Beyond the Bottomline

Why do we need career plans and what should we include on one? Does it change if we differentiate between leadership and management? Should we think differently on these topics as women?

It is a great pleasure to welcome Mark Herschberg as our guest today. Mark is a CTO, tracker of criminals and terrorists on the dark web, software language developer, Speaker, Author, MIT Instructor and creator of their Career Success Accelerator program and top-level ballroom dancer!

Mark is sharing his expertise about how to plan our career better, things we need to take into consideration, and the tools that can help.

We will be discussing:

A very interesting, fun interview with some excellent tips and practical solutions!

More about Mark:

From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,” where he teaches annually. At MIT, he received a B.S. in physics, a B.S. in electrical engineering & computer science, and a M.Eng. in electrical engineering & computer science, focusing on cryptography. At Harvard Business School, Mark helped create a platform used to teach finance at prominent business schools. He also works with many non-profits, including Techie Youth and Plant A Million Corals. He was one of the top-ranked ballroom dancers in the country and now lives in New York City, where he is known for his social gatherings, including his annual Halloween party, as well as his diverse cufflink collection.

Mark is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. Educated at MIT, Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 500s, and academia. He’s developed new software languages, online marketplaces, new authentication systems, and tracked criminals and terrorists on the dark web. Mark helped create the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, MIT’s “Career Success Accelerator”, where he’s taught for twenty years. Mark also serves on the boards of non-profits Techie Youth and Plant a Million Corals.

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'Women Framing Their Future' is about where we are going and how we are getting there...

Ruth Sacks, Principal Consultant of Boardroom Focus and myself, Anna Letitia Cook of WomenUP and Beyond the Bottomline will be discussing a new topic every month drawn from facts, figures, strategies, ideas and ongoing comment from the women out there moving forward, taking decisions, creating opportunities and Framing Their Future!

Episode 3: How do you talk to and work with colleagues who are really dissatisfied with their jobs and motivate those who seem ready to leave?

We will be discussing:

Join us to hear more...

More about Ruth:

Ruth Sacks is Principal Consultant, Boardroom Focus.

Ruth creates and delivers bespoke initiatives for start-ups, scale-ups as well as more established businesses. to encourage leadership effectiveness across the organisation. She works with individuals and teams to strengthen and enhance their skills and competences.

Ruth is currently advising women founders of tech start-ups, encouraging them to stride forward and build their success.

She has recently designed and facilitated on-line workshops on Dealing with Imposter Syndrome, Managing your career from your Back-Bedroom and Working through Organisational Politics.

Ruth has delivered a range of leadership and change projects in the UK, Europe and the USA. Clients have included HSBC, Barclays, Swissport, the NHS, Cadbury Trebor Basset, and The United Nations. She lived and worked in Paris for 14 years and speaks fluent French.

Website - https://www.boardroomfocus.co.uk

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthsacks/

Twitter - @ruth_sacks

Podcast/video - Meetings: Camera on or off?

More about Anna:

Anna Letitia Cook is an international career development and wellness coach, author, speaker, radio/tv presenter, passionate about helping clients find clarity, energy and fulfilment in their life choices - their holistic success.

She created her first company in the entertainment industry at age 32 before switching industry and moving into international real estate. Midlife approaching, hungry for a dynamic change, she refocused her experience, founding her current business to help professionals shape and energise their own future.

Creator of the 'SCOPE' and '4Fs' processes for career, fulfilment and holistic success and author of ‘Unstoppable Goddess: Every Women’s Guide to Freedom, Fulfilment and Success’, Anna was awarded United Nations Women's 2016-2017 Global Champion for Change @ Empower Women.

Anna is the presenter of the radio tv shows WomenUP 'Inspired Women', 'Women Framing their Future' and 'Beyond the Bottomline.

Her motto: Living life holistically!

Website - https://annaletitiacook.com

Website - https://womenupradio.com

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaletitiacook/

Meditation, archetypal energy and sleep can significantly help manage pressure and generate positivity but do we really know what they do and the best way to use them? The mix of East and West, and the differences between them, might not be what you expect!

