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The Power of Stories in Business - Annette Simmons

“The potential for creating novel brilliant solutions is not going to be found at one ivory tower or the other but in the middle, and we have to destigmatize what it looks like to be in the middle.” Annette Simmons
Working with each other, rather than against each other, is what the world needs especially in times of conflict. While competition is inherently human, it can as well be divisive and cause people to pull towards different directions instead of working towards achieving a common goal. Annette Simmons is passionate about having collaborative narratives, and believes that storytelling is a tool that can enable people to see the bigger picture.
 Annette Simmons is a successful consultant and author of five books including her most recent, Drinking From a Different Well: How Women’s Stories Change What Power Means in Action 
 (2021) 
Simmons’ solo career started in 1997 with the success of her first book Territorial Games: Understanding and Ending Turf Wars at Work (AMACOM, 1997) a deep examination of the micro-behaviors that discourage truth telling, information sharing and resource re-allocation.  As a follow up Annette developed a facilitation guide called, A Safe Place for Dangerous Truths:Using Dialogue to Overcome Fear and Distrust at Work (AMACOM, 1998), full of tips for sharing truth in a safe way as well as principles and tools to shift the “truth telling” norms for one-on-one conversations and meetings. Her book about storytelling, The Story Factor (Basic Books, 3rd ed. 2019) introduced the business use of storytelling and was named one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time (Penguin, 2009). She followed it with a workbook designed to develop a reader's “six stories” titled Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact (AMACOM, 2nd ed. 2015) 
She started out with a marketing degree from Louisiana State University (1983) and a move to Australia that provided ten years of international business experience with Ericsson and J. Walter Thompson. Annette returned to the USA to earn a Masters Degree in social psychology and adult education at North Carolina State University in 1994. 
Annette has been featured on CNBC’s Power Lunch, NPR’s Market Watch, talk radio programs, quoted in Fortune, Working Woman, Harvard Business Review, The Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and dozens of other respected publications.  In addition to English her books have been published in Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Norwegian, German and Russian.
In today’s episode, Annette talks about the power of storytelling, and why it is important to have collaborative narratives when looking for solutions to shared problems.   
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Books by Annette;
Drinking From a Different Well: How Women’s Stories Change What Power Means in Action 
Territorial Games: Understanding and Ending Turf Wars at Work
A Safe Place for Dangerous Truths:Using Dialogue to Overcome Fear and Distrust at Work
Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact 
Social Media Handles
https://annettesimmons.com/  
https://differentwell.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annettesimmonsstory/
https://twitter.com/thestoryfactor?lang=en
https://www.facebook.com/Annette.Simmons.StoryFactor
At an early age, I read books that started me on this lifelong quest of believing that if you just work hard enough, you can figure it out.
I facilitated this form of dialogue, and then eventually realized that storytelling was the magic tool to help someone to see a situation through another's eyes.
When we're trying to maximize our potential, we need to be able to combine somebody else's narrative with our narrative into a bigger picture that includes us both.
If we don't learn how to tell our story, and take someone on a little field trip about what we've seen, they can't see it.
I help people learn how to create collaborative narratives, and work together and find opportunities that they just can't see when they're in silos.
As long as people are arguing from these polar opposites, they are wasting the time that they could be creating solutions.
The potential for creating novel brilliant solutions is not going to be found at one ivory tower or the other but in the middle, and we have to destigmatize what it looks like to be in the middle.
We've optimized this idea that you can solve metrically, and therefore have scored badly in solving the things that just can't be measured.
Creating potential is almost always a function of building collaborative relationships with other people.
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The first four books that I wrote were really kind of power with strategies instead of power over strategies.
One of the things that I'm finding is that people with the collaborative narrative don't just want to win, but they want to protect.
One of the problems with a strictly competitive is that it makes us think that harm is just the cost of doing business.
This particular book takes you through the stories that women tell that men don't, and takes you through the idea that moral wins actually undercut competitive wins.
We need to do is we need to re-define harm avoidance, as something other than risk avoidance.
We've got to learn how to redesign the way we keep track of who we are, and how successful we are, and women have a talent for it.
It is time to redesign what power means in terms of the logistical design of systems so that women will be more attracted to these top jobs.
Companies are going to have to provide the opportunity to do good as well as to do well, if they're going to attract women.
My hope for this new book is I want women to not feel like they have to suck up to the guys in charge, but to feel like they have an opportunity to educate the guys in charge.
Women have to start believing that they can see things that are invisible from a competitive narrative.
Start trusting yourself, and start taking people on a field trip about what you know is true.
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Do you want to be a go to expert that news reporters, anchors and media producers turn to? Are you a media professional looking for credible, reliable and timely guests? Shock Your Media Potential is here for you.
Shock Your Media Potential is a one of a kind platform that connects vetted experts with news professionals around the globe.
As part of the launch of the platform, CEO Michael Sherlock, along with co-host Eddie Luisi, stage manager for Good Morning America, have interviewed 25 media personalities and professionals to ask them the questions you need to know the answers to in order to become more newsworthy, pitch your story better, and get invited back again and again, and much more. Some of their guests are household names, with exceptional on-camera careers. Others are award-winning directors, producers, camera operators, audio engineers, celebrity hair and makeup professionals, and so much more.
To learn more about our platform and our conference today, go to https://www.shockyourmediapotential.com

