Uplifting Women

All We Need is Love

Season Two - Episode 23

"We have the energy to impact everyone a round us in a positive way.  Pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on you.” – Janice Perkins

In this episode, Holly & Kristin talk with Janice about:

• Raised by parents who instilled a sense of responsibility that we take care of others and invite them to our table

Key Takeaways

• Have habits of gratitude

Janice Perkins is the Owner of Capacity Communication and VP of Business Development – for Marshall Goldsmith’s Methods of Leaders

Marshall Goldsmith’s Methods of Leaders is a global project started as a way to make the knowledge of the world’s most influential business thinkers from the MG 100 Coaches accessible for current and future leaders around the world. Their mission is to share the collective knowledge of the world’s greatest leaders with the world’s most influential people — those current and future leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, and self-starters who can make a positive impact on society — and to make it readily available, affordable, and accessible anywhere, anytime.

She also continues to run her own business started in 2019 called Capacity Communications where she consults, coaches and speaks for corporations and non-profits. She has spoken at international conferences on marketing, brand development, leadership and culture. Janice created Capacity Communications to examine individual levels of growth within organizations to find opportunities to boost productivity and profits through increasing individual capacity in our character.

Janice is a subject matter expert in the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches (ACEC) and a board member of Global Connections for Women Foundation (GC4W). She is actively engaged in volunteering and advising in her local community with the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition (MHSA) helping the community unite against homelessness, substance abuse and our current mental health crisis. She is on the advisory board for the NXTUS organization which helps connect start ups to investors and pilot partners from around the globe. She is a board member of the Wichita Independent Business Association (WIBA) and a member of Women of Wichita which unites the power and donations of women back into our community. She is certified in the Process Communication Model and Kansas Leadership Center’s Teach Leadership Intensive.

Guest Resources:

Book:  Make Someone’s Day, by Howard H. Prager  https://www.amazon.com/Make-Someones-Day-Becoming-Memorable/dp/1646634411

Connect with Janice:

Website:         https://www.ihavecapacity.com/

Email:              [email protected]

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/janice-perkins-consulting/

                        https://www.linkedin.com/company/capacityconsulting/

UPLIFTING WOMEN HOSTS Kristin Strunk and Holly Teska

Your co-hosts of the UPLIFTING WOMEN PODCAST, Holly Teska & Kristin Strunk, are women who UPLIFT other women at work and in the world. Every other week they bring uplifting women guests to share their personal stories of challenge and triumph to inform and inspire their listeners. The podcast also features guests who have played a significant role in honoring women and their place in the world by serving as promoters, sponsors, and coaches to the many women in their personal and professional lives.

Join Holly and Kristin as they hear how their guests navigate the world of career aspirations, life, love, and family. Get advice from successful women who have figured out their own version of "secret sauce" to create the life they love.

Holly believes the world needs the best leaders it can build; those who demonstrate integrity, empathy, humility, vision, positivity, and confidence. This type of leader brings out the best in others and delivers outstanding results. Holly feels we need everyone to perform at 100% to making our world a better place. Holly's experience in leadership, executive coaching, and talent development is the foundation of her career. She has helped bright and motivated leaders become the very best versions of themselves. Through direct feedback, reflection, experimentation, and honest conversation, she will push you to excel at what you were called to do. Holly is especially committed to helping women navigate the choppy waters of today's fast-paced workplace and evolving world conditions but works with many different individuals and situations. She welcomes inquiries for leadership and executive coaching and speaking engagements.

Kristin's experiences have led her to the simple conclusion that leadership is simple - maybe not always easy, but simple.  Her work supporting leaders in finding their voices inspired her to find her own voice in the space of employee experience and leadership development.  She often hears the question that isn't being asked and is skilled at facilitating conversations and building relationships.  She has helped executives lead organizational transformations involving employee engagement, technology, and the new "Future of Work." 

Follow her hashtag #responsibleleadership on social media to learn more about simple things leaders can do to build relationships and have a lasting positive impact.

Website:         www.upliftingwomen.net

Connect with Holly:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyteska

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/HollyTeska

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/holly.teska

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/HollyTeska

Personal

Website:         www.hollyteska.com

Email:              [email protected]

Connect with Kristin:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-strunk

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/leadadvisor

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/kristin.t.strunk

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/ktuttlestrunk

Personal

Website:         https://regentleadershipgroup.com/

Email:              [email protected]

Being Human is Difficult

Season Two - Episode 22

 "Compassion is the recognition that someone else is suffering or in pain, coupled with the urge to do something to alleviate that suffering if you can.” – Jordan Goldrich

In this episode, Holly & Kristin talk with Jordan about:

• How growing up in the New York housing projects set the tone for how Jordan communicated, and he saw nothing wrong with it!

Key Takeaways

• Being human is difficult

 As Founder and CEO of Workplace Warrior®, Inc., Jordan Goldrich partners with leaders and executives with an uncommon desire for results, who take charge, lead their teams and accomplish the mission. Jordan believes they are critical for success in our volatile, complex and uncertain times. Sometimes, they are experienced as abrasive and occasionally get called names like bully. Jordan’s mission is to help them be completely authentic, fulfill their mission, achieve respect, and positive relationships while taking performance to an even higher level. 

Jordan comes to you as one of those people. He once lost a job because he was experienced as disrespectful. He made the commitment to communicate respectfully even when my brain was telling me they don't deserve it and he has helped many others do the same. 

