Bold Business Podcast

As we find and develop our greatest strengths, we get into a groove. We figure out how to make the most of what we are good at and rise…rise above what we thought possible. Then something crazy happens. We hit a snag - a big snag, and go to the bottom. In fact we surpass bottom and end up at rock bottom. What then? Find out in this conversation.

Starting the conversation...

As we find and develop our greatest strengths, we get into a groove. We figure out how to make the most of what we are good at and rise…rise above what we thought possible. Then something crazy happens. We hit a snag - a big snag, and go to the bottom. In fact we surpass bottom and end up at rock bottom. What then? Find out in this conversation.

What you will hear:

Actions from love are intentional.

Our intention matters.

"You know when you are over something when you have the opportunity to run over someone and don't." -Anonymous

Truth 1: Even when we’re the scapegoat, we never have to do that to another person.

Our level of care shows up in many places.

The buck stops with leaders. That makes us accountable for the outcome. We are responsible for results.

A leader is as good as the team, and they remove obstacles.

Use our networks - develop them too.

Truth 2: Problem solving is immediately useful … everywhere.

Learn and practice steps of problem solving to do what needs to be done.

Problem solving adds value.

Do it yourself, at least try. What can I do here?

Steps to solve problems.

Knowledge transfers are tough.

Truth 3: Until we do something we don’t know if we really like it or just holding up a limiting belief.

Fear holds us back.

“I try to find hope in struggle and resistance in small places as much as I can.” Danny Glover

Stay open.

Notable & Quotable

Tanya Bourque: It's valuable to be there for another person, and it's overlooked.

Jessica Dewell: I can better recognize the love some else is giving the world.

Tanya Bourque: Forgive other people when they have done harm to us.

Jessica Dewell: They might be good people making the wrong decisions.

Jessica Dewell: There are good leadership skills, but someone has to be out front - leading the line.

Tanya Bourque: Leaders tend to be generalists.

Jessica Dewell: Communication loops matter.

Jessica Dewell: What does this person need to know to do they best they can and the best I see in them?

Tanya Bourque: Skills that are transferrable add value.

Jessica Dewell: The leader of an organization decides the culture and the skills necessary to add to the culture.

Tanya Bourque: Assumptions come at a cost.

Resources

• Waffle Street Movie
• 5 Love Languages
• 5 Leadership Questions Podcast
• Undercover Boss

Full list: 11 Truths, by Jessica Dewell

1. When we have to convince ourselves it probably isn’t right
2. Even when we’re the scapegoat, we never have to do that to another person
3. Doing whatever it takes to hold up responsibilities is useful
4. The edge of comfort is where the magic happens
5. Problem solving is immediately useful … everywhere
6. Get up when knocked down - something better is waiting
7. Our values must align with the business we work for
8. As soon as we recognize the gravy train, it’s time to get off
9. Our partners matter in life
10. True mentors are not always squeaky clean - they made mistakes too.
11. Until we do something we don’t know if we really like it or just holding up a limiting belief

Tags: action, love, intention, problem solving, usefulness, limiting beliefs, tact, network, transparency, culture, leaders, leadership, responsibility, accountability, pressure, burnout, curious, education, support, fear, assumptions

Regardless of age, there are situations we still have to experience. And one of them is having such a great skill or widget and telling a compelling story that people line up to give gifts and money. There are important skills to draw from in a situation like this, do you have them? Are strong enough to keep you anchored?

"It's easy to fall into the trap of believing all the hype that's written about you... Who knows? In a couple of years, you might find me in the loony bin!" Leonardo DiCaprio

Host: Jessica Dewell

Co-Host: Stephanie Sims

Starting the conversation...

• There are important skills to draw from experiences of our own and others, do you have them?
• Are strong enough to keep you anchored?

What You Will Hear:

How responsibility shifts around and common ways its-not-my-job shows up.

What 'make it right' means.

Seeing a situation from another's perspective.

How to ask questions when gaps are recognized.

The more situations are talked about the less places there are to hide.

It's difficult to accept and receive guidance without experience.