The Accidental Attorney Turned Writer - Mark Shaiken

“There are many things you can do and it is your job to identify what they are, and how you would pursue them.”  Mark Shaiken
Regardless of the profession, people have their own unique stories to put out into the world. When embraced and done rightly, writing can be a powerful tool that any person can use to tell their story. Mark Shaiken shifted his career to become an author and it all started with identifying the things that he could do that brought meaning to his life, and pursuing them.  
Mark Shaiken is the author of the legal thriller (print and audio book), "Fresh Start." He's also written "And . . . Just Like That – Essays on a Life Before, During and After the Law" and “Automatic Stay (3J Mystery),” a legal thriller as well. He's an Indie Author learning the ways of publishing and self-marketing and regularly shares tips and mistakes to avoid as an author.
In today’s episode, Mark talks about his journey being an attorney and how he transitioned into being an author. He also gives a sneak peek into his book series and what is to come.
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Books:
Automatic Stay (3J Mystery) 
Fresh Start (3J Mystery) 
.. Just Like That: Essays on a Life Before, During and After The Law
Social Media Handles
markshaikenauthor.com 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markshaikenauthor/
https://twitter.com/MarkShaiken
While in law school I worked as a clerk for a local bankruptcy judge, and 38 years later, I'm still working in that field.
I had always wanted to write, and I always figured that I’d circle back to that dream.
I struggled with the question of who I was for some time, but ultimately, I put together a plan that I would exit the practice of law and move into other things that I had passion for.
Considering what I am doing now, I like that I can get to measure a little bit better for the next phase of my life when I'm giving.
When I left the practice of law in 2019, I learnt a lot about myself and I am getting better at writing, which is a good thing.
I've been doing book clubs and I really am enjoying the discussions with these different groups.
The first book after retiring from practice was titled A Memoir of a Not Famous Lawyer, and it detailed my path into, during and then out of the law practice.
The book traces my journey in a whole bunch of essays about different aspects of my background, getting into law school, practicing bankruptcy, and then what the exit was like.
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The book series is a bankruptcy, legal thriller and all three of the titles come from bankruptcy code; Fresh Start, Automatic Stay and Unfair Discrimination.
I wanted to make it approachable and not too legal where the only people who would read it would be lawyers.  
I like to have some historical aspect in the books as well.
It was important to have as much diversity as I could in the books and capture the trials and tribulations of making it through a large law firm as a black woman.
Don't let anyone convince you that there's only one thing you can do, because there's many things you can do and it is your job to identify what they are, and how you would pursue them.
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Do you want to be a go to expert that news reporters, anchors and media producers turn to? Are you a media professional looking for credible, reliable and timely guests? Shock Your Media Potential is here for you.
Shock Your Media Potential is a one of a kind platform that connects vetted experts with news professionals around the globe.
As part of the launch of the platform, CEO Michael Sherlock, along with co-host Eddie Luisi, stage manager for Good Morning America, have interviewed 25 media personalities and professionals to ask them the questions you need to know the answers to in order to become more newsworthy, pitch your story better, and get invited back again and again, and much more. Some of their guests are household names, with exceptional on-camera careers. Others are award-winning directors, producers, camera operators, audio engineers, celebrity hair and makeup professionals, and so much more.
To learn more about our platform and our conference today, go to https://www.shockyourmediapotential.com

