The One Away Show

People whom we meet make quick decisions about us. Should they hire us? Trust us? Follow us? Work with us? Buy from us? Sylvie di Giusto is a professional keynote speaker and trainer who uses her corporate experience and multicultural background to help audiences around the world understand how people make up their minds very quickly about them and either open the door or slam it shut. With a cutt...

Leslie Ehm is an author, speaker, coach, advertising creative director, and former UK TV host who helps people to discover, embrace, and release their unique 'swagger'. With Combustion Training, the award-winning company that she founded, Leslie has been fortunate enough to work with global organizations like Google, TD Bank, Uber, HBO, Brown Foreman, Pepsico, Wilson, and Honda, and helped profess...

Gautam might be the most interesting man in the world. He is one of the most fascinating people I've been able to talk to on this show, and I loved interviewing and learning from him. Gautam likes to take concepts and push them to their most abstract uses. While business theory may not seem like it has much application in a military setting, Gautam demonstrates how some principles can apply across...

Gautam Mukunda is an internationally recognized expert in leadership and innovation. He has been everything from an Ivy-League professor to a podcast host. Gautam received his PhD from MIT in political science and an AB in Government from Harvard, and since then has followed his many interests wherever they will take him. He has served on numerous councils in the worlds of politics, biotechnology,...

Peter Shankman is the Founder of HARO - Help A Reporter Out, which became the standard for thousands of journalists looking for sources. He also founded and leads The ShankMinds Breakthrough Network, which is an elite, online mastermind of thought leaders, business experts, and change-makers, as well as Faster than Normal - a podcast on ADHD, focusing on the superpowers and gifts of having a "fast...

Fotini Iconomopoulos is an Author, Keynote Speaker, MBA Instructor, Trainer & Advisor with Forward Focusing, an organization that helps companies strategically invest energy into the areas that will advance their commercial goals. Nicknamed "the negotiator" as a child, Fotini has always channeled her energy into her passion for the power of forward-thinking. Today, business executives partner with...

Jimmy really understands the importance of research more than anyone else. He emphasizes putting in the work and fully embodying the story he is trying to tell. He leans into the details and reflects upon areas others tend to overlook. Jimmy believes you should never shy away from reaching out and creating your own leads. Certain individuals may require different approaches, but if you have done y...

Jimmy Soni is a speaker, speechwriter, and the author of books like The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley, Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, A Mind at Play, Mortal Enemy of Caesar, and Jane's Carousel: The story of one woman's remarkable 25-year odyssey to restore the beloved carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park. He is also the Creative Direc...

Watching Tim build a hugely successful company over the past couple of years has been so fulfilling. It was fascinating to learn how Tim's early passion for public policy transformed into founding a tech startup based in public policy. Working on the Obama campaign at a young age influenced Tim's later journey into entrepreneurship and policymaking. Tim talked about how all people essentially want...

Tim Hwang is the Founder and CEO of FiscalNote, a privately held software, data, and media company headquartered in Washington, D.C. The global company has offices across America and in Brussels, India, and Seoul, and powers almost 5,000 of the world's largest and most influential law firms, legal departments, and governments. Through FiscalNote, Tim has worked with and raised venture capital and...

What I really love about Tamsen is how she fully embraces herself and understands how to lean into her own strengths. She does not change herself to fit in, but instead seeks to change the world around her to fully express who she is. She demonstrated this when she left her job to find a workplace culture that supports "Lone Wolf-ishness" and ultimately becominging self-employed. Tamsen uses her n...

What do Weight Watchers, ballroom dancing, marathon running, and TEDx Talks have in common? For Tamsen Webster, the answer is, "Me." For Tamsen's clients and audiences, the answer is the Red Thread™—the universal tie between how people see the world and what they do in it. Part keynote speaker, part message strategist, and full-time "Idea Whisperer", Tamsen uses her proprietary Red Thread method t...

