In the conclusion of Cicely's Conversation with Lyndsay Dowd from Heartbeat for Hire, Lyndsay talks about the idea of interviewing to get out of a job and the reasons why corporate culture is so broken right.

Lyndsay Dowd pulls up a chair this week. Lyndsay worked at IBM for over 20 years, but pivoted when she asked herself what she was most passionate about. Now she’s the Chief Heartbeat Officer of Heartbeat for Hire, where she helps sales leaders and organizations improve and cultivate a phenomenal sales culture. In part one, Lyndsay discusses the inspiration for Heartbeat for Hire, and what she learned from getting fired.

In the conclusion of Cicely's talk with Sophie Beren, the founder of The Conversationalist, Sophie discusses how she connects with people in her non-partisan community, and she shares some advice for bridging the communication gap between leadership and Gen Z.

Sophie Beren takes a seat this week. Sophie is the founder and CEO of The Conversationalist, a non-partisan educational platform empowering the next generation to break out of their echo chambers, have difficult conversations, and unify. Her community of over 70,000 young people is committed to coming together, across differences, through multiple platforms. In part one, Sophie shares why she describes herself as a 'unifier from Wichita', what inspired her to create The Conversationalist, and what they do to stay non-partisan on their platform.

In the conclusion of Cicely's talk with restaurateur and author of Unreasonable Hospitality, Will Guidara, Will shares why every business can CHOOSE to be a hospitality business and why leaders shouldn’t be afraid of criticizing team members.

What does it take to build the BEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD? Unreasonable hospitality. This week, Cicely is joined by New York City restaurateur and author of Unreasonable Hospitality, Will Guidara. In part one, Will talks about growing up in the restaurant business, the important lessons he learned from his father, and how he helped transform Eleven Madison Park into a global fine dining destination.

In the conclusion of Cicely's talk with Joe Pardavila, the author of Good Listen, Joe shares why preparing too many questions is not a good idea and what he learned from his legendary run-in with US Soccer star, Brandi Chastain.

This week, Cicely is joined by author and podcaster, Joe Pardavila. In the new book, Good Listen: Creating Memorable Conversations in Business and Life, Joe shares his insights and knowledge for creating a podcast that will appeal to listeners and leave them clamoring for more. But you don’t need to have a podcast to benefit from Joe’s wisdom because his tips for connecting with others also apply to work, love, and life. In part one, Joe discusses how he stumbled into a 20-year career in radio and what it was like to be on the air on September 11, 2001.