The Game Changer

Mental Toughness for Women Leaders: 52 Tips To Recognize and Utilize Your Greatest Strengths by LaRae Quy

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews LaRae Quy. The original live interview was 3/27/15.

But mental toughness has little to do with physical strength or aggressive behavior; instead, it is understanding how to control the way your mind thinks. In Mental Toughness for Women Leaders, former FBI undercover and counterintelligence agent LaRae Quy shares how she created a strong mind by overcoming obstacles she encountered while at the FBI Academy, working in a male-dominated environment, and recruiting foreign spies to work for the U.S. Government. As an FBI agent, LaRae believes that while theory is nice, evidence is better when you are serious about looking for ways to achieve goals in life. She relies upon science-based research and real life experiences as she explains how you can clarify your goals, take practical steps to make them happen and connect with your ultimate purpose.

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

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Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love by Richard Sheridan

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Richard Sheridan. The original live interview was 3/20/15.

CEO and Chief Storyteller, Richard Sheridan, has recently written a book called Joy, Inc. about how he created a joyful culture at Menlo Innovations. Menlo is a software design and development company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Last year, 2,197 people came from around the world to visit Menlo. They made the trek not to learn about technology, but to witness a radically different approach to workplace culture — one intentionally designed to produce joy.

Joy, Inc. is for readers in any field who want tangible examples for a healthier, happier atmosphere at work—and the sustainable business results required for growth. Readers will come away with an inspirational blueprint for how to create a corporate culture centered on joy in their own workplace.

Menlo has gone on to win the Alfred P. Sloan award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for eight straight years and has earned five revenue awards from Inc. magazine. Rich spends the majority of his time sharing the Menlo Way through teaching classes, leading tours, speaking at conferences and mentoring entrepreneurs in the community and sharing joy!

His website is www.menloinnovations.com

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Remarkability #1: You're Not Invisible Don't Let Your Brand Be Either by Ginger Rockey Johnson

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Ginger Rockey Johnson. The original live interview was 3/13/15.

Being Remarkable and Standing Out is not hard. Just be yourself, you are the only one who can be. But what are the rules of the game? The problem isn’t that there is a lack of knowledge in the business community. It’s that there is so much knowledge and as a result they don’t know which information is accurate and effective versus just a waste of time. Tired of wasting money on what you do not understand? This is a must read for business owners who are tired of losing time & money on strategies that do not work. This is a Must-Read for anyone wanting to understand the very basics of getting noticed on the Internet.

Ginger has 16+ years of experience in marketing and social media marketing discipline. Ginger is the Original Spice Girl of Tampa Bay, a Professional Speaker who shares effective, actionable, yet simple social media & search engine optimization marketing solutions to 2.5 million listeners on her radio show and in person so You Get Educated and Get Noticed in real life.

Her website is spicegirloftampabay.com/

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Future Smart: Managing the Game-Changing Trends that Will Transform Your World by Dr. James Canton

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Dr. James Canton. The original live interview was 2/27/15.

Game-changing trends are coming in business, technology, workforce, economy, security, and environment. Climate change, energy demand, and population growth will redefine global risk and power. Exponential new technologies will emerge in digital money, mobile commerce, and big data. An explosive new middle class of over one billion consumers will enter the marketplace. Every nation, job, business, and person will be transformed. To thrive in this future you have to become predictive, adaptive, and agile—to become Future Smart. Dr. James Canton, a renowned global futurist and visionary business advisor, illuminates the pivotal forces and global power shifts that everyone must understand today to thrive in a rapidly changing landscape

As a former Apple Computer executive and high tech entrepreneur, Dr. James Canton has been insightfully forecasting the key trends and technologies that have shaped our world. The Economist recognizes him as one of the leading global futurists. He has advised three White House Administrations and over 100 companies.

Dr. Canton is CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, a leading think tank he founded in 1990 that advises business and government.

His website is www.globalfuturist.com/

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The Feedback Imperative: How to Give Everyday Feedback to Speed Up Your Team's Success by Anna Carroll

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Anna Carroll. The original live interview was 2/20/15.

As a veteran in the business landscape, Carroll applies her extensive research and expertise in business consulting and psychology to The Feedback Imperative, illustrating how components such as brain science, generational trends, our information economy, limiting beliefs and organizational culture collide in the new workplace, creating a huge gap between the supply and demand of helpful professional feedback.

