Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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Wala Loubani is CEO and Co-Founder of Coachendo, a service that seeks to dramatically democratize coaching through AI technology -- and has been named one of the most promising businesses in Sweden. We discuss the key moments in her journey: how she went from being rejected by Google to startup founder; what made her hard work and smarts come to fruition; and how she’s now taking that idea to help others, through Coachendo.

• How diversity can drive innovation
• Coachendo gives talented people the space to grow
• Presenting your ideas in ways others can understand
• Her challenges in finding a position after college
• Innovation is risky
• Ways Coachendo would have helped Wala in the past
• How virtual coaching works
• Biggest reason talented people leave companies
• Overcoming an unfair system through soft skills
• People need to vent
• Why and how she launched Coachendo
• Growing through our phones
• Build something you are passionate about – then ask for advice from others
• Underestimated benefits of working in sales
• Entrepreneurship and parenting
• Breaking away from standardized programs
• The reason Coachendo focuses on remote workers

BIO AND LINKS:

Wala Loubani is the Co-founder and CEO of Coachendo, a service that uses AI technology to provide personalized career coaching. Her startup was recently named one of the most promising businesses in Sweden. Prior to founding Coachendo, Wala worked in multiple managerial roles at Marin Software and Google. She holds a Bachelor and multiple Masters degrees from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and completed executive education at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (LEAD program).

• Website: https://coachendo.com
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walaloubani/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/loubaniwala
• Wala’s Medium article: How I went from rejected to Google to a startup founder mingling with royalty
• Antler: https://www.antler.co/
• Michael’s Forbes article: Manage your career like a top sales rep
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: https://changwenderoth.com/

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Celine Teoh, CEO Coach, provides a soft skills masterclass: what senior executives most need to watch out for -- and how to make those skills become habits. We discuss how to influence without authority, the relationship between interpersonal dynamics and power, and what she has learned from coaching senior leaders.

• Celine is a lethal weapon (literally!)
• Valuing the soft skills in business
• “Catch small signals”
• Practicing your ABCs (anchor, behavior and celebration)
• Minority representation in the C-Suite
• Two techniques to ensure you and your ideas are heard
• Allies, mentors and ideas that benefit the team
• Interpersonal dynamics (“touchy-feely”) vs power
• Why effective leaders need to be empathetic - but what to watch out for
• Following the 15% rule with vulnerability
• Conflict is a great way to build relationships
• What makes coaching CEOs unique?
• Bringing a combination of support and challenge to her work

BIO AND LINKS:

Celine Teoh, CEO Coach based in Silicon Valley, specializes in making soft skills practical and draws upon her extensive experience driving results with Fortune 500 companies. She spent over 15 years in banking and consulting with McKinsey and global retailer GAP, and holds a Bachelor of Science from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Stanford Business School.

• Website: https://www.celineteoh.com/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celineteoh/
• Agnes Le, Executive Coach: www.Agnesle.com
• Michael’s Linkedin Post: Schwarzman Scholars
• Stanford GSB Interpersonal Dynamics course: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/experience/learning/leadership/interpersonal-dynamics
• Jeff Pfeffer: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/jeffrey-pfeffer
• Carol Robin’s book: Connect - Building Exceptional Relationships
• Mochary Method: https://mocharymethod.com/
• MIT study: Why East Asians but not South Asians are underrepresented in leadership positions in the United States
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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Deepti Pahwa, chief innovation officer, shares how she moved from working in fashion in Asia to building a strong personal brand based out of Switzerland. We discuss the benefits of shamelessly asking for help, ways to change your perspective on self-promotion and why a strong brand starts with your profile picture.

• Becoming fluent in German in LESS than three months
• Designers never get a seat at the table - how hitting the glass ceiling led to a career transformation
• Focus, credibility and experience with technology
• Being shameless when asking for help
• How she found mentors at the World Economic Forum; showing interest and having concrete offers
• Think about network theory and do not try to build everything on your own
• Own the space you have, but highlight the contributions of others
• Your virtual brand starts with your profile picture
• Why talking about your accomplishments is a muscle that needs flexing
• Shifting your mindset on self-promotion
• Central idea and goal of Deepti’s book
• The one common belief shared by trailblazer founders from minority and under-represented backgrounds

BIO AND LINKS:

Deepti Pahwa, chief innovation officer, is the author of the forthcoming book, Trailblazer Founders. She is co-founder of LISA (Lead Incubator & Start-up Accelerator), an initiative started out of her executive education work at Stanford that has grown to be an extensive ecosystem of founders, mentors, and influential guest speakers on its PodiumX Series.

