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Thought Leader episodes

  • 41. Getrude Matshe & HerStory

    🇦🇺 Getrude now ‘lives’ in Melbourne, Australia because of lockdown. 01:16

    🙃 Words that describe her life: exhilarating, adventurous, purposeful. 02:20

    🇬🇧 Her first trip out of Africa to London and the many countries she has lived in. 03:30

    🇳🇴 A scholarship for acting in Norway and touring through Europe. 04:25

    👩🏾‍🦱 Living in Rhodesia during segregation and things her mother and grandmother ingrained in her.07:07

    🎭 Her huge passion for theatre: she wrote plays even though she couldn’t afford to go to the theatre. 10:41

    😻 The Her Story Circle is a social impact movement and Getrude’s legacy in empowering women.13:19

    😥 Huge family losses for Getrude and an unusual dream that helped her in 2020. 16:40

    😍 Ubuntu: a person is a person through other people, and COVID reminded us about that.19:37

    ✨ We need to honor our stories. 24:56

    Connect with Getrude: www.herstorycircle.com

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

    28 min
  • 40. Richard Marker & Enhancing Philanthropy

    👓 Richard has nice glasses and a  handkerchief. 01:46

    👔 Bow tie guy: being comfortable with your quirks. 03:05

    🌞 Life is an art form: getting too caught up in branding. 04:25

    💸 Philanthropy is not just about money and is not only for the rich. 06:51

    💰 Tax deductions: There is no single reduction as motivation for doing anything. 11:53

    ✨ Enhancing the education and the sophistication of Philanthropy. 14:14

    🤔 Only a small number of people abuse nonprofit status. 17:28

    🎯 Investment in a social enterprise versus an investment in a nonprofit. 19:31

    👴 Richard’s grandfather was a philanthropist. 23:12

    🤯 His international career path and life-changing experience in Berlin in 1989. 24:12

    ⚠️ The shrinking of civil society, civil liberties, and space for stability worry him. 28:08

    🤩 Philanthropy has a unique role and should be used responsibly, ethically, wisely, and with a level of self-awareness. 32:50

     

    Connect with Richard: www.WisePhilanthropy.Institute

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

    37 min
  • 39. Ela Staniak & The Power of Feminine Leadership

    🚗 Interesting surroundings for an interview. 02:13 

    👶 Baby Jordan was named after the Jordan River. 03:49

    🏞️ Kent’s story about crossing the Jordan River. 05:26

    🎯 “Active practice of owning your presence as a woman. It is seeded in body, mind, and soul integration.” 07:07

    😞 Healing the impacted self-worth rooted in her traumas while growing up. 09:38

    🇦🇺 Australia’s lockdown is taking a toll: Dealing with uncertainty and languishing. 14:00 

    👨‍👧 Losing both parents and having a brother as a young adoptive parent. 17:28

    ✌️ Personal and professional structures are important to thrive. 21:08 

    🤩 Ela is all about personal development combined with the professional development of women. 23:10

     

    Connect with Ela: www.feminineleaders.co


    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

    28 min
  • 38. Sarah Barnes-Humprhey & Joy in Supply Chain

    🎙️ Cool things and pictures around Sarah. 02:08

    ⌨️ From typing checks to being a cargo carrier in her Dad’s freight forwarding company to working online from home since 2017. 03:28

    🩸 Sarah’s Dad was in logistics for over 40 years: “Supply chain is in my blood.” 04:51

    👏 The supply chain easily explained: 05:47

    🚢 Sarah launched Shipz - a white label solution the industry has really needed for a long time. 06:35

    🙃 It's very difficult to find the right freight forwarder, and shippers want secure logistics for their products. 07:07

    👍 Shipz has processes for risks and claims. 09:02

    🌀 Her job is very dynamic: storms are getting bigger and taller.  09:54

    🤯 Suez canal blockage costs 400 million dollars each day; seafarers don’t see their families for a long time due to Covid. 10:49

    😲 Shipping of human remains, catching people who shipped drugs called Khat, dangerous situations with men wielding knives, etc.12:32

    🌊 Containers washed off the ships: So many containers are on the ocean floor.13:31

    👩‍💼 A male dominated industry, but things are shifting. 15:22

    😠 She was made fun of in operations meetings, told to focus on her kids, not her job. 16:11

    ⚡ More women are in the C suite of the industry: lots of diverse opportunities to be able to live and work in other countries. 17:25

    😎 “I am a firm believer that you need to try different things to figure out what you like doing, what you don't like doing, and see what you're good at.” 18:06

    “There are no glass ceilings for women anymore.”.19:17

    🚀 Beam me up Scotty--the future of shipping and freight services. 20:04

    🤝 “You can only learn from other people when you connect with them”. 21:25

    ⛴️ 12,000 containers are floating around the world. 

    Connect with Sarah: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbarnescitp

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

    27 min
  • 37. Holly Woods & Purpose as a Driving Force of Evolution

    🤗 She wasn’t named ‘Hollywoods’ on purpose. 01:42

    🙃 It was challenging to have her name as a kid, but now it is a great icebreaker for conversations.02:10

    😇 Her life purpose is to speak powerful truths but… 03:04

    🤔 The science of emergence is needed in failing and re-building. 05:29

    ⚡ The energy and meaning of words. 08:17

    🤩 “Our purpose doesn't change, but our expression of purpose changes significantly over time.” 09:19

    😎 The golden thread is a very concrete thing in Holly’s life. 11:42

    💫 Rendition of purpose: she changed her doctoral program into studying human development. 14:06

    👽 The quantum field: We are all communicating with each other. 17:59

    👉 Bring yourself fully to the planet through your work, through your being, and delicious life.  21:19

