Going Solo
151 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsGoing Solo shares stories, strategies and ideas to help consultants, coaches and small business owners build success as entrepreneurs following a late-career job loss.
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Reflections on Going Solo
June 17, 2022 08:00 - 8 minutes - 8.53 MBWe have produced 150 episodes of Going Solo since we launched this show in 2019. In today’s episode you will hear my reflections on what it takes to be successful when you leave your job and start your own consulting business. We are pausing Going Solo. We are continuing to produce weekly episodes of Smashing the Plateau, sharing stories, strategies and resources to help you build your consulting business after a long career as an employed professional.
Laura Rotter and Rock Robinson: Building Businesses of Purpose and Value After a Long Corporate Career
June 10, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 42.1 MBAfter 30 years of successfully managing money for institutional investors including Citicorp and Para Advisors, Laura Rotter founded her own firm, True Abundance Advisors, a fiduciary, fee-only financial planning firm located in White Plains, NY with a satellite office in New York City. Laura created a business that was in alignment with her own values and took advantage of her strengths. Rock Robinson is an accomplished Sales Executive with 40 years of achievement growing revenue with the...
Think and Grow Rich – the $5 million SECRET Featuring John Mitchell
June 03, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.8 MBJohn Mitchell is a serial entrepreneur. John has created a 12-minute-a-day technique, related to the popular book, Think and Grow Rich. In todays’ episode of Smashing the Plateau, you will learn how a 12-minute-a-day technique creates success. John and I discuss: What happened when John turned 50 [00:34] How to take control of your life and make money [06:28] Actions you can take that will produce your desired financial results [08:55] Focusing on the bottom line [13:04] John’s techni...
How Conversations Support Profitability Featuring Diane Tarshis
May 27, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 24.2 MBDiane is Founder and Principal of Startup Distillery — a global consulting firm that helps entrepreneurs launch successful businesses and secure funding. She focuses primarily on early-stage startups, regardless of industry. That means Diane gets to work with founders in a wide variety of fields, ranging from clean energy to cannabis, movie studios to life sciences, consulting, consumer products, design... and distilleries, of course. Her extensive background in finance, manufacturing, operat...
Freedom vs. Responsibility Featuring Jacquie Doucette
May 20, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MBJacquie Doucette has undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy and has worked for Canada’s Defence Department, both in uniform and as a civilian, for 40 years. We discuss: There’s more to life than just a job and a desk [02:00] A podcast that’s beyond retirement [04:15] We can make more money but we can’t make more time [07:50] The challenges of creating your own structure [10:24] The thin line between freedom and responsibility [12:53] When you finally find out what y...
Should You Buy a Consulting Franchise Featuring Tom Scarda
May 13, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 23.7 MBTom Scarda is a Certified Franchise Expert. He was the number one franchisee of the year with his first franchise concept and failed miserably in his second franchise. The lessons learned from failure are what make him such an expert. We discuss: A business with training wheels [02:09] If you can’t make a movie about it, then you don’t really have a life [05:51] A funny way of God humbling you after a great success [07:35] The pros and cons of the franchise business [10:34] The synergy ...
Reinventing Yourself as a Writer in Your Own Business Featuring Kristi Meenan
May 06, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 23.4 MBKristi is a Dallas native and at 50 years young, she reinvented herself and transitioned from a job she needed to creating the career she always dreamed of. Kristi is a certified resume writer, job search strategist and LinkedIn pro. In 2018, she launched her business We Write It Now and has never looked back. We discuss: When fear of success is stronger than fear of failure [02:00] The most important aspect of a resume [06:02] Transforming resumes while transforming personalities [10:43]...
Designing a Business that will Enable You to Leave Your Job Featuring Jake Lang
April 29, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 22.5 MBJake Lang is an author, entrepreneur, and founder of over eight online businesses. Jake now helps new entrepreneurs start and scale their first online business at TheEntrepreneurRideAlong.com where he shares his experiences along the entrepreneurial journey of starting and growing new businesses. We discuss: What keeps people stuck in their day job [02:09] How to know when it’s time to jump [03:43] Secrets to getting your online business work [08:04] Why it’s crucial to share content th...