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deeptipahwa/
• Deepti’s Book and Website: https://deepti-pahwa.presale.manuscripts.com/register/
• Instagram https://www.instagram.com/deepti_pahwa/?hl=en
• Stanford LEAD: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/exec-ed/programs/stanford-lead-online-business-program
• LISA: https://www.gsb-lead-lisa.com/
• Michael’s Harvard Business Review: Benefits from Bridging & Brokering
• Prof Peter Belmi’s interview on 97% Effective: https://97-effective.sounder.fm/episode/ep-5?page=2
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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Rebecca Lovell, CEO of Denali Founder Consulting, shares the role of power and influence within the startup industry. We discuss the throughline in her “corkscrew” career path, the ways she helps entrepreneurs tell their best story and the power created by finding your personal style - and then amping it up.

• Channeling Adele to shine on LinkedIn
• Rebecca’s superpowers: helping entrepreneurs tell their best story and making (meaningful) connections
• Becoming a “force multiplier”
• Internalize that you belong in the room, but remember, “desperation is a stinky cologne”
• Consciously using your voice
• Hold boundaries and set concise expectations
• “You cannot want it more than your client”
• Stop networking, start “playing in traffic”
• Focus on “nudges”
• How letter-writing helped her land jobs earlier in her career
• Finding your voice: Rebecca’s mimicking experiment in her 20s
• Wearing heels to elevate her career
• Embrace the “Bubbly MC”: the power in being underestimated
• Find your personal style - and amp it up
• No room for frauds
• Brutal time prioritization to create clarity and efficiency
• Working “in” your business vs “on” the business
• “Clarity is what makes the hard things possible”

BIO AND LINKS:

Rebecca Lovell is CEO of Denali Founder Consulting and General Partner at TAG Ventures. Prior to these roles, she has held diverse leadership roles in investor groups, incubation labs, advisory firms, executive search, law firms – as well as with the City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development. In addition, she serves as a mentor for Techstars, the Female Founders Alliance, teaching venture capital and entrepreneurship at the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, where she did her MBA.

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccalovell/
• Performance of Someone Like You: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rebeccalovell_entrepreneurship-karaoke-hiring-activity-6983196411756523520-zz-7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovelletters
• Forbes article: CEO takedowns gender disparities
• Denali Founder Consulting: https://www.denalifc.com/
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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Alex Tremble is an award-winning speaker, author, and trainer who began his career managing three government-wide senior leadership development programs. We discuss the critical skills that propelled his own rise and how he uses his experience to help ambitious leaders build stronger more strategic relationships.

• How being proactive contributed to Alex’s early success

BIO AND LINKS:

Alex D. Tremble is an award-winning speaker, consultant, author, and coach that helps ambitious leaders build stronger, more strategic relationships. At 24 he rose to oversee organizational development in the US Govt Dept of the Interior – and then became the youngest federal employee to create and run three Federal Government-wide senior leadership development programs. He teaches others through his leadership development company, GPS Leadership Solutions.

• Instagram: @AlexDTremble

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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Keshav Pitani, VP of Light & Wonder, shares his transition from avoiding to embracing office politics. We discuss his experience as an introvert within the corporate world, his strategy for reframing office politics as a “Multi-Level Game” and the application of these lessons to his work.

• Gaining pride from mentoring others

BIO AND LINKS:

Keshav Pitani, VP of R&D at game developer Light & Wonder, has extensive entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial experience in solving complicated problems and delivering award-winning technology products. Keshav worked on the first modems for IBM in Tokyo, airline cockpit systems for Rockwell, and was one week short of being the first to patent wifi when he worked in the Bay Area tech scene. For the past decade, he has led R&D, development, and commercialization of apps and iconic games worldwide for Bally, Scientific Games, and Light & Wonder.