My New Book! - Cathy Fyock

“The spoken word is wonderful, but the written word just has the staying power that is hard to beat.” Cathy Fyock
Do you have a gut feeling that you should write a book but do not know where to begin?
Whatever reasons you may have to want to write a book, it is important that you get to do it right as it could be life changing not only to you, but to your audience as well. According to our guest today, Cathy Fyock, anyone can learn to write a book, and is one way in which people can use to leave a mark in their respective spaces.
Cathy Fyock, CSP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP is The Business Book Strategist and works with professionals and thought leaders who want to write a book as a business development strategy. She is the author of eleven books, including—On Your Mark: From First Word to First Draft in Six Weeks, Blog2Book: Repurposing Content to Discover the Book You’ve Already Written, and with coauthor Lois Creamer, The Speaker Author: Sell More Books and Book More Speeches. Her book, Authority, is an anthology about the power of authorship and was a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Her newest book is My New Book: The Upcoming Message that will Change the World.
Since beginning her business in 2014, she has helped over 200 professionals become published authors. She believes that we all have a purpose, and that our stories are the way in which we share our truth with others. She is certain that authors can and do change the world, one word at a time.
In today’s episode, Cathy talks about her passion for helping people who want to be authors go through the process seamlessly. She also talks about her guide book for authors and the motivation behind writing it.
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Social Media Handles
https://www.cathyfyock.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-fyock-973b735/
https://twitter.com/cathyfyock
https://www.facebook.com/TheBusinessBookStrategist/
Books
1. My New Book: The Upcoming Message That Will Change The World
2. Blog2Book: Repurposing Content to Discover The Book You’ve Already Written
3. Authority: Strategic Conceptes from 15 International Thought Leaders to Create Influence, Credibility and a Competitive edge for you and your Business
4. The Speaker Author: Sell More Books and Book More Speeches
5. On Your Mark: From First Word to First Draft in Six Weeks 
6. Humans@Work 
7. Compassion@Work: Creating Work Places That Engage the Human Spirit
8. Hallellujah!: An Anthem For Purposeful Work 
9. You@Work: Unlocking Human Potential in the Workplace
I’m a big believer in the power of a book.
Writing a book is hard and a lot of work because it means distilling all of your thought leadership into something that's cohesive, focused and really sharp.
When I started as an HR consultant, speaker and trainer, I wrote to establish my thought leadership and differentiate myself from the pack to grow my business.
A book can absolutely move you into new territory, help you claim your thought leadership in an area that you hadn't been able to claim before.
I have a group coaching component which gives people writing exercises, the camaraderie and community.
I also have a one on one coaching program that goes for six months which guides folks through the process of writing.
I also have writing retreats, which is a great way for super busy people to have dedicated writing time, and has community elements, direction and guidance.
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I've learned is that there are going to be people out there who all they need is the book, but there are others who will need extra level of guidance after reading my book.
I work with the people that need to work with me, and then the rest can find the secret sauce in my book.
I believe that the process of writing actually changes you and that you become a different person where you step into more of who you were meant to be.
As a book coach I don't just write books randomly and just hope that they do something for the business, I always have to be very strategic.
I use my work book now with my new coaching clients, and has therefore become an integral part of my business.
The spoken word is wonderful, but the written word just has the staying power that is hard to beat.
Go out there and make your mark, I really believe that you will make your mark when you write your book.
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Do you want to be a go to expert that news reporters, anchors and media producers turn to? Are you a media professional looking for credible, reliable and timely guests? Shock Your Media Potential is here for you.
Shock Your Media Potential is a one of a kind platform that connects vetted experts with news professionals around the globe.
As part of the launch of the platform, CEO Michael Sherlock, along with co-host Eddie Luisi, stage manager for Good Morning America, have interviewed 25 media personalities and professionals to ask them the questions you need to know the answers to in order to become more newsworthy, pitch your story better, and get invited back again and again, and much more. Some of their guests are household names, with exceptional on-camera careers. Others are award-winning directors, producers, camera operators, audio engineers, celebrity hair and makeup professionals, and so much more.
To learn more about our platform and our conference today, go to https://www.shockyourmediapotential.com

Brand Chemistry - Laura Beauparlant

“Figure out what makes you different, and embrace that knowing that the right people will be attracted to your energy.” Laura Beauparlant
Regardless of the path you choose as an entrepreneur, it is important to find out your goal and always align it with who you are as a person. Laura Beauparlant helps clients get clarity on why they do what they do, and says that it is important for entrepreneurs to step into their authentic selves for them to attract the right clients.
Laura Beauparlant is the founder of Lab Creative, the author of Brand Chemistry: How to Attract the Right Clients and Keep Them,  and the creator of Brand Camp. She is also an award-winning international speaker. 
An entrepreneur for the past 18 years, Laura leverages her creativity, experience and unique process to help ambitious, growth-minded entrepreneurs understand – and embrace – their magic. The results are aligned brands that stand out from the crowd, magnetize the right clients and produce explosive results.
In today’s episode, Laura talks about transitioning to branding and how she helps her clients create businesses that connect with their clients. She also talks about her book and her motivation to write it.
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Social Media Handles
https://www.labcreative.ca/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-beauparlant-4304381/
https://www.instagram.com/LabCreativeInc/
https://www.facebook.com/labcreativeinc/
https://www.youtube.com/c/LabCreativeInc
Book: Brand Chemistry: How to Attract the Right Clients and Keep Them 
I created Lab Creative and reinvented myself with this new business where I stepped into a new version of myself.
I allow people to see their magic and create chemistry with their audience as well as create a business and brand that aligns with them.
My mission is to create a world filled with ambitious, fulfilled, prosperous and happy entrepreneurs.
I help my clients to step into their genius by leveraging my magic to find their magic and then bring it to the world so everyone can see it.
When working with my clients at brand camp, we do the deep work first that entails thinking, and then we design.
I often tell my clients that I'm designing and creating a brand for their business for the future.
Brand camp is my methodology, and is the process I take all of our clients through before we design anything.
It is really about all of the messaging and really understanding how your brand show up in the world, and how you are going to distinguish yourself from everybody else in your space.
I've combined my background and design with these newer skills, which I had to embrace and step into.
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My book is based on brand camp, and it walks you through the entire process of creating your brand. 
I wrote the book because I knew that I could only help us a certain amount of people through working with me one on one.
I saw my book to be a great way to elevate my personal brand, bring more business into my business, and to get me more speaking engagements.
For me getting really clear on why I was writing a book made me find my unique factor which was having a design background.
When you get to fully step into who you are, and get crystal clear on that, the right people will be drawn to you like a magnet, and that's what brand chemistry is all about.
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Do you want to be a go to expert that news reporters, anchors and media producers turn to? Are you a media professional looking for credible, reliable and timely guests? Shock Your Media Potential is here for you.
Shock Your Media Potential is a one of a kind platform that connects vetted experts with news professionals around the globe.
As part of the launch of the platform, CEO Michael Sherlock, along with co-host Eddie Luisi, stage manager for Good Morning America, have interviewed 25 media personalities and professionals to ask them the questions you need to know the answers to in order to become more newsworthy, pitch your story better, and get invited back again and again, and much more. Some of their guests are household names, with exceptional on-camera careers. Others are award-winning directors, producers, camera operators, audio engineers, celebrity hair and makeup professionals, and so much more.
To learn more about our platform and our conference today, go to https://www.shockyourmediapotential.com

