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  • Episode 64: The Ingredients of a Successful Mentoring Program with Lisa Fain

    When creating something meaningful, you must have the right ingredients. In this week’s podcast, guest speaker Lisa Fain discusses how trust and inclusion are the most vital ingredients for a successful mentorship program within an organization.

    Lisa Fain’s Biography

    Lisa Z. Fain is the CEO of the Center for Mentoring Excellence, an expert in mentoring and inclusion, a global speaker, and an executive coach. She works with organizations of all types and sizes to create more inclusive workplaces through mentoring.  A former employment attorney, Lisa was formerly senior director of the diversity and inclusion function at Outerwall Inc. (former parent company to automated retail giants Redbox and Coinstar). She lives in Seattle, WA.

    In This Episode, You’ll Learn…
    • What constitutes mentoring and an excellent mentoring relationship
  • The modalities of mentoring
  • What a successful mentoring program looks like in an organization
  • The four phases of a mentoring relationship within an organization
  • The roles inclusion and trust play within a mentoring program
  • The potential benefits of inclusion in the workplace
  • How to measure inclusion within the organization
  • Why trust is so important within an organization
  • Why trust is vital within a mentoring program
  • The four levels of trust needed within a mentoring program
  • Quotables
    • “Learning is the purpose, the product, and the process of mentoring.” — Lisa Fain
  • “People can have mentors for a lifetime, but marking the end of a mentoring period doesn’t necessarily mean marking the end of a mentoring relationship.” — Lisa Fain
  • “Inclusion is what you get when you leverage diversity. It’s about creating a place of belonging. It’s about creating a welcoming work environment where people feel seen and heard, and don’t have to spend their time worrying about whether they’re going to be accepted.” — Lisa Fain
  • “Mentoring is a safety net, a sounding board, and a laboratory— and none of that happens without trust.” — Lisa Fain
  • “The antidote to being stuck is creation.” — Lisa Fain
  • Links & Resources Mentioned…
    • An Integrative Model of Organizational Trust, The Academy of Management Review Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul. 1995), pp. 709-734 (26 pages) 
  • Or resources that
  • Center for Mentoring Excellence: https://www.centerformentoring.com/ 
  • Lisa Fain on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisazfain/ 
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    35 min
  • Episode 63: Deliver Your Message With Brevity, Soul, and Wit with Judi Harrington

    Are you having a hard time finding a way to deliver your company’s message in an interesting and compelling way so it connects with potential clients? In today’s episode, Mike and guest speaker Judi Harrington discuss what sets her apart from other content creators and how she connects with her clients to deliver their message with brevity, soul, and wit.

    Judi Harrington’s Biography

    Judi Harrington is the founder of Judi 411. She’s also a business storyteller and writing problem solver.  She helps business owners share their stories with the world by helping them with website copy, developing social media messages, and more. The industries she provides assistance to include real estate, mortgage finance, commercial insurance, health and wellness, and interior design. In addition, Judi makes frequent appearances on podcasts and is currently writing her first book (title TBD), with an anticipated release sometime during the Spring of 2022.

