Joining us today is global leadership expert and author of The Vision Code , Oleg Konovalov. He is certainly a leadership guru and has extensive experience across the world with global companies. He has authored several other books, but today we dig deep into the importance of creating a clear vision. In his book, he details the six key criteria in creating a solid vision and in this episode, he helps us understand each one. If vision is so crucial and important to a company or organization, why...
Nov 03, 2021•27 min
In his recently published and very relevant book Slacking Off: A Successful Way to Work From Home , author Mike Arnold shares his 15 years experience in working from home. Over the years, Mike has admittedly made mistakes but has mastered confronting his time and managing his work as an entrepreneur all from home. Many of us were faced with changes in work environment and some continue to work from home after the onset of Covid-19 and although Mike’s book was in the works starting in 2018, the p...
Oct 27, 2021•26 min
Originally from Hungary, today’s guest joins us to talk about a very hot topic in the business world: supply chain. Agnes Zsofia Nagy is a value chain and commercialism expert with a long track record in consulting. She currently owns her own consulting business where she focuses on supply chain with her clients and organizations. This specific topic is of great interest and is changing dramatically and rapidly. In today’s episode, Agnes discusses what these changes are and the reasons behind cu...
Oct 20, 2021•30 min
As leaders we know that checking in and asking questions is important, but today’s guest shows us how our approach could be all wrong when engaging a team. In fact, checking in isn’t engaging at all, so what should we do instead? Today’s guest, Shawna Schuh discusses why and how leaders should ask good questions. Shawna Schuh is a leadership coach from Oregon who does amazing work with a long list of amazing clients. The organizations she works with certainly experience deep transformation in th...
Oct 13, 2021•29 min
As the author of a fascinating book called From Start-Up to Grown-Up, Alisa Cohn joins us today to dive into the world of startup businesses. Alisa is an amazing coach with loads of well-deserved awards and recognitions but her focus and passion is around startup businesses and entrepreneurs. However, I believe her book and this episode are excellent for any leader, not just those in startups. In this episode, Alisa and I discuss her new book and the unique structure it has. Oftentimes, books on...
Oct 06, 2021•29 min
Most people like to think of themselves as doing good things in the world, but when we look at the concept of decency in our world’s cultures, we are lacking. So how can we do better as individuals to help create a better world? And how does this begin with businesses? Jeff Garson joins us today to break it down. Jeff Garson is the author of the very interesting and highly recommended book Radical Decency . In his career journey, he started out as a lawyer and ended up taking a drastic shift to ...
Sep 29, 2021•28 min
What does it mean to build a sale ready company? There will be a time as business owners when we need to have an exit strategy for various reasons. It is not something many entrepreneurs and organizations plan for. That’s why I’ve asked Josh Patrick to join us today on A Life and a Living Podcast to help us better understand the importance of building a sale ready company. Josh Patrick is an entrepreneur, consultant, and author of The Sale Ready Company , a how-to book disguised as a novel. The ...
Sep 22, 2021•27 min
Joining us today on A Life and a Living Podcast is Michelle Natalya Moore, a fascinating lady with an equally fascinating career and insight on the trending problem with attention. Founder of MindEQuity Inc. Michelle helps organizations discover their weaknesses and guides them in not only treating attention as an asset but how to harness it for success. How much time is wasted each week by yourself and your team? You may be surprised. MindEQuity offers a great online test that gives you a score...
Sep 15, 2021•33 min
In an incredibly relatable conversation, today’s guest openly discusses his own struggles and how he came to reclaim his life. Thomas Anderson, a Swedish entrepreneur, change manager, author, speaker, and coach, joins us on a Life and a Living Podcast to help us create our own space and learn the steps to take to help ourselves in times of struggle. We are constantly connected to the digital world and at risk of high levels of burnout. How can we equip ourselves with the tools needed to avoid th...
Sep 08, 2021•35 min
As we wait for the upcoming publication of his book, Don Khouri joins us on A Life and a Living Podcast to discuss “when to say yes.” Don has had a very successful and long career in the corporate world working for Fidelity Investments. While there, he gained experience in leadership roles specifically leading large software teams globally. After 21 years with the company, Don changed courses and now spends his time making the rest of us as effective and efficient through his own coaching and up...