30 Second Success - Laura Templeton

“When you pour into other people without expectation, things just come back to you so much easier.” Laura Templeton
How can leaders create and maintain lasting and genuine relationships?
Effective communication is crucial when networking and passing information. The ability to explain and clarify important information should be nurtured by all leaders who aspire to make these connections. Laura Templeton has been working with leaders and notes that it is important to be present and engaging when networking.
Laura Templeton is the Founder and Chief Instigator at 30 Second Success, a company helping coaches, consultants, and service providers make better connections and obtain more business in 30 seconds or less.
As a Global Speaker, Author of 30 Second Success: Ditch the pitch and start connecting!  and Brand Communications Consultant, Laura educates in-person and virtual audiences on value-based communications that take your creativity to the next level and help you step into owning and sharing your brilliance with confidence.
An enthusiast for the written word, Laura is currently working on the next book in the 30 Second Success series. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring her new home state of Florida, spending time with family, friends, and Knox (her co-working dog), and teaching Archery to anyone interested in learning.
In today’s episode, Laura talks about the 30 Second Success formula, and how she helps people become better at what they do. She also talks about her book and the motivation behind writing it.
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Social Media Links
https://30secondsuccess.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/30secondsuccess/
https://mobile.twitter.com/30secondsuccess
https://www.instagram.com/30secondsuccess/
https://www.facebook.com/30SecondSuccess/
http://bit.ly/YouTube-30SecondSuccess  
Book: 30 Second Success: Ditch the pitch and start connecting!  
I launched 30 Second Success business about seven years ago.
I teach people a simple formula that that I use for myself on how to do the 30 second message.
There's a lot of work that goes into the deep understanding of what it is that you're meant to do and who you're meant to connect with, and figure out how to put that into 30 Seconds or Less.
The value comes in from helping people just figure out how they can live into what they're designed to do and really understand it.
When we start positioning ourselves well as taking care of other people, we start serving other people, and it's not about what we get out of the relationship but rather what we give into the relationship.
When you pour into other people without expectation, things just come back to you so much easier.
You have to be willing to accept that you're not always the solution, and know that there's an opportunity for you to listen.
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I do believe that there's always the right time for someone to finally sit down and write a book, and I did.
The real value in my book is not just how to write your message, but how to create connections and networking as part of your marketing strategy.
Networking is one of the most beautiful relationship models I've ever seen in my life.
The book is designed to help people understand how to become a more effective networkers and get out of their own way, and how that will then transform their business.
The benefit of virtual has really changed in the way that it also has given me access to a global community.
My advice to people of the millennial generation is to align themselves with someone who has more experience in networking and is willing to take you under their wing.
A lot of young people really have a hard time connecting with the people that they need to help them grow their businesses.
There is value in being present and engaged with someone, and having that intention of really listening and asking them to go a little bit deeper with their answers to your questions.
Believe in your ability to create the change you want to see in this world.
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Do you want to be a go to expert that news reporters, anchors and media producers turn to? Are you a media professional looking for credible, reliable and timely guests? Shock Your Media Potential is here for you.
Shock Your Media Potential is a one of a kind platform that connects vetted experts with news professionals around the globe.
As part of the launch of the platform, CEO Michael Sherlock, along with co-host Eddie Luisi, stage manager for Good Morning America, have interviewed 25 media personalities and professionals to ask them the questions you need to know the answers to in order to become more newsworthy, pitch your story better, and get invited back again and again, and much more. Some of their guests are household names, with exceptional on-camera careers. Others are award-winning directors, producers, camera operators, audio engineers, celebrity hair and makeup professionals, and so much more.
To learn more about our platform and our conference today, go to https://www.shockyourmediapotential.com

