The POZCAST: Decoding Success with Adam Posner

1:38 - Laurie’s Introduction 2:24 - What moved Laurie into HR 3:55 - Worth tied to the work 6:22 - Laurie’s Parents 7:20 - Effect of Cultural Beliefs in Workspace 8:42 - What was Laurie good at? 9:23 - HR in the past vs Now 11:40 - Taking Healthy Risks 13:27 - Reboot Everything 14:52 - Advice on Thought Process* 17:37 - Root-cause of the HR problem 19:40 - Employee Candidate Experience during Pand...

2:05 - Gwen's starting point 3:32 - High School/ Childhood Interest in Crafts 4:55 - Fashion Illustration Classes 5:40 - Start of Neck-tie Business 6:50 - Internship with Ralph Lauren 7:44 - Experience with Big Designers 9:14 - Thread of Culture 9:55 - Hands on Experience 16:01- Origin of the name 17:20 - The Audience 17:44 - Raising Capital 21:28 - The Moment of Truth 23:15 - Most Challenging Ele...

3:01 - George's Entry in Talent Acquisition 4:53 - Michaels' Introduction 6:37 - Challenges for George in Veterans Transition 7:43 - Training of Veterans 8:43 - Challenges for Vets in an Interview 11:52 - How does the word 'Purpose' translate into this world 14:32 - Industry Experience and Skills 16:10 - VUCA 17:48 - Effective Intelligence 18:56 - Under-Rated Attributes 20:41 - Culture Fit = Likab...

2:43 - Matt's Inspiring Journey 4:32 - Scared of Success? 6:22 - ABC of Salsa Industry 7:33 - Impetus in Starting Salsa Business 9:36 - Getting into a Food Business 12:18 - Decision Making 15:50 - How to stand out? 17:44 - How to build loyalty? 18:44 - Brand identity 20:27 - Building a brand from scratch 24:13 - Getting to Consumers 25:14 - Product positioning 27:29 - Thought Process in Brand Buil...

2:05 - Adam's Introduction  7:31 - How to Help Others in reaching their goals 8:49 - Recruiting Pyramid 10:43 - Drawing the line 12:08 - Job search is a sales process 12:18 - Turn Conversation into Storytelling 15:46 - Fear of the Unknown 17:46 - Stance on Cover Letters 19:30 - Format and Outlook of Resume and Cover Letter 24:07 - Read the Job Description 27:37 - What puts off in a Resume 33:30 -...

2:13 - Arah's Introduction 3:20 - Launch of 'Kyutee' 4:25 - Fighting Boredom during Covid 5:12 - Arah's Property Manager Experience 6:42 - What is so special about 'Kyutee' 7:48 - Process of starting a business 8:23 - Market Research 9:23 - Target Market 10:01 - The Process of Selling the product 11:27 - Future of 'Kyutee' 12:21 - Arah Sim's Mission Statement 13:03 - Entrepreneurship 14:21 - Miche...

9:28 – Chinning Up 12:40 – Youngest CEO 16:51 – Foundation to Leadership Mindset / Influencer vs Leadership 22:44 – The Twitter Journey 32:10 – Non Profit Projects/ Giving More /  When Work feels Fulfilling 33:46 – Relationship with NorCal Cannabis 38:21 – Work Life Balance / Keeping it Together

3:02 - How did the show start? 4:28 - The First Show 5:35 - Daddy Daughter Engagement 6:21 - Nina's Questions for Rasa 7:42 - What got the show started 8:47 - Least favorite thing about Pandemic 10:40 - Dad Moments 13:14 - Things Learned from Daughter 16:05 - How to pick a Poem for Podcast 17:43 - Nina's Explanation about Robox 20:38 - Rasa's Explanation to Jeremy about Puzzle Pieces 25:07 - Paren...

3:50: Out of the Box Ideas/ Creativity behind Bars 6:03: Think Tank/ Working with Defy Venture 8:30: First day home after Release 11:10: Ex Cons make the best employees? 11:56: All about Concrete 14:33: Story about Incarceration/ Rock Nation 21:36: Future of Concreate 22:52:The Creative Process 26:18:  the word 'Legacy'

1:28 - Katie's Presence 3:23 - Michael Loeb's Legacy 7:10 - Loeb's Future Model 17:34 - Real Life Examples 19:58 - The Right Administration 23:31 - Strange World 24:22 - One Go-To Interview Question 25:28 - Michael Loeb's Accomplice/North Star

2:50 - Venture Capitalist/Bring in your Ideas 4:20 - Michaels' Early Journey to Success 8:19 - Combination of Old School with new Entrepreneur Spirit 10:47 - Michael Loeb at age 36 16:03 - Fear of Letting go! 22:53 -  Helping People for Good 25:05 - Finding Efficiency 26:15 - Invest in Jockey over the horse 36:56 - Entrepreneurship Qualities 39:00 - What keeps Michael up all night

1:58 - First Day of Shooting 3:08 - Feeling after getting off the plane 4:11 - From Everything to Nothing 4:44 - The Thing that was missed the most 5:40 - 10 Million Dollar Business 6:08 - All about Flex 7:20 - Appreciate most after the show 8:05 - Being a Girl-Dad 8:42 - Takeaway Lessons for Daughter 9:24 - What people don't know about Grant? 11:23 - Never Waste a Hater 13:20 - Golden Secret to S...

1:47 - Coaching and Dating advice 4:47 - Getting into Podcast 5:29 - Shows on dating 7:30 - Moving to Corporate World 9:36 - Early Influence as a Podcast Host 13:12 - Preparation for a show 15:00 - Pandemic Episode 18:33 - Conspiracy Theory 19:29 - Prediction and Future Trends 23:11 - Russell Brand Show 24:10 - #1 Guest 26:53 - Star Struck 27:50 - Pope Killing Episode 29:56 - North Korea Episode 3...

