Strategic Momentum

As we begin a new season of the Strategic Momentum Podcast, we are covering a topic that we commonly observed among many of our previous guests - changing your career trajectory to better align with a specific passion, or to find greater fulfillment and achieve one’s own potential.

But it can be a struggle to find what that path or profession may be. Some may say it’s still best to stay in your current lane for stability sake. But for those searching for something more, what does it take to find your own professional purpose? 

Joe Saul-Sehy is the host of the #1 Financial advice podcast, The Stacking Benjamins. Joe was 40 when the resignation of a mentor in the Financial Planning industry left him re-examining his own career path. 

He chose to make a career pivot, taking him from being a successful financial planner - and one of the select group of spokespeople for Amex - to becoming an award-winning podcaster who leverages the science of play to build financial literacy among his listeners.

And this non-linear journey has involved constantly testing and learning from his roles, cherry-picking the aspects he has a passion and aptitude for, and creating his voice by combining these skills and experiences. 

In this episode he explains:

• -The positives to be gained from a multi-faceted, non linear career path
• How to overcome fear and create a mindset that facilitates opportunity 
• The importance of learning from others - and applying this knowledge to you

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at strategicmomentum.co.

Resources:

• Connect with Joe via Email
• Follow Joe on Twitter
• Stacking Benjamins Website

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Strategic Momentum is produced by Crate Media

This is a bonus episode to let you know what’s in store for the coming season — because we have some exciting changes for 2020! 

In conducting interviews with more than 60 progressive leaders so far, we’ve found that the nature of business is becoming more non-linear, collaborative and fluid. And a major factor in achieving your full growth potential is learning how to navigate this dynamic environment. So as we move into this new season, the Strategic Momentum Podcast will be honing in on what we call “understanding the business of work,” so that you can get the work and career advice you need to power through to get to the top. 

In 2020, we’ll have experts on to talk about pressing topics, including:

• Handling a career pivot
• Mentorship
• And navigating internal politics and conflict

And that’s just the beginning. It’s our hope that this community will continue to grow and that we can support each other with work and career advice from as many perspectives as possible. Thank you for listening to the Strategic Momentum Podcast, and here’s to helping you and your company reach your full growth potential in 2020!

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at https://www.strategicmomentum.co/.

Resources:

• Connect with Connie: Email | LinkedIn
• Visit Our Tips and Advice Page
• Share Your Feedback and Suggestions

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Strategic Momentum is produced by Crate Media

In the past 61 episodes, we’ve heard from a range of guests across a variety of industries—all of whom shared many different perspectives on how to break through the common challenges in business and career development today.  

Every interview has come with its set of valuable lessons and key takeaways that help us to understand the business of work— from how to be effective in sales and implementing AI to learning how to be an active upstander as well as identifying how to best motivate and engage your workforce. 

In this episode, Connie flips the script to reflect on this year’s episodes to highlight some key themes and important lessons our guests have shared. She is joined by Alexis Anthony, Strategic Momentum’s marketing manager, who has been with the show from the very beginning. They discuss their favorite moments on the podcast in 2019 and share their own tips and advice for breaking through business and career inertia to reach your full growth potential. 

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at https://www.strategicmomentum.co/episodes/ 

Resources:

• Connect with Connie: Email | LinkedIn
• Connect with Alexis: Email | LinkedIn
• Share Your Feedback and Suggestions

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While many have this desire for greater meaning, purpose and impact, the “how” isn’t always aligned with their own “why.” 

The traditional approach to charitable giving and corporate philanthropy programs is often times limited and narrow. As a result, it doesn’t enable individuals in an organization to truly fulfill their personal “goodness” goals, nor does it allow for a company to tap into their employees passion to support a higher order purpose. So how do companies tap into that innate need they have while also translating that into something bigger?

Bryan de Lottinville, Founder and CEO of Benevity, is a self-described “recovering lawyer” who found his higher purpose by changing the way companies can do well by doing good. And that involves harnessing the power of individuals and the small actions they collectively take. 

In this episode Bryan shares:

• What led him to make that career pivot and start his goodness platform. 
• The challenges with the existing model around charitable giving and corporate philanthropy.
• The importance of shifting the why around giving and corporate social responsibility to be sustainable and personal.
• The benefit of enabling the power of one to create that ongoing iterative contribution, which can now be done through technology

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at http://strategicmomentum.co/episodes/61

Resources:

• Connect with Bryan by email
• Benevity Website
• Benevity Twitter

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It takes guts, determination, and a healthy dose of optimism to attempt building a startup of your own. And even with that passion to innovate, inspired by a dedication to change or improve the way we do things, the unfortunate reality is that most startups fail.

So the big question is why? And more importantly, what’s the difference between those that fail and those that succeed? What’s the secret to success?

Bruce Cleveland is a Founding Partner of Wildcat Venture Partners and author of the book Traversing the Traction Gap. What compelled Bruce to write his book was to answer that very question around why the startup failure rate was so high and what entrepreneurs could do about it. He’s seen first-hand what’s required to take an idea from startup to category leader, with over three decades of experience building early and growth-stage companies in Silicon Valley before becoming a venture capitalist. And as an investor, he’s been involved with some exciting companies, including Marketo, C3, and Vlocity. 

In this episode, Bruce shares:

• Why many startups fail and how “market-engineering” separates the winners from the losers.
• What the Traction Gap Framework is and the important milestones and pillars that make up the approach.
• The necessity to have a market-first mindset and ways to capture that all-important Market IQ.

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at strategicmomentum.co.

