Blaire’s debut on Learning Life comes at an important time- the start of Black History Month. Blaire G. Hervey is the Director of Training and Sales Enablement at ZoomInfo powered by DiscoverOrg, a B2B database and contact directory. She is also a change management leader, making history of her own, paving the way for Diversity & Inclusion initiatives to focus on the advancement, empowerment, and visibility of underrepresented employees at ZoomInfo. Championing inclusion, she works to enhanc...
Feb 04, 2020•29 min•Season 3Ep. 66
Jamie Schroder is the Manager of Client Training at Sunquest Information Systems, an Air Force Veteran, and has 25 years of experience in the L&D and medical laboratory spaces. Sunquest provides a full suite of software and services for scientific laboratories, which requires very specific training that varies by user type. This week, Jamie sits down with Jon to talk about training from a military standpoint and a corporate standpoint, the importance of LMS usability, what it’s like to work ...
Jan 28, 2020•29 min•Season 3Ep. 65
Keiko Borkenhagen is the Senior Program Manager for Education and Training at LiquidPlanner. A "boomerang employee," she left and returned to the project management SAAS company to head up training for employees and customers alike. This week, Keiko sits down with Jon to talk about the balance between technical training and coaching soft skill development, and how to gear up power users. Want to learn more about Keiko? Find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keiko-borkenhagen/ Checkout...
Jan 21, 2020•28 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Dr. Jane Tornatore is a recovering perfectionist, therapist, speaker, and author, who has spent the last 20 years building her private practice and conducting Alzheimer's related research. Her current work focuses on improving brain health, boosting memory and reducing stress by converting outdated patterns and unnecessary stress into authenticity and wisdom. Tornatore makes a lasting impact by incorporating compassion, curiosity, and heartfelt optimism, along with powerful shots of playfulness,...
Jan 14, 2020•30 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Welcome to Season 3 of Learning Life, and welcome to our Women in Learning series! Each week, we'll dive into the successes and struggles of powerful women making an impact on learning and organizational business. Dr. Marina Theodotou is the Director of Operations and Analytics at the Defense Acquisition University, a training university of the US Department of Defense. She is also an author, a former leader in computer science K-12 education, and a whole lot more. Seriously, just read her Linke...
Jan 07, 2020•23 min•Season 3Ep. 62
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Jan 03, 2020•1 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Will Feng is an executive coach, speaker, and the Director of Learning and Organizational Development at FabFitFun. FabFitFun is a lifestyle service boosting health, wellness, fitness, and fashion through to it’s million+ members through a box subscription, video streaming service, and online community. Jon and Will sit down to talk about teaching not just in a course setting, but through leadership and role modeling. Happy holidays listeners! We will be taking a break next week and return with ...
Dec 17, 2019•30 min•Season 2Ep. 61
This week's guest is Steve Sloboda. Steve is a long-time leader in the Insurance industry, working at Progressive, Farmers Insurance, and now as the director of learning and performance at Aetna. Listen to learn about training soft skills and the future of customer service. Steve teaches us the concept of “cross-walking,” learning two sides of a business and walking back and forth between them, to truly understand the connections and position of the business. Visit www.learninglifeshow.com to he...
Dec 10, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 60
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text]This week, Jon sits down with author, speaker, fellow podcast host, and CEO Chas Wilson. Chas is cofounder and CEO of Master Networks, a chapter-based business education organization for entrepreneurs and business leaders. Chas built Master Networks with emphasis on high quality learning and a people-first focus, he wants to create real, lasting business relationships. Hear Chas talk about his path to success, the importance of famil...
Nov 14, 2019•22 min•Season 2Ep. 59
A second Jon comes to Learning Life! Jonathan Raymond, the CEO and founder of Refound, speaks with Jon (Tota) about how his company helps remote teams and managers of fast-growing companies. Refound is a leadership development firm that trains managers on how to give high-quality feedback and perform effective one-on-one meetings with employees. Raymond explains their company strategy of “more Yoda, less Superman” and how a company like his helps create success and growth for others. Want to lea...
Oct 29, 2019•38 min•Season 2Ep. 58
This week, Jon sits down with Uber L&D manager, James Watt. Watt has built up Uber’s online learning library from practically nothing to over 200 courses. While online training has the expectation of being universal, he has found that regional differences can be an advantage, allowing for local customization for certain training. Watt explains his history and role at Uber and peeks at the future for e-learning. Want to learn more about James Watt? Find him on Linkedin here: https://www.linke...