Soul Language - Lisa Dadd

“Your soul language may be very different from all those people telling you that you have to find success in a certain way.“  Lisa Dadd
How can leaders connect with their innermost self and manifest it in their daily interactions?
For years, people have been searching for ways and tools that can help them find out who they really are, and their life’s purpose. Lisa Dadd has been working with leaders to help them tap into their natural gifts, talents and abilities, through expanding their awareness and helping them understand their soul languages.
Lisa Dadd spent 15 years in the competitive industry of corporate healthcare, mastering strategic sales, marketing and management skills, from one of the world’s largest healthcare companies. In addition to the success, climbing the corporate ladder offered, was a deep sense her greatest potential was yet to be realized. With nearly a decade of independent consulting, an intense training in leadership development and facilitation of social emotional learning programs, Lisa has uncovered an innate way to access that potential.
Leveraging a diagnostic tool called Soul Language, Lisa now works with innovative leaders to integrate an awareness of who they are at their core, into the way they do business. The success of her process is particularly related to her unique approach to sales training. She believes that selling is a critical communication skill for all of us to have, because whether we are selling a product, a service, or an idea, we all need to create buy-in. Soul Sales teaches the art of creating buy-in, through the enrolling language of one’s innate energy. 
In today’s episode, Lisa talks about how she uses the Soul Language as a tool to help people connect to themselves and others. She also talks about her book and why she decided to write it.
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Social Media Handles
https://www.lisadadd.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisadadd/
https://twitter.com/LisaDadd  
https://www.instagram.com/lisamdadd/
Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNqWHAhs1ew 
Book: Finding Fabulous: Paving the Path Between Paycheck and Passion 
Transforming from corporate to business made me realize that I needed to redefine success for myself and what that looked like.
I work with business owners and leaders in their own soul language and put that filter on the way they do business.
Sometimes the thing that is our super strength and brings us joy, may also be our kryptonite that takes energy out of us.
Put your own unique filter on things because everything either works or fails, but the question is whether it aligns with who you are.
When I came across the soul language tool, we started diving into what that was, and how we could use it.
I use it to determine how to bring personal growth and business together in a successful way.
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I always had this niggling in the back of my mind that I would write a book one day.
I started interviewing people because I wanted to hear from everyday ordinary people.
There were a lot of commonalities even though everybody followed their own way.
I realized that the summary of it all was that actually most people love, especially initially, what they're doing and what they're involved in until the environment changes unfavorably.
Sometimes it takes a bit of work to get your foundation under you as an entrepreneur.
Anyone who tells you they're an entrepreneur and they've never failed is not really one.
Entrepreneurs are willing to live a short time the way no one else will, so that they can live the rest of their lives the way no one else can.
Your soul language may be very different from all those people telling you that you have to find success in a certain way.
My book brought me on my path to create my business, which now pays me.
For most people, they’re never going to make a million dollars selling their books, but it can help with the journey towards the million dollars by helping you get very clear about you're trying to accomplish.
Life is speaking to us each and every day, the question is whether we're slowing down to listen to it.
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Do you want to be a go to expert that news reporters, anchors and media producers turn to? Are you a media professional looking for credible, reliable and timely guests? Shock Your Media Potential is here for you.
Shock Your Media Potential is a one of a kind platform that connects vetted experts with news professionals around the globe.
As part of the launch of the platform, CEO Michael Sherlock, along with co-host Eddie Luisi, stage manager for Good Morning America, have interviewed 25 media personalities and professionals to ask them the questions you need to know the answers to in order to become more newsworthy, pitch your story better, and get invited back again and again, and much more. Some of their guests are household names, with exceptional on-camera careers. Others are award-winning directors, producers, camera operators, audio engineers, celebrity hair and makeup professionals, and so much more.
To learn more about our platform and our conference today, go to https://www.shockyourmediapotential.com

Cause Lasting and Positive Change - Nick Jankel

“Do not give up the gains of the past, but rather bring them forward into the future.” Nick Jankel
 
