The Game Changer

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorson. The original live interview was 7/6/12.

Most of us have no idea why we fail to reach our goals. Now Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorson, a rising star in the field of social psychology shows us how to overcome the hurdles that have defeated us before.

Dr. Halvorson applies real science to the real goals and struggles we all face: losing weight, building better relationships, getting a raise, strengthening willpower, and even just getting up from the couch on those days we feel stuck. Whether one wants to get out of a lousy rut in life or go further faster, "Succeed" presents a comprehensive, step-by-step, scientifically-sound "toolkit" for success.

Heidi Grant Halvorson is an Expert Blogger for Fast Company, The Huffington Post, and Psychology Today, as well as a regular contributor to the BBC World Service's Business Daily, the Harvard Business Review, and SmartBrief's SmartBlog on Leadership.  Her writing has also been featured on CNN Living and Mamapedia.

Dr. Halvorson’s website is http://www.heidigranthalvorson.com/

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Maria Gamb's message in Healing the Corporate World is that universal spiritual principles are the seed solution for what ails us. She shows why they are both necessary and practical if we intend to restore companies to full profitability, integrity, and higher functioning. Collaboration is now the rule for business success, rather than the exception. The days of "getting yours" are over.

Research has documented that strength-based management is most effective; the smartest, most visionary leaders are actively engaged in learning how to build harmonious and diverse teams.

As a former Fortune 500 trailblazer, Maria Gamb served for twenty-plus years as an executive in businesses valued at upwards of 100 million dollars. The keys to corporate success where her ability to blend creativity, divine inspiration, and straightforward communication. Now, as the founder, CEO, and "Chief Change Agent" of NMS Communications, she shares her vast business skills, life experience, and knowledge of universal laws to help executives and entrepreneurs alike claim their ability to lead profitable, effective businesses that provide great value to those they serve and feel fulfilled while doing it!

Maria’s website is http://mariagamb.com

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Feminist Icon Gloria Feldt. The original live interview was 6/15/12.

In No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, Gloria Feldt asserts that that nobody is keeping women from parity—except themselves.

Through interviews, historical perspective, and anecdotes, No Excuses examines why barriers to equality still exist in American society. Feldt employs a no-nonsense, tough-love point of view to expose the internal and external roadblocks holding women back, but she doesn’t place blame; rather, she provides inspiration, hope, and courage as well as concrete ?power tools” the 9 ways, with one highlighted in each chapter to aid women in securing equality and justice for themselves.

Feldt concludes that the doors of opportunity are wide open, but too few women are leading the way to claim their power and reach parity with their male counterparts.

As an inspirational keynote speaker and workshop leader, Feldt shares the practical No Excuses 9 Ways “Power Tools” that you can use immediately at work, in politics or civic life, or at home.

"When we stand in power and walk with intention, we can lead and live without limits."

No Excuses is a timely and invaluable book that intends to help women equalize gender power in all aspects of their lives.

Gloria’s website is http://gloriafeldt.com/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Wendy Weiss. The original live interview was 6/8/12.

Wendy Weiss, The Queen of Cold Calling™, is an author, speaker, sales trainer, and sales coach. She is recognized as one of the leading authorities on lead generation, cold calling and new business development and she helps clients speed up their sales cycle, reach more prospects directly and generate more sales revenue. Her clients include Avon Products, ADP, Sprint and thousands of entrepreneurs throughout the country.

Wendy has been featured in the New York Times, Business Week, Entrepreneur Magazine, Selling Power, Sales & Marketing Management and various other business and sales publications. She is the author of, Cold Calling for Women, 101 Cold Calling Tips for Building New Customers in a Down Economy and the recently released, Sales Winner’s Handbook, Essential Scripts and Strategies to Skyrocket Sales Performance.

She specializes in working with companies that want to increase sales revenue by generating new business and/or companies with under-performing sales teams. She has helped clients double and triple the number of new business appointments they can schedule resulting in a matching increase in sales.

Wendy is also a former ballet dancer who believes that everything she knows in life she learned in ballet class.

Wendy’s website is wendyweiss.com/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Joanna Barsh. The original live interview was 6/1/12.

Based on five years of proprietary research, How Remarkable Women Lead speaks to you as no other book has, with its hopeful outlook and unique ideas about success. It's the new "right stuff" of leadership, raising provocative issues such as whether feminine leadership traits (for women and men) are better suited for our fast-changing, hyper-competitive, and increasingly complex world.

The authors, McKinsey & Company consultants Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston, establish the links between joy, happiness, and distinctive performance with the groundbreaking model of Centered Leadership.

The book's personal stories and related insights show you the magic that happens when you put the five elements of Centered Leadership–meaning, framing, connecting, engaging, and energizing–to work.

