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Standing Out - Chris Widener

Chris Widener is widely recognized as one of the top speakers in the world today. He has been on stage in Germany, Spain, Russia, China, Egypt, Singapore, Australia and of course, all over the United States and Canada.
Today, Chris takes us through us his journey of being a speaker as motivational speaker who focuses on helping leaders and salespeople gain trust, respect, admiration and loyalty from those they lead and sell to. Find out more from today’s conversation on how you can stand out!
His social handles; 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriswidener
https://twitter.com/chriswidener
https://www.facebook.com/widener
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCswThBSvEzfe1EWcGjgpGnQ

Conversations From Y to X - Cara Silletto

In our millennial series today, we speak to a ‘senior millennial’, Cara Silleto. Workforce thought leader Cara Silletto, MBA, CSP, works with organizations of all sizes to reduce unnecessary employee turnover by bridging generational gaps and making managers more effective in their roles. As a millennial herself, she knows first-hand what it is like to have a heightened sense of entitlement, very little employee loyalty and a dependency upon her smartphone.
However, unlike many millennials, Cara has figured out exactly how these attributes were cultivated during her formative years, and she now shares that story with leaders across the country, including teams at Toyota, UPS, Cintas and Humana.
 
Listen in and find out more about her interesting strategies to impact others.
 
Find out more on her website https://www.crescendostrategies.com
 http://www.linkedin.com/in/carasilletto
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCskUXS7F9zj-v_EQMyD5nKw?
http://www.twitter.com/CrescendoHR
https://mailchi.mp/crescendostrategies/join

Motivating Youth With the Written Word - Lisa Nelson-Haynes

Do you love stories? Everyone does!
Today we talk to Lisa Nelson-Haynes, the executive director of Philadelphia Young Playwrights. In her role, she brings a deep knowledge of the Philadelphia arts-education community, coupled with hands-on experience with non-profit management and educational programming. 
She tells us how she helps young people to learn the skills of telling their stories in their own voices. As a storyteller herself, Lisa understands first-hand power of telling your own stories can have for personal development. Listen in and learn how you can cultivate agency and self-advocacy skills through story telling.
 
More on Philadelphia Young Playwrights on the website https://www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org/lisa-nelson-haynes.html
Connect with her on LinkedIn

The Evolution of Travel - Kimberly Krol (Global Traveler Magazine)

Global Traveler
Global Traveler Magazine is the ultimate source for news, reviews and travel guides for luxury business travellers. It carries reviews on golf courses, spas and all matters traveling.
In this episode we talk to Kim Krol, the Chief editor of Global Traveler Magazine. She takes us along her journey to being the Editor in Chief, and how print publication has changed over the years, in the wake of technological advances. Kim talks about their target audience and what they do to ensure they can relate with their audience as much as possible. Follow through the conversation.
Visit the website for more the Global Traveler Magazine.

Hiring Top Talent - Jan Vincent

Jan Vincent is President & CEO of JV Consulting Human Asset Management, a company that is focused on building a better workplace.  She helps companies with hiring methodologies that enhance teamwork, reduce turnover, and provide them with competitive edge.
Follow through today’s conversation and learn important details on how you hire, who you hire and how to attain and retain top talent.
More on Jan:
https://jvconsults.com
https://web.facebook.com/JV-Consulting-Human-Asset-Management-130116940365159/about?_rdc=1&_rdr

Finding Calm in Chaos - Alina Haitz

Alina R. Haitz is an Author, Speaker and Coach who focuses on being "Calmer in the Chaos."
She dedicates her work to helping every day people create their own version of a calmer and "less-stressed" life. 
In this episode, Alina speaks about what really works for the everyday professional that lives in the real world. She helps us understand that mindfulness isn’t about living in a bubble of “namasting and doing yoga.”
There are amazing life events, and there are also challenging and stressful ones. Regardless of the situation you are facing, Alina reminds us that we can incorporate simple daily practices and tools that help us positively cope and better handle stress, be happier, calmer and more connected.
Find out more  www.alinarhaitz.com
Her book is one of daily reflections. I AM .  Daily Reflections to Uplift your Soul and Connect You to Mother Earth  https://amzn.to/2Nyklf0
 
