One Handshake

Katie Kelley brings a rare combination of executive experience, clinical training, and high-level coaching to this conversation on career growth, leadership, and navigating change. Drawing from her work with senior leaders and global organizations, she shares how to move through moments of uncertainty, break through stalled patterns, and make clear, aligned decisions about what comes next. This episode explores what it really takes to rebuild momentum, trust your internal guidance, and lead yourself through personal and professional recalibration. It’s a grounded, experience-backed perspective on how to grow, pivot, and evolve without losing yourself in the process.

Katie has graciously offered a 10% discount for OH listeners at LearnSellGrow.com (use code KatieK10). Learn how top performers sell ideas, gain buy-in, and lead high-stakes conversations without feeling salesy or inauthentic. You can also connect with Katie on Linkedin.

In this episode of the One Handshake Podcast, Mike “Ambassador” Bruny shares how curiosity, authenticity, and energy have shaped his career across digital marketing, HR, coaching, and community building. He challenges traditional views of “employee engagement,” reframing the conversation around employee experience and leadership through generosity. 

Together, Jillian and Mike explore parenting, partnership, sprinting versus marathon pacing, and what it means to build belonging in spaces not originally designed with you in mind. This episode is a masterclass in sustainable ambition, identity-driven work, and designing a life that reflects who you are.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambassadorbruny/

@AmbassadorBruny

Book Yourself Solid, by Michael Port: https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/book-yourself-solid/30037577/

Never Eat Alone, by Keith Ferrazzi: https://www.amazon.nl/Never-Eat-Alone-Expanded-Updated/dp/0385346654

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Across industries, backgrounds, and borders, a pattern keeps emerging; founders, senior professionals, and leaders from around the world questioning the script they've been handed.

Not because they've given up, but because they've outgrown it. In this episode, Jillian explores why so many people carry this quietly, the cost of that isolation, and why the most honest conversations often happen with people outside your existing circle. Plus, details on an upcoming One Handshake workshop with Alessandra Rossi, built specifically for professionals navigating exactly this moment.

Self-CSO Workshop http://luma.com/t87m8g7l

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She left a stable role to freelance without a safety net, trusting not that it would work, but that she could handle whatever came next.

In this episode, Jillian Vorce talks with Penn Camille Lat about the shift from freelancer to founder and what it takes to build a relationship-driven business. 

What began as supporting a single startup evolved into co-founding Virtua Solutions Outsourcing and leading a team of more than 40 professionals serving SaaS companies and startups globally.

They explore confidence without guarantees, leadership beyond control, and how sustainable growth is built through trust, referrals, and intentional relationships. Penn also shares how her definition of success evolved from simply supporting her own family to carrying responsibility for the livelihoods and well-being of the people she leads.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/penn-camille-lat

https://virtuasolutionsos.com

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Most of us spend most of our time with people who are mostly like us. While that familiarity can feel comfortable, it often reinforces the same thinking and limits new perspective.

In this episode, Jillian Vorce challenges the short-sighted focus on networking to “get” and explores why real opportunity often lives below the surface. She unpacks the importance of intentionally expanding your ecosystem, investing before withdrawing, and creating relationships that can withstand bumpy terrain. If you’re recalibrating your business or hungry for perspective beyond your usual bubble, this conversation invites you to rethink what kind of network you’re building.

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To schedule time with Jillian and discuss viewpoints around relationships, social capital and creating opportunities:  https://meeting-with-jillian.youcanbook.me/

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Chris Brogan has spent decades shaping how people think about trust, influence, and relationships, from the early days of blogging to advising CEOs and leadership teams through major growth. 

In this conversation, he reflects on the long road behind so-called overnight success, the tension between strategy and authenticity, and why relationships have always been the constant in his work. Jillian and Chris talk candidly about visibility, mental health, identity shifts, and staying grounded as success compounds. This episode is for anyone navigating transition and questioning what success should look like now.

To learn more about the community we're building, come join us at https://OneHandshake.co

To connect with Chris or see more of his work:

• The Backpack Show: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi35a1lA9wp5dbOnyIMFOjb2ROOYFA90Q
• Website: https://chrisbrogan.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbrogan
• Substack newsletter: https://endlesstopics.substack.com
• Photography as Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/@chrisbroganphotos

We talk a lot about relationships, networking, and strategy, but feedback often gets overlooked or misunderstood. 

In this solo episode, Jillian explores feedback as a relational tool that shapes confidence, posture, and reputation, not just performance. She challenges the habit of stopping at polite applause or generic praise and invites listeners to share specific, thoughtful observations that actually land. 

Whether after a talk, a podcast, an article, or a piece of work, giving meaningful feedback becomes a signal of who you are and how you show up in relationships. Small moments of feedback, repeated over time, create momentum, trust, and connection that compound.

Did you proactively share feedback with someone and want to share your experience? Here is the link to do so.

To share feedback about or make suggestions about this episode or the podcast itself, use this link here.

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After more than 20 years in global corporate leadership roles, Jaime Williams made the decision to walk away without a clear plan for what would come next. What followed was not a quick pivot, but a long stretch of burnout recovery, uncertainty, and relearning how to trust himself again. Two and a half years later, that journey led him to open Flour Shop Amsterdam, the Netherlands’ first physical Mexican bakery.

In this conversation, Jaime shares the mindset shifts required to move from titles and scale to early mornings, flour-covered hands, and personal risk. This episode is for anyone navigating transition, questioning their next chapter, or sensing that what once fit no longer does.

For more meaningful interactions, visit https://onehandshake.co/

For more about Jaime and what he's up to, visit;

https://www.instagram.com/flourshopamsterdam/

https://www.tiktok.com/@natalieats_amsterdam/video/7597117928210828576

https://flourshopamsterdam.nl/

In this reflective solo episode of the One Handshake podcast, Jillian Vorce explores the quiet friction that arises when success, identity, and direction no longer align. 

Drawing from a recent conversation and broader patterns she’s seeing, she unpacks why transitions often feel isolating, even for accomplished professionals. Rather than offering advice or solutions, Jillian focuses on the importance of pause, awareness, and validation during moments of change.

The episode invites listeners to reconsider not just what they should do next, but what kinds of conversations and environments they need access to now.

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In this conversation, Kevin Eustatia-Palm joins Jillian to talk about his journey from a small island in the Dutch Caribbean to the halls of the United Nations and into the world of venture capital.

He shares what it was like to make history at the UN, why he left diplomacy to create more direct impact, and how he built a VC firm that not only funds Caribbean startups but also supports them with shared services.

Kevin and Jillian explore imposter syndrome, overestimating others while underestimating ourselves, and the power of admitting when you don’t know something.

They also dig into introversion, modern networking tools, and why the best opportunities often come from listening first and treating every new connection as a seed you’re planting for the future.

This episode is for anyone navigating change, recalibrating their career, or rethinking what real success and connection look like.

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