Work From The Inside Out

five years. During this journey, Erik made more money than he will ever need in his life, but at the expense of burning himself out as well as his business partner and his fiance both of whom also worked for the company. Erik, now 31, lives in Malta and is a native of Sweden. At the age of 28 years, Erik was ringing the bell of the stock exchange, making more money than he would ever need in his l...

Jennifer Rock and Michael Voss spent two decades careening through corporate America and barely lived to write about it. As company journalists, speechwriters, and C-suite advisors, they stockpiled insider stories and cautionary tales, which they turned into two novels: B.S., Incorporated and Operation Clusterpuck. Both live near Minneapolis where they own a communications agency, speaking to grou...

Elena F. Deutsch, MPH is the Founder of WILL Women Interested in Leaving (big) Law. She helps attorneys become clear on what they want next, kick inner nay-sayers out of the driver’s seat, and act on their dreams. She’s focusing her 30 years of experience in leadership, training and coaching on lawyers who feel stuck, unhappy and wants to reclaim control of their careers and lives. Her work has be...

Vanessa Rosenblum is the President and founder of Pro REA Staffing, a recruiting firm that specializes in connecting talented administrative staff with real estate teams across the US and Canada. Vanessa holds a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Corporate Finance from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, CA. She currentl...

Ron Carucci is the co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, where he works with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations and industries. He has a 30-year track record helping executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization, and leadership, overhauling leadership and culture to redesigning for growth. He is the author of eight books, is a regular contr...

Randah Taher is a Master Design and innovation facilitator with a playful sandbox in it. She designs cultures of innovation, creative problem-solving processes, biomimic analogies, service and design thinking systems, edutainment games and creativity tools. A Tedx and keynote speaker, Randah is a thought leader on creative thinking and a curator of a subscription box, IMAGINESS by Sajory. Find mor...

John DeMato is a photographer and branded content creator who works with speakers, authors, coaches, and business leaders to produce image content portfolios that present informational, entertaining and inspiring aspects of their brand to their followers. As a former television producer, John has over 18 years of production experience and has been featured as a lifestyle photography expert on seve...

Jon is the executive director, life transition guide and learning facilitator at Liminal Space, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping others find the courage and means to navigate major life transition. He spends his days guiding 1x1 transition sessions, leading transition groups called PIER groups, and facilitating learning workshops that teach transition skills at The PIER Learning Cente...

Melissa Smith is the CEO of The PVA (Personal Virtual Assistant) and Founder of the Association of Virtual Assistants. She is also the bestselling author of the books, Hire the Right Virtual Assistant and Become A Successful Virtual Assistant. As a former administrative and executive assistant, Melissa Smith has always been a service focused person. She’s never been afraid of a challenge and durin...

David Kolb began his working career as a builder and general contractor. He has been an executive coach, educator, and leader himself. And as he often says about his professional work…I’m doing the same work. I simply changed the raw materials with which I work. He is the author of the book, Leadership From The Inside Out, which offers practical and proven applications to leadership. David’s energ...

Diana Wu David is a former Financial Times executive, author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration, and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School EMBA Global Asia. She works with global leaders to enhance their ability to adapt, contribute, collaborate and grow and with organizations and boards that seek a competitive edge by enhancing leadership and engaging multi-genera...

Mark Dyck started his career in information technology working for a telecommunications corporation. After many years, he left that job and opened a bread bakery which he and his wife ran for 5 years. Today, he still bakes 150 loaves of bread on the weekends in the brick oven he built in his backyard. Additionally, he runs an online community for business owners and is working with ProsperCity, a...

making her way to Carnegie Hall and being highly touted in the New York Times. Yet, as much as she loved it, she’s burning out on normalizing the financial struggles as a working artist. Today, she has taken her talents in additional directions and is happy with her choices. Marie Incontrera is a social media, publicity, and speaker consultant for authors, thought leaders, coaches, and consultants...

Today, after 11 years as a hospice nurse, supporting hundreds of terminally ill patients and their families, Arza Goldstein established a private practice as an End of Life Doula, helping patients and their families make their remaining time together less stressful and more meaningful. Most of us don’t like to talk about dying, but stay for the conversation and see how thinking about death and dyi...

David Shriner-Cahn is a recognized authority on entrepreneurship, leadership development, and the host of the business podcast Smashing the Plateau. Featured in Forbes and Inc. Magazine, over 400 episodes of Smashing the Plateau offer a wealth of personal experiences and practical advice about achieving business breakthroughs. David’s mission is helping solopreneur experts do what they love. Entre...

Margo Aaron says “Try things that don’t work.” She has a lot of experience with this and can testify to it as a successful strategy for making career transitions. In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, Margo Aaron shares her journey from studying literature to psychology research and becoming an “accidental marketer”. Believe it or not, she connects the dots forward amongst all of these...

Dolores Hirschmann has tried it all. She has started a language system software company, has run her own clothing company, has directed an online learning platform and she is a tap dancer. She says, “I jump into adventures. I’ll dance til the music stops.” Dolores’ formula for making change is as follows: Identify something you would do for no pay, determine how that will make someone or something...

Natalie Siston believes everything she needed to know to succeed in her career she learned by growing up in a town of 600 people. She does this in her full-time position with a Fortune 100 financial services company and within her private coaching and speaking business. Natalie helps her clients and audiences make wherever they are feel like a small town. She is a ‘passionate connector’ and brings...

Janine Kwoh began her career in the world of finance and philanthropy after studying business economics in college. Today, she makes cards, prints, and other curiosities that reflect and celebrate a diversity of identities and life experiences. Her mission is to expand the representation of people and stories around us, and for everyone to see a bit of themselves in Kwohtations cards. Janine Kwoh...

As an ordained minister and an FBI Agent, Chip Massey saw how fears affected people’s abilities to think clearly and make good decisions. Now that he has retired from the FBI, he has taken his focus to the business world where he consults to executives, leaders, and teams to manage their fears, weigh their options and make tough decisions. For 22 years, Chip Massey served as an FBI Special Agent a...

Workplace wellness consultant, business owner, and author Mari Ryan has made many career moves that she describes as not being in a straight line. Her many years of business experience led her to establish her company, Advancing Wellness, which consults to employers to create healthy workplaces where employees can thrive. Mari Ryan is the CEO/Founder of Advancing Wellness, a workplace well-being s...

Wendy Marks has a broad range of experience with traditional medicine as a rehabilitation counselor and therapist, and transitioned that knowledge and “came out of the closet” to practice non-traditional health therapies. She provides: Medical Intuitive Sessions, Energy Healing, Integrative Therapy, Shamanic Healing & Studies. Wendy holds a post master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, an...

A former elementary school teacher, Pam became the executive director of Greater Boston PFLAG – Parents Families and Friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and queer people for 16 years. Pam now teaches Positive Psychology – the Science of Happiness to middle and high school students, teachers and to community and corporate groups. She is a Positive Psychology Life Coach and F...

The date was July 11th, 2001. It was the day Michael O'Brien was struck head-on by a speeding SUV while out on a training bike ride. A former pharmaceutical industry executive, Michael is a coach to sales and marketing executives, TEDx speaker, best selling author, and cyclist. He shares his journey in his best-selling memoir, Shift: Creating Better Tomorrows and donates the proceeds to World...

Julie Veitch is a Career – Life Transformation coach who supports those who are stuck in a career they no longer love, to create a deeply meaningful livelihood that aligns with their passion, purpose and lifestyle priorities. Please join me in welcoming Julie Veitch.   In this episode we discuss: How Julie’s mindset about satisfaction at work led her through thirty jobs to find the career she love...