How Mick Spiers Launched The Leadership Project
April 22, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 24.2 MBMick Spiers is the Founder and Principal of The Leadership Project and the host of The Leadership Project podcast. His vision is to inspire all leaders to challenge status and to have people stop, reflect and rethink what it means to be a leader. His mission is to empower leaders with all of the tools and skills they need to create amazing teams and workspaces. We discuss: Flipping the way leadership development is done [02:08] Starting your own business versus starting one for other peopl...
The Power of a Sabbatical Featuring Cornelia Walther
April 15, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBFollowing two decades in the humanitarian sector, Cornelia Walther quit to focus on POZE, a paradigm for social change that begins with individual transformation. Over the past years, she published a couple of books. Now Cornelia is expanding the network of like-minded thinkers and doers, whilst making the POZE perspective and related mythologies accessible around the world. We discuss: A twiddling faith that makes you doubt yourself [02:05] Why a sabbatical rather than changing organizati...
Building a Fractional Expert Business Featuring Jen Hamilton
April 08, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 26.5 MBJen Hamilton's love of effective and efficient teams and processes started as a CPA with PwC. Now as a Fractional Integrator with Wolf's Edge Consulting, she loves to work with burnt-out visionaries by managing the business's day-to-day operations so they can focus on profit and impact growth, and do what they love to do most. We discuss: No more jerks at work [02:22] How to run a really well-oiled machine as a business [06:36] A temporary CEO: from mess to maintenance [09:46] What helps...
Interpersonal and Political Savvy Featuring Rick Brandon
April 01, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBRick Brandon, PhD, is founder and president of the globally respected Brandon Partners, offering workshops on interpersonal and political savvy. His courses are taught worldwide in scores of Fortune 500 corporations as well as in many government agencies, healthcare organizations, and educational institutions. We discuss: Not a shrink but a stretch [02:36] Marketing a company versus marketing yourself [07:27] A roadmap for how consultants work with clients [11:46] LPGA questions to explo...
How to Heal from a Toxic Workplace and Create a Business You Love Featuring Kerstin Ramstrom
March 25, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 26.3 MBFormer Wall Street stock analyst who walked away to focus on her own health and helping others improve theirs. We discuss: The moment you learn to take a nap on your desk [01:47] The signs of a toxic workplace culture [03:46] Why you shouldn’t piss off a Wall Street research analyst [07:39] Traveling as a means to get out of a freak-out mode [09:27] The importance of shifting your focus from earning money [13:37] Work smarter, not harder [16:16] Why game stoppers are worth the money [...
How to Grow Your Leadership Coaching Business While Employed in a Full Time Job Featuring Earl Breon
March 18, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 25.5 MBEarl Breon is a former active-duty United States Marine with over 25 years of experience in coaching and leadership development. He is the CEO and Founder of The Leadership Phalanx where he combines his civilian and military experiences with his love of history to bring you what he calls, "The 11 Shields of The Leadership Phalanx”. These shields work together like the ancient Spartan formation to provide you a strong leadership foundation that values diversity and inclusion as fundamental to ...
Leaning into Your Unique Skills and Experiences Featuring Gayathri Shukla
March 11, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBGayathri Shukla is the founder of Campfire Kinship, a social enterprise on a mission to unlock the power of empathy through story-based solutions. She practices human-centered design and is also certified in an innovative method of storytelling called guided autobiography. We discuss: Entrepreneurship as a sense of calling [02:22] A journey to what unity means [04:56] What happens to teams that can’t deal with diversity [08:43] The results of having purpose aspiration [11:56] Threads of...
When Opportunity Knocks on Your Door Featuring Adam Mirabella
March 04, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBWith clients like Amazon, Dell, Tik Tok, LinkedIn, eBay, Facebook and Peloton, Adam specializes in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Creating a “Winning Culture” and Career Transition. He works with industry leaders to strengthen leadership and communication skills. We discuss: Opportunities find you when you are ready for them [02:26] How to get over the things that slow us down during a transition [04:22] How to build confidence when going on your own [07:24] Investing in you...
Feeling Grief After Losing a Job Featuring Jennifer Fondrevay
February 25, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 26.1 MBJennifer J. Fondrevay is the Founder and Chief Humanity Officer of Day1 Ready™, an M&A consultancy that advises Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and small businesses on the people challenges of business transitions. An advisor to senior and frontline leaders, Fondrevay ensures a company’s human component, such as culture, engagement, and employee experience remains central to the transformation strategy. We discuss: Mourning the future that won’t be [04:44] How to go from denial to accept...
