrong with snark. Little snark doesn't doesn't hurt a bit? Well, you got some news about your book today. Catherine Morgan 1:05:31 I did it. My little book was released. It's a small book with a big mission is my my goal for this book. And it is the number one new release on Amazon in the work related health category. So I'm very pleased to share that. Michael Hingson 1:05:51 Well, congratulations. That is definitely exciting. And if people want to reach out to you, or get your book or just talk to you and learn more about what you do, and maybe seek assistance, or whatever, how do they do that? The best Catherine Morgan 1:06:09 way to find me and interact with me is on LinkedIn. So I've actively posting there and reach out connect, follow me. And I'd love to talk about what's going on with your work situation and how we can make it better because with the great resignation, quiet quitting, the great reshuffling and the tech layoffs of 2023, clearly what we're doing is not working. And we have some ways to go to improve this, Michael Hingson 1:06:38 you could write a book and that'll help to Hmm. Do you have a website that people can go to? Catherine Morgan 1:06:46 Sure, it's a little long though. PointAtoPointBTransitions.com. Michael Hingson 1:06:48 Point A to Point B, the number two or to Catherine Morgan 1:06:56 point point A to point B Michael Hingson 1:06:59 transitions.com.com. That's easy to remember. Catherine Morgan 1:07:05 It is I tried it out in grocery lines and stuff before I registered for the URL. It's long, but people are like, Oh, point A to point B, people always talk about getting from point A to point B and Michael Hingson 1:07:15 it's to transition Catherine Morgan 1:07:18 transitions, and they're like, Okay, so it's long to type it out because I'm dyslexic. But everybody remembers said, Michael Hingson 1:07:26 yeah, it's easy to remember. And of course.com. We do have some clue about that. So that works out well. Yeah. Well, I want to thank you for being here and talking with us. And hopefully giving people some great ideas. If you're looking for jobs or looking to hire or just giving you something to think about. We're really grateful that you were listening to us today. I'd love to hear your thoughts about what we talked about and get your opinion. So please feel free to email me email addresses real easy. It's Michaelhi at accessibe A C C E S S I B E.com. And for those who don't know, accessibe is a company in Israel that makes products to help make websites much more inclusive for persons with disability. So Catherine, we'll have to check out your website, see how accessible it is? Catherine Morgan 1:08:23 You're gonna tell me it needs to rework I'm guessing, but I'd love to hear about it. Michael Hingson 1:08:28 Well, we could talk about that it's really not expensive with accessibe to do anyway. But you can also reach out to me through our podcast page, which is www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast. And hingson is spelled H i n g s o n, we would really appreciate and I know Catherine would appreciate you giving us a five star rating and talking about this and talking about her book. So I hope that you will all go out and buy it and read it and that it will inspire you. But again, Catherine, I really appreciate you being here today and hope that you will come back and tell us more as time goes on because I'm sure that the world is going to change and we need to continue to hear from you about new trends and new ideas and this whole process. Catherine Morgan 1:09:15 Thank you so much, Michael. It's been a joy talking to you today. Michael Hingson 1:09:24 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. While you're on the site., please use the form there to recommend people who we ought to interview in upcoming editions of the show. And also, we ask you and urge
On today's episode of Strategies, I am honored to introduce our guest, Robert Jordan. Robert is the CEO of InterimExecs, a company that matches top executives with businesses worldwide. He is a renowned author, having written several books including How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America and Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company. Robert and his co-author, Olivia Wagner, have launched the FABS Leadership Assessment, a free assessment at RightLeader.com, which is designed to help leaders and organizations perform better. Additionally, Robert helped publish Start With No, Jim Camp's bestseller on negotiation. Today, we will be discussing the topic of discovering your leadership style, and we're excited to hear Robert's insights and expertise on this subject. Show notes: 2:11 How Robert got to where he is today 5:54 Where companies fell short in their decision-making process when selecting people 8:40 The different leadership styles and some practical examples 14:38 How Robert helps individuals and companies operate at a level of excellence 18:39 Artist vs Builder Leaders Connect with Robert: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjjordan/ Interim Execs: https://interimexecs.com/
On today's episode of Strategies, I am honored to introduce our guest, Robert Jordan. Robert is the CEO of InterimExecs, a company that matches top executives with businesses worldwide. He is a renowned author, having written several books including How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America and Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company. Robert and his co-author, Olivia Wagner, have launched the FABS Leadership Assessment, a free assessment at RightLeader.com, which is designed to help leaders and organizations perform better. Additionally, Robert helped publish Start With No, Jim Camp's bestseller on negotiation. Today, we will be discussing the topic of discovering your leadership style, and we're excited to hear Robert's insights and expertise on this subject. Show notes: 0:50 Builders 1:58 Strategists 4:59 How discovering your leadership style can make you a more effective leader 8:09 Authentic Leadership 11:02 The FABS Leadership Assessment 17:35 A takeaway or method Robert has learned from his journey Connect with Robert: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjjordan/ Interim Execs: https://interimexecs.com/
Robert Jordan is the CEO of InterimExecs, which matches top executives with companies around the world. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he and co-founder Olivia Wagner wrote Right Leader, Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company, and they've launched the FABS Leadership Assessment, a free assessment at RightLeader.com designed to help leaders and organizations perform better. Jordan also authored How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America and help plug publish Start With No, Jim Camp's bestseller on negotiation. Questions • Now, we always like to give our guests an opportunity, especially guests that we've been interviewing for the very first time a little bit for you to share in your own words about your journey and how you got to where you are today. • Could you take some time to share with our listeners a little bit about the book Right Leader Right, Time, just some of the core things that the book talks about? • Now, do you believe that there's any examples globally, of a leader who embodies each of the four leadership styles that we would have just looked at the fixer, the artist, the builder, the strategist? • Could you give me one example for each leadership style that our listener could take away, maybe a practical activity that they could do or something that they could do to strengthen them to be a better fixer, a better artist, builder or strategist? • Could you share with us what's the one online resource, tool, website or app that you absolutely can't live without in your business? • Could you also share with our listeners, maybe one or two books that have had the biggest impact on you? It could be a book that you read a very long time ago, or even one that you read recently? • Could you also share with us what's the one thing that's going on in your life right now that you're really excited about? Either something you're working on to develop yourself or your people. • Could you share with our listeners where can they find you online? • Now, before we wrap our episodes up, we always like to ask our guests, do you have a quote or a saying that during times of adversity or challenge, you'll tend to revert to this quote? It kind of helps to get you back on track if for any reason you got derailed? Highlights Robert's Journey Robert shared that in some ways, he's your classic entrepreneur. He was in graduate school, but he was not the greatest student and dropped out to start a publishing company and started the first magazine in the world that covered online services and then the internet. And in the beginning, he made every mistake you could make in business. But eventually, of course, the internet came around, the worldwide web and then he could do no wrong and the business grew very fast to put him on to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing businesses in the US. So, that was his first company. And then he kind of fell into a very weird job title. He was an interim CEO for a number of technology companies, mostly early stage and that led to forming an organization called InterimExecs and he gather they're going to get into this because at InterimExecs, they had about 7000 executives show up who wanted to be placed, they're a matchmaker around the world in