What a fascinating and insightful interview today with David Gandelman (teacher, author, founder of Meditation School app, host of Meditation School, Energy Matters and Grounded Sleep podcasts). David explains in a clear and interesting way how meditation, archetypal energy and sleep can help us with all aspects of our life, both professional and personal. Don't miss this interview!

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More about David:

David Gandelman is a teacher, author, and guide whose mission is to awaken people on their path of growing into being human, and living an enlightened, purpose-driven life.

He is the founder of the Meditation School app, and host of the Meditation School, Energy Matters, and Grounded Sleep podcasts. And his meditations have been streamed millions of times. He has taught at Cornell University, NBC Universal, SAP, and numerous other organizations.

David holds a B.A. in Western philosophy from Rutgers University, which combined with his studies in Eastern spiritual traditions living in the Himalayas, as well as his experience as the director of a school for intuitive development and mysticism in Hawaii, informs a teaching style that connects energetic experience, ancient wisdom traditions, and humor in order to create a safe atmosphere for people interested in learning to meditate and develop into their potential.

Changes are often difficult to make, but even before that, how do we know when something needs to change. When we have options and decisions to take, which are right, are we sure, how do we know...

It is a great pleasure to be with Kay Newton today - and to talk about making choices and choosing with confidence!

Kay, a midlife strategist, award-winning speaker and author, shares her expertise and strategies about how we can do this and how we know if we are making the right decision!

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More about Kay:

Kay’s loves to inspire people around the world to live midlife on their terms, full of fun and vigour.

As a Midlife Strategist and author, Kay is passionate about simplicity. She loves to create and hold space where an individual or group can master their own purpose in life. No magic, weird stuff, pills or potions, just plain practical down to earth, ‘Spade-a-Spade’ Yorkshire common-sense toward change.

‘We all have daily stresses to deal with. Having a safe haven and permission to explore new possibilities, to alter your future life course does not have to be complicated, time consuming nor painful.’

If she is not beach-combing for plastic or walking the Mallorcan mountains, Kay loves to constantly expand her own horizons, which in turn she shares with others. She has practised Tai-Chi for over ten years, loves her family ferociously and adores creating yummy nutritional food for whoever happens to be at the table.

You can find Kay at www.KayNewton.com

FREE GIFT - https://www.kaynewton.com/free-gift-the-table-of-life/

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What has changed recently regarding women's leadership development, our changing priorities and how we appear and want to appear? How can we project our presence and show what direction we want to take as well as making the choices that fit with our own goals.  

It is great to have Mariela Dabbah back on the show. Her great experience and dynamic impact on women's career opportunities and leadership are always inspiring and make her a truly wonderful role model.

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More about Mariela:

As a Professional Success Instigator, Mariela helps Fortune 500 companies increase engagement of multicultural women employees and solidify their credentials as inclusion champions. Clients include: Walmart, Microsoft, Novartis, Honeywell, MetLife, P&G, Sodexo, Sanofi & others.

In 2015 “People en Español” included her on list of “25 Most Powerful Women.”

TEDx and International Speaker, presenter to Fortune 500, professional org. (SHRM, The Conference Board, Hispanic Retail 360) universities (Harvard, Princeton, Columbia) & large non-profits (Vital Voices, LULAC)

Award-Winning Author of 7 best-selling books on education, career development & success. Find Your Inner Red Shoes (Penguin 2013) launched the RSM.

Media Contributor and frequent guest on CNN, Univision, Telemundo, Yahoo, & many other networks.

Website: https://redshoemovement.com/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marieladabbah/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marieladabbah

'Women Framing Their Future' is about where we are going and how we are getting there...

Ruth Sacks, Principal Consultant of Boardroom Focus and myself, Anna Letitia Cook of WomenUP and Beyond the Bottomline will be discussing a new topic every month drawn from facts, figures, strategies, ideas and ongoing comment from the women out there moving forward, taking decisions, creating opportunities and Framing Their Future!

Episode 2: Reviewing Your Career - Looking to Change Jobs, Roles, even Sectors - or Realigning? Particularly now after all the disruption due to the pandemic many women (and men) are looking for something different...

We will be discussing:

Join us to hear more...