​Jordan is a Chief Operations Officer, a Master Corporate Executive Coach and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He is the author of the Amazon best seller, Workplace Warrior®: People Skills For The No-Bullshit Executive and the Producer and Host of the Podcast Workplace Warrior: Drive Results Without Damaging Relationships®.

Guest Resources:

Jordan’s Book:  Workplace Warrior: People Skills for the No-Bullshit Executive

Jordan’s Podcast:  Workplace Warrior Podcast

Connect with Jordan:

Website:         https://www.workplacewarriorinc.com

Email:              [email protected]

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgoldrich/

UPLIFTING WOMEN HOSTS Kristin Strunk and Holly Teska

Your co-hosts of the UPLIFTING WOMEN PODCAST, Holly Teska & Kristin Strunk, are women who UPLIFT other women at work and in the world. Every other week they bring uplifting women guests to share their personal stories of challenge and triumph to inform and inspire their listeners. The podcast also features guests who have played a significant role in honoring women and their place in the world by serving as promoters, sponsors, and coaches to the many women in their personal and professional lives.

Join Holly and Kristin as they hear how their guests navigate the world of career aspirations, life, love, and family. Get advice from successful women who have figured out their own version of "secret sauce" to create the life they love.

Holly believes the world needs the best leaders it can build; those who demonstrate integrity, empathy, humility, vision, positivity, and confidence. This type of leader brings out the best in others and delivers outstanding results. Holly feels we need everyone to perform at 100% to making our world a better place. Holly's experience in leadership, executive coaching, and talent development is the foundation of her career. She has helped bright and motivated leaders become the very best versions of themselves. Through direct feedback, reflection, experimentation, and honest conversation, she will push you to excel at what you were called to do. Holly is especially committed to helping women navigate the choppy waters of today's fast-paced workplace and evolving world conditions but works with many different individuals and situations. She welcomes inquiries for leadership and executive coaching and speaking engagements.

Kristin's experiences have led her to the simple conclusion that leadership is simple - maybe not always easy, but simple.  Her work supporting leaders in finding their voices inspired her to find her own voice in the space of employee experience and leadership development.  She often hears the question that isn't being asked and is skilled at facilitating conversations and building relationships.  She has helped executives lead organizational transformations involving employee engagement, technology, and the new "Future of Work." 

Follow her hashtag #responsibleleadership on social media to learn more about simple things leaders can do to build relationships and have a lasting positive impact.

Website:         www.upliftingwomen.net

Connect with Holly:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyteska

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/HollyTeska

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/holly.teska

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/HollyTeska

Personal

Website:         www.hollyteska.com

Email:              [email protected]

Connect with Kristin:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-strunk

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/leadadvisor

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/kristin.t.strunk

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/ktuttlestrunk

Personal

Website:         https://regentleadershipgroup.com/

Email:              [email protected]

"When the tides go out and the water level subsides, which the pandemic has done in some ways, we get to see what the water was covering up. So we're now seeing that societal injustices did not just happen because of the pandemic. They were there all along, just out of sight under the water.”  --  Guillermo Gutierrez

In this episode, Holly & Kristin talk with Guillermo about:

• How his exposure to many different cultures, learning experiences, and his natural curiosity ultimately brought him to his career in the diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging space

Key Takeaways

• We have to acknowledge our own responsibility to seek opportunities. To keep growing and understand that it is hard work

Guillermo Gutierrez, a native of Mexico, has spent the last 16 years living and working in the US. He has also lived and worked in India, Fiji Islands, Canada and Morocco. He currently lives in Milwaukee with his wife Ellen. The rest of his family, including his parents, sister, nephew and nieces live in the north of Mexico. He is an avid reader and enjoys playing sports, his current passion being Pickleball.

After he graduated from university with a BA in Marketing he spent the next two and a half years working abroad where he discovered his professional calling in learning and development and cultural coaching. He came back to Mexico where he completed his MS in Organizational Development and joined Kohler Co. who eventually will offer him the opportunity to relocate to the US to continue his career. In his almost 22 years of professional experience, he has had different corporate roles in Human Resources and also work as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies in the areas of team and leadership development and cultural competence.

Connect with Guillermo:

Email:              [email protected]

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/gutierrezguillermo/

UPLIFTING WOMEN HOSTS Kristin Strunk and Holly Teska

Your co-hosts of the UPLIFTING WOMEN PODCAST, Holly Teska & Kristin Strunk, are women who UPLIFT other women at work and in the world. Every other week they bring uplifting women guests to share their personal stories of challenge and triumph to inform and inspire their listeners. The podcast also features guests who have played a significant role in honoring women and their place in the world by serving as promoters, sponsors, and coaches to the many women in their personal and professional lives.

Join Holly and Kristin as they hear how their guests navigate the world of career aspirations, life, love, and family. Get advice from successful women who have figured out their own version of "secret sauce" to create the life they love.

Holly believes the world needs the best leaders it can build; those who demonstrate integrity, empathy, humility, vision, positivity, and confidence. This type of leader brings out the best in others and delivers outstanding results. Holly feels we need everyone to perform at 100% to making our world a better place. Holly's experience in leadership, executive coaching, and talent development is the foundation of her career. She has helped bright and motivated leaders become the very best versions of themselves. Through direct feedback, reflection, experimentation, and honest conversation, she will push you to excel at what you were called to do. Holly is especially committed to helping women navigate the choppy waters of today's fast-paced workplace and evolving world conditions but works with many different individuals and situations. She welcomes inquiries for leadership and executive coaching and speaking engagements.