Joanna’s website is http://www.mckinsey.com/Client_Service/Organization/People/Joanna_Barsh

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews leadership visionary Susan Bulkeley Butler. The original live interview was 5/25/12.

In Women Count: A Guide to Changing the World, Butler shows how the world can become a better place in myriad ways with more involvement from women. Today's world—with its wars, corporate ethics violations, economic meltdowns and societal strife—needs the unique strengths and attributes of women more than ever, Butler contends.

Together, women must envision equality, build teams, take action, and help one another through mentoring, philanthropy, education and public service, according to Butler.

Then, and only then, she asserts, can women truly change the world and become "women who count."

Susan is CEO of The Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders. Prior to founding the Institute, Susan established herself as an accomplished business leader who shaped her career at Accenture, the world’s leading management consulting, technology services and outsourcing organization. She joined Arthur Andersen & Co. as its first professional female employee in 1965, and 14 years later, was named the first female partner of its consulting organization, Andersen Consulting, now known as Accenture.

Susan’s website http://www.sbbinstitute.org

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Selena Rezvani. The original live interview was 5/17/12.

In Pushback: How Smart Women Ask and Stand Up for What They Want, top leadership consultant Selena Rezvani argues that self-advocacy is critical to success. Yet women initiate negotiations four times less often than men, resulting in getting less of what they want—promotion opportunities, plum assignments, and higher pay. This book shines a light on the real rules of holding your own and pushing back for what is rightfully yours. Drawing on interviews with high-level leaders, Rezvani offers readers in the first half of their career the unedited truth about how women have asked their way to the top and triumphed—and how you can too.

Selena Rezvani is a recognized author, speaker, and consultant on women and leadership. She is the founder and president of Women’s Roadmap, a consulting firm whose goal is to propel more women into leadership positions and to help companies position an inclusive workplace as a competitive advantage.

Selena received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Social Work degrees from New York University, and has an MBA from Johns Hopkins, where she graduated first in her class.

Selena’s website is http://www.selenarezvani.com/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Fawn Germer. The original live interview was 5/11/12.

Pearls brings together the wisdom of prime ministers and presidents, CEOs and Nobel Peace Prize winners, adventurers, Academy Award winners, scientists, journalists, Olympic athletes, newsmakers, senior executives and other women who have captured our hearts while making history. This powerful wisdom came from the personal interviews best-selling author Fawn Germer did for her first three books. You'll learn how to get your self-esteem problem in check, focus your vision, take the right risks, see opportunities and acquire and use your power. Pearls has the insight that will unlock your potential and lead you to greater success at work and inside your soul.

This acclaimed investigative reporter has worked as a Florida correspondent for both The Washington Post and U.S. News and World Report. Her distinguished reporting career earned her numerous state and national awards including four Pulitzer Prize nominations and the prestigious Green Eyeshade Award from the Society for Professional Journalists.

Fawn is a regular columnist for the Huffington Post.

Fawn’s website is http://fawngermer.com/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Carrie Wilkerson. The original live interview was 5/4/12.

Want to live life on your terms?  Want to start your workday with e-mail and coffee on the back patio?  Want the flexibility of joining your fourth grader on an all-day field trip? 

Then you have a choice to make and The Barefoot Executive will help jump-start your transition. 

Whether it's a service, a product, or your insight or expertise, you already have the raw materials necessary to transform your life.  Carrie Wilkerson will walk you through the process of building the business you need to achieve the life you want. No philosophical silliness, no theoretical abstractions- just concrete action steps alongside insights from fellow entrepreneurs, interactive exercises, and links to Carrie's online video coaching segments. 

The Barefoot Executive will have you energized by the possibilities and embracing the extraordinary life that is well within your reach.

Carrie’s website is http://barefoot-executive.com/

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This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews thought leader Jeanne Meister. The original live interview was 4/20/12.

Ten years ago Google was operating out of a garage, Apple was in the skids, and the founder of Facebook was in high school...

What a difference a decade makes! The 2020 Workplace takes you to the future, yet is anchored in the leading edge talent practices of today.

The 2020 Workplace reviews the seismic shifts in play today that will affect the future:

•    Changing demographics, including five generations in the workplace

•    Globalization and how talent can be accessed anywhere in the world

•    The emergence of social technologies that democratize information and change the role of leadership.

Jeanne Meister is an internationally recognized leader in creating innovations in the operation and management of an enterprise learning function. Jeanne’s expertise spans the development of a best practice corporate university to the creation of innovative social networks for learning.

Jeanne’s websites are  http://jeannemeister.com/

http://futureworkplace.com/

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