Growth Igniters® Radio

Growth Igniters® Radio

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Growth Igniters® Radio episodes

  • Part 2-How an Unconventional Leader Fosters High-Level Virtual Relationships -- with Coco Brown
    We speak with Coco Brown, the founder & CEO of The Athena Alliance, about the unconventional leadership she uses to build virtual relationships at the highest levels in her company and extended alliance network.
    Coco joins us to discuss Athena Alliance’s goals and how the fully-remote network enables female leaders to advance their careers. She explains what it’s like to climb the industry ranks as a woman and how she maintains a culture of constant feedback despite running a fully-remote company. She describes the importance of breaking rules that don’t make sense and how to determine whether you’re taking too much risk. She also discusses the value of transparency and showing vulnerability as a leader.
    This is part two of our wide-ranging conversation. It was such a wonderful interchange that we just couldn’t cut it short! Part one is immediately available as Episode 214.
    The Athena Alliance is a game-changing digital ecosystem helping to position the top 10% of executive women for advancement and board opportunities while also transforming the boardroom towards a modern composition model.  She leads change and transformation, accelerating multimillion-dollar growth through vision, strategy, technology, and people leadership. To date, the business has established a network of 5,000+ C-level women, VCs, and CEOs from 200+ companies, achieved 200% annualized YOY growth and helped 400+ women successfully land board placements. Members and corporate customers come from hundreds of top brands, including Amazon, Autodesk, Bank of America, Intel, Intuit, Microsoft, Quinstreet, and Stripe.
    Since 2013, Coco has served on 10 for-profit and nonprofit boards as a member, advisor, and committee leader, providing input and guidance around M&A, divestiture, audit, CEO succession and compensation, corporate strategy, financial planning, change management, and more. Nationally recognized as an expert in shaping the modern boardroom and modern leadership, Coco Brown is the first person many companies and CEOs call when they need help or advice around strategic planning, board makeup, or the changing landscape of board operations. Her connections are vast, and her thought leadership in these areas is considered generationally transformative. As a result, she was asked to become an Insights Council member with the prestigious Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence in 2022.
    In addition to guiding and supporting executive leaders and boards, she is a sought-after speaker and writer and is frequently interviewed by business and industry publications. She has been quoted and featured in Bloomberg, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fortune, InformationWeek, NACD Directorship, Nasdaq.com, Silicon Valley Business Journal, The Cube, The Street, and WSJ.
     
    “What’s healthy is for leaders to get all way in the organization and make sure there are checks and balances that perpetuate the culture you want to have.”
    – Coco Brown
     
    This week on Growth Igniters Radio:
    * Coco’s role in Athena Alliance
    * Being a woman in a male-dominated industry
    * What motivated Coco to start Athena during the pandemic
    * What is Athena Alliance and the services it offers
    * What surprised Coco as Athena Alliance grew
    29 min
  • What is the Best Way to Celebrate a Milestone?

    We’re celebrating a big milestone! Growth Igniters® Radio has been recognized as a “Top Podcast” in the Business, Marketing and Tech Category in the 2022 PopCon Podcast Awards, and as a  “Top 100 Podcast” from Thinkers360 Thought Leaders.  This is definitely a milestone for our podcast, and it wouldn’t have been possible if not for […]

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    7 min
  • Don’t miss the boat: Staying Relevant in a Changing Marketplace – with Linda Popky

    “What kept Sears from becoming Amazon or Kmart from becoming Walmart?” Listen to episode 212. Scott and I speak with Linda Popky, Founder and President of Leverage2Market Associates, about what distinguishes established companies that evolve and thrive over time from once dominant players that have faded into irrelevance. Linda helps organizations and individuals get heard […]

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    36 min
  • The Secret of Leading to Connect across Cultures – with Natsuyo Lipschutz

    “The number one challenge standing between you and your culturally diverse counterpart is common sense” Listen to episode 211. Scott and I speak with Natsuyo Lipschutz, a leading strategist for elevating global leadership and cross-cultural communications, about the leadership it takes to connect across cultures for more effective business outcomes. Born in Japan, Natsuyo is managing […]

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    36 min
  • The Secret Of Leading To Connect Across Cultures - ep. 211 - Guest Natsuyo Lipschutz
    Scott and I speak with Natsuyo Lipschutz, a leading strategist for elevating global leadership and cross-cultural communications, about the leadership it takes to connect across cultures for more effective business outcomes. Born in Japan, Natsuyo is managing principal of her strategy consulting firm, ASPIRE Intelligence. She’s also an executive consultant for Breakthrough Speaking, a global public speaking consultancy. In addition, she serves as the first Asian board director at the National Speakers Association New York City chapter, and is co-author of the Amazon bestselling book The Success Blueprint, and the audio course The Six Cs of Effective Storytelling. You’ll gain insights on: The types of “common sense” Natsuyo believes we need to “remove” when leading across cultures Three steps Natsuyo recommends for bridging hidden differences to create deeper trust and connection across cultures Immediately useful ideas for for leading to connect and build meaningful relationships across cultures
    36 min
  • The Secret Of Leading To Connect Across Cultures - ep. 211 - Guest Natsuyo Lipschutz
    Scott and I speak with Natsuyo Lipschutz, a leading strategist for elevating global leadership and cross-cultural communications, about the leadership it takes to connect across cultures for more effective business outcomes.Born in Japan, Natsuyo is managing principal of her strategy consulting firm, ASPIRE Intelligence (https://aspireintelligence.com/en/). She’s also an executive consultant for Breakthrough Speaking, a global public speaking consultancy.In addition, she serves as the first Asian board director at the National Speakers Association New York City chapter, and is co-author of the Amazon bestselling book The Success Blueprint, and the audio course The Six Cs of Effective Storytelling.You’ll gain insights on:* The types of “common sense” Natsuyo believes we need to “remove” when leading across cultures* Three steps Natsuyo recommends for bridging hidden differences to create deeper trust and connection across cultures* Immediately useful ideas for for leading to connect and build meaningful relationships across cultures
    36 min
  • How Peripheral Thinking™ Can Fuel Innovation – with Paul Daniels Jr.

    “You can find sparks of innovation by looking beyond your frame of reference” Scott and I speak with Paul Daniels Jr. about how insights from outside your focus can propel innovative thinking. Paul is a keynote speaker, entrepreneur, board advisor, and author. He is also the  Founder and CEO of Peripheral Thinkers™,  a collaborative think-tank […]

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    37 min
  • Why Leaders Need the Language of Mystery, Ambiguity, and Artistry – with Libby Wagner

    “New language can help leaders create high trust cultures that fulfill their purpose and mission” Listen to episode 208. Scott and I speak with Libby Wagner, a poet, speaker, and trusted advisor about how leaders can find new language to connect more powerfully with stakeholders. She works with leaders of organizations large and small, across the globe, to create […]

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    38 min

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Growth Igniters® Radio is the award-winning executive leadership podcast for CEOs, C-suite teams, and board directors who are reimagining leadership for transformational growth. Since 2015, hosts Pam…