Kristin's experiences have led her to the simple conclusion that leadership is simple - maybe not always easy, but simple.  Her work supporting leaders in finding their voices inspired her to find her own voice in the space of employee experience and leadership development.  She often hears the question that isn't being asked and is skilled at facilitating conversations and building relationships.  She has helped executives lead organizational transformations involving employee engagement, technology, and the new "Future of Work." 

Follow her hashtag #responsibleleadership on social media to learn more about simple things leaders can do to build relationships and have a lasting positive impact.

Website:         www.upliftingwomen.net

Connect with Holly:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyteska

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/HollyTeska

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/holly.teska

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/HollyTeska

Personal

Website:         www.hollyteska.com

Email:              [email protected]

Connect with Kristin:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-strunk

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/leadadvisor

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/kristin.t.strunk

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/ktuttlestrunk

Personal

Website:         https://regentleadershipgroup.com/

Email:              [email protected]

Being Human is Difficult

Season Two - Episode 22

"Compassion is the recognition that someone else is suffering or in pain, coupled with the urge to do something to alleviate that suffering if you can.” – Jordan Goldrich

In this episode, Holly & Kristin talk with Jordan about:

• How growing up in the New York housing projects set the tone for how Jordan communicated, and he saw nothing wrong with it!

Key Takeaways

• Being human is difficult

As Founder and CEO of Workplace Warrior®, Inc., Jordan Goldrich partners with leaders and executives with an uncommon desire for results, who take charge, lead their teams and accomplish the mission. Jordan believes they are critical for success in our volatile, complex and uncertain times. Sometimes, they are experienced as abrasive and occasionally get called names like bully. Jordan’s mission is to help them be completely authentic, fulfill their mission, achieve respect, and positive relationships while taking performance to an even higher level. 

Jordan comes to you as one of those people. He once lost a job because he was experienced as disrespectful. He made the commitment to communicate respectfully even when my brain was telling me they don't deserve it and he has helped many others do the same. 

​Jordan is a Chief Operations Officer, a Master Corporate Executive Coach and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He is the author of the Amazon best seller, Workplace Warrior®: People Skills For The No-Bullshit Executive and the Producer and Host of the Podcast Workplace Warrior: Drive Results Without Damaging Relationships®.

Guest Resources:

Jordan’s Book:  Workplace Warrior: People Skills for the No-Bullshit Executive

Jordan’s Podcast:  Workplace Warrior Podcast

Connect with Jordan:

Website:         https://www.workplacewarriorinc.com

Email:              [email protected]

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgoldrich/

UPLIFTING WOMEN HOSTS Kristin Strunk and Holly Teska

Your co-hosts of the UPLIFTING WOMEN PODCAST, Holly Teska & Kristin Strunk, are women who UPLIFT other women at work and in the world. Every other week they bring uplifting women guests to share their personal stories of challenge and triumph to inform and inspire their listeners. The podcast also features guests who have played a significant role in honoring women and their place in the world by serving as promoters, sponsors, and coaches to the many women in their personal and professional lives.

Join Holly and Kristin as they hear how their guests navigate the world of career aspirations, life, love, and family. Get advice from successful women who have figured out their own version of "secret sauce" to create the life they love.

Holly believes the world needs the best leaders it can build; those who demonstrate integrity, empathy, humility, vision, positivity, and confidence. This type of leader brings out the best in others and delivers outstanding results. Holly feels we need everyone to perform at 100% to making our world a better place. Holly's experience in leadership, executive coaching, and talent development is the foundation of her career. She has helped bright and motivated leaders become the very best versions of themselves. Through direct feedback, reflection, experimentation, and honest conversation, she will push you to excel at what you were called to do. Holly is especially committed to helping women navigate the choppy waters of today's fast-paced workplace and evolving world conditions but works with many different individuals and situations. She welcomes inquiries for leadership and executive coaching and speaking engagements.

Kristin's experiences have led her to the simple conclusion that leadership is simple - maybe not always easy, but simple.  Her work supporting leaders in finding their voices inspired her to find her own voice in the space of employee experience and leadership development.  She often hears the question that isn't being asked and is skilled at facilitating conversations and building relationships.  She has helped executives lead organizational transformations involving employee engagement, technology, and the new "Future of Work." 

Follow her hashtag #responsibleleadership on social media to learn more about simple things leaders can do to build relationships and have a lasting positive impact.

Website:         www.upliftingwomen.net

Connect with Holly:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyteska

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/HollyTeska

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/holly.teska

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/HollyTeska

Personal

Website:         www.hollyteska.com

Email:             [email protected]

Connect with Kristin:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-strunk

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/leadadvisor

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/kristin.t.strunk

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/ktuttlestrunk

Personal

Website:         https://regentleadershipgroup.com/

Email:              [email protected]

BONUS Episode – International Women's Day – Will you help #BreakTheBias?

Episode 20

"Cheers that women have made a little progress in the past few years in getting a few more women into senior-level roles. But at the rate we're going, it's going to take another 400 years to reach a state of equality." – Holly Teska

In this episode, Holly & Kristin talk about:

• It's not just about being a woman. It's also about bringing other aspects of diversity to the workplace and being accepted. Bias is everywhere.