organizations that need leadership, and fractional or interim executives. And so, from that, they also wrote the book just referred Right Leader, Right Time. Me: Amazing. So, this book was published in 2022. Robert stated yes, Right Leader, Right Time just came out. About the Book – Right Leader, Right Time Me: Could you take some time to share with our listeners a little bit about the book Right Leader, Right Time, just some of the core things that the book talks about? Robert shared that when you've been asked something a long time, you can spot patterns, and with all these 1000s of executive showing up, they spotted a pattern which was not so good and then another pattern that was really good, and the not so good pattern was that the majority of executives were having career experiences, leadership journeys that you would describe as okay, but you wouldn't say they were remarkable. The flip side was that if you just looked at the top 2%, 3%, 4% of executives, they're having exceptional careers and leadership journeys. And in that exceptional group, they saw 4 distinct styles of leadership, leadership style referring to somebody having a system or an approach or a process. And they gave them 4 labels, Fixer, Artist, Builder and Strategist. Me: So, Fixer, let's start with that one. Tell us a little bit about what are some of the key skills or competencies that you'd have to be considered in the fixer category. Robert shared that Fixer is the energy, it's the person that has to run into the burning building time after time. So, they're not trying to pigeonhole any one person into one style, they think all leaders, they bring all their capabilities to bear. But fixer energy is this dominant kind of style that needs crisis. And for a fixer-oriented leader, it may take them 6 months, a year, 2 years to solve the client relationship, to fix a broken division. When that is done, that person needs to move on to a new crisis. Does that give you a picture? Me: It does. So, this could be applicable to any type of leader in any type of organization? Robert shared that it could be, what they're saying is that if you have dominant energy around fixer, it is best for you and for the organizations you're with that most of the time - you need crisis, you need a hot mess. And if things are too stable, or going too well, as one of the leaders put it you'll break it just so you can go fix it. Me: It's almost like you're self-sabotaging because that's how you perform, that's how you're at your best. Robert stated that you need to be in those roles so if you look in the world today, as he and Yanique was talking, there's a business called FTX, headquarter's in the Bahamas and of the leading Crypto Exchanges, and it went bankrupt a few months ago, and the CEO who was appointed, who is a classic kind of fixer, because there are a million creditors and there's alleged fraud. Well, that executive prior to FTX, he was at Enron, he was correcting Enron, he wasn't the cause of the problems in Enron, but that's his wiring. Me: So, we have Fixers, those are the ones that are good at solving problems, and they need things to be broken in order to fix it. What about our Artists? Robert shared that artist is the energy that sees the world as a blank canvas, or a piece of clay to be molded. So, you think about right now a leader like Elon Musk, he is driven by his innovative ability. Historically, you look at someone like Thomas Edison, or Steve Jobs. This is that kind of creative drive coming out. Artist energy though, the way they put it in the book is sometimes it's at that leader's peril. And he's strongly worried with artist energy and he gets that, which is to say you can't stop thinking up ideas, that doesn't mean they're all going to come to fruition, they're all going to be great, they're all going to be operationally terrific, which is why you need a mix of styles around you. Me: Agreed. It's almost like that book by John Maxwell, How Successful People Think and there is a thinking activity that he does in there that has a different thinking styles. So, you have big picture thinker, focused thinker, creative thinker. And in order for an organization to really function at its best, you need a blended approach in terms of people's thinking style versus just all of your team members thinking in a particular way. Robert agreed. Absolutely right. And one of the things exceptional leaders do better is they're better at collaboration. All of us talk about it, and he thinks everyone thinks they're good at it, the problem is that if you're not really confident and directed in your own style, it's less likely that you're actually effectively collaborating with everyone else. Because the primary thing they saw in this average of leaders who were having okay career experiences, but not great. The primary flaw was attempting to be all things to all people, it never works but it is the thing that a lot of people do knowingly or unknowingly. Me: Yeah, that is crazy. So, we looked at the Fixers, the Artists, what about the Builders? Robert shared that everyone in organization loves to be a builder, they get that. They mean something specific here with builder, which is the energy that can take the small, the nascent product, service, team, client relationships, and take it to market domination. So, you can think of, for example, someone who creates a new technology, and it grows fast, and they have an IPO, that's builder energy. What you tend to see with builder is that when that person has achieved an IPO or has achieved market domination, in many cases, they need to move to a new company, a new division, a new product, new client relationships, because they need the challenge of taking something small and getting to market domination. Me: All right. And then we have our Strategist. And it's funny, but would you say that most people believe that in order for you to be a great leader, you need to be an excellent strategist because business is all about the strategy and executing that strategy? Robert shared that it's a good question. And all leaders have to be good at strategy, strategy, he would say with a small s, the leader label strategist, we could have called pilot, conductor, captain, quarterback, it's referring to the kind of energy that excels within large vast or complex organization, the kind of language that strategists leaders use, it's around loyalty, and being mentored and mentoring other people. It's about longevity, typically within one organization, it's being cross trained, it's about gratitude to an organization. And that kind of language, you're just not going to hear that from typical Fixer, Artist or Builder leaders. Leaders Who Embodies the Four Leadership Styles – Fixer, Artist, Builder and Strategist Me: Now, do you believe that there's any examples globally, of a leader who embodies each of the four leadership styles that we would have just looked at the Fixer, the Artist, the Builder, the Strategist? Robert stated that that's a good question. So, when we're talking about Fixer, John Ray, who's now the CEO of FTX, has a massive job to clean up FTX, it's a disaster. The founder is now facing all kinds of criminal charges and there's funds missing and that would be fixer energy. And as they said, he had been at Enron before. An example of Artist, Elon Musk is a good example. If you think about any friend of yours, and they're highly creative on the team, they may be the renegade, they're the rebel. They're not necessarily the most popular, but they're the one that's capable of these discontinuous leaps for companies, and it's absolutely the energy that a stagnant company needs, that's the artist builder. So, if your listeners are familiar with Sheryl Sandberg, until recently, she was the number two at Facebook now known as Meta. Sheryl Sandberg's, first 7 years at Facebook were phenomenal, she took an organization of a couple 100 employees. Facebook at the time was probably about $100 Million Dollars in revenue. Seven years later, there were 70,000 employees, it was $70 Billion Dollars in revenue, if that's not the standout example of builder leader in the modern world, he doesn't know what is. Sheryl was also a cautionary example of what were one of the points they make in Right Leader Right Time because she ended up staying at Facebook, Meta for 14 years and what happened in the second 7 years, Cambridge analytical scandal, election scandals, the pivot to VR Meta which might not have suited her as well. Taking tonnes of arrows in the back for writing a best-selling book called Lean In. And it's a little cautionary because again, builder energy tends to be focused on market domination and once market domination has been achieved, that leader really kind of needs to move to a new company, new project, new division. So, strategist leader, great example would be Fred Smith. He just retired from Federal Express, FedEx. He was there 51 years and most leaders, we think, it's not like you have to round the basis, you don't have to have tried everything. In the book, they're fond of this phrase, highest and best use. And that is something we all aspire to as leaders to arrive at a point. There's no arriving but kind of a Zen concept of coming to understand your highest and best use. Fred Smith started FedEx as a paper he wrote while in college, that's pretty innovative, artistic. He's famous, he's been interviewed many times. When he couldn't meet payroll early on, he went to Las Vegas and gambled just to meet payroll and if that's not fixer energy, he doesn't know what is. Builder, of