AugMentors

AugMentors hosts Julie Meyer and Jimmy Edgerton asked each other Eric Pliner's favorite question: "What is the #1 thing people get wrong about you?". They shared how this question shows vulnerability as a super-power as they both share their first impressions as they started this podcast. Want to connect with Julie and Jimmy, to learn more? Find out here! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimm...

AugMentors is joined by Simon Severino, a TEDx Speaker, Author of Strategy Sprints, all while he helps business owners in SaaS and Services run their company efficiently which results in soaring sales. In this episode, he shared about his journey on being a Knowledge Worker and why he trusts the process. His experiences in mentoring and Sales allows him to give valuable points on other topics like...

Chief Executive Officer at YSC Consulting and Author of "Difficult Decisions", Eric Pliner, shares with AugMentors his stories of showing up for others and understanding each other’s intent. Him coming across difficult decisions shaped his valuable thoughts on building mentoring relationships and ideas on other topics like: The Evolution of Showing up for others What are the Different Roles we hav...

Thought Leadership and Personal Brand Consultant, CHIEF Member, and a content creator for purpose-driven leaders, Julie Morris shares with AugMentors her journey on mentoring relationships, and how to know what value you can bring on the table. The important experience she had in life allowed her to share valuable takes on other topics like: The mentors you will find around you How peer mentoring...

Author of the book "The Unexpected Leader", Leadership Consultant, and Host of “Just Start” Podcast, Jacqueline Baker shares with AugMentors her stories and experiences on how each of us can be our own unexpected leader. Her success in the business of Leadership training shaped her to share chunks of helpful ideas on topics like: The Features and Benefits of Etiquette Different Levels of Leadershi...

Global Business leader, investor, and content creator Jeff L. Herrmann shares with AugMentors his stories and experiences on how you can have an effective mentoring relationship throughout your professional and personal life. His authenticity and success as an entrepreneur allowed him to share pieces of helpful information on topics like: Mentoring in entrepreneurship vs corporate 6:30 - 8:30 Four...

Master Sales Coach, Jaime Rowe, who activates your inner Sales Maven with practical, step-by-step solutions that supercharge your sales and impact, shares with AugMentors her inspiring stories of building connections and taking calculated risks in the competitive world of sales and mentorship. Jaime’s effectiveness as a sales and business coach allowed her to give insightful thoughts about other t...

CEO of Bluedog Design and B Corp Culture Catalyst Board Member, Michelle Hayward shares with AugMentors her experiences in building and keeping relationships while aiming for career growth. Michelle’s success in the business allows her to give helpful ideas on how to make an effective network, no matter the age or gender, and other topics like:What are the first steps in building relationships (7:...

CHIEF Founding Member and Product, Brand, & Growth CMO, Eugina Jordan and her mentee, Vidya Charmal, a 5G RAN Developer at Parallel Wireless Inc., joined force today to share how they make a mentoring relationship evolve successfully amidst cultural differences. Both of their experiences in taking a leap of faith made them be able to impart learnings and realizations on how success in mentorship r...

VP/Head of Global Products & Engineering - Mobile & Native Apps in Udemy and Harvard & MIT Advisor, Karthik Iyappan Gunasekaran shares with AugMentors his stories of innovation and curiosity with new technologies. Karthik’s successful career path made him able to impart valuable takes on building connections in a fast-paced corporate world. Some topics were:How mentors fit in a generalist mindset...

Accomplished lawyer for 30 years, Deane Brown shares with AugMentors her journey in the legal community and her mentoring experiences. With Deane’s background as a defender, she shares some tips and wisdom on how to create connections and show up with resilience in a diverse law career. Some great nuggets of wisdom include:Why mentors matter in law (9:49 - 11:53)How to foster diverse thinking in l...

Independent Scholar and Social Science Researcher, Dr. S. Rasheem joins the AugMentors to share research, stories & experience in mentoring - specifically with black women in academia & PhD programs. In Rasheem's journey as a scholar, she talks about the right moves if you’re in the search of a mentor, and topics like:How to identify and connect with your future mentor. 09:01 - 13:31Evolution of h...