 Key Takeaways

• The one thing we can control is how we think about others.

Resource Links:

To learn more about International Women's Day and take advantage of the many free resources they offer to help make the world a more inclusive place, visit:  https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

To download a copy of the 2021 Women in the Workplace Report published by McKinsey & Company, visit:  https://womenintheworkplace.com/

UPLIFTING WOMEN HOSTS Kristin Strunk and Holly Teska

Your co-hosts of the UPLIFTING WOMEN PODCAST, Holly Teska & Kristin Strunk, are women who UPLIFT other women at work and in the world. Every other week they bring uplifting women guests to share their personal stories of challenge and triumph to inform and inspire their listeners. The podcast also features guests who have played a significant role in honoring women and their place in the world by serving as promoters, sponsors, and coaches to the many women in their personal and professional lives.

Join Holly and Kristin as they hear how their guests navigate the world of career aspirations, life, love, and family. Get advice from successful women who have figured out their own version of "secret sauce" to create the life they love.

Holly believes the world needs the best leaders it can build; those who demonstrate integrity, empathy, humility, vision, positivity, and confidence. This type of leader brings out the best in others and delivers outstanding results. Holly feels we need everyone to perform at 100% to making our world a better place. Holly's experience in leadership, executive coaching, and talent development is the foundation of her career. She has helped bright and motivated leaders become the very best versions of themselves. Through direct feedback, reflection, experimentation, and honest conversation, she will push you to excel at what you were called to do. Holly is especially committed to helping women navigate the choppy waters of today's fast-paced workplace and evolving world conditions but works with many different individuals and situations. She welcomes inquiries for leadership and executive coaching and speaking engagements.

Kristin's experiences have led her to the simple conclusion that leadership is simple - maybe not always easy, but simple.  Her work supporting leaders in finding their voices inspired her to find her own voice in the space of employee experience and leadership development.  She often hears the question that isn't being asked and is skilled at facilitating conversations and building relationships.  She has helped executives lead organizational transformations involving employee engagement, technology, and the new "Future of Work." 

Follow her hashtag #responsibleleadership on social media to learn more about simple things leaders can do to build relationships and have a lasting positive impact.

Website:         www.upliftingwomen.net

Connect with Holly:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyteska

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/HollyTeska

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/holly.teska

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/HollyTeska

Personal

Website:         www.hollyteska.com

Email:              [email protected]

Connect with Kristin:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-strunk

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/leadadvisor

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/kristin.t.strunk

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/ktuttlestrunk

Personal

Website:         https://regentleadershipgroup.com/

Email:              [email protected]

Never Stop Learning

Season Two - Episode 19

Guest - Paula Goulden Naitove, JD, ACC

"The adventure is the learning opportunity. Forgive yourself if you step off the side of the pavement once in a while. – Paula Goulden Naitove

In this episode, Holly & Kristin talk with Paula about:

• Raised by a father who wanted his children to be well educated, she followed his advice. Although the journey was a winding adventure of self exploration, she wouldn’t change it

Key Takeaways

• Paula would have loved if her 25 year old self would have recognized the importance of self awareness., instead of just following merrily along without self monitoring

Paula Goulden Naitove is a transformational executive leadership coach.  As the founder and principal of Artemis Leadership Development LLC, Paula helps professionals and business leaders use experiential learning to access their emotional intelligence, connect with clients and colleagues, and create catalytic change.  Paula has a unique combination of legal, organizational, business and financial services experience, academic achievement, and training in executive coaching and organizational consulting, together with a passion for helping people and organizations succeed in rapidly changing and ambiguous environments, especially those with cross-cultural implications.  Paula’s specialty is coaching new leaders and people who want to move into leadership in their organizations.  Paula also does career coaching, including career transition coaching.  

With over 30 years’ experience as a financial services attorney, Paula has worked at large organizations including Ballard Spahr LLP and Dechert LLP, and as an in-house counsel at GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. in the 1990s.  In addition, Paula was an in-house counsel at PNC Bank, National Association for 20 years. Her clients included lenders and credit officers in all commercial lending lines of business as well as operations units supporting the letter of credit business.  In addition to structuring and documenting transactions and giving legal advice, Paula worked on multiple integrations as PNC acquired other banks, and provided training to business teams.

As the result of her role in the integrations which transformed PNC from a large regional organization into the sixth largest bank in the USA, Paula became passionate about how organizations can use collaboration to change for the better when leaders create empowering company cultures.  This led Paula to the Organizational Dynamics program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she excelled in the Executive Coaching/Organizational Consulting cohort creating catalytic methods to facilitate transformational change. 

Paula received her Bachelor of Arts with High Honors from Swarthmore College, and her Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law, one of the first law schools in the USA to incorporate experiential learning into its required curriculum.  She is a candidate for the Master’s Degree in Organizational Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting.  Paula also completed the Coach Development Program of Teleos Leadership Institute, and she holds the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) designation from the International Coaching Federation (ICF).  Paula is certified to administer and interpret the PrismTM personality assessment (developed by SurePeople, PrismTM is based on DiSC, Myers-Briggs Type Inventory, Big Five Personality Theory, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Inventory, McClelland’s Human Motivation Theory, and Maslow’s Five-Stage Model).

