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Learn how to overcome the IT challenges of working remotely How are you handling your IT systems with a remote workforce? Across the world, remote working has become a viable means for practicing social distancing during this COVID-19 pandemic. The impact on our entire culture cannot be underestimated. For businesses that were always concerned about their security, the teamwork of their talent, th...

Learn how to "see" the space in your house differently In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been watching so many friends, families and colleagues trying to figure out how to organize their homes for themselves and their children. We invited Dr. Karen Aronian to join us for this podcast focused on how to think about space through a fresh lens. As you will hear, she talks about pausing for a...

Learn how to cope more effectively during these difficult times During these very difficult times of the pandemic, we know that so many people are struggling with an entirely new way to live their daily lives. Some cannot deal with the isolation. Others are trying to manage with their children and their spouses at home. Elders are feeling vulnerable and isolated. The emotions are under great stres...

Hear how your broker-dealer should be responding to you "It's important to be an informed consumer. We are in unprecedented times due to pandemic concerns, geopolitical tensions and our own presidential election. You should become familiar with how your broker-dealer handles customer service to prevent problems and make sure your trades are executed smoothly," says Dan Pipitone, co-founder and own...

Hear how today's remote workforce is the new reality Today, Laurel Farrer is our guest to talk about how to build a remote workforce that works, which is great timing. I have recently been working with clients with remote workforces. I have also been watching the changing world of work. All around the globe, we are moving from managing hands to managing minds, empowering our workforce and enabling...

Learn how to successfully adapt to working remotely! In this time of uncertainty, with a global pandemic, what do you need to know from a podcast? Perhaps how to adapt to fast-changing times. We knew that this would be very timely when we recorded our interview with Teresa Douglas about how to work remotely and love it. As she tells us, "The world is now your office! You can work from home, from a...

Hear innovative teambuilding strategies to get work done! Peter and I know each other from our experiences working with a Michigan client and  The Simon Initiative for Entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Louis. Peter is a Professor of Practice of Strategy and Organizations at WashU's Olin Business School, and also the Faculty Director for the Center for Experiential Learning at Olin,...

Learn how to become a sought-after thought leader! My guest today, Mitchell Levy, has a particular approach to capture those "aha" moments in life that at one time or another we all have. If you'd like to write a book but don't want to spend years doing it, call Mitch! His particular skill lies in extracting the genius from your head in a two-hour interview so that his team can ghostwrite your boo...

Hear about the long-awaited healing power of telling your story I met Ivy Gordon through my work as a speaker with Vistage International . But today's podcast with her is less about her acumen as a business innovator or coach. Rather, she is on a mission to enable women to tell their stories about rape and abuse through her website,  Unspoken Story . While she is a successful innovator and busines...

Learn how to perform at your peak without making yourself sick!   Marcey Rader changed her life and wants to help you do the same. During her 16 years in business, she always positioned herself as the go-to person to help staff become more efficient and productive. She ran 12 marathons, over 30 triathlons, and several endurance races. Always pushing, pushing, and pushing some more. And then she go...

Hear how women can build better businesses that thrive!   I was hunting around for leading women in the financial services sector as I was writing my book about exceptional women smashing the myths of what women can and cannot do. Lisa Caputo's name came up and having been an ex-Citibanker for many years, I was interested in what she had done there for women. Lisa's entire career has been amazing,...

Learn how to see the future through a fresh lens !   As you might know, we are setting up leadership academies and personal development programs for our SAMC clients in all types of industries. As corporate anthropologists , this is very much in line with our misson of helping organizations and the people working within them to change. In today's podcast, I speak with two notable leaders in the fi...

Learn how to change so you can really grow!   Jackie Kibler brings to our listeners a fresh perspective on how to run a business, just better. It is always a challenge for us to work with clients who have great ideas but are not great at growing them, managing the daily tasks, or developing the scalability that is needed. One of our favorite clients could have really used Jackie. Like those in my...

