Sharon Spano

The Other Side of Potential

Business EN ↓ 353 episodes

  Over time, the conversations we choose to have begin to reflect what matters most.  If you’ve been part of this podcast, you’ve heard me speak about human development, systems thinking, and the ways we make meaning of our lives and work. That work continues—and remains at the core of my coaching and professional practice.  What has changed is the space where I am choosing to have a different kind of conversation.  After the death of my son, Michael, I felt called to create a more personal place—one that speaks directly to the experience of loss, and to the questions that emerge when life no...

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Sharon Spano

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Business

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sharonspano.com

Latest episode

Sep 24, 2025

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Episodes

Episode 53: Meditation and Mindfulness, with Rob Dube 26.06.2019

Rob Dube is the President of imageOne, a company considered by Forbes as "one of America's Best Small Giant Companies" in 2017. imageOne is focused on what they refer to as document lifestyle management. In addition to his role as CEO, Rob has a passion to help other leaders experience the power of meditation. As someone who has meditated for over 14 years, he firmly believes that d...

Episode 52: Navigating a Family-Owned Business Through Economic Disaster, with Chris Prefontaine 19.06.2019

Chris Prefontaine has had multiple careers within the real estate industry spanning more than 25 years. During the 1990’s, he built more than 100 single-family homes. From ’94-2000, he owned a Realty Executives franchise in Massachusetts, before selling his company to Coldwell Banker. Today, his family-owned business in Newport, RI still buys 4 to 10 properties per month via lease-purchases and ow...

Episode 51: Writing and Publishing for Business, with Henry DeVries 12.06.2019

Persuasion expert Henry DeVries is the CEO and Acquisitions Editor of Indie Books International. He is also the President of New Client Marketing Institute, a training company he founded in 1999. Henry’s extensive background in PR and marketing has led to a ten-year journey of success in the industry where he has, among other things, helped ghostwrite, edit, and co-author more than 300 business bo...

Episode 50: Spiritual Alignment in Investing to Make Your Abundance Grow, with Gary Wilson 05.06.2019

Gary Wilson retired from his position in the banking industry as a Corporate Vice-President of Mergers & Acquisitions at age 40. He then decided to pursue his real estate license, and in just six months he built a six-figure income through his real estate business. He has worked with over three thousand investment properties in just five years. Now Gary is a multi-millionaire real estate profe...

Episode 49: Having a Vision for the Future, with Connie Reimers-Hild 29.05.2019

Researcher, entrepreneur, and high-touch futurist, Connie Reimers-Hild, Ph. D., CPC, helps leaders and organizations reach their desired futures through strengths-based innovation and strategic foresight. She currently serves as Interim Executive Director of the Rural Futures Institute at the University of Nebraska. Connie assumed the role in July 2018 to purposefully carrying forward her mission...

Episode 48: Philanthropy Through Vacationing, with Adam Capes 22.05.2019

Adam Capes is President and Chief Idea Officer of Getaway2Give, the largest provider of private residences and vacation experiences to the nonprofit industry in the U.S. Getaway2Give has raised over $10 Million by providing nonprofits with unique private residences and vacation packages for their live auctions at their events. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Adam came up with the inno...

Episode 47: Servant Leadership and Elevating Others, with Christian Chasmer 15.05.2019

Christian Chasmer empowers entrepreneurs to live their best life so that they can impact the world. At 26 years old, this young entrepreneur has already built two successful companies. Starting in college, he built a franchise from $0 to $1.2 million in annual revenue. He then co-founded the real estate development company CC Solutions and grew it to $6 million in revenue in under 2 years. He’s al...

Episode 46: Exchanging and Protecting Data, with Ronald van den Hoff 08.05.2019

Ronald van den Hoff is the co-founder of CDEF Holding BV, a Holding company with remarkable range of ventures operating on the disruptive intersection of the Hospitality Industry and the entrepreneurial world of Internet. CDEF incorporates ‘much discussed’, disruptive exponential formulas, like the co-working and meeting centers Seats2meet.com and the Society 3.0 Foundation. Seats3meet.com with ov...

Episode 45: Finding Strength as a Woman in a Male-Dominated Industry, with Ebru Koksal 01.05.2019

Ebru Koksal is an investment banker turned top-level international football executive. A woman of many firsts, Ebru’s passion is to inspire and motivate people by sharing her stories. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Ebru’s career journey led her to a position in executive leadership in international football (soccer) How Ebru handled a major social media defamation campaign launched a...

Episode 44: The Family-Owned Business That Operates From the Heart, with Lindsey Epperly 24.04.2019

Lindsey Epperly is the founder of Epperly Travel, a boutique travel firm that specializes in customizing 4 and 5-star vacations across the globe. She is passionate about building lifelong relationships with her clients and suppliers, discovering the globe in a way that makes her a better agent, and celebrating with her team when she reaches a new milestone. Lindsey’s recent achievements include: l...

Episode 43: The Complexity of Loss and Recovery, with Jennifer L. Carroll 17.04.2019

Jennifer is a former TV news reporter, wife, mother, desperate housewife, author, speaker, caregiver, widow, and now, a voice of resilience and rediscovery. Her superb storytelling skills are infused with motivational tools, knee-slapping humor, and practical insights on “living life to the max,” making for a gripping conversation that will inspire even the most hard-driving audience members. Thro...