What feelings and connection means in working relationships.

The importance of building an at-work network.

Ever perspective matters.

Radical candor is a way to communicate when we genuinely care about helping and improving the skills of another person.

Be on the look out for what problem we are solving…and is it changing.

Being lean and how it relates to delegation, complacency, and burnout.

Difficult questions leaders must ask of themselves.

Notable and Quotable:

Stephanie Sims: You'd be surprised how many business owners get the heebie-jeebies around business money.

Stephanie Sims: Can we see what the other person really needs.

Jessica Dewell: I'm about problem-solving, responsibility has an element of problem solving in it.

Jessica Dewell: When no one knows what anyone else is doing, processes break down.

Jessica Dewell: We can be doing our best work in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Stephanie Sims: Shared meaning matters to keep us on the same path.

Jessica Dewell: Are you willing to ask questions where answers are unknown and we may not like the answer?

Stephanie Sims: A quote I like: "All problems are communication problems."

Stephanie Sims: We need to see our people…as people, not tools.

Resources:

• The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. - George Bernard Shaw
• At Rothenberg Ventures, the rise and fall of a virtual Gatsby (Hey, Leonardo DiCaprio was in The Great Gatsby!)
• Rothenberg Ventures Rebrands, Asks Investors to Chip in Capital
• Get more feedback, act more coachable
• Radical Candor - The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss

Tags: trust, effectiveness, boundary, values, business owners, money, service, processes, ROI, company culture, performance, leaders, leadership, communication, hunger, complacency, radical candor, problem solving, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, experience, education, focus, learning, lifelong learning, problems, questions, shared meaning, connection, tenacity, adapt, resistance, complacency, ego, burnout

Regardless of age, there are situations we still have to experience. And one of them is having such a great skill or widget and telling a compelling story that people line up to give gifts and money. There are important skills to draw from in a situation like this, do you have them? Are strong enough to keep you anchored?

“It's easy to fall into the trap of believing all the hype that's written about you... Who knows? In a couple of years, you might find me in the loony bin!” Leonardo DiCaprio

Host: Jessica Dewell 

Co-Host: Stephanie Sims

        Starting the conversation...

• There are important skills to draw from experiences of our own and others, do you have them?
• Are strong enough to keep you anchored?

What You Will Hear:

How responsibility shifts around and common ways its-not-my-job shows up.

What 'make it right' means.

Seeing a situation from another's perspective.

How to ask questions when gaps are recognized.

The more situations are talked about the less places there are to hide.

It’s difficult to accept and receive guidance without experience.

What feelings and connection means in working relationships.

The importance of building an at-work network.

Ever perspective matters.

Radical candor is a way to communicate when we genuinely care about helping and improving the skills of another person.

Be on the look out for what problem we are solving…and is it changing.

Being lean and how it relates to delegation, complacency, and burnout.

Difficult questions leaders must ask of themselves.

Notable and Quotable:

Stephanie Sims: You’d be surprised how many business owners get the heebie-jeebies around business money.

Stephanie Sims: Can we see what the other person really needs.

Jessica Dewell: I’m about problem-solving, responsibility has an element of problem solving in it.

Jessica Dewell: When no one knows what anyone else is doing, processes break down.

Jessica Dewell: We can be doing our best work in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Stephanie Sims: Shared meaning matters to keep us on the same path.

Jessica Dewell: Are you willing to ask questions where answers are unknown and we may not like the answer?

Stephanie Sims: A quote I like: “All problems are communication problems.”

Stephanie Sims: We need to see our people…as people, not tools.