Work from the Inside Out Featuring Tammy Gooler Loeb
February 18, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 24.3 MBTammy Gooler Loeb is the author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You. She is a career and executive coach, speaker, and facilitator who focuses on career satisfaction, and leadership development. Tammy’s clients represent many sectors and industries. We discuss: Finding a way to a happier place at work [02:53] What it means to work from the inside out [04:20] The experience of more life [06:13] Fear and excitement often fe...
Adding a New Revenue Stream Featuring Diana George
February 11, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 24.7 MBDiana George is the founder and president of By George HR Solutions. While working with small business owners, Diana found a common thread with most of her clients; the ability to hire employees that fit their company culture. We discuss: What it was like 2 years ago [02:54] How to know you’ve done a great job on a video call [04:11] Tricks to get people turn their video on during a call [07:02] How to duplicate yourself successfully [10:02] How get instant results from online courses [...
Becoming Unstuck from Your Midlife Career Featuring Lucia Knight
February 04, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 24.2 MBLucia Knight is a midlife career satisfaction researcher and designer. She spent 20 years in the world of corporate headhunting in UK and Australia before embarking on her quest to design work that would be MUCH more satisfying. We discuss: A slowly dripping tap of career dissatisfaction [02:58] Feeling brave until you start feeling stupid [05:31] The state of modern mid-life crisis [09:27] A formula for a lifetime of satisfying work [12:00] Ways to learn before you experiment and try [...
Taking Control of Your Life Featuring Sheryl Hammontree
January 28, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 23.2 MBDesigner Sheryl Hammontree left the corporate world in 1993. Over the years, she realized that leaving corporate doesn’t necessarily mean you left the corporate habits back at the office. She was successfully going solo at her studio, but, the addiction to being busy and the need for approval left her feeling unfulfilled. Sheryl recently hired a business coach and rewrote the story she’d been telling herself for so many years. Today, she’s the owner of Thoughtful Threads, a custom-designed ap...
Fractional Leadership Explained Featuring Ben Wolf
January 21, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MBBen Wolf, founder and CEO of Fractional Leadership, is the author of Fractional Leadership: Landing Executive Talent You Thought Was Out of Reach. He wrote his book and created www.FractionalLeadership.io to educate business owners and leaders on what Fractional Leadership is, how it works, and to help them find right-fit Fractional Leaders. As background, after building a tech-powered healthcare startup from zero to the largest organization of its type in New York State, he “went solo” and c...
How to Find Clues to Your Future Success Featuring Frank Agin
January 14, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 24.5 MBFrank Agin is president of AmSpirit Business Connection, which empowers entrepreneurs, sales representatives and professionals to become successful through networking. We discuss: Jumping from a great job into the great unknown [02:00] How to start making a pathway to becoming successful [03:20] If you can’t bring in new business, you’re not running a business [07:58] The only direction to go in is success [11:00] Anything but the truth [13:48] Why getting referrals is much easier than...
How to Become Profitable in Two Years Featuring Katherine Ann Byam
January 07, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 25.3 MBKatherine Ann Byam (MBA, FCCA) is the wing-woman to your genius and a business resilience / organic growth consultant. As a strategic partner to leaders, she helps businesses design and embed effective strategies for responsible brand stewardship, to deliver outcomes that favor a wider stakeholder view. We discuss: The queen of transitions [02:36] How to deal with the glass ceiling effect [04:02] A psychological battle of wills [07:00] Freeing up time and capacity for innovation [10:14] ...
Why You Need Help to Build a Successful Consulting Business Featuring Karen Gershowitz
December 31, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.7 MBKaren Gershowitz started her career as a marketing researcher at American Express and Emery Worldwide. She was then a partner at BAI Global, a marketing consulting and research firm. In 1991 she founded Strategic Action Inc., a marketing strategy consultancy working with Fintech, performing arts and other not-for-profit institutions. We discuss: Trying not to be the best-kept secret in the United States [02:44] The structure of Score: where to start when growing a business [06:21] Why a c...