course, to scale an organization like that was amazing. But he really arrived at a place of being one of the best strategist leaders of the modern era. Me: Okay. So, we have some real-life practical examples that our listeners can definitely envision or even tap into because they're a part of what we know. They've written books, we've seen their history to see what they've done so that they can really identify what the leadership styles are and what are the qualities that they embody. Examples of Practical Activity To Strengthen Your Leadership Style Me: Now, let's say for example, you want to develop these skills or want to develop in these four areas. Could you give me one example for each leadership style that our listener could take away, maybe a practical activity that they could do or something that they could do to strengthen them to be a better Fixer, a better Artist, Builder or Strategist? Robert stated that it's a great question and one thing you also touched on earlier, they've launched at rightleader.com, a free 3 minute assessment is called FABS Leadership Assessment for any of your listeners who want to get a little bit of input and they'll get a result after 3 minutes. And they'd also appreciate feedback to asked whether they got it right, how you're labelled. But they'll also get a free summary in terms of descriptions of each of the styles. So, each one of the 4 is different. And it's not a generic answer. So, for example, fixer energy, it tends to be the someone in organization, they're smart, they're hardworking, and someone around them throws a problem that nobody else could solve. And that's how fixer energy tends to develop. And it is in the best interest of fixers, if they're hooked and they solve that problem that no one else could solve, the best thing they can do is to seek out the next crisis. You have to pick yourself for these things. Artist energy, they think, and they're going to see how the research goes based on all the FABS Assessments being done, feels to them a little more like a mode that is internal to you that you cannot help. And what that energy needs within an organization is to be surrounded by people who are more operational. As a way of kind of protecting the ability to keep on doing it. Builder is an energy in a way similar to fixer, it's more linear. A fixer tends to only work on one problem, one company, one crisis at a time, or put it this way. If you have a friend and they say they're a great fixer, but they're trying to put out fires at the three companies at a time, that's not a great fixer, that's probably not going to work. The opposite is you have a friend and they're strongly artists energy, very renegade, rebellious, they need multiple canvases to paint on at the same time. It's not an accident that Elon Musk has SpaceX, Tesla and The Boring Company at the same time. He's also a cautionary example because as he and Yanique are talking, he still has Twitter and Twitter was not his classic playbook, Twitter was a broken or maybe he contributed to making it a broken organization and he's using a playbook there and there's no other fixer on the planet that gets to do what he does. It doesn't tend to work well. But builder energy, what that person needs is to put themselves into situations of maybe not unproven product services, companies technologies, but something that has not yet reached scale, has not reached domination, they need to be in the position of where they're helping the product, the people, the process, the team to grow, their putting system and process in place. And strategist, strategist just needs to be within an organization where cross training and mentorship are going to be those components. So, those are some of the things that people should be aware of, that the overriding thing that they would say is that in observing exceptional leaders, they tend to reject more of what is not for their highest and best use. They reject more of what's not for their highest and best use. And so, it's easy to say, and it's very hard to do, very hard to do. But that's the thing on your career journey is, as you're going along that you become more and more intentional. Your first job, you need the money, you need the direction, your family is looking at you and you can't refuse anything. But what happens over time, as you discover what you like, and what you don't like is you start gravitating in one place or one direction over another, you start making more and more intentional decisions. And decision comes from the Latin word, meaning to kill off. And you have to do that with options that are not right for you, as you got to kill them off. That's very hard because we live in a time of FOMO, the fear of missing out. Me: Agreed. And, just listening to you speak and explaining that. I've definitely seen my career grow in that way as well, in terms of being more intentional about the jobs that I take, or things that I invest my time into and the ones as you mentioned that don't serve me, I tend to not get involved in, maybe 10-15 years ago, my decision would have been completely different. Robert agreed. Exactly and hindsight is 2020, it's hard to see at the beginning of your career, it's just easier when you look back. And so, that's the thing to kind of inform where you are now and where you want to go is to look at your journey and not to judge it, just to observe it. No judgement…..just observation. App, Website or Tool that Robert Absolutely Can't Live Without in His Business When asked about an online resource that he cannot live without in his business, Robert shared that it's an obscure one but he's on the road a lot and he has to send people PDFs and so he uses a TurboPDF app. Books that Have Had the Biggest Impact on Robert When asked about books that have had the biggest impact, Robert stated that he'll share two books, one is personal bias, because he was involved with it. Yanique mentioned it, Start With No: The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know by Jim Camp. It's one of the foundational books on how to be a better negotiator. And they think is something that just stands everybody well, because the foundation of that book is understanding your own mission and purpose. And the clearer you get on that you start getting clear on how it is that you're negotiating with other people and to have a sense of mission and purpose in those negotiations. The other book is more recent, it's a book called The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks. And if you consider first mountain, are the things you do in career that are about money and power and status, fame, whatever. More of the earning your living, as opposed to second mountain, which is when you're going for significance. What is it that you are called to? What are you committed to? He thought that that was pretty powerful. What Robert is Really Excited About Now! When asked about something that is going on right now that he's really excited about, Robert shared that that's a great question. He has to go back, this assessment has them really energized because they would just love to see what happens as more and more people take it. We are recording this, and it's very new, it just came out and only about 1000 people have taken it so far. So, they're putting forward a lot of ideas here and they may be wrong or right about them, they're going to see as all of the data comes back in how it plays. Where Can We Find Robert Online Website – InterimExecs.com Quote or Saying that During Times of Adversity Robert Uses When asked about a quote or saying that he tends to revert to, Robert stated that that's such a good question. “I fairly sizzle with zeal and enthusiasm as I spring forth with a mighty faith to do the things that ought to be done by me.” Robert shared that's a recording he heard many years ago, a Minister named Jack Boland and he was quoting his mentor. I can't remember the name of his mentor. But he said that on a number of recordings, and it just hit him between the eyes. And so, in his spare time he paints, and he actually painted a Canvas at one point with that expression, because it just energizes me. 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In this special episode, we have a discussion with Robert Jordan, the CEO of InterimExecs and co-author of the book Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company. Join us as we discuss his leadership journey and beliefs, the sorts of challenges which organisations face and any upcoming challenges which may be faced by organisations in the future. We explore the four distinct leadership styles which Robert has identified by conducting interviews with over 5,600 executives, they have identified 4 distinct leadership styles and when and where those styles are the most useful. For example: · Are you an adrenaline junkie who "runs into the fire?" You might be a FIXER · Are you a creative that is constantly envisioning new products, innovations and better ways to do things? You might be an ARTIST · Do you excel at managing teams, investors, and other stakeholders with diverse agendas? You might be a STRATEGIST · Are you transaction oriented and focused on the endgame? Do you see the ceiling as something made to break through? You might be a BUILDER Find out your distinct leadership style by taking the free online assessment at www.RightLeader.com. Find his book here on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Right-Leader-Time-Discover-Leadership/dp/1722505672/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1681596404&sr=8-1.