Oct 16, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 57
This week, Jon welcomes Andre Haykal Jr. to Learning Life. Haykal is the founder and co-host of Real Talk University Podcast, author of a book; "What They Won't Teach You," and CEO of marketing agency Xpand Ur Brand... all while a full-time student at Binghampton University! Andre sits down with Jon to talk about the importance of time management, the changing value of a college education, and getting out of your comfort zone. Want to learn more about Andre? Find him on LinkedIn: https://www.lin...
Oct 08, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 56
Every successful business has unforeseen challenges, and Tristan Wright is here to help guide you up the mountain. This week, Jon sits down with Tristan Wright; a fellow podcaster and Business Sherpa. For him, your business serves to allow the lifestyle of your choice. Since selling his successful cycling clothing company, he has worked as a part-coach, part-consultant, helping entrepreneurs scale their business while making sure employees and leaders still believe in the culture of the business...
Sep 24, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 55
In this week's episode, Jon chats with Faith Jones. Lawyer, TEDx speaker, and entrepreneur coach, Jones has developed business frameworks for women to develop and take control of their business and remains an avid advocate for self-learning. Along with her sales mind-reading techniques, Jones recounts her career and successes. Want to learn more about Faith Jones? Find her on her website or social media below. https://faithjones.com/ Follow Faith: LinkedIn here Facebook here Instagram here Liste...
Sep 10, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 54
A middle school teacher, a TEDx speaker, and a Rabbi walk into a bar… Bad joke, but all three describe this weeks excellent guest: Rabbi Elchanan Poupko. Teaching in New York City, Rabbi Poupko has written and spoken at TEDx on the topic of political polarization, and its ever growing threat to our culture. In this episode, Poupko talks about education and reminds us that individuals from diverse backgrounds, who might never otherwise interact, come together through the exchange of goods and ser...
Sep 04, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 53
She was the director of online learning for a non-profit, ran a language school for five years, and the leader of one of the largest TEDx events on the east coast. She even ran a clothing company that supported low-income women along the way. Dolores Hirschmann helped pioneer online learning during the early 2000s when computers were just entering classrooms, and applied the concept of gamification in learning long before it became a buzzword. Today she is an executive coach, helping leaders and...
Aug 27, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 52
When it comes to ethics, what you don’t know can hurt you. In today’s episode, Jon sits down with J Kevin Foster to talk common ethical traps that can bring people and companies down the wrong path, and how to prevent failures of integrity through training, seminars, and consulting. Hear the journey of a real estate executive turned-convict turned-ethics expert, who formed a plan to end the slippery slope of bad ethical decisions in the business world during his 28 days in solitary confinement. ...
Aug 13, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 51
A professional ballet dancer takes on a new challenge: he became a police officer. Trading ballet shoes for a gun belt sounds like something out of a movie - but meet our guest this week and he'll tell you it's a true story! In Learning Life’s 50th episode, Jon has a conversation with the inspired Christopher Fairbank. From professional ballet dancer to police officer, Fairbank has always striven to lead a different life and now communicates his story as a motivational speaker and business coach...
Aug 06, 2019•42 min•Season 2Ep. 50
What is the most cost-effective way to train your workforce? Do you really need to create training on basic programs? No way! Matt Ragan is the Director of Training for iPipeline, a cloud-based software solution for the life insurance and financial services industries. In today's episode, Jon chats with Matt Ragan, the Director of Training and Development at iPipeline. Ragan’s eclectic background from actor to teacher surprisingly led him to financial services and software development. These com...
Jul 30, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Lisa Patrick is the CEO of the online education company XTRAcredits, one of the leaders in edge learning. In her background in law enforcement and business, Patrick saw inefficiencies and missed training opportunities everywhere she looked. Today she chats with Jon about the merits of online learning and its roll in higher education and corporate businesses. Want to keep up with Lisa Patrick? Follow her on Facebook here: Facebook.com/Lisapatrickbfd or follow XTRA Credits here: Facebook.com/XTRAc...