Build an Authentic Life with a Business to Support It Featuring Dr. Andy Garrett
December 24, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 25.2 MBWith a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett has created a revolutionary personal development protocol - with his Authentic Growth Blueprint signature course. Dr. Andy also has a successful private practice in Newport Beach, CA - where he lives with his wife and two children. We discuss: The difference between having a choice and having an obligation [02:31] A narrative of self-efficacy [05:44] The type of motivation that...
How to Thrive after Being Fired Featuring Robin Merle
December 17, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 23.4 MBRobin Merle has been a senior executive for billion-dollar nonprofit organizations. She’s raised more than a half-billion dollars in philanthropy during her nearly forty years in the field. We discuss: How to be resilient in the face of major career challenges [02:42] The path to adding meaning somewhere to somebody’s life [05:48] Why involuntary exit is more prevalent than many people think [08:16] The first 24 hours of being fired [10:06] The people who will not add drama to your trau...
What Business Are You Really in as a Consultant Featuring Doug Brown
December 10, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 23.8 MBDoug C. Brown is the CEO of Business Success Factors, international best-selling author of the book Win-Win Selling: Unlocking Your Power for Profitability by Resolving Objections, and a nationally recognized sales revenue growth expert and consultant. We discuss: Lessons from the nonlinearity of careers [02:02] The dots that make career transitioning easier [06:11] What the business of consulting is [not] about [07:38] Focus on acquisition of clients versus focus on delivery [08:48] Th...
Reinventing Your Career Midway Featuring Tamara Lashchyk
December 03, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 29.1 MBTamara Lashchyk is a Career & Business Coach who helps mid-late career professionals reinvent their careers. We discuss: Struggling with the culture of HR [02:38] Why you can’t outsmart your boss [04:52] Reasons to quit a job even when you’re the top performer [09:08] The number one reason for job dissatisfaction [12:54] Life is a blank sheet of paper [14:07] The question that nobody, including yourself, asks you [20:26] What older generations can learn from millennials [24:10] Befor...
Launching a Solid Creative Business After 2 Months of Unemployment Featuring Wayne Pelletier
November 26, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 21.8 MBWayne has helped some of the world’s best brands with award-winning design and customer experiences. Unemployment found Wayne in October 2019 and by January 2020 his business was up and running. We discuss: How to springboard into creating opportunities [02:23] A few push-ups away from what’s obvious [04:27] The opportunity behind offering a multichannel strategy [08:10] How to build out and own your priorities across projects and clients [11:09] The comfort level with what the 90-day ...
How to Name Your Consulting Business Featuring Brad Flowers
November 19, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBBrad Flowers co-founded Bullhorn, an agency that builds impact brands with language and design. Brad leads naming and language generation at Bullhorn. He has a degree in literature, which he finds more useful than he expected. He co-founded the non-profit bike shop, Broke Spoke. Brad is also the author of The Naming Book. He lives with his wife and two kids in Lexington, KY. We discuss: How a literature degree can make you unexpectedly successful [02:31] Cash is king or cash is queen [05:1...
Becoming a Sales Consultant After the 3rd Severance and a Personal Tragedy Featuring Rock Robinson
November 12, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 25 MBRock Robinson is an accomplished Sales Executive with 40 years of achievement growing revenue with the likes of McGraw-Hill, Sallie Mae, Stericycle & the Univ. of Phoenix. We discuss: The right time to apply for credit [03:24] The five questions you need to ask during networking [05:47] How to store and save good intelligence [12:22] Why even busy solopreneurs should not stop networking [14:52] Hamster wheel and burn out as qualifying skills [16:16] The need for people who want to coac...
How to Not Live with Regret Featuring Neil Thompson
November 05, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 21 MBNeil Thompson is a product development engineer who decided he didn't want to be in the cubicle anymore, so he went solo. His company, Teach the Geek, works with STEM professionals who want to improve their speaking skills so they can communicative effectively with non-technical people. He also hosts a podcast, the Teach the Geek podcast, where he speaks with STEM professionals about public speaking. We discuss: The moment when your services are no longer needed [02:12] Ask Uncle Neil why ...
