The Game Changer

I Like Giving: The Transforming Power of a Generous Life by Brad Formsma

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Brad Formsma. The original live interview was 12/11/15.

When you choose to live a generous life, you start to change and so does the world around you. Something incredible happens when giving becomes your own idea, not something you do out of duty or obligation. When you move from awareness to action, miracles happen. As you make giving a lifestyle, you’ll realize you’re not only loving life more, you’re also creating a more generous world— a better world for all of us.

I Like Giving is about experiencing the joy of giving. We all have something to give. Giving goes way beyond money or things. It can be a listening ear, a touch, or simply the gift of time.  Giving is living.

Brad's story began at a young age, inspired by his grandfather to open his eyes and see the needs of the people around him. Fast-forward a few years, and Brad has committed his life to making the world a better place, one giving story at a time.

His websites are http://www.bradformsma.com/ and  http://ilikegiving.com/

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Cooking Up a Business: Lessons from Food Lovers Who Turned Their Passion into a Career  -- and How You Can, Too by Rachel Hofstetter

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Rachel Hofstetter. The original live interview was 11/20/15.

Rachel Hofstetter is a driven connector and storyteller, and especially loves the magic of matching creative people and ideas. Her current company, guesterly, facilitates easier, more impactful connections with the right people at events.

Cooking Up a Business is an inside look at how food entrepreneurs (from Popchips and Hint Waters to Vosges Haut Chocolat and the guy who invented the Big Mac) turned their dreams into reality.

A former food editor at O, the Oprah Magazine and Reader’s Digest, Rachel is now founder in chief at guesterly. She also runs an online education experience, PR School, where she teachs entrepreneurs how to effectively connect with editors and press in meaningful ways.  She received a degree in economics from Miami University and lives in New York City with her husband, Lorne.

Her websites are http://www.rachelhofstetter.com/  and http://cookingupabusiness.com/

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Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong by Jessica Bacal

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Jessica Bacal. The original live interview was 11/13/15.

Today’s women are being told to “lean in,” to assert themselves, to ask for more, and to analyze their work/life balance. But despite all of this dialogue, there’s something that is not being addressed: advice on how to recover when you’ve stumbled.

Everyone makes mistakes, but for many women, acknowledging them can feel tantamount to career suicide. In Mistakes I Made at Work, I interview twenty-five high-achieving and influential women across a variety of fields—from writers to doctors to engineers.  They share their worst on-the-job moments, and how they used them as learning experiences to build successful and fascinating careers.

Jessica directs the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, an independent women’s college in Massachusetts with students from every state and from 60 countries around the world.

Her website is www.jessbacal.com/

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Mending the Sisterhood & Ending Women's Bullying by Susan Skog

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Susan Skog. The original live interview was 11/6/15.

Mending the Sisterhood & Ending Women’s Bullying is an eye-opening, game-changing look at where, why, and how women are bullying, blocking, and shunning other women, from conference rooms to cul-de-sacs. Most importantly, author Susan Skog issues a positive call-to-action for all women to lift one another up, not tear each other down.

Trained as a journalist, Susan Skog is an author, writer, and advocate for developing-world women and girls. Susan's first book, Embracing Our Essence: Spiritual Conversations with Prominent Women, helped spark the women's spirituality movement across the country.                         

To rally support for girls' education, safe water, maternal health, and poverty relief, Susan's gathered untold stories, from Asia to Africa, that have appeared on NBC, ABC, CNN, Fox, and in The NY Times, LA Times, People, Reader's Digest, AARP, and other top media outlets.

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

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CEO of 360Partners- Barbara Cavness on CEO Live!

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. MK Marsden interviews Barbara Cavness. The original live interview was 9/30/15.

Barbara Cavness joined 360Partners in 2010 as the Director of Client Operations, and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in January 2014. Her background includes more than 15 years of experience in interactive marketing, public relations, and account management.

Barbara earned a B.A. in Psychology from Duke University, where she also served as captain of the Duke women’s lacrosse team. Prior to joining 360Partners, Barbara was a senior client services manager at TIG Global, a Washington, DC-based interactive marketing agency, where she focused on marketing for the hospitality industry.

Her website is http://www.360partners.com/about-us/meet-the-team/barbara-cavness/

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Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected by Tania  Luna

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Tania Luna. The original live interview was 10/23/15.

