The Andy Storch Show (Own Your Career Own Your Life)

On the podcast today is Ricklyn Woods, a Certified Human Resources Professional with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology with a concentration in Coaching and Consulting. She also holds a Certificate of Personal Development Coaching from The CaPP Institute.

In 2020, Ricklyn took ownership of her career and walked away from a six-figure salary and six-minute commute to do more meaningful work and launched a career coaching practice. She helps HR Professionals see their significance and articulate their awesomeness to potential employers on their resume and in interviews. She frequently shares career-related tips and strategies on LinkedIn.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How to pivot your career during a time of uncertainty
• How to make a career change
• How do you set yourself up for success
• How to create a compelling resume

Connect with Andy Storch here:

andystorch.com

linkedin.com/in/andystorch

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Connect with Ricklyn Woods here:

https://ricklynwoods.com/

https://ricklynwoods.com/podcast/

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

In this solo episode, I give you tangible tips on how to get clear on the vision for your life and how to take actionable steps towards a future that you look forward to waking up into!

Connect with Andy Storch here:

andystorch.com

linkedin.com/in/andystorch

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On this episode of Own Your Career, Andy welcomes Karen Allen to the show. Karen Allen is a versatile and talented woman serving as a coach, motivational speaker, and author. She empowers highly motivated individuals and business leaders to harness the power of their mindset and develop the self-awareness necessary to overcome challenges and achieve their full potential.

Since 2014, Karen Allen has been studying the human mind, positive psychology, and post-traumatic growth. Combined with her own experience, she has a trifecta that not many other speakers or coaches can offer. She guides her clients with researched-based habits to get them moving and ascending in the direction they crave. She is the creator of the mental exercise Stop & Shift, which teaches you how to let go of negative thought cycles and move to more positive and productive thinking.

In this interview, you’ll hear:

1. Where we are with the state of mental health and burnout in the workplace at this moment in time and what ultimately triggered it.
2. Why productivity in the workplace has increased due to the pandemic and how it has affected people differently.
3. The risk of employees feeling “on” all the time and what it’s doing to employees as well as organizations.
4. Why your top talent may leave your organization and what you can do to prevent it and continue to attract top talent.
5. The three things your employees value above money.
6. How a personal tragedy landed Karen Allen in her current career and why she is so passionate about it.
7. What inspo-action is and how you can use it to get clear on who you are and what you want from life.
8. How you can begin to shift your mindset to overcome big obstacles in your life and move forward with your goals.
9. What inspired action is and how you can begin to live a mindful life.
10. How adopting a growth mindset and silencing your inner critic can lead you to paths you didn’t anticipate.
11. Why saying yes to the things that are right for you may lead you to know more about yourself.
12. How having a growth mindset can help you deal with potential failures and mistakes.
13. Karen Allen’s tips for creating more self-care opportunities to avoid burnout.
14. What inspired her to create the inspo-action steps and why clarity helps you feel more confident to achieve a goal.
15. What HR and leadership can do to help people own their careers and find more fulfillment with their careers.
16. Her proudest career accomplishments.
17. Her biggest career failure and what she learned from it.
18. The biggest challenge she sees in talent development right now.
19. Why she’s following the trend of people leaving their jobs and how it might affect the landscape of employment.
20. The one piece of advice she would give to someone looking to advance their career.

Connect with Andy Storch here:

andystorch.com

linkedin.com/in/andystorch

Connect with Karen Allen:

karenallen.co

linkedin.com/in/karenallenmillsap

instagram.com/karen.m.allen

I pulled an interview from the archives this week from when I interviewed Ben Baker live on LinkedIn last year to discuss leading through crisis.

Ben is a marketing and branding consultant, professional speaker and the author of Powerful Personal Brands: a user’s guide to understanding yours -  and the co-author of Leading Beyond a Crisis: a conversation about what's next . He is an expert on leadership and employee experience.

He is also the founder of Your Brand Marketing and podcast host to Your Living Brand Live Show

In this interview, we discuss:

• How to be a leader especially through crisis
• How to work effectively through the pandemic
• How to take ownership of your career and why you need to take action toward your goals

Connect with Andy Storch here:

https://andystorch.com/

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

https://tdtt.us/

Connect with Ben Baker:

https://yourbrandmarketing.com/

https://yourbrandmarketing.com/yourlivingbrand-live-show/

http://www.bookameetingwithben.com/

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

I pulled an interview from the archives this week from when I interviewed Sohpie Edmond live on LinkedIn last year to discuss being empowered as a woman and how to empower women in your organization.

Sophie is a women's leadership coach and trainer. She specializes in helping organizations to develop and retain their female talent. She has over 20 years of experience designing and delivering training and coaching programs for organizational leaders and now specializes in empowering women to courageously speak up and stand out.