Addiction expert Scott Hesseltine joins the AugMentors to share his experience, strength, and hope in recovery and mentoring. As Scott shares about his journey as a mentor in this field, he talks about the factors to achieve a successful and connected life, covering topics like:How to move from isolation to connectedness 12:12Defining the abundance mentality in leadership 19:10Technology as a tool...

In this episode, we deep-dive on resilience with the fabulous Janet Grant, a leadership & resilience coach at Better People UK. Janet guides the AugMentors through vulnerability, how to open yourself up to others, and how to showcase your "BounceAbility" through the ebbs and flows of life. Which member of the royal family would make the best mentor? [06:00].What is "BounceAbility" and how does it...

Founding Chief member and mentoring enthusiast Michelle Ferguson joins the AugMentors to talk about her new book, Women-Toring. Sharing her experience with mentoring other women throughout her global corporate career, Michelle talks about the vulnerability needed across different communities, including:How CHIEF fosters a community of mentors supporting each other 6:41How can women support each ot...

In this episode, we are joined by the incredible Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley to share how his career path evolved in the Chess world, what are the challenges he has to go through before reaching his level, and who are the mentors who helped him in the journey. We began the episode with Maurice sharing how he has reinvented himself by being in the line of players to evolve to other career path...

Let’s say we are in a perfect corporate world, and your career is going so smoothly and the way you wanted it to be, the next question is how do you handle the shift of roles? How will you show up when the leader hat is now handed to you? Campbell Soup Company’s Chief Marketing Officer Linda Lee shares her exciting journey of flexing her style in the corporate world. She also talks about why every...

What is the difference between mentoring and teaching? Can professors turn into mentors and vice versa? And how is mentoring different from being in an undergrad school where you also get to learn? Columbia Journalism School professor and multimedia journalist Duy Linh Tu shares the journey of professorship and mentoring. He also shared the real problem in mentoring in journalism, how relationship...

Could mentoring be a piece of the puzzle for breaking inequality? And aside from impactful one-on-one relationships, how can you scale these connections across geographies and kilometers in a complicated place like India? If anyone can make this impact, it is the trailblazer Arundhuti Gupta, the Founder of Mentor Together. Join Julie and Jimmy as they dive deep on how to empower a society, how gir...

Let’s be real. For some people, they might have their profession and passion all in one plate, BUT– it is not always the case. And, as we age, our professional life will ask more and more of our time and energy. How are we going to keep the best of both worlds? Where do we get the energy for it, without overdoing the coffee? No worries, because we have Alice Lam, Founder of Volly App– volunteering...

Careers change dramatically over the years, and pandemic has amplified it. As an employee, how do we keep up? What should we do to still develop ourselves despite the challenges? To help us with these questions, the mentoring Guru, Wendy Murphy, PhD, Associate Dean & Professor, Author, and Keynote Speaker at Babson College shares with us how to get and keep connected to your workplace. We also dis...

Who mentor the mentors? When you are an HR leader and everyone is looking up to you to support them, how do you find support? And, what tips can be shared to help everyone have better, two-way mentoring relationships? No worries, we got you! We sat down with Ellen Prenelus, a global human resources leader, to guide us on how we can be comfortable in a mentoring relationship. She also showered us w...

One question we often get is - how do you define a mentor? Does it have to be someone who is with you for a lifetime? Can it be someone who shares a word or two with you in passing? Or maybe your mentor has four legs. The brilliant Patrice Webb - mentor, community organizer, volunteer, organizational scientist, and kindness infusion expert - joins us this week, to talk about all the different kind...

The balance between showing up as your authentic self while still setting boundaries in the workplace is real. For our second episode of the season, we're joined by the inspiring leader, mentor and badass, Tanarra Schneider as we uncover how mentors can support us in bringing our best selves to work. In this episode, we also talked about the benefits of a four-day work week, how temping can change...

Welcome to the first episode of AugMentors Season Two! Ron Johnson, CEO of Triton NYC, an instructional designer, business coach, educator, public speaker, and marathoner, brings his unique perspective on the connection between virtual and augmented reality and mentoring. Enjoy! What’s the next thing for Augmented reality[6:10]Corporate Training on VR[9:57]Insta 360 Version[10:36]Ron’s Mentor into...