Jul 23, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 48
We're on vacation this week but that doesn't mean you have to be. Check out this replay from our first season. Anna Liotta was episode 17 of Learning Life (as you may be able to tell from the audio quality) but that doesn't change the importance of her research! Crowded house growing up? Think again. Generational speaker and author Anna Liotta is one of nineteen children! Clearly, she was born into the fire of inter-generational dynamics. Anna converses with Jon about some of the data in her lat...
Jul 16, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Today Jon connects with Brandon Webb, former Navy SEAL, entrepreneur, and author. From training Navy SEAL snipers to writing a New York Times Bestseller, Webb has taught valuable lessons to those interested in his military background. Webb discusses the cutting edge required for businesses to stay afloat in a sea of ever-changing trends. Webb also touches on the future (or demise) of big-box retail and the age of specialty and virtual shopping. Interested in learning more about Brandon Webb? Go ...
Jul 09, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Do you communicate with every employee the same way? You may want to rethink that strategy. As experts in workplace personality theory, founders of Rose Group Int'l Meg Manke and Dr. Rachel Headley use their Culture Types and Kurtz Change Transition Model to help company culture and efficiency. Through their training, workplace members are analyzed with an XY axis: Chaos vs. Order, Team vs. Self. Where leaders and employees fall on this chart reflects how they respond to information, leadership,...
Jul 02, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 46
In today’s episode, Jon sits down with an e-learning pioneer: Andrew Scivally. His company, eLearning Brothers has been on the Inc 5000 List five times over! As the co-founder and CEO, Scivally pushed against industry naysayers in the early days of the supposed “e-learning fad” to become one of today’s major industry players. As the lines blur between educational and entertainment content, Scivally and his company maintain their edge; not as instructional content designers, but as experience dev...
Jun 25, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 45
As the sales and training manager of Allyoop (a sales agency that creates revenue growth through lead generation and sales team development), Andy Duwe leads the way as part of a leading sales agency in the industry. The twists and turns that have led Duwe to where he is have deeply impacted the way he trains employees. Duwe knows sales development can be expensive and risky for newer startups and companies; that’s why Allyoop is there to do it for you. Allyoop, like its namesake on the court, s...
Jun 18, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Peter Winick helps clients turn their personal knowledge and intellectual property into valuable online learning content. With no two businesses or learners alike, Winick emphasizes the importance of individual styles of communication and learning. With small to medium businesses, authors, speakers, and thought leaders among his favorite clients, Peter Winick tells Jon how to best develop and properly scale content to best meet a sound business strategy in today's online learning marketplace. Wa...
May 15, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Jon welcomes Dan Griesemer and Ben Haenning of Ohio National to discuss their unique collaboration. The VP of product marketing and the manager of training and development respectively, Dan and Ben intertwine storytelling and learning across departments. These gentlemen release online learning products that are utilized by advisors and employees across their field. The key to their cross-department success resides in the regular rotation of their online content. By constantly innovating the deli...
May 07, 2019•51 min•Season 2Ep. 42
This week’s theme of inspiration brings Adam Rosendahl, artist and CEO. With his company Late Nite Art, Rosendahl has helped companies like Southwest Airlines, Google, LinkedIn, Pandora and Clif Bar maintain their famous positive company cultures. However, Late Nite Art is neither about the art nor at night. It is rather a two-hour workshop catered to the company’s culture with the purpose of breaking divides across departments or during a merger. By creating a familiar and comfortable environme...
Apr 16, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 41
This week, Jon sits down with Ron Karr to learn how to ask the right questions and get to the point of a sales pitch: the sale itself! Karr is the author of the popular"Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way: The 7 Traits of Great Sellers" and has been teaching company sales teams how to succeed for thirty years. With his branded “Velocity Mindset,” Karr lets Jon in on tricks and tactics to reduce stress and build trust in potential customers, from impersonal cold calls to one on one lunch meetings. ...
Apr 11, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 31
David Schnurman makes an impact. The current president of EO (Entrepreneurs Organization) New York, Schnurman seeks opportunity in every moment in his personal and business life. His key to his success: never labeling a situation as bad or good. This outlook has allowed Schnurman to take action and reduce anxiety no matter the arena, rather than be hindered by his assumed fears. If you work with or are related to David, stay tuned until the end for a special message! Check out David's new book T...
Apr 02, 2019•42 min•Season 2Ep. 11
