Warriors at Work

In our May conversations we focused on looking inward, allowing us to bring the best version of ourselves forth through conversations with individuals who are talented at igniting gifts in the people around them. As we move into June we continue this journey of discovery by experiencing the beauty of being truthful with ourselves. How when life brings uncertainty, it can also open up possibilities and big ideas. Join us as we continue to be curious and young at heart with a beautiful sense of wonder.

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Our open conversation with Lauren Jensen this week is about redefining leadership in our current environment. We spend some time exploring the past few years and the crucial role it has played in exposing our individual leadership styles and skills. Lauren shares her own style of “extreme transparency” in leadership, talking from your heart and being authentic in your professional life. We learn that this can lead to a work environment where others can let their guard down and improve their relationships with each other.

Lauren Jensen is an Experienced Business Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Strong consultative approach. A professional skilled in Strategy, Business Transformation, Enterprise Communication, Leadership and Culture change and Account Management. She is focused on creating the next generation of meaningful customer experiences at Prudential.

(10:00) What does leadership look like to Lauren in today’s environment? She describes were concept of “be the leader you wish you had”.

(14:31) In this environment, what does she find leaders are doing well and not so well.

(16:25) What does she find are her own strengths and weaknesses?

(18:50) Learn who you are, know yourself, before you can explore being authentic with others. Continuing the superb discussion about being authentic through leadership & relationships with colleagues.

(21:50) Lauren discusses that a mentor once told her “You are driven by harmony and our environment up here is driven by discord” and how that drove her to better understand her leadership style.

(23:04) Extreme Transparency, how being real and authentic can put people at ease.

(26:27) How can we help to manage mental health in leadership positions?

(31:26) What is important to Lauren?

(33:22) We discuss the important role that the word “love” and learning love languages can play in the workplace.

(35:45) Who is Lauren following and admiring in her life right now?


We will continue our conversations each week as we move into the summer months and explore stories of inspiration and open heartedness.

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Our conversation this week is with Marni Sclaroff, a life guide whose mantra “Welcome to your wild knowing…I am an inner wilderness guide” embodies her coaching method that helps people to find their way through life. She shares with us how to transform our suffering into something meaningful and beautiful. She strives to help us move away from the conditioning of running from pain and conflict, and see the power in embracing and learning from those experiences.

Marni Sclaroff is a life coach, writer, artist and yoga teacher who brings a lifelong passion for living a creative and purposeful life to people all over the world. With over 30 years of experience in the holistic, visual and movement arts, and a Master’s Degree in Art Education, she is well-versed in the languages of artistry and transformation. In addition to holding 3 certifications in yoga & having received formal initiation as a practitioner of meditation, she is also a certified Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach. Her work is influenced and inspired by earth based spirituality and nature's cycles and rhythms.

She is the founder of Yoga.Soul.Magic, an online school dedicated to the practice of yoga and meditation as a path of embodied wisdom and joyful living.

We will continue our conversations next week to shed light on the importance of being mindful of your emotions and wellbeing during National Mental Health Awareness Month.

(4:30) We start the conversation learning about Marni and her life’s work and experiences.

(8:10) “Welcome to your wild knowing…I am the inner wilderness guide” – what does this mean and how does she teach others about its importance

(11:00) We are often disconnected from our instinctual and intuitive wisdom. How has this happened in our culture?

(13:10) What are the most common emotions Marni works with and why does she think this is the case?

(16:12) How does Marni help people find their sense of purpose?

(20:00) The importance of our emotions that go unaddressed, how they manifest themselves and Jeanie shares her own personal experiences recently.

(22:25) A discussion about emotions, how healthy ones flow and unhealthy ones can block and manifest in negative ways

(25:00) Why are we not encouraged to explore emotions, especially in our professional lives?

(27:25) Finding a balance between healthy emotions and learning how to be productive while exploring the unhealthy ones.

(30:16) Techniques that can help you channel your emotions

(32:36) Who are the people in Marni’s personal life that help keep her grounded, and who does she admire?

(37:15) Marni shares her message of how important it is to connect to our inner dignity & each other’s.

Connect with Marni Sclaroff
https://www.marnisclaroff.com/

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This week we have a conversation with Barbara Best & Nancy Rizzuto from Capital Strategies. They started Cap Strat to fill a gap in the institutional retirement field and to provide “holistic support” to their clients that was lacking in similar businesses. You’ll see throughout the conversation how their fundamental principal of “trust & transparency” is important to them and why building relationships, instead of simply being a transactional business, is key to being the best.

