The Drop In CEO

In this episode Zach shares his background and the importance of coaching for engineering leaders. Listen in as Zach and Deborah discuss mindset, strategies, and the impact of coaching on personal and professional growth. Zach shares success stories of clients who have benefited from his coaching programs. They also discuss the concept of lifestyle engineering and encourage listeners to embrace change for a better future.

Zach White is known as the premier career coach for engineering leadership.  He has worked with hundreds of leaders at top companies worldwide to achieve breakthrough results and escape burnout through Lifestyle Engineering.

Zach is the founder and CEO of Oasis of Courage, a fast-growing company with unique and proven coaching programs exclusively for engineering and technology professionals.  He also hosts a top-rated show, “The Happy Engineer Podcast.” 

As a coach for engineering leaders, Zach understands the journey firsthand, holding both a bachelor's and master’s degree in mechanical engineering, and spending over a decade building his career in the Fortune 200. 

Zach is now affectionately known as the World’s Best Lifestyle Engineer, and your coach.

You can connect with Zach in the following ways:

Coaching Website - https://www.oasisofcourage.com

Podcast Website - https://www.thehappyengineerpodcast.com

Podcast Mobile Listen - https://plnk.to/the-happy-engineer

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thezachwhite/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thehappyengineerpodcast/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thehappyengineerpodcast/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@thehappyengineer

Whether you are a C-Suite Leader of today or tomorrow, take charge of your career with confidence and leverage the insights of The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track.  To learn more about The CEO's Compass, you can get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3AKiflR 

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In this episode Deborah discusses the importance of seeking feedback in the workplace and provides a framework for soliciting feedback from leaders. Deb highlights the need to show gratitude and acknowledge positive feedback, while also valuing and understanding constructive feedback. She encourages listeners to apply these principles to their own situations and offers her assistance as a Drop-in CEO to facilitate conversations or build capabilities within organizations.

Whether you are a C-Suite Leader of today or tomorrow, take charge of your career with confidence and leverage the insights of The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track.  To learn more about The CEO's Compass, you can get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3AKiflR 

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In this episode Andrew Limouris shares his personal journey and the joy he finds in giving back through his work. Listen in as Deborah and Andrew discuss inflection points in Andrew's career, particularly during the financial crisis in 2009, and how his company navigated through challenges. Andrew emphasizes the importance of transparency, focus, and accountability. They also discuss Andrew's books and his admiration for organizations that support children of fallen soldiers and disabled veterans. Andrew credits his positivity to seeking inspiration, finding motivation from others, and being grateful for his family's support.

Andrew Limouris is the President and CEO of Medix and Talentoday, a family of companies specializing in connecting talent to the right career opportunities and supporting employers with the right workforce solutions.

Limouris founded Medix in 2001 based on the mission and purpose of positively impacting lives and strives to recruit others who live the company’s core values.

Medix has been featured on such prestigious lists as Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) Largest and Fastest Growing Staffing Companies in the United States, Inc. 5000, Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Nation, and Clearly Rated’s Best of Staffing Client, Talent & Employee Awards. Limouris won EY’s Midwest Entrepreneur Of The Year® in 2017 and the Hellenic Bar Association Foundation’s Hellene of the Year award in 2021. Limouris released his first book, “Won with Purpose,” in 2017 and his second book, “Culture through Crisis,” in 2023.

Invigorated by Medix’s and Talentoday’s purposes, both teams have worked together to launch Talentomorrow, a foundation to impact students, job seekers, and those looking to further their careers to achieve their true potential.

Limouris believes that finding purpose helps build a team culture of unity and engagement, and now helps others identify their purpose. Outside of Medix, he mentors a child at the Raining Season Orphanage in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is a youth football coach, and is a board member of Camp Hometown Heroes and Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors.