Resources:

• Connect with Bruce via LinkedIn | Email
• Follow Bruce on Medium
• Learn more about Traversing the Traction Gap 
• Buy the book 
• Wildcat Venture Partners Website

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Strategic Momentum is produced by Crate Media

This year, Forbes published its list of the 100 Most Innovative Leaders in business. Sadly, only one female executive made the list. 

This fact highlights the nationwide problem that women are significantly underrepresented in business leadership. Despite nearly 100 years of political and economic progress, women hold only 25% of C-Suite positions in the top 1,000 companies, and only 6% of CEO positions.

So what are the biggest barriers keeping women from rising up the corporate ladder?

We’ve had a number of female executives and entrepreneurs on this show who’ve shared their perspective as a business leader and as a woman in the workforce. In this episode, eight of these women discuss some of the biggest barriers they’ve collectively seen that inhibit women from reaching their full potential—plus these accomplished guests provide tips and advice for breaking through that inertia to create the momentum women are looking for in their professional and even personal life. 

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at strategicmomentum.co.

Resources:

• Forbes Most Innovative Leaders 2019
• Women in the Workplace
• Amanda Thomas: Instagram
• Bhavna Dave: Linkedin
• Cara Silletto: Linkedin
• Imani Greene: Linkedin
• Ines Lebow: LinkedIn
• Meghan French Dunbar: Linkedin
• Yao Huang: Linkedin

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Strategic Momentum is produced by Crate Media

It can be a struggle to feel empowered in our work and personal life, a challenge that is often more difficult for women as we often negotiate against ourselves and endure the self-doubt that can negatively affect professional momentum.

How does one build a passion-driven career that allows risk-taking but delivers the life and relationships we want? And who are the role models we can learn from?

Amanda Thomas is an entrepreneur, marketing leader, and host of a women’s empowerment podcast. She’s the Founder and President of Two Score, a boutique marketing firm that focuses exclusively on helping small to mid-sized credit unions grow and reach their full potential. 

In this episode Amanda shares:

• What led her to building her agency business
• How to direct your  career path in the direction you want to go
• Why you should take risks, trust your gut, and give yourself permission to do everything you want to do

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at flywheelassociates.com/podcast/58.

Resources:

• Connect with Amanda: Instagram
• Two Score Website
• The InspHERation Podcast

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• FACEBOOK: Strategic Momentum Podcast
• INSTAGRAM: @strategicmomentum
• TWITTER: @flywheelassoc
• LINKEDIN: Flywheel Associates
• YOUTUBE: Flywheel Associates
• PINTEREST: Flywheel Associates

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With growing demands on our time, being able to manage it all professionally and personally is a universal challenge.

It is not always easy to create focus and clarity that will drive positive momentum for you and your company. Many of us succumb to lies of productivity, rather than implementing an effective goal-setting process.

So what does it take to create the focus necessary to drive positive momentum for you, your company, and your career? 

Geoff Woods is Vice President of The ONE Thing, the training company that teaches people how to live a life of focus so that they have more by doing less, based on the top-rated business book of the same name by billionaire Gary Keller and his NY Times best selling co-author Jay Papasan.

In this episode you will learn: 

• The importance of clarity, control and community around your target goals
• The lies of productivity and the common daily work habits that get us stuck when it comes to time management 
• The valuable goal-setting processes that leads to doing more of what matters most. 

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at flywheelassociates.com/podcast/57.

Resources:

• Connect with Geoff: Twitter
• The One Thing Website
• The One Thing Podcast

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• INSTAGRAM: @strategicmomentum
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Investment in corporate wellness continues to gain momentum as many companies acknowledge the importance of keeping their workforce healthy, happy, and, ultimately, more productive and engaged. Yet the implementation of these programs aren’t necessarily translating into sustainable health outcomes. 

Michael Heinrich has made it his mission to help companies create healthier and happier environments for their employees, and for him it begins with nutrition. He is CEO of Oh My Green, a concierge-style provider of healthy food and wellness services for corporations of all sizes. In this episode, Michael shares what it takes to truly deliver on workplace wellness.

You learn:

• The experiences and drivers that led Michael to starting Oh My Green. 
• What wellness really is and what inhibits a company’s ability to establish an environment that optimizes employee well-being, productivity, and engagement.
• What it takes to implement a sustainable culture of wellness throughout an organization.

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at flywheelassociates.com/podcast.

Resources:

• Connect with Michael: Email | Twitter
• Oh My Green Website

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Strategic Momentum is produced by Crate Media

There is a continual trend towards companies thinking and operating in a more “conscious” way. And while there is the desire in many companies to do so, not all are able to fulfill on that promise. But those that do end up taking a more comprehensive approach to delivering a spectrum of positive effects have been proven to outperform the market financially.

Meghan French Dunbar is Co-founder and CEO of Conscious Company Media, the nation’s leading multi-media hub dedicated to purpose-driven businesses and social enterprises. The company’s flagship product — Conscious Company Magazine — was the first nationally distributed print publication in the U.S. to focus exclusively on sustainable and conscious business practices.

Meghan has dedicated her life to using business as a driving force for positive change in the world. And in this episode, she shares the career journey that brought her to the Conscious Business world, as well as her perspective on what the conscious business movement is and what it takes to deliver sustainable benefits for people and the planet, as well as yourself – not just your business – all to help everyone move forward.

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at flywheelassociates.com/podcast.

Resources:

• Connect with Meghan via Linkedin
• Learn more about Conscious Company Media  

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Strategic Momentum is produced by Crate Media