Barbara Best and Nancy Rizzuto are both Founders and Principals of CAP STRAT, and the Founders of the CAP STRAT Women's Forum.

Their primary focus is to cultivate awareness and business opportunities for their firm’s institutional investment advisory, private wealth advisory, and asset management services and to co-lead the Capital Strategies Women's Forum. The Forum’s mission is to support the personal and professional success and fulfillment of women. Their passion is to financially empower others, especially women, so they attain the freedom to live the life of their dreams and create a meaningful legacy. They are active philanthropic leaders in their respective communities; and one of Barbara’s personal passions is being a mom to her daughter Cate, and Nancy’s to her 6-year-old Havanese, Chauncey.

It has been our pleasure to bring to you the incredible journeys of so many Fierce Females. Join us again next week as we begin conversations that can have a positive impact on our wellbeing during National Mental Health Awareness Month.


(3:21) The beginning of Capital Strategies and what was it like starting out 19 years ago

(6:30) Barbara & Nancy discuss the “crystal clear” vision that they shared when starting out

(10:09) What did they see in each other that allowed them to feel they were the right team to work together to create Cap Strategies

(15:08) How did they push through the fear and uncertainty when starting out?

(20:27) What decisions were important to them during the early days?

(29:52) What is their partnership like? How do they interact with each other, resolve differences and more?

(33:18) What advice did they receive that was instrumental to them starting on this venture?

(36:40) We learn about their “Doesn’t Matter, Get Better” internal hands-on meetings and how influential they are for them professionally and personally

(42:19) They share how & why they started the Women’s Forum

(49:01) How do they, professionally and personally, want to help influence the future?

(57:20) Once again it’s our fun speed round where we learn some of their favorite words and expressions, pet peeves and who they would love to have dinner with

Connect with Barbara Best & Nancy Rizzuto
https://www.capstratig.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyrizzuto
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbest1

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This week we speak to Terri Rockovich, co-founder & CEO of Jinx, a holistic nutrition dog food company. The conversation starts with some blockbuster headlines about the elite of Hollywood investing in Jinx in 2020, but comes back around to learning about the team behind the brand whose goal is to create healthy “dog food worthy of your best friend”. From the early days of three friends sharing their dog parent stories to investors to becoming “the internet’s favorite nutrition brand for modern dogs” we learn how they stayed grounded throughout the journey in their lives and mission for Jinx. We discuss the importance of balancing intellect and intuition with Terri, and sharing experiences in launching a brand during the tough COVID years.

Terri is a seasoned executive with 14+ years of combined agency and client-side experience at fast-moving companies. Proactive and results-driven leader adept at managing multi-million dollar projects, with a solid history of generating impressive growth and profitability on media investments for a range of small businesses to major corporations. High comfort level executing diverse strategic mandates with killer teams that demonstrate intelligent risk-taking, cross-departmental project management, sharp organizational skills, creative and analytical thinking, and problem solving. Advanced experience driving the vision, strategy and execution of marketing activities.

It is our pleasure to bring to you another story of the incredible journey of a Fierce Female Founder.

(3:50) Our conversation starts with the early years of Jinx and how being a co-founder is different than the leadership seat that Terri occupies

(7:10) How to create a unique brand that goes beyond the product itself, but also creates a something more as we learn about the culture of working at Jinx

(10:14) Insight into what motivated investors to invest in Jinx and how did the co-founders approach presenting their product

(15:14) The dynamics of Jinx co-founders relationship and how they made early decisions while working together

(21:45) Covid hit in the early days, how did this affect the team and their journey to launching Jinx

(27:11) Terri shares with us how her team reflects on the highs and lows of their journey as they recently celebrated their 3 year anniversary

(31:14) How does the team experience and teach a balance between intellect and intuition in making business decisions

(37:38) Who are the people in Terri’s life that are “keeping it real” for her, and keeping her grounded

(44:20) Looking into the future, how does Terri see Jinx and herself influencing that future

(48:18) Fun speed round of favorite words, quotes, pet peeves and more/

Connect with Terri Rockovich
https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrirockovic
https://www.thinkjinx.com/

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Jeanie speaks to Carolyn Childers & Lindsay Kaplan, co-founders of Chief, a network with a powerful mission to move more woman into the top and keep them there. Their discussion this week moves from learning about the early days, their individual experiences with creating the vision and purpose of Chief to hearing how “keeping it real” can be a powerful mindset for success. We see how creating Chief was born out of a need to find something that was lacking in other leadership programs, an experience that could be impactful and worth the time of women executives that had value and purpose.