Do you prefer when: A) Things go according to plan? or B) When the unexpected happens? Most of us pick control and predictability. Yet research reveals a counterintuitive truth: surprise is the key that unlocks growth, innovation, and connection. It is also the secret ingredient in our best memories.

Through colorful narratives and compelling scientific findings, authors Tania Luna and Dr. LeeAnn Renninger shine a light on the world's least understood and most intriguing emotion. They reveal how shifting our perception of surprise lets us thrive in the face of uncertainty. 

As a young child, Tania Luna left her home in post-Chernobyl Ukraine to take asylum in the US. Tania Luna has an unusual title: she calls herself a “surprisologist.” The co-founder and CEO of Surprise Industries, Luna thinks deeply about how to delight, and how to help individuals and teams thrive in uncertain circumstances and develop the bonds needed to get through them.

Her websites are  https://surpriseindustries.com and http://lifelabsnewyork.com/  

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Up Your Game: 6 Timeless Principles for Networking Your Way to the Top by David Bradford

No matter where you are on your career trajectory, a new college graduate, a CEO, or anywhere in between, networking is essential to your success. Here, David Bradford shows us, "network" doesn't have to be a four-letter word.  Bradford, "The Bottlecap Kid", rose from humble beginnings to become CEO of two of the country's top 50 tech companies and is arguably the most connected human on planet Earth. In this book, he shares with us his six "UP Principles" - The very same strategies he attributes to his tremendous success.

Today, David is Executive Chairman of VIEW- Virtual Immersive Educational Worlds aka FluentWorlds. Imagine a 3D virtual classroom where instead of having video games interfering with classroom instruction, video game technology is at the core of your instructional paradigm. The VIEW is transforming the way education and language training is done.

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

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Influential Leader: Using the Technology of Our Minds to Create Breakout Success by Rebel Brown

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Rebel Brown. The original live interview was 10/2/15.

Over 90% of business strategies fail due to failure to execute. The challenge with execution rests in the human factor – specifically in the inability for people to change to successfully execute said strategy. In this concise and information packed book, you’ll learn how to influence the minds and behaviors of your teams to drive change in ways that produce business growth.

As a recognized market/product strategist and turnaround expert, Rebel has guided over 300 global organizations to step beyond their status quo perspectives to create profitable market advantage.

Her website is rebelbrown.com/

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Although they hold almost 52 percent of all professional-level jobs, American women lag substantially behind men when it comes to their representation in leadership positions. Women who have broken the “glass ceiling” will provide insight into the disparity of women in the C-Suite and share how they are helping to pave the way for other female leaders on this new show- CEO Live!

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Managing Partner of Touchpoint Strategies, MK Marsden, interviews CEO Lisa Hendrickson. The original live interview was 9/25/15.

Lisa Hendrickson sold her first idea for a company to her father when she was five years old for twenty-five cents. Today she is a serial entrepreneur who has lived an immersive life around start-up ventures.  Her newest company, Spark City, was founded to provide essential start-up training and back office solutions to entrepreneurs with a focus on effectiveness and profitability.

She is the creator of many entrepreneurial programs including the FutureLAB series, Audacity, Morning Salon, and The Sustainable Organization. She has appeared on BBC World Business Report, The New York Times, CBS’s The Early Show, ABC’s World News Tonight, Crain’s NY, and others.

Lisa's website is http://www.sparkcity.co/

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Empty Nest: What's Next?: Parenting Adult Children Without Losing Your Mind By Michele Howe

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Michele Howe. The original live interview was 9/18/15.

Unlike the first eighteen years of parenting, moms and dads now take on more of an advisory role and step out of the daily hands-on instructional role. In theory, this stepping to the sidelines parenting style should lead to a simpler, less stress-free life for the parents. However, real-life parenting young adults is often much more challenging than all the earlier years put together. Combine young adult immaturity with a dangerous world, and parents frequently find themselves beset with worry, fear, and anxiety. Intellectually letting go is one thing; emotionally letting go is much more difficult, especially when the consequences are adult sized. This resource will offer parents true stories of other moms and dads who are facing the very same challenges.

Michele Howe is a reviewer for Publishers Weekly, FaithfulReader.com, Retailers + Resources, Foreword Magazine, TeenReads.com, KidReads.com, among many others national and international publications. Her work has been published in MORE, FIRST for Women, Good Housekeeping,

Her website is http://www.michelehowe.wordpress.com/

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