Learn how you can really, really find your soul mate!   This is a podcast that everyone should pay attention to. Our guest is Clarissa Silva, the founder of Your Happiness Hypothesis (H20) Method . Based on an algorithm she created, this "first-ever disruptive relationship technique" helps people find their significant other, husband, wife, partner, through a methodology that really works. After t...

Learn what wonderful things can come from a quiet mind I met Patrick when we were both traveling in Sicily. As we talked about our own life journeys, I learned that he has held successful positions in advertising, marketing, content development and event planning. He was very good at them but not very happy with them, so he moved to a small island off Scandinavia and became a newscaster. He then b...

Hear how fresh thinking can revolutionize an industry! In case you haven't noticed, the world has become flat. In all kinds of ways, people are now connected across the globe, with significant and exciting implications. Ryan Cornell saw an opportunity to help companies, entrepreneurs, freelancers and even himself see this flat world with a fresh perspective. This led him to create  RemoteProfessio...

Learn how to go where the competition isn't! For over a decade, Michael Olenick and I have worked together on Blue Ocean Strategy . Now, Michael is going to lead our Europe and the Middle East division. We have been getting a growing number of inquiries from all over the globe for Blue Ocean Strategy work, and Michael has been helping us guide these companies. It is now time for us to team up toge...

Learn how to identify your own path to the future! This was a very timely interview with Diana Wu David. Diana is the author of the new book, " Future Proof: Reinventing Work in the Age of Acceleration . " Our discussion was all about what she is seeing in the business world as technology, work and life intersect, pushing our lives in entirely new directions. You will also hear about her own resea...

Learn how to arm your employees with a sense of purpose! Stefan and I had one of those great podcast discussions that took us into the work he is doing to get people to pay attention to our sustainability challenges. Unless we stop what we are doing to our environment, we won't have much left of the earth to live on, he firmly believes. But what I most enjoyed about our talk was learning how Stefa...

Learn how a nomadic mindset helps you see where you are going! I was introduced to Anthony Willoughby by Diana Wu David after our podcast interview. She said, "You just must meet Anthony. He will take you on his adventures around the world where people learn to build their trust and their abilities to work together." So I did! As you will hear, Anthony grew up in Africa, wandered the world, and mu...

Learn how to create positive messaging about your company! In today's podcast, I speak with attorney and PR expert Gina Rubel about how she successfully bridges these two arenas, law and public relations, and helps her clients do so as well. As the founder and CEO of Furia Rubel Communications , she helps lawyers craft better professional images and manage them effectively. As her website explains...

Learn how to overcome obstacles, tackle challenges and succeed! You might wonder why we invited German comedian, travel writer, television producer and soft skill trainer Michael Wigge to speak to our listeners about setting a record for the longest donkey ride in music television history, dressed as Henry VIII. Or about the time he crossed Germany on a Mibo Mastr scooter, covering 2,500 kilometer...

Hear how women-owned businesses are kicking it! Today's podcast is all about a topic that we here at SAMC are working on ourselves: how to help women create and grow their businesses . My conversation with Alicia Robb was wonderful. Alicia has spent ten years as a senior fellow at the Kaufman Foundation in St. Louis studying entrepreneurship and particularly women entrepreneurs. You can read some...

Learn how to re-think your life looking forward! I have known Elisa Spain for a long time. Having presented to a number of her Vistage groups , I'm deeply familiar with her particularly effective approach to helping people and their organizations change. As she has watched her members craft the next stages in their careers—selling their businesses, retiring from leadership positions, coping with t...

If you can dream it, you can do it! We met Amanda Zuckerman when she spoke at the HER Summit (Helping Entrepreneurs Rise) at Washington University this past October. Amanda is a Wash U alumna who saw an unmet need and turned it into a great business, dormify.com , that has opened an entirely new market space—very Blue Ocean style. Named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018, Amanda is a perfect exampl...