Chief is a private network designed for the most powerful women in executive leadership to strengthen their leadership, magnify their influence, and pave the way to bring others with them. Launched in 2019 by Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan, its mission is to drive more women to the top and keep them there. Chief has been recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2021, and its diverse membership includes 10,000 of the most senior executives in the United States.

It is Jeanie’s pleasure to bring to you the story of two incredible women and the beautiful gifts they are bringing to the world every day! This interview is fun, interesting, inspirational and from the heart. Warriors, meet Chief!

(6:41) We go back to the beginning of Chief, in Tribeca. What was their biggest worry in those first moments?

(9:37) When did Chief get to their first 100 members and how did they find the confidence that people would want to join?

(13:40) Why do they think there has been such growth in their network?

(16:37) They discuss how Chief is different in giving women an experience, make it impactful and delivering a value that they can take back to their own lives & careers.

(18:06) What was the beginning of their partnership like?

(22:23) Carolyn & Lindsay discuss their personal & professional readiness in starting a new business.

(28:25) How have they evolved from when they first started to now?

(37:19) Jeanie discusses with them their philosophy of “keeping it real” to see how they weave this into their relationship as co-founders, partners and friends.

(41:26) They share highs & lows of the last few years.

(43:22) What are they focused and working on right now?

(46:23) Lindsay shares their campaign launch for Women’s History Month that asks “What does the future look like, when women lead the way”. How do they want Chief to influence the future?

(49:33) Fun speed round asking about their favorite words, movies and more.

(55:50) If they could have dinner with anyone, who would they be and why?

Connect with Carolyn Childers & Lindsay Kaplan
https://chief.com/careers#story
https://www.linkedin.com/company/joinchief

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To begin the month, Jeanie taps into what makes these Fierce Females successful, why does it matter and what they want their impact to be in the world. They share their experiences and bring an incredible honesty to each conversation. We bring together different women, different ages and backgrounds but they all have a powerful alignment with their why.

We are honored to share these conversations with our Warriors At Work community. Grab your notebook, watch & listen!

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This week we have a very rich conversation about leading and living in the now with Susan DeVore, former CEO of at Premier Inc. Susan & Jeanie discuss different types of leaderships philosophies and styles including “Leading from Within”, to discover a style that allows us to be productive and confident in our careers. Susan also shared invaluable advice and wisdom from the many successes and low points in her 40 year career.

Susan DeVore is the Former CEO, and ongoing Advisor to Premier with approximately 40 years of experience. DeVore’s tenure with Premier has centered on driving innovation in healthcare and leading the industry through profound change by engaging stakeholders to co-develop solutions that support high-quality, efficient, and sustainable care delivery models.

DeVore is an industry-leading thinker who has consistently been named multiple times to Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Influential People and Top 25 Women in Healthcare lists. She is the recipient of the Charlotte Business Journal’s 2018 Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award, was named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2017 100 Great Healthcare Leaders to Know and was recognized as a 2016 UNC Charlotte Distinguished Alumnus.
DeVore serves on the board of directors of Advent Health, Unum Group and the Anthem, Inc. board of directors. In addition, DeVore also serves as the chair of the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees. Previously she served on the board of directors of Premier Inc. and served as the chair and member of the board of trustees of the Healthcare Leadership Council, a DC based policy organization.

Under DeVore's leadership, Premier has been named as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the past 14 years and received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Please join us again next week as we continue our conversations with other “Fierce Females”.


(5:08) Susan shares her “continuously distributed” leadership style and how other styles can lead to unwanted results

(7:30) At what point in Susan’s life did she realize that leadership and becoming a CEO was her goal

(11:07) A conversation about facing fears and how to overcome them

(14:35) The importance of proving your worth through actions and not just words

(15:32) Susan shares how to “love the issue, love the problem, love the challenge” instead of fighting against the unpredictable experiences in career and life

(18:57) Becoming the “smarter big sister” to colleagues and gaining respect

(23:16) “Making rules that work for you” - a belief that Susan shares to help deal with the challenges in finding a balance between work & life

(28:15) Say “Yes” and often as you can and “No” when you really need to

(32:56) Life is short, live in the moment!