Relationships…parenting…balancing your life and career… It gets tough, doesn't it? Some days, I just wish one of my coaches would call me up, give me the play to overcome a challenge, and I go and execute it. I guess I didn't realize how easy I had it as an athlete. But seriously - you want to win, especially in your career and at home. Sometimes we just need to pick up someone else's playbook to get some direction. Because, let's face it, we don't have all the answers… Especially when it comes to managing and intersecting our careers and personal relationships. On today's episode of the Coming Up Clutch with J.R.™ show, I sit down with Drew Pittman - co-founder of Brain Vault, author of the book First Team Dad, and NFLPA-Certified agent for over three decades. Drew had an experience early in his agent career that shifted the way he thought about his faith, family, and the game of football. …and it turned into a Playbook. In this latest episode, Drew and I talk about… Drew's recommendation for preventing self-awareness turning into self-sabotage Drew's playbook for maintaining a tight-knit family while living a life as a leader What advice Drew's mom would give about getting to your next level in today's crazy world …and so much more. If you want some go-to plays for winning the game of life, then lock in to today's episode. [00:01 - 20:08] Introducing Drew to the show Drew's most embarrassing moment Drew's background, story, and professional journey [20:09 - 27:27] Drew's recommendation for preventing self-awareness turning into self-sabotage #1 - Start with your identity You're a child of God and created in His image Stop creating your identity based on what you do, and start creating identity based on who you are #2 - Understand you're going to fail Then communicating to your people that you're going to fail…that you're not perfect There's a difference between telling someone you're sorry and asking for forgiveness #3 - Be intentional For Drew, it's spending time reading his Bible, in prayer, and with his family Intentionally ask God ‘What should I do?” then take notes about what you're hearing Make all three of these part of your family culture [27:28 - 39:39] Drew's playbook for maintaining a tight-knit family while living a life as a leader Made a decision to not let his business run his life Get clear on your priorities, then make choices that are in alignment with them Parents: we don't need to give our kids everything Your struggle is what makes you who you are. Don't remove the struggle from your kids. You have to prepare your kids for the road. You don't have to prepare the road for your kids. [39:40 - 47:11] What made Drew start a new company related to brain health [47:12 - 53:12] What advice Drew's mom would give about getting to your next level in today's crazy world Life's too short not to love everyone. Just love people. For people who've lost someone close to them: be thankful that you have someone that you miss [53:13 - 1:01:20] Wrapping Up Drew's BIG domino How to connect with Drew KEY QUOTES “There's a difference between telling someone you're sorry and asking for forgiveness.” - Drew Pittman “Your struggle is what makes you who you are.” - Drew Pittman “You have to prepare your kids for the road. You don't have to prepare the road for your kids.” - Drew Pittman “Life's too short not to love everyone.” - Drew Pittman “Don't track the results. Track the behaviors that lead to the results.” - Drew Pittman “Don't chase money, fame, and women. Instead, pursue excellence in every area of your life, then all the things you want will chase you.” - Drew Pittman CONNECT WITH DREW Drew's Instagram: @dpfootballagent Drew's Twitter: @dpfootballagent BrainVault Instagram: @brainvaultcmt BrainVault Twitter: @BrainVaultCMT BrainVault Facebook: @brainvaultcmt BrainVault Website: https://brainvault.com/ Book: First Team Dad CONNECT WITH J.R. Facebook: @jamesJRreid Instagram: @jamesjrreid LinkedIn: in/jamesjrreid/ Twitter: @jamesJRreid Website: jamesreid.com For Men Only - Check out The Clutch Club™️: jamesreid.com/club RATE & REVIEW this episode on Apple: https://jamesreid.com/review SHARE this episode with someone who wants to be challenged, pushed, and positioned to come up clutch more often. SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on any new episodes and Special Guests! LISTEN to previous episodes on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Google or whatever podcast platform you prefer!
In today's Real Life Leadership episode, Chantel had the opportunity to speak with Robert Jordan. Robert has launched companies and helped other owners and investors build their companies for 25+ years. After founding the first Internet-coverage magazine in the world, Online Access, and landing on the Inc 500 list of fastest-growing companies, Jordan sold the magazine and began taking on interim CEO gigs. High multiple company sales and IPOs followed. In 2007 he started an online network for interim executives around the globe, expanding to 2,300 executives from 45 countries. Jordan then co-founded InterimExecs, helping owners and investors with powerful leadership on demand through InterimExecs RED Team (Rapid Executive Deployment). Jordan is author of How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America, and publishing partner for Start With No, Jim Camp's bestselling book and audio on negotiation. He is a lifelong Chicagoan, with a wife and two daughters plus two dogs. Enjoy! - Connect with Robert: Website: https://www.rightleader.com/book/ Order Chantel's Book, One Meal And A Tasting: https://chantelrayway.com/onemeal/ Join CanZell HERE: https://joincanzell.com/ Check out the CanZell Cloud HERE: https://canzellcloud.com/ Claim Your Free Ticket For The Grow And Scale Now Summit! https://growandscalenow.com/ Chantel: https://www.instagram.com/thechantelray/ For more resources, visit http://www.reallifeleaders.com/podcast Have a leadership question you want answered? Email podcast@reallifeleaders.com and you might even be in an episode!
Robert Jordan, CEO of InterimExecs, shares insights from "Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company," which he co-authored with Olivia Wagner. Learn about the four primary leadership styles, which style is best suited to which role, and what success looks like for each type. Find out how to leverage the strength of your leadership style to focus on your "highest and best use" and identify complimentary leaders to support your company's growth.Visit our website Follow us on LinkedInFollow us on Twitter
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Robert Jordan, author of the book Right Leader Right Time, and CEO of Interim Execs, which is a firm that matches top executives with companies around the world. On this podcast, Robert discusses the 4 distinct leadership styles: FIXER, ARTIST, BUILDER, STRATEGIST (F.A.B.S.) These 4 styles of leadership was discovered and is not being taught by Robert by way of over 5600 interviews with top executives from companies like Pepsi, Microsoft, UPS, and others. Fixer: Are you and adrenaline junkie who runs into the fire? You might be a FIXERArtist: Are you creative and constantly envisioning new products, innovations and better ways to do things? You might be an ARTIST!Builder: Are you transaction oriented and focused on the endgame? Do you see the ceiling as something made to break through? You might be a BUILDER!Strategist: Do you excel at managing teams, investors, and other stakeholders with diverse agendas? You might be a STRATEGIST!Which are you? To find your leadership style, take a free assessment here! (takes about 5-7 minutes) Social Media Coordinates:Web: https://interimexecs.comTwitter: @interim_execsLinkedIn: @interimexecsYou Tube: @InterimExecs Purchase Right Leader Right Time on Amazon Listen to all Episodes at Why Not You.Com or these favorite providers: Itunes:Spotify:Iheart Radio:Podcast Addict:YOU TUBE: Connect with Glade:FacebookLinkedInTwitterInstagram
Robert Jordan is the CEO of InterimExecs, which matches top executives with companies around the world. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he and Olivia Wagner wrote Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company, and have launched the FABS Leadership Assessment, a free assessment at RightLeader.com designed to help leaders and organizations perform better. Robert also authored How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America, and helped publish Start With No, Jim Camp's bestseller on negotiation. Click here to purchase Right Leader Right Time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discover Your Leadership Style There are thousands of books when it comes to leadership. Most of the speak about specific attributes of leaders and leadership. There are many assessments you can take in regard to personality and how it relates to leadership. But thing that the literature particularly avoids is "leadership style". When I ask you about your leadership style, what the first thing that comes to mind? Is it dictator, hands off, collaborative, something else. In this episode of A New Direction we dive into leadership style. And when it comes to leadership style Robert Jordan and Olivia Wagner have conducted research with thousands of leaders to help define for leadership styles that we have a preference toward. Perhaps you have a leadership style of being a "Fixer". Or maybe you have a leadership style of being an "Artist". Maybe a "Builder" or a "Strategist". The fact is we all have a preference towards a leadership style, but we may not recognize it. In this episode Robert Jordan, helps you to narrow down what your leadership style is and what organizations you best fit in, and when it is time to perhaps get out. Right Leader, Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company Robert Jordan & Olivia Wagner's book Right Leader, Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company is incredibly insightful. In fact, from this readers perspective it was the first time I felt that someone understood my leadership style and that I was not being crazy or weird. The book is an eye opener for those who wonder why they may jump from leadership postition to leadership position. It can give you some closer as to why you get an andrenaline rush over some things in the organization and other times you want to poke your eye with a fork. The book is well written and uses real world examples with leaders and companies you know. If you want to know what kind of leader you are and when you should or should not get involved, get a copy of Right Leader, Right Now. If you would like to take the FREE leadership style assessment just click on over to www.rightleader.com A New Direction is so grateful to our sponsors, please find their Facebook pages and Instagram Profiles and LIKE and FOLLOW them. Thank you to our sponsors! Epic Physical Therapy. Whether you just wan to move and feel better, have been injured, or you are a professional athlete or anywhere in between Epic Physical Therapy offers the latest in cutting edge equipment and the certified staff with the latest therapeutic techniques to help get your body and you back to where you want to be. Don't waste another day, get EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, Get EPIC Results, Get EPIC Physical Therapy! Go to www.EPICpt.com Linda Craft Team, Realtors they not only sponsor A New Direction, but they are the "Life Transition Experts". When it comes to selling or buying a home there is always a life transition associated with that move. And for more than 38 years Linda Craft Team Realtors have been taking the stress and obstacles out of the transition process. Linda built her business in 1985 one relationship at a time, and her team and her continue to do the same things she did more than 38 years ago and provide personalized legendary customer service. They can help you regardless of where you live. Check them out by going to www.LindaCraft.com Did you know A New Direction is available on nearly every podcast platform and available on DBTV that is watched by more than 250 million homes worldwide. If you would like to join us being a sponsor please contact Jay Izso at jay@jayizso.com