You can connect with Andrew in the following ways:

Website: www.medixteam.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/medixteam/

Whether you are a C-Suite Leader of today or tomorrow, take charge of your career with confidence and leverage the insights of The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track.  To learn more about The CEO's Compass, you can get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3AKiflR 

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In this episode Deborah discusses the importance of breaking down strategic objectives into smaller, manageable tasks. She shares her own challenges with website updates, writing plans, and five-year strategies, and emphasizes the need for discipline and prioritization. Deb encourages listeners to schedule tasks into their calendars and celebrate each achievement, even if it's not fully complete. She believes that by mastering these skills and navigating challenges, individuals can become leaders worth following and make a lasting impact.

Whether you are a C-Suite Leader of today or tomorrow, take charge of your career with confidence and leverage the insights of The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track.  To learn more about The CEO's Compass, you can get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3AKiflR 

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In this episode Eran Mizrahi discusses the work he is doing with Ingredient Brothers to make the ingredient search and procurement process easier for customers. Listen in as Deborah and Eran also talk about the importance of building a global team and the challenges that come with it. Eran emphasizes the need for a clear focus on building a global team, while Deb adds that it's essential to have a long-term strategy and find team members who align with the company's values and goals. They also discuss the milestones and challenges of entrepreneurship and the importance of networking.

Eran grew up watching his father grow a successful import business that was built on integrity and customer service. A South African transplant, Eran started his career at Deloitte. From there, he came to New York to pursue his MBA at Columbia '14.

Eran was an early employee at Plated, where he focused on building planning and sourcing programs. The team's collective efforts led to a $300M sale to Albertsons.

He then went to join Nuts.com, one of the world's largest nuts and specialty ingredient e-commerce companies. He was quickly elevated to COO and quadrupled capacity to support growth in 2020.

Fun Fact: Eran took a gap during college to attend culinary school, where he solidified his love of food.

You can connect with Eran in the following ways:

Website: ingredientbrothers.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/74524657/admin/feed/posts/

Whether you are a C-Suite Leader of today or tomorrow, take charge of your career with confidence and leverage the insights of The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track.  To learn more about The CEO's Compass, you can get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3AKiflR 

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In this episode Deborah shares her excitement about her upcoming book and the importance of reaching out for help. She calls for stories and contributions from her audience to include in her book, which aims to provide essential leadership skills. Deb emphasizes the significance of closing knowledge, skills, network, and emotional intelligence gaps by seeking assistance from others. She encourages listeners to take action, build relationships, and trust through human interactions. 

Whether you are a C-Suite Leader of today or tomorrow, take charge of your career with confidence and leverage the insights of The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track.  To learn more about The CEO's Compass, you can get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3AKiflR 

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In this episode Todd Wilkowski discusses the importance of bringing in outside general counsel and the value it provides in terms of expertise and support for small businesses. Listen in as Todd and Deborah talk about the fractional approach, which allows businesses to test the waters and build trust before committing to a long-term relationship with consultants. They emphasize the importance of being proactive and strategic in providing legal advice and the need for trusted advisors who can offer solutions to a wide range of challenges. They also discuss the future of professional services and the transformative impact of technology on the legal industry.

Todd focuses his practice on serving private, closely held and/or family-owned businesses as their outside general counsel and trusted advisor on all legal and risk issues. Besides a prior career as an Air Force officer, Todd also has unique background in construction law, where he has advised companies on myriad legal issues affecting the industry in both private practice and as a general counsel. Before joining Frost Brown Todd, Todd served for seven years as the general counsel for Baker Concrete Construction Inc., the nation’s largest concrete construction specialty contractor, where he had daily oversight over the company’s legal, enterprise risk management, contracts, ethics, compliance, political lobbying and government relations functions. Prior to Baker, Todd was a partner with a large Cincinnati law firm where he gained substantial litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute experience while assisting the firm’s clients in resolving risk issues that threatened their profitable growth or continued sustainability. Todd's full time practice is serving as outside general counsel to private and family-owned businesses of all sizes. He (and his team of experts at FBT) provide timely, practical, strategic, and value-added advice on various issues and opportunities faced by closely held companies involving, but not limited to, enterprise risk management, contract drafting and negotiation, litigation and dispute resolution oversight, corporate restructuring, tactical and strategic HR and employment, and intellectual property and government compliance. He also offers business advice in areas such as succession planning/ exit strategies and strategic plan development. Todd takes a proactive approach on identifying and providing innovative solutions impacting his clients’ continued development and success. He also advises his clients on potential strategies for seizing current market opportunities while concurrently and effectively leveraging the risks commensurate with these opportunities.