(37:15) Susan shares the highs and lows over her 40 year career


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https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-devore

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This week we invite you to join our conversation with Rodney Salomon and Mychal Mills to explore the balance of light & dark in our everyday lives. They share with us the importance of building connections with each other and opening up our inner child space so we can safely accept the shadows that exist around us . We also tap into how to be mindful and aware of our bodies and breathing for our own personal growth. These paths empower us to deal with personal and professional situations as adults to create balance and bring back joy into our lives.

Rodney Salomon
I've been rockin' with KYDS since: Inception. Here's what I live by: "At first I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am starting to change myself" – Rumi. I value: Knowledge of Self, Unconditional Love, Giving Life to Others. I like working with KYDS because: The energy, the connection, the family environment. A space where I can be authentic, vulnerable, and real. The ability to discover myself while helping others discover who they are. Making an impact on the impacts the soul of an individual.

Mychal Mills
I've been rockin' with KYDS since...2014. Here's what I live by: "Live each day with Purpose. Live each moment with Presence". I value: Passion, Purpose, Empowerment. I like working with KYDS because: I love awakening youth to discover their highest self.

Konscious Youth Development & Service (KYDS) is a 501c3 non-profit conscious youth development organization that transforms Youth, Schools & Communities through holistic practices.

Since it takes the transformation of entire communities to sustain the upliftment of our youth, KYDS also offers holistic wellness programming for youth, school administration, educators, parents, and community.

Please join us again next week as we continue our Warriors At Work conversations that help guide us to transforming our personal & professional lives.


(6:40) What are Rodney & Mychal’s impressions of the world, as teachers who live everyday what they practice & teach?

(9:10) They explain the concept of “pain bodies”, being conscious of our physical self to address our health and well being.

(13:08) Rodney & Mychal discuss exploring our own embodiment, how it has to start with ourselves before we can share with others.

(17:01) What would it be like to work with them in a business environment? How can we bring their approach into our professional lives?

(23:33) How they teach compassion and the importance of finding it for ourselves before we can share it with others.

(27:40) A discussion about “purification of the ego” and how we can learn that having one is not always the embodiment of negative & darkness in ourselves.

(33:21) Rodney & Mychal wrap up our conversation by sharing experiences in their own lives with darkness and how they learned from it.

Connect with Rodney Salomen & Mychal Mills
https://www.konscious.org

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This week’s discussion with Brie Doyle delves into our dark side and how we can find a way to “alchemize our pain into power”. We find the tools that will allow us to transform the meaning of hardships that we experience in life and how to evolve and learn from them. Brie shares her insight into finding a safe space for those feelings, otherwise they can metabolize in our bodies. Simple things like paying attention to your breath can tell you so much because as she so eloquently shares with us “your body keeps the score”.

Brie Doyle hosts retreats for healing and transformation in the US and abroad. She specializes in curriculum development and facilitation, modernizing ancient practices, curating ritual and ceremony, and implementing research-based, experiential, growth opportunities utilizing the latest psychotherapeutic and somatic techniques.

Her book about the power and practice of retreating as self-care, YOU SHOULD LEAVE NOW, came out in July 2021. She also writes contemporary fiction, both general and YA.

Please join us again next week as we continue with conversation about the balance between lightness & darkness in our lives.

(8:00) Why do we resist darkness and negativity so much?

(11:39) We all know what it feels like to suffer, the more we share these experiences the more we can feel connected to each other.

(12:43) Why did Brie decide to create retreats to allow people to tap into their darker sides.

(15:28) What has Brie noticed over the years, especially related to the time of Covid, related to how darkness has played a part in our lives.

(17:40) What part of me is resisting this, and why now? – from Brie’s book. Can asking ourselves these questions help us to become grounded.

(21:38) Jeanie and Brie discuss a powerful quote from Catherine May, “Live a life you can cope with, not what others want from you”.

(29:25) How do you feel? Pay attention to your physiological response to a decision you need to make. Simple things like paying attention to your breath can tell you so much. The body keeps the score.

(32:14) Brie shares experiences with her own dark side and journey

(35:01) Jeanie opens up about her own dark side and feelings about health & mortality. Overachieving to the point of countering the positive she is trying to achieve.

Connect with Brie Doyle
https://www.briedoyle.com

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