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- E94: What’s Taking So Long? Jennifer Justice Advocates for Women in the Workforce
Although Jennifer Justice was surrounded by women who chose a different life path, Jennifer always knew from a young age that she wanted to be a businesswoman. From being a first generation college student, to an Entrepreneur and former entertainment executive at Roc Nation, as well as being named to Billboard Women in Power list three times, she has truly embodied what it is to be a ‘lady boss.’ Jennifer is known for her expertise in building artists’ careers and business portfolios by marrying art and commerce as well as championing gender equality and diversity in the workplace and beyond.
Jennifer is passionate about advocating for women in the workplace and serves on several boards including Chair of the WIE Network Advisory Board and is a founding advisory board member of USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. Jennifer discusses how she wanted to create a platform for businesswomen to connect with one another and get valuable advice from someone who shares their experiences. She emphasizes that experiences in the workplace are vastly different when it comes to gender. Jennifer created her podcast “Lady Business” as a way to inspire other women to step into their careers as well as stand up for themselves in an industry that is male dominated. She also created “The Justice Dept,” a female focused advisory, consulting and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs and brands. Jennifer reminds us that with perseverance and community, we can make a difference for women in the workplace as well as in our own careers. Jennifer poses the question: what's taking so long?
Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:
- Although Jennifer was surrounded by women who chose to stay home and care for their families, she knew she wanted to be in the workforce from a young age
- The greatest lessons learned come from failing
- The industry continues to pay women less than men and at the current rate it will take 200 years for women and men to be paid equally
- People often get trapped when focusing on the benefits of working for a large company when making the leap to become their own boss
- What’s worse, regret? Or failing and learning from it?
- Men and women do not have the same experiences which is why Jennifer wanted to create a platform for women to get insight from other successful women in the workforce
- “You will fail, I fail every day”
Links:
Jennifer Justice’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99/
Jennifer Justice’s Website: https://www.thejusticedept.com/jennifer-justice
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40 min - E93: Surrender to Your Passions with Kim Strother
Kim Strother is a celebrity trainer, health coach and yoga instructor. Her full-circle approach to wellness comes from an underlying belief in bio-individuality and a lifetime of being an athlete. She believes that each and every person has unique needs -- that personal differences in anatomy, metabolism, and body composition all influence overall health and what makes you feel your best.
Kim shares her story of how she found work that truly fulfills her simply by surrendering to her passions. From a young age, Kim knew she loved fitness and aspired to be a gym teacher. After years of trying acting, modeling, and other side projects, Kim realized that fitness deserved her full-time dedication. Kim reminds us to stop fighting what comes easy to us, and fight to live the life we are entitled to live.
Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:
- Stop fighting what you’re good at and what you are excited about
- Work can be enjoyable and fulfilling when you’re doing something you’re passionate about
- When she stopped fighting what came easy to her, there was a rush of work, abundance, and income
- Kim always thought work had to be hard and you had to fight for it
- Every relationship that didn’t work out led her to a better place than she could’ve ever imagined
Links:
Kim Strother’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-strother-53795766/
Kim Strother’s Website: https://www.kimstrother.com
Kim Strother’s Program Link: https://www.kimstrother.com/programs
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45 min - E92: Strength in Persevering Forward with Lauren Ruotolo
The day that Lauren Ruotolo made the choice to stand, was the day that would change her life forever. Lauren is an Author, Content Creator, Marketer and a DEI Advocate. Her previous accolades include senior positions at Johnson & Johnson, DanceOn, Hearst Magazines, and TV Guide. Lauren has dealt with many challenges in her life due to having a rare genetic disease called McCune Albright Syndrome. She explains that at 5 years old, she was faced with the choice of sitting or standing for the rest of her life. Lauren discusses how the promise she made to herself taught her to embrace challenges and allowed them to fuel her and her incredible life.