    In This Episode, You’ll Learn…
    • How to help clients manage their message with brevity, soul, and wit
  • How to peek into the soul of your clients
  • How to understand the world from your client’s perspective
  • How to help clients manage their message
  • How to help clients with a complicated message
  • What questions make people contact Judi
  • How to be relatable to the reader
  • How to do message branding
  • The most important thing to remember when establishing a relationship with a client
  • How to start conversations with potential clients
  • How to help a client get unstuck
  • How to get clients to trust you to learn their specific voice
  • What Judi is currently working on
  • What held Judi back from getting published
  • What Judi does to keep fresh so she doesn’t get stuck in a rut
  • Why rest and self-care is important
  • What others should know about Judi so they know who she is and how she helps clients
  • How to make a boring topic sound more interesting
  • Quotables
    • “Like all good writers, we adopt and adapt.” – Judi Harrington
  • “It’s important to get your point out there as quickly as possible and succinctly as possible.” – Judi Harrington
  • “When I work with clients, I really try to get into their personalities. And I often say good copywriting, content creation, is a lot like being a method actor.” – Judi Harrington
  • “It’s more than just the rate.” – Judi Harrington
  • “It’s hard to read your label when you live inside your own bottle.” – Judi Harrington
  • “I know a little bit about a lot.” – Judi Harrington
  • “When I think of branding, for me, there’s the messaging side of it, but there’s also the visual side of it.” – Judi Harrington
  • “I have been gifted with a really good instinct, and I’ve also learned not to ignore it.” – Judi Harrington
  • “We have two ears and one mouth for a reason, so we want to listen more than we talk, and we want to ask questions that are going to provoke conversation or enhance conversation.” – Judi Harrington
  • “Just because you hear the supposed to, doesn’t mean you have to.” – Judi Harrington
  • “If you’re spending three hours trying to write a newsletter when your business is bookkeeping, then that’s not the best use of your time. So, why not lean to someone who can hear what your ideas are and convey them in a way that gets your audience excited.” – Judi Harrington
  • “Sometimes the thought itself just manifests the result.” – Judi Harrington
  • “Rest is best.” – Judi Harrington
  • “We take less vacation time than any other country in the world. We tend to glorify working through the weekend.” – Judi Harrington
  • “Everywhere I worked I somehow became the resident writing expert.” – Judi Harrington
  • “I am persuasive. I can compel people to do things that they may not have been willing to do in the first place. And I think that’s the essence of really good copy and content writing is that you’re persuading people to look at something differently, to consider things that they’ve previously overlooked or maybe think they’ve misunderstood, get a different perspective, and then decide they’re going to act on it.” – Judi Harrington
  • “That is the essence of marketing, getting people to do something.” – Judi Harrington
  • “If you’ve got a boring topic, bring it to me!” – Judi Harrington
  • “If it’s a complicated topic, I’m your gal.” – Judi Harrington
  • Links & Resources Mentioned…
  • Judi’s Website – www.judi411.com  
  • Judi’s LinkedIn Profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/judi411/  
  • Judi’s FaceBook Profile – https://www.facebook.com/JFOOJudi411/  
  • Judi’s Instagram –https://www.instagram.com/judi_411/  
  • Other Podcasts Featuring Judi 
    • “Marketing for Humans” with Christina Frei 
  • “Burn the Ship” with Roderick Ricks 
  • “Next on Scene” with Jackie Zuk of Next On Scene® Enterprises
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    35 min
  • Episode 62: Talking Trust with Patrick Galvin

    Mike sat down with Patrick Galvin, a business owner who coaches and discusses business focusing on trust. They discuss both Galvin’s business and Rotary International, a civic club that has influenced the foundation of Galvin’s company. 

    Patrick Galvin’s Biography

    Patrick Galvin is the co-founder of the Galivnizing Group, a learning and development company focused on trust-based relationship building. He is also a bestselling author of The Trusted Way, which is a follow-up to his previous book The Connector’s Way.

    In This Episode, You’ll Learn…
    • Galvin’s books are parables, written as stories to give lessons to readers. He wanted to write about trust development. 
  • Trust is foundational. Galvin defines it as credibility built up over time. 
  • Parables work well because people connect with stories. You can get data online through a search result, but someone will remember a story much better than basic definitions. 
  • Rotary International is a large civic organization that Mike and Patrick are both involved with. It’s structured differently than many other clubs. You represent your profession, and the goal is to have a diversified club where many different professions are represented. 
  • The Rotary Four-Way Test came around in 1932 during the Great Depression from an individual struggling through it. He realized that if he wanted the reputation of being a trustworthy company, he prayed one day and wrote 24 words down (quoted below). It changed his company thoroughly, and his company became the most trustworthy cookware company. 
  • In Galvin’s new book, he tells the story of an individual who makes decisions that aren’t based on the Four-Way Test. He encounters many issues but eventually learns how to build a business on trust and improve it through that method. 
  • Service above Self is Rotary’s Motto. 
  • Galvin learned over time that his business should focus on relationships instead of marketing, as he previously believed. So, he established the Galvanizing Group to help others do so. He works with individuals in groups of 6-8. They have an online coaching program they use to help others succeed. 
  • You can find the Four-Way Test in an internet search and learn more about it. You don’t have to buy his book. 
  • Relationship building is what Galvin emphasizes. He asks listeners to focus on what relationship-building plan they have. What are the relationships that you have to get your success to happen? You might need to reach outside your network and many other things. Set big goals, and map them back to the relationships you have. 
  • Relationship building within the organization is a large part of the process. It’s not just about external relationships. 
  • Quotables
    • If you have to say you’re a person with credibility, you’re probably still working on becoming a person with credibility. 
  • Trust is best measured by the daily interactions you have with the people around you. 
  • Rotary Four-Way Test: First Principle: Is it the truth? Second Principle: Is it fair to all concerned? Third Principle: Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Fourth Principle: Will it be beneficial to all concerned? 
  • Someone will do business with someone they know, like, and trust. 
  • Links & Resources Mentioned…
    • Patrick’s Company Website – https://thegalvanizinggroup.com/ http://patrickgalvin.com,
  • Patrick’s Books –
  • The Connector’s Way: A Story About Building Business One Relationship at a Time