Resources:

• The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. - George Bernard Shaw
• At Rothenberg Ventures, the rise and fall of a virtual Gatsby (Hey, Leonardo DiCaprio was in The Great Gatsby!)
• Rothenberg Ventures Rebrands, Asks Investors to Chip in Capital
• Get more feedback, act more coachable
• Radical Candor - The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss

Tags: trust, effectiveness, boundary, values, business owners, money, service, processes, ROI, company culture, performance, leaders, leadership, communication, hunger, complacency, radical candor, problem solving, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, experience, education, focus, learning, lifelong learning, problems, questions, shared meaning, connection, tenacity, adapt, resistance, complacency, ego, burnout

Program Notes

Interviewers are looking for specific things - they are filtering candidates in or out. The flip side is also true - candidates are evaluating the interviews for what they want and need. Finding and keeping talent is a two way street. Transcript of You Be The Judge. Angela Solomon: Find creative solutions to bring women back to the workplace. Tanya Bourque: Have a talent map. Bruce Hurwitz: Give people a chance, let them have setbacks, reach the goal ... it's how they grow. Amy Miller: Know what to say, when to say, and how to say it.

Guests

Amy Miller has spent more than 10 years in agency recruiting, staffing everything from truck drivers to CFOs. After a detour in public service as an Employment Counselor with the State of Washington, she came back to recruiting on the corporate side – first with Zones Inc. and now at Microsoft, where she recruits Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers.

Bruce Hurwitz, President Hurwitz Strategic Staffing, is a recognized authority on career counseling, recruitment, and employment issues. His posts have garnered national and international media attention, including appearances on the Fox Business Network, Headline News (CNN), the local New York Fox affiliate, and a mention on Good Morning America.

Angela Solomon infuses her BOLD personality and cultural differences to offer a unique blend and extensive breadth of experience relative to the Recruitment and Career Coaching industry. She has been involved in the corporate and agency recruiting industry for twenty (20) years placing the best and finest Wall Street Executives Worldwide.

Starting the conversation...

It is possible to use same skills for finding and keeping a job and building a career.

How to make our personal values and our company culture shine through.

Whether we are interviewing for a job, close a sale, finalize a business partnership there are hoops to jump through. These hoops are not anywhere close to frivolous, they are necessary.

Host: Jessica Dewell Co-Host: Tanya Bourque Guests: Amy Miller, Bruce Hurwitz, Angela Solomon

What You Will Hear:

• Change in thinking to attract and keep talent.
• Who do we want to invest money in to keep them with us?
• Know current stats: people may choose not to work because of what the market looks like.
• Confidence. Know what you want to do and what strengths are.
• We need to study the organizations we are approaching and what to work with.
• Tips to approach a new relationship.
• Research beyond the website – what's happening in their news and what do customers say, etc.
• LinkedIn contacts we really don't know, yet they reach out to us for help.
• Ways resourcefulness stand out.
• Skills necessary for today's workplace.
• Willingness to do what it takes.
• The flip side of each of the skills – what it looks like.
• Timing and tact matter in conversations.
• Tips and ideas for what to say, when to say, how much to say.
• Practice is always useful.
• Shape of work and what workplace means today.
• 62.8% is work force labor labor rate.
• Remote and onsite work situations.
• Mentors and mentorship.
• How to keep learning even if no hands-on experience.

Notable and Quotable

Angela Solomon: It takes personality, courage, fortitude and entrepreneurial spirit in order to advance yourself.

Amy Miller: I focus on 'screening in.' What reasons this person may add something to our team.

Bruce Hurwitz: You have to be very creative with your questions and with your answers to the questions. You have to prepare like never before.

Angela Solomon: Resume gets you through the door, interview seals the deal.

Bruce Hurwitz: Research to ask questions and answer questions that show your research.

Amy Miller: Know what you are good at and package it well.

Amy Miller: Know what to say, when to say, and how to say it.

Bruce Hurwitz: Tune into body language – it tells a story.

Angela Solomon: Have concise answers.

Amy Miller: What you say may be different than what is heard.

Angela Solomon: Find creative solutions to bring women back to the workplace.

Tanya Bourque: Have a talent map.

Bruce Hurwitz: Give people a chance, let them have setbacks, reach the goal...it's how they grow.

Resources

• Identifying Leaders Who Could Bypass the Typical Promotion Path
• Work force participation rate.

