The Game Changer

52 Small Changes for the Mind: Improve Memory * Minimize Stress * Increase Productivity * Boost Happiness by Brett Blumenthal

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Brett Blumenthal. The original live interview was 3/04/16.

In this practical book, wellness expert Brett Blumenthal reveals how to hone in on the mind as the foundation of overall health and well-being. She presents one small, achievable change every week—from developing music appreciation to eating brain-boosting foods, practicing mono-tasking, incorporating play, and more. Backed by research from leading experts and full of helpful charts and worksheets, 52 Small Changes for the Mind provides a road map to a better life—and proves that the journey can be as rewarding as the destination.

Brett Blumenthal is bestselling author of A Whole New You: Six Steps to Ignite Change for Your Best Life, 52 Small Changes: One Year to a Happier, Healthier You and Get Real and STOP Dieting!

Her website is  http://sheerbalance.com/

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The Focused Organization: How concentrating in just a few key initiatives can dramatically improve strategy execution by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez. The original live interview was 2/26/16.

Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, professor and best-selling author of the book on strategy execution "The Focused Organization".  Antonio has been featured in several magazines, including Singapore Management Institute, Strategy Business Review and The Economist. He is the founder of the largest LinkedIn group in Strategy Execution (StrateXecution) which has more than 5.000 experts worldwide.

The author introduces a new way of looking at a company through two very different and often conflicting dimensions: running-the-business and changing-the-business. What you add to one dimension you have to subtract from the other one. Finding the right balance between these two dimensions represents one of the major challenges to successful strategy execution.

His website is  http://www.antonionietorodriguez.com/

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Provoking Greatness: Unleashing Hidden Potential by Misti Burmeister

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends' Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Misti Burmeister. The original live interview was 2/19/16.

When complacency and survival have overtaken a thriving and effective team, you have three choices: ignore their gifts, address them poorly, or leverage the gifts that are shared in Provoking Greatness and discover how to unleash the hidden potential in your team when it matters most.

A greatness coach for leaders, business motivational keynote speaker, and author, Misti has dedicated her life to helping leaders find and strengthen their V.O.I.C.E., improving communication, collaboration, and commitment. Misti also serves on the board for MissionFit, a non-profit dedicated to creating a safe space for at-risk youth to discover their greatness through weightlifting and community.

Her website is  http://mistiburmeister.com/

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Tape Breakers: How to Maximize Your Impact with People You Love, Teams You Lead, and Causes that Stir Your Heart by Jim Akers

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Jim Akers. The original live interview was 2/12/16.

Every day people get up and decide what type of race they are going to run. They want their race to matter they desperately desire impact.Impact is an interesting phenomenon.  In some ways we all impact each other. But the more important question is what type of impact are we creating? And is that impact big or small positive or negative?

Author, speaker, and leader Jim Akers founded ImpACTful Notes in 2013. ImpACTful Notes is a web based service that delivers a unique text m

essage to your smart phone five days a week. Each note is crafted to encourage, inspire, and motivate recipients to live with passion in everything

they do.

His website is  http://jimdakers.com/

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DISRUPT YOURSELF: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work by Whitney Johnson

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Whitney Johnson. The original live interview was 2/5/16.

Consider this simple yet powerful idea: disruptive companies and ideas upend markets by doing something truly different—they see a need, an empty space waiting to be filled, and they dare to create something for which a market may not yet exist.

As president and co-founder of Rose Park Advisors’ Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen, Whitney Johnson utilized the theory of disruptive innovation to invest in publicly traded stocks and private early stage companies.

Her website is  http://whitneyjohnson.com/

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Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time by Laura Stack

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Laura Stack. The original live interview was 1/29/16.

Doing the Right Things Right details precisely how today’s leaders and managers can obtain profitable, productive results by managing the intersection of two critical values: effectiveness and efficiency. Effectiveness, Stack says, is identifying and achieving the best objectives for your organization-doing the right things. Efficiency is accomplishing them with the least amount of time, effort, and cost-doing things right.

Laura is the President & CEO of The Productivity Pro, Inc., a boutique consulting firm helping leaders increase workplace performance in high-stress environments.

Her website is  http://theproductivitypro.com/

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Stuck or Positioned; It’s Your Choice by Gail McWilliams

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Gail McWilliams. The original live interview was 1/22/16.

Stuck or Positioned; It’s Your Choice will help you see life from a new vantage point. Gail McWilliams’ outlook will inspire you to live life with vision and see the potential you once overlooked.

In the course of having children, Gail gradually lost her eyesight. This has become the backdrop to her life message of vision that sees no limits. She has an instinctive ability to capture and lift the spirits of people everywhere and empower others to reach toward their dreams and purpose they once thought impossible. Her audiences are “troops” on the frontlines of life who need a word of encouragement. With a grin on her face, Gail says she still travels with hope, because hope always sees.

Gail is a speaker, author and national radio host and has also been a television co-host, recording artist, teacher, and life coach.

Her website is  http://gailmcwilliams.com/

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Pilot to Profit: Navigating Modern Entrepreneurship to Build Your Business Using Online by Lisa Larter

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Lisa Larter. The original live interview was 1/15/16.

Seatbelts fastened. Business dreams in the upright position. Entrepreneurs, prepare for takeoff.  Ready to generate sales, build brand buzz, and watch your cash flow soar? "Pilot to Profit" clears up the confusion of modern entrepreneurship---so you can build a smart, successful and sustainable business with sky-high returns.

Lisa is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, teacher and business coach who founded The Pilot to Profit Success System to help businesses navigate modern entrepreneurship so that they can increase sales and profits.

Her website is  http://lisalarter.com/

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Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization that Thrives by Anese Cavanaugh

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Anese Cavanaugh. The original live interview was 1/8/16.

CONTAGIOUS CULTURE is much more than a leadership guide. It’s a complete cultural mind-shift that embraces infectious energy and enthusiasm at all levels and functions of an organization in order to elevate the capabilities of all leaders and all employees to spot new opportunities and to see their day-to-day work in new ways.

Calling her work “powerful and transformational,” clients say Cavanaugh “builds creative leaders,” “gets people having honest conversations,” and “unlocks potential.”

Her website is  http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/

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X: The Experience Where Business Meets Design by Brian Solis

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Brian Solis. The original live interview was 12/18/15.

In his new book X: The Experience When Business Meets Design bestselling author Brian Solis shares why great products are no longer good enough to win with customers and why creative marketing and delightful customer service too are not enough to succeed.

Brian Solis is a principal analyst at Altimeter Group, a Prophet company. He is also an award-winning author, prominent blogger/writer, and keynote speaker.

His websites are http://www.briansolis.com and http://www.xthebook.com

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