One Question with Matt G

This week I get to interview the Founder and Executive Director of the Blind Institute of Technology Mike Hess.  Mike has built a non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce teh high unemployment rate among the blind and visually impaired.  Mike has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry doing everything from project management, business analysis, product development and management.  We discuss his own struggles finding work in the tech industry as a blind man.  What the biggest barrier to entry for those in the BVI community is to the work force.  Why now is the perfect time to tap the most underserved section of our society.  We have an amazing conversation you are not going to want to miss.

This week on One Question I get to interview Korryn Williamson.  Korryn is the Director of Diverity, Equity and Inclusion at Insight Global.  We talk about how to make a difference in your own life, the concept of manifesting and what we all need to do to make a difference be it on the person next to us or the world.

This week I get to interview acclaimed podcaster and author Ryan Hawk.  Ryan hosts the Learning Leader Show which has been listened to by millions of people in more than 150 countries.  He has also written "Welcome to Management - How to Grow from a Top Performer to Excellent Leader" which Forbes called "the best leadership book of 2020."  I ask Ryan if "Leadership is a skill that can be learned?" we have a great conversation about what characteristics leaders need to have, how to cultivate these characteristics and work to develop into the leader you want to be no matter what your role is.  You don't want to miss this episode!

It is a special Fathers Day episode of One Question.  This week I get to interview my own Dad, Mike Gonsalves.  Aside from raising my brother Brian and I, my Dad was an Executive in the Technology world, working at Microsoft and owning his own company Strategic Fusion.  We talk about his approach to parenting.  How he learned as he went.  What I took away from him and have applied to my own kids.  It's a feel good episode of the show you are not going to want to miss.

This week my guest is Phil Shevlin.  Phil and I discuss the stigma that surrounds people figting addiction, what that stigma looks like for someone in the battle and those who are around that person.  Phil bravely discusses his own fight with addiction and his amazing story around his recovery journey.  Addicition effects 1 in 3 Americans.  Most likely someone in your life has had been effected by this disease.  Phil gives amazing insight on eliminating the stigma, your not going to want to miss this episode.

This week I get to interview Katie Hillary.  Katie is a Managing Director of National Accounts at Insight Global.  In this episode we discuss the dangers of imposter syndrome.  Imposter syndrome is defined as doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud.  We discuss how imposter syndrome effects everyone and some ways to cope with it.  

This week I get to interview Alexa Roberds from Insight Global.  Alexa is a super successful Account Manager at one of the largest staffing companies in the US.  On top of that she is the Mom to 3 kids under 5 years old.  We talk about how to use perspective when prioritizing your time.  We also discuss how to find joy in what you do during the day.  And ultimately Alexa teaches me how to not just do work with people but to do life with them.

This week I get to interview Dr. Francie Brohammer.  Dr. Brohammer has degrees from Notre Dame and University of California Irvine.  She is currently the Chief Resident at UC Irvine Health's Department of Psychiatry.  She is a Fello at the Lenonine Forum, and the American Psychiatric Association.  Francie and I discuss how to address and talk about mental health in the work place.  However our conversation really lays out the way to truly listen to someone and how that listening can really help them when the are struggling with mental wellness.

In this episode I get to speak with Zac Funderburk.  Zac is currently getting his Masters Degree at Dallas Baptist University.  While being a college student and founded and is the host of the wildly popular podcast "Next Generation Leader Podcast".  Zac has interviewed everyone from Senators, Governors, Authors and CEOs.  He interviews these leaders with the perspective of a young person.  So that lead me to ask Zac, "How do you lead as a young person?"

This week I get to interview the SR. Pastor at First Baptist Roswell, Dr. Kevin Head.  Kevin has been a Pastor at churches all throughout the southeast.  He is a graduate of Furman University and the Souther Baptist Theological Seminary.  We have an amazing conversation about something that all of us have asked ourselves at some point.  You are not going to want to miss this episode!