How can leaders embrace the lessons of the past, as well as inspire positive change for the future in their businesses and communities?
Considering the pace at which the word continues to evolve, transformational leadership is no longer an option but a necessity, especially for organizations that want to thrive and remain sustainable. Nick Jankel works with leaders to help them take charge of their businesses and notes on the importance of learning self and having control of the body and mind.
Nick Jankel is a thought leader whose ideas, tools and research are designed to take the pain out of transformation. He also uses it to blast through the barriers that block creativity and innovation, and instead unleash conscious changes in leadership in ways that bring less suffering, and more thriving into the spaces we touch.
Nick is co-founder of Switch On. He's also the chief architect of a rigorous methodology and philosophy for transformation, the Switch On Way, which blends the latest neuroscience with timeless wisdom from great traditions. He's used the Switch On Way to lead organizations as diverse as Novartis and Nike, as well as operated himself in different roles as a coach and presenter.
His latest book is called Now Lead the Change: Repurpose Your Career, Future-Proof Your Organization and Regenerate Our Crisis-Hit World By Mastering Transformational Leadership
In today’s episode, Nick task about his coaching business and the process towards adopting transformational leadership. He also shares his motivation for writing the book on transformational leadership, and how it can be useful in leadership.
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Social Media Handles
https://switchonnow.com/
https://web.facebook.com/switchonnow/?_rdc=1&_rdr
https://soundcloud.com/switchonnow
https://twitter.com/nickjankel
https://www.instagram.com/switchonnow/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdzCMVyPJBtqfkhwRJUUbg
Books
Spiritual Atheist: A Quest to Unite Science and Wisdom into a Radical New Life Philosophy to Thrive in the Digital Age
Now Lead the Change: Repurpose Your Career, Future-Proof Your Organization and Regenerate Our Crisis-Hit World By Mastering Transformational Leadership
Become a Transformational Organization: Galvanize Agility Without Losing Stability to Survive and Thrive in the Digital Disrupted and Damaged World 
Switch On: Unleash Your Creativity and Thrive with the New Science and Spirit of Breakthrough. 
My core business is called switch on, and we do innovation, leadership, coaching and some systemic change and architecture.
We also have Future makers which is a sustainability consultancy and we work with large organizations that want to be net positive.
I ran innovation training for clients which is basically creative leadership work, and that pulled me into leadership and coaching.
The entire leadership movement of the last 20 years is really a response to management technologies, which were all about control and efficiency.
The world is never going to be stable, consistent and clear and organizations need to figure out what they need to do to make sure they remain relevant.
Sales is actually where emotional intelligence lives most acutely in an organization, and so there's a lot from that world that is at the core of leadership.
What we do is called transformational leadership, which is the ability to cause lasting positive change.
I'm trying to get leaders to find a path for themselves and their organization by embracing all that makes a person human.
The dilemma therefore is how to create full spectrum workplaces where we allow people to be humans, with all their flaws and fragilities and all their potential power, and still have boundaries.
Great leaders are working out that for themselves because you can't help others if you haven't helped yourself.
We generally haven't been taught how to do boundaries, but we need to learn to create them.
The mind and body is the most complex organizing system in the universe and people should spend time mastering it.
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It seemed crazy that I would be talking about transformational leadership, and I hadn’t actually got a book about transformation.
The book looks at your own leadership, purpose, and resilience. It then looks at leading your organization, and how well you hold on your organization.
I use this book to do two things, communicate my take on transformational leadership, and also put across the seven principles of transformation.
The book is not meant to solve all the problems, but it's creates a map of the problems and where you might go for specifics within that.
Do not give up the gains of the past, but rather bring them forward into the future.
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Do you want to be a go to expert that news reporters, anchors and media producers turn to? Are you a media professional looking for credible, reliable and timely guests? Shock Your Media Potential is here for you.
Shock Your Media Potential is a one of a kind platform that connects vetted experts with news professionals around the globe.
As part of the launch of the platform, CEO Michael Sherlock, along with co-host Eddie Luisi, stage manager for Good Morning America, have interviewed 25 media personalities and professionals to ask them the questions you need to know the answers to in order to become more newsworthy, pitch your story better, and get invited back again and again, and much more. Some of their guests are household names, with exceptional on-camera careers. Others are award-winning directors, producers, camera operators, audio engineers, celebrity hair and makeup professionals, and so much more.
To learn more about our platform and our conference today, go to https://www.shockyourmediapotential.com

Untethered - Heather Wickman

“When you lead from a place of love, what you actually create is an environment for people to flourish.” Heather Wickman
How can leaders overcome their fears and biases and start to leading their people with love? Heather Wickman works with leaders to help them unveil their best selves and says that self-awareness and self-love is an important part of the growth process for leaders.
Heather Wickman is from Minnesota, born and raised near Walnut Grove on the family farm. She holds a PhD in Organizational Systems – Leading Transformational Change, an MA in Human Resources and Organizational Development, and a BS in Human Resource Development. Heather has worked with companies such as Optum, First Bank, Envision Healthcare, DaVita Medical Group and have led and consulted leaders in many Executive level positions at over 20 companies. Many of her clients have struggled with navigating change and uncertainty, making massive career transitions, and building highly engaged and top-performing teams. She has used our proven tools to help them overcome these challenges and come out on the top.
Heather Wickman is a bestselling author and Co-Founder of Untethered, a company upending the executive coaching model by creating evidence-based change strategies that support individuals and teams to accelerate their growth by breaking through stubborn roadblocks and mastering change to create the results they most desire.
Untethered guides individuals and teams through powerful growth intensives and immersive experiences based on their proprietary Growth Formula that provides an unparalleled one-on-one opportunity to reveal the most powerful aspects of yourself and shed the limits that hold you back.
In today’s episode, Heather talks about her career path, working with leaders and overcoming obstacles the hinder people from living their purpose.
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Social Media
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherwickmanphd/
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Book Link: The Evolved Executive: The Future of Work is Love in Action  
I was a high achiever al through my life and climbed the career ladder to the peak at a very young age.
The strangest thing was that as I excelled, I kept on getting more and more miserable, anxious, depressed, and unfulfilled.
I resigned my job and traveled the world with my husband for a year before we settled down and figured how to make a difference and Untethered was born.
We really exist to guide high achieving executives and entrepreneurs to overcome some of the biggest and stubborn obstacles that are in the way of what they want to create in their lives.
We combine several different coaching processes like the immunity to change with peak experiences.
Mid-career retirement gives us some time to pause to re-evaluate and understand who are we today, because it may not be who we were yesterday.
When going through the program, the first phase people get excited because they have someone to help them get through their challenge.
The next phase entails getting into the introspective space where we slow everything down to allow that emotion to just be as it is, and not to rush through it.
We usually have a peak experience which provides rapid and potent insight that allows that individual to see the pinpoint.
Once they have achieved the awareness, they begin to experiment and put the new behaviors and patterns into everyday life.
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My book is about how to put away leading from a place of fear to leading with love.
Throughout the book, there are these different distinctions around what it looks like to lead with love and action versus fear.
When you lead from a place of love, what you actually create is an environment for people to flourish.
Some of the most-high achieving execs and entrepreneurs that I come across are the ones that are looking and needing that self-love more than anyone else.
Part of the work that we do here at Untethered is creating the conditions for you to love yourself a little bit more.
Find ways to love yourself a little bit more.
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Do you want to be a go to expert that news reporters, anchors and media producers turn to? Are you a media professional looking for credible, reliable and timely guests? Shock Your Media Potential is here for you.
Shock Your Media Potential is a one of a kind platform that connects vetted experts with news professionals around the globe.
As part of the launch of the platform, CEO Michael Sherlock, along with co-host Eddie Luisi, stage manager for Good Morning America, have interviewed 25 media personalities and professionals to ask them the questions you need to know the answers to in order to become more newsworthy, pitch your story better, and get invited back again and again, and much more. Some of their guests are household names, with exceptional on-camera careers. Others are award-winning directors, producers, camera operators, audio engineers, celebrity hair and makeup professionals, and so much more.
To learn more about our platform and our conference today, go to https://www.shockyourmediapotential.com