2:35 - Scott's Introduction 6:25 - The Magic Formula 7:15 - Lessons learned from culture 8:53 - Ensure value through leadership 9:41 - Pivot in the world of recruiting 15:04 - Competitive Edge 16:30 - Warm Connections 18:12 - People over Everything 22:20 - Building and Forming Relationships 23:01 - Effect of Covid 27:00 - The Book Series 34:51 - The word 'Authentic' 38:12 - Scott's Super Power 39:...

2:53 - Prediction on American Politics 3:54 - Start of the Career Journey 8:32 - How important is HAPPINESS? 11:20 - How to Lead People 12:41 - Best Mentor for Jackson 13:32 - How much to trust your Gut? 15:07 - Agency Background is Desirable? 19:14 - Job Search 22:35 - The Box Story 24:03 - How do you define Brand? 25:35 - Be a Customer First, before you become an Employee 27:02 - Title is just E...

Continuing the trend, for those of you that have been following along my career journey you may have noticed that I have some guests on that have been integral to my career journey and my next one, Jamal “Jay” Salim is certainly one of them. Jamal was the head of HR when I joined Boombox aka Ergo Interactive. It was a shortstop in my career before I moved over to Vayner but it was critical as I le...

3:08 - What Inspired Matt Higgins? 5:27 - Trump is the most authentic leader 6:08 - Difference of Opinion in US Elections 2020 7:04 - Covid Crisis 8:23 - Matt's Early Days and Life Challenges Faced 10:51 - Dropping out from school 12:19 - Journalism - Ability to communicate 13:10 - Bridge the gap 14:17 - Rudy Giuliani 18:06 - Degree of Sacrifice 19:31 - Dont feel sorry for yourself 20:56 - Recover...

3:03 – Cathy’s Elevator Pitch 10:11 – Asking is the key 12;38 – Make One Relationship a time 15:30 – Open Yourself up! 22:22 – How to Find Clarity?  24:55 – Four Types of People 29:11-  There is always enough room 31:31 – Building and Validating a Successful Business 37:52 – Advice on Comedy 40:32 – The A ha Moment Getaway 46:12 – Greatest Piece of Advice

1:36 – Rewind into Adam’s Life story 3:02 – Reaction on losing the dream job – Find the self awareness – Be realistic  4:30 – Double down on your strengths  6:03 – Brian challenging situation – blaming external sources – take 100% accountability 6:37 – Reason for getting fired 7:36 – Being Truly Vulnerable  9:18 – Unlocked the passion & Tenacity  11:00 – Nobody forces you to own your loss, and pus...

5:30- The New Racism 11:44 – Impetus for Real Change? 16:25 – Attack on Police Force? 19:03 – Presidential Affairs with reference to his Published Book 22:56 – Overcoming Adversity 27:31 – Basketball Story with Gov. Cuomo 29:27 – March with Mohammad Ali 31:20 – President Obama 40:10 – Washington Story 42:54 – Thoughts on Trump 46:30 – Queen Elizabeth’s Story 47:54 – Tom Hanks Incident 48:26 – Surv...

3:03 – Approach to Employee Handling 4:24 – Self Awareness / Recognition of Values 7:32 – Process of letting go 8:20 – How to create work environment friendly/ Connection and Belonging 11:55 – The dark side of letting go 13:40 – Dont Burn Bridges/ Sh*t Happens/ Forgive Yourself 15:47 – Termination/ After Care / Keep Connected 22:39 – What’s not so ‘Awesome’ about working with Gary 25:02 – The Art...

3:03 - Mike's Journey 5:02 - Shaun's backstory 5:28 - Breakdown of Car Racing Process 7:47 - Training and Sequencing 10:44 - How to find a Niche 12:14 - The Danger involved 13:53 - Interview and Recruiting Process 16:18 - Think Outside the Pit 18:05 - How to bring a balance 19:50 - Diversity in workplace 21:49 - Change is Happening 24:39 - The importance of feeling Valued 27:36 - Why should anyone...

2:48 - Tamara's Journey to Success 4:28 - How was your purpose aligned with the true calling? 6:45 - Switch to Marketing Agency 10:04 - Remain Focused 11:28 - Type of Clients 14:18 - The Pandemic Effect 16:52 - Black Lives Matter 19:28 - Brands' Awakening 21:15 - Challenges Faced during Covid 23:54 - Working on a Non-Profit Project 27:54 - Finding and Having the Right Mentor 30:14 - What does 'Aut...

2:10 - Laura's Introduction 3:33 - Sarah's Introduction 6:40 - Looking Backward 7:00 - The Good, The bad and The Ugly (Claude) 8:32 - Laura's View on Looking backward in Women Empowerment 12:13 - Women (Work Life Balance) in regards to Covid 22:28 - Generosity in Workplace 23:25 - Women helping other Women 25:35 - How to improve Gender Diversity? 30:56  - Biased in Recruiting Pipeline 34:01 - Advi...

  1:40 - Taking Online .. Offline 2:46 - David's Introduction 5:43 - Food Analogy 6:07 - Origin of Creativity 9:29 - First Gig 12:18 - First Aha Moment / Difference between Advertising and Branding 14:22 - Logo Making 16:27 - Books on Branding 19:46 -  Definition of Brand 20:30 - How to stand out in the noise 21:11 - Be inquisitive 23:09 - What are things David is proud of? 24:39 - Marketing is a...