Tags: core competency, skills, confidence, courage, personality, entrepreneurial spirit, creative, research, resourceful, passion, willingness, drive, Act To PLAN, concise, body language, conversation, question asking, strengths, mentors, responsibility, lifelong learning, self learning

Program Notes Interviewers are looking for specific things - they are filtering candidates in or out. The flip side is also true - candidates are evaluating the interviews for what they want and need. Finding and keeping talent is a two way street. Transcript of You Be The Judge. Angela Solomon: Find creative solutions to bring women back to the workplace. Tanya Bourque: Have a talent map. Bruce Hurwitz: Give people a chance, let them have setbacks, reach the goal ... it's how they grow. Amy Miller: Know what to say, when to say, and how to say it. Guests Amy Miller has spent more than 10 years in agency recruiting, staffing everything from truck drivers to CFOs. After a detour in public service as an Employment Counselor with the State of Washington, she came back to recruiting on the corporate side – first with Zones Inc. and now at Microsoft, where she recruits Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers.

Bruce Hurwitz, President Hurwitz Strategic Staffing, is a recognized authority on career counseling, recruitment, and employment issues. His posts have garnered national and international media attention, including appearances on the Fox Business Network, Headline News (CNN), the local New York Fox affiliate, and a mention on Good Morning America.

Angela Solomon infuses her BOLD personality and cultural differences to offer a unique blend and extensive breadth of experience relative to the Recruitment and Career Coaching industry. She has been involved in the corporate and agency recruiting industry for twenty (20) years placing the best and finest Wall Street Executives Worldwide.

Starting the conversation...

It is possible to use same skills for finding and keeping a job and building a career.

How to make our personal values and our company culture shine through.

Whether we are interviewing for a job, close a sale, finalize a business partnership there are hoops to jump through. These hoops are not anywhere close to frivolous, they are necessary.

Host: Jessica Dewell    Co-Host: Tanya Bourque Guests: Amy Miller, Bruce Hurwitz, Angela Solomon

What You Will Hear:

• Change in thinking to attract and keep talent.
• Who do we want to invest money in to keep them with us?
• Know current stats: people may choose not to work because of what the market looks like.
• Confidence. Know what you want to do and what strengths are.
• We need to study the organizations we are approaching and what to work with.
• Tips to approach a new relationship.
• Research beyond the website – what's happening in their news and what do customers say, etc.
• LinkedIn contacts we really don't know, yet they reach out to us for help.
• Ways resourcefulness stand out.
• Skills necessary for today's workplace.
• Willingness to do what it takes.
• The flip side of each of the skills – what it looks like.
• Timing and tact matter in conversations.
• Tips and ideas for what to say, when to say, how much to say.
• Practice is always useful.
• Shape of work and what workplace means today.
• 62.8% is work force labor labor rate.
• Remote and onsite work situations.
• Mentors and mentorship.
• How to keep learning even if no hands-on experience.

Notable and Quotable

Angela Solomon: It takes personality, courage, fortitude and entrepreneurial spirit in order to advance yourself.

Amy Miller: I focus on 'screening in.' What reasons this person may add something to our team.

Bruce Hurwitz: You have to be very creative with your questions and with your answers to the questions. You have to prepare like never before.

Angela Solomon: Resume gets you through the door, interview seals the deal.

Bruce Hurwitz: Research to ask questions and answer questions that show your research.

Amy Miller: Know what you are good at and package it well.

Amy Miller: Know what to say, when to say, and how to say it.

Bruce Hurwitz: Tune into body language – it tells a story.

Angela Solomon: Have concise answers.

Amy Miller: What you say may be different than what is heard.

Angela Solomon: Find creative solutions to bring women back to the workplace.

Tanya Bourque: Have a talent map.

Bruce Hurwitz: Give people a chance, let them have setbacks, reach the goal...it's how they grow.

Resources

• Identifying Leaders Who Could Bypass the Typical Promotion Path
• Work force participation rate.

Tags: core competency, skills, confidence, courage, personality, entrepreneurial spirit, creative, research, resourceful, passion, willingness, drive, Act To PLAN, concise, body language, conversation, question asking, strengths, mentors, responsibility, lifelong learning, self learning