Episode 42: Marketing Million Dollar Apps, with Sean Casto 10.04.2019

Sean Casto is the Founder of the premier app marketing agency, PreApps, where he has helped Thousands of apps reach Millions in Downloads. He has worked with many Million Dollar apps such as Flyp, OverKill 2, Gadget Flow, and even Billion Dollar apps such as Cheetah Mobile’s Security Master with over 550,000,000 downloads. He is also the Creator of the App Marketing Academy, the world’s best onlin...

Episode 41: An Entirely Virtual Family-Owned Business, with Shannon Miles 03.04.2019

Shannon Miles is an advocate for people to have a career AND the flexibility they crave to keep their priorities in a healthy order. She is the CEO and Co-founder of BELAY, a staffing company serving businesses all over the U.S. When Shannon faced an all too common, yet emotional decision to stay home with her new baby or return to a fast-paced, demanding career (that she loved), she knew that the...

Episode 40: Healing Hearts and Strengthening Communities, with Brett Kaufman 27.03.2019

Brett Kaufman, founder and CEO, has been working in real estate development through the investment, banking and development lens—for 20 years. During this time, he has developed, leased and/or sold over 10,000 homes and developed a variety of commercial, retail, land, and office projects. Since founding the company, Kaufman Development has donated numerous resources to various philanthropic organi...

Episode 39: Communities and Sustainability, with Chris Castro 20.03.2019

Chris is a sustainability and clean energy expert, eco-entrepreneur, and community organizer with a passion to create smart, resilient, and sustainable cities. Chris is currently the Senior Advisor to Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Director of Sustainability & Resilience, and Co-chair of Smart Cities for the City of Orlando. He is responsible for developing policies & programs to advance the su...

Episode 38: Leadership, Strengths, and Weaknesses, with RJ Nicolosi 13.03.2019

RJ is a visionary leader who is passionate about personal and organizational growth. In his vast career, he has either led or been an integral part of, at least 15 companies advancing into Inc. 5000 status. RJ is currently the CEO and Founder of Catapult Leadership Labs, Chief Digital Officer at RevLocal and Chairman of the Board at Gimbal. Catapult Leadership Labs is an organization with a focus...

Episode 37: The Innovation Catalyst, with Amy Radin 06.03.2019

Amy Radin has been at the forefront of rewiring brands for the future that is upon us. She built a track record of success moving ideas to performance at American Express, Citi, E*TRADE, and AXA. From her experience as a marketing, digital, and innovation executive and advisor, Amy has developed an insight-driven, down-to-earth approach that enables innovation under today’s uncertain, complex, and...

Episode 36: The Language of Leadership with Krister Ungerboeck 27.02.2019

Krister Ungerboeck works with high-potential leaders to help them learn the practical language of leadership because he knows, from his own experience as a CEO, that language has the power to transform their lives. As the award-winning CEO of a 3,000% growth tech company, Krister created The Language of Leadership to help leaders master the high-stakes conversations that can either make or break t...

Episode 35: Purposeful Leadership, with Dov Baron 20.02.2019

Dov Baron is a leadership and corporate cultural strategist who has been named by Inc. magazine as one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers. He is the host and producer of the “Full Monty Leadership” radio show and a bestselling author. In June 1990 while free rock climbing, Dov Baron fell approximately 120 feet and landed on his face. The impact shattered most of the bone structure of his face, dis...

Episode 34: Creating Stronger Leaders, with John Murphy 13.02.2019

John Murphy works as an executive coach to help business owners, senior executives and management teams deliver what they are capable of. His background in the corporate world and as an entrepreneur in his own right really helps him to make a difference to CEOs, Senior Executive, and Business Owners. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How John’s career path began with selling life insurance...

Episode 33: A Virtual Company with Real Values, with Bryan Miles 06.02.2019

Bryan Miles is CEO & Co-founder of BELAY, alongside his wife Shannon. A leading US-based, virtual solutions company, BELAY has over six hundred team members—all remotely working from home. Without a brick-and-mortar office space, BELAY has proudly graced the Inc. 5000 list three times and was awarded the number one spot in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Best Company Culture. BELAY provides virtual as...

Episode 32: An International Perspective on Potential, with Yekta Özözer 30.01.2019

Born in İzmir in 1965, Yekta Özözer graduated from Boğaziçi University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department (BSc) in 1987 and received MSc in Finance in Finance from the Strathclyde Business School (Glasgow) where he studied under a British Council Scholarship. With over 20 years of experience in business, to include: the fast-moving food industry, airport ground services, banking, a...

Episode 31: Conversational Copywriting and its Impact, with Nick Usborne 23.01.2019

Nick Usborne is a renowned in the copywriting industry. He started out as a copywriter back in 1979 because he needed a decent-paying job that didn’t require any qualifications. In 1995, he wrote his first website, and the rest is history. By 1998, Nick was teaching companies and organizations how to write better websites. And so began his journey where he now offers corporate training materials,...

Episode 30: Community Foundations: Empowering Philanthropic Giving, with Mark Brewer 16.01.2019

Mark Brewer began his career in the media as a reporter, anchor, and journalist. His background includes more than a decade as a management consultant in the private and independent sectors, leading merger and acquisition strategies for cross-sector initiatives. Later, as a licensed investment professional, he assisted clients with estate and planned giving strategies. Mark holds a Bachelor’s Degr...

Episode 29: Building a Comfort-For-All Culture, with Matt Jung 09.01.2019

Matt Jung is the Co-Founder & FABulator of Comfort Research, inventors of the world’s largest beanbag brand, Big Joe. Matt is a futuristic growth inspired leader who has a great passion for culture, strategy, and innovation. He and his partner Chip George have generated a unique and inspiring approach to employee engagement that serves as the core of their business. What you’ll learn about in...

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