You can connect with Todd in the following ways:

Website: https://frostbrowntodd.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-wilkowski-8802286

Whether you are a C-Suite Leader of today or tomorrow, take charge of your career with confidence and leverage the insights of The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track.  To learn more about The CEO's Compass, you can get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3AKiflR 

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In this episode Deborah discusses the transition from being an influential leader to becoming an inspirational leader. She shares her personal experience of learning the importance of listening to people's stories and understanding their emotions. Deb introduces a framework for inspirational leadership, which includes checking in with the team, listening deeply, and sharing personal stories of challenges and transformation. She also provides five key strategies for becoming an inspirational leader, such as creating inspiring moments, asking the team what they need to succeed, and showing gratitude.

Whether you are a C-Suite Leader of today or tomorrow, take charge of your career with confidence and leverage the insights of The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track.  To learn more about The CEO's Compass, you can get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3AKiflR 

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Questions to Guarantee You Accomplish Your Goals - http://bit.ly/3QASvym

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In this episode Cheryl shares her journey into leadership and the inspiration behind her book. Listen in as Cheryl and Deborah emphasize the importance of personal accountability, mindset, and prioritizing the well-being of teams. They also discuss the concept of disruption, the dangers of complacency, and the significance of setting challenging goals. Deb and Cheryl stress the importance of celebrating achievements and making decisions based on principles. 

Cheryl is the CEO & Founder of reCalibrate, a firm dedicated to helping audacious business leaders take their organizations to the next level.

In her previous life as a hospital president, her hospital consistently excelled, nailing 99th percentile performance in their metrics, under her leadership. She founded reCalibrate and created the Be99® Guiding Questions Framework by reverse engineering what they did in their hospital to guide other leaders and their organizations into this same level of performance as quickly and sustainably as possible. This industry-agnostic framework contains the puzzle pieces needed so that leaders in any organization can assemble their own Epic WorkplaceTM, where living in the top 1% becomes possible simply by focusing on the right things… and ignoring the right things. Her boutique advisory firm has impacted global brands and Mid-Market organizations around the world.

Cheryl is also a speaker and the author of the newly released leadership book crafted around her experience on a South African safari on horseback. Face to Face, A Guide to Leading More Skillfully in Times of Great Disruption and Uncertainty links her adventures in South Africa to the key strategies needed to achieve top workplace performance and delivers rare insight into the collective wisdom of 25 other leaders from around the world. It promises to be a great read!

You can connect with Cheryl in the following ways:

Website: www.reCalibrate.today

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/recalibratetoday

Whether you are a C-Suite Leader of today or tomorrow, take charge of your career with confidence and leverage the insights of The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track.  To learn more about The CEO's Compass, you can get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3AKiflR 

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In this episode Deborah shares her personal experience of shifting from telling others what to do to inspiring them through questions and stories. Deb discusses redefining value and influencing people, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing important tasks, building rapport, proposing next steps, and showing gratitude. She highlights the significance of education and spot coaching for growth and success. 

Whether you are a C-Suite Leader of today or tomorrow, take charge of your career with confidence and leverage the insights of The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track.  To learn more about The CEO's Compass, you can get your copy here: https://amzn.to/3AKiflR 

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Questions to Guarantee You Accomplish Your Goals - http://bit.ly/3QASvym

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.