It was fascinating to hear how David's relationship with his daughter evolved by collaborating with her on writing Fanocracy. David realized early on that he and Reiko had to be on equal footing to collaborate properly, because Reiko provided a perspective that was remarkably different from his own. The result was their father-daughter relationship growing into a more developed adult parental rela...

David Meerman Scott is an internationally acclaimed business strategist, keynote speaker, and advisor, as well as the best-selling author of books like Fanocracy: Turning Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans; The New Rules of Marketing & PR, and Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead. Since 2002, David's books have been featured in notable publications like the Wall Street Journal and Bus...

I met Rich through a mutual friend and mentor, Mark Green. Rich is a great student and teacher, always learning and sharing new ideas. Through travel and new experiences, Rich has stayed on the edge of learning and growing. Rich also pushes barriers. Whether it's honing new skills, or picking up his entire life and moving cross-country, every risk he's taken has its rewards with hard work. Rich sn...

Rich Manders is the founder of FreeScale Coaching Systems, a program dedicated to helping CEO's and their leadership teams scale their business and their personal freedom simultaneously through coaching and development. Before coaching, Rich co-founded and managed iAutomation from $0 in sales to become the industry-leading company with 160 employees and ~$80M in sales. He has successfully sold two...

Sigalle is such a light. I was introduced to her a few years ago by David Sherman, who runs LawLine, and met Sigalle at an event. We've stayed in touch, and she reached out to me in the fall to talk about her recent experience with the seizure. I asked her if she'd like to come onto the podcast to talk about it, and she agreed. There are a couple of things I took away from my conversation with Sig...

Sigalle Barness is the chief storyteller at Lawline, a company that provides legal professionals with growth opportunities through online learning. She is the host of Lawyers Who Lead, a weekly podcast that challenges the notion that the law lags behind by celebrating a diverse and exciting range of experienced lawyers who are driving meaningful change in the legal industry. Sigalle has undergone...

I first heard about Tiziana through a social media post about her book. I went out and read the book, and was so inspired by it that I decided to reach out to her. There are a few key takeaways I learned from and about Tiziana. The first is that independence is something you can learn. Tiziana may have had feelings of independence from a young age, but her journey required the same obstacles. The...

Tiziana Casciaro is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at The Rotman School of Management and the holder of the Marcel Desautels Chair in Integrative Thinking at the University of Toronto. Tiziana's research explores how structural and psychological forces jointly shape behavior in organizations. Her work on organizational networks, power dynamics, change implementation, and professional netwo...

I remember when I met Martin, we had such a profound conversation that covered so much ground. Martin has a really incredible story to tell. It was shocking how his decision to leave the legal field weighed on Martin until the point that he had to just cut the cord. Martin left his job without a plan, but he knew deep down that he had to do it because the signs were starting to manifest through th...

Martin Perelmuter is the ​​Co-founder & President of Speakers' Spotlight, one of the world's largest and most respected speakers agencies who have arranged more than 35,000 speaking engagements in over 35 countries worldwide, as well as the Managing Director of The Spotlight Agency, a group that connects high-calibre talent across fields with opportunities worldwide. Martin is a graduate of the Fa...

Ron Tite is a best-selling author, speaker, producer, and entrepreneur, who has always blurred the lines between art and commerce. He has been an award-winning advertising writer and creative director for some of the world's most respected brands including Air France, Evian, Fidelity, Hershey, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, Intel, Microsoft, Volvo and many others. He is founder of Church+State, an agen...

Mary was such an incredible guest. She opened up with a vulnerable story about a past relationship, and overall really engaged with me as a host. This led to a really fulfilling conversation. One thing I took away from Mary was how undealt-with trauma can snowball in a person's life, whether in the way it manifests in themselves, their interactions with others, or also across generations. It was a...

Mary Smith is a licensed professional counselor with skills and expertise in working with a diverse population in Washington, DC. Mary works with adults who are experiencing difficulties in areas of relationships, anxiety, depression, and transition. She uses many approaches including: mindfulness, mind-body connection, and a solution-focused orientation. Mary works to promote self-awareness, impr...