Breaking Beliefs

Many sectors, naturally, have their own notions of leadership, but the best leaders adhere to two simple but strong principles: transparency and integrity. Amy Vetter interviews Eli Fathi, the CEO of MindBridge. Eli shares his journey from living in a one-bedroom home with his siblings, grandma, and parents in Israel to coming to Canada to begin his career journey. Learn how his upbringing shaped his success as a leader to be transparent and always put integrity first.

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There’s no such thing as normal. Everyone’s got an issue and going through their own individual experiences. For Misty Schachtell-Megia, she was called painfully shy, and rightly so because it seemed she was always hiding behind people. Misty is now the CEO and Founder of Misty Megia, LLC. Today, she joins Amy Vetter to share how the power of positivity and being authentic has helped her in each of her pivots in her career. Learn how her background in dance and theater has helped her as an executive and entrepreneur.

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We hear a lot of amazing stories of unlikely people rising to success through a combination of luck, the right mindset and hard work. Improbable does not equal impossible; no matter your background, rising up the ranks of any profession, even the most prestigious professions, is something you can achieve as long as you set your mind to it. Joining Amy Vetter is Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, Global Executive Director for Oracle and Former Chairman of the Board of the American Institute of CPAs. Kimberly shares her life’s journey from the inner city of Baltimore and the lessons she learned as a child that led to her success as a CPA in the accounting profession.

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Our belief system is shaped and influenced by a number of different factors. In this episode, Amy Vetter interviews Sarah Elliott, the Co-Founder of Intend2Lead and Founder of Ellivate Alliance, about how her belief systems evolved over time to give her the confidence to know she was enough just as she is and can do anything she set her mind to. Sarah shares her journey from engineering to becoming a CPA Firm Partner and the pivots she made along the way in her career.

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We are three months in for 2020 yet, so much has already happened. The Breaking Beliefs Podcast is nothing short of that with plenty of lessons and wisdom shared by various guests. We look back in this episode as host, Amy Vetter, shares the most poignant moments from the interviews during the first quarter of 2020 in breaking the beliefs and noticing patterns we carry in our lives. She focuses on three areas—community, curiosity, and mindset—for you to think about as you plan for what’s next in your business and your personal life during these unprecedented times.

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The world seems to ask so much from us that we feel the pressure to be perfect, to be everything to everyone while running a mile a minute. Host, Amy Vetter, talks to Kacee Johnson, Strategic Advisor for CPA.com and founder of Blue Ocean Principles, realizing the importance of believing in yourself through it all. Sharing the lessons she learned, Kacee delves into how letting go of the notion that we need to be perfect can improve our performance and enjoy the journey of finding our best selves.

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Facing fears and learning new skills is one way to be a great leader. Today, Amy Vetter interviews Ginger White, US Controller at Sun Hydraulics and Chair Emeritus for the Global IMA Board of Directors. Ginger shares her family background and how she faced her fears, even when uncomfortable, to grow into a career that she could have never imagined as a child. Listen to this episode to discover how you can an effective and successful supervisor and leader, too!

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All throughout history, women are taught to conform, to fit someone else’s standards, and to be someone they are not. As the world slowly shifts, women are now reclaiming who they should be on their own terms, living their lives away from the playbook. Dania Buchanan, Head of SmartVault, has lived through the changes of time—moving in to fit the standards of being a woman in tech in the early ‘90s, to becoming the leader that she is now. She shares with us her career journey, of leading her life without a playbook, beginning with her personal story of growing up as a child of a fallen commander in Vietnam and how it has shaped her career and leadership style. Blessed or cursed, everything she has been through has led her to where she is now. All it takes is a change in perspective and mindset to see learning experiences as blessings.

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Setting up shop as part of your family business can sometimes turn out to be a pretty hairy or muddy affair, particularly if you don’t play your cards right. There are sacrifices and compromises that do have to be made in order to ensure that the ship is still run as tightly as possible so that the business, at the end of the day, continues to make money. Courtney Stefaniak is a third-generation licensed realtor with The Stefaniak Group who specializes in Downtown Milwaukee condominiums. Amy Vetter interviews Courtney, who shares how she has carved out her own path in the family business, and how she developed confidence along the way. If you’re working in your family business, it may be good for you to take some tips from someone who’s managed to consistently get everything to work out in the end.

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Often, a career is not a direct line. You could veer off from the path where you first started and recognize along the way that you are meant for something else. Even with that, it remains true that the journeys we take offer learning experiences that help us grow into who we are now. Host, Amy Vetter, interviews Brannon Poe, Founder of Poe Group Advisors, about his career transition from being in a CPA profession to sales and what lessons he took from one to the other. Tracing back as well to his upbringing, Brannon shares how he took a different path from his parents so that he could create a more stable life for his future family. He shares the lessons he has learned on getting the right experience to grow a business and transition it when you are ready. Join in on this discussion to find inspiration on taking that next step in your career.

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