More about Ruth:

Ruth Sacks is Principal Consultant, Boardroom Focus. Ruth creates and delivers bespoke initiatives for start-ups, scale-ups as well as more established businesses. to encourage leadership effectiveness across the organisation. She works with individuals and teams to strengthen and enhance their skills and competences.

Ruth is currently advising women founders of tech start-ups, encouraging them to stride forward and build their success.

She has recently designed and facilitated on-line workshops on Dealing with Imposter Syndrome, Managing your career from your Back-Bedroom and Working through Organisational Politics.

Ruth has delivered a range of leadership and change projects in the UK, Europe and the USA. Clients have included HSBC, Barclays, Swissport, the NHS, Cadbury Trebor Basset, and The United Nations. She lived and worked in Paris for 14 years and speaks fluent French.

Website https://www.boardroomfocus.co.uk

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthsacks/

Twitter. @ruth_sacks

Podcast/video: Meetings: Camera on or off?

More about Anna:

Anna Letitia Cook is an international career development and wellness coach, author, speaker, radio/tv presenter, passionate about helping clients find clarity, energy and fulfilment in their life choices - their holistic success.

She created her first company in the entertainment industry at age 32 before switching industry and moving into international real estate. Midlife approaching, hungry for a dynamic change, she refocused her experience, founding her current business to help professionals shape and energise their own future.

Creator of the 'SCOPE' and '4Fs' processes for career, fulfilment and holistic success and author of ‘Unstoppable Goddess: Every Women’s Guide to Freedom, Fulfilment and Success’, Anna was awarded United Nations Women's 2016-2017 Global Champion for Change @ Empower Women.

Anna is the presenter of the radio tv shows WomenUP 'Inspired Women' and 'Beyond the Bottomline.

Her motto: Living life holistically!

Website: https://annaletitiacook.com

Website: https://womenupradio.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaletitiacook/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WomenUP_Radio

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWk238YMwKdXB-oNGEJdpAQ

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/annaletitiacook

Anchor.fm: https://anchor.fm/anna-letitia-cook

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4tqPW4zuKaGvP1wzduExwI

Is happiness a science? Is it the holy grail? What does it really mean and include... What should, and can, we hope for to give ourselves and those around us a happier future?

Today, it is a great pleasure to speak to Julie Schladitz, business and career coach, international HR consultant who previously worked for Gucci, INSEAD and International Olympic Comittee. We are going to be discussing happiness - the holy grail for so many of us...

We will be discussing:

More about Julie:

Julie was educated in the UK and obtained a Master of Science in Organizational Psychology from the University of London. She is a trained business and career coach and has held senior HR management positions within companies such as the Gucci Group where she was actively involved in operations in Europe, North America and Asia. In addition to her corporate experience, she has worked in international organizations such as the European business school INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Julie offers career management services to individuals and companies looking for specialist assistance in the areas of career coaching and wellbeing at work as well as providing HR consulting services to companies on a project basis.

In recent years, her passion for wellbeing and the effect of workplace stress on mental health has driven her to discover more about the benefits of happiness in our lives. Her journey of exploration has taken her through the fields of positive psychology, mindfulness and even dementia. This research has inspired her to create the “Happiness Revisited” programme, which supports individuals seeking a more balanced and fulfilling life.

She speaks fluent English, French and German and is currently based in Switzerland.

Does how we communicate portray who we are and what we are doing, or trying to do? Communication skills are so important in all aspects of our life - and ultimately impact our confidence in ourselves and all that we touch...

Tulia Lopes is my guest today, with some very valuable and helpful strategies and ideas about communicating effectively and building our own confidence about this and in ourselves by doing so.

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More about Tulia:

Tulia Lopes is a Communication Architect! She believes communication is the key to develop and excel in any field in life. She helps professionals, especially women, to de-construct their ineffective communication style and build one which exudes confidence and is fully aligned with their authentic talents.

In her own words, she helps her clients to “break barriers and build bridges” by developing effective communication skills.

In 2014 she founded the AWE Summit event to Give Voice to Women; and in 2017 she founded the Speak Up & Lead Academy - to help women to develop the communication skills needed to raise their profile, make them more promotable and position themselves as experts in their fields, and become world-class speakers.