Connect with Paula:

Website:         https://www.artemisleadershipdevelopment.com

Email:              [email protected]

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-goulden-naitove

https://www.linkedin.com/in/artemisleadershipdevelopment

UPLIFTING WOMEN HOSTS Kristin Strunk and Holly Teska

Your co-hosts of the UPLIFTING WOMEN PODCAST, Holly Teska & Kristin Strunk, are women who UPLIFT other women at work and in the world. Every other week they bring uplifting women guests to share their personal stories of challenge and triumph to inform and inspire their listeners. The podcast also features guests who have played a significant role in honoring women and their place in the world by serving as promoters, sponsors, and coaches to the many women in their personal and professional lives.

Join Holly and Kristin as they hear how their guests navigate the world of career aspirations, life, love, and family. Get advice from successful women who have figured out their own version of "secret sauce" to create the life they love.

Holly believes the world needs the best leaders it can build; those who demonstrate integrity, empathy, humility, vision, positivity, and confidence. This type of leader brings out the best in others and delivers outstanding results. Holly feels we need everyone to perform at 100% to making our world a better place. Holly's experience in leadership, executive coaching, and talent development is the foundation of her career. She has helped bright and motivated leaders become the very best versions of themselves. Through direct feedback, reflection, experimentation, and honest conversation, she will push you to excel at what you were called to do. Holly is especially committed to helping women navigate the choppy waters of today's fast-paced workplace and evolving world conditions but works with many different individuals and situations. She welcomes inquiries for leadership and executive coaching and speaking engagements.

Kristin's experiences have led her to the simple conclusion that leadership is simple - maybe not always easy, but simple.  Her work supporting leaders in finding their voices inspired her to find her own voice in the space of employee experience and leadership development.  She often hears the question that isn't being asked and is skilled at facilitating conversations and building relationships.  She has helped executives lead organizational transformations involving employee engagement, technology, and the new "Future of Work." 

Follow her hashtag #responsibleleadership on social media to learn more about simple things leaders can do to build relationships and have a lasting positive impact.

Website:         www.upliftingwomen.net

Connect with Holly:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyteska

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/HollyTeska

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/holly.teska

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/HollyTeska

Personal

Website:         www.hollyteska.com

Email:             [email protected]

Connect with Kristin:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-strunk

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/leadadvisor

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/kristin.t.strunk

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/ktuttlestrunk

Personal

Website:         https://regentleadershipgroup.com/

Email:              [email protected]

"Maya Angelou says we all have a story within us, and it's sad if we don't share it." – Deb Crowe

In this episode, Holly & Kristin talk with Deborah about:

• How she was forced to grow up on a nanosecond when her dad passed away at the age of 54 and Deb was only 21 years old.

 Key Takeaways

• Deb's definition of heart-centered leadership is honoring your connection with people. When you look at your work, people have to come before the paper. People are the paper. People are the processes. People are the protocols, the regulations. Everything comes down to that intrinsic value.

Deborah Crowe is an executive and business coach and CEO. She has 30+ years of global experience in top Fortune 500 companies in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia, leading and coaching C-suite leaders, executive and senior management professionals, and their teams.

Deborah started her company in 1990 and knows how to get to the top, hold that senior position, and integrate career and family. In her coaching practice, she provides the tools, strategies, programs, and support to help create meaningful change in their lives.

Deborah prides herself on leading as a heart-centred leader who thrives on helping people become successful and fulfilled.

Deborah has had the same challenges her clients face. She is remarkably familiar with the pressure of job deadlines, trauma, family obligations, and inadequate feelings. She has been there. Done that and knows that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel, even if it is dim. The hardest part is starting.

Deborah's goal is to help people and organizations create an experience they envision and coach them to achieve their dreams, goals, and aspirations.

Deborah is a community builder and Hospice volunteer, hiker, traveler, yoga teacher, wife, mom, sister, and friend in her spare

Connect with Deborah:

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

Facebook

• Deb Crowe – Executive & Business Coach Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/executivecoachdeb/

• Imperfect: The Heart-Centered Leadership Podcast Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/imperfectleadershippodcast/

LinkedIn

• Deb Crowe’s LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/debcrowe

Instagram

• Deb Crowe’s Instagram:

https://instagram.com/heartcenteredleader?igshid=6s1ds91n9uv6

• Imperfect: The Heart-Centered Leadership Podcast Instagram:

https://instagram.com/imperfect_podcast?igshid=18nyrs9dsrkcm

Twitter

• Deb Crowe’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/over40wisdom/status/1347326125878472706?s=21

• Imperfect: The Heart-Centered Leadership Podcast Twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/imperfectpodca1/

Guest Resource Links:

Check out Deborah’s Podcast:  imperfect: The Heart-Centered Leadership Podcast at:

https://debcrowe.com/heart-centered-leadership-podcast/

Deborah’s latest work on this leadership can be downloaded from this link:

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UPLIFTING WOMEN HOSTS Kristin Strunk and Holly Teska

Your co-hosts of the UPLIFTING WOMEN PODCAST, Holly Teska & Kristin Strunk, are women who UPLIFT other women at work and in the world. Every other week they bring uplifting women guests to share their personal stories of challenge and triumph to inform and inspire their listeners. The podcast also features guests who have played a significant role in honoring women and their place in the world by serving as promoters, sponsors, and coaches to the many women in their personal and professional lives.