Why Respect, Collaboration and Communication Drive post-COVID Success Featuring Mark Monchek
October 29, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 23.3 MBMark Monchek is the Founder and Chief Opportunity Officer of Opportunity Lab, a strategy consulting firm focused on conscious growth. We discuss: Why everybody is going solo today [03:50] The going solo mindset: employer vs worker [07:15] Rockstar successes from Covid going forward [10:05] The keys to make companies responsive [11:30] Unexpected changes as a result of open communication [13:35] The hedgehog principle applied to knowledge workers [17:15] How to find the true greatness ...
How to Become the Top Startup Coach in the World Featuring Alisa Cohn
October 22, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 23.7 MBNamed "Top Startup Coach in the World" at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards, Alisa Cohn has coached startup founders into world-class CEOs for twenty years. Rated the number one Global Guru of Startups in 2021, she's worked with Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch. We discuss: The music in your head [02:12] Zero clients, zero business [04:26] The second day of a new coaching career [06:11] The perspective of your younger self against your older sel...
Turning Your Side Project into Post-Employment Impact Featuring Dena Grushkin
October 15, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 23.4 MBFollowing a 36-year career as a public-school teacher, Dena is continuing her love for education as a humanitarian educator, running a non-profit organization she founded 18 years ago. The Dream School foundation supports public education in Nigeria with infrastructure and resources to teach and learn. We discuss: Opportunities are often unexpected [02:13] Taking a chance on a career transition [05:18] How to be efficient when working for your mom [08:20] How to do good work in a damage...
Helping STEM Professionals Be Happy Featuring Gina Covarrubias
October 08, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBGina Covarrubias is the founder of Deliberate Doing, an exclusive STEM coaching service dedicated to teaching engineers and other technical professionals how to defeat career despair. We discuss: Engineers are famous for figuring things out [02:45] How to get out of the corporate bubble [06:33] How college teaches you to be an employee [11:10] A great solution for STEM professionals who want more of their career [13:00] Leaving versus staying in the engineering world [15:09] The first...
Why You Should Not Go Solo Alone Featuring Judy Schoenberg and Linda Lautenberg
October 01, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 27.3 MBJudy Schoenberg and Linda Lautenberg are the co-founders of EvolveMe. We discuss: Paying it forward to women in their 50s [1:55] How to make a pivot after taking an 18-year-break from work [03:57] An opportunity to take ownership of your career [07:43] The key to putting one foot in front of the other when times get tough [10:25] Major challenges for women trying to make major pivots [13:47] The importance of clarity and confidence in job search [16:45] The power of having a story to...
Trauma, Healing and Hope After Being Fired Featuring Julie Erickson
September 24, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 25 MBJulie Erickson is an executive and career coach who started her own business 15 years ago after being fired from a job and realizing she needed to take another path. We discuss: A Monday morning get going meeting [02:48] How to go where it’s warm [05:39] The dark hallway in-between they never tell you about [06:42] How to speed up your recovery from a job loss [13:25] Why family is not great in terms of helping someone in their job search [14:58] Why women are better storytellers [15:...
How to Use Curiosity to Build Your Business Featuring Gail Robertson
September 17, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBGail Robertson has a degree in Journalism and a Masters in Curiosity! After building a background working in Media, Fundraising, Advertising, Public Relations, and even as the owner of a Bed and Breakfast on Pelee Island, Gail uses her diverse skills to build and grow brands that last a lifetime and beyond. As the owner of GailNow she is a powerhouse connector, strategic brand consultant and keynote speaker. We discuss: Getting ahead of the curve by planning your exit strategy [02:44] Li...
How to Turn Your Experience into a Business Featuring Bob Goodwin
September 10, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 22 MBBob Goodwin is the founder of Career Club. We discuss: Making job search your job [01:21] You can’t shoot a target you can’t see [03:02] How come the job candidate is unarmed [06:11] A back door entry into companies of interest [09:09] The best learning is the unexpected one [11:20] How people should manage their professional network [14:45] Trends in flexible work arrangements [19:07] Learn more about Bob at www.career.club
Why Personal Growth is Integral to Entrepreneurship Act Featuring Josepha Vanderstoop
September 03, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 21.8 MBJosepha started Strathos Coaching and Consulting in January 2021. It was a big leap after working for an employer for her entire 30-year career. Josepha is passionate about helping people and organizations see possibilities, leverage strengths, and achieve goals. We discuss: There is more to life than the financial side [02:07] A very clear North star [05:54] The barriers we hit as employees [07:25] The push and pull of being an entrepreneur [08:52] Going between ways of being and lear...