Stand in your Truth -Michael S. Seaver

“Be the person you needed when you were younger, and if you do that, you're going to find a tremendous meaning and joy in life.” Michael S. Seaver
The workplace continues to evolve, as people become more aware of themselves and what they want.  It is therefore important that the leaders of today understand the trends and align themselves accordingly. Michael S. Seaver provides coaching for leaders to help them unlock their potential and says it all goes back to finding your authentic self and being true to who you are.
Michael S. Seaver is an award-winning executive coach, leadership consultant, keynote speaker, and author. He’s on a mission to unlock human potential to help people uncover and live their purpose, and live a more meaningful and authentic life. His unique methodology has revolutionized how leaders can live authentically and how organizations engage employees. He offers no-nonsense strategies to help people find confidence in their life’s narrative, commonalities across generations working today, and ways to communicate with emotional intelligence.
Michael’s newest book, I Know, A Practical Guide For Awakening To What’s Within And Finding Work-Life Integration, is a how-to guide Michael uses with clients walking you through the three phases of personal transformation and nine processes you can complete alone or with trusted friends. The book tells Michael’s raw and authentic story, offers research-based psychological truths, and is full of real-world client examples. After reading I Know, you’ll transition from believing life’s answers come from outside yourself to knowing you can discover the answers already inside yourself.
For more than 25 years, Michael has lead teams and has coached global leaders since 2011. He’s invested thousands of hours in the “arena” managing personal and organizational change, guided others to uncover their lives’ missions, and taught leaders how to create psychological safety by inviting employee life experiences into workplace.
Featured in numerous publications such as Forbes, Authority, Medium, Thrive Global, Arizona Republic, Business Journals, Accounting Today, Financial Executives International, Best Companies USA, Michael has shared his experiences widely. He is a frequent guest on international podcasts and has served on a variety of boards of directors. Michael graduated from the Thunderbird School of Global Management with a MBA and speaks a bit of Mandarin. He is certified by TTI Success Insights to administer the DISC, 12 Driving Forces, Emotional Intelligence assessments.
In today’s episode, Michael talks about his passion for coaching, and how he unlocks people’s potential. He also talks about the motivation behind writing his book and the hurdles he had to overcome to make the book a reality.
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https://www.facebook.com/MichaelScottSeaver
https://www.youtube.com/user/SeaverConsulting
I worked at the Four Seasons Resort in north Scottsdale where I learned an awful lot about customer service, giving back and anticipating guests needs.
After my MBA I took a full time job at one of the nation's largest healthcare systems as the director of talent sourcing.
I always wanted to do coaching, and in February 2011, I launched my coaching practice as it is now.
I am an executive coach and I do offer team trainings, I speak publicly and serve as MC for events, and I also have online courses.
My life's mission is about how I can unlock potential and give other people hope.
I've helped a lot of folks define what their life's mission is, or define what their personal brand is, and then figure out ways that they can share them openly.
I've also really enjoyed helping people become coaches, which then creates an entire ecosystem inside of a company or organization for other coaches.
We're moving forward to a very different time in human history, where people are going to stand in their truths in ways that they never have before.
Our job as coaches and leaders is to help people believe in themselves in ways that they might not have before.
We are moving to a time where people are slowing down, and finding an objective framework on how to distribute their time into things they genuinely care about.
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We have moved to what astrologist referred to as the Age of Aquarius.
Organizations that are upscaling their people are the ones that are going to have the most engaged and productive staff.
Now is the time to create those collaborative workspaces where people can truly express themselves in a more connected environment.
In March of 2020, I got this epiphany and I reached out to a writing coach that I had known.
The summer of 2020 was an enormously challenging emotional time for me, because I was confronting a lot of my own fears to tell some of the stories that I tell in the book.
I had to challenge myself and get really deep into my own heart and soul to tell the stories that I told but it has opened up doors that I would have never ever considered.
The more niche or specific that you are, the more depth oftentimes the help that you can provide is.
I encourage everybody watching or listening to take the time to really start to share yourself more openly, because you never know who you're going to uplift.
Be the person you needed to be when you were younger, and if you do that, you're going to find a tremendous meaning and joy in life. 
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Do you want to be a go to expert that news reporters, anchors and media producers turn to? Are you a media professional looking for credible, reliable and timely guests? Shock Your Media Potential is here for you.
Shock Your Media Potential is a one of a kind platform that connects vetted experts with news professionals around thne globe.
As part of the launch of the platform, CEO Michael Sherlock, along with co-host Eddie Luisi, stage manager for Good Morning America, have interviewed 25 media personalities and professionals to ask them the questions you need to know the answers to in order to become more newsworthy, pitch your story better, and get invited back again and again, and much more. Some of their guests are household names, with exceptional on-camera careers. Others are award-winning directors, producers, camera operators, audio engineers, celebrity hair and makeup professionals, and so much more.
To learn more about our platform and our conference today, go to https://www.shockyourmediapotential.com