In today's episode of Notable Leaders Radio, I speak with Robert Jordan, transformation leader, serial entrepreneur and creator of the first Internet-coverage magazine in the world offering online access. What an interesting interview learning about Robert's entrepreneurial journey and his perspective on the relationship between success and failure. He speaks to the moment he realized his success was validated, that he was enough, and most importantly, that you are enough exactly where you are. Here are some of the highlights: The relationship between success, failure, and survival Why executives fail The key to accepting that who you are is enough What has been the biggest challenge and biggest breakthrough of his journey to success Click here to listen to his full episode. I believe you will be enlightened as he shares so honestly about his journey. Guest Bio: Robert Jordan created Online Access, the first Internet-coverage magazine worldwide, landing on Inc's 500 fastest-growing company list. He now leads InterimExecs RED Team (Rapid Executive Deployment), matching rock star leadership with companies seeking to achieve extraordinary results. Jordan is co-author of Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company, author of How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America, and publishing partner for Start With No, Jim Camp's bestseller on negotiation. A lifelong Chicagoan, husband & father, he shares an Instagram account with his dog Norman @Norman.clature. Website: www.InterimExecs.com Website: WWW.RightLeader.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjjordan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/norman.clature/ Books: Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America Start With No FREE RESOURCES: Listeners can take the free FABS Leadership Assessment to learn more about their own leadership style, at www.RightLeader.com. Belinda's Bio: Belinda Pruyne is a sought-after Leadership Advisor, Coach, Consultant and Keynote speaker. She is a leading authority in guiding global executives, professionals and small business owners to become today's highly respected leaders. She gained a wealth of expertise in the client services industry as Executive Vice President, Global Director of Creative Management at Grey Advertising, managing 500 people around the globe. With over 20+ years of leadership development experience, she brings industry-wide recognition to the executives and companies she works with. Whether a startup, turnaround, acquisition, or global corporation, executives and companies continue to turn to Pruyne for strategic and impactful solutions in a rapidly shifting economy and marketplace. Website: Belindapruyne.com Email Address: hello@belindapruyne.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/belindapruyne Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NotableLeadersNetwork.BelindaPruyne/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/belindapruyne?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belindapruyne/
Robert Jordan is the CEO of InterimExecs, which matches top executives with companies around the world. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he and Olivia Wagner wrote Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company, and have launched the FABS Leadership Assessment, a free assessment at RightLeader.com designed to help leaders and organizations perform better. Jordan also authored How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America, and helped publish Start With No, Jim Camp's bestseller on negotiation.Check out the FABS Assessment hereCheck out the book, Right Leader, Right Time hereFind Robert on Social Media: Twitter YouTube LinkedInBook Darrin to speak at your school or conference contact us hereCheck out Darrin's blog for great leadership tips and ideasSign up for the Road to Awesome email list and newsletterHave a book idea you'd like to submit to Road to Awesome? Click hereProfessional learning for leaders doesn't have to be a mystery. As leaders there are times when learning alongside your staff is very important. You have to know what is expected of them and what strategies and processes should be evident in the classroom. However, we often overlook professional learning specifically for leaders designed to help them be…BETTER LEADERS. This is what we do at Road to Awesome. Working with leadership teams to be their most effective and efficient, one on one coaching for leaders, collaborative leader cohorts, or specific and job-embedded supports each have their own specific processes. I want to work with you to support YOU, your TEAM, or your district on growing leaders to their peak level of performance.
What's up everyone and welcome to The Corporate Bartender!2022 is fast coming to a close, and we're getting caught up here, getting some amazing episodes out to you before the clock strikes midnight on Saturday night!Today's episode is killer! We've got Robert Jordan on the program.If you don't know Robert, get ready, because this conversation is FAB!Robert is a best-selling author, speaker, and talent development dude! He's written three books, and we're going to cover his latest, Right Leader, Right Time - Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company. We'll touch on the four leaderships styles, Fixer, Artist, Builder, & Strategist. What are they? How do they work? How do you figure out your own style?He's an awesome person, this conversation was a blast, and I think you're gonna dig it!If you want to skip straight to the interview, 15:15 is your spot!TCB Layout:0:00 - Show Open0:58 - Titles1:24 - Kickoff 6:31 - News You Can use15:15 - Robert Jordan Interview53:46 - Funny Things &WrapWebsites: https://interimexecs.com/https://www.rightleader.com/Join our community!https://the-corporate-bartender.mn.co/
Today I'm joined by Robert Jordan. Robert is the CEO of InterimExecs, a company that matches top executives with companies around the world. He is the author of Right Leader, Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company. In this new book, Robert identifies four unique leadership styles that, when applied to the right role at the right time, will skyrocket success for both the leader and the organization. I'm excited to have him on the show to discuss these styles and how they work. Show resources: Right Leader, Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company InterimExecs Sponsors: Jeremy Clevenger Fitness The Fraternity of Excellence ____ Order my latest bestselling book, You Have the Watch: A Guided Journal to Become a Leader Worth Following Order my bestselling leadership book, All in the Same Boat - Lead Your Organization Like a Nuclear Submariner Order my bestselling leadership book, I Have the Watch: Becoming a Leader Worth Following Become a leader worth following today with these powerful resources: Subscribe to my leadership newsletter Follow Jon S Rennie on Twitter Follow Jon S Rennie on Instagram Follow Jon S Rennie on YouTube The Experience of Leadership book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What Success Looks Like For Your Leadership Style: Interview with Leadership Expert Robert Jordan Robert Jordan is the CEO of InterimExecs, which matches top executives with companies around the world. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he and Olivia Wagner wrote "Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company," and have launched the FABS Leadership Assessment, a free assessment at RightLeader.com designed to help leaders and organizations perform better. Jordan also authored "How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America," and helped publish "Start With No," Jim Camp's bestseller on negotiation. Robert's work with many nonprofit organizations, in addition to public and private companies, prompted the discovery of four distinct styles of leadership among exceptional executives, and directly led to writing "Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company" and developing the FABS Leadership Assessment. Coming to understand and embrace your highest and best use in leadership is a recipe for enhanced success in career, as well as better collaboration with teammates and colleagues. For more information, go to https://interimexecs.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week in the Marketing Studio, our host Ian Truscott and Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester dive back into the big topic of personas. Now we've defined them from the last episode, Jeff steps through 5 steps to apply personas to content and campaigns. Ian goes backstage with Robert Jordan, the co-founder of InterimExecs, an elite group of top executives who are experts at growing and fixing company after company. After founding and then selling the first Internet-coverage magazine in the world, Online Access, Robert began taking on interim CEO gigs. Multiple company sales and IPOs followed, and in 2007 he started an online network for interim executives from around the globe, expanding to 2,300 executives from 45 countries. Robert is also a best-selling author, publishing “How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America” and, as you'll hear most recently “Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company”. Ian and Robert discuss advice for having a fractional or interim career, the inspiration for writing his latest book and the four leadership styles he identifies in that book; Fixer, Artist, Builder, and Strategist (FABS) and which of these best suits a rock star CMO. Finally, we wind down the week in the Rockstar CMO virtual bar and get transported away with Robert Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at The Content Advisory, for a marketing thought. This week, we discuss SEO and Content Marketing. Please get in touch if you have any thoughts or suggestions on the topics we discuss. Enjoy! — The Links (if you can't see them, please stop by https://rockstarcmo.com) The people: Ian Truscott on LinkedIn and Twitter Jeff Clark