The One Away Show

I'm so grateful to have Marie on The One Away Podcast. In our conversation, she was incredibly vulnerable about the hardships of her husband's deployment. It was a joy to hear her insights on how his deployment affected her and shaped her career. For anyone interested in learning about how to create new opportunities for others, Marie's episode is worth a listen. Read the show notes here: https://...

Marie Roker-Jones is a social impact startup founder with over ten years of experience in leading inclusion and belonging strategies. She's had an eclectic work history thanks to her husband's multiple military deployments. The common thread throughout Marie's career is working toward social good. She's helped tech companies and startups with their diversity hiring goals through Veteran and milita...

In the dozens and dozens of podcasts we've done so far, my conversations have never made a guest cry. Until Erin. Erin showed up for this episode so authentically. She opens up about the trigger moment in her life: her breast cancer diagnosis. Following this life-changing news, Erin completely altered the way she showed up at work, at home, for her husband, and for her kids. We all encounter these...

Erin Grau is the Co-Founder and COO of Charter, an online media company that is working to transform the workplace and catalyze a new era of dynamic organizations where all workers thrive. Charter does this by bridging research to practice—giving people the tactical playbook for what work can and should be. Erin has a long and impressive work history. Prior to Charter, Erin served as the VP of Cul...

When I was a kid, my ethics-minded step-grandfather routinely sat me down and walked me through the ethics of famous companies. Talking with Rob gave me a sense of nostalgia for those times when I was young, as well as a newfound perspective on corporate ethics. It's remarkable to learn from someone who works within the highest level at groundbreaking companies like Airbnb and eBay. Rob's unique b...

Rob Chesnut is a phenomenal leader. Before guiding companies in their ethics, he worked in the U.S. Justice Department for 14 years. When he began to feel that his work putting criminals away––mainly young people––was too negative, he took a leap of faith and sent an email that would change his career trajectory. Rob Chesnut is the former Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. He previously led eBay's No...

I learned so much during my discussion with Shane. As an ambitious business person, I often struggle with forcing specific outcomes and failing to realize that some things aren't meant to be. Shane is great at following his natural path with intuition and trust. He lets events unfold as they will, surrendering to the process of life and letting what may come, come. Despite his ambition, Shane is s...

Shane Metcalf is the co-founder and CCO of 15Five, a human-centered performance management platform that creates effective managers, highly engaged employees, and top-performing organizations. Shane and his co-founders started 15Five to help companies bring out the best in their people. Prior to his role as CCO, Shane worked as the Director of Customer Success, and later as the Vice President of C...

Lamine's success is particularly inspiring to me because he immigrated to the United States alone. When he came here, the cards were stacked against him and his back was against the wall. Nonetheless, he managed to create opportunities for himself and carve the path that he wanted. I'm thrilled for listeners to hear Lamine's story and hear about his perseverance first-hand. Follow Bryan Wish on Li...

Lamine Zarrad is the SVP, Financial Services, at ZenBusiness, a public benefits corporation that provides end-to-end digital tools for very small businesses in the service sector, including many "solopreneurs." He began his entrepreneurial journey after immigrating to the United States, after which he went on to serve in the U.S. Marines. He subsequently built an expertise around banking regulatio...

John Hall is a speaker, author, influencer, and leader. He wrote the best-selling book Top of Mind and has received numerous accolades including the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Best Emerging Company and one of the Business Journals' Top 100 Visionaries. Some of John's speaking topics include content marketing, media and content trends, thought leadership, PR, personal branding, leadershi...

I met Pat through our mutual friend Don, and we hit it off instantly. Pat can be a role model to all in a professional and interpersonal sense. Professionally, he is an incredibly talented investor and writer. He synthesizes information and articulates his thoughts with a lot of care and precision. Better yet, he's the kind of person that others want to be around. Many thanks to Pat for coming on...

Patrick J. McGinnis is a venture capitalist, writer, and speaker who invests in leading companies in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He is the creator and host of the hit podcast FOMO Sapiens, which is distributed by Harvard Business Review and has achieved over 2 million downloads. Patrick coined the term "FOMO" short for "Fear of Missing Out", which was added to the Oxford En...