Ascend Your Start-up - Helen Yu

“Explore life in whatever form it takes, be curious, leave your comfort zone, and embrace courage in small and big ways, because you have amazing answers just waiting inside you.” Helen Yu
The path towards growth and prosperity is long, and sometimes difficult. Embracing the opportunities that life presents ensures that we not only become a better version of ourselves, but also propels us towards living a life of purpose. Helen Yu has been working with entrepreneurs to help them scale their businesses, and highlights the importance finding purpose for starting and running a business.
Helen Yu is the founder and CEO of Tigon Advisory and WSJ Best Selling Author.  She drives growth for tech companies from start-ups to global titans like Oracle and Adobe, and helps CEOs achieve multibillion-dollar revenue growth and record profitability. She’s a board advisor to fast-growth SaaS companies and is on the board of the Global Cybersecurity Association. She’s a top Twitter influencer with a 10M+ weekly reach and was ranked a Top 10 thought leader by Thinkers 360, and a top 10 digital transformation influencer by IBM. She’s spoken at SXSW, TiECon, DMS, and Money2020.
An avid adventurer who trekked to Mt. Everest base camp and ice-climbed glaciers, her book Ascend Your Start-up: Conquer the 5 Disconnects to Accelerate Growth won first place at the New York book festival, Firebird award and first place in Entrepreneurship & Small Businesses at American book festival in addition to achieving WSJ Best Seller.  Helen’s CXO Spice Talk podcast is named as the top 70 podcast to listen to in 2022.
In today’s episode, Helen talks about her career experiences that led her to living her purpose. She also shares the motivation behind writing her book.
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Social Media Handles
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tigonhyu/
https://twitter.com/YuHelenYu
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClZX2qjIQaEgjUnOMycBDog
https://www.podcasts.com/cxo-spice-talk
Book: https://amzn.to/3yif3fS
I enable global players to scale through people first framework because I'm passionate about the voice of customer when it comes to digital transformation.
Growth does not happen by accident, and is not sustainable in any organizations where the culture is not a people culture.
I was a financial analyst at a manufacturing company, but later got into tech and learnt how to code and design applications for the largest financial banks and insurance companies across the globe.
The risk I took to get into tech was worth it because that was what got me to where I'm at today.
I came to the US in 1991 to pursue education, and got my first job in the mailroom at a corporation.
I got an opportunity and ended up going working for the same company as a Treasury Department.
There are random opportunities that you have to seize and be bold enough to talk to people when they walk in.
I always say network with people, when you are not in need of anything.
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My purpose in life is to tenfold other people's success, and my book is about thinking about the framework for tech startups.
It talks about the five functional fundamental growth disconnects that trap startups and keeps them from reaching the summit, and from touching the sky.
I intended to empower founders and CEOs to self-reflect and grow as they progress and scale their business.
I challenge clients and co-workers to be curious seeker, and this book helps people understand the questions to identify blind spots as they scale their business.
The book is not just about business, but also about my experience climbing Mount Everest base camp to keep a secret that I promised my grandma to spread her ash there.
When you're a founder, you need to know why you start a business, and when you stick to that mission, your success rate is much bigger.
Curiosity is a prerequisite for dreaming and is the rock of innovative thinking, and I inspire curiosity when I work with my customers.
We as leaders, we can always help people to tap into their potential by encouraging and inspiring their curiosity.
Explore life in whatever form it takes, be curious, leave your comfort zone, embrace courage in small and big ways, because you have amazing answers just waiting inside you.
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Do you want to be a go to expert that news reporters, anchors and media producers turn to? Are you a media professional looking for credible, reliable and timely guests? Shock Your Media Potential is here for you.
Shock Your Media Potential is a one of a kind platform that connects vetted experts with news professionals around the globe.
As part of the launch of the platform, CEO Michael Sherlock, along with co-host Eddie Luisi, stage manager for Good Morning America, have interviewed 25 media personalities and professionals to ask them the questions you need to know the answers to in order to become more newsworthy, pitch your story better, and get invited back again and again, and much more. Some of their guests are household names, with exceptional on-camera careers. Others are award-winning directors, producers, camera operators, audio engineers, celebrity hair and makeup professionals, and so much more.
To learn more about our platform and our conference today, go to https://www.shockyourmediapotential.com