Heart and Hard Work

Speaker Bio: Mitch Grimes self-identifies as a born & raised Dallas, Texas middle class middle Kid with a background in professional football and anything that will provide for his family. A sports management major who fell into the tech industry, his goal is to earn his way into management level doors within the corporate arena so he can create a positive impact. In This Coffee Chat: Mitch Grimes...

Speaker Bio: Haifa Haddad is a Data & AI consultant at Microsoft. In her role, she empowers businesses with Data & AI technologies to accelerate their digital transformation and cultivate inclusive growth. Haifa was a presidential award winner at the Tunisian National Day of Science in 2015 as she was a distinguished laureate and had the best average on a national level in her baccalaureate. On a...

Speaker: Prithvi Madhukar—aka The Marketing Nomad—is a quirky digital entrepreneur and business owner with a passion for marketing and a zest for life. She is a Podcaster (Top 100 in Marketing (India), Top 10% Global), YouTuber, Etsy Shop Owner, Author, Skillshare Teacher, and Influencer. She is also the CEO of The Marketing Nomad LLC, a global Marketing Consultancy Firm in Delaware that has helpe...

Speakers: John Binkley is the President and Founder of CRG Search. He has over 20 years of Executive Search Experience, has been ranked a Top 1% Recruiter for over 15 years, and currently leads a team that has filled over 4,000 Executive Searches. John holds a BS in Organizational Communication, an MA in Theology, and will begin his Ph. D. in Leadership this Fall. John has been married for 24 year...

Speaker: Matt Biggar was a hypocrite evangelist for the use of video in business and a former videographer until he decided to punch his inner critic and fear of judgment right in the face by starting a YouTube channel in 2019. His corporate career was centered on empowering others to communicate more effectively even if it was as simple as teaching a grandparent how to text their grandkids. Today...

Speaker: Serving as consultant, coach, and educator, Sarah Scala’s experiential and high-energy approach increases client revenue, reduces turnover, creates business value, and transforms the performance of executives, leaders, and teams, helping them reach their highest potential. She provides organization and leadership development, executive coaching, change management, public speaking facilita...

Speakers: Silviu Cojocaru, a career coach and the CEO of The Aha! Moment Academy. He is specializing in helping people at crossroads transition into meaningful jobs and careers so they wake up excited on Monday mornings. In This Coffee Chat: Silviu Cojocaru, CEO, shares life-changing points of view regarding challenging experiences, developing our empathy & true emotional intelligence, being clear...

Speaker: Jack Zwingli is an accomplished leader with extensive management and entrepreneurial experience in corporate governance, executive compensation and financial services. A highly successful track record in driving growth and innovation in varied organizations – from large companies to entrepreneurial firms. He has been a Fortune 500 senior executive, a CEO of entrepreneurial data/tech firms...

Speaker Bio: Kim Meninger, MBA, PCC is an executive coach, TEDx speaker, and the host of the Impostor Syndrome Files podcast. She is passionate about empowering professionals to become more confident, visible, and influential leaders. Having spent over 10 years in the high-tech industry, she understands the challenges and opportunities facing leaders in complex, dynamic organizations. She strives...

Speakers: Jason J Sosa: Jason previously exited two tech startups, including an NYC venture-backed AI company. He is a management consultant raising $100M+ in total for client projects.  He is a global business advisor and entrepreneur, advising dozens of seed to series-B startups working directly with founders and CEOs. EIR/advisor to $20M early-stage LATAM venture fund based in San Francisco. Te...

On This Episode: International experiences, moving out of our comfort zone (physically, mentally, personally and professionally), living and working in other countries, experiencing cultural differences, language challenges, Rivadavia, Lelle, Mateus share with you how resilience, passion, faith and hard work has helped in their experiences. Key Questions for Reflection: How do you measure life? Ho...

This Episode:  Identifying ourselves through reflection is the first step to confronting internal challenges and eventually exposing our superpowers. Persevering through the discomfort, we discover the true meaning of collateral beauty and can celebrate ourselves the way that we want to be witnessed. Key Takeaways: These are ours, what are yours? Leaning into the difficult conversation plants a se...

