HR.Salon Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Overthinking. It's never been a problem for me, and I'm sure you've never been caught in that trap either. HAHA. Ok now we can be serious. In the Information and Social Media era, it's easy to get stuck in our own heads. Trapped in thoughts that keep us away from healthy truth, thoughts that keep us away from calmness and serenity, and even thoughts that keep u...

Send us Fan Mail Don't like the existing networking groups you see out there? Boxed out because your industry is already represented? Think you can do it all better? Nate Hasto thinks you can, and he's going to show you how to take the leap. Here's a few points that we covered: -Why it's important to be a "solution provider" even if you're not the one that delive...

Send us Fan Mail The marketing funnel is simple and well known. It's a simple strategy for bringing people into your world and turning into their customers. But just because it's simple doesn't mean it's easy (or done correctly.) Most people, if they are being honest, can take a quick look at a marketing funnel layout and identify where they need the most work. That's wher...

Send us Fan Mail Brenden Kumrasamy hosts the popular YouTube channel, MasterTalk, where he shares public speaking tips and strategies with his 25k+ subscribers. He coaches executives and influencers to bring their speaking game to the top 1% in their industry.  It all started in college with case competitions. "It's like professional sports, but for nerds." While his classmates play...

Send us Fan Mail EksAyn has authored two books, The Key to the Gate about how to get through to the people you need to connect with, and What I Want My Children to Know Before I Die. These books framed our conversation perfectly as we were able to dive into some great practical tips on gatekeepers, sales, and making good connections, and at the same time we ere able to go deeper into the things th...

Send us Fan Mail Brian Moran is a business owner and freely admits that most of the smart things he says came from someone else. If I'm being honest, I'm the same way. Brian is well attuned to business and personal wisdom and doesn't hold back in sharing some important insights in today's show. You'll get a taste for: -The difference between proactive and reactive people (...

Send us Fan Mail When I say a phenom from South Africa taking the world by storm, you may think I'm talking about Elon Musk, but in fact I'm talking about someone with just as much possibility, Marko Stavrou! This podcast was recorded on HIS 18th BIRTHDAY! Marko has done more for entrepreneurs by age 18 than I had by age 30! We talked about Generation Z in the workforce, personal brandin...

Send us Fan Mail Does your personal brand show up with you when you enter a room full of strangers? It does for Angela LaVecchia . From her smile to her style, Angela shows up as she is. To heck with all that "authenticity" business. JUST BE. We got to chat about sales, franchising, and making the most of your windows of opportunity. She studies up on podcasts, audiobooks, and other trai...

Send us Fan Mail To see positivity, practice looking out for it. To avoid frustration, take time away to let the pressure subside. To be more productive, time block your day into workable chunks and give each chunk an assignment. Spencer Jones and I dive into tons of personal growth topics on this one. Productivity, positivity, inner work, and so much more. We also dove into the concept of a perso...

Send us Fan Mail From HR to tech startups to the Chamber of Commerce, Melanie DellaPietra does a lot for the business scene in Rochester, NY.  Here are a few quick tidbits you'll learn from todays discussion: When you're networking there is an ideal size group to approach if you want to get integrated into the conversation quickly #OpenHiring is going to be the future for many industries...

Send us Fan Mail Not every business is successful. Those businesses that survive the initial gauntlet eventually make it to a point of transition. What does dad/mom do with the business? Sell it off? Hand it off to the next generation?  That's where Jonathan Goldhill comes in. Jonathan specializes in helping next generation business leaders take the reigns of a company in a way that allows th...

Send us Fan Mail Caleb Nelson hosts the podcast "Naked Sunday" centered around relationships and the need we all have to be seen "as we are". In today's show we peel back the curtain on happiness, fulfillment and relationships. We talked about the REAL cost of things. And that we'd better be willing to pay the cost for the things we want. We talked about Maslow's...

