We're All in This Together

My new book is officially available today! During this episode, I share the behind-the-scenes reality of making this book and podcast come to life, and some of what made it challenging.  I discuss and explore the nature of creativity, grief, and inspiration, and how all of these things were aspects of me writing my new book...and, how you can embrace your own journey, wherever you may be right now...

My guest this week, Susan Stiffelman, is a parenting expert. She started her career as a teacher and a therapist. In her books, Parenting with Presence and Parenting without Power Struggles she acknowledges that parents are transforming and growing along with their children. She speaks to large organizations, like Google, and was the parenting expert for AOL and the Huffington Post for many years....

My guest this week, Aaron Schiller, is a coach, counselor, the co-host of the Muse + the Catalyst Podcast, which I will be a guest on next week. He blends his varied career experiences of working in education, business, and as a trainer and consultant at Yale University's Emotional Intelligence Lab, to coach executives and start-ups on gender awareness and emotional intelligence.   My new book, Br...

My guest this week, Bob Burg, has been speaking, writing and inspiring people for over 30 years. His books have sold over a million copies. His groundbreaking book, The Go-Giver, came out a decade ago.  It inspired a movement and has become a real phenomenon. The American Management Association named Bob one of the 30 Most Influential Leaders and he is one of Inc. Magazine's 100 Great Leadership S...

My guest this week, Ariane de Bonvoisin, has led a fascinating life. After attending London's School of Economics and Stanford Business School, she had a prosperous business career in the media industry based in New York City. Ten years into her career her heart started calling her elsewhere. She wrote the book, The First 30 Days: How to Deal with and Go Through Change and built a company to suppo...

My guest this week started his entrepreneurial journey early. By the time Ty Bennett was 21, he and his brother had created a multi-million dollar direct sales business. He was drawn to leadership training and public speaking. He sold his half of the business to his brother and pursued speaking and writing professionally. His books The Power of Storytelling , The Power of Influence, and Partnershi...

My guest this week is an Author, Speaker, Life Coach, Mother, and one of my favorite people on the planet, Amy Ahlers. For almost two decades, she has provided business coaching and support for people, leaders, and companies such as Google and Oracle. Her books, Big Fat Lies Women Tell Themselves and Reform Your Inner Mean Girl are both bestsellers. Her   podcast and her Inner Mean Girl Reform Sch...

My guest this week, Jim Kouzes, is a fascinating and accomplished man whom The Wall Street Journal calls one of the 12 best executive educators in the U.S. His groundbreaking work with Barry Pozner in organizational culture and leadership behavior is considered the foundation for many executive leadership programs in place today.  Jim is a best-selling author and an award-winning speaker. During o...

My guest today, Susan Peppercorn, is a Speaker and Coach who focuses on Positive Psychology through her organization, Positive Workplace Partners. During our conversation, she shares key strategies for shifting perfectionism into excellence, the importance of feedback from others, and the benefits of an accountability partner from her new book, Ditch Your Inner Critic at Work: Evidence-Based Strat...

My guest today, Joe Sweeney, is passionate about his work and living the best life possible. His diverse career has included being a Sports Agent representing Brett Favre, President of Wisconsin Sports Authority, an Investment Banker and a Private Equity Investor. He has written three books, Networking is a Contact Sport , Moving the Needle, and his most recent, After Further Review, is a book tha...

When change happens, be it an individual change, an organizational change, or changes in our family, navigating through the disruption is easier said than done. We are often more comfortable when things stay the same. In this solo episode, I share my thoughts and personal experiences on dealing with the necessary and inevitable subject of change. I present three strategies to using change as a too...

My guest today is someone who has had a profound impact on my life. My friend, Ray Arata, is the founder of the Better Man Conference and co-founder of the Inclusionary Leadership Group. He's the author of Wake Up, Man Up, Step Up: T ransforming Your Wake-Up Call into Emotional Health and Happiness , and the forthcoming book, The Power of the Heart: A Guidebook for Inclusionary Leaders. Ray encour...