on LinkedIn and Twitter Robert Jordan on LinkedIn Robert Rose on Twitter and LinkedIn As mentioned in this week's episode: Bob's book website: Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company Find out what kind of leader you are - Bob's Leadership Assessment Robert's The Content Advisory Blog Robert's latest project: Experience Advisors Robert's podcast – This Old Marketing Rockstar CMO: Rockstar CMO on the web, Twitter, and LinkedIn Previous episodes and all show notes: Rockstar CMO FM Track List: Piano Music is by Johnny Easton, shared under a creative commons license We'll be right back by Stienski & Mass Media – on YouTube Like to Get to Know You Well by Howard Jones on Spotify — You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon and all good podcasting platforms – or visit https://rockstarcmo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, Business leader and author Robert Jordan and Alan discuss 4 types of leaders, why it's helpful to know who you are and how our organizations can become more resilient. About Robert Robert Jordan created Online Access, the first Internet-coverage magazine worldwide, landing on Inc's 500 fastest-growing company list. After the sale of the magazine, he launched InterimExecs RED Team (Rapid Executive Deployment), matching rock star leadership with companies seeking to achieve extraordinary results. Jordan is co-author of Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company, author of How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America, and publishing partner for Start With No, Jim Camp's bestseller on negotiation. A lifelong Chicagoan, husband & father, he shares an Instagram account with his dog Norman @Norman.clature. Connect with Robert Book Instagram @norman.clature Purchase A Dozen Secrets to More Effective Leadership https://bit.ly/3WQUTUl Schedule a complimentary breakthrough coaching session www.stayforth.com/coaching
In this episode we talk with Robert Jordan, co-founder and head of the leadership team at InterimExecs. Robert is also the author of the recently published book titled, RIGHT LEADER, RIGHT TIME: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career.During our time together we discuss :The most common mistakes leaders make regardless of the type of industry or organization.How to determine which of four leadership styles you default to and then how to make the most of that information.The three commonalities shared among great leaders.When to lean on your team for support and ask for help.
Look in any organization and you'll see a variety of leadership styles. One crucial aspect of leadership is staying true to yourself and what feels most natural to you as a leader, which means not trying to be all things to all people. Research has found that most leadership styles fit into one of four categories. Understanding these categories can help leaders stay true to themselves while enhancing their skills, building their careers, and achieving their organization’s goals. Today’s guest is Robert Jordan. Robert is the CEO of InterimExecs, which matches top executives with companies around the world. Based on research with thousands of leaders and companies, he and Olivia Wagner wrote "Right Leader Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company," and have launched the FABS Leadership Assessment, a free assessment at RightLeader.com designed to help leaders and organizations perform better. Jordan also authored "How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America," and helped publish "Start With No," Jim Camp’s bestseller on negotiation. Robert and I talk about the four leadership styles, their strengths and optimal conditions in which each leadership style thrives, and how to think about your career to optimize your leadership potential. Members of the Modern Manager community can participate in a free, town-hall style webinar. In this webinar, Robert will give direct, real-time feedback on peoples’ leadership styles to help them grow personally and professionally. Get access when you join the Modern Manager community. Subscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, articles and free mini-guides delivered to your inbox. Read the related blog article: Use the Four Leadership Styles to Advance Your Work KEEP UP WITH ROBERT Right Leader website: https://www.rightleader.com/ Interim Executives website: https://interimexecs.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/interim_execs LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjjordan/ Key Takeaways: There are four types of leadership approaches; Fixers, Artists, Builders, and Strategists. Each archetype has skills, contexts, and motivators that enable it to thrive. The Fixer is drawn to broken organizations and crises. The Artist sees a project as a blank canvas. They wi
Richard Oliver, Director of Partner and Community Relations for Visit San Antonio, joins Sweep the League! In addition to working to showcase San Antonio as one of the country's top tourist destinations, Richard is a special contributor for Fox Sports Southwest on San Antonio Spurs telecasts and for the "Sports2nite" program on KCWX-TV. During his award-winning 35 year career, Richard has covered Super Bowls, the Masters, Daytona 500, NFL Pro Bowl, NBA Finals, and the World Series. We talk XFL Alamodome Updates, Division 1 vs XFL, What event stood out the most during Richard's career?, Super Bowl Coverage, KISS, Masters Golf Coverage, Which sport electrified Richard?, Who is the Greatest Athlete Ever?, Astros vs Phillies World Series Predictions, A&M Talk, UT Longhorns Talk, Spurs expectations, Will Wemby stay if drafted? So many questions that need answers. All of that and more on Sweep the League Podcast! New Sweep the League episodes every Monday! Join Rudy campos Jr., Derrick Gervin, Candice Avila-Garcia, Rocky Garza Jr., Shemaiah, & Mark aka "Stats" as we talk sports & more every week on Sweep The League Podcast! Show that love! Follow us on Twitter: Richard Oliver at @RichardCOliver, Rudy at @sweeptheleague, Derrick at @derrick_gervin, Candice at @_candicegarcia, Rocky at @rockssjr, Shemaiah at @shemaiahonthebt, and Mark aka "Stats" @Markth333MC #SweeptheLeague #SweeporKeep
Robert Jordan is the co-author of Right Leader, Right Time: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career and Company. CEO of InterimExecs, he has spent decades working with leading executives in business, narrowing down the four unique styles of leaders that exist in the workplace which result in excellence. He chats to James and Mark about his experience and research, and how the findings in his book can help identify what type of leader we really are, how we can harness the power of this style and reject the aspects that aren't effective, and learn how to stop wearing multiple hats unnecessarily! Robert also discusses his time working for Yahoo in its early days, as well as the important role that small business plays in economies and the effectiveness of online support services. He also reflects on famous leaders and the legacies of politicians. In a fun and thought-provoking section not to be missed, he explains which Hollywood characters best demonstrate leadership types! Robert's infectious enthusiasm and passion for his work will inspire you back at your desk! GET IN TOUCH! We would love to hear your thoughts on today's episode, email us at podcasts@larking-gowen.co.uk. We would also love it if you could rate us 5 STARS on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, this really helps people find us! You can also now watch us on YouTube! Click here Leave us a VOICENOTE! Show notes: Book – Right Leader, Right Time Rightleader.com Interimexecs.com Right leader survey link Chris Mason on Impromptu Business Chat
Robert Jordan has launched companies and helped other owners and investors build their companies for 25+ years. After founding the first Internet-coverage magazine in the world, Online Access, and landing on the Inc 500 list of fastest-growing companies, Jordan sold the magazine and began taking on interim CEO gigs. High multiple company sales and IPOs followed. In 2007 he started an online network for interim executives around the globe, expanding to 2,300 executives from 45 countries. Jordan then co-founded InterimExecs, helping owners and investors with powerful leadership on demand through InterimExecs RED Team (Rapid Executive Deployment). Jordan is author of How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America, and publishing partner for Start With No, Jim Camp's bestselling book and audio on negotiation.His new book, RIGHT LEADER, RIGHT TIME: Discover Your Leadership Style for a Winning Career [G&D Media / March 29, 2022], is the executive reader's one-stop guide to assessing their distinct leadership style and a step-by-step plan for optimizing that style to best suit their business and scale its growth. SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATESweb: | Interimexecs.com twitter: | @interim_execsLinkedIn: | @interimexecsyoutube: | InterimExecsRebel HR is a podcast for HR professionals and leaders of people who are ready to make some disruption in the world of work.We'll be discussing topics that are disruptive to the world of work and talk about new and different ways to approach solving those problems.Follow Rebel HR Podcast at:www.rebelhumanresources.comhttps://twitter.com/rebelhrguyhttps://www.facebook.com/rebelhrpodcastwww.kyleroed.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-roed/Brilliant BusinessesWe interview and showcase business owners with their stories, struggles and triumphs.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show
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We welcome Robert Jordan and Olivia Wagner to the show! They are authors of a new book called Right Leader, Right Time: Discover Your Leadership style for a Winning Career. They are also co-founders of Interim Execs! They bring their expertise to assess distinct leadership styles and a step-by-step plan for optimizing that best suits businesses to scale and grow. They have identified 4 distinct leadership styles found in business today, what success looks like for each style, and what leaders can do right now to make sure that they're the leader the company needs. InterimExecs is a leadership executive matching firm that has helped fix global giants like Pepsi, Microsoft, UPS, and more by identifying the right leaders to step in during times of trouble or stagnation. By conducting interviews with thousands of executives, they have identified 4 distinct leadership styles and when and where those styles are the most useful. For example:When a company is in chaos or decline, it's time to call in a Fixer.When a company needs a creative jolt to jump out of stagnation, turn to an Artist.When a company needs new markets and big growth, hire a Builder.When a company reaches complexity and scale, align with a Strategist. https://interimexecs.com/
Louise farms with her dad and has quickly gained a large following on Instagram due to her real portrayal of a dairy farm showing the good the bad and the udderly!