How to Find Work That Makes You Feel Great Featuring Sarah Baker Andrus
August 27, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 22.8 MBSarah Baker Andrus is the founder and CEO of Avarah Careers, a career coaching business. We discuss: What makes it really hard to plan the next move [02:23] An introspective experience that helps you do what you do [05:25] Why you should say “no” to temporary gigs and interim roles [06:55] What to call yourself during the period of self-reflection [09:54] The only career decision we will ever make [12:35] A massive gap between reality versus structure [14:53] Skills hidden in high po...
How to Recover from Your Role as a Corporate Executive Featuring Melissa Carson
August 20, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 22.3 MBRecovering corporate HR executive turned activator for leaders who want to show up as the best versions of themselves and advisor for organizations focused on creating workplaces that people want to be part of. We discuss: All of the things you [don’t] want to do [01:38] Not necessarily a money maker right up front [04:17] Strategy opposed to execution [06:00] Why we should be talking about performance day to day [07:51] The people who already know they have an opportunity to step up [...
I Used to be Somebody Featuring Carl Landau
August 13, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 19.6 MBCarl Landau has started 3 media companies and 5 magazines. He also has created hundreds of live conferences and trade shows. Probably more importantly he has sold his 3 companies. His media companies were in the Software Development, Craft Brewing and Niche Media industry. He sold his last business 2 years ago and has started Pickleball Media. Carl is the host of the "I Used to be Somebody" podcast. It targets 50+ year old former Entrepreneurs, Consultants and Corporate types who don't want...
Why You Need to Connect with Younger Professionals Featuring Charlotte Japp
August 06, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 22.5 MBCharlotte Japp is the founder of CIRKEL, a company that connects older and younger professionals for mutual personal and professional growth. We discuss: A mentorship that works both ways [01:58] A framework for intergenerational spaces [05:38] Splitting energy between a regular job and entrepreneurship [08:48] How the people who want to be helped will help you [10:35] A baseline of connecting with your audience [12:34] The challenges of systematic ageism in the job market [15:16] ...
Just Get Started Featuring Ingor Van Rooi
July 30, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBIngor is passionate about people. She's known by many as a storyteller and power-connector. She uses storytelling to share her thoughts and helps others to connect with people and resources to help them flourish. We discuss: The fear of the unknown as a trigger to get into entrepreneurship [01:30] How to transfer your corporate skills set into your new business [03:34] How to have your first client within two weeks after going solo [05:25] The freedom to work with those who align with y...
How to Become a Profitable Coach When You’ve Been Squeezed Out of Employment Featuring Ed Evarts
July 23, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBEd Evarts is a leadership coach, team coach, strategist, podcast host, and author who helps successful leaders build their self-awareness so they can self-manage more effectively. We discuss: The difference in people you hire versus those you inherit [01:20] How helping others succeed makes you successful as well [06:05] How to survive the 5-year critical period [07:39] Persistence in something you believe in [08:43] No one can help you more than somebody else who wants you to be succe...
How to Launch Your Second Act Featuring Andy Levine
July 16, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 18.7 MBAndy Levine is the creator and host of “Second Act Stories.” A fascination with storytelling and second acts, triggered the launch of this podcast. He lives in Ocean Grove, New Jersey about five blocks from the Atlantic Ocean. He is always on the lookout for a good story and has traveled across the country to face-to-face interviews with podcast guests. We discuss: Find what feeds you [01:30] A complete change of two frustrated journalists [03:35] What you need to make the transition fro...
Empowering Your Side B Featuring Paula White
July 09, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 20.7 MBPaula White is a globally recognized sales leader focused on shifting perspective through music. She is experienced in scaling Inside Sales Teams into multi-million stand-alone sales channels. We discuss: The times we choose faster income rather than building a company [02:03] Why corporate work culture makes you want to sleep [03:40] How promotion takes away the creative part of you [06:01] Why we need positive emotional-based resumes [08:02] What it takes to develop the side B of you...