Employees need a safe place to air workplace concerns, and HR leaders need insights to take action. Meet Jana Morrin, CEO and Co-founder of Speakfully, a platform to help employees and companies grow through the recording and sharing of uncomfortable experiences within the workplace. In this episode, Jana and I discuss her personal encounter with harassment in the workplace and how it inspired her to start a business to empower people. Speakfully is behind a movement to create psychologically safe environments through its documentation, reporting, and support resources. After experiencing workplace harassment herself, Morrin channeled her passion for changing workplace culture by leveraging design and technology to create a platform that decodes the gray area by supporting individuals, human resource departments, and leadership to address and improve workplace issues, creating a safer work environment for us all.

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We don't always march into our professional life knowing exactly what we want to do or what company we want to work for; it simply takes time to figure out. In today's episode, we chat with Daniel De Jesus Garcia and unravel how he maneuvered through the Financial vertical and land a Vice President role at TimesSquare Capital, a global asset manager with over $14 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining TimesSquare, Daniel was Head of Research & COO of DPM Capital, where he sourced equity investment ideas on a global basis and helped manage the trading and portfolio risk functions of the firm. Prior to that, Daniel worked at Millennium Management, where he was the lead analyst for a portfolio of Latin American and South European equities. Daniel started his career at J.P. Morgan as an Associate in the Latin American Derivatives Structuring group, focusing on helping corporations use derivatives for risk management purposes. Daniel graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Statistics and is a member of the CFA Institute. 

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Have you ever wondered how to pivot industries and make a massive shift in your career? In today's episode, I connect with Melisa Meral, a Speaker, Author, and Coach, who uses her 10+ years' experience in Human Resources to help her readers learn how current skill sets can translate to a successful career move. Her book Pivoting with Purpose: The Hamster Wheel, the Rat Race, and Other Career Myths Holding You Back, reached Amazon Best-Seller in 11 categories, plus 12 #1 Hot New Release awards. Melisa’s book is for job seekers who need an easy-to-follow roadmap when pivoting in life, work, and business. Melisa urges her readers to get off the hamster wheel, get out of the rat race, and stop believing all of those pesky old career myths! 

With elevated noise and fractionalization in the world, we need leadership now more than ever. People are looking for meaning and purpose. They are looking to know someone cares. They want to belong. People desire to be part of something bigger than themselves. Leadership provides each of these. You can be that leader and today I break down the 3 areas you can elevate to become a more compassionate leader for your family, friends, community, and teams in the workplace. 

Championship teams and organizations aren't just built by the athletes. Today, we dive deep with Mike Kitts who unveils why championship organizations require everyone to operate at an elite level. Mike Kitts is coming up on his 9th season with the Golden State Warriors organization, his 4th season as Senior Vice President of Corporate Partnerships. In his current role, Kitts has oversight of the Warriors’ sales, development, and insight teams, where he is charged with driving new sales and renewals of existing partners. Under Kitts’ guidance, the organization has announced industry-leading partnerships which include JP Morgan Chase, Kaiser Permanente, Accenture, United Airlines, Pepsi, HPE, and Google Cloud, among others. The San Diego native earned his bachelor’s degree in business management at Lynn University and his MBA from the sports management program at San Diego State University. Turn the volume and dive in!

What happens when you experience perpetual defeat? You become extremely resilient. Today's guest is a wildly successful Financial Advisor, Winnie Sun, who perpetually dealt with adversity growing up and early in her Finance career. She overcame it and Winnie is now one of the most trusted and followed financial voices on social media today. Her trending business Tweetchat averages over 150 MM impressions per week on Twitter.  With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, Winnie serves on the CNBC Financial Advisor Council, is a popular Forbes contributor, is a regular Good Day Los Angeles, Fox News, and Digital Trends television contributor. She is frequently quoted in publications including The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Forbes, The New York Times, and many others. Winnie leads as the Managing Partner of Sun Group Wealth Partners and was previously First Vice President of Wealth Management, Senior Investment. Winnie and I explore a myriad of avenues, including going from Hollywood to Finance to thriving wealth management and media businesses. 

From growing up in Turkey to crushing it in the USA, Deniz Kahramaner, the CEO of Atlasa Real Estate, is taking the Bay Area and the world by storm. Having graduated from Stanford, Deniz has taken everything he's learned at Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Compass and built a powerful real estate empire in San Francisco. We talk about all things mindset, habits, and economic conditions. If you're keen on hearing from a coveted real estate expert in the Silicon Valley, tune in to hear his deep and actionable perspective.

Have you ever wondered how are you complicit in creating the conditions in your life? In today's episode, I team up with Jerry Colonna to discuss his lifelong commitment to helping others unpack this question no matter how uncomfortable it may feel. He's the author of Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up, the CEO and Co-Founder of Reboot.io, and has been coined the "CEO Whisperer." Our discussion shines a spotlight on finding equanimity through radical inquiry, our responsibility to build a brighter future, and even puts me on the hot seat to assess what drives me to help people become more effective business leaders through my coaching practice. Jerry has had a profound impact on my career and journey, and I trust he can provide you some much-needed clarity. 

What do you get when critical thinking intersects with grit, discipline, and perseverance? A man who has had a tremendous impact on some of the most prominent companies in the world. On today's podcast, Edward Gorbis connects with Javier Villamizar, who grew up in Columbia and is now an Operating Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers in charge of helping SoftBank Vision Fund’s portfolio companies scale up and expand globally. Previously, he was a Managing Director at the UK Fintech Unicorn Greensill Capital where he was responsible for the Technology and Telecom verticals as well as the management of the origination efforts in Latin América. Before Greensill, Javier was the President of Global Distribution for Brightstar, a multibillion-dollar supply chain services supplier focused in the telecom industry. Javier has extensive experience in technology and telecom ventures, being an advisor and board member of multiple companies.

Students graduating from college are entering perhaps the toughest, most uncertain market conditions in generations. 2020 has been a seesaw for a myriad of reasons. Recently, I had a chance to sit down with Jenna Constantino, a recent grad from the University of Southern California, and a Strategic Partner at Constant House LA. We flipped the conversation around, and Jenna asked Edward Gorbis, the CEO of Career Meets World, insightful questions about how to approach the job market and how to start investing early. If you recently graduated from undergrad or graduate school, this conversation is dedicated to you. 

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