My guest today is Ron Carucci. Ron is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Navalent, a consulting firm working with top-level executives from influential companies. Ron and I discuss how leaders can show up fully to fill the enormous expectations placed on them, the common pitfalls many new executives face and how leaders can anticipate and preemptively tackle the challenges that arise from bein...

My guest on today's podcast, Andy Molinsky, is an expert in cross-cultural adaptation. He is a Professor at Brandeis University's International Business School with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. He received his Ph. D. and a Master's from Harvard. He holds a Master's in International Affairs from Columbia and a BA in International Affairs from Brown. He has been featured in a...

My guest on today's podcast, Anese Cavanaugh, is a pioneer in the field of corporate wellness programs. At a time when few corporations were investing in their organization's welfare, Chevron hired Anese in the 1990s to develop a health and productivity leadership program. She has since started her own consulting firm, written the influential book, Contagious Culture, and raised two children.   Du...

My guest on today's podcast, Will Marré, is a passionate women's leadership advocate. He has worked for over 25 years helping corporations like Gap Inc., Nike, GE, and Johnson & Johnson create cultures of inclusiveness. During our discussion, Will shares the history of women in the corporate system, why male behaviors are favored in the hierarchal structure, and why the system needs to change in o...

Happy New Year! 2018 is now officially upon us. I know it's common for us to make a new year's resolution at this time. However, this can be tricky for a number of reasons.  On this week's episode, I share the process I use to set my intentions and goals for the new year. The key to this process is a series of questions I ask myself. As we discussed last week, there are six completion questions th...

It has become my tradition to use the week in between Christmas and the New Year to reflect back on what transpired during the year and take a personal inventory of any wins and challenges I experienced. 2017 has been quite a year, eh? In this final podcast episode of the year, I share the six completion questions I ask myself to consciously complete any items I don't intend to bring forward into...

This week I talk with writer and speaker, Scott Stabile. Scott is a fascinating guy who shares his life experiences in his book, Big Love: The Power of Living with a Wide-Open Heart . The book is a collection of essays that developed from the stories of love and authenticity he posted on his Facebook page. During our discussion, he openly reveals the challenges he faced after losing his parents in...

This week I chat with Diana Chapman. Diana is a trusted advisor to senior leaders within some of the top companies in the world. She is an advocate for personal growth, personal responsibility, and conscious leadership. I find her no-nonsense approach to life and business refreshing. Diana is the co-founder of the Conscious Leadership Group and the co-author of 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadersh...

This week I speak to someone who shares my passion for authenticity, Henna Inam. In 2010, she left her successful corporate job to start her own consulting company, Transformational Leadership Inc. Henna works with leaders and organizations - helping them enhance their team culture and performance. Her approach to authenticity starts at the foundation of awareness and appreciation of self. Her boo...

This week, I speak to the inspirational Gay Hendricks. I have respected and admired Gay for many years. Through his best-selling books, especially  The Big Leap and Conscious Loving , he helped shift my mindset and my approach to relationships and success. For 45 years, Gay has been a leader in relationship transformation, peak performance, and mind/body therapies. He joins me today to share his i...

This week I speak to my dear friend Kristine Carlson. I met Kris through her late husband, Richard. Richard mentored me and generously helped me to get my publishing career started. His groundbreaking bestseller, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, impacted me like no other book ever has. During this episode, Kris and I fondly remember Richard's selflessness, discuss how our culture deals with loss, and...

This week I have the pleasure of talking to Kim Scott, the Author of the New York Times bestselling book, Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity . Kim has had a very successful career in technology - working for startups and tech giants Apple and Google, and then working as a CEO coach and advisor at Dropbox and Twitter, among others. During our conversation, Kim shares her...

This week I talk to the multi-talented and inspiring Jenna Ushkowitz. You may know Jenna from her work on Broadway, as Tina on the hit TV show Glee, or from one of her podcasts. Last year, I had the pleasure of being on an episode of her Infinite Positivities podcast.  Her new podcast, Epic Fail, asks actors to share what they believe to be their biggest failure and what they learned from that exp...