  • The Trusted Way: A Story About Building a Life and Business of Character 

  • Patrick’s Ted Talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPff-gC9w8g
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    43 min
  • Episode 61: How To Develop a Total Learning Solution in Your Life with Howard Berg

    This week Mike talks with knowledge mastery strategist Howard Berg about some insights and tips on how you can increase your ability to learn faster, comprehend better and retain more. 

    Howard Berg’s Biography

    Howard Stephen Berg is recognized as the world’s fastest reader thanks to the cutting-edge accelerated learning techniques he developed that turn information overload into information assets. Howard is a graduate of S.U.N.Y., Binghamton where he majored in Biology and then completed a four-year Psychology program in one year. His graduate studies at several New York City colleges focused on the Psychology of reading. Howard has appeared on over 1,100 radio and television programs including Neil Cavuto, Jon Stewart, and Live With Regis. His brain-based learning strategies have been hailed as a major breakthrough in publications like Forbe’s FYI, Selling, Men’s Health, Red Book, and Bottom Line Magazine, and have been featured in dozens of newspaper interviews throughout North America.

    In This Episode, You’ll Learn…
    • All information doubles every six months more is printed in one week than an all human history through the year 1800. 
  • A lot of people in business today use a paradigm that works and it works well for them.
  • 30% of all existing jobs will be gone in five, 10 years. 
  • The only job security you have in today’s fast-changing information-based economy is between your ears. 
  • Why it’s very important that everybody learned to adapt.
  • What makes most businesses fail is not competency in the core business but competency in business skills.
  • You only remember 10% of what you read and 90% of what you say and do.
  • Quotables
    • “Think of 5 million truck drivers replaced by robots. Why would they replace them? They don’t sleep. They don’t take vacation. They don’t need sick days. They don’t need any overtime. They can go 24 hours a day.” – Howard Berg
  • “Your either learning new things quickly and faster and be burnishing yourself, putting yourself into a new position or you’re being obsolete in the not too distant future.” – Howard Berg
  • “Today the revolution is knowledge.” – Howard Berg
  •  “I use reading to find what I don’t know and need to learn. I don’t want to know everything. I want to know everything I need to know. I don’t want to waste time learning things. I know already with things that I don’t need, which waste more time.” – Howard Berg
  • Links & Resources Mentioned…
    • Howard’s Company Website – www.BergLearning.com
  • Howard’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardstephenberg/
  • Howard’s Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/howard.berg.988711 
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    43 min
  • Episode 59: Dismiss Limiting Beliefs Via Personal Development with Kevin Palmieri

    You want to believe in yourself that you can do the things you want to do, but what if those beliefs were limiting your progress? This week Mike speaks with fellow podcaster and entrepreneur Kevin Palmieri about how damaging your thoughts about yourself and goals can really be. Check it out and learn some new ways to look at motivation and goal setting.

    Kevin Palmieri’s Biography

    Host of Top 100 Global Podcast “Next Level University” – 750+ Episodes, Listeners In Over 100 Countries. Some people find rock bottom… I found out that rock bottom has a basement. In my mid 20’s… I had it all. A beautiful girlfriend, a high-paying job, a sports car, my dream body… but I still ended up sitting on the edge of a bed debating suicide… several times. 

    After my rock bottom moment, I went all-in on self-improvement. I was determined to overcome my anxiety, to overcome my depression. Years later, I host a top 100 podcast with hundreds of thousands of downloads in over a hundred countries, I’ve recorded over 750 episodes and turned my podcast into a multi 6 figure business. I’ve given nearly 100 speeches and had the opportunity to do hundreds of coaching calls. I’m grateful I get to do what I love every day! The main thing that changed was ME. I focused on learning what I didn’t know (and unlearning a lot too) and my life started to shift.