Leslie Odom Jr. is a singer, songwriter, broadway star, actor, and author. He best known for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the musical Hamilton, which earned him a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. Odom Jr.'s self-titled debut album charted at #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and #147 on the Billboard 200. In 2017, he re-released Simply Christmas as a deluxe edition with new arrangements and new songs. The holiday album hit #1 on iTunes and Billboard Jazz Charts. For his performance as singer Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami... (2020), Odom earned Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, and Golden Globe Awards nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He was also nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for writing the film's original song "Speak Now," for which he won Best Song at the 2021 Critics' Choice Awards. You can catch Leslie in his role as Harold McBrayer in the The Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark!In March 2018, Odom Jr. added the title of author to his resume with the release of his book – Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher and Never Stop Learning. Failing Up is about unlocking your true potential and making your dreams come true even when it seems impossible.@leslieodomjrhttps://www.instagram.com/leslieodomjr/?hl=enhttp://www.leslieodomjr.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Odom_Jr.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1502434/@thecareermusician@nomadsplace
Leslie Odom Jr. is a singer, songwriter, broadway star, actor, and author. He best known for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the musical Hamilton, which earned him a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. Odom Jr.'s self-titled debut album charted at #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and #147 on the Billboard 200. In 2017, he re-released Simply Christmas as a deluxe edition with new arrangements and new songs. The holiday album hit #1 on iTunes and Billboard Jazz Charts. For his performance as singer Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami... (2020), Odom earned Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, and Golden Globe Awards nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He was also nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for writing the film's original song "Speak Now," for which he won Best Song at the 2021 Critics' Choice Awards. You can catch Leslie in his role as Harold McBrayer in the The Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark! In March 2018, Odom Jr. added the title of author to his resume with the release of his book – Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher and Never Stop Learning. Failing Up is about unlocking your true potential and making your dreams come true even when it seems impossible. @leslieodomjr https://www.instagram.com/leslieodomjr/?hl=en http://www.leslieodomjr.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Odom_Jr. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1502434/ @thecareermusician @nomadsplace
I'm super excited to welcome the founder and CEO of Super Purposes™ to the #OnestConversations!Learn how to build a career as a business owner or a hired professional and while adopting a winning mindset.Learn more about SJ Braun & her HR business on https://www.superpurposes.com/Follow @SuperJulieBraun & @SuperPurposes on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Join my brand new FREE email video course and design your brand in just 5 days! Sign up here and your first video TODAY: https://lnkd.in/d4wyn9u6Visit www.onestbusiness.com to learn more about the host, subscribe to the blog and find all video and podcast episodes of the Onest Conversations.#SuperPurposes #SJBraunSupport the show (http://www.artists4justice.org)
Meredith Viera's current project, the Fox-syndicated game show 25 Words or Less is now in its' third season and seen on television stations across the country. It's another success in Viera's award-winning career that began in local radio more than four decades ago, and has taken her around the world to cover the biggest stories and newsmakers.
This week British Academy Award-winning television executive Ian Hamilton chats about his early fascination with show business which took him from watching Sunday Night At The London Palladium as a youngster, to producing and directing Live From The Palladium, 30 years later. We also hear what it was like working with Michael Parkinson, Cilla Black, Paul Daniels - and directing News at Ten in his spare time. Also, what was it really like in the Australian jungle during that first pioneering series of I'm A Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here!? Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English Facebook: colin.edmonds.73 Instagram: colinedmondsssm Twitter:@ColinEdmondsSSM Website: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/ Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors Available at Caffeine Nights Available at Amazon Available on Audible Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2 Available at Caffeine Nights Available at Amazon Available on Audible Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3 Available at Caffeine Nights Available at Amazon
There's nothing Timo Scheider won't try. A karting champion before he was even allowed to race in his native Germany, he's an endurance-race winner, a Le Mans podium-getter and a two-time DTM champion. So when Extreme E beckoned as a new challenge, Timo had to be involved, and he's now a key part of the team responsible for laying out the championship's challenging courses as well as one of two nominated ‘joker' drivers on call each weekend. Timo caught up with James and Michael to explain how he was ‘stupid and crazy' enough to reinvent himself as a track designer for Extreme E. And we hear from series scientist Professor Richard Washington, key 2015 Paris Agreement architect Christiana Figueres and UN climate ambassador Lucas di Grassi about the race to zero emissions in the Extreme E workshop Tipping Point. -- Follow Extreme E -- Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | TikTok | Twitter | Snapchat -- Follow James & Michael -- James Baldwin | Michael Lamonato -- Follow Timo -- Instagram | Website #ExtremeE #XEOffTrack
BTS lets us in on the real origin of the Vulcan hand salute; award-winning designer Doug Drexler reflects on his career with Star Trek and beyond; and the answer to Tuesday's trivia question. Today's show is sponsored by EveryPlate. Try EveryPlate for just $1.99 per meal plus an additional 20% off your next 2 boxes by going to EveryPlate.com and entering code dstn199.
With the economy gradually opening up, it is only right we know how to position ourselves to be employable and to also know what to do to have a winning career
BTS lets us in on the real origin of the Vulcan hand salute; award-winning designer Doug Drexler reflects on his career with Star Trek and beyond; and the answer to Tuesday’s trivia question. Today’s show is sponsored by EveryPlate. Try EveryPlate for just $1.99 per meal plus an additional 20% off your next 2 boxes by going to EveryPlate.com and entering code dstn199.