Join Holly and Kristin as they hear how their guests navigate the world of career aspirations, life, love, and family. Get advice from successful women who have figured out their own version of "secret sauce" to create the life they love.

Holly believes the world needs the best leaders it can build; those who demonstrate integrity, empathy, humility, vision, positivity, and confidence. This type of leader brings out the best in others and delivers outstanding results. Holly feels we need everyone to perform at 100% to making our world a better place. Holly's experience in leadership, executive coaching, and talent development is the foundation of her career. She has helped bright and motivated leaders become the very best versions of themselves. Through direct feedback, reflection, experimentation, and honest conversation, she will push you to excel at what you were called to do. Holly is especially committed to helping women navigate the choppy waters of today's fast-paced workplace and evolving world conditions but works with many different individuals and situations. She welcomes inquiries for leadership and executive coaching and speaking engagements.

Kristin's experiences have led her to the simple conclusion that leadership is simple - maybe not always easy, but simple.  Her work supporting leaders in finding their voices inspired her to find her own voice in the space of employee experience and leadership development.  She often hears the question that isn't being asked and is skilled at facilitating conversations and building relationships.  She has helped executives lead organizational transformations involving employee engagement, technology, and the new "Future of Work." 

Follow her hashtag #responsibleleadership on social media to learn more about simple things leaders can do to build relationships and have a lasting positive impact.

Website:         www.upliftingwomen.net

Connect with Holly:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyteska

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/HollyTeska

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/holly.teska

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/HollyTeska

Personal

Website:         www.hollyteska.com

Email:              [email protected]

Connect with Kristin:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-strunk

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/leadadvisor

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/kristin.t.strunk

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/ktuttlestrunk

Personal

Website:         https://regentleadershipgroup.com/

Email:              [email protected]

Make Life More Joyful

Episode 17

"You should have a life you love. Let's uplift women and do great things. Make life more joyful." – Sheila Long

In this episode, Holly & Kristin talk with Sheila Long about:

• Her decision to start her own business after she decided to leave the world of big corporate America to focus on family.

Key Takeaways

• There are so many issues in society, and women play a crucial role in moving forward on these issues, especially when they unite.

Sheila Long is the Founder of MalamaDoe, A Coworking Community for Women in Shorewood, Wisconsin, that she began in 2015. Sheila believes in inspiring awesome women to get connected professionally. She​ ​facilitated​ ​her​ ​local Project​ ​Management​ ​Institute​ ​Expert​ ​Panel​ ​for​ ​many​ ​years​ ​while​ ​holding​ ​various​ ​roles​ ​on​ ​local boards.​ ​​ ​Prior​ ​to​ ​consulting,​ ​Sheila​ ​worked​ ​for​ ​over​ ​eleven​ ​years​ ​at​ ​Motorola​ ​in​ ​​ ​high​ ​tech sales,​ ​quality,​ ​and​ ​service​ ​management. Sheila received her MBA in Strategy and Finance from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. She earned International Business, Economics, and Spanish degrees from Saint Louis University where she enjoyed four semesters on their campus in Spain, fine-tuning her cultural knowledge.

Sheila currently resides in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, with her three children. Whenever she's not creating change for the betterment of women's careers, you can find Sheila connecting and building communities while expanding her cultural knowledge, learning a new language, and obsessing over healthy eating.

MalamaDoe's Mission

Everything we do revolves around making this world a better place by helping women use their talents to be the best they can be. We believe women who are empowered by one another and role models build community, help society, and flourish.

We showcase great female role models building community one woman at a time.  We help women take supported and calculated risks to develop their talents personally and professionally.

We inspire women to get connected professionally by branding themselves, marketing their talents, and promoting themselves and others.

We cater to women with their own businesses who are taking supported and calculated risks by aiming high and looking for growth – all in areas that showcase their talents.

Connect with Sheila:

Email:              [email protected]

LinkedIn:          https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilalong/

Website:          https://malamadoe.com/

Instagram:       @malamadoe

Facebook:        https://www.facebook.com/MalamaDoe

Guest Resource Links:

Books:

Amazon.com: Surrounded by Awesome Women: Unlocking a New Model of Women's Success in Business and Entrepreneurship for the Next Decade: 9781636768199: Long, Sheila: Books

The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention: Essential Survival Skills for Any Economy: Mitchell, Pamela: 9780735204539: Amazon.com: Books

UPLIFTING WOMEN HOSTS Kristin Strunk and Holly Teska

Your co-hosts of the UPLIFTING WOMEN PODCAST, Holly Teska & Kristin Strunk, are women who UPLIFT other women at work and in the world. Every other week they bring uplifting women guests to share their personal stories of challenge and triumph to inform and inspire their listeners. The podcast also features guests who have played a significant role in honoring women and their place in the world by serving as promoters, sponsors, and coaches to the many women in their personal and professional lives.

Join Holly and Kristin as they hear how their guests navigate the world of career aspirations, life, love, and family. Get advice from successful women who have figured out their own version of "secret sauce" to create the life they love.

Holly believes the world needs the best leaders it can build; those who demonstrate integrity, empathy, humility, vision, positivity, and confidence. This type of leader brings out the best in others and delivers outstanding results. Holly feels we need everyone to perform at 100% to making our world a better place. Holly's experience in leadership, executive coaching, and talent development is the foundation of her career. She has helped bright and motivated leaders become the very best versions of themselves. Through direct feedback, reflection, experimentation, and honest conversation, she will push you to excel at what you were called to do. Holly is especially committed to helping women navigate the choppy waters of today's fast-paced workplace and evolving world conditions but works with many different individuals and situations. She welcomes inquiries for leadership and executive coaching and speaking engagements.