Her Brave, Bold & Brilliant podcast features amazing women who took brave and bold actions in order to become brilliant.

Tulia is the author of Leading in High Heels, and an international speaker on topics of confidence, communication, leadership, diversity, and inclusion, and women’s impact. She is also an awardwinning speaker at European level at Toastmasters International, and at the WinTrade 2018 event in London for the continuous work in supporting women to find, own and unleash their voices.

Her motto, “I'm a creator. If I don't find a door, I build one.”

Website: www.tulialopes.com 

Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tulia-lopes

What if our jobs could be easier, simpler and more productive? What if the way of achieving that was also fun and interesting and not just boring theory! 

It is a great pleasure to welcome Thomas Clement-Bollée, COO of VeryUP, an innovative and ground-breaking digital training organisation, to the show today.

Thomas shares his expertise in innovative training and the difference it can make, which he understands particularly well due to his previous experience from a career as a high level manager in consultancy firms.

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More about Thomas:

Thomas Clement-Bollée explains more about his current work and previous career:

"After more than 10 years working as Consultant Black Belt Lean Management (mainly focused on Lean Management and Digital Transformation projects), I am now COO at Very Up which reinvents BtoB Learning with technical and pedagogical innovations. We create for our clients tailor made and blended learning experiences.

My missions includes:

This new series 'Women Framing Their Future' is about where we are going and how we are getting there...  

Ruth Sacks, Principal Consultant of Boardroom Focus and myself, Anna Letitia Cook of WomenUP and Beyond the Bottomline will be discussing a new topic every month drawn from facts, figures, strategies, ideas and ongoing comment from the women out there moving forward, taking decisions, creating opportunities and Framing Their Future!  

Episode 1: Back to work and changing (or not) expectations, maintaining balance, setting boundaries – especially when work is hybrid!  

We will be discussing: 

• What can we expect from 'back to work' and 'not back to work' - Will this yoyo continue a long time and if so how do we manage it best? 

• How can we maintain balance and keep it, especially when work is hybrid? 

• What boundaries do we need to set?  

Join us to hear more...

More about Ruth: 

Ruth Sacks is Principal Consultant, Boardroom Focus.   

Ruth creates and delivers bespoke initiatives for start-ups, scale-ups as well as more established businesses. to encourage leadership effectiveness across the organisation. She works with individuals and teams to strengthen and enhance their skills and competences.   

Ruth is currently advising women founders of tech start-ups, encouraging them to stride forward and build their success.   

She has recently designed and facilitated on-line workshops on Dealing with Imposter Syndrome, Managing your career from your Back-Bedroom and Working through Organisational Politics.   

Ruth has delivered a range of leadership and change projects in the UK, Europe and the USA. Clients have included HSBC, Barclays, Swissport, the NHS, Cadbury Trebor Basset, and The United Nations. She lived and worked in Paris for 14 years and speaks fluent French.   

Website  https://www.boardroomfocus.co.uk   

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthsacks/

Twitter.  @ruth_sacks 

Podcast/video: Meetings: Camera on or off?  

More about Anna: 

Anna Letitia Cook is an international career development and wellness coach, author, speaker, radio/tv presenter, passionate about helping clients find clarity, energy and fulfilment in their life choices - their holistic success.    

She created her first company in the entertainment industry at age 32 before switching industry and moving into international real estate. Midlife approaching, hungry for a dynamic change, she refocused her experience, founding her current business to help professionals shape and energise their own future.   

Creator of the 'SCOPE' and '4Fs' processes for career, fulfilment and holistic success and author of ‘Unstoppable Goddess: Every Women’s Guide to Freedom, Fulfilment and Success’, Anna was awarded United Nations Women's 2016-2017 Global Champion for Change @ Empower Women.   

Anna is the presenter of the radio tv shows WomenUP 'Inspired Women' and 'Beyond the Bottomline.  

Her motto: Living life holistically!  

Website: https://annaletitiacook.com

Website: https://womenupradio.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaletitiacook/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WomenUP_Radio

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/annaletitiacook

Anchor.fm: https://anchor.fm/anna-letitia-cook

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4tqPW4zuKaGvP1wzduExwI