Today CSEL host Sarah is joined with Al Weir, Co-op, Career & Employer Relations Consultant here at NC. They sit down *virtually* to chat with David Pratt - graduate of the Greenhouse Technician program, that has led an accomplished career path! Listen in to hear how his co-op experience contributed to his career journey! A podcast by @getinvolvedNCGo To College They Said...is a podcast for students who are looking to make the most out of their time in college and an all-access pass for students to listen, learn and start to lead with their best professional foot forward.FOLLOW @getinvolvedNCLISTEN on Spotify and the Apple Podcast App LEAVE us a reviewpodcast music "Gonna Sing by Peyruis"under a Creative Commons license
Meet the man whose discovery has made it possible to save millions of lives. In this episode, Dr. Harvey Alter shares the story of his 50-plus year career and how his research led to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Dr. Harvey J. Alter is a Senior Scholar at the National Institute for Health and was just named the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in discovering the hepatitis C Virus. Dr. Alter's research focused on patients who developed chronic hepatitis from an unknown agent during blood transfusions. Dr. Alter was also the recipient of the 2015 CDC Foundation Fries Prize for Improving Health, which is an award that recognizes an individual who has made major contributions to improve health. For more information and full episode transcription go to Contagious Conversations. Key Takeaways: [1:35] Dr. Alter shares how he received the news about receiving the Nobel Prize in Medicine. [2:47] What drew Dr. Alter to the field of health research? [6:40] Dr. Alter talks about his career. [10:51] Dr. Alter shares his Aha! moment. [16:26] Dr. Alter talks about the moment when he realized he was on the cusp of something big. [18:38] Dr. Alter shares the lessons he learned in times of COVID-19. [22:45] Dr. Alter talks about the importance of organizations like NIH and CDC. [25:27] Dr. Alter talks about the main challenges in developing a vaccine for hepatitis C. [30:18] What is next in Dr. Alter's career trying to eradicate hepatitis C? [32:35] What advice does Dr. Alter have for the future public health leaders of America? Mentioned in This Episode: CDC Foundation Visit CDC.gov for detailed information about COVID-19
How to Launch a Winning Career and Achieve Long-Term Success If you're struggling to land your dream job, chances are you're making mistakes that are preventing you from achieving your goal. Getting the right advice, help, and professional support can make a huge difference.Meet Kelly Virginia Phelan, Ph.D. She's a career coach and professional development specialist who has lived and worked in several countries. Some of the highlights of our interview include the following: 4:59 – The #1 roadblock that stops people from getting what they want. 9:44 – Kelly's #1 tip for people who feel they're not advancing in their company. 15:40 – What changes she anticipates in the future to the way people work. 18:43 – Kelly's career advice for people who are working remotely. It was really informative talking to Kelly and I appreciate all the tips and advice she shared with us! If you want to contact her, visit her website winningsixsecondresumes.com where she shares many great resources that can help you in your career. --------- Wondering how to free up more time from busy admin work with easy and free systems and automations? Click here to download your automated customer onboarding workflow: https://www.dianaolynick.com/customerworkflow To streamline your business and manage your team and projects in one place, this is the best functional and affordable tool in the market: http://bit.ly/ClickUpDO This is my favourite tool to host your courses, memberships, private group or community including automations all in one place. Check it out: https://bit.ly/DOKajabi You can listen to this amazing episode in your favourite platform: ►Itunes: https://bit.ly/ItunesDianaOlynick ►Spotify: https://bit.ly/DianaOlynick ►Stitcher: https://bit.ly/StitcherDianaO ►Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/cc6kn0mx Please help me to grow my mission by rating & reviewing the show here: https://bit.ly/ItunesDianaOlynick ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** This is where magical things happen: The Alkimia Success Show This episode is brought to you thanks to kajabi, the best platform to create the best courses and memberships in the world! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/DOKajabi
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If you're struggling to get in front of the camera and create content, this episode will certainly give you some helpful tips to be more relatable and personable on camera. Today we have an awesome opportunity to sit down with Kerry Barrett, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, with over 20 years of experience as a broadcast news anchor, reporter, and producer across many different outlets including NBC, ABC, and Fox. Listen in as we unfold the story of how a crippling fear of public speaking became a catalyst to Kerry launching a full-service media training and public speaking boutique, Kerry Barrett Consulting. The firm focuses on helping others bring their stories to life with confidence and personality. Kerry drops knowledge on what it takes to make it as a reporter and progress into bigger markets. She also shares tactics on how to have a more impactful Zoom call, and overall become more personable and more relatable on camera. Support the show (http://www.strixmedia.com)
Allow Yourself to Dream BIG About Your Career!This episode will give you an insight of the Award Winning Career Development Program and help you to think about how to improve your career options. Take control of your career and be more confident, ambitious, eager to advance and excel in a chosen career. Make your career work for you, and not the other way around. The goal is to have a meaningful work-life balance. The program will allow you to carve a career that brings you satisfaction, one that maximizes your potential and challenges you to continually improve yourself. Invest in yourself by equipping yourself with knowledge, skills, and competencies that you will need to make your mark.Click the link to find out more and register https://women-talk-today.teachable.com/Check out my website and get to know me so I can know you!https://helenmariatucker.com/
Award Winning Career Tips with Bison's Jack Fielding Award winning driver Jack Fielding offers some important tips that he has learned over his long career. Find out how you can improve your career and be successful behind the wheel. Bison Transport has many opportunities for truck drivers in their fleet across Canada. You can learn more about Bison and the opportunities available at www.BisonHeroes.com or call 1-800-527-5781 #ThankADriver @BisonTransport About the Show JOIN THE LEAD PEDAL PODCAST FAN CLUB www.TheLeadPedalPodcastFanClub.com The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers talks all things trucking for people in the transportation industry helping them improve their business and careers. Interviews with industry professionals and truck drivers, trucking information, and other features on the industry are meant to be helpful for truck drivers and those in transportation. The Lead Pedal Podcast for Truck Drivers has main episodes released every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with bonus material on other days. You can learn more about the host and show on our website and make sure to SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favourite podcast platform. www.theleadpedalpodcast.com What does The Lead Pedal Podcast mean? The Lead (pronounced - Led) stands for acceleration or fast-track of your career or business. It is a play on words and we certainly are not here promoting speeding in the industry. We are hoping this information will help you become a professional driver faster than if you didn't know about many of these topics. Are you enjoying the show? If so we would appreciate you leaving us a rating and review on iTunes or on your favourite podcast platform. The show is available at www.theleadpedalpodcast.com , ITunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Tunein, iHeartradio, SoundCloud, and other popular podcast platforms. Thanks for listening Join The Lead Pedal Podcast Fan Club where are loyal fans get first chance at specials, discounts on merchandise and much more.The club is free to join and you can learn more at www.theleadpedalpodcastfanclub.com
If you could embrace just five tips to make your acting career a success, would they include what Jeffrey is suggesting? Find out if you are on a winning streak with your career. Perhaps this podcast can be the inspiration you need. Shift your mind set and evaluate the winning strategy presented here. What have you got to loose? Please consider being a follower and let Jeffrey know if you've been helped! www.castingactorscast.com
Speaking today is Chief Marketing Officer Casey Stanton. After the recession of 2008 hit, Stanton was stuck without a job. Using some creativity, salesmanship, and a little luck he was able to find his passion in life through the success of marketing. Using his career achievements, he was even able to land as a professor of marketing at Tulane University where he created and taught several courses. Want to stand out in a sea of homogeneity at a job interview? Stanton has the secrets you need right now!
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