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Everyone talks about creating and maintaining your personal brand but what are the benefits and drawbacks of brand maintenance. In what ways does a focus on building and maintaining your brand put at risk your authentic self?  Panel Guest Lisa Fey Danyelle Jinks

For decades we have continued to hear about the pay gap between the C-suite and frontline workers; however, despite the data few corrections have been made. For younger workers eager to be independent and get ahead, how do they compete in a job market where pay is lower and expenses are higher. For older workers, how do you get back to where you were after a lay-off? With so many people working more than one job, is that the new normal?

Panel Guests: Andrew Lickiss and Randy Morrell

Since we closed down public gatherings and entertainment venues, an empty space for entertainment has been created. While individually many feel the desire to "do something", what are the larger challenges we face? Once local officials permit gatherings again, what kinds of venues will be left? Will it create a consolidation in the industry and what will become of the independent operator?

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COVID has changed the way many people work. Some have no plans of returning to an office anytime soon, which has had economic impacts for many businesses that built their businesses around office workers. Everyone from caterers, hotels, office supply companies and print shops are all dealing with the repercussions. How has COVID changed your life and what are the concerns you have as we move ahead?

This episode we welcome back Lisa Fey to the show. Lisa is an accomplished sales executive and trainer who spent 30 years at The Coca-Cola Company and has since transitioned into working for herself at Lisa Fey Speaks. Lisa's book, IMPROVe YOUR Communication: 52 Tips for Accelerating Your Performance, Positioning, and Perception is available on her website and provides insight on how the art of communication is improved through being positive and showing respect while at the same time using humor and having fun.

In this episode we explore the situations and challenges of female executive leadership in many organizations and how it has evolved over time. Lisa speaks about her own journey at The Coca-Cola Company and the amazing work she did establishing Women's Linc a business resource group that has done some tremendous work to strengthen the voice of female leaders within the organization. 

Probably one of the most enjoyable podcasts I have done to date, this week I have the pleasure of interviewing Brent Herd, CEO and Founder of Pacifica Media. Recorded during the 2018 Christmas holiday at the St. Regis Hotel in Atlanta, Brent shares. with me his work founding The Awakened Dad, an organization focused on talking about the challenges dads in corporate America face as they find themselves often exchanging family time for work.

There are no doubt many who have dreams and ambitions of making it to the top in business. There are also a fair number of you who are well on your way or in senior leadership roles within your organization. While there is a lot to be proud of as one carves a path to business success, the road to the top can be stressful, challenging, sometimes lonely, and often calls for personal sacrifices that may have lasting effects on one's family. 

While we often have any number of cliche's or platitudes to describe the challenges faced by those climbing the corporate ladder, we are often  less likely to really talk about it. In this interview Brent opens up with some very candid and honest dialog about what he gave up on his climb to the top and as I discover, it was all too familiar. Chances are you too may be working through many of the topics Brent and I discuss as we seek to explore and examine just what it takes to be top in your field. 

As mentioned in this episode, below is a link to Brent's video, which caught my eye on LinkedIn. 

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The Awakened Dad Video

This week I sit down with Dada Nabhaniilananda a.k.a The Monk Dude. In this episode I am joined by my time to time co-host David Valentin of Mr. Smith Studio. David was kind enough to introduce me to Dada and invited him to The Satisfactionist Podcast for this chat. Dada is a yoga monk, a meditation instructor, an author, a keynote speaker and a musician. Born in New Zealand, he was ordained as a monk in India in 1979 and has been teaching meditation for 40 years. Dada has appeared on stage with the Dalai Lama, taught in more than 40 countries and has spoken for Apple, NVIDIA, Google, CISCO, Lam Research Intel and Facebook. 

I found talking with Dada both fascinating and enjoyable as he has a wonderful sense of humor, is very wise in his approach to his study and just an all around great human to know. We explore his journey to becoming a monk, how meditation can improve one's well-being and how the practice of meditation can be used in beneficial well in business. I hope you enjoy this episode. 

If you would like to learn more about Dada, visit his website at https://www.themonkdude.com

Thank you to David Valentin of Mr. Smith Studios for his helping to co-host this episode: www.iammrsmith.com

Also thank you to Oakstop for their allowing us to record in their wonderful space. http://oakstop.com 

In this reboot episode of The Satisfactionist Podcast we welcome back some favorite friends from the shows past with David Valentine, Shah Qhan, and Issa Diao. Our panel of media experts talk about the upcoming Top Gun continuation, Issa remarks on a deep pull from the 80’s Top Gun era with his recollection of the TV series Super Carrier and the entire panel debate the production stylings and choices of Jordan Peele in contrast to his remarkable film Get Out as well as his reboot of The Twilight Zone. 

It has been some time since I last released an episode of The Satisfactionist Podcast. While I hate that I took a much longer than expected break from the microphone, this was in large part due to the many changes that were happening unrelated to the show. Since the last show I have relocated to the east coast, had a change with the work I am doing, and reset some of my personal priorities in an effort to get back to the things I love doing, which includes meeting and interviewing new and interesting people. This is why this episode it called, The Reboot. 

Reboots are a bit of a thing as of late. Not just from the perspective of one’s work and career but in the mainstream movie industry. It seems that for a while now, we can always count on some sort of remake, reboot or continuation of a great film from the 80’s. While there are many reasons for this, I think in this episode David Valentin of Mr. Smith Studio’s hits the nail on the head when he talks about both the nostalgia and the formula necessary to make a great adventure film. Given our modern culture, the 80’s may be that last innocent time when youth were left to manage themselves in a world that was far less supervised than today. 

As you listen to my own reboot of this show, please remember to subscribe using your favorite podcast platform. I have some great episodes coming out over the next few weeks and look forward to having you back and hearing your thoughts as well.