Aug 18, 2021•35 min
Today’s guest on A Life and a Living Podcast is Steve Orrin, the Federal CTO at Intel. Steve is a recognized expert and frequent lecturer on enterprise security and has a background as a serial entrepreneur. During a time where cybersecurity is constantly changing and new risks are developed on a daily basis, Steve and others in similar positions are working hard on cybersecurity innovation. Steve’s vast amount of knowledge is evident in this interview as he helps businesses navigate a better un...
Aug 04, 2021•27 min
Today’s guest is no stranger to A Life and a Living Podcast. We’ve heard from him before and I’m thrilled to have him back to continue learning his business strategies. Miha Matlievski has an amazing story, coming from a series of failures and working hard to keep going. What I like most about Miha is his great sense of simplicity. He makes it all sound easy, although he never underestimates the amount of work involved in being a successful entrepreneur. In this episode, we discuss Miha’s focus ...
Jul 28, 2021•35 min
Normally on A Life and a Living Podcast, I have a guest that I am interviewing. This episode, however, we are doing something slightly different. Yes, I have a guest. But it is less of an interview and more of a conversation with my friend and colleague, John O’Gorman.John and I work closely with many teams around the world and today we are sharing some observations from working with these teams. We use the metaphor of a PitStop as you will know from Formula 1. What happens in a PitStop can dete...
Jul 21, 2021•27 min
Hailing from Virginia, today’s guest is an expert on managing and leading a team through change. We’re no stranger to change especially in the last year, but how can leaders engage their teams and work together to embrace inevitable change towards high-performance and success?Today’s guest is Rick Maurer. Rick is the president of Maurer & Associates, a consulting firm that provides expertise in implementing strategic and tactical change within the workplace. He is also the author of numerous...
Jul 14, 2021•41 min
Why do some companies fail while others succeed? What makes Amazon such a big winner while other, longer-established companies have now gone out of business or struggle to stay afloat? And how can we build our own business to the point where we can successfully sell it off for vast sums of money down the line? My guest today is an utterly fascinating lady who shares insights that answer all of the above questions. As a seller of over 500 companies, Michelle Seiler Tucker is an expert at buying, ...
Jul 07, 2021•45 min
Today’s guest brings a fascinating topic to our usual business and leadership conversations. Zulma Reyo has an incredibly interesting background as a medium and the purpose of her work is to help people stop doing and start being. Zulma Reyo is the founder of the Zulma Reyo School of Consciousness and author of Inner Alchemy: The Path Of Mastery, which is available as a free ebook. Today we discuss energy and how to understand its use and relevance in leadership and business. She beautifully exp...
Jun 30, 2021•34 min
How does mindfulness practice impact us in a business setting? We hear a lot about mindfulness, but how can it be used to better our leadership and management? Today’s very impressive and knowledgeable guest, author Latha Poonamallee, shares just that. Latha has an incredible combination of interests and expertise as an academic, author, and tech entrepreneur. She is passionate about radical change towards building a more just, equitable, sustainable, compassionate and prosperous world and her w...
Jun 23, 2021•44 min
With over 30 years experience in both government and business, today’s guest has helped a myriad of clients navigate the murky waters of federal sales. Gene Moran is a fascinating individual having served in the US Navy in a commanding role of very large ships. While in the Navy, Gene became involved in administration, the political scene, and learned how the whole world of companies selling to government bodies worked. This eventually led to him leaving the Navy and becoming a lobbyist. This tr...
Jun 16, 2021•31 min
Brandy McCarley, today’s guest, is passionate and energetic about what she does and in this episode, we discuss how hiring the right person can make all the difference. Brandy works with organizations to help them find the right people for the right jobs and overall making sure they have the right fit. But how does she do that? Her promise for organizations is a big one but through the use of a non-biased assessment of a person’s traits, she is able to eliminate bias and truly focus on finding t...
Jun 09, 2021•29 min
When it comes to happiness at work, today’s guest believes it is a science more than an art and it is certainly more important than we sometimes think. As the founder of Happiness at Work, Aoife O’Brien uses data and research to help organizations attract, hire, and retain top quality staff. It’s all about finding the “right fit,” but how? In today’s episode, Aoife discusses what determines fit, specifically clear values and how we demonstrate those values as individuals and as a part of an orga...
