The Friends At Work Podcast

Now that you’re making this money, what do you do with it? It’s easy to think that only people who make a lot of money should ask this question or have this worry. However, Brad Sherman says this is a question that we should all ask at all levels of income as he explains how lifestyle creep can keep you from financial freedom and much more. Brad Sherman is an investment advisor and financial planner.

Learn the story behind Kid Museum, organizers of the annual Maker Fair, now KidFest, Silver Spring. Cara Lesser left behind a successful 20-year Public Policy career to found a one-of-a-kind learning organization for kids. Get a behind-the-scenes look and learn from her experience how to take your dreams from idea to implementation.

Nkem Ijeh is an activist to stop child sexual abuse in Africa (StopSCAN). A survivor of child abuse herself, Nkem shares a story of the unusually positive support she received from a couple of her bosses during one of the most difficult and challenging periods of her life. She spoke candidly about her traumas and the difficult steps she’s had to take towards healing. BE ADVISED: This episode contains descriptions of emotionally distressing situations and may not be suitable for work.

Eric Rasch is the Operations Manager of the Silver Spring, Civic Building, downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. Silver Spring borders Washington, DC and is one of the 10 most diverse cities in the United States. Eric, who’s originally from Missouri, shares some great insights into interacting with immigrants and lessons from his two decades experience in community service.

Shala W. Graham is the founder of Creative Colony, a co-working space, downtown Silver Spring, Maryland and a serial entrepreneur. As a Black, Filipino, American Christian woman entrepreneur, her perspectives on self awareness, relationship management among other topics are very insightful.

On this episode, my guest, Debbie DeChambeau addressed the qualities of self awareness and self management entrepreneurs need to succeed. We also talked about managing troublesome staff and clients, and more. Debbie has been facilitating business advisory groups for about 20 years and hosts 3 podcasts among other enterprises.

I caught up with Sandra Galle while on vacation to Maryland. She's a Licensed Clinical Social Worker currently working as an Outpatient Therapist at a frontier post in a remote area of Oregon. Using her experience working at this post as a template, we discussed topics like depression, isolation and their effect on the individual, work and family.

In our laughter-filled but candid conversation, Kelly Leonard and I talk about transitioning from the corporate world to entrepreneurship, Faith, MeToo, managing rejection in business and more. Kelly is the CEO of Kelly Leonard Consulting. She is an author, speaker, trainer, award-winning CEO, and former Fortune 100 Vice President.

It’s not just a clever title, it’s true. Even when we have a clear agenda, we have to feel our way through to successful engagement with other people and organizations. This comes clearly across as I learn from Christina’s stories about how she manages her business, staff and family. Christina Taylor Serrano is President, TaylorMade Experience LLC, an events management and fundraising firm.

Brian Haney (Founder and Vice President of the Haney Company) shares EQ skills needed to handle client interaction through the prospecting, converting and maintenance phases. He also shares the origin story of his family business and how they've been able to make it work.