Send us Fan Mail Samuel Main is an accomplished world traveler, a business coach, and a fellow podcaster. We had so much fun talking about some of the MAIN aspects of his life, that we didn't even talk about how he'll be CLIMBING MOUNT KILIMANJARO IN A MONTH! Yes that's right, today's content is so fantastic that we couldn't find time to chat about climbing the tallest mou...

Send us Fan Mail Chuck Cooper gets paid to network. After seeing his parents decline he knew he needed to keep his mind sharp and his body active. It changed the way he looked at work and business. It was time for a change. He knew he'd never fully retire. So he transitioned his company from being a service provider to a concierge style program. He gets paid to take clients to other solution...

Send us Fan Mail "There's no way you're going to be a trainer in this company any time soon." This quote sounds like gatekeeping. It sounds like someone in a position of power holding our hero back from success.  But context matters.  Because this conversation was spot on. And those words were coming from a place of love and mentorship. That conversation was a turning point for...

Send us Fan Mail A few years ago Justin Peters made a jump to a new company. Within weeks he knew he'd made the wrong call, but was determined to serve out his "time", a full year so that he didn't look like a job hopper. Thankfully, he got the great advice to leave the job and decided to spin it into a positive.  Justin took a sabbatical and dove head first into something that...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest, Sara Troy, has recorded over 3000 podcast episodes and has been in the game for ten years! Podcasting is still running in dog years, so 10 years of it is almost like a century in other industries.  She shares a wealth of wisdom on how she started podcasting, how she has grown her podcast network, and why you don't need to know much to get started on someth...

Send us Fan Mail Home is the first space. Work is the second space.  And the third space represents a place distinct from both. It is in this place that we are rejuvenated, that we interact with others and pursue extracurricular passions. The third space typically refers to a communal gathering place such as a pub, a stadium, or a museum.  But Russell and I talk about that space in relation to our...

Send us Fan Mail Veterinarian. Firefighter. Astronaut. These are all aspirational professions that kids dream about as they grow up. Trey Socash dreamed about playgrounds.  And now he's living the dream as the Vice President of Bears Playgrounds.  Trey shares tips on marketing, sales, and business. But the most powerful things he shares are the stories of the owners. The Bears family is commi...

Send us Fan Mail There's a radio show in my local area that plays "nothing but the hits." That's exactly what this episode feels like. Every thread of this conversation is jam packed with ideas and value for building your brand on LinkedIn. This is one of those episodes that I'll be listening to multiple times to truly digest all the great insight that was shared. Here&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Miguel Lebron and I switch seats today as we record two episodes, one for my show and one for his! And you get to have a front row seat for both. You'll get to hear me in the hot seat to start off the episode! Today we cover a wide range of topics from Joe Rogan's controversy and cancel culture, to life lessons learned from video games. Check out Miguel's show, Stra...

Send us Fan Mail Some books are a lifetime in the making. That's the case with Eliza VanCort's best seller, A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space: Stand Tall, Raise Your Voice, Be Heard. When Eliza was four years old she was kidnapped by her mother multiple times and taken across the country.  Eliza learned early that being small and quiet was how to stay alive.  As she grew up she work...

Send us Fan Mail The separation between a thriving business and one that does just ok, can often come down to something as simple as a job title. Serial entrepreneur and corporate maven Teresa Bruni has had several successful careers. But it wasn't until she had to battle a nearly decade long illness that she finally found her calling. After using a mixture of techniques to become well again,...

Send us Fan Mail Success is exhilarating. And it can be a prison. Rosa Smith Montanaro was at the forefront of internet coaching and course creation when her book, Mind Over Platter, came out in the early 2000's. She received the E-Business Executive of the Year award in 2004 for the work she was doing serving her fitness clients. As her clientele asked for more tips, meal plans, and nutritio...

Send us Fan Mail Footage from this game went viral. Jason McElwain won an Espy and wrote a book. His coach, Jim Johnson, went on to become a motivational speaker and author. Their lives were changed forever. One decision opened up this world of possibilities. High school basketball coach Jim Johnson let the team manager, Jason McElwain (J Mac), play in the closing minutes of Senior Night. What hap...