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keshav-pitani/

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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Alison Temperley, Founder & Managing Partner at ATD Partners in the UK, shares top strategies from her book, Inside Knowledge – How Women can Thrive in Professional Service Firms. We discuss where women underinvest, having “B.E.S.T.” coffee station conversations, how to frame what you do -- and other ways women can more actively manage their professional careers.

• It’s not about “fixing” women; it’s about navigating and changing the system

BIO AND LINKS:

Alison Temperley, Founder & Managing Partner at ATD Partners in the UK, has coached and trained thousands on leadership, women’s development and team management. Her book, Inside Knowledge – How Women Can Thrive in Professional Service Firms, draws on her experience with professional service firms and focuses on how to proactively take charge of managing your career, stepping into your power and building influence. In addition, Alison is a Chartered Accountant. Prior to leading ATD she headed up career development for tax and legal for PWC Europe, Middle East and Africa; and designed and led award-winning women’s leadership programs at Cranfield Business School in the UK.

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-temperley/

• Alison’s book: https://books.emeraldinsight.com/book/detail/inside-knowledge-by-alison-temperley/?k=9781787145665

• ATD partners Website: https://atdpartners.co.uk

• Alison’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/temperleyalison?lang=en

• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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Dr. Kevin Williams is the Founder and CEO of Career Skills Invest. He helps mid-level leaders navigate transitions and radically change their career trajectories. We discuss the importance of challenging the stories we are told – and tell ourselves – if we want to move to the next level.

SHOW NOTES

• What he learned when he left Wall Street and produced stand-up Comedy in the West Village

BIO AND SHOW LINKS:

Dr. Kevin Williams, Founder and CEO of Career Skills Invest, helps mid-career executives navigate transitions “Not gifted, but driven,” he leverages his skill at pattern recognition to help clients dramatically increase their influence and compensation. Kevin previously worked in the US Navy, Merrill Lynch, Fuse Corps and Linkedin. He holds a BA from Morehouse College, MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Doctorate from the University of Southern California.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjustinwilliams/

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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Kara Williams is a Partner at Credera, a leading consulting firm with 900 consultants across the globe. Kara shares how she made Partner 20 years into her career (and a full 7 years after her original goal); the seminal moments that shifted her approach; the critical moves she made (and most people don't) when she started in the Denver office; and what she points out that women need to pay attention to accelerate their career journey.

• Orange wine and artichoke? The next great combo?

BIO AND LINKS:

Kara Williams is a Partner in Credera’s Denver office and responsible for leading through growing their people and brand. Her 25-year career covers global strategy, digital transformation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, systems integration, and large-scale program and portfolio management. Kara is a steward for DEI and creates safe spaces for colleagues to learn and unlearn together. Prior to joining Credera, Kara was a leader at two large global consulting firms and two smaller firms, where she worked and lived on four continents.

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamska/

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com   

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Marie Incontrera, CEO of Incontrera Consulting, shares her journey from starving artist to six-figure entrepreneur and provides tips on how she guides others on building a successful online presence. We discuss how online can be a spectacular testing ground for your business and the benefits of being “strategically transparent” on social media. 

• A TEDx speaker on roller skates?!  

• Marie’s transition from talented but starving musician to six-figure entrepreneur

• Finding ways to incorporate music into her career as a CEO  

• The rising tide lifts all the boats: how she was able to build power by helping others

• Building trust on social media through “curated transparency” 

• Why businesses need to transition online to stay relevant

• Can we control what goes viral? 

• Her tips on making your social media and online marketing more effective

• How to take advantage of the top funnel structure of social media 

• Making sure your social media doesn’t become a massive time sink and handling criticism from others

• How little things add up

BIO AND LINKS:

Marie Incontrera is the CEO and Founder of Incontrera Consulting, 4x author, keynote and TEDx speaker. Marie helps busy professionals leverage their online presence through social media, podcasts, TEDx and other speaking opportunities. Marie is the author of the Amazon best-seller, Social Your Book Launch. In addition, Marie works as a composer, conductor, pianist, and bandleader.

• Website: https://www.incontrera.com 

• Fullbio: https://www.incontrera.com/marie-incontrera 

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marieincontrera/ 

• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3