Follow her on social media
Instagram is @Alina R. Haitz 
LinkedIn is https://www.linkedin.com/in/alinarhaitz/

A Mid-Career Retirement - Matt Javit

Matt Javit travels…A BUNCH. From 2017 to 2019 he travelled full time with his wife with just a single backpack each, visiting 35 countries. He hasn’t stopped yet.
In this episode he shares with us his transition from being a long term high performing sales executive to travelling.
Was it a pursuit for more? What did this mid-career retirement mean? Listen in to find out more on his interesting journeys and his pursuit to live his dream!
Subscribe to his YouTube channel to follow his adventures.
More on his website and social media handles;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjavit/
https://twitter.com/mattjavit
 
 

Conversations From Y to X - Isabel Firecracker

Isabel Firecracker is the founder of The Uprising Spark, a platform designed to help modern, child-free women define and reach their life goals. She is a world traveler, an avid kite surfer, and loves dogs. Pragmatic, no-nonsense, life purpose igniter, and host of The Honest Uproar Podcast.
With a general societal expectation for every woman to be a parent, Isabel talks to us about women who have made a conscious decision to be child free. In this episode of the millennial series, she also explains to us how millennials live life by their own set of rules, as opposed to their older counterparts who go by the primary values of the society.
Listen in to learn about millennials’ urge to explore not only the geographical world, but to also explore their own capabilities to the fullest extent that they can.
 
Social media handles:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/theuprisingspark/
                  www.instagram.com/thehonestuproar/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/isabelfirecracker/
                 www.facebook.com/theuprisingspark/
                 www.facebook.com/thehonestuproar/

Leadership Via Laughter, Honesty, Self-Reflection and Improvement - Izzy Gesell

Izzy Gesell is an Organizational Alchemist. He helps individuals and organizations transform their thinking from commonplace to extraordinary. He is also a speaker, an author and a professional facilitator.
Today we get to hear from him about how he approaches the concepts of leadership from a perspective of humor. Interesting, right?
Izzy uses humor to improve workplace environments, which eventually transforms those environments by helping individuals move to self-actualization.
Izzy is the author of Playing Along: Group Learning Activities Borrowed From Improvisation Theater (https://amzn.to/3198BaJ), a co-author of Humor Me: America’s Funniest Humorists on the Power of Laughter (https://amzn.to/3hUNvmB) and a contributor of a chapter on Improvisation as a facilitation tool in the IAF Group Facilitators Handbook (https://amzn.to/2ASfLpn). 
Find out more on his website. Learn more from his training on LinkedIn Learning page as well as his social media handles
https://www.facebook.com/IzzyGCompany/
https://twitter.com/improvizzy?lang=en
https://www.instagram.com/izzygesell/

Authentic Connections = More Sales - Terry Lancaster

Terry Lancaster has lived nine lives. Maybe more! He is a cancer survivor who has been inside a building that has been hit by a tornado, been onboard one boat that sank and two planes that were about to crash, has had a gun held to his head and a knife held to his throat. He has lived through three teenage daughters and has been married over 30 years... in a row!
In this episode, Terry tells us what he has been doing with all these ‘second’ chances that have been given to him. He helps sales people make more money, get more reviews, earn more referrals and more repeat business by building deeper, stronger, more authentic relationships both online and in real life. Find out more on the proven strategies that can help you as well.
 Terry has worked with thousands of business owners, managers, and salespeople providing proven strategies for making the cash register ring.
Read his two books: Better! Self Help for the Rest of Us (https://amzn.to/2ZfshHr) and Unstuck: 10 Proven Strategies for Breaking Through the Barriers to Small Business Growth (https://amzn.to/2BltXqS)
Tune in to The Get Ya Some Radio Show where he discusses ways to create health, happiness, and prosperity in your life.
 
Connect with Terry;
Website: http://terrylancaster.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/terrylancaster
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terry.lancaster.1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terryllancaster
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TerryLLancaster