Kristin's experiences have led her to the simple conclusion that leadership is simple - maybe not always easy, but simple.  Her work supporting leaders in finding their voices inspired her to find her own voice in the space of employee experience and leadership development.  She often hears the question that isn't being asked and is skilled at facilitating conversations and building relationships.  She has helped executives lead organizational transformations involving employee engagement, technology, and the new "Future of Work." 

Follow her hashtag #responsibleleadership on social media to learn more about simple things leaders can do to build relationships and have a lasting positive impact.

Website:         www.upliftingwomen.net

Connect with Holly:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyteska

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/HollyTeska

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/holly.teska

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/HollyTeska

Personal

Website:         www.hollyteska.com

Email:              [email protected]

Connect with Kristin:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-strunk

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/leadadvisor

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/kristin.t.strunk

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/ktuttlestrunk

Personal

Website:         https://regentleadershipgroup.com/

Email:              [email protected]

In this episode, Holly & Kristin talk with Terri Herrmann & Kurt Heikkinen about:

• Being true to who you are

 Key Takeaways

• Take care of yourself and find balance in the mind, body and spirit. Whatever spirituality means for you, it is at the center of life. Find it and engage in feeding this piece of yourself.

Terri Herrmann is the co-founder of CharismaQ - a coaching and communications platform to evaluate, coach, and create charismatic people.

Terri believes that behind every great brand is an even better story. She knows that true financial success happens when you have the confidence to live your own personal brand and communicate the “story of you.”

Terri has partnered with sales teams to exceed revenue goals, and she’s led the launch of three major brands to the market. However, what really drives and inspires Terri is creating meaningful connections and making a difference. Whether that is through leading and growing teams, creating brand advocates, launching and promoting new products to the market, or building an opportunity pipeline - her best work is tied to a greater purpose.

Before starting a business on April 1st, 2020, during a pandemic, Terri spent her entire career leading sales and marketing teams for ManpowerGroup, Runzheimer, Montage, and Modern Hire. After 20 years of sales and marketing success, Terri knew her purpose was to build a business. A business that teaches teams how to show up with confidence and charisma to accelerate performance.

Terri is a Wisconsin native and a UW Whitewater alum. She lives in Richfield with her husband, two children, and their 12-pound dog, Ellie “Ninja” Herrmann.

Kurt Heikkinen -- Leading with a culture-first approach, Kurt is a highly regarded SaaS (Software as a Service) CEO with a proven track record for building high growth, innovative companies and technologies to meet the ever-changing needs in the world of work.

Kurt is currently the CEO of Forj, a leading virtual events and member experience platform for associations and professional community organizations. He also serves on the board of various early-stage SaaS companies, was previously the CEO at Modern Hire and Montage, and served in executive leadership roles at PeopleSoft, Metavante and Evolve Software.

Connect with Terri:

Website:         https://charismaq.com/

Email:             [email protected]

LinkedIn:        https://www.linkedin.com/in/terriherrmann/

Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/charismaqcoaching/

Facebook:      https://www.facebook.com/CharismaQ

Connect with Kurt:

Website:          https://www.forj.ai/

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtheikkinen/

UPLIFTING WOMEN HOSTS Kristin Strunk and Holly Teska

Your co-hosts of the UPLIFTING WOMEN PODCAST, Holly Teska & Kristin Strunk, are women who UPLIFT other women at work and in the world.  Every other week they bring uplifting women guests to share their personal stories of challenge and triumph to inform and inspire their listeners.  The podcast also features guests who have played a significant role in honoring women and their place in the world by serving as promoters, sponsors, and coaches to the many women in their personal and professional lives.

Join Holly and Kristin as they hear how their guests navigate the world of career aspirations, life, love, and family. Get advice from successful women who have figured out their own version of "secret sauce" to create the life they love.

Holly believes the world needs the best leaders it can build; those who demonstrate integrity, empathy, humility, vision, positivity, and confidence. This type of leader brings out the best in others and delivers outstanding results. Holly feels we need everyone to perform at 100% to making our world a better place. Holly's experience in leadership, executive coaching, and talent development is the foundation of her career.  She has helped bright and motivated leaders become the very best versions of themselves. Through direct feedback, reflection, experimentation, and honest conversation, she will push you to excel at what you were called to do. Holly is especially committed to helping women navigate the choppy waters of today's fast-paced workplace and evolving world conditions but works with many different individuals and situations.  She welcomes inquiries for leadership and executive coaching and speaking engagements.

Kristin's experiences have led her to the simple conclusion that leadership is simple - maybe not always easy, but simple.  Her work supporting leaders in finding their voices inspired her to find her own voice in the space of employee experience and leadership development.  She often hears the question that isn't being asked and is skilled at facilitating conversations and building relationships.  She has helped executives lead organizational transformations involving employee engagement, technology, and the new "Future of Work." 

Follow her hashtag #responsibleleadership on social media to learn more about simple things leaders can do to build relationships and have a lasting positive impact.

