The Game Changer

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Karen Wright. The original live interview was 12/7/12.

Being a leader requires much more than just understanding how to run a business. Today's executive is under a unique set of demands, coming from multiple stakeholders. In The Complete Executive, long-time executive coach Karen Wright introduces a unique 10-step system that takes all of these aspects of leadership development into account. Leaders not only need incredible physical energy and stamina, they need a support system, philosophy, plan, business acumen, a social network, and a brand and reputation that will ensure they achieve their vision. Backed by an assessment tool, giving each leader a personal report card, this book provides aspiring leaders with a framework to address all aspects of leadership that translates to peak performance. Wright knows from experience that even when everything is going well for leaders, high achievers don't stop there, which is why The Complete Executive is designed as a resource to return to again and again for continuous improvement.

Karen Wright is a pioneer and global leader in the coaching profession.

With an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at Western University, Karen understands business, from theory to practice and from strategic to tactical. 

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Karen’s website is http://karenwrightcoaching.com/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews author Reyna Grande. The original live interview was 11/18/12.

In this memoir, Reyna vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years, capturing all the confusion and contradictions of childhood, especially one spent torn between two parents and two countries. The Distance Between Us is an inspirational coming-of-age story about the pursuit of a better life. 

When a young Mexican girl’s father leaves his wife and three children behind to make the dangerous trek across the border to the United States, he promises he will soon return from “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) with enough money to build them a dream house where they can all live together. Things aren’t that easy for Reyna Grande in, The Distance Between Us:  A Memoir  which captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, especially one spent torn between two parents and two countries. “A standout immigrant coming-of-age story.”—Kirkus Reviews. Grande is the author of the novels Across a Hundred Mountains and Dancing with Butterflies. 

Reyna holds a B.A. in creative writing and film & video from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She received her M.F.A. in creative writing from Antioch University. She is an active promoter of Latino literature.

To order the book click HERE.  Her website is  http://www.reynagrande.com/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews William H. Chafe. The original live interview was 11/18/12.

From the day they first met at Yale Law School, Bill and Hillary were inseparable and combative. As historian William H. Chafe reveals in Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal that dynamic has remained a constant throughout their remarkable political careers.  Always tempestuous, their relationship had as many lows as it did highs, from near divorce to stunning electoral and political successes. “An illuminating glimpse behind the scenes”—Kirkus Reviews. Chafe is the author of numerous prizewinning books on civil rights, women’s history, and politics, including The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II and Private Lives / Public Consequences.

 

Much of Bill Chafe’s professional scholarship reflects his long-term interest in issues of race and gender equality. Former dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Duke University, he is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History and a cofounder of the Duke-UNC Center for Research on Women, the Duke Center for the Study of Civil Rights and Race Relations, and the Duke Center for Documentary Studies. A past president of OAH, he is the author of several books, including Civilities and Civil Rights (1979), which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award.

A site for Willaim is http://fds.duke.edu/db/Sanford/william.chafe

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Laura Bell. The original live interview was 11/13/12.

An elegant, deep-running chronicle of Bell’s 30 years living in the mountain West.

Laura Bell recounts her wild and transformative adventure in her debut memoir, Claiming Ground. In 1977, Bell left her family home in Kentucky to herd sheep in Wyoming’s Big Horn to Basin. The only woman in a man’s world, she nevertheless found a home among the strange community of drunks and eccentrics, as well as a shared passion for a life of solitude and hard work. “Beautiful, moving, and graceful.” —The Boston Globe.

Laura Bell’s work has been published in several collections, and from the Wyoming Arts Council she has received two literature fellowships as well as the Neltje Blanchan Memorial Award and the Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award. She lives in Cody, and since 2000 has worked for The Nature Conservancy there.

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Laura Bell will be reading at the Miami Book Fair International on  Sunday, Nov. 18, 1:30 p.m., Room 8302 (Building 8, 3rd Floor) http://www.miamibookfair.com/

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Katherine Crowley & Kathi Elster. The original live interview was 11/9/12.

Mean Girls at Work isn’t just about surviving difficult situations. It’s about transforming a toxic relationship into one that benefits and supports both of you. This book is also for women who engage in mean behavior . . . but don’t know it. After all, who hasn’t gossiped about a female coworker? Who hasn’t rolled her eyes in the presence of a woman she doesn’t like? Who hasn’t scanned another woman head to toe—which is just a nonverbal way of saying, “You’ve just been judged”? The authors provide invaluable advice to the more subtle ways of being mean—even if they’re not intended.

Kathi Elster is an executive coach and nationally recognized business strategist. She specializes in the outside issues involved in business building. Kathi’s expertise covers most HR issues especially staff development and management training.

Katherine Crowley is a Harvard-trained psychotherapist. Her expertise concerns the inside of business; the psychological and interpersonal challenges involved with people working together. Katherine helps individuals overcome their emotional obstacles to success.

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 Their website is  http://www.ksquaredenterprises.com/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Nan-Kirsten Forte.The original live interview was 10/26/12.