Lauren brings her experience and an inspirational voice to organizations globally to help them understand why they need to include the disabled community in their DEI and talent plans. After writing a first person essay that became the most read article that year, Lauren wrote a book which then taught her that “everyone’s story matters” and deserves to be told. This led her to become an inspirational speaker to help spread awareness and open up the conversation about disability. Lauren reminds us of the importance of keeping promises to yourself as well as becoming exactly who YOU want to be.
Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:
- Make a choice to let challenges fuel you
- Every person’s story matters
- Keep your promises that you make to yourself
- Curiosity leads to education
- Nothing in life that is worth living, is easy
Links:
Lauren Ruotolo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenruotolo/
Lauren Ruotolo’s Website: https://laurenruotolo.net/
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42 min - E91: The Power of Perseverance: A Chat with Carla Hassan
Although Carla never thought she would be where she is today, her childhood interest in accompanying her father at work and her fascination with being a boss foreshadowed her future success as the Chief Marketing Officer at JP Morgan Chase. Her earlier business accolades include senior roles at CITI, TOYS ‘R’ US, PEPSICO and KELLOGG’s.
She learned early on from her father the importance of HOW you do the job, rather than the importance of what job you are doing. Leaning into the things she was good at and gravitating towards what is comfortable to her is what allowed Carla to find her passion and excel in her career.
Carla believes that if one has a moral compass and focuses on being good to those around them, then everything will fall into place. Regardless of her success, Carla admits that it has not always been as “up” as it seems. She speaks about utilizing your "toolbox" and past experiences as a way to solve your current battles, along with reminding yourself that everything can be a lesson learned.
Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:
- We are ENTITLED to be who we want to be
- Everything great sits on the other side of fear
- Stay true to yourself and the work will speak for itself
- Focus on how you do your job rather than what job you are doing
Links:
Carla Hassan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-zakhem-hassan-9795341/
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35 min - E90: Reinventing for Lasting Change with Tobi Coughlin
Although Tobi hadn’t planned on being a stay-at-home-mom; in retrospect, with two young children, being laid-off ended up being a blessing. Her decision to then create another chapter in her professional life was cemented when she thought about her kids. She realized she’d raised them to believe their career options were limitless -- yet in her mind, they’d never known their mom as a “real” professional with a profound career in the Advertising industry. As her son went off to college, she went back to school herself, became Certified as a Life and Weight Loss Coach, and launched
Best Life Coach Tobi.
Tobi took being an ‘empty nester” and saw the positives and opportunities in it. She was stuck looking back at the past and what she had accomplished, but then decided to look to the future because her career is nowhere near done. Tobi rediscovered her “why” after putting her kids first and changing her mindset. She understands that any career and life comes with pressures and disruptions, even coaches need coaching, but she has learned to value the progress along the way and never forgot the bigger picture.
Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:
- Being an empty nester can be extremely opportunistic
- As we get older we’re more likely to think backwards - we see our future based on the experiences that we’ve already had
- No matter what you do remember that being an entrepreneur means being a CEO of your own company
- Your mindset determines your confidence in your career and affects your work
- The “why” - so many people are concerned about taking care of others and we forget to take care of ourselves
- Give yourself some grace when trying to figure out something new
- Acknowledge the progress along the way, not when you’re at the end
Links:
Tobi Coughlin’s Website: bestlifecoachtobi.com
Tobi Coughlin’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobi-coughlin-7b18b670/
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51 min - Ep 89: Reach Your Summit of Success with Lee Nadler
The Himalayan guides who lead guests to the top of Mount Everest is what inspired the highly accomplished Lee Nadler to found Sherpa Marketing; and in-turn inspire his clients to reach their own personal Summit of Success.
Lee is a creator of game-changing ideas, who leads by example and galvanizes teams across organizations. Lee has built and transformed businesses as a leader across all disciplines within the marketing industry for B2B and D2C companies. He started his career at leading agencies, launching Snapple at KBS&P into a global phenomenon and as President & CEO of Digital Pulp, which he built into a top 50 Digital Agency.