Jun 02, 2021•26 min
It’s all about providing experienced, skilled CFO’s on a part-time basis to their target market. A business that would benefit from having a CFO but without the cost of hiring a full-time executive and help their clients make more money, in less time with less stress. Adam Lean set up the CFO project to utilize an executive to assist in finding more money. Since accountants and bookkeepers don’t provide projections and assessments, having a CFO is an essential financial success tool that every b...
May 19, 2021•27 min
Having experienced severe burnout herself, today’s guest explains, “We need to be smarter about how we approach life and work in general and know when enough is enough. The new normal is to keep going no matter what.” What can be done to avoid burnout, disconnection, and loneliness especially in the workplace? Dr. Jenny Brockis joins us to discuss the fascinating science behind happiness and cultivating a good life. Dr. Brockis is a board certified physician who has previously had a successful p...
May 12, 2021•35 min
Today we welcome back an incredible guest, Stefan Verra. I absolutely love having him on the show and this episode is fascinating. As an expert on body language, Stefan helps us identify and understand how people use their body to communicate even when they don’t know it. Stefan Verra is a highly sought-after international speaker who is deeply rooted in the science behind body language, as he demonstrates in today’s episode. He is from Austria, but has traveled the world to speak at conferences...
May 05, 2021•40 min
In this fascinating episode of A Life and a Living Podcast, Carlos Valdes-Dapena introduces us to the concept of individual motivation as the key to collaboration. As Carlos also demonstrates, collaboration is then key to high-performing teams. It is all connected and our discussion today is eye-opening. Carlos is the founder of Corporate Collaboration Resources, LLC, an organization and group effectiveness consulting firm. He is also the author of two books on the topic of collaboration and has...
Apr 28, 2021•36 min
“This too shall pass,” is our guest’s motto when it comes to strategic planning during a time of crisis. We are all still experiencing the struggles of the unknown with the Covid-19 pandemic and there has never been a time such as this to have to plan for. Today’s guest is Rory Rowland, host of the Coaching for Potential Podcast and owner of a consultancy business in the USA. He is an expert on the subject of strategic planning and in this episode we discuss the critical importance of planning a...
Apr 21, 2021•27 min
By coining the word “ownershift,” today’s guest has a deep understanding of how to create highly effective leadership teams in any organization. But what does “ownershift” mean and how can it impact us as leaders? I’m thrilled to have today’s guest, Dan Norenberg, on A Life and a Living Podcast today. Originally from the United States, Dan shares his move to Europe and his journey into the business world where he wound up as a consultant, passionate about helping companies thrive. Dan is a lead ...
Apr 14, 2021•35 min
When the Covid-19 pandemic began, businesses across the world were faced with so many tough challenges. There was no playbook, no formula, and no guidelines in place for change of this magnitude. How did some businesses continue to succeed during these challenging times? On today’s episode of A Life and a Living, we are “leading through Covid” with Paul Candon. Paul is the CEO of United Hardware, a very large business based in Ireland. United Hardware is the largest hardware buying group in Irel...
Apr 07, 2021•32 min
We are welcoming back a previous guest today for another episode on A Life and a Living Podcast, Nathan Hirsch. Nathan is a fantastic young man and podcast guest with a lot of energy and a lot of great tips on building and scaling a business through outsourcing. Starting a successful business at the young age of 20, Nathan has set up several businesses since and managed to scale each business significantly. He then created the VA finder website Freeup that was sold in 2019 and now he focuses on ...
Mar 31, 2021•33 min
After spending years focused on happiness through success, today’s guest made an important realization: with all of his success, he just wasn’t happy. With a background as a scientist, Eric Karpinski made the shift and was hooked on learning Positive Psychology and bringing it to the world of business management. Eric shares powerful psychology and neuroscience research that shows that happiness leads to success, not the other way around. In today’s episode, Eric gives us a peek into his new boo...
Mar 24, 2021•35 min
For today’s guest, finding the career that makes her heart sing was the most important part of her journey. Through her discovery of her spiritual side, Jennifer Lyall developed a unique perspective and shifted her focus to guiding entrepreneurs in their business decisions through intuition. Jennifer refers to herself as the Chief Energy Optimizer and an Intuitive Business Mentor but her background began in the corporate world. Today’s episode is about Jennifer’s journey from her commercial jobs...
Mar 17, 2021•31 min