Anna Carroll, MSSW, is an author, executive coach and organizational consultant specializing in workplace feedback, leadership development, and facilitation of groups. Through her consulting practice at Interaction Design, Inc., she works with AmerisourceBergen, Applied Materials, Doosan (Korea), Ebay, GE, Oracle, Singapore Airlines, Starwood Hotels, and other global corporations.

Her website is http://everydayfeedback.com/

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Accounting for the Numberphobic: A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners by Turnaround Expert Dawn Fotopulos

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Dawn Fotopulos. The original live interview was 2/13/15.

You wouldn’t drive a car with your eyes closed. Yet that’s essentially what you’re doing if you’re running your business without understanding the very basics of how to read your financial dashboard. Illustrated with wit and humor-Ron Bucalo, a 20 year Disney veteran, illustrates each chapter of Accounting for the Numberphobic with wit and humor that makes a brittle topic like accounting fun and engaging to read.

Dawn Fotopulos is an experienced entrepreneur and small business turnaround expert. As a leading expert in her field, Dawn has appeared in MSNBC’s “Your Business”, the NY Times Small Business Summit, and Forbes. Dawn specializes in “Ah ha!” moments. Currently Dawn serves as the Associate Professor of Business at The King’s College in NY. She’s also the founder of BestSmallBizHelp.com, a site dedicated to helping struggling solopreneurs.

Her website is www.bestsmallbizhelp.com/

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Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers by Robert Sher

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Robert Sher. The original live interview was 2/6/15.

Because business consultants focus on big companies that can afford big consulting fees, and because the problems of the Fortune 500 are very different than those of midsized businesses, there have been very few books that provide relevant growth advice for midsized company leaders, or can point out where the growth-killing potholes hide. But not anymore.

Robert Sher focuses exclusively on midsized companies. His new book Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers gives readers the inside story on many highly-successful midsized companies and describes the critical factors that have powered their success.

Forbes.com columnist, author and CEO coach Robert Sher delivers keynotes and workshops, including combining content with facilitation of peer discussions on business topics.  Robert Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance.

His website is www.ceotoceo.biz/

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The Leadership Freak: Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time by Dan Rockwell

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Dan Rockwell. The original live interview was 1/30/15.

Leadership Freak blog began in January of 2010. Dan started writing because he felt a deep need to share the leadership lessons he was learning. Although he started leading at a young age, the last ten years of studying leadership changed his life.

Today, Leadership Freak is read in virtually every country on the globe and has been recognized as the most socially-shared leadership blog of 2012 and 2013. There are over a quarter million subscribers to Leadership Freak’s social media channels. Dan boasts over 301,621 Leadership Freak followers, fans, and subscribers.

Dan also owned two businesses and served fifteen years as a Workforce Development Consultant for a Penn State University Special Affiliate. In that capacity, he designed courses, hired and mentored instructors, and delivered hundreds of presentations for local, regional, and global organizations.

His website is leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/                 

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Why Motivating People Doesn't Work . . . and What Does by Susan Fowler

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Susan Fowler. The original live interview was 1/23/15.

Top leadership researcher, consultant, and coach Susan Fowler says stop trying to motivate people! You can't motivate people—they are already motivated but generally in superficial and short-term ways. In this book, Fowler builds upon the latest scientific research on the nature of human motivation to lay out a tested model and course of action that will help leaders guide their people toward the kind of motivation that not only increases productivity and engagement but that gives them a profound sense of purpose and fulfillment.

Susan Fowler has 35 years of experience as a researcher, consultant, and coach in over 30 countries around the globe in the field of self leadership. As an expert in the field of personal empowerment, she is the lead developer of The Ken Blanchard Company's Optimal Motivation product line, as well as Situational Self Leadership, their best-of-class self leadership and personal empowerment program. She is a Senior Consulting Partner at The Ken Blanchard Companies, and a professor in the Master of Science Leadership Program at the University of San Diego.

Her website is http://susanfowler.com/ 

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Zombie Loyalists: Using Great Service to Create Rabid Fans by Peter Shankman

This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Peter Shankman. The original live interview was 1/20/15.

Marketing and PR expert Peter Shankman has been working with the biggest companies in the world to create what he calls “Zombie Loyalists,” fervent fans that help companies massively increase their customer base, brand awareness, and most importantly, revenue. After all, why should you have to tell the world how amazing you are if you can have your existing customers do it for you? Imagine an army of customers who will do your public relations, marketing and advertising, without being asked, each and every time they give you their money. These are Zombie Loyalists. They are ready to buy what you sell, respond to your email offers and demand that their friends to do the same.

His websites are http://shankman.com/  

http://www.zombieloyalists.com/

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