    It’s my purpose to help other people get unstuck and get to the next level of their lives!

    In This Episode, You’ll Learn…
    • How to avoid being stuck career-wise by setting smart goals
  • How to get started coaching people
  • How to get to the point of finding your niche
  • Ways to avoid or reframe limiting beliefs
  • How limiting beliefs harm your future
  • Ways to find the root cause of your limiting beliefs
  • Ways to become more self-aware
  • How to understand your strengths
  • Ways to personally reflect on how you feel and measure self-growth
  • Different ways to approach motivation by identifying your thinking vs. emotional process
  • How to check in with your habits to become more successful
  • Quotables
    • “You don’t have to be at the end of the rainbow, you just have to be two steps, three steps, four steps ahead of whoever you’re coaching.” —Kevin Palmieri
  • “I think the problem with our limiting beliefs is we forget to put the word limiting in front of them, and we just consider them our beliefs.” —Kevin Palmieri
  • “Most human beings are afraid of rejection. We’re afraid of failure. They’re literally, those are the two ways to success. That failure is the way to success is just: Do you fail productively? Do you fail forward?” —Kevin Palmieri
  • “There are people out there that will give you feedback based on insecurity, so make sure that you’re vetting the feedback that you’re getting.” —Kevin Palmieri
  • “The biggest difference between the person you are and the person you want to be is your habits.” —Kevin Palmieri
  • “Your reality becomes the parts of your imagination you hold on to the longest.” —Kevin Palmieri
  • Links & Resources Mentioned…
    • Kevin’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/
  • Kevin’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkid/?hl=en
  • Kevin’s Company Website – https://www.nextleveluniverse.com/
  • Next Level University on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBo–QvPHbGOrO13C0Xyybg 
  • The Hyper Conscious Podcast on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/The-Hyper-Conscious-Podcast-106871136824274/ 
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    33 min
  • Episode 58: Taking Your Ideas to the Next Step with Ron Shigeta

    Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? Guest Ron Shigeta discusses what it takes to build a billion-dollar startup. Learn about the skills you need for success and why a detailed business plan isn’t that important.

    Ron Shigeta’s Biography

    Ron Shigeta advises innovative startups, investors, and entrepreneurs through his advisory accelerator iAccelerate. He’s also the biotech entrepreneur co-founder of IndieBio and guest lecturer at Levy School of Business at Santa Clara University.

    In This Episode, You’ll Learn…
    • What it takes to bridge the gap between academia and entrepreneurship
  • Ways that you can take the initiative to make changes in your life
  • Some of the skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur
  • How important it is to move quickly to make changes as an entrepreneur
  • How to evaluate your skills and what skills you need to work on
  • The planning that’s necessary to start a business and why you don’t necessarily need a written business plan
  • The things you need to focus on for profitability
  • What you need to succeed as an entrepreneur
  • Things you need for your startup idea to take off
  • Why you need an advisor
  • How personal growth affects your ability to be successful
  • How fast things move when you’re successful
  • Quotables
    • “Look at what you are and what you’ve done and you will find something I’m pretty sure. If you’ve been active through your life, there’s something that you can do to create a new innovative business.”— Ron Shigeta
  • “A really great trait I think for entrepreneurs is the ability to step outside of your world.”— Ron Shigeta
  • “Business is essentially empirical, it comes from practice. So if you have an idea, it’s good just to test it.”— Ron Shigeta
  • “You should never forget that you’re one of the most important— you’re the only asset the company has when you start out. And you need to make sure that you understand that that’s valuable and since it’s you, you can actually increase your value by understanding and being aware of how important you are to your idea.”— Ron Shigeta
  • “I understand the people problems: people’s internal motivations, their psychology, their fears, their maturity. That’s primarily the problem you need to solve.”— Ron Shigeta
  • “Culture can’t just happen, it has to be built.”— Mike O’Neill
  • Links & Resources Mentioned…
    • Ron Shigeta’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/startupminute/ 
  • Ron Shigeta – https://www.iaccelerate.tech/
  • https://medium.com/the-future-of-food-technology/lab-grown-meat-is-scaling-like-the-internet-540893cbaf57
  • https://medium.com/the-future-of-food-technology/the-new-economics-of-biotech-offers-a-third-way-for-scientists-eaaef77c06fe
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    31 min

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