Through his many life adventures, Lee has realized that Reinventions are not always exact and there can be excitement in the unknown. Since COVID, Lee has found meditating every day to be vital for his mental health and has created his own process that you can find on his blog, www.TheSherpaPath.com. Through meeting the Sherpa people on a trip in Nepal, Lee discovered servant-leadership and what it is like to serve others while being their leader all at once. This has benefited Lee greatly and has made him a better team player and leader throughout his career. He now works with companies and individuals to reach their own Summits of Success and is following his passion every day!
Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:
- Reinvention is not exact and not always thought through
- Put yourself in positions to adventure into the unknown
- Build an authentic community around your brand
- Don’t let go of your dreams
- Servant leadership - People are in service to you, but also leading you
- Identify what brings up fear - it is very real and do not be afraid to address it
- Identify your Summit of Success
- Be the person that people want to have in their corner
- Give yourself a pat on the back for small wins
- Move forward on purpose
Links:
Lee Nadler’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leenadler/
Lee Nadler’s Blog: www.TheSherpaPath.com
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41 min - Ep 88: Reinvention Does Not Mean Quit Your Job with Dorie Clark
Dorie Clark helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, noisy world. She was honored as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards. She is also a keynote speaker and teaches executive education for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. She is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine.
Dorie may have had a lot of doors closed before opening some for herself by building up her own network and leaning into what she loves. She kept an eye on the change in the PR industry and to adapt to the fast-growing social media world. She now has worked for herself for the past 16 years and has written four books. Dorie observes that a lot has changed in the corporate world post-COVID. Employees will leave companies if they want to and it is up to the employers to proactively provide the tools and room for their people to thrive.
For the past six years Dorie has given herself some time to pursue other interests and passions, 20% of her time to be exact. She has been following a new passion and has learned how to write for musical theater and just finished her first project.
Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:
- Lean into what you love and figure out how to make the money later
- Learn how to build your network for the long run
- Make people notice you and then appreciate you - empower yourself to access the opportunities you want
- Use the “what have you been up to?” question to your benefit
- Employers should give people the tools they need to learn and expand their fields if wanted - far more likely to stay
- Reinvention can be pro-corporate
- Understand that we are entitled to live the life that we want
- Feeling so busy - being busy is a form of social status
Links:
Dorie Clark’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doriec/
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48 min - E87: Start Now & Figure it Out Later ... with Roger Osorio
“Reinvention has nothing to do with becoming someone else and everything to do with becoming who you really are!” - Roger Osorio
Roger Osorio is an author, adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and founder of The School of Reinvention, a community-based coaching platform empowering people to launch and succeed in personal and career reinvention.
After graduating from Penn State University, Roger worked for a Fortune 500 company in marketing and sales. In 2008, after falling in love with a part-time job tutoring math, he quit his day job to reinvent his career. Along his journey to reinvention, Roger has worked with clients that include: Google, LVMH, JP Morgan Chase, Citibank and The World Bank.
Roger grew up always wanting to climb to the top of the corporate ladder, but that dream got flipped upside down. He got into a “relationship” as he likes to call it, with a passion he discovered and decided to follow it down a path of Reinvention.
Many people may come across the question “What am I doing?” but finding the answer sometimes sounds too hard to even try. Roger says, “You don’t have to know what to do in order to start but you do have to start in order to figure out what you have to do. So Start Now!”
Roger is full of advice and inspiring stories that you can check out on the newest episode of my podcast!
Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:
- The “What am I doing?” question
- Finding your passion is like getting into a relationship
- The moment you start to connect with something, find a way to get up close and personal with it instead of watching from a distance
- Give your interests a chance and even a second one
- Connect with new people on a regular basis
- Mix new ideas in with the old
- Invite others to ask you new questions - could be anyone
- There is such a joy in having knowledge and expertise and getting to pay that forward
- Asking for help and advice will take you much farther than only depending on yourself
- Some values are going to become a little less important and some are going to be added throughout all aspects of life
Links:
Roger Osorio’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerosorio/
https://rogerosorio.com/book/
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to buy a copy of my book RE:INVENT YOUR LIFE! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? visit https://www.TheReinventionExchange.com
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46 min - E86: Rob Master’s Perspective on Building a Thriving Career
Rob Master is an experienced global marketer and media leader with 30 years of brand building and P&L experience with leading Packaged Goods and Retail Marketers. Most recently, Rob served as Vice President of Media and Integrated Marketing for Unilever and sat on the board of Unilever’s U.S. Business. After more than 20 years with Unilever, Rob is now an Adjunct Professor and advisor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Rob doesn't call it like it is, but calls it like he sees it. His 30+ year-long career has shown him the change over the generations and the adventure that comes with it. He believes that it is perfectly alright to take a view based on the context of today, but adapt to the change in shifts in the years to come after that. Rob also believes that giving the younger generation the tools to feel confident and adapt to the future is the key for them to thrive in their careers. To find out more about Rob’s adventures and journey, listen to the newest episode of my podcast!
Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:
- An entrepreneurial spirit is embedded in the young people of today - it’s not all about the corporate world for them
- Community involvement and engagement was not the norm years ago
- Borrowing from other industries - applying creativity to business
- The ability to bring an Ah-Ha moment to life takes hard work and consistency
- The obsession with the consumer and the people who service the consumer - front line employees represent much more of the brand
- Be constantly observant and curious
Links:
Rob Master’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-master-448812/
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48 min - E85: The Business of Business is Business...Or Is It? with Seth Matlins
Seth Matlins is an award-winning marketer who has spent his career both in and advising the C-suite of some of the world’s biggest global brands. He is currently the Managing Director of the Forbes CMO Network, having joined Forbes in February of 2022. Prior to Forbes, he was EVP of Cultural Strategy and Insights at Hollywood powerhouse Endeavor’s full-service cultural marketing agency 160/90 and was the Global CMO of Live Nation.
Seth has been in the business industry long enough to know that it has changed drastically, especially over the last three years. His perspective is that the expression of humanity and shared value has become intertwined with the industry. The world is changing and we’re all playing at a different level now. Seth also thinks a lot about how “fear” has creeped in throughout his journey and how it is rarely a productive feeling, but it can be a productive motivator. Fear has forced him to confront the challenges of living his best life and question what that “best life” entails. As a father, Seth keeps in mind that he is a role model for his children and cares deeply about leaving the right legacy and priorities behind. You can listen to all the deep sentiments and interesting insights that Seth shares in this compelling conversation!
Some powerful takeaways from today’s episode:
- How are we going to Reinvent the way we live?
- “Better” is a subjective judgment
- Human identity and expression are morphing and showing up in ways that have never been given before.
- “The business of business is business”
- The expression of humanity and shared value is now business
- The absence of safety can keep a lot of good people from doing good and new things.
- Fear is rarely a productive feeling, but it can be a productive motivator
- Speaking the fear out loud, to yourself, is much healthier than keeping it in
- “The only thing harder than speaking your truth is not”
- “There is no try, just do” -Yoda
Links:
Seth Matlins’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-matlins-050b3514/
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About THE POWER OF REINVENTION with Kathi Sharpe-Ross
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to THE POWER OF RE:INVENTION. Inspired by the best-selling book written by Kathi Sharpe-Ross, RE:INVENT YOUR LIFE! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? (March, 2020) these introspective interviews will…
provide stories, tips, tools and experiences of great reinventors and curiosity seekers. From Fortune 500 C-Suite Executives and Entrepreneurs, to Exhausted Dads, Homemakers and Artists, these men and women will give you a sense of what is possible in your life through their own journeys in business, career, relationships, health, entrepreneurship, spirituality, hobbies and passions.