Travora is an entirely new brand, mission, and suite of information products created with a singular focus: to enlighten travel consumers in the ways that appeal to them today and in the future.  And, most importantly, in ways that give each and every one of us what we call “TravelStyle.”  

Travora is an online one-stop resource accessible through any digital device – no matter how large or small and portable.  From considering where and how to travel to seeing and selecting options based upon expert curated recommendations along with timely news and information to reviews and consumer tips on using the digital travelsphere.

Nan-Kirsten Forte joined Travora as CEO in September 2011 after 13 years of groundbreaking success leading WebMD Health. She held several positions at WebMD including Executive Vice President, Consumer Services overseeing webmd.com, medicinenet.com, rxlist.com, and emedicinehealth.com including online, mobile, social, video, and local products.

Travora’s websites are http://www.travora.com/                                      http://www.travoramedia.com/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Martha Heller.The original live interview was 10/12/12.

Regardless of industry, most major companies are becoming technology companies. The successful management of information has become so critical to a company’s goals, that in many ways, now is the age of the CIO. Yet IT executives are besieged by a host of contradictions: bad technology can bring a company to its knees, but corporate boards rarely employ CIOs; CIOs must keep costs down at the very same time that they drive innovation.

CIOs are focused on the future, while they are tethered by technology decisions made in the past. These contradictions form what Martha Heller calls The CIO Paradox, a set of conflicting forces that are deeply embedded in governance, staffing, executive expectations, and even corporate culture.

Heller, who has spent more than 12 years working with the CIO community, offers guidance to CIOs on how to attack, reverse, or neutralize the paradoxical elements of the CIO role.

Martha and her team at Heller Search Associates specialize in recruiting CIOs and other IT executives across multiple industries. Prior to founding Heller Search, Martha was Managing Director of the IT Leadership Practice at ZRG Partners, a global executive search firm.

Martha received her B.A. in English from Hamilton College and her M.A. in English from SUNY Stony Brook. Martha lives near Boston with her husband, two children and two dogs.

Martha’s website is http://www.hellersearch.com/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Joan O. Wright .The original live interview was 10/05/12.

UP is the direction of humanity’s finest pursuit, and Significance is the hope of every soul on this planet. 

So what, exactly, is Significance, and how do we pursue, attain and bring clarity to that lofty place UP in the clouds of our imagination, dreams and purpose?

UP - Pursuing Significance in Leadership and Life is a book that answers these questions in plain language and encourages the reader to begin, and never stop, climbing to reach their peak and beyond.

An international speaker and leadership consultant, Joan is President of O’Sullivan Wright, Inc. an organizational strategies firm founded in 2000 to serve Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial businesses.

Inspired by her book and its focus on Significance through a Summit Advance, Joan and her husband Tom were in Africa in September of 2012 for Senai: Climb for a Purpose, a charitable climbing expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money and awareness to enable safe water, orphan care, and agricultural production for Africa’s most impoverished communities.

Joan’s websites are http://uppursuingsignificance.com/author.html   http://www.osullivanwright.com/

To order UP click HERE

Senai Global’s website is http://www.senaiglobal.org/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Molly Wendell.The original live interview was 9/28/12.

Don't waste days, weeks and months following the job search "rules." Learn how to take charge and get offers for the work you love at the price you're worth. Most job search "experts" have never endured the pain of an extended job search. For two years and three days Molly Wendell, a former Vice President of marketing, lived it. It wasn't until she fired the "job boards" and quit following the rules that she figured out what really works. In 90 days, she secured 60 meetings and received 30 job offers. With a Black Belt in job search and the battle scars to prove it, Molly's strategies for landing your next great position are the most innovative and important you will encounter today.

Molly Wendell is the President of Executives Network. Known as the "Job Whisperer," Molly has a knack for figuring out what you're supposed to do in life, and connect you with people who can help you land faster. Molly holds an MBA from the University of California - Irvine, and a BS in Marketing from San Diego State University.

Molly’s website is http://www.executivesnetwork.com/

To order Molly’s book click HERE

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Sherre DeMao.The original live interview was 9/21/12.

Me, Myself & Inc. is a must-read for any entrepreneur who wants MORE … more business … more success … more time … more money … more satisfaction … more out of life. And an absolute must for anyone who is continually trying to make Work/Life Balance work … because it doesn't. Work/Life Synergy does!

Sherré captured the real-life success stories of how other entrepreneurs from all walks of life and types of businesses overcame challenges in building their businesses and their lives. Synergized insights include Sara Blakely of Spanx®, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s, and John and Bert Jacobs of Life is good, Inc.

Sherré DeMao is passionate about helping entrepreneurs prosper in life and in business, and has dedicated her twenty-five-year career to this purpose. Sherré is founder and Chief Marketeer of SLD Unlimited Marketing/PR, Inc., a full-service marketing consulting and strategy firm she established in 1984. Sherré helps owners of startup and small to medium-sized companies become more savvy managers and marketers by providing innovative operational and marketing guidance, solutions and services.

Sherre’s website is www.memyselfandinc.com/

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