In this interview, we discuss:

• How to think about your career during challenging times
• Why women need to think about stepping into the spotlight
• How to not put yourself 'on mute' as a woman
• How to develop and retain female talent

Connect with Andy Storch here:

https://andystorch.com/

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

https://tdtt.us/

Connect with Sophie Edmond:

Website: https://sophieedmond.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophieedmond/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophieedmond

You are going to run into challenges whether they be career, health, relationships, etc. Lance Essihos is on the podcast this week to support you in overcoming adversity.

Lance is the host of the University of Adversity Podcast, which has ranked Top 50 on iTunes Worldwide and #5 in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 20 Podcasts That Will Help You Grow in 2020 List. 

After a whirlwind of major obstacles, Lance has pivoted his mindset to view adversity as a necessary ally to fulfillment and personal development. Lance now works to foster unity in allying adversity through his podcast, production company, and now an upcoming book.

In this episode we discuss:

• Mastering adversity
• Shifting perspective on adversity
• Why some people handle adversity easier than others
• How to deal with loss: Give yourself permission to feel all the things
• How to develop resilience
• How to follow what feels right for you in your career
• What it means to own your career

Connect with Andy Storch here:

https://andystorch.com/

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

https://tdtt.us/

Download the 3 questions to ask yourself when you are facing challenges: ownyourcareerownyourlife.com/bonus

Connect with Lance Essihos:

Website: https://lanceessihos.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lance-w-essihos-8a4062171/?originalSubdomain=ca

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1K6nQdzjR8wg9vBXZAqjH9

I pulled an interview from the archives this week from when I interviewed Kerri Twigg live on LinkedIn last year.

Kerri Twigg is an international story coach who has spent the last 20 years teaching people how to use stories to know themselves. And then how to tell great stories on stage, at meetings, during job interviews, or online.

In this interview, we discuss:

• How to prepare for a future career change
• Things to think about if you lose your job or have lost your job
• How to know and share your story so that you can find your purpose

Her book now out!: The Career Stories Method: 11 Steps to Find Your Ideal Career—and Discover Your Awesome Self in the Process. Get it here!

Connect with Andy Storch here:

https://andystorch.com/

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

https://tdtt.us/

Connect with Kerri Twigg:

Website: https://www.career-stories.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerritwigg/

Andy's guest this week is Chris Michael Harris (CMH), the founder of StartupU, Host of StartupU Podcast + StartupU TV, Speaker, and Performance Coach.

In this episode, Chris and Andy discuss:

• Chris’s story
• How to know when to start a business? 
• How to know what business to start
• Analyzing competition
• Finding the blue ocean
• Dealing with challenges
• Developing SMART goals
• What it means to own your career

Having founded, bootstrapped and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, in both the on and offline space, Chris excels in taking concepts from idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession.

In addition to being involved with several exciting endeavors ranging a variety of industries and serving as the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-Based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute, Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health and Education.

Connect with Andy Storch here:

https://andystorch.com/

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

https://tdtt.us/

Connect with CMH:

Website: https://chrismichaelharris.com/

Ultimate startup checklist: USCdownload.com

@heyCMH on social platforms

Recently I recorded a live podcast interview for a client company and we didn't get to all of the questions during the live session so I recorded this bonus recording to address some of the additional questions that came in. In this episode, you'll hear me talk about using gratitude and meditation at work, how mentorship is changing, how to create space for reading and learning, making time for fun, and how to deal with anxiety around returning to work in the post-pandemic world.

For more bonus resoruces, check out my website:

ownyourcareer.com

Andy interviews Fotini Iconomopoulos on the podcast today! She has a passion for the power of forward thinking. 

Andy and Fotini discuss:

• What do most people get wrong about negotiations? 
• What are some of the biggest mistakes you see people making with communication and negotiations? 
• How do we assess where we are or how good we are with influence and negotiations? 
• What do we need to know about the people we are communicating or negotiating with? 
• Where do we start? 
• What are some keys to communicating effectively in any situation? 
• Your book talks about developing and fostering excellent client relationships and networks - can you expound on that? 
• Why do we need to say less to get more? 

Business executives partner with Fotini to achieve their business goals, increase profitability and create a competitive advantage. She empowers their teams through her expertise in negotiation, communication and persuasion. To share her strengths with more business leaders, Fotini occasionally returns to the classroom as an instructor of MBA Negotiations at the Schulich (SHOE-lick) School of Business at York University in Toronto. 

In addition to her features on TV, media and outlets including Forbes and Harvard Business Review, she’s been invited to share her messages with audiences from all industries in keynote addresses across the globe.

Fotini is the author of the book, "Say Less, Get More: Unconventional Negotiation Techniques to Get What You Want" which was published by HarperCollins in April 2021. 

Connect with Andy Storch here:

https://andystorch.com/

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

https://tdtt.us/

Connect with Fotini Iconomopoulos:

Website: https://forwardfocusing.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fotiniicon/

LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/fotiniiconomopoulos