Being willing to make a fool of yourself, embracing your shortcomings and taking a step, is how we learn to become better teammates. In this episode, 2nd Year MBA students Tamara Norris and Pitu Sim do a podcast take over of the creator, Rob Maloney. He shares his experience overcoming traumas, how they have shaped who he is today, and learning to lead himself and others through compassion and joy...

This Episode: It’s not possible to advance to where we want to be if we aren’t prepared to leave where we are. Removing ourselves from the norm of what’s comfortable may seem unreasonable at the moment, but our immense power to compound our greatness can only be actualized when we are brave enough to strive for what we want. Janet Bruno, Monica Loza, Mahalakshmi Ganesan, and Brooke Bettis are four...

Join Rita Leal and Terri Tierney Clark as they share the untold stories of transforming failure and rejection into the catalysts that propel us toward greater success. Discover firsthand how to build unwavering resilience, conquer challenges, and fearlessly navigate uncharted territories, unlocking a path to a thriving career and a fulfilling life. Key Takeaways: How can we throw away self-doubt a...

This Episode: Empathy for others is a normal part of our daily lives and work. But how do we build empathy for ourselves? In this episode, we dive deep into the whys and ways to acknowledge our own feelings and have empathy for ourselves, mindfulness through confrontation, and fully appreciate the gift of life. Key Takeaways: Shining a light on parts of ourselves that we have hidden in the dark an...

Witnessing and recognizing others has taken me across the world and dramatically changed my life. Sharing stories, both fun and vulnerable, opens our perspectives and connects us with wisdom and experience that empowers us to embrace our own ways. We don’t all have sensational natural abilities, or the same opportunities and privileges, but we can create and model hope as we strive to be better te...

This Episode: Relinquishing the fear of vulnerability as something that sets us back, to instead, an incredible source of inspiration. This episode connects us with years of experience leveraging all parts of ourselves with gratitude and passion for our lives and work.  Speakers:   Tamara Norris is known for challenging the status quo and sparking curiosity in others to take a positive step toward...

Believing in yourself and empowering your team with attitude and posture are the themes that describe how Sherry Willman and Caitlin Byrnes lead by "doing whatever it takes to make it happen." Two extraordinary women talk about their lessons and experiences "biting the bullet", overcoming and striving far beyond any obstacle in the way.

Misery loves company, but more importantly, company trumps adversity. Accepting nature, embracing sucky things together, and finding joy in the pursuit, rather than the outcomes, is the true mindset of a surfer that we can apply to so many of life's greater challenges.

Curiosity is an infectious tool we wield to unite and reveal how connected we actually are. When we put aside our own inner fear and anxiety, on the other side of a little "uncomfortable" silence is even greater comfort and mutual understanding.

The discipline to pursue our passion requires spending a long time in the dark without feedback or encouragement. No one is going to do it for us so if we are not constantly evaluating, revaluating, and aligning to what it is that we want more of then we will waste a lot of time and energy in the wrong direction, or even worse... never start. Harish Guda is an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain M...

How can we get better at empathizing with others to learn more about them beyond a single story? Kangan Chinda and Dawud Yakubu are two MBA candidates at the W.P. Carey School of Business, but what makes them extraordinary is not their titles and labels. It's the ability to block out the external and focus on what matters. Especially when we are stressed and faced with pressures, it's crucial to h...

We're people first and that's easy to forget. Spending time with someone like Stephen Treadwell is an ideal reminder that the people all around us want to laugh with us, have been through challenges like us, and want to be able to support each other despite everything that can get in the way. Often it's the people around us that are able to see more in us than we can see in ourselves and have prof...

It's a special thing to witness when someone leverages their passion and authenticity to break down barriers and do the unexpected in their personal life. Even more special is the effect that it has on others to pave the way and create new worlds of connection and possibility. Dylan Kennedy is a dancer turned teacher and young professional who lives his creed and is perpetually focused on sharing...