Karla's work has been invaluable to me for the last few years. It was truly an honor to speak with her candidly about her past, present and future. As a result of her childhood and young adult life, she possesses a certain type of self awareness that's incredibly rare. Because of this, she was able to speak candidly about how she learned to let herself be loved. As we discuss in this episode, lett...

Karla McLaren, M.Ed. is an award-winning author, social science researcher, and empathy pioneer. She is the founder and CEO of Emotion Dynamics LLC and the developer of the Empathy Academy online learning site. Karla is the author of Embracing Anxiety: How to Access the Genius of this Vital Emotion, The Dynamic Emotional Integration® Workbook, The Art of Empathy: A Complete Guide to Life's Most Es...

Lisa is a great example of what it looks like to take an opportunity by the horns. When she saw someone working on a book about what it means to be a good man, she decided to turn that into an entire media platform. Now, that platform, The Good Men Project, is a conduit for learning and growth on a topic that has been taboo for too long. She's a perfect embodiment of what it means to be a disrupto...

Lisa Hickey is the CEO of Good Men Media, Inc. and publisher of The Good Men Project, a multimedia, cross-platform site that asks, "What does it mean to be a good man in the 21st century?" The Good Men Project is a social movement that sets out to challenge long-held notions of what manhood, men, and gender roles mean. The Good Men Project is a destination for thoughtful, insightful, and surprisin...

Paulie Rojas is an absolute joy. If everybody could have a fraction of the vivaciousness and vitality that she radiates, the world would be better off. Among the many gifts she has as an actor, public speaking coach, and performance coach, one of Paulie's greatest gifts is being able to bring out the best in others. I think everyone can learn about her professional journey and work, but even more...

Paulie Rojas is the CEO of Don Quixote Enterprises and a professional Public Speaking Coach. She uses her background in public speaking, performing, and coaching to advise CEOs and high-level executives in the US and abroad. She works extensively with leaders in advertising, digital, real estate, tech, and more as well as the Manhattan and Brooklyn chapters of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)...

I've never met someone who takes such pride in being an investor like Jason does. He's a skilled communicator with an ability to get vulnerable, express himself, and connect with others in a fascinating way. With the skill set he has, he would thrive anywhere. His personability, caring nature, and drive to help makes him the perfect investor in a new business endeavor. Follow Bryan Wish on Linkedi...

Jason Shuman is founder-turned-investor who's on a mission to empower others with the confidence and tools to live a more fulfilling, successful life. Jason has been an entrepreneur for as long as he can remember. In college, he launched a direct-to-consumer footwear company that sold hand-sewn boat shoes and driving moccasins. He later went on to work at New York-based seed fund Corigin Ventures,...

Jen is an absolute breath of fresh air. In our conversation, I realized how deeply I resonate with her message and mission. For many people, knowing how to comfort and care for others isn't intuitive or doesn't come naturally. We spend so much time learning about soft skills like time management, organization, or public speaking, but there's not a dialogue around learning how to be there for other...

Jen Marr spent 5 years in crisis response, working with communities and individuals that experienced great tragedies. During this time, a realization dawned on her: very few people are skilled in comforting others. She founded Inspiring Comfort, an organization dedicated to cultivating human care and connection by establishing comfort as a teachable skill. Founded on the belief that today's isolat...

Even though I've known Erica for over 4 years, this was the first time I learned about her experience in the corporate side of investment banking. She expressed that she had considerable doubts about the meaning behind her work in finance and banking. This is something that many people struggle with, and Erica is a phenomenal example of what it means to decide what you want for yourself and chase...

Erica Duignan Minnihan has been an investor and advisor to early stage technology companies for over 9 years. She began her career in Venture Capital as the original Executive Director of Golden Seeds, a national early-stage investor group. She continued working in VC as co-founder and Executive Director of STAR Angel Network and as a Managing Director at top-tier tech accelerator DreamIt Ventures...