    👍 A purpose-driven incubator has a different orientation.  22:30


    Connect with Holly: www.emergenceinstitute.net

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

    26 min
  • 36. Josip Markus & Coming Home to Yourself

    🤓 Josip Josip has a curious mind. 01:30

    🌻 Where are the flowers coming from? 02:10

    🇭🇷 Croatian refugee in the USA. 03:46

    👓 Being bilingual: seeing the world through an expanded lens. 04:53

    🤔 Being intentional with the words we speak matters. 06:02

    🙏 His business is simply an extension of himself. 07:07

    🌞 We create our reality in real time through our thoughts, our words, and our actions.08:57

    🌄 How it felt being on the top of Kilimanjaro. 10:27

    🌌 Outside of your bubble is everything, and it's Infinite. 12:13

    🧘‍♂️ The outward and inward journeys. 14:34

    😇Remember your deepest, most authentic self, and to come home to yourself.17:38


    Connect with Josip: www.walkyourpath.earth

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

    22 min
  • 35. Kim-Adele Platts & What Your Face Is Saying

    ➖ Getting a hyphenated name accidentally. 01:16.

    😮‍💨 Suffering from Imposter Syndrome. 02:31

    🤯 Face whispering is about reading the 43 muscle movements on the face. 03:06

    😮 You can't mask your face’s microexpressions. 05:13

    🤓 What fleeting expressions of emotions show. 06:22

    😇 Face whispering is about trying to better understand  the people that you're talking to.07:39

    ✌️ Personology as the second part of face whispering. 08:34

    😀 Kim-Adele “reads” Randy's face. 10:28

    🔦 “A coach shines a light into your blind spots” 13:42

    💎 Kim-Adele would never call herself a life coach. 14:29

    📚She is writing her memoirs: Three divorces, a stalker, and an evil inner critic. 15:07

    🤔 Imposter syndrome as a symptom of being an insecure overachiever.16:09

    👂 Intimacy in the type of work she is doing.18:30

    🤫 Imposter syndrome occurs in people that you wouldn't expect. 21:40

    👉 Picking the right coach: A trusted critical friend. 24:48

     

    Connect with Kim-Adele: www.kimadele.org

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com  

    31 min
  • 34. Peter Winick & How to Sizzle in Thought Leadership

    Notes:

    🤓 Peter’s collection of bobbleheads. 01:34

    👉 What is thought leadership and its two components. 03:14

    📶 “We're living in an age where there's so much noise and not enough signal. And I think thought leadership is about the signal” 06:15

    ⛩️ Authenticity is an underlying pillar of thought leadership. 07:14

    🤡 Too many people claim they are thought leaders, but that really doesn’t make them one. 08:34

    🎯 The primary focus of thought leadership. 10:05

    📺 The infomercial version of thought leadership. 11:37

    🥩 About marketing: greasy, sizzling steak versus an amazing porterhouse. 13:05

    🤔 “A little bit of skepticism is wise.” 14:25

    👦 Thinking out of the box and curious kid. 17:29

    🌞 Humor is another way that intellect shines through and a way to integrate with people. 20:19

    🤑 Money, ego, and evangelism in thought leadership. 21:41

    👍 Legacy and thought leadership. 23:09

    😀 Short funeral service. 24:29

    🙃 Corporate funerals and real funerals: trustworthy, loyal, fun, has a sense of humor. 25:21

    🧐 How to use thought leadership to stand out from the competition, attract new clients, and build brands. 28:19


    Connect with Peter: www.thoughtleadershipleverage.com

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com 

    32 min
  • 33. Chuck Mollor & Agile Leadership

    ⚙️ MCG Partners is a leadership and talent optimization firm. 01:09

    🤩 His big family is growing cranberries, and it’s therapeutic too. 01:54

    💆‍♂️ It's really important to find outlets in your life whether it's cranberry picking or meditation or something else.  03:10

    👍 Work environments are very complex now, and leaders really have to be mindful about the work environments they're creating. 06:10

    👉 The Agile leadership model is the future of leadership. 08:03

    😇 What differentiates Chuck from others? 13:34

    📻 Taking the old radio apart at 10 and let-me-solve-something curious child. 16:04

    🤔 Understanding what leadership really is: Chuck’s major shift from ‘no nonsense’, intense leader. 17:44

    🎯 There's always an opportunity to make a difference, learn, and reinvent yourself. 23:17

    👑 Storytelling is a powerful tool for sharing experiences and connecting with people. 24:56

    👩‍👦 Chuck’s mother influenced him and built a foundation of values that he is implementing in his company, community, and family.  26:28

    😋 Fresh cranberries have a mixture of sweetness and bitterness in their taste. 28:13


    Connect with Chuck Mollor: www.mcgpartners.com

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com 

     


    32 min
  • 32. Cheryl Ginnings & Supporting Parents With Special Needs Children

    💍 Cheryl’s amazing necklace, bracelet, and ring. 01:38

    🎁 Julia Bernadsky’s gift to Cheryl. 02:07

    😢 Having a child with cerebral palsy and caregiving issues she had. 03:47

    😲 We need to start teaching about what affects caregivers. 67% of caregivers pass before the person they are caring for. 08:56

    🤗 Caring for others is a cycle of Cheryl’s life. 14:19

    ⚠️ Understand the toll on the caregiver because it's real. 16:04

    🥺 Not being able to take care of her son when she was sick was the hardest thing. 17:09

    🤓 Answering questions about caregiving or special needs on Quora. 21:00

    👍 Connect with Cheryl to get answers and tips about caregiving. 22:29

    👀 Randy is stunned with all the statistical data Cheryl has shared. 24:46

    Connect with Cheryl: www.cheryl-ginnings.com

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com 

    27 min

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