Website:         www.upliftingwomen.net

Connect with Holly:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyteska

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/HollyTeska

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/holly.teska

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/HollyTeska

Personal

Website:         www.hollyteska.com

Email:              [email protected]

Connect with Kristin:

LinkedIn:        https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-strunk

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/leadadvisor

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/kristin.t.strunk

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/ktuttlestrunk

Personal

Website:         https://regentleadershipgroup.com/

Email:              [email protected]

Sharing Belly Hugs

Season Two - Episode 15

"When I think of my Dad’s lasagna, I get all the warm fuzzy feelings of being in my childhood home with my family.” – Hollie Mealy

In this episode, Holly & Kristin talk with Hollie about:

• How Hollie went from full-time teacher to part-time teacher, to President and founder of a 501c3 (non-profit)

Key Takeaways

• Don’t let your doubts get in the way of trying something you believe in

Hollie Mealy is the President and founder of the Nonprofit The Right Relief Inc. based in Menomonee Falls and serving Caregivers in the Milwaukee area. 

Starting in September of 2019, Mealy and the #ReliefSquad (Right Relief volunteers) began making meals for local Caregivers who were caring for loved ones in their homes. Caregivers could be helping anyone from an elderly parent to a newborn baby. Group meals also began at both Kathy’s House and Ronald McDonald House prior to Covid.

Mealy set a goal of 5,475 meals (or belly hugs!) in total. This number is in honor of her late Father, Rob, and is the number of meals the family shared together during Mealy’s childhood growing up in Peshtigo, WI. Diane (her mother) and Kellie (her sister) were both caregivers for Rob for several years and Hollie witnessed the extreme love and support they both put into making sure his needs were met. This often led to their own needs going by the wayside.

Mealy and the Relief Squad intend to provide Relief in the form of home-cooked meals to area Caregivers so that they have the feeling that someone is caring for them too and they aren’t “going it alone.” Mealy and her family were the recipients of many such meals during her father’s illness and they always had the “pay it forward” attitude and loved to bake and cook for others.

Connect with Hollie:

Website:          www.therightreliefinc.org

Email:              [email protected] 

Facebook:        https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=therightreliefinc

To support The Right Relief Inc. organization, go to:  https://www.therightreliefinc.org/support

Guest Resource Links:

Kathy’s House:  Kathy’s House is the only hospital guest house in the area that serves patients of all ages and their caregivers who need to travel to Milwaukee for medical care.  

Website:          https://kathys-house.org/

LinkedIn:          https://www.linkedin.com/company/kathy's-house/

Ronald McDonald House of Southeastern Wisconsin:  Since opening its doors in 1984, the Ronald McDonald House® in Milwaukee has been keeping families together by providing more than 49,000 family stays.

These families come from 569 Wisconsin communities, 50 states, and many countries around the world whose children are receiving medical care at Children’s Wisconsin or other area hospitals. In 2020 we provided 12,301 night stays. We offer a place to call home at little or no cost, so families can stay together.

Website:          https://rmhc-easternwi.org/

LinkedIn:          https://www.linkedin.com/company/ronald-mcdonald-house-charities/

Marquette University Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic:  https://law.marquette.edu/community/marquette-law-and-entrepreneurship-clinic

UPLIFTING WOMEN HOSTS Kristin Strunk and Holly Teska

Your co-hosts of the UPLIFTING WOMEN PODCAST, Holly Teska & Kristin Strunk, are women who UPLIFT other women at work and in the world.  Every other week they bring uplifting women guests to share their personal stories of challenge and triumph to inform and inspire their listeners.  The podcast also features guests who have played a significant role in honoring women and their place in the world by serving as promoters, sponsors, and coaches to the many women in their personal and professional lives.

Join Holly and Kristin as they hear how their guests navigate the world of career aspirations, life, love, and family. Get advice from successful women who have figured out their own version of "secret sauce" to create the life they love.

Holly believes the world needs the best leaders it can build; those who demonstrate integrity, empathy, humility, vision, positivity, and confidence. This type of leader brings out the best in others and delivers outstanding results. Holly feels we need everyone to perform at 100% to make our world a better place. Holly's experience in leadership, executive coaching, and talent development is the foundation of her career.  She has helped bright and motivated leaders become the very best versions of themselves. Through direct feedback, reflection, experimentation, and honest conversation, she will push you to excel at what you were called to do. Holly is especially committed to helping women navigate the choppy waters of today's fast-paced workplace and evolving world conditions but works with many different individuals and situations.  She welcomes inquiries for leadership and executive coaching and speaking engagements.

Kristin's experiences have led her to the simple conclusion that leadership is simple - maybe not always easy, but simple.  Her work supporting leaders in finding their voices inspired her to find her own voice in the space of employee experience and leadership development.  She often hears the question that isn't being asked and is skilled at facilitating conversations and building relationships.  She has helped executives lead organizational transformations involving employee engagement, technology, and the new "Future of Work." 

Follow her hashtag #responsibleleadership on social media to learn more about simple things leaders can do to build relationships and have a lasting positive impact.

Website:         www.upliftingwomen.net

Connect with Holly:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyteska

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/HollyTeska

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/holly.teska

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/HollyTeska

Personal

Website:         www.hollyteska.com

Email:             [email protected]

Connect with Kristin:

LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-strunk

Twitter:           https://twitter.com/leadadvisor

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/kristin.t.strunk

Instagram:      https://instagram.com/ktuttlestrunk

Personal

Website:         https://regentleadershipgroup.com/

Email:              [email protected]